Massachusetts Autistic Self Advocacy Alliance @massautisticadvocacy.org Led by and for autistic people in Massachusetts. Advancing disability justice, civil rights, and systemic policy change. Nothing About Us Without Us. โ
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
kb @katiesullivan.substack.com phd-ing in science & technology studies. writing about disability cultures, connective tissue, knowledge-production, and the stories we tell about genes.
Senator Caroline Menjivar @carolinemenjivar.bsky.social CA State Senator, 20th district. Marine, MSW ๐บ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ป ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Fighting for the people of Burbank and San Fernando Valley.
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Disability Rights Oregon @disabilityrightsor.bsky.social Disability Rights Oregon promotes and defends the rights of people with disabilities. Oregonโs nonprofit Protection & Advocacy system since 1977, we transform systems, policies, and practices to give more people opportunities to reach their full potential.
Disability Rights Texas @disabilityrightstx.bsky.social We are the protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities who live in Texas. We are working to create a fully accessible state where people with disabilities live and thrive. www.DRTx.org
Disability Rights Center - New Hampshire @disabilityrightsnh.bsky.social Protecting, advancing, and strengthening the legal rights and advocacy interests of all people with disabilities.
Disability Rights Vermont @disabilityrightsvt.bsky.social Our mission is to promote the equality, dignity, and self-determination of people with disabilities.
Disability Rights Louisiana @disabilityrightsla.bsky.social Disability Rights Louisiana protects, advocates for, and empowers people with disabilities of all ages in Louisiana.
Joanna Hayman @joannahayman.bsky.social You canโt stop us on the road to freedom || Disability and Math Education, UCLA Math Project CGI Coach for Students with Disabilities, mom, and gleeful disruptor (she/her)
California State Association of Counties @cacounties.bsky.social The Voice of CA's 58 Counties. #CACounties
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social Author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America โข Writer in Residence at Duke University briangoldstone.net
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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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social Co-founder/editor @TheSickTimes.org
Columnist @HighCountryNews.org
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Elea Chang @elea.fyi Can be spotted scoot scooting. Sometimes gender (they / name only pls). Making affecttheverb.com / Disabled And Here.
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Rachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social Video reporter and producer at The Center for Investigative Reporting
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism ๐ต๏ธ, politics ๐ณ๏ธ, chart-tastic ๐, and sometimes sarcastic ๐๐๐คช
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Aiyana Ishmael @aiyanaish.bsky.social that girl in real life | @famu_1887 alumna | words in: @wsj @refinery29 @thecut etc.
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com movement building reporter @us.theguardian.com
forever philly, longtime nyc
member @transjournalists.org
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@calwicassociation.bsky.social @calwicassociation.bsky.social Advocating for WIC and related services, including lactation support, nutrition education, health care, family and employee wellness, and public health workforce development.
Tracee Michelle Porter @traceeporter.bsky.social Rewriting the narrative from felon to fellow.
Public Voices Op-Ed & Solis Policy Institute Fellow
Justice-impacted. Policy-driven. Storyteller.
Fighting erasure with truth, humor, and receipts.
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Elizabeth O'Brien @eobrien.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCLA, Department of History
Historian of medicine, gender, race, and Mexico
Book: Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770โ1940
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469675879/surgery-and-salvation/
Disability Rights Watch (US) @disrightswatch.bsky.social A disabled collective aggregating (and occasionally leaking) information related to current disability rights dangers in the US. Anonymous tips accepted @ site.
https://disability-rights-watch.com
Alona Weimer @alona-weimer.bsky.social phd student + community organizer | memory, diaspora, black studies, jews, reparations, abolition, talmud, resistance literature | living in LA + berlin
Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
ECS @alwaysondisplay.bsky.social multi-disabled CA based cross-disability rights advocate, parent, & writer
Not Holland, not Italy - just my life.
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com The greatest autism info you will ever find, from autistic people, professionals, and parents. www.ThinkingAutism.com & buttondown.com/TPGA. Pro-neurodiversity. Even more TPGA community discussions on IG and FB.
California Immigrant Policy Center @caimmigrant.bsky.social We uphold the humanity of immigrant communities in California by transforming systems to achieve racial, social, and economic justice.
Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
GIF Caucus @gifcaucus.bsky.social Artisanal, locally-sourced Golden State GIFs.
Thousands of GIFs from the former place can be found in our GIPHY archive: https://giphy.com/channel/GIFcaucus
Patrick @usaisaok.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | he/him | transportation planning and policy | โค๏ธ๐ฒ + ๐ | 311 fan | NELA Trash Club | Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council | ๐LA
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UCLA Law Center on Repro Health, Law, & Policy @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social Reimagining the future of reproductive health, law, and policy in a time of urgent need.
The UCLA Law CRHLP is a think tank and research center developing long-term, lasting solutions that advance all aspects of reproductive justice.
@swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA is a national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy.
Maura Finkelstein @mauraf.bsky.social Writer/ethnographer/professor, author of โThe Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbaiโ (DUP 2019) she/her/free Palestine ๐
https://www.maurafinkelstein.com
Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv The game show where the rules change every show. Hosted by Sam Reich.
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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com International woman of mystery. MA Philosophy. Anteater. Chief Muckety Muckraker. Signal TDBerg.24
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Peter Bibring @peterbibring.bsky.social Policing, First Amendment, public records, and other civil rights and civil liberties law in LA and California. Formerly ACLUSoCal.org and LA County OIG. Now bibringlaw.com and iredalelaw.com
tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social
Arianna Smith @ariannasmith.bsky.social I love California!
Nishi Nair @nishinair.bsky.social Research Associate @calbudgetcenter.org
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Jacob Wasserman @jacoblwasserman.bsky.social Transportation research @uclaits.bsky.social ๐ โข @ucla.edu Luskin alum ๐ป โข Vice Chair @cityofsantamonica.bsky.social Planning Commission ๐ก โข formerly @sfmta.com ๐ and @newhavendot.bsky.social ๐ โข he/him/his โข views my own
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Gabe Cazares๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @gmcazares.bsky.social Queer disabled policy wonk. Sam's dog dad๐พ. Texan by the grace of God. Views my own. My existence is resistance. โ๐ฝ
Derin Dacey @derindacey.bsky.social Interested in a better worldโฆ racial justice, disability justice, labor rights, and collective liberation
California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC) @cfilc.bsky.social
All of Us or None @allofusornonehq.bsky.social โ๐พFighting for rights of formerly/currently-incarcerated people & their families.
๐Oaklandโjoin us every 3rd Thurs!
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Drug Policy Alliance @drugpolicy.org The nationโs leading org promoting drug policies grounded in evidence, health, equity, & human rights. #NoMoreDrugWar. ED: @kassandrafred.bsky.social https://drugpolicy.org/
Western Center on Law & Poverty @westerncenter.bsky.social Fighting poverty in California.โฃ Advancing economic & racial justice.โฃโฃ Advocating & litigating for change.
LINKTREE: https://linkin.bio/western_center/
Emmett Lockwood @emmettlockwood.bsky.social he/they critical disability studies graduate student at York University, Tkaronto; studying lateral surveillance around care in disabled and Mad interpersonal relationships. Transgender disabled athlete.
Katherine Wolf @katherinewolf.bsky.social Doctoral candidate in Society and Environment in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at Berkeley attempting environmental epidemiology and critical disability studies. Disabled white queer. MPH/MESc. She/her.
Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social Research Director at Public Citizen's Access to Medicines program.
Former journalist covering intersection of pharma, health policy & politics.
On Signal at SarahKarlinSmith.34
Views are mine.
Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social Writer at The Bulwark
Author of The Ten Year War
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social Utopia enthusiast and former Internet personality
Sophie EG @egsophie.bsky.social Building power for the Jewish Left with @jfrejnyc.bsky.social one meme at a time
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social Congressman for California's 36th District. Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus. Air Force Vet.
erinscafe @erinscafe.bsky.social the cafe is open and serving hot takes
Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social Poet with autism and a cat.
Author of ADULTHOOD (Anxiety Press, 2026).
Here to connect with fellow writers and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists.
he/him โข NJ โข www.brandondiehl.net
Ryanne Mena @ryannemena.bsky.social Crime & public safety reporter ๐ต๐ปโโ๏ธ
LA Daily News +10 ๐๏ธ
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social Journalist. Host, Producer: Making Contact on KPFK Los Angeles - 90.7FM (Mondays at 4PM PST and online)
Unionist, organizer, labor nerd.
I write about working for a living: wordsaboutwork.news
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social Photojournalist, writer, editor and videographer.
EIC, The Ten Four: https://latenfour.com/
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. ๐ช๏ธ they/them
Richard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com Family & Preventive Medicine Physician at the intersection of @latinsky.app & @medsky.network
Knead your anger & create dangerously
Projects: (Latin/Med)sky, @qbank.study, @atls.city, @stemlabels.xyz
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ZombieGoMoan @zombiegomoan.on.bike An annoying anti-car person | ๐ Los Angeles, CA | ๐๐ดโโ๏ธ๐๐
eric anders @ericanders.bsky.social photographer โข writer about film & pop culture โข bylines in slashfilm, tvline, indiewire, & more โข @ericanders on instagram & letterboxd โข ๐
Alex Vassar ๐ @alexvassar.bsky.social Husband, father, man of letters who loves history and learning from the lives and experiences of others. Also a #CACapitol alum who works at the CA State Library. Editor of joincalifornia.com & onevoter.org. Former 8-year elected official. ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฆ
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social Proudly Representing California's 12th Congressional District.
Yashar Ali ๐ @yasharali.bsky.social Elephant Lover
Yashar.substack.com
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t a l @talevy.soccer Seattleite in Los Angeles
I work in soccer data and also sometimes do local (LA) politics
he/him
Ground Game LA @groundgamela.bsky.social Organizing LA block by block.
follow the fam @knockdotla.bsky.social @power-la.bsky.social
SEIU California @seiuca.org We are 750,000 members ๐ช๐ฟ๐ช๐พ๐ช๐ฝ๐ช๐ผ โ CAโs health care workers, state & county employees, security officers, school workers, janitors, & more!
Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Revealer, Prism
Newsletter: www.everythingishorrible.net
Poetry pubs: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/poetry-publications-noah-berlatsky
California Legislative Women's Caucus @cawomenscaucus.bsky.social A bipartisan group of 59 legislators and 5 constitutional officers advocating on behalf of women, children, and families in California.
https://womenscaucus.legislature.ca.gov/
Kathleen Rubenstein @kbrnyc.bsky.social Social justice attorney. City kid who prefers the woods. Views = mine; nothing here = legal advice. Teaching and writing on legal ethics in hopes they aren't oxymorons...
Senator Sasha Renรฉe Pรฉrez @senatorsrp.bsky.social Representing Californiaโs 25th Senate District
Comment Policy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UzFBpvVzBNPa_NGS7MwEcu4aTv7z_m5t/view
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com News from a West Coast perspective.
Read more at www.latimes.com.
New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social Weโre a multi-racial, working class political party fighting for a New York for the many, not the few. Text JOIN NY to 30403.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social hi, i write about energy. i also play music sometimes. some secret third thing.
mady castiganโจ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @mady.cat trans writer, scientist, activist, data nerd
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social Professor of multiethnic US lit; au of Dedication (2011), Anti-Imperialist Modernism (2016), Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism & the Cultures of the US Jewish Left (2025). He/him. ๐๐น๐ท๐ต๐ธChicago ๐ข
https://iusb.academia.edu/BenjaminBalthaser
Derek @derekischmitz.link Derek, 21, disabled, chronically ill, non-binary (they), and queer person.
Lead Advocate @ Derek Schmitz: Advocacy, accessibility consultant, author, and paralegal. Views mine, not a lawyer.
go.derekschmitz.com
Alabama, USA
Anthony @pyrpawed.blacksky.app Black, Queer, Quaker with too many dogs. Passions: disability rights & justice, enviro (esp. food & water) law & policy, & old school R&B (Chaka Khan all day, every day). He/Him/His.
Willa @willawillnot.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ She/Her | Baltimore | 30 | Electrical engineer working on prosthetics ๐ฆพ
Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social Demographer and Sociologist. Director of the Carolina Population Center. LEGO Karen
mariah parker @marpark.bsky.social organizer, wordsmith
Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social Reproductive health reporter @19thnews.orgโฌ
I wrote UNDUE BURDEN, a book about abortion post-Dobbs. Past lives: KHN, The Texas Tribune.
Julien Baker/Boston Celtics/Jaguars enthusiast. She / Her. sbluthra(at)19thnews(dot)org; Signal: shefaliluthra.94
Harry Eskin @harryeskin.bsky.social Moving-image archivist
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
Guild of Autistic Self-Advocate Staff (GASS) @autisticstaffguild.bsky.social โNothing about us without usโ includes us!
https://cwalocals.org/gass
(formerly known as ASAU)
Heather B Forsyth @weed-in-a-pond.bsky.social Parent/ Caregiver of adult with disabilities. Fierce protector of human rights for everyone. Stage 3 Inflammatory Breast Cancer survivor.
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com Jewish, trans, abolitionist name-your-own-price IL lawyer. Forever loving @mistymotors.net. No legal advice; not your lawyer. Free Palestine. She/her.
Rep. Doris Matsui @dorismatsui.bsky.social Representing California's 7th Congressional District โ including the capital city of Sacramento. Subcommittee Ranking Member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee (@energycommerce.bsky.social).
Energy & Commerce Democrats @energycommerce.bsky.social Fighting to protect health care, lower costs, defend consumers, and lead the clean energy transition under Ranking Member @repfrankpallone.bsky.socialโฌ
Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social U.S. Senator, former teacher. Wife, mom (Amelia, Alex, Bailey, CFPB), grandmother, and Okie. She/her. Official campaign account.
Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Politics at @hsph.harvard.edu
I study how administrative burdens impede health insurance coverage, strategies to reduce these barriers, and the politics of health reform
she/her/Michigander
adriannamcintyre.com