Marty Ballard
Software engineer, backpacker, cyclist, husband, dad. Protector of the less fortunate.
Starter Packs
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Liberal Preppers
Starter pack to continue from the Liberal Preppers group on the book of faces.
@lizzy-tish.bsky.social
Currently a night crawler of political feeds and a news junkie. A dissident and supporter of the disenfranchised. Expect typos as I’m usually posting pissed off these days. Bernie Broad since forever. 🚫 No DMs
@mcdptx.bsky.social
Official page of Montgomery County Democratic Party Texas
@repjasmine.bsky.social
Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾
@chrisjustice01.bsky.social
⚖️ When Justice Fails, America Fails "It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." -Mark Twain
@schiltron.bsky.social
@hntdove.bsky.social
Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
@altnoaa.bsky.social
Original resistance account for the NOAA. Not official account of NOAA but close enough we can forecast them. Weather geek. Boat driver. Former airman. Weekend redneck. Coffee: black. Go Walz!
@fightforthefuture.org
Digital rights are human rights. There's hardly anything as important as ensuring that our shared future has freedom of expression and creativity at its core. https://www.fightforthefuture.org
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@notpatrick.com
Podcasts tech & gaming (& Newsletter!) Le RDV Tech / Le RDV Jeux. https://notpatrick.com
@earthquake.skybot.party
Posting a live feed of earthquakes with magnitude >2 as they happen.
@jstephens788.bsky.social
@joeleisenberg.bsky.social
Award-winning writer of The Chronicles of Ara novels. Author and screenwriter. Producer of film and television. WGA member. PEN America member. Words are my weapons and I wear my passion on my sleeve. Lit rep: Scott Kaufman at Buchwald.
@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
@thomashsears.bsky.social
Too far left to be rad-lib, too far right to be neo-con New Patriotic Party Leguminati Convocation of Truth Knee-jerk honest Least hip dude in history
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and Jan. 6
@alt18f.bsky.social
Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
@markm.cd
Linear regressor 📉 Coffee geek 🫘🌱 100% remote. I do ♊ Gemini DevRel at Google DeepMind (but I speak for myself, surprisingly they dont want my content 🤷♂) See also: https://twitter.com/m4rkmc
@kberz.bsky.social
@andrewjweinstein.com
Presidential appointee in Obama and Biden administrations. Served as United States Public Delegate to United Nations. DNC Lawyers Council Chair. Trial Lawyer. Music & Hockey Fan. Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship.
@mc2x.bsky.social
Open Source Investigator @ Lighthouse Reports. Jack of all trades. She/her.
@therickwilson.bsky.social
Lincoln Project and Resolute Square founder. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated pilot. Beechcraft driver. TheRickWilson.Substack.com
@madisonkittay.bsky.social
Original Recipe #KHive Okinawan-American Democrat Dragon rider Am Yisrael Chai Not a safe space for MAGA, Berniebros, or fragile white feminists NO SNITCH-TAGGING
@fed-us-domain-bot.bsky.social
Posts when a Federal US .gov domain is added or removed. The Wayback machine can help you browse deleted sites: https://web.archive.org/ NOTE: A website can be unresponsive or show a 404, but this bot will only trigger when the domain itself is removed.
@preppycrat.bsky.social
Lover of cats, good books, jewelry, fragrance, nail polish, good food and intelligent discourse, x hill staffer now work for @MilesandHarold.bsky.social oddball girl mom 🚫porn 🚫MAGA 🚫DM unless I know you 🍷💙🇺🇸 #DefendersofDemocracy
@dustinheron.bsky.social
Writer. Socialist. Bob Dylan psycho. Giants & 49ers idiot. Luddite. Union man. On a continuing mission to explore strange new worlds.
@rbreich.bsky.social
Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social. Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com Preorder my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
@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.
@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.
@ivetteortiz.bsky.social
@mommamia.bsky.social
🔵ReproductiveFreedom 🔵GenX 🔵LGBTQally🌈🔵AutismAwareness 🔵MentalHealthMatters 🔵TheLand 🔵HealthcareAdmin All posts are my opinions.
@kimmycakes734.bsky.social
Oh, I'm just a girl, all pretty AND petite So don't let me have any rights! Oh, I've had it up to here!!! Grew up in Pittsburgh, PA. Living my life in California, SF Bay Area 💜
@djrothkopf.bsky.social
Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
@alt-irs.altgov.info
This is a #AltGov account. Federal employee. Love my job. Ask for help and you shall receive. Read any USPS mail you get from the IRS. #Resist #spoon 🥄
@ecitizen1.bsky.social
Healthy WFPB Vegan. Child Advocate. Atheist. LGBTQI friendly. Pro-Democracy. #BlueResisters Anti-MAGA, Anti-Trump. Retired software engineer, grandfather who likes to build & fix things. Loving relationship with a sweet woman. Lifelong learner. Prankster.
@micahwarren.bsky.social
TV/Film producer, NFL writer for Heavy.com, publicist, comedy, musician, writer, history nerd, politics/news junkie, Nellie Bly's dad, NFL historian. Random cool merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/iron_ink
@gregdoucette.bsky.social
In-House Counsel @ BigTech. Ex-"Computers Guy," then decade litigating 1A in NC+TX. Servant to two cats (and a dog and a wife). Armchair Philanthropist. (@greg_doucette on ExTwitter)
@padresj.bsky.social
Catholic Priest Passionate about Tech and Science Jesuit in Rome Bots, edgelords & those who can't have a civil conversation are blocked. All opinions are my own
@kanelawless420.bsky.social
Gen X Pastor's son, quiet guy, guitarist, martial artist. Smugly detached from the shame, blame and guilt-trip plane of existence. Meme bot with a heartbeat. Basically.
@who.int
We (The World Health Organization) are the United Nations’ health agency championing Health For All. Always check the latest posts for updated advice/information. We will remove misinformation, spam and hate speech here. www.oneworldhealthforall.org
@realtexaspaul.com
Host of Coffee With Texas Paul. Founder of the Ride Or Die Democrats. Did not vote for the rapist. Low Road Democrat.
@boxdonkey17.bsky.social
Army Veteran 💙🌈 📎Ally . Dunks Iced Coffee addict. Colossal Masshole. I’m just a Migrant from Twitter. . Kindness is the answer!! Veteran Suicide Hotline dial #988+1 Trans dial #678 #BoxBoosts #BlueCrew Pay it Forward ❤️ Please have a profile.
@chloeahmann.bsky.social
anthropologist studying industrial pasts and environmental futures // author of futures after progress: hope and doubt in late industrial baltimore // bingo enthusiast https://anthropology.cornell.edu/chloe-ahmann