@surlyurbanist.bsky.social @surlyurbanist.bsky.social 
Andrew Aldrich @andrewaldrich.bsky.social Photographer; researcher in philosophies of place
Élisabeth @variousitems.bsky.social They should let me run a magazine
Emily @eajm.bsky.social Why can't I lock this? | Interests include narratology, speech representation in Latin literature, Berkeley lore, and the Philadelphia Eagles. | W '16, UCB deo volente
Calista @calista747.bsky.social I love sharing my stories and connecting with others who inspire me
Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la southern roots, oakland blossoms 🌸
tech blah blah
@b.astrel.la’s weirder half
Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis
probably on threads https://www.threads.com/@theericajoy
Emily Hunt @emily.space Postdoc @univie.ac.at working on star clusters & machine learning
Passionate about a better future for science communication via @astrosky.eco
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (she/her), Ⓥ
Website: https://emily.space
GitHub: https://github.com/emilyhunt
oliver haug @cohaug.bsky.social bay area-based journo + image lover. contributing editor @xtramagazine.com, assistant digital editor + audience @msmagazine.com, words in them, Bitch, VICE, etc. ohaug.com cohaug1@gmail.com
Timberdoodle @timberdoodlydoo.bsky.social Same weird forester/forest ecologist/occasional essayist you knew from Twitter. Just a big damn squirrel specializing in regenerative forestry practices and encouraging old growth character
Known by some as "Gandalf" and "That God Damned Tree Wizard"
evil maid @lenazun.bsky.social not exactly the voice of reason. scaffolding @eff. centroamericana. escribiendo en https://www.cartasalabismo.com/
Redheaded Blackbelt @redheadedblackbelt.bsky.social News Organization for northwestern California
@ericvkirk.bsky.social @ericvkirk.bsky.social 
PhotosbyMattJames @photosbymattjames.bsky.social 📷 California based photographer. Capturing the beauty of the places, people, and events around us. Fuji X series.
You can find me over on the gram also- instagram.com/photosbymattjames
Rent Board Commissioner Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.net Elected Commissioner of the Rent Stabilization Board in Berkeley, California. For Rent Board information or to contact Rent Board staff, please visit https://rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/
Jordan James Harvill (he/him) @jordanjamesharvill.bsky.social Political strategist building the reflective democracy we deserve.
Sr. Director of National Programs at Advance Native Political Leadership | Obama Leader 25-26 | Board: VoteAmerica, Emergent Fund, Victory Fund | ᏏᎣᏤᏙᎭ | ᏣᎳᎩ & Chahta
🌞liz🌞 @eafreem.bsky.social co owner & bookseller at east bay booksellers
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social 
Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social A project of @gadflypod.bsky.social that tracks fascist bills, explains why they are fascist, and notes which Democrats vote for them. Check out our work at fdt.beehiiv.com
Sequoia Alexander 🌲✨ 林灵 (she/her) 🏳️⚧️✨🦄 @sequoia.farm Robotics engineer, anarchist, open source contributor. Abolish prisons. Trans rights. Free Palestine. All people deserve food and shelter and love. I’m actually a dog dressed as a bicyclist woof woof. Sometimes feral. Oakland, CA - alt: @feral.sequoia.farm
Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social Urban Planner•PanAfrican•BAP•former Vancouver Planning Commissioner• #newwest Library Trustee📚
🏗️cities/‘hoods are capitalisms playground for race-class struggle and yet I love public housing, parks, trains, libraries, bike lanes & benches when we get them
@nwsnws.com @nwsnws.com Join us.
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Unfriendly Soulaani Princexx @lenadreamsingld.blacksky.app 🏳️🌈 36, they/them. Neurodivergent, demi Black pansexual femme. Artist. Educator. Art Historian. Museum Connoisseur. CLT to the Bay.
Profile ID: user in all black taking a selfie
Ellie Squirrel @sewimperfect.bsky.social Teacher, Tailor, Sailor, Squirrel
AuDHD Education Specialist in East Oakland, SEL/DEI committee member, UC Berkeley alumnus in Geography & Human Rights, SFSU MA Special Education & Autism Studies. Mom of 2 neurodivergent humans & a rescue menagerie. 🇺🇸🇺🇦
Eithiriel DeMeré @eithiriel.bsky.social california. they/them. abolitionist anarchist polyam punk goth bxtch. somatics + metaphysics. artist. curator. poet. philosopher. survivalist. “the james bitch of non-binary bonds."
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
haymarketbooks.org
amy brown @amybrown.xyz wife, mother, troll
bay area via ohio
amybrown.xyz ✨
@dailycal.bsky.social @dailycal.bsky.social UC Berkeley's independent, student-run newspaper. Established in 1871, independent since 1971.
https://linktr.ee/DailyCalifornian
PatsE @pkayecreative.bsky.social writer, editor, consultant ✨ creative nonfiction mfa ✨ ma candidate in counseling psychology ✨ oakland art murmur board of directors ✨ #equity #sustainability #thearts 🩷💛💙 born and raised on Ohlone Land 🪶🌞 Oakland, California 🌳🧜🏻
Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social Meat blood, bees, things of that nature
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
zunguzungu@gmail.com
Tommy Craggs @tcraggs22.bsky.social Writer and editor. Late of "Game Theory With Bomani Jones" on HBO, Mother Jones (no relation), HuffPost, Slate, Gawker Media, Deadspin, etc. Subscribe to @flaminghydra.com. Email: tcraggs22@gmail.com. 
