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Christopher Armitage @carmitage.bsky.social Author, veteran, former law enforcement officer, activist, policy advisor. Living in Spokane, Washington with my three cat roommates.
Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, Executive Chair of Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm
David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones. Author of the forthcoming HOW RUSSIA WON and the OUR LAND newsletter. Go to davidcorn.com. On Signal: DavidCorn.99
RayneToday @raynetoday.bsky.social Searching for my dharma in spite of the weather. Specializing in competitive intelligence and technology. Contributor at http://emptywheel.net (Ex-Twitter: @raynetoday)
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social Imagine a hobbit herbalist librarian. Libraries, books, herbs, gardens, pre-1650, fantasy-sf, middle grade fiction, tech support/training, Victoriana. Omnivorish interests & reposts. [She/her cis, trans-affirming]
worm @ninebaal.bsky.social Artist. She/Her. 29. Poly/Pan. Lvl 80 Yapper
"apparently some men are trying to make their balls enormous"
https://ninebaalart.tumblr.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/
Himself @michaellsmith.com 
State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social Marie Ceselski: Ret public records archivist, embarrassed fmr Dem Cmte woman, dreaming of STL secession for statehood or becoming IL county. Gardening, nature, politics, history nerd. Traveling The Americas in land yacht https://greatstateofstlouis.com/
Chris @cjthered.bsky.social Political kibitzer, sometimes some law stuff. Boston by way of LA but born and always a Wolverine. He/him.
Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social Startup CEO
Philosophy degrees are worth it
Member, AuDHD Masking Society (rank: Daywalker)
Hardened Quellist
Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social I work with data at Relevant Research. I post about migration and sports.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth
Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit
I helped build DetentionReports.com
https://adamjsawyer.com/about
he/him
ashley (ravens 1-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social baltimore. industrial metal. politics & elections.
queer + Black AF. 26. she/they. DSA.
love your neighbor. 🇳🇬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social Christian. Father. Husband. 7th Gen Mississippian. District Attorney. Running for US Senate because Mississippi Matters. Text SCOTT to 54937.
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
Transgender World @transgenderreport.com 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 News, articles and resources on trans, gender and LGBTQ+ issues curated by Jack Molay. Blogging over at https://www.crossdreamers.com/ Web version of news stream here: https://transgenderreport.com/ Link≠endorsement. Not a bot.
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social 
Fat Man in a Skirt @fmias.bsky.social I like giant robots and swear a lot. 
Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social Family’s first HS grad. Runner. Worked in labor/Did policy/Elected Dems/Stint on Cap Hill. Blogged+pieces for WaPo/TNR/etc. Got rare disease, nearly died 5 times. Detroiter in Chicago. Husband. Dad to twins. Gardener. Getting healthy. Wants to run again.
brian pillion @anaphoristand.bsky.social writer | antiantiantifa | (mostly philly) sports fan | he/him
Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social Assistant teaching professor of labor and employment law at @nusl.bsky.social. Co-founder, Organization of Workplace Lawyers (OWL). Former union organizer. America’s least-beloved singing cowboy in Salvation Alley String Band. he/him
Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social Palmer Chair in Law and Public Policy at Dalhousie Law. Formerly @ UCLA and Yale. All things tech and democracy. Dachshund enthusiast.
@robertswartz.bsky.social @robertswartz.bsky.social Born in the Mon Valley. Studied architecture, still love it. Work in advertising, live in Brooklyn. Pragmatic Progressive who knows we'll get there someday. Moonlight as servant to Gracie the cat.
Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social Political progressive, economic liberal, bisexual centrist • Washington, D.C. apologist • Economics student & writer • GOP delenda est
The Library Faery @libraryfaery.bsky.social Library cryptid disguised as a Director. historian, textile artist, craft dabbler.
Go read a book - you really need to do so. Read a lot of books - learn something outside of your confirmation bias.
The crows demand it. And go outside.
David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
@ozymandias1781.bsky.social @ozymandias1781.bsky.social 
Dan Yergs @danyergs.bsky.social Teacher, punk music player, Conan chronologizer
https://conanchronology.com/
Prescriptivism Must Die! @mgrammar.bsky.social Psycholinguist, and the guy who used to write Motivated Grammar. He/him.
