viadya

@mishapsandmayhaps

#humanitarian. Mom to Mash and Sunshine. #USAIDForever. Epidemiologist. Cyclist. backpacker/forest bather. harrier. Bibliophile. moss-, lichen-, and baobab-obsessed. 📍 whiskey-loving Michigander in occupied DC. #bikeDC | #episky | #GoBlue! | #USAID

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viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jun 2

Holy "fun and completely optional opportunity" to do propaganda Batman! Good lord, I just cant even with these people and the bad faith... open.substack.com/pub/insideme... #hantavirus #propaganda #publichealth #idsky @alt-hhs.altgov.info @hhsofficial.bsky.social @firedbutfighting.bsky.social

Photo request for HHS Social Media.

Described as a "fun and completely optional opportunity" for forcibly confined individuals to share photos. Examples listed include:
- activities in their rooms
- photos of the rooms
- photos of them packing

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Feb 2

If only root canals could actually offset the other (+ all associated evils). Painful truth (unfortunately not funny in the context of *these times*) courtesy of @deadder.bsky.social. #iReallyDontCareDoYou #oligarchy #MelaniaAntoinette @freedcproject.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jan 7

"Shooting involved federal agents" is now a euphemism for horrors including "woman shot multiple times in the face". Really need to nix the sane-washing so we can ALL be better aware of how we are all in danger... #Minnesota #ice sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

An agent pepper-sprayed protesters in south Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026, after a person was taken to the hospital following a shooting involving federal agents. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jan 4

SOON. From the always spot-on @anntelnaes.bsky.social. #WeThePeople #NurembergTrials #JudgementAtNuremberg

Photo of guarded defendants at the Nuremberg Trials, with caption added by Ann Telnaes that simply says "SOON."

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viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 12

An acceptably stocked backcountry backpacking weekend "bar". Including glassware to louche the absinthe 😅 And #cheetos. Bc my crew of backpackers is just that classy. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGlass #Photography #EastCoastKin #whiskey #westvirginia #backcountry #bourbon

Photo shows 5 bottles of whiskey lined up on a picnic table bench, alongside a bag of cheetos and Glenlivet glassware. Tents and other camping/backpacking gear are visible in the periphery (on top of the picnic table)

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 11

📷 of a family-friendly bike ride last fall in NE Washington DC- These are the terrifying, crime-ridden streets of Washington DC (with some lovely fall foliage 👀) #dcstatehood #freedc #bikedc #bikesky @hillfamilybiking.org @thehillishome.com @freedcproject.bsky.social @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social

Picture of several cyclists riding through an intersection with some lovely red fall foliage in NE Washington DC. Photo taken in fall 2024.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 11

While solo parenting this summer, therapy came in an old-fashioned glass and in the form of garlicky foods eaten with a cute lil fork (while the tiny human enjoyed his balsamic-covered heirloom tomatoes). #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGlass #Photography #EastCoastKin #whiskey #oldfashioned #smoky

Looking down on a table with an orange-garnished cocktail alongside a plate of escargot

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 11

Jaywalkers! A poster on a lamppost! These are the terrifying, crime-ridden streets of Washington DC. #OpenStreetsDC #dcstatehood #freedc #bikedc @thehillishome.com @the51ststate.bsky.social @freedcproject.bsky.social @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social

Photo of people enjoying OpenStreetsDC (with a #FreeDC poster on a lamppost in the foreground)

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 10

Campfire cooked brioche French toast with berry compote (and maple)... Part of our backcountry gourmet cookoff 🤤 featuring bougie backpackers willing to carry olive oil, maple syrup, and cast iron up mountains in the #WestVirginia woods😅 #AlphabetChallenge #weekFforFire #EastCoastKin #blueskyartshow

Brioche French toast with berry compote (and a campfire in the background)

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 8

Pareidolia in fire - Do you see the likeness of a puppy? The night i took this, my fellow #fire/ #whiskey/ #backpacking brethren and I could all picture our friend's puppy's face. #AlphabetChallenge #weekFforFire #EastCoastKin #blueskyartshow #TravelPhotography #ThePhotoHour #WestVirginia #scape

Low light image of flames in a firepit.
For those inclined to pareidolia, there may be the likeness of a puppy's face.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 5

Pork In a pig On fire. Because Malagueño food is just this diabolically appetizing and delicious. 📍La Recova, Malaga #weekFforFire #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #blueskyartshow #scape #foodie #spain #fire #Malaga #españa #thePhotoHour #Photography #Travelphotography

Skewered pork sausage served en flambe in a ceramic pig serving dish

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 5

Sprawled fireside in the West Virginia woods, with my Bourbon socks, some whiskey, #girlscoutcookies, and my backpacking besties on a decidedly not UL (ultralight) trip. #weekFforFire #WestVirginia #backpacking #bourbon #firepit #fire #scape #EastCoastKin #blueskyartshow #Photography #whiskey

A woman wearing bourbon socks and long underwear lays near stone fire ring, with a bottle of bourbon and a box of (samoa) girl scout cookies visible fireside.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 2

at elevation. 📍Sylhet, Bangladesh #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEasyE #scape #EastCoastKin #blueskyartshow #Photography #Travelphotography #floods #Bangladesh #rainyseason

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Aug 1

Excessive educational accoutrements on poor Billy. Aka: flashback to a profoundly unaesthetic Ikea-Billy shelfie. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEasyE #shelfie #EastCoastKin #blueskyartshow #Photography #bibliophile #booklover #shelfie

#shelfie of an overfilled Ikea Billy bookshelf.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 31

Escape along the Mara River. 📍Olchoro Oirowua Conservancy (Fairmont Mara) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEasyE #scape #EastCoastKin #blueskyartshow #Photography #Travelphotography #safari #Kenya #savanna @fairmonthotels.bsky.social #MasaiMara #olchorro #coffeeclub @rothys.bsky.social #maasaimara

Photo of a woman holding a white coffee mug, relaxing on couch with outstretched legs on a wooden deck, and a view of a river and lush landscape on the opposite bank.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 24

Just 6 months ago, but it feels like another lifetime... Wildebeests frolicking somewhere over the rainbow. 📍OlChorro Conservancy #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDrivetime #scape #EastCoastKin #blueskyartshow #Photography #Travelphotography #safari #Kenya #savanna @fairmonthotels.bsky.social #MasaiMara

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 23

Dodging cows on #SouthSudan bush roads is a helluva way to learn to drive stick. Additional motivation: fear of potential blood-money negotiations if i failed to skillfully navigate the thick black-cotton mud. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDrivetime #scape #EastCoastKin #Travelphotography

Herd of cows crossing the muddy, puddle-filled ruts of a South Sudan bush road.
Seen through a mud-streaked windshield.
UHF radio antenna also visible (mounted on the vehicle's front grill)

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 23

A stravaig and the right to roam among the #mosses. - On the Isle of Lios Mòr (Lismore), Inner Hebrides. August 2017. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDrivetime #seaside #moss #seascape #scape #scotland #BlueSkyTuesday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Travelphotography #wanderlust #glen #mosssky #hike

Narrow one-lane Scottish road winds around mossy boulders and under trees along the sea on the Isle of Lismore (in Scotland).

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 14

More *completely* unambiguous signage, this time courtesy of Cincinnati's GOAT #Bockfest #WeekCforCommunication #miscommunication #AlphabetChallenge #beersky #goats #Cincinnati @overtherhine.bsky.social #bock #craftbeer #bockbeer #eastcoastkin #travelphotography #travelsky #signs @fccincinnati.com

Sign at Bockfest for "additional restrooms located outside" that includes icons for:
a man | a woman | a goat.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 14

Some completely unambiguous signage at the World Bank in Abuja 😅 Just one of *many* [female] conveniences I encountered in Nigeria. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCommunication #Nigeria @girlslovetravel.bsky.social #eastcoastkin #travelphotography #travelsky #signs