Chef @partypacexvx.bsky.social Burnt out chef, dilettante, jack of all trades. Vegan straight edge. I like cities, bikes, cameras, and music.
| Urbanism | Transit | Music | Photography | Food | Tech Criticism |
interACT Advocates @interact.bsky.social We see a world in which intersex people make their own choices about their bodies. Policy & media organization.
Inquiries: info@interactadvocates.org
Media: media@interactadvocates.org
Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social Ass. Prof. Public Policy @ UC Riverside | Better Cities Through Better Government | 1st Gen 🇺🇸: 🇷🇸/ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa | 躺平 | Ham chơi
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
https://chanda.science
First book:
https://tinyurl.com/DisorderedCosmos
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all Black/all Jewish. 🏳️🌈/agender/woman.
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Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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Kat Ferreira @katferreira.bsky.social Consultant | Former Communications Director @maynardinstitute | Social media marketing survivor with love/hate for tech | @OaklandVoices alum | I suffer from topophilia and watch too much TV
Maya Weeks, Ph.D. @mayaweeks.bsky.social Geographer, poet, early-career cowgirl. Faculty at Rutgers University & visiting researcher at UC Davis Feminist Research Institute. Views my own. mayaweeks.com
Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social Disabled, queer, Jewish, cyborg, astrophysicist, abortion funder, antifascist, wielder of wrenches. Building joy with a side of chaos. "To paraphrase Gandalf the Grey, a wizardess is never late. Nor is she early. She arrives precisely when she means to."
Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social Urban Geographer @ UMN. Cityscape columnist @ Minnpost. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography”
Natasha Beery ❌👑 @natashabeery.bsky.social Background: linguistics, medical ethics, public education
Foreground: communication, compassion, community
💕dark chocolate, ginger, petrichor
#SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurDemocracy
Technologists for the Public Good @publicgood.tech A professional association and community for technologists that serve the public good.
https://www.publicgood.tech/
Therese Peffer @peffertherese.bsky.social Researcher at UC Berkeley (CIEE/CITRIS). Passionate about reducing emissions. Mom. Views my own. Co-chair @BECCconference. PhD in Building Science. Architect. Conduct and manage research. ecoblock.berkeley.edu
Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social I make chill scale modeling videos
+ Build custom model railroads for clients
https://lnk.bio/InterurbanEra
Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social Social scientist, Bombayite, Californian, ex-Cairene. Mango maven. Cat lady. Teaches at Scripps College. Deeply sourced expert in search of novel gustatory experiences. If you post/snipe, anonymously, expect to be blocked.
Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social Political Scientist at CSUSB studying gender and media, 538 contributor (RIP), & I lead research @ the Geena Davis Institute. Fan of elections & multiracial pluralistic democracy. Idahoan. Subscribe to Gender Gap: https://meredithconroy.substack.com
BART Alert @alerts.bart.gov Automated alerts from @bart.gov.
Download the BART Watch App to report suspicious or criminal activity. For non-emergency needs you can text BART PD at 510-200-0992.
Kuan Butts @kuanbutts.bsky.social transportation + computers
kuanbutts.com
Avinash @avinashkunnath.bsky.social Leader of @writeforcal.bsky.social Go Bears Forever.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
Prettyokmaggie.com
St. Mary's Center Oakland @stmaryscenter.bsky.social West Oakland resource center for homeless Seniors, transitional housing provider, affordable preschool, and community of hope, healing, and justice https://stmaryscenter.org/ 
Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social executive director, Detention Watch Network, author Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition (Haymarket Books, 2024), from Texas, views my own
book info/events: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/unbuild-walls
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social Antifa goat farm and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We used to make cheese and trouble, but we no longer make cheese.
Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social Carceral geographer, California apologist, valued customer.
Read @oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Ofurhe @ofurhe.bsky.social GeoDoctor at OakDOT
she/her
James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.
Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov Senator for Massachusetts. Ranker on Senate Small Business Committee & HELP Primary Health & Retirement Security Subcommittee. Fighting for a Green New Deal.
East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social We are a bookstore -- a good one, we think! -- selling new books -- good ones, we hope! -- in Oakland, California.
Malcolm Harris (Relentless Fiction) @thegeeksiah.bsky.social #author #screenwriter and all-around geek. Owner and creator at Relentless Fiction
Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social Personal account, views are mine alone. Coevolution researcher: www.whitemanlab.org / Author: www.mostdeliciouspoison.com / Professor + Head, Division of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development, Molecular & Cell Biology, UC-Berkeley / 🌍 ☮️ 🕊️.
GypsyJ💙🇮🇪🦋🥀🌻 @gypsyj.bsky.social Ornithologist, Former Editor of Waterbirds, studied Canyon Wrens, grassland birds. #BlackLivesMatter #Resist #ClimateAction pronouns: she/her
Cal Football @calfootball.bsky.social The Premier Bluesky Account for Cal Football #GoBears
Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social Political economy of climate emergency. Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley; Director, Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2; Founding Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social. A Planet to Win (Verso). he/him
AC Transit @rideact.bsky.social Moving our East Bay community for over 60 years 🚍 actransit.org
Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social Garden-loving photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle with a very loud Bengal cat.
📍Oakland, CA
jessicachristianphoto.com
Climate Ride @climateride.bsky.social Join thousands making a positive impact for our planet. We unite adventure + advocacy through life-changing bike rides, runs, hikes, DIY challenges, and Green Fondo weekends. 🌎
Chesapeake Climate @chesapeakeclimate.bsky.social Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is the first nonprofit fighting climate change in MD, DC, & VA. Sister org of @ccanactionfund.bsky.social
🔗https://chesapeakeclimate.org
📍DC, Maryland, Virginia, & WV
Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social 🍉; “Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; plz order *The End of College Football*: https://t.co/0C19WAmL6y
Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org \O/
Thinking from the Oakland Bay Area
https://www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/
ORB@oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
🌱 Ancient tools for healing + justice: LifeIsASacredText.com
(Always! 100% human-authored + NAZI-FREE!):
New 📚 On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.
💥 Collective liberation or bust.
she/her
Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social A part of the Twitter Diaspora.
Also run East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, CA - @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social Check out the amazing handcrafed gifts made by my daughter at www.idlehandmade.com
You know you want a Holy Grail bag, or that guitar bag, owned only by me and Micky Dolenz. Updates coming shortly...
California Racial Justice Act @californiarja.bsky.social This account is dedicated to advancing awareness, understanding, and application of the California Racial Justice Act by tracking how courts across the state interpret and apply this transformative law.
Stay Updated: https://californiarja.wordpress.com/
Supriya Yelimeli @supriyayelimeli.bsky.social writer & journalist from Fremont! @coyotemedia.org
COYOTE @coyotemedia.org Independent Bay Area journalism — with a BITE!
www.coyotemedia.org
Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com "covers the strange and consequential with equal enthusiasm"
"I may be unable to discern the point, but it definitely made me read the whole thing"
reporter 〰️ writer 〰️ sculptor 〰 @coyotemedia.org calendar guy 〰️ they/them 〰 https://reveleth.com/
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Michele Reeves @rethinkplaces.bsky.social Misc musings of urban strategist…land use, retail, transpo, lighting(!), placemaking, real estate development, and people… with a few random acts of photography thrown in! (Finally making the move from Twitter… starting from scratch again!) views=my own
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Ice Out Of SF .org @iceoutofsf-org.bsky.social ICEBlock.app (R.I.P. Sold to the Gov by Apple)
SF Legal Support Rapid Response: 1-415-200-1548 at SFILEN.org.
StopIce.net
NoKings.org
Visit IceOutOfSF.org for ICE info for all of California.
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Pelo Blanco Photo @peloblancophoto.bsky.social Lover of art. Photographer living in the PNW. No DMs.
https://peloblanco-photo.pixels.com/
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Oakland Toots @peterwbloom.bsky.social Blogs about the Oakland Roots www.oaklandrootsblog.com
I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app Ask around boy I’m hotter than Picante
UC Berkeley ITS @berkeleyits.bsky.social Official account of the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies. We develop and test leading-edge innovations influencing the movement of people and goods, while advancing sustainability, economic health, and quality of life.
www.its.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley D-Lab @d-lab-uc-berkeley.bsky.social D-Lab helps UC Berkeley community members move forward with world-class research in data intensive social science and humanities.
UC Berkeley Geography @ucbgeography.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/berkeleygeography
Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk A disabled people’s cycling organisation campaigning for equity in cycling, #ActiveTravel, multimodal journeys, and mobility justice. #BeyondTheBicycle
Find out about our work at www.WheelsForWellbeing.org.uk
the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley @obi-belonging.bsky.social 
Equity & Inclusion at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyvcei.bsky.social 
UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science @berkeleyls.bsky.social Welcome to L&S, the largest college in the nation's #1 public university. "Our mission is to constantly expand the horizons of knowledge through research and teaching." - Executive Dean, Jennifer Johnson-Hanks
Learn more: https://ls.berkeley.edu/about
New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social The New York Amsterdam News • The New Black View • Founded 1909 • NYC's oldest Black newspaper
Victor Flores @victorfloresbart.bsky.social BART Director District 7
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*Thoughts & opinions are my own.
Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social Renter; bike and transit rider
Construction project manager
Posts about safe street design and transit projects
Berkeley, CA
Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social Figuring out how to be at peace as our collective plane falls from the sky
Kendra @kendratoysaround.bsky.social 📍 Bay Area, CA
I like nouns--people, places, things, and ideas. Here to share about bikes, dogs, health, faith, and other things I find interesting / important / funny
https://linktr.ee/ktoy
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson @ashdashlee.bsky.social I wanna get free & see all our folk, together, at the finish line.