Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. Repost ≠ endorsement. maxboot.net.
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social I edit things.
Covie @covie93.bsky.social 
Will Oremus @willoremus.com Covering online speech, the information economy and AI weirdness at @theatlantic.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social Comedy writer. "Have I Got News For You", "Last Week Tonight", "The Amber Ruffin Show." Author of "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" and "The Someone New." Friend to several penguins.
Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue i post public domain photographs from the john margolies roadside america archive in the library of congress. unaffiliated. built by @xor.blue
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.
Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social Professor of History at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo.
ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow.
once/future Mainer
Atheist
Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social "Well-groomed" –Washingtonian Magazine
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Scott R. Anderson @sranderson.bsky.social General Counsel and Senior Editor at Lawfare. Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Columbia Law School. Former diplomat and lawyer.
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
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
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Hurley @hurl777f.bsky.social 
Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social Bert of the Intellect, Ernie of the Will
DC based, comms at @ucs.org (all opinions mine), @emtrap.bsky.social enthusiast, ambivalently Online, generally polite, still People Magazine's Seth D-est Man Alive. please don't argue in my notifications
Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems.
Website: https://melaniemitchell.me
Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
@dwightgarner.bsky.social @dwightgarner.bsky.social Books, New York Times. Author of The Upstairs Delicatessen.
Claire @lb395.bsky.social 
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.
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The Beagles Nest @thebeaglesnest.bsky.social We’re Angel Bella 🪽🌈 and Ellie Beagle. We spend our time chasing food, naps, sunshine and snuggles. 🐶🦴 We love treats!!!
Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social When I'm not writing #kidlit, I'm taking #wildlife photos.
https://linktr.ee/laurelgale
ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES is out now!
#birds #nature
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
What’s That Smell? @familyfarafield.bsky.social Xitter refugee. If your account is full of reposts but no posts or replies, you will probably be blocked.
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I track ICE flights and third-country removals. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
https://www.markhertling.com
Giant Space Ants @spaceants.bsky.social One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here.
Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social Professor of Art History, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. I look at things and then write about them.
Author of Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274363/van-g
Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social associate professor of political science at Ohio State University // global justice, supply chains, populism, climate change, critical theory, etc // all tweets (skeets?) produced accidentally by having my phone in a pants pocket while I walk the dog
Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social pragmatic optimist and well-known email author. lawyer never giving legal advice. views are mine alone.
cohen489.substack.com
americandemands.com
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social Host: Government That Doesn't Suck
PoliSci Prof. Official Congress e-news DB: DCinbox.com & CB8 member. Book on Parenting, Politics and Civic Ed (HowtoRaiseaCitizen.com), Political Communications & Electoral Systems.
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Tommy Thanatoid @fenderbellybodine.bsky.social 
Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social Senior Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, reformed oboist and whitewater kayaker, mom of teenage twins. Opinions are my own.
Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social Global Expression, FIRE. Book: Authoritarians in the Academy, @hopkinspress.bsky.social (August 2025). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53835/authoritarians-academy
Signal: sarahemclaugh.01. Go birds.
Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social Climate, water, birds, bluegrass mandolin. Member US National Academy of Sciences, MacArthur Fellow, Carl Sagan Prize, author of The Three Ages of Water (2023) and When the Well Runs Dry (2026). Email me at pgleick (at) gmail.
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and worth looking up.
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social 
Anna Sanders @annaesanders.bsky.social Senior reporter at Law360 covering the legal industry in New York and beyond. Recovering New York City Hall reporter
🎨 Artist painting bagels and things
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social civil rights lawyer, exhausted
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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social caregiver
header: tiny mushrooms under a car
Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social Cambridge Historian, London-dweller, author of Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood, now writing the social history of retirement for Penguin/Allen Lane. https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/prof-helen-mccarthy
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words
@washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian.
All at brookeharrington.com
Erik the Rural Juror @edoggthered.bsky.social If you can’t tell whether or not I’m joking, I probably am. I guess it's pretty nuanced.
Richard P Clark @zippyrich.bsky.social Illustrator since '93. Clients & media wildly varied. zippystudio.com
Weary Throat @sfomel.bsky.social professional amateur
Schooley @schooley.bsky.social average against the machine
Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
garyshteyngart.substack.com
http://facebook.com/shteyngart
Mummified Yeti Hand @jackacid.bsky.social Relocated Yooper living in the PNW. No cudighi around here. USA veteran (1990-2014). Bosnia. Iraq. Afghanistan. VPN bans are impossible. https://www.eff.org
Seymour Hersh | Substack [Unofficial] @seymourhersh.substack.com.web.brid.gy It's worse than you think. Click to read Seymour Hersh, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social she/her
Book on sheriffs & democracy
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/
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“Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social Film critic at Slate; co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast; repped by the Cheney Agency; member NYFCC. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals. 
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social Senior politics reporter for HuffPost.
