Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
—
To read all its wit and wisdom, get a copy from a local bookstore or library.
smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social triumphant home cooking, est. 2006
three cookbooks + one audiobook + newsletter
glad you’re here
smittenkitchen.com
Jonathan Coulton @jonathancoulton.bsky.social 
Astronauts For America @astronauts4america.bsky.social Our Country is the Mission.
astronautsforamerica.org
Sara Ronis @sararonis.bsky.social associate professor of theology at St. Mary's University TX. I think a lot about demons, fetuses, and other weird things.
She/Her
Dr. Katherine Haenschen @drkath.bsky.social Asst Prof at Northeastern. Digital media & politics. Proud NJ native. Brookline TMM. Fan of #UCONN, enabling multi-family housing near transit, meatballs, field experiments.
Thomas Neville @goobermunch.bsky.social Colorado Lawyer. Gamer. Dad. He/Him/His. Grammarchist. Inventor of the Temu tostada at Taco Bell.
Law: personal injury, insurance, video games, appeals, litigation.
Games: tabletop, war, video, minis.
My job is cooler than yours.
The bloggess (Jenny Lawson) @thebloggess.bsky.social Author, blogger, proprietress of Nowhere Bookshop, loose cannon. 
Treyf Posting 🤌 @postingtreyf.bsky.social Haman Haymaker inventor, PSL aficionado, former baby nicknamed “Guidette,” neurasthenic vagabond, shitlib, Tikkun Olamite, Jwitter’s Vulgar Id, & recovering Jewish American Princess.
Reason for “rude” label: I told antisemites to goy fuck themselves.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social She/her. Science, politics, cats, Judaism. Planetary scientist and operations engineer.
BoardGameGeek @boardgamegeek.com The official Bluesky account for BoardGameGeek
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social Social scientist interested in social capital, social infrastructure, energy and environmental politics. Books at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-P.-Aldrich/author/B001JSDHPW 
Jeff Speck @jeffspeck.bsky.social Urban Planner, Partner in Speck Dempsey, author of Walkable City, Walkable City Rules, and other stuff I'd like you to read. 
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social Ex- lots of things.
Podcast is Mass for Shut-ins. Subscribe for good stuff on Patreon.com/ginandtacos.
Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody @mandykathryn.bsky.social Mandy he/him actor/singer, Kathryn she/her actress/writer and sometimes Gideon he/him - son
https://www.rescue.org
https://lemonada.lnk.to/DontListenToUshs
Welcome refugees, Black Lives Matter, science is real, vaccines save lives, the earth is round etc
Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
https://www.jonathanedwarddurham.com
https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com
Nahum Shalman @nahum.shalman.org Opinions expressed are my own. https://blog.shalman.org/ http://hachyderm.io/@nahumshalman (he/him)
Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com I’m so done with doomerism. 🌱
Queer🏳️🌈 Jewish✡️ disabled😷 political influencer 💙
Follow for daily Democrat wins & weekly election guides.
Our voices are our superpower
📧 ariella@ariellaelm.com
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social Associate Professor, History of Religion. Migrant. Bad at gender, worse at writing bios. I do stuff involving religion and literature and genocide, usually all at once. Posts mostly in English, ibland på svenska, ובעברית רק כדי לספר בדיחות
Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social Nice Jewish Boy from the Bay living in Chicago. Tikun Olamnik, Israeli-American, Democrat, Whovian, Doing Daf Yomi. ✡️
Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social She, her, hers
Mastodon: @DeborahElizabeth.mas.to
Signal: DeborahElizabeth.09
#Massachusetts
If you verbally attack me here, you will be granted your innermost desire: I will block you.
Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com I try to get people to do stuff online that makes a difference offline.
Saralegal @saralegal.bsky.social Sara, 30+. AuDHD, queer, Jewish diasporist. Public sector paralegal by day, nerd by night.
@breadnroses.bsky.social @breadnroses.bsky.social Queer, parent, Jewish, fannish, Philly, pretty quiet on here. She/her.
@naftalitzvi.bsky.social @naftalitzvi.bsky.social 
Jamie Downing @jamieldowning.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication at Georgia College & State University. Thinking about Jewish culture, rhetorics of religion, and placemaking. Opinions my own.
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
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.
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Len Wholey @nothingbutparking.bsky.social 
Wil Wheaton @itswilwheaton.bsky.social I'm just this guy, you know?
Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social Human Doctor • Toxicology • Addiction • Emergency • #WTFentanyl & more often just WTF • drugs are misunderstood but people are misunderstood more • he/him • YouTube.com/@RyanMD • #MedSky
Christopher Monks @crmonks.bsky.social Editor of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Author of The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life. Dominator of waiting rooms. Fragile fan of the Dolphins, Sixers, and Red Sox.
Rabbi Becky Silverstein @rabbibecky.bsky.social 
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
Brookline Booksmith @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social An independent bookstore dedicated to the fine art of browsing since 1961 📚
279 Harvard St, Brookline, Massachusetts
www.brooklinebooksmith.com
Feisty Y. Tho 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @feistyybeden.bsky.social she/her/hers
Setting everything on fire with my incandescent rage at [gestures broadly at everything]
Alt US Army Corps of Engineers @alt-usace.bsky.social Fed employee. Resistance. #AltGov #Altfam.
Dream job- steward to Turtle Island waters, lands, and people — no matter who is in the casa blanca. None of us are free until all of us are. Not official USACE Account.
USACE staff can DM with any stories. 
Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID.
altFAA @altfaa.altgov.info Safety first. Safety always. FAA info.
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social We call upon your boss.
Author of the novel THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and the essay collections VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024) and FIGHTING IN THE DARK (2026).
He/him.
Author site: armoxon.com
Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
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.
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
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
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.
Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info Promoting health and science and resistance against pseudoscience, disinformation, and fascism.
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.
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
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info Boldly going where no Jedi has beamed before. Earth is our spaceship.
#AltGov
RogueFEMA @roguefema.altgov.info Not an official government account. But you aren't here for that, right?
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
🚜💨🥦🥕⚗️🏡🌎🌈🐮✊
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
Not official CDC—but close enough for transmission.
Proudly #AltGov
Tips? signal altCDC.99, email altCDCtips@proton.me or DM
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 🥄
1Password @1password.bsky.social The best way to keep you, your family, and business safe online. Go ahead. Forget your passwords.
Dr Kat, Epidemiologist @epidemiologistkat.bsky.social Epidemiologist at University of Illinois Chicago, misinformation debunker, data nerd, Chicagoan, scientist for the resistance
Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social Wife, Mom, UMich Law School Professor from Practice, MSNOW legal analyst, The Contrarian contributor, former U.S. Attorney, EDMI
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social Recovering/aspiring sociologist.
Brookline, MA. Town Meeting and Advisory Committee member
Interests include climate justice, clean tech, democracy, etc.
Probably a Bayesian.
"ffs" is pretty much my standard reply to what is going on these days.
Eric Stone @eric4brookline.bsky.social Dad of 2 PSB kids, Town Meeting Member Precinct 8 ("the fightin' 8th"), Shared Mobility Advisory Committee, Entrepreneur, Musician, Oberlin & Temple Alum
Debbie Mia @debbiemia.bsky.social Software engineer by day, a small font of utterly eldritch wisdom by night. Sometimes makes shitpost art. Also a law clerk.
Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • opinions my own
Erin Morrey @erinm114.bsky.social Professor of biology, married for a really long time, mom of four boys, dog and cat and chicken owner. Stroke survivor. Jewish since birth. Trying to use my powers of anxiety for good instead of just freaking out. She/her.
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
@lindengrove.bsky.social @lindengrove.bsky.social 
P. Crozier @pwcrozier.bsky.social Director of Family Advocacy @ GLAD Law (postings my own)
She/her
@pcrozier_qlaw
lila pearl @lilashapiro.bsky.social features writer, new york magazine
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Robin Allan @robinallan.bsky.social Legal Writing prof at Berkeley Law
@amandazimmerman.bsky.social @amandazimmerman.bsky.social 
Abigail Plumb-Larrick @eminencegrise.bsky.social Qualitative realness. UX research and product discovery. User research doer and teacher. Strong opinions, weakly held.
Ann-Marie @sveaa.bsky.social A librarian moseying around the Pacific Northwest, with dogs. 🌲🌊🦮
@cathleencavell.bsky.social @cathleencavell.bsky.social 
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Ann Scranton @annsy.bsky.social PNW potter, baker, knitter, lefty church lady, mom of a teenager. Trying to love my neighbor but dang, it’s hard these days! She/her. Aka Vanilla Bean Ceramics!
Elisheva Avital @elisheva.bsky.social still fleshing this out. 
Akiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social Rabbi/Teacher/Secondary Elite. Anarcho-Kotzker. Perpetually learning. Good Torah is Good Torah.
Everything you need to know about me is in "The Writing of the God" by Borges.
Misfittorah.substack.com
Joshua Cypess @joshuacypess.bsky.social PhD Social Scientist, Orthodox pulpit rabbi.
Linda @indigogirl.bsky.social I think perhaps that you’re not listening. I find it tedious to repeat. 
Julie @julierobichaux.bsky.social Jesus wants me for a sunbeam. 
Naomi Novik @naominovik.bsky.social author, coder, fangirl, geek. 🌕🌖🌗🌑 Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. Latest Release: THE SUMMER WAR
https://lnk.bio/naominovik