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Justin Ling @justinling.ca Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social Saint Paul City Council Member for Ward Four.
Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action.
Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social Doting grandmother, among other things.
Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com A magazine of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, founded in 1922. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Eric @esb.lol Madison • Bluesky team
Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
Front takes towards enemies.
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Alex Cranz @cranz.bsky.social laser bong lyricist. tech critic.
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Susan Jacobson Tade @susan-tade.bsky.social 
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Peter Bajurny @fishmanpet.bajurny.us 
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org Co-founder at Asana and Good Ventures (a funding partner of Coefficient Giving). Strange looper. You can just build the things you want to see in the world.
“Criminally underliked”
Alaina Ross @circle-and-square.bsky.social Exhausted Earth Sciences BS student @ SF State, map librarian, student researcher, obsessed with Atmospheric Science and Severe Weather in all forms
📸 portfolio: alainaross.myportfolio.com
Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social Cyberpunk engineer from the future.
Hydration reminders always.
Amelious N Whyte Jr., PhD @amelious.bsky.social I love helping people, my family & friends, FIJI, my Phd, my tats, USC, house music, a good cocktail, being a good person, democracy, making a difference justice (and pistachios). My posts are mine & hopefully interesting.
John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency
Https://www.johndickerson.com
Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass.punkitup.com Founder of Red Sweater and punkass of lore. https://redsweater.com/
Molly "Mollylele" Lewis @mollylewis.wtf (she/they) • molly.bio.link • 🆓🇵🇸🇸🇩🇰🇵
a little guy that lives in a blue world
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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First Avenue @first-avenue.com The legendary concert venue in Minneapolis, MN. Your Downtown Danceteria Since 1970 🪩 ⭐️ FAQs → http://first-avenue.com/about/faq/
Paul Huttner @paulhuttnerweather.bsky.social Retired MPR News chief meteorologist. Weather, guitars, and sunsets make me happy.
Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.
Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social CNN editor for climate and weather. Columnist at Star Tribune. Sometimes news at Science Friday. Nieman Fellow '15.
Previously: Science journalist with FiveThirtyEight, NYT Magazine, BoingBoing, mental_floss, and etc.
My views are not my employer's.
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social Armchair phrenologist. Self-certified body language expert. MENSA member. Former Never-Ending Pasta Pass Owner. Intellectual. Gifted kid —> Gifted adult. RIP Seattle Sea Dragons. Vai Corinthians. Bluesky’s premier Seven Mary Three poster.
Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social PhD in literature
Owner of Black Hart of St Paul
Cofounder Minnesota Aurora
St Pauli Peace Prize Award Winner
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social Sociologist/demographer specializing in mortality, racial inequity, Covid-19. Avid theater-goer, inconsistent powerlifter, and erstwhile operator of an all-volunteer bookstore. Preschool parent. Living not-quite-car-free in Minneapolis. she/her
Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live The Wedge's News Leader | Tips: newsroom@wedgelive.com | signal: wedgelive.33
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taylr @taylordahlin.com local duckling with internet access
📍 minneapolis MN
Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social Creeping socialist. Premature anti-rockist. Oldest living Racket editor. Saving my labor for insane reading. Subscribe to Racket, or at least read it. https://racketmn.com/author/keith-harris
Atlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social Co-owner: Discourse Blog. "One blogger" - The New York Times. Found at various points in: Rolling Stone, Mic, GOOD, Heeb. Splinter was a good website. I'll have the soup.
www.discourseblog.com
Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social Probably down a research rabbit hole.
📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com Words, data, code. Senior data journalist with @today.yougov.com. Host of the French history podcast The Siècle (@thesiecle.com). 
RandBall’s Stu @randballsstu.bsky.social Qualified jacuzzi professional. Newsletter: https://midwest-excellence.ghost.io/
amityf @amityf.bsky.social She/her. public transit user, cat lover, ISAIAH/FiMN Data. "Intimidating", according to men. amityf elsewhere
How to join Minneapolis and St. Paul thread: https://bsky.app/profile/amityf.bsky.social/post/3mrv36uo4pc2a
Steve McPherson @steventurous.bsky.social writer // guitar teacher at sarah jane’s music school // guitarist for big trouble, 120 mins band // nice cooker // picking the wrong line since 1976 // that's just unconscious knowledge
getinbigtrouble.com
Medic Kim @medickimw.bsky.social EMT, veteran, ex-nuclear reactor operator & former genetics researcher. A wandering Texan who loves Minnesota, science, brisket, & @SleepyNeutrons. She/her
Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social Minneapolis urbanist, St Paul enthusiast, transit nerd, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, called "an amateur historian" by Fox News. Both Cities, MN 🏳️🌈
Trains and train adjacent things: https://youtube.com/@vincempls
snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social Gopher librarian. Minne/apolis/sota. @thecurrent.org once used my “Coffee Break” suggestion.
em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social a guy drops one piece of ham in the snow and he never hears the end of it. co-owner/editor of @racketmn.com, em@racketmn.com. (she/they)
Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social Wife of @alysemayequade.bsky.social, mom, reproductive justice advocate, MN State Senator, and John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Winner (along with my Twin Cities neighbors). Reposts aren’t endorsements.
Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social Robin Wonsley is a Black Independent Socialist—proudly serving Minneapolis Ward 2. This is a campaign account. Views expressed are the campaign's, not City of Mpls.
Get involved at robinformpls.com
Mike Norton @mikenorton.org Disgraced Former Vice Chair Minneapolis DFL. Founder of a Tekne & Fast 50 (x2) awarded logistics company. Co-founder BajaOntario. Mpls gadfly. See my frunk in the WSJ. Autistic.
Dan Wade @dwade.bsky.social Woe. Frolic. Dread. Malice.
Erica @ericamauter.com queer mixed Black, Minneapolis heart + Detroit soul, Michigan engineer, digital do-gooder, Minnesota Lynx & WNBA fan, rooting for everybody Black standwithminnesota.com
Salena @salena.bsky.social Minnesotan, mom of 3, Senate DFL staff.
Casey G. @caseyg.bsky.social Stay Frosty - Space Weirdos - Sword Weirdos - Voidfighter
Minnesota
he/him - not a CHUD
SHOEGAZE COMMANDO @bornwithatail.bsky.social hosedrinker.
T.S. Flynn @tsflynn.bsky.social It’s a long season.
Northeast Minneapolis
⚾️ https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/tom-sheehan/
📸: https://www.instagram.com/mighty_flynn/
x: @mighty_flynn
Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social Advisor to industry, government and philanthropy on deploying climate solutions at speed and scale of the climate crisis. NobleIdeas LLC, Saint Paul, MN.
Speaker Melissa Hortman and me celebrating MN’s 100% clean electricity standard.
Janne K. Flisrand @jannefrommpls.bsky.social Abundant housing. Justice. Dismantling oppression. Mpls politics. Observations from Zürich. She/her.
Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social On substack: https://lauriehertzel.substack.com. Also, book reader, book critic, author "News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist" and "Ghosts of Fourth Street," and teacher at MFA program at UGA-Athens.
Barb Abney @barbabney.bsky.social Adoring mom to two grown adults. And Mamaw to my Granddaughter! Radio DJ. Podcast host. Friend. Afghan Whigs and Skyline Chili evangelist.
solace @solace.music Simple design with a modern crypto touch
Jennifer Linde @jensprite.bsky.social UMN assoc prof married to cranky poet ▪︎ middle-aged cat lady ▪︎ 〽️ Go Blue! ▪︎ I was on Jeopardy!, it was fun ▪︎ I ❤️ MPLS ▪︎ this timeline sucks
Michael Corey @mikejcorey.bsky.social Geospatial, Technology, and Data Lead, Mapping Prejudice. Previously: Star Tribune, Reveal. Racial covenants, public history, mapping, data journalism. Team St. Paul.
bowie deschanel @raisingonebrow.bsky.social Amateur wise ass. liberal politics, Minnesota, and my kiddo. he/him. header photo credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Brandon Hundt @brandonhundt.com Civically minded product designer based in the Twin Cities. New MN flag finalist #f29 aka Starflake
Dan 🏳️🌈 @helloeveryth.ing Food/music/cats/skateboarding/retro gaming/travel/photography/EVs/gay shit 🏳️🌈 he/him
White Bear Lake, MN — still a Mpls boy in my mind.
black lives matter. trans lives matter.
Nate B @warpedhorizon.bsky.social Architecture/technology/transportation geek
Twin Cities Suburbs He/Him
Jay Boller @jayboller.bsky.social Co-owner/editor of @racketmn.com • News tips please: jay@racketmn.com • Sign up to support our work: https://racketmn.com/register
Christin 🦀, Ward 9 baddie @christin612.bsky.social Mom. Organizer. Opinions are my own. People over Property | Hope is a practice. The best work is done together. #metoo repost ≠ endorsement
LynnBlewett @lynnblewett.bsky.social University of Minnesota, Faculty, Health Policy, Director of SHADAC, Trying to find a place to land…
KC @kcmpls.bsky.social Minneapolis. Gen X mom to a preschooler. Government IT employee. She/her. 
