David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Ryan Ricard @firewally.bsky.social When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:
"I don't want the world, I just want your half"
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Mars Octavian @northofnow.bsky.social They/Them. White. South MPLS. Queer AF. English teacher. Library lover. Anarcosocialist.
Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social Minister for Climate Justice, Arlington Street Church, singer-songwriter, author @nosycrowus.bsky.social, Cambridge, MA (Massachusett land). He/him. Info & events: https://linktr.ee/revfredsmall
Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social Wife of @alysemayequade.bsky.social, mom, reproductive justice advocate, MN State Senator, and John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Winner (along with my Twin Cities neighbors). Reposts aren’t endorsements.
Jenizie @jenizie.bsky.social Recovering mathematician. Transportation data nerd. Cellist. Mom. She/her. I have a cello, a kid, two partners, three cats, a large quantity of (some say way too many) books, and a never-ending fascination with trains, buses, and ferries.
Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social Minneapolis resident, polymath, web pioneer, former 📺 blogger, ⚾️ fan, SF fan, fanfic & fanvid fan, disabled, AuDHD, grey-ace, 💔 widow, COVID cautious. (she/her)
Ways to contact me or help me: https://linktr.ee/LaurelKrahn ❤️🩹
Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social Artist
PRINTS! https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ravenkult/
http://www.cotronis.com
https://linktr.ee/cotronis
Jen Antila @jenantila.bsky.social On Anishinaabe land. In a love/hate relationship with (fill in governmental entity here).
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Defenestration Now @windelina.bsky.social The speckled hopping Windelina, while endangered, should not be presumed to be defenseless. Attack modes include:
- Singing Broadway musical show tunes until you comply with the sing along
- dronking all your whiskey
- ranting about late stage capitalism
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com climate scientist
posts 100% my own
🇨🇦 is my home
distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech
chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy
board member, Smithsonian NMNH
advisor, Lawson Climate Inst UofT
alumna, UToronto and UIUC
author, Saving Us
@penguintreats.bsky.social @penguintreats.bsky.social 
Joyful Riders Club @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social 
Speaker Växjö Åberg @jarrin.net Complainer.
Nerd Nite: Twin Cities @nerdnitetc.bsky.social Once a month we gather the nerdy denizens of the Twin Cities to exchange knowledge and consume beer.
Cookie Puss @cookiepuss42.bsky.social 
Erin Murphy @epmurphymn.bsky.social Minnesotan. Registered Nurse. Mom. Senate Majority Leader. The answer to the cynicism in our politics is us. 💙
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
Subscribe to support my journalism www.erininthemorning.com
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Gwyn Alcock @gwynalcock.bsky.social Be a good human, solve problems, watch out for stupid people. Seeking grace. Archaeologist, editor.
FM/ME/CFS, never enough spoons.
Four-word epitaph: I had a coupon. She/her
Sarah aka Millie @shotgunmillie.bsky.social Former derby skater 🛼
Current avid reader (mostly romance 💞) and lifter of heavy things 💪
Childless cat lady to Opie & Colona 😻😻
Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social Scottish comic/writer/actor with confusing accent, absolutely not insecure about it. She/her. My book out now! Show for '26: The Mermaid https://linktr.ee/eleanormorton
Eleanor & Alasdair Read That on Spotify
support me: https://ko-fi.com/eleanormorton
@silkblade.bsky.social @silkblade.bsky.social 
Seth Sweep @sethew.bsky.social 
Eight Knives @caitnundrum.bsky.social 
@watterflower.bsky.social @watterflower.bsky.social 
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
@kkazkaz.bsky.social @kkazkaz.bsky.social 
Wil Wheaton @itswilwheaton.bsky.social I'm just this guy, you know?
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
rowan 🏳️⚧️ {bsky node} @storybead.bsky.social they/she
alignment: chaotic femme
too femme to be masc, too butch to be femme, too quiet to be butch, too queer to be quiet
I Hoped There'd Be Stars @hopedtheredbestars.bsky.social Gen X Whovian, writer, crafter, cranky feminist, and cat lover. Communicates largely through memes. My initials are N.L. and I live in the great state of Minnesota.
Erin @galjazeera.bsky.social I’ve got a brand new pair of roller skates, you’ve got a brand new flea 🐕
Gwen @yay8.bsky.social I make art, love dogs, sci-fi, and sugar.
Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social Reporter, DailyKos.com, Previously Media Matters. Subscribe to http://oliverwillis.substack.com
Stoyan Stefanov @stoyan.me stoyan.me, PerfPlanet, "JavaScript Patterns", "React: Up & Running", YSlow, SmushIt. Formerly of Facebook, WebPageTest, Yahoo
ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com @ᗩᑎᗩᒪOG_Sᖴ ᖇegular ⭐ ᗯriters of the ᖴuture & ᒍim ᗷaen ᗩward Winner ⭐ Quora Top ᗯriter ⭐ Southerner from South ᗪakota ⭐
A unique voice known for inventive, thought-provoking narrative, philosophical depth, and fun!
Be excellent to each other.
Rain.Markers @rainmarkers.bsky.social I’m a boy and a girl who’s drawing the funny horrors that escape my brain. Don’t worry, they probably won’t hurt you.
She/He. Hope you can walk in the rain someday.
Sma Shmo @barcssarc.bsky.social Artist, Musician, Board Game Creator, Dog Person.
Humanist, egalitarian, leftist; cis, polyam, fierce LGBTQ+ ally; antifash, antiracist.
Trans people are real and trans rights are human rights.
86-Kevin-5309 @86kevin5309.bsky.social 
Sarah/Tickles/Ingileif/Dubs @sarahewilson.bsky.social 
Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social One of many, many people with this particular "real name".
You might know me from... IDK. College? Did we work together once? Prodigy's old math forum? debian-devel? A certain social MUSH? xoogler slack? "Making Light" comments? (he/him)
Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.
Andy “voice of Brak” Merrill. 🦋🦋🦋🦋 @amerrill2.bsky.social I do voices and stuff. I also do marketing for things. I write and produce crap and occasionally get on stage and make people laugh. I’m open for work and comic conventions.
Lyda Morehouse 🏳️🌈 @lydamorehouse.bsky.social She/they. Author of the award-winning AngeLINK series. Pseudonymously also a paranormal romance writer (Tate Hallaway).
lesbian mom, resistance fighter, otaku, rpg GM and player, nerd, gardener, friend to cats (and furries).
Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social Bespoke cartoonist. Currently working on games (mostly for Steve Jackson games) and books (fiction, non-fiction, kidlit…the usual).
Bird + Camera @doctorbluebird.bsky.social Professor, birder, photographer, hiker, community organizer, lover of rescue dogs and cats and so much more. All power to the people!
Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social A.k.a. Bryan Lambert. Former/current blogger of youaredumb.net and oldnerd.net . Political commentary, light shitposting, professional wrestling, toy photography.
All typos due to a mix of low vision and hubris.
Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov Mom, wife, daughter, and loving but distracted friend. U.S. Senator for Minnesota. Prefers window seats, donuts and MN beer (all together when possible) ✈️ 🍩🍺
Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social Urban Geographer @ UMN. Cityscape columnist @ Minnpost. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography”
jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social extremely alive cartoonist. I won an award once • http://amultiverse.com • http://goats.com • http://patreon.com/jonrosenberg • http://linktr.ee/mrjonrosenberg • he/him
Ducking Grey Duck @duckinggreyduck.bsky.social Birder, 80HD, chaotic good, 📚 lover, atheist, nerd, stitcher, cat mom, she/they, ace, liberal, Mpls-Adjacent
Pfp: cartoon of a white woman with brown hair against an aqua background. Shirt is duck duck grey duck image.
https://ko-fi.com/duckinggreyduck
Wes Flinn (now with new trombones!) @wesflinn.bsky.social Composer. Music theorist. Lowbrassman. Director of the School of Music at Louisiana Tech. In an alternate universe, the second-most popular optometrist in Bedford, Indiana. Son of Pinhook, citizen of the world. Views my own.
FakeCVG @fakecvg.bsky.social 🥽 Parody to the Max at #CVG2026! Parody with a side of sincerity. TOTALLY NOT AFFILIATED WITH CONVERGENCE 🥽
she/they
Nick Knacks @velcroking.bsky.social (he/him) Professional shit-talker, comedian, IT professional, and recovering street performer. "Award-winning."
Molly Gee @voolala.bsky.social (she/her) Card game producer, comedian, and all-around weirdo. I read a lot (mostly horror, always fiction), I swear a lot, I cook and bake a lot. Big fan of bikinis, biking, and sunshine. Antifascist. ACAB. Generative AI is for cowards. @mollydala on IG.
Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com Comics? On the INTERNET?? On WWW DOT BSKY DOT APP??
Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social Cartoonist/writer.
