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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social We cover Washington like we live here – because we do. NOTUS is now The Washington Sun. Sign up for our newsletter: https://washingtonsun.com/newsletter
Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social D.C. reporter, @washingtonsun.bsky.social. Former: @51st.news, WAMU, and DCist.
Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social Director of the Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London @brunelcce.bsky.social https://www.rebeccasear.org/
Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social Public opinion + politics: data, analysis, commentary. In your inbox each morning: https://opiniontoday.substack.com/
CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social Office of Ward 4 DC Councilmember Janeese Lewis George. Fighting for working families in the community where I grew up. She/her #PeopleFirst
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social Dad, listener, and third-generation DC resident 🏛️. Honored to fight for our communities every day as DC’s independent Attorney General ⚖️. Official Account 🦋.
Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social Social Scientist, Harvard University https://www.ryandenos.com/ https://ryandenos.substack.com/
Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social Political science professor at UPenn, studying migration and forced displacement, human trafficking, and poor governance. Co-director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab). Website: https://guygrossman.com
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/ Bundle: https://trustfnd.com/davejorgenson/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo Support us: http://LNI.media/membership
Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social For Independent Minds SiriusXM POTUS Channel 124 9am-12 ET daily, Encore 9pm-12 ET. CNN Saturdays 9am ET. https://linktr.ee/smerconish
Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social Passionately Egalitarian. Professor, University of Maryland; Director, Critical Issues Poll; NR Senior Fellow, Brookings. Views are my Own. RT≠Endorsement
Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/shaneharris Signal: shaneharris.64
FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories. https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
Sam Rosen-Amy @rosenamy.bsky.social Research Manager for the Office of the Budget Director at the Council of the District of Columbia. Personal account.
Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social
Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social Professor | 2026-2027 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar | Books: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag & The Cross; Religion for Realists; SOON: Fill the Earth and Subdue It | CV: https://tinyurl.com/mtvxvdfa
Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social Public Opinion Quarterly is an international, high-impact journal sponsored by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) academic.oup.com/poq
David Szakonyi @szakonyi.bsky.social Associate Professor at George Washington University Co-Founder, Anti-Corruption Data Collective (@acdatacollective.bsky.social) Researching corruption, kleptocracy and authoritarianism in Russia and the West
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Posts here speak only for myself. Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek. http://jacobtlevy.com
Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com Associate Prof Political Science. Current project: labor solidarity after trade liberalization. Cases and texts, international and domestic institutions, qualitative data. Part-time rancher, with one head of (cat)tle. VP of NFA-UNR. Join your union!
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com Signal: attackerman.81
Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social Institute Professor, MIT Economics. Co-Director of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.
Emmerich Davies @eeemda.bsky.social Education, politics, and development. A2, PTY, DEL.
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social Covering Asia at The Washington Post. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com (also available in German: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts) - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social — Founder of Our World in Data — Professor at the University of Oxford Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
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.
Will Wilkinson @wlknsn.xyz Tech policy and government affairs guy. Ex-Block, Niskanen, NYT, Economist, Cato. Los Angeles / Iowa City
Clare Malone @claremalone.bsky.social Writer at The New Yorker. (Currently on leave working on a book about MAHA.) Host of Still Counting. 🎧Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.youtube.com/@StillCountingPodcast
Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Host of Galaxy Brain, the podcast. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
Mike Pesca @milkepescs.bsky.social Host of The Gist
Ryan Kelly @notthatrkelly.bsky.social Data nerd at CQ Roll Call. Sometime photographer. Fan of film, television, British comedy, music and dogs. Occasionally funny. Hello to Jason Isaacs.
dylan matthews @dylanmatt.bsky.social i write for vox
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47 Popular.info
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Roman Mars @romanmars.bsky.social Creator of 99% Invisible, Trump Con Law, A History of the US in 100 Objects, Power Broker Breakdown- http://99pi.org TEDTalk on flags w/ over 7M views NYT Bestseller The 99% Invisible City: http://99pi.org/book East Bay, CA Alum: Oberlin, Simon's Rock, UGA
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency Https://www.johndickerson.com
Joshua P. Darr @joshuadarr.bsky.social Associate professor, Newhouse School @ Syracuse. Senior Researcher, Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship. New book: Storefront Campaigning https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009443357 I study local media and elections. Past: LSU, Penn, BC.
