Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social Yinzer ambassador to the west coast • Moo Deng’s spiritual successor • Taller than your dad
Don't fuck with me. I'll spend another three hours in Excel. I don't care.
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com anarchist warlord arbitration consultant. drummer in tragic lovers. writes WORK IS FOUR LETTERS, poster emeritus for NORMAL MEN. don't be a dick.
https://golikehellmachine.com
https://tragiclovers.bandcamp.com
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
linktr.ee/nikostratis
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
Signal: qjurecic.32
Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social Co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company. According to Field of Schemes, "tech exec and Oakland A's fan" -- but more of an Oakland Ballers fan now.
Stephen Thompson @idislikestephen.bsky.social NPR Music writer, yakker; Pop Culture Happy Hour and New Music Friday host; long-ago A.V. Club editor and Onion copy editor; snack-eater; dad.
https://www.npr.org/people/5244882/stephen-thompson
Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social Midnight Society founder. Genderfluid transvestite goblin 🏳️⚧️👺 He/She/They. Reppd by @literaryfey http://www.bitterkarella.com | Out now: Split Scream 5, Moonflow. Soon: Quaint Folk
Pablo Torre @pablo.show 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@pablotorrefindsout
🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pablo-torre-finds-out/id1685093486
📩 www.pablo.show/about
Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Author. Scholar. Enthusiast of ancient robots and overweight rodents. The Space Between Worlds and Those Beyond the Wall available now. The Unhaunting out this Fall. Yes, a Dr. No, not that kind.
Churches of New York @brooklynwandering.bsky.social Documenting the churches, synagogues, mosques, etc, seen on my walks throughout Brooklyn and New York. @goldwagnathan.bsky.social.
Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social He looks determined without being ruthless. Something heroic in his manner. There’s a courage about him, doesn’t look like a killer.
Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social Public servant running for U.S. Senate because it shouldn't be THIS hard to get by. Michigan born and raised. Girl Dad. Doctor. Vote by November 3rd!
🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social Here to hold my name . She/her / yourgorgoness
- Far Rock’s finest
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@unbreaking.org
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social Author (The Ember of Elyssia Quartet, Fortune's Calling Trilogy, THE BRIDAL PARTY, THE PRINCE WITH SIX FACES). Dice roller. Disabled in the library. All opinions mine. All around nerd.
https://linktr.ee/annaholmeswritesbooks
(She/they) ♿️🏳️🌈
Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social get ready for some bad drawings. he/him
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Director @huadvstudy.bsky.social • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com Made the CommSky Starter Pack https://go.bsky.app/QkcgePD
Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military policy, video games, and queer theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
thene @thene.bsky.social here we are. 💚🖤
ice, tax, books. witchcraft for cyborgs. she.
Ask me about @bostonfanbrunch.bsky.social
Anna North @annanorth.bsky.social Novelist and journalist. Author of Bog Queen, Outlawed, The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, and America Pacifica.
Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com Editor-In-Chief of @mothership.blog, podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com who fucking gives a shit
Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social Leaked photo of heaven
She/her NYC
https://linktr.ee/kathbarbadoro
Maddie (delicious, nutritious) @pbastronaut.bsky.social Listen to my new podcast where I fight a bear. 🏳️⚧️ she/her | in bed by 11gmt
Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com MUSKISM with @bentarnoff.com: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530
HAYEK’S BASTARDS won the NBCC award for criticism. quinnslobodian.com
Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social Artist. Author of NY Times bestseller HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND
my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/
Mollycrabapple.com
Mollycrabapple.substack.com
Anton Hur @antonhur.com Translator, bilingual author, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia), <하지 말라고는 안 했잖아요?> (어크로스). Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him.
🔗: antonhur.com
Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social Movies: thefilmcast.com
Video Games: dlcpod.com
Science: wehaveconcerns.com
Books: youtube.com/cannatajeff
I love loving things.
tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social economic policy correspondent at the new york times
tips? signal: tonyromm.62
https://www.nytimes.com/by/tony-romm
Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com Technology reporter @cnbc.com in San Francisco. jordan.novet@versantmedia.com
hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com beloved.
son of a gun.
probably thinking about OutKast, Flannery O'Connor, or Steve Ditko.
iamdavidbrothers.com for veiled nihilism x arts criticism
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Hands Off NYC @handsoffnyc.bsky.social We are 250+ unions, faith leaders, and community groups standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.
Sign up to get involved:
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More trainings and community events coming soon. Stay tuned.
