Ted E. Bear Leonard @tedebear55.bsky.social 🇺🇲Expat retiree living in Finland🇫🇮
Ex-Roadie to The Stars
Ex-Hubby to my Soulmate
Proud Dad to 3 beautiful adults, one special needs
Hippie
Humanitarian
Abhors oligarchs
Too poor to pay attention
🚫Crypto
🚫Porn
🚫Bimbos
🚫 MAGAts
Empty bio=BLOCK
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Tess @tessen.bsky.social Book reader, crazy cat lady, tired of all this bullshit. No DMs. 🌈🏈
Steve Gallagher💙💚 @steveg26.bsky.social Canadian, Retired, 74 Years on Planet Earth!
Widowed. Adult Orphan.
Father of Daughters, Brother of Sisters.
Still Pleased to be on the green side of the grass!
Weary of MAGA mindset 🇺🇲🗃🐴🦋 @dobiehorsemom.bsky.social Retired USAF Vet/nearly 30 years. Love reading, riding horses, Doberman time. Rural. #taco destroying USA. Defeat ALL Republicans for ICE abuses and passing UGLY bill 4 July 2025. Volunteer 1 hour a week for your soul. #pinks #bluecrew #antifa
Becky J, 💙 💙 💙 @norcal208.bsky.social NO DMs married, working grandma. democracy , from someone who's lived through it all. Independent left leaning. Live semi off grid/coast. I take care of my adult disabled son with autism, not easy but all i can do. https://venmo.com/Rebecca-Dougherty-6
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social Democrat • Antifa • #FuckICE • MAGA is a mental illness • #FuckTrump • #StrongerTogether • #Resist ▪︎ #BlueCrew • Must Love Dogs • 25 47
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Alt: @RebelB1ue2.bsky.social
TheRealSparky💙🐸🇺🇸 @funkynassau.bsky.social 💙Proud Democrat 🇺🇸💙 Resistance 💙GoBills 💙BillsMafia Sabres California 💙 Ukraine Canada 🇨🇦 Senior 💙 Springsteen-lover 🎸ImmigrantsWelcomeHere 🌈🇺🇸
DM=🚫 🦬🌊🌊🌊🏈🏒✌🏼🕊️
🚫NO PORN, NO CRYPTO 🚫
Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social Technologist, Atheist, rationalist, empiricist and non-believer in unicorns, virgin births or Brexit. I Love Linux, Science, Wine, Philosophy,the Arts, climate science, renewables and silly Jokes :-)
@codfather@fosstodon No DM's
Ace Combs Art @acecombsart.bsky.social Steam-, Diesel-, and Atom-punk artist. Born Democratic💙. Proud father and partner to rabid left wing nut-jobs. A bookish pasty-faced stay-at-home. Retired, but still making art in wood, metal, and pixels.
@hudson49.bsky.social @hudson49.bsky.social
Border Terrier Finn 🌈 2009-2024🇩🇪 @helgemnielsen.bsky.social I lived in a small village in Schleswig-Holstein, a part of 🇩🇪 Dad is my ghostwriter, he misses me very much. #BTPosse #ZSHQ No DM or chat
Rita✌💙 @rrosson.bsky.social Lifelong Democrat, RV Nomad,
certified chef (retired), doggie mom, hippie🤣, won't stop mouthin' off✌️💙
@oldtimes.bsky.social @oldtimes.bsky.social
@nannybobbins123.bsky.social @nannybobbins123.bsky.social No DMs ! Thanks
Maine Man Vern @vmck.bsky.social Retired TV Marketing exec. Former Writer/producer/editor Former employee of Roosevelt/Campobello Int'l Park. Freedom
F Screenwriter, Brentford Bees Fan. I will follow back No DM..
Relaxing in Maine🇺🇸🇨🇦🇵🇪 @retiredinmaine.bsky.social
I lost my amazing 25 year old son to Fentanyl. expat kid. Atheist Buddhist, Third Culture kid, #LSU, 32nd, and ninja.
