EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Great Farts of Literature @greatfartsoflit.bsky.social Elizabeth Zaleski, author of The Trouble with Loving Poets and Other Essays on Failure and chief fart archivist at greatfartsofliterature.com. Mostly Onion reposts and ambivalent self-promo: https://beltpublishing.com/products/the-trouble-with-loving-poets
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
https://www.themarisreview.com/
https://www.mariskreizman.com/
Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social Reviewing and reporting on video games for 20+ years; truly I have seen it all. Guardian video games editor, exhausted millennial. Author of SUPER NINTENDO and co-author of YOU DIED: The Dark Souls Companion. She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/super_nintendo
Waxy.org @waxy.org Since 2002, hot links and cool takes from Andy Baio aka @andy.baio.net.
WWW: https://waxy.org/
RSS: https://waxy.org/feed/
Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@waxy
Frank Chimero @frankchimero.com Another designer in New York
Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr.bsky.social I do comedy on a stage. Sometimes on TV.
Debut book out NOW. Bury me in Alabama. FAMU Forever.
@karinalongworth.bsky.social @karinalongworth.bsky.social 
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Matteo Farinella (he/him) @matteofarinella.bsky.social #neuroscience PhD, visual storyteller, author of Neurocomic & other science #comics - Multimedia Producer for Columbia's @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social - Art Editor for Science for the People.
https://linktr.ee/matteofarinella
John Williams @johnwilliams.bsky.social I write about books and edit others’ writing about books, previously for NY Times and Washington Post. Apollonian/Order Muppet. Highly sociable misanthrope. (Photo: Larry McMurtry's Booked Up, 2018.)
Gints Zilbalodis @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social Director of Flow(2024) and Away(2019)
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. LA Podcast co-host, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la 🔥
Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social Creative Director @theverge.com, writer/drawer of books incl SEEK YOU: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS
Joe Regan @jregan.bsky.social Music, travel, books, comics, 20th century pop culture, MKE, bikes, and then some. Happily retired too.
Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible.
Melbourne, AU
https://rossfloate.com
https://goodinternetting.com
https://good-pies.com
https://glass.photo/rossfloate
John Martz @johnmartz.bsky.social Illustration, comics, fonts, book design, crosswords. Art Director at Large, Tundra Books. https://johnmartz.com/
Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social Meat blood, bees, things of that nature
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
zunguzungu@gmail.com
lmsacasas.bsky.social @lmsacasas.bsky.social Author of The Convivial Society, a newsletter about technology, culture, and the moral life.
theconvivialsociety.substack.com
Rob Walker @notrobwalker.bsky.social The Art of Noticing author, Fast Company columnist. Ex-Workologist, ex-Consumed. Etc.
https://robwalker.substack.com
https://robwalker.net/
Harry Ransom Center @ransomcenter.bsky.social Humanities research library and museum at @utaustintx | Opening August 15: The Worlds of Gertrude Stein • Opening August 29: Houdini’s Library
Michael Schaub @michaelschaub.bsky.social Journalist, @bookcritics.bsky.social board member, raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion. mschaubtx@gmail.com.
Jeremy Warmsley @jeremywarmsley.bsky.social Film/tv composer - Big Mood, Love Monster theme, Beyond Clueless etc
Film producer - Witches (out on @mubi now)
Musician in Summer Camp and solo
James Francis Flynn @jamesfrancisflynn.bsky.social Writer/filmmaker/TV professional
jamesfrancisflynn.com
🌶️ ennifer 🌒aniel @jenniferdaniel.bsky.social Creator: Emoji Kitchen
Chair: Unicode Emoji Subcommittee🪑: 🥹🫠🫥🥲🫡🫢🫣😮💨😵💫😶🌫️❤️🔥❤️🩹🫦🫧🫗🪬 …
Tom Thornton @tomthornton.bsky.social Austin, TX. Very occasional writer for Eater, Texas Monthly, Austin Chronicle. Mostly a real estate coach, trainer, and manager. Dad to two high schoolers. Certified Sommelier. Spurs forever.
James Kochalka Superstar @kochalka.bsky.social The first Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont. Eisner, Ignatz, and Harvey award winner. Rock star, cartoonist, wild berry picker. https://linktr.ee/kochalka
Sonia Harris @swearingpattern.bsky.social soyabean.com
secretbean.com
https://etsy.com/shop/secretbean/
David McCreath @dmccreath.org Well, okay. Hello.