Anu Li @panikadoc.bsky.social she/they. Minneapolis. Water nerd 💧
Probably yapping about hockey
Lydia Kauppi @lydiakauppi.bsky.social Yooper transplant. Follow for premium Twin Cities basement toilet content she/her
Jordan Leick @beacon.bsky.social 😁 Minneapolis booster
🌇 CLIC appointee, OpenStreetMap editor
👢taller than necessary
Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike cats, housing, biking, transit, homelessness, books. opinions are my own. he/him
Tana Hargest @tanahargest.bsky.social Cultural producer and gold medal winning mermaid @SubverseSirens. She/Her
Lia Swope Mitchell @liaswopemitchell.bsky.social reader, writer, translator. PhD French. I like running, gardening, baking, and outdoorsy stuff. I live in Minneapolis.
liaswopemitchell.com
Katie Jones @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social “Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear.” - Sophie and Colin Hortman
https://linktr.ee/katiejonesmn
Jon Marthaler @jonmarthaler.com Can't shut up about Minnesota sports, but still always Minnesota nice.
P.S. I am not a crackpot.
Katie @katiestp.bsky.social hardee’s brand ambassador
sauvi b enthusiast
fresca appreciator
your fav polyamorous mom
stp, mn/isla mujeres, mx
chinga la migra
kd @katalogued.bsky.social Three miles of bad road.
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social [he/him]
aka nhojelttil
a delightful ding dong
smpls
Bob Collins @mylittlebloggie.bsky.social Builder of airplanes. Professional grandfather. Baseball usher to the stars
Peter Wagenius @peterwagenius.bsky.social Seasoned community organizer, public servant & dad fighting for a healthy, more equitable future. 
Molly Clark @mollyclark.bsky.social Minneapolis. Bikes and books, please. She/her
Bob @actualbob.bsky.social Most of my posts are square iPhone photographs. I'm an egalitarian, feminist, seasonal paddler, voracious reader, maker of stuff, and independent mobile app developer at https://www.terrastation.io/.
Anton @anton.beauty Former Twitter personality
bikes and minneapolis and cybersecurity and more neighbors
Stephen @stephen.int42.org I bike. My kids bike. My friends bike. All in the city. (even in winter)
Telo pre-order holder # 179; @telotrucks.bsky.social
zoë jackson @zoemjack.bsky.social reporter @startribune.com and midwest princess
✉️ tips: zoe.jackson@startribune.com
wpb003 @wpb003.bsky.social Just a guy who likes buses. Don't take me too seriously!
Twin Cities transit news and observations. Also NYC content.
New York City, USA 🇺🇸 (formerly Minnesota)
he/him
Mitra Jalali @mitrajunjalali.bsky.social www.mitrajalali.com
joey daniewicz @joeydaniewicz.bsky.social POSTING TO SAVE THE WORLD (he/him/his, mpls) joeydaniewicz.com
Staciaann, Esq. @staciaann.bsky.social Sr. Contracts Mgr @first-avenue.com, Music Photographer, Record Slinger @electricfetusmpls.bsky.social + mama. All posts = mine.
http://www.stacyannschwartz.com or StaciaannPhotoMPLS on Etsy to purchase
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Fred Beukema @beukema.bsky.social In Minneapolis. Structural engineer, mostly lapsed improvisor, 3 day Jeopardy! champ. Happily married to a public school teacher. Two kids, a cat, and a dog.
Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org Minneapolis City Council President. He/Him
Kyle Stokes @kystokes.bsky.social Now: @Axios.com Twin Cities reporter | Then: MinnPost; NPR stations in LA (@laist.com), Seattle, Indiana | Alum: Mizzou Journalism
Dave Draeger @davedraeger.bsky.social Wishes he could be like David Watts.
he/him
Minnesota, U.S.A. We’ll host the tribunals.
Mateo @bozodeluxe.bsky.social Minneapolis
He/Him
Documenting your garage art since 2016
Views are my own
Embarrassing pictures have been all now deleted
https://www.instagram.com/bozodeluxe/profilecard/?igsh=YmczZXR4cnR1aDZ2 If you dig all the garages
JBF @jbf.bsky.social Anti-fascist soccer mom.
Radically pro transgender.
Minnesota forever.
(thoughts & words are mine and don’t belong to anyone else, obviously)
Hans @hvs.bsky.social I contain multitudes but on here it's mostly computers, bad opinions, and jazz.