David Sirota @davidsirota.com Founder/editor-in-chief, @LeverNews.com; Oscar-nominated for Don't Look Up. Spouse of @emilyforco.bsky.social
Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social Socialist in Boston. Ran digital comms for Mayor Michelle Wu and Senator Markey. Had a lot of fun biking across the US. Helps progressive causes.
paulbologna.com he/him
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social he/him
I'd rather be posting bagel and beer opinions.
Siebel/Doemens World Brewing Academy Master Brewer. Occasional food writer (Eater, Boston Globe, The Nosher). Past CPO Mei Mei Restaurant.
I block follow farmers.
Boston MA USA
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Sukrit "Act" Tan @actsukrit.bsky.social Technical Artist @ Firaxis | Game Dev Who Mods Too Much | History & Linguistics nerd | Tea and Board Games Fan | 🏳️🌈🇹🇭
https://www.sukrittan.com/
@actsukrit@mastodon.gamedev.place
Tags: #civ6
Paisley_Trees (شروین) @paisley-trees.bsky.social Civ streamer; mother; yale phd candidate working on water infrastructure/architecture of Istanbul and Middle East
https://www.youtube.com/c/PaisleyTrees
max tani @maxtani.bsky.social media reporter @semafor
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MASSterList @massterlist.com The original #MAPoli newsletter
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social By day, investigations editor @defector.com. By night, writing a book about Alice Milliat, who got women's athletics into the Olympics.
For book updates: https://tinyurl.com/dianambook
diana@defector.com
dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com
Signal: dmoskovitz.99
Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social MA-based independent journalist. Wrongful convictions, police misconduct, and public records. And sometimes fun stuff too.
NEWSLETTER: https://massdump.ghost.io/
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/massdump
EMAIL: aquemere0@gmail.com
SIGNAL: andrewqmr.01
Gintautas Dumcius @gintautasd.bsky.social Senior Reporter - WBUR | Alum of MASSterList, CommonWealth Beacon, Dorchester Reporter, Boston Business Journal, MassLive and State House News Service | Email: gin.dumcius@gmail.com
Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social Boston Globe politics, Miami Herald alumna • Hoosier • BU grad • she/her • tips and chisme: samantha.gross@globe.com 🏳️🌈
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
Sarah Petrie @rahpetrie.bsky.social consumer protection/economic justice lawyer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🫡 - views on here are my own - formerly MA AGO; Public Rights Project 
Regina Nelson PhD @reginanelsonphd.bsky.social Cannabis Patient Coach. Founder The eCS Therapy Center- a national 501c3 org. Author "The Survivor's Guide to Medical Cannabis" and "Implant Insanity" among other titles. Creator - Cannacian certification program (CME accredited). Public speaker. Research
Liz Grinspoon @lizgrinspoon.bsky.social Licensed wildlife rehabilitator WillowsWildlifeRehab.org
Data engineer cognitivehealth.tech TestMyBrain.org
Research
Human-Animal Bond
Liberal
Progressive
ProChoice
Abortion=Health Care
BlueWave
LoveIsLove
HarmReduction
GoodTrouble
Helper
Dr. Peter Grinspoon @grinspoon.bsky.social Primary Care Doc. & #cannabis specialist Harvard Med.
Substack: https://drpetergrinspoon.substack.com
Books: Free Refills, Seeing Through the Smoke, Aging Well with Cannabis and CBD
Sara Payan @sarapayan.com Emjay Award Winning Content Creator 🏆Executive Producer & Host of the “Planted with Sara Payan” & “Puff Puff Press podcasts. Vice-Chair of the CA Cannabis Advisory Committee. Better half of @jeffset 💍
I like cats, weed, wine, weed, culinary arts & weed.
Alvin Chang @alv9n.com ● Professor @journalismdesign.bsky.social
● Interactive data journalist pudding.cool
● Moar buttondown.com/charthead // alv9n.com
Sonia Hendrix @soniahendrix.bsky.social Award-winning Publicist and Founder at GALLERY PR • Passionate about shining a light on impactful people & perspectives. https://www.linkedin.com/in/soniahendrix/
Rhys Cohen @rhyscohen.bsky.social Australian | drug nerd | all things cannabis policy | views are my own
Derek Carr @dcarr.bsky.social Public health law. Mostly drug policy & harm reduction. Baseball & politics too. Opinions my own.
Ricardo A. Sánchez @ricardoasnchz.bsky.social Sr. Advisor & Comms Director for @pressley.house.gov / @ayannapressley.bsky.social.
East Boston native and Boston Celtics fanatic. #mapoli
Edison Carter 𓅃 @edisoncarter.bsky.social Investigative Journalist. Field reporter. Motorcycle Enthusiast. Not a fan of Blipverts. Fighting injustice at the margins of society. Should have ducked.
Bill Walczak @bill-walczak.bsky.social Columnist at Dorchester Reporter. Retired health care exec with passion for education & Dorchester. Board Chair Bunker Hill Community College and Mass Business Alliance for Education. President Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association. On other boards too.
Heady_NJ @headynj.bsky.social HeadyNJ.com is a community media company. We cover New Jersey medical and adult-use c@nn@bis, hemp, and psych-edelics legalization, the businesses and the culture.
Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social A LIVING REMEDY, a New York Times Notable Book • ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW, National Book Critics Circle finalist • words in NYT Mag, Time, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov Senator for Massachusetts. Ranker on Senate Small Business Committee & HELP Primary Health & Retirement Security Subcommittee. Fighting for a Green New Deal.
"Radical" Russ Belville @radicalruss.com 🎤 Host of The RadicalRuss Show podcast, former 🌲 NORML podcaster, 📡 XM Progress host, 🖋 liberal blogger, 🎸 6-String Bass, 🪖 Natl Guard Vet, 🏈 Boise State Bronco. Born 🔴 Idaho, Love 🔵 Oregon. 🇺🇸✊🏻
Oliver 🏳️🌈 @ojc.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇬🇧🏳️🌈 | Tend to talk about climate, bikes, transit, infrastructure, politics | Opinions my own.
📍MA
Weed Drinks Guy @cantrip.bsky.social I am a weed beverage business. Cannabis
drinkcantrip.com
Michael J Armstrong @profmjarmstrong.bsky.social Operations research professor, Brock University. I teach quality improvement & game theory. I research business aspects of legal cannabis. Previously studied missile warfare.
https://brocku.ca/goodman/faculty-research/faculty-directory/michael-armstrong/
Susanne Althoff @susannealthoff.bsky.social Magazine writer. Author of Launching While Female, about entrepreneurship's gender gap. Former EIC @ The Boston Globe Magazine. Professor emerita @ Emerson College. she/her.
Publishing | innovation | higher ed | livable cities | feminism
Chris Goldstein @chrisgoldstein.bsky.social Dad, writer, activist, sailor; some jobs make money, other jobs make Change. #cannabis #marijuana
Priors: on air at KSFR-FM, weekly columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer, journalism adjunct at Temple University, comms/podcasts at National NORML
TypeATracey @typeatracey.bsky.social Founder #TraceyHenryConsulting #THC #Mom #CancerSurvivor #Publicist #GOD is good! 🌳🔥💨+💻📱📞📰📺📻= #THCPR
chip goines @chip.bsky.social Turned out the vote for Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley's historic 2018 campaign. Progressive movement builder. Cat lady. Bylines: Washington Post, Newsweek, Reuters, gbhnews.
Kristin Souza @klassickristin.bsky.social CT Cannabis Advocate, Social Media Strategist, Host of The Canna Mom Show + Cannabis Corner Radio, Board at CT Cannabis Alliance, Democrat, Feminist, Justice of the Peace, Over Caffeinated, Sarcasm is my love language , Read Books Not Memes 📚💙
Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.
Kate Norton @norton-kate.bsky.social www.nortoncomms.com
Samuel Paul Douglas, PhD @psychedelicoverground.com Psychedelic nonprofit cat-herder/space-holder, writer & philosopher. Will exchange words & knowledge for $. All opinions my own etc. He/him.
Website: https://www.psychedelicoverground.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-samuel-douglas-62061871
Danny Danko @dannydanko.bsky.social Cannabis homegrow educator, author, cultivation section coordinator for Champs Trade Shows, formerly 2 decades at High Times Magazine
Andrew Ba Tran @abtran.bsky.social Washington Post Investigative Data Reporter
data for @washingtonpost.com
email: andrew.tran@washpost.com
signal: @abtran.202
Rich Haridy @richharidy.bsky.social Science and technology journalist. Psychedelic science and culture. First book, Trip Reports: Stories From an Australian Psychedelic Renaissance, out September 1st, https://unsw.press/books/trip-reports/
Find me at www.richharidy.com
Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social Attorney; Editor-in-Chief, @WMassPI.com; #Spfldpoli when you need it; #MaPoli when you want it. "Retweets" ≠ Seal of Approval. Likes = ??? Fasten your seatbelt, please.
"You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on." -Samuel Beckett
Always Eccles. 1:9
Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social Yes, that Tracy Novick
she/her/hers
Education policy and finance
I speak here only for me/ nullius in verba
from the Heart of the Commonwealth
Sometimes random photos of the cat
linktr.ee/TracyNovick
Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net J-prof at Northeastern University. Co-leader, with Ellen Clegg, of @whatworks-nu.bsky.social. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.
StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org Connecting people to information about how to improve walking, biking, and transit across the Commonwealth
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist. 
Shaleen Title @shaleen.bsky.social Lawyer, activist, former marijuana regulator. TOOL fan. Adjunct law professor. Openly skeptical of AI.
📍 Greater Boston
Eric Casey @ericcasey.bsky.social Writer/Media
Managing Editor | Worcester Business Journal (@wbjournal.bsky.social)
Covering real estate and other business-y things across Central Massachusetts.
Worcester, MA via Marlboro, with some time at URI.
https://linktr.ee/ericcasey
Graham Moore @mooregraham.bsky.social Sometimes pirate, othertimes historian.
Records Specialist (Early Modern Parliament) at The National Archives UK. Views own &c
Curator of REVOLUTION 250 exhibition - now OPEN at The National Archives!
Robert Barba @barbawire.bsky.social 
Melanie Marich @melaniemarich.bsky.social Journalist @ Newmark J-School 🇧🇷🏳️🌈🎤- G Greenlit Cannabis @greenlit.bsky.social
Joanna Kempner @joannakempner.bsky.social Sociologist and Pet Snoozler. Kid Herder and Hobby Hoarder. Award-winning author focused on gender, health, pain, and stigma. New book: Psychedelic Outlaws about pain patients figuring things out on their own. https://bit.ly/psychedelicoutlaws
Sarah @sarahiwany.bsky.social Birder, Allston-Brighton community advocate, full-time nanny, artist… pick your favorite identifier and go with that.
Ben Botkin @bbotkin.bsky.social Journalist at Lookout Eugene-Springfield, dog owner and traveler of the West.
I like to dig deep and find fun stories.
Past stops: Idaho, Las Vegas, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Tips: ben@lookoutlocal.com 
the weedout @theweedout.bsky.social podcast and Abolitionist content, working class solidarity, abolish oppressive structures to the marginalized working class. Anti White Supremacy
Michael Haichin @michaelhaichin.bsky.social Basketball & drugs enthusiast. Pronounced "hi-kin"
Medical Advisor for @psychedelicalpha.bsky.social
Joe Welker @joewelker.bsky.social https://www.indwelling.net/
https://www.psychedeliccandor.org/
Boris D Heifets @theborislab.bsky.social Anesthesiologist, neuroscientist, amateur psychiatrist. Mouse rave DJ. Legendary dancer.
Kiya Kersh, MSci, EMT Biocentric MBA 🧪 @kiyakersh.bsky.social Biochemist, Strategist, & Communicator: _From Collapsing to Catalytic_, Engagement & Translation (Experience, Quality, Technology) | Carbon, Chemical ML, Drug & Enzyme Design, Molecular Physiology, Systems
Neşe Devenot, PhD @neselsd.bsky.social Rhymes w/ paper mâché 🍉
Psychedelic humanities: literature, ethics, harm reduction 🍄
Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University 🌐
University Writing Program 📝
Indigenous/Kurdish 🟥☀🟩 ND (they/them)
chemicalpoetics.substack.com
kayla greenstien @kgreenstien.bsky.social Former DFV/SA response worker
Non-prohibitionist critical psychedelia
Euphorically queer and childfree by choice
Anti-fascist 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
https://deeepbreaths.substack.com/
Johannes Thrul @drjthrul.bsky.social mHealth and substance use research, Associate Prof, @JohnsHopkinsDMH, @JohnsHopkinsSPH, immigrant 🇩🇪 ➡️ 🇺🇸
thrulresearchlab.com
Jose Enrique Sánchez Tato @neurorebelde.bsky.social Occasional provider of half-decent science-based content. Twice exceptional. Gay
Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social PhD in PharmTox. Head of Communications at Xylo Bio. Drug policy + harm reduction 🤘Education & Consulting via https://www.psychedelicbrainscience.com
Opinions do not reflect those of my employer.
Raul Arturo Ramos-Garcia @ramosneuro.bsky.social Neuroscience PhD 🧠 | Somatosensory Biologist 👉🏽👈🏽 | Studying Psychedelics & Touch 🍄 | 🏳️🌈🇲🇽 | ramosneuro.com | opinions are my own
Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca Investigations on the Alberta-led drug war revival: www.drugdatadecoded.ca
✍️ APTN, Alberta Views, The Breach, The Tyee
PhD Microbiology
Banner: Access to information in Alberta
Icon: Headshot of me in blue t-shirt
Madison Moskowitz @moskwtz.bsky.social NE Portlander, 5th gen Oregonian, Wyden staffer turned nonprofit advocate trying to house the people & build a better city. YIMBY renter, new ebiker 🪩✨ antifascist and proud of it. No content/engagement is reflective of/endorsed by my employer! she/her
Hopegrown @hopegrown.bsky.social Empowering you for better health with natural medicines and holistic treatments🌿Discover nature-rooted wellness & services near you📍
Michael Crowe @michaelcrowe.bsky.social Film photography, PNW hiking and climate/environment journalism.
Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social Explaining law in the news to non-lawyers every Mon/Fri and responding to the right's worst legal takes on video every Weds. Join the community at patreon.com/law!
Patrick McConnell @adjnrml.bsky.social 
Michael L. Rosino @michaelrosino.bsky.social sociologist | racial politics, media, democracy | author of Democracy is Awkward https://bit.ly/4hUsTK3 & Debating the Drug War https://bit.ly/3UW39mS | cat dad | serial reposter | host on new books in sociology podcast
max green @maxgreen.bsky.social pulitzer + peabody-winning producer, journalist & musician • investigative audio for Gimlet Media (rip), NPR, Frontline PBS, BBC Sounds, the Boston Globe Spotlight Team & more • Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1rJTJ • Music: https://shorturl.at/lja0q
MyNameIsTrue @alisontrue.bsky.social Edited the Chicago Reader during what you might call its “heyday.”
Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social Representing the heart of Texas from East Austin to West San Antonio #TX35. Chair of @USProgressives.bsky.social. Labor organizer. Lover of migas and long runs, just not at the same time.
Drop Site @dropsitenews.com Independent news on politics and war. No paywall - subscribe for free.
dropsitenews.com
Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social Reporter focusing on water and climate change, Los Angeles Times. ian.james@latimes.com
Signal: ianjames.77
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.- T Theia Chatelle @theiachatelle.bsky.social
Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com
Shayla Love @shaylalove.bsky.social Contributing writer at @newyorker.com
shayla-love.com
Kurtis Hanna @kurtis.bsky.social Drug law reformer in Minnesota
Votebeat @votebeat.org We're a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to local, nonpartisan coverage of election admin and voting access. Signal 201.430.5217. Support us: http://votebe.at/donate.
CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social Director, STEM Scholars Prog. Iowa State; Training STEM professionals; Former Zoologist; Facilitator, SACNAS Leadership Institutes;
Member of ◆Northern Cheyenne Nation◆ + 1st Gen/Pell; My views.
I’m waay more fun live than online.
Sophie Vershbow @svershbow.bsky.social Writer: NY Mag, Esquire, The Atlantic, Vogue, etc. Head of Social Media @ tech job. Mostly posting about dogs & books. Opinions all mine. vershbowiswriting@gmail.com
https://www.sophievershbow.com/writing
Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker.bsky.social Historian at Harvard, senior editor at The Drift, contributing writer at Jewish Currents, author of Make Your Own Job
madeleineebaker.com
Neima Jahromi @neima.bsky.social non-fiction editor NYTimes Book Review
Daniel Rubin @danielrubin.bsky.social Literally deactivated my Twitter
Hannah Bae @hannahbae.bsky.social Writer, journalist, illustrator
2020 Rona Jaffe award winner
2019 AAWW fellow
½ of @eatdrinkdraw
AAJA for life
Alum of CNN, Newsday, U.S. Embassy Seoul & more
Tori Bedford @bedford.bsky.social