In July, I photo'd a news conference put on by industry groups representing the U.S. cabinet industry, featuring Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), calling for these tariffs. See technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

Kiddie caravan, on 14th Street near H Street NW in Washington, D.C. Photo'd Oct. 2023. #Photography #StreetPhotography #Nikon #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

Protestant-Unionist neighborhood in (London)Derry, Northern Ireland, 23 May 2025. #Photography #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Urban #Derry #NorthernIreland #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo...

For #Stunday here's a female ruby-throated #hummingbird photo'd this month in our backyard. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Arlington #Virginia

A tall ladder rests at an #angle in the stacks in Trinity College Dublin's old #library called the Long Room. Photo'd May 2025. #Photography #Ireland #Dublin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Interior #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Photo-shoot yesterday: Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), speaking at Center for American Progress, where he warned about the eroding democracy in the U.S. brought on by the Trump regime. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #NewsPhotography #NewsConference #WashingtonDC

Am I alone in thinking sandpipers are #cute? Photo'd at Cape May, NJ on 8 Sept 2025. #BirdOfTheDay #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #NaturePhotography #Birds #JerseyShore #CapeMay

New post on TechNewslit Explores ... Sports gambling is a bad bet, especially for sports ... write.as/technewslit/... If there are winners in sports betting other than the gambling operators, they're hard to find. TechNewsLit Explores uses the Write.as platform. #Sports #Gambling #Betting #NCAA

For #Stunday, here's the Cape May, NJ #lighthouse and fine feathered friend. Shot 11 Sept in Cape May Point State Park. #Photography #Wildlife #CapeMay #JerseyShore #Landmark #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

GO BILLS ‼️ #BUFvsNYJ | #BillsMafia

Pileated #woodpecker in the backyard of our #home in #Arlington, #Virginia. Shot in May 2024 with a #Nikon D3400 DSLR and 55-300mm lens. #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography

Lanternflies, considered invasive and destructive of crops, are swarming along the U.S. East Coast. At Cape May, NJ this week, we discovered that Atlantic ghost crabs feast on #lanternflies, and we have the pictures to prove it. #Photography #NaturePhotography #JerseyShore #CapeMay

End of summer photos: Cooking up BBQ ribs at the Arlington County Fair. #Arlington, #Virginia. 17 Aug. 2025 More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Summer #EastCoastKin

#Alhambra: Court of the Lions. This courtyard is in the Palace of the Lions in the Alhambra, a Moorish #castle and fortress in #Granada, #Spain. (Oct. 2023) #Photography #TravelPhotography #CastlesAndGardens #EastCoastKin

Union Station entrance portico in Washington, D.C., facing First St NE and the Postal Museum. Shot 18 Aug. #Photography #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #UrbanGaze #WashingtonDC #EastCoastKin

Kylemore Abbey, formerly a summer estate in #Ireland, now a school and monastery for Benedictine nuns. Photo shot May 2025. #Photography #Architecture #Castle #Stunday #EastCoastKin

Make Bluesky what you want it to be. That's been my m.o. here and I've been enjoying myself. It's also helpful if you don't make *any* social media the spine of your existence. Being able to go a couple of days without checking it should feel okay, or you might have a problem.

Photo-shoot this week for the Wire, daily newsletter at National Press Club ... the annual awards dinner. Here's Club president Mike Balsamo, right, presenting the President's Award to Dong Yifu, accepting for his father, imprisoned Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu. #Photography #NewsPhotography

Restored Plymouth with a #shiny finish ... photo shot this month at a 1960s muscle car show in Douglas, Mass. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo... #Photography #Cars #RestoredCars #BlueSkyArtChallenge #EastCoastKin

American oystercatchers in #profile for #BirdOfTheDay. Shot on the beach at Cape May, NJ. June 2024 #EastCoastKin #Photography #Birds #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #CapeMay #JerseyShore

I heard the #BirdOfTheDay today is any #bird on a branch. Here's a northern mockingbird on a budding tree branch at Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C. Shot in April 2025. #Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #WashingtonDC #Stunday

Panorama photo of the #Providence, R.I. #skyline, looking north up the Providence River. Shot 11 Aug. #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography #CityScape

Today's #BirdOfTheDay I'm told is any bird in flight. Here's a flying glossy ibis, shot in April at Wakodahatchee wetlands park in Del Ray Beach, #Florida. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo... #Photography #NaturePhotograhy #birds #EastCoastKin #Art #painting #ArtChallenges

Outdoor restaurant greeters on Atwell's Ave. in Federal Hill, #Providence, R.I. earlier this month. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo... #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #Photography #StreetPhotography #Summer #RhodeIsland #NewEngland #EastCoastKin

The #BirdOfTheDay today is seagull, in this case flying over River Liffey in #Dublin, near the Samuel Beckett bridge. May 2025. #Photography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Ireland #Nikon #ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin

Had a chance today to see National Guard troops in D.C., around Union Station on Capitol Hill. A few residents and visitors chatted with the soldiers, who otherwise looked bored with nothing to do. More photos ... technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #NewsPhotography

Arlington County (Va.) naturalist with a local reptilian resident today at the county fair. More fair photos ... technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #NewsPhotography #Arlington #Virginia #Naturalist #Snake

Photo-shoot today at National Press Club: The Austin Tice hostage case, 13 years later. New developments in the Austin Tice case for the past year, from government, media, and intelligence sources. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/National-Pre... #Photography #NewsPhotography #AustinTice

Returned late Monday from a weekend visit to New England: Street festival at Federal Hill in #Providence, Jet-Skis on Webster Lake and 60s muscle cars in Douglas, Mass. ... Photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo... #Photography #StreetPhotography #Massachusetts #RhodeIsland

Low tide means these three lesser yellowlegs can get some breakfast. Cape May, N.J. Nov. 2024. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #BirdPhotography #TidesOutTuesday #CapeMay #JerseyShore #ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

For #stunday a foster tern in flight, ready to dive. Foster terns are maritime hunters that soar over the ocean, then quickly dive to the water. Photo shot June 2024 in Cape May, N.J. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Birds #CapeMay #JerseyShore #EastCoastKin

Two starlings on barren tree branches near Rochester, N.Y. in Oct. 2024. #BlueSkyMonday #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #BirdPhotography #EastCoastKin

Shoot 3/3: NCAA president and former Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker, at the National Press Club, interviewed by Washington Post reporter Tara Copp. 24 July 2025. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/National-Pre... #Photography #NewsPhotography #NCAA #CollegeSports #NIL #SportsBetting

Second of three shoots this week: Former US Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX, shown here) and ethics attorney Norm Eisen talk about Texas redistricting plans at Center for American Progress. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #NewsPhotography #Redistricting #USCongress

New shoot this week, Axios News Shapers, featuring interviews with House majority whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Sen. Josh Hawley. Shown here: Tom Emmer with Axios reporter Hans Nichol. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

Two Gaza protestors disrupted the Axios News Shapers event in Washington, D.C. 23 July 2025. Here, the first protestor unfurled a banner and began shouting during the interview with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #NewsPhotography #Gaza #Protest

Every Sunday is #Stunday! It's that time of the week to post whatever you find stunning! All art forms, all people, all skill levels are welcome, so please join us! Then scroll and share your favorites. #EastCoastKin

For #Stunday here are two wood storks in flight over Wakodahatchee wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida. 25 Apr 2025. #Photography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin

NPR and PBS are national treasures. Let's keep them funded.

Tree work underway across the street (acrophobics, look away). Shot earlier this month in #Arlington #Virginia ... #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #Photography #StreetPhotography

RIF-notice day yesterday at Dept. of State. Current and former colleagues came out to applaud their friends and coworkers laid off. A rally, with speakers from former officials and lawmakers followed. More photos ... technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio...

New photo credit: Edward Segal's column today in Forbes includes one of my photos of David Rubenstein, taken Tuesday at National Press Club www.forbes.com/sites/edward... #Photography #NewsPhotography

Photo-shoot last night: David Rubenstein -- Carlyle Group (private equity) co-chair, philanthropist, historian, author, and owner of the Baltimore Orioles -- at the National Press Club More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/National-Pre... #Photography #NewsPhotography #NationalPressClub

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBars #EastCoastKin #Photography #Belfast #NorthernIreland Northern Whig Pub. Belfast, Northern Ireland. May 2025

New set of Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) photos available exclusively from the Alamy agency, in D.C. Notables collection ... www.alamy.com/portfolio/13... #Photography #NewsPhotography #DCNotables #Alamy

Photo-shoot yesterday: Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) spoke at Center for American Progress, presenting an "economic war plan" covering jobs, immigration, education, health care, energy, and climate. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #NewsPhotography #WashingtonDC

Make it a double ... Duck on the rocks in Rock Creek for #RockinTuesday. Shot 19 June. #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #WashingtonDC

High water and evident storm damage in Rock Creek yesterday. No, we didn't see RFK Jr. swimming, but thanks for asking. A few more shots at technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #RockCreek #StormDamage #WashingtonDC

#NoKings rally yesterday in Alexandria, Va., in the shadow of Trump's birthday parade. Plenty of people and energy, apparently lacking across the Potomac. More photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-regio... #Photography #NewsPhotography #Alexandria #Virginia

Photo-shoot today: Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), also candidate for vice-president in 2024, at Center for American Progress, 13 June 2025. Walz discussed the threat of dictatorship, future of the Democratic party, and Midwest school lunch rooms. #Photography #NewsPhotography #Minnesota #Politics