Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Francesca Hong 홍윤정 @francescahongwi.bsky.social State Representative. Single mom. Restaurant worker. Fighter for the working class. Candidate for WI Governor.
franhong.com/gotv
Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social President of @crisesnotes.bsky.social (https://www.crisesnotes.com/)
Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books
email: crisesnotes@gmail(dot)com
Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting... Okay on weekends you can confess crushes)
H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org writer @protos.com co-host @cryptocriticscorner.com
“Under promise, under deliver”
Christian Hernandez @christianh814.bsky.social GitOps KingPin | Tech Marketing w/ Cisco |ex-#RedHat | Amateur Gopher and Guitar Player | K8S Slack: christianh814 | http://tinyurl.com/chernand
Argo Project @argoproj.io Argo is the premier open source GitOps and MLOps CNCF project | argoproj.github.io
Melat Kiros @melatkirosco.bsky.social Recovering Lawyer | PhD Student | Barista | Democratic Nominee for Congress, CO-1
Joseph Lawson @joekiller.com Computer scientist. Charlottesville, VA
https://github.com/joekiller
https://joekiller.com
Delegate Amy Laufer @amylaufer55.bsky.social Wife & mom of 3. Proudly representing the 55th District in the VA House of Delegates.
Committees: Agriculture | Education | Finance
Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
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
Gerard Fitzgerald @gfitz.bsky.social Military-Environmental History, #envhist Department of Engineering and Society, UVA, Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities U. Stavanger, History of Airborne Disease, Technology, Chemistry, Biology, Senses, CW & BW… and ships and railroads.
Rahul Keshap @rkeshap.bsky.social Solo attorney in Charlottesville, Virginia serving startups and nonprofits. UVA law adjunct professor. Democracy enthusiast
Peter M.J. Gross @petermjgross.bsky.social I'm an editor. I make games. I have terrible opinions. I live in Central Virginia. These facts are unrelated.
Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social "One of the great journalists of our time at a venerable institution for investigative journalism... Joe Patrice at Above the Law" -- Judge William Pryor (Somehow I think he might’ve not meant that earnestly)
Brad Campbell @bradjc.bsky.social 
Joonas Koivunen @koivunej.bsky.social Software engineer, expert abyss gazer. All opinions are my own blah blah.
Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁ @frank.computer Assistant Professor of Data Science @ Cal Poly SLO
Phd in accessibility, tool-making, vis 📊 @hcii.cmu.edu. Prev: Adobe, Highsoft, Apple, Visa.
Move slo and repair things.
Disabled & making a ttrpg.
www.frank.computer
Greg joins the X-odus 🌹🌍✊ @zorakc2c.bsky.social Lone Socialocust of the Carpocalypse.
Saxophone @ The Hard Modes.
Cville politics, Gundam, and Raising Cane's.
he/him
DTM @thedtm.bsky.social News, commentary, analysis, and stray thoughts from the editor of https://www.charlottesvilledtm.com/
Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social Astronomer at UW, data pipeline wrangler for Rubin Observatory, satellite mitigation leader via IAU CPS SatHub, mom, violist, Ballardite (Seattle), family cargo e-bike evangelist, Episcopalian, etc. Opinions all mine
DilDog 🅅 @dildog.l0pht.com Tech Dysangelist
cDc/hack.xxx/Veilid
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he/him/"hey buddy"
Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social Creator of things you know and you don’t.
Travis Koshko @traviskoshko.bsky.social Award-winning chief meteorologist @ CBS19 in Charlottesville, Virginia | Penn State Meteorology alumnus | senior cat rescuer | photographer | aurora enjoyer | opinions are my own. This account is a secondary source of (non-AI) information.
Joe Lee is Nashville’s best bachelorette @currylee.bsky.social "Nashville's premier shitposter" - Freddie O'Connell
“Most annoying person in Nashville, in a good way” - Sean Parker
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employers’
I did a TED talk once
Jèf Uphoff @juphoff.bsky.social Principal Systems Engineer at @ctrliq.bsky.social. Lapsed astro/physics guy.