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social Writer and editor. Host of the newsletter Porch Party (sign up! porchpartynews.com). Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent. Bostonian by birth, New Yorker by disposition, currently in DC.
Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social Washington Post Polling Director. Writes The Pollwatcher newsletter https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling/the-pollwatcher/ Email scott.clement@washpost.com Post poll results archive: wapo.st/pollarchive
Alex Lundry @alexlundry.bsky.social Building Poll Vault (http://pollvault.ai) — AI-powered polling intelligence. Data scientist, data visualizer, pollster and (adjunct) professor. Husband, father, dog-owner, musician, and prolific reader. Northeast DC via Northern New Jersey.
YouGov America @today.yougov.com YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviors from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks. https://today.yougov.com/ Join our panel and share your opinion: account.yougov.com For press inquiries: uspress@yougov.com
Patrick Murray @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social I am he as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together. https://stimsight.com
Will Jordan @will-jordan.bsky.social Dem pollster with GSG. Bakersfield native. @williamjordann on Twitter
ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author. if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social Dutchman 🇳🇱 in South 🇺🇸 | Politologist 🧑‍🎓 | columnist ✍️ | public speaker 🗣️ | Far-right politics 👌 | Soccer & Politics ⚽ | European politics 🇪🇺 | Defending democracy 👊 | punkrock 🎸 | #groundhopping ⚽🏒🏉 | movies 🎦 | watches ⌚ | no manels ❌ | only MY opinions 👋
Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social Professor of Dutch Politics at Leiden University | Extremism, populism, radicalism scholar | Board member IISG Amsterdam and Wiardi Beckman Foundation | Allotmenteer | Zeeuws meisje |
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Yotam Ophir, Ph.D. @ophiryotam.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication at the University at Buffalo. Head of the Media Effects, Misinformation, and Extremism (MEME) lab.
Noam Gidron @noamgidron.bsky.social Social scientist, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Roi Litvak-Zur @roizur.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Essex. Parties, voters, institutions, and representation. www.roizur.com
Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social Political Science Prof at University of Southampton. I study misperceptions, fact-checking, and foreign policy attitudes. American in the UK. he/his (y'all whenever possible). Spurs #COYS.
Joe Twyman @joetwyman.bsky.social Co-founder and director of the public opinion consultancy Deltapoll. Former Head of Political at YouGov (2000-18). "Housewives' favourite pollster" - The Times.
Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social 📊🗺🗳 Poll aggregation and election analysis in Europe #EP2029 📧 contact@europeelects.eu
Martin Stabe @martinstabe.ft.com Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. #ddj #dataviz
Patrick Sturgis @patricksturg.bsky.social social science methodology, sport etc.
S Stephanie Eckman @stephnie.bsky.social I collect high quality data for social science and model training statistics, data science, surveys, cats, biking, urbanism www.stepheckman.com
Joel Williams @jaowilliams74.bsky.social UK Head of Methods at Verian, but not entirely defined by that. Tend to tangent.
Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social Austrian in Mannheim; Prof. of Social Data Science & Methodology at U of Mannheim; survey methodologist; (mobile) web surveys; passive mobile data collection
German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) @gles.bsky.social High-quality data for election research | Conducted in cooperation between the German Society for Electoral Studies (DGfW) and GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (@gesis.org) www.gesis.org/en/gles
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social Research Professor @ Univ. of MI Institute for Social Research (ISR) and Department of Biostatistics. Usually discussing statistics, surveys, sports, music, and leadership. Personal website: www.umich.edu/~bwest
Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology @jssam.bsky.social The Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology publishes cutting-edge scholarly articles on statistical and methodological issues for sample surveys and related data systems. See more here: https://academic.oup.com/jssam
Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only. "The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/ https://www.robertford.net/
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social Covering politics, elections and data at The Economist
Anthony Wells @anthonyjwells.bsky.social Global Head of Politics at YouGov. Dartfordian. Hates agree-disagree statements.
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social Editorials, columns, guest op-eds: we have them all here at the Washington Post! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/
Lenny Bronner @lennybronner.com founding member of election bluesky also election + data at Broome Street Labs
Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social Reporter @ The Washington Sun. Formerly chief econ correspondent @ The Washington Post. Founder Ithaca Voice. Writing a biography on Bernie Sanders.
Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social Sociologist at the University of York | religion, ethics, values, culture, cities, childhood | neurodivergent | she/her | new book 'Growing Up Godless' https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691247250/growing-up-godless
Ariel Zellman @arielzellman.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University Co-director, Religion and State Project Territorial Conflict, Politics & Religion, Extremist Social Movements New Book: Religious Minorities at Risk, Oxford, w Matthias Basedau & Jonathan Fox
Ayse Guveli @ayseguveli.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, ERC / UKRI grantee - The Third Generation-, social inequalities, migration, religion, gender... proud mum, love Scottish terriers http://third-generation.co.uk https://2000families.org
Damon Mayrl @mayrl.bsky.social Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Colby College. Religion, politics, history, culture, law, policy, vermú. http://mayrl.org, @mayrl@sciences.social, @yrlsoc@x
Dr. Rebecca A. Glazier @rebeccaglazier.bsky.social Research Director, Little Rock Congregations Study; Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Author of "Connecting in the Online Classroom", "Faith and Community"; speaker; traveler
Dr_F_Stewart (She/her) @drfstewart.bsky.social Sociologist of Religion: punk rock and anarchist subcultures; sXe punk; sound, music and orality; identity in Northern Ireland; sociology of disability; religion and popular culture. Implicit Religion.
Erin Johnston @erinfjohnston.bsky.social Sociologist studying religion, culture, identity, and qualitative methods. Sr. Research Scientist and Lecturer @ Duke University Department of Sociology | Religion and Social Change Lab https://sites.google.com/site/ejohnsto/
Evan Stewart @evanstewart.bsky.social Social Scientist @ UMass Boston Editor @ Sociology of Religion Studies (Non)Religion & Spirituality | Climate | Public Life https://www.evan-stewart.com @socimages.bsky.social
Gary Adler @garyadler.bsky.social Sociologist of culture, religion, civil society, and law. Love mixing the methods. @PSUsoccrim Current project: religion-state relations and local government. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xHfWZUgAAAAJ *Views expressed are my own*
Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology @ Davidson College | Race, Religion, Power, Social Change | Past Roles: Journal Editor Sociology of Religion, President SSSR & ASR, Chair ASA Religion, AAR Religion & Social Science Unit | cv https://bit.ly/40mps8D
Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social Sociologist of morality, social & organizational change and spirituality. Author of The Loyalty Trap on civil servants' experiences under Trump, The Mindful Elite and Situating Spirituality. Learning about climate action. Mom juggling it all.
Jeff Guhin @jeffguhin.bsky.social Pronounced Gyoo-in, Assoc Prof @SociologyUCLA. Religion/Schools/Theory, he/él/هو, Dad to 2, Book 2: Against Achievement: What Meritocracy (and Social Science) Misses About Schools
Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University | Editor-in-Chief, The Sociological Quarterly (@socquarterly.bsky.social) | social movements, politics, religion, education, work 🏳️‍🌈 http://jonathancoley.com
Kelsey Starr @madeofstarrstuff.bsky.social Writer and researcher based in DC. Re...skies? Are not Endors...skies? Officially a Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon stan account.
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Out Sept 15: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
Lisa Pearce @lisapearce.bsky.social https://lisapearce.web.unc.edu/
Melissa Deckman @melissadeckman.bsky.social CEO at PRRI, I write about American politics, religion, and gender. https://melissadeckman.com; https://www.prri.org/
Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati | Book: Who Pays for Diversity? March 2025 https://www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pays-for-diversity/paper
Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion. Sustack: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/
Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social Professor of Middle East politics, terrorism, religion and politics. Guitar/mandolin. D&D and Star Trek. Wouldn't trust any group that would have me as a member.
Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social President and founder of PRRI and NYT bestselling author of Backslide; The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy; White Too Long; The End of White Christian America. Writing at https://www.redeemingdemocracy.net.
Ryan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social Teach at EIU | Research Director: For Faith Counts | Books: The Nones & 20 Myths | Pastor: ABCUSA | Graphs about Religion
Sam Stroope @sam-stroope.bsky.social Prof. @LSU | Medical Sociology | Sociology of Religion | sstroope.github.io
Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social Economist @MonashWarwick Project Leader @RF_Berlin BWV227 Editor @EJ_RES Associate Editor @QJEHarvard First gen high school grad Classical music and jazz enthusiast