Ron Davis's Starter Pack
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@ronpdavis.bsky.social
@kenjennings.bsky.social
Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of 100 PLACES TO SEE AFTER YOU DIE (bit.ly/3kLgJKO) and a bunch of other stuff. OMNIBUS co-founder (patreon.com/omnibusproject).
@financialtimes.com
The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis. https://www.ft.com The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
@sheridesabike.bsky.social
Bikes & transit. SEA & WA. Writes, edits, paralegals. Formerly: PeopleForBikes, WA Bike Law, Disability Mobility Initiative. Writing The Transit Trekker Manual, b/c it should be easier to enjoy the outdoors if you can’t drive. @transittrekker.bsky.social
@seattlebikedad.bsky.social
Dad, pedestrian, bike user, transit explorer and occasional car driver experiencing the mobility infrastructures of Seattle. *Expert in complaining*
@seiu1199nw.bsky.social
Our mission is to win quality healthcare and good jobs for all. With over 30,000 nurses and caregivers, we are the Northwest’s largest healthcare union.
@energytroll.bsky.social
@karlalexpauls.bsky.social
Building the future of nuclear energy in a Django/Vue web app. Not representing TerraPower🧳 Bi 🎖️🏳️🌈 c3 Ecomodernist♻️ c3 Friend of Fission⚛️ c3 SeattleSubway🚇c6 SeattleOBA🎥
@nigelherbig.bsky.social
Dad, husband, political dork. Mayor of Kenmore, WA Disc golfer, #TBTL Ten, #Seahawks fan. Passionate about transit, housing, and climate - they're all inextricably connected, folks!
@reedhampton.bsky.social
Still working on getting my Seattleite into orbit. Born at ~365 CO2 ppm of 421 ppm now. Safe Streets, transit, and housing advocate!
@markoliias.bsky.social
He/him. I get to represent the neighborhood I grew up in the Washington State Senate. I also chair the Senate Transportation Committee. 🚴♀️🚶🧑🦼 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚄 ✈️
@evergreentransit.bsky.social
Transit Enthusiast, Photographer, Urban Planning student, and B/Vlogger documenting the state of public transportation while pushing it to its limits. As always, all opinions are my own.
@spottnik.bsky.social
Exploring Seattle, LA, NYC and other great cities, with focus on urban design, transit, walking, biking, parks and food. Personal account with positive vibes
@jessefranz.bsky.social
Unfortunately, not heir to the Franz bread empire. Works for the Seattle City Council. Recovering news producer. Personal views here.
@housingconsortium.org
We work towards a future where all people throughout King County can live with dignity in safe, healthy, and affordable homes. www.housingconsortium.org
@seattlemet.com.web.brid.gy
Smart. Authoritative. Entertaining. With a bold design, eye-catching photography, and an editorial voice that’s at once witty and in-the-know, Seattle […] [bridged from https://seattlemet.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/seattlemet.com ]
@mgb5000.bsky.social
Lucky husband, professional software engineer, enthusiastic sailor, perspiring gardener. #Bernie2016 #M4A #GND #BLM #INFJ_A.
@citizen-cate.bsky.social
Fighting against car dependency, one unused parking spot at a time. Senior researcher at @Sightline.
@calebheeringa.bsky.social
Climate, energy, political change. Holding Big Oil accountable at @climateintegrity.org - I like my cities dense, my wilderness wild and my baseball teams winning. He/him.
@billgatess.bsky.social
Leadership - Life - Fitness - Music - College Football - Golf - Good Times. Making the most of my 30s!!
@thebethocracy.bsky.social
Seattle urbanista, interested in education, safe streets, and housing. Grew up in Baltimore. GIS graduate student and bike mom. Former wetland biologist. I follow Seattle School Board meetings and yell at cars.
@dmoser.bsky.social
Interested in sustainable transport, urban planning and the state of the world. Working in international development cooperation.
@studonovan.bsky.social
Economist researching cities, transport, housing, & energy. I focus on New Zealand & Australia, with European dalliances. And some chaff.
@jessepiedfort.bsky.social
I work on clean transportation for Sierra Club. Formerly director of Sierra Club WA. Love my e-bike, walkable cities, and getting my hopes up about the local baseball team. Pro-Housing.
