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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
https://othermeans.substack.com/
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
Widespread Panic @handle.invalid All the way from Athens, GA...
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social Endowed chair of the Tocqueville-Rand Freedom Enterprise Markets Innovation Center (disputed). Bound but not protected, I lie but I do not pretend. 🚰 🏗 only thing I'll tell you about my employer is that these aren't their views
Melvin Gibbs @melvingibbs.bsky.social Human Creator: Composer/Musician/Writer
“How Black Music Took Over The World”
Out Now! on Basic Books
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
COYOTE @coyotemedia.org Independent Bay Area journalism — with a BITE!
www.coyotemedia.org
Tom Ley @toley.bsky.social Co-owner Defector Media
Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social Host of all podcasts. Independent Muckraker. Hollywood’s Ultimate Insider.
The post is probably a joke.
Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social "Observations of Deviance has become a Wire deadline weekend staple." The Wire (UK)
David Mittleman
DJ @wfmu.bsky.social
Vinyl collector
Writing @ We Jazz Magazine
https://wfmu.org/playlists/OV
Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com You want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record.
https://www.todayontrail.com
https://www.todayintabs.com
Red and Anarchist Black Coffee @antifacortado.bsky.social Metal guy and left wing trash. He/him.
Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social Anarchist. Host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they
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
Kendrick Grammar 𓅃 @ensgdt.bsky.social Your least favorite poster's favorite blocked idiot
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com prof ∙ critic ∙ music and media ∙ Hoosier in Michigan ∙ dead serious, take flicks and don’t smile ∙ award-losing author of WHO GOT THE CAMERA?, which Rolling Stone called "approachably erudite" ∙ ericdharvey.com
ceej @ceej.online just here to have fun online
Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
rakkasantea.com
@rakkasantea.bsky.social
Aaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com Senior Director of Liberal Projects at @theihs.org, where I lead @Liberalism.org and host The Liberalism.org Show. Views my own. ☸️
Co-host of the Inner Life of Liberalism with @uncanonical.net
https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/
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/
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social Politics, politics, politics
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
edu coalition (dm for details)
go bears!
Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social Official account • good cats being workers • unionized • mascot: Jobert the cat • Business/credit/removal: translatedcats@gmail.com • Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/translatedcats/
Emma Silvers @emmaruthless.bsky.social Writer, editor, cofounder @coyotemedia.org. Erstwhile culture editor @ KQED, SF Chronicle, various beloved & defunct alt-weeklies
emmasilvers.com
Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social Chief of da autism police and boss of the Irish Mob at the same time. Cousin, I’m a union man.
more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social please don't yell at me while i'm on the phone
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social Gerrit
Wildlife photographer from Northern California
All photos are mine (except the reposts)
instagram.com/pacbirds
Kindness • Humility • Courage
pacbirds.myportfolio.com
Global Tetrahedron @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social Global Tetrahedron was born of the shadows, and it is committed to control in all its forms. Parent company of The Onion.
Derek Davison @dwdavison.bsky.social @fxnewsletter.bsky.social
@amprestigepod.bsky.social
BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social the finest content on the internet @channel6.bsky.social
newsletter: https://channel-6.ghost.io/
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social Bone Jail
I draw comics i think that’s a nice way to spend my time
instagram.com/roryblank
patreon.com/roryblank for my monthly print zine
roryblank.bigcartel.com for cool shirts
https://rawpaw.ink/collections/rory-blank (reprints of a few shirts)
@mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social
sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social get a load of this guy
Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz Old Seminole Heights — Tampa — Florida — U.S.A.
Journalist. Consultant. Neighborhood trustee. Voting rights advocate. Non-profit theater board member. Citrus grower. Beagle foster dad. Wife guy.
Signal: 352.222.2706
https://timburkelegalfund.org
🏰𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙🏰 @dungeonlust.com 🔮Cur’ating all things Fantasy🔮
Lover of Fantasy Art, Film & Gaming
Artists Credited • I do not share GenA/I images
Check my starter packs for artists to follow!
