Starter packs with Greg Sargent

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

Funny, smart and political - large & small accounts I recommend

• Created by Randi Mayem Singer  over 1 year ago
• 167 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  over 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
• 35 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Here are some of my favorite accounts that you might want to join me in following. These folks are among the strongest defenders of freedom and democracy on this platform. I hope that you’ll find this list useful in growing your own account.

• Created by Jon Cooper  over 1 year ago
• 32 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

This is a group of posters from Balloon Juice and other accounts that I enjoy. Join me on bsky!

• Created by Mousebumples  over 1 year ago
• 29 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 🧪  about 1 year ago
• 27 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Creates an active feed of (mainly) US politics

• Created by Daniel Donner  over 1 year ago
• 22 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Kartott 🦋  over 1 year ago
• 10 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  over 1 year ago
• 9 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Just some recommended folks to follow.

• Created by Mike Masnick  over 1 year 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  almost 2 years 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  over 1 year ago
• 9 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Journalists and authors who focus on white collar crime and political corruption

• Created by Jen Taub  over 1 year ago
• 8 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Paul Moeller  over 1 year ago
• 7 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)  over 1 year ago
• 6 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  over 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  over 1 year ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Gregory Kothe  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  over 1 year ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Crafting a personal path forward for democracy

• Created by Joyce White Vance  over 1 year ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

the people and orgs I rely on to stay informed

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

• Created by Luke Garrett  over 1 year ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

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

Some of my favorites.

• Created by Jude Nagurney Camwell (Iddybud)  over 1 year ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Craig Sheldon's Favorite Feeds

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

My favorites on bluesky

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

Essential follows for Crider Thought

• Created by Paul Crider  almost 2 years ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

News & Politics

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

Best voices of our day!

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

Experts on government and markets (aka "democratic capitalism") in the United States: its past, its present, its fraught future.

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

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

Comment from leading people, media, scientists and organisations who think seriously about the human future

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

Join the Resistances, Let's save our Democracy together. MAGA won the battle, but this is just the beginning, together we can win the war against FASCISM! Let's Go!

• Created by Jump Back To Reality - 🌊When we fight, we will win , eventually  over 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Grace the Writer's Beloved community ❤️ favorite feeds.Join me, Let's go!!!

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

• Created by Garry Weiss (he/him) 🇺🇦🌈🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦  over 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by I Still Stand With Ukraine  over 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

What Phil follows (so far)

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

These are some of the news outlets and individual journalists doing fearless reporting on Elon Musk's catastrophic attack on the US government. Also includes some of the best expert analysis. Please suggest others to add.

• Created by @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)  about 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

News stuff

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

• Created by ellencrofts  7 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

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

A starter pack of people making quality Bluesky posts!

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

More Great People! 💙🦋💙 Friends & Resistance Activists

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

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

• Created by Laurence H. Tribe  over 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  over 1 year ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky