Ranked News @rankednews.bsky.social Ranked News is the most diverse, unbiased/uncensored free news platform. Articles ranked, summarized and translated in +200 languages. More in the iOS/Android app.
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@goochlanddems.bsky.social @goochlanddems.bsky.social The official BlueSky page for the Goochland County Democratic Committee. We are committed to electing Democrats up and down the ballot and furthering Democratic Party values.
Mark Brooks @mark-brooks.bsky.social Political observer, USN vet, commentator, interviewer - Richmond VA
Colorado native, now in Chesterfield VA
https://www.youtube.com/@Mark_Brooks
Before: Chair in Cumberland County, Member VA 5th CD Committee
Radio (AK)
Late nights are for eating.
Angela @j-beanz.bsky.social Democratic supporter. Dog mom. Fed up with the impact of Trump's policies on our people. I love my blue state.
Josenildo Melo @josenildomelo.bsky.social He studied Law. Bachelor in Social Work. Degree in Philosophy. Journalist. What is all this worth? I really like studying. I AM FROM GOD!
AndyGator @andygator.bsky.social Political Campaign Strategist, Former Public School Teacher. Socialism in the political court, Pelicans on the basketball court. RVA. He/Him
rnr_ @robbieinspace.bsky.social A real dumb dude
Anarcho-Garfist
I'm going bald
Richmond AT://Community @richmond.atmosphere.community An #ATProto Community for Richmond, VA
Tavarris Spinks @teevirus.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🚌🚲Born at MCV and graduated from VCU It took me 25 years to go 25 blocks. Health IT. Posts are mine, my own. Precious.
Energy Data Infrastructure | Global Energy Analytics @energtx.bsky.social Clean global energy data — 106 countries, 170+ indicators, 12 sources. Plus 380+ energy grants & scholarships with deadline alerts. Charts in R. Custom analysis available. energtx.com | info@energtx.com
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8647 🚫Bitcoin + GoFundMe
Devil’s Arrow (Elijah) @devilsarrow.bsky.social Elijah
I enjoy talking about fiction across time and space
(he/him)
Devil’s Arrow on YouTube
Zeinab Benchakroun 🍉 @zeinabbenchakroun.bsky.social Body-Oriented Coach & Facilitator | Neurodivergent friendly | Decolonizing Our Mind & Anti-Supremacy Focus
@maplestarling.bsky.social @maplestarling.bsky.social 🪐🏺🦂✨
Pete Mayo @petemayo.cryptoanarchy.network communitarian, luddite, pollyannaish, foss — anti AI & tech oligarchy
Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social Human; interested in liberation of all kinds, chronically self-expressive, and a hater of binaries, snobs and autocrats. RVA
https://shorturl.at/1u56M (NYT)
https://shorturl.at/H6bBk (New Yorker)
http://www.kristenchapman.art
Harry Chancey @harrychancey.bsky.social Former Public Television Executive now writing on democracy, myth-making & authoritarianism. Teaching & lecturing at William & Mary adult ed program and the Muscarelle Museum of Art. Musing: https://harrychancey.substack.com.
League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org We are a nonpartisan, grassroots civic organization promoting informed and active participation in government. We are building a movement of messaging together. Follow us and we'll follow you. We must stay informed. We're all in this!
Stephen A. Rhodes @stephenarhodes.bsky.social Lover of democracy. Proud Appalachian (living in RVA). Progressive Democrat. Seeker of a more just society. Writer. Reader. Doodler. Indivisible. Dog Lover. CFS/ME. He/Him. Sic semper tyrannis.
@rva3llis.bsky.social @rva3llis.bsky.social 
The Gotham Guillotine @gothamguillotine.bsky.social ☭ New York's Sharpest Socialist Literary Magazine! ☭
🚩Issue 2 OUT NOW 🚩
💀Issue 3 COMING OCTOBER 2026💀
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Mike Mathews @mathewsmike.bsky.social 
Sandy Hickman @strictlyblue.bsky.social Retired Virginia creative with deep progressive roots. Nature lover, community builder, democracy defender. Planting native species by day, seeds of progress by night.
