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Dr Kat, Epidemiologist @epidemiologistkat.bsky.social Epidemiologist at University of Illinois Chicago, misinformation debunker, data nerd, Chicagoan, scientist for the resistance
Michael Scherer @michaelscherer.bsky.social Staff Writer at The Atlantic. Previously at the Washington Post, TIME, Salon, others. Signal: michaelscherer.11
https://www.theatlantic.com/author/michael-scherer/
Nancy Youssef @nancyayoussef.bsky.social Journalist. Egyptian-American. And according to one reliable source, "a much better stepmom than Cinderella’s.” http://WSJ.com #autismstepmom
Denise Watson @denisewrites.bsky.social Team editor at WHRO Public Media in Norfolk, VA. Master gardener, history lover, Gen Xer meaning FAFO. Here for news and giggles, mostly giggles. 
Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files and my FOIA podcast, Disclosure.
Signal: JasonLeopold.666
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I track ICE flights and third-country removals. Bylines in Mother Jones, Zeteo, Rolling Stone, American Prospect. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Newsletter: gillianbrockell.com
Signal: gbrockell.44
Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Director of Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Senior Fellow all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.
Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social ProPublica reporter covering voting, elections and democracy. Phoenix native. Mom of two. Send tips: In chat or on Signal: jenafifield.01
Justin Ellis @justinellis.bsky.social Projects & Podcast editor for Defector.com
Order my book: The Cruelty of Nice Folks, here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-cruelty-of-nice-folks-justin-ellis?variant=44065276493858
Tess @itstessinadress.bsky.social Australia's tallest woman and Bruce Spence's illegitimate daughter. Renowned Inner West cryptid. Creative Australia awarded director, animator, and producer. Relapsed writer. On unceded Gadigal land. She/her 🏳️⚧️ 🏳🌈
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Stephanie Sugars @stephaniesugars.bsky.social Managing reporter @pressfreedomtracker.us, photog, green chile fiend, avid reader, maker of sweaters. Signal: ssugars.01 | stephanie@freedom.press
amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social Reporter at @Gizmodo.com.
I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007.
Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com
Signal: mattnovak.11
Laura Dawn @lauradawn.bsky.social Filmmaker, Director & Producer of CRAZY FOR GOD, Founder of ART NOT WAR, Writer, Political Strategist, Speed Reader, Data Geek, & Mom
Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social Political Scientist at George Mason U. studying US politics, congressional networks, parties, campaign finance, and other broken systems. Cat person, dog owner. Take my class: https://tinyurl.com/bderak89 Read me: https://substack.com/@misofact
Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com Leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.
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Reporting: democracydocket.com
Founded: @marcelias.bsky.social
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
Techdirt @techdirt.com A good old fashioned blog that has been covering tech, law, policy, and democracy for almost three decades now.
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
kc green @kcg.bsky.social cartoonist of Greatures, made "This is Fine" • he/him • http://kcgportfolio.site • https://linktr.ee/kcgreenn • email me: kcgreenn@icloud.com
John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social I cover diplomacy and national security for The Washington Post
Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Dr Aimée Fletcher (@aimee_speaks) @aimeespeaks.bsky.social Autistic autism researcher, passionate about making museums (and all of society) accessible. Lover of photography, stained glass window making, and music.
Participation Coordinator at Scottish Autism. Working to ensure all autistic people are listened to.
Federal US domain bot @fed-us-domain-bot.bsky.social Posts when a Federal US .gov domain is added or removed. The Wayback machine can help you browse deleted sites: https://web.archive.org/
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Sophia Freuden @sophiafreuden.bsky.social Counter-info ops girlie, Russianist, OSINT, democracy resilience. Aggressive Oregonian. Views my own 🌲 she/her
Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social Freelance journo/researcher.
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, AOAV, The Nerve, Citizens, Dawn etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times etc.
Email: mcfoiareturns@proton.me
Substack: @maxcolbert
Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social Retired Senior Producer at NPR for Weekend Edition, where I crafted music features and directed the show. I love to bike, play guitar, travel the world - M M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social Curious by nature. Storyteller by nurture.
Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social Democratic strategist. Formerly Long Island Campaign Chair for Barack Obama; Majority Leader of the Suffolk County Legislature. Gay dad of five terrific kids. Writer and producer of echoesoftheunknownpodcast.com. Coffee addict. New York/Florida.
nicky woolf @nickywoolf.bsky.social Presenter, The Interface - a new tech show from the BBC
https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/theinterface-NW
Contrib Ed, @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
I also make investigative podcasts! Finding Q, The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome, Fur & Loathing
Tom Trewinnard @handle.invalid // Founder & COO at Fathm working on creative change in journalism
// Executive Director at Syli working on new forms of climate storytelling
// Senior Fellow at John Schofield Trust working on a more diverse future for journalism
CREW @citizensforethics.org CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) fights for the democracy Americans deserve and aims to build a government that is accountable, transparent and ethical.
citizensforethics.org
Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social SCOTUS correspondent for The Economist. Political studies prof at Bard Early College-Manhattan.
mathieu gallard @mathieugallard.bsky.social Research director Ipsos | Lecturer Sciences Po | Author "Les États-Unis au bord de la guerre civile ?" | 🗳️📊🏳️🌈🚲🌼
Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social I cover the U.S. Senate for Bloomberg News. You may know me from #FridayNightZillow, but C-SPAN is more my natural habitat. #Introduction
I'm also @steventdennis on the other places. Opinions mine. Email: sdennis17@bloomberg.net
Hermione Gingold @hermionegingold.bsky.social Sharp-tongued, eccentric character. (Actually a delicately aging AZ girl who faked my way into every job I ever had & still working my ass off in tech. Mainly a re-poster with occasional wild life stories to tell.)
Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
American Historical Association @historians.org The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions.
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Lauren Wolfe @laurenwolfe.bsky.social Journalist. Former NYU J-school prof, current and forever dog parent. Editing at CPJ. Chills.substack.com
Corey Brettschneider @democracyprof.bsky.social Poli Sci Prof @Brown JD/PhD
My podcast: The Oath and the Office: https://shorturl.at/H7vGP
My book: The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It: https://shorturl.at/z31fC
Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social This is a police hating and human existence loving account
Whenever I do satire everyone thinks its news and whenever I do news everyone thinks it's satire so good luck with these posts I guess
On Mastodon: Criminalerin.jorts.horse
She/they/guy
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria and the Middle East.
Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections.
https://github.com/dwillis
https://thescoop.org
https://buttondown.com/dwillis
KatherineHawkins @krhawkins.bsky.social Senior Legal Analyst for the Constitution Project at @pogowatchdog. Trying to annoy CBP for rights violations as badly as I used to annoy the CIA. Personal account; views are my own, etc.
American Oversight @weareoversight.bsky.social We're a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that advances truth, accountability, and democracy by enforcing the public's right to government records.
NPRExtra @nprextra.bsky.social A behind-the-scenes look at NPR's journalism, people, and programming.
casey morell @caseym.org @npr.org / @sagaftra.org steward / @uncertain.fm yapper / results may vary
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social Dad/husband. Public servant. Broadband and digital inclusion leader. Advocate for ethics in AI. Basement rockstar. Opinions are my own.
Neda Ulaby @ulabeast.bsky.social Cultural trawler for NPR. Midwestern bohemian currently in Ypsilanti. Owned by sighthounds. Signal: ulabeast.70
Hayden Field @haydenfield.bsky.social Senior AI reporter at The Verge.
6 years covering the AI industry's power dynamics, societal implications & the AI arms race. Previously: CNBC, Morning Brew, Protocol, etc.
DM me off the record on Signal: haydenfield.11
Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social Fired by the Trump admin for doing my job. Forever CFPB Union proud: @nteu335.bsky.social
Previously: Candidate for the U.S. House in Maryland’s 6th district @ElectAlexis.bsky.social | ElectAlexis.org
Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social Cartoonist
Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com
Rabbi Jill Jacobs @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, author There Shall Be No Needy & Where Justice Dwells. she/her
Agriculture @agriculturemusic.bsky.social Ecstatic Black Metal
Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social Audience Director for @themarshallproject.org | Once described as "a beautiful creature of the internet" | Previous: Social Media Director @ CBS News, Director of Newsroom Strategy @ BuzzFeed News, Digital Editor @ Chicago Sun-Times
AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social Orthodox Jewish father of 5; Litigation Disaster Tour Guide; Jets Fan. Fighting the widening gyre.
Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social Ex-Hasid now fighting for a true pluralistic democracy | Writer: democracy, peace, extremism, antisemitism, & marketing | MSNBC, DailyBeast, HuffPo, the Forward & more | Founder: justicemarketing.io | Newsletter: eladnehorai.substack.com
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Mariana Colín @themorbidzoo.bsky.social Ambivalent YouTuber and PhD Candidate in Communications/Media Anthropology at UIUC. Cohost of Once More With Feeling, a podcast about movies and their remakes.
Jason Beaubien @jasonbeaubien.bsky.social I'm a former journalist for NPR. I now write, teach, garden, run and wrangle chickens in New Hampshire.
Knight Lab @knightlab.northwestern.edu the media / technology / design studio at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social Combating antisemitism and protecting democracy
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social We are uniting a movement of progressive American Jews and allies fighting for justice for all.
www.bendthearc.us
T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social Moral rabbinic voice protecting & advancing human rights in U.S., Israel & occupied Palestinian territories. Words = worlds. #ResistingTyrants.
Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social Creative Director @theverge.com, writer/drawer of books incl SEEK YOU: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS
Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social Ragebait author at Zeteo
Past: Senior reporter at The Independent, senior media reporter at The Daily Beast.
Tips/hate mail: justin@zeteonews.com
You can also hit me up on Signal at justinbaragona.85
ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social I've been online for 100 years. I believe in people power. I want us all to do better.
She/her. Phillyish. Crone-age. So so late.
Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social Writer. Prof. Lover of Music and Film. 🇭🇹🇫🇷🎮🎬🗃️ . Current project: Antiracist writers & the House Un-American Activities Committee. Views expressed through this account represent my own opinions and not my employer's.
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Rachel Bernhard @rivb.bsky.social Associate Professor in Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford. 
Stephen Gutowski @stephengutowski.bsky.social Founder of http://TheReload.com.
Former CNN contributor.
Firearms reporter. Gun-safety instructor. Philly fan.
DM me some story tips.
Email: Gutowski@TheReload(dot)com
geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social Minneapolis, she/her. Lefty Jew, recovering union staff, healthcare nerd, history hobbyist. Tell your dog I said hi. 🍉
T @tpqrs.bsky.social I do media & politics from Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com News from Minnesota and beyond. startribune.com
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Miles O'Brien @milesobrien.com Journalist and filmmaker covering science, technology, climate, and aerospace for PBS. https://linktr.ee/milesobrien3
Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me National Reporter for Religion News Service. "Workaday writer." — The New Yorker. Author of "American Prophets," a book on the religious left. Tips? Try me on Signal: jackmjenkins.60 Website: jackjenkins.me
Trevor Timm @trevortimm.bsky.social Executive Director at @freedom.press
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
🌱 Ancient tools for healing + justice: LifeIsASacredText.com
(Always! 100% human-authored + NAZI-FREE!):
New 📚 On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.
💥 Collective liberation or bust.
she/her
Mike Nizza @mikenizza.bsky.social VP, Digital @ms.now
nechamahuba.bsky.social @nechamahuba.bsky.social PhD Student in Political Science at Duke University. Studying the political psychology of extremism, violence and repression in states, and insular groups
Rick Stengel @rickstengel.bsky.social Former Under Secretary of State in Obama admin & Editor of TIME. Author of “Information Wars: How We Lost the Battle Against Disinformation” & the audiobook, “Mandela: The Lost Tapes.” Analyst @MSNOW
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Carl Lipo @clipo.bsky.social Carl Lipo: Archaeologist, mover of giant statues, remote sensing geek, AllRecipes.com cofounder. Professor of Anthropology, Associate Dean for Research and Programs, Binghamton University. Secretary and board member, Southern Tier Land Conservancy.
Ken Syring @kensyring.com SF ↔️ DC • Biden-Harris Admin • Former Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. CBP • Former SFPD Officer 🇺🇸 • Returned Peace Corps Volunteer 🇲🇳
Writing & speaking on national service, civic bridging, reducing polarization, and deterring extremism.
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social Author WHAT IRANIANS WANT http://bit.ly/3IBwY9k SHADOW CMDER https://bit.ly/3KxlTqU | Historian at @yale | Writer @theatlantic | Repped by Aevitas
Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com Executive Editor at Morning Brew
Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday
Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc
Failed musician.
YMMV.
Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist