Lucy Kwiatek @lucykwiatek.bsky.social Friend of Blahaj, Cascadian navalist, professional worrywart, transit lover, former JO in the world's okayest Navy ('24-'26). Enjoys film photography and spicy food. Opinions my own. She/her.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney. Previously lived in Munich, New York, Moscow and London, now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Husband of Carol, groomer of Aisha.
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Juan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social Prison & police accountability lawyer at OJRC. Dream baby dream. He/Him.
Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social Political scientist. Poetry enthusiast. Author: Kicking (Duke UP, 2026); Red Card (OR Books, 2026); What Are the Olympics For? (Bristol UP 2024); NOlympians (Fernwood 2020); Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (Verso 2016) www.julesboykoff.org
Sydney Brownstone @sydbrownstone.bsky.social Investigative reporter @theseattletimes. Mostly cat hair, married to @willjames. Email: sbrownstone@seattletimes.com
Will James @willjames.bsky.social Reporter and producer
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Lost Patients (2024)
The Walk Home (2022)
Outsiders (2020)
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social Cherokee writer and journalist, check out my substack: https://gohini.substack.com/
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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com Political. Creative. Portlander. Northern Arapaho. Husband. Dad.
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Norman Brewer @nbrew24.bsky.social Retired DC journalist now living in Portland, Ore. Author of three terrorism-themed thrillers, most recently January 6: A Novel, one way I am resisting the demise of democracy. https://t.co/vKc1RcARE0 
herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social periodic posting on political economy issues, mostly charts, some shirts, weekly kittens. Sic semper tyrannis.
States vs Markets 5th edition now out: https://www.bloomsbury.com/9781350458369
Alyssa Battistoni @alybatt.bsky.social political theory @BarnardCollege: climate, Marxism, feminism. A Planet to Win at Verso; Free Gifts out now at Princeton UP https://tinyurl.com/fa8868a5
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David Binnig @binnig.bsky.social Portlander. Transportation & housing hobbyist.
Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social associate professor of political science at Ohio State University // global justice, supply chains, populism, climate change, critical theory, etc // all tweets (skeets?) produced accidentally by having my phone in a pants pocket while I walk the dog
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Doug @dougg.bsky.social No kids, three money
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social Former head of Obama Auto Task Force. Wall Street financier. Contributing Writer to NY Times Op-Ed. Morning Joe Economic Analyst. 🌐
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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social First Amendment attorney at FIRE. Opinions are my own.
Glonzo Barnett III @husseman.bsky.social Business person and freelance journalist | Sports and Oregon politics, somehow | Formerly The Only Liberal on the City Council | Subscribe to your local news outlet | Culture is defined by what we tolerate
it's me 🫠 @thayet.net gay, stupid, ne'er-do-well, pro-skub
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Henry Brannan @henrybrannan.bsky.social Investigative reporter @StreetRoots.bsky.social.
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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social Official account of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos (she/ella), representing East Portland’s District 1.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social Justice reporter at NOTUS
Left Coast Reads 📚🌹 @leftcoastreads.bsky.social 📍 Portland, OR
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social Read me: HamiltonNolan.com
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Theresa Kaminski @theresakaminski.bsky.social Free-range historian specializing in scrappy women in American history. Book on Jane Grant and The New Yorker in progress. Queen of the West: The Life and Times of Dale Evans out now. 
Cornell ILR School @cornellilr.bsky.social The ILR School at Cornell University: Transforming the future of work by preparing leaders, informing policy and improving the lives of workers. 🌟 #CornellILR
Michael Dembrow @formersendembrow.bsky.social Living in Portland, Oregon. Recently Former State Senator. Former Chair of Education, Environment, and Workforce committees. Still very committed to improving prison education, support for our immigrant neighbors, & the Cascade Festival of African Films.
Spendy Criddler @crazydream.bsky.social I don’t call 911
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social EconProf, UMass Amherst
Robinson, Keynes, Meiksins Wood, Rothschild & Matthöfer Prizes | Harvard Associate in Research | 2023 TIME100 Next
Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com Freedom through Truth for Service.
