Arn Keeling @arnkeeling.bsky.social He/him. Settler. Geographer at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Historical+social aspects of mining in Northern 🇨🇦. Co-author, The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife https://www.mqup.ca/Books/T/The-Price-of-Gold
Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social St. Louis-based literary press distributed by New York Review Books. Publishes Renee Gladman, Leonora Carrington, Cristina Rivera Garza, Amina Cain, Giada Scodellaro, Kate Briggs, Brais Lamela, Denise Rose Hansen, etc. Est. 2009. dorothyproject.com
Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social The global community of academics, practitioners, and activists interested in Economic #Sociology and Political Economy -- led by Dr. Oleg Komlik https://economicsociology.org/about/
Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu Planning cities that make people smile;
Co-founder @ humankind
Author of The Car That Wanted to be a Bike: http://humankind.city/car
📍 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Will B. Payne @willbpayne.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Science at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, studying spatial data and urban inequality through location-based services.
Sam Gould @form67.bsky.social Emeryville based game dev at Obsidian Entertainment.
Planning Commissioner in Emeryville
ADEM in AD-18
Housing + transit + bikes
Opinions are my own
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Content providers added with permission.
Intertribal Timber Council @intertribal-tc.bsky.social Our mission, to pursue and promote the conservation and development of Indian forest resources for the benefit and advancement of Indian people. www.itcnet.org
Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com Sociologist. Author. Professor. Roosevelt Institute Fellow. Expert on families, schools, kids, privilege, and power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, Atlantic, etc.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
www.jessicacalarco.com
🚂 Awoooga @ryancowbreath.bsky.social I like trains! Aziza Scott’s #1 Fan
Unionist, organizing for a sustainable economy and a world without police.
https://boxd.it/32VmZ
Ryan Anderson @anthropologia.bsky.social Cultural, environmental, and economic anthropologist. All things coastal. Photography. Some baseball too.
Tommy Craggs @tcraggs22.bsky.social Writer and editor. Late of "Game Theory With Bomani Jones" on HBO, Mother Jones (no relation), HuffPost, Slate, Gawker Media, Deadspin, etc. Subscribe to @flaminghydra.com. Email: tcraggs22@gmail.com.
Eryn Brown @erynbrown.bsky.social Writer and editor, ATL-NYC-LA. Currently editorial director, Zócalo Public Square.
Transit Books @transitbooks.bsky.social Publishing award-winning literature from around the world in the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.transitbooks.org
Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org Bringing together transit riders, environmentalists, and union members for fast, clean, safe catenary electric regional, intercity, and freight rail in California. #CatenaryNow #ElectrifyMetrolink
Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social "O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
Sacramento Democratic Socialists of America @sacdsa.bsky.social Sacramento chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America 🌹 Follow us on socials: 🌹 https://linktr.ee/DSASacramento 🌹
Join DSA: DSAusa.org/join 🌹 visit us at sacdsa.org
@sacbikekitchen.org @sacbikekitchen.org SBK is a community-centered bicycle shop that promotes:
- cycling at a low-cost, 🚲
- an alternative form of transportation, 🚴
- knowledge of bicycle maintenance, 💡
- and bike safety through DIY education & classes 📚
https://linktr.ee/sacbikekitchen
Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social Comedian union organizer writer dad Frisco. he/him https://linktr.ee/natogreen
Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com An independent, nonprofit newsroom keeping Minnesotans informed & unearthing stories other outlets can’t or won’t tell. Subscribe to our newsletter: http://minnesotareformer.com/subscribe/
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social Archaeologist, anthropologist, once upon a time blogger. Author “The Future of Nuclear Waste”, “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives”, “Sites, Traces and Materiality”. Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Honorary PhD, Leiden Univ
Transverse Ranges @transverseranges.bsky.social Geologist. Rocks and Earth processes. Food, cocktails, music and very proud Altadenan. I have 3 dogs. Disaster preparedness. Ham radio operator, call KK6YVS.- I Irem Inal @ireminal.bsky.social PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley Sociology
Daniel Rothberg @danielrothberg.bsky.social PhD student @ UC Berkeley | Writer and researcher focused on groundwater policy and how communities relate to water | Working on a book about water in the Great Basin (Island Press) | invisiblewaters.substack.com 🏔🏜
James J. A. Blair @jjablair.bsky.social Associate Professor, Geography & Anthropology | Author of *Salvaging Empire* | Views my own, not my employer’s | he/him/él | jamesjablair.com
Lukas Bogner @lbogner.eurosky.social Post-doc at Roskilde University, Denmark
studying politics, expertise & law in climate finance and trade.
Soledad Castro @soledadcastro.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Zürich. Costa Rican interdisciplinary researcher on plantations, pesticides and waterscapes merging aproaches from environmental sciences, political ecology and critical agrarian studies.
EHN. @envhnow.bsky.social EHN showcases the environment-related work + expertise of grad students and ECRs who identify as women, trans and/or nonbinary people in #EnvHist #EnvHum 🌱🌍
Matthew Woodman @matthewoodman.bsky.social poet / friend to Creosote & Scrub Jay / words in Puerto del Sol, Juked, Amsterdam Review, The Moth, Sugar House Review, The Shore, et al
matthewwoodman.com
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Peter @peterwj.bsky.social 🌈 computer boy, train rider, law student
San Francisco Review of Whatever @sfreviewofwhatever.bsky.social In print only ⚫️ Issue Two is here ⚫️ Subscriptions are available at the link below 🌝 Everyone is a critic ⚫️
sfreview.org
Marthine Satris @msatris.bsky.social Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
https://bit.ly/MDShomepage
Ashley Carse @acarse.bsky.social Anthropologist of infrastructure & environment. Associate Prof
@Vanderbilt. www.ashleycarse.com
Brian Judge @realbrianjudge.bsky.social Director of the Program on Finance and Democracy at UC Berkeley.
Read my book about Finance and Democracy: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/democracy-in-default/9780231213998
@jscottcoe.bsky.social @jscottcoe.bsky.social
Tom Holub @bike-lab.org @oaklandbikelab elsewhere. Bicyclist, unicyclist, mobility justice advocate. Generally unpopular opinions about urbanism, often including data.
Skepticism is my beat.
https://bike-lab.org/
https://bayareabikerides.net/
https://totallydoable.com/
Rob Lion @rnlion.bsky.social Mechanical engineer building particle accelerators, formerly quantum computers. Technology and infrastructure history; reverse engineering. Cats. He/him.
Also @rnlion@Twitter and @rnlion@tacobelllabs.net
markwayne moleman @habermenos.bsky.social Sacramenno, California
The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament
Doug @doug.city Not actually a train. Personal account, views mine. He/they. 🏙️🚇🚍🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Sinéad Mercier @sineadmercier.bsky.social Militant optimist and mam. PhD researcher at UCD Law School PROPERTY [IN]JUSTICE project on decolonising international energy law. Rarely online. More at: https://sineadmercier.com - Gaeilge agus fáilte.
Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social Mass car use is geometrically incompatible with great cities. Transit & bikes are the future. Tech things sometimes.
Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social Chasing wealth and income, present and past, onshore and offshore.
https://gabriel-zucman.eu
https://www.taxobservatory.eu
Josh Wallaert @jwlrt.bsky.social Editor, writer. Kinda quiet. New here and I'll probably read more than talk. Bikes, streets, music, ethics + infrastructures of care, SF Bay.
Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social Newsletter: http://publiccomment.blog/
Hire me: http://resnikoffconsulting.com/
Pre-order my book! https://bookshop.org/p/books/build-or-die-how-america-is-suffocating-its-cities-and-what-to-do-about-it-ned-resnikoff/8ae5ebca259e570a?ean=9781642834260
California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social California YIMBY is a statewide advocacy organization working to pass legislation to end California's housing shortage by empowering and growing the YIMBY movement. Learn more at https://cayimby.org.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social Fragments of a man loitering at the intersection of art, cycling, and eco-socialism.
The son and heir of nothing in particular.
He/him. 🌳 🚴♀️🚶♀️🚶♂️👩🦽 🌳
Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. @locastproject.bsky.social My views
World Record-breaking cyclist drianwalker.com
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Karl Otterstrom @pedestrianman.bsky.social Nothing pedestrian about making better communities through public transportation. Honored to lead Spokane Transit as CEO.
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.
School for Advanced Research @sarsf.bsky.social The School for Advanced Research.
Create. Connect. Understand.
SAR: The only residential research institution supporting scholars & artists at the intersection of humanities, social sciences, & Native arts.
Anthropology I Archaeology I Humanities I Art
Bay Area Current @bayareacurrent.bsky.social Bay Area Current covers working-class life and culture across the Bay Area. Support working-class journalism: https://bayareacurrent.com/
Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social Solar and clean power analyst at BloombergNEF, goose keeper. Author of a book, "Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon". Opinions all my own.
Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social Notorious GIS reply guy
YIMBY
I will come to your hearing, Berkeley politician
Vuvuzela owner
Father
@jeffinatorator on certain bird sites
The Transportation Historian @transporthistorian.bsky.social Here I talk about the history and future of transportation (mostly in the US). I also delve into urbanism, biking, or technology occasionally.
I like trains
Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱 @notjustbikes.com W Social 🇪🇺 account for the creator of Not Just Bikes
and The Urbanist Agenda Podcast.
Host of the public transit travel show Day Pass on Nebula.
Based in Amsterdam.
notjustbikes.com
daypasstravel.com
urbanistagenda.com
social.notjustbikes.com
Noema Magazine @noemamag.com Longform journalism exploring fresh ideas. Pitch us: edit@noemamag.com
CalMatters @calmatters.org CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization. We write stories about California, for Californians.
Jeremia Kimelman @jeremiak.com Data journalist at CalMatters. Union dude. Sacramento by way of SF and NYC. Where are we eating bagels next?
Prosperity California @prosperityca.bsky.social Building an inclusive movement to solve CA’s housing, climate, and economic challenges. Together, we all prosper. Join us at prosperitycalifornia.org
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
BlondeAlex @blondealex.bsky.social My career in #CAWater is almost old enough to drink legally. My work in #CALeg and #CAAg is still in elementary school.
https://linktr.ee/blondealex
Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com Covering housing in Los Angeles and California for POLITICO.
Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social Anti fascist urbanist. My "bluesky posts" represent myself and do not represent my employer or any affiliated groups and organizations.
A Nice Matt!!! @strumatt.bsky.social Lawyer. Union member. Amateur songwriter. I know a lot about California land use law. Views are my own. Ocean waves, Bob.
Theresa Clift @tclift.bsky.social Senior reporter for @sacbee_news.
Full-time newspaperwoman since 2013.
Fan of local accountability journalism, breakfast sandwiches.
@SacBeeGuild chair.
DMs open.
Michael Pimentel @mvpimentel.bsky.social mostly transit talk // executive director @caltransit // alum of @goldmanschool @berkeleyecon // former @jerrybrowngov @cahsra // LA native living in NorCal 🇲🇽
// opinions = my own
UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment connects world-class research with policy to improve workers’ lives, communities, and society.
irle.berkeley.edu
CEQA Works @ceqaworks.bsky.social A coalition of more than 200 organizations working to keep the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) strong for California’s environment and communities.
Sacramento History Museum @sachistorymuseum.bsky.social The official BlueSky for the Sacramento History Museum! Follow us to learn about Sacramento, our exhibits, and our tours!
2.7 MILLION + followers on TikTok.
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social Housing scholar - California, Mexico, France, Hong Kong
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social Director of the Climate Program at Berkeley Law CLEE, author of Railtown (book on history of LA Metro Rail), and host of KALW’s State of the Bay.
Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable & abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving.
I'm in Vancouver, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
ED @movementyvr.bsky.social
cohost @dwelltime.ca pod
Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social Researcher on urban planning and public transportation.
https://marcochitti.substack.com/
Bernardo Moreno Peniche @bermorenop.bsky.social Medical anthropologist and #STS scholar. Infectious diseases, landscape, ethnography. Working on #Chagas in the U.S.
PhD student @UC Berkeley/ UCSF [previously UoEdinburgh, UNAM]
Ethnography of science, landscapes, and health.
Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social Probably down a research rabbit hole.
📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
Jen Dagsvik @jendagsvik.bsky.social Access to justice outside the big cities. Immigration and refugee lawyer. Director of the Newcomer Legal Clinic in Thunder Bay. Asst prof to wonderful students at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead U.
The Continent @thecontinent.org The Continent is Africa's most widely read newspaper. Get the most recent edition delivered for free on:
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (@alfredtwu.net), California Democratic Party AAPI Caucus & CA Dem Renters Council Board, East Bay architect & commercial artist. Reblue/follow/like does not equal endorsement.
art: http://alfredtwu.com
📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social Senior Director of Editorial Services at Watershed Analytics
Former Energy/Mining Journalist and Podcast Host
Thoughts land here occasionally: moistcargoshorts.substack.com
Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social co-founder/ink-slinger at publicdomain.media / fomerly HuffPost / fan of trout, wood grain & Blues hockey / chrismdangelo.com / Signal: cmdangelo.33
Joe Schiller @jschiller.bsky.social acquisitions editor, University of Oklahoma Press | history | environment | North American West | Sports | joe@ou.edu
Also: hockey
Detroit Lakes, MN
Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social co-lead of DIRT Lab (NAU Forestry & Ecoss); Soil ecologist and restoration ecologist; dryland enthusiast; healer of the living skin of the Earth; biocrust all day and night; bikes, dogs and gardens are great too.
Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social Political Ecologist. Geographer. Conservation, wildlife trade/economies, (in)security, human-wildlife-livestock relations, infectious disease.
Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social Suburbanite. Sustainable transportation advocacy, for Chicago and Chicagoland. #BuildTheTunnel
“The smart, transit-oriented [social media] account” -Chicago Tribune
Planning, building, breaking, rebuilding.
Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social Historian of Energy, Tech, & the Environment; Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; coauthor of ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS (2025) & TACONITE DREAMS (2015) Public & Oral History Practitioner
jeffmanuel.com
Environmental History @envirohistory.bsky.social Environmental History is an international journal dedicated to exploring the history of human interaction with the natural world.
http://environmentalhistory.net/
Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social Renter; bike and transit rider
Construction project manager
Posts about safe street design and transit projects
Berkeley, CA
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
Streetsblog California @streetsblogca.bsky.social
@streetsblogsf.bsky.social @streetsblogsf.bsky.social
Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social Editor at Streetsblog Los Angeles