Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social Host of The Joy Reid Show, best-selling author, writer, documentary filmmaker, and happy warrior blerd 'bout town. Subscribe at thejoyreidshow.com and joyannreid.com!
Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power
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elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com
Jonathan Wheeler @jonathanwheeler.bsky.social Semi-Retired Engineer and Aspiring Writer 
@danushalameris.bsky.social @danushalameris.bsky.social Poet/ Writer. “Small Kindnesses” poem. Latest books: Bonfire Opera and Blade by Blade. Pac U MFA faculty. For more info on classes, books and events see linktr.ee/dlameris- M Mrmeyerhofer @mrmeyerhofer.bsky.social
Barbara C Daughter @bcdaughter.bsky.social Intentional Creativity Teacher and Artist ~ Spiritual Life Coach ~ Cat Lover ~ Adventurous Soul
Ursulini @ursulini.bsky.social Artist - painter, sculptor, designer, cartoonist, and writer, who creates nonstop. I love nature, animals, and enlightened humans, especially if they are compassionate and have a good sense of humor.
@megcatfish.bsky.social @megcatfish.bsky.social 
Michael Montlack @michaelmontlack.bsky.social NYC Poet, Writer, Photographer, Traveler, Camper, Educator (City College)
Harvey Lillywhite @hlillywhite.bsky.social 3 grandkids. Beautiful wife. 2 fine sons. Teach writing at a university in Baltimore. Very lucky.
@janetgarrett.bsky.social @janetgarrett.bsky.social 
Peggy Trigg @pegtrigg.bsky.social I’m a New Mexico artist, mother and partner. I specialize in landscape painting, but also play an abstraction. No NFT's Peggytrigg.com
Lynn Ames @authorlynnames.bsky.social Author of the award-winning biography, Out at the Plate: The Dot Wilkinson Story and 16 novels featuring strong, complex female characters. Background in politics and journalism.
Lisa Koch @heylisak.bsky.social Singer-songwriter-comedian. Former Seattleite. Sings loud in the car and onstage. Doing my best to spread joy.
Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social Publisher & editor of Slant Books. Founder of IMAGE journal & the SPU MFA in Creative Writing. Author of Beauty Will Save the World, The Operation of Grace, etc.
Tim Miller @timmillerperformer.bsky.social Queer Performer. Citizen. Husband of Alistair McCartney. Teacher. Gardener. www.timmillerperformer.com
Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social Host of the Bulwark Podcast
MSNBC political analyst.
Punching bag on FYPod with Cameron Kasky.
Church of Jokic.
Nola Dad.
Weak and Gay.
Lawrence O'Donnell @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social MS NOW 10PM
Author of 2 books: Deadly Force & Playing With Fire
Former Executive Producer & Writer of NBC’s drama series The West Wing
ms.now/Lawrence
Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf Want to save America? Take back your state 🇺🇸
Co-founder of "How Things Work at the #Ohio Statehouse"
Linktr.ee/RachelCoyleOhio
@jimdebrosse.bsky.social @jimdebrosse.bsky.social 
Jeff Darren Muse @jeffdarrenmuse.bsky.social Hiker, writer, cancer fighter. Author of DEAR PARK RANGER, an award-winning memoir-in-essays. Learn more at www.jeffdarrenmuse.com.
Druid Strongtree @wildgrayhare.bsky.social I believe in kindness, doing the right thing, taking care of Gaia, and loving the land and creatures. Enjoying all the beauty we are blessed with , while looking out for each other. Supporting women.
Regan Good @regangood.bsky.social 
Jeff Gundy @gundyj.bsky.social I'm a poet, biker, lucky husband, father, and grandpa, retired professor and writer in residence at Bluffton University, lifelong left-wing Mennonite, guitar player, songwriter . . . not necessarily in that order. 
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Kris Kleindienst @kriskleindienst.bsky.social Writer, Bookseller, Activist
@merylc777.bsky.social @merylc777.bsky.social 
Avalonfarms @avalonfarms.bsky.social 
Frances "Franco" Stevens @francostevens.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Founder of Curve—the world’s most successful LESBIAN magazine. LGBTQ+ Advocate. 🎥 Featured in the documentary AHEAD OF THE CURVE. ✨ Co-founder of TheCurveFoundation.org, championing lesbian stories, culture, and visibility. 💕 CurveMag.com
@szegerton.bsky.social @szegerton.bsky.social 
David Cale @davidcale.bsky.social 
West 🏳️🌈 @woowoowestie.bsky.social Artist, meditator, animist, gay, cat lover, tarot reader, astrology fan, lover of illustration and visual arts and crafts, and storytelling
David Groff @davidgroff.bsky.social poet, editor, writer, CCNY MFA teacher, culture worker. He/him
@geyeguy.bsky.social @geyeguy.bsky.social 🏳️🌈💙👓✡️
Barbara Messmore @birderbarb.bsky.social Birder, boater, Democrat voter.
