Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com Digital Strategy for California YIMBY. Seattle resident. Personal account -- what you see here represents my own opinions, for better or worse.
Jay Lee @jayleetx.com Democracy + Elections @sightline.org (views my own)
... plus #rstats, data viz, mapping, bikes, NYC, whatever else I'm into this week
John Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social Posting thoughts on plumbing/building codes, engineering design guides, water and nutrient cycles, often with regional and historical insights (personal account)
Director of Plumbing Standards Research and Development
john.lansing@centerforbuilding.org
Urbmonger @crowshair.bsky.social Moved to Portland from Seattle in late 2025. Ride bikes, travel when I can, and work in zoning and community planning. I love makin' maps.
www.crozierian.com
https://urbmonger.wordpress.com/
www.cycleblaze.com/journals/crozierbike
David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social Co-host of Soundside on KUOW. Formerly Seattle Times, Crosscut. Send tips to: dkroman@kuow.org. Sorry for the baseball tweets.
pvh @pvh.ca just this guy, you know? (director of research @ ink & switch, coined "local-first", contributor to automerge, former postgres guy, heroku staff, ex-game developer, arctic oceanographer.)
Zsolt Ero @hyperknot.com Building https://openfreemap.org and http://maphub.net
Writing on http://blog.hyperknot.com
Loves paragliding
Connor Stein @connor-stein.bsky.social 
Smart Ass Dave @smart-ass-dave.bsky.social Game dev, Feminist, Urbanist, smart ass.
He/Him
State Representative Julia Reed @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social In-Session Bluesky account for Rep Julia Reed. Look for live threads and unfiltered opinions from #waleg. All comments are my own. 
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Buttondown @buttondown.com Newsletter software for people like you.
https://buttondown.com
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social Climate/water scientist๐ง๐
People = Good. Billionaires = Bad.
Eat mango dessert, mask up, land back, save the salmon, imprison no one and house everyone. She/her. Views own
James everything is analog @analogist.net โCrowbar the long arc of the moral universe toward justice"
medtech ๐ฉป, neuroscience ๐ง , cities ๐๏ธ, environment ๐ฒ, transit ๐, infosec ๐
Opinions my own. Every little detail matters and itโs all connected.
Marcia Peterson @marciapeterson.bsky.social Retired health care policy nerd. Now actively working at U District Food Bank, also doing art, trad music fiddler, sourdough bread baker, proud grandma, and avidly pro-housing!
Milan Cvitkovic @mwcvitkovic.bsky.social Neurotechnology, mostly | milan.cvitkovic.net
Gregory Nickels @seattle51.bsky.social 51st Mayor of Seattle 02-09; USCM President '09; UN Public Delegate '10; Harvard IOP Fellow โ10; Grandpa
Salim Furth @salimfurth.bsky.social Mostly on LinkedIn. Housing nerd. Personal views only. It's a free country.
Nigel Herbig @nigelherbig.bsky.social Dad, husband, political dork. Mayor of Kenmore, WA
Disc golfer, #TBTL Ten, #Seahawks fan. Passionate about transit, housing, and climate (they're all inextricably connected, folks!)
Kurt For Kirkland @kurtforkirkland.com Kurt Dresner is a candidate for Kirkland City Council. More housing choices. More transportation choices. More opportunity for community. Join me at https://kurtforkirkland.com!
Let's Move Forward!
Jess Bateman @jessdbateman.bsky.social WA State senator 22nd district. Letโs build livable, walkable communities. ๐๏ธ
Riley Avron @ravron.bsky.social Urbanist in West Seattle. Let's make housing more affordable and available, and getting around without a car safe and easy for everyone.
Josh Cohen @jcohenwrites.bsky.social Housing reporter at Shelterforce Magazine @shelterforce.bsky.social, covering the YIMBY movement, housing policy, tenants rights and more. https://shelterforce.org/author/josh-cohen/
Eli Pariser @eli.bsky.social @newpublic.org cofounder / Filter Bubble author / dad, husband, human
House Our Neighbors @houseourneighbors.bsky.social Seattle Voted Yes on Prop 1A (aka I-137) to fund social housing! Seattle voted Yes on I-135 ๐ณ๏ธ | Advocating for Social Housing ๐๏ธ better land use & climate action.
https://linktr.ee/houseourneighbors
Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com Inventor of things.
