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Howard Kushlan @howardkushlan.bsky.social Help Us Build A Better Silicon Valley
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Ben Munson @munson.land 
Harold von Drehle @haroldvondrehle.bsky.social Sharing with others seems to brighten the day.
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social Housing 🏠 + transit 🚎 + climate 🌎
President: Peninsula Young Democrats
Lead Member: Peninsula for Everyone
Work: Greenbelt Alliance
Good opinions mine, bad opinions someone else's. YIMBY.
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social NEW BOOK! Graphic Design for Board Games: https://www.routledge.com/Graphic-Design-for-Board-Games/Solis/p/book/9781032583365
Portfolio https://www.danielsolisgames.com
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Donald Bonasia @donaldbonasia.bsky.social Inventor of ForkChops (as seen on Friends S1E8) & high-fashion model featured on the cover of Japan's legacy magazine, Dansen #221 (August 1982).
ᴀʟ ᴅᴏʀᴀᴅᴏ @aldorado.bsky.social guitarist | maker
music | travel | bikes | books | cats
midwest raised | california braised
smash yr head on the punk rock
@dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social Interested in figuring out how to build better housing, transit and cities. Construction lawyer; advocate for East Bay for Everyone. Oakland.
Wren @housewren.bsky.social I like old movies, watercolor painting, and presidents who uphold the US constitution. San Jose, CA
Doug King in San Jose @dekgreen.bsky.social Green building / policy professional. Also post on: affordable housing, sustainability, urban development, San Jose / Bay, interesting science content.
PhD @CMU EPP 2006
Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor.
“Still bringin’ satin for them draws, velvet for the mic and got a pound for the cause.”
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social Sci journo, author of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. Highly caffeinated. All bad takes mine. She/her
Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org \O/
Thinking from the Oakland Bay Area
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ORB@oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Marthine Satris @msatris.bsky.social Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
https://bit.ly/MDShomepage
CDRE Fool Mental Jackass VI @uncle6.org quando pluit, diluviat
“the personality of the honey badger, the conviction of Lex Luthor and the work ethic of the dog from Hee Haw.” Birmingham born, DMV bred, buttered in NorCal. He/him/hee/haw
@ms8.bsky.social tolerates my nonsense somehow ;]
躺平
The A.V. Club @avclub.com Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. https://linktr.ee/the_avclub
Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social Learn more about what your *real* neighbors are thinking in Silicon Valley! Comedy. Parody. Not official/affiliated with, or sponsored by anyone.
Please support my GoFundMe to help me pay for parking at Valley Fair
Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team i'm the most RESPECTFUL transsexual journalist in the world™
@khronos.world
tightpussy.shop
katea.gay
she/her
people i've turned trans: 265
BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social if you are looking at something i posted and going hey what the, it is probably a fake thing that i made
i also make the comic strip grassy valley
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social A LIVING REMEDY, a New York Times Notable Book • ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW, National Book Critics Circle finalist • words in NYT Mag, Time, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared @donthugmeimscared.dropout.tv We all have a worm in our brain 🪱🧠
TV series premieres on @dropout.tv March 20th
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Some More News @somemorenews.bsky.social News show. News podcast. Hosted by codyjohnston.bsky.social and katystoll.bsky.social.
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Guardian and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society.
Words: madness.ghost.io
Video: youtube.com/@readmadness
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Popular Science @popsci.com Demystifying our weird world since 1872. Learn something new every day.
Read all about it: http://www.popsci.com/
Nick Lutsko @nicklutsko.bsky.social Just a guy
Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social Writer, comedian, illustrator, blogger and international woman of mystery. Sworn enemy of the Swedish Yule Goat. Writer of jokes in The Beaverton and Cracked. 🇨🇦
KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social a giddy little thrill
at a reasonable price
🇵🇸
Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social Still in that awkward pre-ghost phase
writer/editor at The Beaverton
she/her | Vancouver B.C.
