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Worthy Political Commentators
UK and USA political commentators who help to get issues out to their large audiences. Voices of reason
Leadership and higher self thinking
If you are interested in leading yourself or others from a better place or like to read posts from inspiring people then this starter pack is for you
@chefreactions.bsky.social
That annoying, monotone chef from various other platforms. Yup, it’s me.
@thereelrandom.bsky.social
Civics Teacher (retired), Writer of Speculative Fiction, Photographer, ADHD (Before it was cool) & MDD survivor. Resistance isn’t futile. Woke heretic screaming into the political void. https://thereelrandom.substack.com 9/10/23
@fleerultra.bsky.social
History's most successful legal podcaster, co-host of 5-4 pod. He/Him @fivefourpod.bsky.social
@leavingmaga.bsky.social
I left MAGA. Founded Leaving MAGA. We are a community for those who leave MAGA; those having doubts; and friends and families. What we do is tell stories. LeavingMAGA.org Nonprofit and non-governmental.
@reidhoffman.bsky.social
Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Writing, Pod, ETC: Beacons.ai/reidhoffman
@puckarks.bsky.social
#MutualAid #GeneralStrike #Occupy #StreetMedic(Retired) We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil. Organize Educate Agitate Resist
@socialstudieschat.bsky.social
A community for social studies teachers and their supporters to connect, learn, and grow together. Rebuilding from the the other place. Join us at #sschat!
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/@RadInstitute Fellow 2023-24/Working on a biography of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/ https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
@liccardo.house.gov
Recovering San Jose Mayor | Jessica’s husband | Cycling 🚲 Geek | Congressman for CA-16 | All sarcastic posts are my own.
@ddiamond.bsky.social
White House reporter at the Washington Post. Focused on politics, policy and public health. Democracy dies in darkness. Find me on Signal: username dan_diamond.01
@smith.senate.gov
Mom, wife, daughter, and loving but distracted friend. U.S. Senator for Minnesota. Prefers window seats, donuts and MN beer (all together when possible) ✈️ 🍩🍺
@cpsc.gov
Your U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product safety info, data, and recalls. Standing for safety since 1972. Official account of the USCPSC. HQ: Bethesda, MD. Subscribe for recall emails on CPSC.gov. Report unsafe products on SaferProducts.gov
@altyellonatpark.org
A team of scientists & activists, in & around Yellowstone National Park. 501c3. Posting photos, ideas & solutions, because together, we can change the world. Please report malicious trolls & imposters. We are AltYelloNatPark™️
@normative.bsky.social
He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
@lizcheney.bsky.social
Proud rodeo mom, soccer mom, baseball mom, hockey mom, constitutional conservative.
@turban.bsky.social
Pediatric Psychiatrist | Author & Commentator | Director, UCSF Gender Psychiatry Program | Op-Eds in WaPo, CNN, NYT et al. | #LGBT Health Policy | Samoyed Dad | Views Mine & Not Medical Advice 🏳️⚧️🩺🏳️🌈 www.jackturban.com
@altcdc.altgov.info
A collective of public health experts. Resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within. Not an official CDC account—but close enough for transmission. Proudly #AltGov Tips -> Signal: altcdc.99
@rabbijill.bsky.social
Mindfulness & spirituality, justice & democracy 🔵. #Hineni ✡️ (SHE/HER). NEW סבתא SAVTA (grandma)! Photography & all things gardening 🌱 & knitting 🧶 & #poetry. Doodle mom. Pro-choice. My people were immigrants too. https://linktr.ee/pathwithheart
@kpmgus.bsky.social
KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory services firm, operates from 106 offices with more than 35,000 employees and partners throughout the U.S.
@kathyhen.bsky.social
Math teacher, @Desmos certified presenter, Desmos Fellow, @onepeloton enthusiast #mtbos #iteachmath Berkeley, CA
@ehundman.bsky.social
China analyst and research director at BluePath Labs, scholar, sometime artist. 中文通（非中国通), sci-fi geek, ex-STEM. Security, tech, and foreign policy in China + Taiwan. Views my own. 🏳️🌈 http://www.erichundman.com/ Chicago is home.
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@viewfromargus.bsky.social
I love LA. Fight for #justice. Music is life. #Filmnoir #Dodgers Starter Packs: Authors, Journos, Scholars fighting #fascism https://go.bsky.app/T2Cka7x Organizers/organizations https://go.bsky.app/7jvn2Bj Alt News https://go.bsky.app/46Q5XAv lovka7x
@danaelkurd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Profile by Molly Crabapple • Header my grandfather's publications danaelkurd.com to contact
@adamrothman.bsky.social
No kings! Historian. Books: Slave Country, Beyond Freedom's Reach. More: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXHCAA4/adam-rothman
@maggieblackhawk.bsky.social
Professor, NYU Law; scholar of Congress, the Constitution, and American colonialism; she/her/kwe.
@jasminekgani.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE. History | Political Theory | Race | Colonialism | Resistance | MENA Teach on Colonialism & Israel-Palestine Repost/Like usually = bookmark or endorsement jasminekgani.wordpress.com
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@kopalo.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Washington, DC. More here: https://www.africanistperspective.com/
@drconvictsandcane.bsky.social
Historian of convict labor/prisons, Black Texas, U.S. History! Assistant professor in a red state. 🥴 Writing a book that explores the significance of sugar and Black convict labor and the shaping of the Texas prison farm model. The House that Cane Built!!
@dcatty.bsky.social
Historian, writer, professor. I work on race, politics, sports, & pop culture in the US and South(ern) Africa. Go Sox/Pats/Cs/B's/Boks! Part-time sports broadcaster. Author of 5 books, editor of another. [All opinions my own.] Will talk or write for food.
@audieklotz.bsky.social
Expertise on International Relations especially norms and migration I mute excessive self-promoters (including humble braggers) and mansplainers I block fundraising (or weirder) and haters
@johnedwinmason.bsky.social
Historian, curator, walker, player of antique French horns. Photography, music, South Africa. UVA Professor Emeritus.
@justinpearce.bsky.social
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5 Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social Vegan
@timothyburke.bsky.social
Professor of History at Swarthmore College. Writes at timothyburke.substack.com, continuing from his old blog Easily Distracted. Remembers when there was no Internet, and stays up late because someone is wrong on it.
@garethknapman.bsky.social
Historian of C18th & C19th Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia. Research Fellow at ANU. Main research - provenance reports for repatriation. Quaker. https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/gareth-knapman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-6659
@jessicawhyte.bsky.social
Assoc Prof. of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. Writes about economic sanctions, human rights, neoliberalism, international law.
@pamelascully.bsky.social
Historian of gender/biography/transnational history. And of sexual violence in conflict and after. Long time ago anti-apartheid organizer
@ayeshaomardr.bsky.social
British Academy International Fellow• SOAS University of London• Senior Lecturer•University of the Witwatersrand•Intellectual History• Comparative Political Theory•Africa/ South Africa• M&G 200 YSA• Theoria• Gardening• Calligraphy
@alexjwhite.bsky.social
Freelance historian with a focus on African anti-colonialism and the global media. PhD from Cambridge, hot takes from the depths of a radio archive somewhere.
@mininghistory.bsky.social
Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa. More on https://duncan.money Contact: [email protected]
@gabriellehecht.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Anti-disciplinary https://gabriellehecht.org Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures Now working in 🇨🇱 🇨🇮 🇿🇦 🇵🇷1st genx2 • cisbi♀• proud but terrified parent of 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧠♾️
@alanlester.bsky.social
British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own. Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
@sarahemilyduff.bsky.social
Radiant ambiguity/unclassified residuum (historian of age, gender, reproduction at Colby College, my views etc.) https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/sarah-duff/