William Claspy @wclaspy.bsky.social Director of Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University. Woodworker. Trout fisherman.
Ab-Rock @abbysmith.bsky.social Comics meaning sequential art and comics meaning comedians.
Other interests include: cult films and classic cinema, Doctor Who (especially the 8th Doc), pocket pets 🐀; female-fronted bands.
Location: Central Ohio; Orientation: bi; Cohort: millennial
Monty @probablymonty.bsky.social math doer, Duck cheerer, video game enjoyer
Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social Your place to find and be found
https://civictech.guide/
Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org Be realistic; demand the impossible!
Orion's father; Lauren's partner; @beta.nyc's Executive Director; 20+ years in Public Interest Tech; NYC COPIC Member; #ASL beginner; #OpenData; #civictech; #PiTech; 🇵🇷; #BikeNYC; Opinion = Own
Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social Hello (including you, trolls 👋). Lead and sole full-time staff @ U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) [government / civic]; past 18F, UIC. People first. Not for you. Views mine. None of this is endorsement. South side Chicagoan. Singular (th).
Data Days CLE @datadayscle.bsky.social Data Days Cleveland creates space for Northeast Ohio civic data and tech enthusiasts to share information, learn, and build community.
datadayscle.org
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com Lawyer, historian, mapmaker. Transport + housing nerd. Californian living in New York.
Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning @ Columbia. Wrote "The Lost Subways of North America". Get the book at http://lostsubways.com.
Personal account.
The Map Center @mapcenter.com Andrew Middleton
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
A 'Peddler of Wheres' and owner of the oldest map store on the East Coast, The Map Center in Pawtucket RI. It's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
marcus @marcusgilmer.bsky.social journalist. Managing Editor, Crain’s Cleveland Business. Jam band, unicorn and Minor League Baseball enthusiast.
OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social Ohio Digitization Interest Group: informal discussion group open to all w/ interest in cultural heritage digitization, description, access, digital preservation. We meet 6x a yr, half in person/half virtual. Free meetings since 2005! https://ohiodig.org
Mara Averick @dataandme.bsky.social open-source 🥑 dev advocate @quansight.com 💻 on @stdlib.io fmr: @rstudio, 🏀 hoop head, data-viz lover, gnashgab, blatherskite, doggos, horses
Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social Creating & writing about data vis for @datawrapper.de
Robert G. aka M Solidus @msolid.us Cleveland, Ohio. Games Culture enthusiast, educator, and meme aficionado.
Dan Trevas @dantrevas.bsky.social Ohio Supreme Court public information staffer; Ohio State Bar Media Law member. Posts are not legal advice.
Brian Drum @briandrum.net Husband, Dad, councilmandrum.net in the village of Chagrin Falls. Tees & stuff at www.sugarandfrogs.com. Seasoned software product leader. Formerly Aclaimant, IBM Watson Health, Trunk Club, designkitchen, closerlook.
Archiving The Black Web @atbw.bsky.social Archiving the Black Web (ATBW) is a call to action to create more equitable, accessible, and ethical web archiving practices to document the Black experience online. Posts by @bergisjules.bsky.social & @zzcollier.bsky.social archivingtheblackweb.org
Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF, Library of Congress NRPB; Director, New Terrain at Sundance; Assoc Prof, University of Colorado
A.L.P. In Geauga @alphawg.bsky.social Ohioan/occasional New Mexican.
Former local newspaper reporter. (Politics/Ed./beat)
Obligate Yarnivore. 🧶
Big nerd.
#AlfHog
Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social Catholic, son, brother, Brother, Jesuit, weightlifter, woodworker, radical for Christ. Proudly putting the SJ into SJW. My posts≠orgs I am part of. (he/him)
Attila Bátorfy @attilabatorfy.bsky.social dataviz and information graphics at ELTE MMI
portfolio: https://attilabatorfy.com/
head of visual journalism project: https://atlo.team/
book order: https://eltebook.hu/batorfy-attila-adatvizualizacio
blog: https://attilabatorfy.substack.com/
The Rooster @rooster.info All of Ohio’s depravity. All the time. 
