Felix Obelix (AKA Wendy Spitzer) @felixobelix.bsky.social musician, interdisciplinary artist, avant-popist, collagist, collaborator
Gavin O’Hara @thatgavin.bsky.social Writer, critic, alleged family man. Lower-case mayor. Rec soccer overlord. Journalism believer. #Durham #NC 
Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social Neurosci w/ tiny farm. PI of McE lab! AWARD WINNING PEARS! #FriendsWithLyricalGenius #TheEldestMillennial, often found running in the woods, She/Her, views expressed are not as a rep of UNC-CH. www.mcelligottlab.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4717-5698
Holden Richards @holdenrichards.com Large Format Photographer, traditional and alternative printer, webdeveloper, musician, lover of fountain pens and almost every type of music.
http://darkroomprint.com
Rob Miracle @robmiracle.bsky.social • Photographer
• Tech communicator
• Fantasy & sci-fi geek
• Sports fan
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No DMs, unless you are booking my photo services or are a friend IRL!
KY->FL->NC>KY
Be Woke
💙 🏳️🌈 safe 🇺🇸
he/him/his
#photography
@forkboy1973.bsky.social @forkboy1973.bsky.social Dogs, law, hockey, music, and bikes
Sean Carruthers @globalhermit.bsky.social Writer, video editor, producer. Music fan. Occasional tech doofus. Co-author, Super You: How Technology is Revolutionizing What It Means to Be Human. He/him. Also available on CrO2 cassette.
David Menestres @abstracttruth.northsky.social Destroy the original. Fax the images to Newark.
davidmenestres.com
Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/LGjqTCbctIfzanv6jEdM4Q88-gRORqbNrxZoWuHUs8BTfG7-NpFGao1HC8l7SHZs
Hunter Felt 🏳️⚧️ @hunterfelt.bsky.social "Rachel Getting Married" LARPER. Writing about music, comedy, sports and pop culture (email hunterfeltblog@gmail.com). "Doll with problems." I'm my own Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Pic is a younger and cuter me. 18+
NEWT | Steve @neastwizardtyrant.bsky.social He/him | Eveale NEWT
• Eveale | Melodic woodland black metal
• Am I in Trouble? | Blackened avantgarde metal
• Negative Bliss | Melodic post-doom metal
• Tuffy | Country-fried pop-punk
• Wince and Frisson | Dissoblack
https://steve.ampwall.com/
Brooks Martin @mayoknave.bsky.social Pro Librarians
Anti Fascists
@gfxchick.bsky.social @gfxchick.bsky.social TBTL 10
Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social Goats. Great science. Gruyere.
https://www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/faculty-research-2/thomas-kash-ph-d/
Raccoon Fink (aka Benjamin Reed) @rangerrick.bsky.social F/LOSS geek • general nerdery • way too into collecting (and sometimes even drinking) whisky • I write electronic/ambient/dungeon synth music as Raccoon Fink • he/him
https://music.raccoonfink.com/
https://linktr.ee/RaccoonFink/
Paul @mondosalvo.com I used to do things.
• Atlanta, GA
• Marginally Aquarian
• Love movies and records, and especially naps
• He/Him
Trace Ramsey @traceramsey.bsky.social Parent, essayist, photographer, bird nerd, zinester, electrician. www.traceramsey.com
Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork @kathrynyu.com Former Sr. Technical Game Designer at on Marvel’s Deadpool VR. @noproscenium.com Senior LA Reviewer & former Executive Editor. @immersiveexperience.org co-founder.
Los Angeles. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/kathrynyu
@goldenmorning.bsky.social @goldenmorning.bsky.social 
jex thomas @lastpinepress.com Nonbinary Dad // Author of Crit Awards Best Indie TTRPG Finalist BUMP IN THE DARK // Not as Punk as I Used To Be // Forever Aspiring to be Your Weird Gay Aunt // ACAB // they/them // https://lastpinepress.com #ttrpg #fitd #pbta
Autumn in Recoil🍁🏳️⚧️ @autumnrecoil.bsky.social I’m a big dumb goth bitch 🏳️⚧️🇵🇭💀🖤 she/her if you must know | aged | writer/musician/idiot
Kathryn Adams @fandragonadams.bsky.social Woodworker and reader, artistic fantasy/sci-fi fangirl with the attention span of a magpie
no love for ned @noloveforned.com weekly freeform radio show since 1997, streaming online since 2002!
wrsu / wprb / wxdu / wlur
www.noloveforned.com
www.mixcloud.com/noloveforned
Henry Amador-Batten 💙🏳️🌈💙 @amadorbatten.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Husband and Father of two.
LGBT+ Elder and Advocate.
Queer History Matters.
Maker of Malas 📿
Enthusiast of Tarot 🧿
Exploring my Taino roots 🐚 🪶
We Will Never Be Erased 🏳️🌈
Bora Zivkovic @boraz.bsky.social Scientist, educator, equestrian, blogger
Heather Babka, PhD @heatherolsenbabka.bsky.social Community College Biology Instructor, Metalhead, Husker fan, Reiver, 🐀
Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social prof at UNC
⚽️getting REALLY into professional women's soccer ⚽️
Missy @missym.bsky.social Middle aged and crazy!
spazzaferro most other places
Mostly on the internet to talk about pro wrestling 🤼, video games🎮, movies🍿, and books📚 Currently obsessing over Tamagotchi 🥚
🏳️🌈💖💜💙
Stacy @stacy31.bsky.social Fitness, particularly strength training - because I love to be able to hike to places no one else does.
Photography, particularly of those places I get to see.
Work in the clinical research field, high stress but high reward.
Snoopy lover!
Kate DeMayo @ladyastronaut.bsky.social 
Am I in Trouble? @amiintrouble.bsky.social Blackened avantgarde metal
Eclectic metal on the fringes of black
Bölverk Records
Negative Wingspan (tapes)
Facets | SHIFT+CTRL Music
https://www.bolverkcollective.com/amiintrouble
https://amiintrouble.ampwall.com/
https://amiintrouble.bandcamp.com/
Negative Bliss @negativebliss.com New Jersey doom laced with post-metal and melodic hardcore
HOMEPAGE: https://negativebliss.com
AMPWALL: https://negativebliss.ampwall.com
BANDCAMP: https://negativebliss.bandcamp.com
MIRLO: https://mirlo.space/negative-bliss
Abby @proactivebusybody.bsky.social It's not you. I talk this much to everyone.
Psychologist. Soprano. Shutterbug.
She/Her 🍉
Leigh (She/Her) @rhymeswithtwee.bsky.social Rhymes with Twee owner. Partner to Z. Mom to Agnès Varda, The Dog. Vegan. Covid-cautious. Chicagoan. Twee pop fan. A delightful weirdo. Pickle Royalty. #rhymeswithtwee
Martin @sonicmooks.bsky.social Waiting for the great leap forwards...
(Music Industry Refugee - art, music, film, progressive politics, reading/writing, but please, no arithmetic - thank you!)
he/him/his
https://music-for-insomniacs.ghost.io/
Mike Barthel @mikebarthelauthor.com Writer/critic/researcher/musician in DC. Fiction lotsa places. Writing a road trip novel and a book for DUP “Singles” about “Party in the USA.” mikebarthelauthor.com
Making music as APOPHRA https://apophra.bandcamp.com/
Chris Breslin @revbrez.bsky.social Certified clergyman committed to keeping Church small, local, & weird.
Durham dad. Mostly sports, music, bbq, & a little bit churchy.
LilyLlama @lilyllama.bsky.social Eat, sleep, watch movies, repeat. Fannibal, Hugh Jackman aficionado, Anglophile, etc.
📍Omaha
https://boxd.it/4UcgJ
Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
Matt Bucher @mattbucher.bsky.social DFW Society, author of The Belan Deck, co-host of Concavity Show, mattbucher.com
buchr.tumblr.com
@bellatone.bsky.social @bellatone.bsky.social 
Mark Kemp @mkempnc.bsky.social Retired editor, music journalist, swimmer, and family man. Join me at ’Common Threads’ on Substack, where I explore the shared experiences that bind us: family, music, food, and travel. https://open.substack.com/pub/kempm
Dawn Bland @dawnbland.bsky.social Lover of all things Durham, Forests, Science, Connection, Food, Community, Authenticity, and Otters. <3 Advocate. Mom.
Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social Host of the Record Store Day Podcast, author of John Candy: A Life In Comedy, and books about The Kids In The Hall, Todd Rundgren, and more. Canadian Screen Award Winning co-executive producer of Kids In The Hall: Comedy Punks
Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social Music writer and journalist, a founding editor of Allmusic now freelancer for hire. Bylines at Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Mojo Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more. Subscribe to my Newsletter: sterlewine.substack.com
@fitchme.bsky.social @fitchme.bsky.social 
DJP @djperry1973.bsky.social hi dere. I write code, sing, and talk all kinds of nonsense
@theoldceremony.bsky.social @theoldceremony.bsky.social 
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Drew3D @drew3d.bsky.social Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
My Vinyl Offering @myvinyloffering.bsky.social For the Love of Physical Media and Music!
https://linktr.ee/myvinyloffering
#vinylsky #CDsky #cassettesky #physicalmedia #metalsky #albumreviews #songreviews #labelreviews #blog #noAIinmusic #SatanNotHatin
Doug B @dougnc.bsky.social Photographer, news addicted, progressive minded, Army veteran.
“Randall📀Roberts” @liledit.bsky.social Writer/Editor/DJ. In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi, EIC of Mizzou. Past: LA Times critic/editor; LA Weekly; retail vinyl buyer; delivery boy. I develop & implement integrated marketing techniques to actualize long-term strategic goals. https://linktr.ee/LilEdit
Joann Bristol @jbristol.bsky.social 
Andrea @andreakremer.bsky.social Democracy enjoyer, blue-state elite, professional empathy practitioner, separation of church and state enthusiast, erstwhile music maven, daydream believer, homecoming queen.
Lydia CoulterK @lydiarck.bsky.social Voting enthusiast, belly laugher, Durmite. Sarcasm is my own.
Kimya Dawson @kimyadawson.bsky.social Songwriter. Doodler. Parent. Buoyant. https://linktr.ee/kimyadawson
ProfKakie @profkakie.bsky.social Professor of Multimedia. Practitioner of multiple media. WRFL alum. LPFM enthusiast. Kentucky-Penn State-Clemson (NOT for football) ("Khaki" like the fabric.)
Rodney Boles @rodneyboles.bsky.social Photographer, retired tech guy, avid cyclist 
@shirlehale.bsky.social @shirlehale.bsky.social All around renaissance woman who has lived life as a Riot Grrrl, Chef, Business owner and now a Mandala Artist who gives second lives to old unplayable vinyl records, all while living in Lisbon Pt with her husband.
Diana Arens @dianaarens.bsky.social PM, data analyst, budgeteer. Alum of TESC (BA, MPA), KAOS Olympia 89.3 FM FTAC, KXXO Mixx 96.1, DN Studio, AGO, DSHS, HCA, CR, OFS, YF, BAB, LF, HaGG, YaGG, RG, IPUC, Omni, AHS, STEP.
j.j. johnson, unruly Quaker & author @unrulyquaker.bsky.social Restorative justice facilitator. Prison & ICE abolitionist. Roller skater.
Harsh on systems, soft on living things.
“Notes from an Unruly Quaker” on Substack.
I write y.a. novels too: Believarexic, The Theory of Everything, This Girl is Different.
Joe Murphy @joemurph.com Data editor @ NBC News, @NBCguild.bsky.social strong, Oregonian born & raised, lives in NYC (Gowanus, Brooklyn). Formerly: NY Daily News, Denver Post, Medill.
Into dataviz, data pipelines, accessibility, a good story.
joemurph.76 @ signal
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
Digits @digitsmusic.bsky.social Electronic pop music in Toronto/Tkaronto. New single featuring Edith Frost out now: https://linktr.ee/digitsmusic
Ben Greenberg @bentg.bsky.social emmy award winning journalist, producer, editor • print, video, audio at frontline, american experience, npr, clarion-ledger, anniston star • co-founder cir's civil rights cold case project • pitching projects & open for hire
beyondthepalemedia.net
Worthington’s Law @funnypunkband.bsky.social Worthington’s Law is a “funny punk band” in Durham, NC. I’m Nick.
Todd Goss @ctoddgoss.bsky.social Musician, Carpenter, Film Geek, Leftist, Crazy Cat Person, Expert in useless information, Former Pro-Wrestling Referee, Weirdo
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Superchunk @superchunk.bsky.social Rock band since 1989. NC. Posts by Mac unless otherwise noted!
Motorco with Parts&Labor @motorco.bsky.social Events venue, restaurant, patio and bar in Durm, NC
https://motr.co
PJ Sykes @pjsykes.bsky.social I make things like videos, photos, and songs. I DJ vinyl for fun. Hire me for your next creative project.
https://linktr.ee/pjsykes
Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social Senior Executive Editor, Duke University Press. Director, Intellectual Publics, CUNY Graduate Center. Book doula/curator. Art lover, record accumulator. All opinions my own-ish. 
sherri cola ✺ @sherricola.bsky.social vintage seller, art curator | @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past Table of the Elements record label, Album 88, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens ga
@unpopularuk.bsky.social @unpopularuk.bsky.social 
Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social Disseminating knowledge—through the publication of printed books, periodicals, and electronic files—beyond the confines of the University's campus.
The official account of Duke University is @duke-university.bsky.social.
Ampwall @ampwall.com The modern independent music platform. Public Benefit Company dedicated to building thriving music scenes. Share, sell, & find new music & merch.
Signup: https://ampwall.com
Mission: https://ampwall.com/mission
Blog: https://ampwall.com/blog
⛔️ No AI ⛔️
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
Ether Diver @etherdiver.bsky.social Weird music, esoteric sound design, music reviews/promo. I want to write about yr music! Give me a follow & ask.
Anti fascist. Nazi/TERF/GOP belong at the bottom of the ocean.
Anti GenAI/LLM
https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/
https://www.etherdiver.com/
International Anthem @intlanthem.bsky.social 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼-𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮.
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥.
sega 🇵🇸 juice @rappy.bsky.social Trans rights or GTFO. Trash Night every third Tuesday: https://www.twitch.tv/trashnightvideo Games/multimedia streams: https://www.twitch.tv/rappyland See You on a MIDI.
David Axtell @davidaxtell.bsky.social 
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
It’s always Free Palestine 🍉
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
Nathan Adams @captain-slack.bsky.social Married, currently unemployed, plays guitar (badly), one third of the Mid-Life Crisis Taskforce podcast.
John Doughty @jdoughty.bsky.social Foraging, hunting, fermenting from outside the binary. 
zomp @iamzomp.bsky.social Canadian First Nations education. Canada/Slovakia. The colour zomp is a combination of green and cyan. I was zomp before it was a colour.
Tom Dawson @danger-dawson.bsky.social Landscape Architect, Sculptor, Wizard
Carolyn "Stanley" O @hmof2.bsky.social As Hockeymomof2, I'm a mom of 3 & a Hurricanes fan (est '06) whose 2 sons played hockey as kids. Now I go to Canes games with them. Carrboro, NC is home. One of the last 6 old timers who still gets NHL Network. she/her
Heather LaGarde @heatherlagarde.bsky.social Founder, Haw River Ballroom. All things Saxapahaw. Producer, Counterpoint Underground & SwitchPoint. Formerly War Child, Human Rights Watch. Kayaks a lot. https://www.hawriverballroom.com/ https://counterpointunderground.com/
Cait Brennan @caitbrennan.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Singer, writer, goofball. My album Third out now via Omnivore Recordings. Books, vidyagames, comics, old Hollywood, Star Trek, etc. oh, also super trans and whatnot. She/her. @planetcait elsewhere; music at caitbrennan.bandcamp.com
dphazelwood @dphazelwood.bsky.social wandering ... not lost
donhazelwood.com
Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social Education, research and advocacy for musicians.
Nat Sauce @natsauce.bsky.social Durham's geriatric millennial. Politics. Kids. Gossip. Gratuitous swearing. 
@saraorphanides.bsky.social @saraorphanides.bsky.social 
Maria Brubeck @mariabrubeck.bsky.social 
@marasorris.bsky.social @marasorris.bsky.social 
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
https://chanda.science
First book:
https://tinyurl.com/DisorderedCosmos
BUY MY NEW BOOK:
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Blog:
news.chanda.science
all Black/all Jewish. 🏳️🌈/agender/woman.
Posts by/for me🖖🏽
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com