John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social Ars Technica's science editor. Various other things that are far less interesting.
Check my author profile on Ars for my email. jtimmer.95 on Signal.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov Representing Austin in Congress. Leading Democrats on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. Cyclist, Longhorn, husband to Libby, father, grandfather.
Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social rural Ontario family doc | writer | Family Medicine @queensuhealth.bsky.social | she/her
Health equity, health policy, wellness pseudoscience, women's health, history of medicine.
🔗 https://informedperspectives.org/expert/?id=001fK00000INrSnQAL
Podcast Jay (parody) @podcastjay.bsky.social Unlicensed clinician-scientist podcasting from Building 1 and beyond (mostly beyond).
Views do not represent the NIH staff (they told me so).
Parody.
NIH Bear @nihbear.bsky.social Am bear of science. Will bear for grant funding.
The only official information outlet for the National Institutes of Health.
Do not taunt happy fun bear.
The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com 🇺🇸 Service, democracy, and the last mile. From 4-H to the Peace Corps to the Foreign Service, one belief held: the Constitution is kept, not inherited. We keep it for each other.
Miriam Lewis Sabin @mimilewissabin.bsky.social The Lancet’s North American Senior Executive Editor. Based in the Big 🍎. Former proud CDC & EIS, WHO, UNAIDS & GLOBAL FUND.Views are my own.
altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social Original resistance account for the NOAA. Not official account of NOAA but close enough we can forecast them.
Weather geek. Boat driver. Former airman. Weekend redneck. Coffee: black. Kinda Grumpy. Go Walz! 🌮
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social @kylegriffin1 from that Twitter thing
Executive Producer @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social
Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social Professor Emeritus (University of Manchester), writes on biology, history of science & French Resistance. Most recent book: a biography of Francis Crick. Now writing THE IDEA OF HEREDITY.
Link to publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8258-4913
Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Computation, cognition, development.
Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social Covering politics, policy and power in health care for POLITICO New York
Tips: mkaufman@politico.com or mayakaufman.11 on Signal
Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social Die hard Cruyffian. Ex astrophysicist. QPR devotee, for my multiple sins. Single parent.
Curtis Pickering @cpickering.bsky.social Cancer biologist working on translational genomics of head and neck cancer. Posts and opinions are my own.
Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net NIA, Ex-PCORI, HSR (UMD), BioStats (UW). AMSTAT 2027 HPSS Chair and 2026 Fellow. Human to @parrishpets.bsky.social. Here as a private citizen. BD Signer. RT Speaker. Reposts &❤️≠endorsements.
Mark Histed @markhisted.org Lincoln liberal, 2nd inaugural enthusiast.
Information processing in networks. Brains, models, lasers.
Prev: media policy for democracypolicy.network. All views are my own.
linktr.ee/markhisted
neuro: 🧠 /🧪
Jeremy Lee Wolin @jeremyleewolin.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate @ princeton, researching post-civil rights movement urban development reform, architecture of the welfare state, public infrastructure, Asian American urbanism
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info Your friendly local SSA agent just trying to survive. DMs are open. Yes there’s 2 of us (Hi Rogue SSA👋). We are #AltGov. Not affiliated with AltNPS. This account is not an official SSA account. FDT. Release the Epstein files. Preferred name: AltSSAssy ❤️
Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info They tried to bury us. They didn't realize we were seeds.
Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social Official account of Science Vs!
We're a science podcast that pits facts against everything else.
Made by Wendy Zukerman, Rose Rimler, Meryl Horn, Michelle Dang, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, Blythe Terrell, Bobby Lord & independent fact checkers
Alt The National Institute on Aging @altthenia.bsky.social We are the official resistance scientists of the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. Aging doesn't discriminate, and we're coming for all of you! We want to see our siblings, Alt CMS and Alt NINDS, too!
