Victoria Leigh Bennett @katzrtops.bsky.social Fiction/Flash/Poetry/CNF/Essays, Cat lover supreme (my cat, Lucie-Minou, can attest to this!)!
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info Boldly going where no Jedi has beamed before. Earth is our spaceship.
#AltGov
altScalesOfJustice @altscalesofjustice.altgov.info Retired 20+ year DOJ executive providing honest commentary on American politics. Opinions are my own. “Morgan” in the book “We Are #AltGov” by Dr. Amanda Sturgill. (I have NO financial ties to the book)
Twitter: @altScalesOfJust
AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info OG AltGov. that’s now here. ANTIFA General.
😷 it’s only Wednesday 😷 @diplo-drama.bsky.social Make good choices! #swiftie #altgov #nafo #accidentaldiplomat
Alt WASO NPS @altwasonps.bsky.social #AltNPS Unofficial Washington D.C. Office #Resistance Team. Protect & preserve the US from fascism #AltGov #WeAreAltGov
I study everything and know nothing.
Rogue NASA @roguenasa.altgov.info Not an official NASA account. Come for the facts, stay for the snark.🥄
Same team from Twitter but with more gray hairs. 🚀🛰️🧪🔭
climate.nasa.gov
they/them
🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️
AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info Since 2017, I have fought against the growing fascist threat from Trumplestiltskin and his loyal minions, including the entire GOP and its base. Not affiliated with nor represents USCBP. Opinions are my own. #AltGov
AltTaxPro @alttaxpro.altgov.info #WeAreAltGov
Might be IRS, might be Dept of Revenue...wait for the audit to FAFO
Typically found cussing at most laws
#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic
Sarcastic AF potty-mouth middle-child latchkey #GenXer
#NAFO 🇺🇦 Former #FellaForger
Mt. Rainier 🏔(təqʷuʔmaʔ) @handle.invalid Veiled sentinel of Rainier's shadow: summoning stars via code & crystal jars, unmooring souls to Lumena's light. Thrones fall, voids call—love echoes eternal.
Former-Alt-immi @altimmi.bsky.social Used to be a big deal on twitter for like a minute.
AltNatSecAgency @altnatsecagency.bsky.social Former SIGINT Analyst. He/him. Deep State Operative ™ Alleged Antifa Leader ™ POG LEG REMF™ Astronaut Diaper™ Vampire ™ May be spying on you right now
ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info I’m not new, I’m just new *here*. You know me, I know you. The sun’ll come out tomorrow.
Dr. Curmudgeon @altgovdoc.altgov.info General health and science information
#medsky #emedsky
Posts 🚫 med advice. Please, seek the care of your physician if you have any concerns.
AltBiker @altbiker.altgov.info Leather wearing, beer drinking, motorcycle riding member of #AltGov
It we do not stand against oppression, we endorse the oppressors.
Alt Musician @altmusician.altgov.info Fighting 4 democracy & end corruption on a 🌎 stage
Wrked directly in WhiteHouse w/ Obama Biden Harris since 2012
Wrkd Harris Walz 2024 campaign
US Secret Service Vetted
TS/SCI & Yankee White clearance
Liberty 🗽 & Equality 4 all #AltGov #Resist
ALT DHS (NOT an official DHS account) @altdhs.altgov.info ALT gov account. ALT. Not an official DHS account (if they even have one on BlueSky). ALT
Retired Gov employee. I swear a lot. #Altgov
Discl: Not an official account for DHS. All opinions my own. Again, ALT. ALT. ALT.
AltWarDept @altdod.bsky.social retired, former, crusty cog that was in the machine, mostly snark, sometimes insightful. Knows enough to be dangerous, sometimes useful.
#altgov
(VIC) 31N AA 66021 00000
AltDIA @altdia.bsky.social The original - Twitter survivor.
Matt Cortez, Esq. @mattcortezlaw.bsky.social A Jabroni in a former life. Civil litigation attorney in this life. I put the “Find Out” in FAFO. Licensed in California.
BadHombreLands NPS @badhombrenps.bsky.social Unofficial feed of Badlands National Park. Protecting rugged scenery, fossil beds, 244,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie & wildlife from two-bit cheetoh-hued despots. OG #AltGov #Altnps #TheResistance #prodemocracy #resist #punchnazis #wildernesswarrior
AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info Retired Fed. I survived 45. Honored to have served the people.
#Resist with compassion
#ClimateChange is here
#Tribal #Sovereignty is #Treaty Law #LGBTQ+ #WeSeeYou
It takes #AllOfUs
Legit #altGov accounts don’t sell merch or ask for $$. Beware the grift.
