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Katherine Thibodeaux @thibodek.bsky.social Accountant at OHSU. Doing my part to make healthcare accesible for all Oregonians - and anyone else in need or our services. I've been known to enjoy things from time to time.
Shape @cals.art Geometric minimalist painter and muralist /
Dog haver and food cooker /
Autistic // Adhd
Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
🔗 www.cals.art
🔗 www.instagram.com/normalshape_
🔗 www.tiktok.com/@normalshape
🔗 www.youtube.com/@normalshape
Schleptastic! @schleptastic.bsky.social Home of the Tow Monster, bike tow hitch and cargo carrier. We are taking car free transportation to the next level!
@rapturereject.bsky.social @rapturereject.bsky.social Gardening and cooking in the West Kootenay. Enjoy gaming, ski, and bike racing.
Kris Miller @basicbikedad.bsky.social He/him. I’m into super boring bike dad stuff like giving kids self confidence and making cities livable. Advocate at www.southpasactive.org
Strongbird @songbird.bsky.social I still refuse to proof read.
real life zac “Morgan”-ham @guitardude1236.bsky.social Every 311 service’s worst nightmare/most faithful servant
Views Morgan’s, not Zac or my employers’
🚲
Pittsburgh <—> Memphis
@collie.bsky.social @collie.bsky.social
Tom Murphine @tommurphine.bsky.social Purveyor of visual conveyances...
Democrat blue, Dodger blue, Ram's blue...so blue, I bleed blue.
Photographer, Cyclist, Figure Skater, Outdoorsperson; former middle school teacher (retired)
#Resistance #BLM #ProChoice
->No DM's<-
Sqncs🔰 @sqncs.bsky.social Some guy who gets very animated about the housing shortage in America.
https://masongaffney.org/workpapers/WP071%20Prop%2013%20and%20the%20Decline%20of%20California.pdf
No soliciting.
blimp (Katie), hobby tourist @blimpeh.bsky.social 🔞Trans nb NSFW furry artist. They/it. 32. Plural/ΘΔ. Expect star wars, battletech, kobolds and porn. [REDACTED] your local fascist.
Julia makes the 💙 posts.
💖💞 @metallicumbrage.moopa.ink 💕💖
https://blimpeh.carrd.co/
Art: #blimpart
amy brown @amybrown.xyz wife, mother, poster
bay area via dayton, ohio
✨ amybrown.xyz ✨
David @davidweuste.bsky.social I’ll probably talk mostly about my record labels, the classical music biz, running, and TCU sports. It’s mainly to entertain myself, so no promises about being interesting.
Bertrand Wilden @bwilden.bsky.social Poli Sci PhD blogging about Bayes and data:
www.bwilden.com
Matthew Dillon @mathudillon.bsky.social Musician, Humanist, & aspiring candy maker
Persevering since 1980
“We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds.”
“We are the music makers, the weavers of dreams.”
Orc @pell.portland.or.us Old trans chick from Cascadia. Ex-t.b, ex-soc.motss, ex-programmer, admitted bicycle framebuilder, actual socialist. she/her
Horatio Pornviewer @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social I keep it 300 like a bowling alley
bottomfishers for Nithya Raman @cahsrslut.bsky.social 📍The future free and sovereign Republic of California
That Bloke from Wales @splycer.bsky.social
Jeremy @dreviks.bsky.social Seattle - cyclist - urbanist
Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social Dog Lover, AC Transit Board Member, Trail runner, Student Teacher
Andy “voice of Brak” Merrill. 🦋🦋🦋🦋 @amerrill2.bsky.social I do voices and stuff. I also do marketing for things. I write and produce crap and occasionally get on stage and make people laugh. I’m open for work and comic conventions.
Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social Writing for an imaginary audience; you're welcome to join.
Profile picture: "I'm full of shit" illustration by Joan Cornellà
Banner photo: Dalmatian wearing "Please give me space" vest by GiveADogAHome
📍Los Angeles
boxd.it/5LSMD
srlzd.com/u/cockamamied
@drunkondespair.bsky.social @drunkondespair.bsky.social I am a one issue voter. I'm voting against genocide.
