The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social Father, Army Husband (Ret.), lawyer. KUSK alum; public servant. Litigation disaster tour guide. Odd Fellow (and odd fellow). Proud member of the terminally online community since 1993. he/him
Eric Spiegel @ericspiegel.bsky.social Voracious reader, indoor gardener, cat dad, casual gamer, film lover, technical writer. Alexandria, VA.
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
Join my sci-fi book club:
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
LightMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social Lighting geekery. Foodie. Occasionally catch a Pokèmon. Becomes Eurovision pilled between March and May. He/Him
Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social Interested in the art & science of connecting people for art & science. Senior comms at @agu.org, @eos.org. Founder of Exposed DC. Casual powerlifter; dabbling in astrophotography.
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social American Vandal Pod | Prof of AmLit & Twain Studies + Director of Media Studies, Elmira College | Resident Scholar @MarkTwain.bsky.social | Political Economy of Mass Media
TheAmericanVandal.com
MattSeybold.com
Allan James Vestal @ajv.bsky.social Journalism, code & politics. Food idiot acolyte and ALX ward system anti-apologist.
(Crunchin' those numbers — and probably something with bacon on it too.)
He/Him.
Stephanie Elms @stephelms.bsky.social Book lover, Va Tech & Marching Virginians alum (Go Hokies!), YIMBYs of NoVa📍Del Ray, Alexandria | she/her
Note: If we don’t have a prior relationship or a current connection, please don’t feel like you need to follow or share!
Marta Schantz @martaschantz.bsky.social Here for the local ALX politics. Also probably a good mix of climate action fangirling and sci-fi/fantasy/romance book love. Too excited to worry about typos. Opinions my own.
Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social Advancement at the American Council on Education. Del Ray dad and 2x Hoya. Books, baseball, beer, higher ed, and all things Alexandria. Subscribe to ALXtra: https://alxtra.ghost.io/
Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org Illuminating math and science. Supported by the Simons Foundation. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. www.quantamagazine.org
Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social Executive Function coaching for adults with ADHD, stuck or overwhelmed adults, and parents of neurodiverse kids, from an attorney who has spent years in the trenches of a neurodiverse family. #ALX #DMV #VirtualNationwide
Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social Just a bunch of crabs in a trench coat, but also a professor of marine biology. My social media does not represent my employer. No AI. Please bring croissants 🥐
https://linktr.ee/rebeccarhelm
Out of Context Tracers in the Sea @tracers-in-the-sea.bsky.social I am a good bot posting excerpts from the seminal text by W.S. Broecker and T-H Peng for you. Many oceanographers started their journey of ocean discovery with this text
High Country News @highcountrynews.org Independent journalism dedicated to shining a light on all the complexities of the Western U.S since 1970.
https://bit.ly/HCNLinks
Laura Lautz @llautz.bsky.social Hydrogeologist and Senior Associate Dean in George Mason University’s College of Science. Views are my own.
Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social music ∙ geekery ∙ media and comms ∙ more random musings than you can handle ∙ DC vibe checks & street photography ∙ somehow has a PhD ∙ opinions all mine ∙ once called "the bus passenger" by People Magazine
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site Professor @ Denison University / Volcanologist / Writer of Eruptions / Baseball, Sumo, Cricket, Soccer fan / Sci Fi aficionado / Amateur Musicologist / Cat person / Dad / Be kind to your bad self. 🇨🇴
Jason Smith @newqueuelure.bsky.social physicist messing around with economic theory and science fiction; he/him; ALX; was @infotranecon on twitter; gmail and ig are this username
bsky DMs open
econ: https://information-equilibrium.ghost.io/
sci fi: https://innerhorizon.substack.com
Andy Fraass @fraass.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UVictoria.
Paleobiology of absurdly small things.
