MWilson in DC
@mattiewilsondc
Pro-science, wise-cracking DC #Democrat. Travel enthusiast, sunrise geek and amateur 📷 (iPhone). Insta @dcsunrises @mattiewilsondc
For something a little different (and fun) on a Sunday: a DJ squeezed into my local café... Sound up! @popville.bsky.social #dccafe #childhoodcafedc #khangdoan
Another ✨ gold star ✨ day in D.C.! The Bishop's Garden at the National Cathedral is always a good idea on a day like today.
Thank you @capitalweather.com for helping orchestrate such a spectacular day in D.C. with the weather gods!
Saw #THEODYSSEY today. Thumbs up!Closed my eyes during the gruesome bits. Packed cinema. A lady, two rows in front of us, leapt out of her seat at the end and clapped! (Plot refresher 👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey)
One more stunning shot from Val Proudkii (IG @val.proudkii) on the 4th of July 2026: @capitalweather.com
Chatted with this lovely man about his travels to Morocco, at the bus stop, as we were waiting to head over to Capitol Hill this morning.
From photographer #ValProudkii : a brilliant capture of the fireworks happening around the city before the main show (which was after midnight, on the 4th). @capitalweather.com
Throwback #DCsunrise photo. [Gosh, I miss going down there. It's just not the same right now. But it will be back to normal at some point. #midterms ]
Throwback #DC #fireworks (photo: @val.proudkii ) since the storms may prevent them in D.C. tonight.
First photo taken today on the D.C. Metro, July 4th - @reuters.com (Cheney Orr) via @aaronparnas.bsky.social : "The United States of America on its 250th anniversary." (Patriot Front, white supremacist group) Second image: Norman Rockwell's "The problem we all live with" (1963) painting:
This is why Washingtonians are lying low today. Not only is it 110° with the heat index, but the noise is deafening! @capitalweather.com #July4th
As the #midterms approach, we cannot forget what Tr*mp, Stephen Miller & the Heritage Foundation did to our country via DOGE, ICE, DOJ and the Supreme Court. They eviscerated the Constitution, and our human rights, making us easy prey for greedy, power-hungry oligarchs.(images @deadder.bsky.social )
Does anyone remember this November 2020 cartoon from Morten Morland (Times of London) - clearly symbolic of the U.S. cleaning up after Tr*mp's first-term chaos? Two more years to go...
Another #ReflectingPool throwback. Need I say that it did not need to be fixed. And it's not a swimming pool. It's 18" deep – a meditation pool. And the algae blooms are seasonal. And the wildlife use it as a habitat. And the #NPS empties it and cleans it out (bird poop), every year.
Memories... So sorry that I haven't been down to the sunrise at the Reflecting Pool lately, for obvious reasons. #throwbacksunrise #reflectingpool @capitalweather.com
Could not find a credit for this, but had to post it! No doubt she is working undercover for the Obamas, Bidens and Clintons. #sarcasm #reflectingpoolblues
*Sound up* You don't have to be gay to appreciate Gay Pride weekend here in DC! #gaypridedc #dcpride #loveislove
You don't have to be gay to appreciate Gay Pride weekend here in DC! Isn't this lady fabulous? #gaypridedc #dcpride
Sunset, up on the roof, a few minutes ago: #DC #sunset @capitalweather.com
There are now 4,000 #NationalGuard soldiers wandering around DC with nothing to do. At $600/day per soldier, that's $2.4 million/day of taxpayers' money...for what? (For example, they were "patrolling" the Dupont Circle farmers' market on Sunday.) I want affordable healthcare. I don't want this.
Finally, there are cracks appearing in this corrupt administration's attempt (and the DOJ and SCOTUS attempts) to place a president above the law. Removing Tr*mp's name from a national memorial gives us hope that, some day, sanity - and the rule of law - may be restored to this broken nation.
A big deal here in Paris tonight: #psg won the #uefachampionsleague for the second year in a row. They beat @arsenal. 🇫🇷 Woot! @championsleague1.bsky.social
Au revoir, Paris! Bonjour, DC! One, last capture before my Sunday departure...
From @anntelnaes.bsky.social (Pulitzer-winner, formerly of @postopinions). And to the idiot-in-chief: It is not a swimming pool. It is a meditative pool, next to a memorial dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. It is supposed to reflect the sky.
This is what you do when there's a serious heat wave in #Paris for several days. Go to museums and/or #atelierdeslumieres :
What everyone's talking about in #Paris right now: #lacavernedupontneuf de @jr
Festive, three-day flea market along rue de Bretagne, on this warm, sunny weekend in #Paris :
