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
Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social She/her queer disabled Latinx geek. Storyteller with a day job. Married with kitties. Author of The Infinite Library https://a.co/d/00UOxww4
www.insertscenehere.com
Max the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social He/him, bi, does comics about comics
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.com, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics.
she/her 🌈
Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦
gretchenmcculloch.com
Lefty Cheat Sheet @electioncheatsheet.org https://ElectionCheatSheet.org : A quick guide on how to vote lefty using sources YOU trust.
A project of @sharethecities.bsky.social
Strait of Hormuz Traffic @hormuz-traffic.bsky.social Automated daily tracker of Strait of Hormuz shipping. Vessel transits from IMF PortWatch satellite AIS, charted vs pre-closure norms. Posts daily, fully automated. Charts & full history: hormuz-traffic.com — independent, not affiliated with the IMF.
Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now.
he/him
https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
Paul Noth @paulnoth.bsky.social Winner of the 2025 Thurber Prize for American Humor, Cartoonist and Author https://www.paulnoth.com https://substack.com/@paulnoth?r=7j6we&utm_medium=ios
Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
Senior Fellow, National Security Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
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/
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh).
The Original Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
Signal: gbrockell.44
Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me National Reporter for Religion News Service. "Workaday writer." — The New Yorker. Author of "American Prophets," a book on the religious left. Tips? Try me on Signal: jackmjenkins.60 Website: jackjenkins.me
Sen. Maria Cantwell @cantwell.senate.gov U.S. Senator from Washington State | Ranking Member @commerce.senate.gov | RS≠endorsement
Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov Representative for Washington State's 9th District.
Robert Picardo @robertpicardo.bsky.social Actor, collectible, Planetary Society Board Member and AI since the 90s .
Puget Sound Whale Sightings @pugetsoundwhales.bsky.social Bluesky version of an existing whale sightings group; this bsky version created & moderated by AlisaLB.
J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski.bsky.social Writer/producer. Babylon 5, Sense8, Changeling, Thor. Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America. Together We Will Go, The Glass Box. DO NOT POST STORY IDEAS.
Scripts, behind the scenes posts and a lot of conversation at https://www.patreon.com/thejoepage
A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social We call upon your boss.
Author of the novel THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and the essay collections VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024) and FIGHTING IN THE DARK (2026).
He/him.
Author site: armoxon.com
Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, and such. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool (thanks Hampshire College). I use threads like a public filing cabinet. Personal account.
Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social Doing a year for space contempt.
Qualifications: Vanderbilt J.D.
Official Capacity: Just Some Guy
Admissions: only when in a contemplative mood.
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social 
John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services @wadshs.bsky.social Supporting Washingtonians with autonomy and independence in their health, finances, care services and social supports.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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Emma LeRae @emmalerae.bsky.social Paleoartist - Illustrator - Writer?
She/Her 🦖🏳️⚧️ 🦕
www.emmalerae.com
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org Science writer, journalist, physicist, hat man, cat man, queer. I do not use AI for anything, and block AI proponents on sight.
Pfp by @makinaro.com
Signal: BowlerHatScience.51
Deepak @mndoci.bsky.social Meeting attendee at AWS. Birds, cameras, synths. My other job is "soccer dad". Visca el Barça 
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The Fact of Other Minds Stan Account @csilverandgold.bsky.social Don’t mind me just tracing the gyres. Talk about politics a lot but mostly want to talk about Stevie Wonder and August Wilson. She stay in the hills, he stay in Atlanta, I pay for them both.
mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social I cut film and tv
i used to be @mtsw on Twitter- B @boxlunchgifts.bsky.social @boxlunchgifts.bsky.social
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The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog @sdccblog.com The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog. Your #1 stop for everything SDCC. Not affiliated, not filtered, not biased. 15% ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Washington state | Senate Appropriations Vice Chair | Working every day to help people and solve problems
DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social Seattle's community police watchdog. Got a good tip on a bad cop? DM us!
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Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social reporter in seattle without a boss https://linktr.ee/theburnerseattle?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadnj-uuZRKaBUoh58Etx74tPokr6rPYXnmszZEV4mih3Z_WJKAGaQxRgsMDmw_aem_uVjoe869tDWKeyk02FLVKg
Guy Oron @guyoron.net Seattle-based writer and journalist. Pronouns: he/they. Subscribe to my newsletter Gossip Guy for free! gossipguy.net
Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social Photojournalist, writer, editor and videographer.
EIC, The Ten Four: https://latenfour.com/
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social Films, painting and photography
Yeah I did all that
Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
ConCurrent Seattle @concurrentseattle.bsky.social A one-day SFFH event held on August 14, 2025, in Seattle, WA. Built and run by humans who may also be sparkle unicorns.
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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social signals in the noise. sensemaking. unopticon.
The Hairy Knitter @thehairyknitter.bsky.social Knitting designer.
Yarn craft. It keeps us from screaming.
https://linktr.ee/jamiemccanless
Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social I like birds, books, and podcasts. She/her.
I block engagement farmers and report scammers.
Nine Inch Nails @nin.com Official NIN account
WSDOT Traffic @traffic.wsdot.wa.gov Official WSDOT Bluesky account for traffic in King & Snohomish counties, including Seattle. Monitored 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon-Fri. Call 911 to report road hazards.
🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com Cellist, Composer, Charismatic Musical Microfauna in Vermont
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she/her
Cary Hall @caryhall.bsky.social 
Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com Snarkmonger. Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group.
he/him.
