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.
Wiley Nickel @wileynickel.com Former Congressman. Running for Wake County District Attorney because the stakes for our community, and our democracy have never been higher.
Join the fight at www.wileynickel.com
Vihar Sheth @viharsheth.com father / husband / democracy / community / housing / climate / science / reason / equity / plants / photography / stl / views are my own
MO Jobs with Justice Voter Action @mojwjva.bsky.social Individuals, community, labor, student & faith groups fighting for social, racial, & economic justice across Missouri. Paid for by Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action; Michelle Trupiano, Treasurer; 2725 Clifton, 63139
JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social Hey, it’s me… JoJoFromJerz! (My real name is Jo Carducci btw). I’m a mom, a podcaster, a writer, a lover of politics and puns and a true Jersey girl through and through. Check out my Substack (my baby) on my Linktree
https://linktr.ee/jojofromjerz https://
CRSTL.FM @crstlfm.bsky.social Community Radio St. Louis is a volunteer-powered nonprofit streaming free-form music, culture, and conversation from STL to listeners everywhere.
🎧 Live: https://crstl.fm
📻 Archives: https://mixcloud.com/CRSTLFM
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Devin Thomas O’Shea @devintoshea.bsky.social author of THE VEILED PROPHET — writing in The Nation, The Intercept, Slate, Jacobin, Boulevard — he/him — rep Erik Hane, Headwater Literary
https://linktr.ee/devintoshea
Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social Hyperfixates on hobbies and local things. Loyal but anxious. You can either find me inside making sourdough/reading/crafting or outside walking/biking and calling out infrastructure failures. Walking on IG as speedhumpme
@thefutureisoffline.bsky.social @thefutureisoffline.bsky.social St. Louisan
gardening
antifascism
A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social Activist, Surrealist artist, vintage shopkeeper, anti-racist. Music is life-giving.
#Jazz #Punk #CraftBeer
☂️ ⚔️ 🥪
#surrealism #yourbackseat #twinpeaks #STL
ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social art
Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social Associate Professor of public health at Muhlenberg College. History, ethics, epidemiology, sports, injury prevention.
Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social Correspondent at @NPR covering tech. Now focusing on prediction markets.
Signal: ballyn.77
Discord: bobby16663
Email: ballyn@npr.org
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
@randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social Military veteran with the belief of equality for all… I’m kinda addicted to tattoos… I love wine..I believe U2 is one of the greatest bands ever… and I’m probably way too much into Batman
Hold My Beer ❌👑🐸🇲🇽🇨🇦 @holdontoyourbutts.bsky.social #86or2547 Don’t care which. Embarrassed American immigrant in Mexico & fucking ray of sunshine. 🇲🇽 Retired CI Audiologist living on the Sea of Cortez.
Yeah, I'm super pissed. Goddamn it please vote.
buymeacoffee.com/HoldMyBeers
Porch Party @porchparty.bsky.social A newsletter about the Interesting Times, run by @katzish.bsky.social. Sign up at www.porchpartynews.com.
Mark Maxwell @markmaxwelltv.bsky.social Political Editor at KSDK-TV in St. Louis
Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social Scattered minutiae about tech, plants, St. Louis, occasionally all together
Ohh that's RICH @ohhthatsrich.bsky.social Liberal member of the silent majority. I love my family, pets, nature, and all living things. Unapologetic. Former MTV News political correspondent
Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social human @theintercept.com | co-host 🎙️ The Intercept Briefing podcast
Brooklyn, NY | https://theintercept.com/staff/akelalacy/
https://akelalacy.substack.com/
https://www.instagram.com/akela_lacy/
Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power
https://www.wired.com/author/vittoria-elliott/
Signal: velliott88.18/vittoria89.82
elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Dr. Nola Haynes @drnolahaynes.bsky.social War & weapons girl | Political Scientist,
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor & Media Analysts
Host, Nola Haynes is Not A Spy
#SecurityBrief on Substack
https://youtube.com/@nolahaynes1?si=9cCwuIWnOOxJswDA
Russell Huegel @russellhuegel.bsky.social Welcome to America, Interrupted.
Attorney, recovering political obsessive prone to relapse, baseball fanatic, 80s music lover, Gen-Xer, husband and dad from NJ. 🚫DMs
Monte Mader @montemader.bsky.social Deconstruction. History. Current events.
https://linktr.ee/MonteMader
Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Writer, journalist, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate: Not capitulating. Author of Lee Harvey Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol Senior Writer at The Ringer covering the intersection of tech, politics, and media 🦉 NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls 🦉 also, how can I put this: sports
https://bookshop.org/p/books/impossible-owls-essays-brian-phillips/7310179?ean=9780374175337
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social Middle East correspondent at The Economist.
@cavu4ever.bsky.social @cavu4ever.bsky.social Resist autocracy - before it's too late. Stand for freedom, for democracy, for the rule of law. Oppose Trump and his enablers at every turn. PROTECT AMERICA
(And Go Pack Go!)
Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com Legal journalist and beachgoer. I write and talk about courts, the law, and the politics shaping them in a number of places. Working on a new thing.
Signal: cristianfarias.33
Edward James Almost @edwardjamesalmost.bsky.social SGFMO. Application development, math, music, podcasting, Star Trek, Linux, general curmudgeon. Friend of DeSoto. #GoBills #LetsGoBuffalo
Annie @annielrice.bsky.social Midwest raised, STL grown. Learning and unlearning and trying to keep being a better human and more myself. Former immigration lawyer and local elected, now with ArchCity Defenders and President of MICA Project Board but this is just me personally.
Two-meter Matt @2metermatt.bsky.social 
5,000 Epstein Files for Every American Adult @tobellz.bsky.social NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN
He's bad. Everyone sees it now, right?
also on fedi (https://hachyderm.io/@tob)
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/
Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social science reporter covering biomedical research at Nature | proudly Ukrainian 🇺🇦
maxkozlov.com
signal: mkozlov.01
@stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social St. Louis BWorks was founded in 1988 with the idea that everyone deserves the chance to pursue their dreams.
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
James Finn Garner @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social Humor monger. PC Bedtime Stories. Rex Koko, Private Clown. Bardball. American Bystander. AHOY Comics. "You can't put a price on money."
Jamesfinngarner.substack.com
David Nir @davidnir.com Publisher, @the-downballot.com. davidnir (at) the-downballot (dot) com
Our site: https://the-downballot.com
Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times
LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
Congressman Wesley Bell @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social Official House BlueSky Account for Representative Wesley Bell (MO-1).
Proud Representative of Missouri’s First District.
Native St. Louisan.
https://bell.house.gov
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social thinking about infectious diseases, information, and behavior
Postdoc UT Austin 🤘
https://mjharris95.github.io/
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social Freelance writer with a PhD in history. Ex-academic; studied the anti-apartheid movement. Emeritus adjunct. Became a software engineer in 2020. Words in Dame, Liberal Currents, Smithsonian, Jacobin, BBC.
He/Him
zeb-larson.com
Christine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social Working to solve climate change and our democracy. Well a few billionaires controlled the media, we must become the media.
First major party transgender gubernatorial candidate. I cry over injustice. Don't think for a second that makes me weak!
@jamesfowleroxox2.bsky.social @jamesfowleroxox2.bsky.social Alternate Acct., Loc: DTW, "will see" and "we don't always know how it ends" are fav. Quotes
AR Hanlon @arhanlon.bsky.social Hanlon’s Razor II: Never attribute to intelligence that which is adequately explained by cynicism or greed.
COYS
About: aaronrhanlon.com
John Vibes @johnvibes.bsky.social 📚 Author
👻 Ghostwriter
Find me at
📺 youtube.com/@JohnGVibes
🔖 johnvibes.substack.com (no paywalls)
📖 raveoutlaw.com
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!
Kyle Chayka @chaykak.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker, writing a weekly column on tech & culture. Author of Filterworld (2024) & The Longing for Less (2020). Newsletter fan. Email: kyle_chayka@newyorker.com. Ava is a sloth cake.
Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Columnist at GuardianUS. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack: https://substack.com/@sulliview?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios) 
Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
vanhollen.senate.gov
St. Louis DSA @stldsa.org St. Louis Democratic Socialists of America | RSVP for Strike Back! https://act.stldsa.org/an-evening-of-labor-resistance
Laurens @laurenshof.online I care about an ethical internet.
I write about Bluesky, the atmosphere and open social protocols at connectedplaces.online
🇳🇱
Jake Gold @jacob.gold Building AI infra @ https://clor.com in SF Bay Area. Helped launch and scale Vibecode and Bluesky. Prev: Nuro, Docker, Google, founder.
Addicted to history, computers, and open systems.
Unconditional love for all conscious life.
https://jacob.gold
A New Social @anew.social Social media should be centered around people, not platforms. Let's build bridges, not walls. That's why we're building Bridgy Fed and Bounce.
Learn more: https://anew.social
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
@kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social California forever ☀️🏝️💙/ IVF twin mom / If you also despise Roberts’ corrupt-bought-stolen Supreme Court, we can be friends / f*ck fascism ✊ / “the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page” 🌎🙌🧳
Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social Climate solutions, information technology, critical thinking skills. Born at 318 ppm. https://www.koomey.com
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
Ellen @ellenhutti.bsky.social 
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and are worth looking up.
Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social Historian at Cornell University and author, most recently, of FREE ENTERPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY. Working on a history of backlash politics in the United States, from Reconstruction to the present. 
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
Support us: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/
📧 info@unraveledpress.com
📱 Signal: unraveled.66
Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social Co-Exec Director of Indivisible along with Leah.
Organizing with local Indivisible groups against America's fascist clown show.
Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social Reporter for Drop Site News, co-host of Counter Points
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Sean Sublette @subletteweather.com Multimedia Science Communicator and Consultant | Weather - Climate - Energy - Environment | AMS Certified Digital Meteorologist
Richmond, Virginia
Subscribe to The Weather Subtext:
seansublette.substack.com
Professional services:
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Championship-level spades player. ContrabandCamp.com founder. Author of NY Times bestseller: Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America.
Gabe Rivera @gaberivera.bsky.social Follow @techmeme.com and @mediagazer.com!
I once authored a popular tweet about walking.
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social Political correspondent @zeteo.com
Any tips or info you’d like to share?
Signal premthakker.35
Prem@zeteonews.com
https://linktr.ee/premthakker
Elizabeth Booker Houston @bookersquared.bsky.social JD | MPH
Political Snarkologist
Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social Constitutional law prof, historical political scientist, FRHistS studying:
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍ATL
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
Robert Saint Lawrence @robertsaintlawrence.bandcamp.com #4R: Resist, Reveal, Reimagine, Revolt
⟁ Culture is code.
No kings. No masters.
Build. Disrupt. Fuel the future.
→ https://linktr.ee/RobertSaintLawrence
#FDT
Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.
Read: On Courage @blowen.bsky.social "When you know better, you do better."
Progressive. Biologist. Lawyer.
Doing what I can to protect our water, air, plants, animals, and people.
Coffee For The Arts @coffeeforthearts.bsky.social We roast specialty-grade #coffee and loose-leaf #tea that funds underserved youth arts programs. Sip, savor, support!
☕️ www.CoffeeForTheArts.com 🎨
📍 El Paso, Texas, & Redondo Beach, CA
🫘 Roasted to order
🌎 Ethically sourced
Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social Girl dad. Hip-Hop lover. Fmr Capitol Police Officer. Making good trouble.
https://www.standingourground.us/
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement
❌👑#NoKings 3/28 Made History!!
Join the Movement > https://FiftyFifty.one
St. Louis Urbanists @stlurbanists.bsky.social Fighting to make St Louis more walkable, bikeable, and accessible by transit for all.
Join us at http://stlurbanist.org/discord or http://meetup.com/stlurbanists
St Louis Atheists @stlouisatheists.bsky.social "If you wish to make apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe" Carl Sagan @rsslmo.bsky.social @atheists.org @ffrf.org @nickfish.me @ethicalstl.org @riatheists.bsky.social ⚛️ 📚💙🐕 🚭 Team Site
Governor Tony Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov Husband to Kathy, lifelong educator, Euchre and bobblehead enthusiast, and 46th Governor of the State of Wisconsin.
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
FUCK THE POLICE @acabftp.bsky.social I AM HIM
A.C.A.B.
F.T.P.
Fuck the Feds
Your favorite politician hates you.
Finally moving over to bluesky as my primary.
Do the thing. Follow.
@newtonmarunner.bsky.social @newtonmarunner.bsky.social Life Insurance Actuary, 8x NYC Marathon Finisher, Pasta Aficionado
Michael Bersin @michaelbersin.bsky.social Show Me Progress. http://blog.showmeprogress.com
Since 2007 as part of the Fifty State Blog Project.
jakeslop @okbuddycomputer.bsky.social vox + guitar @raygunyouthmusic.com
31
midwest usa
he/they
bird son haver
idiot
music
leftist bullshit
Boutayna Chokrane @boutayna.bsky.social product writer + reviewer @wired.com | boutayna_chokrane@wired.com | what opinions?
https://linktr.ee/boutaynachokrane
Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social Hey there Mr. Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
House guy. DCoS @beyer.house.gov
Priors: Kamala Harris, Jennifer Wexton, et al.
Hendersonville, NC native
SciFi, Rock n Roll, he/him
Posts mine/dumb
Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD, FCCM @sapnakmd.bsky.social #Anesthesiologist in Chief @HopkinsKids. Professor & Vice Chair for #PedsICU & #PedsAnes @HopkinsMedicine. @PICU_Up Director. Researcher. Mom. 🎺
Dorrit Ragosine @pickituptour.bsky.social Lover of #Smart ideas, kindness, all things mother nature and thoughtful debate. We are here to evolve. 
BibliophileSTL @stlbibliophile.bsky.social St. Louisan, I love to learn about books, birds, nature and history.