Articles: https://www.thebeaverton.com/author/mary-gillis/
If you wanna criticize me, pay here first: https://ko-fi.com/marygillis
ceej @ceej.online just here to have fun online
weeder @weeder.bsky.social When the going gets tough, the tough get growing
Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social tall gay nerd. he/him. advanced degrees in height, gayness, nerdness.
reality show editor, work seen on a&e, bravo, quibi. maker of goofy photoshops and questionable victorian detective satire.
writing, etc: https://linktr.ee/dennisbhooper
Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer NO HOMEWORK PODCAST - @nohomework.website // http://veryimportant.lawyer // http://bigsleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonal-rotors
And we tried so hard. And we looked so good
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social Deep-sea ecologist investigating how humans shape and reshape the sea floor. Conservation technologist developing open-source tools to understand our changing oceans. Ocean educator creating novel programs to help students interact with marine ecosystems.
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social A dad that did some writing/storyboards on Adventure Time, Midnight Gospel, lead background design on MYSTERY CUDDLERS, PULP for Netflix, HBO. My graphic novel CARTOONSHOW is from Oni Press. Also, grew up in a FEMA trailer
https://linktr.ee/derekmballard
Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.
Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social I write about abortion every day at abortioneveryday.com Read my newsletter & find me other places here: linktr.ee/jessicavalenti
📚 Buy my book 'Abortion' at prh.com/abortion
BLOOD WORK @bloodwork.show An economy of violence.
https://patreon.com/BloodWorkShow/
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Produced by @gotitatguineys.bsky.social
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Artwork: K. T. Kobel
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contact@bloodwork.show
Ask a Manager @askamanager.org Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work.
Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social Author of John Dies at the End, formerly David Wong of Cracked.com fame 
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Brian Box Brown @boxbrown.bsky.social Cartoonist, New York Times Best Seller, Eisner Winner, Philly resident, illustrator #cannabis activist http://linktr.ee/BrianboxBrown
@draverid.bsky.social @draverid.bsky.social 
Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social Just a bunch of crabs in a trench coat, but also a professor of marine biology. My social media does not represent my employer. No AI. Please bring croissants 🥐
https://linktr.ee/rebeccarhelm
Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
Order THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised historian, not surprised eels.
Doctor of medieval things. Talkin’ eels, history, and maps. Spaniel mourner. Alt-text artist.
I draw custom maps and artwork on commission:
https://surprisedeelmaps.com/
Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
George Harris @historylecturer.bsky.social Retired history teacher. Enjoys Lake District, painting, grandchildren, nature, history - lots really. Oh, and wildlife gardening. Still interested in education.
maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social she/her, views my own
Join the tax fight at Families Over Billionaires: familiesoverbillionaires.org
Comedy writer: Onion, McSweeneys, others.
Currently in bed. Email nice things only: quintmaura@ gmail
Manic Pixie Dream Witch @oneinchframe.bsky.social A sanctuary of beauty in an ugly world.
“Fix your hearts or die.” - Gordon Cole
This too shall pass / So raise your glass
To change and chance / And music is
the heart of love / Shall we dance?
- The Magnetic Fields
#writingprompts #microfiction
Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social Big Honking Dyke
Nancy Friedman @fritinancy.bsky.social Name developer, writer, lapsed journalist, bay swimmer. Born in Los Angeles, semi-rooted in Oakland, California. “Queen of retail rabbit holes.” https://fritinancy.substack.com/
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Caltrain Alerts @caltrainalerts.bsky.social Official alerts account for @caltrain.com
This account is automated and is not monitored.
Caltrain @caltrain.com Welcome to the Official Bluesky account for Caltrain. We provide news, info & answers. Follow @caltrainalerts.bsky.social for service delays. 🚇
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
Patti Harrison @party-harderson.bsky.social Can we please have sex?
>:^0
old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue i'm a bot tweeting random images from the pomological watercolor collection in the usda's national agricultural library. unofficial. built by @xor.blue
Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com Journalist: abortion and politics. Cofounder @autonomynews.co. Seen in The New Republic, The Guardian, Slate, Mother Jones, MSNOW, Jezebel. WGAE Council. From PA, now in BK
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susanrinkunaswrites @gmail
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Pacing @pacingmusic.bsky.social Writer of short songs and long emails. San Jose, CA. 💜
Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and http://RollingStone.com. Got a tip? Share it here: http://rol.st/tips
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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social features writer, Chicago Reader: harm reduction, homelessness, and chicago/rust belt history.