Get my opinionated take on AWS news: http://lastweekinaws.com/t/
Signal: 833-AWS-BILL (833-297-2455)
wyly astley @dyermaker1111.bsky.social dyeing • making • wandering
Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social A weekly podcast featuring the ins, outs, clones, and retcons of comics' greatest superhero soap opera!
xplainthexmen.com
(@edidin.bsky.social, @gjallerbru.bsky.social)
Michael Collins @ookb.bsky.social Formerly @ook on twitter
@ook@hachyderm.io on Mastodon
Lurking here
Work: Principal SDE at AWS (Computers and stuff)
Non work: family, bikes, music, ski, coffee, dogs
MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social Bot that tweets quotes(incl spoilers) from
@marthawells.com The Murderbot Diaries. Has no gender. Character's pronouns are It/its. Managed by @writerphoebe
Seattle Yarn @seattleyarn.bsky.social Yarn shop - knitting, crochet, weaving, spinning, needlework. Woman, non-binary, and POC-owned, and a community that is open and welcoming to all. 🧶
seattleyarn.com
2701 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
info@seattleyarn.com
https://discord.gg/WzTmRmzA
Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org Seattle wants to invite the Worldcon community to our city (Aug 13-17, 2025) to experience Pacific Northwest fan culture and to continue to build upon and engage with our fandom community of learners, readers, doers, makers, and creators.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Flo Mask @flomask.bsky.social Winner of 2021 BARDA Phase 1 Mask Challenge.
Runner up in 2022 Phase 2 Mask Challenge led by NIOSH/BARDA/NIST.
www.flomask.com
www.flomaskeu.com
Che @chesaysthings.bsky.social Movement Security Training w/ Vision Change Win | Jail unbuilding | Sci-fi nerding | Juris Doctoring | Veggie slangin | Homosexualing | She/her-ing | #SkyClear ✅✈️
The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social Cartoonist and creator of The Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens https://linktr.ee/theoatmeal
Optimystical Studios - Next up BooksWithPicturesCon @optimysticals.bsky.social Our 🏳️🌈 queer hands make the geeky & representation jewelry💍you want. Wear your 💜 everyday.
He/him & they/them
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
Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social Organizer, writer, mom. Philly partisan. IIWFJU member.
She/they.
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com Artist whose mediums include film, tv, and soda. www.StillersSoda.com
Michelle Morrell @vylotte.bsky.social Division Head - Exhibits, Seattle Worldcon 2025
I read, therefore, I am.
Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social Washington senior reporter @statesnewsroom.com | jshutt@statesnewsroom.com
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/category/dc-bureau
States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com Fair. Fearless. Free.
The nation's largest state-focused nonprofit news organization
More about us: statesnewsroom.com
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
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Flags in the name are the languages I speak and the passports I hold.
Pronouns: he/him/Dad.
Hemidemisemiferal @mfwebb.bsky.social Screaming into the zeitgeist.
Writer, reader, Luddite. Musical misc. Cats (also possums, deer, and bears). TNR. She/her/they. Ex-TX on Puget Sound. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
www.hookswaltz.blogspot.com
Wendy @algol42.bsky.social A quirky scientist out exploring the world
Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social Electrical engineer working on the grid. I have opinions about energy, climate, transport, housing, and politics. YIMBY. #EnergySky
(void-screaming era)
kc green @kcg.bsky.social cartoonist of Greatures, made "This is Fine" • he/him • http://kcgportfolio.site • https://linktr.ee/kcgreenn • email me: kcgreenn@icloud.com
Infectious Disease Tracker @hmpxvt.bsky.social Infectious disease news.
Sharing reports on outbreaks, from bird flu to Ebola.
Now on Substack :)
https://outbreakanalyst.substack.com/
Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social #1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0.bsky.social Data Scientist/Musician/Participant in the General Confusion.
Oppose autocracy and research/counter disinformation. I serve the realm.
Caution: frequent cat photos.
https://conspirator0.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ItrZiqTLw
Technocracygirl @technocracygirl.bsky.social Loves: Books, knitting, public health, history, and chill people.
Hates: Autocracies, kakistocracies, and Nazis.
Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social Expert in weighing medical evidence, cancer, COVID forecasting & mitigation, health disparities, financial analytics. 120 publications. PhD program director. Cancer center program leader.
pmc19.com/data
psychmike.com
Jason Weill @weill.org Seattle resident, New York born; not all my aggression is passive. Career break taker, "Personal Finance for People in Tech" author, election visualizer, housing and transit advocate, cat preferrer
https://weill.org
Pez @pezt.bsky.social NSFW Here for a good time He/Him
I'll block you if you don't have any posts when you follow me
Also if you're here to spam crypto or be transphobic diaf
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender
host of weird little guys on cool zone media
she/her | charlottesville, va
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Green Jacket Lady @greenjacketlady.bsky.social Making fun of Fox News reporters on camera since 2023. "Oh no, you were in your car! They were hurting you so bad."
I made the jacket.
https://x.com/abughazalehkat/status/1706777915516715084?s=20
Katy's Shit Cartoons @cartoons.katymontgomerie.com A better place for my shit cartoons about the TERF WARS
Jonathan Baker @jonathan.boxcake.net Principal Engineer crafting better-as-a-service solutions | Physics to philosophy, AI to architecture | Cat-certified dad & cloud builder |
Podcast host at https://thecloudpod.net
🌍 SF Bay Area
Andi @andi-palo.bsky.social Engineer living in Ireland. Sometimes I run. Busy dad of two kids. Looking forward for getting some more free time.
Doug Jones @actordougjones.bsky.social Yes, that same Doug Jones from Hocus Pocus, Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, Shape Of Water, F4: Silver Surfer, Star Trek Discovery, What We Do In The Shadows cameo.com/actordougjones
Ellie Huxtable @ellie.wtf Infra, Rust, and motorcycles 🏳️🌈
Building @atuin.sh