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/
Helena Buonanno Foulkes @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social Mother of 4, wife, daughter, and purpose-driven leader.
Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social Host of The Dig podcast, author of All-American Nativism.
Governor Maura Healey @massgovernor.bsky.social 73rd Governor. Joanna's other half. Stepmom, aunt, sister, baller. Always playing for Team Massachusetts 🏀
Boston Cyclists Union: BCU.bike/act @bikeboston.bsky.social Organizing for people-first streets and a connected, protected, equitable bike network across greater Boston. DMs open!
Learn about BCU Labs! Join our Mailing List! Join us for fun rides and bike activism to make Boston the best cycling city in the US!
Politics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike Car culture dominating society is social murder.
Posts are mostly about the US, sometimes focused on parenting.
sometimes writing more at https://politicsofcars.beehiiv.com/
James @jchords.bsky.social He/him. Educator, union member, social housing advocate.
Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social Putting the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. linktr.ee/labornotes
Urban Greens Co-op Market @urbangreenscoop.bsky.social Community-owned grocery store in Providence, RI
Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov Proud to fight for working people as the Representative for Rhode Island's Second Congressional District.
Ken McLeod @kenmcld.bsky.social Bicyclist and policy wonk hoping to make the US more safe for people when they need to go places. Policy Director @bikeleague.org
Conservation Law Foundation @theclf.bsky.social At Conservation Law Foundation, we believe that together, we can ensure a healthy, sustainable, thriving New England for all!
Clean Water Action Rhode Island @cleanwaterri.bsky.social Working to protect the environment and public health in Rhode Island for over thirty years. We're building solutions to plastic pollution. cleanwater.org/RI
Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social
Karen Alzate @karenalzate.bsky.social RI State Rep. representing Pawtucket and Central Falls. Daughter of immigrants 🇨🇴
Jacquelyn Voghel @jacquelynvoghel.bsky.social Reporter for Providence Business News covering health care and real estate. Cyclist, avid library card user, and indie enthusiast. 📧 voghel@pbn.com
Mayor Bob DaSilva @bobdasilva.bsky.social Husband, Dad, Coach, Retired Police Captain, Former State Representative and Mayor of East Providence. Every day is a blessing😉
Mélodie Pimentel @melodiepimen.tel ⚓ Rhode Islander • Immigration, housing/transit & gender • 📰 Op-eds featured in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Providence Journal & Público • 🎓 URI '23 Data Science & Psychology • 🇺🇸 🇵🇹 🇪🇺 • 🏳️⚧️ she/her
Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social Curator, Northwestern University Transportation Library. All scanned images are from NUTL’s collections, unless otherwise indicated. Banner photo is from a promotional packet for the L-1011.
Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social Writer. New Yorker. Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Our book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, is out now. lifeaftercars.com
Community Libraries of Providence @9librariespvd.bsky.social Community Libraries of Providence (CLPVD) is the largest library system in the smallest state! Our nine neighborhood libraries always have something worth sharing with Providence, with Rhode Island, and with YOU. https://clpvd.org/
Jill Davidson @jilld.bsky.social Providence City Councilor representing Ward 2. Development/comms director, @wrwcri.bsky.social. Mom to 3 in college & beyond. 20+ years in PVD with husband, friends, family, Al and Nicole the cats, & June the dog. Let’s make tomorrow better for everyone.
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Shelley Peterson PVD Ward 14 @shelpvd14.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Proud 🇵🇪 immigrant. PVD City Councilor~Ward 14 (Elmhurst, Wanskuck)
Don’t @ me, talk to me if you disagree with me.
Jeff Levy @jefflevy.us Rhode Islander. We can agree to disagree, but you know in your heart I’m right.
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
Katrina Demulling @katrinaspeak.bsky.social Entrepreneur. Small business owner. Providence based. Gardner. Bike lane advocate. LGTBQIA+ ally. (She/her/Dr.)
Alex Diaz-Papkovich @alexandr.bsky.social Statistician and mathematician. Postdoc working on population genetics at the Data Science Institute at Brown University. UWaterloo, Carleton, and McGill alum. Skeets are my own. He/him.
https://github.com/diazale
Rhode Island Senate @risenate.bsky.social rilegislature.gov
@rihouseofreps.bsky.social @rihouseofreps.bsky.social
Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social Boston Globe reporter covering Rhode Island
Bylines at The Messenger, Boston.com. Springsteen fan, guitar guy, Emerson College grad. Long Islander living in New England.
Latest stories: https://shorturl.at/PKLSh
News tips? christopher.gavin@globe.com
Emily Conklin @emzconk.bsky.social Marine Scientist/Advocate/Enthusiast | I like birds | she/her | Newport, RI hyperlocal | I pay too much attention for my own good | Opinions my own |
Julie Casimiro @jcasi-25.bsky.social State Representative District 31, coolest aunt. Fearless advocate for children.
WPRI 12 @wpri12.bsky.social News, weather and community updates from WPRI 12 and WPRI.com.
📍 East Providence, Rhode Island
🔗 WPRI.com
Zachary Agush @zagush.bsky.social Principal Planner for Capital Development @RIPTA_RI | MSc Transport Planning & Mgmt. | @UniWestminster & @wheaton alum | Views are my own.
Peter Neronha @peterfneronha.bsky.social RI Attorney General | Former US Attorney
Boston College Law School
THE Jamestown Elementary School
www.peterneronha.com
Lil’ Rhody Visibility Brigade @lilrhodyvisbrigade.bsky.social We are dedicated to sending friendly messages to Rhode Islanders & Americans about the rising threat of fascism & to remind the people of our power to act to stop it.
https://www.instagram.com/lilrhodyvisibilitybrigade?igsh=NHZ6MnBqbGl1ejY5&utm_source=qr
Renu @renure.bsky.social Pro-choice Democrat, views are my own, mom to sons, pro mental health and I'm on EG town council (but still these represent me - no one else)
Eric Harrison @laterbacon.space Blackstone Valley, RI 👟🚲🚌💾🪡
Abolish ICE.
Cars ruin everything.
Trans rights are human rights.
"I missed the boat once when I was young and stupid, but now I am able to miss the boat repeatedly with great skill and accuracy."
-Fish
Rhode PVD @rhodepvd.bsky.social Lover of flower gardens, libraries, history, art and feminism. Loather of AI. In Providence. She/her/ma’am
https://linktr.ee/rhodepvd
Governor Dan McKee @govdanmckee.bsky.social
Let’s Not Make This Political @respectfullyno.bsky.social Local isn’t a place, it’s a level of governance. LNMTP breaks down how power, policy, and public narratives shape everyday lives from the ground up.
Transit Tangents @transittangents.bsky.social We are also here now 🙌
Watch us on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast platforms
https://youtube.com/@transittangents
Tom Sgouros @tsgouros.bsky.social Policy nerd, data science, researcher, former Treasury official, Rhode Islander. https://sgouros.com
Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social Hi! I'm John Simmerman, founder of Active Towns, a channel dedicated to profiling the people, places, and programs promoting a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities." Learn more 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@activetowns
Rhode Island Current @rhodeislandcurrent.com The Rhode Island Current is an independent, nonprofit news outlet covering state government and the impact of public policy decisions in the Ocean State.
Strong Towns @strongtowns.org We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social "Fietser" (Dutch) 'feet-ser' Meaning: A Person Who Bikes For Transportation; Infrastructure, City Design, E-Cargo Bike Ambassador, Brasil 🇧🇷🔗, Train & Aviation Enjoyer
Judge John Hodgman @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social Have your pressing issues decided by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman, Certified Judge, and Bailiff Jess Thorn.
https://linktr.ee/judgejohnhodgman
EPiC — East Providence in Community @epicri.org East Providence in Community (EPiC) is an organization for residents who want to move East Providence forward. 🏠 🚲 🌳 🏫 🍲 🌊 🚍
Learn more about us @ https://www.epicri.org/
ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social Beer writer, traveler, marketer, transit nerd, urbanist, born and bred Rhode Islander, longtime New Yorker, that guy alone on the plane that one time
Beer content is at @brewyork.beer
brewyork.substack.com
📍Brooklyn, NY
Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social Journalist.
Cat dad.
Rhode Islander.
Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'"
https://philipeil.com/
Climate and Transit @climateandtransit.bsky.social A focus on city planning,transit planning and sustainability!
“Train good and car bad!”
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Jonathon Stalls @jonathonstalls.bsky.social Multidisciplinary Walking Artist at Intrinsic Paths 🌎🌳🏳️🌈 (he/his). Author of WALK 📖. Pen art. Mobility & climate justice (Pedestrian Dignity project). Walked Across U.S. in 2010. On Patreon. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/intrinsicpaths
WEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com BOSTON'S #1 SOURCE 4 NO NONSENSE WEATHER, NO GAMES.
THE ONLY WEATHER SVC ON UR PLANET 2 PUT A EMPHASIS ON UR NEED 2 REPENT 2 UR WEATHER LORDS
https://WEATHERISHAPPENING.COM
https://WEATHERISHAPPENING.COM/LINKS
https://MERCH.WEATHERISHAPPENING.COM
HorselessAge @horselessage.bsky.social 2023 Boston Globe Magazine Bostonian of the Year
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Common Cause Rhode Island @commoncauseri.bsky.social
The Providence Eye @thepvdeye.bsky.social Community journalism focused on stories about #Providence by Providence residents. Proud member of the Institute for Nonprofit News. pvdeye.org
Rebecca Kislak @rebeccakislak.bsky.social RI mom, lawyer and state representative. https://www.rebeccakislak.com
Indivisible Rhode Island @indivisibleri.bsky.social The official Indivisible RI Bluesky account. We exist to bring together Rhode Islanders to fight for our democracy and work with our legislators to get it done. All are welcome.
IndivisibleRI2024@gmail.com | IndivisibleRhodeIsland.org
Alexandra Leslie @alexandraleslie.bsky.social Emmy nominated Target 12 investigative reporter covering Providence and more for WPRI 12 • Eddie’s mom🐾🪽 • Living with Cystic Fibrosis • Reposts/likes = look! • aleslie@wpri.com
Bike Newport @bikenewportri.bsky.social 🚴❤️ Improving and encouraging bicycling in and around Newport, RI. Let’s keep the movement rolling!
