Georeference tool has been renamed to **YESTERDAYS**, and we've been squashing bugs left and right. Explore nearly 30k images, 2.8k of which we've placed on a map. Our collections span from the Civil War to COVID-19 and everything in between. https://yesterdays.maprva.org

lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/15187764 #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth #Richmond #RVA Please help me share to 100 folks! (It really helps.) Ill be on stage with a legend--Dr. Leni Sorenson formerly of Monticello! October 28 2025 6-7:30 pm

I'm starting a petition to return Forest Hill in RVA to its former glory. By adding a roller coaster.

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Help @maprva.org develop an historical street view of Richmond, VA by georeferencing old photographs! The catalog is actively growing and currently includes 1900 photos from the Library of Virginia and the @thevalentinerva.bsky.social georeference.maprva.org

A project we're now working on over at @maprva.org -- an interactive map of old pictures of RVA from @thevalentinerva.bsky.social and the Library of Virginia! overpass-ultra.us#map&query=ur... Want to contribute? Right now it's run off a simple Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Richmond Virginia has vape shops that have been there longer than the Confederacy was. Build a statue of Francine the Lowes cat, or just any possum. They're more important to the identity of the city at this point. Lucy Dacus has spent more time in Richmond than Jefferson Davis.

The city released a dataset of cell phone telemetry they purchased joined to road data. Here's a visualization I made of how much over the speed limit each road is traveled on, on avg. Green - below speed limit Yellow - 0-5 over Orange - 5-10 over Red - 10+ over #rva #speedkills

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Next Thurs, 7/24, is "The Future of Bike and Pedestrian Mapping in RVA" Join @maprva.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy at PlanRVA's beautiful office in Manchester to hear @trailsta.sh and others talk about their efforts mapping how to move about the city sans-car. open.trailsta.sh maprva.org/projects/sid...

While the total rainfall might not change over the course of a year, the *intensity* of rain in individual storms is rising. The data is already showing that in RVA.

#ufosky #ufo #Ufohistory Today in UFO History - Richmond Officer Chases Elliptical UFO June 24, 1966 — Richmond, VA 1/3:30 a.m. Officer William L. Stevens Jr. of the Richmond, Virginia, Police Department, is patrolling the northeastern section of the city in Car 625,

We're descending into a fascist hellscape BUT!!!!! I saw a beautiful toad. It's a beautiful day to be a toad in #RVA.

Astronomical summer begins w/ the summer solstice at 10:42pm ET today. Stripes below illustrate the average temperature each calendar year in Richmond since daily weather records began in 1897. Summer afternoons in RVA average 2.6°F hotter than 100 years ago. Graphic design from @edhawkins.org ‬

“while local agencies can state they will not use Flock for immigration enforcement, they apparently can’t control others using shared footage.” @404media.co documented searches involving LPR data from RVA, Chesterfield, Hanover, and others in VA How local police are using LPR - @cardinalnews.org

wait this rva bike month graphic goes hard as hell

i can't believe this is real but it is

Check this out! I made an interactive dashboard for every tree in Vancouver! You can filter by neighbourhood, species, and height. I also added an "Interesting Trees" filter where one of the options is "🌸 Cherry & Plum Trees." (Now is definitely the for that!) databyderek.com/vancouvertrees

🚀 GeoAI Tutorial 12: Wetland Mapping with Deep Learning and GeoAI! 🌍 🎥 Watch the full tutorial here: youtu.be/ed79i3DTWT0 📓 Explore the notebook: geoai.gishub.org/examples/wet... #GeoAI #geospatial #AI #Python #DeepLearning

they know what they did

It's time. #DaylightSavingsTime

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

I laughed and thought this was vandalism at first, but it looks like the weather is just a prankster. Camera down! 😂 @obrien.page

Friday, February 7, 1862 Richmond, VA The diary of refugee Judith W. McGuire "Walking all day, with no better success. 'No vacant room' is the universal answer. I returned at dinner-time, wearied in mind and body.

Will have my #rva #pridepossums at the next #biggaymarket at Diversity Richmond 12-4 Feb 9 #smallbusiness #shopsmall #shoplocal #shopsmallbusiness #lgbtqbusiness #womanownedbusiness #crochet #queer

Ok, are we ready for another explainer? This time I’m going to actually explain where the holes are in this automatic license plate reader bill and how they will be exploited to oppress vulnerable people Dems ought to be protecting. 1/9

Was trying to remember why I had mentally bookmarked him and it was because last summer Colombian tabloids spread a rumor he was having an affair with Linda Yepes, a transgender newscaster. Not only did he refuse to deny it but decried transphobia as akin to Nazism

Y'all! I run an indie #comics show in #rva and APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Some little guys to combat the horrors

tfw you try to ID an unusual plant and its photo on wikipedia is one you uploaded in 2008

imposter #art

stella is right about a great many things, as a rule, but this is some of the most correct she's been. go look at nba logos from the 60s to early 80s. look what they took from you

Wednesday in Richmond! Details and tickets at profsandpints.ticketleap.com/mothman/ @folklorethursday.bsky.social @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social @appfolklorepod.bsky.social @folkloresociety.bsky.social @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social

Introducing @thevalentinebot.bsky.social, a simple Bluesky bot written in #rstats posting The Valentine Museum's collection of #RVA memorabilia. bsky.app/profile/thev... Uses the httr2, rvest, and atrrr packages and GitHub actions: github.com/mhpob/valent... More Valentine: thevalentine.org

Here's some of the press conference on the #RVA water advisory www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lIf...

#rva mayor says in press conference that they expect to have the treatment plant back online later this evening, with the boil water advisory ending within a day or maybe two.

snow, snow, falling down covering up my dirty old town #rva youtu.be/b5cRHlzab60

Why's gps gotta be so loud. I want to adjust voice and bgm separately like this is an rpg

For your weekend relaxation: 1.5 billion years of plate tectonics in 60 seconds. Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location. 🧪 theconversation.com/witness-1-8-...

Finally wrapped it up after like 8 months 😅💀 Amish puzzle ball pattern by Dedri Uys.

Criminalizing homelessness is profitable for the prison industry, but very expensive - monetarily and socially - for the public. www.governing.com/urban/crimin...

From all of us!

It is canon that Gonzo is into BBC (big beautiful chickens)

tis the season for jesus christ and his vampire twin sister camilla

Scenes from the @teamsters.bsky.social picket line at RIC4, one of Amazon’s 5 facilities in the Richmond VA area. Photos via Local 322’s Dwayne Johnson.

After 50+ years of breathless pop science about fusion energy, I understand the jaded #rva reactions to the planned ARC fusion in Chesterfield next decade. But they've been working on this design for the last 10 years, and building a demo outside Boston. Neat stuff. spectrum.ieee.org/mit-has-plan...

4515 North Ave, 23219 Assessed - 2025-01-01 Total - $499,000.00 Dwelling - $335,000.00 Land - $164,000.00 Lot Sq Ft - 19869.5 Type - B Industrial Miscellaneous

I drew these for the #datafam holiday card exchange, but figured I'd share them for others to use too! Put them on your cards, gift tags, or anywhere that needs a little more #dataviz 📊

Instead of giving in to consumerism this Christmas, why not give your friends and family the gift of a conversation starter? It costs nothing but the intellectual value is incalculable.