Mighty Moose @mightymoose.bsky.social Actual moose. Mommy aka Bruh. Retired army science officer. Did some cool stuff once but now I'm old and tired. Science strategist most recently doing research development and programs. Opinions are my own.
Kerry @kerrybrowne.bsky.social Public Policy mostly. Former Educator. MA-raised. Dual citizen🇮🇪🇺🇸. Posts are my own. (he/him).
Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social Not a real doctor; real worm. I've done radio for kids for a weirdly long time (sparetherock.com). Not your lawyer, but maybe your amusement park law prof. Wrote a book: RecreationAndRisk.com (Carolina Academic Press). He/him; my views only.
St. Paul.
Illinois Department of Transportation @illdot.bsky.social The Bluesky account for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). We jeopardize safety and lower the quality of life for Illinois citizens and visitors.
Cory @evilmam.bsky.social putting one foot in front of the other is the best I can do right now
Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social Publisher of The Urbanist. Seattleite. Walk, bike, ride transit, housing abundance for all. Views here my own. 🚶♀️🚴♂️🚎🐈
Big Ozzie @yaenridesagain.bsky.social Hi! I'm Big Ozzie. Based in Tokyo, I write about riding bikes, DIY culture, life in the metropolis and 'the spirit of our times.' You can find me on Substack & the wildmonkey.org website. 🌱🌏🍉🏴🚩🚴⛩️✌️
Magna P.I. @2henry2hammock.bsky.social God wife country
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Zachary M York @zacharymyork.bsky.social Personal account. He/Him.
instagram.com/burlingtonoddfellows/
We shape ourselves and our world by what we believe and think and act on, whether for good or for ill.
Trans(it) for Everybody @noisyredbird.bsky.social Twin Cities bike queer and urbanism enjoyer
🏳️⚧️ they/them
Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social Working to make things more equitable, peaceful & humane. Currently: Nonprofit strategy + Bike Bus leader! Prev: AmeriCorps & teacher, ed leader, Booth MBA Civic Scholar, Obama campaign + appointee.
Usually posting about Chicago, safe streets, or #Sixers
root rot @rootrot1519.bsky.social unfuck the world
Anneke 🕯️🌍🌱 @annekeb.bsky.social Atmospheric chemistry, climate stuff, STEM promotion, human rights *for everyone*, feminism.
she/her
Elderly millennial
Benni Leemhuis @bennileemhuis.bsky.social PRO fietsen bergen wandelen geschiedenis Zwitserland Egypte oud-raadslid GroenLinks Groningen
Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social Media studies and communications professor
Dumb Megan @dmbmeg.bsky.social K-hole fanatic/Nurse Anesthetist (views my own and do not represent my employer). Retired from arguing on the internet. Amy Dunne’s #1 fan.
Living in hope for a better world and the Vikings winning the Super Bowl.
Lots of typos. Sorry bout that.
dr2chase @dr2chase.bsky.social Not a physician, utility-bikes a lot (~5000km/year), DFH, works on Go compiler. (I do not speak for my employer.) Sometimes know things about programming languages, (cargo) bicycles, lilies, Florida.
He/him. Ex(?) Florida Man.
Now near Boston, MA, USA.
Baby octopus @mancalled.horse Cats! feed enjoyer. Distributor of likes.
(he/him)
PFP: a little baby octopus
Banner: "I'm doing my part!"
Bikey McBikeface @bikeymcbikeface.bsky.social I do stuff on bikes.
Hate fascists.
elle 🐱 @ellebae.bsky.social she/her
neutral evil
i do bomb delivery not bomb disposal
Jeremy 🇨🇦 @thatgeoguy.ca M.Sc in Geomatics, works in robotics & camera calibration. Be YIMBY, bikes are cool
Sam @smknigh.bsky.social Ecologist, #nativeplants gardener (joinhortus.com/g/Sam), and urban cyclist in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Climate action NOW.
