I created a thread of Bluesky Starter Packs that interest me since there currently isn't a repository of searchable packs. If you have one feel free to reply with it so people can find more. I'll keep adding to the thread as I discover them. First: Science Storytellers. bsky.app/starter-pack... - ThreadSky

bookowl.bsky.social • 157 days ago

I created a thread of Bluesky Starter Packs that interest me since there currently isn't a repository of searchable packs. If you have one feel free to reply with it so people can find more. I'll keep adding to the thread as I discover them.
First: Science Storytellers.
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Comments

peacewind.aero•127 days ago

Enjoy this starter pack for aviators, #avgeeks and #aviation enthusiasts. Come hang out with FlySky!

https://go.bsky.app/SWjJBVf

bookowl.bsky.social•127 days ago

Neat! Thank you!

brokenelm.bsky.social•122 days ago

📌

morethanzero.bsky.social•98 days ago

This is a great way to enhance Bluesky experience. It is so easy I almost felt like I was cheating somehow. Thank you!!!

bookowl.bsky.social•98 days ago

You’re welcome! It helps us find, connect, and build the communities we love.

gettoknownature.bsky.social•145 days ago

This is a great idea! I wish there was a way to search through them.

bookowl.bsky.social•145 days ago

Same. Periodically I do a search for "starter pack" and rummage through the results. That helps me find a few as well.

briank.bsky.social•130 days ago

Music fans and vinyl collectors. https://go.bsky.app/HPDyYuc

bookowl.bsky.social•130 days ago

Thanks!

wilson26930.bsky.social•104 days ago

📌

mossyme.bsky.social•88 days ago

📌

ennisblue.bsky.social•80 days ago

📌 Thank you !

luckyloo.bsky.social•128 days ago

📌

mskellymhayes.bsky.social•108 days ago

📌

bluethingy.bsky.social•129 days ago

📌 for safe keeping

Thank you for putting this thread together!

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

You’re welcome

bike4evr.bsky.social•129 days ago

📌

emilyesfraser.bsky.social•102 days ago

📌

bookowl.bsky.social•74 days ago

65th in the thread: FanGraphs Writers & Contributors by @dszymborski.fangraphs.com
https://go.bsky.app/Q1Dm1ED
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all
#Baseball ⚾️

bookowl.bsky.social•94 days ago

64th in the thread: Misinformation Research and Practice by @enesaltuncu.com.tr
https://go.bsky.app/3ZMvdkw
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all
Convert a Starter Pack into a List here: https://nws-bot.us/bskyStarterPack.php

bookowl.bsky.social•94 days ago

63rd in the thread: #TrustBlackWomen Starter Pack by @lesliemac.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/4b49z4w
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all
Convert a Starter Pack into a List here: https://nws-bot.us/bskyStarterPack.php

bookowl.bsky.social•94 days ago

62nd in the thread: Public Radio Journalists by @micahloewinger.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/MWHaGo5
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all
Turn a Starter Pack into a List here:
https://nws-bot.us/bskyStarterPack.php

bookowl.bsky.social•97 days ago

61st in the thread: Natives in #STEM by @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/4hoZMPV
Find more starter packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all 🧪 #SciComm

bookowl.bsky.social•99 days ago

60th in the thread: Exoplanetary Astronomers by @maggiebeth.space
https://go.bsky.app/8T1wFxu
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all 🧪

bailorg.bsky.social•99 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/skylargrayson.bsky.social

maggiebeth.space•99 days ago

Skylar doesn’t study exoplanets but I appreciate you sharing her profile!

bookowl.bsky.social•99 days ago

If you want that person added you’ll need to ask the Pack’s creator @maggiebeth.space

pterodactyl101.bsky.social•99 days ago

@maggiebeth.space sounds like a breath of fresh exoplanet air.

bookowl.bsky.social•99 days ago

59th in the thread: Baseball Prospectus Authors & Staff by @baseballprospectus.com
https://go.bsky.app/26QDK4j
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•99 days ago

58th in the thread: Animal Artists by @valentinolasso.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/KhL3djS
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•99 days ago

57th in the thread: Tech Won't Save Us by @techwontsave.us
https://go.bsky.app/KxDpcC2
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•99 days ago

56th in the thread: Digital Pedagogy by @walshbr.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/Pw5MHTe
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•102 days ago

