Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social RECKONING with Jason Herbert
A long-form podcast about history, the outdoors, and the stories that shape who we are.
Benevolent dictator of Historians At The Movies #HATM
New episodes available now.
https://linktr.ee/jasonherbert
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Emily Gates | Active Modes @activemodes.bsky.social philly | car-free since 2013 | service delivery at Transit app | walk/bike/bus/train | proud tern owner | bikes toddler in cities
Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com https://hardresetmedia.com/
Hard Reset is a media publication for people who want to understand how technology really works — not just the products, but the people and power shaping it.
Code for America @codeforamerica.org Government can work for the people, by the people, in the new digital age. Let’s make it work for everyone.
codeforamerica.org
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
Technologists for the Public Good @publicgood.tech A professional association and community for technologists that serve the public good.
https://www.publicgood.tech/
Erie Meyer @erie.bsky.social Former Chief Technologist at cfpb
Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, Biden administration, GSA, and Treasury. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com Civic Technologist | Executive Director, Alliance of Civic Technologists | Army Veteran | Alumni of Code for America, Defense Digital Service and USDS #civictech #chicago #illinois
Really doesn’t like bullies
Signal: civicwhitaker.53
Ron Bronson @ronbronson.com blog.ronbronson.com
makingpublicwork.com
ronbronson.dev
oregontennis.org
EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist.
Executive Director, Home Screen.
Co-Curator of an oral history of the origins of the U.S. Digital Service.
Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com Empowering the next generation of civic technologists @ U.S. Digital Corps. Boston sports, good reads, and more. Views mine. Now in SF!
Breaking into civic tech guide: chriskuang.com/civictech
Tiffani Ashley Bell @tiffaniashleybell.com Programmer. Transilient. An internet person at The Human Utility paying water bills & freeing people from debt. Nerded out at Howard, Harvard Kennedy School, YC, & Stanford GSB. F1 fan. Spoke at TED.
Black-Scholes-Merton FTW
In LAX or FAY 🏳️🌈
Dave Guarino @allafarce.bsky.social Software and complex (not complicated) systems. Pursuing the public good, sometimes with technology.
mediajunkie @xianlandia.com likes making stuff with other people
can leap tall buildings, given a running start
crumlish.me
xoxo.zone/@xian
layersofmeta.com
he/they
Richard Pope @richardpope.org I wrote a book on public services:
https://londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/platformland-an-anatomy-of-next-generation-public-services/
It’s time to share the benefits of digital with the public properly.
Kate Tarling @kateldn.bsky.social Supporting orgs to be more service-oriented through advisory, training and coaching. Author of The Service Organization book and running The Service Org Group. Also trail running. Sheffield.
Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
Lou Downe @loudowne.bsky.social Founder of @theschoolofgood
Chief bean-wrangler @brodbox
Ex-Design Director of the UK Gov.
Proudly dyslexic & non-binary 🌈 they/he
Meredith Hitchcock @mhitchcock.bsky.social UX researcher. Passionate about trauma-informed design and research and tech for good. 
sasha @sashax.bsky.social Technologist. San Franciscan. Cyclist. Troublemaker. Not in that order.
Rebecca Piazza @rdpiazza.bsky.social Service delivery / Product / Public benefits / Civic tech. Strongly held opinions about DC statehood and Midwest casseroles.
Harlan Weber @whereshj.bsky.social Design, product, org building for the public interest. Director of Design, Nava PBC. Founder, Code for Boston. Former MA state gov @ MA Digital and MBTA. #twindad. Likes pushing boulders uphill.
Steve "Spike" Spiker @spikeone.bsky.social Chief Impact Officer w @First5Alameda, personal account.
Anti-racist, Christian, dad+husband.
By day, team building & #civictech
By night, #girldad, social justice and hip-hop.
Side hustle stealingbeautyphotography.com 
@shashashasha.bsky.social @shashashasha.bsky.social 
Ariel Kennan @arielmai.bsky.social Building @axiom.org
Ask me about service design, public benefits, product, digital identity, Rules as Code, and civic tech / gov tech.
📍NYC
Angelica Quicksey @angelquicksey.bsky.social 👾 Urban planner for the internet
⚡️ Managing Director @newpublic.org
🌲 Seattle is always home
Aaron Ogle @atogle.com Just trying to leave this place better than I found it.
Working for social impact with tech at Google.org. The outdoors are my happy place.
carlmalamud @yeswescan.org Practitioner of edicts of government at Public.Resource.Org. 
Xena @msknee.bsky.social Designer, civic technologist + time traveling artist. Building teams + tech for the left at trestle.us. See my art at madebyxena.com!
Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me Civic technologist and engineering manager. Founder @govtrack.us. More active at https://mastodon.joshdata.me/@josh.
Catherine Bracy @catherinebracy.com Founder + CEO of TechEquity (techequity.us). Author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy. Long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
Fureigh @fureigh.bsky.social Punk guitarist and songwriter, civic technologist (formerly @18F, @codeforamerica & more).
Make stuff that makes a difference.
Charles Worthington @charwo.bsky.social Product designer and software dev working to deliver better services to Veterans. CTO at the VA. Previously co-creator of the U.S. Digital Service. Dad, husband, Minnesotan living in DC. views = mine
Matt Bernius @mattbernius.bsky.social Qualitative Researcher at Code for America, former Measures For Justice. Accidental union organizer, trauma responsive thinker, participatory action research facilitator, civic design/tech, martial arts (BJJ, FMA, CMA), and more.
He/they.
Mark Headd @mheadd.bsky.social Author of "The SpecOps Method: A New Approach to Legacy System Modernization." https://spec-ops.ai/book.html #CivicTech #AI #SpecOps #OpenData
Alberto @handle.invalid Civic technologist transforming US healthcare. Ruby enthusiast. Personal account.
Forest Gregg @bunkum.us bunkum.us
ontological expert
"using my custom formula, I would get a prediction"
Derek Eder @derekeder.com Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner at DataMade, President Emeritus at Chi Hack Night & Oak Park Village Trustee. Entrepreneur, developer, civic technology leader, climate advocate and public servant. he/him
jodify @jodify.bsky.social 
Michelle Thong @michellethong.bsky.social Civic technologist, urbanist, feminist, cynical optimist. VP of Product at Nava. Canadian + Californian, living in New England. 
Whitney Q @whitneyq.bsky.social Center for Civic Design. A Web for Everyone. plain language. storytelling. democracy
Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social Hello (including you, trolls 👋). Lead and sole full-time staff @ U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) [government / civic]; past 18F, UIC. People first. Not for you. Views mine. None of this is endorsement. South side Chicagoan. Singular (th).
Marina Nitze @marinanitze.bsky.social Co-author, Crisis Engineering & Hack Your Bureaucracy. Crisis engineer at Layer Aleph. Listmaker at TaskTackler. Former CTO of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
mx cordelia yu @thebestsophist.bsky.social Design director @ Office of Regulatory & Oversight Systems / TTS.
Carter Baxter @another.rodeo Endorsed for banter and dolphin facts. Has worn many hats, and was never told there would be so many rodeos. Don't blame my employer for the dumb things I say, and never assume anything I say here is correct.
Vyki Englert @vykster.bsky.social LA / 台北
Josh Gee @jgee.bsky.social You can save the world, but first, lunch! He/him. At Work for America getting the best people into State and Local Government. Former digital services at MTA, City of Boston. Politics before that. Mass Oyster Project. Write about food and tech.
Nikki Ramos @nkkrms.bsky.social civic design, fast cars, occasional quips. surviving out of spite?
prev: USDC, refugee asylum, transplant modernization. Views own
chizo nwagwu @cnwagwu.bsky.social public interest technologist. gardner in training. arts lover. dc based.
Tyler Gindraux 🌻 @tylergindraux.bsky.social I'm a researcher and designer of public services. I live in Brooklyn, NY.
John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social digital evolution • charities • change • digital strategy • tech for good • fixing the plumbing • responsible AI • Scotland • feed may contain bikes and sailing
Ryan @ryan-powers.bsky.social Climber. Trail Runner. Weekend side project enthusiast.
Views my own.
Ed Mullen @edmullen.bsky.social Designer and strategist mostly working in civic tech. Currently Nava PBC, previously 18F, HC.gov... 💙s = gratitude for your post, not agreement with topic. www.edmullen.com
Rachael Dietkus @rdietkus.bsky.social care for the public / lifelong advocate / designer / social worker / organizational ecologist / space nerd / tech ethicist / founder of www.socialworkerswho.design
Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social Your place to find and be found
https://civictech.guide/
Trilly C @trillyc.bsky.social Head of Product Management @nhsengland. Audiophile. Serial hobbyist.
Patrick Kigongo @kigongo.bsky.social A New Yorker in LA. Skateboarding. (Casual) football. Fitchecks. ex-18F. #CivicTech. This is a personal account. R/T’s ≠ endorsements
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
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
Pari Sabety @parisabety.bsky.social Ohio . Community. Music. Reading. Walking. Connecting threads and putting them in historical context.
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
Alliance of Civic Technologists @civictechallies.bsky.social A community dedicated to connecting and supporting all #volunteer #civictech efforts across the nation!
🌐 civictechnologists.org
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/
InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning
on data, digital, innovation, and AI skills for public service professionals like you.
Jessi Murray @jessimurray.bsky.social I’m a Chief Product Officer in civic tech with a focus on equity and meeting people where they are. I have cute corgi and too many hobbies. Former progressive challenger. Personal account
MA > WA > MA again
Dan Hon @danhon.com Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc
me: about.danhon.com
work: verylittlegravitas.com/
show: verylittlegravitas.com/how-people-work/live
newsletter: thingsthatcaughtmyattention.com
i made: donotreply.cards
DM or Signal danhon.1701
Gordon Ross 🇨🇦 @gordonr.ca VP & Partner, OXD: Vancouver-based digital services firm. I work with government to afford better citizen outcomes. 🇨🇦 Spem Successus Alit | success nourishes hope. 
Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org Be realistic; demand the impossible!
Orion's father; Lauren's partner; @beta.nyc's Executive Director; 20+ years in Public Interest Tech; NYC COPIC Member; #ASL beginner; #OpenData; #civictech; #PiTech; 🇵🇷; #BikeNYC; Opinion = Own
Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual
she/her. dayjob & usual location: City & County of San Francisco (this is a personal account)
ex-18F; on the board @publicgood.tech ; wrote a small book about doing this: https://cydharrell.com/book/
Kirk from Buffalo @toboldlygo.bsky.social Here to discuss local government innovation and gather best practices like autumn firewood.
Identify. Ideate. Implement.
Views are my own and do not reflect any affiliations. Content is for informational or personal purposes and not professional advice.
Michael Hallsworth @mhallsworth.bsky.social Chief Behavioral Scientist | Author
www.michaelhallsworth.com
@racheilat.bsky.social @racheilat.bsky.social 
Francesca Ioffreda @fioffreda.bsky.social Chief Innovation Officer for the State of Maryland. Tri-sector leader, urbanist, and entrepreneur focused on creating economic opportunity and thriving communities.
Views are my own.
Matt Broffman @mattbroffman.bsky.social Orlando
Eric Roche @datacrunch.bsky.social Chart enthusiast and city data wonk.
Nothing I say, do, think, or am represents nor endorses any idea, organization, human, or human-adjacent anything, anywhere, ever.
DM me your graphs.
Nico Tidebreak @nsdiaz.bsky.social My name is Nico and my game is Tidebreak. #pixelart
Discord: https://discord.gg/ejwamUTmb
In days like these even the toymaker has a role to play // open to collabs, for the love of the game
Professional commentator at Aaron Rupar feed.
Baltimore, MD
Michael Schnuerle @michaelmobility.bsky.social Working for city transportation leaders as Director of Open Source Operations at the Open Mobility Foundation guiding MDS/CDS. Formerly Louisville's first Chief Data Officer and Code for America local captain.
@visraant.bsky.social @visraant.bsky.social 
Tina Walha @tjwalha.bsky.social 
Jascha Franklin-Hodge @jfh01.bsky.social Cities, tech, safe streets, decarbonization, oly lifts. 🚍🚲🚶🛴
Jorge Valens 🚀 @jorgevalens.com Government Geek 🤓 | Avid Indoorsman | Innovation & AI Manager, Miami-Dade County CITD 🌴☀️ | All about product management, policy development, and gov innovation. | Opinions = Mine (and can be discussed over brunch).
Chief Digital Officer for London @ldncdo.bsky.social Chief Digital Officer for London, working for Mayor of London and all Londoners. Using #data to support a fairer, safer and greener city for everyone #cities #innovation #smartcities https://medium.com/@chiefdigitalofficer4london
Amanda Daflos @amandadaflos.bsky.social Deputy Mayor @ City of Los Angeles. Former ED @ Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at JHU. Believer in government and democracy. Lover of family, friends, nature, photography and dogs. 
@justinentzminger.bsky.social @justinentzminger.bsky.social 
Krista Canellakis @kristallakis.bsky.social Serving public servants. Currently at U.S. Digital Response. Former Deputy Secretary in CA Govt Operations Agency & City of SF Chief Innovation Officer. Firm believer the world would be better with more pink. 💗
Liana Elliott @lianaelliott.bsky.social New Orleans based public sector nerd. Big fan of whiteboards, sticky notes and toppling the patriarchy
Mike Sarasti @sarasti.bsky.social Musician / Technologist / Long history in local government.
Half of RAKER - @rakermusic.bsky.social
Brendan Babb @brendanbabb.bsky.social Chief Innovation Officer & i-team Director, Anchorage, Alaska | Math | DJing | Biomimicry | GenAI
Sam Edelstein @samedelstein.com Data person who loves Syracuse
Julie Steenson @kcjuwils.bsky.social Co-Founder PorchLight Insights.
Andrew Therriault @therriault.bsky.social Data scientist. Former politico, founder, and bureaucrat. Occasional cool professor.
Tom Schenk Jr @tomschenkjr.bsky.social The product of too much SimCity and watching too much West Wing. Managing Director of Analytics
KPMG; former Chicago Chief Data Officer;
former Iowa Dept. of Education
Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy & Management, Harvard Kennedy School
Faculty Director, The People Lab
ElizabethLinos.com
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu
Maggie Allen @marglizallen.bsky.social 
Stephanie Wade @stephanieawade.bsky.social Global innovation leader, artist, healer, pet lover, change maker, nature bather
Michael Baskin @michaelbaskin.bsky.social Collector of outdoor public benches. Worker for local government. Facilitation, coaching + stories. VT/DC, BOS home.