Nerd Inferno, Eltingville Club, Milk & Cheese, Beasts of Burden
PATREON https://www.patreon.com/evandorkin
MERCH https://www.teepublic.com/user/house-of-fun
IG instagram.com/evandorkin
PODCAST: https://tearthemapartpodcast.home.blog
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social a giddy little thrill
at a reasonable price
🇵🇸
Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Not a customer service desk. (I do not book guests for NPR. Beware of scams.)
Streets.mn @streets.mn Streets.mn fosters positive connections and inclusive conversations about better places in Minnesota.
SpainCo @spainco.bsky.social Minnesota (he/him)
I wrangle IT folks for a living.
Whatever hobby I have this week is not the one I had last week.
Hard drive noises 🥞 @roguelike.bsky.social I do the Pixel art, game development, procedural generatings. I love all of the cats. Pancakes 🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🏳️🌈
Steam Deck and Friends @steamdeck.bsky.social Steam deck and friends gaming, tips & tricks
Not official SteamDeck account 
Liz Argall @lizargall.bsky.social Co-founder of Ngombor. A community owned and operated organization in NW Uganda, in an Ebola high risk zone. ngombor.org, https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ngombors-sustainable-future
I’m also a cartoonist and author.
@bizarroclair.bsky.social @bizarroclair.bsky.social 
John Reed @johnwreed.bsky.social Nerd. Photographer. Drummer. Former roller derby volunteer. Apologies for my lack of regular posting…
Lilith @nicepersonality.social Certified Queer Elder™ (she/her). South Minneapolis. Black metal crone. Eventually successful roller derby retiree. I make websites for humans. Garak/Bashir OTP. Magneto was right. Dismantle DHS, abolish CBP, prosecute ICE
Alex Russell @infrequently.org Trying to make a web that works for everyone.
Also at https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff
For more: https://infrequently.org/about-me/
https://infrequently.org/
Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com I want you to win and be happy. Code, OSS, STEM, Beyoncé, T1D, open source artificial pancreases, Portland, 3D printing http://hanselminutes.com inclusive tech podcast! VP/Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft/GitHub 🌮
http://hanselman.com/about
Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk Senior Correspondent @theverge.com ║ Sign up to Notepad, my weekly newsletter on Microsoft's big bets at http://theverge.com/notepad ║ Tips? msg me on Signal: tomwarren.01
Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social I work on the Windows engineering team at Microsoft and help with feedback for Start menu, Settings, taskbar, input + more
You can find me on most of the other social media apps including Twitter and reddit with the same account name @jenmsft
Andy Luhrs @aluhrs.com Principal Product Manager working on Microsoft Edge working on stuff that web developers care about. He/Him.
cats with confusing aura @catswithaura.bsky.social Even cat can confuse “us”.
State of Minnesota @minnesota.bsky.social The 32nd state of the United States.
1st state on Bluesky 🦋
✸ 🇺🇸 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙: May 11, 1858
✸ 📍 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙡: St. Paul
✸ 📜 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤: L'Étoile du Nord
✸ 🌎 𝘿𝙖𝙠𝙤𝙩𝙖: Mni Sóta Makoce
John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social Voice of F1rst Wrestling and various other detritus. Movies, traveling, board games, bicycling, women’s sports, Star Wars & 007. Owns more Lego than most children.
🌎: Saint Paul, Minnesota.
https://linktr.ee/johnmaddening
Skeetlet @skeetlet.bsky.social cat & cheese & skiing & gin & coffee & starwar & scotch & knitting & wrasslin & vengabus enthusiast who picks up heavy things and is very cruel to rocks
she/they - queer - crusty millennial - adhd chaos gremlin - minnesota bullshit - former robydoby
Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com Bikes. Kids. Saint Paul. Egg Tacos. Coffee. 1/3 of @MischiefToy.com. Sworn enemy of Summit Ave boulevard trees. Blogging about bikes @ marshallwords.com. AI & X users get unfollowed. he/him
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
April King @april.social Staff Security Engineer at some random tech company, previously Mozilla, Dropbox, LinkedIn, and (pre-Elon) Twitter. Has read @kateconger.bsky.social’s autobiography.
web @ grayduck.mn // also github.com/april
Mischief Toy Store @mischieftoy.com Saint Paul’s Toy Store. Find us in the real world at 818 Grand Ave or http://MischiefToy.com. Play & be ungovernable.
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social He/him. Electrical engineer, former Iowan, St Paulinator. I wanna bike with the cool kids and form parasocial relationships with cats online
Pig's Sky, MN
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social Lvl 50 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Frogman. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
SherryJ @facilitatorsher.bsky.social Spinner of neuroqueer tales & weaver of counter-narratives. Feisty about sustainability, transportation justice, and localism.