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Des Moines Mutual Aid @desmoinesmutualaid.bsky.social Abolitionist mutual aid collective based in (currently known as) Des Moines Iowa
Fire to the prisons, power to the people.
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Christina Bohannan @bohannaniowa.bsky.social Running for Congress in #IA01. Mom, law professor, former state representative, and former engineer.
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Zach Lahn @zachlahn.bsky.social Republican Candidate for Governor. Sixth-Generation Iowan Fighting to restore our culture, health, & heritage. Father. Husband. Farmer. Businessman. Educator.
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Jenny Turner @jennytrumpet.bsky.social Human mom, giant schnauzer mom, public ed fan, Iowan, she/her
Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social doc, epidemiologist, and editor in Iowa City studying antimicrobial resistance and hand hygiene
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Fruitless @fruitlessmedia.bsky.social Podcasts and video essays about history, politics, faith, media, and the internet made by Josiah Sutton and friends. Artwork by Kipp Paulsen. @josiahwsutton.bsky.social
peri-apocalyptic glitch @periapocalipticdad.bsky.social gender keeps happening to me and i want it to STOP! auto-deletes posts. often earnest/cringe posting about stuff i have no expertise in tech and local life i suppose. a cyborg glitch stuck in the epistemic hegemony! read books, not posts.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority. 
Iowan Bullfrog @survivingiowan.bsky.social One of those people “just spending every darn penny they have on booze or women or movies.”
Chris Wade @chriswade.bsky.social Festival Promoter | professional amateur historian | podcast producer/host | spare us the cutter
Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers @iowarail.bsky.social Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers (IARP) was formed in 1981 as a voice for Iowa rail passengers
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Sarah @sarahrm.bsky.social Reluctant Iowan 🔵
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Nathan L Smith @nlsmith.com Gardening, historic building maintenance, pet photos, infrastructure observability, JavaScript, graph theory, jokes. Fiscally anti-fascist, socially anti-fascist. Pacifist Gemini.
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Josiah Sutton @josiahwsutton.bsky.social The weird religious cousin you avoid at family gatherings. @fruitlessmedia.bsky.social, He/Him
Robert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social Director of Water Policy at Prairie Rivers Network in Illinois.
The rural Midwest doesn’t have to be a sacrifice zone for corn and soybeans.
Heart of Iowa DSA @heartofiowadsa.bsky.social DSA chapter for Ames, and Story, Marshall, Boone, Hardin, and Hamilton County.
Logan @logan067.bsky.social Volunteer coordinator for India May for IA House District 58: https://mayforiowa.com/volunteer
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Arya Zandvakili @aryazandvakili.bsky.social MD PhD. Physician-Scientist. Infectious Diseases Specialist.
In the lab, I use molecular biology and bioinformatics to study cytomegalovirus
In the community, I advocate for Medicare-for-All and Chair the Iowa Chapter of PNHP.org
Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social I like birds, books, and podcasts. She/her.
I block engagement farmers and report scammers.
Birdie @birdie75.bsky.social Childless cat lady in Iowa. I swear a lot.
Andy Pollen @andypollen.bsky.social Cat dad, city dweller, communicator. | DSM by way of MSP, IND, STL & CHI | Ask me what I'm reading: https://www.pleasereadittome.com/
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Swenka @swenka.bsky.social He/Him
Future Oscar-Winning Actress's Husband
Former Mayoral Candidate in Iowa
Opinions aren't mine, I don't know how they got here.
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Rachel Burns for Iowa @burnsforiowa.bsky.social Speech therapist, firefighter-EMT, college instructor, and medical examiner investigator. Democratic candidate for Iowa House District 7.
probably nicole @not-nicole.bsky.social MSc in Digital Anthropology, fandom, sexuality, platform ecologies, thinking with technology
Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick.
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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social loudmouth. iowan in mpls. they/them
Taylor Wettach @wettachforiowa.bsky.social Candidate for Iowa State Auditor
India May for Iowa House @mayforiowa.bsky.social Progressive candidate for Iowa House District 58. The reason Joni Ernst retired: https://tinyurl.com/2crxjx6x.
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Let’s kick MAGA out of the statehouse.
Julie Stauch For All Iowans @julie4alliowans.bsky.social I’m a 5th-generation Iowan and a lifelong problem-solver applying to be Iowa’s next Governor.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Eric Kusiak @erickusiak.bsky.social Nurse Leader, Cat Dad, Proud Husband of a Navy Veteran, Iowan, Holding Miller-Meeks accountable daily.
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Rob Sand @robsandia.bsky.social Iowa State Auditor, father, bowhunter, former prosecutor, pizza auditor. Running to be Iowa's next Governor.
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Rob Hogg @senatorrobhogg.bsky.social Retired Iowa state senator. Author of America’s Climate Century (2013). Paris to Pittsburgh (2018). Born at 322 parts per million.
The Gazette @thegazette.com The Gazette, Eastern Iowa's leading newspaper, has a total integrated audience of 222,700 people daily. Digital editions are published daily and are printed on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social Advocating for a democratic, equitable, and inclusive world through cooperatives, worker ownership, unions, mutual aid, and workplace democracy. 💜
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Save CR Heritage @savecrheritage.org Save CR Heritage works to preserve historic resources through education, assistance, advocacy and action. Nonprofit founded in 2012 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
Homegrown Iowan @homegrowniowan.com Freelance journalist with a gardening obsession.