Ann VanderMeer @annvandermeer.bsky.social Editor, anthologist, writer, poet (because of Linda D. Addison), former feeder woman to Neo (who was the one).
(she/her)
#ProtectTransKids
#LoveIsLove
Lars Gotrich @totalvibration.bsky.social Series editor for Tiny Desk at NPR Music. World's Okayist Guitarist. #FreeDC. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.org
Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com @splitzoneduo.com
@slate.com
@theathletic.com
alexkirshner.com
askirshner at gmail
Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social Director & Writer | IDENTITEAZE film | YouTuber | former writer/video producer at Gamespot, The Advocate, Microsoft, Out Magazine, Rotten Tomatoes, & Skybound | Trekkie by birth
https://www.jessieearl.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
Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social Rook, Rika, The Ghost of Yōtei | Worlds Beyond Number | D20, Dropout, Crit Role | BAFTA loser. Um, Actually CHAMPION | Gender🌊: all pronouns
Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social 🧢 CEO: Dropout
🎤 Host: Game Changer, Make Some Noise
🌸 he / him
Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social senior correspondent @ Zeteo / contributing writer @ Rolling Stone / co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ / adjunct prof. @ University of Cincinnati / volunteer @ St. Vincent de Paul / “a deranged hack” & “terrorist sympathizer,” says the Trump White House
Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly 🇨🇦 Gardener 🌱 leahstokes.com; Newsletter: electricnotes.news
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim USA Today bestselling author of SUBLIMATION. award winning short fiction guy. coined the term "omelas hole."
the apprentice liar and the death of the world MARCH 2 2027
http://isabel.kim < website
Wow if True < listen wherever pods are cast
Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com Unemployed and looking for work. Past bylines at @publisherswkly.bsky.social, @comicsjournal.bsky.social, Gizmodo, HITS Magazine.
Claire Valdez @claireforny.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-7 (Western Queens, North Brooklyn). Union organizer, Assemblymember and democratic socialist. Solidarity forever.
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social I cut film and tv
i used to be @mtsw on Twitter
disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social not AI! this bot is madlibs with rng, it does not do tricks or take commands, it just posts. Not LLM or Markov-based / created by @lawngnomesorceress.bsky.social, hosted by @bluebotsdonequick.com
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social In every time, in every place, the deeds of man remain the same. (He/Him).
WEBSITE: https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/ 
Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social Writer of SFF in TV, books, comics, audio and games! (Doctor Who, Saucer Country, Lychford.) Editor-in-Chief: Cosmic Lighthouse Comics. https://www.cosmiclighthouse.co.uk/ He/him. #comics #sciencefiction #doctorwho
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com journalist, author, internet participant
writing and reporting on space, AI, and public policy, at TechCrunch and elsewhere
I always want to hear your tips and ideas on signal: tim_fernholz.21
timfernholz.substack.com | www.timfernholz.com
Oakland, CA
Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social classically trained artist.
theartofpants.com
Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
Neha Nandakumar @nehanandakumar.bsky.social Tech Policy Researcher @ GoodBot
MA Philosophy (Simon Fraser Uni) | BA Sociology & Anthropology (Ashoka Uni)
Currently researching social media scam proliferation & ethical approaches to AI
https://www.nehanandakumar.com
she/her 🌈
Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law at University of San Francisco. Writes about electric utilities, prisons, 17th c. England, AI, feminism, etc, often for @oaklandreviewofbooks. Technically a doctor (old books, not medicine).
r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social marxist | alleged Balkan war criminal | auDHD | nor a kleyner proste yat | NB (they/them)
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social Writer and editor. Host of the newsletter Porch Party (sign up! porchpartynews.com). Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent. Bostonian by birth, New Yorker by disposition, currently in DC.
A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town Images of people, places, scenes and things from Twin Peaks.
Dark Horse Workers United @darkhorseunion.bsky.social We are the members of Dark Horse Comics, forming a union—Dark Horse Workers United! Represented by @CWAunion.bsky.social #DHWU
Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social Bot highlighting changes to the New York Times "Top Stories" feed.
original by @j-e-d.bsky.social
Bluesky version by @unchi.org
Source: https://github.com/j-e-d/NYTdiff
britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social i don't care if you like it.
