Dakota County @dakotacountymn.bsky.social This is the official Bluesky account for Dakota County Government. Social media policy: https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Policies/Pages/social-media-policy.aspx
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info 📣 Speaking for the trees, and:
🌲 600 million forest acres
💚 193 million acres public land
🥾 164,000 miles of trails
🎣 400,000 miles of streams
🪵 Billions of board feet timber
🚰 Trillions of gallons clean water
🚫Not affiliated with USDA Forest Service
Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social Minnesota State Representative, candidate for State Senate. Coach.* Described on another site as “erring a bit on Daylight Saving Time but he is a serious rep.” Prepared by Freiberg for Senate, mikefreiberg.com.
* (Quiz bowl coach.)
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social professionally nosy. reporter at @minnesotareformer.com
Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com Southside Senator, husband, father, renter, son of Somali immigrants, long-time advocate for working people. fatehfor62.com
Judy Seeberger @judyseeberger.bsky.social 
Erin Murphy @epmurphymn.bsky.social Minnesotan. Registered Nurse. Mom. Senate Majority Leader. The answer to the cynicism in our politics is us. 💙
Tom Weber @webertom1.bsky.social Second Gentleman of Minnesota. Buy my book! “Minneapolis: An Urban Biography.” 2006 @TIME Person of the Year. Former pubradio host.
Winter slogan: “My battery is low, and it’s getting dark.”
@josiahhill.bsky.social @josiahhill.bsky.social 
@repsteveelkinsmn.bsky.social @repsteveelkinsmn.bsky.social 
Liz Reyer @lreyer.bsky.social MN State Rep, Senate candidate, family person, queer, researcher. My job: preserving democracy and caring for people & our planet. She/her
Rep. Kim Hicks-campaign profile @repkimhicks.bsky.social DFL House Rep serving Rochester MN Fighting for people with disabilities, families, kids, and a better MN.
Married to a great husband with a small basketball team of kids. I have too many saved recipes & not enough time to be the foodie I think I am.
Rep. Andy Smith @andysmithmn.bsky.social MN State Representative serving Rochester, MN (25B)
I also love 🎥 📚 🥾 ✈️ ⚽ 🏀 🏈 ✍️ 🏕️ 🚆
linktr.ee/andysmith
Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social Chair of the Democratic National Committee | Proud Minnesotan
Rep. Leigh Finke @leighfinke.bsky.social Minnesota rep, matka, art person, tree person.
she//her
Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social Husband, Dad, Hubert Humphrey DFLer, State Representative for 51B, author of the MN Renter’s Credit Conversion, fmr Sunday School teacher.
Let’s get to work.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley @nprfreshair.bsky.social Peabody Award-winning interviews with artists, authors, journalists and luminaries. Produced at WHYY in Philadelphia, distributed by NPR.
https://www.youtube.com/@thisisfreshair
Greg Stanley @gregstrib.bsky.social I report about the outdoors and environment for the Minnesota Star Tribune. So come here for some outside stories. Send me tips via Signal @GregStanley.21
Pat Condon @patcondon.bsky.social Breaking news editor, Minnesota Star Tribune. Minneapolis resident. Let's do the story. 
Chloe Johnson @chloeajohnson.bsky.social I write about health and the environment at the Minnesota Star Tribune. DM for signal or tell me your story at: chloe.johnson@startribune.com
Greta Kaul @gretakaul.bsky.social 📰Subscribe to your local newspaper.
🏙️Covering the Twin Cities built environment at the @StarTribune.bsky.social.
How's the way your city's built affecting your life?
Send tips: greta.kaul@startribune.com
Alex Chhith @alexchhith.bsky.social Outdoor recreation reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune who lives for winter.
I have lots of hobbies🏂🏔️🥾🚲🧘🏻♀️🎣🚣🏻♀️🧶
Cathy Wurzer @cathywurzer.bsky.social MPR News. Twin Cities PBS.
Documentary filmmaker.
Author.
Wanna-be artist.
Non-profit founder.
Historian
Horsewoman.
Tired.
toreyvanoot @toreyvanoot.bsky.social Covering MN politics and more for @Axios Twin Cities. 
Michelle Griffith @michellemgriff.bsky.social Reporter, Minnesota Reformer. michelle@minnesotareformer.com
MaryKunesh @mkmkunesh.bsky.social MN State Senator Dist 39/DFL Asst Majority Leader & Education Finance Chair. Paid & Prepared by marykunesh4mn Senate Campaign
Sven Sundgaard @svensundgaard.bsky.social Meteorologist, explorer. Climate, conservation.
Kelly Morrison @morrison4mn.bsky.social Congresswoman for MN-03.
Mom. Physician. Former Minnesota state Senator. 6th generation Minnesotan.
Prepared and paid for by Morrison for Congress.
Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
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.
Senator Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger @senamandahj.bsky.social Proud Senator to the Minnesota Senate for the people of South Maplewood and Woodbury (district 47).
Angela Davis MPR @angeladavismpr.bsky.social Host of MPR News with Angela Davis on Minnesota Public Radio.🎙️Live at 9am CST. 📞Call in at 651-227-6000. 📻 https://www.mprnews.org/shows/angela-davis
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis forever. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Nina Moini @ninamoini.bsky.social Host of Minnesota Now on MPR News.
Metropolitan Council @metcouncilmn.bsky.social Regional planning for 7-county Twin Cities metro. Operates regional transit and wastewater systems and HRA; conducts transportation, water, and parks planning.
Andrew Myers @myersformn.bsky.social Husband, Father, Small Business Owner, Food Shelf Board Member, Attorney, and Minnesota State Representative
Doron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social Husband, Dad, and State Senator District 60. He/Him
We stand up for our neighbors.
Learn more: www.doronforsenate.org- T Tina Liebling @tinaliebling.bsky.social Minnesota State Representative
(DFL), Chair of Health Finance & Policy Committee
Rep. Liish Kozlowski @repliishkozlowski.bsky.social Minnesota State Representative
Two Spirit.Trans Non-binary. IndigiQueer 🏳️⚧️
Anishinaabeg. Ojibwe. Latine. 🦅🇲🇽
Co-Chair MN House POCI Caucus ✊🏾
Fanny pack lover. Cat parent. Canoe paddler & trail runner. Send help for my house plants🪴
Julie Greene @juliegreene.bsky.social MN State Rep for Edina and Bloomington (50a) + former School Board member + TEDx organizer + mom of 4 + wife of 1
Kristi Pursell @pursell4mnhouse.bsky.social MN State Rep District 58A serving since 2023. Fierce believer in People Power. Posts are my own.
Alex Derosier @xanderosier.bsky.social Covering Minnesota politics for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
HMU: aderosier@pioneerpress.com
5 Eyewitness News @kstptv.bsky.social KSTP-TV, the home of 5 Eyewitness News and ABC in the Twin Cities. KSTP-TV is a station of Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., a pioneering broadcast company.
ACLU of Minnesota @aclumn.bsky.social 
Land Stewardship Project @lspnow.bsky.social The Land Stewardship Project’s mission is to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture, and to develop healthy communities.
Angie Craig @angiecraigmn.bsky.social Grateful mother to 4 amazing young men, wife to Cheryl and Mimi to 3 grandsons. Lynx fan, health care advocate & former journalist. Running for U.S. Senate.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency @mnpca.mn.gov Minnesota state agency committed to ensuring that every Minnesotan has healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a sustainable climate.
MCEA1974 @mcea1974.bsky.social For 50 years, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy has used the law and science to defend Minnesota's environment.
Pioneer Press @pioneerpress.bsky.social 
@melvincarter.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social 
John Hoffman "Thedrummingsenator" @thedrummingsenator.bsky.social Representing Minnesota SD34 since 2013, is a dedicated public servant with expertise in education, human services, and economic development. A community leader with over 25 years of experience, "Paid for on behalf of the committee to elect John Hoffman"
Sen. Liz Boldon @lizboldonmn.bsky.social Mom. Nurse. Educator. Advocate. MN State Senator for District 25 #ALLIN #mnleg
Heather Gustafson @heathergustafson.bsky.social Small town kid turned State Senator SD36 (DFL). I 💙 Minnesota, coffee, my family, and every single Taylor Swift album. #mnleg
AFL-CIO @aflcio.org America's Labor Unions, representing nearly 15 million members across the country.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Senator John Marty @senjohnmarty.bsky.social MN Senator.
Advocate for social, racial, environmental, and economic justice.
Author of proposed Minnesota Health Plan.
Bold, ethical leader.
https://linktr.ee/senjohnmarty
Minnesota Senate Capital Investment Committee @mncapinvestment.bsky.social Supporting Minnesota's state infrastructure, from roads and water to colleges and community centers. See upcoming committee meetings at senate.mn/schedule/committee/1002/upcoming-all
Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Candidate for Governor.
Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social Climate scientist, formerly NASA, currently Project Drawdown. Former astrophysicist, current Earth supremacist. Author of HUMAN NATURE, best book of 2025 according to both Scientific American and my dad https://shorturl.at/aJRYb
Susan Kent @susankentmn.bsky.social Retired MN Senate Minority Leader. Co-founder, Woodbury News Net, a new, nonprofit, community-led local news site. Wife. Mom. Daughter. Longhorn. NOLA native. Happy place = MN north woods. 
Ron Latz @senronlatz.bsky.social 
Sandy Pappas @senatorpappas.bsky.social Lifelong fighter for social justice. MN Senator, former Senate President, proudly representing SD65 - St. Paul. Advocate for women, workers, immigrants, children & human rights.
Melissa H Wiklund @mhwiklund.bsky.social State Senator, MN SD51 | Representing Bloomington, Richfield, Minneapolis | She/Her | Mom. Wife. Democrat, lifelong Minnesotan | Prep & Paid for: Melissa H Wiklund for MN Senate
Matt Little @littleforcongress.bsky.social https://littleforcongress.com/
Lakeville Friends of the Environment @lakevillefriends.bsky.social We are citizens who care. Care about our children, grandchildren,animals, the planet. We care about our health and living well on this planet for ourselves,and others.
