Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social Welsh and European. Biromantic Asexual. @UKLabour, @unisontheunion, and @thefabians. Data person and all round geek. He/him/o
Tashan Reed @tashanreed.bsky.social Commanders reporter at The Washington Post. Host of The Tashan Reed Show on Substack. Award-winning journalist. Mizzou and SJI alum. STL.
Email: tashanreed1996@gmail.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@tashanreed
bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social Criminal defense, civil rights, and occasionally civil, trial lawyer. Former Emptywheel legal writer, husband, father and generally cranky observateur. Lifetime F1 fan.
@matt4arlington.bsky.social @matt4arlington.bsky.social 
The Mall Krampus @themallkrampus.bsky.social Excel Jockey and Aspiring Quirky Suburban Dad. GrillCath Supremacist. Mostly here for well-read snark & football. Token American fan of the Winnipeg Jets. RT = Regrettable Tumescence
Chris Bohn @docbohn.bsky.social Professional Thinker.
Often thinking about #AirPower, #ComputerScienceEducation, nerdy stuff, or #alpacas & #chickens. Maybe all at once.
@DocBohn@techhub.social
Medic Kim @medickimw.bsky.social EMT, veteran, ex-nuclear reactor operator & former genetics researcher. A wandering Texan who loves Minnesota, science, brisket, & @SleepyNeutrons. She/her
Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social Minnesotan lawyer (not your lawyer) and photographer. Nothing I say on here is legal advice. Fan of the outdoors, public health, sports, and many nerd things. All views and skeets are my own except the bad ones. (He/Him)
Saganomics @saganomics.bsky.social Hey I'm Mitch, some guy with an engineering degree, a construction job, a lot of cats and an old house full of fix up projects. In my spare time, organizer for Lowell, MA area causes, candidates and the city Democratic committee.
@kbutler333.bsky.social @kbutler333.bsky.social Association professional, grammar nerd, Komen 3-Day walker, Honor Flight tour guide, Springsteen fan | Mizzou Mafia
In a committed relationship with Diet Dr Pepper & blue Bic pens
38 Influential Posters @bsky38.com Who are the most influential posters on Bluesky? Fill out your ballot, campaign for your favorites, and the top 38 with the most votes make the list.
Vote now: bsky38.com
Made by @pds.dad & @dame.is, not by Bluesky.
Dow @dow.bsky.social Fiat enthusiast
Jen (they/them) says Free Link @knifeboots.xyz GenX, autistic, queer, nonbinary. Caps, Nats, Arsenal, USWNT hockey & soccer. IT nerd. Star Trek, Doctor Who, LOTR, GO, OGoA, 🏳️🌈🏴☠️, Cryptid Factor. Parent to adult kids. knifeboots@wandering.shop on Mastodon.
Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social PhD candidate at Georgetown | Researching nukes, IR, Japan, East Asia | Also posting photos of my cat and food.
Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social Former intelligence officer and university educator, current intelligence historian. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea. Not flying with Natalie.
Laurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social I’m Laura. I’m in Delaware. I am BlueSky’s foremost raccoon domestication program advocate.
It’s me, Owen @itsameowen.bsky.social Skeeting through it. Bacteria nerd from way back. What I write and repost reflects my own opinions and no one else’s. You pronounced this nonsense, not me.
Will Yale @wayale.bsky.social Surface Warfare Officer (U.S. Navy) in DC. Six years in Japan, two years in China. Episcopalian. Johns Hopkins SAIS/HNC alum. 中文/日本語 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇹🇼
NTP_Nate @ntpnate.bsky.social Baseball, politics, and other D.C. sports. Very legal; not very cool.
SAFC NASA @safc-nasa.bsky.social Sunderland AFC's North America Supporters Association. It's officially official....
Sunderland AFC @safc.com Home of Sunderland AFC on Bluesky.
