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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social assoc prof at uic
Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing is available at https://www.ucpress.edu/books/indefensible-spaces/paper
www.rahimkurwa.com
Jess Hollingsworth @jesshollingsw.bsky.social She/her
PPMS
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Not your inspiration porn
Heidi @heidimcoudal.bsky.social Perpetually planning a meal, a party & my next getaway. 🍽🥳✈️ Mom of 3. Owner Big Delicious Planet. Amateur beekeeper. Food|Yoga|Nature. Where should I go next? Chi|Wi
Orli Matlow @hiremeimfunny.bsky.social Yet another comedian and writer (Adult Swim, SundanceTV)
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Julie Polk @juliepolk.com [she/her] Writer. Intimacy Director. Mountain dweller. Cat wrangler.
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John Burgess @jtfburgess.bsky.social Ethicist | LIS Educator | TTRPG Advocate | Cat Fancier
Sally Gardner @newt50.bsky.social Mother, grandmother to 5, sister, friend. 4 boys, 1 in Heaven. Christian, Staunch Democracy defender 💙🇺🇦 photography #SuicidePrevention
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BP @firesdie.bsky.social From Chicago.
Barbara Anderson @branders44061.bsky.social No DMs Charlotte NC
area married retired Christ follower. FOTUS is not my President. Social justice warrior. Pacifist. Slava Ukraine. No to oligarchy & fascism. Democracy dies in slience. #DoNotObeyInAdvance #NoKings #BlueCrew
extrafries @regalmoth.bsky.social Angry feminist, animal lover, tree hugger, RN, gardening punk 🏳️🌈🤘,trouble maker, introvert, 👺
Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social Curmudgeon. Lapsed zine publisher. Cat person. Armchair traveler. https://warpedrealitymagazine.com
Stephen Rockwell @stephenrockwell.bsky.social Father, Husband, Social Entrepreneur & Innovator
#Activist #Poet #Progressive #AIforGood
Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVV71G3M
https://substack.com/@stephenrockwell
https://www.HumanServices.AI
https://www.wethepeople.care
https://www.iblueprint.ai
@tophmey.bsky.social @tophmey.bsky.social 
A.H.R. @ahronnee.bsky.social IT/Geek mom. Takes photos. Loves food, black cats, tea & travel. Believes in/advocates for public education.
Watches Star Trek AND Star Wars.
Opinions are mine alone. Repost, follow does not equal endorsement
Chicago & Philly my homes
She/Her
Steven Rodas @stevenrodas.bsky.social Southern California reporter @insideclimatenews.org. Former NJ.com/ The Star Ledger. Syracuse University alum. Tips: steven.rodas@insideclimatenews.org. Bilingual: English | Spanish
https://insideclimatenews.org/profile/steven-rodas/
Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and the national bestseller ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW • words in NYT Magazine, Time, Esquire, Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
The Real Truther @therealtruther.bsky.social Spreading truth about vaccines since 2015.
Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social George S Pepper Professor of Public Health & Preventative Medicine; Biostats, Stats & Data Science, Lifelong learner & truth seeker; Views my own & not employer’s
Dr Susan Oliver (PhD) @drsusanoliver.bsky.social Scientist who is passionate about correcting misinformation
https://www.youtube.com/backtothescience
Scott Charles @scottcharles.bsky.social Trauma outreach manager • Victim advocate • Pusher of gun locks • Business Insider's 100 People Transforming Business • Teaching the realities of firearm injury • Philly
Denise Clay-Murray @denisethewriter.bsky.social Indie journalist. Co-Host of The Philadelphia Hall Monitor on PhillyCam. Political Editor, Philadelphia Sunday Sun. Contributor: Love Now Media, Resolve Philly, MindSite News, BBC News, and WURD Radio. President, SPJ Keystone Pro chapter, Proud Temple Owl.
Friedman @jefffriedman.bsky.social Philadelphian
PA Youth Vote @payouthvote.bsky.social A nonpartisan collaboration of youth, educators, and organizations working to elevate youth voices, improve civics education, empower youth as civic actors, and change the policy and culture around youth voting in Pennsylvania!
Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social Rutgers Law prof. Into democracy, dogs, and cheese. Knows about LGBTQ+ rights, public interest lawyering, legal ethics, state constitutions, LRW. Too insubordinate for autocracy. 🏳️🌈
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1120939
PhillyHomicides @phillyhomicides.bsky.social examines crime and homicide data in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
Sabrina Vourvoulias @followthelede.bsky.social Award-winning Latina journo, SFF writer & author. Editor on the Opinion desk at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Opinions here are my own. She/her/ella. www.sabrinavourvoulias.com. Water is life. You can't drink data. No es sequía, es saqueo.
Project HOME @projecthome.bsky.social Project HOME is a Philadelphia non-profit empowering individuals to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness. None of us are home until all of us are home®
Devi Lockwood @dlockwood.bsky.social Author of 1,001 VOICES ON CLIMATE CHANGE. 📖 http://bit.ly/1001Voices
Edison Carter 𓅃 @edisoncarter.bsky.social Investigative Journalist. Field reporter. Motorcycle Enthusiast. Not a fan of Blipverts. Fighting injustice at the margins of society. Should have ducked.
Daniel Pearson @dpearsonphl.bsky.social I’m an editorial writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer focused on urban policy-transit, housing, and planning
Emily Babay @emilybabay.bsky.social Deputy editor on the Philly Inquirer’s Team Now. Runner. Reader. Early-riser. Erie native.
Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social Born, raised and reside in Brooklyn.🗽CEO of Oonee. Working to make our cities better places to live. 🚲🛴👷🏾Unapologetically Woke. 📣✊🏾🫶🏾
🇺🇸🇧🇧 📍Brooklyn
William Bender @wbender99.bsky.social Reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer investigations team. Public corruption, govt accountability, fraudsters, grifters. Tennis.
@artsaucy.bsky.social @artsaucy.bsky.social Perpetual volunteer. Dem Committee Person 39-10. Chair of @5thsq.bsky.social Fundraiser professional at the Law Center. Art is good. 🇦🇷. Opinions are my own.
Felicia Gans Sobey @feliciaganssobey.bsky.social ✍️ Philly Inquirer senior editor of local & regional | prev. Boston Globe | Jersey girl | fan of the Oxford comma | she/her
David Murrell @dmurrell.bsky.social Writing magazine articles.
Philly
Will Tung @tungwill.bsky.social Husband & Father, Bicycle/SEPTA Rider, Fire Captain, @5thsq.org volunteer
📍 Kingsessing, Philadelphia
Views are my own
Avery the Cuban-American @averythecuban625.bsky.social Leftist, Ace, Autistic New Yorker. Jersey City/HBLR simp. Loves Disney, urbanism, trains, 70s music, history, and geography! he/him 🇵🇸🇺🇦
Kacy Manahan @kcmanahan.bsky.social Environmental litigator, runner, lurker. All views expressed are my own.
Aaron Richterman @draaron.bsky.social Penn HIV/ID physician-scientist — Poverty/Food Insecurity and Health — Social Protection Policies
https://ldi.upenn.edu/fellows/fellows-directory/aaron-richterman-md-mph/
Larissa @thewza.bsky.social Philly. Dogmom. Cemetery lurker. Library lover. Fist shaker. Neurospicy. Introvert. Homebody.
Wendy Campbell @landseyeview.bsky.social Learning from people restoring plant, wildlife, and human communities. Southern Arizona.
@sjgoodman.bsky.social @sjgoodman.bsky.social ADL VP Advocacy, previously ADL Philly Reg Dir and @ceasefirepa Exec Dir. Posts my own; shares do not equal endorsements.
Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social Reporter! Still watchdogging for the Chicago Sun-Times. Happy grower of: some food, bee buffets, #TheHeir. Same @bylaurenfitz over on Instagram, too. Read my work: https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/lauren-fitzpatrick Haters will be blocked.
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia @bcgp.bsky.social Advocating and educating in support of safe streets for bicycling, walking and rolling in the Philadelphia region.
https://bicyclecoalition.org/
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3) @pft.org The PFT represents 14,000 educators working in the School District of Philadelphia. We're fighting for more public education funding & a better world for workers. Nothing about us, without us ✊🏽
PFT.org #PHLed
Brian Howard @brianghoward.bsky.social Former editor @phillymag; 2020 National Magazine Award finalist; former EIC @ citypaper; rider of bike; lover of Phillies; dad of #sweetgeorgiahoward & #berniethebrave
DrKPGoessling @drkpgoessling.bsky.social Participatory action researcher & youth scholar *community health & healing * transformative organizing & coalitions * Philly public schools
Kerry Smith @kerrysmith.bsky.social Fighting for economic justice and against the predatory lenders as a legal aid lawyer. More scrolling than posting. Philly. Politics. Power Zone Pack.
Meir Rinde @meirrinde.bsky.social South Philly, reporter at Billy Penn/WHYY https://billypenn.com/
Russell Richie 🔰🌐🏗🚲♿🏳️🌈 @drussellmrichie.bsky.social Director of Strategy and Impact at the Progress and Poverty Institute (@pandpinst). Treasurer at 5th Square (@5thsq). he/him. Cancer survivor and ADHD haver.
Sarah Cassi @sarahcassi.bsky.social What’s next? Not sure yet.
Tom Borgman @tomborgman.bsky.social
I try to be civil. SAC Veteran, Steely-Eyed Missile Man, Eagle Scout, Emergency Mgt., recovering Fire Chief, #ally, #BLM, Rush. He/Him. Be nice. #OneLuckyGuy 
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social 🌈 Author, broadcaster and lecturer in design, cartography, typography and architecture around public transport. Partner of ND 🌈♾️ person. Pro-Transit 🚆 🚃 🚋 🚟🚌 and ‘in transit’ from X as @markovenden.
Ben @aceofbens.com Mostly here to talk about the Phillies, Flyers, and whatever team I'm bandwagoning. No pronouns, do not refer to me ever.
J.J. Abbott @jjabbott.bsky.social Pennsylvania guy, music fan and concertgoer, Philly fan, Pitt alum. Comms for PA’s common good and democracy. Fmr PA Gov press secretary. Personal account.
@barstoolcurmudgeon.bsky.social @barstoolcurmudgeon.bsky.social Recovering journalist and notorious ne’er do well who has been inflicting his cantankerous opinion on an unsuspecting public for far longer than he ever thought a civilized society would allow.
Study Hall @studyhallshow.bsky.social Study Hall mixes lectures with comedy to create a live show that is both entertaining and educational! Performing in Philly since 2011, recently debuted in Chicago, and is coming soon to Indianapolis. Available for private shows. StudyHallShow.com.
Taryn @taryncregon.bsky.social 📍Philly • ♒ • 🍉
📸 IG: ohmygoditsfullofstars
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.
Lauren Vidas @broadandmarket.gobirds.online GR Professional | Election ⚖️ | Public Policy 🤓 | Philly Sports Masochist | 🖊️ of City Hall Roll Call - http://broadandmarket.substack.com
Dylan Purcell @dylancpurcell.bsky.social Investigative reporter/data journalist Philadelphia @inquirer.com. Southpaw. Pulitzer Prize winner & 2x finalist. Temple University alum.
IndivisiblePHL ❌👑 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social We Educate, Engage & Mobilize around Progressive values where American Democracy was founded. Part of the #IndivisiblesOfPA
Find out more: linktr.ee/IndivisiblePHL
Dudeguypal @dudeguypal.gobirds.online Philly based Political Consultant. Philly sports fan. #flyeaglesfly #leftisbest #freepalestine
Todd Shissler @1hottoddy.bsky.social Realtor on Philly‘s main line. Proud girl dad who can frequently be found at their swim meets. Historically conservative/center with no tolerance of Trump or MAGA.
Amelia Frank-Vitale @ameliafv.bsky.social Assistant Prof @PrincetonAnthro @PrincetonSPIA
deportation/migration/violence/borders/police/asylum/honduras/mexico.
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/leave-if-you-can/paper
Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social Reporter at The Baltimore Banner. Past: The York Daily Record/Sunday News. Syracuse University/Daily Orange graduate. Always in search of a damn fine cup of coffee.
Lynne DeLucia @lynnedel.bsky.social Retired journalist, former Hartford Courant assistant managing editor and co-founder of nonprofit investigative news website The Conn. Health I-Team. Loves photography, long nature walks, The Grateful Dead, ( Dead&Co.), and NY sports teams. Votes blue.
ry @rmwall.bsky.social This is me screaming into the abyss // Philly
Kristen Jeffers, MPA ✊🏽🌈 (she/they) @blackurbanist.bsky.social Black, Queer, Dynamically Disabled, Southern USA, Spiritual, Working/Lower-Middle Class Feminist Urbanist freelance writer and editor and podcaster.
Siani Colón @sianicolon.bsky.social Journalist | Newsletter Editor at City Cast Philly | Previously at Resolve Philly, Kensington Voice, Veggie Mijas
sianicolon.com
Cheryl Rice @cherylrice.bsky.social Not bad for government work. GenX 4L (the last mile) Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Born and bred: TN. Current home base: CT.
Sarah Raskin @saraskin.bsky.social Professor of psychology and neuroscience 🧠 @ Trinity College in Hartford CT
Neuropsych and rehab psych
Study prospective memory
ReMIND lab. https://commons.trincoll.edu/raskin/
Joshua Solomon @josolomon.bsky.social Frequently jaded and occasionally jolly. Big fan of dad rock. Sometimes fan of dad cinema. 
Josh Maxwell @joshmaxwell.bsky.social I like to help people. Chair, Chester County Commissioners, Board of Elections. Open space 🌳 Urban redevelopment 🚆 Ethical government 🇺🇸
Stephen Silver @stephensilver.bsky.social Journalist, film critic, dad
https://stephensilver.substack.com/
Shaun Brady @shaunbrady.bsky.social Listener, viewer, writer of words.
Jeremy Roebuck @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social Reporter covering the Justice Department for @washingtonpost.com. Priors: @inquirer.com, The McAllen Monitor, @expressnews.com
John Helps You Write Better @awesomejohn.bsky.social Writing Coach, Developmental Editor, Guy who knows things about things. I help writers write better since 1997. Team Butts all day. Also many other teams if you'll have me. Voted best second partner in a potential polycule. 
@thegreatindoors24.bsky.social @thegreatindoors24.bsky.social East Coast girl who loves movies (mostly love stories) and music. 💕
Say Anything is my favorite movie.
Senior Swiftie, Harry Styles fan and I love making art in squares. Proud Democrat. 💙
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
Oren Gur @orengur.bsky.social Philly. Criminologist. Prosecution and other research, policy, data. Likes are bookmarks, opinions are mine. Data.philadao.com for you
Eric Parker @3esp.bsky.social Lawyer, news anchor, Mets fan
Brendon Shank @bshank.bsky.social Proud dad. Aspiring moment-soaker.
Grateful to professionally brag about progress in clean energy.
@stevo14u.bsky.social @stevo14u.bsky.social Progressive leftist. Unashamedly woke. I appreciate indie folk world and classical music. Based in Cardiff Wales. Internationalist. Enjoy walking in the countryside coastal paths and beaches. Try to meditate though Indian classical music helps . 
MKBinPA @mkbinpa.bsky.social When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
-John Muir
she/her
Paul in Philly @paulsocolar.bsky.social Recently retired, still resisting. Working for justice in public education and at large. Indy media veteran (at Public School Notebook) and media specialist. Grew up in NYC, but Philly and the Phillies won my heart. He/him.
Michael McGettigan @mcget.bsky.social Once Upon a Time▶️The Stick Men; PHL City Paper; UPI; piano tuning; bike activism. ⏩️Now: sell/service Brompton Folder bikes. 🔁 Profit-free side-hustles: HastyPostCard Co., Publetters, 35mm photog, Typewriting, fountain pen writing. Did the 1st Type-IN, ha.
the hood polloi @hoodpolloi.bsky.social traipsing through the collapse of empire.
philly philly.
Shannon. @destructionhorizon.bsky.social PA, USA. GenX cis woman. Sometimes anti-social. Always anti-fascist. Spousal caregiver with ADHD
Profile pic someday, maybe
Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social Emeritus editor at large for @PhillyMag, happily (mostly) retired. Lover of gardening, grandkids, and sports except for ice hockey. 
Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social Philadelphia-based 91st Most Powerful Lawyer in PA (City and State PA, 2023) specializing in political law. Former pop culture blogger. Incredibly amateur birder. Author of third-place Very Best Wrong Answer LL108. Opinions are mine alone.
5th Square Advocacy @5thsqadvocacy.org Grassroots urbanist organizers working towards a more accessible, sustainable, and equitable Philadelphia.
Weekly Newsletter: https://www.5thsqadvocacy.org/subscribe
Philly Power Research @researchphilly.bsky.social PPR is a group of volunteer researchers investigating our city's most powerful people, corporations, and organizations.
Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social Author, editor, professor of history, Philadelphian. Nobody should be deported.
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469673042/dreamland/