Eirini Poulaki @eirinipoulaki.bsky.social Geochronology-metamorphic petrology-structural geology
Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University
*she/her*
Jonathan Lambert @jonathaninbox153.bsky.social 
Dan Mosier @danielmosier.bsky.social movies and foolish optimism • he/him • lvl 36 • bi • alexandria
🟠🟢🔵 https://boxd.it/rn7z
Sarah Bagley (the one in Alexandria VA) @sarahbagley.bsky.social Vice Mayor of Alexandria, VA. Buster’s mom, reader, bike rider, and fan of all things pickled.
Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social Japan. ALife & Astrobiology researcher https://lanasina.github.io/
Research @ Sony CSL, Associate Prof. National Institute for Basic Biology.
talking dog insta @iikocookie
🚫 I block empty profiles
Rita Parai @ritaparai.bsky.social Associate Professor at WashU | noble gas advocate | interests include rocks, tiny bolts, and monks who were mad at each other
@glchristeson.bsky.social @glchristeson.bsky.social 
William Buschur @buschwacker.bsky.social Safe streets are a design decision
SFH @sfharris.bsky.social Opinion haver. Those opinions are entirely my own.
Puns intended.
50% stream-of-consciousness nonsense, 50% earnest commentary.
Okay, maybe 80-20.
LSG.
Dianne Harris @dianneharris.bsky.social Ava's person, breaker of all the things, walking enthusiast. Web accessibility tester. A11y.
Naomi Brooks Elementary School Bike Bus @brooksbikebus.bsky.social Alexandria, VA’s Finest Party on Wheels, Friday mornings to Naomi Brooks Elementary School.
Merch! etsy.com/shop/BrooksBikeBusMerch
Ryan Belmore @ryanbelmore.com Journalist. Publisher. Neighbor.
@alexandriabrief.com & @whatsupnewp.com
📍Alexandria, VA (previously RI) | Mezcal enthusiast.
🎼🎶 Laurie MacNamara @lauriedelray.bsky.social “It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.” - Mary Oliver
Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social Co-Director at Center for Digital Narrative, Univ of Bergen. Lead research project AI STORIES (ERC Advanced Grant). Australian and Norwegian. Blogging at jilltxt.net since 2000.
Zack D @mrpresident1776.bsky.social Married to @elenasor.bsky.social with 1 cat & 2 sons. Building bike lanes and bikeshare in the Virginia suburbs by day. Views are mine! Enjoys #ebikes #walks #kayaks #urbanism #trains #modeltrains #ALX
Occasionally writes highspeedfail.blogspot.com
billy @glenhanlonsrazor.bsky.social Dad stuff, punk rock, Caps hockey. Bike lanes are good, fascists are bad.
https://railsplitter.bandcamp.com/
📍Alexandria, VA
Gulf Coast Repository @gcrepository.bsky.social Managing scientific ocean drilling archives and research lab facilities, and providing training to geoscientists @ Texas A&M University.
https://linktr.ee/gulfcoastrepository
Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social Experience design / CX, / UX / Service Design. Data visualization. Traditional & wooden boats and boating. Environment & earth science. Incessant, unapologetic punster. ALX VA. He/His. Trying to be a light to drive out darkness.
Bonnie En @bonnoggle.bsky.social Alexandrian, super nerdy about housing, transit, policy and publishing. I work in none of those fields.
Elena in Alexandria @elenah.bsky.social Alexandria VA, DRCA VP. Bright pink e-bike. Former Chief Strategy Officer @Medallia, now solving Gartner and Forrester problems at Up/Right AR. BetterBraddock.org
Del Ray Citizens Association @delraycitizens.bsky.social Official Bluesky of the Del Ray Citizens Association (DRCA), established in 1954 to help keep neighbors in the Del Ray area of Alexandria, VA connected and informed. https://delraycitizens.org/
Patrick J. Pespas @westofrome.bsky.social Alexandria, VA
Keeper of ALX Skeets. Please tag me if you’d like to be added
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social mail lawyer, food haver, dog owner
ALX
Alex Goyette @alexgoyette.bsky.social He/him. Dad x3, Immigration & GBV Advocate, Alexandria Lead at YIMBYs of NoVA. Local chief of the useful idiots 🫡
Go Bills, Caps, COYG
Personal account only.
