CalHSTA @calhstatransit.org We bring together clubs and student organizations from across the great state of California to help make public transit and mobility better. Learn more @ calhstatransit.org.
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
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Kuan Butts @kuanbutts.bsky.social transportation + computers
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David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social Cycling, kayaking, woodworking, software engineering management, urban planning, transit planning, maps, OpenStreetMap, discovery, physics, California, Mendocino coast, bay area, #GilligGang.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social Author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. LitHub essayist, Intercept reporter.
Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Jamie Carrington @dcdbldutchbus.bsky.social Opinions are my own
Tam J Guy, PhD (they/them) @tamjguy.bsky.social Trans on Transit
Urban Planning, UCLA
Just a neurospicy trans masc genderqueer out here trying to leave things better than they were awhile ago.
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org \O/
Thinking from the Oakland Bay Area
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Alex Karner @alexkarner.bsky.social associate professor//community & regional planning. mobility justice, transportation equity, civil rights, environmental justice, accessibility, GIScience, etc. views my own.
longer-form writing: https://alexkarner.substack.com
Signal @signal.org Signal is a nonprofit end-to-end encrypted communications app. Privacy isn’t an optional mode, it’s the way Signal works. Every message, every call, every time. https://signal.org/donate/
Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social Leading with joy. Fighting for YOU. MA Attorney General, wife and mama to Alexander & Aiden. Beyonce fan. For official updates follow @massago.bsky.social
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com movement building reporter @us.theguardian.com
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Melissa Gentry @melissadgentry.bsky.social AP in economics at USF | interested in disability policy | Small town FL native | she/her
OOPS! All Mutual Aid @oopsallmutualaid.bsky.social Sharing stories of, and resources for, mutual aid organizing.
Solidarity, not charity.
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Alex Cuadros @alexcuadros.bsky.social ProPublica climate reporter. Author of BRAZILLIONAIRES and WHEN WE SOLD GOD'S EYE. Past bylines: Bloomberg Businessweek, NYT Mag, Harper's, New Yorker, etc. More here: alexcuadros.com
Ryan Williams @rwilliamsca.bsky.social CA Politico based in Petaluma.
Julie Cidell @jlcidell.bsky.social Geographer, quilter, writer, teacher, researcher, Cubs fan, transportation geek, she/her
Thomas Silverstein @tsilverstein.bsky.social Executive Director at @prrac.bsky.social; adjunct clinician; Wizards/Nats/LFC; crossword solver; early morning dog walker
Joe Newlin @newlin.bsky.social Labor union communicator. Denizen & appreciator of Los Angeles.
Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social Chronicling science, pet, & art adventures. #biogeofeminist catalyzing change -- to make the scientific enterprise welcoming & just. Sometimes creative, always sassy 🏞️⚛️💦🌿🏳️🌈☮️💙⚒️✍️🎨🐾
California Transit Association @caltransit.bsky.social The California Transit Association's mission is to support the needs of California's public transit systems through advocacy and education.
https://caltransit.org/
Stephanie Pollack@ @stephanie-pollack.bsky.social Strategist and pragmatist with ten years of leadership in federal and state transportation agencies. Advisor and advocate for giving government agencies the capacity to implement and deliver effectively, including improving infrastructure and its delivery.
Jamie Pew @jpew.bsky.social Pedestrian
Climate at NextGen Policy
NJ raised, Oakland based
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Jaime Garmendia @garmendia.bsky.social He/him. Public servant, convention and conference planner.
Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social I am a high school teacher. Earnest posting (at the moment it’s mostly grief-posting) until the end. Profile pic is my mom. (she/they)
Elise Joshi @elisejoshi.bsky.social Love unions, protected bike lanes, berkeley pizza. Hate cybertrucks.
Head of More Perfect Union's campus newsroom More Perfect University
Michelle Pariset @michellepariset.bsky.social 
Alt US Department of Transportation @alt-transportation.bsky.social DOT workers uniting to share real information because oligarchs have corrupted our transportation system
@daniel-hunter.bsky.social @daniel-hunter.bsky.social 
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social Proudly Representing California's 12th Congressional District. 