🔗 dungeonlust.com
🗡️ https://ko-fi.com/dungeonlust
✨Cur’ated by @dungeonbitch.bsky.social
Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org \O/
Thinking from the Oakland Bay Area
https://www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/
ORB@oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕣 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕨 @phosphorglow.bsky.social sometimes I feel like a swallow
a swallow which by some mistake
has gotten into an attic
and knocks its head against the walls in terror
🏳️⚧️
Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social Defector.com. SFGate.com. Six books. Defector’s ALL BALL NFL podcast debuts 9/10. I’m just here for a good time.
Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social Nonfiction about weird fiction at Seize the Press, Strange Horizons, Interzone, Los Angeles Review of Books, Nightmare, and Ancillary Review of Books, where I am also an editor. Also jazz, metal, leftism. he/him
https://doomsdayer.wordpress.com/writings/
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social sr art director. experimental artist. chaotic good. she/her. https://linktr.ee/_yeeeerika
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
Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
https://www.theringer.com/authors/howard-beck
authory.com/howardbeck
HoopsHype @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social The Bible of the NBA, or so they say. Jorge Sierra is the blueskier-in-chief here.
https://hoopshype.com/
Ramona Shelburne @ramonaespn.bsky.social Senior NBA Writer ESPN
Molly Morrison @mollyhannahm.bsky.social NBA jokes and commentary
📍Memphis, NYC
Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social I bomb atomically. Senior NBA writer, Yahoo Sports. Co-host, THE BIG NUMBER. Member, WGA East. He/him.
Mike Vorkunov @mikevorkunov.bsky.social National NBA + basketball reporter at The Athletic — a self-indulgent way to say I write about basketball.
Co-founder @30newsletter.bsky.social
Host @businessdecisionmv.bsky.social
Watch: www.youtube.com/@MikeVorkunov22
Email: mvorkunov@theathletic.com
Nuh-KAI-us Duncan @nekiasnba.bsky.social Host of The Dunker Spot, NBA & WNBA thoughts aplenty. Be kind to each other.
Sam Amick @samamick.bsky.social Senior NBA writer, The Athletic
Previously: The Sacramento Bee, AOL FanHouse, Sports Illustrated, USA Today
The Athletic archive: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/sam-amick/
The old-school stuff: https://nbaconfidential.wordpress.com/the-archive/
John Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social The Athletic NBA columnist
PER creator - Former Grizzlies VP Basketball Ops - Former ESPN
Wahoowa - Commanders - Brewers - Timbers - huh?
Atlanta/a hotel
Katie Heindl @wtevs.bsky.social basketballfeelings.com
NBA TV, The Association
Writer: NYT Magazine, SLAM, Rolling Stone, Ringer, The Believer, Yahoo Sports, SB, NBA dot com, Dime, VICE, few more.
Sam Vecenie @samvecenie.bsky.social I write about basketball. And watch movies. Senior Writer at
@TheAthletic on the NBA/NBA Draft. Host of the Game Theory Podcast. Email: sam.vecenie@gmail.com
Anthony Slater @anthonyvslater.bsky.social NBA writer for ESPN
Zach Harper @talkhoops.bsky.social I’m that one guy from the other thing.
Cinephobe wherever you get podcasts.
Subscribe to The Bounce. It’s free. theathletic.com/thebounce
Talkhoops on IG.
Get buckets. I’m not arguing with you here.
Zena Keita @zenakeita.bsky.social WNBA on Ion Host | The Athletic NBA Daily Host | No Offseason: The Athletic WBB Show Host | NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors Host & Analyst | CBS KPIX Valkyries Analyst
claire de lune @clairempls.bsky.social i sing songs @ tiny deaths
and write about the nba @ the guardian
los angeles, ca
Kerith Burke @kerithburke.bsky.social Warriors reporter for NBC Sports Bay Area. Valkyries host for KPIX. If you meet another Kerith, let me know.
NBA injury report: https://official.nba.com/nba-injury-report-2024-25-season/
Jared Wade @jaredwade.bsky.social Writing, journalism, photography in Colombia. instagram: @wadejared | letterboxd: jaredwade | twitter: jared_wade
Josh Eberley @josheberley.bsky.social Lover of violent dunks, western films, basketball cards, and civil discussion of all hypotheticals. Educator, writer, husband, and father.