55th in the thread: Minor League Baseball, Baseball Prospects, & the MLB Draft by @stephenhamel.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/UZ34rfz
For more Starter Packs, check out this directory: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•102 days ago

54th in the thread: Science Fiction Double Feature by @princejvstin.com
https://go.bsky.app/GDYeXVt
Check out other Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•103 days ago

53rd in the thread: Bluesky Has "The Juice" by @hunterw.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/8MB13xg
Find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•103 days ago

52nd in the thread: Women's Health, Reproductive Health, & Disability by @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/3f91mhQ
Also find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

tatianatrifan.bsky.social•103 days ago

📌

bookowl.bsky.social•103 days ago

51st in the thread: Holocaust & Nazism Studies by @ceaubin.bsky.social.
https://go.bsky.app/DKiWN17
Also, find more Starter Packs here: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•105 days ago

50th in the thread: Extremist Understanders by @brainnotonyet.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/M5gK4gB

bookowl.bsky.social•105 days ago

49th in the thread: Astrophotographers by @thomasfuchs.at
https://go.bsky.app/SadmKYF

bookowl.bsky.social•105 days ago

48th in the thread: ProPublica Staff by @propublica.org
https://go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw

bookowl.bsky.social•106 days ago

47th in the thread: Ecocriticism & environmental lit by @elinetabak.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/E9pwdD

bookowl.bsky.social•106 days ago

46th in the thread: Courtwatchers by @murshedz.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/4oXpi4Q

bookowl.bsky.social•106 days ago

45th in the thread: Local US Journalists / Outlets / News Sources by @gregpak.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/FzSc9z

bookowl.bsky.social•106 days ago

44th in the thread: K-12 History/Social Studies Teachers
by @civilwarmemory.bsky.social
https://go.bsky.app/Ej43Kbg

bookowl.bsky.social•106 days ago

43rd in the thread: BlackSky Starter Pack by @rudyfraser.com
https://go.bsky.app/2FtgiTK

bookowl.bsky.social•107 days ago

42nd in the thread: Baseball Women ⚾️
https://go.bsky.app/QyKWhsb

bookowl.bsky.social•108 days ago

41st in the thread: Baseball Sky ⚾️
https://go.bsky.app/4n1sYCL

john-larue21.bsky.social•108 days ago

Where's that sweet sweet cheesemonger/cheese enthusiast pack...

bookowl.bsky.social•108 days ago

Get more of your cheese buddies on here, LaRue!

john-larue21.bsky.social•108 days ago

There appears to be like 30 such lists already but there are only 4-5 followers.

bookowl.bsky.social•109 days ago

40th in the thread: St. Louis Cardinals #STLCards
https://go.bsky.app/2M9gQqN

bookowl.bsky.social•117 days ago

39th in the thread: Independent Media
https://go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5

bookowl.bsky.social•117 days ago

38th in the thread: Food & Agriculture
https://go.bsky.app/GaFEGwk

bookowl.bsky.social•117 days ago

37th in the thread: Stylized Art Pack
https://go.bsky.app/511oCBe

hawthorn-embers.bsky.social•117 days ago

Thank you for sharing!

bookowl.bsky.social•117 days ago

Absolutely! Just trying to help new folks find lots of great people to follow.

bookowl.bsky.social•120 days ago

36th in the thread: Multi-Disciplinary Creatives
https://go.bsky.app/PnAxb8v

bookowl.bsky.social•120 days ago

35th in the thread: Insect Genetics & Molecular Biology 🧪
https://go.bsky.app/4EuqSbc

bookowl.bsky.social•121 days ago

34th in the thread: SkySciComic and Cartoon Artists
https://go.bsky.app/KJ7rerJ

bookowl.bsky.social•121 days ago

33rd in the thread: Good Paleoartists
https://go.bsky.app/RYwJUEK

bookowl.bsky.social•121 days ago

32nd in the thread: WxSky - Stormchasers & Weather Photographers and Artists
https://go.bsky.app/BSfDE7c

bookowl.bsky.social•121 days ago

31st in the thread: News, Commentary from Trusted Journalists, & Experts
https://go.bsky.app/GYyBdRm

bookowl.bsky.social•122 days ago

30th in the thread: Starter Cats. Plus each account is 90% visual cat content, consistently uses ALT text, posts a few times a week, and only posts original content.
https://go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN

bookowl.bsky.social•122 days ago

29th in the thread: Washington Post Journalists
https://go.bsky.app/D7WHbei

bookowl.bsky.social•124 days ago

28th in the thread: All Things Medical 2 Fast 2 Furious
https://go.bsky.app/9ziyYqt

chrisker.bsky.social•124 days ago

I put you in a Cardinals starter pack a couple weeks back. It's very small! Let me know if you know of anyone to add. Especially media people/official accounts.

https://go.bsky.app/5pzzfjn

bookowl.bsky.social•124 days ago

I sent you a DM with a list

bookowl.bsky.social•124 days ago

Thanks! I’ll tag some folks later and see if they’re interested

bookowl.bsky.social•124 days ago

27th in the thread: All Things Medicine
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/kiswanson.bsky.social/3l6xx67uagi2w

kiswanson.medsky.social•124 days ago

I couldn’t fit all the great healthcare people on one starter pack. Here’s a second

https://go.bsky.app/9ziyYqt

bookowl.bsky.social•124 days ago

Thanks!

smcgrath.phd•120 days ago

I have an adjacent starter pack to share. https://go.bsky.app/r5eVvT

bookowl.bsky.social•120 days ago

Thanks!

magnus919.com•117 days ago

Oh snap.

bookowl.bsky.social•125 days ago

26th in the thread: Tolkien Community
https://go.bsky.app/PwWWP6z

bookowl.bsky.social•125 days ago

25th in the thread: University Presses to Follow
https://go.bsky.app/7p95p7B

bookowl.bsky.social•125 days ago

24th in the thread: Creating a Trustworthy Information Ecosystem
https://go.bsky.app/T833yvS

balance-unrest.bsky.social•105 days ago

📌

bookowl.bsky.social•127 days ago

23rd in the thread: SciArt Starter Pack
🧪
#Art
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/flyingtrilobite.com/3kw5p6nous62f

greyauk.bsky.social•120 days ago

📌

wugglyump.bsky.social•121 days ago

📌

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

22nd in the thread: Top 150 Science Communicators (that are also all women!) https://bsky.app/starter-pack/fmriguy.bsky.social/3l6ottwju6i2v

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

21st in the thread: Bug Friends https://bsky.app/starter-pack/jencross.bsky.social/3l6ohj4tuyu2m 🪲🕷️

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

20th in the thread: Baseball Sky https://bsky.app/starter-pack/reneedechert.bsky.social/3kw5ft2ixgb2w ⚾

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

@otlee.bsky.social @alexcards79.bsky.social The two of you might like this one especially

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

19th in the thread: Do Something About Climate Change https://bsky.app/starter-pack/costasamaras.bsky.social/3kvuv753les2g 🧪

twinsetpat.bsky.social•129 days ago

📌

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

18th in the thread: Food/Land/Nature/Climate Starter Pack https://bsky.app/starter-pack/waiterich.bsky.social/3l2xo45wk6b24 🧪

twinsetpat.bsky.social•129 days ago

📌

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

17th in the thread: Science Writers and Communicators https://bsky.app/starter-pack/shiplives.bsky.social/3l4wfs4icv42v 🧪

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

16th in the thread: Banned Authors https://bsky.app/starter-pack/ryanestrada.com/3l6ojujeda52c

bookowl.bsky.social•145 days ago

15th in the thread: Nature Photographers with ALT Text
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/gettoknownature.bsky.social/3l5fwa5xmvw2n

bookowl.bsky.social•145 days ago

14th in the thread: National Weather Service (NWS) alerts. This is an automated set of accounts.
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/wandrme.paxex.aero/3l56mcerv2724

bookowl.bsky.social•146 days ago

13th in the thread: Bluesky for Plant Researchers 🧪
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/somssich.bsky.social/3kzm5jfq2oc2t

bookowl.bsky.social•154 days ago

12th in the thread: Climate Adaptation & Resilience Scientists 🧪
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/meadekrosby.bsky.social/3l47gs7gtjf2h

bookowl.bsky.social•156 days ago

11th in the thread: Traditional Art Nature Artists
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/kellybrenner.bsky.social/3l2iifxfclp24

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

10th in the thread: Pedagogues!
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/bcnjake.bsky.social/3l4gvs3p5yz2q

modestholdings.com•157 days ago

We need an Iowa starter pack.

