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.
Philip Crawford 🌐 🏗️ 🚲 @philipcrawford.bsky.social 🐈 🐕 cat and dog fosterer
🚞 train traveler
🌐 neoliberal
🏗 yimby
🚴♀️ bicycle commuter
🥏 Ultimate Frisbee GGM
Friends and co-workers in 🇺🇦 so I follow that invasion closely.
✅ www.manifest.ly
Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social Working in transportation research to connect people to opportunities - accepting we can't fix much but trying anyway. Find my work with the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at www.lewis.ucla.edu
Counting Cranes @countingcranes.bsky.social Thoughts on Madison without a 250 word count limit.
www.countingcranes.com
@craigweinhold.bsky.social @craigweinhold.bsky.social
Robb Stankey 👨🔬 @robb.stankey.me Scientist in synthetic biology and natural products. Formerly served as Trustee for Shorewood Hills, WI. Interests include microbiology 🦠, space 🔭, birds 🐦, cycling 🚴, and the interface between religion ⛪️ and politics 🏛️
Mark (he/him) @markedwardson.com Just another engineer who fell down the urbanism rabbit hole
Vancouver/Victoria
@freddie668.bsky.social @freddie668.bsky.social
École des Bro-Arts @aphyr.woof.group.ap.brid.gy Switchy leatherman into bad puns, thick boys, and distributed systems. Purveyor of fine jockstrap selfies. Woof.group admin.
Jim Starkey: "Of interest only to third-rate […]
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social Former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ex-Council of Economic Advisers, Census, Treasury. Dual DC/Bay Area citizen. Personal account, all opinions my own
1000 Friends of Wisconsin @1000friendswisc.bsky.social Through education, coalitions, policy, planning, and projects, we help Wisconsin communities, governments, and people make housing, land use, and transportation decisions that achieve healthy, thriving, equitable, and climate-resilient communities.
Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social She/her. Feminist. Repro Health Advocate. Public health professor. Union Leader. Former candidate for U.S. Senate in ME
andreaformaine.com
PFP: Andrea wearing an orange and blue plaid shirt and smiling
Header: “Together we lead” + chickadee logo
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
tash @tashcoug.bsky.social Zoe, Parker, and Lolo’s mom. Urbanism enthusiast. Disability inclusion professional. Pathological people pleaser. Opinions my own. 🇧🇷
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @urbancourtyard.bsky.social Launching the CIMBY (Courtyard In My Backyard) movement in North America, starting in Chicago.
Cato Institute @cato.org A public policy research organization dedicated to individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. https://www.cato.org/
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
Jeramey Jannene @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com President and co-founder of @urbanmilwaukee.com. Covering City Hall and all things city of Milwaukee. jeramey@urbanmilwaukee.com
Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov The official Bluesky channel of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Privacy Policy: http://federalreserve.gov/privacy.htm
https://www.federalreserve.gov/
Liam Beran @liamberan.bsky.social former isthmus staff writer. Daily Cardinal alum and UW-Madison English department grad. Avid runner, photographer and coffee-enjoyer.
tips: lberan@isthmus.com | he/him | 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇳🇱
Dane County Emergency Management @danecountyem.bsky.social Dane County Emergency Management works to prevent/mitigate risks and hazards and respond by organizing, coordinating, and supporting emergency response in communities.
Find out more at https://em.countyofdane.com/
Scott Gordon @scottgordonwi.bsky.social Playing guitar and going on the computer at shrimpranch.bandcamp.com. Co-founder of @tonemadison.bsky.social (2014-2026). Free Palestine and Fuck ICE
Signal: scottgordonwi.34
scottgordonwi@protonmail.com
yaharaflyer.com
📍Madison, Wisconsin
Christina Lieffring @stinadale.bsky.social She/Her. Managing Editor @tonemadison.bsky.social. Freewheelin' freelancer. Lifelong midwesterner.
Madison365 @madison365.bsky.social Award-wining nonprofit local media outlet covering Wisconsin’s Black, Indigenous, Latino & Asian communities. Support the work: madison365.com/donate
Brian Standing @brianstanding.bsky.social Retired planner, hiker, union activist, canoeist, radio journalist, trombone-player, trouble-maker.
Tone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social Fiercely independent coverage of arts, culture, and politics in Madison, Wisconsin, that was worker-owned and reader-supported. 2014–2026. Archive available at tonemadison.com
Isthmus - Madison news & culture since 1976 @isthmusmadison.bsky.social Informing and engaging active Madisonians with in-depth and independent community journalism.