Dakota Electric @dakotaelectric.bsky.social Dakota Electric® is an electric cooperative providing electricity to more than 118,000 members throughout Dakota County and bordering regions of Goodhue, Scott, and Rice counties. This is account not monitored 24/7, call 651-463-6201 to report outages.
Timothy Blotz @timothyblotz.bsky.social News guy & storyteller. On the air weeknights from 6:30 to 8 on Fox 9 and Fox 9+ in Minneapolis-St. Paul. www.Fox9.com
Alyse Maye Quade @alysemayequade.bsky.social Super gay 🏳️🌈 farm raised organizer. MN DFL politics. Wife of @erinmayequade.bsky.social, mom of Hattie.
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.
Jean Wagenius @jeanwagenius.bsky.social Mom, grand mom, former Minnesota legislator deeply concerned about protecting our pollinators & drinking water sources and climate change
Monarch Joint Venture @monarchjv.bsky.social The MJV is a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to conserving monarch butterflies and pollinators. Since 2008, we’ve united partners across North America to drive science-based conservation through education, habitat restoration, and research. 
Maggie Ryan Sandford, Science with Humanity @mandford.bsky.social 🦇🧬 Trying my darndest to dismantle systemic oppression in media & museums 🎥📺🎙 Biology Author: Consider the Platypus 📖 #SciEd via #SciComm #SciArt 🌈🦠 she/they
Mark Snyder @snyde043.bsky.social Pollution prevention is my jam. Union rabble-rouser, curmudgeon-in-training, biking enthusiast, pro wrestling fan, crazy cat guy. Minneapolis
Dean Phillips @deanphillips.bsky.social Dad, Congressman, Entrepreneur, and Gold Star Son. Common sense and cooperation aficionado. Radical optimist. Everyone’s Invited! 🇺🇸
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Mary Lahammer @marylahammer.bsky.social Anchor/Reporter PBS
Politics, Gov’t, History
Almanac
Substack: https://substack.com/@marylahammer?r=4ex7iw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile Co-Host SpinSisters Podcast https://youtube.com/@spinsisterspodcast?si=J0fabj5KKc4fFFjw
Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social Pro-housing decarb strategist. Midwest kid living in D.C.⚡️
Also posts on democracy, bikes, trail running, and Lake Superior shipwrecks. Personal Account.
Mary Hoff @maryhoff.bsky.social Science, environment, and climate solutions communicator working to shape a more just and sustainable world. Project Drawdown + freelance writing/editing. http://linkedin.com/in/maryhoff
City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov Official Bluesky for the City of Minneapolis.
https://www.minneapolismn.gov
National Wildlife Federation @nationalwildlife.bsky.social Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world
Walker Orenstein @walkerorenstein.bsky.social Reporter for the Star Tribune covering energy. From St. Paul, but a Washington Husky. Email: walker.orenstein@startribune.com
Stephen Montemayor @smontemayor.bsky.social News Editor for Block Club Chicago. Send me your tips: stephen@blockclubchi.org.
Signal: @stephenmontemayor.95
Tony Kennedy @stribtk.bsky.social Outdoors Scribe. Mudder. Easy laugh.
Patty Acomb @pattyacomb.bsky.social State Representative HD45B, mom, wife, believer of science
Rep. Kristin Bahner @kristinbahnermn.bsky.social State Legislator, MN House 37B
Aisha Gomez @aishagomez.bsky.social 
Mayor Kaohly Her @mayorher.bsky.social Mayor of Saint Paul
Todd Lippert @toddlippert.bsky.social Rural community organizer, former MN state rep., pastor, dad of 3, T-Wolves fan, easily sunburned.
Zack Stephenson @zackstephenson.bsky.social Father, prosecutor, St. Rep. for Anoka and Coon Rapids, Twins/Vikings fan.
Brad Tabke @bradtabke.bsky.social DFL State Rep MN 54a, former Mayor of Shakopee, MN, House Transpo Co-Chair, and lover of healthy yards.
Help us win in 2026 -> bradtabke.com.
Grow healthy landscapes -> abetteryard.org.
Clean Energy Resource Teams @mncerts.bsky.social We help Minnesotans solve community challenges with energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. Let's steward our community resources wisely, let us know your idea!
MnSEIA @mnseia.bsky.social The Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA) is moving Minnesota solar + energy storage forward. WWW.MnSEIA.org
Center for Environmental Health @ceh.org For a safer, healthier future.
Dana Ferguson @bydanaferguson.bsky.social Politics correspondent for
MPR News. dferguson@mpr.org
Sen Lindsey Port @lindseyportmn.bsky.social Mom, wife, friend ❤️ Minnesota State Senator 💙 Elder millenial filled with fury 🔥 Long Covid chronic fatigue expert (not by choice)
Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.bsky.social MN District 62: Author of the North Star Promise bill, providing tuition-free college for working families.