(she/her/elle)
PersephoneNE @persephonene.bsky.social
Brandon Cummings @realfakebrandon.bsky.social Occasional drawings, sporadic retweets, big “small account” energy. I also color comic books, when given the opportunity.
T-shirts, stickers & things at Realfakethings.threadless.com. No AI used, ever.
"cosmic enemy" "nicole" @cosmicenemy.bsky.social liberal (derogatory); she/her trans woman, i'm the utility monster irl give me your resources
this is my politics account, don't worry, i do have other interests
avatar: phantasy star iii
wallpaper: 'bad girls' pinball machine
PixelatedGeek @pixelatedgeek.bsky.social We Speak Geek! https://pixelatedgeek.com
Derek @saintjohnderek.bsky.social A train loving, ebike-riding fog city boy now living in the Netherlands (Amstelveen)
Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social Feminist, socialist, sports fan, cat lady, maritimer in Toronto. I love libraries, cemeteries, museums & thrift shops. {she/her} 🌕🧶⚾️
Scott Edgar @scottedgar.bsky.social History of modern philosophy, neo-Kantianism, sustainable transport, vegan tacos.
Owen 🐧 @c3iq.bsky.social Software engineer. Over 30 years of GNU/Linux. Cycled to work. Will consider the good, bad, and the ugly. Insomnia: there's an app for that.
Brought up in a library. Currently, HPC-ing.
Oadby Heights.
Rob Bellinger @rbellinger.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy transportation nerd, chemistry & astronomy publisher, biker, fake musician, sometimes photographer.
guy from very working class Queens who divides time […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@rbellinger on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
MattCT 🦋🇺🇳🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇲🇽🇵🇦🇺🇦🦋 @onelane.org 🚫profile+🚫posts? 🚫follow!
“Retired” UCC clergy
(“UCC” = church that welcomes everyone and therefore going to Hell)
election official
adopted by 2 Shelties
❤️married a&f
🌈 safe space. 🚫 porn/bots/DMs/crypto
Magic Lotion @magiclotion.bsky.social Umm I like trains, bikes, and buses
Robert Chung @rchung.bsky.social Anti-social social scientist with low amusement threshold.
When you do theoretical mathematical demography it's good to have a Plan B so I ride a bike.
Hermes Pissmegistus @aleph.bsky.social they/them
millenial dipshit, virgo, welder
union 4 lyfe
🌱🪬🌱
legalized gamboling @ohtazer.goblinmo.de it's tazer army!
avowed dipshit, inveterate sweetie
autodidactic everything enthusiast
rooting for all things pro-social
ops for @arcadecommons.org
former admin for 🍀🐎 & hit podcast @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social I write comics! ORLA!, SINK, GRAWLGORE & SHANKS, THE NASTY, THE CRIMSON CAGE, AND THEN EMILY WAS GONE, MOUNTAINHEAD, HOTELL.
Website/newsletter: johnleescomics.com
Online shop: johnleescomics.bigcartel.com
Patreon: patreon.com/johnlees
Bark @smorc.bsky.social
some kind of Ys guy @meldric.cc web layout and accessibility focused engineer
superior canal dehiscence syndrome haver
aspiring video game rental shop owner
BAL NY Tokyo SF BAL
ORIOLES MAGIC
I keep VLV alive
agnostic jew
socialist
he/him
Clobber of Seattle @clobber.bsky.social NUMTOT
Ricardo @lucanvalerius.bsky.social Explorador. Apoyar la ciencia. España.
Aaron @bigtimeyyc.bsky.social YYC/Treaty 7. Liker of planes, bikes, and urban stuff. (He/him)
Toronto Mike @torontomike.com I host Toronto Mike'd and own TMDS. Canadian CNN correspondent.
AlixB @abnotfab.bsky.social We are having the time of our lives.
Banner picture is of an installation by Superflex in the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia.
@kiemzi.bsky.social @kiemzi.bsky.social
William van Geest @wvangeest.bsky.social Settler on unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin territory. Sustainable transportation, ecology, social justice, Ottawa. ED @ecologyottawa.bsky.social. Skeets my responsibility.
