Geoffrey Hatchard
@imgoph.bsky.social
Cartographer. Fight for the oppressed. Punch Nazis. Fuck fascists. Protect kids from hate. Statehood for DC! ✊🏻 🏳️⚧️
@dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social is it possible to request books that DCPL doesn't have in the collection but a neighboring jursidiction's library might have? Like, a search that includes your catalog, MoCo's, Arlington's, Prince George's, etc, and then have a book tranferred to DCPL for loan?
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
@dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social is it possible to request books that DCPL doesn't have in the collection but a neighboring jursidiction's library might have? Like, a search that includes your catalog, MoCo's, Arlington's, Prince George's, etc, and then have a book tranferred to DCPL for loan?
If you don't see a helicopter that is clearly circling over your neighborhood on the live flight tracking maps (flight aware, flight radar 24, etc) does that mean that they have their transponders turned off/not broadcasting position to air traffic control?
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If you don't see a helicopter that is clearly circling over your neighborhood on the live flight tracking maps (flight aware, flight radar 24, etc) does that mean that they have their transponders turned off/not broadcasting position to air traffic control?
I really wish nothing but a pox on the ancestors of the person who invented the helicopter, and if the spirit/soul/whatever of that person exists in some reality, I hope it is tortured.
January 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I really wish nothing but a pox on the ancestors of the person who invented the helicopter, and if the spirit/soul/whatever of that person exists in some reality, I hope it is tortured.
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I don't _think_ fleeing Nazi scientists stole Hitler's left testicle, cultured it for decades in a vat of rat blood, and dumped it in a Santa Monica maternity ward in 1985. It's just unsettling that I can't rule it out.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 AM
I don't _think_ fleeing Nazi scientists stole Hitler's left testicle, cultured it for decades in a vat of rat blood, and dumped it in a Santa Monica maternity ward in 1985. It's just unsettling that I can't rule it out.
Surprised at how loud the fashworks are this far from the Mall.
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Surprised at how loud the fashworks are this far from the Mall.
Jammin Java knows their audiences!
January 6, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Jammin Java knows their audiences!
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An evergreen argument from @hurricanexyz.bsky.social, inspired by @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s first executive order, and especially relevant on another day of brazenly illegitimate actions from the Trump administration
“In an ideal world, I would have liked to see Donald Trump's presidency annulled: his every act as president made null and void, as if it had never happened.” www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
Mamdani Teaches Us How to Speak the Language of Illegitimacy
How should that next Democratic government act on the belief that Trump's second term was lawless and illegitimate?
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
An evergreen argument from @hurricanexyz.bsky.social, inspired by @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s first executive order, and especially relevant on another day of brazenly illegitimate actions from the Trump administration
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If “the GOP’s biggest donor ever built an international child porn machine” is a little too on the nose for you, let me propose that we are on history’s nose.
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If “the GOP’s biggest donor ever built an international child porn machine” is a little too on the nose for you, let me propose that we are on history’s nose.
I have now been to Costco twice in my life (both times in the last week).
It is…an experience!
It is…an experience!
January 4, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I have now been to Costco twice in my life (both times in the last week).
It is…an experience!
It is…an experience!
First completed book of 2026 (I started it in 2025 so I don’t know how much that counts). I’m never going to be one of you folks who gets through hundreds (or even many dozen) books a year, but it is satisfying to have this to toss around inside my brain for a bit. (Spoiler in the reply)
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
First completed book of 2026 (I started it in 2025 so I don’t know how much that counts). I’m never going to be one of you folks who gets through hundreds (or even many dozen) books a year, but it is satisfying to have this to toss around inside my brain for a bit. (Spoiler in the reply)
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You can't really slap a "I was on Twitter before Elon went crazy" bumper sticker on your X account, though plenty of prominent people act like you can.
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
You can't really slap a "I was on Twitter before Elon went crazy" bumper sticker on your X account, though plenty of prominent people act like you can.
Tonight’s beer: Maine Beer Company’s Mean Old Tom stout.
January 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Tonight’s beer: Maine Beer Company’s Mean Old Tom stout.
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Leave, delete the app, salt the earth behind you, do not look back.
January 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Leave, delete the app, salt the earth behind you, do not look back.
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this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
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I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
Good start to the new year to hang out for a bit at @elizqueenmama.bsky.social’s place with @bogrosemary.bsky.social and @kellygo.bsky.social, @mediaslave.bsky.social, @srfrjulie.bsky.social, @jacobsberg.bsky.social, and others not from the Internet!
January 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Good start to the new year to hang out for a bit at @elizqueenmama.bsky.social’s place with @bogrosemary.bsky.social and @kellygo.bsky.social, @mediaslave.bsky.social, @srfrjulie.bsky.social, @jacobsberg.bsky.social, and others not from the Internet!
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In her New Year's message, UFW President Teresa Romero shares that farm workers are facing many challenges with the current administration. The UFW will continue to fight for the men and women who are out there harvesting our food and asks you to stand with them. Si Se Puede!
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
In her New Year's message, UFW President Teresa Romero shares that farm workers are facing many challenges with the current administration. The UFW will continue to fight for the men and women who are out there harvesting our food and asks you to stand with them. Si Se Puede!
This should also take note of where fixed guideway services are being removed. Like the DC Streetcar line.
Happy new year!
Exciting news: There's new transit coming in 2026—including metro, light rail, commuter rail, aerial tram, & BRT lines across North America. Overall, the US, Canada, & Mexico will add 150 miles of fixed-guideway transit.
It's all on The Transport Politic in my annual roundup ⏬
Exciting news: There's new transit coming in 2026—including metro, light rail, commuter rail, aerial tram, & BRT lines across North America. Overall, the US, Canada, & Mexico will add 150 miles of fixed-guideway transit.
It's all on The Transport Politic in my annual roundup ⏬
Transit Expansion in North America: A Look Ahead to 2026, and a 2025 Roundup
In 2026, new fixed-guideway transit lines are opening across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In this overview, I compile information about each of these projects, including: Metro and monora…
www.thetransportpolitic.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This should also take note of where fixed guideway services are being removed. Like the DC Streetcar line.
Happy New Year. Hope y’all don’t burn your houses down.
January 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Happy New Year. Hope y’all don’t burn your houses down.
What a fucked up end to 2025
One last fucked up 2025 scoop—FEMA has begun issuing termination notices to CORE staff (appointed under the Stafford Act, ordinarily extended for 2 years) effective Jan 2, agency sources tell me. Sr leadership was asked if they could be given more notice but Acting Administrator Karen Evans said no.
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
What a fucked up end to 2025
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In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine
This looks like South of the Border. Just missing the sombrero.
January 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM
This looks like South of the Border. Just missing the sombrero.
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This was their response to me presenting that info to them. Which is BS because almost all govt employers, including DC, VA, MD, and federal, post ranges. 🤷🏻♀️
bsky.app/profile/wmat...
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Hi, the D.C. Wage Transparency Act applies only to non-governmental employers and does not apply to WMATA. Thanks for inquiring. – MS
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 AM
This was their response to me presenting that info to them. Which is BS because almost all govt employers, including DC, VA, MD, and federal, post ranges. 🤷🏻♀️
bsky.app/profile/wmat...
bsky.app/profile/wmat...