Starter packs with Elizabeth Spiers

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  about 1 year ago
• 1,711 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 🗽LOLGOP🗽  over 1 year ago
• 550 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Here's a sampling of people, orgs and publications I follow on Bluesky.

• Created by Puff the Magic Hater  over 1 year ago
• 92 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  about 1 year ago
• 57 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A list of journalists, pollsters and analysts to follow if you are interested in the US election, which takes place on 5 November 2024.

• Created by Chris Baraniuk  about 1 year ago
• 37 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  over 1 year ago
• 34 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by kim ☼  about 1 year ago
• 28 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Accounts to follow to understand what's happening now in US science and politics. NIH. Trump. Musk. NSF. Vought. Remote work. RIF. Grant NoAs. FACA Committees. Senate UC. MAGA, and Project 2025. A lot is happening. Follow this group and send your colleagues here to bluesky to do the same.

• Created by Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪  11 months ago
• 27 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  about 1 year ago
• 17 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  about 1 year ago
• 9 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A mix of activists and journalists from the Way to Win extended cinematic universe, building the next version of the Democratic Party.

• Created by Way to Win  about 1 year ago
• 9 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  about 1 year ago
• 7 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

More than 100 independent journalists, commentators, and well-known voices on US politics, justice, and current affairs. | Updated and expanded daily.

• Created by Andrea Junker  about 1 year ago
• 5 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A list of people who post about media reform: structural media incentives, the collapse of US journalism, bringing back ThinkProgress, why AG Sulzberger and John C Malone are different problems... And solutions to improve our media. There’s a Media Reform list too: pin it as a Feed.

• Created by Eric Blair  over 1 year 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  about 1 year ago
• 4 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  about 1 year ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Reporters, pundits and professors who talk about politics and culture. Check out my Newsletters starter pack for independent journos. If you're looking for activists, check out Good Trouble-makers (general left activism) or Worker Power (labor and workplace power).

• Created by Evan Sutton  about 1 year ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Mostly reporters, a few politicians

• Created by Butlerian Jihad  12 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Experts, trailblazers, and visionaries taking up space, lifting one another, and championing diversity. These voices are not only essential to the industry’s transformation but also fundamental in elevating those historically excluded.

• Created by Elsie Escobar  about 1 year ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Mostly queers and commies.

• Created by Thoticus Prime  about 1 year ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Join me on bluesky.

• Created by zonalopez1  about 1 year ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Cohort of smart people with reality based reflections on insane world of media and poltics.

• Created by Murshed Zaheed  about 1 year ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

I always learn something new from these people and they remind me that there are people in the world still doing good for others.

• Created by imdot  12 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Trying to figure out how to navigate this new America that we live in now? Well here's a bunch of Political, Economic, Cultural and (hopefully) sometimes, entertaining accounts to follow

• Created by Blind$hepherd  about 1 year ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Starter Pack #1 November 2024 to #ResistForGOOD with MamaKeiki.

• Created by #ResistForGood Always Indivisible  about 1 year ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

seeking the vibe of twitter before the halfwit bought it

• Created by Patrick LaForge  about 1 year ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Some news, some politics, some science, some humor, some art, some stuff about Bluesky itself.

• Created by Michael Hoffman  over 1 year ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Marlon Weems  about 1 year ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Democracy suffers when billionaires control the media. This list includes leading academics, writers and advocates in the movement to build a more democratic media system.

• Created by Tim Karr  about 1 year ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Blue.Wing.Things to do in case of COUP🫶🏼❌👑💙🇺🇦🫘🦋  about 1 year ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by FailedState  11 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Deorges Ganton  over 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

These are the accounts I use on here to follow what’s going on

• Created by Max Berger  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by savagegracewines  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

This is a great starter pack to keep up-to-date with all the latest political news with strong opinions and commentary from progressive, liberal, Dem influencers.

• Created by The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by GolferGirl in the Mitten 💙🩵  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A mix of feeds I find interesting on Bluesky. Enjoy!

• Created by Paul Guinnessy  over 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Academics, journalists, activists, and other smart people who post about extremism, mis- and disinformation, conspiracy beliefs, technology, and other issues important to democracy. People I've worked with or interact with frequently.

• Created by Daniel Malmer  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

For women in academia

• Created by @Juie  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Follow the media on Bluesky

• Created by Aimee Rinehart  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Politicos, Journalists, and friends who have informed and challenged my own thinking over the years.

• Created by Melissa Ryan  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Anand Giridharadas  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Democracy dies in the dark, so let's bring some light. Here’s a list of must-follows for anyone serious about keeping that light burning. (slight focus in Florida) Change happens when we show up, stay informed, and support those doing the work. (Let me know who I should add)

• Created by Cine Silva  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Blue Lady 🦋💙  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Seth  over 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by hoyt-tracy  12 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

The faves

• Created by Andrew  12 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Blessing Sonia Bulaun  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Happy New years Day!! Love y;all!!

• Created by Kevin ANTIFA Ressler 💙🐈‍⬛  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Della🦋Dakota  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky