Deborah Wage @wagedj.bsky.social Deborah Wage
Painter & author
Co-author of The Perfect Birth Myth (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Working at the intersection of art, systems thinking, and maternal health. (And I knit)
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Ariana Thompson-Lastad @ariana-tl.bsky.social Integrative health equity, primary care, qualitative & multilingual research, structural competency. Medical sociologist faculty member @ UCSF School of Medicine in my day job. Parenting, plants, moving water, domestic worker movement & activism.
Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social Mom. Advocate. Lifelong Southern Arizonan. Candidate for #AZ07.
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com adventurer
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Clinical Psychologist. Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Calgary. Author.
New book: https://a.co/d/06FboJTN
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Ryan Gutenkunst @ryangutenkunst.bsky.social Computational population geneticist, evolutionary systems biologist, Department Head, educator, mentor, father, husband, triathlete, alpine skier.
http://gutengroup.mcb.arizona.edu
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Ann Montgomery @ifbywhiskey.ca Repro health and justice fan
Midwife-turned-writer
PhD Epidemiology UofT 🇨🇦
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Ellen Kuwana, MS (#SciComm) @ellenkuwana.bsky.social Science & medical writer/editor (>400 manuscripts, $89B grant in grant proposals). Public speaker. Writing coach. Expert on APA, plain language. Interests: editing, AI ethics, chocolate. If I've helped you, thank me here, https://buymeacoffee.com/ellenkuw
Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social Writer in nyc. Space nerd. Mars is a Hellhole. Bylines in NYT’s, The Atlantic, Wired, Esquire, Longreads, & others. Anti fascist. Opinions are mine. Climate by day.
signal: shannonstirone.78
https://natureofthings.substack.com/
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Julian A Nowogrodzki @plantnerd.bsky.social Science editor at @sentientmedia.org covering the intersection of food and climate
Words in Nature, NYTimes, MIT Tech Review & more
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Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social Science writer. Book on hobbits and human origins coming 2027. Editor PBS Eons. History of science PhD.
Rachel Henderson, PhD @rachelhenderson.bsky.social Freelance science writer with expertise in neuroscience, biology, institutional communications, and higher ed. She/her #scicomm
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Claire McCarthy @clairem402.bsky.social scientist with a PhD in toxicology | views are my own
Gemma Milne @gemmamilne.bsky.social Writer, researcher • STS, economic sociology, political economy of deep tech • University of Glasgow & Edinburgh • Author of ‘Smoke & Mirrors’
Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com Univ. of Manchester Prof of Synoptic Meteorology, educator, scientist
Author: Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist
Free online climate course: "Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes"
Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social Writer. Comms person.
Mostly sci/tech/health.
Sometimes music/food/culture.
Lifelong Eagles fan from the South. (We exist!)
Let’s make the South better, y’all.
Stuff I write for fun here: https://medium.com/@shiplives
Cathleen O'Grady @cathleenogrady.bsky.social Science journo, mainly at @science.org, writing about science & society, research integrity, and other places where the scientific rubber hits the road.
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Jennifer Tsang @jtsangwrites.bsky.social Freelance science writer, microbiologist at heart.
Blogging at The Microbial Menagerie microbialmenagerie.com
Content marketing for life science companies
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Dr Nicola Parry @vetpathophile.bsky.social 🔬| DVM, Vet Pathologist |
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Kavya Devarakonda, PhD @kdevarakonda.bsky.social Scientific writer/editor | Neuroscientist | 👩🏽🌾 🧶 🦅 | Work with me: www.kavyadevarakonda.com
Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk Freelance writing, consultancy, evidence, editing and data analysis. Fuelled by Yorkshire tea ☕️
Lindy Whitehouse @lindywhitehouse.bsky.social Freelance science writer and communications consultant, passionate about climate, conservation, and the environment. PhD in Biology. She/her
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Helen Sonner @helensonner.bsky.social Medical writer by vocation and cultural historian by avocation. More often than not, these are one and the same. Enjoying the blue sky.
Max G. Levy @maxlevy.bsky.social ✍️freelance science journalist: Wired, Quanta, TED-Ed & elsewhere
cofounder @sequencermag.bsky.social
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Margaret Osborne @margaretosborne.bsky.social Freelance science writer, editor, reporter and producer
Clips in Smithsonian, Live Science, WSHU Public Radio, Yale Medicine
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Leila Okahata @leilaokahata.bsky.social science writer & communicator @ University of Oregon | covering biosciences, health, technology | ucla '23 microbio | uo '27 immersive media | she/her
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Gieljan de Vries @gieljandevries.bsky.social Writes about science, specialises in physics, nuclear and astro — ideally all at the same time. Em-dasher, forever-DM. Bluesky account #188,507, born at 338 ppm CO2. Dutch & English. He / him.
Naomi Ruff @ruffdraft.bsky.social Editor and writer helping scientists communicate clearly and effectively at ruffdraftwriting.com | reader, gardener, volunteer | still trying to find the best balance between facing the world and hiding with cute animal pictures
Malissa Rodenburg @malissaonthemove.bsky.social Science Writer
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Robert Lr @roblawrencium.bsky.social Science Editor/Writer in the Hudson Valley | Academia | DataViz | ASD Dad | NY transplant from UT/AZ
Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social Science writer, editor, and proofreader in Chicago. Books, dogs, comedy. (she/her) www.heyjennajay.com
Catherine Dold @catherinedold.bsky.social Freelance science writer/editor: health, biopharm, addiction. Coauthor, The Recovery Book. ASJA Outstanding Book Award. NYU SHERP. SWARM. RVer. Boulder, Colorado
Wendy Haaf @wendyhaaf.bsky.social Health and medical writer, dog and cat servant
Leslie Anthony @docleslie.bsky.social Biologist and science/environment/adventure travel writer for Canadian Geographic and others, tracking the intersecting climate and biodiversity crises; my books stray into fields like herpetology, invasive species and... skiing (weird, eh?).
Melanie Newfield @melanienewfield.bsky.social Science and environment writer and communicator. Loves to talk about risk. Obsessed with plants and hopes to one day see every species of eucalypt.
I make the science behind important issues accessible here: https://theturnstone.substack.com
Ada Hagan, Ph.D. @dradawrites.bsky.social Making Science Accessible @ alliancescc.com | Intersectional Feminist, Trekie, #scimom, microbiologist, #ADHD, & writing coach | Oxford comma advocate
Dr. Marissa Civic @stemfactually.com Owner of STEM Factually | Inorganic Chemist | Former Professor | NY, US
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Science Store: https://bit.ly/4hDb2HH
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Damiana Chiavolini @damianachiavolini.bsky.social Health writer, academic editor, writing instructor, microbiologist, subject matter expert.
Member of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) and National Association of Science Writers (NASW).
Portfolio: clippings.me/damianachi
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios.
Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social Psychology & behavior genetics. Author of THE GENETIC LOTTERY (2021) and ORIGINAL SIN (2026). Speaking as an individual.
Alison McFadden @profamcf.bsky.social Prof Mother and Infant Public Health, Mother and Infant Research Unit (MIRU), University of Dundee. Passionate about midwifery, infant feeding and health equity for mothers and babies globally. Chair UNICEF-UK Baby Friendly Qualifications Board
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
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Heritage Crafts Ltd @handle.invalid Producing beautiful counted cross stitch kits since 1987.
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A/Prof Elaine Burns @elaineburns.bsky.social Mother, midwife, feminist, researcher. Associate Professor of Midwifery. Creating enabling environments for breastfeeding and post birth care.