Rachel Hallie @dazedrachel.bsky.social Software developer working in EdTech, painter on the side. Episcopalian ✝️. Vintage Bisexual 🩷💜💙
Becca @beccahjr.bsky.social Bringer of Caps/hockey ~*feelings*~ for Japers' Rink. Prone to occasional rants. She/her.
Edain @d20yfx.bsky.social Sailor and geologist. Mostly here for the cricket.
She/Her
Talk to me about ships, rocks, lighthouses, cricket, gaming, cats, and general nerd stuff. #NoLGBWithoutT
The Zebra Press | Alexandria News @thezebraalexandria.bsky.social We’re Alexandria’s hyperlocal news source — covering people, culture, community, and good news since 2010.
thezebrapress.com
Some Random Dave @somerandomdave.bsky.social As seen on LJ, FB, Xwitter, and posters in the post office.
Firefighter. Fella. Sometimes technie (for that sweet, sweet techie money). Thought I was deeply cynical, but it turns out that I was an optimist. For external use only. Apply directly to forehead
Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social Coffee enthusiast. Gothic & eco-horror, Biocultural archaeology (mummies), Nuclear & Cold War culture. Audio stuff. Probably knitting.
Header: a S central FL swamp. trees, reflections in water, mist
Also @excavatinghorror.com
Not weird at all
Elizabeth Mitchell 🌈🦄♋️😮💨🌊 @efcmitchell.bsky.social DC born and raised, former States Project and MAMA, missing Brooklyn and Montana always.
CM DC Democratic State Committee, VP @stonewalldems51.bsky.social, Ward 3 Ed Net and a bunch of other stuff. #abc always be canvassing
hokie on 29 @joshcvt.on29.net "Pravda vítězí, ale dá to fušku." –Jan Masaryk
Sic semper tyrannis.
📍 804 roots, 434 en vivo, 512 by VPN
🌎 https://behindthenet.org/
Rob Cyran @robcyran.bsky.social More fox than hedgehog - financial columnist/editor Reuters Breakingviews (healthcare, energy, some tech, climate risk)
Rude Law Dog @esghound.com Policy, Research, Muckraking, Two time winner of the "Wokest Hedgefund Analyst" award
blog.esghound.com
Quantian @quantian.bsky.social Locked in and posting regularly on here now
Arlington County Board @arlcountyboard.bsky.social Working for the people of Arlington. Follow for Board updates, policy decisions, and ways to participate in your local government.
Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.social Union officer, diplomat. Evansville, Peking, Tientsin.
H Marton @b716.bsky.social 
Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social Geologist, Baker, Voter, Friend of Photography. Posts are my own, not NSF's. [she/her] 🥄
Spencer Ainsworth @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social transportation planner based in Mt Pleasant (DC)
views are my own
Gabbyzxy @gabbyzxy.bsky.social 
Brosemite Sam @brosemitesam.bsky.social 
@drewsandoval.bsky.social @drewsandoval.bsky.social https://youtu.be/NvK4mkmTvRA?is=mJq3xgOt28_qHzb4
Ebby (he/him) @afab-acab.bsky.social Fat old white guy from the Midwest. Perpetually failing at taking a social media break. Outer space is ridiculous and I refuse to acknowledge it
dxmnkd316 @dxmnkd316.bsky.social Gopher alum, college hockey die-hard, on-again-off-again amateur photographer, lover of (almost) all things MN. Chemical engineer. Please don't tell my wife about my affair with Excel.
He/him
Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social Historian. Pods: Past Lives. Tides of History. Books: "The Verge." "Lost Worlds." pwymanusc at gmail. Enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/patrickwyman
Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social Camus' greatest rock pusher. Currently doing design work on high tech labs & manufacturing facilities. Interested in anything and everything.
He/Him- D @dschwarz.bsky.social @dschwarz.bsky.social
Norm Allman @normal-men.bsky.social Normal Robot.
if you want to get our attention probably better to @ one of us directly: @ed3d.net, @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social, @peark.es, @proptermalone.bsky.social
David S @dslakter.bsky.social Community college philosophy professor. Former Oklahoman; current New Yorker. Kidney collector.
