Ben Teresa @benfteresa.bsky.social Associate Professor VCU Urban and Regional Studies & Planning, Co-founder and director, RVA Eviction Lab
GardenWild Guy @gardenwild.bsky.social Im Kaleb, founder of GardenWild Services - an ecological consulting & landscaping business specializing in Native Habitat Installations & Land Stewardship in the RVA Metro of Virginia, and the "GardenWild 💚 Community Nursery" ~ www.ko-fi.com/GardenWildGuy
SASSI South @sassisouth.bsky.social We are Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure. sassisouth.org sassisouth@proton.me
potential-lemon.bsky.social @potential-lemon.bsky.social 
Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com little canadian rat goblin woman (she/they)
https://www.aplante.com/welcome
🔹illustrator/comics/murals
🔹IG/FB: @alexplantewpg
🔹patreon/ko-fi: @alexplante
Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social
#art #comic
Northsky Social Cooperative @transrights.northsky.social We're creating a safer social media experience for marginalized people, powered by ATProto, and operating as a nonprofit worker-owned cooperative in Canada.
📧Join invite queue: https://northskysocial.com/join
🆘Get support: https://tally.so/r/yPN6k6
Tsenacommacah Chamber of Commerce @archaeomancer.bsky.social Archaeologist. Passionate about history, context, and boring civil process. Slowly becoming the Joker but entirely about participatory democracy. Resident of Tsenacommacah, the densely-settled land. 🏳️🌈 #RVA
Eviction Lab @evictionlab.bsky.social The Eviction Lab is helping neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis. Follow us for the latest housing research + news.
RT ≠ endorsement.
Activate Virginia @activateva.bsky.social activatevirginia.org
Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social Musician, Library worker, Historian, Museum Nerd, Insatiable Reader, Dog Mom, Cat Mom. Auntie. Into singing, feminism, movies, justice, sustainability, animals, science, holidays, folklore, antiracism, gardens, art, libraries - most things. She/her
MapRVA @maprva.org Mappy Hours in Richmond, Virginia.
You can also find us in local-rva on the OSM US Slack.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://en.osm.town/@maprva, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Daniel Schep @dschep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #bike and #map(@trailstash&@maprva) nerd in #rva
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@dschep, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
TrailStash (Daniel Schep) @trailsta.sh Maps and Mappy Software by @dschep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
✨ All Projects - https://trailstash.net
🔍 Ultra - https://overpass-ultra.us
🗺️ OpenTrailStash - https://open.trailsta.sh
🔀 MapSwap - https://mapswap.trailsta.sh
Sunrise RVA @sunriserva.bsky.social Youth-led movement fighting for climate justice & a Green New Deal | Richmond, VA hub | on unceded Powhatan Land 🌇
https://linktr.ee/SunriseRVA
Dan A-M @dan-am.bsky.social Naturalist and human being living in RVA, teaching environmental studies, and occasionally researching birds.
Richmond’s least-popular middle-aged bisexual
QGIS @qgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy Official account of QGIS - the user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://fosstodon.org/@qgis, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Tkinrva @tkinrva.bsky.social Drifting through time and space, I buy flowers.
Ale @alepresser.com Comics Artist. Hugo Awards finalist. Mother. Tired. She/her.
SideQuested Book1: sidequested.com/book/
AlePresser.com | patreon.com/alepresser
Rep by Bailey Tamayo ⭐ btamayo@sjga.com
Women+ in Geospatial @geospatialwomen.bsky.social A global network that inspires, unites and empowers women+ in the geospatial field to become strong changemakers.
raccoon respecter @raccoonrespecter.bsky.social queer nerd 🏳️🌈 he/him
🦝 🦝 🦝 🦝 🦝 🦝 🦝
MST territory (Vancouver, BC)
nickel_bridge @nickelbridge.bsky.social leftist punk living in rva
$MagnoliaBloo
@richmondlegalfund.bsky.social @richmondlegalfund.bsky.social 
Spatial Analysis Lab at the University of Richmond, VA @urichmondsal.bsky.social The University of Richmond’s Spatial Analysis Lab is the premier on-campus location for anything related to GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
Jerry Williams aka TVJerry @tvjerry.bsky.social 
Princess Sparks 🌈 she/they @princesssparks.bsky.social Ball python parent 🐍 Pagan witch 🧹 Painter 🎨
Nautilus Magazine @nautil.us Science's boldest ideas decoded by the brightest living thinkers and writers.
Read and subscribe today: https://nautil.us/
Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/4kLpIVC
Bethanne 📚🏡 @bethannerealtor.bsky.social RVA Reader and Realtor for all! Reading is def political 📚💙 | I can refer 💙 realtors across the U.S. | I was born in the Carolinas and raised in Virginia - the accent is strong ya’ll and I’m hilarious
https://linktr.ee/bethanneyourrealtor
ATTI! @sacralizedrites.bsky.social 23, he/him, Black
Louis Nastasi @toomanywasps.bsky.social Professor of Entomology at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Gall wasp systematics and more. More info at
https://NastasiWaspLab.org/
Evie @evieraven.bsky.social She/they
Stadia Maps @stadiamaps.com Stadia Maps is a privacy-first location infrastructure platform that provides fast, reliable map, routing, and geocoding APIs for modern applications and AI systems. Try for free at stadiamaps.com or get help at support@stadiamaps.com.
Steph Spera @steph-spera.bsky.social Land change science. Physical geography. Climate. Pop culture. SciComm. Motherhood.
Climate careers podcast: https://www.hwghpod.com
URichmond Geography & Environmental Science 🕷️
Robert RVA @robertrva.bsky.social Comic, music geek, lefty. Boomer doing boomer shit. Stop putting money in the broligarchs pockets. Boycott Elon, Zuckerberg, and Bezos services. Or at minimum reduce your usage. Sheesh.
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
David Menestres @abstracttruth.northsky.social Destroy the original. Fax the images to Newark.
davidmenestres.com
Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/LGjqTCbctIfzanv6jEdM4Q88-gRORqbNrxZoWuHUs8BTfG7-NpFGao1HC8l7SHZs
@lovefiber.bsky.social @lovefiber.bsky.social If it's fiber-related I'm probably into it. Knitting, spinning yarn, needlefelting, sewing, weaving, crochet....Science Nerd. Tuxedo cat. Inclusivity. LGBTQ+ Ally. Black Lives Still Matter.
Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social An arboreal, poly, gender non-participant mapmaker.
• Portfolio & tutorials: somethingaboutmaps.com.
• Prints: https://somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront
• You can support my art & teaching at http://patreon.com/pinakographos. 
Harry Szabo is a Unionist! @harryszabo.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (They/them). Educator at VCU. Organizer. Writer. Richmond, VA
President of UCWVA (CWA). #1u #campusworkers4democracy
Plan your work. Work your plan. 💪✊🔥📢
v i t r i o l @vitriol.bsky.social Tattooer, Garden Goblin, Big Fan of Big Wooden Boats.
Amateur Historical Sewist, Professional Ne’er-do-well.
RVA & beyond.
Jessica Greenberg @greenberglawva.com Jessica Greenberg is a criminal defense attorney out of Richmond, VA, US. Nothing I post is legal advice.
Frankee @carrionbeetle.bsky.social A little truck making tats!!!!
e. kinkaid (they/them) @queergeog.bsky.social Author of Disorienting Phenomenology: Queer Space and Trans Life (University of Minnesota Press 2026). queer geographer extraordinaire / food systems researcher / grant writer / editor / artist
MapLibre @maplibre.org 
OpenStreetMap US @osmus.bsky.social OpenStreetMap US is a nonprofit organization that supports and grows the OpenStreetMap project in the US.
https://openstreetmap.us/
lil tat mama @liltatmama.bsky.social Otaku artist at Black Rabbit Tattoo
RVA :: https://form.jotform.com/231596425404052 FOR BOOKINGS
Wesley Oman (he/him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊ @djweso.bsky.social Pragmatic Eccentric. I'm a dad, geek, nerd, kilt, & aloha shirts and foody. I enjoy spirits, libations, & drinks. DIY electronics, home automation & LEDs
@djweso
@djweso@social.linux.pizza
https://about.me/djweso
Fat Girl Media @fatgirlmedia.bsky.social Queer fat disabled artist named Dani living in RVA. Everything you see is hand-drawn or typeset. Never AI for anything. linktr.ee/fatgirlmedia
RustRyu @rustryu.bsky.social Queer, NB, closer to 50 than I thought I would get to, Goth/Industrial/EBM DJ who enjoys playing new music vs the same things that have been played since the birth of the subculture
https://linktr.ee/dj_rustryu
Jen Ansley @jenansley.bsky.social Urban Landscape Designer| Educator 
riot ghoul rva @riotghoulrva.bsky.social newspaper/radio/press. unabashedly left-biased publication. student-led news. always looking for contributions.
7-9 pm sundays on wvcw.org
vcu/rva radio
https://substack.com/@riotghoulrva
https://ko-fi.com/riotghoulrva
Tyler Meacham @tymeach.bsky.social songwriter/producer/creative. anyfolk curator.
📍RVA ➡️ NC ➡️ LA ➡️ WDW ➡️ RVA
probably posting about dodgers baseball, theme parks, star wars, cats & general qualms.
Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics! By @gretchenmcculloch.com and @superlinguo.bsky.social
"Fascinating" -NYT
"Joyously nerdy" -Buzzfeed
lingthusiasm.com
Not sure where to start? Try our silly personality quiz: bit.ly/lingthusiasmquiz
willowlaun @willowlaun.bsky.social ambient electroacoustic drone soundtracks from richmond, virginia USA
willowlaun.bandcamp.com & https://linktr.ee/willowlaun
Marilyn Drew Necci @annihilatethisweek.bsky.social Witch baby with robot brain, middle aged heart, and gigantic book collection. Writer of "wholesome smut." Trans flag emoji goes here.
Lisa @rubixcube47.bsky.social Programmer by trade, writer/director/actor/singer by passion
Gonna spread love and make art
RVA
vicky @vickyjohnsondahl.bsky.social part beagle and part disaster
helenmakesmaps @helenmakesmaps.bsky.social Cartographer, data visualizer, beans on toast defender.
helenmakesmaps.com for tutorials
Lisa Hornung @lisahornung.bsky.social Data Viz Lead @healthfoundation.bsky.social 👩💻 Mostly talk about data, #dataviz, #opendata, #maps, #python and #data4good 📈 Into cycling, yoga, sourdough, puns and more. Views my own.
Also active on Mastodon + Linkedin
Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social Associate Professor @UTKnoxville | Amazon Scholar | Creator of #geemap & #leafmap | Talk about #Geospatial #GeoPython #DataViz #GIS #FOSS #EarthEngine
Critter Butts @critterbutts.bsky.social Joan & Dylan 🦝🍑🦨🗑️
2 queer geeks making feral trash creature art
📍The Beautiful Idea 411 E Main St, Cville
📍Sat farmers mkt 9-1 IX art park, CvilleVA
Grand Buffet Print Studio @grandbuffetstudio.bsky.social Custom Apparel Screen Printing
DC, MD, VA
https://www.grandbuffetstudio.com/
Divorce Culture @divorceculture.bsky.social Artist
Washington, DC
https://divorceculture.storenvy.com
Brad Haywood @bradleyrhaywood.bsky.social Haywood Law LLC. Founder of Justice Forward Virginia. Fmr. Chief Public Defender for Arlington & Falls Church, VA. Proudly blocked by ArlNow since 2025.
haywoodlaw.com
Gregory Power @gregorywpower.bsky.social My opinions are my own and not of my employer.
