Jesse Berney
Writer. 20+ years in politics, advocacy, and labor. Current union thug, future therapist. I wrote a novel once, and now I'm working on a play about punching Nazis. He/him. DC.
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Dem Nerds of the Aughts
Nerds I know from the pre-social media era in Dem politics or blogs and media back in the aughts. If you're on this list, you are probably still processing trauma from the GW Bush years.
@cait.bsky.social
big famous microblogger [she/her] texan in ma. Adonis' mom https://ko-fi.com/O5O2SN6KI
@amsilverman.com
@chrislanders.bsky.social
Baltimore writer, journalist, aging punk rocker, sometimes do-gooder. Opinions expressed are fleeting and ill-considered. Chris Landers Dot Com.
@ruthmensch.bsky.social
disability justice, education law attorney despite the best wishes of some Free Palestine, forever anti-Zionist Jew via El Paso
@pookleblinky.bsky.social
All pookleblinky know is play music, lift weight, eat hot chip, write unsettling threads. You are now aware of the taste of your own mouth. Gendered in the way a peat bog is. Trumpet, saxophone, guitar, banjo, and squats
@annabower.bsky.social
Just asking questions. Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org. Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org Signal username: annabower.24
@sarahemarsh.bsky.social
Literary historian of slavery and antislavery in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Associate Professor of English at Seton Hill University.
@niais.bsky.social
Disabled, queer, Jewish, (chimerical?) cyborg, load bearing, professor of space stuff, abortion funder, antifascist, wielder of wrenches and too many pens. Building joy with a side of chaos. Team Lightning Thunder Unicorn. Team Peace Rose.
@julierovner.bsky.social
Chief Washington Correspondent KFF Health News, Host "What the Health?" podcast/horseperson/corgimomx2/unapologetic Michigan fan.
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Squid biologist Science communicator Artist Philadelphian I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social Creator of the SquidMobile https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
@ridgewaygirl.bsky.social
Books, Cats, Politics, More Books. Rights aren’t pie. Letting everyone have them doesn’t reduce your own.
@mocollins.bsky.social
Actor, Artist, Activist , Advocate, Animals, Comedian. And sour cream. On anything. Resist! 💪🏻
@tveite.bsky.social
i love to tell my little jokes to the nice people. portland oregon. whatever it is i'm sure it'll be fine.
@jilltwiss.bsky.social
Comedy writer. "Last Week Tonight", "The Amber Ruffin Show." Author of "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" and "The Someone New." Friend to several penguins.
@repkamlagerdove.bsky.social
Proudly representing CA’s 37th District | @democrats-judiciary.house.gov, @houseforeign.bsky.social, Congressional Black Caucus, @usprogressives.bsky.social | Account maintained by federal staff. https://kamlager-dove.house.gov
@mopitz.bsky.social
@thisiskimqi.bsky.social
Living the slow life in Thailand/ Mexico. Teaching textile traditions to create with our hands and nature education to eat and heal with the world around us. https://linktr.ee/KiMQi
@mellamorooster.bsky.social
urban ecologist | URBANxNATURE LAB | assistant prof at UMD | inspired by nature | determined for equality | dirt trails & bicycles | man with beard
@joelanderson.bsky.social
aka Joel from Mo City | Senior staff writer, The Ringer | Co-host, The Press Box podcast | Former host, Slow Burn seasons 3, 6, 8 | Nation’s fastest 10-year-old in 1988.
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@danahoule.bsky.social
Family’s first HS grad. Was a runner. Worked in labor/Did policy/Elected Dems/Stint on Cap Hill. Blogged+pieces for WaPo/TNR/etc. Got rare disease, nearly died 5 times. Detroiter in Chicago. Husband. Dad to twins. Gardener. Generalist. Hope to run again
@steveolson.bsky.social
Humble ad guy. potato influencer. whiskey & cephalopod obsessed. expat minnesotan. Novice wine drinker and bonsai... uh... keeper? Sportsball: Vikings, Tottenham, Bath Rugby.
@finchbeak.bsky.social
Lover of lemurs, perfume, poetry, travel, ballet, birds, and wine. Trial attorney by trade. AuDHD. BougieAF. Boston you're my home.
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Newsletter editor at MSNBC. Part-time journalism teacher at Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)
@frovo.bsky.social
posting jokes while the world burns my most liked: https://tinyurl.com/topfrovojokes my most chronological: https://tinyurl.com/frovotweets my cool store: doodlybugstudio.etsy.com my webbies: doodlybugstudio.com rsmarchive.weebly.com
@notalawyer.bsky.social
No longer in good standing with the New York State bar My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
@ewacat.bsky.social
Massive human raccoon, very broad spectrum nerd, 6ft 2 of ADHD chaos, a cishet she/her of mayhem, used to be a SFF bookseller a carcosa-based lifeform. UK. @EwaSR on twitter
@jaredlholt.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, US Hate & Extremism @ Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) • [Views expressed here are my own] 🎙️Find “Posting Through It” on your favorite podcast player and here: https://postthroughit.substack.com/
@janemayer.bsky.social
New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.