Civil Defense Institute @civildefenseinst.bsky.social A nonprofit that reports on the organizations, donors and networks reshaping American public institutions.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
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@brettangell.bsky.social @brettangell.bsky.social New England Painter.
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GrisGris @grisgris4me.bsky.social Reproductive rights activist, Liberal, Attorney, Artist, Dog person💙, Bon Vivant, NOLA native, Globe trotter, Path walker, ⚜️🏳️🌈 🦜🐩🐩*
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social Climate scientist, formerly NASA, currently Project Drawdown. Former astrophysicist, current Earth supremacist. Author of HUMAN NATURE, best book of 2025 according to both Scientific American and my dad https://shorturl.at/aJRYb
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social Seafloor mapper, Chief Scientist of smart mapping company Esri, Oregon State U. GIS/oceans professor, EC50, cyclist, 1st Black submersible diver to Challenger Deep, builds w/LEGO, raised in Hawaii. NAS, NAE, ORCID 0000-0002-2997-7611; She/her; views mine
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Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social Dad to school kids, professor to law students. Focused on education rights
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University of Reading Special Collections @uorspeccoll.bsky.social Sharing treasures from our Special Collections, Rare Books and Archives.
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Just Another Snowflake @anothersnowflake.bsky.social Left coast leftie elitist, sarcastic.
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Brett Pransky @brettpransky.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Husband. Dad. Seldom in that order.
Christopher Jones @ccjones.bsky.social Historian.
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Now researching global history of religion + soccer.
Editor, Journal of Mormon History.
Jo Hobbs @curlyjocreation.bsky.social Needlefelt artist creating realistic wool sculptures of pets and other animals. Commissions open 1st February 2025
Regal👑Beagle @rbeagle.bsky.social "When power belongs, not to the violent, and not to the wealthy and well-connected, but to the people, a different sort of future begins to present itself." -Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons
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Shasti Conrad @shasti.bsky.social First woman of color Chair for @wadems.org | Current @democrats.org Vice Chair | Former Obama & Bernie Staffer
Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social Liberal talking head (co-host of The Five on Fox News) and excellent mom if I do say so myself. Democracy enthusiast. Perusing the blue skies. 
Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com Always fighting for the people.
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107 Days, my behind-the-scenes account of the shortest campaign in history, is available now at https://kamalaharris.link/107Days.
Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov 40th Governor of California.
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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social UCLA Political Psychologist. Director of Race, Ethnicity, Politics, & Society (REPS) Lab. I play accordion 🪗 Arriba El Grullo, Jalisco 🇲🇽
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
Lydia Rose @lydz.eurosky.social Eternal Smart ass. Punk rock guitarist. A CNY girl in Eastern PA. I’m the radical leftist your Congress person warned you about.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com (also available in German: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts) - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
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