YES AND
YES, this moment is real, AND letʻs turn our grief into acceptance, our loneliness into community, our fear into courage, and our paralysis into joyful, improvisational action. #resist
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ESSENTIAL FOLLOWS FROM YES AND
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@kennanorris.bsky.social
Palette knife artist inspired by coastal living. Wife, mom and super fan of Houston sports. https://kennanorris.com https://www.serenaandlily.com/search?q=Kenna+Norris
@johnathanperk.bsky.social
Black higher ed lawyer | Philly enthusiast | cancer survivor | Meghan Markle stan | posts are personal and DO NOT represent my employer’s views | posts are NEVER legal advice | University of Virginia School of Law
@menendez.house.gov
Olivia and Robert's second favorite parent. Husband to Alex. Congressman for #NJ08 - the district with the best people and food no questions asked.
@agr.bsky.social
Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard, Author of, among other books, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings:An American Controversy,The Hemingses of Monticello,, Vernon Can Read: A Memoir with Vernon Jordan, On Juneteenth
@repbonnie.bsky.social
Proudly serving the people of New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. Proud #BlackWoman. Congressional Progressive Caucus Member. Co-Chair & Co-Founder of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women & Girls. She/her.
@replamonica.bsky.social
Proudly Representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District
@hystericalblkns.bsky.social
Christina Sharpe. Writer/Professor/CRC. Ordinary Notes (2023). In the Wake: On Blackness & Being (2016). Monstrous Intimacies (2010). What Could a Vessel Be? (2026). Black. Still. Life. (2027) Agent: Jackie Ko/Wylie
@rasjbaraka.bsky.social
Mayor of Newark | Educator | Poet | ΑΦΑ | Unabashed Democrat | Running for Governor to Reimagine New Jersey
@johnhawkinson.bsky.social
Cambridge, MA freelance reporter, usually for @CambridgeDay. MIT; public recs; data; legal news Lately: immigration. jhawk@alum.mit.edu 617.797.0250
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/ Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
@chadloder.bsky.social
Community activist, cybersecurity expert, citizen journalist based in Los Angeles. 🌴☀️ they/them
@etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social
District 5 Worcester City Councilor. Serving District 5 residents and running for a third-term. Housing is a right. Climate justice. Vision Zero. Safe streets. Fire prevention saves lives.
@adambassofmass.bsky.social
Reporter at MassLive covering Worcester and Worcester County. Previously: North Star Reporter, WBSM-FM, Lynn Daily Item, NewTV, Western Mass Politics and Insight, WCCS Tips at abass@masslive.com
@davidakaye.bsky.social
californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair. go bears!
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social
News for the 99%. ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories mainstream media ignores | https://www.StatusCoup.com
@mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social
Scholar of the far right + the radical left. Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia. Author of The Occupiers (Oxford 2015), Blood and Soil (forthcoming). Nothing human is alien to me. https://mgouldwartofsky.substack.com/subscribe
@meghnadbose.bsky.social
Investigative journalist📍New York City 🗽 Reporter and Delacorte Fellow, Columbia Journalism Review To send story leads/tips, mail mb5153@columbia.edu
@clancyny.bsky.social
Studying and researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Degree: Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian.
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
@maks23.bsky.social
☕️ buymeacoffee.com/MAKS22 🇺🇦 PayPal: maksmu24@ukr.net ✅ patreon.com/Maks24
@knightcolumbia.org
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education. https://knightcolumbia.org/
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
Pulitzer prize winning Editorial Cartoonist Open Windows at http://anntelnaes.substack.com Archived work at http://anntelnaes.com
@emilyjaynef.bsky.social
Retired, Jewish, anti-Zionist, pro peace, pro worker. One husband, 2 kids, 1 dog. I am weighing my options.
@elfaro.net
Primer periódico digital de LATAM | Investigamos y explicamos lo que pasa en Centroamérica | #ApoyaElFaro https://apoya.elfaro.net
@sarajacobs.house.gov
Proud to represent San Diego and a new generation of leaders in Congress.
@halfwaypost.bsky.social
Dadaist graffiti news. Halfway true comedy and satire by Dash MacIntyre—I don't report the facts, I improve them. Comedy is cathartic in fascist eras. Check out my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dashmacintyre
@rad-vt.bsky.social
Building people power in the Green Mountain State. www.radmovement.org
@virginiaheffernan.bsky.social
Humans make the world. We can remake it anytime WHAT ROUGH BEAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-rough-beast/id1787176282 https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/ The New Republic, The Guardian, WIRED, Politico, LAT, NYT, Atlantic, &c
@oversightdemocrats.house.gov
Ranking Member @connolly.house.gov | Fighting for Accountability and Transparency
@kristoncapps.bsky.social
Housing and architecture for @CityLab. Art for @washingtonpost. Texan. 📸: @kriston_capps 💌: kriston.capps@gmail.com 🔒: @kristoncapps.33 📰: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/citylab-design-edition
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security. Tips? Signal: NickMiroff.78
@blackpressusa.bsky.social
BlackPressUSA.com is the news site of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association for America's Black Press & media.
@timmiller.bsky.social
Host of the Bulwark Podcast MSNBC political analyst. Punching bag on FYPod with Cameron Kasky. Church of Jokic. Nola Dad. Weak and Gay.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social
Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
@danlamothe.bsky.social
Military affairs reporter with The Washington Post. State-school alum. Beer-league softball enthusiast. Dog guy. Signal for encrypted tips: danlamothe.30
@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
@citizensforethics.org
CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) uses high-impact legal actions to target government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests. citizensforethics.org
@atrupar.com
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social
Senior National Security & Intelligence Analyst NBC News, MSNBC. Retired FBI Assistant Director. Author, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; and, The FBI Way.
@dailybeanspod.com
Daily News. With swearing. Contributor for http://muellershewrote.com HOSTS: @muellershewrote.bsky.social and @dgcomedy.bsky.social Support us: http://patreon.com/thedailybeans
@www.allrisenews.com
Fearless journalism about the law, your rights, and your powers to effect change in the Trump era. Co-founded by Adam Klasfeld and Tim Mak.
@welch.senate.gov
U.S. Senator proudly serving all Vermonters. ⛰️ Husband to Margaret. Hiking and skiing when I can.
@thedevil.bsky.social
It's really cute that you're gonna "defeat me with the power of friendship and all," but again, I am the devil from the Bible fascists not welcome Better than the one on twitter.
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
@mford.bsky.social
Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.