Mike Reilley @mikereilley.bsky.social UIC senior lecturer in data and digital journalism | RTDNA/GNI lead trainer | ONA AI lead trainer | Founder JournalistsToolbox.ai | Author: "Data + Journalism" and "The Journalist’s Toolbox: A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI"
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Christie Nowak @xrystabelle.bsky.social Daughter, spouse, parent, dog booper, cat herder, chicken treater, fish briber, plant wrangler, fiber petter, wood burner, bass fumbler, rock stalker, chocolate snob
AnneBannister @annebannister.bsky.social Ann Arbor
@kittybkahn.bsky.social @kittybkahn.bsky.social - R @royrichter.bsky.social @royrichter.bsky.social
Dave Zeglen @culturemarxist.bsky.social Lecturer in International Studies, University of Michigan
LEO - AFT Local 6244 Union Steward, Social Sciences
no gods, no masters
Views my own, not my employer.
Jason Kosnoski @jasonkosnoski.bsky.social Professor of Pol. Sci. UMich-Flint. Political Theory and Labor Studies. AFT 5671 member. Author "The Political Theory of Salvage" https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Political-Theory-of-Salvage. Opinions solely my own and do not reflect my institution.
@chrishboyd.bsky.social @chrishboyd.bsky.social 
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Sevonaut @sevonaut.northsky.social Middle-aged trans woman surviving the apocalypse with baking, flowers/trees, silly times with my kid, and some righteous indignation. 
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social Activist. Political content creator. Author of Chop Wood Carry Water Daily Actions Substack.
Linktree 👇
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Erin McElroy @erinmcel.bsky.social Associate Professor of Geography at University of Washington https://www.erinmcelroy.net; Anti-Eviction Mapping Project https://antievictionmap.com/; Silicon Valley Imperialism https://www.dukeupress.edu/silicon-valley-imperialism
Tom Sabourin @tomsabourin.bsky.social Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes? -George Gobel
Chad Livengood @chadlivengood.bsky.social Politics Editor & Columnist at The Detroit News
clivengood@detroitnews.com
https://www.detroitnews.com/staff/9891415002/chad-livengood/
Barbara Rachelson @barbararvt.bsky.social Mother, Grandmother,Social Worker, State Legislator, Nonprofit Exec, Adjunct Instructor, Advocate, cat lady, NJ girl living in Vermont via Ann Arbor, MI
Brian Weatherson @bweatherson.bsky.social Philosopher at University of Michigan. https://brian.weatherson.org/
Alton B.H. Worthington @abhw.bsky.social Social Science Shop Teacher in the vocational training division of a sports entertainment and medical services conglomerate. Views expressed represent nobody, even myself. ∃ RPs ∉ {Endorse} ∧ ∀ Posts ⊂ {Nonsense}. PV=NRT. "Car weirdo."
Matt Oswalt @mattoswaltva.bsky.social remember me? We met on Twitter and would get together every Tuesday afternoon at the Motel 6 outside Fresno.
Charles @dw148.bsky.social 
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
Granny squares the circle @strickoma.bsky.social Whovian und Trekkie 🖖 Serienjunkie, Filmfreak, Weltraumnerd, Wissenschaftsfreund. Und absolut links-grün-versifft ☮️ #FCKNZS #FCKAFD
Farwest Erica @farwesterica.bsky.social Old Lefty, liberal af, retired; on FB since it was students-only; family genealogist, loner but never lonely; my spare monitor is my window on my world. DM me only if you already know me...
MadeInDex 📰 🌎 @madeindex.bsky.social 🌍 The #Sustainability Index
🌲 Environmental News & Guides about sustainable Products, Companies & their impact
💻 Privacy, Journalism, Politics, Humor, AI, Pacifism, Animal Rights, Cleaning nature
💚 Vegan & vegetarian topics
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MELANIE RAVEN @melanieraven.bsky.social 🌈💙🐈⬛ I am half German and 1/4 Scots Irish and 1/4 British 🇬🇧I want to be deported to either country. 💸No Buy 2025!! Unless it's to keep your family safe. Do that now. Vegan. RBlue Crew. I follow back 🌊🌊🌊🦋🇨🇦🇲🇽🏴☠️ Amy Lee for President Evanescence, I love Aespa!
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
MLive @mlive.com Michigan's largest local news site. Read us at www.mlive.com.
Steve Neavling @mcmuckraker.bsky.social Investigative reporter at Detroit Metro Times. Founder of Motor City Muckraker. 
Big Local News @biglocalnews.bsky.social Data, tools and collaborations that empower journalists to better cover their community. A project at Stanford University.
Russ McNamara @rpmcnamara.bsky.social Reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network | On the pavement thinking about the government | Member: SPJ | RTDNA | PMJA |
https://wdet.org/author/rmcnamara/
WDET 101.9 FM @wdet.bsky.social Detroit’s public radio station. Your connection to news, music and conversation.
