Mother of a Ginger Claire ⚾️🪡🧵🧶🎬🎶 @bethrich52.bsky.social Washington Nationals, Boston Red Sox, College of William & Mary, politics, quilting, knitting, mysteries, culture, #HATM. Whatever else strikes my fancy. She/her
Potomac Ripper Inclusive @potomacripper.bsky.social F1, Computers, Skydiving , Pop Culture
Guided by “What Would Steve Rogers Do?”
PRONOUNS: Him/He
We are currently clean on OPSEC
JRho @jrho.bsky.social I double majored in hating and math. I minored in history and theater. She/her
@jacquelynkitt.bsky.social @jacquelynkitt.bsky.social 
Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social Coffee enthusiast. Gothic & eco-horror, Biocultural archaeology (mummies), Nuclear & Cold War culture. Audio stuff. Probably knitting.
Header: a S central FL swamp. trees, reflections in water, mist
Also @excavatinghorror.com
Not weird at all
Chris Hutchison @chutchison.bsky.social 
Patrick Henry Bike Bus @phk8bikebus.bsky.social These Eagles soar…on wheels. Catch us riding on the west side every Friday morning for the West End Best End’s best party on wheels. Donuts? Sometimes. Joy? Always.
Laura @laurasaurus2.bsky.social ALX
The Alexandria Brief @alexandriabrief.com Alexandria's independent daily community news source.
Read and subscribe: alexandriabrief.com.
News & tips: ryan@alexandriabrief.com.
Dianne Harris @dianneharris.bsky.social Ava's person, breaker of all the things, walking enthusiast. Web accessibility tester. A11y.
William @callmewilliam.bsky.social Ava's person, board game enthusiast, data whisperer
SFH @sfharris.bsky.social Opinion haver. Those opinions are entirely my own.
Puns intended.
50% stream-of-consciousness nonsense, 50% earnest commentary.
Okay, maybe 80-20.
LSG.
William Buschur @buschwacker.bsky.social Safe streets are a design decision
Rebecca Turner @becsturner.bsky.social Law talkin gal, data nerd, bookworm.
📍Alexandria, VA
Kathie Hoekstra❌👑 @airboss.bsky.social Virginia resident, climate crisis activist trying desperately to convince residents and business owners in my town to address the climate crisis before our town ends up like the “climate haven” Asheville, NC.
Tinker Tailor Spotify @prawnlocke.bsky.social I cooka da pizza I make-a da coffee
John Shea 🍀 @johnshea122.bsky.social #UnionGuy
#Retired Teamster
#LiberalDemocrat,
#ABitofaSmartAss,
#Autism Dad 🧩🩵💙
#PoliticalNewsJunkie, #PoliticalActivist,
#SupportAmerica 🇺🇸,
#NoMAGA,
#RussianRepublicansSuck,
#BlueCrew
#VOTESBLUEEVERYTIME
🦋💙❤️🇺🇸☘️🤜🤛🇨🇦✅💯🌎☮️💟🇺🇦🌻🌺🇵🇷🙏🫵❤️🩹👊🌈🍁
KathC @randomkath.bsky.social Containing multitudes since the 1970s. Doting auntie and lover of the printed word, the performing arts, and knitting. Mostly lurks and reads. Devoted follower of ALX Skeets.
Flowers on Farm @backachers.farm A simple country squire, bringing the botanical to the city life.
backachers.farm
Naomi Brooks Elementary School Bike Bus @brooksbikebus.bsky.social Alexandria, VA’s Finest Party on Wheels, Friday mornings to Naomi Brooks Elementary School.
Merch! etsy.com/shop/BrooksBikeBusMerch- D deb22301.bsky.social @deb22301.bsky.social
Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social trying to figure out what's going on here, co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social
Mike Fox @justcallmefoxy.bsky.social Gun Violence Prevention Advocate | Zioness | Stroke Survivor | Ravens | Blue Hens | There Are Not 'Very Fine People on Both Sides' | Opinions My Own 🇺🇸🧡 #🟦
Zack D @mrpresident1776.bsky.social Married to @elenasor.bsky.social with 1 cat & 2 sons. Building bike lanes and bikeshare in the Virginia suburbs by day. Views are mine! Enjoys #ebikes #walks #kayaks #urbanism #trains #modeltrains #ALX
Occasionally writes highspeedfail.blogspot.com
bread and roses (and hoping) @weirdlilctydweller.bsky.social Mostly Alexandria gossip, snark, and bitching about HUD stupidity.
Alexandria is cooler than where you live
gender = nope, they/them🌈
opinions all mine, etc etc 
Patrick @patrickas.bsky.social The higher you rise, the more people can shoot at your butt.
-Eric Adams, Unc Mindset
Jeanne.Pom.Shop💚🐶🐕🐾💙 @jeanneshop.bsky.social Everyday I tried to find connect to educate and inform ������ ��
Reputable fur-parent🤗💚
Pomeranian Lovers🐕🐾❤
Great Amazing Babies🐶💖💙
Nicole Radshaw @nradshaw.bsky.social Mama of two. Teacher. Amateur plant grower and sewist. Passionate about mind-body awareness, maternal health, Caps hockey, WNBA, and our earth. Streets are for people. Ride more bikes.
She/Her
Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social Knitter, sewist, general lover of fibre arts. Baker. Passionate about climate, housing, transit, and quirky Alexandria politics.
🌱🐱🧵
📍 Alexandria, VA
Kayla Hornbrook @kaylahornbrook.bsky.social Niche meme lord
Mike Rodriguez @mroduf.bsky.social Alexandrian in Seminary Valley
Paul Wiley @paulwileyva.bsky.social If you don’t know where to go, go where you’re needed.
🏡 - Del Ray, Alexandria VA
Dave Robbins @djrobb.bsky.social 
four-oh-three forbidden @tom.secretworld.social I'm indescribable. Wait, is that good or bad?
Alexandria, VA -> Ottawa, ON
He/him
My photography: https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/599316491175426399
p.a.lapid, phd @palapid.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇺🇸 👾🖖🏽 siya/he/him; gringo filipino in the DMV, PhD ekomomista, union member, & marine; Vallejo born; #UCSC 🍌🐌, SF State🐊, UC Berkeley🐻. #NAFO 🇺🇦🇹🇼 #FTTB #DubNation #COYS. personal acct; skeets,likes,reposts are not views of employer or 🇺🇸 govt
Nicholas Gueterman @according-to-fact.bsky.social Husband
Architect
Bon Vivant
Collector of Books and Brown Liquor
(He/Him)
📍Alexandria, Virginia 
Eric Spiegel @ericspiegel.bsky.social Voracious reader, indoor gardener, cat dad, casual gamer, film lover, technical writer. Alexandria, VA.
@alx-b.bsky.social @alx-b.bsky.social 
Mike Moran, I-Uz @greygrendel.bsky.social Apex herbivore. Direct descendant of inconsequential people. Socratizing in small town ALX. Here I raise my Ebenezer.
Takis Karantonis @takiskarantonis.bsky.social Lida's Husband, Arlington VA County Board Chair, Economist, Planner, Community Leader, Believer in livable neighborhoods everybody can call home, Pedestrian, Cyclist, Metro-Rider, Cat aficionado. TakisForArlington.com
Casey Kane @caseykane.bsky.social Enjoy life, bike rider
Meghan G @meghangoyette.bsky.social Mama, doggy mom, wife, pediatric physician assistant. Love travel, Boston sports, the beach, coffee. 
Stephanie Elms @stephelms.bsky.social Book lover, Va Tech & Marching Virginians alum (Go Hokies!), YIMBYs of NoVa📍Del Ray, Alexandria | she/her
Note: If we don’t have a prior relationship or a current connection, please don’t feel like you need to follow or share!
Mallory @mlaw91.bsky.social Hockey, cats, Microsoft Power Platform, more cats. Opinions own.
@yimbyalexandriaken.bsky.social @yimbyalexandriaken.bsky.social Ask me about Alexandria Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)
Matthew W Nugent @n00ge8.bsky.social Supports efforts to reduce gun deaths and injuries across the US
Elena in Alexandria @elenah.bsky.social Alexandria VA, DRCA VP. Bright pink e-bike. Former Chief Strategy Officer @Medallia, now solving Gartner and Forrester problems at Up/Right AR. BetterBraddock.org
Ryan Belmore @ryanbelmore.com Publisher, @alexandriabrief.com + @whatsupnewp.com
📍Alexandria, VA | Previously: Newport, RI
Mezcal enthusiast
This account is mostly Alexandria, occasionally agave
Mark Streich @theglobalvc.bsky.social Democracy-loving Old Guy
Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social Legaltech junkie, former lawyer, #DCStatehood NOW, social media/personal branding consultant, #nomamels, all the gifs
Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social The usual.
Alex @portcityposter.bsky.social Free Palestine
would really like to be on a bike ride
[he/him]
Kyle Reardon @kylereardon.bsky.social Children’s Picture book Author/Illustrator rep’d by Lynnette Novak at The Seymour Agency.
www.kylereardonart.com
Public nuisance.
erin*carly @erincarly.bsky.social Photographer. Runner. Sourdough baker. Knitter. Reveler. Mom of two chaos monsters, a wild young pup, and a very tolerant cat. Unapologetically pro-union and anti-AI. Crossed the border to Arlington; my heart belongs to Del Ray. Opinions are my own.
Cerissa Cafasso @cerissacafasso.bsky.social I love voting 🗳️
📍Alexandria, VA
Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com 💻 code things, mostly TypeScript
🏡 hyperlocal Alexandria VA drama
🔮 building bizarre things nobody wants
Please don't make me run for office, I do not want to run for office.
@fowlweatherfan.bsky.social @fowlweatherfan.bsky.social Eurovision fan
Washington capitals fan
Loves playing board games
Cares about the environment
26 in 2026 ABC reading challenge!
Peter Carlson @peterdcarlson.bsky.social He/him. Alexandria, VA.