ISO-8601, Apache Arrow, and neovim enjoyer.
they/them
🥔🗺️ ᴘᴏᴋᴀᴛᴇᴏ ᴍᴀᴘs @pokateo.bsky.social 👋🏻 I'm Kate ᵉᵃᵗᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ᵖᵒᵗᵃᵗᵒᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐᵃᵏᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ᵐᵃᵖˢ
🌐 I make #geospatial & #GIS (more) fun by sharing #mappymeme s & #maptastic themes. #GISchat. ᵛᶦᵉʷˢᵐᶦⁿᵉ
http://linktr.ee/pokateo_maps
Nicole Adrienne @nicoleintrovert.bsky.social Likes: punk rock, equity, justice, a free Palestine, postcards, dogs, parasocial relationships
Dislikes: oligarchs
Expect: Xennial exhaustion, toxic nostalgia, takes on 90 Day Fiance
Let's do #mailart!
P.O. Box 35308, North Chesterfield, VA 23235 USA
rebelrouser @rebelrouserx.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🚬 fucking shit up while serving cunt
Rocinante @rocinante1776.bsky.social It's gonna get worse, before it gets worse. No one is coming. It's up to us.
Virginia. Securely message me on Signal: @rocinante.25
@mhperry4211.bsky.social @mhperry4211.bsky.social 
Eric Falquero @ericfalquero.bsky.social DC community journalist: ericfalquero[at]51st[dot]news.
Co-founder of the worker-led nonprofit @51st.news 📰. Past professional lives at WAMU/DCist and Street Sense Media.
Appalachian, Llanito, bird nerd 🦅, @footballclubgroup.com member / owner / fan ⚽
RVA Street Bunny Society @rvasbs.bsky.social RVA Street Bunny Society is a volunteer-led organization whose mission is to recover dumped domestic rabbits in central VA, providing veterinary care, safe placement in foster and adoptive homes, and community education.
Pending 501(c)3 status.
rvasbs.org
Chris "Max" Maxwell @solar2dmax.bsky.social Aspirational Tinker dedicating my remaining life to stop a repeat of the Permian Mass Extinction pattern of destroying phytoplankton that makes 70% of Earth's oxygen by Ocean Acidification w solar pwr, blg efficiency & community media!
aka arovd aka cricket @dorabee.bsky.social I don’t know who I am some days. But most days, I love clay. 🏺
The Auricular @theauricular.bsky.social Covering all songs, albums, videos, concerts, & news coming out of the Richmond, Virginia music scene. Always listening.
https://linktr.ee/theauricular
ERROR @error.reviews ERROR is a bug bounty program for science
https://error.reviews/
@malte.the100.ci @ruben.the100.ci
@ianhussey.mmmdata.io @jamiecummins.bsky.social
Our DMs are open - send us any tips, stories, or examples of error detection and correction in science.
Will Lowe @conjugateprior.org Señor Research Scientist, NPC at the Hertie School in Berlin 🇩🇪 via Princeton, Mannheim, Edinburgh and a bunch of other ivory towers that will probably be billiard balls and decorative boxes by the end of the decade.
Rome Statute appreciator.
John Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social Comics
I have no idea what I am doing
He/Him
patreon.com/nhoj
pithypants @pithypants.bsky.social book/cat/tea lover; unapologetic feminist; DC ex-pat reclaiming my vote in RVA; she/her; born at 330ppm
@davidobryan.bsky.social @davidobryan.bsky.social RVA-based bass player, photographer, and reggae lover
Barefoot Puppet Theatre @barefootpuppets.bsky.social Thinking Outside the Socks Since 1997!
We tour performances, workshops, residences, outreach, and educational programs that engage youth and families. Our studio (full of works-in-progress) is on the edge of a swamp near Richmond, VA.
