Sydney Brownstone @sydbrownstone.bsky.social Investigative reporter @theseattletimes. Mostly cat hair, married to @willjames. Email: sbrownstone@seattletimes.com
South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social Amplifying authentic narratives of the South End.
🌐 Read online: southseattleemerald.org
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Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social 🏛️ King County Council, District 8
💪 Proudly pro-worker and pro-union
🏡🩺 Advocate for affordable housing & healthcare
😂 Pun enthusiast
Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social Politics guy professionally, boardgame guy unprofessionally -- in Seattle.
Seattle Weather Blog @seattleweather.bsky.social Puget Sound weather in a nutshell
Naomi Ishisaka @naomiishisaka.bsky.social Seattle Times Social Justice Columnist / Assistant Managing Editor for Diversity and Inclusion. AAJA Seattle President. www.naomiishisaka.com she/her 🏳️🌈
Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social reporter in seattle without a boss https://linktr.ee/theburnerseattle?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadnj-uuZRKaBUoh58Etx74tPokr6rPYXnmszZEV4mih3Z_WJKAGaQxRgsMDmw_aem_uVjoe869tDWKeyk02FLVKg
Jay Willis @jaywillis.net I write about courts, democracy, media, and the raccoon family living in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
Scott Greenstone @scottgreenstone.bsky.social I make radio about the sound region: https://www.knkx.org/people/scott-greenstone
Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org Regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research + imaginative advocacy @ nwprogressive.org. 
Robert Getch @stumptoemerald.bsky.social Guy who likes walking, trains, buses and bikes. Work in Banking, frequently mistaken for competent.
Seattle now, from Portland.
Jim Brunner @jimbrunner.bsky.social Seattle Times politics reporter
Got a tip? Signal: 206-214-8789
https://www.seattletimes.com/author/jim-brunner/
Donna Blankinship @dgblankinship.bsky.social #Civicsforadults on Substack. Formerly Cascade PBS, AP, Seattle Times. Dog mom. People mom. Seattle journalist.
Jesse Piedfort @jessepiedfort.bsky.social I work for Sierra Club's national clean transportation campaign. Formerly director of Sierra Club WA. Love my e-bike, walkable cities, and getting my hopes up about the local baseball team. Pro-Housing.
Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social I practice personal law at a queer law firm, am a big fan of my wife, my kid, Roller Derby, romance novels, dogs and places I can walk to.
Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social Climate, energy, insurance, political change. Holding Big Oil accountable at @climateintegrity.org - I like my cities dense, my wilderness wild and my baseball teams winning. He/him.
rae deng @raesdeng.bsky.social fact-checking for snopes, (short) previous life as statehouse reporter covering legislatures in washington, minnesota and ohio (in that order) | they/she
Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org David Goldstein • Sr. Fellow at Civic Ventures • Economic storyteller • Co-host PitchforkEconomics.com • Recovering blogger/journalist • Truth is the best defense against prosecution for libel… but rhetorical hyperbole is more fun.
Will James @willjames.bsky.social Reporter and producer
Podcasts:
We Keep Us Safe (2026)
Adults in the Room (2026)
Lost Patients (2024)
The Walk Home (2022)
Outsiders (2020)
Married to @sydbrownstone.bsky.social
https://www.will-james.work/
Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social 📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Streets Alliance. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
K.H.I. @sheridesabike.bsky.social Bikes & transit. SEA & WA. Writes, edits, paralegals. Fmr: PeopleForBikes, WA Bike Law, Disability Mobility Initiative.
Writing The Transit Trekker Manual, b/c it should be easier to enjoy the outdoors if you can’t drive. @transittrekker.bsky.social
Rian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social ED @eoionline.bsky.social ⚖️• formerly ending homelessness @communitysolutions 🏡 • former ED, current board @theurbanist.org 🌃 • board @futurewise.bsky.social 🏔 • opinions mine, bad • curious • he/him
KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org Local news and @NPR for the Puget Sound region.
Listen live at 📻94.9 FM and 📲http://KUOW.org or by asking your 🔊 smart speaker to “Play KUOW.”
Fuse Washington @fusewashington.org Fuse is Washington’s largest progressive organization – people creating change online, on the ground, and on issues that matter. www.fusewashington.org
Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social A monthly microfiction contest celebrating the lighter, more peculiar side of storytelling. Yes, our alpaca travels by quill 🦙🪶
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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social Zine Machine
*art by real humans
A zine publisher with vending machine distro, by @kristenmiller.bsky.social
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JAV Titles @jav.scd.lol Actual Japanese porn video titles. Sourced by r18.dev. Ran by @scd.lol. Original by wwwdotyoutube on twitter
Jimothy Trashman @jimothysays.bsky.social I AM JUST A WEIRD LITTLE GUY WITH SHORTENED SPINE SYNDROME FROM SEATTLE AND I AM A FAN OF YOU
Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social Jan Graham Democrat. Pro-🏳️⚧️. Anfangen ist Einfach, Beharrlichkeit eine Kunst. “Only 50% a internet rando”
Help build the Utah Dem bench! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/purrtah
Jay Yencich @jayyencich.bsky.social Feral intellectual / whywolf (ND). Poet. Critic (Lit. / Eco. / Media). Introverted but rambunctious about thinking. Ride or die or die.