Aneela Mirchandani @aneela.bsky.social Independent journalist
Tips: theoddpost -at- proton -dot- me
The Odd Post: https://theoddpost.substack.com/
The Sikh Nation Report: https://sikhnation.substack.com/
Portfolio: https://aneelamirchandani.com/
The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com Daily News. With swearing. https://www.dailybeanspod.com/
Hosts: @muellershewrote.com & @dgcomedy.bsky.social
Support independent media: http://patreon.com/thedailybeans
Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@MSWMediaPods
@sommergentry.bsky.social @sommergentry.bsky.social
Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social ER doc, public health professional, researcher, and former chief medical officer at the CDC. Working to improve health in communities while figuring out what is next for me
Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social Activist. Political content creator. Author of Chop Wood Carry Water Daily Actions Substack.
Linktree 👇
beacons.ai/jesscraven101
Takecareofthemplease @takecareofthem.bsky.social Progressive. Veterinarian. Science is real. Capitalism sucks. Kids, cats, coffee, and football rock. LGBTQ+ advocate. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐈🏈🧬💉Damn the patriarchy. Eat the rich. Black lives matter. No human is illegal. Agnostic.
Lisa @meandertail.bsky.social occasional genomics, mostly not. these are my own views, my employer does not care about my NYT crossword gold star streak
Deedee96 @dariusaudubon.bsky.social Physician mom trying to remain calm. Pro: oxford comma,cilantro,democracy, and blue cheese. Anti: Imperial Presidency and RFK Jr shenanigans. #PWDP #VA . Ideology kills humans. Vote. (DMs are off for good reasons).
Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt (Secondary appts: Poli Sci, SPIA). Cal bear, Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MS NOW. Writing on health insurance and admin burden. Author of Coverage Denied (CUP): https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social
Beastcoaster🇺🇸🌹 @beastcoaster.bsky.social Health economist by training, HRQOL researcher by profession. Kickboxing/judo/jiujitsu. DSA.
Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org * Regularly updated calendars & news of #Maine, #MEpolitics
* #NonViolenceIsPower
* #EveryEffortCounts
* #VOTE
"Most accurate and up to date calendars in Maine. Thank you!"
Born 02.16.25
Posts ≠ endorsement
NO connection to Pine Tree Results PAC
AltUSEPA @altusepa.org Providing the real inside scoop inside Trump's USEPA.
https://altusepa.org
https://blog.altusepa.org
Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social Infection diseases doctor | Stanford Clinical Associate Professor
Focused on vaccines, data transparency, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Views my own.
Jonathan Maxerman Berman, PhD @jonathanberman.bsky.social Mastodon:
@JonathanMBerman@fediscience.org
Ion channels, kidneys, books, etc
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
Kathleen Ethier @kaethier.bsky.social I'm a social psychologist, a long time public health professional in adolescent and women's health and, most recently, a former federal official. I crochet and bake and raise chickens and dogs. Married to an Educator.
#UglyDogs
Max Moran @maxmoranhi.bsky.social Law student, researcher, tired
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/judgmentproof
David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social Software engineer.
Mostly talk climate and related politics.
Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social Author of DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE, amzn.to/45LFzNg, PRACTICAL EQUALITY, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS, ELOQUENCE & REASON | Next: BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF COAL COUNTRY | Prof @ BostonU | constitutionalism, legal history | https://linktr.ee/roberttsai
Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social 🧠 Scientist | UW-Madison Asst. Prof 🦡 |
| Former NIH Postdoc |
Organizer & Advocate for Science, Democracy, and Labor 🧪🇺🇸✊
(opinions are my own)
Rachana Pradhan @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social Reporter @kffhealthnews.org. I write about decisions made by powerful individuals and institutions, and the real-life impact on Americans' health.
Find me on Signal: username rachanadpradhan.83
Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social Scientist, citizen, mom, and occasionally athletic
Lindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social Executive Director, Groundwork Collaborative and Groundwork Action. Founder, Economic Speakers Bureau. Author, Gouged (forthcoming Viking Penguin). Former economic adviser Warren/Ellison/Jayapal.
Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social "O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social Career public defender • Survivor & Amazing Racer • Fueled by rage at injustice • she/her
Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info 📣 Speaking for the trees, and:
🌲 600 million forest acres
💚 193 million acres public land
🥾 164,000 miles of trails
🎣 400,000 miles of streams
🪵 Billions of board feet timber
🚰 Trillions of gallons clean water
🚫Not affiliated with USDA Forest Service
5-4 Podcast @fivefourpod.bsky.social A podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. patreon.com/fivefourpod
Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social An organization of scientists and allies, incl @ NIH NSF affected by the Great Science Collapse of 2025.
We work to chart a new course for vibrant US science and academia, backed by democracy and supported by the public.
www.scienceandfreedomalliance.org
Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Alice Gallin-Dwyer @alicegallin.bsky.social Deputy Director, Washington Monthly; non-profit executive, advocate, proud mom of three young adults.
Sarah Christopherson @sarahcgchris.bsky.social Past: Congress 2005-2015. Current: tax lobbyist, but the poor kind
Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social Editorial Director, Features and Special Projects at WIRED.
Reyhan_harmanci@wired.com
Mad Dr Chaos @professchaos.bsky.social Student of science, engineer of entropy, maker of mischief. Girl-shaped monster, actual cyborg. Dominant. Owner of Peroxide. Early 40’s. She/her/cy. 18+ only.
IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org We're the official Indivisible for Las Vegas. Follow us for the salty and the serious. Join us in the resistance. We will never stop fighting for democracy and equality. We follow back as long as you're cool.
https://indivisiblelasvegas.org/
Sapana @sapana.bsky.social *Personal views here*. Dir @ U.S. Senate | Forever science diplomat, AAAS STPF alum, Tar Heel, aspiring chef, avid reader, globetrotter, space nerd. Views=mine; RT/F≠E
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social Staff writer @wired.com covering health+biotech. Uses em dashes without AI.
Author page: https://www.wired.com/author/emily-mullin/
Email: emily_mullin@wired.com
Signal: emullin.06
Rogue NASA @roguenasa.altgov.info Not an official NASA account. Come for the facts, stay for the snark.🥄
Same team from Twitter but with more gray hairs. 🚀🛰️🧪🔭
climate.nasa.gov
they/them
🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️
Philadelphia Science Action @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com Championing science, diversity, and fact-based policy in the city where American democracy was born. 🧪🦅
Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/phillyscienceaction
Charles Jennings @chasjennings.bsky.social Neuroscientist, founding editor of Nat Neurosci; current research manager at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; hiker and occasional marathoner; proud father. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
US House Equality @ushouseequality.bsky.social Civil society, let's reduce the US Senate portion of the Electoral College by adding House seats using Wyoming, Cube Root or WYx2 rules. #uncapthehouse & check my state lists for resources. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Drag Race, my dogs, #🎶⁴ohmmakers. nostalgia is a weapon.
Accountability Journalism Institute @accountabilityji.bsky.social We are scientists, investigative journalists, human rights advocates and media professionals joining forces to expose disinformation and help science fight back.
accountabilityjournalism.org
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Henry Burke @henryburke.bsky.social Senior Researcher @RevolvingDoorDC.bsky.social Opinions my own. Writing on Economic Hacks, Climate Finance, Crypto and corporate capture of the Executive Branch.
Senate Commerce Dems @commerce.senate.gov Follow for official news from the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Democratic members.
✈️🚂🌊🚀📱⚙️
Led by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington State @cantwell.senate.gov
I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social Bethesda Declaration signer. Science advocate.
"... government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln
🇺🇸🧪🔬🇺🇦🏳️🌈🇬🇱
Alessandra Zimmermann @alesszimm.bsky.social Federal R&D Budget Policy at AAAS | Biochem PhD | views are my own | she/her
Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social Director of Bullard Center Texas Southern University, professor, author of 18 books, NBEJN #HBCU Climate Change Consortium, #ClimateReality Board, AAAS, National Academy of Medicine, TIME Earth Award, Father of Environmental Justice, US Marine Corps Vet.
