Starter Packs
Created by Alex Winter (1)
No BS
A starter-pack of some of my favorite follows on here for smart, reliable news and pov.
@matthewdgreen.bsky.social
I teach cryptography at Johns Hopkins. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com
@samwang.bsky.social
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Come visit my long-form essays at samwang.substack.com
@mikesacks.bsky.social
NY-17 Congressional Candidate. Democracy advocate. Former political-legal journalist. Retired competitive air guitarist. Second-Best dad ever. mikesacksforcongress.com
@tracilmorris.bsky.social
Tribal digital sovereignty expert | all things tribal broadband | university policy & research institute executive director | law school research professor | Chikashsha Saya | all thoughts my own
@amcinematheque.bsky.social
📽️ Established 1984. Celebrating the experience of cinema. 1500+ screenings a year at the LF3, Aero & Egyptian Theatres. Member-supported 501c3🎞
@brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • MSNBC columnist • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • BJJ • Once a soldier Dallas, Texas rakkasantea.com @rakkasantea.bsky.social
@0x0.boo
Security. People matter most. Creator of news.0x0.boo 📰 Take MAGA down 🔗 https://go.0x0.boo/eutylb 👀 Bluesky Signal group invite 🔗 signal.0x0.boo #TeslaTakedown
@rockshrimp.bsky.social
Cynical idealist, unreliable narrator. Half kvetching about people, half sports, half music, half pop culture, half politics, etc. not representative of any employer. #NYisBlue. Posting is a form of stimming. I swear a lot.
@malikazw.bsky.social
Filmmaker. Edited SEEDS (Sundance ‘25) and UNION (Sundance ‘24), & directed VIDEO VISIT (SXSW ‘22), among others. Lurker, occasional poster. Quote in banner image is from Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s book You Have Not Yet Been Defeated www.malikazw.com
@tasneemalma79.bsky.social
Tasneem from Gaza, mother of three children. Help me get out of Gaza. This is account number 23. My account is verified by Alex.
@olive-tree.bsky.social
A Mother and Wife trying desperately to keep my family safe. Donate, share, interact http://bit.ly/3YCFHg8
@azrww.bsky.social
Hi. Unprofessional + independent. Local. Tired. Writes about AZ hate politix + far-right losers for LeftCoastRightWatch.org & more |🎙️ HellwQrld | linktr.ee/az_rww 🏜️🌵 ⓘ Rude This label was applied by Bluesky Moderation Service.
@marnoor.bsky.social
I am Nour, a sociologist, and my husband is an optometrist. A mother of two,💔🙏🏻 Ziad, who suffers from chronic anemia, and Julia, who suffers from malnutrition. ✅Verified by Molly Shah ✅ @mommunism.bsky.social 👇👇👇 tinyurl.com/HelpNourFamily
@qvhough.bsky.social
Founding Editor, @vaguevisages.bsky.social • Street/Music Photographer in Downtown Fargo • Forming the Future • Long Live Independent Film!
@paufder.bsky.social
University Professor, School of Communication, American University; Editor Emerita, In These Times; Author of books about documentary film, Kartemquin Films, the copyright doctrine of fair use and creativity, "political correctness," and more
@tasneemalma797.bsky.social
@jennamclaughlin.bsky.social
NPR Cybersecurity Correspondent (currently) reporting on the transformation of the federal government including by DOGE. Send me a tip: Text JennaMcLaughlin.54 on Signal from personal (nonwork) devices.
@wmboyle4.bsky.social
Writer. New novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, out now from Soho Crime. https://linktr.ee/wmboyle4
@josepgoded.bsky.social
Independent Journalist - Support me here: http://buymeacoffee.com/josepgodedf www.patreon.com/josepgoded https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JosepGoded - Telegram: https://www.t.me/josgoded
@globalextremism.bsky.social
Resisting Authoritarianism. Protecting Democracy. Preserving Human Rights. globalextremism.org
@fmckenna.bsky.social
Teacher/writer/speaker/reader. CPA. Using tools so tools can’t use me. Dogs rule! She/her “In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.” Kundera. I Dig. https://TheDig.Substack.com @retheauditors Chgo-born, Philly-based
@newsjennifer.bsky.social
✨journalist talking journalism✨ ⚡️Past: @KING5Seattle @WGNMorningNews @WGNNews @WCIA3 @NBC5Chicago @ABC7Chicago 🔥https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
@zoekeating.com
Cellist, Composer, Charismatic Musical Microfauna, Canadian-American 🇨🇦🇺🇸 in Vermont music.zoekeating.com she/her
@anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social
Creator of Unseen Hollywood a semi-regular look at the films and TV shows that never made it to life. Read them here! https://bit.ly/UnseenHollywood Email me at hollywoodunseen at gmail dot com
@nicolettev1119.bsky.social
Dutchie 🇳🇱 French teacher 🇫🇷 animals ❤️ motorcycles, movies
@flaminghydra.com
A collaborative of 60 writers and artists publishing a newsletter for you each weekday. Culture, opinions, criticism, news, comics, mayhem. $3/month https://flaminghydra.com
@lessig.bsky.social
Law professor, activist, not convinced we have time, acting as if we do anyway.
@fightforaunion.bsky.social
We’re not resting until all working people are treated with dignity and respect. We're fighting for economic and racial justice. Join us. #UnionsForAll https://fightforaunion.org/
@chenoweth.bsky.social
Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
@balrogmidgar.bsky.social
Roleplayer, office worker, gout-haver, unapologetic bleeding heart and labour advocate. He/Him. 🏳️⚧️Trans rights are human rights🏳️⚧️ ✊Solidarity Forever✊ 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 PFP by @tsunbeare.bsky.social
@ninajankowicz.com
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org 🙅🏻♀️ Author, disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse. 😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
@katieholten.bsky.social
Artist | Author of THE LANGUAGE OF TREES | Rights of Nature 🌿Climate Justice | Long COVID 😷 Dysautonomia 🫠 | Irish | Born @331ppm | RESIST Language of Trees: https://bit.ly/LanguageTrees Bio: https://www.katieholten.com/about More: linktr.ee/katieholten
@thorbenson.bsky.social
Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Daily Beast, NBC News and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science.
@cldc03.bsky.social
Civil Liberties Defense Center supports movements that seek to dismantle the political and economic structures at the root of social inequality and environmental destruction. cldc.org/donate
@karidru.bsky.social
Blind painter, tea drinker, and weird hermit. They/He https://ko-fi.com/karidru
@valeriecosta.bsky.social
Always finding my way into good trouble. 🫀+💪 www.troublemakerscommunity.org