Matt Vanderwerff
Senior Technical Advisor at IREX | focused on trust-building and civic engagement | Passionate about community | backpacker, dad of three, and veggie gardening enthusiast. 🥾🪴
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@frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
@proptermalone.bsky.social
mostly politics. some Seahawks. oh and one more thing you aren’t going to like what comes after America
@reidhoffman.bsky.social
Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Writing, Pod, ETC: Beacons.ai/reidhoffman
@freedcproject.bsky.social
The people of the District of Columbia deserve dignity, respect, and self-determination. Join our movement to win it. #FreeDC freedcproject.org
@skandaamarnath.bsky.social
Executive Director of Employ America Macro / Labor / Finance / Energy / Chart posting
@josephpolitano.bsky.social
Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io Nuance? In this Economy Perpetually awaiting that “trade deal” with Japan |
@emollick.bsky.social
Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence. Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1 Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/ Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
@internethippo.bsky.social
@wired.com
At wired.com where tomorrow is realized || Sign up for our newsletters: https://wrd.cm/newsletters Find our WIRED journalists here: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/couts.bsky.social/3l6vez3xaus27
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
25+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / board member, NY City Center
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
Dad. Marine. Massachusetts Congressman. Build an economy that works like Legos, not Monopoly. My only Bluesky account.
@publiccitizen.bsky.social
Public Citizen has been standing up to corporate power and holding government accountable for 50 years. We're people-powered and accept no corporate money.
@sddaction.bsky.social
@normeisen.bsky.social
Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Executive Director of State Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com 👇 - TN (posted by Team Norm)
@mollyereynolds.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, @brookings.edu. Still not the Senate Parliamentarian.
@markleongoldberg.bsky.social
Veteran international affairs journalist. Editor, UN Dispatch. Host and founder, Global Dispatches. https://www.globaldispatches.org/
@jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social
President of @refugeesintl.bsky.social Humanitarianism, baking, biking. Former lead for COVID (46) and disaster response (44) at USAID. Personal account.🏊♂️🚴♂️🏃♂️ Support our work! https://www.refugeesinternational.org/donate/
@wayanvota.bsky.social
Digital development leader in #ICT4D - Publisher of ICTworks - Creator of Fail Festival.
@niawag.bsky.social
Food security, care, feminism, cycling. Also local Washington DC stuff. He/him. Writing some stuff here: https://niawag.substack.com
@resnikoff.bsky.social
Urban policy consultant: http://resnikoffconsulting.com/ Roosevelt Institute Fellow, EQ Collaborative Member Working on a book about cities for Island Press and blogging occasionally at http://resnikoff.beehiiv.com/ ned at resnikoffconsulting dot com
@neillewisjr.bsky.social
Behavioral Scientist & Science Communicator. Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication, Medicine, and Public Policy at Cornell University. More here: neillewisjr.com Personal account
@clintsmithiii.bsky.social
Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Brooklyn Congressman. Democratic Leader. Work hard. Stay focused. Deliver results #ForThePeople.
@ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social
I think it's bad to touch hot stoves. We should not do that. Exceeded my rate limits on Twitter so now I'm here. Sh*tposts and takes on politics, movies, culture, whatever.
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@attackerman.bsky.social
Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo, IRON MAN for Marvel. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com Signal: attackerman.81
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
NYT Columnist, visiting professor at Lipscomb University, Chautauqua Perry Fellow in Democracy. Married to @nancyfrench.bsky.social. Iraq vet, Grizzlies fan, born in War Eagle Country and raised in Big Blue Nation.
@muellershewrote.com
Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com Secure contact: FedOath@pm.me Signal: muellershewrote.23 Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans
@sjac-info.bsky.social
SJAC is a Syrian organization documenting violations and promoting accountability and justice efforts in Syria. Contact us at: info@syriaaccountabilty.org
@michiganclock.bsky.social
Daily reminder of how long it's been since an Ohio State University has beaten the University of Michigan in football. by @dimcheff.wtf, idea stolen from @swankywolverine.store's twitter bot. pfp photo by @bluebarronphoto.bsky.social.
@markhertling.bsky.social
Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security. Now a teacher, author, speaker & analyst. Always looking for civility…and new adventures. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hertling-dba-57987066
@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.
@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
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@bryanmac.bsky.social
The MGoBlog Opponent Watch guy. Other stupid thoughts available at bryanmac.substack.com, or wherever fine takes are sold.
@visitdeepcreek.bsky.social
4 season vacation destination in western Maryland. Plan your trip at visitdeepcreek.com
@ifp.bsky.social
@nicolechung.bsky.social
author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW. the dog is Peggy and she loves you already. linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
@danjdevine.bsky.social
public opinion, behaviour, attitudes, &c. Associate Prof, @sotonpolitics.bsky.social; Assoc. Editor, @poqjournal.bsky.social & @jeppjournal.bsky.social ColU, Pompey, music, books, & pubs https://djdevine.org
@rachelmcohen.bsky.social
Vox reporter - covering family policy + politics trying to prod productively
@peark.es
No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | QCR: Non Culto, For The Crown | American via Canada, not Scottish. *ALL CAPS HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE FROM BLOOMBERG 📍 CLT
@asevans.bsky.social
A national and international social justice organizer, sociologist and architect of the United Vision Project countering the rise of authoritarianism in the largest known effort to reach people across extreme differences at depth and scale.