Friends of Preschool for All @friendsofpfa.bsky.social We are dedicated to preserving Preschool for All, Multnomah County’s landmark universal preschool program. https://friendsofpfa.org/
Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social Writer & lawyer. Author of A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS • Novels TROPIC OF KANSAS et al • urban nature newsletter FIELD NOTES • christopherbrown.com
David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com Nightmares for sale. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Stone Garden. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. No AI. https://daviddemchuk.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
Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social Max Alper. Composer, sonic arts educator, and audio worker with opinion. “The Nadia Boulanger of Ableton weirdos.” Facilitator of Group Critique Fight Club. Co-host @criticallistening.bsky.social. Based in Hudson Valley. peretsky.xyz
Next Portland @nextportland.bsky.social Next Portland is dedicated to making it easier to discover what’s being built in Portland.
Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social Democratic Socialists of America of Portland, OR. We organize for power for the working class to build a socialist future. linktr.ee/portlanddsa
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social Associate Prof at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Constitutional law, criminal law, abolition, philosophy, hoops, video games, puppies (esp. Argo the Floof). Probably nicer than you’ve heard. He/him.
Nea “Dracula” Ching @thegaychingy.bsky.social aka Chingy. Writer & Critic seen at Roger Ebert, Vulture, Them, Mel Magazine, VICE, MTV News. Filmmaker
Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social Comics Creator/ Special thanks Jinxworld.com @darkhorse.com
#Phenomena @abramscomicarts.bsky.social
Co-creator #MilesMorales #IronHeart #JessicaJones #Powers #Jinx #Masterpiece #Murderinc. #Pearl #TheOnes jinxworld.com
Rep: Jim Ehrich of RBEL
Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org 👊 Battling techno-fascism with our Internet-savvy blend of attention-grabbing activism and mass mobilization.
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/2026
amb @amb.fyi how can we stroppy strangers live together without doing each other too much violence? | homes not highways | born 350ppm | still got hope so i think we’ll be fine in these disastrous times | he/they | www.amb.fyi
📍stj, pdx, or
emily @soupmuse.bsky.social lawyer. human rights and civilian protection. forever Arabic student.
conscientious objector to “AI”
our liberation is bound together.
iain @maccoinnich.bsky.social Posts about urbanism and development, mostly specific to Portland
🏳️🌈🏴
Portland: Neighbors Welcome @portlandneighborswelcome.org Housing is a human right. Fighting for tenants rights along with four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. 🏘️
Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social Author of The Golden State (2018) and Mobility (2023). www.lydiakiesling.com
Courtney Shannon @cshannonpdx.bsky.social I post about maps, GIS, and environmental chemistry, and now there’s also a lot of energy and Portland posts, some microblogging. Coauthor on a paper on bird population modeling. Reviews everywhere: "She's too direct."
Portland, OR
Richard Lawson @rilaws.bsky.social NEWSLETTER: https://www.premiereparty.com/ | Partnerships & sponsorships 📩 sarah@collective.media
transit tw!nk 🚊 @gayfrootloops.bsky.social 
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social full stack content engineer, portlander, t1d
he/him
John Nichols @sespe.bsky.social John Nichols Gallery was opened in Santa Paula, CA in 1984 and exhibits and sells vintage and contemporary photography and other art and offers custom framing. John is the author of the Arcadia book, "St. Francis Dam Disaster" and self published Essay Man
Carol F @cfpdx.bsky.social Can be found walking Ruzo & Leo and showing up at the St Johns Food Share.
She/Her
Sophie Paige 💖 @paige-turner.bsky.social Tabletop games, cross stitch, and trans jokes. she/her https://bespoketacle.itch.io
The Hollywood Theatre @hollywoodtheatre.org Portland's Historic Non-Profit Theatre | 4122 NE Sandy Blvd | Beer, wine, pizza and the best popcorn in Portland! | http://hollywoodtheatre.org/links | (503) 281-4215
Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social 🇨🇦 troubadour. children's champion. ecology. Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring. beluga grads. 
@eastportlandvoice.bsky.social @eastportlandvoice.bsky.social 
Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social Documentarian
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Neven Mrgan @mrgan.com Creative Lead at Panic, working on Playdate, dev software, and helping publish games • Maker of games Blackbar, Grayout, Hidey Spot, The Barkless Doctrine, The Incident, Space Age, Stagehand • One of the good ones • Portland, OR • he/him
Steve Riggins @steveriggins.net iOS engineer at eBay. He/Him. Started my career in the 80s at The Voyager Company working on laserdisc and CD-ROM interfaced HyperCard stacks. Shipped QuickTime video at launch. Bad puns are the best. All posts are mine and do not represent my employer.
HLK @hlkfotos.com Photos are real/my own (derogatory).
JUST the birds: https://tinyurl.com/HLK-Bird-Feed
Please use alt text so I can repost your beautiful work.
Banner image: Still of poster on wall from Widow's Bay
mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social This is my personal account. Posts here should not be construed as the official government communications of Councilor Mitch Green.
“Bald and bearded, middle-aged, plucky data nerd who is also a cuddly cousin of Vladimir Lenin” - Sophie Peel, probably
Will U'ren @whollingsworth.bsky.social Bikes, books, busses, buildings, Bortland
"Mommy, mommy, buy me a license plate!"
"No, come along Bortland!"
"Are you talking to me?"
"No, my city is also named Bortland."
Paul's dudes @pauldudes.bsky.social French illustrator based in Lyon, beard lover, ramen eater, Pokemon hunter, corgi dad.
He/him
Member of L’oursonnerie with @crapaudman.bsky.social and @furrwoods.bsky.social
https://pauldudesdelivery.etsy.com
https://fr.ulule.com/burning-bridges-tome1/
Studio Bara @studiobara.bsky.social Pictorial research lab on the male body (we draw cute bear).
Paul & Antoine
https://studiobara.bigcartel.com/
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Openvibe @openvibe.social The App for Connecting Open Social Web
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads in ONE app, in ONE feed ✨
https://openvibe.social
Casey Liss @liss.bsky.social A man of occasionally refined taste and usually coarse language.
I make the iOS app Callsheet, I am a host on @atp.fm and Analog(ue) on @relay.fm. I write at https://caseyliss.com
Based in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
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
matt @mattxiv.bsky.social no elon! yippee
David Burton @davidburtonphoto.bsky.social Photographer - Portland, OR
kottke.org @kottke.org home of fine hypertext products since 1998. https://kottke.org
dr worldwide™️ @imanimosley.bsky.social your favorite musicologist’s favorite musicologist.✨
music/cultural historian at the University of Florida🐊, Tar Heel bred, professional social media haver. is always on brand, & the brand (🇬🇧) is strong 😉
she/her 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/imanimosley
Lucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social Adventure Cartoonist. Emphatically not a raccoon.
Previously: BAGGYWRINKLES, 100 DEMON DIALOGUES. Next: SEACRITTERS!, a swashbuckling animal caper w/ Kate Milford - March ’27.
Heck the feed, send me mail: PO Box 734, Ojai CA 93024
lucybellwood.com
Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social Co-Exec Director of Indivisible along with Leah.
Organizing with local Indivisible groups against America's fascist clown show.
Ian Karmel @iankarmel.bsky.social Standup. Writer. Trail Blazers fan.
https://linktr.ee/iankarmel
Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social Portland, Oregon
jazz and avant garde | the beauty of the mundane
mom of two boys | cat woman | enthusiast
I love finding records and listening to them 🖤
https://bandcamp.com/lunaonthegrass
MJW @wilsonmj.bsky.social Aging queer millennial. Writer of A Labyrinth and If Any Gods Lived. Constantly anxious about everything but in a laughing awkwardly kind of way.
Make stories for Meow Wolf. Doing labor rights and trying to write a much as I can in the time I have.
Roman Mars @romanmars.bsky.social Creator of 99% Invisible, Trump Con Law, A History of the US in 100 Objects, Power Broker Breakdown- http://99pi.org
TEDTalk on flags w/ over 7M views
NYT Bestseller The 99% Invisible City: http://99pi.org/book
East Bay, CA
Alum: Oberlin, Simon's Rock, UGA
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
Choire @choire.bsky.social I work at cnn where I am the guy who rakes up the extra piles of news at night
Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down. 
Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social Sex-positive comics published every week from a variety of artists since 2013. https://www.ohjoysextoy.com 🔞
Patrons enjoy exclusive content on http://patreon.com/ohjoysextoy Join for free!
Accidental Tech Podcast @atp.fm A podcast by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa. https://atp.fm
Also at https://mastodon.social/@atpfm
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/
Nathanael T. Booth (he/him) @nathanaeltbooth.bsky.social Pretty damn queer.
nathanaeltbooth.com
Author, GOD AND THE GREAT DETECTIVE: ELLERY QUEEN’S STRUGGLE WITH THE DIVINE, 1945-1965 (McFarland 2023)
Co-host, THE PROJECTIONIST’S LENDING LIBRARY
Academic 
Matt McNally @mattmcnally.bsky.social Personal account - opinions are mine. RT ≠ endorsement. organizing & communicating for a better world. 💚 PDX
JT Griffith @jtgriffith.bsky.social Music Supervisor / Creative in Portland OR
Founder of LIMINAL Music
Curator of LIMINALMUSIC.shop.
Contributor at @opb @kmhd
@Vassar @Stanford
https://linktr.ee/itsliminalmusic
LIMINAL music: https://open.substack.com/pub/liminalmusic
Abstract Monk @abstract-monk.bsky.social First star on the right and straight on till morning.
Zen, Tech, Vinyl, Guitar, Science, Trees, Books, Left Coast, Dead, BeBop, Bluegrass, Keep it Weird, Be Kind ⚡️
KMHD @kmhd.bsky.social A Jazz Station in Portland Ore. 89.1fm - We celebrate Jazz without Boundaries. kmhd.org
Dirk VanderHart @dirquez.bsky.social Artist, dog-lover and avid reader. 
