Leo Burnett @cascobay.bsky.social civic tech, Maine politics, decolonial history, tech privacy, housing justice. Code for America alum and occasional political campaigner. 🏳️⚧️
wabanaki land - machigonne aka portland ME
Jim MacMillan @jimmacmillan.com Journalist, educator, researcher and social innovator. Student of peace and justice. CMAT superfan. Recently relocated to Cork. Shaped by 35 years in Philadelphia and one in Baghdad. JimMacMillan.com | DuffyMalone.ie | Signal: JRM.353 | He/him | Pax et Lux
Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Proud American.
Writing, Pod, ETC: Beacons.ai/reidhoffman
Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social Screw it, let's do it.
Proof it's the real me: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rbranson_richard-branson-richardbransonbskysocial-activity-7267516793689124864--I14
Here's my blog: https://www.virgin.com/branson-
Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk.
senatefinance.bsky.social
wydenpress.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Amy Mitchell @amycmitchell.bsky.social Product manager and author of Product Management IRL
https://amycmitchell.substack.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycmitchell/
Jamie Goodin @yamesfm.bsky.social Software engineer and civic technologist in NYC. Interested in data access and privacy. Occasional art and sound.
Alberto Pupo @authoralbertopupo.bsky.social I am an independent fantasy author https://albertopupo.wixsite.com/alberto-pupo-author
Aslan French @jcklpe.bsky.social elderly grad student at UT iSchool.
Board President for Open Austin.
#civictech holdout
Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com {Social, Data, Network, Information} Scientist, @cuboulder.info
Visiting Scientist, @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social AY25-26
High-tempo collaboration, information commons, public interest data science
https://www.brianckeegan.com/
Signal: brianckeegan.26
Technologists for the Public Good @publicgood.tech A professional association and community for technologists that serve the public good.
https://www.publicgood.tech/
Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social Football writer, analyzer, podcaster. Sportsball good. Enjoyer of Bowie. Millennials are the Greatest Generation. I own and write for BadFaithTimes.com.
Kerri Connolly @kerriaconnolly.bsky.social Solutions in GovTech | User Experience + Civic Tools = Better Democracies | Cambervillian | I miss Boston Bike Party
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Andy Carvin @acarv.in Director of investigations, @weareoversight.bsky.social. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
Clips made with SnapStream
Internet Hooligan...
CUNY PIT Lab @cunypitlab.bsky.social 
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Ann Kempster @annkempster.com Public sector agitator for good. Co-author @transform.wales
Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
Digital. 🏴
She/her.
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social Senior AI reporter at The Verge.
6 years covering the AI industry's power dynamics, societal implications & the AI arms race. Previously: CNBC, Morning Brew, Protocol, etc.
DM me off the record on Signal: haydenfield.11
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
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
Jeffrey Goldberg @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Editor in chief, The Atlantic. Moderator, Washington Week with The Atlantic, on PBS.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social Northwest reporter, ProPublica.
Nate Goldman @ungoldman.com Reluctant technologist working in transit planning. Civil & human rights enthusiast. Geo, politics, journalism, nature, games. Past lives: philosophy, linguistics, design, community organizing, pizza delivery.
ungoldman.com
he/him
pdx
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue I work on @securedrop.org
Former fed at 18F "deleted" by DOGE
🔗 https://skiles.blue/
Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social engagement + crowdsourcing products ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, philly, carrboro north carolina, learning asl!
🌈 melodykramer.github.io
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.
Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social Senior Reporter at The Verge and author of Regulator, covering Big Tech vs Big Government. Formerly Puck/Politico/Vanity Fair. Wrote a book called THE MAGA DIARIES. Send your juiciest/most apocalyptic goss to tina@theverge.com or @tina_nguyen.19 on signal.
Alexis Madrigal @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social Book: The Pacific Circuit
Job: Co-Host, KQED Forum
Life: Local Economy, Oakland Garden Club
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/
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Alexia Fernández Campbell @alexiafernandezcam.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Bloomberg Industry Group. Previously
@PublicIntegrity @Voxdotcom @TheAtlantic @NationalJournal & @SunSentinel. UT Vol. 🇲🇽🇧🇷🇺🇸
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social Host of the "Economics for Inclusive Prosperity" podcast. Producer, writer, and editor. Solution seeker. Unshakably committed to fundamental decency and compassion-centered values based on universal human rights. “Speak bravely, listen generously.”
Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com Artist whose mediums include film, tv, and soda. www.StillersSoda.com
Heather Bree @hbree.bsky.social Civic data nerd | Data viz specialist | Javascript 4 life, especially D3 and Svelte | on the research and analytics team of the Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence at JHU
blackdotbug.github.io
Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov Husband. Father. U.S. Senator for California. Fighting for an economy that works for everyone and for our democracy.
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social Reviews architecture, in New York.
nyra.nyc
Simon Hill @simon-hill.bsky.social Senior writer @wired.com. Lover of all things tech. Gear reviewer. 
Kimberly Chua @kchua.bsky.social Digital Operations Manager @wired.com
Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social senior business & China editor for WIRED. my Signal is louise_matsakis.83. SIGN UP FOR THE MADE IN CHINA NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.wired.com/newsletter
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
Respectful Memes @respectfulmemes.bsky.social 
Ann Lewis @ann-lewis.bsky.social Tech exec, former TTS Director at GSA, former @moveon.org CTO, @scsatcmu.bsky.social grad, bio/pics: https://annlewis.tech/ (Personal account)
Lynn Overmann @lynnovermann.bsky.social Tech & policy nerd, recovering public defender, DC native, #ALLCAPS fan. Executive Director @beeckcenter.bsky.social Georgetown. May the force be with you, always. Views my own.
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu
The Real Truther @therealtruther.bsky.social Spreading truth about vaccines since 2015.
Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social George S Pepper Professor of Public Health & Preventative Medicine; Biostats, Stats & Data Science, Lifelong learner & truth seeker; Views my own & not employer’s
Dr Susan Oliver (PhD) @drsusanoliver.bsky.social Scientist who is passionate about correcting misinformation
https://www.youtube.com/backtothescience
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/White House Staff. Running for U.S. Senate
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
The Contrarian @contrariannews.org Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. https://contrarian.substack.com/
Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, Executive Chair of Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm
Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social Career public defender • Survivor & Amazing Racer • Fueled by rage at injustice • she/her
Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com Making services work better for all people—Head of Design & User Research at the German govt’s Digital Service, previously Head of #ServiceDesign at the UK’s Government Digital Service, int’l #GovDesign community co-lead, 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
martinjordan.com
Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan. 
latimesphotos @latimesphotos.bsky.social Photography staff of the Los Angeles Times
Michiel Bakker @mbakker.bsky.social LLMs and AI Safety. Assistant Prof @MIT. Research Scientist @GoogleDeepMind. CS PhD @MIT. He/him.
www.miba.dev
Eli Pariser @eli.bsky.social @newpublic.org cofounder / Filter Bubble author / dad, husband, human
David Eaves @eaves.ca Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital.
Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
Apolitical @apolitical.bsky.social Making governments smarter, to deliver for people and the planet | Join 500,000+ public servants & policymakers today: http://apolitical.co/signup
Beth Simone Noveck @bethnoveck.bsky.social BLOG: https://rebootdemocracy.ai. All things AI policy, democracy, government. BIO: https://thegovlab.org/beth-simone-noveck.html. Prof #AIforImpact #InnovateUS @Northeastern @BurnesCenter @TheGovLab, Chief AI Strategist @NJGOV, @OSTP44 BLOG
I Hope This Email Finds You @thisemailfindsyou.bsky.social Corpus: Google Books, not GenAI. Two posts daily. Created and maintained by @waldo.net.
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RAKER @rakermusic.bsky.social Indie electronica / alt pop from Miami. Moody, but still hopeful. Familiar, but hard to place. Reflective, but you might want to dance.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nzAeHjwQMNVOEukwGE6It?si=OWKE-JRRSCCRbw1iQ_2muA
Timothy Simons @timothycsimons.bsky.social Actor. Golfer. Doesn't like cocaine but likes songs about cocaine.
https://linktr.ee/timothycsimons
Rafael Olmeda @rolmeda.bsky.social Journalist
Humanist
Citizen for the Separation of Church and State
The truth is biased against lies.