Charley Locke @charleylocke.bsky.social mostly interviewing kids and elders, so yeah, I’m earnest. contributing writer at nyt magazine, also making stuff elsewhere. www.charleylocke.com
Jasper Wang @jaspercwang.bsky.social Business guy at @defector.com
Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social Actress, Writer, Creator of Philosophy Tube ⚔️
Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; also @KillJamesBond ✨👑
Tansy Gardam @tansyg.bsky.social chaotic foolish. writer, critic and recovering TV producer. host of Going Rogue, a podcast about troubled films and the industry that makes them, if you even care.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Huge Mantis @hugemantis.bsky.social I write. I'm here sometimes, I just delete my posts. I can't get DMs for the moment. Email: HugeMantis @ gmail dot com
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/
Bundle: https://trustfnd.com/davejorgenson/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo
Support us: http://LNI.media/membership
Jessica Winter @winterjessica.bsky.social https://www.harpercollins.com/products/one-more-than-one-jessica-winter?variant=45306334806050
Katey Rich @kateyrich.bsky.social The Ankler | Prestige Junkie and Fighting in the War Room podcasts | I agree, it’s great to be fine 
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com executive editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social World's first feminist science fiction convention! Fostering conversations about feminism, gender, race, class, disability.
http://wiscon.net/about/history/
https://linktr.ee/WisCon
Veronica Roth @veronicarothbooks.com Recently: Seek the Traitor's Son (dystopian fantasy)
Next: The Sixth Faction (a Divergent alternate universe story)
Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
Bluesky Status @status.bsky.app https://status.bsky.app/
Laurie Penny @pennyred.bsky.social 
John August @johnaugust.bsky.social Screenwriter, mostly. Also Highland and Scriptnotes.
Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social Founding partner @pucknews, host @ringer The Town, @kcrw; Ex-editor @HollywoodReporter, entertainment lawyer. Get my email: https://puck.news/author/matthew-belloni/
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America🏳️🌈
Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social If there's something you hope will happen, well, maybe it will happen today.
🚫No AI Ever🚫
Selected prints available here: https://www.inprnt.com/collections/phineas/maybe-it-will-happen-today/
Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social Science fiction writer, poet, essayist, Minnesota. She/her. A DUBIOUS CLAMOR from Horned Lark Press 15 SEPTEMBER 2026! THAT FATAL DISCONTENT from Union Square Books Summer 2027! Repped by Kurestin Armada.
www.marissalingen.com
tinyletter.com/MarissaLingen
C. Bukowski @thishurt.bsky.social NY. They/Them Queer. MD.⚕️
Eldest Millennial. Dancer. 🇲🇽
Swordsperson. Former Martial Artist.⚔️
Trauma Navigator. Disabled.🌪️
Bird Club Member. Science Nerd.🏳️🌈
Alt: Loki, a piebald, shorthaired cat lying down.
Profile: A brunette person lying down.
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at the University of Maine researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writing and podcasting for the planet. Chaotic good professor. She/her.
Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead.
Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com Béton brut for bluesky — by @spice.bsky.social
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Hal Duncan @halduncan.com Writer, editor, gardener--sometimes even in that order.
Queer. He/thon, but mainly just cause thon's a guid Scots pronoun fur aebdy, whitever thur gender.
Contact: hal AT halduncan DOT com
Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social Senior correspondent @sherwood.news. Tech and charts. https://sherwood.news/author/rani-molla/
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender
host of weird little guys on cool zone media
she/her | charlottesville, va
Beth Lew-Williams @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social Historian at Princeton University. Preoccupied with immigration, past and present.
Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team CEO of Bluesky, partner @trueventures.com, more at toni.org
Tom Ley @toley.bsky.social Co-owner Defector Media
Josh Petri (he/him) @joshpetri.bsky.team Head of Communications, Bluesky Social.
former journalist and outdoor industry person. always an organic life form.
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
Obsidian @obsidian.net Your worlds. Your way. Projects: Grounded 2, Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, Pentiment, Grounded merch 👉 shop.xboxgamestudios.com
hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social Senior researcher & journalist. @splcunion.bsky.social. Former internet person at @thebaffler.com. hannahgais@proton.me Signal: 334-315-8634 http://seedisclaimer.com. Newsletter: https://postsfromunderground.ghost.io/
Ashley Esqueda @ashleyesqueda.com Socials @doublefine.com 🧡 President, RowdySkeleton 💀 Author #ArtofPsychonauts2 📖 Hype Desk Host, @theverge.com 🎙️ Bisexual Icon 🏳️🌈
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social The personal account of Evan Urquhart of Assigned Media (assignedmedia.org), your trans news source.
I'd still rather be playing pinball.