Currently working on rePebble.com
Previously: cofounder Beeper.com, partner @ycombinator, founder @pebble
A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
low vision (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider
annazivarts.com
#WeekWithoutDriving weekwithoutdriving.org
Nondrivers Alliance nondrivers.org (c3)
Nondriver Action ndaction.org (c4)
Markus Johnson @markusja.bsky.social Abundant housing, abundant transit, & abundant bike lanes in our cities occupies a lot of my thinking. I'm sure other pieces of my personality will peek through over time.
Consider reading: https://medium.com/@markusjohnson2195
Catie Gould @citizen-cate.bsky.social Fighting against car dependency, one unused parking spot at a time. Senior researcher at @Sightline. Hot takes are my own.
Phildini, since young times @phildini.net I make @civic.band, the largest repository of civic meeting data for the US and Canada.
I also run startups sometimes.
Heather Price, PhD @huprice.bsky.social Chemistry professor. Research and teaching focus is #ClimateJustice in Undergraduate STEM Incorporating #CivicEngagement. #Climate Action Families org board member
Atmospheric chemist #chemistry #STEM #knit educator/researcher #CommunityCollege #Seattle
Kurt Dresner ๐ฒ๐ฯ @kurt.social Software engineer, computer scientist, polyamorist, runner, PEV enthusiast, urbanist, YIMBY, community activist, music lover, cat adopter, father, pizza-maker, vegetarian, ASL user, and other things as well.
Nancy Johnson @laipo.bsky.social Climate justice activist, hiker and grandma
Dwell @dwell.bsky.social Design that improves where we live. 
Sarah Schacht @sarahschacht.bsky.social Government data, standards, the future of the govโt innovation workforce, Seattle, surfing, murals, public health.
rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social Lefty dad writing about politics at rondezvousWA.com.
Oliver J. Moffat @olivermoffat.bsky.social Blogging about North King County, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, sometimes Kenmore, Bothell https://interurbancanopy.news
Katie Lorah @katielorah.bsky.social Organizer @ Urbanist Shoreline. Keep biting things off; still chewing
Day jobs: Transportation Alternatives, Main Street America
Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual
she/her. dayjob & usual location: City & County of San Francisco (this is a personal account)
ex-18F; on the board @publicgood.tech ; wrote a small book about doing this: https://cydharrell.com/book/
Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com Civic Technologist | Executive Director, Alliance of Civic Technologists | Army Veteran | Alumni of Code for America, Defense Digital Service and USDS #civictech #chicago #illinois
Really doesnโt like bullies
Signal: civicwhitaker.53
Ron Bronson @ronbronson.com State Capacity AI + gpo.delivery + Asst. Prof. of Practice in Urban Tech, UMich. Anti-manipulation eng, critical design, platformisation, digital public infra. 18F alum.
Host of the Sound Bulletin 90.3 FM Portland. Built mallo.fi / oregontennis.org
EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist.
Executive Director, Home Screen.
Co-Curator of an oral history of the origins of the U.S. Digital Service.
Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com Empowering the next generation of civic technologists @ U.S. Digital Corps. Boston sports, good reads, and more. Views mine. Now in SF!
Breaking into civic tech guide: chriskuang.com/civictech
Gordon Ross ๐จ๐ฆ @gordonr.ca VP & Partner, OXD: Vancouver-based digital services firm. I work with government to afford better citizen outcomes. ๐จ๐ฆ Spem Successus Alit | success nourishes hope. 
mediajunkie @xianlandia.com likes making stuff with other people
can leap tall buildings, given a running start
crumlish.me
xoxo.zone/@xian
layersofmeta.com
he/they
Richard Pope @richardpope.org I wrote a book on public services:
https://londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/platformland-an-anatomy-of-next-generation-public-services/
Itโs time to share the benefits of digital with the public properly.
Noel Hidalgo ๐ฝโค๏ธ๐ฒ @noneck.org Be realistic; demand the impossible!
