talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social indie reporter (@taliaotg on hellsite) • support: patreon.com/taliajane • tips: taliajane@protonmail.com 💸: paypal.me/taliajane 🌻 be good; i love you 🖤❤️🔥
it’s me AC @wellgoshacs.bsky.social the only higher power i answer to is the minnesota board of social work//mpls forever
Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social A record of the plague years. Z”L.
https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/plague-poems/
AMDO @amdo.bsky.social thinking about the properties of water, as we all have lately and wondering what extremely presssurized water would feel like in the form of an orb you could touch. wild
Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social Senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek, covering consumer culture. Georgia native, Georgia Bulldog. Opinions mine.
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social Founder, The Gaia Leadership Project & The Ripple Effect Institute; political/leadership consultant; recovering Wall Street civil/human rights atty; ex-Columbia Law adjunct; NYer 4ever; Host, ResistanceLive on YT https://www.youtube.com/@resistanceliveecm
Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social 🇺🇸 U.S. politics, made clear
Engineer → creator
Breaking down what's happening and why it matters to you
🇨🇴 Also in Spanish
More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov Official account for the press office of @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom #CaliforniaForAll
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social Writer and editor. Host of the newsletter Porch Party (sign up! porchpartynews.com). Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent. Bostonian by birth, New Yorker by disposition, currently in DC.
Michelle Sichak @michellesichak.bsky.social Wife and mom, paraprofessional educator, loves animals, the Timberwolves, Lynx and dark chocolate. Left of center 🐺💙
🇺🇲💥🧨‼️🦅Diana🦅‼️🧨💥🇺🇲 @citiesbydiana.bsky.social SF Bay Area 🇺🇲🛣️🌉
Spencer Windes (like “winds a yo-yo”) @spencerwindes.bsky.social Former magazine editor. Rugby old boy. Bike rider. Book geek. Bear. Proud resident of America’s Zion. Opinions my own.
The Downballot @the-downballot.com The premier source of information for the thousands of elections below the presidency, from Senate to city council.
Our site: http://the-downballot.com/
Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
https://www.projectsaltbox.com/
Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. ⚫️🟡🦀🔴⚪️
Track ICE warehouses: https://tracker.projectsaltbox.com
Rachel Widome @rwidome.bsky.social I'm an epidemiologist at the UMN's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health. I like rabbits. I like iced tea. I also like plots that involve time travel. On Twitter and elsewhere I'm rwidome too. More on me: https://widome.carrd.co/
Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent. Design patent geek. Also interested in #ScheduleA litigation. Full bio (including link to CV): https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/sarah-fackrell
Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social Professor-turned-librarian; I like my books and cookie dough rare; TX ➡️ CA ➡️ OH; she/they 🏳️🌈 views my own
sam stroozas @samstroozas.bsky.social she/her | ♊️ gemini journalist & all things digital at mprnews.org 🌙 beep me: sstroozas@mpr.org
Mia McCullough @brazenhussy.bsky.social Playwright, artist, co-owner of a zero-waste store. Native NYer happily living in Chicago (it smells better here). Wishing we weren't fighting Nazis in 2026.
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
kd @katalogued.bsky.social Three miles of bad road.
Cris Pereira @eusouocris.bsky.social DJ🎧 e o carinha que mora logo ali. 🍁🎶🐶📸💿📀📺📚
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social Elephant Lover
Yashar.substack.com
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IG/Threads @yasharali
Michelle Ilia 🌻 @missrainbowpie.bsky.social 32. queer. autistic. minneapolis. multifandom mess. sci-fi nerd. vidder. writer.
HELP MINNESOTA: www.standwithminnesota.com
maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social she/her, views my own
Join the tax fight at Families Over Billionaires: familiesoverbillionaires.org
Comedy writer: Onion, McSweeneys, others.
Currently in bed. Email nice things only: quintmaura@ gmail
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social Environmental lawyer/locally notorious person. Bad Bunny 101 adjunct professor. Alexandria, Virginia.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press proprietor, Soraya [dot] Press | subscribe 👉🏽 soraya.press
📍Brooklyn
Emma Molls @emmamolls.bsky.social The Muppet Movie is the greatest movie of all time. Academic Librarian, scholcomm, crabby for good. U of Minnesota
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social Associate professor in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Sociologist/demographer studying the health impacts of climate change and dams, with a focus on Brazil and East Africa.
https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/heatherrandell
bunny knuckles @bibliogrrl.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶
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TootTootMotherfucker.com
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a sentient pile of anhedonia and glitter.
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🏳️⚧️Trans rights are human rights.🏳️⚧️
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Katelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social labor lawyer & movement idealist in Oregon; against the genocide of Palestinians and all violence against civilians; the rule of law and human rights matter; big fan of education; Abolish ICE is the moderate position
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org Professional labor photographer. Unions for all. Birds. Whales. Cats. Hydration. Maybe a dash of democratic socialism. Not necessarily in that order. Too much optimism for the current moment.
Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretBase
https://www.youtube.com/SecretBaseSBN
Anika Dane @pixiedane.bsky.social She/her. Bohemian Revolutionary. Social Justice Magical Girl. Member of an Elite Squad. Klingon Warrior Princess. Blood of the Dragon. There is a try. 🦋 linktr.ee/pixiedane
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
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Chloe Johnson @chloeajohnson.bsky.social I write about health and the environment at the Minnesota Star Tribune. DM for signal or tell me your story at: chloe.johnson@startribune.com
Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social Saint Paul City Council Member for Ward Four.
Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action.
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Elizabeth Shockman @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social Journalist at MPR News, reporting on K-12 education. Author of "Behind the Red Velvet Curtain: An American Ballerina in Russia." Parent. Minnesotan.
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social Sociologist/demographer specializing in mortality, racial inequity, Covid-19. Avid theater-goer, inconsistent powerlifter, and erstwhile operator of an all-volunteer bookstore. Preschool parent. Living not-quite-car-free in Minneapolis. she/her
Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social I love James Harden & I write about abortioneveryday.com
substack.com/@kylietcheung / kyliewrites.net
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
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https://www.instagram.com/dril
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Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social ⚽️ MLS and USMNT Insider for The Athletic, CBS Sports Golazo Network, Soccerwise and more
@paigetomkinson.bsky.social @paigetomkinson.bsky.social Cat lady, artist, dreamer, Democrat.
#Resistance 🌊 💙 #FBPE
No Elon Musks, Johnny Depps, or other "celebrities"
Treat others the way you would want to be treated.
Not a dating site, No posts no follow
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social linguist, discourse/pragmatics
podcaster @halftheanswer.bsky.social
author & associate editor at liberalcurrents.com
singer with the Wild Lilacs
https://www.instagram.com/thewildlilacs?igsh=MXJqOXZ6NHpoOXRrYg==
she/they
substantively unserious
Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social Just to be clear... I'm not a part of the tolerant Left. I'm a part of the "Eat Shit and Die You Treasonous Assholes" Left. 💙😈💙
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Movie enjoyer. Animal lover.
Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social From Mark Remy, original humor for runners who enjoy laughter and pie, 100% commercial-free and reader-supported! DumbRunner.com/support
Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social Senior Writer & Editor, The Contrarian
ContrarianNews.org
Portland, Oregon
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Stay connected: TimDickinson.co
Sleep Deprived Nick 3️⃣7️⃣🍺 @nicklewis37.bsky.social I used to be on TV, now I’m in marketing. people often tell me that they thought I would be taller. I used to be funny. I might own a bar. Poet.
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
aric @aghastronaut.com Minneapolis non-comedian
Made webcomics, did improv, and other unnecessary web stuff.
"Has a history of creating conceptual internet projects" -Billboard
(he/him)
Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social Award Winning Investigative Journalist. Podcast: Lisa Guerrero UNLEASHED on YouTube
Immigrant’s Daughter. Mosaic Artist. Actor. Proud Latina.
Author of WARRIOR: MY PATH TO BEING BRAVE.
Inspirational Speaker & Host. https://www.lisaguerrero.com/
Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social All pookleblinky know is play music, lift weight, eat hot chip, write unsettling threads. You are now aware of the taste of your own mouth. Gendered in the way a peat bog is.
