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RINewsToday @rinewstoday.bsky.social Daily, digital news service focused on the greater Rhode Island area, bringing together local writers with expertise and a love of news and information.
Jeff Levy @jefflevy.us Rhode Islander. We can agree to disagree, but you know in your heart I’m right.
Cynthia Battle PhD @cynthia-battle.bsky.social Professor @Brown, Clinical Psychologist, Researcher, brand new to Bsky and starting to find my way around
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@doubledogpottery.bsky.social @doubledogpottery.bsky.social I love making small batch, hand painted, functional pottery that is heavily influenced by nature🌿🍃🌾🌸🍂🌱🌺
Mimi R @shellfishmeme.bsky.social Surfing. Cold water swimming. Nature. Birds & dancing. Lines & shapes. Loud music 🇸🇪🇬🇧 🇪🇺& RI. Honored to raise my #autistic child. Teacher.
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Housing Network of Rhode Island @homesri.bsky.social We envision a Rhode Island where all of its residents live in safe, healthy, affordable homes in thriving communities 🏡
Shelley Peterson PVD Ward 14 @shelpvd14.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Proud 🇵🇪 immigrant. PVD City Councilor~Ward 14 (Elmhurst, Wanskuck) Don’t @ me, talk to me if you disagree with me.
Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social Climate scientist working at NASA/JPL and lover of truth. Arrested for defending Earth. Opinions mine.
HoldSher @holdsher.bsky.social Sociology PhD and Providence RI busybody. The views expressed here are my own, with no organizational affiliations. Low on pithiness.
ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. There may be swear words. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
Sandra Abrevaya @sabrevaya.bsky.social
Kim Kalunian @kimkalunian.bsky.social Reporter/anchor at WPRI 12. Lover of food and dogs. Check out my series on cold cases: https://www.wpri.com/news/crime/cold-cases/
𝙼𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚐 @mkang.bsky.social Sociologist and assistant professor @JHU.edu School of Government and Policy | gun violence, deviance, and gangs | megankang.com
Thomas Abt @thomasabt.bsky.social Author, BLEEDING OUT. Founding Director, VRC. Associate Research Professor, UMD. Senior Fellow, CCJ. Opinions, my own.
Vital City @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social Enlightening data. New ideas. Civil conversation. Visit us at vitalcitynyc.org
Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social Co-Founder AH Datalytics. NOLA kid. Longhorn. Former CIA officer. 2004 Intramural Softball Champion (C-League). Not a criminologist! Newsletter: https://jasher.substack.com/ Jasher@ahdatalytics.com "Some genius, Jeff Asher" - Ann Coulter
Dr. Alex Piquero @dralexpiquero.bsky.social Professor of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar at The 🟧_🟩. Former Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (appointed by President Biden). 🇨🇺-🇺🇸
Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social Economist & public safety expert. Author, The Science of Second Chances. Host/author, @ProbCausation podcast & substack. Passionate about ROI. https://jenniferdoleac.com
Michael Sierra-Arévalo @michaelsierraa.bsky.social Sociologist: UT Austin 🤘🏽 Author: The Danger Imperative📕💀👮🏽‍♂️ lnk.bio/michaelsierraa
Brian DeLay @briandelay.bsky.social Berkeley Historian. Author of War of a Thousand Deserts. For Norton, finishing Aim at Empire: An international History of American Revolutions, through the Barrel of a Gun. Also 2nd Amendment cases. Birds, too. https://history.berkeley.edu/brian-delay
Caterina Roman @caterinaroman.bsky.social Professor @TempleUniv, 20 yrs @UrbanInstitute. violence prevention and CJ reform. neighborhood health. women in sport. mom. all things Philly.
John Jay College Research and Evaluation Center @johnjayrec.bsky.social JohnJayREC (https://JohnJayREC.nyc) evaluates prevention strategies, tests the effectiveness of interventions, analyzes efforts to improve the impact and equity of justice systems, and helps non-researchers understand the goals & methods of evaluation.
John Roman @johnkroman.bsky.social Director, Center on Public Safety and Justice, NORC at the University of Chicago. Essays: https://johnkroman.substack.com/.
