Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
@numble.bsky.social @numble.bsky.social I read LA Metro documents for fun.
Alex Fisch @alexfischca.bsky.social I like California a lot. Like A LOT.
Views expressed here aren’t even necessarily my own, let alone my employer’s.
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social We strive to improve equitable access to decent, affordable homes in thriving communities, and we conduct rigorous research to advance housing policy and practice. www.jchs.harvard.edu
Moses Kagan @moseskagan.bsky.social Owns $200MM of apartment buildings (w investors). Manages 1,100 apartments. Co-founder: Reconvene and ReSeed. Join my mailing list here: moseskagan.com
David Wagner @dwagner.bsky.social Reporter covering housing for @laist.com
Get in touch: dwagner@laist.com
Kevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social I discovered the surprising story of what really happened in 2008 (not enough housing) and accidentally became a housing policy guy.
https://kevinerdmann.substack.com/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kevin-Erdmann/author/B099P7SN1G
Rob Parolek 🍉🐳 @robparolek.bsky.social Politically active YIMBY, New Urbanist, StrongTowns, Historic Preservationists, MCM lover, Climate Warrior, rabid pro density, transit & housing in turn. Electrification & Heat pump evangelical.
Mott Smith @mottsmith.bsky.social Co-Founder of Amped Kitchens (http://ampedkitchens.com). Board Chair, Council of Infill Builders. Vice Chair, LA City Small Business Comm. Adjunct prof of Real Estate Dev, USC's Price School. Personal account. Posts are solely mine. Follow ≠ endorsement.
Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social features writer, Chicago Reader: harm reduction, homelessness, and chicago/rust belt history.
proud member, Reader Union
kprout@chicagoreader.com; signal katie.507
https://www.katieprout.com/
Kate Lowe (she/hers) @kateontransport.bsky.social Mobility justice/transportation equity/urban planning and policy. Chicago!!! Proud union member (UIC United Faculty). Day job @ @uiccuppa.bsky.social
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor @keeanga.bsky.social historian, co-founder of Hammer & Hope, @NewYorker, DEI hire
https://www.keeangataylor.com/
DEI speedwagon 🌹🇵🇸 @uhshanti.bsky.social fake tenant lawyer, social housing umarell
Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies & Planning, Writer
Just Cities, Political Economy, Affordable Housing, and Community Development
DET-> CHI->ATL->CHI and a few others in between
Opinions my own.
René 🟥🚩 @rcmoya.bsky.social Ah, dejame entrar, dejame ver algún día como ven tus ojos / Organiser, Debt Collective + L.A. Tenants Union / rent control & social housing campaigner / Personal account
KnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social Nonprofit independent journalism in LA // a project of @groundgamela.bsky.social
Pitch us➡️pitches@knock.la
Fund us➡️nc.la/patreon
tracy rosenthal @city.bsky.social writer and organizer • The New Republic, The Nation, The Baffler & elsewhere • Abolish Rent from Haymarket Books bit.ly/abolishrent
Eviction Lab @evictionlab.bsky.social The Eviction Lab is helping neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis. Follow us for the latest housing research + news.
RT ≠ endorsement.
Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social Vox reporter - covering housing, homelessness, family policy
trying to prod productively
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social A nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances federal and state policies to help build a nation where everyone has the resources they need to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
L.A. Tenants Union @latenantsunion.bsky.social We're a tenant-led, member-funded union fighting for the human right to housing. We stop evictions, teach tenant rights & organize rent strikes across Los Angeles. JOIN! https://latenantsunion.org/join/
TomTom @tomtomchi.bsky.social Urban planner, friend to animals, bike/transit rider, Chicago fag against fascism
Walking in LA @sweetslinky.bsky.social "Cool cat looking for a kitty. Gonna look in every corner of the city." I walk. I make maps. I’m always looking for cats. Creator of The Cat Joy Project. Many of my maps are on AllTrails, Wikiloc, and my blog sweetslinkysmaps.blogspot.com
California Democratic Renters Council @cademrenters.bsky.social The Renters Council was formed to act as a driving force in the development of a tenants’ rights and protections agenda within the Democratic Party for the benefit of the 18 million Californian renters.
www.cademrenterscouncil.org FPPC #1429102
Mike Bonin @mikebonin.bsky.social Living my best life as a teacher, writer, mentor, consultant, and troublemaking progressive activist. Dad, husband, hiker, 🏳️🌈, DC Comics nerd. Host of What's Next Los Angeles podcast, co-host of LA Podcast. Former member of the LA City Council.
Ryan Bell @ryanjbell.bsky.social Housing is a human right
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Konstantine Anthony @konstantineinca.bsky.social Burbank City Council, former Mayor of Burbank, #ActuallyAutistic he/him
(((Soli Alpert🌹))) @solialpert.bsky.social Berkeley Rent Board Chair. Coordinating Committee, Wellstone Dems. Delegate to CADSA. Member Rep, CA Working Families Party. Frmr SEIU 1021 Steward. he/him
Alex Contreras 🍉 @alexbikes.bsky.social Your local housing & transportation policy expert. Working to end freeway expansions in CA. Trans rights are human rights. They/Them.
Sam Greenberg @samjgreenberg.com Advocacy Director @walksf.org
+ also do stuff @walkbikeberk.bsky.social
@cecilialunaparra.bsky.social’s +1
posts my own
berkeley
he/they
samjgreenberg.com
Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social Housing 🏠 + transit 🚎 + climate 🌎
President: Peninsula Young Democrats
Lead Member: Peninsula for Everyone
Work: Greenbelt Alliance
Good opinions mine, bad opinions someone else's. YIMBY.
Adam Conover @adamconover.net "Unlikable woke comedian" - the Daily Mail
Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social derekthompson.substack.com
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Matt Zeitlin @zeitlin.bsky.social
James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social
Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social Founder of the Housing Frame on Substack. Housing, markets, economy. Buc-ee’s fan.
conorsen.substack.com
📍Atlanta, GA
Binyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social I write about the economy for the opinion pages of The New York Times. Verification: https://go.bsky.app/8WhdCDa
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Armand Domalewski @armanddomalewski.bsky.social Cohost of @everybodygetspie, a podcast from the team that brought you YIMBYs for Harris
Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times
@kateconger.bsky.social @kateconger.bsky.social hello i'm @kateconger.com now! please follow me there.
Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social Chief Economics Correspondent for The New York Times. Adjunct at CUNY Newmark. Ex: FiveThirtyEight, WSJ. He/him.
Email: ben.casselman@nytimes.com
Signal: @bencasselman.96
📸: Earl Wilson/NYT
josh vredevoogd @jawshv.bsky.social data & creative at @streetsforall.org
🚌🚲🌳
joshvredevoogd.com
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social Author of NIMBY NATION: The War on Growth That Created Our Housing Crisis and Remade American Politics (Bloomsbury, 2027). American historian and Klarman Fellow @Cornell. Learn more: JacobAnbinder.com
Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
Jerusalem Demsas @jerusalem.bsky.social yes, like the city | Editor TheArgumentMag.com | she/her
Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social Ass. Prof. Public Policy @ UC Riverside | Better Cities Through Better Government | 1st Gen 🇺🇸: 🇷🇸/ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa | 躺平 | Ham chơi
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). Founded in 1975.
lafca.net
Joey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io
Nuance? In this Economy
Full Employment Stan, Brazilian Coffee Tariff Victim |
Militant Angeleno @militantangeleno.bsky.social The original anonymous Native Angeleno kickin' it online since 2007. Ask him anything about Los Angeles.
militantangeleno.com
Justin Ramirez @justinramirez.bsky.social Transportation and policy nerd. 🖖🏽
I hate the Paramount/WB merger.
Tim McCormick @tmccormick.org exploring, reading, noting, writing, gathering. mostly in: Cascadia, Western US, LDN; fairly nomadic. https://tmccormick.org
Iconoscape @iconoscape.bsky.social Iconoscape | Architecture • Design • Culture
Unveiling iconic spaces & untold stories
Umm @deserteaglebb.bsky.social
@ryandeterding.bsky.social @ryandeterding.bsky.social Just here to learn about all things Chicago, public transit, urbanism related from y’all. I have nothing to say.
Alex Hungerford @ahungerford.bsky.social Twitter broke so now I'm here.
🇺🇸💙🇨🇦,🇺🇦,🇪🇺,🇬🇧
David Mendelsohn @mendelshanks.bsky.social Born in Berkeley. YIMBY. Cars ruin cities.
Also, too, Jackal.
Ben Christopher @frombenc.bsky.social Housing reporter @calmatters.org. Occasional dad tweets. Tell me things: Ben@calmatters.org / signal: BenC.2017
@gchas.bsky.social @gchas.bsky.social
Max Podemski @maxpodemski.bsky.social Los Angeles based urban planner and writer. Author of "A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing"
Laura J. Nelson @laurajnelson.bsky.social Reporter at the Wall Street Journal in Los Angeles. Former @latimes.com reporter, native Kansan and green thumb. 🌱 Securely message me on Signal (ljn.11).
Seattle YIMBY @seattleyimby.bsky.social Volunteer-driven grassroots org that advocates for abundant housing in Seattle and beyond. Join us! https://linktr.ee/seattleyimby
Discretionary Vancouver @discretionary-yvr.bsky.social A bot by @grids.reillywood.com that posts updates from Vancouver's shapeyourcity.ca website. Every project I post requires a discretionary approval process. https://github.com/rgwood/RezoningScraper
Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells @drywell.bsky.social Architect, housing mostly. Admirer of beautiful places. Will bike anywhere, but might take a while. OK, KS, IL, PA, Samoa, IN, then OH.
NotABot @vturbanist.bsky.social The law, in its majestic equality, forbids all men to sleep under bridges, in SROs, or on lots smaller than 10,000 sqft — the rich and poor alike.
patrick.kennedy @thedotcity.bsky.social Cities for choice in housing, neighborhood, transpo; universal access, opportunity & upward mobility.
Prof of Sustainable Development @SMU; Board of Directors Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Founder: THE.City & the American Dream
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies @uclaits.bsky.social Research That Moves Us
Advancing research, education and civic engagement on the many pressing transportation issues facing our cities, state, nation and world today.
Matt Haney @matthaneysf.bsky.social Personal account
Upzone the coastal elites @aboutdave.bsky.social Patent attorney, astrophysicist, & Stack-and-Packist 🏙️🥑🔋⛷️. Ready to help enforce state housing law.
Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
Chris Elmendorf @cselmendorf.bsky.social The law prof at UC Davis. Dad. Denizen of San Francisco. Patron of Amtrak. Tweets are my own, not statements of UC. (he/him)
Alexis Madrigal @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social Book: The Pacific Circuit
Job: Co-Host, KQED Forum
Life: Local Economy, Oakland Garden Club
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Benjamin Schneider @benschneider.bsky.social Investigative and policy reporter at Remapping Debate. Previously at CityLab, SF Examiner. Author of "The Unfinished Metropolis": https://shorturl.at/PInVb
Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting/Reveal. Past president of the American Society of Magazine Editors. Mom. Upzoning, street tree, and rescue dog enthusiast. Views, mine.
Jacob Wasserman @jacoblwasserman.bsky.social Transportation research @uclaits.bsky.social 🚌 • @ucla.edu Luskin alum 🐻 • Vice Chair @cityofsantamonica.bsky.social Planning Commission 🎡 • formerly @sfmta.com 🌉 and @newhavendot.bsky.social 🍕 • he/him/his • views my own
its.ucla.edu/jacob-wasserman
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org Award-winning nonprofit local news provider in Berkeley, California. Powered by Cityside Journalism Initiative.
@sonjatrauss.bsky.social @sonjatrauss.bsky.social
Alex Lee @votealexlee.bsky.social CA Assemblymember District 24. Chair CA Legislative Progressive Caucus. Corporate-Free, NUMTOT from the South Bay 🏳️🌈🌹
Sasha Perigo @sashaperigo.bsky.social Strategic communications consultant with some housing know-how. Former freelance journalist, housing columnist @sfexaminer.bsky.social and organizer @dsasf.org. 🌹🏳️🌈
Strong Towns PDX @strongtownspdx.bsky.social Everyone deserves the opportunity to live a good life in a prospering place.
Smart Growth America @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social We envision a country where no matter where you live, or who you are, you can enjoy living in a place that is healthy, prosperous, and resilient.
smartgrowthamerica.org
Jeff Speck @jeffspeck.bsky.social Urban Planner, Partner in Speck Dempsey, author of Walkable City, Walkable City Rules, and other stuff I'd like you to read.
Tony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social B+ dad, NE MPLS resident, and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Sports: Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Marquette
Councilmember Nithya Raman @cd4losangeles.bsky.social Proudly serving Los Angeles City Council District 4
Nick Pappas @njpca.bsky.social Consultant - Energy and Climate
Oren Hadar @futureis.la LA has the best bones of any city in the world. It can become a true world capital if we only let it. I write at https://futureis.la
YIMBYtown @yimby.town The national convening for the pro-housing movement is heading to Raleigh, NC on Nov. 17-19, 2026! Follow along here and sign up at yimby.town for updates.
Ilissa Gold @goldni.bsky.social Los Angeles via Nashville. Union-side labor lawyer, YIMBY, feminist. I belong to no organized political party - I’m a Democrat.
Titan Up/Anchor Down
Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social Architecture, landscape, urbanism. Independent nonprofit public scholarship on the built environment. Free & accessible to all.
Read: http://placesjournal.org
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