Trumpet, saxophone, guitar, banjo, bass, and squats
Melissa Ingle @m1ngle.bsky.social Radically pro-transgender, anti-American parent, data scientist, teacher, doctoral candidate, and dog owner living in San Francisco. 🏳️⚧️
M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social You’ve seen me on TV. This account: Cats. Books. Games. Witchy stuff. Horror. Vampires 🦇 I’m intersex, introverted & feral - Exhausted Elder Goth semi-retired from peoples’ bull💩 Still feisty
Take your AI and shove it
https://xosh.carrd.co/
KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. USA Today bestselling author of How To Fake It In Society. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. Death to GenAI. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social @theunpopulist.net
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social she/her. musician, writer, podcaster, weird vidgame person http://www.patreon.com/ellaguro
Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social Raleigh-ish, NC.
I’ll procrastinate later.
Wilfredo Torres @wilfredotorres.bsky.social That Guy that drew that thing that one time that you may or may not have liked. 🇵🇷 Artist on Superman ‘78, BANG!, Black Panther and more
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social Director, Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism.
Board president, Truthout.
Co-editor “We Grow the World Together”
Co-author “Prison by Any Other Name”
Abolitionist, anti-zionist, pro-cat, pro-karaoke, Chicagoan
mayaschenwar.com
Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social Death Panel podcast @deathpanel.bsky.social
patreon.com/deathpanelpod
wrote Health Communism (Verso, 2022) with Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social // forthcoming ALL CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE (Haymarket, 2027)
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
https://www.themarisreview.com/
https://www.mariskreizman.com/
Beth Hawkins @bethhawkins.bsky.social National Correspondent, The 74 Million. I think a lot about great journalism, better schools, disrupting inequity, neurodiversity and all things LGBTQ. Tacos & craft cider.
Half my heart moved to Wisconsin, so also secret shopping creameries. 
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Andrea Yoch @ayoch.bsky.social Love sports and events for work and fun. Proud to be a co-founder & board member for Minnesota Aurora. 🌈 ⚽️🎶 Minnesotan by choice.
CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social Backup Lumumba -
"Stop gooning and learn ball" - Jeff Passan
Hire me, I need a full time job
You can pay me to do this for your site
https://account.venmo.com/u/cjzer0
@alexmitchell.bsky.social @alexmitchell.bsky.social 
Erin Murphy @epmurphymn.bsky.social Minnesotan. Registered Nurse. Mom. Senate Majority Leader. The answer to the cynicism in our politics is us. 💙
Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social Unrepentant progressive, Twitter Escapee, Former Cable News Addict, 🌊🌊🏳️🌈🇵🇷🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 #LGBTQ+ #BLM #SaveThePlanet #ProChoice #Resist #SaveDemocracy🇺🇸 #NoKings #WFPB
luna stargays 🏳️⚧️ @stargays.bsky.social 30, transsexual woman (she/her), minneapolis, disabled, occasionally nsfw
venmo @glsases
Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social Not a WH Staffer | Politics, NatSec, and Snark - Your Mileage May Vary | Subscribe to my Patreon newsletter for free: https://www.patreon.com/AWHSBlog |
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple
https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
Erica De Bruin @edebruin.bsky.social Associate Professor, Hamilton College. Studying civil-military relations, civil war, policing. Author of HOW TO PREVENT COUPS (Cornell UP). www.ericadebruin.com.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
Prettyokmaggie.com
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social Probably down a research rabbit hole.
📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social National correspondent at Mother Jones. tmurphy@motherjones.com.
Signal: timothypmurphy.41
Proton Mail: timothypmurphy@proton.me
Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social Author of the Iron Druid Chronicles, Ink & Sigil, the Seven Kennings, and more. Into nature photography, metal, and beard maintenance. https://kevinhearne.com Newsletter: https://wordsandbirds.ink
Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social Longtime journalist. Politics, literature, tech.
MAGIC + LOSS
https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/
Contributing editor, The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/authors/virginia-heffernan
Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social Mpls Ped/Bike Coordinator. Cold weather apologist. Sports appreciator. Cookie enthusiast. State capacity booster. Opinions do not represent those of the City.
Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social Poet, essayist. Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (UNP, 2027), Larks (OUP, 2025), What Pecan Light (BCP, 2021).
Editor: @riverriverbooks.bsky.social
Host: @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social
Southern. PhD Duke. they/them. Durham, NC.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇵🇸 www.hanvanderhart.com
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/