Tali Woodward @taliwoodward.bsky.social Editor in Chief @thetrace.org, a nonprofit newsroom investigating gun violence in America. https://www.thetrace.org/
The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org criminal justice news. nonpartisan. nonprofit. nonpaywall. 📨 sign up for our newsletters: themarshallproject.org/newsletters
The Trace @thetrace.org We’re a nonprofit newsroom investigating gun violence in America. Sign up for our newsletters: thetrace.org/newsletter
Walter @walterkatz.bsky.social Policy and politics at the intersection of race, tech, and justice. MuckRack: https://muckrack.com/walter-katz/articles
Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social Postdoc @ Yale | @DSPI_Oxford PhD 📚| Health Policy MPH @YaleSPH 🩺 | survivorship x gun violence x qualitative researcher | opinions are my own 🌱
Jerry Ratcliffe @jerryratcliffe.net College prof, ex-UK cop, host of the Reducing Crime podcast, scientific advisor to the IACP. In my spare time, I try not to crash planes. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BOJIm0QAAAAJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0730-6761
John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
Volkan Topalli @volkantopalli.bsky.social Criminologist | @GSUCJC | Andrew Young School | Urban Crime | Future Crime | Offender Decision-Making |🗽
Sonali Rajan @sonalirajan.bsky.social professor @teacherscollege @columbia | senior director of research at everytownresearch.org | founding president: https://www.firearmresearchsociety.org/our-team | runner | mom to the best kid
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social University of Chicago Professor. Posts are my own. Reposts do not imply endorsements. Oh--Pay your credit card off in full every month. That's the best risk-free,-tax-free investment available on Planet Earth.
Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Economics at @barnard-college.bsky.social of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. Interested in crime & criminal justice through the prism of racial inequality. Website: https://morganwilliamsjr.com/
Andrew Morral @andrewmorral.bsky.social Greenwald Chair in Gun Policy at RAND. Director of the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research: https://www.ncgvr.org Co-Director of RAND’s Gun Policy In America initiative: https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy.html.
New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center @njgvrc.bsky.social The GVRC aims to provide high-quality, multi-disciplinary research on gun violence causality and prevention while respecting the rights of legal, safe gun owners.
Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social Criminologist | Associate Professor at Rutgers University | Director of Research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center | Stoneleigh Fellow
Brandon del Pozo @brandondelpozo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of medicine and public health at Brown University. Former chief of police and NYPD precinct commander. BK born, NY raised. Health + Safety = Justice
Daniel Webster @daniel-webster.bsky.social Gun violence researcher & professor @ Johns Hopkins | baseball nerd and Orioles & Nationals fan | dog lover
Patrick Sharkey @patricksharkey.bsky.social social scientist studying violence and urban inequality in the US
Charles C. Lanfear @clanfear.bsky.social Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge Social control, crime, quant methods, R coding clanfear.github.io
Nazsa Baker, PhD, MA @nazsa.bsky.social Research Director & Program Manager for The Wraparound Project @UCSF Dept of Surgery | Firearm Violence Researcher | #Firstgendoc | 1922 💙💛🐩| Book Lover 📚| The Bay 📍|
Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social Senior Director of Public Safety Policy at Center for American Progress. Opinions are my own.
Josh Greenman @joshgreenman.bsky.social The very same
John Shjarback @shjarback-ccj.bsky.social Policing/Criminal Justice Researcher. Associate Professor in the Dept. of Law & Justice Studies at Rowan University. Views are my own. Johnshjarback.com
GIFFORDS @giffords.org Founded by Gabby Giffords in 2013, we’re on a mission to save lives from gun violence. Text COURAGE to 34131 to join the fight.
Justin Sola @justinsola.bsky.social UNC-Chapel Hill assistant professor in Sociology & Data Science and Society. I research inequality & gun ownership http://jlsola.com
Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org We are a movement of parents, students, survivors, educators, gun owners & concerned citizens fighting to end gun violence and build safer communities. https://everytown.org/
Dru Stevenson @drustevenson.bsky.social Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law - Houston. Academic research now focuses on firearms regulation. I won't follow accounts or reply to their posts if I can't tell who they are IRL. #Housky #lawsky #gvp #gvr
Rory Neuner @rneuner.bsky.social Proud resident of Providence, RI, a Boston commuter, and forever a Michigander.
Georgina M. @gmanok.bsky.social Look out for your community before the 🧊 melts. Unaffiliated thoughts. You should buy Philip Eil’s book “Prescription for Pain” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739577/prescription-for-pain-by-philip-eil/
Half Street Group @halfstreetgroup.bsky.social We believe everyone has a story and that the most effective organizations connect their strategy with their narrative.
Kathy Hodge @kathyhodge.bsky.social Rhode Island artist, National Park and Forest Artist in Residence I stand with our National Park/Forest Rangers! www.kathyhodge.com https://give.npca.org/fundraiser/6207923
PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn LDI) is a national leader in advancing health policy through transformative research. Explore our impact at ldi.upenn.edu and follow us on LinkedIn!
Scott Blanchard @scottblanchard.bsky.social Journalist. Contributing at the Christian Science Monitor. ‘13 Ochberg Fellow at Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Invested in countering bad information by spreading facts and context. Also: birder, traveler, low-rent Civil War geek.
Sabina Matos @sabinamatos.bsky.social Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Former Providence Council President *** Personal Account ***
Jill Davidson @jilld.bsky.social Providence City Councilor representing Ward 2. Development/comms director, @wrwcri.bsky.social. Mom to 3 in college & beyond. 20+ years in PVD with husband, friends, family, Al and Nicole the cats, & June the dog. Let’s make tomorrow better for everyone.
The Map Center @mapcenter.com Andrew Middleton Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator A 'Peddler of Wheres' and owner of the oldest map store on the East Coast, The Map Center in Pawtucket RI. It's like a hip record store but for maps. www.mapcenter.com Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
Sam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com Rhode Islander, education union data organizer and Democratic ward committee member. Recovering comms pro, RI's leading vexillologist (probably). Occasionally blogs at riliberator.com
Alex Lucini @alucini.bsky.social Union activist, Punk rocker, Hot Rodder, Dad, Tuba player.
BlueArk Global @en.blueark.app We migrate your tweets/content from X to Bluesky with the original data. 🪽 Independent Brazilian technology 🇧🇷 @blueark.app 🔗 Quote now at https://blueark.app/
Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social Public radio reporter in Connecticut. One-time Bart Harley Jarvis of the Oklahoma press corps. CUNY grad. Replacement-level infielder for the Hartford Dark Twains Sandlot Baseball Club. he/him
Sarah Anderson @shcanderson.bsky.social CEO & superintendent of Blackstone Valley Prep. Educator and parent, reader and hiker, sports fan and art lover. Nuance. Hard work. Poetry.
Crossroads Rhode Island @crossroadsri.bsky.social
Mary MacDonald @marymacdonaldri.bsky.social Labor communications, former reporter, former teacher. Loves dogs, old houses, birds and New England. A fan of public education.
Erin DeLullo @blueridgeerin.bsky.social Erin DeLullo. Founder of Civitella Strategies & host of ‘The Poisoning’ pod (about the #fentanyl epidemic). Read my Substack https://thepoisoning.substack.com
Mayor Bob DaSilva @bobdasilva.bsky.social Husband, Dad, Coach, Retired Police Captain, Former State Representative and Mayor of East Providence. Every day is a blessing😉
Nancy Lavin @nancyklavin.bsky.social Rhode Island born and bred, but convinced I don't have the accent (don't tell me otherwise). Covering state politics, environment and business for Rhode Island Current.
Nick Inglis @nickinglis.bsky.social PVD⚓️ | #InfoGov #RecordsMgmt #InfoMgmt & #eDiscovery Expert | Audiobook Narrator | Ex-BofA; AmEx; AIIM; InfoGovCon(sold); PVDStudentUnion; ARMA; IPRO(nowReveal) | Voracious Reader | #PTSD | more: https://shor.by/nickinglis
Lylah Alphonse @lmalphonse.bsky.social Editor: @globeri.bsky.social and @globenh.bsky.social Talking: GBH, WPRI, RI PBS Formerly: US News & World Report, Yahoo! Alumna: Princeton Day, Syracuse University (@newhousesu.bsky.social) Read more: Globe.com/RI and Globe.com/NH Repost ≠ endorsment
Rebecca Ostriker @rebeccaostriker.bsky.social Deputy Op-Ed Page Editor at the Boston Globe. Former Spotlight Team investigative reporter, Arts Editor at the Globe.
