Brandon

@nithyaforthecity.bsky.social

LA City Councilmember, Urban planner, mom of twins, Candidate for Mayor. 💛

This account is being used for campaign purposes by Nithya Raman for Mayor 2026
nithyaforthecity.com

ESA Navigation

@navigation.esa.int

Keeping the world connected through satellite navigation. Advancing positioning, navigation and timing in Europe with innovative technologies and resilient systems. Part of the European Space Agency @esa.int family.

Amy Shira Teitel

@amyshirateitel.bsky.social

Author, historian, streamer, YouTuber, writer.

Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert

@elakdawalla.bsky.social

Planetary scientist, freelance science writer and space artist, queer, ADHD, mom. Turns out it’s hard to be all those things at once. Shop at elakdawalla.Etsy.com

Swapna Krishna

@swapnakrishna.com

space reporter. covering Artemis II for NatGeo.

occasionally: national geographic, engadget, fast company, wired, science friday, npr. links: http://bio.site/skrishna

also: Star Trek, Star Wars, knitting, books, parenting

Loren Grush

@lorengrush.bsky.social

Space reporter at @bloomberg.com covering NASA, commercial space, and the cosmos | Send tips: LGrush@bloomberg.net | Signal username: lorengrush.56 | Buy my book! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Six/Loren-Grush/9781982172817

Spaceflight Now

@spaceflightnow.com

Providing coverage of space launches and missions since 1999

Brent Terhune

@brentterhune.bsky.social

Comedian. The Field Trip and They're Coming to Get You podcasts. It’s satire.

Stephen Jacob Smith

@stephenjacobsmith.com

Executive director of the Center for Building in North America (centerforbuilding.org), stephen@centerforbuilding.org. Personal account. Brooklyn, NY.

Nick Andert

@nickandert.bsky.social

Documentary filmmaker, writer, occasionally notable for Metro advocacy. Enjoys heist movies. Would probably enjoy heists.

He/Him | Los Angeles | www.deltavproductions.com

James O’Brien

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

@mayor.nyc.gov

Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.

Third Rate Podcasts Hat

@kenwhite.bsky.social

Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.

Signal: KenWhite.1969

CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@rami.spaceaustralia.com

Astronomer, driving The Dish📡 to study pulsars in my PhD. Also, founded SpaceAustralia.com. Also, love a bit of astrophotography. Also, do everything with my little mate, Max. Also, Ultra-Gay. He/Him.

@numble.bsky.social

I read LA Metro documents for fun.

Steve Vladeck

@stevevladeck.bsky.social

@ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com

Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck

"One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com

Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb

Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈

@mattbaume.bsky.social

Writer, YouTuber, small mammal. I tell fun stories about pop culture history. He/him.
> Videos: youtube.com/mattbaume
> Bonus videos: patreon.com/mattbaume
> Book: gaysitcoms.com
> Podcast: sewersofparis.com
> Hedgehog: 🦔

Actual names

@actualnames.bsky.social

Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.

Medlife Crisis (Rohin)

@medcrisis.bsky.social

Dr Rohin Francis. Consultant cardiologist with a sub-specialisation in useless videos, found on YouTube and Nebula. Less funny than placebo (p<0.05)

Dad, doctor, dork

James Davenport

@jradavenport.com

Coffee drinking, year-round-plaid wearing space dad. Astronomy professor in Seattle. Searching for ET, caring for humans.

https://jradavenport.github.io

Ken Jennings

@kenjennings.bsky.social

Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

Greg Greene (he/him/his)

@greene.haus

Dad. Wiseguy. Deep South expat. 🏠 Los Angeles, Ca. Prior 📇: Malcontent strategist @ Planned Parenthood Action Fund, DNC, Nat’l Dem. Inst., BlueState. Views my own. Also @ggreeneva @ 🐦 & 🐘.

Alex

@thewrongalex.bsky.social

Philly sports, South Bay LA housing, general complaints
he/him

Jonathan M. Katz

@katz.theracket.news

Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Subscribe to my newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | @KatzOnEarth on TikTok & Insta | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social

Tony Dunn

@tony873004.bsky.social

Orbit simulations of planets, comets, asteroids and other interesting stuff. Amateur astronomer. BA: Physics & Astronomy, SFSU.

David Rankin

@asteroiddave.bsky.social

Comet & Asteroid Hunter, Geology & Paleontology Buff, Photographer, Birder, Storm Chaser, Flood Guru, Atheist.

astrafoxen

@astrafoxen.bsky.social

21 - any pronouns
Astrophysics undergrad student in California (grad '27), aspiring planetary scientist. I do astronomy research on asteroids, comets and TNOs!

pfp by me
banner by Ian Regan

ESA Operations

@operations.esa.int

From Earth orbit to deep space: sharing the excitement of real-time mission operations at the European Space Agency. Home for ESA's teams working on Planetary Defence, Space Weather, Clean Space & Space Debris.
esa.int/Operations
esa.int/Space_Safety