LGBTQ+ Victory Institute @victoryinstitute.bsky.social Non-profit working to sustain global LGBTQ+ political power and LGBTQ+ equality at all levels of government. Get mad, get elected. 🏳️🌈
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Author. Defender of democracy. marytrump.org
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
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Marcel LaFlamme @marcellaflamme.bsky.social Helping research libraries support the future of scholarship. Anthro PhD, Quaker, Western Mass returner 🏳️🌈 Views my own.
Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social 
The Circle Keepers @thecirclekeepers.bsky.social Youth Leadership - Restorative Justice - Youth Participatory Action Research - Artivism - Abolition
Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social Full Professor @ FLACSO Mexico. I study comparative public policy, water governance, waste management, public administration, environmental politics, homelessness, eldercare and care work, mixed/experimental methods.
Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov California Congressman & Leader of Oversight Dems. Former Long Beach Mayor. Truth and Justice, always. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Sociologists for Trans Justice (S4TJ) @s4tj.bsky.social Our mission is three-fold:
- To support trans, non-binary, and intersex scholars in sociology
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- To increase public understanding
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Hive Mind Books @hivemindbookstore.bsky.social We are a queer independent bookstore & coffeeshop in Bushwick. 219 Irving Ave, Brooklyn
Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social Encyclopedist, college librarian, writer, ttrpg writer. I like to talk about Mesopotamia & Vikings. Always outnumbered, never outgunned.
My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/
SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social Open archive of social science. Free. Academy owned. Posts by director Philip N. Cohen. Say it: so-SHAR-kive (soʊʃɑrkaɪv). Website: socarxiv.org. New papers post at: https://bsky.app/profile/socarxivbot.bsky.social
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
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ACLU @aclu.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
Ms Rachel @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social Educator & advocate for little ones!
Sen. Jabari Brisport @jabaribrisport.bsky.social New York State Senator in District 25. Chair of Committee on Children and Families. Former public school teacher. Socialist. 🌹
The Trevor Project @trevorproject.bsky.social The leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ young people 🌈🧡
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social All about #EdResearch and improving policy and practice. Fan of logic models and mutual accountability. Senior Fellow, Research & Evidence Use at https://obc.southerneducation.org/
Associate Editor https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/issue
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
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Brookings Institution @brookings.edu We equip decisionmakers with nonpartisan research and policy strategies to create a more prosperous and secure country and world.
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Soraya Chemaly @sorayachemaly.bsky.social Journalist, activist, and reluctant expert on online harassment and free speech • I write about politics, tech, education, religion, and media. Pick up a copy of All We Want is Everything if you want to think about male supremacy and what we do about it!
Ali Messer @freereed59.net History. Trad music. Teacher Education. #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation #UKteaching #SSChat #ContraDancing
📒🕰🎓🗺 No DMs unless we talk irl.
https://intheoryandinpractice.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/and-then-the-bell-rang/
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Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
The Society Pages @thesocietypages.bsky.social A social science hub putting news in context.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Autostraddle @autostraddle.bsky.social The internet's most popular website for LGBTQ+ women, nonbinary people, and trans people of all genders.
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Washington Blade @washblade.bsky.social America’s LGBTQ News Source. The only LGBTQ press in the White House. washingtonblade.com
Them @them.us The best of LGBTQ+ culture, news, and entertainment. Are you one of us? 🌈 Visit us at them.us
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social Representing the People of PA’s 12th Congressional District. PA’s first Black US Congresswoman. Breaking cement ceilings. She/her.
Committees: Judiciary and Education & Workforce.
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Rachael Levay @rlevay.bsky.social Senior editor of sociology and anthropology at Princeton University Press. Cofounder Paths in Publishing. Running, books, kids, somewhere out west.
APSA Education Politics & Policy @apsaedpolitics.bsky.social 
Marisa Donnelly, PhD @marisadonnelly.bsky.social Your Local Epidemiologist in New York https://yourlocalepidemiologistny.substack.com/ 🗽Wastewater Epi @ Biobot 💩, CDC EIS Alum 🕵🏼♀️ NYC-based 🌇 views are my own 🩵
Derek W. Black @derekwblack.bsky.social University of South Carolina Law Professor, focusing on constitutional law, education rights, school funding, and equal opportunity for disadvantaged students.
Fatima Goss Graves @fatimagossgraves.bsky.social Fighter for gender justice.
Frances "Franco" Stevens @francostevens.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Founder of Curve—the world’s most successful LESBIAN magazine. LGBTQ+ Advocate. 🎥 Featured in the documentary AHEAD OF THE CURVE. ✨ Co-founder of TheCurveFoundation.org, championing lesbian stories, culture, and visibility. 💕 CurveMag.com
Edutopia @edutopia.org Sharing what works in education!
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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org Connecting you with America’s top scholars to improve policy and strengthen democracy. Scholars' views are their own. Learn more at https://scholars.org/. 
Adam Harris @adamhsays.com writer, southern.
Co-host, Radio Atlantic.
Author of The State Must Provide. Writing Is This America?
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social Democratic candidate for Congress in MO-2. Host of 'On Democracy with FPWellman' Friday's and ‘In the Hot Seat’ on MeidasTouch. Army Iraq veteran. Pro-Democracy Advocate. Missourian.
theOUTfront @theoutfront.bsky.social LGBTQ activism, commentary, news, sex, and politics
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Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice @rustincenter.bsky.social Queer safe-space, community activist hub, & educational bridge for our LGBTQIA youth, intersectional families, & all beautifully diverse Angelic Troublemakers!
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@ebottcher.bsky.social @ebottcher.bsky.social Erik Bottcher
Politician
🏛️ New York State Senator, Manhattan's West Side, from
Christopher Street to 103rd Street
🏠🚇🧠🗳️ Housing • Climate • Mental Health
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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social We bring LGBTQ history to life through the voices of the people who lived it, including the Making Gay History podcast (makinggayhistory.org). Since 2016.
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.
NYCLU @nyclu.org We are the New York state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), fighting for the rights of all New Yorkers.
AARE Gender, Sexualities and Cultural Studies SIG @aare-gscs.bsky.social We are the Gender, Sexualities and Cultural Studies SIG of the Australian Association for Research in Education. Follow us for updates on SIG events, and publications from our members. Reposts ≠ AARE endorsement. @australianare.bsky.social
Kevin Kumashiro @kevinkumashiro.com https://www.kevinkumashiro.com
Education & Work @educationwork.newamerica.org Every child in every community deserves access to the education and workforce training needed to achieve a future without limits.
In this program at New America, we develop the ideas and communicate the policy changes needed to make it possible.
Ed Brockenbrough @dredbrock.bsky.social Professor, author, and pre-internet queer cultures enthusiast
Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social Sociologist at Swarthmore College, trans man. Wrote Producing Politics & The Class Ceiling & a bunch of articles on class & race & inequality &/or political participation.
DanielLaurison.com = me
WeAreHigherEd.org = standing up for education and democracy
A/P Jacqueline Ullman @drjackieullman.bsky.social Researcher and teacher educator @WSU_CER; Interested in representations of gender and sexuality in education. Karaoke enthusiast. She/her. 🌈
Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy @cwgpp.bsky.social The first research center dedicated to women and public policy, the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy illuminates gender-based disparities through research, teaching, and public engagement.
https://z.umn.edu/cwgppsite
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
onion person @junlper.beer my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer
i am a host on the kill the computer podcast and the ill conceived podcast:
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- illconceivedpodcast.com
social media at @theonion.com
Social & Behavioral Sciences at NASEM @sbs.nationalacademies.org The home for social and behavioral sciences at @nationalacademies.org. We leverage social and behavioral science research to answer key questions of importance for the research community and for decision makers at the national, state, and local levels.
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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social Sometimes I write slow, sometimes I write quick. Mostly about college stuff. Weak on crime.
Email: jstephenmurphy@gmail.com
Website: www.jamessmurphy.com
PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research.
Free to read, without paywalls or ads.
Movement Advancement Project @mapresearch.bsky.social Trusted source for the latest LGBTQ and democracy policy updates, backed by rigorous research, expert analysis, and collaboration.
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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social Democracy’s newsroom 🇺🇸
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org Award-winning nonprofit news site chronicling the #LongCOVID crisis. Founded by @BetsyLadyzhets.bsky.social & @MilesWGriffis.bsky.social
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com Expert repro journalism that inspires. Home of @AngryBlackLady.blacksky.app Chronicles, Baby Boom! Lawyered and The Fallout 📧
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social journalist covering K-12 education for Education Week
K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social Data & graphics 🧙 @chalkbeat.org. 2026
@jskstanford.bsky.social fellow. Cofounder @transjournalists.org. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. petrinkae.github.io
email if you need to reach me
Liz Willen @lizhech.bsky.social Hechinger Report editor-in-chief: alum of many newspapers that no longer exist
Holly Korbey @hollykorbey.bsky.social Education journalist @ The 74, The Hechinger Report, TES, more. Author of Building Better Citizens. Mom to three young men in Nashville, TN. Subscribe to The Bell Ringer, my Substack about the science of learning: https://hollykorbey.substack.com
Sharon Lurye @sharonlurye.bsky.social Education data reporter for the Associated Press, occasional gardener, former math teacher, proud member of the AP News Guild. Send tips/comments/dog pics to slurye@ap.org.
Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social Reporter, Los Angeles Times. I cover the University of California and more in higher and K-12 education. Former national and foreign correspondent. Big fan of reporting on religion. Based in Los Angeles.
Wellington Soares @wellrsoares.bsky.social Journalist. Covering U.S. and International Education
https://www.chalkbeat.org/authors/wellington-soares/
Lauren Wagner @laurenwreports.bsky.social Education Reporter for The 74 covering labor, rural, STEM, literacy & more | Words in: Omaha World-Herald, Norfolk Daily News, Hechinger Report, Lincoln Journal Star
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Alex Zimmerman @alexzimmerman.bsky.social NYC public schools @ Chalkbeat
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Education Week @edweek.org Inspiring and empowering you to make a difference in your K 12 community.
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social The worlds most read and watched LGBTQ+ media publisher.
Our mission - to inform, inspire change and empower people to be themselves 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Chasten Glezman Buttigieg @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social Dad, author, teacher, macaroni and cheese maker. PAPA’S COMING HOME is an instant NYT bestseller and on shelves now!
19thnews @19thnews.org The 19th is an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics, policy and power. https://19thnews.org/newsletters
Congresswoman Sarah McBride @mcbride.house.gov Delaware's Congresswoman.
Congresswoman Sarah McBride and her congressional staff use this page to share news & services relevant to Delaware. This is her official government Bluesky page.
Under The Desk News @underthedesknews.bsky.social The Nice Side of News 🤓
Explainers and a look at the days events
Co-Host of American Fever Dream Pod
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social Senior politics reporter for HuffPost.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social Politics & News Editor for @advocate.com, @out.com, and @them.us. GLAAD Media Award winner.
Love sushi. Opinions are mine and obviously always correct.
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Politics nerd and big fan of democracy. (he/him)
Signal: cwdc.98
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com movement building reporter @us.theguardian.com
forever philly, longtime nyc
member @transjournalists.org
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