Maxine Bernstein @maxbernstein.bsky.social Oregonian reporter covering federal court, criminal justice 
Jamie Goldberg @jamiebgoldberg.bsky.social Politics/education editor @Oregonian. Former sports reporter, business reporter & breaking news editor. DMs open. Email me: jgoldberg@oregonian.com
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh @shanedkavanaugh.bsky.social Reporter at The @Oregonian | Priors: @nydailynews @crainsnewyork| Holler: skavanaugh@oregonian.com
Bryan from Stumptown Savings @bryanmvance.com Helping you save hundreds on groceries so you can enjoy more of Portland! https://stumptownsavings.com/linkinbio
James Dean (J.D.) Kindle @jamesdeankindle.bsky.social NE Oregon Musician/Nonprofit Admin
Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social BikePortland.org founder 🚲. Basketball coach 🏀. North Portlander.
Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social Former culture writer, Salon.com. Before that: cofounder, Bitch Media. Forever fan of print magazines. Single mom, dog mom, your mom
Anthony Dean-Harris @anthonydeanharris.com Writer; artist; radio host of A Smooth Ride (weekdays 2-4pm PST) & content coordinator at Portland's Jazz Radio @kmhd.org; archivist emeritus & co-conspirator at San Antonio's FL!GHT Gallery; he/him; hopefully witty, certainly verbose
Jonathan Bach @jonathanmbach.bsky.social Housing reporter for The Oregonian
"High Desert, Higher Costs: Bend and the Housing Crisis in the American West" (OSU Press) https://tinyurl.com/mrx84282
Banner photo: Molly J. Smith Photography
@noellecrombie.bsky.social @noellecrombie.bsky.social Journalist, The Oregonian
Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com Community organizer, parent, and Senator for Oregon SD 23.
Social media policy:
https://linktr.ee/sen.khanhpham
Beth Nakamura @bethnakamura.bsky.social Townie. Mostly @oregonian
http://www.bethnakamura.com/
Carlos Fuentes @carlosfuentes.bsky.social Proud Portlander. State politics reporter for The Oregonian
Andrew Jankowski @andrewjank.bsky.social former A&C editor: Willamette Week. Freelance: Portland Mercury, Street Roots, Oregon ArtsWatch, Portland Press Corps, more. jail: 7/16/20
Geoff Norcross @geoffnorx.bsky.social I’m a host at OPB in Portland, Oregon. I hate leaf blowers.
Damon Motz-Storey @damonmotzstorey.bsky.social Director of the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Artist & advocate dedicated to environmental, climate, and racial justice.
Views here are my own.
Brooke Jackson-Glidden @jacksonglidden.bsky.social Former editor in chief of Portland Monthly. Half-sour pickle enthusiast. Recipient of a James Beard Award and a ticket for jaywalking. Andy Cohen once told me to keep it together.
@lauralporter.bsky.social @lauralporter.bsky.social KGW journalist,12-time Emmy winner, wife of a wonderful husband and mom of 4 and grandma of 6 incredible kids.
Ezra Kaplan @ezrakaplan.bsky.social Investigative Reporter in Portland, OR
Movie Madness @moviemadness.org Portland’s iconic independent video store, with 90,000+ rental titles and counting. Plus beer & wine, a film prop museum, a Miniplex, merch, & more! moviemadness.org/links
Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social Northwest reporter, ProPublica.
Paul Gronke @pgronke.bsky.social Professor, director, gardener, and a few other things. I mainly do elections.
Follow my work at HTTP://EVIC.reed.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-gronke-83452311/
Beth Slovic @bethslovic.bsky.social breaking news editor at The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.bsky.social Film archivist, programmer, writer, collector etc
Director of Operations at OCN Distribution, Curator of Cinématographe, Producer at Vinegar Syndrome
Words at Screen Slate and Letterboxd, mostly
https://letterboxd.com/jlalibs/
Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press proprietor, Soraya [dot] Press | subscribe 👉🏽 soraya.press
📍Brooklyn
Andy Richter @andyrichter.co Insta: @richtercommaandy
TikTok: @AndyRichterTikTok
Podcast: The Three Questions
Call In Show on Sirius XM
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Gabriel Snyder @gabrielsnyder.com
Executive Editor, Enterprise at Newsweek Previously: Publisher & EIC of The Fine Print, EIC of The New Republic, Editor of The Atlantic Wire, EIC of Gawker, Reporter at Variety, Reporter at The New York Observer, etc.
Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social Read me: HamiltonNolan.com
My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
Email: Hamilton.Nolan@gmail.com
JOE MACLEOD 666 @joemacleod666.bsky.social CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA
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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social Axcan quema, tehuatl, nehautl…
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. 
Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com A collaborative of 60 writers and artists publishing a newsletter for you each weekday. Culture, opinions, criticism, news, comics, mayhem.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.