Robert Gray @robertgraysa.bsky.social Editor and columnist at Shelf Awareness and a former (though unreformed) longtime bookseller.
Deb Steele @littleorangeocto.bsky.social All I want to do is canoe
In Ohio, need to move to Minnesota
SkyBound Troy @skyboundtroy.bsky.social I am a dedicated professional theater actor and stage host and performer. I enjoy being the star while on stage but it doesn't match the energy that I use to create diversity in my community.
I build bridges between diverse communities
Jeffrey Trachtman @jeffreytrachtman.bsky.social Lawyer; pro bono and civil rights advocate; nonprofit support builder; writer; arts lover: dad and grandpa. He/Him.
@craigstermeow.bsky.social @craigstermeow.bsky.social 
Austin Vaile @austin1117.bsky.social Educational Therapist, dad, proud trans man, home project fanatic 
@fiddlerae77.bsky.social @fiddlerae77.bsky.social 
@jes-materialize.bsky.social @jes-materialize.bsky.social 
Tom Morgan Wees @tom4equality.bsky.social Queer Husband ~ Dog Daddy~ Activist ~ Nurse
The quest for equality should offend no one.
We all only want what some take for granted.
Sidney Barrett @sidneybarrett.bsky.social Musician, artist, bad poet, retired gov't attorney, motorcyclist, FM radio DJ. Not the guy from Pink Floyd. I had the name first, BTW. 
John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social NBPF Beat Poet Laureate
Founding editor, Crisis Chronicles Press
Past Vice President, Ohio Poetry Association
Hillbuckeye. Skeptic. Creative. Better woke than asleep.
https://linktr.ee/johnburroughs 🏳️🌈
Wallace Colvard @wallacecolvard.bsky.social Emmy-winning designer, fine artist, proud grandfather, Commissioner of Architectural Review for City of Palm Desert.
Judith Dupre @judithdupre.bsky.social Nonfiction books about architecture, religion & public art, an even dozen, in 14 languages. Brown. Yale. 💙
John McCullough @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social Poet. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature with Reckless Paper Birds. Forward & Costa-shortlisted. Working-class writer. Next book: Crowd Voltage (Bloodaxe, March 2026). He/him. 🏳️🌈
@hanktroutwriter.bsky.social @hanktroutwriter.bsky.social 
Brad Shreve @thebradshreve.bsky.social Murder is always on my mind. Mystery Author & Cohost of Going Hollywood podcast https://www.bradshreve.com
American immigrant in Spain. Bipolar disorder and thriving. Living keto. Terrace gardener. Beach bumb.
Marc Jampole @marcjampole.bsky.social Novelist, poet, and essayist living in Manhattan. Socially and politically progressive. 
John Edwards @jedwar.bsky.social A good procrastinator, whenever I get around to it.
Jack Goldsmith @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social Prof Harvard Law School, Co-founder of Lawfare, Non-res. sr. fellow at AEI; executivefunctions.substack. Opinions mine alone. Likes ≠ agree; = save to read. https://jackgoldsmith.org/
Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social Democratic candidate for Congress in MO-2. Host of 'On Democracy with FPWellman' Friday's and ‘In the Hot Seat’ on MeidasTouch. Army Iraq veteran. Pro-Democracy Advocate. Missourian.
@rdturtle.bsky.social @rdturtle.bsky.social 
@ThomasGrantBruso @thomasgrantbruso.bsky.social Storyteller. Book reviewer for Press-Republican. Animal lover. Book: nerd, eater, fanatic. Ingenuity is the fire in my belly. ❤️🏳️🌈📚 🚫 DMs. #writerslift #writers https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-Grant-Bruso/author/B00OGMHLW8?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=
Kai Coggin (she/her) 🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kaicoggin.bsky.social Hot Springs Poet Laureate, Teaching Artist, Master Naturalist, Gay Mama Bear, Host of Wednesday Night Poetry. Editor at SWWIM, TERRAIN.ORG, and RISE UP REVIEW. www.kaicoggin.com
Linda M. Ford @lindamford-author.bsky.social Author, reader, and amateur photographer. Speaks French.
@paullockwood.bsky.social @paullockwood.bsky.social 
Joe Cottonwood @joecot.bsky.social Unlicensed poet. Licensed Mr. Fixit. Dog person. Redwood lover. Hot tub soaker.
Jan Oxenberg @janoxenberg.bsky.social 
Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social Walker. Writer. Reader. Storyteller. Photographer. Author NOTES FOR THE AURORA SOCIETY and THE FOUNTAIN from
@torreyhouse, speculative fiction, archaeology, history. Слава Україні!
www.aroundtheworldineightyyears.com
Neal King @nealking.bsky.social Writer/author, psychologist, photographer, dreamer/seeker, fond of mischief, gay guy🏳️🌈🙏
Ann Packer @annpacker.bsky.social Fiction writer, TV/screenwriting combatant, baker, reluctant Medicare policy holder
Michael Lombardi-Nash @lombardinash.bsky.social Activist Translator/Publisher of C19 & C20 Early #GermanGayRightsMovement texts: #KarlHeinrichUlrichs #MagnusHirschfeld #TransgenderStudies #IndigenousStudies #Intersex #lgbtqHistory 🌈🏳️⚧️Ο
Author Website: https://www.amazon.com/author/lombardi-nash
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Kerri Shaw @kerrita.bsky.social Ohio University professor and program director. Social worker. Mom. Immigration justice activist.
Michelle Herman @michelle-herman.bsky.social I’ve got a new book out & everybody keeps telling me I need to be here. So hi. ♥️
Linda Apple @appletheartist.bsky.social Full-time professional artist for 53+yrs. Creating realistic daily life and visionary channeled art.
appleart.etsy.com
Holly Hughes @hahughes.bsky.social Noted lesbosaurus, fancier of the canines, lefty of the thespian persuasion, New Yorker in exile, Mitten resident
Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social Author of The Places We Empty (Kelsay Books), The Jolt and Breath Ablaze: Twenty-One Love Poems in Homage to Adrienne Rich, Volumes I and II (Bottlecap Press), Rooming with Elephants (Kelsay Books, 2025) 🏳️🌈💜https://www.julieweisspoet.com
Katherine Franke @katherinefranke.bsky.social Avid flyfisher & lover of penguins. James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia Law School (retired); Founding Director, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law. Author of Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition, and Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality.
Lindsy Van Gelder @lindsyvg.bsky.social Feminist, writer, civil libertarian, Yankee fan, Europhile, besotted grandmother, animal pushover.
@gilgerald.bsky.social @gilgerald.bsky.social 
@stellagl.bsky.social @stellagl.bsky.social 
Laurie Stone @lauriestone.bsky.social I hope to seduce you to read "Everything is Personal," named by Lithub one of the seven best literary publications on Substack. lauriestone.substack.com/subscribe
Pat McDonald @hummacat.bsky.social Independent lesbian
Vivian Zoe @vivianzoe.bsky.social Partner in marriage. Mother. Sometimes writer. Food Allergy Advocate. Wise Ass. Dreamer. Hallelujah.
@marksegal.bsky.social @marksegal.bsky.social 
David Freed @davidjfreed.bsky.social Author, pilot, journalist, animal lover, creative writing instructor. Trump is a cancer on the soul of America.
@willa-y.bsky.social @willa-y.bsky.social I’m lesbian, a sociologist and cultural critic in Columbus, OH. Fashioning the Future, Armchair Expert, Daily Moods and Real Life Opinions. I vote Blue.
Donna Hilbert @peninsulapoet.bsky.social Poet, amateur photographer, latest book The Enormous Blue Umbrella, Moon Tide Press, 2025 I don’t respond to messages.
Medusa@thebeach @rehobothgirl.bsky.social 
Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com Deaf gay Yooper writer and editor. 40+ books published. 25+ plays performed. 3 full-length DVDs produced. Perpetually inquisitive in Minneapolis, MN.
raymondluczak.com
Robert Archambeau @robertarchambeau.bsky.social Some sort of writer.
Ben Kline @benkline.bsky.social Writer, tall, clumsy, wired, Gemini.
IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE from Variant Lit.
TWANG from ELJ Editions.
STIFF WRIST from 14 Poems.
Some of my work: https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/publications/
Podcaster at https://www.youtube.com/@mlvcpodcast
Dawn in the Poconos @thiswomanswork.bsky.social Loves having written, faster than the couch
@mauisheri.bsky.social @mauisheri.bsky.social 
Rebecca Lasley @museislander.bsky.social 
@becks2025.bsky.social @becks2025.bsky.social 
Robert Lopresti @roblopresti.bsky.social Award-winning author of mostly fiction, mostly mysteries, mostly shorts, mostly funny. Retired librarian. Folkie. Cyclist.
Laura Y @lyoung0608.bsky.social 
Nyna Matysiak @nynamatysiak.bsky.social Homesteading Witch in the high desert of New Mexico. Living my best life with my lovely man!