I made that left turn in Albuquerque and stopped.
More at https://blog.dmccreath.org/
michael röbbins @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social screws fall out all the time, the world's an imperfect place
books: Walkman | Alien vs. Predator | Equipment for Living: On Poetry & Pop Music | &c.
https://gunsnrobbins.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips
Free Palestine
http://bit.ly/3pY75Rz
Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social Software and content person. Writer only when there's a deadline. Video game and ttrpg nerd. Design history obsessed.
biblioklept @biblioklept.bsky.social biblioklept.org
Sean Bonner 🔥 @seanbonner.com Artist. Troublemaker. Misanthropologist.
🖥️ https://seanbonner.com
💬 https://t.me/justanothercrowd
Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social Writer of books (latest one is END TIMES FASCISM with Naomi Klein), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
"A hugely influential figure on the modern Left" — City Journal
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
Nicholson Baker @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social Latest book: Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. First book: The Mezzanine. https://linktr.ee/nicholsonbaker.
Jenny Odell @jennitaur.bsky.social 
Audrey Watters @audreywatters.bsky.social I’m just here so I won’t get fined — Marshawn Lynch
https://t.ajrkmx1.com/331727/6224/0?po=6533&aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Aaron T. Pratt @aarontpratt.bsky.social Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center. Bibliographer, book historian, and VHS guy.
Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social Musician / Writer
Dada Drummer Almanach https://dadadrummer.substack.com/
Damon & Naomi https://damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/
and yeah I was in Galaxie 500
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 🍉
Mike Hoinski @hoinski.bsky.social magazine editor | Texas Highways
@texashighways.bsky.social
I commission and edit the Open Road essay series: https://texashighways.com/topic/open-road/
John Hendrickson @johnhendrickson.bsky.social Author of LIFE ON DELAY | Contributing Writer at The Atlantic | Stories in NYT, NY mag, Esquire, Rolling Stone | Working on a doc! | johnhendrickson.org
Matt Bucher @mattbucher.bsky.social DFW Society, author of The Belan Deck, co-host of Concavity Show, mattbucher.com
buchr.tumblr.com
Summer Anne @summeranne.bsky.social vivacious yet depressed amateur drummer and professional ideas-haver
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social Pencil pusher
Alison Gopnik @alisongopnik.bsky.social Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and psychologist at Berkeley, author of The Scientist in the Crib, The Philosophical Baby and The Gardener and the Carpenter and grandmother of six.
Kevin Kelly @kevinkelly.bsky.social Senior Maverick, Wired. Author, maker, artist, father. Cool tool maven, true film buff, and fan of Asia. Radical optimist.
Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social TV Critic @ The New Republic //
DAD: A POP HISTORY (Plume 2027) //
teaching @ Wash U in STL //
pjmaciak.substack.com
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, sixers
Carlo Rovelli @rovelli.bsky.social Physicist.
Karin / 카릭 / 영자 @hangingfire.bsky.social Writing, food, drinks, Victoriana, Age of Sail, bad times in cold places, synths, Formula 1, fanfiction. Pretentious lefty jerk. She/her.
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
Nadia Chaudhury @nadiachaudhury.bsky.social Eater Northeast deputy dining editor & Eater NY; former Eater Austin editor & BizBash photo editor; writer & photographer; guinea pigs/cats/bunnies; NY>ATX>NY; @voxmediaunion.bsky.social
scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.com.
Patricia Wolf @patriciawolf.bsky.social musician / sound designer / field recordist / film composer
‘Yarrow’ is out June 4 on Music To Watch Seeds Grow By
https://linktr.ee/patriciawolfmusic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e24ce762-5b0a-43f3-8a55-8f4eb3211f99
University of Texas Press @utexaspress.bsky.social Publisher of international scope serving UT Austin, the people of Texas & knowledge seekers around the globe through books, journals & digital media | Learn more at utpress.utexas.edu!
John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social Writing your dad's Christmas present since 2012 - https://linktr.ee/johnhiggs
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social Writer, teacher. Up next: PENITENT, a novel (2028, Doubleday); TYPO, nonfiction (2027, Bloomsbury). Out now: APPLESEED (2021, Mariner). REFUSE TO BE DONE (2022, Soho Press).
Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author, “Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.” Newest book: "Stevie Nicks in 50 Songs." Others on Duran Duran, Lady Gaga, Xmas songs, Cher. Trans + disability rights are human rights. apstudiozaleski@gmail.com; anniez.com.
