Leah Nelson
Alabama, fines & fees, harm reduction, access to healthcare; kids, dogs, nature, culture. Yente, but in a helpful way. Jew, obvs.
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#alpolitics
Alabama is at the vanguard, for better and for worse. This pack includes people doing incredible work in the state that sets the tone for America. I’ll update as new folks join.
@jacobkornbluh.bsky.social
Senior political reporter at the Forward. Email: Kornbluh@forward.com
@debgoldendc.bsky.social
Lawyer. Not your lawyer. Mother. Not your mother. By day (and frankly nights and weekends), a civil rights lawyer for people who are incarcerated. Other times, just exhausted. Washington DC based.
@kyleforalabama.bsky.social
Running to represent Alabama in the U.S. Senate. Time to send Tommy Tuberville back to Florida. Dad. Husband. Working man. Stronger together
@robinmarty.com
Author, New Handbook for a Post-Roe America, End of Roe v. Wade. Executive Director, https://bsky.app/profile/wawchealth.bsky.social Alabamian. Exhausted. Donate here! https://wawchealth.networkforgood.com/projects/250703-keep-wawc-funded
@prisonculture.bsky.social
co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, etc...
@courtneymilan.com
She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm. This biography should not be taken as a complete description. courtneymilan.com
@alwaystheself.bsky.social
A woman of many powers. Full professor, cultural critic, political analyst and tarot reader. One of my books has a 2 second cameo in an Oscar winning film.日本語を勉強します. I’m my ancestors’ wildest dreams and/or worst nightmare. I have a lot of ancestors.
@flavorflav.bsky.social
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee GRAMMYS Lifetime Achievement Award Questions or complaints,,, harass my management: FlavorFlavMgmt@gmail.com
@cathygellis.bsky.social
Lawyer, writer, all-around-great person I mostly post about technology, law, and civil liberties (especially free speech), and how they intersect. And mostly at Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/user/cathy/ I also post silly things too.
@elowerbasch.bsky.social
Free agent policy wonk, expert on access to public benefits. GrayCatPolicy.com Happy to provide pro-bono support to grassroots groups. Democracy defender, spouse, friend, mom to adult children. Rivers are my happy place. Fairfax, VA. She/her.
@jelaniya.bsky.social
your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school.
@tomarenberg.bsky.social
Former news/sports journalist. Now journalism instructor at U of Alabama. I write an educational (I think!) and noncommercial blog on journalism for my students and anyone else who's interested. http://www.tomarenberg.net/the-arenblog-archive
@andytobo.bsky.social
Associate prof, biblical studies, but in a cool way. Author, dreamweaver etc.
@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science. I think about identity, stigma, race, and politics more than any normal person should. Lover of life. Pro-democracy. People should dance more. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
@bannedrandy.bsky.social
“We ain’t got no damned band, Randy!” - Doyle Hargraves I just want to ride my bike.
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social
Writer. Lesbian. Texan. Veteran. Hoya. She. | cmclymer@gmail.com | I write about politics, religion, and culture in my award-winning blog/newsletter Charlotte's Web Thoughts: charlotteclymer.substack.com
@frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
@artistsali.bsky.social
RGG Studios please notice me -Yakuza/Like A Dragon Streamer -Artist -Occasional YouTuber -Creator of Ok2BeFat -Fat Activist (mostly retired) -Bisexual 💗 AuDHD 🕺 -Exvangelical 😱 Watch me on Twitch- https://twitch.tv/artists_ali
@mjhaugen.bsky.social
Building a more just and ecologically sustainable world • @cplusc.bsky.social Fellow • Writing TERRAIN, a newsletter about our ecological crises: www.terrain.news • based in Tuscaloosa, AL
@phileil.bsky.social
Journalist. Cat dad. Rhode Islander. Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'" https://philipeil.com/
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
@jacoblassin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Regional and Cultural Studies at the Air Force Culture and Language Center, Air War College. Writing about Russian media and religion. All posts, reposts, and likes are my own and not a reflection of my employer.
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social
I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead. Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and the forthcoming To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
@nobodyowens1.bsky.social
Blue dot, red state. I'm here for news and ideas, but probably more importantly to vent, commiserate and resist as best I can. I'm fighting hard to keep apathy at bay while we hurdle toward a dystopian future.
@melissagiragrant.com
staff writer, The New Republic // A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) out in 2026 // PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) // member, NewsGuild of NY » email: melissa@melissagira.com » press releases/lists: mggrant@tnr.com » Signal: melissagira.01 (link below)
@qasimrashid.com
Human Rights Lawyer • Author • Dad Jokes • SirusXM Host • Creator of Let's Address This: qasimrashid.com/subscribe
@davidho.bsky.social
Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Founder, Bamboo Bike Project; Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, @cworthy.bsky.social; Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
@simsjames.bsky.social
AVP for Communications, Wesleyan University | Prior: Center Theatre Group, Lincoln Center, AMNH, Broadway World | Columbia Journalism Alum | Air Force Veteran 🇺🇸✈️ | Arts & Theatre Geek 🎭 Film/TV, Media, HigherEd & Democracy ✡️ http://simsscoop.com
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
@elizabethpgraham.bsky.social
Retired family & criminal court attorney Member, Alabama Reproductive Rights Advocates The photos were taken in 1978 and in the late 1920s. Married with adult children. Please don't follow me just to ask for money or show your naked body.
@jfrejnyc.bsky.social
Building a vibrant Jewish Left in NY, fighting arm-in-arm with our neighbors for care not cops. Extremely pro-glitter.
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social
Founded in 1912, our mission is to educate the next generation of journalists and uphold standards of excellence in journalism. Learn more: https://journalism.columbia.edu/
@chava.bsky.social
Rootless cosmopolitan IYKYK. I report on the oligarch class and occasionally go off in 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇮🇱 🇰🇷 🥯
@chopchopdontstop.bsky.social
@smashfizzle.bsky.social
Author of the bestselling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter. Podcast host. I deserve it all. https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
@jcsalterego.bsky.social
1x winner of the "oh i'm pretty sure that's just jerry spreading misinformation" award 🥇🏆 • Goodfeeds https://goodfeeds.co/ • @skyapp.bsky.social thanked by darth july 20, 2023 📍Austin, TX
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Because Science is for everyone! 🧪🌎 Learn more ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/standupforscience2025 👯sister org: @sciforgood.bsky.social
@faineg.bsky.social
civilian drone mapping technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, sometimes journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. minors DNI
@erinbiba.bsky.social
Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker. NatGeo, BBC, SciAm, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others. Hire me to fact check your book. I post about Jewish stuff, disability, Star Trek, and The Buffalo Bills. Jersey girl.