Becca Esche @beccasaintpaul.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 she/her. queer. adored by two idiots. cat lady. civic engagement fairy. duuuuuvallll forever in my heart. St Paul, Minnesota is home.
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Bree 🇵🇸👍 🧊🚫 @breeminneapolis.bsky.social Nobody in my life is responsible for what I say
Impeach the motherfucker already.
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Fuck AI
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Lauren in Saint Paul @comobelladonna.bsky.social Paul Wellstone was right.
I talk a lot about homelessness and hockey.
The chickadee should be our state bird.
Terminal reply guy :/ Sry
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Mask Bloc MSP @maskblocmsp.bsky.social disabled- and queer-led mutual aid providing masks & other viral mitigation resources in so-called Minneapolis/St. Paul. Request form & more @ maskblocmsp.com Emails will be answered faster than DMs on this platform
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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com Bikes. Kids. Saint Paul. Egg Tacos. Coffee. 1/3 of @MischiefToy.com. Sworn enemy of Summit Ave boulevard trees. Blogging about bikes @ marshallwords.com. AI & X users get unfollowed. he/him
Nick Benson @ottergoose.net Currently: hyper-fixated on the aviation angle of ICE’s mass detention apparatus.
Generally: nerding out over geography, weather, politics, and photography of Minnesota's railroad and aviation scene. Chief AvGeek at @JetTip.net.
📍 Burnsville, Minnesota
Putrino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social 
Jason Buck @jasonbuck.bsky.social What’s your spaghetti policy here?
Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social Saint Paul City Council Member for Ward Four.
Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action.
prim @primordial.bsky.social she/they. mid 30s. queer leftist. neurospicy multidisciplinary artist. truthful to a fault. the banner photo is my cats and they are married. MPLS. ♿️
madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social reporter @ minnesota reformer covering immigration and more. posting about sports sometimes too. texan in st. paul. eng/esp
Adam @mnorthstar82.bsky.social YLIKUITTASJÄRVI
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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social Independent Documentary Photographer
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social Wife of @alysemayequade.bsky.social, mom, reproductive justice advocate, MN State Senator, and John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Winner (along with my Twin Cities neighbors). Reposts aren’t endorsements.
floating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Minneapolis to be born?
Erik Noonan @eriknoonan.bsky.social (he/him they/them)
Local Award Winning Bike Nerd
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Mischief Toy Store @mischieftoy.com Saint Paul’s Toy Store. Find us in the real world at 818 Grand Ave or http://MischiefToy.com. Play is resistance.
Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.
EurekaMSP @eurekamsp.bsky.social Bikes and dogs and such. Here to collect fuel for my strongly worded emails. #CovidCautious and need more community so hmu 😷
Matt Privratsky @mattprivratsky.bsky.social Saint Paul MN. Local politics. Land use, housing, transportation, climate. (He/Him)
Minneapolis Fed @minneapolisfed.bsky.social We serve the public by pursuing a growing economy and stable financial system that work for all of us. Serving the Ninth Federal Reserve District.
Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize + Peabody award-winning journalist http://instagram.com/_connie_walker Nehiyaw from Okanese
Nick Estes @nicke.bsky.social ⚡️Oceti Sakowin. Kul Wicasa. Lakol Wicoun. The original Red Scare. The Red Nation. Red Media.⚡️ 
Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social Inupiaq, scientist of host-microbe interactions, mom, runner, news junkie, not necessarily in that order. I speak for myself. She/her. Only reskeets posts with alt text. Unapologetically typo prone, doesn't use AI.
Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social Expert in weighing medical evidence, cancer, COVID forecasting & mitigation, health disparities, financial analytics. 120 publications. PhD program director. Cancer center program leader.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social Minneapolitan. Occasionally lawyerly. Union member and supporter. LGBTQIA+ supporter. She/her.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social Turning your kids into rock stars, chasing the northern lights and exploring Minnesota. I dig music, guitars, ukulele and stargazing.
📸🎸🔭
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com Senior editor at The Atlantic.
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Will Carless, USA TODAY @willcarless.bsky.social I cover extremism and emerging issues for the nation's newspaper. Send tips/contact me confidentially on +1 415.416.5231 (Signal/Telegram/WhatsApp)
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social He/Him. Dad. Journo tracking dark money and attacks on public health. JD, ADHD, occasional cartoonist.
Co-founder of Accountability Journalism Institute. Accountabilityjournalism.org
Signal: walkerbragman.44
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social We study antiviral immunity and viral disease pathogenesis. We are developing mucosal vaccine strategies to prevent infection and transmission. #COVID19 #longCOVID #vaccines 
Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social writer, comedian, social strategist, living in the city of angels, occasionally singing about leopards. shop.franchesca.net
Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social Trying to do right in a screwed up world. I cover protests and things. Bit of a miscreant. I do stupid things well. (she/her)
Fjóla @fjolagud.bsky.social Icelandic, folklorist, journalist. Lumpfish enthusiast and admirer of medieval manuscripts.
ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social Prof of English*Africana Prof at a college that’s a fascist bellwether.Blk Feminist. Quilter. Uses more tech than is good for her. Views my own.
Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social Dad x3 | Snr editor | Bloomberg News | Melbourne
Author of https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53726/after-covid
• public health • medicine • emerging infectious diseases • antimicrobial resistance • science
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Laurie Kilmartin @anylaurie16.bsky.social Standup comedian, writer, https://lauriekilmartin.com
The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org Award-winning nonprofit news site chronicling the #LongCOVID crisis. Founded by @BetsyLadyzhets.bsky.social & @MilesWGriffis.bsky.social
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Alexis Nikole 🌻 @blackforager.bsky.social Busy eating stuff off the ground (it’s my job)
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
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Visit longhauler-advocacy.org/lcamonth26 to learn more and take action this #LongCOVIDAwarenessMonth.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Jessica Pieklo @hegemommy.bsky.social Coloradan. Loud talker. Soccer lady. Italian matriarch. Justice minded thinker and writer. Can’t quit won’t quit trash talking SCOTUS. Not necessarily in that order.
Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com bitch kraken / texan / she/her / 📍atx / 😎 blocking out the haters w @reproaction.bsky.social / co-founder @theflytrapmedia.com
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Eric Harris Bernstein @ehbinmn.bsky.social Minneapolis’ lowest ranking and least respected public official. Also winter enthusiast, tax justice advocate, and Director of We Make Minnesota.- T @toomanypigeons.bsky.social @toomanypigeons.bsky.social
Maya Contreras @mayatcontreras.bsky.social (She/Hers) Writer and Advocate. Rep’d by Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret LLC. Art & Public Policy MA NYU. 🩷💜💙
ItsMeMaven @itsmemaven.bsky.social Salty margaritas, salty bacon & salty language. INTJ, C-PTSD, I lather my nethers with the tears of my enemies. Don’t be a dick. #RouxEnY #crochet🧶 #pugs #otters 🦦(the actual animals!) #COVIDisAirborne🦠 #SaltingTheVibes ❤️
Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social A record of the plague years. Z”L.
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Sara C. Doan @sdoanut.bsky.social Asst Prof of Experience Architecture at MSU. Disease maps, long Covid, & digital accessibility. SFF writer, editor, & chronic overachiever. Probably fatigued.
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 !
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social Democracy Drowns In Dankness
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land Chronically ill public health JD writing to make sense of the policy hellscape so you don't have to do it alone. Actionable analysis & trustworthy guidance for people the system wasn't built to protect. Free & paid: ShouldntNeed.com
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Sean Kershaw @seankershaw.bsky.social Strategic & Legislative Funding Advisor at Bolton and Menk. Parent of Grace & Aidan. Husband of Tim. Co-Producer of @GrandOakOpry.bsky.social.
Ben Maas @masbenmaas.bsky.social Studying water quality for the state of Minnesota
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social professionally nosy. reporter at @minnesotareformer.com
Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com Defiance posting. Vibes: Enraged 🔴
Not a Democrat anymore.
Columnist @ Dame Magazine, bylines @ The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar and more. Black, millennial, feminist, tired. Going to keep fighting anyway. Pay me for ideas: patreon.com/gothamgirlblue
Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social Probably down a research rabbit hole.
📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social Professional Dominatrix and erotic hypnotic Mistress
Making the world a little better, one orgasm at a time
She/Her
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Scarleteen @scarleteen.com OG progressive, inclusive and independent sex & relationship education, information, advocacy and support for young people everywhere. Fighting the good fights & keeping it real since 1998 🖤
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Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social St. Paul Bicycle Coalition chair and biochemistry professor. Believer in the *radical* idea that we deserve safe, clean, healthy, equitable, & financially resilient places. Bikes, walking, & transit first.
Mitra Jalali @mitrajunjalali.bsky.social www.mitrajalali.com
Laura Miers @lauramiers.bsky.social Chronically ill, LongCovid since 2020. Public health advocate and lived experience expert. Ex-Texan. Medicine, languages, Sociology, & law. Global citizen & polyglot.
Wes Ely, MD, MPH @weselymd.bsky.social Husband & Dad. ICU Doc. Vanderbilt. @CIBScenter studies Covid & Long Covid, ICU Survivorship, Dementia, Delirium, PICS. Fighting misinformation. Posts my own. Still learning.
Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social Investigative reporter, Institute for Justice. Formerly: Minnesota Reformer, Washington Post, Brookings, Pew. Orange cat evangelist. Ask me about my swamp.
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
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Anders V @veiteberg.bsky.social singer, ph.d. candidate, anti-imperialist
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