AltCityHall @altcityhall.altgov.info You can fight fascism, but you can’t fight AltCityHall. Maybe your local city hall, though. #AltGov
alt-dea @alt-dea.altgov.info Retired Senior Special Agent Federal Drug Law Enforcement.
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCit #Resistance #EndICE #Resist #NoKings
Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info #AltGov #Resist #AltCitizen
“We do not bend the knee. We do not surrender. We fight, until we win or die.” - Lynn Stahl, #AltGov
“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”
– William Penn
Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info Award-winning Baltimore based web developer, HCD product lead for federal agencies, mother (humans, dogs, cats, chickens…), democracy enthusiast, nature lover. #civtech #resist #altgov #swiftie 🥄
Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info Promoting health and science and resistance against pseudoscience, disinformation, and fascism.
Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info This is a #AltGov account. Federal employee. Love my job. Ask for help and you shall receive. Read any USPS mail you get from the IRS.
#Resist #spoon 🥄
TJ @tjsls.bsky.social Vet, Fed employee, dog dad, lifting, gaming, personal life a mess, trying to rebuild, dines on ashes. Enjoys the Platypus
ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info Resist! Conservation over corporations.
#ALTgov
This account is NOT affiliated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and opinions solely belong to the person who manages this page.
FWS employees can reach out via DM to share stories.
AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info Your friendly local SSA agent just trying to survive. DMs are open. Yes there’s 2 of us (Hi Rogue SSA👋). We are #AltGov. Not affiliated with AltNPS. This account is not an official SSA account. FDT. Release the Epstein files. Preferred name: AltSSAssy ❤️
@altfema.bsky.social @altfema.bsky.social Helping people before, during, and after (this democratic) disaster.
#AltGov
AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info We are dedicated DOI employees who swore an oath to the constitution to protect the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage. Officially *unofficial* account.
Do not approach the wildlife. This bison bites back. #AltGov 🦬
Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info They tried to bury us. They didn't realize we were seeds.
DHSaucepan @dhsaucepan.altgov.info Career civil servant in immigration.
Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info Sharing news from the Coast Guard, the Federal Government, and beyond.
Semper Paratus, Semper Pro Populus (Always Ready, Always for the People).
Not affiliated with Official USCG. Views are solely my own opinions. #AltGov 🥄
AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info Loyal to our Constitution, not a politician, god or person. Not an official Air Force acct. Professional critical thinker, fed, vet & mil spouse here to communicate, share information and more importantly, offer support.
AltUSGS @handle.invalid The resistance in the form of a couple of science nerds in different missions. Not an official USGS account but close enough to hypothesize about their actions. #AltGov
AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info Big USDA’s bratty little unsanctioned sibling 🌱🐮
Do Right and Feed Everyone.
Empower our farms & people.
#climatesmart #nutrition #urbanag #conservation #foodsecurity #diversity #bullsonparade #renegade
🚜💨🥦🥕⚗️🏡🌎🌈🐮✊
RogueFEMA @roguefema.altgov.info Not an official government account. But you aren't here for that, right?
Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info Alt Library of Congress #TheResistance 🇺🇸&🌏Political commentary. "Science is vital for progressive society." Verified by @snopes 👍🏼MLS📚 #AltGov cartoonist, doctoral candidate.
I stand in support of those under siege or occupied by the same regime. 🇺🇸 🇬🇪 🇺🇦
altFAA @altfaa.altgov.info Safety first. Safety always. FAA info.
@tdwg.org @tdwg.org 
Wouter Koch 🧐 @wouterkoch.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy Biodiversity Informatics guy (he/him) @Artsdatabanken. PhD in #Biology on improving utilization and collection of #CitizenScience data, using tools such as […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://ecoevo.social/@wouterkoch, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
nicky nicolson @nickynicolson.bsky.social 👋 Software developer turned biodiversity informatics researcher: I use collaborative #OpenScience practices to build tools, analyse & mobilise natural history specimen data - at Kew & with partners worldwide. Fellow at Software Sustainability Institute.
Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social Conservation genetics & population genomics of tropical island populations, occasionally ancient DNA, phylogenetics, biogeography, & biodiversity informatics, mostly mammals 🐗🐂. She/her. 🇲🇨. X/Twitter previously sagitaninta.
