David Beffert
Here for soccer along with Portland stuff, politics, economics, etc. #RCTID #BAONPDX
Starter Packs
Created by David Beffert (3)
Portland (PDX) Starter Pack
Portland area journalists plus some good commentators who are active on here.
Bundesliga Starter Pack
This is a Bundesliga starter pack with an emphasis on English-posting commentators, but also some German content mixed in.
Timbers Starter Pack
Starter pack for Timbers fans leaving the hellscape. Some MLS journos, some fans, and a few fun extras. #RCTID
@pcattry.bsky.social
soccer writer, CBS Sports | "If you haven't caught any of her writing ... I don't know what you're doing with your life" - Jimmy Conrad | New Yorker | she/her
@pdxnevets.bsky.social
PDX —> Puget Sound. Living on land of the Suquamish people near the banks of the Salish Sea. Art, music, futbol. stevenlenhart.com
@davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social
Historian. Academic Advisor @ University of Virginia. Columnist @ Boston Review. Book: TAKING AMERICA BACK: THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AND THE FAR RIGHT // Yale Press // April 2024
@betseystevenson.bsky.social
Former Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers & Chief Economist at Labor. Current academic economist at Michigan. Always an economist at home.
@joniaudenland.bsky.social
GA/Weekend reporter @opb.org | UNM alum | My favorite things are public records and mosh pits | They/them
@pennyrosenberg.bsky.social
Regional editor of Albany Democrat-Herald, Corvallis Gazette-Times, Longview Daily News and A Place to Sleep podcast, winner of an #OJA24 award. MLS @ UCLA School of Law ‘21. #GoBruins! But also a senior cheerleader — it’s a thing! — for the OSU Beavers.🦫
@scottstoddard.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of the family owned and independent Grants Pass Daily Courier in Southern Oregon. Newspaper journalist for 36 years and counting.
@professajay.bsky.social
Towards a big, efficient public sector that serves the least of us. Associate Professor of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School. United Campus Workers of Georgia. Father of 3. Chicago southsider. Proud 〽️ichigan alum. 🏀 nut.
@rodger.bsky.social
Sports traveler and sports writer Available for freelance/dumb ideas
@ninadbarbadikar.bsky.social
Social Media Editor and Web Writer @ Bundesliga | He/Him @NinadB_06 on X | Featured on BBC Sport and Premier League amongst others. Available for hire ✍️🎥📲
@thebulwark.com
Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
@graceonfootball.com
Football writer, from the newsletter with the same name and occasionally elsewhere. She/her. https://www.graceonfootball.com/
@danwighton.bsky.social
Bundesliga + German sports @AFP, Australian, Song and Dance Man. Clever views my own.
@daniellarison.bsky.social
Writer at Eunomia, Responsible Statecraft, and Antiwar daniellarison.substack.com
@snyd0208.bsky.social
Historian, Dad. Go Bills! Go Sabres! BVB, Arminia Bielefeld, Go Gophers! Go T'Wolves!
@ruhrnachrichten.de.web.brid.gy
Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Dortmund und der Region. Alles Wichtige zum Thema Sport, Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur. Lokal und nah, jetzt lesen! [bridged from https://ruhrnachrichten.de/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/ruhrnachrichten.de ]
@obsoletedogma.bsky.social
Writer: The Atlantic, The Washington Post https://www.obsoletedogma.com/
@codyaceveda.bsky.social
Freelance writer for World Soccer Talk The Trivela Effect and others. Brighton, Portland Timbers/Thorns, and Rayo Vallecano fan. Columbia Law JD, King’s College LLM.
@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought. https://othermeans.substack.com/
@paulisci.bsky.social
Researcher, UCalgary PhD, Political Science Dr. Cronk, Historian of Complaints. Pre-order my new book, The Press Gallery! Headline of the Year! Lots going on.
@gppi.bsky.social
Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin | Improving global governance through research, policy advice & debate. Learn more: gppi.net
@aphclarkson.bsky.social
Lecturer for German and European Studies at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement. Also to be found at @APHClarkson@mastodon.social as well as @APHClarkson https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
@tabouchadi.bsky.social
Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
@ptfclineculture.bsky.social
Reposting tweets from @PTFCLineCulture on Twitter (BOT)
@pgourevitch.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@laurelwams.bsky.social
Personal finance correspondent at NPR, so I cover money and housing. Into urbanism and bikes. Reach me at lwamsley at npr dot org or Signal at laurel.96 https://www.npr.org/people/463234136/laurel-wamsley
@tonyromm.bsky.social
economic policy correspondent at the new york times tips? signal: tonyromm.62 https://www.nytimes.com/by/tony-romm
@martin--g.bsky.social
Soccer fan living in the PNW. Always looking for an excuse to travel. Footy, aviation and woodworking fan. #BAONPDX #RCTID #COYS
@timmarchman.bsky.social
I’m an editor at WIRED and have previously written and edited for a number of places, including my tinned fish newsletter Popping Tins. Timothy_marchman@wired.com. Signal me at timmarchman.01.
@annagbusse.bsky.social
Professor of political science at Stanford. State formation, religion, political parties, Europe, etc. Amateur electrician.
@pamherd.bsky.social
Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
@chloethurston.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Northwestern. American political development and political economy. Politics of housing, credit, and debt. New Book: The Political Development of American Debt Relief.
@sbagen.bsky.social
Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
@qjurecic.bsky.social
I write about law, democracy, and the internet. Words in @lawfaremedia.org, The Atlantic, Washington Post Book World. It's KWIN-ta. Speaking only for myself on here. signal: qjurecic.32
@epopppp.bsky.social
Professor @ a large Midwestern univ. Wrote a book about economists + policy, one about academic science + policy. Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906. I support 🏳️⚧️ rights.
@povertyscholar.bsky.social
Prof @Cornell studying: power, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing) |Author: Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism & Unequal Politics |Builder|Believer
@tompepinsky.com
Teacher, researcher, globalist, republican. Banned from Russia, because dictators fear the truth. Currently clean on OPSEC. tompepinsky.com
@rdanielkelemen.bsky.social
McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy @Georgetown University. Non-resident Senior Associate @CSIS. EU politics, policy & law. https://www.rdanielkelemen.com
@zephoria.bsky.social
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Law; Affiliated Professor of Political Science at University of Minnesota. AdLaw, Bureaucracy, Administrative Capacity, and the Federal Workforce. Contributing Editor for Lawfare. Signal: Nbednar.46 Opinions are my own; Not UMN.