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social Co-host of The Vorthos Cast, sometimes editor, accessibility professional, a general nuisance. He/Him
Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social 15 years of saved tweets.
@tfederman.bsky.social
Garbage Day @garbageday.email I'm a newsletter (and sometimes other stuff) about the internet (and sometimes other stuff)
hoots @hoots.bsky.social youtuber, podcaster, actor, soprano
Respect the Dead @respectthedead.bsky.social The podcast where we don't!
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With: @caelan.bsky.social & @hoots.bsky.social
Caelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social Journalist / Video Essayist // https://www.youtube.com/caelanconrad // Critically Reviewed Podcast: @respectthedead.bsky.social // Audio Drama: @welcometoisaiah.bsky.social - https://ko-fi.com/caelan
<Got my PhD at a ghost school> <they/them>
adef @adef.bsky.social that one guy that makes pokemon videos that have math in them | business inquiries: eric@untamedartistsla.com
Ariel in Seattle @lakedesire.bsky.social Elder millennial. PhD. Single parent with kids in Seattle Public Schools. I post about Seattle politics, fandom, and reality TV. Interests include Xena, Animorphs, The Amazing Race, StreetPass, retro and CRT gaming, RPGs. they/them
Folklore Review @folklorereview.bsky.social Folklore Review is a literary journal for magic enthusiasts. We love unique works born from magic, myths, and legends. The weirder, the better. https://www.folklorereview.com/submit
ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social A project powered by a network of aviation enthusiasts hunting for interesting cleartext ACARS messages. All posted messages are delayed & have identifying information removed. Most messages are very undramatic.
acarsdrama.com | jumpseat.acarsdrama.com
Push/Pull Seattle @pushpullseattle.bsky.social Push/Pull is hard to describe but easy to love. We're an art, comix, zine & supply store, learning center, print shop, and so much more. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK!
Visit us at 2000 NW Market St, Seattle, WA, or online at pushpullseattle.com 🎨🌈😺
Willamette University @willametteu.bsky.social For almost 200 years, Willamette has helped students turn their knowledge into action — right in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.
willamette.edu
Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com Belfast writer. He/him. NUJ. I mostly moan about the media, politics & Arsenal. "Big beast transgender activist" [The Telegraph].
The Trans Agenda reports on anti-trans media coverage in UK papers, subscribe here transagenda.info
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Kitty the tiny dancer @girlyfriday.bsky.social She/Her. Seattle.
Your neighborhood auntie, and poster lady.
Reply-guys need not reply.
eigengraulein @eigengraulein.bsky.social enthusiast. I like seattle municipal stuff, national politics, dogs, 30 rock references & the new kurt vile album
Kink Center @kinkcenter.org A kink community center for learning, exploration, and growth with a focus on Accessibility and Inclusivity
Any and all bodies are welcome to Volunteer with us!
- https://KinkCenter.org
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
electricliterature.com
Tony @tonychiado.com 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇨🇦
Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social Pedestrian
Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor
Transportation advocate
Probably covering a random public meeting
(they-them)
📍Puget Sound
https://www.patreon.com/typewriteralley
Alex @alexh666.bsky.social decolonial dreamz
focused on art, labor, gardening, housing, tenants rights, land use, transportation, environment, and abolition
posting from the southern Seattle suburbs in Coast Salish territory
opinions my own
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social I draw watercolor postcard journal comics and SuperButch, a 1940s lesbian superhero history noir webcomic
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social the closer we are physically, the closer we are socially.
bicievino @bicievino.bsky.social Mostly bikes and cat pics
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social Working together to provide quality education for children & students, ensure that education remains a state priority, & provide quality public services.
www.seiu925.org
Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social Dallas-based writer. Subscribe to America's oldest and only country music newsletter, Don't Rock The Inbox: www.dontrocktheinbox.com
natalie.l.weiner at gmail
Anarchists Without Borders @anarchswoborders.bsky.social All antifascists are allies now.
Our community is dedicated to antitoxicity, and opposed to all hate, including scapegoating of liberals.
Voting and political engagement are duty.
Join us: https://discord.gg/EFMdVcGz2S
Lexi Rosen @lexirosenwrites.bsky.social writer of love stories + lusty little almosts💕💜💙
afraid of geese
EIC @sillygoosepress.bsky.social
University of Redlands '21
Vermont College of Fine Arts ‘24
words: www.lexirosenwrites.com
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
taylr @taylordahlin.com local duckling with internet access
📍 minneapolis MN
Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social Inspiring challenges for storytellers. Next up is the Rhyming Story Challenge on September 15th at https://nycmidnight.com/rhyme.
Alissa Rose @alissarose.bsky.social Tzedek, tzedek tirdof / צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף
Kindness (except for occasional snark). No right on red.
Retweets NOT endorsements. Aspiring AuDHDer.
Some tweets due to cannabis. Not sure which, lol.