[Bathroom] Sign with a female figure that reads:
"ABJ 2-119
FEMALE CONVENIENCES"

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 13

Because caffeine (or, i guess, any delicious sustenance) is our love language... Here is le husband's first attempt at #coffeeart. And yes, it is an apple in my #glüwine mug 😅 #lovelanguage #coffeeinbed #cortado #coffeelover #weekendvibes #goodmorning #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #Sundaymorning

Womans hand holds a small mug with rudimentary attempt at apple-shaped coffee art in the foam of a cortado.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 11

A Beer Called Covfefe. Did my own little boda 'n brew in Uganda in 2019 and came across this gem 🤌 Normally not an APA fan (i like my IBUs low), but this 🟠🤡trolling tasted SO good. Need something stronger now. #Alphabetchallenge #WeekBForBars #Uganda #beersky #EastCoastKin #craftbeer @dcbeer.com

Wooden bar top with an amber colored beer in the glass at the end of a tasting rack, sitting on a beer menu for Banange Brewing Company with one beer listing and details partially visible:
Covfefe Ale
American Pale Ale (4.7%)
Bitterness: Medi[um]
...

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 10

Shute's Bar (originally Curto's Saloon) in Calumet, #Michigan (on our COVID-era #minimoon): where you can have an 1890s #copper rush saloon all to yourself on your off-season #honeymoon. #Michigander #pleasantpenninsula #ratherbeUPnorth #whiskey #Alphabetchallenge #WeekBForBars #EastCoastKin

One-of-a-kind glass canopy over Shute's Bar (originally Curto's Saloon) in Calumet, Michigan. February 2022.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 10

We've all repeated/heard #LessonOne ad nauseam, but Lesson Five is the one that I keep getting stuck on: Remember Professional Ethics. As the #civilservice has been gutted and intimidated, those left standing need to hold the line – and the rest of us can't accept #concentrationcamps or cheap labor

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 10

#tbt my previous, oft itinerant life... One of my daily glimpses into the salvage process of this partially submerged, rusted ship. - Marina Petit Bateau, Conakry, July 2016 #Guinea #Ship #harbor #Scape #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #TravelPhotography #ThePhotoHour #thelittlethings #urbanphotograpy

a partially submerged, rusted ship, mid-salvage in Conakry, Guinea.
July 2016.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 8

"Trumponomics 2.0 is chipping away at the foundations of America's prosperity..." ... In addition to the evisceration of soft power and true strength on the world stage. And more importantly here at home: a loss of important societal values (and our humanity). #medicaid #USAID @altusaid.altgov.info

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 8

Help #Shroom Friends! This remnant of an invasive tree in our #DC rowhouse backyard is now visibly hosting #mycelium... Anyone know what type of #mushroom this is? (And is it friend or foe to my toddler?) @lukelukeluke.bsky.social @thehillishome.com #mushrooms #mycography #mushroomphotography

A brown and black mushroom growing on a felled tree round (from an invasive mulberry)

Brown and black mushrooms grow under the bark of a thick tree round.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 6

Couldn't be prouder of my bike-loving toddler who has on multiple occasions tried to "dock" his balance bike with the bikeshares when we bike by 😅 He's not quite at the point of biking for transpo, but this sweet kid is well on his way to being one of us. #bikedc #bikesky @hillfamilybiking.org

A young toddler "parks" his balance bike at a #bikeshare dock.

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 5

In which "From the American People" (our former motto) takes on a particularly ominous tone. open.substack.com/pub/deadder/... #stealfromthepoor #USAID #USAIDSavesLives #humanrights #humanitarian @deadder.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social

viadya@mishapsandmayhaps· Jul 1

Appropriately hellish weather for the day the regime effectively shuts our agency down. #USAIDSavesLives #USAIDForever #climatejustice #climatechange @oneaid.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info @friendsofusaid.bsky.social @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social