Sign up for Alx YIMBY action alerts: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-yimbys-of-nova
Trip Hook @triphook.bsky.social Geographer @ US EPA
Alexandria, VA / Canaan Valley, WV
⛵⛷️🚲🪕🎷🛶🥾🌎
Chandranath Basak @climchem.bsky.social Assistant Professor at U. Delaware. Ocean chemistry (past + present). PI of BLOG: Basak Lab for Ocean Geochemistry (basak-clim-chem.weebly.com)
Caitlin S., PhD @paleophile.bsky.social Research Dev't & #SciPol | doing my best for science | Evolutionary Anthropology PhD | #celiac | 🐶 #DogRescue | #FosterCare | Personal account.
Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social archaea, methane, microbial ecophysiology, single cell activity, next generation physiology & boardgames / for evidence-based decision-making / I don’t mince words / posts reflect personal views / www.environmental-microbiology.com
Mike McCormick @geomikerobe.bsky.social Geomicrobiologist
Alexandria's Fourth Most Impactful News Source @alxbeef.bsky.social All Argument, No Knowledge.
Kyle Reardon @kylereardon.bsky.social Children’s Picture book Author/Illustrator rep’d by Lynnette Novak at The Seymour Agency.
www.kylereardonart.com
Public nuisance.
Kayla Hornbrook @kaylahornbrook.bsky.social Niche meme lord
Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social science journalist | good physics, bad physics, and sometimes ugly physics
Signal: dgaristo.72
Email: digaristo@gmail.com
Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social Climate scientist, paleoclimatologist, dendrochronologist, University of Arizona | https://kanchukaitis.github.io/ | Opinions are mine and not that of my employer
Sandy Marks @sandymarks.bsky.social 
Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social Science journalist at NPR covering global health. Minnesotan in DC. jlambert1@npr.org. On signal @jonlambert.12
https://jonathanmlambert.com/
Justin Dodd @isododd.bsky.social associate professor, isotope geochemist, marine geologist, climate scientist, dedicated to advancing scientific ocean drilling, born when atm. CO2 was <340ppm
photography helps me cope… 📸
U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @us-sciod.bsky.social Advancing Earth science using ocean drilling | Account managed by the U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordination Office (SODCO)
https://linktr.ee/us_sciod
Alexandria Times Pitchbot @alexpitchbot.bsky.social 
Metro @wmata.com Official Bluesky page for WMATA, aka Metro, the major public transit provider in the National Capital Region, serving Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia.
wmata.com
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Kau))) @carbon8.bsky.social birds, geology, isotopes, mindfulness, monsoons, oceans, & weird music.
John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org “There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter.” - Ulysses S. Grant
Husband, dad, dog walker, cyclist, outdoors enthusiast, occasional reluctant driver, Alexandrian, federal employee. 5 USC § 3331
Cathy Walker @canawa.bsky.social Not a work account. Here for Alexandria events.
Dr. Wendy Panero @mineraltoplanet.bsky.social Minerals build planets. She/Her
Personal account 🥄
The Alexandria Brief @alexandriabrief.com Alexandria news and information you won't find anywhere else.
Independent, daily, and reader-funded.
News tips: ryan@alexandriabrief.com
Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social 🌍 The world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions.
Visit www.drawdown.org to learn more
Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social Weather-Climate professor and scientist, Host of Weather Geeks, Forbes Senior Contributor, Alpha, 3xFSU Alum...Tweets and RTs are mine but not endorsements
Barred in DC @barredindc.bsky.social DC bars and such since 2013. Barredindc.com
Scott White 🌊🌋🔬 @seafloorscott.bsky.social Science, but first, coffee.
Mike Rodriguez @mroduf.bsky.social Alexandrian in Seminary Valley
Alexandria Library @alexlibraryva.bsky.social The Alexandria Library in Alexandria, VA serves our community by being a resource for learning, connecting, and growing. Visit us at alexlibraryva.org.