Ethan Hein @ethanhein.bsky.social I teach music and write about it http://www.ethanhein.com/
Heidi N. Moore @moorehn.bsky.social Ex-WSJ, Marketplace, Guardian. I probably followed you for pictures of your pet. Hi. 
Aaron N. Chamberlain @elmachuca.bsky.social Co-founder: @austinbeerguide | PDF expert: @texasmonthly | Bike and skateboard rider.
Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social classic albums, told by the people who made them.
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
geoff wilt @geoffwilt.bsky.social geoffwilt.bandcamp.com
Marc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social I write about music & my latest book is “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” http://highbiasbook.com/ I host the Music Book Podcast. I am a Nationals & D-backs fanatic. DON'T USE AI.
Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social Science writer and author of books including Bright Earth, The Music Instinct, Beyond Weird, How Life Works.
Summer Pierre @summerpierre.bsky.social Cartoonist!
https://linktr.ee/summerpierre
She/Her
David James 🍩 @funkentechno.bsky.social dad, writer, web dev, mixtapes https://www.mixcloud.com/OptimisticUnderground/
https://buymeacoffee.com/funkentechno
Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan.bsky.social Host of The Kyle Buchanan Show, a new video podcast about Hollywood with A-list guests, coming in October.
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Lights Camera Austin @lightscameraatx.bsky.social Robert Sims hosts KOOP at the Movies 3-4:30 pm CT Wednesdays on KOOP Radio 91.7 FM/https://koop.org. Lights Camera Austin-branded filmmaker interviews + reviews. Plus soundtrack sets. Member of Austin Film Critics Association + Critics Choice Association.
Chef Reactions @chefreactions.bsky.social That annoying, monotone chef from various other platforms. Yup, it’s me.
Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social Critic @nytimes.com. The kind of girl who goes to a late movie in the middle of the week, I'm crazy. Author of WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES (paperback out now!), SALTY (2022), AFTERGLOW (forthcoming). Teaching at NYU XE.
Jason Diamond @jdiamond12.bsky.social 
Dennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social Associate Prof @ucl.ac.uk | FRHistS | INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE | NYT, LRB, Guardian, WaPo, TLS | Book history, Oulipo, translation | Rep: Anna Webber/A.M.Heath
Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social Music, writing, teaching: http://linktr.ee/franznicolay ||| PianoFighter.substack.com ||| To us, the beautiful!
Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social Managing Editor, Internet
NextDraft.com
Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social Film critic at TIME. I never travel far without a little Big Star. https://time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek/
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
Elizabeth McCracken @elizmccrack.bsky.social Complete fiction
Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social Engineering professor. Author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS (on Riverhead in the US+, on Torva in the UK+). Interested in embodiment, materiality, metacognition, and systems. All enthusiasm is 100% genuine. debcha.org
Jay Jennings @jayjenni.bsky.social Writer: CARRY THE ROCK / Editor: CHARLES PORTIS: COLLECTED WORKS / Screenwriter: A TREACHEROUS COUNTRY and DOG OF THE SOUTH jayjennings.net
Colossal @thisiscolossal.com Art & visual culture since 2010. https://www.thisiscolossal.com- W Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social
Antoine Wilson @antoinewilson.bsky.social Novelist (Mouth to Mouth, Panorama City, The Interloper), Contributing Editor (A Public Space), Photographer (Slow Paparazzo), Struggle Rapper.
Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com Book design and other rectangles danielgray.com
Meanwhile https://buttondown.com/meanwhile
Andy Baio @andy.baio.net The poster formerly known as "waxpancake". I make @Waxy.org and @xoxofest.com. Also: Skittish, Upcoming, Supercut, Playfic, Kind of Bloop. Helped build Kickstarter.
WWW: https://waxy.org
Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio
dumb bitch section 🤼♂️ @daycoco.bsky.social Bookselling || D&D || Wrestling || Horror
💙📚Currently reading: CARL'S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO by Matt Dinniman
🤼♂️: Stardom || TJPW/DDT || ChocoPro || Inspire Pro A.D. || Uncanny Attractions || New Texas Pro || Borracho Pro
Maud Newton @maudnewton.bsky.social Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE. Most recently in Narrative, Baffler, Guardian, NYT. Dog person, cat person, native plant restoration person. Opinions my own. NYC. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/maudnewton
Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social Novelist and short story writer.
Signed/personalized copies of my books here: https://www.macsbacks.com/dan-chaon