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113.2K
Account age
3 yrs
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📊 Post engagement
94
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
May 2023
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: A federal judge has ordered Virginia to restore the voting right · 168 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
70.7 / week
A very active account — posts many times a day.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
3.4K×
Follows 33 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Black Missourians account for 12 percent of the state’s overall population, but 32 percent of its prison population. A new law restricting felony disenfranchisement will shift more voting power to Black voters in the state.
The Allen Parish Public Safety Complex has the longest average stay of any immigration detention facility in Louisiana. The center has faced allegations of mistreatment and racist abuse and is “where people go to disappear,” says an immigr…
Votebeat reports on Pennsylvania’s record-low voter registration rate for 18-year-olds:
Traffic stops are among the most dangerous interactions for drivers and police officers, says a professor who served on Chicago’s civilian oversight board. Traffic stops in Chicago have declined, but more than half are going unreported.
Ramulus Mason was sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting a man named Ricky Wilson in North Carolina in 1995. Years later, the two discovered they were cousins, and Wilson has advocated for Mason’s release.
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The sheriff of San Diego County says she is simply following the law by transferring detained immigrants to ICE custody. But local advocates say California’s sanctuary law is discretionary; it doesn’t force sheriffs to transfer inmates.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the death of a Philadelphia lawyer who spent decades defending the rights of public housing tenants:
Republican Missouri state Representative Melanie Stinnett championed a state law to roll back felony disenfranchisement after meeting a disenfranchised man while knocking doors on the campaign trail.
On Tuesday, South Dakota Republicans will choose their nominee for governor. One of two candidates is a conservative businessman who wants to eliminate all property taxes.
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Ramulus Mason was one of the first people given a mandatory life sentence without parole under North Carolina’s three-strikes law. After 30 years, the man Mason shot is trying to help get him out of prison.
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🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@boltsmag.org
The handle is the domain boltsmag.org. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real boltsmag.org account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
May 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 94 views per post.
📤Posts about 70.7× per week.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.
🛡️ Audience credibility
58/100
Fair
Credibility score
81%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
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