There's more to life than books, you know (but not much more).
https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-slakter
radically pro-transgender hate monger @theyarejett.bsky.social BA yiddish. MS speech-language pathology. buckeye. terrier. nats/caps/commanders fan. #enby they/them. #HSI. used to do @queerfancystats in the bad place. smash the patriarchy. display name bestowed by Daniel Murphy's agent.
G Tierce @gtierce.bsky.social Lover of dogs (proud Samoyed dad), politics, housing + TOD (especially an interesting floorplan), and all things diplomatic/military (OEF/OIF x3).
In the absence of bookmarks (originally), I often choose to repost here instead (i.e. RT != endorsement).
Justin Morgan @justinmorgan.io Used to turn wrenches on helicopters for the Navy. Get paid to do computer stuff now.
#Appalachian #Tidewater #NAFO
@aufootballsucks12.bsky.social @aufootballsucks12.bsky.social 
@iowanx.bsky.social @iowanx.bsky.social 
Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social Now: Making Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor for Protocol; reporter for Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.
The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social I use alternate history and fake maps to talk about real history. Hosted by Matt Mitrovich (he/him). Proud Chicagoan.
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/thealternatehistorian
Email: ahwupdate at gmail dot com
Jessica Lewis @jessicalewis89.bsky.social Castaway on Survivor Season 33 MvGenX, salt n vinegar chip enthusiast (Kettle brand of course) Co-Host Why ___ Lost on RHAP 
Vic Thorstenson @vthorstenson.bsky.social East Bank, Minneapolis.
Former long-time MN legislative and state government staffer. I take pictures.
STP Guy @stpguy3.bsky.social Reviewing the UK's Sticky Toffee Puddings
70k on Instagram (with full review backlog)
90k on Tiktok
𝚂𝙿𝙾𝚁𝙺𝙱𝙾𝙾𝚃 @sporkboot.bsky.social This is not a place of honor
Katherine E. Young @katherineeyoung.bsky.social Poet Laureate emerita, Arlington, VA. Winner (w/ Akram Aylisli), 2026 EBRD Literature Prize. Translator of Akram Aylisli (fiction), Anna Starobinets (memoir), & Russian-language poets from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. https://katherine-young-poet.com/
Zach Newkirk @zjanewkirk.bsky.social Democracy + voting rights + rule of law + legal history + local happenings. Most likely running after little rascals at Chestnut Hills Park. All views my own.
Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social Dad and ice cream shop owner. Books, cats, baking, punk music, running. Carly Rae Jepsen appreciator. Kottke.org contributor.
Boston, USA
https://linktr.ee/gracies
Check out my children's book The Salty Avocado https://bookshop.org/a/3552/9781793381798
Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social Experience design / CX, / UX / Service Design. Data visualization. Traditional & wooden boats and boating. Environment & earth science. Incessant, unapologetic punster. ALX VA. He/His. Trying to be a light to drive out darkness.
Ryan Deem @ryandeem.bsky.social DC Sports Fan
Pun Expert
Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social economist // former Charlottesville state rep 🏛️ // UVa prof // election reform 🇺🇸 // I write about bright lights for democracy ✨
Atownusa @atwonusa.bsky.social Defend the Constitution. Racism costs everyone. Never again is now! Close the camps. Separation of church and state. Sic semper tyrannis. #NoKings #FreeDC 🇺🇸🇺🇦 u24.gov.ua
JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social #BikeNYC #YNWA Married father of 2 living in Brooklyn. I’m not a “cyclist” - we just use cargo e-bikes instead of cars since it’s much more convenient to get around with kids. 
Bjorning @bjorning.bsky.social Software dev, gamer, Tolkien geek, liberal post-Zionist agnostic frum Jew, pro-regulated-markets progressive, bear lover, general weirdo, proud dad of 2.