Happily Married
Born on a mountain in Appalachia.
Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social True Blue
No DMs I don't reply. But I reply to comments.
Pro freedom, pro democracy, pro Women's Rights Pro LGBTQ pro freedom 🐸🇱🇷💙🚫👑🚫🤡🚫🥶
Chele Lea @chelelea.bsky.social GENX We won't always agree, that’s okay. I write, I paint, lover of books, life is short, block the hate. No DMs.Always looking for Good Trouble. Child sex trafficking survivor
Jay86 47 Taco @oldconn42.bsky.social Old crabby liberal came from X Welcome any resisters MABA make America Blue Again Resist Fascism
@rsstratton.bsky.social @rsstratton.bsky.social
Maggie @courageousgirl2.bsky.social Health Science and Technology Teacher RN retired OBAMA GOTV HQ Daughter of ANTIFA “The Greatest Generation We need this Courage now in this Hellscape of Corruption
Photo of my Dad WW2 Berlin #4 Commando SAS 1945 See Prime Video Rogue Hero’s
J Roslyn @jroslyn.bsky.social Lifelong Democrat, lawyer, occasional book reviewer. My life, my health, my body, my own damn choice. I follow back.
#IStandWithUkraine #IStandWithCaptainKelly
#IStandwiththeSurvivors
#VoteBlue
Gordon Smith @smittygw.bsky.social Democrat, USAF Veteran, Blue dot in a red state, Never Trump, Musk or Putin, Pro choice, Pro Democracy, support LGBTQ and Women's Rights. 🚫DM'S, 🚫Maga, 🚫Crypto.
GemmaGem @tippytaff.bsky.social 🌊Feel like I'm tossing pebbles in the ocean, but if we all toss pebbles, the current will shift! Ally to ALL! Hate has NO place! Books can save us! 📚 Only recently learned ERA was fully ratified, but NEVER PUBLISHED! But we want a WOMAN PRESIDENT?!
SPHINCTERPUSS @stanzman.bsky.social Some will fall to the bottle
Some will fall to the spike
Some will fall to the devil
But only one will fall out of spite
Jane Stewart @yaintseenothinyet.bsky.social I am dedicated to fight for democracy. Love science, the medical field and I am serious about our environment., equality, rights Daughter of a WW2 British Commando Unit #4 SAS. Mother of two lovely smart children. Just be kind! 🚫 Maga’s, porn etc.
Bunky @bunky260.bsky.social Blue dreamer, loves animals, old af , traveler , music lover , nature lover, radical , agnostic
@changesintheland.bsky.social @changesintheland.bsky.social
Maurice.bsky.social @madamlafayette.bsky.social Native Yooper.
Brown eyed girl.
Individual results may vary.
Hug free zone.
On the southern shores of Gitche Gumee.
Water protector.
Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social 💙💙Always Blue, Unapologetic advocate for children with disabilities, minorities, economically disadvantaged, animal rights and ALWAYS Civil Rights. In my very limited spare time I am a lifetime Broadway lover!
Mario @ribweetjes.bsky.social
I'll try to stay optimistic in these chaotic times. I'll create catchphrases, and matching images. Mostly with satire or some sarcasm – or I'll throw in some humor, if possible. To keep it bright. 😊🙏💙
**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social
Fuck Trump! Oppression breeds rebellion. I'm a defender of democracy. We have fought against fascism many times and won. Truth and justice matter because they form the bedrock of human society.
Pro-choice. Woke AF. Anti-fascist. Resist MAGA.
🚫 NO - DMs
@arebelyell45 @arebelyell45.bsky.social Mother, grandmother & proud resister. BA in Legal Studies with a minor in Political Science. Twitter expat, tired of all the bs. We are stronger together. 💙💙💙✌♥️
WendyS 🇨🇦💙 @wendy-s.bsky.social #FuckICE #FuckTrump
#RESISTER since 2016
Was called an “Emotional Support Canadian” my first day on BlueSky 🥰
Worked 25 years at a college, now retired. Mom of 1, Nanny to 2 ♥️
❌DMs,Crypto,Porn will report then block
#Resist #GOPisComplicit #ImpeachThemAll
@stewball.bsky.social @stewball.bsky.social Elderly world traveler, follower of traditional hatha yoga, cat lady. One grandfather from Ukraine 🇺🇦other ancestors from Scotland 🏴 through Canada 🇨🇦. I am genetically bound to resist!