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Jon Steinman @jonsteinman.bsky.social dad, dog walker, Nebraskan
Democracy advocate
*and because time is short, cofounder of workfour.org
Skeets my own
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Francis Fukuyama @frankfukuyama.bsky.social Drone pilot, cabinetmaker, and fan of classic social theory.
Owner of @americanpurpose.bsky.social
Forrest Dunbar @forrestdunbarak.bsky.social Alaskan. Basketball-lover. Personal profile. Husband of @iamtashafierce.bsky.social
For official work, please email: senator.forrest.dunbar@akleg.gov
Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social Good in a crisis and at no other time
First initial last name at gmail dot com
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@bradcummings.bsky.social @bradcummings.bsky.social Food, wine, sarcasm, empathy.
David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social UMBC political scientist, NYT bestselling co-author of White Rural Rage, diehard Washington Caps fan, peripatetic. Longtime DC denizen, Albany, NY, native.
David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things.
Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario.
Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com
DMs open to followers
Correct Question @correctquestion.bsky.social Stop pandering to the extremes: if given a choice of 90% of a loaf or no loaf, they will choose “no loaf” then accuse you of trying to starve them.
Billy House @houseinsession.bsky.social Congressional correspondent for Bloomberg News. Previously, DC reporter with National Journal, Tampa Trib, AZ Republic, Gannett-Albany. JD, Univ. of South Carolina. Opinions, messages my own.
Matt Scalici @mattscalici.bsky.social Recovering sportswriter, co-host of the pop culture podcast For The Watercooler.
Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social "a Washington lawyer whose practice representing people about security clearances is part of an entire legal subspecialty made possible by the current system." - Politico
Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
bit.ly/bgcjr
David Faletti @davefaletti.bsky.social Dogs are the best people. Radical Left Scum. Atheist. Cyclist. Eurorack Synth Loser. Member of Misanthropes United. Guitars. Art. Make stuff. Fuck Trump/ Musk. AUS. No DM. Zero posts or zero interest in your posts = BLOCK. #RESIST #eurorack #modularsynth
Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social Editor of The Bulwark
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social Focus: Russia, intel, Eastern Europe.
Senior Fellow @cepa.org
Syria-Ukraine Network
Substack: https://olgalautman.substack.com/
Twitter: @OlgaNYC1211
https://linktr.ee/olgalautman
Audrey Dutton @audreydutton.bsky.social Journalist in Idaho for ProPublica | audrey.dutton@propublica.org | DM for Signal.
Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social Author, Substack newsletter “To the Contrary.” Host, "To the Contrary" podcast. Dog owner, grandfather. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website: https://charliesykes.substack.com/
Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social Writer/Editor @protectdemocracy.org. Views are my own.
Anna Dorman @annalovesvoting.bsky.social Counsel @ Protect Democracy. Consumer of carbs (preferably bagels). Opinions and excellent jokes my own. 603.
Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social defend democracy and build homes / policy advocate @protectdemocracy.org / author ifyoucankeep.it / board @sacyimby.bsky.social / rash opinions my own
No kings but Sac Kings
📍Sacramento
David A. Weinberg @davidaweinberg.bsky.social Policy Strategist for @protectdemocracy.org
Punster, parent, patriot.
Former staffer for @January6thCmte, et al.
All views are my own, and retweets mean nothing.
Farbod Faraji Nagra @farbodnagra.bsky.social Head of Democracy of Tomorrow Team & Counsel @protectdemocracy.org. Views are my own.
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
John Haubenreich @johnhaubenreich.bsky.social Attorney fighting for voting rights and democracy with @protectdemocracy.org. Board member, @organizetn.bsky.social. Teach "Democracy and Voting Rights Litigation.” Film photography hobbyist. Bojangles stan. Opinions my own. Sorry for the soccer stuff.
Kristy Parker @kristyparker.bsky.social Special Counsel, Protect Democracy. Fmr federal civil rts prosecutor; current American history geek and democracy advocate. K-State/Oxford/Harvard Law alum. Lifelong #ChiefsKingdom member. Believer in the baseball gods. Personal account, personal views.
Maximillian Potter @maxpotter.bsky.social Writer-editor @protectdemocracy.org
Contributing Editor @vanityfair.com
NYT & WSJ Best Wine Book: “Shadows in the Vineyard” http://amzn.to/2H5ikFW
Ghost in some memoirs.
Facts are facts.
My opinions are my own.
https://linktr.ee/maximillianpotter
Jen Dresden @jrdresden.bsky.social Political Scientist | Ex-Professor | Democracy Advocate
Personal account, views are my own, etc.
Cecilia Muñoz @ceciliamunoz.bsky.social Serial policy nerd: led President Obama's Domestic Policy Council after 20 years at Unidos US; now growing new NGOs. On way too many boards. Author: More Than Ready.
Jeff Berman @jeffberman.bsky.social Former civil rights lawyer & Senate staff. Current entrepreneur, activist & advocate. CEO and co-host of Masters of Scale. Protect Democracy board. Father of 3. Work in progress. (He/Him)