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Upstate Mesh @upstatemesh.bsky.social We are a community group of makers experimenting with a solar-powered Meshtastic network in Upstate New York's Capital District (and beyond). @ https://www.upstatemesh.org- E Eric Ayers @ericzundel.bsky.social ATLien, Dad, educator, maker, computer nerd.
Windy Girl @windygirl.bsky.social 10th Generation American
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Fierce Ally. Woke as AF.
Choose Your Own Adventure @chooseadventure.bsky.social The Official Account of Choose Your Own Adventure
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social Illuminating math and science. Supported by the Simons Foundation. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. www.quantamagazine.org
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com Always fighting for the people.
Wife, Momala, Auntie. She/her.
107 Days, my behind-the-scenes account of the shortest campaign in history, is available now at https://kamalaharris.link/107Days.
Slava Ukraini 💙💛✊🏻✌🏻🐸 @hhlouise.bsky.social Pro-democracy/Facts/Science
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Letsfixit @emerald27.bsky.social Nerdy bioscience professional dabbling in #aiforgood, outdoor nut, lover of the arts & animals, democracy & journalism supporter, former international analyst, Christian.
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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia.bsky.social She/her. Full of snark and fury. Prep’s my style not my outlook.
I post what I like, I follow whom I like—keep scrolling if you don’t agree.
Joe Kennedy @joekennedyiii.bsky.social Time well-spent in the Peace Corps, Legal Aid Bureau, DA's Office, and halls of Congress.
Founder of Groundwork Project. President of Citizens Energy.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Author of How to Design a Universe. @astronomerroyal on insta (She/her)
Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social I clip videos — Commercial Director. Liberal. Polyglot 🇦🇷🇮🇹🇫🇷🇺🇸
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
yankeesjenn @yankeesjenn.bsky.social Anti-fascist. Women's rights. LGBT rights. BIPOC rights. Disability rights. Fuck Trump forever.
Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social Host of the Bulwark Podcast
MSNBC political analyst.
Punching bag on FYPod with Cameron Kasky.
Church of Jokic.
Nola Dad.
Weak and Gay.
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Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir @kristjana.bsky.social Epidemiologist, feminist, lottery immigrant 🇮🇸🇺🇸, nerd. She/her.
Associate Prof at University of Iceland via University of Washington.
Goddamnit, you've got to be kind.
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Der Fisher @blackholefun.bsky.social Generally try to stay anonymous, but I love history, philosophy, science fiction and fantasy, weird horror, playing and writing music, writing books, video games, and pinball. May have been a space rock on Twitter.
Fan of most nerddoms.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Karin Schall @karinschall.bsky.social Angry NYC post-menopausal woman. I chalk — a lot. Abortion for all. No guns. Ally. Still learning. I have no more fucks left to give. Rise and Resist. (Profile photo by @dimitrymak.co )
Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
Jakob Scott @jakobscott.bsky.social fantasy developer | CHASM SHIFT | MONUMENTUM
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Eric Matisoff @ericmatisoff.com Philly Sports and Adobe Analytics!
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State Navigate @statenavigate.org Your compass for state legislatures.
Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social Political Scientist at George Mason U. studying US politics, congressional networks, parties, campaign finance, and other broken systems. Cat person, dog owner. Take my class: https://tinyurl.com/bderak89 Read me: https://substack.com/@misofact
Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social Writing the technological history of how America really got to space, while trying to keep my sanity in this fascist takeover of what used to be called the United States of America. Officially a Twitter refugee. 
Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social Democratic candidate for Congress in MO-2. Host of 'On Democracy with FPWellman' Friday's and ‘In the Hot Seat’ on MeidasTouch. Army Iraq veteran. Pro-Democracy Advocate. Missourian.
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Jeremiah Palmer @norants2024.bsky.social He/Him | 26 |📍MKE
Proud Wisconsin Socialist 🌹
Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social Political scientist, kayaker
Emeritus, UMaine
Political Sightlines at https://amyfried.substack.com/
Books on how U.S. conservatives weaponized distrust, New England politics, professionalizing polling, and perceptions of public opinion as a resource
Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social A culture and education website that tries to make the web a more intelligent place. Features free courses, movies, audio books, ebooks & thought-provoking daily posts.
Find us at: https://www.openculture.com/
Ira Rothenberg 🐂🐓🦁 @mraryeh.bsky.social Brooklyn-born. 4th-gen Sign Language user. I only follow real names. No F-words. Amateur 📸. ❤️ anchovies on pizza; no🍍!! 🖕 @NRA
Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social Reporter at Mother Jones. Previously
@washingtonian and freelancing from Mexico City. Now New York.
Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
Husband, father, Traveler.
Nazi punks fuck off.
Bill Lukens @paleosol.bsky.social geology | paleoclimatology | geochemistry | soils | sed/strat | Assoc. Prof. at JMU | views are my own
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net I write about courts, democracy, media, and the raccoon family living in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social Atmospheric Sciences Grad student | Freelance Reporter | Presently: Climate Fellow @bulletinatomic.bsky.social | Fmr: Data Fellow @gristnews.bsky.social
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social -Sharing actions we can take to save democracy
-Refuse to be complicit bystander
-Take action- stand up to the bully-in-chief, vote out cowardly traitors, & boycott oligarchs
-We the people have the power- use it!
-Opinions all mine
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F1000Publishing @f1000.com We foster a culture of innovation to accelerate the reach of knowledge and put it in the hands of those who will shape the future.
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Sarah E Neville PhD @sarahneville.bsky.social Chelsea School Committee member, BU social work assistant prof, public school parent w/ @robertoj.bsky.social, #mapoli adjacent. #globalhealth #socialwork #adoption #fostercare #childprotection #mentalhealthresearch
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social Dad to school kids, professor to law students. Focused on education rights
SchooLawCracy: https://edlawprof.substack.com
Homepage: joshuaweishart.com
Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social Money, Lies, and God & other books
@nytopinion.nytimes.com, @newrepublic.com etc
Katherinestewart.me, https://substack.com/@katherinestewartbooks contact goodnewskatherine@gmail.com
hailey @hailey.at opinions are my own.
Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social Independent journalist.
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social Senior Energy and Climate Data Analyst @emberenergy.bsky.social | Lead author of the Global Electricity Review | Finding, curating and explaining the data behind the global energy⚡️transition.
Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social Comptroller of New York City.
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Floyd Marinescu @floydmarinescu.bsky.social CEO & Co-founder @infoq.com & @qconferences.com
Founder @ubiworks.bsky.social, @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social | advocate for basic income and sharing common wealth
Into health, wealth (economics), knowledge of Self.
floydmarinescu.com
Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social Prof of Ed Psych & Learning Sciences at UNC-CH | Scholar, speaker, consultant studying how people learn in the digital world | APA & AERA Fellow | Journal & Handbook Editor | Book Author | Views are my own. https://linktr.ee/jeffgreene
Avi Bryant @avibryant.com Oceans rise, empires fall · We have seen each other through it all…
JLRay @jlray.bsky.social Texas. Senior director of polling at YouGov. Adviser to Young Men Research Initiative.
johnlray.github.io
Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com the econ side of everything. @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social, @BoulderProgressives.org, Better Boulder. he/him.
I run Boulder Colorado Election Voter Guide https://bouldercoloradovoterguide.com and @didtherockieslose.com
Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
Josh @hobbesjosh.bsky.social I am a 53 yr old independent living in Southern California. I am getting away from the stupidity that is X and MAGA morons. I also don't care for Blue MAGA.
Cape May Dave - Rule of Law rules @capemaydave.bsky.social Born in the 60s. Physics/Philosophy major. Retired Wall St. derivatives trader. A guy who believes the US experiment in self-government is a less than 50/50 proposition going forward.
Opinions all my own (who would claim them anyway?)
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social Working class history, photography, railways, skiing, cats, corvids and goats! A sense of humour is essential. Cat butler. Reluctant intellectual. Rare disease survivor. Born at 314.3ppm.
https://railthing.blogspot.com/?m=1
Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social writer +/ journo covering migration, cities, justice etc. words in The Nation, Politico Mag, The Baffler, The Nation, The New Republic, etc. teaching @ CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism. tanvim.05 on signal. Tanvim27 on insta.
Trygve Olson @trygveolson.bsky.social Democracy Expert trained 1000's worldwide to fight for it. Sr Advisor @projectlincoln & @LDIDemocracy. Weekly on @allbaughshow. WI boy, Girl Dad, Packer Fan.
Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. ORDER my book: https://tinyurl.com/2sjcsupd Home cook, foodie.
Carli Velocci 👽 @carlivelocci.com Nonprofit comms professional by day, freelance writer & editor for video games, tech by night | just some aliens in a suit | They/she
Links: https://linktr.ee/velocciraptor
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Xueke Li @xuekeli.bsky.social Climate scientist @Penn
Rogue SSA @alt-ssa.altgov.info One of two (2!!) official #altgov accounts for your friendly neighborhood SSA.
Joshua Aaron @joshua.stealingheather.com Proud #Antifa
#resist by any means necessary
Equality for All
#BLM #ICEBlockArmy
Science Is Real
App dev and overall tech nerd
Oh yeah, I play a little music sometimes too.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Marco Polo @tanksmarco.bsky.social Husband, father, son of immigrants, Veteran (ret.) 🇺🇸, Despise Fascist, Racist, GOP & enablers. Dog lover 🐾 🚫 DMs
Mike Kasprzak❓🦈🍁 @distraction.engineer Former professional GameDev (1999+); IGF Finalist (2009); Retro, DIY, Repair, C64 nerd; AKA PoV, PoVRAZOR, VA3POV 📻; They/them; 🍁
Caretake and co-creator of the @ludumdare.com online game jam
Empathy is punk! Trans rights! 🏳️⚧️💜🤘
Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social Actress. Politics, Foreign Policy, Science & RockNRoll. Love animals
Chirag Lala @cthelala.bsky.social Indian-American. VP of Research & Chief Economist at Center for Public Enterprise. Macro + Finance + Industrial Policy + Decarbonization + Grids + Investment
https://publicenterprise.org/author/chirag/
Yakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social Political economy, Russia, ext. Also pictures of cats. Recovering historian doing financial engineering for the public sector the Center For Public Enterprise and still sometimes missing academia.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social “Jen-DEE-a”
Producer | Science Writer | Author | Editor | Artist
CEO and Editor-in-Chief of @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
Also J. Dianne Dotson.
https://jendiagammon.com
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
The Anti-Fascist Herald-Tribune @antifascistht.bsky.social from Plato to Hegel to modern Christian fascism, those who defend tyranny and totalitarianism are always wrong.
At the AFHT we promote a free and open society.
Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social He/Him. Dad. Journo tracking dark money and attacks on public health. JD, ADHD, occasional cartoonist.
Co-founder of Accountability Journalism Institute. Accountabilityjournalism.org
Signal: walkerbragman.44
Reporting: https://www.importantcontext.news
Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies, Sarah Lawrence College. PhD in Religious Studies, University of Chicago. Globalist Elite, Ruthless Cosmopolitan, and Thing-in-Itself-hating Jew. Husband of @petticoatshrink.bsky.social. He/Him/הוא/ער
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford
Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com Engineering prof (mechanical + electrical) at a big Midwest state school. Energy, climate, buildings, power grid, control, optimization, data science. He/him. Personal account. https://kevinjkircher.com/ Email: my last name at purdue dot edu
Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social Opinion writer. Pvs: Editor at USA Today Opinion and National Journal, campaign reporter at USA Today and AP. Author, "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." My work: https://jilllawrence.com
Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social thinking about infectious diseases, information, and behavior
Postdoc UMD College Park
📍Austin, TX
https://mjharris95.github.io/
Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social I love vaccines, animals, and my wife, who set up this profile.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/we-want-them-infected/
Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social Antifa goat farm and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We used to make cheese and trouble, but we no longer make cheese.
Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com Presidential appointee in Obama and Biden administrations. Served as United States Public Delegate to United Nations. DNC Lawyers Council Chair. Trial Lawyer. Music & Hockey Fan. Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
jae holzman @jael.bsky.social hi, i write about climate change and renewable energy. i also play music sometimes. some secret third thing.
Goin @goinart.bsky.social Enraged artist
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social Retired college English professor. Grandmother to 10. Lover of nature, books, and quilting. Person of faith. Believer in democracy.
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#BlueCrew
#Resist
#cats
Christina Huang @handle.invalid PGY-5 Radonc Resident at Duke | MD, MS | Meded | Brachytherapy | Clinical Trials | Posts my own, not medical advice #medsky #oncsky #radoncsky 🧪
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Dad Lander. Former Councilmember Lander. Former Comptroller Lander. Running for Congress because we need to fight, not fold. 🥊
https://linktr.ee/bradlander