Swan Webb @swanwebb.bsky.social Proud parent, Minneapolitan, data scientist, progressive, urbanist; lover of the outdoors, art and irony
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social Armchair phrenologist. Self-certified body language expert. MENSA member. Former Never-Ending Pasta Pass Owner. Intellectual. Gifted kid —> Gifted adult. RIP Seattle Sea Dragons. Vai Corinthians. Bluesky’s premier Seven Mary Three poster.
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
altScalesOfJustice @altscalesofjustice.altgov.info Retired 20+ year DOJ executive providing honest commentary on American politics. Opinions are my own. “Morgan” in the book “We Are #AltGov” by Dr. Amanda Sturgill. (I have NO financial ties to the book)
Twitter: @altScalesOfJust
😷 it’s only Wednesday 😷 @diplo-drama.bsky.social Make good choices! #swiftie #altgov #nafo #accidentaldiplomat
Alt WASO NPS @altwasonps.bsky.social #AltNPS Unofficial Washington D.C. Office #Resistance Team. Protect & preserve the US from fascism #AltGov #WeAreAltGov
I study everything and know nothing.
AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info Since 2017, I have fought against the growing fascist threat from Trumplestiltskin and his loyal minions, including the entire GOP and its base. Not affiliated with nor represents USCBP. Opinions are my own. #AltGov
AltTaxPro @alttaxpro.altgov.info #WeAreAltGov
Might be IRS, might be Dept of Revenue...wait for the audit to FAFO
Typically found cussing at most laws
#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic
Sarcastic AF potty-mouth middle-child latchkey #GenXer
#NAFO 🇺🇦 Former #FellaForger
Former-Alt-immi @altimmi.bsky.social Used to be a big deal on twitter for like a minute.
AltNatSecAgency @altnatsecagency.bsky.social Former SIGINT Analyst. He/him. Deep State Operative ™ Alleged Antifa Leader ™ POG LEG REMF™ Astronaut Diaper™ Vampire ™ May be spying on you right now
ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info I’m not new, I’m just new *here*. You know me, I know you. The sun’ll come out tomorrow.
Dr. Curmudgeon @altgovdoc.altgov.info General health and science information
#medsky #emedsky
Posts 🚫 med advice. Please, seek the care of your physician if you have any concerns.
AltBiker @altbiker.altgov.info Leather wearing, beer drinking, motorcycle riding member of #AltGov
It we do not stand against oppression, we endorse the oppressors.
Alt Musician @altmusician.altgov.info Fighting 4 democracy & end corruption on a 🌎 stage
Wrked directly in WhiteHouse w/ Obama Biden Harris since 2012
Wrkd Harris Walz 2024 campaign
US Secret Service Vetted
TS/SCI & Yankee White clearance
Liberty 🗽 & Equality 4 all #AltGov #Resist
ALT DHS (NOT an official DHS account) @altdhs.altgov.info ALT gov account. ALT. Not an official DHS account (if they even have one on BlueSky). ALT
Retired Gov employee. I swear a lot. #Altgov
Discl: Not an official account for DHS. All opinions my own. Again, ALT. ALT. ALT.
AltWarDept @altdod.bsky.social retired, former, crusty cog that was in the machine, mostly snark, sometimes insightful. Knows enough to be dangerous, sometimes useful.
#altgov
(VIC) 31N AA 66021 00000
AltDIA @altdia.bsky.social The original - Twitter survivor.
Matt Cortez, Esq. @mattcortezlaw.bsky.social A Jabroni in a former life. Civil litigation attorney in this life. I put the “Find Out” in FAFO. Licensed in California.
AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info Retired Fed. I survived 45. Honored to have served the people.
#Resist with compassion
#ClimateChange is here
#Tribal #Sovereignty is #Treaty Law #LGBTQ+ #WeSeeYou
It takes #AllOfUs
Legit #altGov accounts don’t sell merch or ask for $$. Beware the grift.
AltCityHall @altcityhall.altgov.info You can fight fascism, but you can’t fight AltCityHall. Maybe your local city hall, though. #AltGov
alt-dea @alt-dea.altgov.info Retired Senior Special Agent Federal Drug Law Enforcement.
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCit #Resistance #EndICE #Resist #NoKings
Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info #AltGov #Resist #AltCitizen
“We do not bend the knee. We do not surrender. We fight, until we win or die.” - Lynn Stahl, #AltGov
“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”
– William Penn
Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info Award-winning Baltimore based web developer, HCD product lead for federal agencies, mother (humans, dogs, cats, chickens…), democracy enthusiast, nature lover. #civtech #resist #altgov #swiftie 🥄
Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info Promoting health and science and resistance against pseudoscience, disinformation, and fascism.
TJ @tjsls.bsky.social Vet, Fed employee, dog dad, lifting, gaming, personal life a mess, trying to rebuild, dines on ashes. Enjoys the Platypus
ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info Resist! Conservation over corporations.
#ALTgov
This account is NOT affiliated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and opinions solely belong to the person who manages this page.
FWS employees can reach out via DM to share stories.
AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info Your friendly local SSA agent just trying to survive. DMs are open. Yes there’s 2 of us (Hi Rogue SSA👋). We are #AltGov. Not affiliated with AltNPS. This account is not an official SSA account. FDT. Release the Epstein files. Preferred name: AltSSAssy ❤️
@altfema.bsky.social @altfema.bsky.social Helping people before, during, and after (this democratic) disaster.
#AltGov
AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info We are dedicated DOI employees who swore an oath to the constitution to protect the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage. Officially *unofficial* account.
Do not approach the wildlife. This bison bites back. #AltGov 🦬
Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info They tried to bury us. They didn't realize we were seeds.
DHSaucepan @dhsaucepan.altgov.info Career civil servant in immigration.
Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info Sharing news from the Coast Guard, the Federal Government, and beyond.
Semper Paratus, Semper Pro Populus (Always Ready, Always for the People).
Not affiliated with Official USCG. Views are solely my own opinions. #AltGov 🥄
AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info Loyal to our Constitution, not a politician, god or person. Not an official Air Force acct. Professional critical thinker, fed, vet & mil spouse here to communicate, share information and more importantly, offer support.
AltUSGS @handle.invalid The resistance in the form of a couple of science nerds in different missions. Not an official USGS account but close enough to hypothesize about their actions. #AltGov
AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info Big USDA’s bratty little unsanctioned sibling 🌱🐮
Do Right and Feed Everyone.
Empower our farms & people.
#climatesmart #nutrition #urbanag #conservation #foodsecurity #diversity #bullsonparade #renegade
🚜💨🥦🥕⚗️🏡🌎🌈🐮✊
RogueFEMA @roguefema.altgov.info Not an official government account. But you aren't here for that, right?
@altpbs.altgov.info @altpbs.altgov.info 
Rogue SSA @alt-ssa.altgov.info One of two (2!!) official #altgov accounts for your friendly neighborhood SSA.
Mad Houser/AltHUD @madhouser.altgov.info Retrofitting reality and rebuilding community from the brutal bunker in SW. Opinionated Fed. Huddie. Not associated with AltNPS.
#AltGov #Bandofothers #Altpoetsociety
Mad Houser Haiku:
Mad about housing
Mad at the state of the world
Mad as a hatter
Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info The resistance team for the U.S. Department of Labor. Not an official government account. #resist #AltGov #NoKings ❌👑
VHAbrainwitch @vhabrainwitch.altgov.info Social worker. VA Psychotherapist. Grandchild of WWII Navy Veteran.
#AltGov - Not an official VA account. Opinions are my own.
Content =\= medical advice.
AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info Reclaiming water in the American West, and reclaiming democracy wherever necessary.
Alt US Army Corps of Engineers @alt-usace.bsky.social Fed employee. Resistance. #AltGov #Altfam.
Dream job- steward to Turtle Island waters, lands, and people — no matter who is in the casa blanca. None of us are free until all of us are. Not official USACE Account.
USACE staff can DM with any stories. 
altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info Marine, combat vet. Apparently also woke and an enemy of the state now? Huh. Here to call out disinformation. And to, you know, obey my oath. ETA: And maybe to NOT share classified info via Signal chats.
AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info #AltGov
State Government Worker (not state dept)
Covering all the ways the actions of the Regime are impacting the work of state governments.
DMs open to reporting impacts you're seeing relating to program funding cuts.
Be an #AltCitizen.
AltPressSec @altpresssec.altgov.info Not a real fed Press Sec but watched she/her on TV and said “Hey, I can do that, but with facts.” When in doubt, refer to the First Amendment and The AP Stylebook, in that order. Verified #AltGov. 🗒️ 🇺🇸
#AltGov #AltFam
Alt VA Comrades @alt-va-comrades.altgov.info We are not Vets, but VA employees and humans who believe ALL Vets deserve better.
We are also standing in solidarity with Federal Workers as we fight fascism, a hostile government takeover, and destruction of all we hold dear.✊🔥
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
Alt US Digital Service @altusds.altgov.info The official resistance team of the U.S. Digital Service. We are the Builders. #AltGov
Send your stories: submissions@wethebuilders.org
https://www.wethebuilders.org/
https://givebutter.com/WTB
RogueVA 🇺🇸🥼🏥 @rogueva.altgov.info One of the official resistance pages of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Not an official government page. Views expressed here DEFINITELY do not reflect those of the regime. Sailors cuss like ME.
RogueCVM @roguecvm.altgov.info Federal Employee during 2025 Coup and so much more including puppy parent.
RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info A couple folks resisting harmful policies, fighting disinfo & defending FEMA.
Not official FEMA. Views are our own and expressed in a personal capacity.
Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info 📣 Speaking for the trees, and:
🌲 600 million forest acres
💚 193 million acres public land
🥾 164,000 miles of trails
🎣 400,000 miles of streams
🪵 Billions of board feet timber
🚰 Trillions of gallons clean water
🚫Not affiliated with USDA Forest Service
AltNIOSH @altniosh.altgov.info Unofficial (but factual) account about the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and its mission.
We're public health folks working for the worker- that's you! We'll keep doing so come hell, high water, or bad policy.
#SaveNIOSH #AltGov
RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.altgov.info Posting articles and other media about NOAA and related topics. Lover of science, data, satellites, oceans, coasts, marine organisms, weather, climate modeling, fishers, and coastal communities. My personal views only. This is not a government account.
Verified #AltGov labeler @altgov-labeler.bsky.social Official labeler for #AltGov
All the vetted accounts in the #AltGov starter pack https://go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d will have the label
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com Brussels' premier independent news media on EU affairs. EUobserver is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what's really going on in Europe. Your support keeps us going: https://euobserver.com/memberships
@janashortal.bsky.social @janashortal.bsky.social 
Walter (dead) @nedzeppelin.bsky.social Steel guitar enthusiast, cat rancher
MPLS, but WI sports
Formerly: @walterowensgrpa/@ned_zeppelin_iv
amityf @amityf.bsky.social She/her. public transit user, cat lover, ISAIAH/FiMN Data. "Intimidating", according to men. amityf elsewhere
How to join Minneapolis and St. Paul thread: https://bsky.app/profile/amityf.bsky.social/post/3mrv36uo4pc2a
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby Kubernetes SIG Security Co-Chair, goose in the mainframe. Minneapolis. They/them. Stay punk 🏴
MSP feed info: https://bsky.app/profile/amityf.bsky.social/post/3mrv36uo4pc2a
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Founder of ONEST | Global Affairs Analyst
Fact-first reporting on diplomacy, geopolitics & global affairs.
Read: onestnetwork.com
Videos: youtube.com/@onestnetwork
Support my work: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw7QS8Wy4kM04Le3e01?ref=onestnetwork.com
Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social If there's something you hope will happen, well, maybe it will happen today.
🚫No AI Ever🚫
Selected prints available here: https://www.inprnt.com/collections/phineas/maybe-it-will-happen-today/
Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social Indivisible Twin Cities is a grassroots group of volunteers dedicated to increasing civic engagement on progressive issues. Find us at indivisibletwincities.org
Kerry Kennedy @kerrykennedy.bsky.social President of @kennedyhrc.bsky.social, lawyer and activist. Bestselling author, progressive Catholic, and lifelong feminist. Proud mom of three mighty women.
DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social 
✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social diasporic, urban-dwelling Inuk Indigiqueer woman seeking reconnection;
💍 @phoenix-rights.bsky.social
💸 V: HumanHummingbird
Cover 📸: Christian Spencer
Melody Hoffmann @phmelody.bsky.social Your friendly neighbor and community reporter. Currently at North News and Southwest Voices. I also cosplay as a weather reporter.
CONTACT: melody.hoffmann@gmail.com and on Signal @phmelody.143
she/her, Minneapolis, Midwest
Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
@mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social Neighbors organizing Neighbors to keep our communities safe.
Linktr.ee/mspwhistles
The M (Minnesota Museum of American Art) @mnmuseum.bsky.social Inspiring understandings of identities, experiences, and complex truths through American art.
350 Robert Street North, St Paul, MN 55101
linktr.ee/mmaa
Alie @alieward.bsky.social I host that Ologies podcast 
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis forever. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social Proudly served Arizona's 8th District in the United States Congress 2007-2012. Co-founded GIFFORDS. Aphasia advocate. Married to Senator Mark Kelly.
Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
Moth @walkingminnesota.com Can be seen walking (and biking) around Minnesota at walkingminnesota.com
Chris Mosier (he/him) @thechrismosier.bsky.social "The man who changed the Olympics"
1st #transathlete to make men’s Team USA.
All-American, 5x National Champ.
Old Lang Sign @mattylangmsp.bsky.social Filmmaker for hire | drone pilot | MOAR housing MSP | Car-free urbanist | UMN CLA Alum | almost DaVinci Resolve certified - Matty tweets RE urbanism, MSP, Wolves NBA basketball, and filmmaking. Smash the patriarchy.
BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social Hey! We're The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, a 501c3 working on making Minnesota a place where every person everywhere can easily walk, bike, and roll. All Ages, All Abilities.
Learn more at BikeMN.org
Callum Williams @calwilliamscomm.bsky.social Husband. Dad of 2. International Football ⚽️ commentator from the UK. MLS on Apple TV / IMG / Ligue 1 world feed / USMNT on Westwood One & others. Ex BBC.
9/4 - NYCFC vs Nashville
9/5 - Inter Miami vs Atlanta Utd
The Marvelous Ms. Medicaid @msmedicaid.bsky.social Healthcare Ops Specialist
Medicaid advocate
HCBS supporter
An absolute delight 🌻
#YNWA
Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org We’re America’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. We proudly fight for a world where equality wins at home, school, work, and every community.
Gender Inclusive Schools @genderincschools.bsky.social www.genderinclusiveschools.org
PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social Dedicated research monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy.
Mark Privratsky @markprivratsky.bsky.social I bartend at Blackhart in St Paul, the world’s only Queer Soccer Bar
I am a goof
Tamtuck @tamtuck.bsky.social Queer 🏳️🌈
Feminist 🚺
GenX 🧑🏼🦳
Minnesotan ❄️
Unitarian Universalist 🕯️
Parent 🐈⬛🦮🧑🏼🦲
Artist 🎨
The X-files 👽
Mental Health 🧠
Rabble-rouser 📣
MN DFL Politics 💙
Liberal AF 💅🏼
Emily M @emily7m.bsky.social She/her. Wife & mother. Lover of cats, bicycling, and all things Francophone.
🏡 Minneapolis
Alex Chhith @alexchhith.bsky.social Outdoor recreation reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune who lives for winter.
I have lots of hobbies🏂🏔️🥾🚲🧘🏻♀️🎣🚣🏻♀️🧶
R. T. Rybak @rtrybak.bsky.social Proud X exile. Former journalist and mayor obsessed with Minneapolis, Twins, local beer, snow and “making Orwell fiction again” (I stole that line)
MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social Rollicking
Personable
Inappropriate
Jen the Tired RN @jenthetiredrn.bsky.social Science Nerd that swears a lot with 3 cats and a dog. Raised in Northern WI, but now a proud Minnesotan who’s often too direct for the locals. I’m frequently a dehydrated noodle who forgets to drink her water.
Johnny Hill @thejohnnyhill.com Designer / builder / birder / runner / father / other. Aspiring imperfectionist. Fighting for a better world. Building @bir.bz 🐦🍉
📍 MPLS, MN
🌐 https://www.thejohnnyhill.com
Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social St. Paul Bicycle Coalition chair and biochemistry professor. Believer in the *radical* idea that we deserve safe, clean, healthy, equitable, & financially resilient places. Bikes, walking, & transit first.
Pedestrianize MPLS @mplsdromomania.bsky.social Pedestrian in Downtown Minneapolis
Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com Parent & safe streets advocate 🚲🚶🏻🚌
Founder of the @mcbl.bike
League Certified Cycling Instructor
Minneapolis, MN
lauragmitchell.com
Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast and adopted Midwesterner (formerly Twin Cities, Chicago). I write and research about housing and cities. PhD student at UW-Madison.
https://pencillingout.substack.com/