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Today was LibraryFest at #Arlington (Va.) Central #Library: Musical performances, #art demonstrations, #crafts, #history, games, and food.
Shown here: ink-making demonstration
#Photography #NewsPhotography
More photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Arlington-Libraryfest-2026
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We went to the annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival in Arlington yesterday, always great fun, and caught two artists: Stacy Brooks and Amani Burnham, shown here.
Brooks is a local D.C. blues artist, with a dance-party vibe. Burnam is much more of a concert performer, combining styles of Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Jimi Hendrix. And he's only 20 years old.
More photos: https://technewslitph
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We had a rollicking good time at Thursday's #ska dance party at Wonderland Ballroom, put on by Bluebeat DC. Here are The Scrub Ups with our nephew Adam Kotok on mandolin. Opening the show were Be Decent, another New York ska band.
More photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/New-York-ska-invasion
#Photography #Music #Reggae #Punk #Rock
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My photo from the Old Glory DC open practice in March is now the Big Picture feature (pp 26-27) in the June print issue of Washingtonian magazine. Old Glory DC is the area's Major League #Rugby Franchise.
#Photography #SportsPhotography #MajorLeagueRugby
https://technewslit.com//downloads/Washingtonian_BigPicture_062026.pdf
📊 Post engagement
4
Avg engagement / post
0.3%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Today was LibraryFest at #Arlington (Va.) Central #Library: Musi · 11 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 1 text · 11 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.6×
Follows 2.2K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Today was LibraryFest at #Arlington (Va.) Central #Library: Musical performances, #art demonstrations, #crafts, #history, games, and food.
Shown here: ink-making demonstration
#Photography #NewsPhotography
More photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Arlington…
Recent TechNewsLit #wildlife #photography now available in Adobe Stock ... https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/213161539/Alan #AdobeStock
New collection joins wildlife photos at the #Alamy agency ... https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/131756…
We had a rollicking good time at Thursday's #ska dance party at Wonderland Ballroom, put on by Bluebeat DC. Here are The Scrub Ups with our nephew Adam Kotok on mandolin. Opening the show were Be Decent, another New York ska band.
More ph…
The National Press Club holds its 27th annual members photography exhibit again this September, which TechNewsLit is organizing for the 11th straight year.
Participation in the show, where content creators share their visual stories with c…
The Supreme Court today stopped the immediate firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook from the Fed board. Exclusive recent photos of Cook are available from the TechNewsLit portfolio at the Alamy photo agency. https://www.alamy.com/po…
We went to the annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival in Arlington yesterday, always great fun, and caught two artists: Stacy Brooks and Amani Burnham, shown here.
Brooks is a local D.C. blues artist, with a dance-party vibe. Burnam is much …
My photo from the Old Glory DC open practice in March is now the Big Picture feature (pp 26-27) in the June print issue of Washingtonian magazine. Old Glory DC is the area's Major League #Rugby Franchise.
#Photography #SportsPhotography #…
In an Update-1 podcast produced by the National Press Club, @samlitzinger talks about his experiences at CBS Radio News, which closes today. Sam was literally the voice of CBS Radio News for decades.
What stands out to me is the fun Sam an…
Photoshoot yesterday: Politico Security Summit.
#Politico journalists interviewed U.S. senators and representatives, a former Homeland Security secretary, member of the German parliament, several DoD technologists, and the exiled crown pri…
Photos of Old Glory DC #rugby match vs. California Legion, 26 Apr at George Mason Univ. stadium, now available at a TechNewsLit gallery on Smugmug.
https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/OGDC26Apr2026
All images in the gallery …
Photo-shoot this morning: AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler, talking about worker protections and consultations at companies implementing A.I. Prepared remarks and interview with Bloomberg's Zach Cohen, also NPC secretary.
More photos ... https…
New members of #Congress #photos added to TechNewsLit portfolio on #Alamy: Rep. Greg Murphy, R-NC (left) and Kim Schrier, D-WA, interviewed last week at #Axios event on specialty health care access.
TechNewsLit portfolio: https://www.alamy…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
journa.host
A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 4 views per post.
📤Posts about 1× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated38/100
Low
Credibility score
56%
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Real audience
High
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 56% real, active audience · High fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Follows 2.2K accounts — more than its own followers — a common follow-for-follow / bot pattern.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
#Reporter, #publisher, #photographer, #entrepreneur. CEO of digital publishing company Technology News and Literature. Photography chair, National Press Club in DC #BillsMafia #IowaHawkeyes
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