Mary Annaïse Heglar @maryannaise.bsky.social I write about climate change/grief/justice. Author of Troubled Waters (novel) & The World is Ours to Cherish (children’s book). Birmingham bred me, Mississippi fed me. ❤️🌍💚🌎🖤 https://www.maryannaiseheglar.com/
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr.bsky.social I do comedy on a stage. Sometimes on TV.
Debut book out NOW. Bury me in Alabama. FAMU Forever.
Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social Part chaplain, part cross-pollinator, part coach, part builder. Multiracial multicultural institution dreamer. Brava pero vulnerable.
www.bravaleaders.com
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social Organizer, Musician, Floridian, and Congressman (FL10).
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social Cartoonist
adrienne maree brown @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social writer. gardener of healing ideas. emergent strategist, pleasure activist. earthling. good witch. homecoming southerner.
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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social "I'm so grateful Hammer and Hope exists. True Black leftist literary dispatches." - dream hampton.
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Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social ProPublica reporter
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com (shuh-NAY) • The Madwoman in the Classroom • nationally recognized, award winning literacy educator • teacher-scholar • mom • your favorite teacher’s favorite English teacher • doc student • #heymrsbond 💛 • she/her
Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social President @ucs.org. Previously: USDOT, White House OSTP, @500womensci.bsky.social. Environmental engineer. Mom. Cyclist. Public Transit Enthusiast. Views my own. She/her.
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender
host of weird little guys on cool zone media
she/her | charlottesville, va
Michael L. Rosino @michaelrosino.bsky.social sociologist | racial politics, media, democracy | author of Democracy is Awkward https://bit.ly/4hUsTK3 & Debating the Drug War https://bit.ly/3UW39mS | cat dad | serial reposter | host on new books in sociology podcast
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) @ceja.org Coalition of 10 grassroots orgs fighting for environmental justice in CA. We defend low-income communities of color on the frontlines of pollution to build healthy communities for all. Affiliate organization to @ceja-action.org
David @dazevedo.bsky.social Long-suffering Sacramento Kings fan.
JChernock @jcatl.bsky.social Sleepless father of three. Northern transplant, life in the ATL.
JR Mayer @jrmayer.bsky.social Starry-eyed realist, anti-racist, transportation policy wonk, Mom to 2 boys, wife to an amazing woman.
John Levin @jlstp.bsky.social Saint Paul (and Minneapolis) - public transportation - biking - reimagining urban form
Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social Dog Lover, AC Transit Board Member, Trail runner, Student Teacher
Adam Vaccaro @adamtvaccaro.bsky.social Clean energy policy communications. Talking about that & media & Mass., & some other stuff too. Glad my work and interests align, but views are my own.
Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social Who decides in health? | Health Equity | AI Governance | HIV | Community Participatory Research | Physician | Founder, Health Justice & The Grounded Innovation Lab
@akinfe.bsky.social's life partner | she/her(s)/yeye
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Lisa Bari @lisabari.bsky.social CEO of Civitas Networks for Health + board member and health tech advisor. Health tech, health data, and interoperability expert.
Alicia Trost @aliciatrost.bsky.social Transit Executive / Strategic Comms / Youth Engagement / Gender Equity / Risk Taker / Creator of Fun Stuff
📍East Bay- I Ian @ijthistle.bsky.social Transportation, transit, and cities.
Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D. @profblmkelley.bsky.social /writer/historian/ph.d./award-winning author of Black Folk/president @natlhumanities /breast cancer survivor/The Oracle
soleil ho @soleilho.com critic and food writer @coyotemedia.org | James Beard award winner | they/them 🍊 av by max graves
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J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social Reporter @propublica.org
Author, “Pandemic, Inc.”
Colorado boy. 🐏
david.mcswane@propublica.org.
Signal: 202-556-3836
Allyson Osorio @allysonosorio.bsky.social 💥Sr. Policy Adv. @publicadvocates.bsky.social
🔥⚖️Advocacy, Civil Rights, Public Service, Research, Civic Engagement & Policy
⚡️✨❣️ Alumna: UCSD| HGSE| UCSA| UnidosUS| ETW
📍Anywhere decisions are made
Laura J. Nelson @laurajnelson.bsky.social Reporter at the Wall Street Journal in Los Angeles. Former @latimes.com reporter, native Kansan and green thumb. 🌱 Securely message me on Signal (ljn.11).