Ex C’ville & RVA, now Roanoke.
Tours @ AWS, Red Hat, SUSE, rPath, NRAO, Transmeta, kernel.org, among others. Veteran x2. NAPS/USNA/VT/UVa alum. Pilot.
Crazy cat gentleman.
🇺🇸🇨🇦
Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social Report bike lane obstructions with our mobile app from anywhere in the USA & Canada.
BikeLaneUprising.com
Jake Johnson @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social Math teacher running for Congress to bring down costs, take on corruption, and invest in small towns across Southern Minnesota (MN-01).
Funded by people, not corporate PACs. Join us: https://www.jakejohnsonforcongress.com/
Gabriella M. Petrick, Ph.D. 🍇🍇🍇 @gpetrick.bsky.social Food Systems Historian, Environmental Humanities. Sensory History of Taste. Trying to understand all things Food & Wine & Sci/Tech, MSCA Alum UStavanger Now at Ruhr U Bochum. New project on wine and climate change. #envhist #foodstudies #foodhistory
Victor Luftig @vl1959.bsky.social he/him. English professor, Democrat (but I can't bear the DCCC), Mets fan. Views expressed are my own and not those of my employer or David Stearns, Steve Cohen, or the late M. Donald Grant. "'We’ll see if it is,' said Rivera."
Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com visuals editor at ProPublica 🦂
probably headbanging
www.cengizyar.com
Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social College football by day.
Timberwolves by night.
Dive bar by day and by night.
http://douglas-farmer.com/
alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
civil rights lawyer
author of usual cruelty (2019) and
copaganda (2025)
any views expressed here are my own, and not those of civil rights corps
Laura Efford @lauralizardbreath.bsky.social Charlottesville teacher 👩🏫 
ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. There may be swear words. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Delegate Katrina Callsen @katrinacallsen.com 🏛️ Representing Charlottesville and Albemarle in the Virginia House of Delegates. >> KatrinaCallsen.com
💬 Text me at (434) 443-5400.
Zach Gersh @zachgersh.bsky.social Just making my way through this world, sometimes writing some software.
ianVG @ianvg.com wrangle computers and post my dumb thoughts
Alexis Richardson @monadic.bsky.social configurator
Paige Perriello @paigeperriello.bsky.social Mother of 3. Pediatrician. Fighting to protect health care access for all kids & teens & their families. #PedSky
@hollyseiboldva.bsky.social @hollyseiboldva.bsky.social 
Cville DSA @cvilledsa.bsky.social Charlottesville's premiere socialist organization.
Local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Hasta la victoria siempre 🌹🦊✊
Kat Maybury @katmaybird.bsky.social Ring Camera Hate Account.
Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
Megan Kimble @megankimble.bsky.social Texas political economy reporter @houstonchronicle.com, based in Austin.
Author of CITY LIMITS: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways
Professionally curious
Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social "Fietser" (Dutch) 'feet-ser' Meaning: A Person Who Bikes For Transportation; Infrastructure, City Design, E-Cargo Bike Ambassador, Brasil 🇧🇷🔗, Train & Aviation Enjoyer
OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social Road Safety Lunatic
Try an ebike, you'll love it!
San Diego, CA
Check out the videos tab ⬇️
Akuity @akuity.io Deploy with Argo CD, promote seamlessly with Kargo, and gain real-time visibility into your infrastructure with AI insights and dashboards
The Night Watchman of VA-5 @watchman-va5.bsky.social Shining a light on the actions of my congressman, Rep. John McGuire. #VA05
https://watchmanva5.com
Tom Perriello for Congress @tomperriello.bsky.social Proud Democrat for VA-05 | Fighting for working families
Former diplomat / Neighbor / Community Advocate
Let’s build a stronger Virginia together
https://store.tomperriello.com/
East Nashtivists @eastnashtivists.bsky.social Progressive, grassroots community organization working to educate, organize & activate voters.