Tyler Buchanan @tylerbuchanan.bsky.social Midwest editor, @Axios. BGSU grad, @Rangers fan. Everything's coming up Milhouse.
Merrilee Proffitt @merrileeiam.bsky.social Democracy's Library @ the Internet Archive | Library and archives leader | People at the center of all I do; DEI advocate and practitioner
Allison Horst @allisonhorst.bsky.social Artist. Previously DevRel & teaching faculty (Environmental Data Science) at UC Santa Barbara. PhD, Env Science. Data science | R | data viz | education | art | allisonhorststudio.com (landscapes) | www.allisonhorst.com (data science)
Chi Hack Night @chihacknight.org A free, weekly event in Chicago to build, share and learn about civic tech. Join us every Tuesday evening! https://chihacknight.org/
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Bergis Jules 🇱🇨 @bergisjules.bsky.social Archivist for shiftcollective.us & archivingtheblackweb.org
Kate Zwaard @kzwa.bsky.social A human person, I’m pretty sure
Taylor Johnston @taylorjohnston.bsky.social newsroom developer @bostonglobe.com
Tyler Machado @tylermachado.com 📍 Boston, MA
👾 Dev/designer in dataviz and UX/UI
⚽️ Into indie media, pro soccer, 90s alt-rock
🧑🏼💻 Portfolio & contact: tylermachado.com
king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social multidisciplinary artist in tech; web standards & web education. Co-Chair of W3C TAG.
W3C ARIA Working Group invited expert. W3C Privacy Working Group invited expert.
I can't access DMs.
https://lolaslab.co for web standards consulting & web education.
Eleonore @eleonore.bsky.social 👩🏿💻 data viz, maps, creative coding: https://elle-est-au-nord.com
👩🏿🎨 visual arts: artsynore.cargo.site
💝 healthy planet & democracy
Gabe Sawhney @gabesawhney.bsky.social Dad + Canadian Digital Service + Civic Tech Toronto.
Jeopardy! @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social 💙 Stream Jeopardy! on Peacock & Hulu
⚔️ Jeopardy! Masters is now on Hulu
🏈 ESPN Jeopardy! now on Disney+, Hulu and the ESPN App
🍿 Watch Pop Culture Jeopardy! on Netflix
Bill Callahan @cycbill.bsky.social NE Ohio / Old grassroots digital equity hand / Data has its uses / Don't mourn, organize!
Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social features writer, Chicago Reader: harm reduction, homelessness, and chicago/rust belt history.
proud member, Reader Union
kprout@chicagoreader.com; signal katie.507
https://www.katieprout.com/
The Maybe @themaybe.org The Maybe is a media studio, collective, and consultancy challenging the power and politics of tech.
Home to the Computer Says Maybe podcast.
Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org 👊 Battling techno-fascism with our Internet-savvy blend of attention-grabbing activism and mass mobilization.
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/2026
Piccalilli @piccalil.li Level up your front-end skills. Stay for the approachable, friendly content and go away with transferable skills you can use day to day.
https://piccalil.li
Data Day Texas @datadaytexas.bsky.social https://datadaytexas.com
Derek Arnold @darnold.blacksky.app he/him, Black, dad, husband, Ohioan. math, hardware/software (esp. F/LOSS), music, 1x Jeopardy! loser, helping others improve; also @darnold0714@mastodon.social
Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is We are an autonomous group of anti-fascist researchers dedicated to providing communities from the Rockies to the Pacific with research and tools to protect themselves from fascism in all its forms.
https://pacantifa.is/
JB Hutch @jbhutch.bsky.social 🇺🇸 https://uswds-tailwind.com • 🍃 https://draft-ui.com
https://jbhutch.com
Portland, ME
Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com Designer, journalist, and professor.
Author of 'The Art of Insight' (2023) 'How Charts Lie' (2019), 'The Truthful Art' (2016), and 'The Functional Art' (2012). NEW PROJECT: https://openvisualizationacademy.org/ 
David Aerne @meodai.bsky.social Self-employed Design & Interaction Developer at Elastiq Ltd.
Independent researcher exploring color perception, palette tools, and interface design through prototyping.
Ben Welsh @palewi.re 🧮 Data journalist · 🟠 Reuters editor · 🤖 Computer programmer · 🗣️ Send tips to ben.welsh@thomsonreuters.com
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.palewi.re/@palewire, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
@fcportage.bsky.social @fcportage.bsky.social 
Amber @ambercwade.bsky.social Plants & bikes & too many hobbies
formerly carfree_cle on twitter
BLACK MAGICK @blackmagickbar.com metal. pinball. beer. cleveland.
coming sometime in 2026 (🤞)
LIVE SLOW FLIP FAST
Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social Researcher, policy analyst, social scientist. PhD-ing on political power and privatization in the scale of AI governance.
she/her | Montreal | anabrandusescu.com
Datacitron @datacitron.bsky.social Data & information designer 🍋 Co-founder of the DataSuffragettes 🍋 Creative director of Nightingale, journal of datavizsociety 🍋 bobbaddict
kay slater @kslater.bsky.social information worker + critical scholar | DJ | research network @libraryfutures.bsky.social | AI + Planetary Justice Alliance | Chicago, of course
views my own!
letterboxd: https://boxd.it/etsK7
Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.com Civic technologist, engineering manager, amateur photographer, lover of food, designer turned engineer, accessibility person, Shiba Inu fan
https://jaredcunha.com/
Allison Wrabel @craftypanda.bsky.social City woman. Opinions mine. Enthusiastic about Cleveland sports. #YRICD. Peaked in middle school. Last name rhymes with table. #MIZ CLE-COU-CHO
Technologists for the Public Good @publicgood.tech A professional association and community for technologists that serve the public good.
https://www.publicgood.tech/
Laura McKieran @iheartdata.bsky.social Just moving into the neighborhood. Views are my own and posts are personal only.
Anurag Saxena @anurag.codes Python Dev 🐍 Data Engineering 🧑🏾💻 Building software for Cancer Research and Care 🧬
@catherinedevlin.bsky.social @catherinedevlin.bsky.social 
Angie Schmitt @schmangee.bsky.social Planner and writer. Author RIGHT OF WAY. Traffic safety nerd. Mom of two. Working on a new book about child-friendly neighborhoods.
Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ the University of Washington iSchool | formerly an Innovator in Residence @ Library of Congress | essays in WIRED, Gawker, The New Republic, Longreads, Current Affairs, etc.
🌐 www.bcglee.com
Stentor Danielson @chefstentor.bsky.social Cartographer, podcaster, academic studying wildfire, Q method, and fantasy maps. Settler in Jaödeogë’ (Pittsburgh). They/them.
https://mapsburgh.com
https://carrierbagpodcast.blogspot.com/
https://glittercats.itch.io
Luke Farrell @lukef.bsky.social Building for working people in NYC nyc.gov/pitcrew | Solved crises @WhiteHouse @USDS 🚀 writing about it occasionally itslukefarrell.substack.com
Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social Population Geographer | Spatial Demographer.
Partial to words like orthogonal + heterodox.
Also very partial to shoes.
rachelfranklin.org + rachelfranklin.substack.com
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Atlas Guo @cartoguophy.bsky.social A Map Evangelist
CartoGuophy.com
Ashley Feinberg @ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social 
Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social supporting researchers counting words in various ways with computers at university of arizona libraries; increasingly displaced new englander
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social Nonbinary hobbit 🫖 and data person 📉
Let's chat about scifi novellas 🤖 Gotham FC 🦇 and textile data visualizations 🧵
Raechel Portelli @raportelli.bsky.social Geography professor. ADHD, Curmudgeon, and chaos. Posts are mostly life not work- Orchids, Pets, Art, Running, UP, etc.
XCSB Cleveland @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social Cleveland’s Community-Powered Radio Station
STEAMING 24/7 ON xcsb.org + XCSB Radio Player App
Kate Leroux @kateler.bsky.social Cartographer. Green hair. Seeks out high places. She/her.
NACIS @nacis.bsky.social Do you #lovemaps? The North American Cartographic Information Society has been the home for map enthusiasts since 1980.