Puppets Off Broad Street @rvapuppets.bsky.social Shining a spotlight on the art of puppetry in RVA. 501(c)3 nonprofit.
TireDustBreather @tiredustbreather.bsky.social 🚲 Hates cars
📍 Richmond, VA
Christine @chrstnmllsp.bsky.social 
The Witches Altar @thewitchesaltar.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/thewitchesaltar
Where no witch walks alone!
Welcome to The Witches Altar. Whatever name your magickal craft goes by, we are happy to have you with us. We provide tarot and spiritual services, community, and tools of the craft.
Lewanna Sinclair @lewanna.bsky.social I'm a super gay, polyamorous, very extra left-leaning, witch, and veteran who owns their own business.
Check out my linktr.ee if you want to know more about what I do for the business and community side of things!
https://linktr.ee/thewitchesaltar
Cobra Burger @cobraburger.bsky.social Smash burgers in Richmond, VA
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩🇱🇧
HAIL BURGERS, HAIL THE PEOPLE
www.cobraburger.com
Nicole Pisaniello @nicolepisaniello.bsky.social ✨she/they
🎨Freelance illustrator. Fantasy and folk-horror vibe. Traditional media. 🎪Circus performer. 🧚♂️Faerie.
Located in Richmond, VA
Inquiries: nicole.pisaniello@gmail.com
http://www.nicolepisaniello.com
Profs and Pints @profsandpints.bsky.social A social enterprise devoted to democratizing access to higher learning and providing scholars with new audiences.
Valentine Collection Bot @thevalentinebot.bsky.social Posting items from the Valentine Collection (https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/); item descriptions are in the image's alt-text. Not associated with the Valentine Museum.
Code: https://github.com/mhpob/valentine-bot
Managed by @obrien.page
RT Quackenbush @write-robin.bsky.social queer author, artist, horticulturist
less bread and circuses, more bread and roses
altargokart ✨its ash✨ @altargokart.bsky.social Ash! She/they ✨ Wood-burning bud + illustrator ✨
🦷 ashlynrudolph@gmail.com
🪲 https://linktr.ee/altargokart
People Via Plants @peopleviaplants.bsky.social We are Matt & Val, two best buddies making small batch slip cast functional ceramics in RVA 💜💚
Observable @observablehq.com The data visualization company
Archiva @archivarva.bsky.social Archiving media in the #RVA area & beyond
https://linktr.ee/archiva
DT-WxRisk @wxrisk.bsky.social WxRisk Winter 2025-26 : I do SCIENCE. Anything else is BS. Atheist. ENTP. Black Swan Events. Chaos Theory. Dinosaurs. Phillies. Eagles. The WxRiskGrains twitter page is Just for my Ag weather comment.
RVA Weather Brief @rvawx.bsky.social Sharing all things weather from RVA! 🌤️ Your trusted source for real-time forecasts, storm updates, and local insights to keep you prepared and informed.
rvaweather.net
Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social Human; interested in liberation of all kinds, chronically self-expressive, and a hater of binaries, snobs and autocrats. RVA
https://shorturl.at/1u56M (NYT)
https://shorturl.at/H6bBk (New Yorker)
http://www.kristenchapman.art
Dave Jones | GeoCollaborate @geocollaborate.bsky.social CEO, StormCenter Communications, Author, Speaker, Science Data for Community Decision Making, Meteorologist, AMS Fellow, Dad - New Book: Megalodons, Mermaids & Climate Change | Answers to Your Ocean and Atmosphere Questions with Ellen Prager, Ph.D.
Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project @rrfp.bsky.social abortion & practical support fund for Virginians and folks traveling to Virginia for care.
☎️ 888-847-1593
+2 language access line
+3 incarcerated rights line
❤️🔥 collective liberation & reproductive justice
rrfp.net | ig: @rrfpva | linktr.ee/rrfpva
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social UFW - fighting for farm workers since 1962. Sí Se Puede!®