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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Christopher Peters @statwonk.bsky.social statwonk.com, Dad, Partner. Statistician-Econometrician-Engineer. AI Developer. Decision theory. Game theory. #autisticpride #9 at Zapier, first DS
Dan Comstock @dancomf.bsky.social Investor, progressive, former political donor organizer, Boston native, Chicago Booth alum.
Jozef Imrich @jozefimrich.bsky.social As Keller observed: Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all:
The Big Things make an impact
The Little Things make a difference
Joined bsky the day the Guardian stopped sharing posts on Twitter circa 13 Nov 2024 
Laurent Daverio @ldaverio.bsky.social IT Engineer (senior full-stack web developer - Python, Rust, React, etc.)
Living in France, but feeling at home in Lviv since 2014 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social ✔️ NOW & FOREVER: WE WANT JUSTICE, LIBERTY & FREEDOM FOR ALL
✔️ Future generations will enjoy these GOD given rights because of our courage and integrity
✔️ LOVE is more powerful than fear & hate
✔️ l believe in:
LOVE NEVER HATE
✔️ JOIN OUR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!
Ken @kenhes.eurosky.social Climate conscious and doing my bit for the environment. Climate mitigation.#GameDev 3d artist working on a game called Kozy Kiosk. Love me some animals, walking and chilling. Dublin, Ireland.
Animation reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHVPbKhypok
Chris Gonzales @chrisgonzales.bsky.social | Venture Investor, | LP, and Operator Asset Allocator (FoF, SPV) | Christ Follower | US Army Vet
Texas 📍
www.flowcode.com/page/chrisgonzales?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaa4fjw8TIa9PhxTsZDxdwMEWpGe3CnO51C44rT7w0a1p0_4RFBzqpMJQuo_aem_vgqFP0IQGD7y1DVC_lLuEg
6xBnkrptPresdnt🇺🇦🦋 @indpndntthnkn.bsky.social •No DM's •Independent •Lean the old left. Not Woke. •We warned you about #Trump. •Go🦋@Bluesky App. •All on YouTube> •@meidastouch-MTN •The Rest is Politics US •ProfessorG •KaraSwisher •Pivot •@RealJakeBroe Podcast. •The Mop Up-David Feldman
Tony Holland @tjholland.com Full time trader and venture capitalist trying to find where all the traders went
Rogue Citizen One @roguecitizenone.bsky.social Enraged Citizen, Kayaktivist, Avid Hiker, Lifelong Democrat, Retired Chef, Genetic Predisposition for Snark
American Red Cross Volunteer
Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Editor at large, The Bulwark.
Director, Defending Democracy Together.
Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
Never Trump.
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47
Popular.info
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social President of @crisesnotes.bsky.social (https://www.crisesnotes.com/)
Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books
email: crisesnotes@gmail(dot)com
Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting... Okay on weekends you can confess crushes)
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
Klemens Arro @klemens.bsky.social “hi” 🍁🍃🍂 Just some random stuff 💁♂️🏳️🌈🇪🇪🇪🇺 💼 CEO @ailab.ee, @heysec.com, Board Member at Estonian Human Rights Centre.
🔗 https://klemens.ee
Skylight Social @skylight.social ✨Join Skylight, report bugs, suggest features:
https://beacons.ai/skylight.social
Congressman Bobby Scott @bobbyscott.house.gov Proudly representing Virginia's 3rd Congressional District. Ranking Member, @democrats-edworkforce.house.gov
Jacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social Editor at Large @splinternews.bsky.social
Rabid Colorado sports partisan.
Mildly rabid lefty partisan.
Reluctant finance guy.
Accidental UFO reporter-ish (more on that later).
Signal: JacobWeindling.16
Jacobweindling@proton.me
Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument.bsky.social Chief of Staff @SIEPR. Economic Adviser @MITCEEPR. PhD'ing
@UW. 2021-2023 WH CEA.
I research energy markets during the transition and, as a treat to myself, consumer sentiment. Views my own. 
Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social Lawyer | Advocate | Activist
Advisory Board, DemCast
Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social Author of the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Erin Callahan thrillers, and some politics nonsense. Wulferhampton interloper. Twat.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G2CDCMV8
BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social Equities, ETFs, Rates, FX trader. also 🎥, 📺, 🏏 and the 80's. imposters get blocked and reported, and I never DM re crypto (which is the ultimate moron 'asset').
Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social Fan Account ✨💥✨
Seeker of Truth
Magical Witch
Twitches don’t burn
“She knows without knowing”
EXiled Twitter Witch
PNW
#SheShed
Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social Journalist, poet, songwriter. Optimistic transsexual. Work featured in the New York Times, Pink Balloons (2024), and Heightened Scrutiny (2025).
News Eye @newseye.bsky.social A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism.
Now on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@news_eye?_t=ZN-8zwNc7WZeII&_r=1
Please use ALT text :-)
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social America's Number One Punned-It.
Lifelong Dem. Left my account on Twitter for Bluer Skies. I follow back, but sometimes it takes time.
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KellyScaletta
Check out my Whiteboard videos and the Pun Show!
Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com Executive Director @ votersoftomorrow.org | Immigrant 🇲🇽 | Views my own
永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social MIT historian of Modern Japan
MIT教員・近代日本史
https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/
Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles
Public transit-appreciator and photo-taker
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social Your friendly local Wired science editor
Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social Congressman for California's 36th District. Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus. Air Force Vet.
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social I track how power, propaganda, and democratic erosion actually work-in real time.
Navy veteran.
Host of The Jack Hopkins Show.
https://www.JackHopkinsNow.com
Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social Hey there Mr. Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
House guy. DCoS @beyer.house.gov
Priors: Kamala Harris, Jennifer Wexton, et al.
Hendersonville, NC native
SciFi, Rock n Roll, he/him
Posts mine/dumb
Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social Official Gov Description: Flight challenged colony of biracial nudists
Current Status: Tariff & Human Free
SIGN to protect our Island’s Marine Reserve https://wwf.org.au/get-involved/an-antarctic-safe-haven/
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Senior Vice President of Woke 5
Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social Husband | Dad to Nelson, Cricket & Hank | Congressman |@HouseJudiciary @HomelandDems | social media policy:bit.ly/3gxdzVm | #EndGunViolence
Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com Editor of FT Alphaville. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
leon @leyawn.bsky.social i'm leon
Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com Nomad & Print Artist since 1998: Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling. Traveling along my German grandmother’s roots. Mover: Strong voice against Trumpism. Linktree: linktr.ee/Strandjunker
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social Commentary • Satirical Emeritus
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers
TITHE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q6REDKBBVUJLU
Bliterally @bliterally.bsky.social 
Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social Democratic strategist. Formerly Long Island Campaign Chair for Barack Obama; Majority Leader of the Suffolk County Legislature. Gay dad of five terrific kids. Writer and producer of echoesoftheunknownpodcast.com. Coffee addict. New York/Florida.
Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver.
Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of Democracy-Ish; Author of a Memoir and a Play; @YouTubeWajahatAli
wajali.com
wajahatmali@protonmail.com
Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social National Security Reporter. Features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House.
It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Email: thebrushpass1@protonmail.com
Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social Saint John Paul II recognized that unemployment is a grave evil
Blogging at https://someunpleasant.substack.com/
Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social Co-founder, Survey 160. Loves survey and voter participation. Researcher. Democrat. YIMBY. Husband and Dad. Opinion haver and measurer. Outdoors and cooking enthusiast. He/Him
Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social Journalist. Citations: NY Times, NBC News, Forbes. Founder, Impactivize.org, covering DEIA in the private sector| No. 1 ESG Influencer on Twitter (Commetric 2020) | Retired exec recruiter | Author, The Tao of Pug series (Penguin, Skyhorse)
Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds, The Rangers), former CNN & BBC analyst, retired journalism prof.
👤: sethabramson.net/bio
⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com
🕹: retrostack.substack.com
🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
Adam Schiff @adamschiff.com California Senator. Father, husband, former prosecutor, triathlete, and sometimes comic.
Mary Annaïse Heglar @maryannaise.bsky.social I write about climate change/grief/justice. Author of Troubled Waters (novel) & The World is Ours to Cherish (children’s book). Birmingham bred me, Mississippi fed me. ❤️🌍💚🌎🖤 https://www.maryannaiseheglar.com/
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now.
he/him
https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
Represented by Pew Literary
Links:
https://linktr.ee/OttoEnglish
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov Husband. Father. U.S. Senator for California. Fighting for an economy that works for everyone and for our democracy.
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
Adamkinzinger.komi.io
Adamkinzinger.com
Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social In a world gone mad with chaos and blood, one man stands alone against the forces of evil. That man is Sean Brodrick.
"No truce with kings!"
Stocks. Gold. Silver. Energy. Horror. Humor. Other Old Man Crankypants stuff. I've got friends everywhere. #EconSky
WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social This is the same WTFGOP from Twitter. If you don't like swearing, then I'd suggest you sensitive souls follow someone else. Whiners & Pearl Clutchers get heckled. If you want me to follow you just say the magic words: FOLLOW ME MOTHERFUCKER!
Euronews @euronews.com Official Euronews account
Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social Politics Managing Editor, NBC News amanda.terkel@nbcuni.com
Mueller, She Wrote @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 Secure contact: FedOath@pm.me
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social Born Thomas (Elmer Addison) Pain - July 4th, 1976. Lover of democracy.
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social Former GOP Congressman. Ex‑Tea Partier turned relentless anti‑Trump truth‑teller. Want the unfiltered takes the cable shows won’t touch? Read & spar with me on Substack 👉 https://substack.com/@socialcontractwithjoewalsh
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social Writing about the transformation of energy systems and the automotive industry for Bloomberg Opinion. Also: The Arctic. Opinions are my own.
Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Virginia.
Vice Chairman, Senate Intel Committee.
Allison Morrow @amorrow.bsky.social Journalist. Runner. Always looking for my next coffee/tattoo. Founder of the CNN Business Nightcap newsletter. Former WSJ.
Maca Iglesias🇺🇸Thank You, President Biden🇺🇸 @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social Democrat. DNC 2024 elected Delegate. Elected DEC Committeewoman. Chair of the @hispanicdems.dhcfl.org. Proud board member of @dhcfmiami.bsky.social.
Be The Change You Want To See In The World.
#OnYourSide #ATuLado
Personal account. Ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🟦 🟧 🇺🇸
Shoe @shoe.bsky.social Former conservative. Good poaster with even gooder opinions. Truck h8er. Costco 4eva. Antifa Supply Chain and Logistics Sr. Specialist.
Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a nonpartisan, independent research institution devoted to studying international economic policy.
Explore our research: piie.com
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
bit.ly/bgcjr
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.
Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social Chief economist @ Centre for European Reform. Eurozone macroeconomic policies | Role of 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 in EU. Formerly @ECB, @IMF, @Worldbank.
Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org Award-winning journalism focused on #climatechange, science, energy and policy. Subscribe to our free newsletters: http://bit.ly/CBnewsletters or visit our website: https://www.carbonbrief.org/
Follow our journalists: https://go.bsky.app/6X95R1T
BadRobotLinda @lms2025.bsky.social Married, twin, proud democrat, blue dot in very red state, voted Hillary and Kamala, never GOP, WV is NOT almost heaven, joined 11/2024 🦋🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌊
#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social A tag for creatives on the hunt for work!
4x/year on the second Tuesday of January, April, July, & October.
bio.site/PortfolioDay
Run by: @audreygonzalez.bsky.social 🕴️
Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social Executive Editor of Occupy Democrats, author, journalist and podcaster newsletter.grantstern.com
Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social Subverter of the dominant paradigm
Euractiv @euractiv.com Euractiv is an independent pan-European media network. We are an essential, trusted source for news, analysis and debate on EU politics and policy. www.euractiv.com
Tom verbeke @tverbeke.bsky.social Economist KU Leuven
Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social Sociologist - he/him/his
Author - The Business of Racism: Labor & Environment in Brazil's Racial Capitalism
https://dukeupress.edu/the-business-of-racism
Co-editor - Environmental Sociology Now
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/environmental-sociology-now
David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
bot cherington @whygavs.com so old that i used to write blogs about baseball for america online
1x jeopardy runner up
at the very least, you ought to be able to tell a ghoul from an alghoul
Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social Lincoln Project and Lincoln Square founder. Husband to Renee. Father to Andrew and Eleanor. Grandfather to Winnie. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated Beechcraft driver. AgainstAllEnemies.net
Bob Burgess @bobburgess.bsky.social Bloomberg Opinion Executive Editor and markets/eco columnist. Former Executive Editor for Global Markets. Opinions are my own.
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com