Tim Weigel @timweigel.bsky.social Getting along like Unicode in an ASCII file. In a love/hate (but mostly love) relationship with Alabama, Mobile in particular. I like SQL.
And, of course, EVERYTHING I post here is on my own behalf, speaking only for myself, etc. unless explicitly stated
Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social || Pathfinding in a Brave New World || Former Minor Spear Carrier || Redefining the Modern Military || Writing a Kabul Memoir || Loyal Servant of the Republic || No Official Statements || BoD at @thestrategybridge.sky.social ||
Born to farm, forced to wrangle raccoons @agroforest.bsky.social Retired lawyer. Roadie. Cat colony guardian. Turning a Christmas tree farm in the Driftless Area into a food forest.
R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social “Mr. Scott Rogers is correct.” - BBC World Service. Resident on the historic lands of the Kiikaapoi & Ho-Chunk peoples. Jeopardy! champion. “Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain.” ⚽️🦩🏏🥌
Mercurywoodrose (Antifa Science Officer, Division 23 Airborne) @mercurywoodrose.bsky.social I work with people experiencing mental illness. I know exactly what he is. Used to be a voracious reader. Now a voracious book collector
He/They/Atman
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇺🇳🫛
flock cameras definitely have 2-3 lbs of copper and 1-2 grams of gold
Brad the Inhaler 🌳 @erectilefunction.bsky.social Under Martian law, doctors and other wizards are forbidden. Jawn enjoyer. You only YOLO once.
ceej @ceej.online just here to have fun online
Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social Long-time production artist/illustrator, horse fancier and animation history buff
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
🇺🇦 Bookish 📚(& Nerdish) @aklibrarychick.bsky.social Librarian, mom, reader, writer, ally, keeper of the pet menagerie. Still love #diversity - all about #equity - big fan of #inclusion ✌🏻 No unsolicited DMs, unless you’re one of my peeps. (You know who you are) Bots & Crypto accounts get autoblocked.
Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social Working @gdp-center.bsky.social for a global economy that advances development and addresses climate change. Past: Oxfam, Yale Law, Benin. Views my own. Subscribe to my Substack: timhirschelburns.substack.com
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social Father, veteran, author. All views my own, but they should be yours as well. Author of THE SHIP AND THE STORM: POEMS.
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
@namehereguy.bsky.social @namehereguy.bsky.social 31 He/Him
Elisabeth J. Hobbes author @elisabethhobbes.co.uk Writes Romantic Historicals as Elisabeth Hobbes & historical romantasy with the J. Teaches KS1. Powered by Tea. Autistic. An abomination unto Nuggan. She/her
Books available here
viewauthor.at/ElisabethHobbes
https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk/
Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social I'm here to be a reply gal and continue my 20+ year habit of being social & shitpost-y on the internet. Love #fantasy, #scifi, and historical fiction. My favorite media of the 2020s is #OldGodsofAppalachia, #TheLockedTomb, and #AgathaAllAlong. I lift heavy
Jerry W. Dragoo, Ph.D., Mephitologist @jwdragoo.bsky.social "Dragoo is no longer the center of their universe."
- F. Murray Abraham, 2009
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social Professor of Law at a regional midwest public law school. Political theory, corps & admin. 🧶👽👾🧙🏽♀️🦅🎮 My views are my own and reposts are not endorsements.
SSRN author page
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3568227
Alan Eyre @alaneyre.bsky.social Former US foreign policy senior official (Iran/MENA /energy); now focused on foreign policy in the Anthropocene.
Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social It doesn’t matter.
Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social Librarian, fan of theatre, ballet, opera and certain television programmes. Creator of knitted people and eccentric fanfiction. Benton and Hawthorne Investigate coming soon https://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/bentonandhawthorneinvestigate.html
Rufus97 @rufus97.bsky.social Mockery is the best policy.
Aris Merquoni @aristgd.bsky.social Politely promoting the practice of pornography. Professional shipper do not attempt at home. She/her, White, cis. Trans rights.
Shares Indigenous news/content, Black content, and Trans content, especially art and writing, to spread perspectives and joy.
Catbus @catbus.phd Your old pal, Catbus from Online
shitposts, shoegaze, cinema
ᵃⁿᵈ ˢᵒᵐᵉ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ˢᵗᵘᶠᶠ
the Zone demands respect
or it will punish you
Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social Attorney, gamer (computer, RPG, tabletop), GM, husband, father, occasional author. Hatch Act restricted, so don't expect much politics.
Self-appointed leader of 'Guys named Al who hate AI.'
Panda @susi346.bsky.social Art, wine, painting, and a love for beautiful scenery.
Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social Illustrator / cartoonist / writer. HERMIT MAGAZINE editor. Wrote and/or drew stuff for MAD Magazine, WFMU, The New Yorker, Penguin Random House, Cartoon Network, punk bands, etc
Buffalo, NY
philintheblanks@gmail.com
linktr.ee/philmcandrew
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social Mary Testa once said I was great. Theater, horror, and Housewives. Co-host of Supporting Actresses. lpeitzman@gmail.com
Rob Larson @ironicprofessor.bsky.social Economics professor | author Mastering the Universe, Bit Tyrants and Capitalism vs Freedom | house economist Current Affairs | AFT local 2196 | steal from the rich and drink to the poor
Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design artist / designer / guy
portfolio jackapedia.design / other jackis.online
Jen Zingsheim Phillips @jenzings.bsky.social New Hampshire based freelance writer. Opinions are my own!
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
Signal: pbump.11
Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and http://RollingStone.com. Got a tip? Share it here: http://rol.st/tips
Sarah Forde 🌙🪡 @sailorastera.bsky.social 🎀 Ribbonmancer
🐈🐈 2 Orange Cats
🐈⬛🐈⬛ 2 Foster Voids
☕ ADHD 🧒🏼 Mom 🏳️🌈 Some Gym Stuff 💪
Current Fandoms:
Sailor Moon 🌙 Dungeon Crawler Carl 🧨
✨OPTIMISTIC NIHILISM✨
I'm @adorkastock.com🕺🏻
Art Only @adorkabows.com
she/her
Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly Staff software engineer. AWS/CDK/TypeScript.
Interests: Pink Floyd, Star Trek, coding, biking, VR, cats. Not necessarily in this order.
@anydoubts.bsky.social is my better half.
Dr Hugo Z Hackenbush @hugozhackenbush.bsky.social The Original @Mangylover from Twitter. No regerts.
🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 #NeverTrump since 2015.
Zinzinnati.
Matt @mbonner.bsky.social How can we build more affordable housing? English/Español/Castellano/Català. #BAONPDX #RCTID Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights.
“Why don’t you go out there and do something useful?” - Sinéad O’Conner
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
Finding Facility @music-tax.bsky.social Midwest transplant to Seattle. Lots of things distract me from making music. JD/LLM. Vibe reader. Reserving my piss as much as I am able.
Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social Author (The Ember of Elyssia Quartet, Fortune's Calling Trilogy, THE BRIDAL PARTY, THE PRINCE WITH SIX FACES). Dice roller. Disabled in the library. All opinions mine. All around nerd.
https://linktr.ee/annaholmeswritesbooks
(She/they) ♿️🏳️🌈
Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social Senior videogame tech artist /art director.
Unreal Tournament 04, Dragonage, D&D Online, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Stellaris, Civ IV + more. VFX Where The Wild Things Are.
https://www.delaneyking.com
Michan Connor @michanconnor.bsky.social Ex-academic.
Not a six-figure beltway political consultant.
Opinions do not reflect those of my day job or anyone else
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.
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Steve Isaacson 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @scirocco67.bsky.social Happily married husband, father, and grandfather. Retired VP and Associate General Counsel (Litigation) for multinational media company. NO CRYPTO, GOLD, OR ANY OTHER FINANCIAL OR INVESTMENT SCHEMES OF ANY KIND. NO DMs. NO OnlyFans. No bio = BLOCK
Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social dumb laws deserve my thoughts on them
https://linktr.ee/ugarles
i will do your podcast
http://nohomework.website with @veryimportant.lawyer and @lronmexico.bsky.social
City Saint/Country Saint with L. Ron
remember the law pods? those were fun.
J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social YA/MG author. Newest: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025); The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social That’s not me asking for money, it’s someone spoofing me. I promise.
Non-stop book reviewing lady! Also writer, editor, aunt, godmother, curmudgeon. I love books and birds.
No DMs, sorry! I am extremely shy.
hockey bear dot space @hockeybear.space It's time to use our hands for right and make this place feel bright tonight
"one guy (who has pretty good judgment)" – @proptermalone.bsky.social
"well done" – @jcsalterego.bsky.social
Saavik ‘Careful of the Ankle’ Ford @saavikford.bsky.social CUNY Astro prof, AMNH research assoc, runner, astronomer, crafter, camper, gardener, mom, all opinions completely my own (she/her)
Dougie Howser PhD @dancedance.bsky.social Just a person, standing here, trying not to doomscroll. Give me all your science posts!
D.L. Riggs @storyboat.bsky.social History Instructor at a MN community college. Interests vary widely. Incredibly lucky to teach history to diverse students. Grad school at CU-Boulder so of course my research interests focused on maritime history. Love to learn, laugh, travel.
Jayne, attempting irony @eyegah.bsky.social RN and Obnoxious Feminist
She/her
Apparently, I am “Spawn Point” in my child’s phone
Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social Rhode Island. Author of Neither Mountain Nor River (Riddle Brook) and Drifting: Two Weeks on the Hudson
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Craig @craig-erik.bsky.social I live in Saint Paul with my wife and young daughter. I spend way too much time on this damn site, and really need to get a better hobby.
Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social Ocean Gate Elementary School class of 1992. John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University. Books: GUN COUNTRY (2023) and CONSUMING JAPAN (2017).
EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social I am not a committee. Defense, pop-culture, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own.
Co-host of Sirens: A Bombshell Production https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sirens-a-bombshell-production/id1195698408
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
H R Pickens @hrpickens.bsky.social I don't expect to be followed back. When I find your stuff interesting, I don't necessarily expect you to find my stuff interesting.
That photo is fake. It's not me. But also, basically, it is.
IRANZYE ART @iranzye.bsky.social Landscape Artist / writer
More curated artworks on Instagram 👆🏽👇🏽
Instagram.com/Iranzyee
jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social good ol' grateful deadcast co-host / @wfmu.bsky.social DJ / author of "wasn't that a time" (hachette, 2018), "heads" (hachette, 2016), "big day coming" (gotham, 2012) / jessejarnow.com / heads.social/@bourgwick
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social 👩🏻🔬 Simplifying public health with data-driven insights
💡 Helping you make informed health decisions
🎓 MPH, PhD
👇🏻 Get weekly science-backed updates
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/
DanG8r @dang8r.bsky.social Hello, I’m Dan and I live in Minnesota.
I am not a bot.
Hermann the Half-German @donnelly612.bsky.social follow me if you know the difference between anxious and eager
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol Senior Writer at The Ringer covering the intersection of tech, politics, and media 🦉 NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls 🦉 also, how can I put this: sports
https://bookshop.org/p/books/impossible-owls-essays-brian-phillips/7310179?ean=9780374175337
aboleyn @aboleyn.bsky.social Feminist Fangirl
Born in Philly, stuck in the suburbs
Like a warm cup of tea sprinkled with a hint of sass.
Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social Medievalist who loves reading, especially science fiction & fantasy. I don't speak for my employer or anyone else.
she/her
Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social Roman historian at W. Mich U. specializing in gender, sexuality, & their reception in tv, music videos, games, & film. she/hers/ista Mom of 3. Avid baker & traveler. Antifascist. Always learning from unusual niche subject experts. Opinions are my own.
Q @gameovermike.bsky.social Houston based CRM archaeologist interested in the late 19th/early 20th century. In particular WWI training camps and conflict sites. I also sometimes have thoughts on movies, beer, and politics. You know, human culture and stuff.
Libby Hill @libbyhill.bsky.social forever midwestspitfire; los angeles with my baby and big dumb baby; tv writer (yellowjackets)
Ian, in the Year of the Bean🫛🫘 @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social Night Mayor of Minneapolis
Twin Cities DSA
he/him
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretBase
https://www.youtube.com/SecretBaseSBN
Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social Anthropologist (archaeology, biological anth, ecology). Director of Assessment and Data Analytics. Former Michigan diaspora now home but missing Minnesota. UMich grad working at MSU. Never speaks for MSU.
Bren @brenlucy.bsky.social Old as these dishes but we’re all still around. Retired public administrator, lawyer, was a lead plaintiff in a gay marriage case, delightfully busy with grandkids.
OutNmbrdByBoys @outnmbrdbyboys.bsky.social Social Worker, Mom, former Milspo, mostly former endurance athlete, avid reader. I care deeply about things. She/her
Kathy Zurcher @kazurcher.bsky.social Systems Thinking, U of IL PhD, Husband Tom, Pups: Ella, Angel🌈 Kitty: Minne. 2 bonus daughters, 8 20-something granddaughters & grandsons, FoTS, BunsenBeaker&Bernoulli, #UglyDogs, @PabloTorre.bsky.social fan. Go Cubs! Love MN.
Bunsenbernerbmd.com❤️🇨🇦🇮🇨
Laurie @minnesotagirl.bsky.social Bird nerd, hockey fan, beach traveler, support education, environment, health care, equity, equality, diversity. She/her #UglyDogs. BS anniversary 7/20/2023
Tantric Worrier @kaysertommasi.bsky.social There will be typos.
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words
@washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian.
All at brookeharrington.com
Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social 
Disband ICE @adlangx.bsky.social Video game Dad. Aspiring fly-fisher. I also work on software for money. SKOL.
Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social Writer, poet, editor, musician.
Ghost Signs (Bluemoose, 2022)
Keshed (Ortac Press, 2026)
Disappear Here: Bret Easton Ellis' America (Ortac, 2027 tbc)
#MDANT
https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/stu-hennigan
https://stuhennigan.substack.com/
Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social Reader, writer, quilter, sewist, maker, nana, mom, political junkie, occasional Cassandra, forever student, Jersey girl in NoVa.
The opposite of fear isn’t courage; the opposite of fear is hope.
“It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah.” Cohen
Matthew Giraldi @mgiraldi.bsky.social Sports watcher, book reader, beer drinker.
Star gazer, cynical sonofabitch, weed smoker.
Nature lover, music listener, food eater.
Wes Flinn (now with new trombones!) @wesflinn.bsky.social Composer. Music theorist. Lowbrassman. Director of the School of Music at Louisiana Tech. In an alternate universe, the second-most popular optometrist in Bedford, Indiana. Son of Pinhook, citizen of the world. Views my own.
Strider @reluctantranger.bsky.social Few fucks left to give. Sisu. Threat assessment. EMT/First Responder. Español. Français. Minnesota! Canada! Anger translator for author @robertsaxton.bsky.social
Kelly Leak @leathersap.bsky.social Minnesota
Democrat
Twins and Vikings
Abolish ICE
Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
bit.ly/bgcjr
donnayoungdc @donnayoungdc.bsky.social Joyful 'freed' journalist - formerly covered FDA/CDC/NIH/pharma/biotech - 'The pharma diviner'🔬
Now living my life! 
Kurt G @kurtgegenhuber.bsky.social indie historian of MN arts
astronomy and English degrees
funny in real life
Chicago –> Tucson –> Minneapolis
Mara Abolish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social Umbraphile. Vaccine enthusiast. Mpls. Interested in police abolition, immigrants rights, MPS and mutual aid.
She/her.
Trans rights are human rights.
Xer Mom to 2.
Free Palestine.
Bluesky joiner #442,075
Canadian.
Posting my way through it.
musicianapolis @generalmusician.bsky.social non-specific. music, art & nostalgia.
careful & care-filled. puns.
unfamously dumb, but usually real.
Minneapolis. pro-protest.
Andy Lettuce @andy.hopepunk.club https://dontcallthepolice.com/
pfp: me, singing karaoke with Carl Craig, because I live a life of charm
banner: an illustration of the MPD 3rd Precinct on fire, with the caption "Welcome to Minneapolis" ✊ in solidarity w/ the Black Cat Worker Collective
Maplehood United @maplehoodunited.bsky.social CITY QUESTION 2 (St. Paul- 2028)
SHOULD THE CITY FORM A TASK FORCE TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANNEXING AND/ OR CONSOLIDATING WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES?