Atlanta Studies @atlstudies.bsky.social Scholarship about the city, for the city. https://www.atlantastudies.org
John Ruch @johnruchatlanta.bsky.social civil rights paralegal, underground music preservationist (Loud Fast Lives oral history project https://rss.com/podcasts/loud-fast-lives/), fantasy novelist (https://www.amazon.com/stores/John-Ruch/author/B01MXLO740), ex-journalist
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Eli @elium2.com Leftist political analyst focusing on Georgia & RI. Notorious optimist. | cishet, autistic, 27
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aly @aly.codes 📍atl
dev / infra / cycling / cities / linux
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Jason Holland @muaddib1825.bsky.social Digital nomad, flipper of the middle finger, and 54yo punk.
Ilsa☠️ @ilsabones.bsky.social Clinical psychologist/ professional sad girl
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Bentley Hudgins @bentleyforus.bsky.social Candidate, Georgia State House 90
they/them
WE save US. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🍉
Sam Foster @samformarietta.bsky.social Founder: A Better Cobb & Marietta Bike Social. Fighting for a lower cost of living, safe streets, better transit & a Marietta for everyone! 🚍🚦🏘️
Let’s build a city that works for everyone!
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Mayra Navarro @mayranavarro.bsky.social Crazy Cat Lady, TDHA, Tech Leader WNB.rb
Tim Riley @timriley.info Rubyist. Leading Hanami, Dry, Rom.
Canberra, Australia. he/him.
https://timriley.info/
Hanakai @hanakai.org A family of Ruby tools for writing clearer, more maintainable apps. The new home for Hanami, Dry, and Rom.
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
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Thomas Cannon @thomascannon.me Web developer, musician, semi-pro party mom. +3 to Persistence Rolls. Operations & systems nerd.
Building my own apps on the side @practical.computer
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
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.
Doug Shipman @dougship.bsky.social Atlanta guy usually seen running around town
Michael Fletcher @mefletcher54.bsky.social Retired Intelligence Analyst. Cold War era US Army Vet. Fairly familiar with System Dynamics and History. Personal eccentricities: Scadian KSCA, USCF NM&LM. Details and periodic commentary at http://mefletcher.blogspot.com/
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Charity Majors @charity.wtf cofounder/CTO @honeycombio, co-author of Observability Engineering and Database Reliability Engineering. I test in production and so do you. 🐝🏳️🌈🦄
Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. Attorney, Double Dawg, State Senator, District 14.
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Kelsea Bond 🌹 @kelseabondatl.bsky.social Democratic Socialist. Atlanta City Councilmember. Fighting for an Atlanta for the 99%. 🧱🚊🌱🌹 (They/them)
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Anton Gudiswitz @antongudiswitz.bsky.social Abundant Housing ATL | Transit analyst
Lauts @lauts.bsky.social Product person at a news place. Landscape design and gardening enthusiast. Mom. Atlanta. GA. USA.
Leave it better than you found it.
Ambassador Dave @ambassadordave.com In time...
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Rohit For Atlanta @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social Powered by people, Driven by community. Rohit Malhotra: Running for Fulton County Commissioner, District 4 Special Election. November 3, 2026
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social Status Quo Politics is holding us back. Who will call for a big fight, and big change? The status quo cannot hold.
The Old Ways of Congress are gone. A New Congress is needed.
Jason Esteves @jasonesteves.bsky.social State Senator. Small business owner. Former teacher. Dad.
Running for governor to build a better Georgia. 
Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com Freedom through Truth for Service.
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Matt Rinker @mattrinkeratl.bsky.social President, Peoplestown Neighborhood Assoc.
🏡 Atlanta
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org Advancing ideas that rebalance power in our economy and democracy. www.rooseveltinstitute.org
Just another lobbyist @stefanturk.bsky.social I'm bad at the Internet.
Jen @lidoshuffle.bsky.social 
Steven Evangelista @sevangelistany.bsky.social Educator, social reformer and dad pursuing "liberty and justice for all." Democracy is a verb.
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
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
griftdrift @griftdrift.bsky.social Alice, Dallas Alice
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
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Julian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social Let's reform the Atlanta Way to use resources for an equitable city. Former 'tax break naysayer' on Invest Atlanta board & Gulch RedLighter, I campaign against wasteful revenue giveaways that favor billionaires at the rest's expense.
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Now: +1
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John Rose @johnpseudo.bsky.social Let's build a world without cars.
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interested in media, civic engagement, comms, transportation, global affairs, and exceptional eats.
George Chidi, Evil Reporter @neonflag.bsky.social Journalist for The Guardian (and occasionally Rolling Stone) in Atlanta, covering politics and the odd Young Thug tidbit. Massive D&D nerd. Veteran. #AddToBlackSky Signal: George_Chidi.80
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Eric Teusink @ericteusink.com Always trying to figure out if I'm real Atlanta yet.
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You are carrying cup of coffee, tiny dog, stack of books, way too much information about hollow earth theory
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D Summers @inqueerer.bsky.social Middle-aged queer in the Deep South.
Have always had to fight for my rights.
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If I don't know you, I'll probably block you to keep out the trolls.
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
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Joseph Geierman @geierman.bsky.social Husband to my husband, B.J. 🏳️🌈 | Dog lover 🐶 | Sci-fi fan 🚀 | Mayor of Doraville 🏛️ | Community builder & believer in the power of local action.
Cobb County, Ga @cobbcounty.bsky.social Official communications from Cobb County, Ga, home of the Atlanta Braves, Big Chicken, Kennesaw Mtn, Chattahoochee River, Covered Bridge, Silver Comet Trail, Marietta Square, Acworth, Austell, Kennesaw, Mableton, Powder Springs, Smyrna.
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