J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social Iowa State Representative (District 1) and baseball player. ⚾️🇺🇸
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@willmenaker.bsky.social @willmenaker.bsky.social My son Cody is DEAD, I only want to post.
Jackie Cordon @jscordon.bsky.social Activist because weirdly enough I even care about people I don’t know, that big world out there, not just my family. Lucky to collaborate with some fantastic, gifted people. Inspired and energized by them
Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social President of the AFL-CIO. Oregonian. Home union IBEW. Solidarity forever! she/her #1u
Derwood @nodamnway.bsky.social Culver’s defense militia operator 
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Rachel Braunigan @rachelbraunigan.bsky.social Leftist politics, human rights, science, books, and animals. I’ve got no hot takes (She/her)
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Robert Leonard @robertleonard.bsky.social Rural Iowan. Anthropologist. Bylines in the New York Times, TIME, USA Today, The Hill, the Des Moines Register, the Iowa Capital Dispatch, the Kansas City Star, Civil Eats, and many more. I also write at Deep Midwest: https://rleonard.substack.com/
Paul Bachmann @bachmann-farm.bsky.social Central Nebraska farmer, caring the land, water, and family.
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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social Passionate fly fisher and long-time indie book publisher. Using the literary arts to better understand the Midwest since 1991. Subscribe on substack. Order at icecubepress.com
Janice Weiner @janice4iowa.bsky.social State Senator Iowa SD45. #TheCommonGood. Pro-democracy. Former city councilor. Former U.S. State Dept FSO. Mother of 2, grandma to 1.
David Cwiertny @dcwiertny.bsky.social Director CHEEC, Professor of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, University of Iowa.
Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social Higher Ed nonprofit leader. College parent. Helping college students find study away and study abroad adventures. PhD Edu. A bit short on the sugar.
Jeff Perry @jeffperryforankeny.bsky.social Ankeny City Council Member. Battle Creek, Michigan native. Western Michigan University alum. Proud Iowa Democrat. Star Trek, Metallica, and Detroit sports fan. Wells Fargo VP.
Nigel 🏳️🌈 @cooltapes42.bsky.social Horticulturalist and Conservationist
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Cindy Waitt @cindywaitt.bsky.social Former social worker. Mother to public school teacher. Director Waittviolenceprevention.org Executive Producer of award winning docs "Bully", HBO'S "Private Violence', Netflix "Audrie and Daisy".
Glo @glo-ia.bsky.social Living in the heartland of the
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Charles Walton @fromq.bsky.social Writer, Father, Christian, Foodie, Sports Fan, Music Lover
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Collin @breakfastpizza.bsky.social Iowan // Go Cards
adam @a.falk.wtf he/him | one jigger of gin per pound of body weight
Iowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com Community journalism for democracy. We're a non-profit news site dedicated to hard-hitting and fair coverage of state government and politics.
Foggy Hog Farm @foggyhog.bsky.social Your local farm, practicing Regenerative Agriculture in the PNW. Find us at Pike Place Farmers Market.
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Based in NYC.
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Librarian by Day 🏳️🌈 @librarianbyday.bsky.social She/her. Iowa. Libraries. Workplace well-being. Dog Mom. Crafty. Sometimes serious. Sometimes silly.
Personal account, obviously.
https://librarianbyday.net/
Charlie Wishman @charliewishman.bsky.social President, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. Member, IAM 254. Just a dad of two awesome kids.
New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Sci-Fi, History, the labor movement.
pouterpuff girl @celestbian.bsky.social lesbian poet & helicopter cat mom. grad student in public policy working in permanent supportive housing services.
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Greg Hauenstein @greghauenstein.com Freelance photojournalist and founder of Moonshot Images. I'm also a 9-5 web developer, musician, and a long-suffering Pittsburgh Pirates fan.
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Rachel Mummey @rachelmummey.bsky.social 
Dana James @danajames.bsky.social 🎤 “Set our eyes west, chase the sunset . . . “ 🎵🎼🎶
Douglas W. Burns @douglaswburns.bsky.social 4th-generation Iowa journalist. Fmr. Carroll Times Herald owner. Writes The Iowa Mercury column on Substack. Founder Mercury Boost, advertising and PR
Craig Teague @cmteague.bsky.social Husband, dad, prof, chemist. Interim acad admin, block plan, POGIL, fac dev. Midwesterner, baseball fan, musician, geography nerd. Deconstructing Christian, former Republican. I work at Cornell College, but views my own.
Art Cullen @artcullen.bsky.social Editor, Storm Lake (Iowa) Times Pilot, stormlake.com Pulitzer Prize winner.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Raymond Baker @raybake.bsky.social Life-long Iowa Democrat. Reader. Writer. Gardener. Camper. Supporter of National Parks. Believer in Social Justice, protecting Democracy, Women's Rights, walking humbly, and volunteering. Political. History buff. English Cream Goldendoodles. 
Mitch(ell) Lingo, Ph.D. @mitchlingo.bsky.social Education Research. Director, Board of ICCSD. Views expressed are my own and do not represent my employer, any funding entity, or the District represented.
Jacob Serfling @jserf.bsky.social Des Moines resident/MN raised, working towards equitable clean energy transition, dad, Iowa State grad