Jason Parsley @jeparsley.bsky.social Publisher of @OutSFL.bsky.social; Former prez of @SPJFlorida.bsky.social & Prez of NLGJA South Florida; amateur baker; runner 🏳️🌈
@nialaboodhoo.bsky.social @nialaboodhoo.bsky.social 
Techmeme @techmeme.com Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web.
This account shares top-level Techmeme headlines. Visit https://techmeme.com/ for full context.
Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com tech & society @washingtonpost.com
stories: https://drewharwell.com/
videos: tiktok.com/@drewharwell
+ instagram.com/drewharwell
Sarah Schacht @sarahschacht.bsky.social Government data, standards, the future of the gov’t innovation workforce, Seattle, surfing, murals, public health.
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org Product manager on Google Maps driving + walking, and that little bit at the end that says you've arrived. I dream of a beautiful place in the mountains to call home. 日本語でもたまには書きます
📍Zurich by way of Tokyo and Boulder
The Burnes Center for Social Change @burnescenter.bsky.social Accelerating the path from idea to implementation through social change education, research, and activation.
https://burnes.northeastern.edu
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Alex Segura @alexsegura.com New York Times and USA Today-bestselling/award-winning author of many comics and novels.
https://linktr.ee/alex_segura
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social Team game
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Its-Hard-for-Me-to-Live-with-Me/Rex-Chapman/9781982197773
Zack Bornstein @zackbornstein.bsky.social Emmy-losing Writer/Director (#Shrinking, @nbcSNL, @Netflix, @Hulu, @Dreamworks, @JimmyKimmelLive, #StrangePlanet, @NewYorker)
Adrian Ruhi @adrianruhi.bsky.social Audience Development Editor for the Miami Herald. Lover of ‘90s hip-hop, craft beer, theme parks, movies and Marvel.
UF journalism grad. Miamian. 3️⃣0️⃣5️⃣🌴
el Nuevo Herald @elnuevoherald.com 📰Diario número 1 en español de Miami. Cubrimos eventos locales, noticias del Sur de la Florida y Latinoamérica #elherald
Anthony Chiang @anthonychiang.bsky.social Miami Heat reporter for the Miami Herald. Made in Dade. Cuban-American. Cuban coffee connoisseur. UF grad. achiang@miamiherald.com
Ben Wieder @bwieder.bsky.social Los Angeles Times DC Investigations, ex-Miami Herald/McClatchy DC, ben.wieder@latimes.com, signal: @benwieder.51
Greg Cote @gregcote.bsky.social Greg Cote Show podcast host, Miami Herald sports columnist, Dan Le Batard Show regular, author of The Pride Of A Lion and Back In My Day (anthology), failed bon vivant.
@alexmena1973.bsky.social @alexmena1973.bsky.social 
Shirsho Dasgupta @shirsho.bsky.social journo @miamiherald.com in dc. man utd fan. ex-soccer writer. usually cooking, fiddling with a camera or encouraging americans to start watching cricket.
📩: dshirsho@protonmail.com; Signal: shirsho.09
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amanda rosa @amandarosa.bsky.social Miami Herald Broward reporter
Arts writer
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Denise Hruby @denisehruby.bsky.social Journalist covering the planet's crises for The Miami Herald. Harvard Nieman Fellow and National Geographic Explorer. Bylines in The New York Times, National Geographic Magazine, The Washington Post etc. Native Austrian, can't jodel.
Michael M. Butler @mikeviimusic.bsky.social 🇵🇦 | Miami Herald Business Reporter | Bylines: Okayplayer; Andscape | Music Producer | #TheBestIsYetToCome | 📨: mbutler@miamiherald.com
George Hahn @georgehahn.com Humorist, urbanist, satirist, sartorialist, minimalist, soloist, bicyclist, mid-century modernist on no one’s to-do list.
chizo nwagwu @cnwagwu.bsky.social public interest technologist. gardner in training. arts lover. dc based.