Alissa Ellman @ellmanforcongress.bsky.social Veteran. Teacher. VA employee until Elon fired me. Mom. Candidate for NY-24. Running to boot Corrupt Claudia out of DC.
ellmanforcongress.com
tiktok.com/@alissaellman4congress
Contribute - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/alissaellman
H. R. Schneider @schneidlee.bsky.social Rapid Response Reporter at the Times Union 🦅
Breaking and trending news, critters and more
They/he/she 💖💜💙
Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist
Emily Copeland @emilyscn.bsky.social Associate Director at Science Communication Network
www.sciencecommunicationnetwork.org
Maintains a large network of researchers in #EnvironmentalHealth to get their peer-reviewed science in the hands of the media and impacted communities. 
Judith Enck @judithenck.bsky.social Co-author of “The Problem with Plastic” (The New Press, Dec. 2025) Former EPA Regional Admin., Pres. of Beyond Plastics, Bennington College Faculty
Larry Kooper @larrykooper.bsky.social Retired software developer. Great Books reader.
I post about music, literature, film, politics.
Xaver Kandler @xaverkandler.bsky.social Political Director at For the Many
orangeseats.bsky.social @orangeseats.bsky.social Civil servant. Bored upstater.
Joshua Mellin @joshuamellin.bsky.social Writer / Photographer | Published @cnn.com, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc. | Covering #travel #music #art #sports | http://instagram.com/joshuamellin joshuamellin.com
Thomas P. DiNapoli @nyscomptroller.bsky.social Official Bluesky Account for the New York State Comptroller.
For more: https://www.osc.ny.gov/about/about-comptrollers-office.
Social Media Terms of Participation: http://nyscomp.org/3nISAmr
Lori @lchase.bsky.social Former small-town sports hack (and occasional AP stringer).
RIP, Reporter Argus (1874-2020).
Also, GMP to USW. #HaveItInGlass
Location: Pennsylvania Wilds
https://chaseblogg.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/125th-booklet-edited.pdf
Times Union @timesunion.com Getting to the heart of stories that matter in NY's Capital Region, Hudson Valley and beyond. Got a question? We're glad you asked: timesunion.com/ask
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
linktr.ee/david_leavitt
SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon @sunyufspresident.bsky.social The official account of the President of the SUNY University Faculty Senate, SUNY Fredonia Associate Professor of English Bruce Simon, 7/1/2025-6/30/2027. Fund, price, staff, and govern higher ed as the indispensable public good it is. #PublicGoodU #MADC
@nyhammond.bsky.social @nyhammond.bsky.social 
Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social Working to end plastic pollution everywhere. Find us at www.BeyondPlastics.org or https://bit.ly/m/beyond-plastics
WNYCOSH @wnycosh.bsky.social Western NY Council on Occupational Safety and Health
Non-profit based in Buffalo, NY
Protecting workers from dangerous/hazardous conditions and helping to uphold their rights since 1979
Johan Sheridan @jonpaladin.bsky.social Digital Political Reporter
https://www.news10.com/author/johan-sheridan/
NIRH Action Fund @nirhaction.bsky.social 
Traci Jaye Again ✊🏻👠🦫🐾🐶🦋🕊️🎵🎶💪🏻🌻🌊 @tracijayeagain.bsky.social Mom of 4💜DVSurvivor&Advocate.I come from a long line of strong women.🌊🦋”Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"- Einstein
🚫HATE🚫DMS🚫PORN&PRINCES🚫
I picked the bear 🐻
#strongertogether
Sandra Tan @sandratan.bsky.social I'm a Buffalo News reporter in search of meaningful Erie County government stories that tell us something about the way we live. Proud member of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild. Also on X and Facebook.
Brian Plunkett @plunkettb.bsky.social UC Davis law grad, now in Chicago suburbs.
Mike Hendricks @sonoranadk.bsky.social NYS/Tucson. Plodding hiker, mediocre photographer. Retired journalist. language learner. Author of typos. Fascinated by climate science. I hate cliches with a passion. If I had to do it over again, I would choose to be a theoretical physicist
Rosalie Wong ❌👑 @rosaliewong.bsky.social 🌟 Advocate | Activist | Content Strategist 🌟
Channeling my passion for justice and equity into action.
Ready to connect and collaborate to build a more just and equitable world. Let's get to work! #DemCast #Resist #BlueCrew
Beth @eabragg.bsky.social Buffalonian who doesn’t like football. Tech Skeptic who works in Technology. Childless cat lady.
When not working I like to run, read, take pictures, research local history & spend time by or on the water.
Rob Madeo @robmadeo.bsky.social 
Ava Ayers @avaayers.bsky.social Law prof. State and local immigration law, trans rights, legal discourse. Proud to be trans. Personal page, views my own. https://linktr.ee/avaayers Move slowly and put things together.
Adam Colver @acolver.bsky.social NYSOGS Digital Service Team, ex-hearst/poststar/pressrepublican, husband, dad, 🐕 dad x2, rider, golfer, hiker, fisherman, moe.ron, ⭕️, SUNY P'Burgh, NΘR
Betty S 💙💙🦋🦋 @betsj.bsky.social Blue Crew Member 💙💙💙 #strongertogether WE'RE NOT going back! #wevegotthis 💙 LGMD/EDS/Sjogren's Medicaid/Medicare/SNAP/SSI survival. Keep connecting w/like minded people because we truly are in this together!
Almost to 60,000 followers! I’ll keep posting!
Sidney Pegula @sidneypegula.bsky.social Rebuilding from the cesspool of X.
Huge fan of the Bills, Sabres, and Bandits. Not yet blocked on this platform by Mike Harrington, but you gotta have goals. 
@ericdtodd.bsky.social @ericdtodd.bsky.social 
@mikemcandrew1.bsky.social @mikemcandrew1.bsky.social 
Corey Ellis Mayoral Candidate @coreyellisformayor.bsky.social Albany Common Council President | Community Advocate | Committed to a safer, stronger, and more vibrant Albany. #ChangeCantWait
Holly Pretsky @hollypret.bsky.social Editor @hellgatenyc.com
Michael Hudson @michaelwhudson.bsky.social Pulitzer-sharing journo + author
current gig: head of investigations @GuardianUS
prior gigs: @ICIJorg (Panama Papers, etc.), Associated Press, Center for Public Integrity, Wall Street Journal, Roanoke (Va.) Times
linktr.ee/michaelwhudson
@lizbenj.bsky.social @lizbenj.bsky.social 
🍌Angry Banana, Almost MPH @fed-upnurse.bsky.social | 🩺 BSN RN | (almost) MPH | PubHealth Nerd | Buffalonian | Hogs 🐗 | #BillsMafia | #Sabrehood | 🎧 Music | Prone to Shenanigans | Aspiring polymath | Not Single 😘 | 716 livin
Carl E. Heastie @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 83rd Assembly District, #TeamCowboys
@breathdeeply25.bsky.social @breathdeeply25.bsky.social First generation American, youngest of 7. ASL Interpreter. Single mom of an incredible human. EEO Specialist, Mediator, Coach. Defender of the marginalized. When not overcome with fighting for democracy; empath, gifted healer, and want to be gardener.
Rosalind Adams @rosalindadams.bsky.social Investigative Reporter @ THE CITY. Also seen NY Mag, The Guardian, BuzzFeed News, ProPublica
Signal: rosalind.22
Emily Russell @emilyrusselladk.bsky.social Adirondack reporter at NCPR, previously in Alaska | Co-host of the podcast ‘If All Else Fails,' about far-right extremism in Upstate NY | email: emily@ncpr.org
Satadru Pramanik @satmandu.bsky.social DO, BME MEng, MPH.
Smarter half: @kimbeast.bsky.social
He/Him. Cinema snob, ST pessimist, LT optimist.
Also at @satmandu@defcon.social
Dev at Chromebrew, and contributor to OpenZFS + sundry other projects.
Signal: satadru.01
🌩️👀 jr-q3e79ZL9H
Слава Україні!
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
Margaret Hartley @mbhartley.bsky.social Director of Communications, University at Albany
writer, reader, gardener
Upstater @upstater.bsky.social Upstate NYer: into local politics, urbanism, and the past, present, and future of Central New York.
