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π PHILLY 2030!!
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Dawn B. Vaughan @dawnbvaughan.bsky.social State Capitol Bureau Chief and Under the Dome politics podcast host at The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC. B. is for Baumgartner. Go Hokies.
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dr. thrasher also believes netanyahu is a war criminal @thrasherxy.bsky.social Top selling author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. Former Guardian, Village Voice & SciAm. He/him
Emma Vinella-Brusher @theevb.bsky.social (she/her) β’ Carleton '16 β’ UNC MPH/MCRP '23 β’ Mobility Planning @ City of Durham β’ Views are my own.
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Sandy Johnston @sandypsj.bsky.social Transit geek. Planner. Cat dad. Cubs fan. Deputy Director of Regional Transit Planning at MBTA. Blogging much less than I'd like at www.itineranturbanist.wordpress.com.
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Anderson Clayton βοΈ @abreezeclayton.bsky.social she/her | Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party. βWhere the weak grow strong and the strong grow great.β #RuralMatters
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Travis R. Eby @travis-robert.bsky.social NYC / Tear down urban highways / Language lover: EN FR IT PL RU AR DE ES / π³οΈβπ
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social book reader, software engineer @ Triumph, @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social organizer and @awesomefoundation.org board, π³οΈβπ, he/him, Toronto π¨π¦
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social Host of Crooked Mediaβs βWhat A Day.β Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan. 
mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social I cut film and tv
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Markos Moulitsas @kos.dailykos.com Founder, Daily Kos
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D. @profblmkelley.bsky.social /writer/historian/ph.d./award-winning author of Black Folk/president @natlhumanities /breast cancer survivor/The Oracle
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Desiree Goldman @desgold.bsky.social Living my best life regardless of circumstances π€£ 27 yrs #Realtor specializing in the #ChapelHill NC area.
Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social Science communicator and a former mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina, among other things. π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ damonseils.org
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social In every time, in every place, the deeds of man remain the same. (He/Him).
WEBSITE: https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/ 
Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of Science and Professor of Chemistry and Medicine at George Washington University. Opinions not those of AAAS. https://holdenthorp.substack.com/about #ActuallyAutistic
PennyRich @pennyrich.bsky.social Assistant Clerk-Orange Co Clerk of Superior Court, former County Commissioner-Orange Co NC, former Town Council member-Chapel Hill NC
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. Joto.
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Almost Heaven, Durham County, NC
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Holly @campholls.bsky.social Work in CRE (industrial) and play in Raleigh, NCβ¦. πβοΈπ©΅πβπ«
Bill Adler @billadler.bsky.social I'm an American writer living in Japan. I publish short stories on Substack at billadler.substack.com. I'm a pilot, ramen lover, watch collector, coffee drinker, voracious reader, bicycler, and cat person.
Renee de St. Croix @reneedsc.bsky.social City planner & urban designer. Planning Director with a Metro Vancouver municipality. Mom of 2. Loves soccer, biking, design & cities. Posts are my own.
Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social Your Congresswoman. Proudly representing the MA 7th. Here to break concrete ceilings & shake the table. Personal account. She/hers. #ChangeCantWait
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net Blog blogger, cyclist, maker of trouble
Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social Award-Winning Placemaker (25+ North American Cities). Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada. Hip Hop & a lil Punk Rock. Hopeful.
Mitchell Silver @mitchellsilver.bsky.social Urban planner, speaker, placemaker and professor of practice. Former NYC Parks Commissioner, Raleigh Chief Planning Officer and AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, planning, parks & public space.
Ben Waterhouse @benwaterhouse.bsky.social Historian @UNC-Chapel Hill. Works on culture and politics of business, especially in modern U.S.
Newest book: One Day I'll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America
Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com Leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts β from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Jordan Heath-Rawlings @jordanhr.bsky.social Earned media account director at Burson/H&K. Audio, digital, print journalist. Media specialist. Host of Cancon, former host of The Big Story/The Gravy Train.
Chris Feil @chrisvfeil.bsky.social All this talk about food, Iβm getting hungry, girls. Writer (Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, Vulture, elsewhere). This Had Oscar Buzz cohost. Etc. He/him.
Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser
Books author (New: Stroll!)
Toronto Star column writer
Spacing Magazine co-founder
U of T instructor
Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place.
Links to books, etc:
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social Policy & Planning Dir. @marinbike.org β’ UCLA Urban Planning β’ AICP Planner β’ Baltimore β‘οΈ LA β‘οΈ East Bay β’ π«πCar-free commuting since 2015 β’ Missing middle renter.
πBerkeley, CA
Tab Combs @drtcombs.bsky.social Transport-Equity-Resilience Planning academic
Venerable Road User & Villagist
She/hers. Occasional outbursts about dogs, kids, Davidson hoops, severe weather, & gardening. My opinions are mine.
Blocking bots and bot-adjacents
Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com Urban planner in Southern California working to transform transportation. Posting my way to a better world to walk, bike and roll.
Michelle Wu ε³εΌ @wutrain.bsky.social Mayor of Boston β’ Mom to Blaise, Cass & Mira β’ Personal account
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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social (he/him/dude)
Living in Philly, go birds
I also make the Armchair Urbanist series
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. LA Podcast co-host, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la π₯
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.π©βπ¦½π¨βπ¦―πΆπ΄ββοΈ π β΄οΈ π π ποΈ
Based in the Seattle metro area.
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John J. Bauters @johnbauters.bsky.social Americaβs Bike Mayor / #GoOutside / πΏπΊ
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social the closer we are physically, the closer we are socially.
David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
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Jonathan Berk π @berkie1.bsky.social Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible π
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
Brandon's Buzz @brandonsbuzz.bsky.social send a long letter / way back home / that says all that I know / all that I know / is the blue sky
Currently (re)watching:
βͺοΈ #SantaBarbaraNBC - 1985
βͺοΈ #Neighbours - the Aaron Brennan era
( now: 2016 - h/t #AutumnOfAaron )
http://brandonsbuzz.com
Molly DeMarco @mollydemarco.bsky.social Active transportation fan, conductor of community-based, partnered research to increase access to healthy foods+opportunities for active living, Lead @unc-fforc.bsky.social at UNC-Chapel Hill & co-founder @next-chc.bsky.social
She/her/hers
Chapel Hill, NC
Kyle Williams @kylewwilliams.bsky.social Native Michigander. Building a better Durham. Sustainability, cities, and entrepreneurship.
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:
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Lee Storrow @leestorrow.bsky.social Random thoughts on movies, politics, and running.
Gerry Cohen @gercohen.bsky.social Wake Co Board of Elections member 2019-date, Secretary 2025-date; #ncga staff 1977-2014; member, Chapel Hill Town Council 1973-79. UNC-Chapel Hill BA, JD, MA.
Megan A. Stewart @meganastewart.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Ford School, University of Michigan. Civil wars, political violence, revolution, rebellion, state building. Otherwise meandering or making food. She/her.
www.meganastewart.org
Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social author of Whipping Girl, Sexed Up, Excluded & 99 Erics. also a musician & biologist. more at juliaserano.com. @juliaserano most other platforms. she/her
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social Probably down a research rabbit hole.
π The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
πAgreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
Jennifer (Jenn) Weaver @jennweaver.bsky.social Former mayor of #HillsboroughNC, A better world is possible. Carolina Basketball, Fall, Get me outside. Can we get some buses, trains, and bike lanes up in here?
Tech Wonβt Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
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
Edward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel
thetechbubble.substack.com
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iterationβ¦or something like that. 
Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com writer, artist, (credentialed as a) geographer. editing at large at urbanomnibus.net. research fellow at SFE. buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. past work: lifewinning.com. all me buddy, never spoken for an employer