John Hornor Jacobs @johnhornor.bsky.social Author of The Night That Finds Us All, A Lush and Seething Hell, Murder Ballads
Shirley Jackson, Bram Stoker, World Fantasy Award Finalist
CLOSED TO BLURB REQUESTS, for now at least
website: http://www.johnhornor.com
John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social Writer. All monsters, all the time. Filthy liberal.
Laird Barron @lairdbarron.bsky.social A dog of the house
Mainly updates; occasional commentary
Catch me at my Patreon: Realms of Old Leech https://www.patreon.com/lairdbarron/about
Banner art: Chuck Killorin.
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Read my work at thedissident.news
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social naturalized US citizen born in soviet bloc.
who we are is less important than what we want and we want everything, for everyone.
@OldSquida2@kolektiva.social (i lost my password 🙄)
Lulu Garcia-Navarro @lulugn.bsky.social NYT host, former NPR. Both a cat and a dog person. 
Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social Situationist Cybernetics. Researching AI’s impact on culture at the University of Cambridge Digital Humanities. Affiliated Researcher, Machine Visual Culture Research Group (Max Planck Institute). Critical but curious. Aim to be kind. cyberneticforests.com
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
NUTS! PUBLISHING @nutspublishing.bsky.social A publisher of beautiful and innovative family and euro boardgames and wargames.
https://www.nutspublishing.com/eshop/wargames-en
nanda @fergiuli.bsky.social Designer gráfica editorial
Henri Whitehead @henriw.bsky.social (He/him) Community College Catch-All, Former teacher, former track/cc coach, board gamer, and sometimes a writer. “I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.” - Kurt Vonnegut
SciAm Union @sciamunion.bsky.social We are the staff of @sciam.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of cells, we are the powerhouse of the oldest continually published magazine in the U.S. ✊ wgaea.st/sciam-letter
Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press Data Journalist, @edsource.org | Music Journalist, @riffmagazine.com | Co-Vice Chair, @edsourceguild.bsky.social | http://SeeDisclaimer.com | linktr.ee/bayareadata | danny@bayareadata.press | 510-585-4944
Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social Scientist/Author/Speaker; Presidential Distinguished Prof/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media, U. Penn; National Academy of Sciences; American Academy of Arts & Sciences; Royal Society; Tyler Prize
VoteHub @votehub.com Your hub for elections. 🇺🇸 Detailed maps, live election night coverage, and analysis backed by deeper data.
votehub.com
Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social Associate Professor of public health at Muhlenberg College. History, ethics, epidemiology, sports, injury prevention.
Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social Writer person. Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Horror Movie, Another, A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, The Pallbearers Club. F*ck AI
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.
More about me: https://www.propublica.org/people/eric-umansky
Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social A lawyer living in MN, licensed in MO. Specializing, now, in litigation support, but have written about FDA regulations.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, Tyrant Lizard Queen (out October 27), and Megatooth. 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. rileyblack.net
juweek @juweek.bsky.social I use data to explain food #dataviz #data #nutrition #creativecode
gourmetdata.substack.com
Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social Accessibility enthusiast and UX/UI front-end developer. Creator of @a11yawareness.bsky.social. Occasional MU J-school lecturer. Former Boston Globe graphics reporter/developer.
Simon Straubinger @straubinger.bsky.social Data Analyst, Health and Care Administration, City of Copenhagen. Political science education. I love all things #rstats & #dataviz
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Amanda Shendruk @ashendruk.com https://www.not-ship.com/
Explaining the world through data and design • Newsletter: Not-Ship • Formerly Washington Post, Quartz, the Guardian 🇨🇦 🏴
Laura Kurtzberg 🌻 @laurakurtzberg.bsky.social I make (and teach others how to make) interactive maps, data visualizations, and web applications for news and storytelling! See my work at: laurajael.com
John Stasko @jstasko3.bsky.social Retired Georgia Tech CS Professor, Atlanta sports fan, and not-frequent-enough golfer
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Visualising Climate @visualisingclimate.com The first global conference on how data visualisation can support understanding and decision-making on climate change.
𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗮, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆
4–6 November 2026
#datavis #climate
ℹ️ visualisingclimate.com
Jamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social Retired counter of ships. Economics, Investing, Transportation, Statistics, DataViz and more.
Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is We are an autonomous group of anti-fascist researchers dedicated to providing communities from the Rockies to the Pacific with research and tools to protect themselves from fascism in all its forms.
https://pacantifa.is/
Cassandra of Troy @cassandraoftroy.bsky.social I will always be right.
