Cambridge Somerville Independent @csindie.bsky.social News, arts, community, resources and events for Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts.
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@in-camberville.bsky.social @in-camberville.bsky.social News coverage for the people (and turkeys) of Cambridge and Somerville. From the team at @bostonglobe.com.
Tow Center for Digital Journalism @towcenter.bsky.social The Tow Center hosts a variety of research projects that explore the intersection of journalism and technology 
The New Bedford Light @newbedfordlight.bsky.social We are a free, nonprofit, nonpartisan news site dedicated to fact-based coverage of local issues and diverse community voices.
https://newbedfordlight.org/
Jesse again @misctakes.com ~he/him • Boston area • comms stuff with DSA & IfNotNow • all takes my own
formerly @misc on twitter / sometimes @misc@mastodon.social
Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. New album "AMAB/ACAB" out 9/19/25 on Get Better Records. $5 ft. Eve 6 out now on your fav surveillance capitalist streaming platform she/her/they/them
DeFlock @deflock.org Tracking #ALPR, #AI cameras, autonomous drones, #RTCC, and the creep of mass #surveillance across the USA. They are doing more than reading your license plate. #Privacy #Flock #Tech
Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck
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NBC Sports Boston @nbcsportsboston.com Bringing you the latest news & video on the Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins & CT Sun
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Quincy Residents for Accountability @quincyr4a.bsky.social ACTION NETWORK: https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/get-the-flock-out-of-quincy
Isa Leshko @isaleshko.bsky.social Artist, writer & activist. Founder/Editor @nsprogressives.bsky.social
Author of Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Rescued Farm Animals.
Ⓥ🏳️🌈 She/her
https://linktr.ee/isaleshko
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North Shore Progressives @nsprogressives.bsky.social News & analysis for progressive activists living on the North Shore of Boston and beyond. Edited by @isaleshko.bsky.social, we publish AI-free content. 🏳️🌈 https://www.northshoreprogressives.org/
David Cole @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social Professor, Georgetown Law; contributor to New York Review of Books; former National Legal Director, ACLU. Views expressed are my own. 
AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/ 
dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Sr. writer @wired.com:
Surveillance & coptech
Signal: dell.3030
League of Women Voters of the US @lwv.org Seeking to improve government and impact public policies through education & advocacy. Also at @VOTE411 for elections info!
Marc Levy @mhlevy.bsky.social Journalist in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social Ward 2 City Councilor, Somerville MA. Pronoun ambivalent.
jonlink @jonlink.bsky.social Somerville safe streets, climate, and social justice enthusiast. Possible artist and avid enjoyer of the arts. Also sometimes do software stuff.
Somerville City Councilor At-Large.
JonForSomerville.com
Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social Hyper local in Somerville, MA. FOIA requests & long threads live-tweeting city meetings. Also @fdmts
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Nicole Ozer @nicoleozer.bsky.social EFF Executive Director | All about rights, technology & democracy | Trailblazer in public interest tech law | 2025 Technology & Human Rights Fellow - Harvard Kennedy School | Former ACLU |
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com NYT Bestselling Author – ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins/Mariner) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
Fmr White House Sr Policy Advisor | Fmr Sr Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Contact: fieldsmeyer.com
More: amifieldsmeyer.substack.com
The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social Combating antisemitism and protecting democracy
David Brody @dbrody.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director, Nonprofit organization
Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social Law professor at U. Utah, teaching criminal law and procedure, privacy, AI, cyberlaw. Views are my own. My writing is here: tinyurl.com/ycw29snm
Bio here: https://faculty.utah.edu/u6012359-Matthew_Tokson/hm/index.hml
Amos Toh @amostoh.bsky.social senior counsel, Brennan Center for Justice. interested in all the ways money in tech helps and hurts. he/him, 🇸🇬 in 🇺🇸
Alicia Bannon @aliciabannon.bsky.social Senior Director of the Judiciary Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and the Kohlberg Center on the U.S. Supreme Court. Editor-in-chief of State Court Report. All opinions are my own.
Ben Ewen-Campen @benforward3.bsky.social Dem. Nominee for State Rep, 27th Middlesex (Somerville)
Currently: City Councilor, Somerville - Ward 3. Affordable housing, safe streets, good jobs, public transit, fighting climate change (also, biologist at Harvard Med School) www.benforstaterepMA.com
The Leadership Conference @civilrightsorg.bsky.social The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights — a diverse coalition advocating for policies that make our country more fair and free. Led by Maya Wiley.
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social Law Prof. GWU, Tech & Justice. Author: “Your Data Will Be Used Against You,” “The Rise of Big Data Policing,” “Why Jury Duty Matters,” and “The Law of Law School.”
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
City of Boston @boston.gov The official Bluesky account of the City of Boston. For non-emergency services, please call 311.
Boston.gov
Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov BPS mom, daughter of immigrants, and MBTA commuter working to make Boston a home for everyone.
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Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social Leading with joy. Fighting for YOU. MA Attorney General, wife and mama to Alexander & Aiden. Beyonce fan. For official updates follow @massago.bsky.social
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
Forbes @forbes.com 
Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at https://danielsolove.com 
maddy varner @regret.bsky.social reporter @wired.com ✨ prev the markup, FTC ✨ signal: mvarner.01
Thomas Silverstein @tsilverstein.bsky.social Executive Director at @prrac.bsky.social; adjunct clinician; Wizards/Nats/LFC; crossword solver; early morning dog walker
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social Mass50501 is the Massachusetts chapter of the 50501 movement. We are a nonpartisan pro-democracy organization resisting tyranny and defending rule of law and liberty in America.
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Merch: https://mass50501.printify.me
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power
https://www.wired.com/author/vittoria-elliott/
Signal: velliott88.18/vittoria89.82
elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com
Edward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel
thetechbubble.substack.com
The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com New England's leading source for breaking news and analysis.
bostonglobe.com
Nicholas Stephanopoulos @profnickstephan.bsky.social Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School. https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/
Delegate Adrian Boafo @adrianboafo.bsky.social Maryland State Delegate | Running to represent #MD05 in Congress to stand up for Marylanders and fight #ForThePeople | Former Vice-Mayor of @CityofBowie
onekade @onekade.bsky.social Civil rights and liberties advocate, appreciator of nice things like democracy and the Boston Celtics. Pro-immigrant. Anti-fascist. Opinions mine.
Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social Your Congresswoman. Proudly representing the MA 7th. Here to break concrete ceilings & shake the table. Personal account. She/hers. #ChangeCantWait
Somerville Theatre @somerville-theatre.bsky.social Movie magic in the heart of Somerville’s Davis Square. Entertaining the community with stage and screen since 1914.
Website: somervilletheatre.com
Address: 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
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Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com News and information for Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts
John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social Cambridge, MA freelance reporter, usually for @CambridgeDay.
MIT; public recs; data; legal news
Lately: immigration.
jhawk@alum.mit.edu
617.797.0250
Jesse Kanson-Benanav @jessekb.bsky.social Saying yes to homes for all across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as Executive director of @abundanthousingma.org | http://linkedin.com/in/jesse-kb
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist. 
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
Chad Marlow @chadmarlow.bsky.social ACLU Senior Policy Counsel for surveillance, privacy & technology. New Yorker. Views my own (unless my feed is hacked - then they're somebody else's)
Jay Stanley @jaystanley.bsky.social Emerging technology and science for ACLU
Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social Professor, Stanford Law School.
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.
Author, The Digital 4th Amendment:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social Senior Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, reformed oboist and whitewater kayaker, mom of teenage twins. Opinions are my own.
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social Editor at Brookline.News, a nonprofit news site covering the town of Brookline, MA.
Before this, I was a reporter covering transportation and energy policy in DC and Boston.
Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social Public interest tech & media lawyer at albertsellars.law, based in Jamaica Plain, Boston. He/him
Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social Andrew R. Randall Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. Author of "Privacy's Blueprint" (2018) and co-author of "Breached!" (2022). Posting mainly about privacy, tech and the law.
CommonWealth Beacon @cwbeacon.bsky.social Politics, ideas, & civic life in MA. CommonWealth Beacon's in-depth coverage is a primary news & information source for policymakers, civic leaders & citizens. www.commonwealthbeacon.org
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social We work in the:
⚖️ Courts | 🏛 Legislature | 🗣 Communities to protect civil liberties for all in Massachusetts.
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com Leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Preet Bharara @preetbharara.bsky.social Patriotic American. Former US Attorney, SDNY. Banned by Putin. Fired by Trump.
Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Prof. of Law @nyulaw.bsky.social; Faculty Dir. @bwlcnyu.bsky.social; co-host @strictscrutiny.bsky.social; talking head @ms.now; @NYTimes.com bestselling author. Views mine. RT not endrsmt.
Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social Prez & CEO @civilrightsorg. Cat Mom. Former @msnbc. Ran 4 Mayor of NYC; IG @Maya4CivilRights Views & typos are mine. She/Her
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social @kylegriffin1 from that Twitter thing
Executive Producer @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social Team game
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Its-Hard-for-Me-to-Live-with-Me/Rex-Chapman/9781982197773
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
Adamkinzinger.komi.io
Adamkinzinger.com
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Tyler Andrews @tylerandrews.bsky.social 1906 • Terp • he/him
State Court Report @statecourtreport.org State Court Report is a nonpartisan news source, resource, and commentary hub covering state constitutional developments in high courts across the 50 states. Visit StateCourtReport.org.
Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social Team America. Economic Patriotism: America's Next New Deal. Medicare for All, Tax the Billionaires, No Foreign Wars. No aid to Israel. (650) 999-9610
Text me: (650) 999-9610
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org We use the law to advance a bold, vibrant democracy for all people by defending progress, disrupting extremism, and building for the future. Join us at democracyforward.org