Travis A. Niles @travisaniles.bsky.social #energytwitter alumnus, working on climate. Sci-fi lover coffee and wine aficionado. I don't think there are strangers, just friends I haven't met yet. Alexandria VA resident. Hails from the 607.
Anh Phan @aphan.bsky.social My dog and I both love food a lot. Also into the outdoors, reading, community. Gen X ENFP
Nate Rathjen @rathjen.us a singer and an old bourbon drinker
Romans 12:12
📍Del Ray, Alexandria, Va.
John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org “There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter.” - Ulysses S. Grant
Husband, dad, dog walker, cyclist, outdoors enthusiast, occasional reluctant driver, Alexandrian, federal employee. 5 USC § 3331
Clare @clarebearattack.bsky.social I like dogs. I’m a Democrat and a feminist. I also read a lot (mostly fantasy and detective novels).
#uglydogs
@bbroome.bsky.social @bbroome.bsky.social 
Alex Goyette @alexgoyette.bsky.social He/him. Dad x3, Immigration & GBV Advocate, Alexandria Lead at YIMBYs of NoVA. Local chief of the useful idiots 🫡
Go Bills, Caps, COYG
Personal account only.
Sign up for Alx YIMBY action alerts: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-yimbys-of-nova
@cantorshimi.bsky.social @cantorshimi.bsky.social 
YOUNGBLOODZ @youngbloodz.bsky.social Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader
R. Kirk McPike @kirkmcpike.bsky.social Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from District 5. Star Trek fan. Beagle aficionado. Former City Council Member.
Senator Elizabeth Bennett-Parker @ebpforva.bsky.social Senator for VA Senate District 39. Mom. Former Vice Mayor of Alexandria.
elizabethforva.com
Steve Baker @swbaker12.bsky.social A Virginian and a Democrat, all day, every day. UVA grad. Chair, Arlington Democrats
Sonni @sonnimun.bsky.social I am here because I heard they don’t de-rank political content here. I miss old Twitter.
Former Palliative Care Physician now Chief Medical Officer at a healthcare tech company
S. Korea > New Orleans > NYC
#MomsDemandAction
Mary Doria Russell @mdoriarussell.bsky.social Author Emeritus of The Sparrow, Children of God, A Thread of Grace, Dreamers of the Day, Doc, Epitaph, and The Women of the Copper Country. Infuriated that I've been fighting the same political battles since 1968, dammit.
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Christina Y @tigermetal.bsky.social "Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy" ~ Timothy Snyder
Do not bend the knee to these fascist overlords🔥✊💪I
@kittenwhip on IG &Threads
*NOT a "Trusted News Source"
Gabi Porter @gabiporter.bsky.social Photographer, emotional support person for a chihuahua, taking photos of cocktails
@ralperstein.bsky.social @ralperstein.bsky.social Attorney. Writer/Commenter. Trying to sustain joy and humor in bleak times. Not a fan of memes or stanning. Even less so of liars and those begging for the lies.
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Gabriel Valdez @gabrieldv.bsky.social Writer, movie critic, appreciator of good nonsense, unionize everything.
Writing:
https://basilmarinerchase.wordpress.com/
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/GabrielValdez
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
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.
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social Author, pastor, activist, fighter for the common good.
Amanda T @amandatrej.bsky.social Writer, teacher, mother, human. Student of history. I care about other people.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Lisa Chamberlain @lisacham.bsky.social Urbanista Strategista Former Journalista:
https://www.lisachamberlain.nyc/
Anh Phan @anhphan.bsky.social Of all the Anh Phans in the world I’m the one from Oregon who lives in Del Ray, ALX, with two little dogs and a great community. If I’m caffeinated I’m happy and I’m always hungry. 
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Joe Fray @josephfray.bsky.social mail lawyer, food haver, dog owner
ALX
Sara Atkins @saraaatkins.bsky.social she/her, mamabear to 5, POTS/hEDS/Fibro/Asthma/MCAS, Chassidic, dad murdered by Covid/Trump, Dems Lower Merion/Narb (PA) Campaign Support Chair, opinions are my own. #CrossStitch is the best therapy
Rob Krupicka @robkrupicka.bsky.social Don’t hate people. Live and let live. Practice kindness. He/him. Former/recovering elected official in VA. Therapist. Spelling challenged.
Jim Durham🚌🚶♂️🚴♂️ @jldurham.bsky.social Transportation equity, walking, bicycling, and public health advocate.
https://grassrootsalexandria.org/teams/transportation-equity/
Marta Schantz @martaschantz.bsky.social Here for the local ALX politics. Also probably a good mix of climate action fangirling and sci-fi/fantasy/romance book love. Too excited to worry about typos. Opinions my own.
Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social Advancement at the American Council on Education. Del Ray dad and 2x Hoya. Books, baseball, beer, higher ed, and all things Alexandria. Subscribe to ALXtra: https://alxtra.ghost.io/
Diane SD @pennyfeather.bsky.social 
🎼🎶 Laurie MacNamara @lauriedelray.bsky.social “It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.” - Mary Oliver