NO to Substack.
Lo alecha as a guiding principle.
She/her.
Fun Book Person @alexmiller77.bsky.social Author of White People on Vacation (Malarkey Books) and some other things. Taking up space in Denver
https://alexmillerperson.weebly.com/
Jeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social he/him – Seattle, WA – Bikes, mobility, food security, compassion, and building better cities. Sometimes: MySQL, Ruby, etc.
🚴♂️ strava.com/athletes/106905687
📸 instagram.com/bikeseattle
📚 blog.jcole.us
Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com Digital Strategy for California YIMBY. Seattle resident. Personal account -- what you see here represents my own opinions, for better or worse.
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Rachael @r343l.bsky.social Disabled bike mom, transpo activism, software spelunker. They/them. Contact me other ways (signal: rachael.49). Also post: https://freeradical.zone/@r343l and https://social.ridetrans.it/@rachael
Posts deleted irregularly.
Miriam Anzovin @miriamanzovin.bsky.social writer, artist, nerd, makeup aficionado, & human symbiote to a small opinionated dog ✨ #DafReactions creator, works at #BigTalmud ✨ She/her ✨Let’s F&*king Go-lem! https://linktr.ee/miriamanzovin
MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social MaddowBlog.com
Rachel: https://bsky.app/profile/maddow.bsky.social
Steve: https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com
Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social Fantasy author, fashion historian, medievalist, Arthurian, gardener 🌺 ADHD, she/they, queer 🏳️🌈 | 👑 THE GAME OF HEARTS OUT JUNE 24 from Solaris Books 👑 | rep: Stacey Graham More at: https://bit.ly/m/nataniabarron
Foglifter Press & Journal @foglifterpress.bsky.social San Francisco based LGBTQ+ journal and press—we publish powerful, intersectional writing that queers our perspectives. 🌈 🌉
https://linktr.ee/foglifter
RABBLE REVIEW (RR No.9 is Available Now!) @rabblereview.bsky.social leftist arts & letters
RABBLE REVIEW No.9 is AVAILABLE NOW!
rabblereview.com/rr9
Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social Tales of the gothic, the peculiar, and the downright spooky for middle grade and young adult readers!
https://linktr.ee/hauntedwordspress 🖤
beestung @beestung.bsky.social a quarterly mag of non-binary & genderqueer & two-spirit writers that’s sweet & stings | imprint of
sundress publications | eic sarahclark.bsky.social
http://www.beestungmag.com
https://beestungmag.com/newsletter
Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com Little Fruits Magazine harvests bold, honest writing. Juicy, bruised, or beautifully bitter | editors: ghost and @maggiekantor.bsky.social
https://lnk.bio/littlefruitsmag
https://littlefruitsmagazine.com/submissions
Belladonna's Garden @bdglit.bsky.social A curated literary magazine of stories & poems. Submit your work — we’re listening. www.belladonnasgardenlit.com
https://linktr.ee/Bdg.lit
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.
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Caga Tio @scottgoeke.bsky.social just some guy
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
McCormack Writing Center @mccormackwc.bsky.social Write. Revise. Karaoke.
Workshops, Residencies, & Classes
Since 2003
Formerly the Tin House Workshop
mccormackwritingcenter.org
Wyatt Sinclair @crumblsucks.wyattswickedgoods.com 7-time award-winning bakery owner
1-time 2nd place Vanagon car show winner
One half of the @wedonthaveityet.com podcast
New Hampshirite
Lifelong UMass Football stan
Vanagon caretaker
Bluesky's #1 Rays fan
Bluesky's #1 Crumbl hater
Pinballer
Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social Senior Editor @TheUnPopulist.net. Executive Director @ismapolicy.bsky.social. Views my own.
City Cast Seattle @citycastseattle.bsky.social The daily local podcast & newsletter helping you feel more connected to Seattle.
seattle.citycast.fm
jane c. hu @janehu.bsky.social journalist, host of @citycastseattle.bsky.social, psychedelics reporter at The Microdose. always gets the name of the dog.
janehu.net
seattle.citycast.fm
themicrodose.substack.com
Fandom Ledger @fandomledger.com Video Game and anime news and reviews. Plus a bunch of other fun shit. @advanced.gg partner. Pokemon, Umamusume, and Hololive are the best.
https://www.fandomledger.com
Matt Dovey @mattdovey.com Fantasy/SF writer. Surname rhymes with 'Dopey'. He/him. #ActuallyAutistic & #ADHD
• Host for @podcastle.org
• Codex member
• mattdovey.com
Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social Artist, director, showrunner + creator
I draw body horror. Not online much.
🪐Knights of Guinevere
🔮The Owl House
🕯️Skin & Bones
CineNerdle @cinenerdle.app Daily puzzle games for the cinephiles among us!
Working towards building and celebrating a community of film lovers through games, puzzles, contests and more!
cinenerdle2.app
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social I help take people to space and sometimes do things with swords.
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
MxM Landscape Architecture @mxmla.bsky.social Seattle based landscape architecture firm. MxM shapes landscapes of craft and integrity that strengthen our civic infrastructure