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Josh Arnon @josharnon.bsky.social Former Assembly candidate, always Jewish autistic democratic socialist & lifelong New Yorker
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social EVP at @cipolicy.bsky.social.
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Dr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social 📝 ‘Migrants in the Digital Periphery’ for Uni. Of California Press, ‘Resisting Borders+Tech’ @haymarketbooks. Assistant Professor @Cambridge Digital Humanities. Research/advice @Amnesty Tech. Views=own
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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social Sociologist @Cornell. Currently interested in the history of inequality statistics, and the role of economic expertise in climate policy. “Venceréis, pero no convenceréis.”
beaconfordemocracy.bsky.social @beaconfordemocracy.bsky.social Beacon for Democracy (beaconfordemocracy.org) is a network of people committed to compassion, solidarity, and justice. Every Thursday night, we take to the streets with signs all over the U.S. and NYC to stand for a democracy that lifts us all 💪🥳🪧
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Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. My Substack: www.weekendreading.net
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Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social Political Strategist|Advocate|Creator &Host: #EmbracingYourVoicePod
Author,The Instigators: How Black Women Are Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn From Them) Harper 2026
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Anna Minsky @aminsky256.bsky.social Libraries. Liberation. School integration. NYC. Ceasefire. Still thinking about Ella Baker.
Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social Rhetoric prof, social movement scholar & author of Prison Power (2016) and Black Feelings (2020); both from @UPMiss. Editor of #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist (Routledge).
Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social Law professor; author (The Black Box Society; New Laws of Robotics).
Interested in law & technology, AI, political economy, art, and social theory.
Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app DisCrit-Critical Educator-Black Asian Feminist exploring intersections, searching for Justice-Yogini-Tweets=mine. She/Her Author-Pedagogy of Pathologization 🍉
Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social currently @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social & a fellow & lecturer at HLS | previously ED of @lpeproject.bsky.social | always @lpenyc.bsky.social & @lpeblog.bsky.social | critical theory & high-fructose corn syrup | opinions are mine alone
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social Coalition of parents, teachers, and activists calling for a two-year moratorium on AI in NYC schools. https://parentsforaicaution.com/aim-coalition/
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Sam Levine @saalevine.bsky.social Commissioner, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection @hellodcwp.bsky.social
Union Jobs @unionjobs.bsky.social Posting the open positions in unions and socially allied organizations and community organizations that are now accepting applications. #UnionStrong
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social Combating antisemitism and protecting democracy
Kyle K. Moore @kdoc-writes.bsky.social Chief Economist @The Century Foundation
Stratification Economics, Political Economy of Health, Philosophy of Econ
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
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binary phase diagram @phasebinary.bsky.social tech, science, music. he/him. dad of two
vegetarian. mostly eat seed and soy paste.
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Jessica Mason @jessicamason.bsky.social Anthropologist | Pedestrienne | Senior Policy Analyst @ National Partnership for Women & Families. Personal account.
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Alix Gould-Werth @alixgouldwerth.bsky.social Chief of Programs and Strategy working to increase economic and political power for Black and brown communities @demosorg.bsky.social but opinions here are my own and retweets are things I hope to read, not things I endorse.
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
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a Solar Powered Sauna In every Garage & a Compost Rotation In every Backyard
NELP Staff Association @nelpstaffunion.bsky.social We are the National Employment Law Project (NELP) Staff Association: A union of the workers doing the communications, policy analysis, development, legal advocacy, research, and operations work that makes NELP function. A unit of UAW Local 2320, NOLSW.
Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social Economist. Economic Historian. Lego Nerd. Sharing thoughts.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
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Benjamin Not Ben 🍉 @benjaminvandyne.bsky.social Benjamin not Ben
Papa not Dad
Union Organizer
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Theology PhD Dropout
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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority.
Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @drwambsgans.bsky.social Community psychologist cosplaying as a financial risk analyst. Leslie Knope coded. Love, in no particular order: Pokémon, DBZ, Pride & Prejudice, ATLA, One Piece, USPS, the Columbia River, & Star Trek. She/her
Jerry said he was proud of me on 2025-01-09
Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social The Department of Class Solidarity arms organizers, activists, and everyday people with the tools to expose the billionaires ransacking our democracy. Welcome to the war room of the working class.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social Democratic political strategist, analyst, commentator. Hopium purveyor. More than 30 years in the fight.
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Aaron Rosenthal @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social Research Director @northstarpolicy.org. Author of The State You See. Love MN sports = often sad. Views own.
