Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social Writes, edits, talks, creates, mostly about soccer. Drop a line whenever.
The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social The home of all things Women’s Football - from @sammymewy.bsky.social and the @meninblazers.bsky.social Media Network // Sammy Banana Phone 🍌☎️ 855-611-4050
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
NWSL This Week @nwslthisweek.bsky.social A weekly podcast taking an unfiltered view of all things NWSL, on and off the field | nwslthisweek.substack.com
Richard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social now consulting at Gallatin Advisory, instructor @HarvardChanSPH, author of Second Rough Draft on Substack; former president of ProPublica
The Cutback @www.thecutback.com The new home of women’s football analysis. Join our community that is changing the game
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Asli Pelit @aslipelit.bsky.social Sports business reporter covering women’s soccer for @theathletichq | @columbia_biz alum📍New York | Past lives in Buenos Aires & Rio de Janeiro
Khadeeja Safdar @khadeejasafdar.bsky.social I’m an enterprise reporter at The Wall Street Journal where I’ve worked for more than a decade. Message me at 718-404-4736 or email me at khadeeja.safdar@wsj.com.
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social Conspiracy theory journalist, expert witness, TPM contributor, Eaton Fire survivor. Wrote JEWISH SPACE LASERS, THE STORM IS UPON US, and ZERO CONTAINMENT (Fall 2027). rothschildmd@protonmail.com for tips, interviews, collaborations. Not A Rothschild.
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
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Dean W. Ball @deanwb.bsky.social
https://hyperdimensional.co
David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social Cato Institute, Director of Immigration Studies, Cato's Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy, BEER, not buyer. Cato, not CATO
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.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social palestinian-american raised on a steady diet of hummus and fried chicken. editor-in-chief, the key (a palfest production)
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jasmine sun @jasmine.bsky.social anthropologist of disruption / writing jasmi.news / san francisco
Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of CA, Irvine School of Law • Technology & Society • Work Law • Democracy & Inequality
General Counsel AAUP
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Personal Account, Views My Own
AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social Journalist/Writer at https://firewalledmedia.com. Past bylines: Rolling Stone, Politico, TNR, The Nation, Slate, etc. Does not work for ICE
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Councilmember Matt Frumin @cmfrumin.bsky.social Office of Ward 3 DC Councilmember Matt Frumin | Building a safer, greener, more equitable 51st state | He/him
MattFruminWard3.com
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Josh Tyrangiel @tyrangiel.bsky.social Author of AI For Good, out May 12th
https://www.amazon.com/AI-Good-People-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1668082500
Andrew Beaujon @abeaujon.bsky.social Reporter at Washingtonian. @abeaujon.87 on Signal. Still working on the sound.
Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com visuals editor at ProPublica 🦂
probably headbanging
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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social Honoring outstanding writing and fostering a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature since 1974.
bookcritics.org
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
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Alex Bores @alexbores.nyc NY Assemblymember, computer scientist, AI Safety Advocate, dad, husband. Feared by the powerful, fighting for us.
Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social Law professor, Drexel Univ • Affil'd fellow, Yale ISP • NYC Bar Ass'n Rule of Law Task Force • AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure ⚾ Cleveland native/partisan 🏀 runner • https://linktr.ee/akalhan
Laura K Field @lkatfield.bsky.social Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center in DC. Author of Furious Minds, about the MAGA New Right. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico, NYT, The Atlantic.
www.lkfield.com
Also with American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW.
Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
Front takes towards enemies.
Norwegian Embassy in Washington @norwayinusa.norway.no Official Bluesky Account of the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Tony Haile @arctictony.com CEO of Filament. Recovering Twitter PM, Founding CEO of Scroll and Chartbeat.
"A glib non-journalist" - Jill Abramson
"British" - Walter Isaacson
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Chloe Walker @chlopinions.bsky.social Films and stuff. Writing at: Paste, BFI, Culturefly, Podcast Review, Crooked Marquee, The A.V. Club, Little White Lies, Longreads and more!
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Haley Carter @hccarter.bsky.social Mom | Marine | President of Soccer Ops @WashingtonSpirit | @AdidasFootball Ambassador #RiseUp
Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social We are amplifying voices of the brave Americans speaking out against the Trump administration.
https://linktr.ee/ofthebrave
Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social Senior Enterprise Editor @MS.NOW
Signal: @andyMSNOW.411
Author, “WE ARE PROUD BOYS: How A Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered In A New Era Of American Extremism.”
Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social Climate scientist, formerly NASA, currently Project Drawdown. Former astrophysicist, current Earth supremacist. Author of HUMAN NATURE, best book of 2025 according to both Scientific American and my dad https://shorturl.at/aJRYb
Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy at @freedom.press. Interested in reducing overclassification, FOIA reform, enforcement of the Presidential Records Act, and preservation of federal records. Opinions mine. Signal leharper.89
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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social Jersey guy in VA. Have done a lot of political news
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Kathleen Gier @kgier.bsky.social KU Masters in Sports Management
Editor: The Next, The IX, JoeBlogs, The Joy of Baseball
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news writing the Out of Your League queer sports newsletter / co-author of HAIL MARY: The Rise & Fall of the National Women’s Football League / they/them 🏳️⚧️🌈
Spirit Squadron @spiritsquadron.bsky.social independent supporters group for the Washington Spirit | est. 2012 | #RiseUpDC
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Grace Robertson 🏳️⚧️ @graceonfootball.com Football writer, from the newsletter with the same name and occasionally elsewhere. Non-football stuff @gemofamara.com.
https://www.graceonfootball.com/
John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
@fsgbooks
https://www.unpopularfront.news/
Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social NHPR podcast lady, podcaster/critic @ CrimeWritersOn…, and Netflix podcast host. Listen to Civics 101, Outside/In and Bear Brook if you have good taste. (FYI Karen Read didn’t do it.)
Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social Senior Writer & Editor, The Contrarian
ContrarianNews.org
Portland, Oregon
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christina le (she/her) @yegphysio.bsky.social • post-doc researcher at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social
• physio/PhD with a love for knees
• ACL deficient
• women’s sports fan
• from treaty 6 territory (aka edmonton)
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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social Let's work together to ensure the beautiful game is for everyone who's not a bigot. Kansas City born & raised. Seattle lover. Lancer, Jayhawk, Hornet, Vandal. MA, MFA. Aorta Advocate for The John Ritter Foundation. Heart constantly on my sleeve (messy)
Peyton Skeels @peytonskeels.bsky.social Sports Photographer / Freelancer
Managing all things NWSL with ShePlays Inc.
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social senior editor at @lawfaremedia.org | ex-washington post opinions 🤐
jennefer harper @jennefer.bsky.social Journalist at @decoherence.media investigating authoritarian movements and exposing far-right networks
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Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com Writer, photographer, Kentucky history nerd. Retired newspaper editor, columnist, reporter. (AP, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lexington Herald-Leader.) Opinions are my own.
Jordan Small @jols98.bsky.social Head of Equipment Washington Spirit | Brockport ‘19 | She/Her | Views are my own
Alison Gale @agale.bsky.social You can find me making pretty visualizations with women's soccer data, crafting, or adventuring outside.
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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz Social Justice Bard. They/them. Gay; tired.
Renee Nicole Good was murdered by ICE and ICE has not faced justice.
sam @samthielman.com Sam Thielman | Graphic novels at NYT Book Review, seen NYer, Flaming Hydra, foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE w/Sean Howe forthcoming | I know I can come off a little proactive, and for that I’m sorry.
Unbreaking @unbreaking.org How the administration is breaking the government and what that means for all of us. All of our content is free to republish and remix. https://unbreaking.org/
Rachel Weiner @rachelweiner.bsky.social 
◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social Writer and editor for @Bloomberg @CityLab. Texan. Chili purist.
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KSV @ksvesq.bsky.social Founder, Risepoint Search Partners. Former litigator. Mom to two amazing girls. Color commentary for @stevevladeck.bsky.social.
OptaJack @optajack.optajoe.com 1 - The official Bluesky page for Stats Perform's North American soccer coverage, brought to you by OptaJack. Illuminating.
Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social Organizing with @newsguildny.bsky.social to build a better Condé Nast
Will James @willjames.bsky.social Reporter and producer
Podcasts:
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Lost Patients (2024)
The Walk Home (2022)
Outsiders (2020)
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https://www.will-james.work/
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social Co-founder of Grant Witness: https://grantwitness.org
Epidemiologist. Attorney. Social, legal, and environmental determinants of health.
On Signal: sdelaney.84
Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social host of @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. weekends 10AM ET on @ms.now. author of NYT bestsellers Firestorm and Separated.
jacobsoboroff.com
John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social I cover diplomacy and national security for The Washington Post
Trevor Aaronson @trevoraaronson.bsky.social Journalist writing a book about the FBI | Peabody winner | Pulse and Into the Madness now on Audible | Signal: taa.10 | linktr.ee/trevoraaronson
DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social We’re the District’s legislature and a coequal branch of DC government. On social media, our goal is to engage in an informative and conversational way.
Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com Legal journalist and beachgoer. I write and talk about courts, the law, and the politics shaping them in a number of places. Working on a new thing.
Signal: cristianfarias.33
Trump Litigation Updates @trumplitigation.lawfaremedia.org Real time updates of @lawfaremedia.org's coverage of the Trump administration’s legal challenges
Allison @strawberryluna-art.bsky.social Hi it's me, strawberryluna (for real) 1/2 of the art & design duo. Artist, illustrator, printmaker, surface pattern designer, coffee & dog fan. Do good, be good. i like fun.
Yep we have a website. Yep we're on Etsy.
https://www.strawberryluna.com
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
FBref @fbref.com The official Bluesky account of FBref, a website of football stats, history, and scores for 100+ men’s and women’s club and national team competitions.
🔗 https://fbref.com/
Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee Journalist @decoherence.media using open sources to expose far-right networks
Other bylines @bellingcat.com @texasobserver.org
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social 🎙️Host of @ProPublica’s new podcast, “Paper Trail”
🗓️New episodes on Thursdays
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AKA 伍德贞
https://www.propublica.org/series/paper-trail
Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social Editor-at-Large @ProPublica. I ❤️ journalism and good trouble. Tips/ideas: eric.umansky@propublica.org and securely on Signal EricUmansky.04.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
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.
Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social civil rights lawyer, exhausted
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Katie Clark Gray @katiecgray.bsky.social Writer/producer for film, stage, and audio. V.O. artist, recovering playwright. Of course it's "billion-with-a-b," how else would you spell billion. uncomp.ninja
Simon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social Guardian interviewer/features writer, with a thing for prison and miscarriages of justice (well not a thing for them as such, a thing for writing about them). Proud Mancunian/Salfordian. City fan of some vintage
Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social the money stuff guy
Kirsten Grind @kirstengrind.bsky.social NYT tech investigations, former WSJ, mother of two great boys and two great books
Dalié Jiménez @dalie.bsky.social 🇨🇺🇺🇸 Lawprof at UCI Law
All things debt & credit with social science methods: consumer law, bankruptcy, access to justice.
Co-Dir @UC-SLLI.bsky.social
Co-PI @DebtCollectionLab.bsky.social
Cats, bikes, kdramas - she/ella
David Fahrenthold @fahrenthold.bsky.social New York Times investigative reporter, writing about the world of nonprofits. CNN political analyst. Please send story tips! daf@nytimes.com
Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67
@susannecraignyt.bsky.social @susannecraignyt.bsky.social Investigative reporter at The New York Times. Co-author of Lucky Loser, an investigation into how Donald Trump squandered the fortune that led him to The White House. 🗞️ 🇨🇦
Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump, his administration and circle of friends -- without fear or favor. I write about people and power. My contact on Signal: EricLiptonNYT.01
Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, Premier League and tennis fan, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book and travel recommendations welcomed.
Randall Eliason @rdeliason.bsky.social White collar crime prof, former federal prosecutor, columnist and blogger, a cappella singer, husband, dad and grandpa.