Use #nacis to be featured.
Learn more at nacis.org
Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com Radically collaborative journalism. Working with the world’s leading media on deeply reported, public interest investigations. http://bit.ly/LHR-newsletter
Decolonial Atlas @decolonialatlas.bsky.social Maps for the people and planet. #LandBack
linktr.ee/decolonialatlas
Maptime HQ @maptime.bsky.social #Maptime is global, decentralized community of local chapters that provide hands-on, beginner-focused workshops for learning about maps and geospatial technology.
Malcolm Meyer @malcolmmeyer.com 🗺️ Freelance -geospatial- web developer ~ gardener ~ father ~ citizen ~ reggae - 'Hope without optimism.' 👨💻
Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me Data engineer in practice, data librarian at heart.
Knitter, dog momma, board gamer, and consumer of sci-fi/fantasy of all mediums.
Civic tech, data for good, peace/conflict data, and philosophizing thru data modeling
https://jennajordan.me
meetar @fjord.style I make maps to see where birds go.
Visibly unfinished.
https://fjord.style
bug eye candy corn ball lightning bug
Sean Redmond @rdmond.bsky.social Senior Product Manager at NYPL (formerly Guggenheim, AMNH and Brooklyn Museum) Also https://mastodon.social/@rdmond. Freelance classicist. @hemerologion.bsky.social
NE Ohio NewsGuild @neohionewsguild.bsky.social The NewsGuild-CWA local of Northeast Ohio! TNG-CWA Local 34001. @newsguild.org @cwaunion.bsky.social
www.newsguildlocal1.org
Representing workers at the Akron Beacon-Journal, Kent-Ravenna Record Courier, Canton Repository, and Massillon Independent.
el @dropthatphone.bsky.social 
Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social The Civics of Technology (CoT) project aims to empower students and educators to critically inquire into the effects of technologies on their individual and collective lives. Find updates here or by subscribing to our newsletter at civicsoftechnology.org.
Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social Data Visualization. Ex-Planet & NASA Earth Observatory. Blue Marble, Earth at Night, color, cartography, occasionally skewed views of Earth. Looking for a job.
ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social Software developer at a library.
Camilla Mahon @camillacaros.bsky.social Product consultant @ https://grey-fox.co/
Hockey coach 🏒 @ https://girls4hockey.com/ & elsewhere
Geospatial, remote sensing, sports analytics
Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social Professor-turned-librarian; I like my books and cookie dough rare; TX ➡️ CA ➡️ OH; she/they 🏳️🌈 views my own
S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @stopspyingny.bsky.social Fighting to abolish local & state surveillance. 
Hannah Recht @hannahrecht.bsky.social Data journalist at AP Elections specializing in geography data.
Also Census, health policy, R and open source.
https://www.hrecht.com/
Census API Tracker @censusapitracker.bsky.social This account automatically posts updates when the U.S. Census Bureau APIs add or remove datasets.
See the tracker: https://www.hrecht.com/census-api-datasets/
By @hannahrecht.bsky.social
This project is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Emily Bowe @emilyrbowe.bsky.social Urban nerd @bplmaps. @unc & @parsonsdesign alum. Mostly here for talk about cities, maps, libraries, and knitting. She/her
Paul Ford @ftrain.com Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
spara @spara.bsky.social ;
Because shame is loud.
Kindness has to whisper.
Dan Miller @meelar.bsky.social Queens volunteer chapter leader for @opennewyork.org. YIMBY, pro-transit, pro-biking, anti-borders-and-cars. He/him
scott b. weingart @scottbot.net past: circus performer; historian of science; librarian; grantmaker; chief data & evaluation officer at NEH.
present: dad; resident scholar at dartmouth; chief technology officer at the library of virginia.
personal account.
https://scottbot.github.io
Convergence Magazine @convergencemag.com Convergence Magazine is a magazine for radical insights.
https://convergencemag.com
City Bureau @citybureau.bsky.social A Chicago-based national journalism lab reimagining local media though civic education, sustained impact reporting, and the #DocumentersNetwork 🔎