Greg Childress @gchildress.bsky.social Housing and Poverty Reporter at N.C. Newsline
Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social Established in 1841 for the reporters who cover the U.S. Senate.
https://www.dailypress.senate.gov/
Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social your fuel prices, explained honestly.
data over politics, no tolerance for political BS.
thousands of interviews | trusted by every White House administration.
Integrity matters.
Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social Chasing wealth and income, present and past, onshore and offshore.
https://gabriel-zucman.eu
https://www.taxobservatory.eu
George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social “No, not that one”- Politico | Creator of Video Games Industry Memo | MD, Half-Space Consulting | Author of Power Play (June 2026) | Pun Appreciator
Order my book 👉 https://linktr.ee/Power_play_book
Buncombe @buncombian.bsky.social Fledgling ukulelist
Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Guardian and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society.
Words: madness.ghost.io
Video: youtube.com/@readmadness
Phillip Brandon @phillipbrandon2.bsky.social Soulful storyteller blending jazz elegance & R&B groove.
Velvet vocals, timeless sound. 🎶 ✨
New EP Déjà Vu out now!
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org The official Bluesky account of the Nobel Prize.
Celebrating the work and discoveries that have had the greatest benefit to humankind.- E Ella Al-Shamahi @ellaalshamahi.bsky.social
Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social Puts the 'fun' in 'executive dysfunction' | Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist | Higher ed, critical pedagogy, C18/19th, and baseball-esp. minor leagues | Wrote: https://wvupressonline.com/node/823 | Hope, always. | he/him.
Diamond Life @diamondlifeca.bsky.social Democrat 💙 | Tech 4 Good not Evil | Wine Lover🍷 | Traveler 🛫 |- P @persistentitch.bsky.social @persistentitch.bsky.social
Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social Independent investigator, writer, counterinsurgent. Radicalized Pod co-host. Please subscribe: mind-war.com
Catching Up to FI @catchinguptofi.bsky.social Catching Up to FI is a mindset, money, and life podcast for late starters of any age on the path to financial independence. Bill Yount is the Creator and cohosts the show with Jackie Cummings Koski.
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social A husband, father, actor, director, & a climate justice advocate with an eye out for a better, brighter, cleaner, & more hopeful future for all of us.
@wileynann.bsky.social @wileynann.bsky.social chronic illness warrior, music, art, & performing arts lover, celebrating the wondrous diversity of humanity, lifelong Florida Gator No DMs please!
TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social Love God and Human Life at all stages, Pro-life. Anti-racist. Fact Checker. List Maker. Unless it aligns with God’s Word or data, don’t believe it.
We Are All Related!!
Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social We fight for a better, freer North Carolina that works for everyone. The future is a policy choice. YIMBY, esse quam videri, go Canes. 🏔
linktr.ee/carolinaforward
CherieAnne @cherieanne.bsky.social Investigated by CREEP before I could vote, called out by Rush and banned by Twitter/Angry Bird. I believe in a Better South. From NC/SC. Poll worker since 1988 NO DMs immediate BLOCK if I don’t know you.
Employees Of The Month Improv Comedy @eomimprov.bsky.social Improv group in Hendersonville, NC. Short-form, long-form, sometimes funny.
Comedy
See also: @supersam.bsky.social
Victoria Lamberth @victorialamberth.bsky.social Sometimes actor, theatre director, writer. All the time, creative wannabe. Former Artistic Director at Hendersonville Theatre and member of SAG/AFTRA.
@hendersonvillecoop.bsky.social @hendersonvillecoop.bsky.social 
@wncdeacon.bsky.social @wncdeacon.bsky.social Girl dad. Lawyer. Mediocre soccer player. Never Trumper. 
Aubrey Barnard @wnc-quilter.bsky.social I'm a wife, dog mom, friend, HR professional and quilter born and raised in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
CathyCatHvl @wnccathcat.bsky.social Toronto native living in Hendersonville, NC for now. Early retirement from project management tech world is fabulously rewarding! Volunteering with animal rescues, cat & dog mom 🐶😺 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
WNCTimes.com @wnctimes.bsky.social For over 20 years, WNCTimes.com has been your go-to source for what's happening in your world! We focus on community, bringing you the latest local news, exciting entertainment, lifestyle, travel & events! Join our online social community!
