Wyatt Yankus
@tyankus.bsky.social
📍DC / Navy veteran who now mostly talks about trains and bike lanes / 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦
Scenes from today’s @unite4vets.bsky.social rally on the Mall. No kings, no fascistic birthday parades. Let’s just honor the commitments we’ve made as a country to our veterans and servicemembers.
June 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Scenes from today’s @unite4vets.bsky.social rally on the Mall. No kings, no fascistic birthday parades. Let’s just honor the commitments we’ve made as a country to our veterans and servicemembers.
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May 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Corum and Johnson’s “Airpower in Small Wars” would be good assigned reading as well. The book ends with seven lessons on using air power in low-intensity conflict or COIN/CT scenarios and, TL;DR, this campaign violated all of them.
May 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Corum and Johnson’s “Airpower in Small Wars” would be good assigned reading as well. The book ends with seven lessons on using air power in low-intensity conflict or COIN/CT scenarios and, TL;DR, this campaign violated all of them.
The 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord is a good day for standing up to a wannabe king
April 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord is a good day for standing up to a wannabe king
A fun afternoon volunteering with the Rock Creek Conservancy to help maintain the historic Carter Barron Amphitheater, with the ultimate goal of reopening it in the future as an outdoor music venue for the people of DC. Last photo is a future rendering - would be such a great venue!
April 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A fun afternoon volunteering with the Rock Creek Conservancy to help maintain the historic Carter Barron Amphitheater, with the ultimate goal of reopening it in the future as an outdoor music venue for the people of DC. Last photo is a future rendering - would be such a great venue!
@schumer.senate.gov ‘s grand strategy for dealing with Trump
March 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
@schumer.senate.gov ‘s grand strategy for dealing with Trump
This quote from the WWI Memorial hits hard right now. We owe it not just to ourselves and future generations to defend this country’s ideals, but also to those past who died to defend them.
March 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This quote from the WWI Memorial hits hard right now. We owe it not just to ourselves and future generations to defend this country’s ideals, but also to those past who died to defend them.
A trip to Liberty Island today reminds me how far we’ve drifted from our moorings. But Emma Lazarus’s poem is who we actually are as a people. To quote Chaplin’s speech in The Great Dictator, “The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed.” This too shall pass.
March 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A trip to Liberty Island today reminds me how far we’ve drifted from our moorings. But Emma Lazarus’s poem is who we actually are as a people. To quote Chaplin’s speech in The Great Dictator, “The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed.” This too shall pass.
The crowd outside HHS at lunchtime today, protesting the assault on scientific and medical research in this country. The fact is that every dollar of taxpayer money spent on NIH research stimulates another $2.50 in US economic activity - not even counting the health benefits!
February 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The crowd outside HHS at lunchtime today, protesting the assault on scientific and medical research in this country. The fact is that every dollar of taxpayer money spent on NIH research stimulates another $2.50 in US economic activity - not even counting the health benefits!
Inspiring to see the size of the turnout today at the Reflecting Pool. We the People will not go quietly into the dark night of fascism. #50501
February 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Inspiring to see the size of the turnout today at the Reflecting Pool. We the People will not go quietly into the dark night of fascism. #50501
No Kings on Presidents’ Day. Come out tomorrow to stand up for our Constitution! www.mobilize.us/50501protest...
February 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
No Kings on Presidents’ Day. Come out tomorrow to stand up for our Constitution! www.mobilize.us/50501protest...
When I run into people and they ask how I’m doing.
February 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
When I run into people and they ask how I’m doing.
This is insane! USAID was established and funded by Congress. It can’t be unilaterally shuttered by POTUS - much less an unelected oligarch - any more than he could eliminate DOD. It’s obviously illegal, but also a decimation of U.S. soft power and unilateral disarmament in geostrategic competition.
February 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is insane! USAID was established and funded by Congress. It can’t be unilaterally shuttered by POTUS - much less an unelected oligarch - any more than he could eliminate DOD. It’s obviously illegal, but also a decimation of U.S. soft power and unilateral disarmament in geostrategic competition.
Starting the new year off with 🌈s
January 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Starting the new year off with 🌈s
“No crust of bread for those in need, no cheeses for us meeses.” Annual holiday viewing of #MuppetChristmasCarol
December 20, 2024 at 3:24 PM
“No crust of bread for those in need, no cheeses for us meeses.” Annual holiday viewing of #MuppetChristmasCarol
History as “the process by which complex truths are transformed into simplified falsehoods.”- Stumbled on this powerful and relevant-to-today quote in the afterword of Sharon Kay Penman’s classic 1982 novel “The Sunne in Splendour”
December 17, 2024 at 5:57 PM
History as “the process by which complex truths are transformed into simplified falsehoods.”- Stumbled on this powerful and relevant-to-today quote in the afterword of Sharon Kay Penman’s classic 1982 novel “The Sunne in Splendour”
@popville.bsky.social For Hawks About Town: bald eagle spotted in Columbia Heights.
December 7, 2024 at 6:28 PM
@popville.bsky.social For Hawks About Town: bald eagle spotted in Columbia Heights.
Annoying that the sun is setting during a 4:30pm run, but the DC monuments do look gorgeous at twilight.
November 26, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Annoying that the sun is setting during a 4:30pm run, but the DC monuments do look gorgeous at twilight.
Hey Bluesky! Trying this thing. I’m Wyatt. A Navy veteran living in DC with my husband. Interests include LGBTQ issues, urbanism and public transit, politics (although maybe taking a pause from that for a bit), and exploring all that the DMV area has to offer. Look forward to connecting!
November 18, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Hey Bluesky! Trying this thing. I’m Wyatt. A Navy veteran living in DC with my husband. Interests include LGBTQ issues, urbanism and public transit, politics (although maybe taking a pause from that for a bit), and exploring all that the DMV area has to offer. Look forward to connecting!