Lea Kissner @leak.bsky.social Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social politologue // yinzer // co-editor of Publius: The Journal of Federalism // author of "Counting Like a State" https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700638758/counting-like-a-state/
Most posts are first drafts, comments welcome.
Loudoun County Government @loudoun.gov Welcome to the official BlueSky account for Loudoun County Government. Follow for important county-related updates, news and information about our community. (View comments policy: http://bit.ly/2gHmIyF)
Anthropic @anthropic.com We're an Al safety and research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable Al systems. Talk to our Al assistant Claude at Claude.ai.
weeder @weeder.bsky.social When the going gets tough, the tough get growing
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
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
The Pudding @pudding.cool The Pudding is a digital publication that explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays. https://pudding.cool/
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@numerogroup.bsky.social @numerogroup.bsky.social 
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Natalie Alms @almsnatalie.bsky.social journalist who covers how the government works—or doesn't—at NOTUS. Previously at NextgovFCW. NC native, DC resident.
tips - signal at nalms.41 and nataliealms@notus.com
Merge Records @mergerecords.bsky.social Independent Music since 1989.
https://bio.to/mergerecords
U.S. Government Accountability Office @gao.gov The official Bluesky account of the U.S. GAO. Follow for our latest fact-based, nonpartisan reports, blogs, podcasts, & more. https://hootbio.com/us_gao
Nick Sullivan @nicksullivan.org Asymmetries in action
NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk We are the National Cyber Security Centre – part of the UK’s intelligence & cyber agency GCHQ. We help to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.
Weyes Blood @weyesblood.com 
Norman Records @normanrecords.com UK vinyl specialists. The best music, the best service, the best prices.
https://www.normanrecords.com
Strong Bad @strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social CGNU founder, alum, and exiled drop-out
Federal US domain bot @fed-us-domain-bot.bsky.social Posts when a Federal US .gov domain is added or removed. The Wayback machine can help you browse deleted sites: https://web.archive.org/
NOTE: A website can be unresponsive or show a 404, but this bot will only trigger when the domain itself is removed.
Technologists for the Public Good @publicgood.tech A professional association and community for technologists that serve the public good.
https://www.publicgood.tech/
Stereogum @stereogum.com 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌
→ stereogum.com
Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
Andrew Ayer @agwa.name Bootstrapped founder of SSLMate (https://sslmate.com). Making SSL certificates easier and doing #WebPKI and #CertificateTransparency research on the side. Blog: https://www.agwa.name He/him
The Church of Jesus Christ 🤖 @churchofjesuschrist.social 🐦 Unofficial Twitter mirror (automated) for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Reposting from the Church's official Twitter account.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmond?
GovExec @govexec.bsky.social Government Executive is the federal government's business news daily and the premier digital destination for senior leaders in the federal government's departments and agencies.
Send tips to newstips@govexec.com
Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com Internet trends, as seen by the Cloudflare global network.
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Join us in Karlsruhe, Germany, Nov 03–06, 2026.
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This bot is not affiliated with the CDC.
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🌶️ ennifer 🌒aniel @jenniferdaniel.bsky.social Creator: Emoji Kitchen
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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com Civic Technologist | Executive Director, Alliance of Civic Technologists | Army Veteran | Alumni of Code for America, Defense Digital Service and USDS #civictech #chicago #illinois
Really doesn’t like bullies
Signal: civicwhitaker.53
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections.
https://github.com/dwillis
https://thescoop.org
https://buttondown.com/dwillis
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social Former spokesperson at @DHSgov / Biden Admin and dog dad.
Aveces escribo en español.
regiops @regiops.bsky.social The Registration Operations Workshop (ROW) is an informal industry conference that offers a platform for discussing the technical intricacies of registration operations within the DNS.
Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com Making services work better for all people—Head of Design & User Research at the German govt’s Digital Service, previously Head of #ServiceDesign at the UK’s Government Digital Service, int’l #GovDesign community co-lead, 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
martinjordan.com
Bill Hunt @krusynth.bsky.social #RVA https://billhunt.dev
Personal stuff on here. Work stuff on Mastodon. Other stuff on other sites.
Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social Going out of business since 1988.
We’re not the best, but we’re pretty good.
www.subpop.com
@halvarflake.bsky.social @halvarflake.bsky.social 
Josh Aas @joshaas.bsky.social Head of ISRG (Let’s Encrypt, Divvi Up, Prossimo).
Greg Otto @gregotto.bsky.social @gregotto from twitter, now on bluesky. Editor-in-Chief at CyberScoop. Host of Safe Mode. Better with words than I am with code.
Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
Bob Lord @boblord.bsky.social Cautiously pessimistic, esp. about cyber things.
The owls are not what they seem. 🗻🗻🦉🌲🪵 🍒🥧☕️🍩 🕵🏼♀️ 👍🏻
Also: 🔐🔑🔒
And of course: hacklore.org
Other account: @hacklore.bsky.social
Sarah Powazek @powa-sec.bsky.social Director of Public Interest Cybersecurity @CLTCBerkeley. Views my own.
Deputy Director @DistrictCon
@alla01.bsky.social @alla01.bsky.social 
Tod Robbins @todrobbins.com 🏴 friend+wizard
Peel Dream Magazine @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social Avant-Pop from Los Angeles
https://linktr.ee/peeldreammagazine
Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org Progressive institutionalist with an interest in modernizing Congress and strengthening our democracy. Bluesky is my penance for working at an org that once encouraged Congress to tweet.
Like what you see? More at https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/
@colinmurphy01.bsky.social @colinmurphy01.bsky.social 18F PM, Cleveland native
aurora borealis @princessauroraj.bsky.social research cyber stuff at spycloud labs
lois pain at acd & la derby dolls
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi Tech, law, philosophy, and abolition. Web optimist. I build design systems for governments. This is (obviously?) a personal account. he/him
Loren DeJonge Schulman @lorenraeds.bsky.social Dedicated here to the unfinished work. - 16
Messy is the work, and the work can be joyful— Shepard Fairey.
Former, future.
Tod Beardsley @todb.hugesuccess.org #InfoSec person. KT0DBK is my callsign. IT guy for @clairereynoldsforcongress.org
I post more often on https://infosec.exchange/@todb, bridged here as @todb2.hugesuccess.org and turns out, is much more #infosec than #txpol political. Follow both!
Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual
she/her. dayjob & usual location: City & County of San Francisco (this is a personal account)
ex-18F; on the board @publicgood.tech ; wrote a small book about doing this: https://cydharrell.com/book/
The Beths @thebeths.bsky.social New album ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’ out now on ANTI Records
https://thebeths.ffm.to/straightlinewasalie
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Law and Political Science at U. of Minnesota. AdLaw, Admin. Capacity, and the Federal Workforce. Contributing Editor for Lawfare; Nonresident Fellow at Brookings. Signal: Nbednar.46
Opinions are my own; Not UMN.
Lindsay @not-young.bsky.social Director 18F, formerly Sunlight Foundation
Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID.
Chris Krebs @thekrebscycle.bsky.social Aka @c_c_krebs over there 
logan mcdonald @loganmcdonald.dev Previous 18F/GSA. Friendly neighborhood ops engineer.
Gray Brooks @gbinal.bsky.social Technologist, dad, husband, lover of e-bikes.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam @repsuhas.bsky.social Maya and Nina’s Dad. Miranda’s husband. Proudly serving Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. 🇺🇸
Boon Sheridan v2.6 @boonsheridan.com Boonerang™ is self-cleaning and features a safety lock, lower storage drawers, manual clock, countdown timer, ignition, and warming controls.
Past lives at 18F, Automattic, NASDAQ, Digitas, etc.
Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com Senior reporter at @CybersecurityDive.bsky.social covering all things digital security. I also co-host @hothtakes.bsky.social. | Send me tips: https://ericjgeller.com/contact.html
Govsky US @us.govsky.org Tracking U.S. government accounts on Bluesky.
Not affiliated with the U.S. government.
Find an official government account: https://www.govsky.org/us
Govsky is open source! View the code: https://github.com/nas5w/govsky
Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, Biden administration, GSA, and Treasury. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert RC F'13, F2'17
Cryptogopher / Go cryptography maintainer
Professional open source maintainer
https://filippo.io / https://github.com/FiloSottile
https://mkcert.dev / https://age-encryption.org
https://sunlight.dev / https://filippo.io/newsletter
Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com Empowering the next generation of civic technologists @ U.S. Digital Corps. Boston sports, good reads, and more. Views mine.
Breaking into civic tech guide: chriskuang.com/civictech
Will Slack @wslack.bsky.social
Decatur GA native, prev USDS/18F & hospital tech around the US. Opinions mine; RTs/likes/follows ≠ endorsements. 🆇: @wslack 🐘: wslack@infosec.exchange
Jack Cable @jackhcable.bsky.social CEO & Co-founder at Corridor.
Previously: Senior Technical Advisor at CISA, TechCongress in the Senate, Krebs Stamos Group, CISA, Defense Digital Service, and Stanford.
Eric Mill @konklone.com What is me? Who are I going?? The answers and more!!
Currently making Wikipedia safer. Been around the block a time or two: https://konklone.com (This is a personal account.)
Capital Weather @capitalweather.com D.C.'s Trusted Weather Team
http://www.capitalweather.com | info@capitalweather.com
Internet Engineering Task Force @ietf.org The overall goal of the IETF is to make the Internet work better by producing open technical standards.
Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social Additional obscure Mario content for http://suppermariobroth.com.
Now on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/suppermariobroth
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Extremely OK Games @exokgames.bsky.social ✨ Purveyors of digital amusements ✨
Creators of Celeste and TowerFall
exok.com