Jim Croft @jimcroft.bsky.social Grumpy old fart, Canberra, left leaning, environment, plants, folk music sessions, nerdery.
michaeljflynn @michaeljflynn.bsky.social Dad of 2 wonderful people. #Archaeology videos and other content. #Science & #Nature. Smiling. #Writing #Learning and leading with #AI & #edTech
Lily Sitero @lilysitero.bsky.social I love music and nature
Bruce Caron @junana.bsky.social Bruce is an active online-community architect, and is looking to help virtual science organizations build community governance and achieve their promise. Founded the New Media Studio. Helps honcho EarthArXiv. Long time ESIPer. He commits fiction regularly
Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social Studying, researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian. Overly helpful
Warning: high volume of reposts and posts. If I follow you, I won't be offended if you don't follow back.
Robert Soden @rsoden.bsky.social HCI and Climate Informatics at University of Toronto
Lead - Toronto Climate Observatory - http://climateobservatory.ca
Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social Princeton Sociology Prof; NASA ethnography; tech policy; digitalSTS; critical technical practice; mobile Linux. Conscientious objector to surveillance capitalism.
https://janet.vertesi.com
https://www.optoutproject.net
@cyberlyra@hachyderm.io
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
Paul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social History and politics of climate science, climate change, knowledge infrastructures. Prof. Emeritus of Information and History, University of Michigan and Director Emeritus, Stanford University STS Program. Now expat based in Marseille, fleeing US fascism.
Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social We are 4S, an international, nonprofit association focused on the social studies of science, technology and medicine (#STS). Next Annual meeting October 7-10, 2026.
PHD Comics @phdcomics.com Comics by Jorge Cham: Oliver's Great Big Universe, Elinor Wonders Why, ScienceStuff and PHD Comics
Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social Author: Pollution is Colonialism (2020), Discard Studies (2021)
CLEAR lab at @clear-lab.bsky.social
Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social Marine biodiversity - https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/biodiversity/ - he/him/his
Erin Robinson @erinmr.bsky.social CEO, Metadata Game Changers | Ph.D. from CU Boulder in Information Science. Nerd out about infrastructure, field stations, and metadata. https://erinrobinson.info
TaxonWorks @taxonworks.bsky.social Describe life.
TaxonWorks is #opensource software from the Species File Group (https://speciesfilegroup.org).
https://taxonworks.org
https://together.taxonworks.org
#biodiversityinformatics #taxonomy, #species
Pensoft @pensoft.net Open-access scholarly publisher known for its data & semantics publishing innovations & tools.
Developer of the ARPHA publishing platform - @arphahub.com.
Consortium member at multiple Horizon Europe-funded projects.
Website: https://pensoft.net
Sharif Islam🐧🎸 @sharifx.bsky.social Data Architect@Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Biodiversity Informatics | FAIR data | Research Data Management | Distributed Systems| Open Source | Open Science 🐧
https://sharifislam.com
Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social DiSSCo is a new world-class Research Infrastructure for Natural Science Collections. It aims to create a new business model for one European collection that digitally unifies all European natural science assets under common access, policies and practices.
iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social The place where your nature photos impact science & conservation around the world. Free, nonprofit, & community-powered. 🪲🐌🌿
GBIF España/Spain @gbif.es Nodo Nacional de Información en Biodiversidad patrocinado por el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, gestionado por
@csic.es // Spanish GBIF Node.
taxonbytes.bsky.social @taxonbytes.bsky.social Nico Franz (he/him). University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum. https://biodiversity.ku.edu/
Carl Boettiger @cboettig.bsky.social Ecology, theory, computers. https://carlboettiger.info 
GBIF @gbif.org Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Want to be the first to learn about new datasets and use of data in GBIF? Check out @gbifmorpho.bsky.social 🦋
Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social The Biodiversity Heritage Library provides free & #OpenAccess to 63+ million pages of #biodiversity literature online. 🔗 biodiversitylibrary.org
Mary DeVries @marydevries.bsky.social I delight, despair and write about a life lived around the world. Fueled by Yorkshire Gold tea.
JFO @jayfo.bsky.social Invasive species expert, entomophile, broccoliphobe
Beth C @bethcorsa.bsky.social Nonprofit leader who enjoys volunteering in theater and being out in nature. Dog lover and traveler.
Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social ProPublica reporter | Email me at joshua.kaplan@propublica.org | Contact info & stories here: propublica.org/people/joshua-kaplan
@coverville.com @coverville.com Jerk of All Trades: Podcasting, 3D Modeling, Graphic Design and whatever the next shiny thing is.
Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social Author and artist of fantasy, science fiction, and more! Daily microfiction, and art sometimes. Host of #2WordPrompt. Editor and publisher of #SciFanSat Magazine.