The 75 Million @the75million.bsky.social Fighting for the 75 million working women who keep this country running. Join the movement: the75million.org #The75Million
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Darializa for Congress @darializaforny.bsky.social Running for Congress in NY-13 because New Yorkers deserve better. Fighting to secure housing for all, invest in our babies, not bombs, and abolish ICE. https://linktr.ee/darializa
Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online The Wild West Begins Where Your Body Ends
Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social Han Shot first. Making trouble @ Firekit Campaigns and baking pie. Formerly AFT, New Organizing, Obama '08. It's good to punch Nazis. https://linktr.ee/evanyellsatclouds
matthew ellis @matthiasellis.bsky.social academic. i think about cinema and media, capitalism, theory, history, politics
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www.historiesofthepresent.com
Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social We are not required to finish the work, yet we are not free to abandon it.
JC @jamescurcio.com Artist, author. "Woke Philosopher." Various now defunct media startups. RPGs, Audio production, Podcasts. Possibly a wizard. JamesCurcio.com
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Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org We're the National Women's Law Center, and we've been fighting for gender justice for over 50 years. Take action with us: Text NWLC to 32434!
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Murad Awawdeh @heyitsmurad.bsky.social President + CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition & NYIC Action| Son of Brooklyn| Dad| Strategist| Organizer| #TeamNY| MDCNY|
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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social Writer. Ex-economist. Working on a book about the only nazi labor union in the US. Comms director Justice4Demi.org Philly sports. COYS. Anarchist politics. He/him or she/her not they/them.
NYC loves Zohran @jenniesvoiceyes.bsky.social My AmStaff/pit bull/pug is beloved by me, my son, & 100's of brilliant people in my wonderful NYC hood. Mostly here for smashing imperialism & promoting socialism. Beware christofascists; beware Project 2025. #StopTrump #AbolishICE
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Myra Batchelder @myrabatchelder.bsky.social Advocate. Consultant. Health Equity. Social Impact. SRHRJ.
New Yorker. Midwesterner.
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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social Cornell’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors
Jessica Ryan @soveryvery.bsky.social The e.g I was offered was close: "artist, dog-lover, avid reader" I'm not claiming the first. Librarian by trade: scholarly communications, open librarianship, copyright, creative commons licensing, author rights
emily murphy eisner (they/them) @emmurpheis.bsky.social phd economist, currently working for the Fiscal Policy Institute in NY
these things are called bloops and that's final
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com Jewish, trans, abolitionist name-your-own-price IL lawyer. Forever loving @mistymotors.net. No legal advice; not your lawyer. Free Palestine. She/her.
Matt Gonzales @matttheg.bsky.social Educator~ Organizer ~ Community Researcher ~ Policy Nerd ~ Musical Dragon ~ Chicano ~🚴🏽♂️ / scholar-advocate of school segregation, youth organizing, and education justice.
https://www.liberationspaces.com/
Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social Coming in early 2026: KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE
Current projects: #IllnessPolitics, chronic forms, & multi-modal pedagogies in action. Author of ILLNESS POLITICS & HASHTAG ACTIVISM, TREATMENTS, & INDIRECT ACTION.
Blogging at: lisadiedrich.org
Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social Thief of Joy: A Comedy Special NOW ON YOUTUBE
Host of The Downside Podcast
If I have to post on another one of these things I’m gonna kms
Hands Off NYC @handsoffnyc.bsky.social We are 250+ unions, faith leaders, and community groups standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.
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SM @charmedneedle.bsky.social Chronic Over Thinker
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People Over Profit
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I’ll use Discord,
I prefer Signal.
elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog a guy with a poodle and a blog. philly sports fan. jew-ish. typeos.
https://www.necessaryfictions.blog/ / https://letterboxd.com/eisquith
Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social Chicagoan. Research interests in race, environmental justice, and transportation issues in Latine communities.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Michael Gould-Wartofsky @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social Writer. Educator. Knowledge worker. Scholar of social movements. Lecturer in Sociology. Author of The Occupiers (Oxford 2015), Resistant Cities (forthcoming 2028). Nothing human is alien to me. https://thecriticalrealist.com
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social Writer and editor. Host of the newsletter Porch Party (sign up! porchpartynews.com). Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent. Bostonian by birth, New Yorker by disposition, currently in DC.
Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social Former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ex-Council of Economic Advisers, Census, and Treasury. Bay Area/DC dual citizen. Personal account, all opinions my own
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