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
noor 🇵🇸🥪 @thecanavigator.bsky.social (they/them) 17 🏳️🌈 🇵🇰🚲 🚌🚎 🚇
Bay Area transit rider and activist - @transbaycoalition.bsky.social
my words are mine only, i don’t represent anyone else
Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social Renter; bike and transit rider
Construction project manager
Posts about safe street design and transit projects
Berkeley, CA
San Francisco Transit Riders @sftru.bsky.social SF Transit Riders is a rider-based grassroots advocate for world-class transit in San Francisco. Join the movement. http://sftransitriders.org/join- J @jaboukie.bsky.social @jaboukie.bsky.social
Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social Mass car use is geometrically incompatible with great cities. Transit & bikes are the future. Tech things sometimes.
Barnali Ghosh @barnalighosh.bsky.social BART board director District 3, Berkeley South Asian American history tour guide, public transit advocate, and native flower cosplayer. Also on IG at @berkeleywali.
Victoria Fleming @j-ailapeche.bsky.social Emerge California Director, Santa Rosa Council Member, MTC Commissioner. More housing and more dim sum, please.
Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social Professor of History at Columbia University; author of CRIMES AGAINST NATURE, SHADOWS AT DAWN: A BORDERLANDS MASSACRE AND THE VIOLENCE OF HISTORY; and THE STRANGE CAREER OF WILLIAM ELLIS. Working on a new project on the US-Mexico War (1846-1848).
Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, and such. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool (thanks Hampshire College). I use threads like a public filing cabinet. Personal account.
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Sumeet Bal @sumeetbal.bsky.social Mom. Sikh. @public_advocates Communications Director. NYC born, NC native, current CA Dreamer.
More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people.
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social Mom, El Cerrito Mayor Pro Tem, Bike East Bay Co-Executive Director of Development and Engagement, and former BART Director
Adina Levin @adinalevin.bsky.social 
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
AC Transit @rideact.bsky.social Moving our East Bay community for over 60 years 🚍 actransit.org
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Oakland Tenants Union @oaktenantsunion.bsky.social The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists. OTU's core values are to protect and expand tenant rights and interests. We've been fighting for tenants rights since 1989!
Ezra David Romero @climatedaddykqed.bsky.social Climate Reporter @KQED @KQEDscience🌊🔥🌲☀️🏳️🌈(he/him) Techno Boy. Contact: eromero@kqed.org
Signal - EzraRomero.87
Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social Garden-loving photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle with a very loud Bengal cat.
📍Oakland, CA
jessicachristianphoto.com
Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app In progress. Harvard PhD candidate. #GodsPlan ☀️
Books: #TheBlackAgenda #TheDoubleTax
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
Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com Women's Sports Lead at The Athletic & co-host of Full Time. (& also UTFG.)
🌐 meglinehan.com 🎙️ fulltimepod.com
Destenie Nock, PhD @destenie.bsky.social Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Energy Affordability. Energy & Climate Justice. Macro Energy Systems Modeling. CEO - Peoples Energy Analytics. Named a 2024 Science Defender. Nonfiction rep: @laurieabkemeier. Fiction rep: @ajvanbelle
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:
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Emily Wheeler @emily-wherever.bsky.social @oaktenantsunion.bsky.social member, climate doomer, board game fanatic, and crazy cat lady
The Oaklandside @oaklandside.org Journalism for Oakland. We amplify community voices, share information resources, and investigate systems, not just symptoms. A nonprofit newsroom part of Cityside Journalism Initiative.
Alyssa Cheung @acheung.bsky.social SF / district 11 resident. Mom. Bike rider. Day job in building decarb at CPUC.
BART @bart.gov This is the official account for BART. We provide train service throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and connect people to places they love.
For automated service updates go to @alerts.bart.gov
Visit us at bart.gov 🚇💙
NWSL @nwslsoccer.com Imagine missing THIS? 🙂↔️