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data over politics, no tolerance for political BS.
thousands of interviews | trusted by every White House administration.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com He/Him. I work on security, borders, and migration at the Washington Office on Latin America (my views, not necessarily theirs). I'm also at wola.org, adamisacson.com, borderoversight.org, Mastodon elefanti.co/@adam
Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social Staff writer @Forbes covering tech and artificial intelligence. I write The Prompt, a newsletter on all things AI. Tips: rshrivastava@forbes.com or Signal: rashis.17.
Phoebe Liu @pheebini.bsky.social @forbes tech + money reporter / @forbesunion / 📧 pliu@forbes.com / HaWWWWWWWks
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Densho @denshoproject.bsky.social Preserves and shares history of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans to promote equity and justice today.
Hide @wutherering.bsky.social Housing, PDX, etc
Austin Campbell @acampbellnews.bsky.social Investigative reporter covering government accountability, national security, and military systems.
Bylines in The Intercept, The Washington Post, Military.com and more.
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Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social An award-winning, investigative weekly street newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn income opportunities.
Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social Writing about the money behind Silicon Valley at IFR
Author of OPUS, published by Simon & Schuster
“Vividly told and excellently researched" - Financial Times
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Kelli Caldwell @kellicaldwell.bsky.social My essay "Mom's Last Gun" @ The Marshall Project | Mental health and GV advocate | Substack: kellicaldwell | Award-winning Songwriter | Kids' music profile is @kelliwellikids | Grammy voter | JLSC Grand Prize | ISC Win | JMA Win
Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social Chicagoan. Research interests in race, environmental justice, and transportation issues in Latine communities.
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Lillian Mongeau Hughes @lmonghughes.bsky.social Homelessness and mental health reporter at The Oregonian: https://www.oregonlive.com/topic/homelessness/index.html
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Words are my jam.
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Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social BikePortland.org founder 🚲. Basketball coach 🏀. North Portlander.
Donovan Scribes @donovanscribes.bsky.social Award-winning word constructionist.
THE BLACK BYLINE @ Portland Mercury
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Kate Kaye @katekaye.bsky.social Personal account. Researching algorithmic & surveillance tech in Portland, OR at RedtailMedia.org. Creator of Trust Control podcast. 25 yrs as a journo reporting on data use, AI, etc. Music nerd, forest walker, raptor watcher NY Mets fan. KEEPIN THAT PMA.
Reza H. Akbari @rezahakbari.bsky.social PhD Candidate AU History - Program Manager IWPR MENA - Iranian-American - inforezaakbari@gmail.com - I write The Guarded Domains, a Substack newsletter focused on Iran and the broader Middle East region. https://guardeddomains.substack.com
The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research.
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Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social Open Source Investigator. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
Stuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social Author of Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves (@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social, 2026) and Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed Policing (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2019)
ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com Senior editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor
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Oregon Center for Public Policy @ocppnews.bsky.social We believe all Oregonians deserve a real opportunity to thrive. This won’t be achieved by accident or by chance. Good public policy is essential.
Ben Tarnoff @bentarnoff.com my latest book is MUSKISM, co-authored with Quinn Slobodian: https://bookshop.org/p/books/muskism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-ben-tarnoff/3d177fb9349a79ff
@emily-vwg.bsky.social @emily-vwg.bsky.social I think we should institute a floating tax point based on however much it will cost to fill all societal needs
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info The resistance team for the U.S. Department of Labor. Not an official government account. #resist #AltGov #NoKings ❌👑
Madison Moskowitz @moskwtz.bsky.social NE Portlander, 5th gen Oregonian, Wyden staffer turned nonprofit advocate trying to house the people & build a better city. YIMBY renter, new ebiker 🪩✨ antifascist and proud of it. No content/engagement is reflective of/endorsed by my employer! she/her
Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social Politics reporter, guitar botherer. Luckiest hub and dad to Mr. Bugs aka The Moopus aka Mr. Moops or Mr. Moopus. Former @thedailybeast
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Maxine Bernstein @maxbernstein.bsky.social Oregonian reporter covering federal court, criminal justice 
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
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Visceral Candy @visceralcandy.bsky.social Recovering musician. PDX via Seattle. Books is good (not many people are aware of this).
Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social Podcast suprema @taxjustice.net Producer and host of the Taxcast. I direct Justicia ImPositiva, Impôts et Justice Sociale, É Da Sua Conta, الجباية ببساطة Unequal India Decoded, & The Corruption Diaries. All available here: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/
Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org South-led global coalition for tax justice 🌍
https://linktr.ee/globaltaxjustice
Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net We believe our tax systems are our most powerful tools for creating a just society that gives equal weight to the needs of everyone. Every day, we inspire and equip people and governments to reprogramme their tax systems. taxjustice.net
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Lori Regattieri @followlori.bsky.social Advisor Green Screen Coalition • PhD Communications UFRJ (Brasil) • Former Senior Fellow AI @Mozilla • Climate Justice • Political economy of AI • Espírito Santo/Brasília, Brasil https://olink.ai/eco-midia
Lookout Eugene-Springfield @lookout-es.bsky.social 
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social He/him. Ephemera collector, idea connector. Anti-fascism, graphic design, Zen Buddhism, leftist politics, neo-Luddism, and more. I have friends everywhere. https://www.etsy.com/shop/WesternBarbarian
Saul Elbein @saulelbein.bsky.social Rooted cosmopolitan. Uncovering stories to build broad coalitions around clean water and soil for all Texans. Co-publisher of Heat Death with @asherelbein.bsky.social.
Ann ❌ 👑 @annsteve.bsky.social Teacher, science geek, artist, gardener, & dog mom in beautiful Oregon. 💚💙
Stronger Together
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quiet enough @quietenough.bsky.social Unapologetically antifascist. PNW.
Ain't scared.
Dacia Grayber @djgrayber.bsky.social Oregon State Representative. Union Firefighter. Mom. Likes lifting heavy things, running far, nerdy policy. Personal account.
Resolute sin of empathy practitioner.
violaaa @violaadunca.bsky.social Vacillating between libbing out and wishing I did enough mutual aid to think the anarchists are right.
I'm a real centrist, I guess.
cis-het happily married oldish white lady, Chinook land
Farrah Chaichi @chaichiforor.bsky.social 🗳️ Campaign Account
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. LA Podcast co-host, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la 🔥
Kaz @kazlefay.bsky.social Words Are My Thing | Journalist | Author | Vermonter
Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social News reporter at @portlandmercury.com
Sometimes @theguardian.com
Also in Street Roots, The Nation, more.
Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social gallows humorist
David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social Journalist/author based in the Pacific Northwest. Enemy of fascists, friend of whales. Author of ‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s War on American Democracy’ and nine other books. Subscribe to my work at https://davidneiwert.substack.com/.
Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social Historian | In the Land of the Lacandón | Backpack Ambassadors | Riding the New Wave | Transnational Histories of Youth | Portland | Pacific University
Anastasia Mason @anastasiacmason.bsky.social State Gov Reporter - Statesman Journal
Dianne Lugo @diannelugo.bsky.social Legislative and equity reporter for the Salem Statesman Journal 🏛️| She/Her | Videogame nerd, twin, biologist | former Angeleno | signal: diannel.07
Krista Geary @gearygirl77.bsky.social Reader, depression sufferer, feminist, childfree cat lady, francophone, tutor, philomath. She/her/elle. Tail-end Gen Xer. Proud Portlander, even in unincorporated Washington County. Aunt Tifa, my nephew gave me the t-shirt.
George Chidi, Evil Reporter @neonflag.bsky.social Journalist for The Guardian (and occasionally Rolling Stone) in Atlanta, covering politics and the odd Young Thug tidbit. Massive D&D nerd. Veteran. #AddToBlackSky Signal: George_Chidi.80