Dane County Board of Supervisors @danecountyboard.bsky.social The legislative and policymaking body of Dane County, Wisconsin government 🏛️
https://linktr.ee/danecountyboard
Sabrina but some folks just call me Progress @heymissprogress.bsky.social somewhere protecting my peace.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Madison is for People @madisonforppl.bsky.social Madison Area YIMBYs, organizing for a healthier, greener, and more affordable future. A chapter of YIMBY Action. madisonisforpeople.org
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social Independent scholar: research interests in hermeneutics, textual criticism, and the classical tradition; aurum in stercore
(I don't use Chat)
John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social A historian of things before 1700, especially religion, friars and the ways of everyday life.
Mary F. Wheaton @miniaturewheats.bsky.social Cataloging librarian, medievalist, neurodivergent mental health advocate. @ucddublin MA Medieval Studies & MLIS. @medievalnd alumna. 📖 Manuscripts & fragments nerd 📍Richmond, VA
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Michael Bradley 🍕 @mikebradleymke.bsky.social Husband & dad. Demography, Safe Streets, Frozen Pizza, Lake Michigan. Licensed bartender. For 1 Million Milwaukeeans.
Harald Kliems @haraldkliems.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy Researcher, bike advocate, union member, #Rstats, #openData, #transit, #urbanism, #OpenStreetMap, sustainability ...
he/him/his. All opinions my own. Posts self […]
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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.
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
National Zoning Atlas @zoningatlas.bsky.social The National Zoning Atlas is a collaborative of researchers digitizing, demystifying, & democratizing ~30,000 U.S. zoning codes. Explore our interactive map at zoningatlas.org/atlas.
Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social More housing, bikes, and transit.
https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity
📍 Montreal, Quebec
Short Circuit @shortcircuitij.bsky.social You like law? We've got law. Check out our concise & fun-to-read summaries of circuit court opinions, listen to our (sometimes irreverent) podcasts, & more. A project of the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice
Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social Head of data journalism at The Economist
@tyler-herman.bsky.social @tyler-herman.bsky.social
Justin Stuehrenberg @stuehren.bsky.social GM @ Madison Metro
@darrin-was.bsky.social @darrin-was.bsky.social
Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social Senior reporter for Vox thinking about factory farming & animal rights, agriculture & the future of food, science & its discontents, cities, housing, transit and ✨ideas✨
marina@vox.com
~Skeptical of epistemic authority
I live in Madison, WI
Luke Mathers @mathers.bsky.social The words we choose to talk about what’s going on around us matter. Probably grabbing another cup of coffee.
Sara C. Bronin @sarabronin.bsky.social Mexican-American architect, attorney, GW Law professor, National Zoning Atlas/Preservation Atlas founder, "Key to the City" author, preservationist, 7th-generation Texan, mother of 3. https://wwnorton.com/books/key-to-the-city
@wortnews.bsky.social @wortnews.bsky.social
Keith Furman @keithfurman.com Represents District 10 on the Dane County Board of Supervisors. Former President, Madison Common Council; and Former Madison Alder, District 19- J @jolson03.bsky.social @jolson03.bsky.social
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:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social Mayor of Verona, Wisconsin. In favor of the environment; transparency; a vibrant downtown; spending responsibly; affordable and attainable housing; job creation; walkable streets; equality. Anti-Flock. Art is for everyone. https://www.votelukediaz.com/
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
John K. Wilson @jkleinwilson.bsky.social UW Center for Campus History | Past: @WPR, etc. | snotty upstart
Patrick Heck @patrickheck.bsky.social Mostly Madison stuff.
Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw @amoralorealis.bsky.social Game dev, pro-housing activist. she/her
Jason Joyce @jasonjoyce.bsky.social Publisher of Madison's Isthmus, Minnesconsinite (Winnesotan?). Read the news!
Michael @michaelfriedman.bsky.social environmental scientist • urbanist
interested in conservation, sustainable land use/housing/transportation, local issues
Frederick Bartol @leftontheprairie.com I write about politics, particularly the politics of urban transit, from a standpoint grounded in midwestern American progressivism. And "there isn't a train I wouldn't take, / No matter where it's going."*
*Edna St. Vincent Millay
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway @satyaformadison.bsky.social Satya Rhodes-Conway is the 58th Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. Contact the office: mayor@cityofmadison.com
Contact the campaign: satya@satyaformadison.com
MGR Govindarajan @murali-mgr.bsky.social Madison District 8 Alder
Robillard @rrobillard.bsky.social Urbanism and environmental hobbyist. Midwest soccer mom advocating for healthier communities.
Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social Ex-philosopher, ex-Tweeter.
Email: info@contrapoints.com
Jacob Moskowitz @jacobmosk.bsky.social Madison, WI 🧀
Urbanism, Gophers, Packers, Brewers, Bucks, Politics
Formerly of MSP and Twitter
David King @cityplanning.bsky.social Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Arizona State University
I study transport, land use, local governance.
Cityplanning.01 on signal.
