Aaron Javsicas @aaronjavsicas.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief
Temple University Press
Acquires in politics, urban studies, and Philadelphia regional titles
CrownShy @becrownshy.bsky.social We listen carefully at scale - building open tools and processes for meaningful participation. http://crown-shy.com
Lisa Darlington 🌊💙🌈 @lisadarlington.bsky.social Proud godmother to Scarlett May. Mom to Eddie and Gracie 😻. Democrat Socialist. Retired Navy. Virginia Beach. CPT, CNC, MBA #running
#PhiladelphiaEagles
#feminist
#NewYorkKnicks
#PhiladelphiaPhillies
#NewYorkIslanders
#holistichealth
Chris Perfett @perfett.bsky.social News Anchor @ Fox Sports Radio. Formerly 10 years @ SB Nation podcasting the Detroit Lions. USC Annenberg alum. "Go Loins." Ask me about my very big cat. Thinking too much about TTRPGs
jen forestal @seejenspeak.bsky.social political theorist, assoc professor at Loyola Chicago. studying digital technologies, democratic practices, (software) architecture, & civic engagement. she/her
Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu We are a network of networks, committed to advancing democratic innovation and participation.
FIDE - North America @north.america.fidemocracy.org We advance Citizens’ Assemblies to collectively solve public problems and build trust between people and government
🌐 https://www.fidemocracy.org/north-america
@francescoveri.bsky.social @francescoveri.bsky.social 
Marie Neihouser @marie-neihouser.bsky.social MCF en science politique
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Chercheuse au CESSP
Michaël Damman @oncleshu.bsky.social Intelligence collective, gouvernance partagée, participation citoyenne, démocratie délibérative... Tout ce qui permets de réinventer le système en mode bottom-up !
Ernesto Velasco @ernestovelasco.bsky.social Public management / Open Gov / Public Policy / Deliberative Democracy / Evaluation
Aaron Landsman @thinaar.bsky.social Theater person, civic action person, Lecturer at Princeton person, person person. Writing in journals and on stages and in a book (The City We Make Together). Progenitor of Perfect City - toolkit for local power using art. 
Annenberg Public Policy Center @appc.upenn.edu Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Research and engagement that matter. Home of FactCheck.org & the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics.
Mary Lou Fraser Gargas @loulou712203.bsky.social We do not allow kings to lead our country. We should have three co-equal branches of government. Fight back or we will lose our constitutional democracy. Retired attorney. Boston sports fan. Music lover.
Olivia Mendoza @olivemendoza.bsky.social Filipina PhD student studying emotions & deliberation from a feminist and deliberative democratic lens.
No Suma Cero @nosumacero.bsky.social Non-zero-sum games. @NSC
Tech policy. Internet & Digital Rights. AI Governance.
Who gains power when AI is deployed?
Information operations & digital authoritarianism.
Freedom of expression & Data protection.
Social media & Conflict. Networked movements.
J. Toscano @j-toscano.bsky.social Admaker/storyteller/content creator/message crafter for progressive candidates/causes. Writer/biker/cinephile. backstorystrategies.com
Ciaran Conroy @ciaranconroy.bsky.social Unhealthy addiction to all things politics, music, fly fishing & adventure racing.🇮🇪🇪🇺
Kate Long @katelong.bsky.social PhD researcher at @UniofYork | Looking at the politics of climate democratic innovations
www.kate-long.co.uk 
Katie Knobloch @krknobloch.bsky.social Democracy is my jam.
Toni Wessman @toniwessman.bsky.social Project researcher at University of Turku, Finland.
Democratic Innovations, Deliberative Democracy, Citizen Participation.
Paul Hope @paul-in-hope.bsky.social
Website: "Towards real democracy and better global governance"
hopeoroblivion.org - updated 25-04-26
INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social ‘INCITE-DEM: Citizens Reinventing Democracy’ aims at enhancing inclusive participation and civic engagement, while expanding democratic innovation and dynamic feedback mechanisms between citizens and institutional actors in Europe.
https://incite-dem.eu/
John Dryzek @johndryzek.bsky.social Political Science Professor
Mad (Social) Scientist 🇨🇦 @jemburch.bsky.social PhD candidate (Political Science) | Sessional Instructor (Quantitative Methods) | Recovering public servant | Huge nerd (SCA, LARP, TTRPGs)
Expect posts about Canadian news (often political) and nerdy pursuits. Opinions my own and likely to be unhinged.
countmyvote @countmyvote.bsky.social Blue lifelong Democrat. Election tallys were tampered. They lied on the census. They staged fake assassination attempts. Save our democracy. #countmyvote
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here" (William Shakespeare, "The Tempest")
Sciencewise @sciencewise.bsky.social Working with policymakers and researchers to meaningfully involve the public in policymaking. We are a consortium with UKRI, British Science Association and the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Involvement. More here: www.sciencewise.org.uk
Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social Digitalization & Pol Behavior LMU Munich | Registered Reports @ JOP | Democracy and Populist Attitudes | Open Science | 🚵♂️🐶
Rory O'Connell @rjjoconnell.bsky.social Professor of Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Posts on human rights, equality & constitutional law. Posting in personal capacity.
Dimitri Courant @dimitricourant.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at @harvard.edu | PhD. in political science
Focus: Citizens' Assembly, Democracy, Deliberation, Sortition
President of @di-apsa.bsky.social
# https://ash.harvard.edu/people/dimitri-courant/
Erik Severson @eseverso33.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Political Science at UBC. Writing a dissertation on the democratic politics of attention
Matt Abrams @mattabrams.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattabrams
Advisor, Investor, Co-Founder, Board Member cursed (and blessed) with curiosity and a drive to #leaveitbetter
Focused on intersection of quality information, deliberative dialogue (citizens’ assemblies), and trust
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
The Real Kookamook @therealkookamook.bsky.social Just a resister doing my part to ensure that democracy doesn't die.
FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social Posting facts. democrats.org
Science Magazine @science.org Cutting-edge research, news, commentary, and visuals from the Science family of journals. https://www.science.org
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.
Victoria S. @vbaronesf.bsky.social she/her. Justice seeker working toward a better world. Find me in the spaces between Gender x Democracy x Human Rights.
@tombuhl.bsky.social @tombuhl.bsky.social 
APSA Preprints @apsa-preprints.bsky.social APSA Preprints is an open research platform that provides a home for early research outputs in political science and related fields. Free to submit, access, and download at preprints.apsanet.org. 
Theo L @theol222.bsky.social Building in public! 🌠 UNI AI | 10X Your Life
The Growth and Creation Engine 😏 uniai.io
Green World Way 🌎 Protect Earth 🇺🇦 Protect Ukraine
Amitav Bhattacharjee 🦋 @amitav63.bsky.social CEO @affinoretail @TechAsiaLab -- Tweets for STEM, AI, Security, #Robotics, Technology, ESG, #SDG, CSR and #Sustainability
Location: Bangalore, India 🇮🇳
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitavbhattacharjee
Raphaël V.N. @raphaelvn.bsky.social 🇧🇪 | Vieille gauche à la française : républicaine, universaliste et laïque 🇫🇷 | Mes propos n’engagent que moi, et encore…
ECPR Standing Group on Public Opinion & Voting Behaviour @ecprpovb.bsky.social ECPR Standing Group on Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour (POVB) in a Comparative Perspective 🗳️ @ecpr.bsky.social
@sarahkay-hi.bsky.social @sarahkay-hi.bsky.social 
Ralf Grötker @erge.bsky.social Berater und Moderator bei IKU_Die Dialoggestalter. Interessiert an Bürgerbeteiligung, Collective Intelligence, partizipativer Forschung, Open Government. 
Sofia Serra-Silva @sofiaserrasilva.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher & Political Scientist at
@ics-ulisboa.bsky.social | WBI Research Fellow at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social | Previous: Visiting Professor at Georgetown University (Spring 2023)
Danny Schindler @danschindler.bsky.social Director @iparl.bsky.social | parliaments & parties & opposition & constitutions | dad of three | police inspector off duty
https://www.iparl.de/team/dr-danny-schindler/
Régis Dandoy @regisdandoy.bsky.social Professor of comparative politics, Director of the Center for European Studies (USFQ, Ecuador), Jean Monnet chair (2022-2027)
Elections, decentralization, digital politics, e-voting, election observation
@perrydeess.bsky.social @perrydeess.bsky.social 
Nichole Auden @nicholeauden.bsky.social Interests — climate; gardening; rights (children’s, human, animal, civil, etc.); science/medicine; art; food; culture; history; bucolic landscapes; and hedonistic things like hot water, naps, and dogs.
CourtneyFrog @gzbichorski.bsky.social She/her, wife, mom of grown kids, fiercely love my lgbtqia family and friends, book and library nerd, flaming UU / UCC - "We who believe in freedom cannot rest." - Sweet Honey in the Rock "
Joey Walnuts @jolwalton.bsky.social AI slop Ian Hislop. Writing a book, After Capitalism: The End of the End of the World | https://linktr.ee/jolwalton
Kyle @scikyle.bsky.social Dad, scientist, PhD candidate, explorer, aquanaut, nerd
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Good News For Lefties @goodnewsforlefties.bsky.social GoodNewsForLefties.com - a podcast hosted by @beowulfrochlen.bsky.social Upbeat headlines for progressives. Send good news tips to beowulf@twosquaredmediaproductions.com or 202-656-6271
Democracy Local, a planetary publication 地方民主 @democracylocal.bsky.social Stories, data, analysis, events and other content of, by, and for everyday people governing themselves. Publisher is Joe Mathews, journalist, Berggruen Institute fellow and co-founder of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy
David Rosén @david-rosen.bsky.social Adviser, Climate Change and Democracy at International IDEA. Posts/views are my own. 
Kris Rabberman @krisrabberman.bsky.social Social justice, compassion, creativity, arts, books, music, animals, travel, curiosity. PhD-history & gender studies. Cat mom to Phoebe and Pete. Philadelphia, PA 💙🌊💙
I have opinions. @eurobubba.com My t-shirt is cooler than yours.
Rainald Manthe @rmanthe.bsky.social Sociologist & Author. Interested in democracy, literature, and politics. 2024: "Demokratie fehlt Begegnung" at Transcript Verlag
Alexander M. Rezk @arezk-anthropos.bsky.social Research Associate | PhD Candidate | Public Policy Anthropologist | Climate Hazard, Public Health, Harm Reduction | University of Maine |
#FightFascism #Resist #FreePalestine
Views My Own
Charles Martin-Shields @charlesmartinshields.com Senior researcher, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS). Working on forced displacement, digitalization, and conflict. Opinions here are my own.
My book: https://bit.ly/4gjNQ09
Open access: https://bit.ly/3AXzbI2
Will Friedman @willfriedman.bsky.social Democracy researcher/writer/advocate focused on the idea that we can’t defend democracy without renewing democracy. Former president, Public Agenda. NYC born, Brooklyn based.
Archon Fung @politicsprof.bsky.social Director @harvardash@bsky.social. Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship, Harvard Kennedy School. I study participatory democracy. All views expressed here are my own.
Brad Rourke @bradrourke.bsky.social Chief external affairs officer and director of DC operations for Charles F. Kettering Foundation. Views my own. #democracy #inclusion #yoga #finedining
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Democracy Fund @democracyfund.bsky.social Democracy Fund is a foundation working to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy that is open, just, resilient, and trustworthy. 
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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.
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, Premier League and tennis fan, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book and travel recommendations welcomed.
Matt Leighninger @mattleighninger.bsky.social Describing, supporting, measuring innovations in democracy at the Center for Democracy Innovation at the National Civic League. Opinions are my own.
Adirondack Council @adirondackcouncil.bsky.social Defending the East's greatest wilderness through advocacy and action to ensure the ecological integrity and wild character of the Adirondack Park
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47
Popular.info
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.
Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social Pro-democracy conservatives Republicans fighting Trump & Trumpism.
Join our growing community on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/republicansagainsttrumpism/p/im-his-lawyer?r=9qjst&utm_medium=ios
Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. My Substack: www.weekendreading.net
@plscully.bsky.social @plscully.bsky.social 
@karinamw.bsky.social @karinamw.bsky.social 
Florencia Guerzovich @guerzovich.bsky.social Consultant & Systems Convener: at the intersection of governance, monitoring, evaluation, research & learning
Co-founder @act4delivery
Collaborating w/#Politeia
Ilan Siebert @isiebert.bsky.social #orgdev #democracy #humancollaboration www.kessels-smit.com and Founder www.esgehtlos.org initiator of www.dasende.org
DiceShamingIsAFreeAction @baddicebad.bsky.social She/her Persona au gratin 🥔 🧀
NEW DROP COMING SOON!
Crochet Lap Blankets
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TeatimeTextilesCo
#WyattNPC 💔 Sibling Suicide Survivor
Dodgers ⚾️ Since 1982
Jason Kosnoski @jasonkosnoski.bsky.social Professor of Pol. Sci. UMich-Flint. Political Theory and Labor Studies. AFT 5671 member. Author "The Political Theory of Salvage" https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Political-Theory-of-Salvage. Opinions solely my own and do not reflect my institution.
Hughes Views 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️ ✊🏿 🦝 @jhughesviews.bsky.social Menopause and the downfall of democracy—because who doesn’t want hot flashes while the world is on fire?
Married to Dan (28 yrs so far), 2 amusing adult kids, boxer Milly, cats Kip and Gertie.
David Rountree @afterword.substack.com Retired guy in Alabama who detests the felonious president and his hanger-on henchmen. Also raging at afterword.substack.com.
#RESIST! #SlavaUkraini!
🚫MAGA🚫DM🚫porn🚫crypto
Julie Patchouly @juliepatchouly.bsky.social Psychologist, Clinical Therapist, Writer, Avid Reader and Lover of Humanity. I am salt and light.
Freya Barnes @freyabarnes.bsky.social I do PR & storytelling for social change. Comms counsel to charities, think tanks & public figures. Previously Engage Britain, Shelter.
Nature & politics. Weird about The Beatles. Aspiring goat owner🐐
freyabarnespr.co.uk