Lauren Babb Tomlinson CA-06 @lbt4congress.bsky.social Hi, I'm Lauren
Chief Public Affairs Officer for America's Largest Planned Parenthood Affiliate
Candidate for Congress #CA06 #Kileylies
Working Mom & former Union Organizer
Join the fight at www.lbtforcongress.com
Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org Official Bluesky of the Election Truth Alliance
Nonprofit, non-partisan, and dedicated to unbiased election analysis and informed discussions about election integrity
https://www.electiontruthalliance.org
https://linktr.ee/ETAlliance
Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social Longtime FEC Commissioner, 4-time Chair, lawyer, mom, wife, believer in democracy and rule of law
Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood.
subscribe: http://status.news/subscribe
inbox: oliver@status.news
Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social editor, migrantinsider.com
Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social The Trump DOJ called me a 'dope.' I write the 'Regular Order' newsletter and have covered Congress since the Reagan Administration. Sign up for more at http://jamiedupree.substack.com
@ninamarialozano.bsky.social @ninamarialozano.bsky.social 
Lore/tta LeMaster (she/they) @lorelemaster.bsky.social communication scholar, cultural critic, performance artist, community organizer, trans and queer worldmaker. 🇵🇸
Bonafide male-to-female transsexual monstrosity they warned you about.
Opinions my own.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
The Speech Prof @thespeechprof.bsky.social Professor and Content Creator with 2M+ followers across my platforms.
Host of the “Mr. Pick Me & The Manhater” podcast.
Brendan Fraser owes me a cheeseball.
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Ed Kilgore @edkilgore.bsky.social Political columnist, New York Magazine. Former Senate and gubernatorial aide and policy wonk. Observant Christian and progressive. Georgia Bulldog. 
Adam Carlson @admcrlsn.bsky.social Founding Partner of Zenith Research. Spreadsheets help me relax. Views are my own.
Mark Blumenthal @mysterypollster.bsky.social Pollster. Husband. Father. Cyclist. Currently: YouGov (contractor). Formerly: SurveyMonkey, HuffPost, Pollster.com Contact me: https://linktr.ee/markblumenthal
Nieman Reports @niemanreports.org A publication of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nieman Reports covers thought leadership in journalism—winner of the Bart Richards Media Criticism Award and Mirror Awards.
https://niemanreports.org/
Ann Marie Lipinski @amlwhere.bsky.social Journalist. Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Nieman Nation for life. Give me all the pencils.
Robert Richards @rrichard09.bsky.social I study how people talk about politics and law and participate in governing their communities. Opinions expressed here are mine alone, not those of my employers or institutions.
https://rcrjr.wordpress.com
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.
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
Josh Scacco 🗳️ @joshscacco.bsky.social Director, Center for Sustainable Democracy, University of South Florida | Political Communication researcher | News, public opinion, political leadership | Book: "The Ubiquitous Presidency" | Friend of democracy
Jeremy David Engels @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social Professor of Democracy, Ethics, and Rhetoric + Mindfulness teacher-scholar-practitioner. Author of On Mindful Democracy (Parallax 2026). Newsletter: zenandtheartofdemocracy.substack.com Email: jde13@psu.edu
Sean J. Upshaw, Ph.D @iamsju82.bsky.social Assistant Professor | Health Equity |Comic Nerd| Researcher | Medical Illustrator | Traveler | Excuse any typos (Pronouns: he/him/his) | Member of D9(Iota)| Howard University Grad (2018)
Ruth (Rut or Ruta) Tsuria (Zuria) @realdrruth.bsky.social Not sure yet. In the meantime, I study teach research digital media and culture. (and feminism and sex and gender and religion)
New book: Keeping Women in Their Digital Place (PSU Press)
Upcoming edited book: Religion and AI (Bloomsbury)
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social Senior Koch Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford. Emerita Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Penn. Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker.
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Collin G Brooke @cgbrooke.bsky.social This is the heavy, heavy monster sound of a rhetoric professor in upstate NY.
https://linktr.ee/cgbrooke
https://cgbrooke.substack.com/
paul johnson @rhetoricpj.bsky.social I live in pittsburgh and like it. wrote a book about conservative populism. have spent the last 15 years studying the right.
go arsenal! I like gin.
Book: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817321093/i-the-people/
Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social Rhetorician, political scientist, lover of good wine and national parks. I study the presidency and vote the down ballot. 
Caroline Koons @ckoons.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Humanities and Communication. Rhetoric, music, ethics, social movements.
Karrin Vasby Anderson @kvanderson.bsky.social she/her
Professor of Communication Studies @ Colorado State University | The Center for Democracy, Art, and Popular Culture cdapc.colostate.edu | The Conversation https://tinyurl.com/yzbmdpuw | Views represent my expertise, not my university.
Leslie Hahner @lesliehahner.bsky.social Professor of Disinformation and Visual Rhetoric. Author of To Become an American and Co-Author of Make America Meme Again.
Nerdy about images and visual resonance in media ecosystems.
Memes, popular culture, and visual messaging are my speciality
Jeff Bennett 🏳️🌈 @jeffbennett.bsky.social Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at Vandy. T1D. Michigander. First Gen. Views mine. he/him
Signal = jefabenn.54
Stephen Heidt @sheidt.bsky.social Professor, author, cook, soccer fan, purveyor of books
Ashley Hinck @ashleyhinck.bsky.social I research rhetoric, the internet, and fandom. Associate Professor at Xavier University. PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. BA from Creighton University. 
Kendall Gerdes 📚🦕 @kendalljoy.bsky.social rhetoric · queer theory · feminism · ink · drafting with bluesky
Jason Edwards @j3edwards.bsky.social Professor of Communication, latest book The Rhetoric of Official Apologies (with Lisa Storm Villadsen, 2021, Rowman & Littlefield) presidential rhetoric and political communication scholar, personal finance coach, husband to Amber, father to Robbie
Dr. Srivi Ramasubramanian (PhD), she/her @drsrivi.bsky.social SU Newhouse Prof & Endowed Chair 🍊; Editor, Comm Monographs. Director: CODE^SHIFT (Collab for Data Equity, Social Healing, Incl. Futures, & Transformation).
Media Literacy, Community Engaged Research, Global Media, Youth. Views my own. See: drsrivi.com
Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social I am not writing a bio.
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org 12,000+ workers fighting for fair union contracts and a better Starbucks ✊
Organize your store, get updates from our campaign, and sign our Boycott Starbucks pledge at bit.ly/m/SBWU
Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social Texan/Kentuckian. I study rhetorics of extremism and other weird stuff.
Author of Awful Archives: conspiracy theory, rhetoric, and acts of evidence
https://www.amazon.com/Awful-Archives-Conspiracy-Rhetoric-Evidence/dp/0814255795
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
GRAMMYS Lifetime Achievement Award
Questions or complaints,,, harass my management:
FlavorFlavMgmt@gmail.com
lizzo @lizzobeeating.bsky.social THIS IS MY ONLY PAGE ON BLUESKY - ANYONE ELSE IS A FAKE PAGE!
ák @lankee.bsky.social she/they, queer AF, exhausted, librarian. half sweet half sour. Iranian American.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
Teamsters @teamsters.bsky.social The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Michael J. Steudeman @msteudeman.bsky.social rhetoric, education, neurodiversity, dad humor. Author of Absence of National Feeling: Education Debates in the Reconstruction Congress (U. Press of Mississippi, 2025).- H Hillary Jones, PhD @hjones.bsky.social Editor, Instructional Designer, Academic Adviser | Feminist, Tech-savvy Luddite, COVID Aware | she/her
Nate A @natkinson.bsky.social Lecturer in Rhetoric
UC Berkeley
Political Theory, visual culture, and composition. What could possibly go wrong?
psubec @psubec.bsky.social Excellent fun till you get to know her
jdj @jeremydavidjohnson.com academic in digital media & rhetoric // dog lover, beer snob, gamer
Kelly Sauskojus @kellysauskojus.bsky.social she/they. writing and organizing for food justice in Upstate SC. postdoctoral fellow at Clemson doing community-engaged first-year writing / grantwriting. chronic pain/fibro, probably writing or reading in bed.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Robert A George @robgeorge.bsky.social Ex-Bloomberg, Daily News, New York Post; standup, improviser, pun-dit, overthinker, undersharer, Trini-Dad jokes, comics nerd, etc. Writing: https://thepunstack.substack.com/
Comedy: https://www.instagram.com/robertgeorgecomedy?igsh=aTc0Yjd1aW5hc3Fi
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.
Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social Prof. & Chair – Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder | Author, Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet (https://tinyurl.com/p8ad6suw) | Opinions my own
Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Scholar of rhetoric, media and democracy.
Chicago Bears and Arsenal fan. My work is mysterious and important.
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
Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social Scientist/Author/Speaker; Presidential Distinguished Prof/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media, U. Penn; National Academy of Sciences; American Academy of Arts & Sciences; Royal Society; Tyler Prize
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Cori Bush @coribush.bsky.social Mom, wife, pastor, and former nurse running to represent the people of Missouri’s 1st District in Congress. St. Louis Strong. ✊🏾 Email: info@coribush.org
➡️ Join us: https://linktr.ee/coriforus
Emerson C @ecram.bsky.social i write stuff
Casey Boyle @caseyboyle.fail assoc prof of rhetoric
caseyboyle.fail
Le Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social Feminist. Rhetoric: science, environment, tech comm, disability. Kentuckian. Really worried about climate change. she/her. Praxis or GTFO.
Yes, it's Cagle. No, please don't call me Lauren.
send dog pics (alt text a must)
nothing here reps my employer
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).
Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
#DisabilityJustice feed I created:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:65kss3ewg5ida5mjyuk73v5r/feed/aaaba7ikg4sho
More about me
https://linktr.ee/disability_visibility
Ron Greene @rwgreene.bsky.social University based scholar in communication writing about conviction, capitalism, and culture. When not reading, I watch a lot of sports.
Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.
Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF + Sound Fellow, Library of Congress NRPB; Associate Professor, University of Colorado
@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social Director, Center for Humanities & the Arts
Professor, Ethnic Studies
Faculty at CU Boulder
Scholar of Asian American Studies & Critical Race Theory
Corgi Mom & Anti-Racism Educator
Love: Stevie Wonder, YoYoMa, Irises, Soft Serve Ice Cream
Hate: Haters
Melissa Aronczyk @aronczyk.bsky.social Media Studies Professor @ Rutgers
Adjunct Research Professor @ Carleton
New book with M Espinoza: A Strategic Nature: Public Relations & the Politics of U.S. Environmentalism (Oxford UP 2022)
Pubs and media @ melissaaronczyk.com
Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Kelly Watson @kellylwatson.bsky.social Kelly is short for Skeleton
She/her.
www.kellylwatson.com
Historian. Women’s & Gender Studies Director. Histories of gender, sex, colonialism, indigeneity.
Author: https://tinyurl.com/ymurcu2u
Looking Up! with Mel @lookingupwithmel.bsky.social I'm a science communicator and zine creator dedicated to using science, curiosity, and creativity to make the world a better place! Keep looking up! http://lookingupwithmel.com
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
People’s Budget Sacramento @peoplesbudgetsac.bsky.social The People of Sacramento deciding how to spend our tax money. Inspired by People's Budget Los Angeles.
https://linktr.ee/peoplesbudgetsac- S Sacramento LGBT Community Center @saclgbtcenter.bsky.social We support health and wellness, advocate for equity and justice, and work to build a culturally rich #lgbtq community.
Pat Oberle @pjo.bsky.social Geographer, New Yorker on the west coast
Steve Llano @stevellano.bsky.social A professor of rhetoric, and teacher of argumentation in the grand and glorious city of New York. My opinions should be yours. Love writing, reading, teaching, video games, and the internet.
sophisticsteve.substack.com
http://sophisticdebate.com
Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social Writer. Lesbian. Texan. Veteran. Hoya. Jesus Fan. She. | cmclymer@gmail.com | I write about politics, religion, and culture in my award-winning blog/newsletter Charlotte's Web Thoughts: charlotteclymer.substack.com
Ryan Reynolds @vancityreynolds.bsky.social owner: Aviation Gin - Mint Mobile - Maximum Effort - Wrexham AFC
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Arnold Schwarzenegger @schwarzenegger.bsky.social Bodybuilder. Conan. Terminator. Former Governor. I killed the Predator. I told you I’d be back. Join my positive corner of the internet - Arnold’s Pump Club.
Ian Shapiro @ianshapiro.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Tennessee State University. Political Psychology, Voting Rights, Surveys, and Experiments. Owns dog. Bikes fast. Previously, Brennan Center Post-Doc.
Jay Childers @jaychilders.bsky.social Always already thinking about rhetoric, politics, & violence. Professor and author. Resister of the end times.
Liz Faber @lizwfab.bsky.social writer, editor, scholar, cat lover
Books:
The Computer’s Voice (U Minn, 2020)
Robot Suicide (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Under the Mistletoe (McFarland, 2024)
Worker Bots (U Minn, in progress)
https://www.lizfaber.com/
Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social Director, Program in Rhet/Comp, U of Arkansas
English prof
Writing about #WPALife and writing pedagogy
Loves dogs
Before: Sonoma State English & Dartmouth Institute for Writing & Rhetoric
(views only ever mine, obv)
she/her
Amy Young @amyyoung.bsky.social Yacht rock enthusiast, drinker of coffee, knower of things, talker, professor of words, mom.
Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social Professor @ CU Boulder Environmental & climate justice, sustainability & storytelling, environmental comm. Editor UC Press+ Taylor&Francis. Author: Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution & Networked Cultures of Care. Opinions=mine https://phaedracpezzullo.com
Atilla Hallsby @atillahallsby.bsky.social “Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie” (The Ohio State University Press, 2026). https://tinyurl.com/yfh4pvfd
“Reading Rhetorical Theory” (University of Minnesota Libraries, 2022) https://open.lib.umn.edu/rhetoricaltheory/
www.atillahallsby.com