Erstwhile blogger: https://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com
Prosecute ICE and send Homan to the Hague.
Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social Hoosier, Political Analyst, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, author The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, adviser The Change Campaign / American Institute For Change
Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social Ex-🇬🇧diplomat. Now an 🇺🇸. Resigned over Brexit lies. Frmr Ambassdr to 🇬🇪 . Writer Byline Times. Patron, European Movement. Advisor Eurasia Foundation. Member, Commission on Political Power looking at how to strengthen UK democracy. Frazzled mom. Owner of 2 🐕🦺
Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://emmabarry.carrd.co/
Steve Perry @steveperrywriter.bsky.social Father, grandfather, widower, old hippie, writer, martial artist, ukulele player, liberal/radical -- NOT the former lead singer of Journey. Got a Cardigan Corgi. USA, Pacific Northwest.
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
SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association is for writers and lovers of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other spec poetry. Skeets by SFPA Team. sfpoetry.org
Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social Dad, husband, journalist at 9News Denver. Helping the community raise $18M via 300+ weekly microgiving campaigns. Next with Kyle Clark 6p weeknights + 9NEWS at 9/10p on-air/streaming on 9NEWS+. Signal tips: 303-871-1841.
Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social I'm a background artist in Vancouver! Projects include Star Trek: Lower Decks, Rick and Morty, Carmen Sandiego, My Little Pony: The Movie amanda.wt.wong@gmail.com
Website: http://www.amandadraw.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandawtwong/
Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social Dworkin Report. Journalist. Investigator. Author. Musician. https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/
David Nir @davidnir.com Publisher, @the-downballot.com. davidnir (at) the-downballot (dot) com
Our site: https://the-downballot.com
Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social D.C. reporter, @washingtonsun.bsky.social. Former: @51st.news, WAMU, and DCist.
Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social She/Her/👩🚒
• FF/TacMed (ret)
• Mother of Dogs & Feminist Fuckery🌪
#AbortionIsHealthcare
💙🇺🇦💛🏳️🌈🤘🏳️⚧️
Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social religious studies professor in Kansas. modern Jewish thought.
book: https://tinyurl.com/4tncyj76
new yorker by birth, father of two kansan children by the grace of god.
אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת
Jordan Smith @jordansmith.bsky.social Award-winning investigative reporter. H-E-B fanatic. Murderville pod co-host. Opinions all mine.
KCMO + ATX
Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social Lead Counsel, In Re Ea-Nasir MDL. Promote Frederick Douglass Thought
Obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise
Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social A shitposting plane who knows stuff about polls, drug development, and CFR Part 11 validation.
Coyote vs. Epistemic Assholes / J. Stryker 🍃 @easterncoyote.bsky.social Not the violent artist. | UofG alumnus. DV survivor & victim advocate. Dislikes liars and bullies. | Good trouble, narrativity, duality, moral reasoning, biopsychology, nature, wildlife, plants, trees. They/them.
blaw @blaw.bsky.social “If you raise the price of the fucking hot dog, I will kill you.”
corporate lawyer
if you know me, no you don't
if you know my employer, views are my own
📍atlanta
HBTFD/Go ‘Eers
Academic Chatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social Join #AcademicChatter for support & community in higher education.
