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SDinGov @sdingov.bsky.social 11 March 2026 | Virtual, online | virtual.sdingov.net
23-25 September 2026 | Edinburgh | sdingov.net
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica250
Richmondside @richmondside.org Independent nonprofit news for Richmond. Part of Cityside Journalism Initiative.
George Lakoff @georgelakoff.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley.
Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
Co-author of FrameLab newsletter on Substack […]
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George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Mikhail Zinshteyn @mzinshteyn.bsky.social Reporter covering California higher education and state-federal issues for @Calmatters.org. Other interests include nationalism, politics, economy, film, fiction and Jewishness. Soviet-born baby refugee; Pell grant recipient. L.A. resident.
AJ Johnson @aj-johnson100.bsky.social 
Mary Ann Bates @maryannmb.bsky.social data & evidence
personal account
CA Student Aid Commission @castudentaid.bsky.social CA state government agency responsible for administering financial aid to California's college and career training students.
https://csac.ca.gov
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Stupski Foundation @stupskifoundation.bsky.social We are a private foundation returning all our assets to the communities we call home in Hawai‘i and the San Francisco Bay Area by 2029. #StupskiCantWait ⏳
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Gavin Newsom @gavinnewsom.bsky.social Husband and father. 40th Governor of California. Former Lt. Governor of California. Former San Francisco Mayor. Personal account.
Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov 40th Governor of California.
Building a California for All.
🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social Save Democracy! #Resist ✊
💙 #BlueCrew
🌎 #ClimateCrisis
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“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” — Winston Churchill
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#BroncosCountry 🏈
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#GoAvs
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.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com Executive Editor at Morning Brew
Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday
Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, etc etc etc
Failed musician
Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
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NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
David Radwin @dradwin.bsky.social Higher education researcher. Opinions are my own, not my employer's.
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com Defending democracy. Confronting hate. Speaking truth to power - and the angry mob. NewsChannel 5 chief investigative reporter. Chancellor, duPont, Peabody awards. RTDNA Lifetime Achievement. Pulitzer finalist. Per John Oliver: “Nashville’s Nosiest Bitch.”
Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov Proudly serving the people of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. 
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social Doting grandmother, among other things.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Steve Sando and the Rancho Gordo staff @ranchogordo.bsky.social Heirloom beans, etc
www.ranchogordo.com
Official member: Leguminati 🫘
Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social Economist, public policy wonk, professor at UC Berkeley, faculty director of California Policy Lab & Center for Studies in Higher Education
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Kristin Blagg @kblagg.bsky.social Education policy researcher at the Urban Institute. 
HCM Strategists @hcmstrategists.bsky.social Providing support & strategic guidance to form policy priorities & advance organizational success in postsecondary education & career-connected learning
TICAS @ticas-org.bsky.social 
David Thompson @moogigon.bsky.social He/Him
The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs
Magic: The Gathering-Playing Elves & Commander
Comics-Faves are Stephanie Brown, Kate Bishop, Argent, Dreamer, Stargirl, Ravager & Black Alice
Great Danes-Henry
Peter Granville @petergranville.bsky.social Higher education policy researcher and college affordability advocate at @tcfdotorg.bsky.social
Bob Shireman @bobshireman.bsky.social Nationally recognized expert in higher education policy, college affordability, and consumer protection, with more than 30 years of experience across government, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations.
Brookings Institution @brookings.edu We equip decisionmakers with nonpartisan research and policy strategies to create a more prosperous and secure country and world.
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Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social The Urban Institute is a research-to-impact institution founded on one simple idea: To improve lives and strengthen communities, we need practices and policies that work.
Education & Work @educationwork.newamerica.org Every child in every community deserves access to the education and workforce training needed to achieve a future without limits.
In this program at New America, we develop the ideas and communicate the policy changes needed to make it possible.
Amanda Janice Roberson @ajroberson.bsky.social VP of Ops at IHEP, Ohio U alum, mom of children and cats. Views are my own.
Carin Barber, Ed.D. @carinbarber.bsky.social Director of Strategic Projects & Deputy Director of Government Relations in the Office of the President at Cal State San Marcos. I work to advance social mobility and host the National Social Mobility Symposium at CSUSM. #socialmobility #highered
Mark Huelsman @markhuelsman.bsky.social Higher ed, inequality, debt, mobility, wealth, sports, kittens, anything else therein.
Bryce McKibben @bmckib.bsky.social What if we tried making education free? Or even just cheap! Policy
@hope4college.bsky.social
Third Way Education @thirdwayedu.bsky.social Third Way's Education Program - Developing a high-quality education agenda focused on value & creating demand for new policy ideas to improve student outcomes.
Terri Taylor @territaylor.bsky.social Higher ed, philanthropy, democracy, climate, baseball, baking
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf @jbeowulf.bsky.social Investigating predatory colleges and talking federal higher ed policy for @NewAmerica.org. Formerly of @insidehighered.com and Higher Ed Dive. Signal: jbeowulf.03 (he/him)
James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social Sometimes I write slow, sometimes I write quick. Mostly about college stuff. Weak on crime.
Email: jstephenmurphy@gmail.com
Website: www.jamessmurphy.com
Sean Baser @seanbaser.bsky.social 
@bethakers.bsky.social @bethakers.bsky.social 
The Education Trust–New York @edtrustny.bsky.social The Education Trust–New York works to close the gaps in opportunity and achievement, pre-K through college.
Equity-Driven • Data-Centered • Student-Focused
edtrustny.org
Stephanie Baker @stephabaker.bsky.social She/her
Higher ed policy at New America. Opinions = own. Working on fed policy re: parenting students and child care access. Opinions on lots of things.
Parent/worker/baker/learner/gardener who believes in the power of the people.
Nick Anderson @higherednick.bsky.social Fighting for higher education at the American Council on Education. Former Washpost education writer. If you want to talk shop or pass along a cool idea to improve or promote higher ed, hit me up: nanderson@acenet.edu #HigherEdBuildsAmerica
Michelle Dimino @michelledimino.bsky.social Director of the Education Program at Third Way
@martinkurzweil.bsky.social @martinkurzweil.bsky.social 
Travis T. York, Ph.D. (he/they) @travisyork.bsky.social Social Scientist, Education Researcher, Author, Advocate, Policy Wonk, & Association (NGO) Leader transforming Education & STEMM systems for ALL - Queer, 1st-Gen, Half-Indigenous, Foodie, Sailer, Boccer - posts are my own.
Tia Caldwell @tiacaldwell.bsky.social Work on #highered policy at New America | opinions are my own- J James Dean Ward @jamesdeanward.bsky.social
Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social Education policy at Urban Institute.
Bradley D. Custer @bradleydeanc.bsky.social Higher Education | public servant | former #sapro | #UnionStrong | he/him | views my own https://michiganstate.academia.edu/BradleyCuster
Third Way @thirdway.bsky.social Fact-driven, future-focused national think tank championing modern center-left ideas. linktr.ee/thirdwayorg
🎓 @thirdwayedu.bsky.social- G Sameer Gadkaree @gadkaree.bsky.social President of The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS)
Christian Collins @ccollins330.bsky.social Public policy researcher | Rubber City born and raised | The Ohio State alum by way of Kent State | Cleveland, Akron, and, Cbus sports fan | https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ccollins330 | opinions and views are my own
Center for Law and Social Policy @clasp.org We're a national nonprofit that works to reduce poverty, improve the lives of people with low incomes, and create pathways to economic security for everyone.
🔗https://linkstre.am/CLASPDC
Preston Cooper @prestoncooper93.bsky.social Higher ed, student loans, college ROI. AEI senior fellow. Forbes contributor. Hiker, diver, dog appreciator. Usual disclaimers. Mostly on Twitter: https://x.com/PrestonCooper93 Newsletter: https://prestoncooper93.substack.com/
Colin Hill @ceh0.bsky.social Yale Data Science alum. Social policy research at MDRC focused on improving outcomes for low-income community college students. He/him 🏳️🌈. Views my own. #HigherEd #EduSky
Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social Advancement at the American Council on Education. Del Ray dad and 2x Hoya. Books, baseball, beer, higher ed, and all things Alexandria. Subscribe to ALXtra: https://alxtra.ghost.io/
Mike Pierce @millennialdebt.bsky.social I ~post~ about debt.