🏆 MAB Public Radio Station of the Year 2024
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Craig Mauger @craigmauger.bsky.social A reporter who covers Michigan politics and government for The Detroit News. www.detroitnews.com
Jeff Ernsthausen @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social Senior data reporter @propublica. Formerly @ajc, @thenation, @harpers and @federalreserve (are they even on here?). Proud Newsguild member.
Paul Egan @paulegan4.bsky.social I write for the Detroit Free Press and mostly cover state government in Michigan. State contracting, prisons, state police, and the state budget are among my interests. I have four dogs and you will meet them all.
Michigan Public @michiganpublic.bsky.social News for and about Michiganders. http://bit.ly/34Qa3QN
Home of Stateside. Donate: http://michiganpublic.org/bluesky
Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social He/Him. (OMG - He’s got pronouns in his bio!)
#transrightsarehumanrights
Editor-in-Chief w/ @MichiganAdvance.com
https://michiganadvance.com/author/jonking/
https://substack.com/@jonkingnews
Danielle James @danijames21.bsky.social Education/government reporter for MLive. Previously @MIRS. MSU jschool alum, photographer, and lover of the Oxford comma. retweets 🚫 endorsements. djames@mlive.com
Lori Chapman @lorimchapman.bsky.social Senior video producer at MLive, Michigan's largest local news site. 
MichLeague.bsky.social @michleague.bsky.social The Michigan League for Public Policy is a state-level institute dedicated to economic opportunity for all. http://linktr.ee/MichLeague
Audrey Whitaker @yerduaw.bsky.social Covering local government for MLive in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Rose White @rosekellywhite.bsky.social Reporter for MLive | adjunct for Hope College
Greg Morton @invisibae.bsky.social Data editor at the Banner
Have any interesting data 👀?
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Ross Jones @therossingtonpost.bsky.social Investigative reporter | WXYZ-TV Detroit
ross.jones@wxyz.com | (248) 827-9466
Randy Essex @ressex.bsky.social Content creator. 🥴 Retired journalist: Freep; DM Register; 8 states, 10 papers. Stood up for immigrants, won 2016 Burl Osborne Editorial Leadership Award. Write columns for Freep & Windsor Star.
Runner, bicyclist, Husker. Cubs, Tigers, Chiefs.
The Kresge Foundation @kresge.org Official Bluesky feed for The Kresge Foundation. We expand equity and opportunity for people with low incomes in cities across the U.S. We work nationally and go deep in Detroit, Fresno, Memphis, and New Orleans.
Kresge.org
Illinois Answers Project @illinoisanswers.bsky.social Working every day to uncover waste and wrongdoing in government, hold public officials accountable and lift up solutions to Illinois’ most pressing problems.
Gongwer News Service - Michigan @gongwermichigan.bsky.social The premier source for news and information on Michigan government and politics.
Part of the State Affairs US Network.
Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct)
https://mattdpearce.substack.com
Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
union member @cstguild.bsky.social
drummer, mediocre catcher
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7 News Detroit @wxyzdetroit.bsky.social WXYZ 7 News Detroit is your breaking news and weather leader. Channel 7 - on-air, online at http://WXYZ.com and on your favorite streaming devices.
Sophie @sophiavp.bsky.social Full of malignancy and an inventor of evil things.
Oil & Water Don't Mix @owdm.bsky.social Empowering advocates to shut down Enbridge Line 5, America's Most Dangerous Oil Pipeline.
The Michigan Daily @michigandaily.bsky.social Serving the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor communities DAILY for 134 years.
https://www.michigandaily.com/
Mikal Goodman @mikalgoodman.bsky.social Pontiac City Councilman.
Fmr. Co-Chair of @detroitdsa.bsky.social ('23-'26)
Anti-Fascist, since that needs to be said now.
Socials and Important Links: https://linktr.ee/Mikalgoodman
John Pearce @johnpearce650.bsky.social Writer and environmentalist. Find me on Medium: https://medium.com/@johnpearce650
Author of:
"The Little Green Book - A Guide to the Green Revolution"
“Gaia — A Faith for the Future”
“The Medium Story — The Ultimate Guide to Medium"
@amitak.bsky.social @amitak.bsky.social 
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Marcia from Michigan @mar-patt-dtrck.bsky.social Woman. Mom. Gramma. Widowed by dementia. Lover of people, collector of stories. One who longs for “liberty and justice for all.” Accidental activist.
My 2025 intention is to talk less, listen more. So I intend to ask YOU anything -- let's talk! 
Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social Candidate for US Senate | Congresswoman #TX30 | Civil Rights & Criminal Attorney | Progressive | Fmr. St. Rep. HD100 | DST 1913 🐘🔥| She/Her/Ella | #TEXASTOUGH
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
The Saturday Morning Podcast 🎙️ @satmornpod.bsky.social Welcome to #SaturdayMorning & Syndicated #Cartoons! Indie #podcast hosted by preservationist Christopher Jay. Travel back to the #80s every other Saturday! (Ally 🏳️🌈 - He/Him)
Find the show here: Linktr.ee/SatMornPod (Apple/Spotify links)
BrynoDC @brynodc.bsky.social Teaching Civics and Law to the world. Ready to rebuild the Democratic Party, one tiny red district at a time. Host of Downballot Roundup. Former Assistant Attorney General. Shaw, DC. 🏳️🌈/💙/🌴 Linktr.ee/brynodc
Ellie Vate @eevw.xyz Democracy defender with many interests; books, latest tech, yoga and meditation. A believer in balance. It all co-exists🙏🏼. I read profile descriptions before following. DMs=instant block
Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social Climate and disaster scientist, famed government whistleblower, and former candidate for Congress. Expertise includes climate science, natural disasters, politics, and media.
www.MESOSCALENEWS.com
https://linktr.ee/georebekah
Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social Chicago's 32nd Ward Committeeman. Host of Endless Urgency. Exposing MAGA and defending democracy. Entrepreneur, husband, dad, semi-happy Cubs fan.
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
Left Of Lansing @leftoflansing.bsky.social Pat Johnston's Progressive Podcast covering Michigan politics and pop culture!
Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social Executive Director, Blue Missouri. Grassroots organizer. Writer. Former State House nominee. Rural mom fighting for rural schools. Dirt Road Democrat.
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪
Join our people-powered nonprofit newsroom: motherjones.com/subscribe
The Simpsons @simpsonsquotes.bsky.social One of the most cromulent accounts about the Simpsons. DM suggestions!
Jen Psaki @jenpsaki.bsky.social Mom of 2, Host of @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social Tuesday-Friday at 9pm ET on MS NOW.
Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social After teaching and writing about constitutional law for 50 yrs, it seemed time for me to reach beyond Harvard’s walls — to spread understanding and appreciation of the rule of law, of justice as fairness, and of a republic if we can keep it
Indivisible Michigan @indivisiblemi.bsky.social Michigan politics, sometimes spicy, served up by a corps of dedicated Michiganders.
Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social Public servant running for U.S. Senate because it shouldn't be THIS hard to get by. Michigan born and raised. Girl Dad. Doctor. Vote by November 3rd!
Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com 2024 Michigan Press Association's News Media Publication of the Year. Hard-hitting reporting on politics and policy. Part of the nonprofit @statesnewsroom.com.
Midwest Political Science Association @mpsa.bsky.social The Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) was founded in 1939 and is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all areas of political science. Visit our website at www.MPSAnet.org to learn more.
Dr Buki Fatona @bukifatona.bsky.social @University of Oxford, research in Philosophy of Cognitive Neuroscience & Religion:
memory; imagination; action.
❤️classics, mathematics, & art❤️
https://theology.web.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-buki-fatona
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati | Book: Who Pays for Diversity? March 2025 https://www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pays-for-diversity/paper
Stanford W. Carpenter @swcarpenter.bsky.social Cultural Anthropologist
Sometime Comic Creator
Former Archaeologist
AKA Brother-Story
Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press.
Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
hakeemjefferson.com
Brandi Collins-Dexter @brandicd.bsky.social Author of Black Skinhead: Reflections in Blackness & Our Political Future. Cat mom (Ella & Satchel). Researcher. Techno optimist in an antitrust goth phase. Chicago is my ❤️, Baltimore is my 🏡.
https://linktr.ee/BrandingBrandi
Damon Jones @nomadj1s.bsky.social economist | from NJ | he/him
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social Reader, writer, teacher, gardener, seamstress, contrarian. Alice Griffin Professor Emerita of English, Former Director-Carter G. Woodson Institute, U of Virginia. Please, no DMs unless I know you. For professional matters, please contact me via UVA.
ProfYolonda @profyolonda.bsky.social Philosopher-Bioethicist with Georgia’s red clay in my blood. Feminist. Race woman. Views are my own.
David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
🆂🅷🅴🆁🆈🅻 🆂🆃🅴🅸🅽 she/her @sherylstein.bsky.social Are you there, social media void? It's me, Sheryl.
Writer (WaPo, #WFWA #Binders). Deus ex mama. Soccer mom with track marks ( #PI #CVID #DIS #ChronicIllness). Rutgers stan.
Rep: @shellyromero
website: sherylstein.com
links: https://linktr.ee/sherylstein
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Greg @gregwoodring.bsky.social Environmentalists and Socialist committed to a green and publicly owned future