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

Not a bad idea. All things Iowa? Iowa politics? Iowa environmental folks?

modestholdings.com•157 days ago

I defer to you. My network, and I search from time to time, seems to indicate there are few enough of us here to suggest a broad net.

But if it's successful, it might bring enough folks over to populate more specific packs.

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

Great idea. I’ll go through my people and see what I can come up with.

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

9th in the thread: Writers, Artists, & Beautiful Weirdos
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/lollardfish.bsky.social/3l4eeizolut2f

finalbossediting.bsky.social•123 days ago

Writer here 😄 would love to join the pack!

bookowl.bsky.social•123 days ago

Contact @lollardfish.bsky.social as he is the creator of that pack

shahabzargari.net•129 days ago

Ohh! This one sounds right up my alley!

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

You can thank @lollardfish.bsky.social for that one!

shahabzargari.net•129 days ago

lydiamulvey.bsky.social•109 days ago

📌

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

8th in the thread: Politics is My Passion
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:yobyqjt4hs5icoihvaombhhn/3l44geftjy72j

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

7th in the thread: Climate Policy, Strategy, and Justice Experts
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/katharinehayhoe.com/3l3o33hijzc2b

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

6th in the thread: Water People
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/fkearns.bsky.social/3l3qz5fiea226

lacouvee.bsky.social•107 days ago

@bookowl.bsky.social Dan if @raulpachecovega.bsky.social is not in this starter pack, he needs to be. Professor @ FLACSO Mexico studies comparative public policy, water governance, waste management, public administration, environmental politics, homelessness, mixed/experimental methods and more

fkearns.bsky.social•106 days ago

Added

lacouvee.bsky.social•106 days ago

thanks - I met Raul via Twitter back in 2009 when he was living in Vancouver. He is a wonderful resource for research methods, highly valued as a conference speaker.

bookowl.bsky.social•106 days ago

You’ll need to contact @fkearns.bsky.social about that. They created the pack and are the only one who can edit it. I just shared it.

lacouvee.bsky.social•106 days ago

thanks - I've been in touch.

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

5th in the thread: Brian's Pack of Hurricane Gurus
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/bmcnoldy.bsky.social/3l3beaflckp2p

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

4th in the thread: Eerie Wildlife Artists
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/stasanie.bsky.social/3l2s7p2i4hh2o

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

3rd in the thread: Science Shitposters
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/mehr.nz/3kvx6surhyc2h

jesshebert.bsky.social•122 days ago

Can I get added to this pack? I am 1000% a science shitposter and also aspire to have it be a part of my professional branding.

bookowl.bsky.social•122 days ago

You'll need to ask @mehr.nz as they are the creator of the pack. I just put it in my thread of packs.

jesshebert.bsky.social•122 days ago

Dear @mehr.nz: I would like to join your pack of spicy science shenanigan makers. Very much. Please accept this GIF as part of my application.

bookowl.bsky.social•122 days ago

😂 Excellent application

mehr.nz•122 days ago

starter packs are capped at 150

lucidillusions.in•121 days ago

lol i feel this shitposters pack i'm definitely suited for!

cc @mehr.nz

can i offer this beauty

bookowl.bsky.social•157 days ago

2nd in the thread: Planetary Scientists
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/3l3emzqrclr2g

mattfreund.bsky.social•122 days ago

📌

indikon.bsky.social•104 days ago

There’s this: https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

bookowl.bsky.social•104 days ago

Yep! I saw that after he released it. It just hadn't come out when I first started building this thread. Thanks for thinking of it and posting it here though!

clphillips99.bsky.social•107 days ago

📌

opusworks.bsky.social•117 days ago

Thanks!

peiferlabunc.bsky.social•120 days ago

I think this is missing @sarahmackattack.bsky.social , one of our best

sarahmackattack.bsky.social•120 days ago

❤️

bookowl.bsky.social•120 days ago

You'll have to let @leahshaffer.bsky.social know, as they are the creator of this starter pack

literaturegeek.bsky.social•156 days ago

I started this one of digital humanities/academic/GLAM folks soung makierspace & crafting work: https://go.bsky.app/8jDHu4o

bookowl.bsky.social•156 days ago

Awesome! Thank you very much for sharing it.

literaturegeek.bsky.social•156 days ago

Thanks for the thread--very helpful!

bookowl.bsky.social•156 days ago

You're welcome! And I have it bookmarked so I can go back to it to add to it in the future.

bcnjake.bsky.social•156 days ago

Do you have a starter pack of Republican Politicians Who Can’t Keep Their Dick In Their Pants?

bookowl.bsky.social•156 days ago

LOL yeah I started one but the list was so long I quit

pelayoarbues.com•114 days ago

Awesome! I am curating 4 starter packs. In case you want to check them

bookowl.bsky.social•114 days ago

Thanks!

quick13.bsky.social•108 days ago

Starter packs are good, but I prefer feeds. You don't necessarily need to follow everyone, but you may want to follow the topics, like NBA, NHL, Climate, Birds, Cats, Food, etc. I'd really like to see more feeds listed. In https://deck.blue you just add as column.

bookowl.bsky.social•108 days ago

I agree. I use many feeds myself and am an avid user of https://deck.blue too. I just like to post about Starter Packs to give new folks a place to find similar interests/followers.

alwaysimback.bsky.social•97 days ago

📌

mscarles.bsky.social•86 days ago

📌

damemyniah.bsky.social•105 days ago

@goastromo.bsky.social should be on this list I think

bookowl.bsky.social•105 days ago

You have to contact @leahshaffer.bsky.social, the creator of the pack. I just shared it and do not control it.

damemyniah.bsky.social•105 days ago

Thanks! Can @goastromo.bsky.social be added to the Science Storytellers list, please, Ms Shaffer?

meerasub.bsky.social•98 days ago

Thanks for making this! I'd love to be added!

bookowl.bsky.social•98 days ago

You have to have the creator of the pack add you. Only they have access. I just shared the link.

mimmothteaparty.bsky.social•156 days ago

📌

robotmonkypants.bsky.social•129 days ago

NFL News:

martinmorrey.bsky.social•129 days ago

📌

danweissmann.bsky.social•120 days ago

📌

redpenblackpen.bsky.social•122 days ago

I made a science comic artist and cartoonist starter pack that is pretty fun - and potentially educational!

https://go.bsky.app/KJ7rerJ

bookowl.bsky.social•122 days ago

Way cool! Thank you. I'll bookmark it and add it to my thread in a bit.

dicehard6.bsky.social•68 days ago

Cool! Can I be added to the list?

jencross.bsky.social•129 days ago

Here is my Bug Friends starter pack. https://go.bsky.app/DCu5DxX

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

Ooooooh! This looks great. Thank you!

seadear.bsky.social•103 days ago

📌

mparrington.bsky.social•129 days ago

Great starter pack, thanks! I’m starting to Bluesky more by default. Please can you add me to the list?

bookowl.bsky.social•129 days ago

You'll have to ask the creator of the Starter Pack, @leahshaffer.bsky.social‬, to add you.

l3moning.bsky.social•122 days ago

Very useful thread.

bookowl.bsky.social•122 days ago

Thanks!

scribemarjie.bsky.social•129 days ago

Thank you!

sascrads.bsky.social•117 days ago

📌

sascrads.bsky.social•122 days ago

📌

blingafe.bsky.social•117 days ago

📌

rcthayer.bsky.social•120 days ago

Here's another! https://bsky.app/profile/hansonmark.bsky.social/post/3l7en2ptxua23

bookowl.bsky.social•120 days ago

Thanks! I'll add it to the thread.

ainsleybee.bsky.social•117 days ago

📌

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•122 days ago

Starter pack thread 📌

meganranney.bsky.social•120 days ago

Ooh add me to this one? ❤️ And thank you for sharing!

bookowl.bsky.social•120 days ago

You’re welcome. I’m tagging @leahshaffer.bsky.social as she is the creator of the starter pack so only she can add you.

nasinneulatyyny.bsky.social•99 days ago

📌

daemonaac.bsky.social•112 days ago

📌

daemonaac.bsky.social•128 days ago

📌

daemonaac.bsky.social•156 days ago

📌

jdcis.bsky.social•104 days ago

📌

taylorbrooks.bsky.social•83 days ago

Hi David and welcome! There is a searchable Starter Pack Directory with over 110k starter packs in it currently at https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs. I hope that helps save a bit of time. 😄