@yahbutcyclists.bsky.social @yahbutcyclists.bsky.social
@arrogantmonkey.bsky.social @arrogantmonkey.bsky.social
cariad @cariadcinfra.bsky.social fae/faer
fat dyke on a bike
18+
Larry Higgs @commutinglarry.bsky.social I'm the commuting/transportation reporter for NJ.com, enjoy biking, music (garage through punk), trains. cars, cats (have 2) NYC born, NJ raised. That is me not looking down on the George Washington Bridge main cable.
Interlocker @favorssignals.bsky.social Making sure your train doesn’t crash since 2018
PTC Defender
NYC
Katherine Hardy @kardyology.bsky.social The Art Newspaper Pictures Editor, RCA.
Editorial Collages https://theartillustrator.com
Illustrations http://katherinehardy.com
D&AD Awards Judge 2021.
Music https://soundcloud.com/kardyandco
busillis @busillis.bsky.social All opinions expressed are mandatory. Retweets are endorsements by my employer.
Kevin Klein @kevinkleinpdx.bsky.social Jon Ossoff/Tom Steyer 2028
Parker Seaman @strongthany.bsky.social cyber security PhD candidate, biking, transit, obscure music, and open source. Community manager for openvoiceos.com, cofounder of bsidestc.org, board member for streets.mn & producer for the podcast there.
binary phase diagram @phasebinary.bsky.social tech, science, music. he/him. dad of two
vegetarian. mostly eat seed and soy paste.
almost always reply in good faith. quotes are rarely dunks (that's what screenshots are for)
another morgan @mheslin.bsky.social she/her, illustrator and designer in denver
boxd.it/GpTb
morganheslin.com
Ticktok @ticktok.bsky.social I block accounts that use Generative AI.
SC @phillyplaid.bsky.social Philadelphian
Jennifer Nicole @geese-peep.bsky.social Deaf. Apsáalooke. Nonbinary. They/them.
Ryan S. @ryan-deepclub.bsky.social Deep Club + Jewel
http://www.deepclub.us/
📍Brooklyn, NY
Laves @jel1togo.bsky.social Let the music keep our spirits high
Michelle Magnusson @michellemagnusson.bsky.social Probably pondering:
1. how history, religion, education, civic engagement shape society and/or
2. sustainable community building, biking, walking, transit, trees, urban design #okc #cargobike #bikebus #mobilitycommissioner
Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social Physics, bubbles, oceans, hot chocolate and curiosity. Professor at UCL, writer, broadcaster. Author of Storm in a Teacup and Blue Machine https://linktr.ee/helenczerski Co-host of BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth
Jack is Back (from TFNation) @kuuga.bsky.social I'm Jack. Opinionated, moralizing snob. Pedagogy, tabletop, and fighting games. Currently developing MASQUERAIDERS at @red-requiem.itch.io
He/Him
PFP by maximumgraves.bsky.social
Deep Sense of Creeping DreⱯd 2026 @devedy.bsky.social They could do worse, and they probably will
Tim Pierce @unchi.org what's a man like me supposed to do
with all this extra savoir-faire?
Nolan Void @wolter.bsky.social Just a guy who did an antifascist drawing once, and used to tweet about Holiday Road. Also just a guy not actually named Nolan.
I have an itchy block finger and am often in a foul mood, but I swear I’m often nice!
Co-host of @MMISpodcast.bsky.social
He/Him
"I was being ironical." @uxchampion.bsky.social Fun-loving user experience (UX) designer, former newspaper journalist, and USAF veteran. Enjoys classic rock and funky jazz, bocce, cycling, progressive politics, CDXX, smart writing, skillful photography, and exquisite meals. #FoxtrotDeltaTango #post4ever
COINTREAUPRO @strings.bsky.social Left boundary layer separation enthusiast, chisel sharpener, clamp guy, food abomination connoisseur, he/him
Chodus ☭ @bonerino.bsky.social Boot stomping on a human face forever
Steve Starcevich @stevestarman.bsky.social Fish bio, climate & sustainability activist, and slow cyclist (he/him)