Brendan McCarthy @bmccarthynews.bsky.social Investigations Editor/National Desk, The New York Times. Former Boston Globe Spotlight Editor. Founding editor, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. Ex New Orleans muckraker. Woonsocket, RI, raised. DM for Signal, etc.
Vince Dixon @vincedixon.bsky.social Digital Media Journalist | Most recently Sr. Newsroom Developer @BostonGlobe | Prev: @Eater, @ProPublica, @ChicagoTribune. James Beard recipient. #DDJ #DataViz
Erin Douglas 📝 climate reporter @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social Climate & Environment Journalist 📍Washington, DC https://erindouglasportfolio.com/ Signal erinmdouglas.23
Sam Brodey @sambrodey.bsky.social National politics reporter for the Boston Globe. Go Dodgers. Get in touch: sam.brodey@globe.com
John Hancock @johnhancock.bsky.social Tech Lead, Newsroom Development Team, The Boston Globe. Building storytelling experiences through interactive design and data.
Omar Mohammed @shurufu.bsky.social Economics reporter at the @BostonGlobe.com. A Knight-Bagehot fellow and graduate of Columbia Journalism School. An alumni of Newsweek, Reuters, Bloomberg & Quartz.
Tal Kopan @talkopan.bsky.social Deputy D.C. Bureau Chief, @BostonGlobe tal.kopan@globe.com Tal rhymes with fall, not pal. Signal: https://tinyurl.com/3ex3wshr / TalKopan.01
Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com Multimedia editor 📈 @bostonglobe.com. Rhode Island native ⚓
Leah Becerra @leahbecerra.com Product Director at @newsmediahelpdesk.org. Journalist. Product thinker. Chicana. Runner. Techie person. Mizzou J-School grad 🐯 Past bylines: The Boston Globe, The Kansas City Star, Omaha World-Herald and others.
Emily Sweeney @emilysweeney22.bsky.social Boston Globe video journalist, Blotter Tales columnist, and Cold Case Files reporter | Follow me on Insta: @emilysweeney22 | Sign up for my newsletter: https://globe.com/coldcase
Bill Kole @billkole.bsky.social Author of IN GUNS WE TRUST, 2026 religion book of the year. Runner, sailor, fly fisherman. billkolebooks.com https://substack.com/@billkole
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com The first word in business news. Newsletters: http://bloom.bg/newsletters Podcasts: http://bloom.bg/podcasts The Big Take podcast: http://trib.al/jtoXfuT
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
What’sUpNewp @whatsupnewp.com Your local independent source for what’s up in Newport, Rhode Island, and beyond. WhatsUpNewp.com
Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social Media reporter at @bostonglobe.com. Tips to aidan.ryan@globe.com or aidanfitzryan.13 on Signal. https://www.bostonglobe.com/about/staff-list/staff/aidan-ryan/
Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.org Moving Providence forward on streets built to share. Avanzando la Providencia en calles construidas para compartir. 👣🚲🚌🛴♿🏃🏽‍♀️🚗 https://linktr.ee/providencestreets
Victoria McGrane @vgmac.bsky.social Deputy director of audience Boston Globe looking for a new social media addiction. Victoria.mcgrane@globe.com
zack mezera @handle.invalid Builder with Working Families Party: @ri.workingfamilies.org + @workingfamilies.org. Builder of Movement Services: @movementservices.org. Dad to Scoop the Dog. "It's dangerous to go alone." he/him. ✴️
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
Tim @timrondeau.bsky.social Director of Communications for Attorney General Neronha. MA raised, RI living ⚓️🏳️‍🌈
Kyle Kane @kylekane.bsky.social Photojournalist @wpri12
Chad Finn @chadfinn.bsky.social Columns: The Boston Globe, Boston.com. Editor: The Boston Globe Story of Celtics. https://shorturl.at/j7ozz
Jonathan Bissonnette @jbissonnette.bsky.social Communications Coordinator with the Rhode Island Judiciary. Formerly Communications Office of Governor Dan McKee, Reporter with The Pawtucket Times and Journal Inquirer. Quinnipiac grad.
Colleen Cronin @colleen-cronin.bsky.social Cops and courts reporter at The Boston Herald. Reach out with story ideas/tips/to say hello: ccronin@bostonherald.com