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/386Yv
Law Murray 📘 @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social #NBASky writer at The Athletic
In LA
From Philadelphia
*under construction*
Basquiatball @basquiatball.bsky.social I have no personality and am offended you would ask
Tyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social writer @ ringer // wait a second
Fred Katz @fredkatz.bsky.social Senior NBA Writer for The Athletic | Host of Katz and Shoot, a twice-a-week Knicks and NBA podcast
BBALLBREAKDOWN @bballbreakdown.bsky.social Hey Sports Fans! Coach Nick here. Live Game Analysis and NBA video breakdowns.
It's Not A Feed, It's A Conversation. You In? YouTube.com/bballbreakdown
NBA Cobwebs @nbacobwebs.bsky.social Old pics, news clips, highlights and fistfights from the corners of NBA history.
Kelly Dwyer @kdonhoops.com www.kdonhoops.com
No relation to Doug "The Second-Deadliest Man Alive" Dwyer, he/him, posts fully represent opinions of employer.
@timkawakami.bsky.social @timkawakami.bsky.social
Monte Poole @montepoole.bsky.social Newspaper sports columnist turned NBA/Warriors Insider on NBC Sports Bay Area. Willing to meet at the intersection of Sports, Culture and Society, usually via ‘Race in America: A Candid Conversation’ on NBCSBA.
@joevardon.bsky.social @joevardon.bsky.social Writes NBA for the The Athletic; spot host, SiriusXM NBA radio, BBC contributor.
Mike Prada @mikepradanba.bsky.social NBA editor for @theathletic.bsky.social. Buy my book! https://www.amazon.com/Spaced-Out-Three-Point-Revolution-Everything/dp/1629378860
one dozen rats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social the rats are union
Dalton Johnson @daltonjohnson.bsky.social 💻✍️📺📻🎤
Warriors Reporter at NBC Sports Bay Area
Warriors Pre and Postgame Live | Dubs Talk Live + Podcast |
All My Links: https://lnk.bio/DaltonJohnson
Ben Golliver @bengolliver.bsky.social @espn NBA senior writer | “Bubbleball” author | Based in Los Angeles.
https://www.amazon.com/Bubbleball-Ben-Golliver/dp/1419755536/
Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social
5'10"
37 years old
https://www.patreon.com/SecretBase
https://youtube.com/@secretbasesbn
Patrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social Foreign Policy. NBA. Democratic Socialism. Cats. i will fight Elon Musk in Outer Space
Twitter: @patrick_fenelon
Kelly Iko @kellyiko.bsky.social National NBA reporter for Yahoo Sports
Joe Viray @joeviraynba.bsky.social NBA Writer. Warriors words for Golden State of Mind. General NBA words for SB Nation NBA.
email: jviray90@gmail.com
Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social Comedy doer, improv coach, basketball enjoyer, film watcher, dog owner, mayor of fujo city. Sometimes writer.
Jasper Nathaniel @infinitejaz.bsky.social writing about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank: infinitejaz.substack.com
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender
host of weird little guys on cool zone media
she/her | charlottesville, va
Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social Science journalist, bylines all over the place.
Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
www.davelevitan.com
Sign up: www.gravityisgone.com
Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social Government and policy writer. Views are my own. pbacon@tnr.com
Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social
Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social Labor and environmental historian. Writer of books, teacher of American horrors, talker on labor movement. Beer, country music, and football are not just for the right wingers. Cats. The West. Music. Graves. Writes at https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/
Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social A website, a newsletter, a record label. All posts by Phil Freeman, co-founder/co-owner. BUY PHYSICAL MUSIC.
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com We are a rebel alliance—a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action—a breakout from the prisons of our age. We strive to reinvent our lives and world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid. 🏴
crimethinc.com
huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social “guards, seize he/him!”
managing editor @sojo.net.
nyc
Michael Eberhart @meberhart.bsky.social editor @mmfa.bsky.social | Army 11B OEF vet | construction and call center worker before that | views are mine, reposts are someone else's
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/
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
Miles Klee 🦉 @milesklee.bsky.social “senior” “writer” @wired.com
miles_klee@wired.com
signal: millionbear.44
book: https://asterismbooks.com/product/double-black-diamond-mads-gobbo-miles-klee
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