jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Margaret Forsyth @margaretforsyth.bsky.social “We’re not from the left, we’re not from the right.
We’re from the bottom, and we’re rising.”
Troy Jackson
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
llimllib @billmill.org I make the web do stuff for work, watch sports and make graphs for fun
Sports/viz stuff on this account, tech/life stuff is at @llimllib.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
https://notes.billmill.org | Portland, ME | Abolish ICE
Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org Progressive institutionalist with an interest in modernizing Congress and strengthening our democracy. Bluesky is my penance for working at an org that once encouraged Congress to tweet.
Like what you see? More at https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/
Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social Combat veteran (Marines + Army). Friend of the working Mainer, foe of the oligarchy. Husband. Candidate for U.S. Senate.
www.grahamforsenate.com
Ernest Post @monkchips.com analyst, developer-friendly
black cats, small plates, natural wine
london, east
he, him
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
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:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
Send us tips: propublica.org/tips- K Kayla @kcamach1.bsky.social
Johnicholas @johnicholas.bsky.social Long-haired programmer; loves cats and dogs but doesn't have any. http://pronoun.is/he Black Lives Matter My mandate also includes weird bugs.
Jen Ecker @drjecker.bsky.social Mother, runner, strong coffee drinker. Designer by trade working in civic tech. ✈️ PWM
Ben @suidroot.bsky.social Reverse Engineering – Malware – Computer Security – Electronics Hobbyist – Sometimes Photographer – Spaceflight – Cat Enthusiast- J @jessebishop.bsky.social @jessebishop.bsky.social
Michael Pistrang @pistraami.bsky.social Maine
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him.
newsletter:
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contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
Stephen Quirk 🏳️🌈 @stephenquirk.com Art and technology person living in Maine 
Sarah Frisk @friskymakes.bsky.social 👩🏻💻 UX Engineer | Design Systems, VueJS, Web Components, Comics Accessibility | Staff Software Engineer at SiriusXM
🖋️ Maker of Things | Comics, Code, Art
⭐ Nerdy Fangirl | Tabletop Games
Enthusiast
She/Her
sarahfrisk.com
@cristoslc.bsky.social @cristoslc.bsky.social 
Chris Kelly @ckelly.net Software Engineer. Formerly Pantastic, Guideline 401k, HubSpot, Echo Nest. Casual gamer, lifelong Cleveland sports fan.
Formerly ckelly@twitter.
Portland, Maine
https://ckelly.net
bret barker @abitrandom.net
manipulator of bits. hobby brewer, woodworker, iot, smoker of meats.
Chris Vermilion @verm.me Software nerd. Order Muppet. Recovering physicist. Not really that sad of a dad. https://verm.me
Be the friend you want to have everywhere.
John Bronson @jbronson.bsky.social Suitable for the boardroom or the discotheque
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby Kubernetes SIG Security Co-Chair, container escape artist, goose in the mainframe. Minneapolis. They/them. Stay punk 🏴
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steve o’grady @sogrady.org helped found redmonk. if you see someone at a tech conference wearing a Red Sox hat, that's probably me. otherwise found in the great state of Maine. wrote the new kingmakers and the software paradox. married to @girltuesday.org. eph.
Angie Jones @angiejones.tech Tech's Favorite Auntie
VP Eng, AI Tools & Enablement @ Block
#techgirl1908
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social Opinions my own.
https://sarah.dev
Sr Director of Engineering @ Google: Core Web, Android, iOS Infrastructure
Formerly Vue Core •
Frontend Masters teacher •
O'Reilly Author •
https://www.engmanagement.dev/
https://github.com/sdras
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Cyberspace Sam @sam.bsky.social Creative Technologist @ Spacebar Arcade.
Lost in XR/AI Space. Pioneer of Cyberland.
👾 https://spacebar.games 👾
corey gilmore @coreygilmore.com Doing stuff at LinkedIn. 10 year Monktoberfest alum. Spent time at US Senate, BGR, PMC.
coreygilmore on twitter / @cfg@mastodon.social
Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la southern roots, oakland blossoms 🌸
tech blah blah
@b.astrel.la’s weirder half
Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis
probably on threads https://www.threads.com/@theericajoy
Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social Co-Host of You Are Good and The OC, Again. Manager for folks in the arts. Bewildered person. Picture taker. Zine-maker (High Occulture). Activist. Into being.
Meg K Guliford @mkguliford.bsky.social Philadelphia Liaison for the Kansas Board of Tourism
Jayhawk Born; Quaker Educated; Jumbo Trained, Dragon Employed
Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca programming and exclamation marks
blog: jvns.ca
zines: wizardzines.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social Co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company. According to Field of Schemes, "tech exec and Oakland A's fan" -- but more of an Oakland Ballers fan now.
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Laurie Voss @seldo.com Head of Developer Relations at Arize. Previously: LlamaIndex, Netlify, co-founded npm, awe.sm, started lgbtq.technology. Married to @jovo.design. He/him. 🇹🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com - A aneel @aneel.bsky.social @aneel
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Matt Boutet @mattboutet.com Engineering leader. Legal tech enthusiast. Dad.