Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com News. Culture. Trouble. Established 2000.
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@retrofuturista.bsky.social @retrofuturista.bsky.social Retrofuturista.com covers underground music, counterculture, authors, and comics—featuring interviews, reviews, and news that challenge the mainstream.
The Action Network @theactionnetwork.bsky.social A mission-driven organization dedicated to building online power for the progressive movement.
Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online The Wild West Begins Where Your Body Ends
Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social GOP disinformation isn’t chaos. It’s a playbook. Cambridge Analytica & Atlas Network built it, Project 2025 & GOP runs it. We break down all 9 stages so you can see, name, and fight back. Donations are appreciated. https://ko-fi.com/disinformationplaybook
Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social Mostly Lou Reed
https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/
inkwrat @inkwrat.bsky.social Recovering journo, Champion of the Apostrophe
Former: Your favorite neighborhood bartender
Current: Librocubicularist Laureate
Still pretty good at listening & libations
Dogs are welcome here. Humans will be vetted.
Duran Duran @durandurancom.bsky.social The official Bluesky of Duran Duran. Visit duranduran.com for tour dates, news, store and more.
Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com 🙅🏻♀️ Author (2 books & The Wayfinder newsletter), disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse.
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org
😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social Whose Line, Whose Live, Smartest Man in the World, Greg Proops Film Club, Nightmare Before Christmas
New Album KIDDING. BUT STILL. https://lnk.to/kiddingbutstill
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Astronaut Terry Virts @astroterry.bsky.social American, Texan, Father, former USAF F-16 pilot & NASA Astronaut. Trying to bring some happiness and sanity down here on Earth.
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@willschube.bsky.social @willschube.bsky.social 
Jonathan Bernstein @jonbern.bsky.social author, biography of justin townes earle
senior research editor at rolling stone
he/him
https://jonbernsteinwriting.com/
Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.social Writer and composer on Friends at the Table - Side Story - Media Club Plus
@hollercountry.bsky.social @hollercountry.bsky.social 
Static Sounds Club @staticsoundsclub.bsky.social A music blog focused on shoegaze, psych and post rock.....and anything else I like! Find me here.
https://static-sounds-club.link.cam
Relix @relixmag.bsky.social On the beat since 1974.
Warm Visions: The Blog @warmvisionsblog.bsky.social I'm just one guy and I love to post about music™
"Wrap Your Loving Arms Around It"
see more warmvisions.net
Adam P. Newton @dryvetyme.bsky.social Sounds. Words. Coffee. Star Trek. Family.
dryvetyme.online
Contributor at @treblezine.bsky.social and @beardedgmusic.bsky.social.
IG: apnreads.
he/him/his.
MAGNET Magazine @magnetmagazine.bsky.social Real Music Alternatives
Established 1993
Pranav Trewn @ptoon.bsky.social Behavioral Scientist x Music Writer x Management
✍🏽: Stereogum | Passion of the Weiss | Vinyl Me, Please | +
mgmt: Spoonerism | POW Recordings
linktr.ee/ptrewn
Brittney McKenna @brittneymckenna.bsky.social writer at apple music, bbc, billboard, forbes, nashville scene, npr music, rolling stone, vinyl me please, elsewhere
she/her
Sam Walker-Smart @samwalkersmart.bsky.social Music journalist. Fading ginger. Silly goose.
Bylines Clash, Cone, Gigwise, Vinyl Me Please, and other realms
LOUD WOMEN @loudwomen.org Intersectional feminist music CIC, turning up the volume since 2015. UK, Ireland, Spain, USA, Canada and Aus.
https://linktr.ee/LOUDWOMENClub
Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social Anti-fascist, Anti-hierarchy, Anti-Authoritarian. Those who divide are doing the work of the corrupt state. I will approach anyone with curiosity first. Those who engage with me using bad faith tactics will not be taken seriously.
Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social Educator. Activist. Former Ohio State Senator & Professor.
@austintownhall.bsky.social @austintownhall.bsky.social Home of austintownhall.com and https://athrecords.bandcamp.com/
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Dungeons & Dragons @dndbeyond.com The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game.
https://www.dungeonsanddragons.com/
WSDOT Traffic @traffic.wsdot.wa.gov Official WSDOT Bluesky account for traffic in King & Snohomish counties, including Seattle. Monitored 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon-Fri. Call 911 to report road hazards.
THE LINE of BEST FIT @thelineofbestfit.com The UK's biggest new music discovery website | Follow our playlist for the best new music - bestf.it/discovery - and say hello AT thelineofbestfit.com
Micah Yip (he/him) @micahyip.bsky.social Seattle journalist for AsAmNews, the International Examiner, and FaVS News. Formerly The Stranger and the Appeal-Democrat.
Late Night with Seth Meyers @latenightseth.bsky.social Official Bluesky handle for Late Night with Seth Meyers, weeknights at 12:35/11:35c on NBC. Streaming on Peacock now.
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
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
Bill's Rad Vermont @billsradvermont.bsky.social Longhair GenXer in the Upper Valley region of Vermont who likes to get rad. Also likes bicycles, cats, rock n roll records, sambas, soccer, beer, weed, trees, peace. Does not like mean people, effing hates nazis. I'll dj your gig for beer and weed
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@flockofdimes.bsky.social @flockofdimes.bsky.social 
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com Scientist, science communicator, public health & climate justice advocate
Biology PhD from Cambridge
WHO Fides member, Grist 50 Fixer, Creative Change alum
New Yorker/Aussie
Opinions my own
https://instagram.com/luckytran
http://linktr.ee/luckytran
The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social Independent. Intelligent. Influential. Send tips to tips@thedailybeast.com
The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social Tuesday-Friday at 9pm ET on MS NOW.
https://linktr.ee/psaki
Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social Writer and journalist who apparently may or may not be notable. Writing on DoD environmental contamination and suing the United States government. I have no hobbies.
Signal: LoriLou.33
Loriloufreshwater@protonmail
emily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social fiction writer • roommate to 2 cats with rich interior lives • parmesan enthusiast • interrobang evangelist
stories: prairie schooner 98.4 • hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride reading list
BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com The Big Takeover is a bi-annual music magazine published out of New York City since 1980 by Jack Rabid and an army of volunteers.
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IG: instagram.com/bigtakeovermag
Patreon: patreon.com/jackrabid
PresHistoryNerd @perryroosevelt.bsky.social Presidential history enthusiast
Fuck Trump
Jon Green @modestholdings.com Chairman of the Johnson County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors. I'm from the Government and I'm here to help.
Sig: 1+307-828-1004
https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/
https://www.greenforjc.com
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social Disquiet.com since 1996: ambient/electronic music, field recordings, sound studies. I moderate the Disquiet Junto community of weekly music projects. I've written for The Wire, Pitchfork and Nature. I publish ThisWeekInSound.disquiet.com. Offline weekends.
AQeye Seattle @aqeyeseattle.bsky.social 🤖 Air Quality, weather, and more information regularly published. Formerly on the hellsite, finally over here.
There's an app for that too: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aqeye/id1436450620
Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik @joeboomzag.bsky.social Pacific Northwest weather/climate forecasts. Website: theconvergencezone.com 
Tarot Crow @tarotcrow.com Tarot Reader & Handmade Vegan Metaphysical Shop
Based near Pike Place in Seattle
https://tarotcrow.com/links
Chip @chipmidnight.bsky.social The thoughts of a middle-age music fanatic with occasional dips into sports, TV, movies, politics, grief, pop culture, food, family, and more.
http://chipmidnight.com / http://bigtakeover.com
Every minute and every hour, I miss you
Magpie Mouse Studios @sarahmeranda.bsky.social Hi. I’m Sarah.
Artist. Teacher. TBTL 10
Brick and Mortar
Magpie Mouse Studios at Pike Place Market
Magpiemousestudios.com
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Share the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social Share The Cities. We are yes in my back yard for social housing & tenant led organizing. Public Broadband & Public Bathrooms & @electioncheatsheet.bsky.social
Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social A volunteer effort to support Acadia and the National Park System. We are not park employees, only supporters who care a whole awful lot.
dylan tupper rupert @yaydylan.bsky.social dylantupperrupert.com
Simon Vozick-Levinson @simonwilliam.bsky.social deputy music editor at rolling stone // just my own opinions over here
KLOF Mag @klofmag.com Independent Music Journal (Est. 2004) - KLOFmag.com Substack: https://klofmag.substack.com/
Eric R. Danton @erdanton.bsky.social Writer of Freak Scene, about music in #WesternMass and CT. Bylines in the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Paste and more. IWWFJU. Ex-Hartford Courant. Knows it's only rock 'n' roll, but likes it.
https://buttondown.email/freakscene
Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social Journalists (Ed Krassenstein & Brian Krassenstein) - Fighting hate, lies and tackling conspiracy theories.
IMPORTANT Substack Updates: http://krassencast.com
Molly Miller @arghlita.bsky.social Actually autistic, queer, disabled veteran, mother, wife. Proudly anti fascist, pro Black, pro Brown, pro Native, pro Disabled. Loves dogs and cats, games, own voices stories, speculative fiction, bad bitches and soft bois of all genders, art by human hand
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
Simon Smith @sitorimon.bsky.social Creator behind Higher Plain Music, Higher Plain Games, I Love Disaster Movies and various other indie creative projects. Content and service designer by day. Indie games / music for the soul.
East Village Radio @eastvillageradio.bsky.social Broadcasting New York City live to the world from our street level booth on 1st. Ave. 
The Xylom @thexylom.com Take root and flourish in a healthier planet.
We cover everything you need to know about the world's most pressing health and environmental disparities.
Get newsletter: newsletter.thexylom.com
Donate: https://fnd.us/sustain-the-xylom?ref=cr_1EHOhb
Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varo’s Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)
Punknews @punknews.bsky.social A community-driven website bringing you all the punkest news from across the globe since 1999!
News posts from Mon-Fri, music discussions here on Fridays and on the site on Sundays, and tons of awesome interviews, reviews, and features year round!
Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com she/her
Author. Not the one from Rent.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/maureenjohnsonbooks/
https://maureenjohnsonbooks.com
Linda From Work @lindafromwork.bsky.social ~* rock ‘n’ roll, baby *~
Will Groff @willgroff.bsky.social Legendary woman of country and journalist w/ bylines at WSJ, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, etc
willgroff.com
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social Climate change, global health security, science diplomacy, and good bad futures • Yale • carlsonlab.bio • viralemergence.org • he/they
Jammerzine @jammerzine.bsky.social Jammerzine is a complete news service for the underground and independent music scene. Independent News for the Underground. Powered by Jammer Direct.
https://jammerzine.com
https://jam2.me/jammerzine
Instagram: @jammerdirect
X: @jammerzine
Wendy Sherman @wendyrsherman.bsky.social Fmr. DepSec of State, served American people under 3 Presidents, 5 SecStates: social worker, business woman and most proudly grandmother. Author- Not For the Faint of Heart:Lessons in Courage, Power and Persistence
Dr. KNFA 🏳️⚧️ @kfadams.bsky.social Parent | Wife | PhD | Oregonian | Trans | Computer Scientist | Systems | Early 40s.
TL a mess of tech, science, politics, defense, humor, trans stuff, and games.
I’m awkward AF.
she/her.
Posts not endorsed or representative of my employer(s).
CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social High impact easy listening!
Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
BNO News @bnonews.com Breaking news and developing stories from the U.S. and around the world
The Fire Note @thefirenote.bsky.social www.thefirenote.com
mike caulo 🥤 sipsman @sipsman.com 📍 manche irlandaise
💌 mike@sipsman.com
🔗 sipsman.com/about
LIA 福振凡 🇺🇳🇨🇳🇺🇸 @fuzhenfan.bsky.social University of Chicago alum
United Nations contractor
Human Rights Campaign, Trevor Project, and the Chicago Board of Elections contributor, etc.
Views are my own | Not my employer
Personal account
Hainan -> Chicago
CNN @cnn.com Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
1800benparrish @1800benparrish.bsky.social The man behind the emails at Jamboree Mgmt
ben at jamboreemgmt dot com
John Locke of Boston 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺 @johnlockeboston.bsky.social Registered independent. No labels.
Abolish ICE. Prosecute them all. 18 USC § 242.
Impeach and remove. Now.
I’m done giving the benefit of the doubt to people
who are unreasonable, arrogant, or self-righteous.
Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social 9 years in the NFL. 2 rings. #9years2rings
Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social "Possibly the cutest rodent!" - David W. 🚫DMs if I don't know you.❤️ #PNW #Seattle & #music. #FriendsOfDesoto #FoD #StarTrek #GymShimoda #StarWars #DoctorWho #BattlestarGalactica #BSG #TransRights 🏳️⚧️ #IndieMusic Reply STOP to stop, HELP for help
VoteVets @votevets.org GIVING VETERANS A VOICE SINCE 2006
VoteVets is the largest Democratic Veterans group in America, representing 1.5M+ Vets, families, and supporters.
votevets.org/links
Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social Writer (Disney, Spotify, that one West Wing spec thread you remember from Twitter) | Endurance Rider | Amateur Unfuckologist | Bug Simp | your real dad | mgmt @ Heroes and Villains 💜💙💗
Gizmodo @gizmodo.com The future is here.
Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author. Former All Things Considered, NPR, LA Times, NME, McSweeney’s, Stanford University. Singer in this one band.
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
City Prepping @cityprepping.bsky.social City Prepping is a website and YouTube channel that teaches urban residents how to survive in a crisis. The channel's creator, Kris and team, are regular people who want to help other city dwellers prepare with useful information. 
Record Crates United @recordcratesunited.bsky.social Adventurous music for adventurous listeners.
www.RecordCratesUnited.com
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
Vesa Lautamäki @onechordnet.bsky.social Music blogger / playlister. Mostly in English and mostly music-related stuff. Also interested in movies, books, sports and politics. Might occasionally write/reply in Finnish.
https://www.onechord.net