Climate Changemakers RVA @hourofactionrva.bsky.social We are a modern climate advocacy network built for busy people who are looking for meaningful civic engagement. Join us every other Tuesday, 7pm at Väsen Brewing in Scott's Addition! RSVP here: https://luma.com/5mx9dbxy
KaiAppalachian @kaiappalachian.bsky.social Anti-facist. #GuerillaGardening #Bicycle Somewhere outside. #Appalachian #GunControlNow OH YEAH, Woke AF #ReproRights #NativePlants
Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social Writer and woods walker.
Lifetime lefty.
Bon Air, Virginia, US
#Harvard #NYU #UVA
#VCU occupational therapy prof emeritus. Licensed OT.
Photos: @wandering.wow2.bsky.social
Writing: https://tonygentry.com
#fiction #books #photography #RVA
dez bog @666otanize.bsky.social anarchy & plant love. chaos gardener. VA. 28.
@fowlweatherfan.bsky.social @fowlweatherfan.bsky.social Eurovision fan
Washington capitals fan
Loves playing board games
Cares about the environment
26 in 2026 ABC reading challenge!
Sarandon @sarandonrva.bsky.social Richmonder, Public Sector Employee, DSA Member, UVA Alum, Tighthead prop
@nip-nip.bsky.social @nip-nip.bsky.social 
miss starfire, baby 🍒 @hiyelachronicacid.bsky.social 27. they/she. daughter of jupiter. crazy hoodoo lady.
Tomas Alleman @tallmean-1.bsky.social I work in films.
Logan @bashsudo.bsky.social RVA. Leader of Pink Pistols RVA, Leadership Team of Glisten VA, Enterprise IT professional, audio engineer at Fallout
MaMitochondria 💙💙💙 @mamitochondria.bsky.social Mama + Mitochondria
Without the Mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell) no one can survive.
Neurodiverse mom, educator, activist, maker of art, and a bunch of other stuff I can't think of.
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@farmerogriff.bsky.social @farmerogriff.bsky.social
Him/he. Stupid wh press secretary!
Dictators say "Immigrants are coming to take our jobs and our women."
Our forefathers were problematic, but they did not believe Dictators had any role in our society.
Support 🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Ali Faruk @alifarukrva.bsky.social Public School Dad, Sci-Fi/Fantasy nerd, 3rd District #RVA school board member. www.alifarukrva.com.
🏳️⚧️🇨🇩🇵🇸UnionBaddieMaddie @decolonizeunions.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/unionizeamazonky
26, TransFem, NB, Pan, Maoist-pM, Sex positive, She/They pronouns.
Former leader with the Amazon labor union in Campbellsville KY
In need of MutualAid I am following lotta folks to try to get help
@va-nated.bsky.social @va-nated.bsky.social Teaching children about the natural world right outside their front doors. Located in Northern Virginia. Master Naturalist, Middle School educator, High School Envirothon coach. Native Plants, Geology, 🌎-CO2, Astronomy, Birds, Insects, Lichen, Bats & more.
Gwen Otwell @onetofu.bsky.social Communications for 77th District delegate Charlie Schmidt.
This machine kills the vibe
Richmond For All @richmondforall.bsky.social A member-run organization fighting for people-first development, quality public education, housing, and environmental justice. #OrganizeTheSouth
Lincoln’s Kayak 🫘 @lincolnskayak.bsky.social She/Her/Kayaker/ VA01 Dem voter/will not obey in advance/PSU Art History BA/JMU Dukes & W&M Tribe mom/Live music fan/🫘 listener/book reader/fan of Bertrand Russell & Thomas Hardy/snark is sometimes hidden in the Alt Text/ #NAFO 🇺🇦 #Fellas
Jared Frazier @hangaroundrva.bsky.social I’m a guitar tech and musician in Richmond, VA. I run HangaroundRVA with my wife JD.
