Alex Goyette @alexgoyette.bsky.social He/him. Dad x3, Immigration & GBV Advocate, Alexandria Lead at YIMBYs of NoVA. Local chief of the useful idiots 🫡
Go Bills, Caps, COYG
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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social Advancement at the American Council on Education. Del Ray dad and 2x Hoya. Books, baseball, beer, higher ed, and all things Alexandria. Subscribe to ALXtra: https://alxtra.ghost.io/
Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social Same ddt. Working in service design for govtech. Bikes, books, cats. But I get out. All content here is personal.
If you know how it works, you are not the user. If your mother says she loves you, find a second source.
Brandon Tan @brandontan888.bsky.social Building AI systems that actually ship. Automation, agents, and the messy reality of production ML. DMs open for collabs. Also: connecting Vietnamese talent with global tech teams 🇻🇳
Michael Bishop @michaelbishop.me civic minded technologist who likes to build things on the web. enjoys practicing Gyotaku. used to have people line up for his cooking.
I operate @tampamonitor.com
Tampa, FL
https://michaelbishop.me
he/him @miklb on Twitter/GitHub
Cheryl Contee @cherylcontee.bsky.social Innovation and Inspiration...Mission-Driven Tech Pioneer, Exited Entrepreneur, Impact Investor, AI Expert, Lover, Fighter, Mother
Mark Headd @mheadd.bsky.social Author of "The SpecOps Method: A New Approach to Legacy System Modernization." https://spec-ops.ai/book.html #CivicTech #AI #SpecOps #OpenData
Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
Ryan Belmore @ryanbelmore.com Journalist. Publisher. Neighbor.
@alexandriabrief.com & @whatsupnewp.com
📍Alexandria, VA (previously RI) | Mezcal enthusiast.
Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual
she/her. dayjob & usual location: City & County of San Francisco (this is a personal account)
ex-18F; on the board @publicgood.tech ; wrote a small book about doing this: https://cydharrell.com/book/
Technologists for the Public Good @publicgood.tech A professional association and community for technologists that serve the public good.
https://www.publicgood.tech/
Aslan French @jcklpe.bsky.social elderly grad student at UT iSchool.
Board President for Open Austin.
#civictech holdout
Jamie Goodin @yamesfm.bsky.social Software engineer and civic technologist in NYC. Interested in data access and privacy. Occasional art and sound.
JP Antifa @jasonpaul.bsky.social History
Law
USMC
Miami sports
F1/MotoGP/LaLiga
Eng/Esp
No a la guerra.
C’è sempre una stanza in Piazza Loreto
Tom VanAntwerp 🧙♂️ @tomvanantwerp.com 💻 code things, mostly TypeScript
🏡 hyperlocal Alexandria VA drama
🔮 building bizarre things nobody wants
Please don't make me run for office, I do not want to run for office.
James In Beta @jamescheung.bsky.social Building https://www.redditmaster.com
Patrick @patrickas.bsky.social The higher you rise, the more people can shoot at your butt.
-Eric Adams, Unc Mindset
Eric Spiegel @ericspiegel.bsky.social Voracious reader, indoor gardener, cat dad, casual gamer, film lover, technical writer. Alexandria, VA.
Alexandria Library @alexlibraryva.bsky.social The Alexandria Library in Alexandria, VA serves our community by being a resource for learning, connecting, and growing. Visit us at alexlibraryva.org.
The Bridge Civic Tech @bridgecivictech.bsky.social Seeking bold ideas for high-impact projects. If you have a venture that addresses a public need, we want to hear from you! We'll work with you to take your vision from concept to reality, providing the support, funding, and connections needed to launch it.
Dawn Danby @altissima.bsky.social ecological design strategy geek
co-founder + ceo, spherical
spherical.studio
livinginfrastructure.org
wendy norris @wendynorris.bsky.social Assoc Prof | Information Science
Ex-investigative reporter and editor
Crisis informatics nerd
Makes good trouble
Tell your dog I said "hi"
Patrick J. Pespas @westofrome.bsky.social Alexandria, VA
Keeper of ALX Skeets. Please tag me if you’d like to be added
Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com Shitposter with intermittent bursts of sincerity.
Writer, filmmaker. Selective perfectionist. Full-time creative, part-time human. 6'9" - the world is built for Hobbits. Pretty fly for a bi guy. he/him
Seattle
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Lisa Desjardins @lisad.bsky.social Correspondent for PBS NewsHour. Lover of Chester Arthur. Lucky mom, sister, wife and former SC state fair baking contest first place winner.