Now: Protect Borrowers @borrowerjustice.bsky.social
Then: CFPB, Congress
Forever: Charm City
Persis Yu @persisyu.bsky.social Candidate for MA State Senate in Norfolk & Suffolk district
www.electpersis.com
Deputy ED @thesbpc.bsky.social; proud Boston Public School mom; consumer advocate; #mapoli #bospoli
Carrie Wofford @carriewofford.bsky.social 💕🎾 🌸😊
Lancy Downs @nancywithanl.bsky.social fan of: walkable cities, tennis, libraries, good pastries, and the ocean | new englander in dc | ed & labor @ new america
Elizabeth Morgan @elizabeth-morgan.bsky.social CXO, National College Attainment Network (NCAN). Here until every American can fulfill their potential through education after high school. Opinions my own. There will be dog photos. 
Magin Misael Sanchez @maginsanchez.bsky.social 📚 Higher Ed Senior Policy Analyst @ UnidosUS | 🎓first-gen UVA alum (2x), MPP | Salvadoreño | 🏳️🌈 |☕️ Coffee addict | 📷 IG: notmisael | 📣Posts are my own
@bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social Higher education policy geek with a terminal case of curiosity. UConn hoops enjoyer.
Bill DeBaun @billdebaun.bsky.social Senior Director of 📊💡at the National College Attainment Network. Jack of some trades, including dot connecting. Devoted FAFSA data dork. The snark is mine; my views could also be yours! Happy to chat, reach out!
Ben Cecil @bencecil.bsky.social Deputy Director of Higher Education Policy @thirdwayedu.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.
https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/ben-cecil
Austin Slaughter @austinslaughter.bsky.social Higher ed researcher at a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization focused on economic mobility. East Texan. 
Stephanie Hall (she/her) @stephmhall.bsky.social ▫️writing about ed policy and politics
▫️former middle & high school teacher (13 years 🇺🇲 & 🇧🇷)
▫️PhD in international ed policy
▫️posts are mine & reposts mean "hey look at this”
https://campsite.to/stephmhall
Steve Burd @stephenburd.bsky.social Senior Writer and Editor in New America's Education Policy Program. Views expressed here are mine alone.
Ivy Sullivan @ivysullivan.bsky.social Youth Apprenticeships | center on education & labor at New America | she/her
Shalin Jyotishi @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social Science, Workforce, & AI Policy + Implementation. Founding Director Future of Work & Innovation Economy @New America Writer @Forbes. Visiting Scholar @ASU. Occasional musician.
#SciPol #EduSky #STS #EconSky
https://linktr.ee/shalinjyotishi
Adam Harris @adamhsays.com writer, southern.
Co-host, Radio Atlantic.
Author of The State Must Provide. Writing Is This America?
More: www.harrisadam.com
Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social VP, Education & Work, New America. Writes about education for the New York Times, Atlantic, Vox, etc. I’ve made my mind a sunless space.
WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social Politics, Music and Sports
Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social Girl dad. Hip-Hop lover. Fmr Capitol Police Officer. Making good trouble.
https://www.standingourground.us/
California Competes @calcompetes.bsky.social We make nonpartisan and financially pragmatic recommendations to improve policies & practices in California. #highereducation #workforce #edpolicy #edequity
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social 
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
Paul Novosad @novosad.bsky.social Econ prof @dartmouth, founder devdatalab.org
r2: a morass of disjointed streams of consciousness
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
NonprofitAF @nonprofitaf.bsky.social Yup. It’s me, rabble rouser, seitan-worshipper, and defender of the Oxford Comma. I’ll be more active on here as time goes on.