Four freedoms.
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uFu5Z2YAAAAJ&hl=en
Neighbors for More Neighbors (N4MN) @moreneighbors.org Neighbors for More Neighbors stands up for secure, abundant homes for everyone in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota.
We advocate at the state and local level for changes to allow more homes in existing communities.
Website: https://moreneighbors.org/
Laura Foote @laurafoote.bsky.social
Theo in Arlington @adamtheo.com Adam Theo in Arlington, Virginia 👉 adamtheo.com
📃 I run the 'Arlington VA' feed here
🏘️ YIMBYs of NoVA yimbysofnova.org
🚴 County Transportation Commissioner
💼 Corporate Communications & Nonprofit Management at GMU.edu
🕺 I want to dance like Sam Rockwell
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. Nerd4cities.com | http://linktr.ee/CityNerd
Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social the closer we are physically, the closer we are socially.
Asheville For All @ashevilleforall.org WNC's chapter of YIMBY Action. Advocating for housing abundance, & diverse, affordable, and walkable communities in Asheville.
Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social We advocate for housing abundance and sustainable, inclusive cities in Illinois.
🏙️ https://abundanthousingillinois.org
Paul Williams @pewilliams.bsky.social Executive director, Center for Public Enterprise (publicenterprise.org)
Brooklyn, NY
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
low vision (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider
annazivarts.com
#WeekWithoutDriving weekwithoutdriving.org
Nondrivers Alliance nondrivers.org (c3)
Nondriver Action ndaction.org (c4)
Mayor Melanie Kebler @melaniekebler.bsky.social Mom, attorney, nerd, she/her. Mayor of Bend.
📨 mkebler@bendoregon.
https://linktr.ee/melaniekebler
Campaign account: keblerformayor.bsky.social
Felicity M. Maxwell @cityjane.bsky.social >>Working to Expand Housing Access for All Texans
Executive Director, Texans For Housing ~ https://https://www.texansforhousing.org/
AURA Board member ~ https://aura-atx.org
Co-Chair, YIMBYtown 2024
AURA: An Austin for Everyone @aura-atx.org Austinites advocating for abundant homes, reliable public transit, walkability, & safe streets for all!
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
Jerusalem Demsas @jerusalem.bsky.social yes, like the city | Editor TheArgumentMag.com | she/her
Bill Connors @williameconnor3.bsky.social Passionate about Sun Prairie, WI. Advocate for more housing development and not adding costs to housing development.
Olivia R Williams @oliviawilliams.bsky.social Former Floridian in Madison (WI) using Geography PhD to tweet about housing, community land trusts (CLTs), transit, & bicycles.
Josh Herritz @jherritz.bsky.social Madison, WI
Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social Thinktanking on housing + democracy + clean energy
Opinions—all mine. Or yours, recycled—as also mine. Zero endorsements here.
#Housing #affordability talking points galore
🏘️🎯➡️ https://www.sightline.org/the-pro-homes-messaging-toolkit/
#Parking feed ⬇️
Marsha Rummel @marshar608.bsky.social A better world is possible if we fight for it.
Pamela Oliver @pamelaoliver.bsky.social Professor Emerita of Sociology, U Wisconsin - Madison. she/her/they
I research social movements & protest, especially Black; I do advocacy around criminal legal system. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-1008
Jerry Schippa @jerryschippa.bsky.social Traffic Engineer. Posts mostly about 🚦, 🚌, & 🎲.
drew hanson @pedview.bsky.social varied interests, 1st generation college grad, dad, independent, older than I look, views are my own
Brittany Grogan @brittanygrogan.bsky.social public health epidemiologist in Madison, WI
chali @chalipittman.bsky.social sifting // winnowing for @isthmusmadison.bsky.social.
formerly: @civicmedia.us, @wortnews.bsky.social 📻
Jepsen @jepsen.mastodon.jepsen.io.ap.brid.gy Breaking distributed systems, one fault at a time.
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ezrijadzia ☀️🐱🌼 @ezrijadzia.bsky.social I talk about my cats, scifi, disability justice. i like bikes. chronic pain life. ✌🏻😷
she/her, madison, wi
pfp: a fluffy brown tabby cat looking judgmentally at the camera.
banner: bojack horseman princess carolyn old country family lament scene
Moses Kagan @moseskagan.bsky.social Owns $200MM of apartment buildings (w investors). Manages 1,100 apartments. Co-founder: Reconvene and ReSeed. Join my mailing list here: moseskagan.com
Hervey “Mark '@bufordsharkley' Mollineaux” Okkles 🦀🚰 @mgm.ink Some shows on KZSU. Quaker. Homeownership is bad. The Chawly Changer is good.
iain @maccoinnich.bsky.social Posts about urbanism and development, mostly specific to Portland
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