Starter packs with Texas Observer

Reliable sources of information from both the United States and abroad.

• Created by Seth Abramson  11 months ago
• 111 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

News, science, essays, reviews, podcasts and radio, from publications that aren't owned and controlled by billionaires

• Created by Mindy Weisberger  12 months ago
• 96 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

The INN Network consists of over 500 independent, nonpartisan news organizations providing high quality journalism as a public service. Learn more at findyournews.org. Part 2: https://go.bsky.app/SuFxwor Part 3: https://go.bsky.app/6LeApx4

• Created by The Xylom  11 months ago
• 42 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  about 1 year ago
• 34 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Local journalists are critical for the survival of democracy and deserve attention and support as billionaires destroy newspapers. Here are a bunch of local journalists, outlets, and news sources, mostly from the US. NOTE: I'm not a journalist, but can't remove myself from my own list, alas.

• Created by Greg Pak  about 1 year ago
• 15 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  over 1 year ago
• 9 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

🇺🇸 Follow these pro-democracy accounts for news & insights. Mostly US politics and legal analysis, with history, science, satire, and the arts as well. Knowledge is power. 🌊💙🩵⚖️🌞💙🩵🗽

• Created by BostonCatherine  12 months ago
• 8 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Mostly reporters, a few politicians

• Created by Butlerian Jihad  9 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

For those who prefer to get their news away from MSM, here are some major independent, non-profit or citizen-led media outlets. All verified, all valuable. #News

• Created by News Eye  11 months ago
• 4 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by AileenAnn 🦅🇺🇸  10 months ago
• 3 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Some get a bit testy and off-color. To me, these are honest reactions to the indignities they see, analyze, and report.

• Created by trinityalps  9 months ago
• 2 people have used this starter pack to join Bluesky

"if u do not like the news then go out and make some of your own" from scoop nisker a san francisco FM radio person i used to listen to

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

A Starter Pack Connecting Texans That Would Make Ann Richards Proud! These Texans Know What It Will Take To “Make Texas Great Again”

• Created by anact4progress  11 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Get The Facts From These News Outlets

• Created by Just Meidas Jayne 🐉  11 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

These are folks on Bluesky that are involved in or cover Texas politics.

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

Throughout the last 25 years, I’ve met many awe-inspiring anti-fascist and anti-racist organizers, activists, strategists, authors, journalists, artists, professors and community defense providers who’ve dedicated their lives to fighting for justice and equality. These are some. Non exhaustive.

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

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

• Created by C.H. Romatowski  11 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

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

Scholars, journalists, theorists, practitioners writing about borders, borderlands and border fences

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

• Created by Natalie Nixon  9 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

The feed that has all things TEXAS!

• Created by Alicia Smart  9 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Some people and outlets keeping their eyes below the Mason-Dixon Line.

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

A few accounts to follow for friends new to BlueSky.

• Created by ichoseu  9 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Chubbear32  11 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

The fruit of hours of digging for some semblance of connection, content, and community of the creative sort in my local area

• Created by Slyvia Rose (Aimie McAllester)  4 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

An eclectic mix of news and journalism sources from around the globe.

• Created by 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 🇨🇦💪🏼  11 months ago
• One person has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Feeds of media organizations and journalists/writers you can trust.

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

• Created by NetworkforDemocracy  8 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Elaine Harris 💙  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by murf24sam  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Progressive Politicians, Progressive Activists, Progressive Journalists, Progressive Organizations

• Created by Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE  10 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

First experiment with Starter Packs

• Created by Svatli  8 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by GreggPhoto  10 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Hans E. Offerdal  5 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

starter pack for local news, politics, local businesses, entertainment, and goings-on in Texas, as well as more locally in Houston. please don’t hesitate to recommend stuff, but i’ll make the last call on what makes the list, because it’s mine.

• Created by Emi 🩵 | Hangman Gang  7 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Virginia Gruver  9 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

We must focus on our local communities as well as national politics. AOC said in a recent TikTok video how crucial it is that we get to know our neighbors and strengthen our ties to community. This starter pack focuses on local US publications, TV/Radio stations and journalists.

• Created by BostonCatherine  9 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

A cultivation Corpus Christi, Texas Bluesky accounts worth following.

• Created by Leo Hayden  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Sasha Meows 🐯  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by John B Driscoll  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Shortblondeguy  about 1 year ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by shawnjansen  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

Latino politics, culture and food voices.

• Created by The Reasonable Room  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by bradbeebranch  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Scott Costello  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by Glenn Deutsch  12 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by pgh206  7 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

People I follow who regularly post interesting (to me—YMMV) skeets, that I recommend to others.

• Created by Forrest Thiessen  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky

• Created by National Parks Traveler  11 months ago
• So far no one has used this starter pack to join Bluesky