Blocks people who follow without interacting first.
He/Him
Winston R @wzrogers.bsky.social I take photos and help cover local, cultural, and religious news at WJLA in D.C.
#photographer #journalist
Instagram: @create.tmrw
Website: wzrogers.com
Send news tips on Signal: wrogers.87
@knwd.bsky.social @knwd.bsky.social 
Dave Bjerke @davebjerke.bsky.social Director of Elections & General Registrar of Voters for the City of Falls Church, Virginia. Husband, father of 4, musician.
#GoBirds #Eagles
🧅🥯 @nationalsliker.bsky.social 
Ethan "Acorn Speed" Lavery @ethanlavery.bsky.social Mostly Virginia Tech and Packers stuff.
(And McLaren F1, and the Nationals when they actually try to field a team)
Chuck @chalxolotl.bsky.social Not really an amphibian.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Anthropic Intimacy Coordinator Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social Cyber space chicken
M Hunter Nebula (thereabouts)
Carol Cohn is Always Right
Views own
He/Him
Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader.
For defense-related stuff
Site: https://defensearchives.com/news
Jean-Marc Liotier @liotier.bsky.social Like an old information technology blog that collided with a European Union politics column, a geographic information systems consultancy and a defense think tank.
French alt: https://bsky.app/profile/liotier-fr.bsky.social
Matrix: @liotier:tedomum.fr
Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social Dad, husband, astrophysicist, dog herder. Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor in Astronomy at UT Austin. This is a personal account and the views expressed in my posts here are mine. https://mrbk.github.io
skelly @iid.bsky.social she/her/elle
lesbian 🧡🤍🩷
France / US
actual working mathematican OR a collection of three IID random variables stacked on top of each other in a trench-coat NOT an "independent researcher"
Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social 
Mike For Real @mikeforreal.bsky.social the gap between how things are supposed to work and how they actually do.
Mother of a Ginger Claire ⚾️🪡🧵🧶🎬🎶 @bethrich52.bsky.social Washington Nationals, Boston Red Sox, College of William & Mary, politics, quilting, knitting, mysteries, culture, #HATM. Whatever else strikes my fancy. She/her
proud rebel scum ⚛️ @proudrebelscum.bsky.social I try to be consistent, and I will call out nonsense. Soccer Dad. Atheist. Independent. USMC air wing mechanic in 80s/90s. proud dad. Recovering alcoholic. 8647
With fear for our democracy, I dissent.
it can only good happen!
run more, age less!
James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social Micah 6:8 - do justice, love kindness, walk humbly.
No king but Christ. Finance dude, geriatric bboy, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes fan.
I have friends everywhere.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇨🇴🇳🇱🇬🇱
Noble Savage @stashgong.bsky.social Half-breed phish fan. I like to move.
Paul Wiley @paulwileyva.bsky.social If you don’t know where to go, go where you’re needed.
🏡 - Del Ray, Alexandria VA
Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social ISMA @ismapolicy.bsky.social. The UnPopulist www.theunpopulist.net. Classically liberal. Hate dogmas, esp my own. Views personal, not institutional.
Malvin @malcojones.bsky.social 
May @matchdaymay.bsky.social I used to use The Other Place to yell about football. 1/3 of the Not A Football Podcast. (she/her)
Super Earth Citizen @funnythings.bsky.social Managed democracy ftw.
Kyle Reardon @kylereardon.bsky.social Children’s Picture book Author/Illustrator rep’d by Lynnette Novak at The Seymour Agency.
www.kylereardonart.com
Public nuisance.
Finding My Peace @findyourpeace.bsky.social Mother, Grandmother, daughter, sister, friend, gardener, meditator (certified to teach if anyone is interested), old(ish) hippie & top producing highly regarded realtor in NoVa. I care about you and your dreams. No DMs unless you ask first.