@olympiajoe.bsky.social
Journalist covering politics/gov’t/democracy/crisis. Ex-Cascade PBS, Seattle Times, Rapid City Journal. PNW/Jersey shore https://olympiajoe.substack.com/
@gordonofseattle.bsky.social
I share about walking, biking, great cities, & progressive politics. I work for @sngreenways.bsky.social (Seattle's walking, biking, and streets for people nonprofit), but these are my personal opinions. GordonOfSeattle on various platforms.
@noahpinion.bsky.social
i'm not who you think i am and it's weird but unsurprising that that hasn't stopped 1100+ of you
@strongtowns.org
We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
@andersem.bsky.social
Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
@typewriteralley.bsky.social
Pedestrian Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor Transportation advocate Puget Sound is my home Probably covering a random public meeting (they-them) https://www.patreon.com/typewriteralley
@jkalla.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Data Science at Yale. Pittsburgh native.
@colinjones.bsky.social
Soon: Digital Director at The Bulwark, Getting weird, doing experiments, totally a dad, whatever you do take care of your news
@yimbydems.bsky.social
The Voice of Progressive Abundance. Build America. Defeat Fascism. Join us at YIMBY Democrats dot org. Catch our podcast Radio Abundance, premiering with Governor Wes Moore & Congressman Jake Auchincloss.
@cathytuttle.bsky.social
Planner of cities for people & other living things. I post about life in Seattle, Portland, Utrecht + women who create cities + cargo bikes + climate. I'm on the Boards of @americawalks.bsky.social @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social & @sngreenways.bsky.social
@matthutchins.bsky.social
Seattle architect, urbanist and Planning Commissioner advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. AIA Seattle President, Seattle Design Festival President, AIA Strategic Council. Passivhaus designer.
@joeveyera.bsky.social
Editor at Factal | Seattleite | Transit stan | Hopeless Mariners fan | He/him
@jennyschuetz.bsky.social
Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
An unofficial bot of The Seattle Times rss: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/feed/ maintainer: @anotherseattleite.bsky.social
@bikeloudpdx.bsky.social
BikeLoud is a nonprofit full of people trying to help Portland be a city where one quarter of all our trips are done on bicycles. Bikes are an equitable affordable solution for our climate emergency. When we ride bikes, we feel better! bikeloudpdx.org
@qagggy.bsky.social
📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
@holz-bau.bsky.social
architect @ Larchlab.com (Seattle) activist for: car-light climate adaptive cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
@idothethinking.bsky.social
Housing and transit data guy. Against fascism. My "bluesky posts" represent myself and do not represent my employer or any affiliated groups and organizations.
@hatethegamebook.com
Author and Chief Economist at Redfin. Pre-order my book Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work out April 11 HateTheGameBook.com
@nondriver.bsky.social
Author, When Driving Isn't An Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island Press, 2024). Disabled mom with #nystagmus. Launched #WeekWithoutDriving annazivarts.com
@alfredtwu.com
Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (@alfredtwu.net), California Democratic Party Delegate, East Bay architect & commercial artist. Reblue/follow/like does not equal endorsement. art: http://alfredtwu.com
@ifbookspod.bsky.social
A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
@mnolangray.bsky.social
the once and future city planner // legislative director for california YIMBY // AICP // posting less because i'm doing things // proud kentuckian // #BBN // buy my book ❤
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. http://linktr.ee/CityNerd 🐘 @nerd4cities
@humantransit.bsky.social
Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
@yonahfreemark.com
Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
Husband and father. 40th Governor of California. Former Lt. Governor of California. Former San Francisco Mayor. Personal account.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon. Pre-order our new book, "Life After Cars," coming Oct 2025 from Thesis / Penguin Random House. https://www.lifeaftercars.com/ https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
@fivefourpod.bsky.social
A podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. patreon.com/fivefourpod
@rokhanna.bsky.social
A vision for a new economic patriotism. Let’s invent it, make it, & buy it in America. Pro-worker, pro-union, pro-family. Text me: (650) 999-9610
@theneedling.com
Seattle's Only Real Fake News (Satire/Parody) Have a hot headline tip? Send it to [email protected] TheNeedling.com
@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/
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@pkrugman.bsky.social
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Support our work: https://propub.li/4d2mFWJ
@wyden.senate.gov
U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk. senatefinance.bsky.social wydenpress.bsky.social
@naomiishisaka.bsky.social
Seattle Times Social Justice Columnist / Assistant Managing Editor for Diversity and Inclusion. AAJA Seattle President. www.naomiishisaka.com she/her 🏳️🌈
@cluchey.bsky.social
Principal at Fenway Strategies, former Senior Presidential Speechwriter to POTUS, devoted Mainer, alleged lawyer, author of THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME (St. Martin's)
@theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy
The Urbanist serves to examine and influence urban policies. [bridged from https://theurbanist.org/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/theurbanist.org ]
@joshuamcnichols.bsky.social
Reporter at KUOW (NPR) Seattle, co-host of economics podcast “Booming.” Looking for news, comic relief and houseplant tips. https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/booming
@wadems.org
We are the Washington State Democrats! https://linktr.ee/wademocrats
@multimodalalex.bsky.social
AV skeptic. Bike/transit enthusiast. Dedicated Roundabout Hater. Powerlifter. Atheist. Harm reduction saves lives. Housing is a human right. KCDCC Rep for the WA 46th LD. Threads/IG: @MultimodalAlex
@oowm.org
Lots of transit and transit pictures. AS47689, @[email protected], @oowm (dumpster fire site) 💚: 🚎, 🚆, ⛴️, 🌧, ⚾️, 🥌, & 🌃 Seattle Ped. Board member 🛂: 🇩🇪🇪🇺/🇺🇸
@publicola.com.web.brid.gy
News. Politics. Urbanism. [bridged from https://publicola.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/publicola.com ]
@katiewilson.bsky.social
@alexhudson.com
CTO & CPO working primarily in healthcare and energy sector. I talk a bit about swdev, cybersec, and risk analysis.
@timgruver.bsky.social
Reporter @washingtonobserver.bsky.social Sec. @spjwash.bsky.social. Words @Politico.com, Pluribus, The Center Square, The Oregonian, Metacritic
@summerstinson.bsky.social
Former Fed worker for nearly 12 years: 9th Cir & SSA. Seattle since 2006. Bend hometown. Economic Justice Advocate. Labor/Employment Lawyer. Urbanist. Optimist. Democratic Socialist. Witch. Mom to teen, black lab, and many plants.
@davidsimon.bsky.social
Some variety of Marxist, fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and many other things as well. איד
@emveezee.bsky.social
Transit and safe streets advocate, dad, Seattle School Traffic Safety Committee, biker and fixer of bikes, working for the labor movement since a long time ago.
@scottgreenstone.bsky.social
I make radio about the sound region: https://www.knkx.org/people/scott-greenstone
@hacksandwonks.bsky.social
Political Hacks and Policy Wonks talk about state and local politics and policy in Washington state
@joshfeit.bsky.social
Author of 2 indie-press poetry books (Shops Close Too Early & The Night of Electric Bikes) https://www.joshfeitpoetry.com/ City planning columnist at PubliCola https://publicola.com
@nwprogressive.org
Regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research + imaginative advocacy @ nwprogressive.org.
@jcohenwrites.bsky.social
City Reporter at Cascade PBS covering the issues, government, and politics shaping life in Seattle. Proud member of the PNW Newspaper Guild. Email: [email protected]
@jimbrunner.bsky.social
Seattle Times politics reporter Got a tip? Signal: 206-214-8789 https://www.seattletimes.com/author/jim-brunner/
@jazzyspraxis.bsky.social
@ashleynerbovig.bsky.social
Co-Host of The Burner Seattle podcast. I cover cops, crimes, and cops' crimes.
@autumngales.bsky.social
Climate, ПТН ХЛО, feminism, democracy, bikes, runs, music, +more. // Paul McCartney gave me an air hug. // WA policy at Climate Solutions // Jackson Foundation fellow // views mine!
@goldyha.bsky.social
David Goldstein • Sr. Fellow at Civic Ventures • Economic storyteller • Co-host PitchforkEconomics.com • Truth is the best defense against prosecution for libel, but rhetorical hyperbole is more fun.