Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social Cinephile, music lover & library worker originally from San Francisco now based in Maine. These are personal opinions that may not reflect the views of my imp lawyer.- B byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social western mass-based writer, archivist & poseur
Mariah Blake @mariahblake.bsky.social Journalist. Author, They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals, out now. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554198/they-poisoned-the-world-by-mariah-blake/
https://www.mariahblake.com
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social Marine biologist, writer, policy nerd. Co-founder Urban Ocean Lab, think tank for the future of coastal cities. In love with climate solutions.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
Elizabeth Spavento @elizabethfrightens.bsky.social Public account
Nat May @nat-may.bsky.social 
Pickwick Independent Press @pickwickindpress.bsky.social Rad Community Print Shop in the heart of Portland, Maine
pickwickindependentpress.com
Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social Once censored by Elon Musk bc I did a journalism
Signal: JSweetLI.61
Words in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Intercept, The Handbasket, POLITICO, The Nation, Mother Jones
https://jacquelinesweet.substack.com/
Patrick Carey @patrickcarey.bsky.social Synthesis. Computer Music. Creating Software. Running a label. Organizing Shows.
Mostly just being a father.
Portland Maine.
https://patrickcarey.bandcamp.com/music
Traced Objects @tracedobjects.bsky.social
Aftersound @aftersoundmaine.bsky.social
Immigrant Welcome Center @welcomeimmigrant.bsky.social Strengthening Maine’s immigrant community through language acquisition, economic integration and civic engagement.
Kristen Stake @imaginaryisland.bsky.social Dance artist, somatic therapist, meditation in Portland, ME
Somatictherapymaine.com
Milestone Recovery @milestone-recovery.bsky.social Providing help and hope for those facing homelessness and substance use since 1967. ☀️ 🌈
Emily Burnham @eburnham1982.bsky.social Mainer, writer, enthusiast. 
Preble Street @preblestreet.bsky.social 50 years of creating solutions for homelessness, hunger, and poverty in Maine. Meeting urgent needs, advocating for change, and empowering people. #PrebleStreet50 #CompassioninAction
Ryan Adams @ryanwritesonthings.bsky.social Paintings. Murals. Signs. Complaints. Contradictions. 
Portland Recovery Community Center @portlandrecovery.bsky.social A community center in Portland, Maine for all people in addiction recovery. Call 207-553-2575 or visit www.portlandrecovery.org for more information.
Wingedprints 💀 @wingedprints.bsky.social Jaime Wing 🪽 he/him
Artist Printmaker based in Portland, Maine
👉🏼 https://wingedprints.com/shop 👈🏼
Jessica Tomlinson @jessicatomlinson.bsky.social 
Ayumi Horie @ayumihorie.com Potter. Parent. Mainer. Native Planter.
MOONSHAKE @moonshakecrew.bsky.social Portland, Maine based dance floor curators
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Monthly residency at Space Gallery
NYE: Erin Ames, Won Pound, Teal Child, KTTNMTTNS, & Cecil G
Maine Women’s Lobby @mainewomenslobby.bsky.social Passing laws for gender justice since 1978.
worm restraint @ctsmike.bsky.social of course, the herd is perfect
@ashatamirisa.bsky.social @ashatamirisa.bsky.social 
Wabanaki Alliance @wabanakialliance.bsky.social The Wabanaki Alliance was formed to educate people and to advocate for the rights of the Wabanaki Nations, in the place we now call Maine.
Lin Snow @goose-ifer.bsky.social Freelance Artist based in Maine 🌼🌲🌞
Linsnowart.com
OUT Maine @outmaine.bsky.social Creating welcoming and affirming communities for Maine's LGBTQIA2S+ youth. 🏳️🌈
outmaine.org
Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social Beacon is a news site by the Maine People’s Alliance. We shine a light on the experiences of everyday Mainers, educate readers on the impact of public policy and promote a progressive vision rooted in community, fairness and investing in our shared future.
Maine Equal Justice @maineequaljustice.bsky.social 
Southern Maine for Racial Justice @smrj20.bsky.social A group of individuals organizing for racial and economic justice.
Portland Design Co @portlanddesignco.bsky.social A small but mighty branding and art studio founded by Maine artist LK Weiss in Portland, Maine.
Union of Maine Visual Artists @umva-members.bsky.social The UMVA is a nonprofit organization of more than 400 Maine artists and art lovers founded in 1975.
We aim to connect Maine artists and the art-appreciating public. We organize art exhibitions at various locations across the state. Join us! theumva.org
Portland, ME - Bluesky Hub @theportlandhub.bsky.social The Bluesky Hub for everything Portland, ME
Curated by @ethanacho.bsky.social
DM to get your business/organization/band/venue added to the Portland, Maine feed.