Gene Hyde @wncghyde.bsky.social Poet, writer, photographer, retired Appalachian archivist.
Editor, Appalachian Curator
Web: https://www.banteringbibliocrat.com/
@wnc55.bsky.social @wnc55.bsky.social 
Asheville & WNC Protests @ashevilleprotests.bsky.social Updates about upcoming events in Asheville & WNC to resist the Trump/Musk administration. If you know about an event that's not posted here, let me know! 
Martin Anderson @wncmartin.bsky.social Public radio host, music fan, lover of nature and compassion and other sensible stuff.
Rev. Neil @wncard.bsky.social Child of God. Husband, father, son, citizen. Retired healthcare professional, minister at large, Defender of democracy. Stand up. Say no to fascism! Speak truth to power. Not serious? I will block you.
NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com NC Newsline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization covering state government and the impact of public policy. Part of statesnewsroom.com. Subscribe: https://ncnewsline.com/subscribe
Representative Deborah Ross @ross.house.gov Proudly serving #NC02. Former civil rights attorney and NC legislator.
Committees: Judiciary and Science, Space, and Technology
Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social Climate & extreme weather reporter | POLITICO | PEN Guild | Former (and forever) E&E News | NYC via NC SC AL WV
TIPS: charvey@politico.com | chelseaeharvey@protonmail.com |
Signal @chelseaeharvey.01
T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social In-House Counsel @ BigTech. Ex-"Computers Guy," then decade litigating 1A in NC+TX. Servant to two cats (and a dog and a wife). Armchair Philanthropist.
(@greg_doucette on ExTwitter)
Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social Hey there Mr. Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
House guy. DCoS @beyer.house.gov
Priors: Kamala Harris, Jennifer Wexton, et al.
Hendersonville, NC native
SciFi, Rock n Roll, he/him
Posts mine/dumb
Emily V Gordon @emilyvgordon.bsky.social Current writer. Former comedy booker. Former therapist. Co-writer of The Big Sick et al. She/her. Adamantly from NC. @wintercoatfilms.bsky.social
Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social Mainer by birth. Logger by trade. With your help, Senator for the people.
http://www.JacksonForMaine.com
Moe Davis @moedavis.bsky.social Retired Air Force Colonel, attorney, politician and writer.
@incredibletownswnc.bsky.social @incredibletownswnc.bsky.social 
Buttons (Ashley) 🏴☠️#OFMDForLife🏴☠️ 🏳️🌈🤡 @sevensugars.bsky.social She/They
Here for OFMD.
I make gifs about gay pirates.
Biologist specializing in harmful algal blooms, drinking water treatment, and source water management IRL.
@Seven_Sugars on Twitter
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert @colbertlateshow.bsky.social Catch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35pm ET on CBS and Paramount+ 📺 #Colbert linktr.ee/colbertlateshow
Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org Catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements.
splcenter.org
Chip Daniels 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @chipdaniels.bsky.social Architect, watercolorist https://www.instagram.com/wchip_aia/?hl=en
Matt Cohen @mattdcohen.bsky.social Senior Reporter @DemocracyDocket.com, covering voting rights, far-right extremism and threats to democracy (lol). Collector of records, plants, tattoos, horror movies.
VoteHub @votehub.com Your hub for elections. 🇺🇸 Detailed maps, live election night coverage, and analysis backed by deeper data.
votehub.com
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Hidden Brain @hiddenbrain.bsky.social This is the official Bluesky account for Hidden Brain -- the award winning podcast and public radio show hosted by veteran science journalist Shankar Vedantam
www.hiddenbrain.org
Subscribe at apple.co/hiddenbrain or support.hiddenbrain.org
Martyn Lenoble @martynlenoble.bandcamp.com I do things to musical instruments and track animals. My fingernails are rarely clean and my hands are callused. 
Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social Husband, father, and candidate for Governor. Former HHS Secretary, CA Attorney General, Congressman & Assemblymember. Running to protect the California Dream.
XavierBecerra2026.com
Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social Tour, On Cinema at the Cinema, Office Hours, find it all and more at linktr.ee/tim.heidecker
John Leguizamo @johnleguizamo.bsky.social I'm a counter culture, outgoing introvert, Latinx, underachieving overachiever trying to leave this blue pebble a better place than when I entered it!
John M Danskin🐸 @johnmdanskin.bsky.social I used to design GPUs. Now I mostly sail. He/him. 🏳️🌈
Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social oil market researcher
founder of https://CommodityContext.com
former bank economist
markets, code, barbecue
Tricia @southandmidwest.bsky.social I missed having a little piece of the internet to talk about miscellaneous nonsense and shenanigans.
Kyle Carpenter @kylecarpavl.bsky.social Potter in WNC
Joel Rubin @joelmrubin.bsky.social Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State | Foreign Policy Expert | Democratic Strategist | Jewish Activist | Author of The Briefing Book on Substack https://joelrubin.substack.com | https://washingtonstrategygroup.com
Andrew @novel-af.bsky.social Patent Attorney. Electrical Engineer. Computer Programmer. Volunteer. Lecturer. Art Enthusiast. Human. Cat dad. (Former) dog dad. He/him. 🏳️🌈
Mandy Powers Norrell @mpowersnorrell.bsky.social Lawyer; Partners w/ Mitch Norrell in law firm & life; Former Legislator, SC House 2012-20; 2018 Democratic Nominee SC Lt Gov. DV prosecutor. Adventurer - trying to live like I’m aware of my actuarial table.
Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social She/her. Feminist. Repro Health Advocate. Public health professor. Union Leader. Former candidate for U.S. Senate in ME
andreaformaine.com
PFP: Andrea wearing an orange and blue plaid shirt and smiling
Header: “Together we lead” + chickadee logo
Hendersonville Theatre @hvltheatre.bsky.social Where community takes center stage!
It began with a passion for theatre; 59 years later, Hendersonville Theatre is the official theatre of Hendersonville, NC. 
The Chronicle of Philanthropy @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the essential source of news, commentary, networking and training opportunities for nonprofit professionals.
philanthropy.com
Inside Philanthropy @insidephilanthropy.com The how and why of foundations and major donors giving away their money, publishing 5 days a week.
https://linktr.ee/insidephilanthropy
Sister Publication: @insidepoliticalmoney.com - Political money, decoded.
Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
Jeffrey Goldberg @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Editor in chief, The Atlantic. Moderator, Washington Week with The Atlantic, on PBS.
@edwardfishman.bsky.social @edwardfishman.bsky.social 
Courtney McClain @mcclainforsc.bsky.social Running for SC’s Fourth Congressional District
Spartanburg Native | UofSC Educated
Southern Girl Building the Next Generation of Leadership 👉🏽 MCCLAINFORSC.COM
Jamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com Father of 3 | Husband to Amy | 4th Gen. Farmer and Owner of Hickory Nut Gap | Democrat for Congress in NC-11
AgerForCongress.com
📍 Fairview, NC
Christopher de Bellaigue @bellaiguec.bsky.social Author of the Golden Throne and the Lion House, award-winning journalist and founder of the Lake District Book Festival 
Josh Groban @joshgroban.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of Josh Groban.
CINEMATIC 🎬 out now! https://joshgroban.lnk.to/Cinematic
Tig Notaro @tignotaro.bsky.social tignotaro.com
Liz Landers @elizlanders.bsky.social White House correspondent
PBS News Hour
Mayra Rivera Vazquez @mayra4congress.bsky.social Mayra Rivera Vazquez | Candidate for Congress 🇺🇸
Community advocate • Working families first
Proud Latina • South Carolina’s 1st District
Nuestra voz importa. Representation matters.
🔗 Mayra4Congress.com
Chris Himsl @chimsl.bsky.social Retired US Army Colonel, believer in the values expressed by those Presidents enshrined on Mount Rushmore, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence & not the transactional, narcissism & authoritarianism practiced by the current occupier of the WH
The South Carolina Forum @thescforum.bsky.social The South Carolina Forum makes it easy for every South Carolinian to weigh in on the future we want.
Join us at https://www.scforum.org/
Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry @chshumanists.bsky.social Building Community Beyond Belief, Exercising Progressive Values, and Defending Separation of Church and State.
Visit our website at https://lowcountryhumanists.org/
Follow us everywhere: https://linktr.ee/chshumanists
Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com I am a lawyer. I am not your lawyer.
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted."
David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social Cato Institute, Director of Immigration Studies, Cato's Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy, BEER, not buyer. Cato, not CATO
Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team CEO of Bluesky, partner @trueventures.com, more at toni.org
Jumelle Brooks for SC House District 12 @jumellebrooksforsc.bsky.social Small business owner, healthcare policy specialist, community activist, mama. Time the PEOPLE had a voice again in South Carolina! https://linktr.ee/jumellebrooks
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social OSINT, geolocations, air/sea data. Snarky AvGeek.
Cites: NYT, Мілітарний, Newsweek, The Aviationist, TWZ, A&SF Mag
"Sharp-eyed aviation buff & flight tracker" ~ Brian Williams
https://buymeacoffee.com/vcdgf555
She/her
Zito @zeets.bsky.social “It is my image that I want to multiply, but not out of narcissism or megalomania, as could all too easily be believed: on the contrary, I want to conceal, in the midst of so many illusory ghosts of myself, the true me, who makes them move.“
South Carolina Blue @wtkrad.bsky.social 🌊💙🌊Grateful recovering misfit.🫂 Happy husband of retired RN and dad of 5. ☢️photographer and ☮️kindness advocate.💯BLM⚫️⚪️🟤🟡DEI champion.🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇷🇵🇷 🎨🏞✏️🖍Political Cartoonists deserve all the credit❤️
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
The War Monitor @warmonitor.net Questioning questionable political and geopolitical events. OSINT. Fact checker. Exposing corruption. Anti-fascist. Pro Ukraine. The original War Monitor (Twitter 2013).
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, psychology, misc.
Been called “brilliant but out there.”
Smith College BA, MSW | LSE
#AuDHD #LGBTQ #MECFS
Patreon: patreon.com/leahmcelrath
@knewearth.bsky.social @knewearth.bsky.social MSW. I read a lot as a child. Looking for that “restore faith in humanity” button.
Heidi @heidiofthegarden.bsky.social Community advocate for food security and poverty reduction. Organic gardener, Berner mom. Will fight to the end to defend democracy.
The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social Indie media co, 2 print magazines, books, record label, podcast, tees, flags, ASME 🏆 2026 (General Excellence Literature Science & Politics), 9 James Beard Awards #BetterAmerica #BetterWorld — please subscribe
Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social Exiled to this insignificant rock and the frozen tundra of Canada....fated to forever reside among you lowly Earth creatures.
"Being a leftist often means being right too soon"
Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social Global Expression, FIRE. Book: Authoritarians in the Academy, @hopkinspress.bsky.social (August 2025). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53835/authoritarians-academy
Signal: sarahemclaugh.01. Go birds.
Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social Deputy Director of rapid response at Media Matters, views here are my own
kelly-hough.bsky.social @kelly-hough.bsky.social Hello! I am running for South Carolina State Representative for District 114!
Website: www.kellysc114.com
Please donate to my campaign here!
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kelly-hough-114
Earthquake Live Alert @earthquake.skybot.party Posting a live feed of earthquakes with magnitude >2 as they happen.
Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social Ukrainian journalist, writer, founder, Justice Initiative Fund, veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Spent 2.5 years in Russian secret torture camp Izolyatsia (Isolation).