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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of science fiction, fantasy & horror, as well as the host of the Hugo Award-nominated Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social Award Winning Editorial Cartoonist, Toronto Star, and National Treasure
Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com writer, artist, (credentialed as a) geographer. editing at large at urbanomnibus.net. research fellow at SFE. buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. past work: lifewinning.com. all me buddy, never spoken for an employer
Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social classically trained artist.
theartofpants.com
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Kettle @kittenstrudel.bsky.social An art loving Nova Scotian kitty cat who shares works of art daily.
Follow for #somethingbeautiful every day.
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Karina Coghlin @karinacoghlinart.bsky.social Artist. Mainly abstract land and seascapes.
karinacoghlin.com
thomas w schaller @thomaswschaller.bsky.social artist. architect. author. nyc
aws nws twsa scny cac asai
arthur ross award, raphael award, 2x winner, hugh ferriss memorial prize.
https://www.thomaswschaller.com
https://linktr.ee/twschaller
@brettangell.bsky.social @brettangell.bsky.social New England Painter.
For sales inquiries email angellstudio@gmail.com
Check out my Instagram feed.
https://www.instagram.com/bangell/?hl=en
Skittles and Friends @skittlesandfriends.bsky.social Hello,
I’m Skittles, There are Eight of us Rescue Cats Living here With our Human “The Big Guy” and multiple Community Cats at various locations that he cares for as well.
We are All about sharing Peace, Love, and Happiness.
https://gofund.me/bdb7301d
@fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social 
IRANZYE ART @iranzye.bsky.social Landscape Artist / writer
More curated artworks on Instagram 👆🏽👇🏽
Instagram.com/Iranzyee
Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli, & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd.bsky.social Science and Shenanigans. Heart and Hope.
https://bunsenbernerbmd.com
George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social My name is George. I am the senior mouse catcher and I “work” at Stourbridge Junction railway station. *not all quotes are my own- but quoted with love
Linda @lindabythesea.bsky.social ✨ Art. Sometimes poetry. (And other things that I find beautiful.) ✨
”Indeed we could say that beauty in all its forms is a guide, a lighthouse in a dark and threatening night.” ~ Piero Ferrucci
Profile pic: Du er den ende… by Ingebjørg Støyva.
Zitronenkaffee @zitronenkaffee.eurosky.social Artist, Mother, constantly on the hunt for the next coffee
🇪🇺
Orga #kleinesKunstretreat
Interested in buying my art? Message me here or via:
https://www.art-by-ak.net/
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/de/people/LemonCoffee/shop?asc=u
Catandduck.net @catduckworld.bsky.social Cat and Duck is handmade art for human people. Visit us at www.catandduck.net
eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social I paint pictures. Cycled across continents. Like walking when not limping. Loved a dog. Writing a book. #art #cyclist #Dublin #efc Liam Daly he/him
Website: https://liamdaly.com/
Prints: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/4-liam-daly/shop/prints
Ask a Manager @askamanager.org Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social Nebula and Locus Award nominated author of Asunder. Lead writer of Dressmaker. Repped by Jennifer Jackson at DMLA. Working on something weird and sequel-shaped. kerstinhall.com
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social Paleontologist and professor at University of Edinburgh, dinosaur enthusiast and writer. Free born man of the USA. Immigrant. Husband & father. (views mine)
Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social Global health, medical anthropology, co-design for health equity. @Emory U, working in Guatemala and beyond. Loves sightings of the absurd and compassion.
Naomi Novik @naominovik.bsky.social author, coder, fangirl, geek. 🌕🌖🌗🌑 Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. Latest Release: THE SUMMER WAR
https://lnk.bio/naominovik
Tyler Nordgren @spaceart.bsky.social Artist, Astronomer, Author, International Tour Leader, Speaker and all around Astronomical Bon Vivant coined the phrase “Half the park is after dark.”
BlackCatRanch @blackcatranch.bsky.social We are one big Siamese, four black cats and a ginger tabby kitten who goes zoom zoom zoom all the time!
Oakland, California at 335’ elev with views to the west of
the SF Peninsula (in case you wondered).
Blog: https://www.livegreenwearblack.com/
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh.
1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
Emily McGovern @emilyscartoons.bsky.social Cartoonist & author
Prints and comic booklets available here! 👉 http://emilyscartoons.myshopify.com
Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social Caenhill countryside centre, a charity supporting young people & rescuing animals in the south west of England. My name is Chris (Quish) I work with artist Caroline, singer Kirsty Clinch, Lorna, Kate & daughter Kara https://www.caenhillcc.org.uk/support/
Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com Nature comics (Bird and Moon). Books about nature. Talks. Bird facts. rosemarymosco.com She/her.
Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com My New York Times bestseller: ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
NYTimes Opinion Writer | Director, Independent Media program HKS
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@larrysart.bsky.social @larrysart.bsky.social I'm a painter doing what painters do. 🌈
landingbio.com/u/guidingart
Graysee Allin Art @grayseeallin.bsky.social Landscape painter exploring the interplay of light, color and stillness. Inspired by water, sky and the quiet rhythm of nature.
🖼️ Originals & prints available
https://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/graysee-hempel-16650
Brad T. Jonas @bradtjonas.bsky.social I draw unrelatable comics.
patreon.com/bradtjonas
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social Physics, bubbles, oceans, hot chocolate and curiosity. Professor at UCL, writer, broadcaster. Author of Storm in a Teacup and Blue Machine https://linktr.ee/helenczerski Co-host of BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth
Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
Erica Layton @snarica.bsky.social I love the Mariners and the Kraken. Cat mom x3, prolific pet sitter, reader of all the books, animal shelter volunteer, and kitten foster parent.
Current foster count: 2
Former foster count: 25
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
SplitGillStudio [ArtFight Team Tragedy] @splitgillstudio.bsky.social https://SplitGillStudio.com/#links
Multidisciplinary, queer artist hanging out in NC.
[they/them]
❤️ Things I Like: Tea, Axolotls, Birds, Printmaking, Books, Fungi/Moss, BJDs, Fountain Pens & Inks
SGSToybox | TeaBooksArt
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com Weeknights 11/10c on Comedy Central and Paramount+
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social Chief Cat wrangler @HouseOfPotats. I foster cats and tiny kittens. I also do pet hospice mentoring. companionanimalpawspice@gmail.com
Home of KittenHappyHour/Emergency Kitten
♿️ Long🦠,🐈, TexPat, CO, Wx
Ginger Cat Dusty @gingercatdusty.bsky.social My name is Dusty a ginger catto living with fur sisters Tabby Kayla & Dixie in the Midwest USA. All rescued from the streets & now living our best happily ever after. Hope to share some kindness & love with you all 💜♾️💜
Chelsea @chelseasprite.bsky.social Higher ed. Community College. Belonging in higher ed. Grower of things. I used to run a tutoring center now I do student success stuff. PhD student, research on belonging in the college classroom. She/her. Views my own.
Kyle Bravo @kylebravo.bsky.social Cartoonist at New Yorker. Antigravity, etc.
https://linktr.ee/kylebravo
Mary Roach @maryroach.bsky.social Nonfiction author, science goober. Stiff, Bonk, Fuzz, Grunt, Packing for Mars, etc. 
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com
Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social music ∙ geekery ∙ media and comms ∙ more random musings than you can handle ∙ DC vibe checks & street photography ∙ somehow has a PhD ∙ opinions all mine ∙ once called "the bus passenger" by People Magazine
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Ben from Crudely Drawn Swords @glenatron.bsky.social GM and producer and music composer for Crudely Drawn Swords, lead guitarist for The Patient Wild, Game Designer for The Hallowed Walk and Trilogy, Programmer, Horse Trainer, dork-ass-loser and now apparently novelist? 
will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social historian of witchcrafts, tarot, folklore, France 18-20th century
ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic
also #CreativeHistories
yes, that’s an actual photo of me.
never had ebola. yet
Denys Golden @goldengallery.bsky.social Canadian abstract painter. All artworks for sale. Open for commissions. No NFTs! www.goldengallery.ca
Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social poorly drawing cats since 2016
✉️ hey@poorlycatdraw.com
https://poorlycatdraw.carrd.co/
Anne Thériault @annetheriault.bsky.social Putting the hag in hagiographer. Formerly @anne_theriault on Twitter. Anne.m.theriault@gmail.com
Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social Historian of medicine, gender, & politics. Executive Editor Emerita, @nursingclio.
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-clio-reader/9781978838598/
Forthcoming Book: Doctoring the West: Women Physicians & the Politics & Practice of Medicine
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social Pencil pusher
Louise Mayberry🌹 @louisemayberry.bsky.social Real history. True love.
Writer of steamy novels that blend the line between historical fiction and romance.
Believer that ALL people are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of their own unique happily ever after. 🚫👑
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social Author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America • Writer in Residence at Duke University briangoldstone.net
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
Author page: https://www.motherjones.com/author/julia-metraux/
Free monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/4tUXg9r
Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com Building Digital Ecosystems at Google.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke
He/him.
Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com Amateur gardener. Professional ad copywriter. Award-winning novelist | THESE SAVAGE STARS (March 16, 2027) PRE-ORDER NOW | patreon.com/kameronhurley | Newsletter: http://bit.ly/42qnhkx | kameronhurley.com
Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social Grenadian-born, Virgin Island raised, Ohio settled, SF/F author. I also teach creative writing as a prof. Views my own. More at http://www.tobiasbuckell.com (email Tobias at tobiasbuckell.com to reach me if needed)
three fates yarns @threefatesyarns.bsky.social Steph Fregosi (she/her), https://linktr.ee/threefatesyarns
Indie dyer, social critic, instigator. ADHD. Quality fiber art content and idle musings.
Likes: kdrama, fantasy novels, art.
climate change: @ecology101.bsky.social
Shropshire Cat Rescue @shropscatrescue.bsky.social 100% volunteer run.Reg no 1071884 Cats/Kittens needing loving forever homes &;Moggies Retirement Village Tel 01743 872857 email info@shropshirecatrescue.org.uk
https://www.shropshirecatrescue.org.uk
#Shrewsbury #Shropshire
Nicole Simmons @nicolesimmonsart.bsky.social Check out my website/purchase my work here: www.nicolesimmonsart.com
Follow me on Ko-Fi! https://ko-fi.com/nicolesimmonsart
Ross Harrison @authoross.bsky.social Author, strong-opinions-about-unimportant-things-haver.
https://linktr.ee/RossHarrison
Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social #1 NYT Bestseller of many things. Writes novels. Funny ha ha or funny strange. Likes things that go. https://maggiestiefvater.com/links-links-links/
Seattle Public Library @spl.org Meet Me at the Library! 📚✨ You visited us 3.4 million times last year 🚶
We bring people, information and ideas together to enrich lives and build community 📚
Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social World Fantasy Award finalist. She. No AI
In Brian Froud's Green Women: bit.ly/4cOoxUT
The Gyrford series: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
Horror reviews: https://tinyurl.com/5cyf7x5v
Patreon posts (free): https://www.patreon.com/cw/kitwhitfield
Rep: Sophie Hicks
BioLilia @biolilia.bsky.social Aquascaper 🌱
Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social http://www.cambridgeartstudio.com/ https://www.flickr.com/people/bakerart/
Lifelong artist. Not actively looking for sales at present. Posting mostly older work and some new. Images copyright except for limited personal use. 🚫AI
Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social Cartoonist for The New Yorker
Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social I make aerial embroidery landscapes 🧵✈ Queer, autistic and obsessed with green! They/them or other neutral pronouns are preferred. All my current and previous work is on my site: https://linktr.ee/aerialembroidery
Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social Parent of 2 wonderful autistic boys, accidental artist, occasional writer & mountain-lover (Afraid of heights). #cPTSD
purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social I hope you smile today 🐈⬛🤍
My links: https://linktr.ee/Purrinink
Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social NYT & USA Today bestselling writer. Enjoys Korean dramas, music, movies, video games, pet photos.
The Hocus Pocus Handbook = Sept 1!
she/they
Wrote Enclave & Strange Love. Lots of books here! You should read them. https://linktr.ee/authorannaguirre
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
Dani Donovan 👩🏻🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com ✨ ALL THE LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/danidonovan
🎨 ADHD comic artist + TikTok creator
https://adhddd.com
📚 Author of “The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don’t Feel Like It”
https://anti-planner.com
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social Official Bluesky channel. Welcome! 👋
A hangry, but lovable cat. 🐱
Animation-illustrations by Simon Tofield.
FILMS & SHOP👇
linktr.ee/simonscat
Dr. Thomas D. Lee @thomasdlee.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author (he/him)
Visiting Lecturer at City St George's University London
Repped by Harry Illingworth at @dhhlitagency
Linktree: https://t.co/psdOEXpR3h
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
Husband, father, Traveler.
Nazi punks fuck off.
Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social Official account • good cats being workers • unionized • mascot: Jobert the cat • Business/credit/removal: translatedcats@gmail.com • Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/translatedcats/
joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social They pay me to talk about anatomy and biology, but these posts are mine. When I grow up, I want to live in Sea Base Alpha 🌊🐬🦈🐳🐟🦑🪸🐚🦀🐠🐙
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social Squid biologist
Science communicator
Artist
Philadelphian
I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social
Creator of the SquidMobile
https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social Author of the Rivers of London Series
Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social I am a NJ born and Boston-based historian and speaker. Author of numerous books, including A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Visit: cwmemory.com
Join my Civil War Memory newsletter: https://kevinmlevin.substack.com