Orion's father; Lauren's partner; @beta.nyc's Executive Director; 20+ years in Public Interest Tech; NYC COPIC Member; #ASL beginner; #OpenData; #civictech; #PiTech; ๐ต๐ท; #BikeNYC; Opinion = Own
Kate Tarling @kateldn.bsky.social Supporting orgs to be more service-oriented through advisory, training and coaching. Author of The Service Organization book and running The Service Org Group. Also trail running. Sheffield.
Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
Lou Downe @loudowne.bsky.social Founder of @theschoolofgood
Chief bean-wrangler @brodbox
Ex-Design Director of the UK Gov.
Proudly dyslexic & non-binary ๐ they/he
Meredith Hitchcock @mhitchcock.bsky.social UX researcher. Passionate about trauma-informed design and research and tech for good. 
sasha @sashax.bsky.social Technologist. San Franciscan. Cyclist. Troublemaker. Not in that order.
Rebecca Piazza @rdpiazza.bsky.social Service delivery / Product / Public benefits / Civic tech. Strongly held opinions about DC statehood and Midwest casseroles.
Harlan Weber @whereshj.bsky.social Design, product, org building for the public interest. Director of Design, Nava PBC. Founder, Code for Boston. Former MA state gov @ MA Digital and MBTA. #twindad. Likes pushing boulders uphill.
@shashashasha.bsky.social @shashashasha.bsky.social 
Ariel Kennan @arielmai.bsky.social Building @axiom.org
Ask me about service design, public benefits, product, digital identity, Rules as Code, and civic tech / gov tech.
๐NYC
Angelica Quicksey @angelquicksey.bsky.social ๐พ Urban planner for the internet
โก๏ธ Managing Director @newpublic.org
๐ฒ Seattle is always home
Aaron Ogle @atogle.com Just trying to leave this place better than I found it.
Working for social impact with tech at Google.org. The outdoors are my happy place.
carlmalamud @yeswescan.org Practitioner of edicts of government at Public.Resource.Org. 
Xena @msknee.bsky.social Designer, civic technologist + time traveling artist. Building teams + tech for the left at trestle.us. See my art at madebyxena.com!
Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me Civic technologist and engineering manager. Founder @govtrack.us. More active at https://mastodon.joshdata.me/@josh.
Fureigh @fureigh.bsky.social Punk guitarist and songwriter, civic technologist (formerly @18F, @codeforamerica & more).
Make stuff that makes a difference.
Charles Worthington @charwo.bsky.social Product designer and software dev working to deliver better services to Veterans. CTO at the VA. Previously co-creator of the U.S. Digital Service. Dad, husband, Minnesotan living in DC. views = mine
Matt Bernius @mattbernius.bsky.social Qualitative Researcher at Code for America, former Measures For Justice. Accidental union organizer, trauma responsive thinker, participatory action research facilitator, civic design/tech, martial arts (BJJ, FMA, CMA), and more.
He/they.
Mark Headd @mheadd.bsky.social Author of "The SpecOps Method: A New Approach to Legacy System Modernization." https://spec-ops.ai/book.html #CivicTech #AI #SpecOps #OpenData
Alberto @albertico.bsky.social Civic technologist transforming US healthcare. Ruby enthusiast. Personal account.
Forest Gregg @bunkum.us bunkum.us
ontological expert
"using my custom formula, I would get a prediction"
Derek Eder @derekeder.com Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner at DataMade, President Emeritus at Chi Hack Night & Oak Park Village Trustee. Entrepreneur, developer, civic technology leader, climate advocate and public servant. he/him
jodify @jodify.bsky.social 
Michelle Thong @michellethong.bsky.social Civic technologist, urbanist, feminist, cynical optimist. VP of Product at Nava. Canadian + Californian, living in New England. 
Whitney Q @whitneyq.bsky.social Center for Civic Design. A Web for Everyone. plain language. storytelling. democracy
Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social Hello (including you, trolls ๐). Lead and sole full-time staff @ U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) [government / civic]; past 18F, UIC. People first. Not for you. Views mine. None of this is endorsement. South side Chicagoan. Singular (th).