#bikenewportri.
RIBLIA Caucus @riblia-caucus.bsky.social The Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian-American and Pacific Islander (RIBLIA) Caucus represents and advocates for the interests of disadvantaged people throughout the State of Rhode Island.
Climate Action Rhode Island @climateactionri.org Building the climate movement in Rhode Island. Supporting 100% renewable energy, a sustainable earth, and environmental justice. @350.org affiliate.
https://linktr.ee/climateactionri
The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social Lawyers for injured cyclists. Advocates for change: www.thebikinglawyer.ca
Cycling Law & Police Violence Specialists. Free legal advice 800-725-0754/info@thebikinglawyer.ca
Olivia Ebertz @oliviaebertz.bsky.social Reporter and academic interested in Arctic industrialization and political ecology. Previously @ NPR affiliates.
Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social Murrow Award-winning political reporter for Ocean State Media, RI’s NPR and PBS station; baseball fan; love good food, dogs and Little Rhody
Kathy Gregg @kathyprojo.bsky.social
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State.
https://linktr.ee/senwhitehouse
Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council @wrwcri.bsky.social The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) sparks economic development through our work restoring the Woonasquatucket River and communities around it, and by enhancing, extending and bringing people to the Woonasquatucket River Greenway.
Rhode Island Environmental Education Association @rieeaconnects.bsky.social www.rieea.org
GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social Itinerant cycligrapher©™
Coffee, Bikes, Photography, Food, you know that stuff
National Campaign for Transit Justice @4transitjustice.bsky.social The National Campaign for Transit Justice works with grassroots organizers across the country to ensure Congress invests in the future of public transit.
https://transitjustice.org/
Congressman Gabe Amo @amo.house.gov Proudly representing Rhode Island's First Congressional District in the United States Congress.
Andy Nosal @2feet2bucks.com Here to spread word there's no better place than Rhode Island to explore historic cities and seaside New England by walking, rolling and transit!
RIPTA @ripta.com From Westerly to Woonsocket with all the stops in between, explore the Ocean State with Rhode Island's public transit authority! 🚍 #RideRIPTA
Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social Boston Globe reporter covering my home state, Rhode Island. Host of Rhode Island Report podcast. NEFAC board member. Former Providence Journal reporter/columnist. Syracuse University graduate. Runner. Big fan of Benny's.
Haus of Codec @hausofcodec.bsky.social Haus of Codec
Nonprofit organization
Building community through Art and Educational Empowerment. Based in the Creative Capital ✨🌈🔥🏙
Help us house displaced youth ages 18-25
53 Broad Street PO Box 23360, Providence, RI 02903
linktr.ee/HausofCodec
Kendra ❤️🔥❤️ @daybydaybyday.bsky.social Left the hellhole relieved to be under blue skies! Former RI state senator. Board member for the RI ACLU & volunteer at Mathewson St.Church,providing support for the community. Hoping to help people stop apologizing when they cry. #RhodeIsland #Resister 🦋
Dan Brogan @bluecrossbluesky.bsky.social Youth Voice & YPAR Researcher, Public Transit Specialist, & Critical Scholar; PhD Candidate University of Minnesota, based in Providence — views are my own
Patrick Anderson @waveelection.bsky.social Providence Journal political reporter
Providence City Council @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social The legislative body for RI's creative capital, serving each of Providence's distinct and vibrant neighborhoods. Led by @rachel-ri.bsky.social.
Economic Progress Institute — PVD, RI @epi-ri.bsky.social We fight for economic justice. For a state where we all have healthcare when we're sick, a safe place to live, childcare that doesn't break the bank & nutritious food to eat. You know: the basics.❤️Keep in touch: https://linktr.ee/epi_ri
Grow Smart RI @growsmartri.bsky.social Grow Smart RI leads and engages Rhode Islanders in advancing neighborhood revitalization, environmental stewardship, and economic opportunity for all.
Housing Network of Rhode Island @homesri.bsky.social We envision a Rhode Island where all of its residents live in safe, healthy, affordable homes in thriving communities 🏡
Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social President of Rhode Island AFL-CIO. “Arguably the most VICIOUS radical in the state for the last 20 years.”
Jason Roias @jasonroias.bsky.social
David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
Newsletter & contact info: www.davidzipper.com
Wyatt Gordon @yitgordon.bsky.social National Chapter Manager at YIMBY Action 🏘️
Richmonder working to make housing abundant and affordable. 🏗️🏢
Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social I ride my bike, get angry at drivers, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
Val Reishuk @urbanhiker.bsky.social Rhode Island USA. Car-free public transportation advocate w/PVD Streets & RITR. Moses Brown School supporter. RI Moms Demand Action 🙋🏻♀️. Quaker pacifist.
Dr. Sarah Thomas @sarahathomasphd.bsky.social Clinical psychologist. Asst. Professor (Research) at Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Psychiatry and Human Behavior. I study adolescent cannabis use, reward, mental health, the brain, and parent-adolescent interactions. Views are my own