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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social Author of funny books, cultural omnivore. I like tea and cats, not necessarily in that order. I inhale deeply when first stepping in to bookshops and libraries. 🌈
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Misery Highlight @miseryhighlight.bsky.social like you, but me-er.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social I’m not here to post my THOUGHTS. I’m not here to share IDEAS. I’m here to post PICTURES OF MUSHROOMS and BE AN IDIOT
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com Doing what I can to keep activists, journalists, and researchers safe and productive — writing at https://micahflee.com — author of HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS https://hacksandleaks.com — signal: micah.01
drdoomseaoffice.bsky.social @drdoomseaoffice.bsky.social The official Latverian government account for our Supreme, Benevolent and formidable Lord Dr. Doom's takeover of Seattle and the United States. All hope lies with Doom!
Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team i'm the most RESPECTFUL transsexual journalist in the world™
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social Does this look infected?
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Post-it @postlurker2025.bsky.social Out of the shadows, a little…
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aric @aghastronaut.com Minneapolis non-comedian
Made webcomics, did improv, and other unnecessary web stuff.
"Has a history of creating conceptual internet projects" -Billboard
(he/him)
Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social Staff writer @prospect.org. Send tips: wwimbish at prospect dot org & Signal at wwimbish.07.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social journalist / co-founder @404media.co
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sam@404media.co (everything else)
complain about the paywall, catch a block
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social robin sky leigh
writer & socialist working on labor, capitalist globalization, and the calculation and modeling of the vast socialized harms behind privatized profits.
she | her
Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city I spend a lot of time thinking about all the ghosts that live in old electronics.
Preservation, art, old tech.
18+ only
Something beautiful is going to happen.
(she / they)
Writing: antientro.pics
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Elle Sutton - Seattle and FMTY @ellesutton.bsky.social Seattle & Passport Ready
Love languages: tasting menus, travel, horror movies, and falling asleep wearing your shirt.
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art Grilled Cheese Award Winning, Fully Automated, Luxury Anarchist Syndicate
Posts written in a kind of obsolete vernacular.
🔀⚧️
Shared Brain - they/she/he/I/my/we/our in a constant superposition
Commissions & Shop: https://moxiest.art
KIMBLY NOT HERE TRY VENMO @k1m.bsky.social Literally just a gorl. photographer. I bring events to life. degen & doer of all things. Certified Internet Gremlin.
📍Seattle
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🔞 mdni
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
Be:Seattle @beseattleorg.bsky.social Building the power and leadership of renters and people experiencing homelessness to fight for housing that is appropriate and affordable for all
Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com Security editor, TechCrunch
Signal: zackwhittaker.1337
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies.
Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware.
☎️ Signal: +1 917 257 1382
Kristin Myrtle @kristinmyrtle.bsky.social (mostly sad song lyrics & various hot takes)
she/her
5 ft 9 brown eyes and a sundress
🪷🇵🇸❤️🔥
crochet artist 🧶
find me on letterboxd: kristinmyrtle
slopcon.bsky.social @slopcon.bsky.social Slopcon 2026 🤖 | AI-generated CFPs. AI-reviewed talks. Human meatpuppets. Synthetic slides, organic panic at DEF CON. 📍 Las Vegas 2026 | CFP OPEN | slopcon.org
DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social The world’s premier hacker conference. Serving the global hacker community since 1993.
Defcon.org
Forum.defcon.org
Defcon.social
Betsy Wetsy @betsyross.bsky.social
everyday I start to ooze
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social Not Giving Up.
Oscar Nominated Director:
RBG, JULIA, MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY, GABBY GIFFORDS (w/Betsy West)
PATH FORWARD (w/Mo Husseini)
EVERY BODY, STURGEON QUEENS
I ❤️ @PaulTheDogMan & 🐕 🐕
Co leader w @lizzylady: MontclairSundays INDIVISIBLE.
Pru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social Humorisht
the thing with the stuff:
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it's charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online hello we are char and Shiloh from online of the internet. plural, nonbinary, disabled, depressed. brave little toaster. will post about drinking and being sad. will also yell about the seattle kraken and torrent. 40 or something like it. acab.
Seattle Parks Foundation @seattleparksfoundation.org We partner with community to champion thriving and equitable parks and public spaces. Tell us why you #LoveParks!
linkin.bio/seattleparksfoundation
Seattle Public Utilities @seattleutilities.bsky.social View the City's policies at https://seattle.gov/digital
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Dominic Caruso @dominiccaruso1.bsky.social I was a snowball in hell.
[he/his]
Skellyton 🦇 @infinitefinite.blog Tell your pets I said hi.
she/they
Bruins 🏒 Fleet
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Runway Girl @runwaygirl.com A collective of aviation journalists from around the world delivering intelligence about the diverse airline passenger experience. 
ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social A project powered by a network of aviation enthusiasts hunting for interesting cleartext ACARS messages. All posted messages are delayed & have identifying information removed. Most messages are very undramatic.
acarsdrama.com | jumpseat.acarsdrama.com
Tech 4 Housing @tech4housing.org Organizing the tech community to advocate for affordable, sustainable and equitable cities.
tech4housing.org
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
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📸 @willtoft.bsky.social
Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
Haydon @haydonmp.bsky.social Dad, husband, double hoo.
Previously - firefighter, medic, stroke researcher, remote medicine and foreign policy.
Opinions my own, especially when they're wrong. Reposts are not endorsements unless it’s woodworking, maybe beagle posts too.
Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social Freelance writer with a PhD in history. Ex-academic; studied the anti-apartheid movement. Emeritus adjunct. Became a software engineer in 2020. Words in Dame, Liberal Currents, Smithsonian, Jacobin, BBC.
He/Him
zeb-larson.com
Cascadia Democratic Action @cascadiademocratic.bsky.social Cascadia Democratic Action is a grassroots coalition dedicated to pursuing non-violent strategies to achieve autonomy and/or independence for the people of Oregon and Washington and the #Cascadia bioregion.
http://www.cascadiademocratic.org/
PubliCola @publicola.com.web.brid.gy News. Politics. Urbanism.
[bridged from https://publicola.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/publicola.com ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation @parks.seattle.gov View the City’s policies at https://seattle.gov/digital 
Cosmic Clau @cosmicclau.bsky.social "Without hope, without witness, without reward"
"The best part about your opinion, is that it doesn't matter"
Gen X hermit
Dog Mum
She/her
Tired
Meh
I found these on the floor
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social She/Her
Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker.
NatGeo, BBC, SciAm, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others.
Hire me to fact check your book.
I post about Jewish stuff, disability, Star Trek, and The Buffalo Bills.
Jersey girl.
Science Figures That Look Like Shitposts @science-shitpost.bsky.social This was a classic account on science twitter but it never made it to bsky so I rebooted it.
Submit figs at science.shitpost@fastmail.ca
Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social 📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Streets Alliance. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
Woodland Park Zoo @woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social We save wildlife and inspire everyone to make conservation a priority in their lives. We really, really love telling you about animals.
University of Washington Center for Human Rights @uwchr.bsky.social We partner with organizations on the front lines of local & global human rights struggles to conduct research in the service of real-world social change.
key @kmillz.lol i can post worse if you give me a chance | ca | @smillz.lol ♥︎
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social whistles help us protect each other
linktr.ee/wa.whistles
Amy LaZerte @amylazerte.bsky.social Pretty tired already
scram! @scrambledmegs.bsky.social I’d like to be irreverent and fun, but here we are.
Trying my best, but notably as flawed as anyone with this much self-awareness can be.
Jupiter Jetson @jupiterjetson.bsky.social ATMLA✨Living rent free in your browser history since ‘19✨Find me at Sheri’s Brothel✨
renee french @reneefrench.bsky.social painter, animator, writer/illustrator of books http://reneefrench.tv
cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social The Ringleader
big famous microblogger
pet account reactionary
flamboyant wrecker
goddess of uselessness
antisocial influencer
[she/her] Texan in MA. Adonis' mom
Amber Lake 🤍 Your PNW Girlfriend @swiminamberlake.bsky.social ✨ Your big-booty dream girl with a heart of gold
😴 Perpetually-tired grad student who loves to snuggle
🌈 Plays well with others
🌶️ Neurodivergent-friendly
📍 PDX, Seattle, and FMTY
🔗 swiminamberlake.com
🎁 marigoldgift.com/amberlake
💌 Questions? Email, no DMs
Jenn 🩷 @alldolledup44.bsky.social Feral
Doer of hair
Foul mouthed
Lifter of weights
Radical Feminist
Lover of all
Anti fascist af
Receiver of tattoos
Music buff
Grower of plants
Sexual & slightly deviant
Professional haver of fun 🩷
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Our Seattle @ourseattle.bsky.social A grassroots movement to hold Mayor Katie Wilson accountable for her campaign promises made at over 50,000 doors 💛
linktr.ee/OurSeattle
GoFundMe.com/SeattleDOOM
Sarah Kelly @sarahkelly.bsky.social I live in Denver and I have a pug. College football sicko. Also an editor.
a squirrel @iamasquirrel.bsky.social don't mind me, just a friendly wizard squirrel, learning about the world.
Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social Writer immersed in French culinary history. Cookbook author. Hotel owner. Jam maker. Américaine spécialiste de l’histoire culinaire française. Also Contrarian News food. #endALS
https://jamieschler.substack.com
STEMthebleeding @stemthebleeding.bsky.social Medically-retired Marine. Biochemist and Mathematician.
Here for the science and the snark, in varying degrees of each. 
Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@cnbc.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla & spacex (some climate tech). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
Forrest Plump @nahyoudoit.bsky.social Empty inside, full-figured outside
ⓘ this user is jerk
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꯱ׁׅ֒ɑׁׅꭈׁׅɑׁׅhׁׅ @porcelainsiren.bsky.social new orleans lady living in seattle, taking pretty pictures, and sharing them here to combat my depression.
abolish ice. free palestine. trans rights. blm. ubi. fdt.
𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social Fugitive warlord. Indicted crypto kingpin. Disgraced former intern. Artisan cheesemonger.
He/him/his
Fitzy’s Funtastic Feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eeuovmdmopwss5bsf7el3ra7/feed/aaabi4hywtg5g
Ennui Doofen @ennuidoofen.bsky.social writer of jokes
fighter of life
💌: doof@fuck.it
more doof ⤵️
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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social six feet of radioactive decay and candy
bsky’s mom
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mean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social NC. 3rd wife material. Jokes in the skeets, active in the community. Sewing my own tragedies. Huge tinfoil hat. $4 to Goog it for you. $500 to be mean to you $meantomyself
Skeets: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7bv2ca3yawj662o7qxd5xyt7/feed/aaaoms63lvrkk
Color of Seattle @colorofseattle.bsky.social A bot that posts the color of the sky in Seattle, WA
Posts hourly based on webcam footage of the Seattle sky
Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social Sometimes I make YouTube videos. Right now I play a lot of chess!!! Tomorrow, who knows?
Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social Bluesky version of an existing whale sightings group; this bsky version created & moderated by AlisaLB.
Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com Founder & Editor of @theneedling.com, Seattle's Only Real Fake News. Pulitzer Prize-winning real real news reporter.
A lil more about me: https://tinyurl.com/awveap8v
Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social Climate adaptation for nature and people @ Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington. Surfer/paddler. Settler on Coast Salish land. She/her.
Personal account - views mine.
amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
SquidTips - Aj/Alex/He🏍 🦑🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @squidtips.bsky.social Unapologetic antifascist, motorcycle evangelist, cybersecurity engineer, protector of the dolls, and anarchist organizer, working for the people to build a better future
PNW
https://linktr.ee/squidtips
Kimya Dawson @kimyadawson.bsky.social Songwriter. Doodler. Parent. Buoyant. https://linktr.ee/kimyadawson
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Zoned Out PNW @zonedoutpnw.bsky.social Cascadia News for the Rest of Us
Amplifying stories | Documenting resistance 🌲
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone Authoress. Books: RINGMASTER (NYT bestseller), TRUE BELIEVER (Hugo finalist), and @beckbook.com (out Oct. 6). Married to @sirosenbaum.bsky.social and co-hostess of @herecomestomorrow.net.
https://beckbook.com
https://josie.zone
Playboy @playboy.com Welcome to Playboy's official Bluesky page, and yes, we have articles too. Find us at www.Playboy.com.
Phillip Picardi @pfpicardi.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, Playboy. 🐰
🔙 CCO Teen Vogue, founder of Them, EIC Out
Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov Maintaining and modernizing Seattle's streets
For service requests: call 206-684-7623 or use the Find It, Fix It app: seattle.gov/customer-service-bureau/find-it-fix-it-mobile-app
City policies: seattle.gov/digital
Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social We organize and mobilize people to make every neighborhood a great place to walk, bike, roll, and live.
Learn more at streetsalliance.org.
at://seattle @seattle.atprotocol.community An ATProto Community for the Emerald City
Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev 💻 Designer & PM for DevEx & Web Platform
📚 Author of Design for Developers.
🔮 Sassy web witch & actual witch.
🏴 Seattle gal in England.
💍 @jhey.dev
https://seaotta.dev
Coffee Outside Seattle @coffeeoutsidesea.bsky.social We meet up at 7am every Wednesday to enjoy coffee outside. Most folks arrive by bicycle but all modes of transport are welcome!
SpatialKimtamine @kimmalien.bsky.social Reptilian humanoid in a cozy skin suit
Skrrts: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rzx3l5xolmcvx5zcu3t3bl7o/feed/aaac25lduykog
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com anarchist warlord arbitration consultant. drummer in tragic lovers. writes WORK IS FOUR LETTERS, poster emeritus for NORMAL MEN. don't be a dick.
https://golikehellmachine.com
https://tragiclovers.bandcamp.com
Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social Co-Director at Center for Digital Narrative, Univ of Bergen. Lead research project AI STORIES (ERC Advanced Grant). Australian and Norwegian. Blogging at jilltxt.net since 2000.
SEIU_ORG @seiu.org Official Bluesky of SEIU, a leading voice for labor & progressive change for working people. #UnionsForAll #ProtectAllWorkers #1u
The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com Satirical news by & for autistic people (poor things). Founded by Sara Gibbs & Elsa Williams; run by Sara Gibbs & Sarah Amero
It’s a Superpower?? is out now: https://allmylinks.com/itsasuperpower
www.thedailytism.com
www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism
The Air Current @theaircurrent.com The Air Current is a subscription-based aviation news service that combines the highest standards of journalism with the level of technical detail and rigor expected by a sophisticated industry audience. Standby for news…