Follow to be added to the Portland Chatter feed - DM for removal
Kelsey Halliday Johnson @plutobandit.bsky.social
for the first time ever it feels hyper-critical to say: views/re-shares are absolutely only my own. 🦀
Snake Lips @sssnakelipsss.bsky.social INDIE ROCK FROM PORTLAND MAINE
https://linktr.ee/snakelips
Monday of the Minds: A Community Hip Hop Showcase @mondayoftheminds.bsky.social Monday of the Minds: A Community Hip Hop Showcase is a bi-monthly concert series held in Portland, Maine. Founded in 2015, we commit ourselves to always creating a safe space for diversity and inclusion while learning the stories of all.
Bull Moose @bullmoosestores.bsky.social Since 1989 💿 For All Your Entertainment Needs
MUSIC // MOVIES // BOOKS // GAMES // MORE
Employee-owned independent retailer serving Maine, NH & ✨beyond✨
bullmoose.com
Mark Wethli @mwethli.bsky.social 
Hilary Irons @hilaryirons.bsky.social Painter etc.
image in profile: David Bomberg, "In the Hold" ca. 1913-1914 (Tate Britain)
https://hilaryirons.com/home.html
https://hilaryironsprojects.com/home.html
Tessa Greene O’Brien @tessagreeneobrien.bsky.social Painter, curator, Mainer
Www.tessagreeneobrien.com
Rolling Stone [Unofficial] @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage
🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://rollingstone.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/rollingstone.com
@jonathanmerrifield.bsky.social @jonathanmerrifield.bsky.social 
Color Sound Oblivion @colorsoundoblivion.bsky.social Boutique record shop in Biddeford, Maine. Art. Musick. Death. linktr.ee/colorsoundoblivion
Pinecone+Chickadee @pineconechickadee.bsky.social AAPI/woman owned. A curated selection of handmade crafts, unusual gifts, greeting cards, vintage finds and oddities. Open 10am-6pm everyday!
6 Free St, Portland, Maine
pineconeandchickadee.com
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Jon Wurster @jonwurster.bsky.social Sitting in the back row with The Mountain Goats/Bob Mould Band…The Best Show...Scharpling & Wurster...couple other things. Most of my fun happens over at Instagram.
Warren Ellis @warrenellis.bsky.social Musician with peculiar sense of pitch timing and rhythm writer of film music. Plays in Dirty Three and the Bad Seeds. Wrote Nina Simone’s Gum and founded Ellis Park in Sumatra. Two kids two cats and two salamanders 
Loren Coleman @cryptozooloren.bsky.social Author, Director of the International Cryptozoology Museum, former Professor, Lecturer, Consultant, Father, Book Contributor, Baseball Scholar, SBSC, Architecture, Film, Cryptokubrology, Animals, Polymath.
WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social The freeform station of the nation! Independent, creative, rocking radio. Skeeter behind the curtain: @dmandl.bsky.social. Submit music via http://wfmu.org/sendmusic.html. Sorry, but we're too busy shopping for records to respond to DMs. Listen: wfmu.org
Jackson Potluck @bobulrich.bsky.social Portland, ME
comic book enthusiast
photo enthusiast
musical noise maker
Radio - www.wmpg.org - (Local Motives, Regression Toward the Mean)
Comics Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coast-city-comics-podcasts/id1359731238 (umactuallycomics)
GOING 2 HELL @going2hell.bsky.social TRIPPY GRUNGE PORTLAND BANNED 
Maine Academy of Modern Music @mammrocks.bsky.social Students today. Rock stars for life.
www.mamm.rocks
New England Music Directory @nemusicdb.bsky.social Community driven datasource of venues and resources for small / independent musicians in the Northeast US. Find your spot. Do your thing.
nemusicdb.neocities.org
https://linktr.ee/nemusicdb
South Portland Public Library @southportlandlibrary.com The public library of the city of South Portland, Maine
Portland Maine Farmers’ Market @portlandfarmmarket.bsky.social Year-round farmers’ market in Portland, Maine.
Join Us!
🌳Apr-Dec: Sat & Weds 7am-1pm in Deering Oaks Park
❄️Dec-Apr: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, 631 Stevens Avenue
🥕SNAP/EBT welcomed and 50% matched at the Market Info Booth.
www.portlandmainefarmersmarket.org
Greater Portland Metro @gpmetro.org Providing safe, clean, affordable, and reliable public transit in Greater Portland, Maine.
Portland Hearts of Pine @heartsofpine.bsky.social The soccer club of Maine ♥️🌲
PBS News @pbsnews.org We are home to the PBS News Hour and @washingtonweekpbs.bsky.social.
Subscribe to our newsletter: https://to.pbs.org/47dcMEJ
Support our work: https://bit.ly/3IXO4xW
More: linktr.ee/pbsnews
On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios — onthemedia.org
Hosted by @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social
Rachel Ohm @rachelohm.bsky.social Journalist at the Portland Press Herald covering state government and politics.
Shenna Bellows @shennabellows.bsky.social Bio: Maine Secretary of State Prev: State Senator, Executive Director of HHRC Maine + ACLU of Maine
The End of Portland Maine @theendofportland.bsky.social 
History of Maine @mainehistory.xyz Moments both large and small throughout the amazing history of Maine. Banner courtesy of Maine Memory Network.
#maine | #mainehistory | #history
Maine Center for Economic Policy @mecep.bsky.social Nonpartisan research & policy organization dedicated to improving the economic wellbeing of Mainers with low and moderate income since 1994.
Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com The best art publication on Bluesky 🌞 with daily art news and reviews. hyperallergic.com
Josh @onhandinhand.bsky.social Brick clay. Glaciated landscapes. Material research & craft
https://joshuaclukey.com/
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Julie K. Gray @juliekgray.bsky.social Artist, Photographer, Writer, Psychic Medium
http://www.juliekgray.com
https://www.instagram.com/juliekgray?igsh=OHY5M2NzZTQzMzRz&utm_source=qr
Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social aka Max Alper. Composer, sonic arts educator, and audio worker with opinion. “The Nadia Boulanger of Ableton weirdos.”
Founder of @klangacademy.bsky.social.
Co-host @criticallistening.bsky.social. Based in Hudson Valley. peretsky.xyz
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Down East magazine @downeast.com Down East evokes and illuminates the spirit and culture of Maine. 🦞🌲
Cellardoor Winery @cellardoorwinery.bsky.social Award-winning winery with tasting rooms located in Lincolnville and Portland, Maine. mainewine.com
Allagash Brewing Company @allagashbrewing.bsky.social Brewing Award-winning Allagash White in Portland, Maine. B Corp giving back 1% to our community. From Maine, With Love.
WMPG 90.9FM @wmpg.org Radio from the University of Southern Maine. 90.9FM or stream via wmpg.org or our app.
The Bollard @the-bollard.bsky.social Fearless indie journalism about Maine since 2005. Subscribe at bollardhead.substack.com for scoops, rants, and daily music & arts listings 
apohadion theater @apohadion.bsky.social D.I.Y. performance space
107 hanover st - portland, maine
email: theapohadion@gmail.com
Website: http://www.apohadiontheater.org
q @quinnamiwrong.bsky.social hell
The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social Your best tool for movie-going in Maine: A database of showtimes at indie cinemas, multiplexes, outdoor screenings, and film festivals. All in one place, curated by local tastemakers. themaineplayweek.com
The way cinema should be.
Mitch Boisvert @nettlepatch.bsky.social 
G @g-ferragamo-g.bsky.social LIVING ARTIST & FRIEND EVERLASTING
Portland, ME ~ for now ~ they/she
https://msha.ke/g.ferragamo.g
Jimmy Viera @jimmyviera.bsky.social Painter in Maine
jimmyviera.com
@brendan-r-shea.bsky.social @brendan-r-shea.bsky.social 
Amy Parker @amyparkerdesign.bsky.social Amy Parker is a designer.
As the Executive Design Director at Woods, she leads creative strategy, ideation, and digital design to make communication solutions, digital products, and visual languages for brands.
kmc @kimberconvery.bsky.social Fine Artist
who listens to too much music
www.kimberlyconveryart.com
Kimberlyconvery@gmail.com
https://kimberlyconvery.bigcartel.com/?_gl=1*1tr85f5*_gcl_au*NjY2NTU1NDYwLjE3MzgxNTc5OTI.*_ga*NTgzMTMwMzk1LjE3MzgxNTc5OTI.*_ga_QZ4HDFTSEZ*MTczODE1Nzk5MS4xLjE
Chris @cpstiegler.bsky.social Writer, professor, etc.
Portland Noise @portlandnoise.bsky.social Live music in Portland, ME
Consolidated listing of all upcoming shows, with Maine based musicians highlighted
https://www.portlandnoise.me
https://linkpop.com/portlandnoise
Lauren McCauley @lmccauley.bsky.social Mother, writer, dreamer, schemer.
Editor of Maine Morning Star, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news site covering state policy and politics. We are part of States Newsroom's national network.
Joe Lawlor @joelawlorph.bsky.social I am the health and human services reporter for the Press Herald in Maine.
Maine DSA @mainedsa.org The Maine chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
Posts ≠ endorsements.
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.
Print: A Bookstore @printbookstore.bsky.social Indie bookstore on Portland's East End! Open Sun/Mon 11a-4p, Tues/Wed/Thurs 10a-5p, Fri/Sat 10a-7p. Dog-friendly and very gay. 🌈🌲
Shop by appointment: printbookstore.com/appointments
Congressman Jared Golden @golden.house.gov Proud dad, resident of Lewiston, and Blue Dog. Raised in Leeds and trained in the Marines. U.S. Congressman putting Mainers first.
Morgan Talty @morgantalty.bsky.social Writer / pαnawάhpskewi from the Penobscot Indian Nation / NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ and FIRE EXIT: A NOVEL (Tin House 2024)
Founder & Director of Talty Literary
morgantalty.com
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum