Brad Holkesvig @bradjholk.bsky.social I'm a retired U.S. citizen living in Barcelona with my Spanish wife. My passions are photography, guitar playing, and sharing eternal wisdom with anyone interested in learning about how we're created and the future. 
Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social Cynical Canadian bibliophile/writer guy into music, sports (lifelong Caps/Jays fan), contemporary literature and poetry, foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social The Official Account of the Iris Murdoch Society
@northernsi.bsky.social @northernsi.bsky.social Design. Longhauler.
Noiselund @noiselund.bsky.social Maker of funky and stupid music. Liker of cats and salty liquorice.
noiselund.com
Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Best Small Fictions 2025. Over 40 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, Southeast Review, The Forge, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com
Philippa @gingerworrier.bsky.social
therapist; once publisher & indie bookseller; peddling own blend of weird since the late 70s; here for all of it (ish)
seldom fast; often furious
banner pic: Green Man ‘22 ✨
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Portland Art Museum @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social Connecting communities through art since 1892. Plan your visit → portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
Achilles Micawber @achillesthe2nd.bsky.social Runner. Reader. Music and history. Poetry. Shakespeare. Film. Tweets in English and German.
Currently listening to a lot of music from 1977 and 1978.
Bee Lee @bee-lee.bsky.social Crisp burrito connoisseur.
Jamie Muir @jamiembrixton.bsky.social The world viewed from Brockwell Park in South London.
Columbo: Just one more frame... @justonemoreframe.bsky.social Posting one frame at a time from Columbo, the greatest detective series ever made. Current status: 1 frame per hour.
Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social librarian, archivist, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer, fuck genAI
words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere
bookjockeyalex.com
David Castleton (Author) @david-castleton.bsky.social Prize-winning author specialising in the gothic, weird history, folklore, graveyards, myth. My new book 'Atlas Gothica: An Alternative Guide to the World's Most Curious Destinations' (Hachette) is out now. Grab it here: https://mybook.to/atlasgothica
Gordon Baird @mungo2434.bsky.social Books, cocktails, opera, pro bono and banking law.
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Charles Arthur @charlesrarthur.bsky.social writer & editor
https://www.charles-arthur.com/
Field of Schemes @fieldofschemes.bsky.social Sports stadium and arena news by Neil deMause (@neildemause.bsky.social), co-author of the book Field of Schemes.
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
www.sacredparasite.com
Tom Shiels @itstomshiels.bsky.social Writer of reflective essays on memory, music, and place. Attempting to live slower in the middle of the chaos. Irish living in West Yorkshire.
https://storiessongsseasons.substack.com
Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social Organizational psychologist @Wharton. #1 NYT bestseller: THINK AGAIN. Podcasts: Re:Thinking & WorkLife. Diver. Arguing like I’m right, listening like I’m wrong.
Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social An account about our favorite TV homicide detective, Lieutenant Columbo. https://acolumboblog.blogspot.com/
Rip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social A data-driven resource promoting a fair Arena deal for Portland and every other city in the US.
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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social Portland city politics reporter, @opb.org
Past lives: CA, DC, TX
📬 azielinski@opb.org
Signal: alex_zee.03
www.opb.org/author/alex-zielinski/
EDEN GATEKEEPER @edengk.bsky.social MUSICOLOGIST. DJ. RADIO PRODUCER AND HOST. PODCASTER. COLUMNIST. EDUCATOR. CHEF. SINGER. TRILINGUAL. ANCIENT AFRICAN FEMME LESBIAN. LEO LIONESS. EVE GENED WARRIOR QUEEN. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLAR
Marc Chamberlain @marcchamberlain.bsky.social Poets | Anniversaries | Poems
www.marcchamberlain.net
The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social Partner at Yorke Antique Textiles (est. 2004) | Specialist in antique Japanese kimono and ceremonial textiles | Passionate about Japanese art, ethnology, and the stories textiles carry through time. https://www.yorkeantiquetextiles.com/
Matt Thorne @8minutesidle.bsky.social Author of six novels, three children’s books, one film and critical study of pop star Prince. MA Convenor in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. New book FAMOUS: Ego, Envy and Ambition in Rock, Pop and Hip-Hop out now.
Brock’s Photographic Journey @bar44.bsky.social I’m a retired architect who relishes going on urban walks and hikes with my trusty Olympus digital camera in tow. All images on my site were taken by me with my Olympus or iPhone 15 Pro unless otherwise noted.
Daily Rothko @dailyrothko.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/dailyrothko?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a6cc688f-88d8-4dbb-a7df-75f3b74d02be
Christen McCurdy @christenmccurdy.bsky.social Editor, reporter, cat fancier, plant parent, enthusiast. Currently: freelance. Past: Willamette Week, Oregon Business, UPI, The Skanner, The Lund Report. christenmccurdy.net, christenmccurdy at gmail.
Jacob Hoopes (they/he) @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life 🚶Free ourselves from the automobile 🚲
🖥️ Get municipal support for ATProto 💻
🌱Imagine the future and thus create it 🌱
Portland Governance, Abolition, DSA,
Quakerism, Urbanism, Optimism
Imprisoned July 2026 to late 2028
Info: www.900daysoflight.com
Richard Balls @musicbiographer.bsky.social Music fan and author A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan, Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story, and Sex & Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Life of Ian Dury. Elvis Costello book now in progress.
@errantfrequency.bsky.social @errantfrequency.bsky.social I'd like to reassure you, but I'm not that kind of guy. Memorial Device ANT.
Jules Winter @roq11.bsky.social I love my friends and books and am a nerd for languages and their history. Also movies, photography, sports and Billie the Cat.
Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social Buildings, signs, and symbols collected by keyword. Original photographic documentation since 2010.
Chicago, IL — www.ruralindexingproject.com
TJ Norris @tjnorrisart.bsky.social site: tjnorrisart.com
discogs: tinyurl.com/2mpvarza
portfolio: tjnorrisart.com/portfolio
about: tjnorris.miraheze.org/wiki/TJ_Norris
Andy Kirby | Photographer @mrkirby.photography Photographer: https://bio.site/mrkirby
Toronto Archives @torontoarchives.cityof.toronto.ca We maintain & make accessible records of enduring value that give evidence of decisions, policies & activities of the City of Toronto.
www.toronto.ca/archives
Henri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social Bot account of Henri Matisse, a French painter, draftsman, sculptor, and printmaker.
Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk out now, published by New Modern.
Also: Under The Ivy; Small Hours; Themes For Great Cities &tc.
Web: www.graemethomson.net
LeeAnn Hollister @sweetbittertart.bsky.social I like to draw pictures, read books, plant flowers, and visit places.
Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com We're a nonprofit Oregon newsroom focused on state government, agencies and policies. We keep our eye on your tax dollars. Find us at OregonCapitalChronicle.com info@oregoncapitalchronicle.com.
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Alan Davies @alandaviescomic.bsky.social Book here https://linktr.ee/alandaviesbook?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a7a5ef2c-1017-4662-b4ed-1858460b7546
Stand up tours of the UK, Ireland here alandavies.live and New Zealand here
https://www.livenation.co.nz/alan-davies-tickets-adp345735
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
Cadmium Orange @cadmium-orange.bsky.social Opaque, lightfast, saturated color. Here for the art and nature photos.
Zeb @zebathome.bsky.social West coast based, east coast raised. Politics is in my head. I heart Portland, Oregon.
Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me
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.
Brandon Mullen @brandonmullen.com Dad, public servant, Oregonian.
brandonmullen.com
Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com Political. Creative. Portlander. Northern Arapaho. Husband. Dad.
Hype man for humanity and cage free futures.
Portland: Neighbors Welcome @portlandneighborswelcome.org Housing is a human right. Fighting for tenants rights along with four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. 🏘️
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
@marcyoung.bsky.social @marcyoung.bsky.social Editor, writer, podcaster in PDX. Audio guy. Ex-immigrant. Occasionally post in German.
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
Jess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social Dual class 🇺🇸/🇮🇹 (siciliana, e imparando italiano). I’m a mushroom forager, parent to two very cool kids, silken windhound owner, and food obsessive; be ready for me to be annoying about all the above. PNW now, CA before, PNW before that. She/her
Drempd @drempd.bsky.social I love hiking, backpacking, and most things related to the outdoors. I also design and build random things on the web. You can learn more about me at https://drempd.com.
Amy Nicholson @filmsbyamy.bsky.social Doc filmmaker. Commercial Director. Approaching the state of rigor mortis. filmsbyamy.com
Schmidt Show PDX @schmidtshowpdx.bsky.social Welcome to The Schmidt Show! A podcast reclaiming the narrative. Shining light on the Portland we love. www.schmidtshowpdx.com
Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social Official account for Portland City Councilor Mitch Green from District 4. portland.gov/disclaimer
https://linktr.ee/councilorgreen
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social I enjoy taking photos and sharing them, mostly of nature. All genres from astro, landscape, macro, marine life, wildlife, insects, flowers, etc.
University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk Welcome to our official account 👋 Follow for the latest news, research and updates about life at Oxford.
BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social 🖼 Art, 🌿 Nature, 📷 Photography, 📚History, 🔬Science, 💻 Technology & more.
🚩 Somewhere Around Asia
The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953.
https://www.theparisreview.org/
https://theparisreview.substack.com/
Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social Writer. Organizer with @cascadiademocratic.bsky.social
Resident of Seattle and Cascadia 💙🤍💚 ️🌈 He/They
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H L Birdsong @smidgeonpress.bsky.social Artist, etc. in Portland, OR
(she/her/they/them)
https://heatherleebirdsong.com/news
Represented by Russo Lee Gallery
https://russoleegallery.com/
Gabriel Liston @lastwater.net Drawer, painter, illustrator, whistler
Images of water history and domestic life
he/himmish
lastwater.net
Rep'd by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency
banner: oil painting of pink sky over Umatilla lands
Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social Portland writer. Erstwhile podcaster. Occasional author. Horror fan and pinball enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/joestreckert
Mickolas @mickjpg.bsky.social Photography 📸 Graphic Design 📰
Trains 🚊 Transit 🚌
My own thoughts and feelings, comments and questions
🌲 Portland, OR
Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social Author and photographer.
I write neo-noir thrillers.
My books include The Breaker series, Slipped Masks, and What's On? - my guide to movies and television.
A percentage from all book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.
Upstream Timeout @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser
Books author (New: Stroll!)
Toronto Star column writer
Spacing Magazine co-founder
U of T instructor
Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place.
Links to books, etc:
https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef
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New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
Shot Zero @shotzero.bsky.social We talk shot design - because shot design isn’t just how it looks and feels, it’s how it works. www.shot-zero.com
Produced by Stu Willis & Mel Killingsworth
Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social Pop culture writer and critic.
https://gossip-reading-club.ghost.io/
Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social Oscar-Claude Monet was a 19th century French painter. #artbots by
@nuwaves-future.bsky.social
🔗 linktr.ee/monet_artbot
Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social Senior U.S. Critic for Screen International. Member: LAFCA and NSFC. Frequently in the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, the A.V. Club and RogerEbert.com. Author of "This Is How You Make a Movie." Q&A moderator. Contact: timothygrierson@gmail.com
Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social Bleep bloop! I am a bot that shares art from the Guggenheim collection. Not associated with the Guggenheim Museum.
Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at City St George's, Uni of London. I curate the short story project apersonalanthology.com. Novels are Randall or The Painted Grape, and The Large Door. Poetry is Spring Journal. https://linktr.ee/jonathangibbs
Paul Gauguin @gauguin.bsky.social Bot account of Paul Gauguin, a French Post-Impressionist painter and an important figure in the Symbolist movement.
Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk Documentary Photographer.
The Edge of Ruin
Travelogue 2 - A thousand days of longing
The Land is Yellow, the Sky is Blue
Remnants
A wounded landscape - bearing witness to the Holocaust
The Last Stand
www.marcwilson.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/marcwilson
Greg Buzwell @gregbuzwell.bsky.social Curator of Contemporary Literary Archives at the British Library. Co-curator of Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibition. Loves literature, Doctor Who, the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe and anything spooky.
MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu
The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/
Bruno Tonelli @brunotonelli.bsky.social Architecture is the name we give to all the physical and mental feelings we have in a built place.
Architecture is also a conscious joining of elements aimed at a meaningful whole.
Studioartec / Discourse Architecture.
www.e-artec.it
Brescia / London
David Hutcheon @hutchie.bsky.social Dunoon-Phnom Penh-Sana’a-Kyzyl-Kidal-Tegucigalpa.
Now embarking on Life 3.0
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Rallen @rallen78.bsky.social Dandy, northern, book obsessive, lover of gin, Iris Murdoch, cats & pubs. Pretentious, textbook Scorpio. likes Greggs
the memory gun @noctalgia.space i am the feeling of missing the night sky
i am the sound of insects and electrical devices
genderanarchist they/them 49 disabled mentally ill pdx cascadia art writing cats dumplings
https://instagram.com/chaotic_zoem
https://inprnt.com/gallery/zoemfox
Pilfering Kibble @ednasmeds.bsky.social ...here mostly for music, anti-fascism, anarchism and tech-critical journalism.
I do alt text
#nowspinning
#auspol
Post-Apocalyptic Bohemian @nopoboho.bsky.social There is a place beyond space, time, and thought, but it's very expensive.
Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social An opinionated email newsletter about politics, the environment and culture across the #Cascadia bioregion, Written by @andyengelson.bsky.social.
Sign up for the free newsletter here: https://cascadia-journal.ghost.io/
Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social Northwest reporter, ProPublica.
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.)
@severecon.bsky.social @severecon.bsky.social 
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social Writer/Actor/Healthcare worker | Fought the void but the void won🌀| He/they | https://boxd.it/1oJd