Action council through Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood
linktr.ee/eastnashtivists
#UnitedInAction #ReproductiveRights #DragIsBeautiful #LGBTQ #BLM
Nathan Alderman @nathanalderman.com Word arranger, story mechanic, question asker, door knocker, Oxford comma enthusiast. Senior News Reporter at @cvilleweekly.bsky.social. Freelance manuscript editor for hire. Opinions are my own. Signal: Nathan.778
Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
Takuto Nagami @logica0419.dev Software Engineer | Singer | Composer | Designer | @gophercon.jp Co-chair
Meg(an) @megnedo.bsky.social 
Sarah K Harris @sarahkharris.bsky.social Our kids deserve better. Stress-crafter. Cville/Crozet. she/her
Andrew Knuppel @andrewknuppel.bsky.social let’s try this again
recovering bureaucrat / urban planner / houstonian
COVID Wastewater Levels @covid-wastewater.bsky.social Reporting US CDC #COVID wastewater data every Saturday and Monday.
This bot is not affiliated with the CDC.
📈 https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-currentlevels.html
💾 https://github.com/EricWVGG/covid-wastewater-bluesky
🧑💻 @wvgg.co
Matt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social Writer, YouTuber, small mammal. I tell fun stories about pop culture history. He/him.
> Videos: youtube.com/mattbaume
> Bonus videos: patreon.com/mattbaume
> Book: gaysitcoms.com
> Podcast: sewersofparis.com
> Hedgehog: 🦔
City of Charlottesville @cvillecityhall.bsky.social The Official Bluesky of Charlottesville City Government
Jen B @jenb.bsky.social I get very shouty about vehicles blocking bike lanes. I get very excited about pockets. Charlottesville, VA. she/her
Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Zyahna Bryant. @zysaidso.bsky.social 1913. | University of Virginia | History | doing the work. | She/her. Views are mine
Christine Bryant-Ryback @hootbot.bsky.social Software Engineering Manager in civic tech consulting / @hootbot on Twitter / Charlottesville, Virginia / married to @emily.gorcen.ski / she/her
Amber @theambericanway.bsky.social Communications and UX, libraries. UVA/Charlottesville. (Opinions are my own.)
Dogs. Cats. Silly jokes.
Let's take care of each other.
Jake at Law @zoinks.bsky.social Ultra-runner, owl-enthusiast, public defender
My views are my own
maggie bell @thesecondpineta.bsky.social 💻 clean energy / cleantech comms
🏡 Berlin, Charlottesville, Rome et al
☀️+💨+🔋>🔥
🚲 &🚶& 🚄 > 🚗
Arm Ukraine! 🇺🇦
Pet language peeve: disinterested ≠ uninterested
Kathryn @kathrynlaughon.bsky.social Antifascist nurse
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Joe Fore @joefore.bsky.social Teacher, lawyer, writer, angler, unapologetic Blue Devil | Co-Director, @UVALaw #LegalWriting Program | Founder, Punctuated Law Designs (http://punctuatedlaw.com) | Writing Coach
Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social Pedestrian
Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor
Transportation advocate
Probably covering a random public meeting
(they-them)
📍Puget Sound
https://www.patreon.com/typewriteralley
@creighdeeds.bsky.social @creighdeeds.bsky.social 
Mike Pruitt for Congress @mike-pruitt.bsky.social Husband. 👬 Veteran. ⚓️ Civil Rights Attorney. 👨🏼⚖️ Albemarle County Supervisor, Scottsville District. 🏛️ Fmr. candidate for Congress in VA-05 🇺🇸
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Radical Left Congestion Pricing Jihadists.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
Joseph Kohlmann @jkohlmann.bsky.social He / him · #Manhattan #NYC · Staff software engineer · Design+eng, #HCI, #DesignSystems, listening, empathy, #house #music, video #games, #photography, #cats, Black feminism, trans rights, Palestinian liberation, antiwhiteness, broken systems, #union labor
YY Ahn @yyahn.bsky.social Prof @ School of Data Science, University of Virginia. Formerly at IU. Networks, data science, and machine learning. https://yyahn.com
🚲🚲🚲
Jeff Saucerman @jsauce7.bsky.social Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine at UVA. Systems biology to discover drugs for heart disease. Hiking with my dog in Shenandoah NP, around Charlottesville. https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/jeffrey-saucerman
Chris Stroupe @stroupe.net Charlottesville, VA. Retired biochemist. Gardening, cooking, hiking, yoga, trumpet, urban forestry, wilderness first aid. He/him.
Natalie Oschrin, Charlottesville City Council @nat4cville.bsky.social Charlottesville City Councilmember. Graduate of Cville City Schools & UVA. Make housing more affordable and streets safer to move Cville forward. 🚲 🌇
Nat4Cville.com
andrewdbowers.bsky.social @andrewdbowers.bsky.social 
Jason Reynolds for Senate @jasonreynoldsforsenate.com I'll be running as the progressive choice in the Democratic primary for the US Senate seat in Virginia in 2026. I'd love to have your support.
https://www.jasonreynoldsforsenate.com/
https://discord.gg/Mf8rrdqcHF
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Shelly Penton @plaidsilk.bsky.social Religious Studies, ABD. Vanderbilt–>UChicago–>University of Virginia. Skeets my own.
The Free Book Bus @thefreebookbus.bsky.social The Free Book Bus gives books to help families build home libraries in central Virginia. Our first mission serves those with barriers to access, our second is reading encouragement! https://linktr.ee/freebookbus
Denver Bicycle Lobby @denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social An all grassroots group advocating for safer streets and sustainable transportation options in the city of Denver, Colorado
Orlando Valdez @orlandovaldez.com 🇲🇽🇺🇲 I build software to solve problems... I create problems while building software
Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊 @actfortransit.bsky.social We advocate for more & better transit; streets safe for everyone; & housing & land use policies to make this possible. A Montgomery County, Maryland, built for people and not for automobiles. https://www.actfortransit.org/
Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social Co-Founding member of the Denver Bicycle Lobby. I ride around Denver a lot. Just trying not to get squished 🚫🚴♂️💥🚙 (he/him)
Erin Ryan @erinleeryan.bsky.social Doctor of space rocks turned professional curser at computers. Human of Freya the dog and of Modicello the garden 🌱 (USDA 7b). Does crochet 🧶 in her off time, also cooks a lot 🍽
Susan Klobuchar @hoosusannah.bsky.social Redhead. Dog lover. Mama. Marketer. 30 Rock fan. Ice cream enthusiast. Book nerd. Early bird. UVA English x UNC MBA. Writer of historical fiction about the women history forgot. NY-OH-NJ-VA-DC-NC-MN-VA #wahoowa #goheels #mpls #cville #crozet
Julia Hayden @julenesque.bsky.social artist, retired ux designer, explorer, & professional gadabout - known most places as julen. Occasional treasure hunter on demand. She/her. Crozet tra la la.
hoosjon @hoosjon.bsky.social Double Hoo🧡💙, home: AftonVA, teach MS Tech in CrozetVA, baseball (Braves), Buffett, BBQ, beaches, books, & prolly a whole bunch of other things that start w/ B
hoosjon.blogspot.com
https://sites.google.com/k12albemarle.org/barbershop/about-mr-barber
Nichole M. Flores @nicholemflores.bsky.social Associate professor of religious studies at UVA. Author of The Aesthetics of Solidarity: Our Lady of Guadalupe and American Democracy (Georgetown 2021). Writing a book on Advent & Christian political imagination. Esposa de @jamesdarynhenry, mamá of 2.
@zachaller.bsky.social @zachaller.bsky.social 
Nicole Scro @nscro.bsky.social land use attorney turned real estate developer.
Gallifrey, LLC, www.gallifreybuilds.com
Board Dir, Cville Area Assn Realtors (CAAR) Fdn
Charlottesville Housing Advisory Cmte (HAC)
Places29 Rio Community Advisory Cmte (CAC)
poly. 💗 bi/pan. she/her.
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social Reporter at @Gizmodo.com.
I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007.
Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com
Signal: mattnovak.11