@lynneux.bsky.social @lynneux.bsky.social 
I am Patrick's Sports Angst @patricksaxton.bsky.social Senior Engineering Director. Sometimes I talk about making software for government.
Random explosions of gopher sports and shit posts. Pasquale rhymes with trolley.- A Anna Maria Barry-Jester @annamaria.bsky.social Public health journalist with ProPublica
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
@electricfutures.bsky.social @electricfutures.bsky.social 
Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social mail lawyer, food haver, dog owner
ALX
Jeremy Zitomer @and-all-that-j-a-z.bsky.social court dismissed, bring in the dancing lobsters
if only we could all be vulnerable, just a little
🏳️🌈🧚♂️🍌
CivicTechies @civictechies.bsky.social We are federal public service technologists advocating for our values and exercising our rights. Being united and organized as a community matters more than ever.
Andre Francisco @andre-francisco.bsky.social Content and comms for #civictech organizations. Director of Comms at Civilla. Formerly Ad Hoc, 18F, POGO.
Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social Currently: National politics reporter at Mother Jones magazine. Previously: TIME Magazine. Always: Trying my best. Sometimes: Coming up short.
Email me at avesoulis@cir[dot]org
Encrypted contact info:
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Julien Cornebise @jcornebise.bsky.social Hon. Associate Professor UCL CS | Ex-Dir. Research AI for Good & Head of Element AI London Office | Ex-DeepMind. He/Him | https://cornebise.com
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
JK @kazilico.bsky.social Complexity science, AI/ML, Python
ALXnow @alxnow.bsky.social Reporting the latest local news and happenings around Alexandria, Virginia. Tips: news@alxnow.com • Website: ALXnow.com
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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@mlcbeagle.bsky.social @mlcbeagle.bsky.social 
Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social Historian. Associate Professor. Community College enthusiast. Researching 17th-c gossip. Weighs more than a duck. Employed by George and Gracie. She/her.
David Cole @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social Professor, Georgetown Law; contributor to New York Review of Books; former National Legal Director, ACLU. Views expressed are my own. 
John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
@fsgbooks
https://www.unpopularfront.news/
Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social I'm a reporter covering the far right. jason.a.wilson@protonmail.com
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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social Professor @Harvard, Director @HarvardBizGov, Senior Fellow @PIIE, teaches Ec10, words @nytopinion, was Chair of President Obama's CEA. Some posts may be educational.
Alex גדעון בן װעלװל @jewishwonk.bsky.social Columnist for the Forward. U.S. Foreign Policy and Jewish communal concerns. Bylines in The Atlantic, Washington Post, & Tablet Mag. All bad takes are mine alone.
Christina Agapakis @agapakis.com Crafting new stories where biology and technology meet oscillator.bio
Liz Sly @lizsly.bsky.social Journalist. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.
Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com Endlessly fascinated by things in the sky. Editor-in-chief of @theaircurrent.com, co-host of @theairshowpodcast.com and co-founder of @yawmanflight.com. CNN, WSJ & Flightglobal alum. Standby for news...
Loren DeJonge Schulman @lorenraeds.bsky.social Dedicated here to the unfinished work. - 16
Messy is the work, and the work can be joyful— Shepard Fairey.
Former, future.
Scott Cranfill @scottcranfill.com Web developer, gamer, musician, jelly bean reviewer
(he/him)
Hilary Matfess @hilarymatfess.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, lifting, and dogs
Taylor Poindexter @engineeringbae.bsky.social Engineering Manager @ Spotify💚
Black Code Collective co-founder ✊🏾
Scuba Diver 🧜🏽♀️🤿
Whiskey expert — IG: womanwithwhiskey
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social Constitutional law prof, historical political scientist, FRHistS studying:
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍ATL
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
R. Kirk McPike @kirkmcpike.bsky.social Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from District 5. Star Trek fan. Beagle aficionado. Former City Council Member.- D @dlapiduz.bsky.social @dlapiduz.bsky.social
Alexandra Mack @lxmack.bsky.social Curious learner
Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social senior correspondent @ Zeteo / contributing writer @ Rolling Stone / co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ / adjunct prof. @ University of Cincinnati / volunteer @ St. Vincent de Paul / “a deranged hack” & “terrorist sympathizer,” says the Trump White House
Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
elasticmoon @elasticmoon23.bsky.social Just came here to scream into the void…and look at red panda pics
Courtney Stubbert @destroyalldestroyers.com Visual art, experimental electronic music, UX design working in govt tech. Ran nomadic contemporary art space for 12 years. Dad to 3, husband to 1. I write about my studio practice at http://destroyalldestroyers.com; IG: @destroyalldestroyers; Oregon
Deen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. + Presidential Prof. + Director: Politics, Identities, & Communication Lab (PICL) @asc.upenn.edu. More fun than I look.