Books and art available at — www.blueboarpress.com/jason-h-abbott
Cristian Román-Palacios @cromanpa.bsky.social Asst Prof @ University of Arizona. I study macroevolution, phylogenetics, and biodiversity loss using large datasets. PI @ datadiversitylab.github.io. Photography, pottery, self-hosting, and Latin American history on the side
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social Provost of SUNY Potsdam, Parasitologist, Board gamer. Believer that the world works better when we invite different voices to the conversations that we need to have - and incorporate data to make empirical, just, and inclusive decisions.
Rejected NYT Spelling Bee words @rejectednytwords.bsky.social Someone has to hold these people to account
Eric Haag @ericshaag.bsky.social Evolutionary developmental biologist, etc.
Jack Schultz @jcschultz.bsky.social Plant biologist, entomologist, chemical/molecular ecologist, current interest focused on plant galls. Mostly-retired guitarist
Nic Moe (he/him) @nicmoe.bsky.social I build tools for scientific discovery. I geek data viz, maps, and stats. YIMBY. Empiricist. Driftless. Reluctant cat person. 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈
Jenny Moth @jennymoth.bsky.social Avid collector of eclectic and fun information aspiring to #librarian level geekery. She/her/they/them. #Ally #BLM #LGBTQ+ #Disability and unashamed #geek Buy me a coffee on https://ko-fi.com/jennydelamothee
gloomyraven 🖤🐦⬛🌘 @gloomyraven.me Refugee from the hell site (Coffee&Robots/Aprilraven1). 👸 of Reposting. Little Blue Dot in Red State FL Hell Hole, Cat lover, Corgi lover, Nature and Galaxy lover #CovidIsNotOver, #ClimateChangeIsHere 💙💻☕️🌈😷💙
NO DMs PLEASE
David Bapst @dwbapst.bsky.social Paleontologist, Graptolite Geek, R Programmer, creator of paleotree, Tabletop Roleplaying Game Nerd, Catcher of Pokémon, faculty senator. All comments are my trash opinion alone.
Misty Bentz @astronomisty.bsky.social Astronomer and Professor at Georgia State University. She/Her. Big fan of black holes, cats, and cross-stitch. Seestar smart telescope enthusiast. Novice gardener with a penchant for native plants.
Huw Griffiths @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social Polar marine biologist (Antarctic & Arctic) with @bas.ac.uk . Walks a lot and takes lots of photos! 🇦🇶🏳️🌈🦀🐚🐟
Same handle on Instagram
He/Him/His
EDS Book | fosstodon.org/@eds_book @eds-book.bsky.social A computational notebook community supporting the publication of #open #collaborative #reproducible #transparent Environmental science 🌎 Posts by @alejo-coca.bsky.social
AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org Official AGU: supporting 500k+ Earth & space science advocates.
🌏 🚀 🔬
Save the Date for #AGU26 in San Francisco, CA, 7-11 December, 2026.
Dr. Sarah Biddle Leslie (they/she) @extragalactic.bsky.social Astronomer posting space art.
Instagram: @Fashionableastronomy
🏳️🌈🇦🇺
John Lewis @astrojthe3.bsky.social Learning and Education Design specialist, Software (Python/vue.js) dev, PhD Astronomy, @harvard.edu @cosmicds.bsky.social, 🔭✝️
Comments, RTs, likes are all me and represent on one else
Johis @johannatarkela.com Finnish illustrator in the UK 🌸 All human made art 🌸 HarperCollins / Macmillan / Scholastic / Purina / Hain Celestial, Coolabi & more 🌸
✉️ contact@johannatarkela.com (@johisart)
Dan Falk @danfalk.bsky.social Hi! I write about #science for Smithsonian, Discover, Quanta, Nautilus, Undark, National Geographic, CBC Radio, & many other outlets. Books include The Science of Shakespeare and In Search of Time. Co-host of BookLab podcast. 🔭🪐⭐️⚛️
Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social Freelance writer with a PhD in history. Ex-academic; studied the anti-apartheid movement. Emeritus adjunct. Became a software engineer in 2020. Words in Dame, Liberal Currents, Smithsonian, Jacobin, BBC.
He/Him
zeb-larson.com
Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social Journalist covering the ocean and climate change / currently: columnist @sciencepolitics.bsky.social / former: POLITICO, The Washington Post, The Post & Courier / National Geographic Explorer / signal @clare.14
Smithsonian Magazine @smithsonianmag.bsky.social Official feed for Smithsonian magazine. @ replies may be reprinted in the magazine. Legal: http://si.edu/Termsofuse
Dr Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social Paleoanthropologist • Zooarchaeology + Taphonomy • Paleodiet • Museum Education • Science Communication • Mom • Tennis Player • https://s.si.edu/45ZAaBT