@fixerupper.bsky.social @fixerupper.bsky.social “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it... always.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Matt Leeds @mleeds2048.bsky.social “Never stop fighting until the fight is done. The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards Justice.” Justice Matters. America will always be a beacon of HOPE & stand for Freedom, Democracy & Liberty🇺🇸 🫡 ✊🏻🗽💙 #Democrat #Bluecrew #Justice #Resist
Zovintus.com @news.zovintus.com Zovintus is a dual-purpose digital environment offering a collection of free, secure web utility apps alongside Zovintus Blog, an independent global journalism site covering tech, finance, and worldnews.
@brainbran.bsky.social @brainbran.bsky.social From desert to mountains I roam. Ally to all oppressed people. Progressive to the bone, read Voltaire and call me back. Science and critical thinking spoken here with a twist of Zen.
Joe "I'm a Zeppo Marxist" Bacon @josephebacon.bsky.social After 46 years as a Federal Civil Servant I am GLADLY Retired and enjoying every bleeping millisecond of it! 4th Generation UNION MEMBER. Master level chess player. Note I don't reply to DMs. Oh and TUCK FRUMP Before He YUCKS FOU Again!!!!
💙Resist-Resist-Resist💙 @kdfoster5018.bsky.social What divides us now is not our political views, but our ethical values and beliefs. 🦋 Resist 🦋 Keep fighting 🦋 Protect our Constitution 🦋 ⭕️Democracy ⭕️Freedom ⭕️Tolerance ❌trump ❌maga ❌dms ❌solicitations
☮️ STAY WOKE FOREVER 💟
🖤🤎💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤
Silent Walker @antikings.bsky.social Democracy is the only way 💙! Russia is the enemy. Autocracy and Plutocracy is the way to dictatorship! #BlueCrew
Ismael S Rodriguez (Bulletproof Poet) @ismaelrod.bsky.social Zen-punk poet & fiction writer. Stillness as resistance. No spectacle. No hustle. Just attention, breath, and quiet refusal.
Mark J Antifa AF @judgems.bsky.social Atheist socialist and monarchy abolishionist. Too lazy to work play guitar or draw and paint.
Never had a dollar past sunset.
Cheese eating surrender monkey.
Oh and #FuckTrump and #NFFC
#GT7Dailyraces
UH @uh8.bsky.social 🇸🇪 Swedish💙Animal lover✨FREEDOM!!!✨Pro Ukraine✨✨✨🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 💙🔱💛 anti ruZZia!
Jannychan 🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙💙❤️🩹💙💙 @jannychan.bsky.social Dedicated Amist. (Anti Make America Gross Again).
I stand with Ukraine!
Currently reading up on #NonViolence.
Exiled in Louisiana for over 10 years so the 40 minutes I’ve spent here is already fresh air to my brain and my soul.
𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕃𝕚𝕤𝕒𝔸 💙🌊 @thelisaa81.bsky.social Wife, mom of 2, Gramma of 3. Obsessed with the Beatles. Blue dot living in the very red state of Tennessee. Tired of everything MAGA. Dementia Don needs to be in prison. #bluecrew #nevertrump Married to @johnpaulallen.bsky.social
🚫MAGA🚫Crypto
🔥Chet🔥 @chet95.bsky.social A Man On Fire Forged By Anger‼️ #Resist For #Revolution‼️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #FightBackForTheResistance Against AI Data Centers‼️🧨💥🧨💥🧨💥 #TrumpTheFuckTard +
#NetanyahuTheFuckTard = 2 Evil #FuckTards
Rod,Tia & Lola's dad @roddsdad.bsky.social Father to Rod. Tia. & Lola
Believer of Truth, Vets & Justice.
I don't accept the results of 2024!
MI ,USA LEGIT DM's Only! #BlueStormFriends #BreakfastCrew #DOOR #BlueCrew #DOOR #OnYourSide #ProudBlue #Nevertrump #StrongerTogether
Holli Deloe (HD) @hollidurhamdeloe.bsky.social Political junkie. Public Schools, mother of daughters. In Remission from cancer. Edward Everett Hale said: “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. “
#StrongerTogether! 💙 Vote Blue 2024
Lj retired @lj833.bsky.social Finally retired and spending my golden years fighting to keep it.
Pug Mom @homewithpugs.bsky.social Had to leave Elon's horrid nest of unthinking Bots and MAGAts. Thank goodness for BSKY!
Living the good life by the sea. And Casinos🌞🎰 🍹💃⛱️
Mark Bauer @thepurplebauer.bsky.social 🔵 expat living in an un-named country that does not permit extradition to Tr-mpistan.
The beatings will stop in 4 years. Unless the Orange Melon Felon cancels the next election.
🌮 Chef Bruce 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @chef-bruce.bsky.social Corporate Chef, Pitmaster, in Ferndale.
Resistor. No maga, and unsolicited DMs earn you a insta-block
“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams” Willy Wonka
Tina - Release the #EpsteinFiles|Resistbot Text RESIST to 50409 @porpentina2017.bsky.social Caution: snark level 10
I am prone to 🤬
Don’t listen to what they say, watch what they do
My give-a-💩er is broken & the filter that was factory installed is irreparably damaged.
#FiredUp, #ReadyToGo!
Kinlika @kinlika.bsky.social
Hoping I live long enough to see Nuremberg style trials dealing with trumps criminality
USA - World leader in Natural Stupidity
'When a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king, the palace
becomes a circus
Facts are stubborn things
Digital Relic 🌀 @damop.bsky.social "Some of us have to fight. There are great traditions of liberty to defend. I am no partisan man. Where I see the infamy I seek to erase it. Party names mean nothing. The tradition of liberty means all."
- Anthony Burgess
Shoshie Rules @shoshierules.bsky.social Syracuse by birth, California for life. Peace.
#1 Ron Filipkowski Fan
Humor from Tea Pain and Hoodlum
Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social l'm dedicating my profile & platform to support our friend, Maj Jason Watson. Inspired by his immense bravery & sacrifice, I feel compelled to carry his message If he can be this courageous, you can too #DOOR
@defendersofourrepublic.org
PeggyCrane @peggysue2.bsky.social Newfoundland, Canada 🇨🇦 Liberal all the way!! Please no DMs…
Kelly Bakst @kellybakst.bsky.social 60 years old, daddy of 3, husband, pilot, golfer. Own a software company. Live in Vegas.
Randy Edwards @wintermutetx.bsky.social Blue dot in Texas, proud Dem, assistant laser tech with Jewish Space Lasers. (Trademark Pending). Oh and F that guy.
Happily married, plays and builds guitars.
Bossed around by an 8 lb. cat.
Space Feed @spacefeed.bsky.social 🌌 Your go-to source for the latest in space exploration, cosmic discoveries, and astronomy news. 🚀 Unlock the mysteries of the universe with stunning visuals and updates from beyond our world. 🌠 #SpaceFeed #CosmicWonders
Mark Guiles @culturedmeat.bsky.social Born at 310ppm. Retired. Lifelong Democrat. Protect the environment, it's the life support system for the entire planet. 💙💙💙 Showing me nudity = automatic block!!
Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social I am an Australian leftist political "big picture" thinker / writer. My recent focus has been on how the neoliberal era has shaped today's extreme politics worldwide.
See pinned post for recent articles.
More at https://timgoodacre.wordpress.com/
Nicholas Jack Marino {Nick} @nickjackmarino.bsky.social ATTORNEY OHIO (1981)-NEW YORK (2003)-MUSIC ARTIST (1970)-ARTIST-COMPOSER-BMI & HFA PUBLISHER-Over 300 Published Songs at BMI & at Apple-Pandora-Amazon-Spotify-YouTube Music-Others http://NIcholasJackMarino.com -NickJackMarino@gmail.com -Text 330 620-8163
@philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social ATHEIST / ARDENT FEMINIST / Put Women In Charge Now / I voted for her / Vaxxed / Secular Humanist / Progressive Liberal Dem / Blue Crew /Eat the Rich / Pro Union / Pro choice /Far Left / Woke AF / Ally / Tax Religion / 8647 /Antifa/ Resister
KellyB @kellyb70.bsky.social East Coast transplant loving life in the OC, Dem, Dog Lover. Opinions are my own.
Les Mac @lesmac.bsky.social True crime author, writer, movie nut, sports nut, political junkie (major lean to the left) and always wondering what's coming next.
Proud to be Canadian and 100% #Blue💙 anti MAGA.
“Kick at the darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight.” —Bruce Cockburn
Laney K-T @laneykt.bsky.social Former Harris-Walz and Biden-Harris campaign staffer.
Senior producer 6B+ views.
ChonginTommy @benrockstock57.bsky.social 🫧 Poor girls want to 👰
Rich girls want to 💃
Rich men go to 🧑🎓
Poor men go to ⚒️
Lushes want another drink of 🍷
Politicians want your vote 🎭
I don't want much of 🚫 at all...
🌬~🍄🫧 But I will have another toke! 🫧✌️
"A light hearted gesture, in world of shame!"
Bill Wing @billwing.bsky.social Leaving the hellscape formerly known as Twitter. Not a fan of GOP fascism. Here to give and get support during Donald 2.0 presidency. A fan of R.D. Laing. 💙
Patmiaz @patmiaz.bsky.social Thought dystopian future would be cooler.
@zekevegas.bsky.social @zekevegas.bsky.social
gypsiechick @gypsiechick.bsky.social Wife. Mother. Grandmother. Caregiver. History Nerd. Reader. I speak my truth even when my voice shakes. Love DEMOCRACY. Active protest writer. Know my congressman. SEIU775 #UNIONSTRONG
BLOCKING🚫🚫🚫 ALL DM’s
Some Random Monk @phranicholas.bsky.social Educator. Community builder. ☸️ monk. Tragically woke. Race traitor. Tends not to reply to DMs. https://linktr.ee/phranicholas
DarleMac @lemnsugr.bsky.social I’m still trying to understand the crazy, how do vets vote for traitors?
I am a little tart, a little sweet, Army brat, Grandmother of 5, dog lover, politics, news, travel, food and Scotch.
@lake-life-girl.bsky.social @lake-life-girl.bsky.social 💙🌸🦋Damage control, tornado survivor. Fighting for democracy.
MSW-therapist, advocate for special needs children. Clinic Coordinator. Cheerleader Captain.Must love dogs.Science! Designer of CabinInTheWoods🍀 Lake is Life!
💚💛🧀 🏡🛶🏊♀️🚤🎣🐶🦅🦌🌳🦆📣🔬📚👧👦⚽️🌎✌️🗽 ⚖️🗳️
Hedley Lamar's fugly sister @endora-laduce.bsky.social What the HELL am I talking about?
Currently angry with God because
THIS SHIT IS UNNECESSARY!
I yell an awful lot.
Don't get your panties in a bunch.
If you don't wear panties, mabe you should try it.
Steven Goldsmith 🦋 @stevengoldsmith.bsky.social Character is who you are when no one is looking 👀
When you kick a hornets’ nest, it’s the hornets that decide when it’s over
🐞Ladybug014🐞 @ladybug014.bsky.social Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." - Buddha. Speak the truth even if your voice shakes. 🇺🇸DEMOCRAT🇺🇸 #Pinks💖 #DOOR
💙Tracey💙🍊🧡🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦✌🏻☮️🇨🇦 @tmvols.bsky.social Wife of Public School Teacher, yep she is my hero too💙defender of democracy,both Big and small d, amateur author and political nerd. From TN,live in Florida,we need all the help we can get.OOPS I didn’t say GAY,I typed it.🚫Trump Desantis ❤️Disney and DEI.
Pierre Antoine @conplan.bsky.social Brasileiro, decente, crente nas pessoas e nas instituições, sem religião, sem "pré-conceito", só conceito democrático de direitos.
Chris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social 🚫Farage/Reform, Restore/Lowe, Harborne, Tommy'tinytodger', Trump, Musk, Netanyahu or any other R-W Fascists.
Lab/Con/Ref/Rest are all the same evil. We MUST wake up to the 1% if we want things to change for the better.
Views are my own.
#BackZack
💚💚💚
@jimbo1216.bsky.social @jimbo1216.bsky.social Blue wave 2026! Left X trying to find some sanity. St. Louis Cardinals fan
Never Trumper. Proud member of antifa! Love all my cats! Proud dad, grandpa and great grandpa!
Ray @blucat701.bsky.social Retired in AZ with my wonderful wife. Liberal, Navy vet, retired from tech/aerospace mfg., 🚫porn 🚫crypto 🚫DMs unless I know you. Interests: music, books, art, travel, hiking, democracy, inclusion/equality, climate/environment.
Yodamonkey @yodamonkey2.bsky.social Avid Blue democracy supporter and hater of The Orange Orangutan! . I follow back 100%. I LOVE people and Kindness. Latest Book is out now. https://olympiapublishers.com/book/screaming-into-the-darkness Followed by Mark Hamill & Morgan Fairchild #Blues
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Chris Kelleher dad of 3 (1 🏳️⚧️) in Villanova PA PHL
Ally: LGBTQIA+ 🏳️🌈 Dem 💙
Dev: OpenEdge, QAD, SQL, Infor Syteline
Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES
Red Cross Disaster Services Technology
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Patti Bregman 🇨🇦🇺🇸 ♿ Hate crosses borders unless we stop it @abilityrules.bsky.social I spent 25+ years working to expand the rights of people with disabilities and access to health care. I started in the early days of Canada's Charter I am a dual citizen. A rare genetic cond diagnosed after university made returning to the US impossible.
Starshine🌟 @starshine731.bsky.social Married to BluCat701 ❤️
🚫PLEASE NO DM'S🚫
Old #Hippie Chick ✌️
#Deadhead🌹#Disabled ♿ #ChronicIllness
Fight #Anti-Semitism ✡️
♥️ Love patchouli & tie dye
Love animals❤️ #BlueCrew
Martijon @martijon.bsky.social Retiree who does not want to live under fascism. It does not have to be this way. Father and husband. Also, nature lover, traveler, reader who enjoys life despite it all.(photo accurately depicts me - but not now). Ok. I’ve been here awhile so NO DMs.
The Hate Won’t Win. #IAmAmerica 🇺🇸 @pam327.bsky.social Retired LPC and Montessorian. Independent lib. Ithaca is my happy place, but NC is my forever home. 🏳️🌈 ✝️ Luke 2:19. Buen Camino! ALL means EVERYONE at the Table. Proverbs 31:8 Mark 3:5
“Got to kick at the Darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight.”
🚫 DMs 🚫 porn.
smithsgirl 🇺🇦 @chicagogirl7.bsky.social Long-time fan of democracy, NATO, the Oxford comma, and always doing the right thing even if it hurts. Cancer survivor. Vegetarian since 1993/Vegan since 2008 #fortheanimals #adoptdontshop
Happy childless cat lady. I pay attention.
Please, no DMs
@maartech.bsky.social @maartech.bsky.social
Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social Organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout for Mid Term elections. When we turn out, we win. Some use low turnout to sneak into office where they can cause further disfunction.