Morrow1919 @morrow1919.bsky.social Someone who is both professionally and personally focused on driving a more sustainable future.
#Sustainability
#FDT
Frostdates.com @frostdatesdotcom.bsky.social Your ultimate gardening companion! Find frost dates specific to your geographic location at the touch of a button.
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The Witches Altar @thewitchesaltar.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/thewitchesaltar
Where no witch walks alone!
Welcome to The Witches Altar. Whatever name your magickal craft goes by, we are happy to have you with us. We provide tarot and spiritual services, community, and tools of the craft.
Micah Vanderlinden @gravityman.bsky.social Pixel pusher and creativity enthusiast || Video editing & motion design specialist - micahv.com
Ava Reaves Images @avareavesimages.bsky.social There is a quiet strength in staying still while the world moves around you. I am an intimate nature photographer in the central Virginia area.
https://avareavesimages.com/
https://ava-reaves.pixels.com/
https://avareavesimages.blogspot.com/
Kay@foodnpolitics ✨🗽💙Bend that arc ✨🗽💙Find your joy @foodnpolitics.bsky.social Say NO to distraction politics. Look beyond the bread & circuses. #NoKings
In VA working health comms | Prev vol #OFA '07 (SC/NC) #TeamWarren (´12+’20) | On Twitter ‘09-‘22 #ClimateCrisis #BlackLivesMatter | Moved➡️Mastodon | Trying Bsky #FuckAI #AntiTrust
@moonflander.bsky.social @moonflander.bsky.social 
Courtney @coorienookcottage.bsky.social Appalachian in RVA, ‘Belligerent Hillbilly’, B.A.-PoliSci/ Criminal Justice. Progressive.
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ian @flankstaek.me weird kid figuring stuff out // www.flankstaek.me
TrailStash (Daniel Schep) @trailsta.sh Maps and Mappy Software by @dschep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
✨ All Projects - https://trailstash.net
🔍 Ultra - https://overpass-ultra.us
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Grandma N. @catpuzzle.bsky.social 
Venus (on sabbatical) @venusonsabbatical.bsky.social 
Josh Harris @yejuicebox.bsky.social Formerly Campaign Manager for Jason Knapp (VA-01), political consultant, music maker, TCOB. How much cheese is too much cheese? VCU hoops/Cubs #RVA #804
@yenny4.bsky.social @yenny4.bsky.social 
RVA Resistor @dnwamp.bsky.social Husband, father of 3. Sports fan. Ready to resist what is coming, and I think it's ok to punch a Nazi.
DMs welcome from folks local to central VA interested in building community and organizing. #BlueCrew #resist #BlueResistors #FDT #RVA
Kevin B 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🎸💙🌈 @scooterdawg.bsky.social Virginian-born,raised in Alexandria, Va, recently moved from Fredericksburg to Delaware. Former #USMC veteran. Boomer. Liberal. Dad was original ANTIFA. No ICE!!!
🚫 MAGS
No profile info/posts, nothing but selfies, sorry I will block. NO CHAT/DMs
Carson Leigh Brown @carsonleigh.bsky.social 🇨🇻
bilingue
Based between Dakar, Senegal and Richmond, Virginia.
Currently doing comms for progressive campaigns. Also: union organizer, journalist.
Will Matthews @willmatthews12.bsky.social Army veteran, Industrial Security professional, bourbon drinker,liberal. Foodie, crime documentaries and rehabilitated news junkie. #VoteBlue Fredericksburg, VA. No Crypto and no sexbots, you will be reported and blocked.
