Starter Packs
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Election Bluesky
Similar to 'Election Twitter', these are accounts that tend to have a strong focus on all things election-related: results, statistics, data, turnout, stakes, etc.
News/Analysis Starter Pack
Starter Pack for journalists and analysts that I believe provide real value.
Activist Starter Pack
Just a list of some fellow activists that I find interesting, and/or folks I have gotten to know a little bit over the years.
@golikehellmachine.com
antifa warlord arbitration consultant. drummer in tragic lovers. writes WORK IS FOUR LETTERS, DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS, bad jokes and production for NORMAL MEN. https://golikehellmachine.com https://normalmenpodcast.com https://tragiclovers.bandcamp.com
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights PFP by @atlastalos.bsky.social
@nameshiv.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in @strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net.
@merisand.bsky.social
Texan. Musician. Artist. Incorrigible weirdo. Geek. Faithful servant of my feline overlords.
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Support our work: https://propub.li/4d2mFWJ
@assignedmedia.org
An independent news website about trans issues, by trans journalists. assignedmedia.org Support our work: https://www.assignedmedia.org/support
@marisakabas.bsky.social
journalist / founder @ thehandbasket.co email: MKwrites4000@proton.me signal: https://signal.me/#eu/VssgH88q6WQu7MtH5wF-08JdgWh4iAPWD13eXiOcXQNGdZUXijJBZInD-UtLJKFG venmo: venmo.com/u/Marisa-Kabas ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marisakabas
@hypervisible.bsky.social
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
@taniel.bsky.social
Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
@kendrawrites.com
What's the opposite of apocalypse? Trying to chronicle that. Climate journalist based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. Tips? Reach me on Signal kendrawrites.04
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@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
@tusk81.bsky.social
Trying to fight the good fight at @americasvoice.bsky.social 🇺🇸 Immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights, cats. Cancer survivor. Views here my own ✨
@luckytran.com
Public Health, Climate Justice, and Science Communication. Bylines in the Guardian, Washington Post, and more. WHO Fides member. Grist 50 Fixer. Opinions my own and do not reflect those of my employer. http://linktr.ee/luckytran
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him.
@404media.co
it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
@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)
@comicsbeat.bsky.social
An award winning website that covers comics, comics culture and the people who make them. comicsbeat.com HUU with news: info @ comicsbeat
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Author, filmmaker, book dealer. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. New York Magazine writer.
@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
@w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy
Personal/unofficial account of VOA’s chief national correspondent/former White House bureau chief; Author, ‘Behind the White House Curtain.’ @pressclubdc board of […] [bridged from https://journa.host/@w7voa on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@asherelbein.bsky.social
Freelance writing about the wild, old and dead. (Plus comics.) Bylines in The New York Times, SciAm, Undark, Texas Monthly, and lots of other places. Repped by @desir.ee at Looking Glass Literary.
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News & Boston Herald.) NYC and North Fork. Francophile fan of Sondheim and Venice. Aspiring watercolorist. (Paintings now at @washbuckler.bsky.social) Hoping sarcasm works out better over here.
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@meganranney.bsky.social
Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
@aftermath.site
Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture. www.aftermath.site
@theflytrapmedia.com
Worker-owned, community-oriented intersectional feminist journalism to unfuck your algorithm. 🔗 theflytrapmedia.com
@rachelholliday.bsky.social
managing editor at THE CITY (@thecity.nyc) • news if I must, local joy where I can find it • bird enjoyer • bluesky elder (derogatory) • tell me something good: rsmith@thecity.nyc 📍 queens / fun hell
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
Founded in 1946, Jewish Currents is a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left. Subscribe today! jewishcurrents.org/subscribe
@karenattiah.bsky.social
Global. Columnist at Washington Post. Artemis = feline guardian. Rogue Radical Professor at Resistance Summer School resistancesummerschool.com Join the Fall Waitlist for Race, Media and International Affairs 101! https://forms.gle/6LoPuLUUjPT6Tang8
@erininthemorning.com
Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking & content: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888 Subscribe to support my journalism and read my reporting at www.erininthemorning.com
@americasvoice.bsky.social
Harnessing the power of American voices to enact policy change that guarantees full labor, civil and political rights for immigrants and their families. www.AmericasVoice.org
@bluestein.bsky.social
Husband, father, aspiring mensch. AJC politics reporter 🗞 NBC News contributor 📺 Politically Georgia podcast host 🎧 Sirius Radio 📻 Author of FLIPPED📕 Jolt Newsletter 💻
@charlesornstein.bsky.social
Managing editor/local at ProPublica, past prez of AHCJ, Detroit Lions fan. Email: charles.ornstein@propublica.org. Posts are my own.
@heylookitsruth.bsky.social
jersey based 🗽 | digital: America's Voice | creative: NJYD | views are my own | she/her/ella ⬇️ Know Your Rights Workshops & Resources linktr.ee/knowyourrightsnj
@wyden.senate.gov
U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk. senatefinance.bsky.social wydenpress.bsky.social
@marklevinenyc.bsky.social
Manhattan Borough President. Running to be the next comptroller of NYC. linktr.ee/marklevinenyc
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@sarahbrand.bsky.social
DC-adjacent. local elected/activist, data nerd, sometimes SF/fantasy writer, live-in photographer for my cats. opinions are mine and do not reflect the views of my cats. elected official account: @sarahbw.bsky.social
@repmarcykaptur.bsky.social
Honored to serve the hardworking families of Ohio’s 9th district. Longest-serving woman in history of Congress. Ranking Member on Energy & Water Appropriations. kaptur.house.gov
@meganhunt.bsky.social
Independent State Senator in Omaha's District 8, shopgirl, mother, big Taurus energy. meganhunt.net.
@robertgarcia.bsky.social
Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, urbanist, progressive & proud American 🏳️🌈
@zoandbehold.bsky.social
State Representative out of Missoula, Montana. Fighting for housing, health care, & human rights. Wife of @erininthemorning.com Bi🏳️🌈 Trans🏳️⚧️ she/her♀️