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social Politics, math, culture, whatever.
Amanda Graham @amanda-in-idaho.bsky.social Sociology. Civic tech. GovTech. Cute pets.
#bartletforamerica
spydergrrl @spydergrrl.bsky.social Outdoorsy UXer. Workshop design coach & consultant. Lives with anxiety. Runs on espresso and Star Wars. She/her. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Founder of CanUX. Best known for popularizing the phrase "UX Theatre". https://spydergrrl.com
Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov Representing Northern Virginia in the U.S. House.
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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social I am not a committee. Defense, pop-culture, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own.
Co-host of Sirens: A Bombshell Production https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sirens-a-bombshell-production/id1195698408
Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian
shaun.walker@theguardian.com
Maxim Leyzerovich @round.is design at flora.ai
brooklyn
Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com Empowering the next generation of civic technologists @ U.S. Digital Corps. Boston sports, good reads, and more. Views mine.
Breaking into civic tech guide: chriskuang.com/civictech
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social VP for Data and Research @crew.bsky.social | Fighting Corruption | Rooting out Dark Money | Petting cats | Booping snoots | Music keeps me sane | 😼 person who loves your 🐶
#CHS ➡️ #France ➡️ #台灣 ➡️ #DC
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Steve Pierce @stevepiercedc.bsky.social Executive Director, Winning Jobs Narrative. Helping Democrats and progressives use the power of narrative to reconnect with working people.
Aaron Schwartzbaum @aaron-schwa.bsky.social Political risk and product by day, puns by night. Just kidding, the puns are by day, too. My handle in the bad place is @aaron_schwa. 
Eric Sipple @ericsipple.com Author of BROKEN MAGIC, MIMESIS. Head of Engineering at Hey Jane. My brain is a beautiful rain of frogs. 🏳️⚧️ (they/them)
https://linktr.ee/saalon
Gabriel Sherman @gabrielsherman.bsky.social Vanity Fair special correspondent, screenwriter of THE APPRENTICE
Eddie A Tejeda @eddietejeda.com VP of Engineering at Mode Analytics #civictech eddietejeda.com
Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social The Daily Show, Roy Wood Jr.'s 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trevor Noah's 2022 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Hardball on MSNBC
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic
Send me a secure message on Signal: hunter.07
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan. 
sam @samthielman.com Sam Thielman | Graphic novels at NYT Book Review, seen NYer, Flaming Hydra, foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE w/Sean Howe forthcoming | I know I can come off a little proactive, and for that I’m sorry.
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
@fswaggard.bsky.social @fswaggard.bsky.social 
Yahel Carmon @yahel.com Analytics/Data Eng. Interests: Data, Tech, Polling, Finance/Economics, SCOTUS, YIMBY. Also drink bourbon. Formerly campaign tech/data staffer.
Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org Progressive institutionalist with an interest in modernizing Congress and strengthening our democracy. Bluesky is my penance for working at an org that once encouraged Congress to tweet.
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Lane Becker @lanebecker.bsky.social Prestidigitation, double shuffling, honey-fugling, hornswaggling, & skullduggery. @ Wikimedia/Wikipedia. Previously @ IFTF, 18F, Code for America.
Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com Civic Technologist | Executive Director, Alliance of Civic Technologists | Army Veteran | Alumni of Code for America, Defense Digital Service and USDS #civictech #chicago #illinois
Really doesn’t like bullies
Signal: civicwhitaker.53
Natalie Alms @almsnatalie.bsky.social journalist who covers how the government works—or doesn't—at The Washington Sun. Previously at NextgovFCW. NC native, DC resident.
tips - signal at nalms.41 and nataliealms@notus.com
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Armin @arminhammer.bsky.social Data director at split-ticket.org
Formerly @yale.
Drew Savicki @drewsav.bsky.social I like elections and other assorted nonsense. CT-IL-NC. Bad speller. Big KISS fan. Be prepared for bad food takes #ActuallyAutistic🧙♂️🗺️ He/Him