Buck Succotash @bucksuccotash.bsky.social #RVA | #VCUbasketball | #VCU | #Commanders | #Guitars | #Cats | #EITM | #Cannabis
X-POD™ @xpodtech.com “A global technology leader developing advanced occupant‑safety solutions, including the Safety‑X‑Pod®—an ejectable, crash‑proof passenger cocoon with an integrated Environmental Control and Life Support System.” https://xpodtech.com/
Cate @cateknit.bsky.social Birthright citizen as of October 1945. NonChristian Golden Rule practitioner. 🇺🇦Living in the 💙 bubble of Richmond VA. Knitter. If you only repost, I will not follow back.
NO DMs 🧶 #blue #knitter #KnitSky 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #BLM #Reparations #RVA
Alex Marten 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @amarten.bsky.social “Practice Relentless Decency" Tod Maffin
J. Arendt @uwwoman.bsky.social RVA librarian working at a local university and riding my bike there; opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer or anyone else
https://my-year-of.ghost.io/ is the home of my blog / newsletter.
Tsenacommacah Chamber of Commerce @archaeomancer.bsky.social Archaeologist. Passionate about history, context, and boring civil process. Slowly becoming the Joker but entirely about participatory democracy. Resident of Tsenacommacah, the densely-settled land. 🏳️🌈 #RVA
Will Weaver vs. ACME 📸 @willweaverrva.bsky.social #RVA | #LetsGoVCU | #A10MBB Bluesky | Reddit CBB user poll voter | Weather: @willweatherrva.bsky.social | @rosewattastone.bsky.social | 💍 my Kari Cupcake | #ActuallyAutistic | He/him | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally | Not a coach
Tom Mulder 🟥🔻♻️🖖🏻✊🏻 @toca325.bsky.social Anarchist, Animist, Absurdist; He/They; Pan/Poly; AuDHD; Mutual Aid, Direct Action, Support all biodiversity and marginalised communities; Intersectional leftist feminist
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#rva
mostly reading, following people with interesting ideas
Regular Random Person @regularrperson.bsky.social e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader
Pat @pressle54.bsky.social I have collected the moon berry
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com
Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.
Salty Mom @thesaltyinkslinger.bsky.social Eclectic creative 🎨 🐚 🪡 ✍️
#SaveSection504
You can’t make anything better by destroying it — “Sisi”
Postcards to Voters and beachy things:
https://thesaltyinkslinger.etsy.com
Stickers:
https://thesaltyinkslinger.threadless.com/
Lisa Sherper @lsherper.bsky.social I am a feminist and former couples therapist. My book, Maybe it’s Him: How Couples Therapy Fails Women comes out next June. The book tackles the question, why does relationship inequality persist and argues that couples therapy isn’t the answer.
Vandy🌈 @vandymars23.bsky.social A proud Democrat who believes in equality, social justice, and progress for all. Committed to inclusive policies and standing up for what’s right🍀✊🏻🧠🫏🌈
My telegram profile, feel free to join 🥰
https://t.me/+vfgUyeEs2fA1NmQ0
Renata Pacheco Quevedo 🛰️🌎 @renataquevedo.bsky.social #Geographer | Postdoc Researcher at the ENGAGE group, @univie.ac.at
PhD in #RemoteSensing from INPE (she/her/ela)
#NaturalHazards #landslide #flood #geomorphology #climatechange
Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca A diverse group of Calgarians coordinating & mobilizing local climate change action. #yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateSky
RVA Weather Brief @rvawx.bsky.social 🤓 Local weather geek tracking RVA skies 24/7. No-nonsense radar breakdowns, severe updates, and hyper-local Central VA insights.
📍 Richmond, VA
🔗 rvaweather.net
Mike O'Brien @obrien.page Full-stack fish ecologist. Richmond, VA culture leech living in Eastern Henrico. Small farm dabbler.
https://obrien.page
https://github.com/mhpob
Robert W. Williams @robtwilliams.bsky.social I study W.E.B. Du Bois, especially his philosophy of science. I am interested in multidisciplinary approaches to research his ideas. Also, I am a professor of political science at Bennett College.
Kevin Finity @kfinity.bsky.social He/him. Data nerd, plant lover, occasional linguist.