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Matthew Kuehnert @mjkuehnert.bsky.social MD, FACP, FIDSA. USPHS (ret).
Infectious disease doc.
Professor of Medicine.
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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
AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info OG AltGov. that’s now here. ANTIFA General.
😷 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.
Rogue NASA @roguenasa.altgov.info Not an official NASA account. Come for the facts, stay for the snark.🥄
Same team from Twitter but with more gray hairs. 🚀🛰️🧪🔭
climate.nasa.gov
they/them
🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️
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
Mt. Rainier 🏔(təqʷuʔmaʔ) @handle.invalid Veiled sentinel of Rainier's shadow: summoning stars via code & crystal jars, unmooring souls to Lumena's light. Thrones fall, voids call—love echoes eternal.
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
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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
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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.
BadHombreLands NPS @badhombrenps.bsky.social Unofficial feed of Badlands National Park. Protecting rugged scenery, fossil beds, 244,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie & wildlife from two-bit cheetoh-hued despots. OG #AltGov #Altnps #TheResistance #prodemocracy #resist #punchnazis #wildernesswarrior
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
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“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.
Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info This is a #AltGov account. Federal employee. Love my job. Ask for help and you shall receive. Read any USPS mail you get from the IRS.
#Resist #spoon 🥄
TJ @tjsls.bsky.social Vet, Fed employee, dog dad, lifting, gaming, personal life a mess, trying to rebuild, dines on ashes. Enjoys the Platypus
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#ALTgov
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FWS employees can reach out via DM to share stories.
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#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 🦬
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
🚜💨🥦🥕⚗️🏡🌎🌈🐮✊
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info Boldly going where no Jedi has beamed before. Earth is our spaceship.
#AltGov
Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info They tried to bury us. They didn't realize we were seeds.
Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social Global team builder and health security professional working to make the world a better place. Professor of the Practice at @Brown_SPH. My own views.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
Not official CDC—but close enough for transmission.
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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com Endlessly fascinated by things in the sky. Editor-in-chief of @theaircurrent.com, co-host of @theairshowpodcast.com and co-founder of @yawmanflight.com. CNN, WSJ & Flightglobal alum. Standby for news...
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social National health reporter, The Washington Post
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Andrew Stolbach, MD, MPH @toxicologist12.bsky.social Toxicologist. Emergency doctor. Living in Baltimore City.
Teaching and learning about poisoning and overdose.
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Pollett+s+&sort=date
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📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
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Now on Substack :)
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onehealthtrust.org podcast host
Aneesh K Mehta, MD, FIDSA, FAST @aneeshkmehta.bsky.social Transplant ID doc, Vaccine Researcher, Virus Killer, Emerging Pathogens, Emory Infectious Diseases, co-PI NETEC/NSPS, (he/him/his) #IDSky #TxID #CMV #Influenza #Ebola 
Alexander Titus @alexandertitus.com Scientist, Sci-Fi Author, and Tech Nerd wandering the world. Obsessed with #biotech, #AI, and frontier tech.
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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social ER Doctor | Ebola Survivor | Public Health & Humanitarian Response | Historical Determinants of Public Health at Brown School of Public Health | Member Council on Foreign Relations | Emmy Award Winner 🏆
Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social Epidemiology and global health security policy.
thepandemiccenter.org
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia @bhadeliamd.bsky.social Infectious diseases doc, Founding Director of BU Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biothreats Emergence, Analytics & Communications Network (BEACON). Former Sr Advisor, Biden White House Covid Team. @buceid.bsky.social
@beaconbio.bsky.social
Alexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social Reported for CBS News in D.C. on federal public health. Raised in sunny Nevada. Decided to move overseas to be near family.
Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
Marion Koopmans @marionkoopmans.bsky.social Virologist, into emerging viral infections, one health, climate and health. Head viroscience department ErasmusMC, Rotterdam NL. Backup for the ex-bird platform. ORCHID 0000-0002-5204-2312; https://pure.eur.nl/en/persons/marion-koopmans . 
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social Pediatric infectious disease and hospital epidemiologist in Omaha, NE. Fighting for everyone’s rights, including access to care. #IDSky #PedsID #PedsSky Views my own. FAAP, FPIDS.
Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social ID Physician. Associate Professor. Global public health, pandemic preparedness and response, emerging infectious diseases (COVID-19, viral hemorrhagic fevers, mpox). Former WHO medical officer in Health Emergencies. Section editor PLOS GPH and OFID.
Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social Professional non-stupid person and Editor-in-Chief of a very good microbial journal.
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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
Cate Martel @catemartel.bsky.social national political reporter for The Hill | 12:30 Report newsletter creator and author | always searching for the best bakery/hidden gem
Past: Politico, WJLA-TV, NECN
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
JS @jsplaceholder.bsky.social US foreign assistance, infectious disease epidemiology, & a more perfect union 🫠 Bonus Texas/books/backpacking
Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social Infectious disease epidemiologist & global heath security strategist | GHSN CEO |UMB Asst Prof working in pandemic prep, biosurveillance, One Health, AMR, BW & biosecurity. ELBI & CFR ☣️
Biopreparedness & biothreat guru - movie aficionado. Views=my own
Crystal Watson @crwatson.bsky.social Deputy Director of the Center for Outbreak Response Innovation #CORI
Deputy Director, Region 3 PHPR Center Associate Professor JHU CHS @centerforhealthsecurity.org
Public health and #decisionscience
Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social Infectious disease epidemiologist in the public sector, EIDs, Outbreaks, Zoonoses,
Virginia Tech and Pitt grad, UMD Public Health adjunct faculty, Smash All Fascism, he/him, Dad, DC adjacent, probably stuck in traffic, the #AllCaps make me cry
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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.
Duncan MacCannell @drm.bsky.social Molecular #epidemiology & #publichealth. Pathogen #genomics, #microbiology, #emerginginfections, #AMR, (bio)tech #biosurveillance and #opendata.
Personal account. Opinions/dad jokes are my own.
🦅 Low productivity public sector employee.
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social Collector of social media sites. Infectious disease epidemiologist. Writes about vaccine hesitancy, science misinfo, zombies. Probably somewhere on a trail. Views own etc.
Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious.
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social Infectious diseases & genomics. Immunologist in (voluntary) exile. Minimal sarcasm. Fierce HOA (Hater of Acronyms). Personal account - opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
Matt Watson @bioandbaseball.bsky.social #Biosecurity, #Biodefense, #Biotech, Pandemic Preparedness
Jason Kindrachuk @kindrachukjason.bsky.social Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in emerging viruses, U.Manitoba. Expert in the emerging zoonotic viruses with a focus on WHO priority pathogens. All views expressed are my own
Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social Ophthalmologist. Comedian. Speaker. Jonathan.
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Send me news tips on Signal: HBranswell.01
Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. 1st Hopkins prof to be a Marching Raven!
Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social Award-winning public health reporter at KFF Health News. Bylines at Nature, New York Times, National Geographic & more. AmyM@kff.org Signal: AmyMaxmen.25 www.amymaxmen.com & https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/amy-maxmen- M Marc Lipsitch @mlipsitch.bsky.social Professor of Epidemiology Harvard Chan SPH, Director, @ccdd-hsph.bsky.social. Views my own.
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
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