@rondeutsch67.bsky.social @rondeutsch67.bsky.social 
Vanessa Fajans-Turner @vfajans.bsky.social Exec Dir at Environmental Advocates NY @greenwatchdogny.bsky.social
Believer in the power of NY State to help fill the federal climate leadership vacuum;
Nerding out about our blue planet at Oceanic Global;
Fmr Avatar Alliance Fdn
Ithacan & hockey fan
Senator Patricia Fahy @patriciafahy46.bsky.social NYS Senator (D) 46th District📍#Albany, #Schenectady, & #Montgomery Counties. 1st-gen American. Mom, cyclist, and leader on our environment, education, & jobs.
Charlton McIlwain @cmcilwain.bsky.social Higher Ed Leader. BBQ junkie. Author. NYU Professor. CR+DS. Board Pres.@ Data & Society. Race+Tech.
Mary Boyles @maryboyles.bsky.social Comms | Upstate NY | All my thoughts and feelings and boy do I mean all of them. 🌻
Patrick Orecki @patrickorecki.bsky.social 
Colleen Wilson @colleenonthescene.bsky.social 🚃 Transportation reporter at
📰 The Record aka NorthJersey.com
🦀 Eastern Shore, MD native, go Terps
✍️ cwilson2@gannettnj.com
Bill Mahoney @mahoneyw.bsky.social 
Matt Speed @mattspeed.bsky.social 516 ➡️716 ... YNWA ...
Buffalo. Liverpool FC. Detroit Red Wings. Buffalo Bills. Wrestling. Bad dad jokes.
@kdewitt7.bsky.social @kdewitt7.bsky.social Former Capitol Bureau Chief for NYS Public Radio
Columnist for the Albany Times Union
Twitter/X defector
Natasha Holdridge @natashaholdridge.bsky.social News reporter at The Post Star
NYC-EJA @nycejalliance.bsky.social Over 30 years of fighting for healthier and more just communities - one block at a time. #OntheGroundAttheTable
linktr.ee/nyc_eja
AudioKush @audiokush.bsky.social audiokushhq.com
AudioKush is a global #news & media outlet advocating #cannabis culture through a number of outlets. Home to AmsterdamCoffeeshopAwards.com, SolventlessCup.com, Squish The Summer High, & Home Growers Workshop
Mike Smith @m-smith1978.bsky.social Pro democracy
Team Blue
Pro-Union.
Army Vet
Shih tzu dad.
#Maine Life.
#Bruins #Red Sox #Celtics #Patriots fan
#MS sucks
Andrew C. White @andrewcwhite.bsky.social He/him
Democratic Committee Chair, Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, NY
Former Stephentown Democratic Committee Chair
Former Rensselaer County Democratic Committee Vice Chair
Retired Mainframe Operating Systems Engineer
Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social Co-Executive Director @openplans.org | Transportation, Housing, Walkable Cities.
Ryan Horstmyer @inhorsecode.bsky.social #GoBills #LGM
Will Rivera @wdnyadvocate.bsky.social Disruptor of Violence - Nueva York!
Jonathan Heppner @jonathanhepp.bsky.social Deputy Communications Director for Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins + NY Senate Dem Majority. Former Majority Leader of the Ulster County Legislature. Rep. Rangel, Obama '12 & Sen. Gipson Alum. Avid fisherman + hopeful Mets + Knicks fan (+ a normal Jets fan)
Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social @nytimes National audience editor, occasional running reporter, slow runner, Red Sox fan, herder of mobbed-up plot bunnies. Working on a data analysis/data viz master's at CUNY Grad Center
@eliseklinenews.bsky.social @eliseklinenews.bsky.social Multimedia Journalist & Host | New York NOW | WMHT Public Media
Citizens Union @citizensunionny.bsky.social Democracy is our business.
https://citizensunion.org/subscribe
Boyce McDivitt @boycemcdivitt.bsky.social 
Heather McDivitt @heathermcdivitt.bsky.social Philosophy prof, dog mom, and western NY native
Bridge from Buffalo 🌈 🖖 @abridgeinbflo.bsky.social Rust Belt raised queer sewer socialist, evangelist for mutual aid networks. Organizer for Environmental and Climate Justice. Also a huge nerd, and literally blue-haired and non-binary. They/Them.
Jessica Marshall @jess-on-ice.com Award-winning podcaster, producer, writer, figure skater and general enthusiast. (She/her)
Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com World-renowned cult expert, NYT Best Selling author of The Cult of Trump, and creator of the BITE Model and Influence Continuum. Other Books: Combating Cult Mind Control and Freedom of Mind
linktr.ee/FreedomOfMind
Melissa Ader @melissaader.bsky.social Director of the Worker Justice Project at The Legal Aid Society. Posts are my own, not my employer’s. She/her 🌈
Cult Podcasts @cultpodcasts.com https://cultpodcasts.com
Beth Finneran @historianonwheels.bsky.social Passionate HS history teacher, writer, cyclist, RVer, advocate for public education and justice. “Study the past if you would define the future. “ - Confucius.
Michelle Breidenbach @mbreidenbach.bsky.social Reporter at The Post-Standard and Syracuse.com. Runner. Soup maker. Cat photographer.
Esteban Maccera @capobserver.bsky.social Dad, husband, latino, lorax. Former NY Senate staffer.
UAlbany News @ualbanynews.bsky.social The official feed for #UAlbany news, highlighting campus stories, research and expertise.
albany.edu/news/
Olivia Gonzalez Killingsworth 🌹🦾 🐜 @oliviakillingsworth.com She/her. Member, @actorsequity.bsky.social & @sagaftra.org. Secret Mexican. Labor Coordinator for @socialists.nyc.
linktr.ee/olivekilworth
Chyresse Wells, APR @chyresse.bsky.social smile advocateツ | SUNY Plattsburgh alumna | PRSA Capital Region NY Chapter Pres | posts are my own ✌🏼 | www.corningplace.com
Anshul Gupta @gptnshl.bsky.social Policy & Research Director @nyforcleanpower.org
Also IBM Research & @theclimatereality.bsky.social
PhD @ UMNCSE
🔌💡 #EnergySky #ElectrifyEverything #BuildingDecarb #ClimateJustice
Ken Schles @kenschles.bsky.social New York Times notable
Photographer represented by the Howard Greenberg Gallery and Getty Images
Museum of the City of NY: New York Now: After Dark opens 11.20.26
TIME Magazine photobooks of the year
Instagram @kenschles
http://www.kenschles.com
@DUH4Healthcare @duh4healthcare.bsky.social #Medsky,#UniversalHealthcare, #Single-Payer, #HealthEquity. #M4A, #Medicare4AlI, #HealthcareIsAHumanRight,
#Healthcare4All, #HealthcareForAll,
#DemandUniversalHealthcare,
also on FB & Instagram. DUH! No DMs
Alex McCoy @alexandermccoy.bsky.social Organizing workers against the harms of AI.
USMC veteran, Columbia alum, girldad, wifeguy. Orlando, FL.
Former: Irreplaceable, Public Citizen, NextGen America, Common Defense
Assemblymember Phil Steck @philsteckny.bsky.social (D) 110th District
Chairman of the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee, & a member of Health, Insurance, Judiciary, Labor, & Oversight/Investigations Committees
assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Phil-Steck
CKJohnsonBK 🇺🇦🇬🇱 @ckjohnsonbk.bsky.social Brooklyn-based pest. Longtime volunteer with States Win, a direct action organization working to create and maintain progressive majorities in state legislative houses. No automatic followbacks.
Erica Smith @ericasmith.com Journalist. Problem solver. Comma splice slayer. Slide deck wrangler. Typewriter collector. @timesunion.com managing editor for digital.
Liz Moran @lizmoran.bsky.social New York Policy Advocate with Earthjustice.
Gets rowdy about environmental and social justice issues. Personal account.
Citizen Action of New York @citizenactionny.org Building grassroots power for a fairer, more just New York. Together, we make change happen.
citizenactionny.org
Kristi Hannam, PhD @byrdgyrl1.bsky.social Professor-Teacher-Scholar at #GeneseoBiology #HannamLab interested in #bioacoustics #soundscapes #sustainability
#compassion
Joe Esposito @esposj.bsky.social - 🏠 Capital Region, NY
- 🎗️ Local Philanthropy
- 🤘 Punk/Ska Concerts
- 🍳 Enthusiastic Home Cook
- 🕹️ Civ Fan
- 🏈 NYG, NYY, NYR, NYK
- 💼 Engineering Manager
- 💔 Was a Caregiver for my wife who had Huntington's Disease.
Emily DeSantis @ekdesantis.bsky.social Thoughts are my own. Boy and dog mom. More than 15 years in NYS government communications.