But, no one will believe me.
That is my curse.
-Cassandra of Troy
Trans News Network @transnews.network Trans News Network (TNN) is a worker-run nonprofit LGBTQ+ newsroom publishing articles that impact trans communities.
Follow our work and socials: https://transnews.network/bio
Our writers: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/transnews.network/3luvqfz7loz2d
Beyond X&Y @beyondxandy.bsky.social 🧬 Biomed experts mobilizing scientists to fight transphobia through education 🏳️⚧️
🌐 beyondxandy.org
✉️ info@beyondxandy.org
Laura K Field @lkatfield.bsky.social Writer, political theorist in DC. My book, Furious Minds, about the MAGA New Right is now out. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico, NYT, The Atlantic.
www.lkfield.com
American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW, Brookings
Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social 🧬 Genomics PhD & science communicator
🧑🔬 Founder of @beyondxandy.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ (they/he) Trans progressive humanist feminist
🎲 Gamer 🖖 Trekkie 🌱 Plant gay 😻 Cat dad
🏠 Chicago
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jey-mccreight/
Danielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social Science Fiction & Horror writer. Short stories & poetry published in Baubles From Bones, Shoreline of Infinity, The MacGuffin, Disturbed Digest and more. She/her. https://daniellefroom.neocities.org/
Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social NBC News reporter covering the LGBTQ+ community.
DMs open; email Jo.Yurcaba@nbcuni.com; Signal @joyurcaba.91
Pronouns: they/them
Cherry Salazar @cmgsalazar.bsky.social investigative data journalist • currently: Big Local News at Stanford University • cherrysalazar.com
Transparent Action @transparentaction.bsky.social We are parents of trans loved ones, united in love and action for dignity, safety and equality for all trans people.
✍️ Sign our pledge: tinyurl.com/TransparentAction
Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social German #geographer and #demographer in #Melbourne. I love and share #maps and #data that explain how the #world works.
SuperSantiEgo @supersantiego.eurosky.social
👶➡️📖📖📖 ➡️ 💀 https://www.amazon.es/stores/Santiago-Bergantinhos/author/B008MH0C92?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
The Boardgames Chronicle @thebrdgmschronicle.bsky.social War and political games enthusiast, history buff, content creator.
Volko @volko.bsky.social Historical boardgame designer. Ⓥegan.
https://phalanx.co.uk/1943-race-to-rabaul-a-new-game-by-volko-ruhnke/
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1162-drachen.aspx
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1102-coast-watchers.aspx
https://www.fortcircle.com/the-hunt-for-blackbeard/
Anshu Sharma @anshugsharma.myatproto.social Studying quantum networking. YIMBY, anti-ethnonationalisms, pro open borders. Bathrooms shouldn't be gendered. ‘Anarchist’ isn't a slur. He/him. Adult.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshugsharma/
Sheila Fram @sheilafram.bsky.social Business owner in Long Beach, CA. Alumna of ASU, Forks Up! And fighting for transgender rights 🏳️⚧️.❤️ my ✡️ 🏴 ancestry. I will block if needed.
@rogerbivand.bsky.social @rogerbivand.bsky.social 
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. 
Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com 'Peddler of Wheres,' job creator, Owner at The Map Center in Pawtucket RI- it's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
Newsletter (100k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID.
malina @missmalina.bsky.social I love jumping to conclusions while running amok. Burns calories faster.
Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social Senior reporter at @bloomberglaw.com covering the Supreme Court. Previously, courts & investigations at WUSA. Hot sauce enthusiast. Opinions my own.
Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social Founder of Cognitive Resonance, a new venture dedicated to helping people understand human cognition and generative AI. Advocate for humans.
Newsletter: https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social Award-winning romance author writing happily ever afters about difficult people with complicated lives. SAG-AFTRA. Figure skater. Former journalist/media analyst. They/them.
Zan Solomon תִּקְוָה @zansolomon.bsky.social Writer, singer, actor, tremendous nerd. US/Ireland dual citizen living in Finland.
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
Signal: pbump.11
Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social Research on the right-wing and religion.
Podcast: Fifteen Minutes of Fascism:
https://soundcloud.com/user-627234964
Author, How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism: https://shorturl.at/jjwZz
Newsletter: https://shorturl.at/dINAA
DMs open. Opinions my own.