proud member, Reader Union
kprout@chicagoreader.com; signal katie.507
https://www.katieprout.com/
Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social 1x winner of the "oh i'm pretty sure that's just jerry spreading misinformation" award 🥇🏆
"a merchant, selling microdoses of pleasant fictions" - tyler
• Goodfeeds @goodfeeds.co
• Sky․app @getsky.app
thanked by darth july 20, 2023
📍Austin, TX
Hiné Mizushima/水島ひね @sheishine.bsky.social A Japanese fibre craft artist who lives in Vancouver, Canada.
https://hinemizushima.com
https://www.instagram.com/sheishine
Julie Klausner @julieklausner.bsky.social Maybe here, things will be better
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
jourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social film & culture & TV critic • associate programmer @mixnyc.bsky.social • repped by marya spence (janklow & nesbit)
• https://linktr.ee/jsearles
👹alli rico👹 @allirico.bsky.social personally I think I’m hilarious
*views/opinions are my own*
📍PNW🌲
she/her
Amy Ahlstrom Art @amyahlstrom.bsky.social www.amyahlstrom.com
I’m a textile artist making modern quilts, based in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Los Angeles.
Addi Miyako @amiyakom.bsky.social She/her • proudly mixed 🇯🇵🇮🇪 • Watercolorist in San Jose, CA. Support Human Made Art!!
Creator of The Botan Tarot.
TTRPG newbie.
Roberto Benavidez @robertobenavidez.bsky.social Halfbreed, South Texan, queer artist specializing in the piñata form, living in Los Angeles
s. e. smith @sesmith.lol that person with the peaches
national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire
🌿 @theflytrapmedia.com cofounder
🐈⬛ 📖 ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES out now!
🖋️ get your grief advice on @allmydeadcats.com
✉️ sesmith at realsesmith.com
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.
Jamie J. Hagen @jamiejhagen.bsky.social Feminist lesbian asking queer questions about peace & security | Lecturer at Uni. of Manchester | Jamiejhagen.com | picturesofbirds.tumblr.com/
Queering Women, Peace and Security out now with Oxford University Press http://bit.ly/45NJMBJ
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority @vta.org Solutions that Move You in Santa Clara County - transit, mobility, planning & congestion management.
@headexplodie.bsky.social @headexplodie.bsky.social 
Keri K @carpelibris.bsky.social Avid reader, watcher, and listener. Library worker. Attender of local shows. Believer in the power of collective action and the public good. I also swear a lot.
mike huguenor @mikehuguenor.bsky.social guitar, writing | 💙💜🩷 | 🎸 Jeff/Death Rosenstock + other emojis other places | "Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive: the Story of Asian Man Records" out NOW from Clash Books!!
𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 @stomachbook.bsky.social professional problem child 🐰✨
officialstomachbook@gmail.com 🎪🎡
mgmt: @zombae.bsky.social 🎉❤️🩹
https://linktr.ee/stomachbook
Peninsula Open Space Trust @postlandtrust.bsky.social We protect open space on the Peninsula and in the South Bay for the benefit of all.
Steven nizzotes Rubalcaba @nizzotes.bsky.social San José 2025 Creative Ambassador ✨️ Sustainable Artist and Creator of Thingz 🤷🏽♂️
Distribute Aid @distributeaid.org Powering grassroots aid movements at scale with open source supply chains & tech.
they/them (or we/us if you're really cool)
https://distributeaid.org
Donate here: https://www.omprakash.org/global/distribute-aid/donate
Swedish charity # 802521-4456
M Mallon @mmallon.com 29 y/o advocate from the "bus community" in Santa Clara County, CA
formerly @monicamallon.bsky.social
Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com a collection of ass brained posts written by your favorite stupid fucking idiot
kc green @kcg.bsky.social cartoonist of Greatures, made "This is Fine" • he/him • http://kcgportfolio.site • https://linktr.ee/kcgreenn • email me: kcgreenn@icloud.com
zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social deogie comics @deogie.bsky.social
pervis comics @pervis.bsky.social
Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social Bone Jail
I draw comics i think that’s a nice way to spend my time
instagram.com/roryblank
patreon.com/roryblank for my monthly print zine
roryblank.bigcartel.com for cool shirts
https://rawpaw.ink/collections/rory-blank (reprints of a few shirts)
Julia Kaye is evil @upandoutcomic.bsky.social Award-winning author of Super Late Bloomer & My Life In Transition • Story Artist • Snapdragon's VA on HGS • she • www.juliakaye.com • 18+ ⬇️ @curlyfluffnstuff.bsky.social