Yardley-Morrisville Indivisible @yardleyindivisible.bsky.social Grassroots org in #Yardley #LowerMakefield #BucksCounty #Morrisville on the side of our Constitution, civil rights, & keeping MAGA from dismantling our government. Non-violent. Following does not = agreement.
https://yardleyindivisible.org
Mike Greicius @mikegreicius.bsky.social Behavioral neurologist at Stanford University caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders like Lewy body disease. My lab studies the genetics of these disorders looking for novel drug targets. #Alzheimer's #publichealth #neuroskyence
Paula Martinac 🏳️🌈 📚 ❌👑 @paulamartinac.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Author, editor, teacher, Lambda Literary Award winner, 2023 William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant winner, member Authors Guild, SinC, Historical Novel Society
https://paulamartinac.com 🏳️🌈
Trans rights are human rights🏳️⚧️
Stella Mayerhoff | Science Journalist ✍🏼 @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social Report for America corps member at KAXE News
UC Santa Cruz Science Communication 🧪📝
Journalist and science communicator with a background in primate behavior and cognition 👧🏻🐒🧠
she/her 🏳️🌈
stellamayerhoff.com
End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social We're on a mission to get Big Money out of politics, return power to the people, and defend our democracy.
endcitizensunited.org
@amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social Professor, AI Hackathon winner, behavioral scientist, prior biomedical engineer, proud Californian, global health advocate. I was off social media until now.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/amy.conroy
Congresswoman Lori Trahan @trahan.house.gov Proudly representing Massachusetts' 3rd District in the United States Congress.
https://linktr.ee/reploritrahan
Energy & Commerce Democrats @energycommerce.bsky.social Fighting to protect health care, lower costs, defend consumers, and lead the clean energy transition under Ranking Member @repfrankpallone.bsky.social
Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org We use the law to advance a bold, vibrant democracy for all people by defending progress, disrupting extremism, and building for the future. Join us at democracyforward.org
Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org is this the one that wins
Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social Washington Post alum covering hacking, disinformation and what’s left of privacy. Author of books on the Cult of the Dead Cow, organized criminal hacking, and Napster. Pulitzer co-finalist 2024. Signal joemenn.01
Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social Scientist, mom, creator, nerd.
"held under these smothering waves, by your cold and thick-veined hand. But one of these days, I'm gonna wriggle up on dry land" -John Darnielle
Signer of the Bethesda Declaration.
Views are my own
Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social Health Equity Scientist, Bethesda Declaration signer, work at NIH, speak in my personal capacity, photo: AP/Jose Luis Magana
Also on:
https://www.instagram.com/jmnorton
https://www.tiktok.com/@jennajmn
https://linktr.ee/declarationsofdissent
Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social Books! One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, & a Nabokov bio. Now working on Snowblind: Death on the Polar Ice. Former karateka & record store clerk. Newsletter & podcast: andreapitzer.com.
Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social Professor of law at UC Law San Francisco. Writes about vaccines law and policy. Vaccine Advocate. Mom of two.
Alt National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) 🧬 @alt-thenci.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of the National Cancer Institute at NIH.
A CAR-T for the collective conscience—because unchecked lies metastasize. We carry forward NCI’s mission to tell the truth about cancer research.
Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social Human Doctor • Toxicology • Addiction • Emergency • #WTFentanyl & more often just WTF • drugs are misunderstood but people are misunderstood more • he/him • YouTube.com/@RyanMD • #MedSky
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info Science geek who believes science is for everyone! ALL should be included in the scientific process! All views shared are personal.
Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social Fired federal employees working to protect public health. Learn more at: https://www.firedbutfighting.org
linktr.ee/firedbutfighting
amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
Mary Pezzulo @marypezzulo.bsky.social I write about the Gospel, politics, gardening, Christianity, spiritual abuse, neurodivergence and social justice. 🏳️🌈
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Sheril Kirshenbaum @sheril.bsky.social Science. Policy. Host of PBS Serving Up Science. www.sherilkirshenbaum.com
Marie Follayttar @mariefollayttar.bsky.social
Sea Glass Collector -Advocate - Artist - Poet-Community Organizer - Political Strategist
Disabled Director of Mainers for Accountable Leadership(leave)
Rare Chronic Cancer survivor
Long Covid, Me/CFS
Autistic
Occupied wabanaki
Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.