Starter packs with Chris Geidner

After the election, I created this Starter Pack of pro-democracy accounts. I update it regularly. I hope you find it useful!

• Created by Marc Elias  5 months ago
• 1,704 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

New to Bluesky and used to getting your news from Twitter? Well, stop, collaborate, and listen! Here are a bunch of outstanding accounts that will keep you tuned into the news without having to get Elon's emotional semen on you. Let me know whom I missed!

• Created by L O L G O P  7 months ago
• 548 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

I refuse to spend any more time with MSM. These are the folks I follow to get and understand the news and its implications. Yes, we're really doing this again...

• Created by Are we really doing this again?  5 months ago
• 72 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Welcome CARD readers to Bluesky. Here's a list of good accounts to follow if you want a deeper understanding of the topics I write about.

• Created by Melissa Ryan  5 months ago
• 57 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Recommended feeds and users for journalists / news! 🗞️

• Created by Emily Liu  10 months ago
• 33 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A big list early adopting news sources / explainers on Bluesky. There are MANY more folks here, but I could only include 150. Please note that I'm not a journalist, but I can't remove myself as the creator of the list.

• Created by Greg Pak  7 months ago
• 30 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Creates an active feed of (mainly) US politics

• Created by Daniel Donner  6 months ago
• 22 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Legal practice, scholarship, journalism, and argument

• Created by Joshua J. Friedman  10 months ago
• 17 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A great mix of different subjects and interests from people who are active on Bluesky. Dive in! Bluesky has "the juice."

• Created by Hunter Walker  5 months ago
• 17 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Just an incomplete list of folks I follow who seem to have a grounded understanding of what's up and share solid information, good vibes, or practical thoughts on how to keep it moving in troubling times. I don't always agree with everything everyone here says, but I'm always happy to see them.

• Created by Greg Pak  5 months ago
• 10 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Just some recommended folks to follow.

• Created by Mike Masnick  6 months ago
• 9 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Stay current on the latest political news and political opinions on Blue Sky from progressive, dem & liberal Influencers on Blue Sky.

• Created by US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal Democrat  5 months ago
• 9 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Includes a bunch of independent/non-profit news outlets and some non-journalists who actually know their fields and post about 'em!

• Created by Greg Pak  10 months ago
• 9 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Collection of queer and trans folks who cover and share LGBTQ related news.

• Created by Alejandra Caraballo  5 months ago
• 9 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Paul Moeller  5 months ago
• 7 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Independent writers, bloggers, and journalists.

• Created by Molly White  5 months ago
• 6 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

I have excellent taste. These are fun, lovely, brilliant, cool people you should follow. You’re welcome. You look like you need a win.

• Created by Saeed Jones  5 months ago
• 6 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Reporters and members of the media who have been Officially Verified on Bluesky by Hunter Walker.

• Created by Hunter Walker  5 months ago
• 6 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A list of news outlets, journalists & analysts that see this dangerous, unprecedented time for what it is and are responding with fearless, reliable reporting. See list #2 for even more suggestions. Fearless Media #2: https://go.bsky.app/MjqCB1i

• Created by @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)  5 months ago
• 6 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

NACDL's recommended follows: writers and advocates on equal justice under law, racial justice, pregnancy justice, prosecutorial accountability, championing civil liberties, and standing up to government surveillance and overreach. End mass incarceration.

• Created by NACDL  5 months ago
• 5 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A starter-pack of some of my favorite follows on here for smart, reliable news and pov.

• Created by Alex Winter  5 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A cohort of smart follows of folks who keep a close eye on SCOTUS and courts in general.

• Created by Murshed Zaheed  5 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by David Honig  3 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

@skypacks.bsky.social

• Created by Paul B. Kennedy  5 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Michael  4 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

In this new era, we are going to need to lift up and rely on non-corporate media. Here are some important voices to make sure you're following.

• Created by Nick Knudsen  4 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Luke Garrett  7 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

people who know things

• Created by John Stange  7 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Quick link for SWWLDS enthusiasts

• Created by Elyvate79  5 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Follow your favorite LGBTQ journalists, newsmakers, activists, and influencers! 🏳️‍🌈 Nominate the people you follow: [email protected].

• Created by SOGIE.info  5 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Ken Klippenstein  5 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

BigTent’s favorite feeds and people to follow. Join us.

• Created by BigTentUSA  5 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

the people and orgs I rely on to stay informed

• Created by shauna  5 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Just an array of people who I think are worth following, a very subjective view of course, not canonical or exhaustive, but a general focus on news and politics and other things of interest to me.

• Created by Josh Marshall  5 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Teri Dudley  3 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by 💙Colleen  5 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by ♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️  5 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Craig Sheldon's Favorite Feeds

• Created by Craig Sheldon  9 days ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Heather Cox Richardson

• Created by Casey Sparks  about 2 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Keith Hill  5 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by BlueStateBlues ✌️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇦🎸🎨🥃🌲🧀🐶  3 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by cjlester  5 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Ok, here are folks who I believe are good starts to be following for #AppellateSky. Mostly appellate lawyers, legal writing professors, and legal reporters who have skeeted in the last few months. And they're only starts! Sorry if you should be on here and missing!

• Created by Michael Adams-Hurta  5 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Blue.Wing.Things to do in case of COUP🫶🏼💙🇺🇦🫘🦋  5 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Amy Kuenzie  5 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

US Constitutional law scholars who employ a variety of methods including legal interpretation, history, and political science.

• Created by Pat Sobkowski  10 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩  5 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Charlie Sykes  5 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by hoyt-tracy  3 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Della🦋Dakota  5 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky