Michael Theis
@mjtheis.bsky.social
D.C.-based photojournalist for @chronicle.com, recovering local journalist.
I hereby issue my #WorldSeries prediction: Dodgers in 6 games.
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I hereby issue my #WorldSeries prediction: Dodgers in 6 games.
Still catching up after some vacation days: But last week, the @chronicle.com published an article from my colleague @franciediep.bsky.social examining how standardized tests impact college admissions. I had the pleasure of producing the photographs for this story.
Want something fun (I hope) to read that's not about huge government interventions in higher ed? I wrote about nerd camp! The story has some higher-ed connections, I promise, and it was a pleasure to report: www.chronicle.com/article/what...
What Nerd Camp Can Tell Us About the SAT
No selective college relies on standardized tests alone to admit students, but the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth does. That makes it an interesting test case.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Still catching up after some vacation days: But last week, the @chronicle.com published an article from my colleague @franciediep.bsky.social examining how standardized tests impact college admissions. I had the pleasure of producing the photographs for this story.
Back to Bluesky to skeet my way through the ALCS. Observation from the commercial break: The Angelsoft Toilet Paper angel babies are…the souls of dead children, correct?
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Back to Bluesky to skeet my way through the ALCS. Observation from the commercial break: The Angelsoft Toilet Paper angel babies are…the souls of dead children, correct?
Reposted by Michael Theis
SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...
Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy
A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.
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August 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...
“Carrie carried the curry carry out to Farragut Square” might be DC’s version of “Aaron Earned an Iron Urn” #dmvaccent
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Carrie carried the curry carry out to Farragut Square” might be DC’s version of “Aaron Earned an Iron Urn” #dmvaccent
I went to a DC Breeze pro ultimate frisbee game today. I saw a rare play, a “dropped pull”, twice, both times committed by Montreal Royal.
June 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I went to a DC Breeze pro ultimate frisbee game today. I saw a rare play, a “dropped pull”, twice, both times committed by Montreal Royal.
This might be the weirdest Nats game of the season so far.
June 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This might be the weirdest Nats game of the season so far.
The new Jagermeister commercial where a bartender is headbutted - and by implication - gored and presumably killed by a magical stag for the sin of serving Jagermeister warm: what lesson am I supposed to derive from this?
June 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The new Jagermeister commercial where a bartender is headbutted - and by implication - gored and presumably killed by a magical stag for the sin of serving Jagermeister warm: what lesson am I supposed to derive from this?
June 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Just getting back on this app after a busy day. A few things: 1) Go #Nats. We are so back. 2) Vida Taco’s downtown Annapolis location is killer. Get the soft shell crab taco.
June 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Just getting back on this app after a busy day. A few things: 1) Go #Nats. We are so back. 2) Vida Taco’s downtown Annapolis location is killer. Get the soft shell crab taco.
Maryland’s Merlin married Mary to Murray. #DMVAccent
June 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Maryland’s Merlin married Mary to Murray. #DMVAccent
UFL league action: DC Breeze beats NY Empire 23-15 to
improve to 4-3 on the season. Empire falls to 5-3. DC holds onto 3rd place in the East division.
improve to 4-3 on the season. Empire falls to 5-3. DC holds onto 3rd place in the East division.
June 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
UFL league action: DC Breeze beats NY Empire 23-15 to
improve to 4-3 on the season. Empire falls to 5-3. DC holds onto 3rd place in the East division.
improve to 4-3 on the season. Empire falls to 5-3. DC holds onto 3rd place in the East division.
At a DC Breeze pro ultimate frisbee game. DC up 20 - 15 over NY Empire with 4:40 left in the 4th quarter.
June 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
At a DC Breeze pro ultimate frisbee game. DC up 20 - 15 over NY Empire with 4:40 left in the 4th quarter.
Workers move partitions meant to mimic bushes as they prepare an entrance for a private event at Union Station in Washington, D.C., this past May. #streetphotography #35mm #photography
June 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Workers move partitions meant to mimic bushes as they prepare an entrance for a private event at Union Station in Washington, D.C., this past May. #streetphotography #35mm #photography
Sideling Hill in Hancock, Md., taken this past Memorial Day. In my #photography, I try to find images with meaning available in them. And in Sideling Hill, I find a lot of "meaning" available. Like it's crazy we did this for a highway, IMO. This is my attempt to put that feeling into a #Polaroid.
June 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sideling Hill in Hancock, Md., taken this past Memorial Day. In my #photography, I try to find images with meaning available in them. And in Sideling Hill, I find a lot of "meaning" available. Like it's crazy we did this for a highway, IMO. This is my attempt to put that feeling into a #Polaroid.