Dianne Patterson Ph.D. @diannepat.bsky.social University of Arizona:
- RII Neuroimaging Staff Scientist
- Program Coordinator & Instructor for the Neuroimaging Methods Certificate: https://cogsci.arizona.edu/programs/neuroimaging-certificate
- Faculty Lead for OpenClass.ai
- I support DEI
Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social Husband, Father, Grandfather, Datahound, Dog lover, Fan of Celtic music, Former NIGMS director, Former EiC of Science, Stand Up for Science advisor, Shananigator, Pittsburgh, PA
NIH Dashboard: https://jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.github.io/index.html
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
All4Maternity @all4maternity.bsky.social 🌟 AWARD WINNING online learning platform for midwives & ALL maternity workers, incorporating The Practising Midwife (TPM) journal, TPM Australia and The Student Midwife journal. PLUS a HUB & App! Owned by midwives Sheena & Anna Byrom
Andrew J. Steinmetz @ajsteinmetz.com Physics Ph.D., Academic Professional at #GeorgiaTech, and #UniversityOfArizona alumnus. I love ⚛️ physics, 🌌 astronomy and all 🧪 sciences! (views my own) https://ajsteinmetz.github.io/
University of Arizona BIO5 Institute @uazbio5.bsky.social Research institute @ University of Arizona 🧫 🌵📚. We connect & mobilize top researchers to solve complex health & environmental challenges & train next-gen scientists.
Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net We mobilize the fight for science and democracy - because science is for everyone! 🧬🧪🌎
Donate here: https://bit.ly/SUFS_GIVING
Learn more ⬇️
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Emma Courtney @emmaccourtney.bsky.social PhD candidate at CSHL in Cancer Biology
Co-founder of @scopepolicy.bsky.social, @sciforgood.bsky.social
Previously co-founder of Stand Up for Science
Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @standupforscience.net
Standupforscience.net substack.com/@sciencefightclub
PhD in Clinical Psychology
"Colette is brass knuckles...w/ spikes tipped in poison"
“Delusional broad”
"Lady Switchblade"
“Ditsy socialist liberal”
leslie berntsen, ph.d. 😷 👩🏽🏫 🇳🇮 @leslie-bern.bsky.social Founder @stemedify.bsky.social, core organizer @standupforscience.bsky.social • Psych Ph.D., Latina Sinvergüenza™️, y disabled nightmare dressed like a daydream ✨ • “Like Regina George but for a good cause”
📍Los Angeles | 🔗 https://www.leslie-bern.com
jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io fulbright scholar (milan, italy 🇮🇹) | @hhmi-science.bsky.social gilliam postdoc @ case western | interests: genome org & function 🧬 | 🏡 co-founder @sciforgood.bsky.social | jpflores.rbind.io
Sam Goldstein @samschuelstein.bsky.social PhD student at UF🐊| IPV-TBI multimorbidity intervention & recovery research for♀️| #rstats stan| co-founder @sciforgood.bsky.social 🔬| 90s kid/OG millennial 🤙🏼| SoCal gal ☀️| Milspouse ⚓| Mama 🧒🏼👶🏻🐶🐺| (she/her)
*views my own
stemEDify @stemedify.bsky.social A "teach tank" from @leslie-bern.bsky.social. Dedicated to applying social science in pursuit of a better world—within and beyond the scientific community
Workshops + consulting • Co-organizing @standupforscience.bsky.social
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SCOPE Policy @scopepolicy.bsky.social Science Careers & Opportunities in Policy and Education. Developing policy-aware scientists.
https://linktr.ee/scopepolicy
www.scopepolicy.org
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Karen Trister Grace @ktristergrace.bsky.social Asst Professor George Mason School of Nursing #Midwife #ReproductiveCoercion #ReproJustice #HealthEquity #AbortionIsHealthcare
HIGH Horizons @highhorizonseu.bsky.social Researching how extreme heat impacts pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and maternity health workers. A European Climate Cluster project.