Marina Nitze @marinanitze.bsky.social Co-author, Crisis Engineering & Hack Your Bureaucracy. Crisis engineer at Layer Aleph. Listmaker at TaskTackler. Former CTO of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Jorge Valens ๐ @jorgevalens.com Government Geek ๐ค | Avid Indoorsman | Innovation & AI Manager, Miami-Dade County CITD ๐ดโ๏ธ | All about product management, policy development, and gov innovation. | Opinions = Mine (and can be discussed over brunch).
Jessi Murray @jessimurray.bsky.social Iโm a Chief Product Officer in civic tech with a focus on equity and meeting people where they are. I have cute corgi and too many hobbies. Former progressive challenger. Personal account
MA > WA > MA again
mx cordelia yu @thebestsophist.bsky.social Design director @ Office of Regulatory & Oversight Systems / TTS.
Mike Sarasti @sarasti.bsky.social Musician / Technologist / Long history in local government.
Half of RAKER - @rakermusic.bsky.social
Carter Baxter @another.rodeo Endorsed for banter and dolphin facts. Has worn many hats, and was never told there would be so many rodeos. Don't blame my employer for the dumb things I say, and never assume anything I say here is correct.
Vyki Englert @vykster.bsky.social LA / ๅฐๅ
Josh Gee @jgee.bsky.social You can save the world, but first, lunch! He/him. At Work for America getting the best people into State and Local Government. Former digital services at MTA, City of Boston. Politics before that. Mass Oyster Project. Write about food and tech.
Krista Canellakis @kristallakis.bsky.social Serving public servants. Currently at U.S. Digital Response. Former Deputy Secretary in CA Govt Operations Agency & City of SF Chief Innovation Officer. Firm believer the world would be better with more pink. ๐
Nikki Ramos @nkkrms.bsky.social civic design, fast cars, occasional quips. surviving out of spite?
prev: USDC, refugee asylum, transplant modernization. Views own
chizo nwagwu @cnwagwu.bsky.social public interest technologist. gardner in training. arts lover. dc based.
Rebecca Heywood @kdyz.bsky.social Digital transformation in government | #PublicSectorJobBoard | Promoting public service careers for technologists
Tyler Gindraux ๐ป @tylergindraux.bsky.social I'm a researcher and designer of public services. I live in Brooklyn, NY.
John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social digital evolution โข charities โข change โข digital strategy โข tech for good โข fixing the plumbing โข responsible AI โข Scotland โข feed may contain bikes and sailing
Brendan Babb @brendanbabb.bsky.social Chief Innovation Officer & i-team Director, Anchorage, Alaska | Math | DJing | Biomimicry | GenAI
Ryan @ryan-powers.bsky.social Climber. Trail Runner. Weekend side project enthusiast.
Views my own.
Ed Mullen @edmullen.bsky.social Designer and strategist mostly working in civic tech. Currently Nava PBC, previously 18F, HC.gov... ๐s = gratitude for your post, not agreement with topic. www.edmullen.com
Rachael Dietkus @rdietkus.bsky.social care for the public / lifelong advocate / designer / social worker / organizational ecologist / space nerd / tech ethicist / founder of www.socialworkerswho.design
Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social Your place to find and be found
https://civictech.guide/
Trilly C @trillyc.bsky.social Head of Product Management @nhsengland. Audiophile. Serial hobbyist.
Civic Tech Toronto @civictechto.bsky.social civictech.ca
We are a community of tech-minded folk making civic life better in Toronto.
Come and join our weekly online and in-person events with speakers, discussions and project breakouts!
Upcoming events: https://guild.host/civic-tech-toronto
Sound Transit @sound-transit.bsky.social Call/text security 24/7 at 206-398-5268. Sign up for service alerts: https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/service-alerts
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social Co-Executive Director @openplans.org | Transportation, Housing, Walkable Cities.
Open New York @opennewyork.org Grassroots nonprofit fighting for more homes for all New Yorkers
Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social 6โ7โ California State Senator representing San Francisco ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โก๏ธ
Policy nerd & chronic legislative overachiever ๐ค
Running for Congress to protect our democracy ๐
Vote Nov. 3, 2026 ๐ณ๏ธ
Get involved โฌ๏ธ
https://linktr.ee/scottwiener
Rachel May @srachelmay.bsky.social State Senator from Syracuse, urban ecology nerd, focus on housing, fighting poverty, environmental protection. Escape into creative arts when I can