Coalition for Smarter Growth @betterdcregion.bsky.social We advocate for livable, walkable, transit-oriented communities in the DC region. Walkable = good, sprawl = bad.
smartergrowth.net
Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social Energy lawyer.
Give me a beach, a colorful drink, my wife’s hand, and I’m all set.
In love with my wife, @conster3.bsky.social
She/her.
Personal account/views.
📍 Orange, CA
Peter Henderson @peterhenderson.bsky.social Assistant Professor, leading the Polaris Lab @ Princeton (https://www.polarislab.org/); Researching: RL, Strategic Decision-Making+Exploration; Law
Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social Which mineral is the best of them all? Campaign & vote in #MinCup each September. Next #OreCup in early 2027! www.MineralCup.org
Kyanite photo credits: Smithsonian Institution
Eco-City Alexandria VA @ecocityalx.bsky.social Official City of Alexandria government account managed by the Office of Climate Action.
Alex @portcityposter.bsky.social Free Palestine
would really like to be on a bike ride
[he/him]
Tim Laderach @timladerach.bsky.social All the things! 2 doggos, Commissioner (Chair of EOC), former DRCA President, Navy Reservist.
Views are my own and not the position of the U.S. Navy or DoW.
TwoWheelsDC @4863media.com ALX #bikeDC, dog dad, Cat6 Racer, moonlight as a photographer/videographer, West Virginia hardcore documentarian, and drone pilot @ www.instagram.com/4863media/. He/him.
Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University ::: Science Journalist / Communicator ::: National Geographic Explorer
Alyia Gaskins @alyia4alx.bsky.social Mayor of the City of Alexandria, VA. Public health & Urban Planning. Changemaker. Wife and Mom to Zeke, Eliana and 🐶#Alyia4ALX
Aaron Putnam @aaronputnam.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Earthling. Associate Professor of Earth Science at the University of Maine. I am interested in glaciers and climate in the past, present, and future.
Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social 👩🏻🔬 Simplifying public health with data-driven insights
💡 Helping you make informed health decisions
🎓 MPH, PhD
👇🏻 Get weekly science-backed updates
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/
Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social 
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social Coffee enthusiast. Gothic & eco-horror, Biocultural archaeology (mummies), Nuclear & Cold War culture. Audio stuff. Probably knitting.
Header: a S central FL swamp. trees, reflections in water, mist
Also @excavatinghorror.com
Not weird at all
Ronnie Rattanasriampaipong @paleolipidrr.bsky.social 🧪 ⚒️ 🌊🦠 | 🕊️ 🏳️🌈 | paleolipidrr.github.io | '23 NOAA CGC Fellow (@ucar-cpaess.bsky.social) at UArizona (@uarizona.bsky.social). TAMU OCNG (@tamuoceanography.bsky.social) Alum. Proud '21 Schlanger Fellow & '18 Thai Fulbrighter. Ultrarunner.
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social Get ready for a new era in astronomy and astrophysics with Rubin Observatory!
Para español siga a Instagram: http://instagram.com/rubin_observatory
Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social Seismologist, investigates the Andes and subduction zones, currently complexly affiliated with St. Louis University and looking for new projects.
Replies to my geoscience posts that include LLM content get your account blocked.
Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social History Assistant Prof. & Director of Studies at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. Histories of maritime labour, mapping, and medicine (Britain, France, Spain, & Italy).
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sara-caputo
Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol + senior culture writer, @techcrunch.com
+ podcasting about the internet on @wowiftrue.bsky.social
(@multitude.productions)
+ she/her ✡️
+ sometimes i post about pottery and the phillies
+ my opinions ≠ my employer’s
Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social Professor of Biology & Institute for Health Computing, U of Maryland; explores how viruses impact human & environmental health;
'Asymptomatic' (JHU Press - https://bit.ly/asymptomatic_book)
&
'Science Matters' (https://substack.com/@joshuasweitz)
Solvitur in Motu @landscapejudger.bsky.social it is solved in motion