About us: https://linktr.ee/EUHIGHHorizons
Sarah Buckley @drsarahbuckley.bsky.social Lover of birth and the Earth. Mother of four home born children. Author, Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. Medical doctor, PhD candidate studying oxytocin in childbirth
Maya Wilson @mayamidwifery.bsky.social Mum of two girls 👩🏻🤝👩🏼
Midwife & Lecturer of Midwifery at the University of Plymouth 🎓
Sharon Kathryn D'Agostino💞 @sharonkdagostino.bsky.social I believe in the power of love and compassion. Founded the story-sharing platform, SayItForward.org, where I cohost #ThePowerOfStories podcast, and AwakeningYourTrueSelf.com where I host free monthly Women’s Circles online.💕
UCD College of Health and Agricultural Science, Dublin, Ireland. @ucd-chas.bsky.social The UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences was established in 2015 and brings all of UCD’s health professionals across 5 schools, under one banner providing an exciting opportunity to exploit synergies which exist across the One Health spectrum.
Annet Kirabo D.V.M., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.A.H.A. @annetkiraboc1.bsky.social Professor @VanderbiltHealth #Hypertension, #kidney, #immunology #HostMicrobiotaInteraction. Mother of 2, wife. Associate Editor @CircRes
Prof. Hannah Dahlen AM @hannahdahlen.bsky.social Woman, mother, Professor of Midwifery, feminist, researcher, #ENOUGH
EPSU @epsu.bsky.social The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), organising 8 million public service workers across Europe.
Follow us to stay connected with their fight - and wins!
General Secretary: @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
Jodine Chase @jodinechase.bsky.social Comms professional using powers for good to advance infant and maternal health with a focus on #birthresearch and #IYCFE
Also support a family-owned specialty coffee business.
Moira McLean @moiramcl.bsky.social Nearly retired midwifery lecturer PMA .passionate about improving bereavement care .Book reader,dog lover !
Karl J.W. Johnston @kjwj.bsky.social I promote nursing and allied healthcareers in the Northwest Territories, Canada
Marketing Strategist, Creative Healthcare Talent Headhunter
Tech: Front End Development & Accessibility
Founding Member 🐙 Movement
António @akwyz.com Atos Future of Work Expert. Helping Talent & Customers growth. Founder of axschat podcast, DTLabUCC. Accessibility Team. Sustainability, Sociologist🇪🇺 Cork, Ireland. 🥇European Digital Mindset Award Winner. A Portuguese in Ireland. Member of Volt Ireland.🇮🇪
CardioOB @cardioob.bsky.social Source for #CardioObstetrics education
#CardioSky #MedSky #ACCRepOB #ACCCardioOB
Rodante van der Waal @rodantevanderwaal.bsky.social Midwife in Amsterdam I Academic I Abortion, obstetric violence, abolition, reproductive justice I Author of Birth Justice: From Obstetric Violence to Abolitionist Care 🌞 www.rodantevanderwaal.com
Kathi Wilson 🇨🇦 @midwifek.bsky.social Retired midwife and professor, socialist, feminist, settler trying to live lightly on stolen land. Fighting for reproductive justice. Louise Penny lover. Knitting and gardening. Pissy ol' woman. 🚫 DMs 🚫 porn 🚫 crypto
Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social Clinical Academic Midwife. Consultant, Teacher & Researcher. Breech Specialist ❤️🍑. Available for short-term clinical research visits (up to 3mos) to support your team to build newer, safer breech birth skills. https://makingbirthsafer.optibreech.uk/courses
Maeve O'Connell @thelovelymaeve.bsky.social Academic Midwife in Cork, Ireland https://bsky.app/profile/uccnursmid.bsky.social
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r-r6BJ4AAAAJ&hl=en
Jenny Carter @jennycarter33.bsky.social Midwife and postdoctoral researcher dedicated to improving the care of women at risk of preterm birth through research and clinical collaboration.
Luisa Eggenschwiler @leggens.bsky.social PostDoc @unibasel | Research consultant @university hostpital basel |
Midwife 👩🏼⚕️🤰🏽🤱🏾 | 💜 Research on midwifery staffing (she/her)
#Hebammenwissenschaft #workforce
MacArthur Medical Center @macarthurmed.bsky.social MacArthur Medical Center offers specialized care in obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, and weight management, among other services. Serving the DFW area, we are dedicated to empowering women, educating children, and providing innovative patient care.