Alyssa Fowers @alyssafowers.bsky.social Graphics and data at the Washington Post, yarn and dogs at home. Sometimes also dogs at WaPo.
GoatShipMate @goatshipmate.bsky.social Data Analyst mainly posting work-arounds for #PowerBI #PowerQuery #Excel etc, but also posting about #DataVisualisation in general.
#ThirdSector #Charity #DataViz.
I'm an #ActualPerson – my pseudonym is due to my job's social media policy
Mollie Pettit @mollzmp.bsky.social AI Dev Rel @ Google; doesn't eat animals🐣; RA poly queer🌈; dancer💃
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Yevheniia Drozdova @lemishka.bsky.social Head of Data Journalism Section at Texty.org.ua
Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com He of the eponymous law. FRSA. Good at writing and sums. Degrowther, and not a fan of capitalism. Your pal. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines. Made by socialism and immigration, which seems to annoy people. Come for the headlines, stay for the Gramsci.
Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Social Psychology (They/Them). Views expressed are strictly my own and not those of my employer.
Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Revealer, Prism
Newsletter: www.everythingishorrible.net
Poetry pubs: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/poetry-publications-noah-berlatsky
Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social I try to be helpful. Bike-riding dog butler and mold connoisseur.
Use your employer's money to buy Just Enough Research: www.mulebooks.com/just-enough-research.
Enjoy clickens.chicken.pics when you need a break.
San Francisco. She/They/Friend/Sir
Layla Bouzoubaa @laylab.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ Drexel University, Info. Sci. 🇲🇦 Studying lived experiences of people who use #drugs, #stigma, #harmreduction through mixed methods, #NLProc. Public health background. Aspiring wine connoisseur & proud cat lady 🐱🐱🐱
Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own.
Jim Gruman @opus1993.bsky.social He / him
#rstats
🚵♀️ RAGBRAI and 5 Boros
Chicago burbs Ally 🏳️⚧️
https://linktr.ee/jgruman
Dr. Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareemcarr.bsky.social Statistician. PhD @Harvard • Masters degree in pure math • Follow me for fun, nerdy content.
Sign up to my newsletter: kareemcarr.substack.com
Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org Science writer, journalist, physicist, hat man, cat man, queer. Pfp by @makinaro.com . Signal: BowlerHatScience.51
Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginia—
—but speaking for myself and in my own capacity here.
Rudeness will get you blocked.
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy "A vast confusion of vows, wishes, actions, edicts, petitions, lawsuits, pleas, laws, proclamations, complaints, grievances, are daily brought to our ears. "
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.online/@tomstafford, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social Truthmonger. I write books, teach students and make podcasts about you being smarter about misinformation. #WeAreAltGov #DetectingDeception https://bit.ly/UnSpunPod
soeun kim @soeundataviz.bsky.social data viz beginner!
south korea | still taking grasp of everything about data viz, would love to be part of the community
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I saw a world where the dead are worshiped. This world belongs to them, now they can keep it. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net J-prof at Northeastern University. Co-leader, with Ellen Clegg, of @whatworks-nu.bsky.social. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.
Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social dangillmor.com/about
Mainly at Mastodon: mastodon.social/@dangillmor
s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social they/them literally just asking questions "in the morning." journalist. send tips/sources to signal: baum.99 ⚠️ DO NOT SEND SENSITIVE INFO OVER DMs ⚠️
https://substack.com/@transvestigations
Bret Victor @worrydream.com worrydream.com
dynamicland.org
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, forthcoming). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com rotatingsandwiches.com / batting around podcast
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon.
Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social Opinion writer. Pvs: Editor at USA Today Opinion and National Journal, campaign reporter at USA Today and AP. Author, "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." My work: https://jilllawrence.com
VizChitra @vizchitra.bsky.social A space to connect and create with data | Organised India’s first dataviz conference
🗓️ VizChitra 2026: 3-4 July, Bengaluru
Get your tickets here: tickets.vizchitra.com
Jessica Clarke @jessicaclarke.bsky.social Chaired Professor at USC Gould School of Law
Bio and Published Works: https://gould.usc.edu/faculty/profile/jessica-clarke/
Drafts: www.ssrn.com/author=1325345
Ma Flexa 🏳️⚧️ ☭ @maflexa.bsky.social TransFem Nonbinary, 54 years old Androgyne, Pansexual, Nerd, Atheist, Communist from Brazil
Sugimoto Tatsuo @sugimototatsuo.com Data visualization design, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Metropolitan University
lab.sugimototatsuo.com