Mike Swaim @trillionpixels.bsky.social Artist and Cartoonist behind Dani & Lulu, cartographer, and science educator. He/Him
I always appreciate a follow for my comics, but if you are looking for the other Michael Swaim of Cracked fame you can find him here: @michaelswaim.bsky.social
TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com Doing my own little part to win elections, restore sanity and save America from a President and party that has gone off the rails. Organize. Donate. Register. Vote. 🏳️🌈
Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social Asst Prof @ Illinois Dept of Communication studying media, politics, & identity, not necessarily in that order. UMich Comm & Media / SDSU Journalism & Media Studies / Drexel Digital Media alumnus / USMC veteran. Views = my own. http://www.stewartcoles.com
Octocon @octocon.bsky.social The National Irish Science Fiction Convention,
3rd & 4th October, 2026. Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror. https://octocon.com
The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social San Francisco musician, writer, photographer, appreciator
https://theredspinksandpurples.bandcamp.com/
https://open.substack.com/pub/glenndonaldson?r=1q2gq2&utm_medium=ios
Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
https://www.projectsaltbox.com/
Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. ⚫️🟡🦀🔴⚪️
Track ICE warehouses: https://tracker.projectsaltbox.com
Tara Calishain @researchbuzz.bsky.social Obsessed with search engines, databases, and online information collections forever. Writing books & such since 1996 (OFFICIAL NETSCAPE GUIDE TO INTERNET RESEARCH, GOOGLE HACKS, INFORMATION TRAPPING, etc) and ResearchBuzz since 1998. I live at Calishat.com
Jessica Montoya Coggins @jessicamcoggins.bsky.social Writer & Journalist; Executive Director of The Texas Signal; Gemini; Cheese aficionado; Dillydallier
Support independent journalism in Texas: https://texassignal.com/
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Just another lobbyist @stefanturk.bsky.social I'm bad at the Internet.
Kelly “Free Link” McGonigal @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social Writer, historian, Muse, and Magician. Mama bear of all the weird kids. Rainbow witch 🌈 AuDHD, cPTSD. N95 enthusiast. My husband looks fantastic in a dress. CA and Venmo: KellySMcGonigal
same old ghost 🌿🪻 @sameoldghost.bsky.social Hi I'm Claire! Author of speculative fiction
Novels in progress: • Fantasy • Sci-fi romance
📚 MURDER ON THE HONEYMOON (2025)
https://linktr.ee/sameoldghost
Karen at Silver Seams @silverseams.bsky.social I use embroidery machines to do "impossible" 3d things, with more detail and precision than is otherwise practical.
https://silverseams.com/
Keeper of the Machine Embroiderers & Plushie Maker feeds (ping me to be added!)
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Strange Matters Magazine @strangemattersmag.bsky.social A cooperative magazine of new & unconventional thinking in economics, politics, and culture
Proudly worker-owned since our founding in 2020.
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Jonathan Gerhardson @jongerhardson.bsky.social "Award winning"..."journalist" in "western Massachusetts"
https://jongerhardson.github.io
jon.gerhardson@proton.me
https://jonathangerhardson.substack.com/
He/him's opinions
This bot is my fault: @massgovupdatesbot- B Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social Alleged Hearsay
FL
Matt Henderson @matthen.com Maths animations, dialogue systems research
Research @ PolyAI, previously Google, Apple, Reka. PhD Cambridge
Edinburgh, UK
Nova @inkycats.bsky.social Talk with me about cats, baseball, ballet, yarn, the PNW, genx things you forgot about, artists you should know about, and books. Works in games but rarely ever talks about that.
Ira Shapiro @irashapiro.bsky.social Democrat of an earlier generation; former Senate staffer and trade negotiator turned author and Senate historian; avid sports fan and reader; grandfather and father. Writing weekly at irashapiro.substack.com.
Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, author, POVERTY FOR PROFIT and ABANDONED @thenewpress: https://tinyurl.com/5n6h2db3 // BETRAYED: https://commonsensecoalition.net // www.anneskim.com // All views my own
Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social Retired AF intelligence officer (Mustang)
Information Technology (IT) instructor and tech
MA in Mass Communications, UF
Disabled vet & senior
Democrat
Happily married with 4 children
FB émigré
Lives in Tampa Bay
Please-no adult, gaming or dating posts
Dr. Elizabeth Schrader Polczer @libbiesp.bsky.social Assistant Professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Duke PhD. Cradle Episcopalian. Mary Magdalene hijacked my life a few years ago.
@schnufflerowner.bsky.social @schnufflerowner.bsky.social 
Kelsey @fjordski.bsky.social She/her ° sleepy bitch (idiopathic hypersomnia) ° grievance ghost ° software QA ° free 🇵🇸 ° MN
Mostly posting slice of life for some timeline peace, my opinions aren't important to strangers
Dogs: Fluffy Butt, Banchan (반찬)
Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social an internet relic, linkedin.com/in/glinden
Greg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social SF writer / computer programmer
Latest novel: MORPHOTROPHIC
Latest collection: SLEEP AND THE SOUL
Web site: http://gregegan.net
Also: @gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz
Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social Official account • good cats being workers • unionized • mascot: Jobert the cat • Business/credit/removal: translatedcats@gmail.com • Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/translatedcats/
Floodlight @floodlightnews.org Investigating the powers stalling climate action
Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social Chair of the Democratic National Committee | Proud Minnesotan
Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social Science writer. New book: A Pox on Fools arrives in May 2026. Preorders https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808113/a-pox-on-fools-by-thomas-levenson/ Professing science writing at MIT. Spouse & dad. Servant to 2 feline overlords...All opinions mine.
Kaliya Identity Woman @identitywoman.bsky.social Founder of the Internet Identity Workshop
Founding Partner of a Boutique Consultancy focused on User-Centric Digital Identity.
Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social Logic Over Lunacy
Mr. Spock from Twitter
Commentary Account.
Helen Toner @hlntnr.bsky.social AI, national security, China. Part of the founding team at @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social (opinions my own). Author of Rising Tide on substack: helentoner.substack.com
FinchBeak @finchbeak.bsky.social Communist. Lover of lemurs, perfume, poetry, travel, ballet, birds, and wine. Trial attorney by trade. AuDHD. BougieAF. Boston you're my home.
HTTP 1.1/418 Eldritch Teapot of R'lyeh @rmd1023.bsky.social packet-wrangler. she/her pronouns.
Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social ESL teacher. Software gremlin. Language learner. Dog guardian. Too tired to argue with you.
EssayWells @essaywells.bsky.social Scientist, husband, parent, possibly a little too into Dungeons and Dragons. @essayWells on Twitter (Ex-Twitter?)
Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social FOIA and Immigration Law and dumb jokes. 
Nancy A. Collins @nancyacollins.bsky.social Writer, Bon Vivant & Human Oddity
Creator of Sonja Blue and (accidentally) Urban Fantasy
1st Woman to Write SWAMP THING & VAMPIRELLA 💙🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🚫👑
NO DMs unless I know you personally.
@sankeybuilder.bsky.social @sankeybuilder.bsky.social 
amylynnrj @amylynnrj.bsky.social Giant emotional marshmallow. Nerd. Animal lover. Rower. Midwestern expat in the SF Bay area. She/her/hers
Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social Co-founder, Survey 160. Loves survey and voter participation. Researcher. Democrat. YIMBY. Husband and Dad. Opinion haver and measurer. Outdoors and cooking enthusiast. He/Him
Lin Meneguin @linmeneguin.bsky.social #AppellateTwitter exile | Civil appellate lawyer in state gov’t posting in personal capacity | Immigrant & Latinx feminist | Alumna @ NYC BigLaw, NYU Law, SciencesPo Paris, Princeton | Married to @rmcgibbo.bsky.social.
Views my own, not my employer’s.
Femme Vibe Diaries @femmevibe3.bsky.social Empath, Pacifist, Minimalist, Foodie. For UBI & Equal Rights.
My blog covers feminism, female empowerment, mental health, beauty, fashion, home, love, personal growth, books, health..
My blog, please take a peek:
https://femmevibediaries.blogspot.com
roterote @roterote.bsky.social I post about politics 🏛️🌹 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇫🇰
My focus is the EU, UK, US and Far Right.
Chair of the Democracy Conference aka DemCon 🌟
https://linktr.ee/roterotemedia
https://www.tiktok.com/@roterotemedia
www.thedemcon.org
Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social Chaotic good w/ redneck roots. Medievalist/teacher/PhD candidate/worker/overexplainer/aspiring pícara.
Personal account; loud opinions (which is all of them) my own.
she/her
📍 North Carolina (in the woods somewhere instead of doing my work)
Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social she/her. English literature, medievalist, singer in the band, recovering indoor cat. In both research and life, resisting being reductive about religion. I don’t speak for my institution, and it doesn’t speak for me. Expect posts about academic freedom.
Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social Energy lawyer.
Give me a beach, a colorful drink, my wife’s hand, and I’m all set.
In love with my wife, @conster3.bsky.social
She/her.
Personal account/views.
📍 Orange, CA