Alice Sanson @alicesanson.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Regensburg. Curious about the maternal brain alterations in conditions of neglect with a special love for the Nucleus Accumbens 🧠
AG Maternal Regensburg @agmaternal.bsky.social Research group studying the beautiful maternal brain 🐭Based in Regensburg, Germany 🇩🇪
Led by @olibosch.bsky.social
PhD students: @annika-koeck.bsky.social and @sarasheibani.bsky.social
Marc Bernstein @marcbernstein261.bsky.social MSc Politics & BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy & History Birkbeck University of London, Civil Servant From & live in London Uk. politics History & intl affairs, Culture, Jewish life, Soccer. Also on here to make friends. Straight Single & Jewish
Dr Jenny Hall @drjennyhall-5.bsky.social Not slowing down yet midwife,educator,researcher,author,editor, Worshipper,trying to make a difference. My views only. https://midwifery-quilt.co.uk/
Julie West @juleswest1313.bsky.social Showing up and doing the things you love says to an authoritarian, “You have no place to root here.”
Heather Cox Richardson
RN, highrisk OB, healthcare IT . Advocate for maternal-infant health. MPS, Clinton Presidential School.
Sarah Foley @sarah-foley.bsky.social Lecturer in Applied Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction, University College Cork, Ireland.
www.inpqr.net
Lorna Low @lornalow.bsky.social Royal College of Midwives National Officer in Scotland.
Rebeccah Davies @bexbell.bsky.social Midwife, Activist, Ex President of the Royal College of Midwives, Mother, Staffside Chair, Branch Secretary and full time Steward for the RCM. Passionate in my support of Midwives and MSW' s to provide safe and compassionate care always.
thru the pinard podcast @thruthepinard.bsky.social a conversational podcast with @academic-liz.bsky.social with midwives & other birth professionals about their studies/ research & how its changing our practice globally
location-unceded Kaurna Land- Adelaide
Dr Sara Bayes PhD RN RM @sarabayes.bsky.social Midwife & scientist in Australia. I do research on keeping midwives in midwifery, the impact of midwifery care on women/other birthing ppls' experiences & outcomes, and implementation of innovation in maternity care.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7121-9593
@phdmidwives.bsky.social @phdmidwives.bsky.social Global resource and support for midwives working towards PhD. Join to connect with other #PhDMidwives .
LinkedIn - PhD Midwives group
Co host @academic-liz.bsky.social
Kate Griffiths @kategrif.bsky.social Midwife, Royal College of Midwives Regional Officer, Mother of Five
College of Midwives of Ontario @cmo-osfo.bsky.social We regulate more than 1,000 midwives in Ontario. Our work ensures that anyone who chooses midwifery services can trust and feel confident in that choice.
www.cmo.on.ca
Nafiza Anwar RGN RM BSc BScM MSc MA FRCM FNF Scholar @nafizaanwar.bsky.social Nurse Midwife
Director and Co Founder Association of South Asian Midwives
Passionate about tackling Inequalities in Maternal Health
Positive Disruptor
Cancer Fighter
@mfh-research.bsky.social @mfh-research.bsky.social Host to the Tommy's research centre. A team of researchers, clinicians & midwives researching pregnancy problems & solutions.
Part of The University of Manchester and NHS MFT.
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation @inmoirl.bsky.social We are 51,000 proud nurses and midwives across Ireland, standing together for fairness at work and a better health service. #SafeStaffingSavesLives
International Confederation of Midwives @internationalmidwives.org The global voice of midwives
Learn more: www.internationalmidwives.org
Dr ADB @adbphd.bsky.social co-founder of Midwifery is Public Health conference, sociologist, womanist, ‘grand midwives' enthusiast, sister, full prof @pitzer; lover of mini schnauzers