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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social Locked in and posting regularly on here now
Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social Head of data journalism at The Economist
ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author.
if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social Chief Economics Correspondent for The New York Times. Adjunct at CUNY Newmark. Ex: FiveThirtyEight, WSJ. He/him.
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Signal: @bencasselman.96
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. 
Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social Author, Editor @ The Economist, Chair @ The Degrees Initiative. Climate change, planetarity, critical zones, tv, burdens of life, etc. Reposts are not endorsements
Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social Professor, Wharton School, and Senior Fellow, Lauder Inst (both at UPenn). Allianz Chief Economic Advisor. Chair, UnderArmour Board of Directors. Board member, NBER. CFR. Former co-CIO/CEO PIMCO and President, Queens' College, Cambridge University.
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
Penultimate SMBC @penultimatesmbc.bsky.social A daily upload of no context, second-to-last panels from smbc-comics.com
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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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
Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com A community of mere liberals. Discussing, defending, and applying the many varieties of liberalism. liberalcurrents.com
Roel Konijnendijk @roelkonijn.bsky.social Ancient historian (Greece, Persia, war, history-writing). Darby Fellow in Ancient History at Lincoln College, Oxford. Moderator at r/AskHistorians. Ditch guy on YouTube.
AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com Leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.
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Reporting: democracydocket.com
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Walter Hickey @walthickey.bsky.social Executive Editor @sherwood.news, book whatyou.watch, writer numlock.com. Previously FiveThirtyEight and Business Insider. Pulitzer Prize winner.
Nature @nature.com Research, news, and commentary from Nature, the international science journal. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: https://go.nature.com/get-Nature-Briefing
European Space Agency @esa.int Elevating the future of Europe through space.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as Subways, transit, NYC.
All posts by @benjaminkabak.com
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona @stewardobservatory.bsky.social Official UA Astronomy and Steward Observatory account. Pioneers of JWST MIRI and NIRCam, Event Horizon Telescope, and GMT, and home to the Richard F. Carris Mirror Lab, Mt Lemmon Sky Center, and one of the world’s top astronomy programs. astro.arizona.edu
Arizona Astrobiology Center @azastrobiology.bsky.social Astrobiology is an exciting interdisciplinary field about the origins, evolution and distribution of life in the universe. We are based at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. 
UArizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory @uarizonalpl.bsky.social The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems @cfs.energy We’re on a mission to deliver clean fusion energy to the planet fast enough to matter for humanity’s biggest challenges.⚡️🔆💫 SPARC®, ARC™, and Fall Line Fusion Power Station™ are trademarks of Commonwealth Fusion Systems®.
PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social Ancient webcomic dark arts by Nick G, often written with friends
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Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/White House Staff.
Charles A Murray @charlesamurray.bsky.social Author of Losing Ground, Coming Apart, & The Bell Curve (w/ RJ Herrnstein), politically Madisonian, family man. Or perhaps pseudoscientist, racist, evil. Opinions differ. The picture is not contemporary. 
Michael Birnbaum @mbirnbaum.bsky.social White House correspondent @washingtonpost.com.
Matt Glassman @mattglassman312.bsky.social Congressional Procedure Nerd. Dad to three girls. Amazing Oh Hell player. 
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Natalia Krapiva 🕊️👩🏻💻 @natynettle.bsky.social Lawyer working on human rights, technology, spyware, litigation, Russia and Eastern Europe.
Currently Senior Tech-Legal Counsel at Access Now. Formerly OSINT investigator and prosecutor.
Ryan North @ryannorth.ca You know, the @qwantz.com guy! The How To [Invent Everything | Take Over The World] guy? The Fantastic Four / Flash / Squirrel Girl guy? The non-linear Shakespeare guy? The "stuck in a hole with his dog" guy?
Look... I'm a lot of guys
🔗 ryannorth.ca
CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social Jeopardizing the good order and security of institutions for Reason Magazine. I report on prisons, policing, and civil liberties. Based in the fabulous Florida Keys.
Email: cj@reason.com, cj.ciaramella@protonmail.com.
Signal: cjciaramella.68
Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social Professor, Stanford Law School.
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.
Author, The Digital 4th Amendment:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social Senior researcher at @openmeasures.io
Co-host of "Posting Through It": https://www.patreon.com/PostingThroughIt
Yaël Eisenstat @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social Been called alarmist, Cassandra & “someone with the resume of a 70 yr old man”. Pro-dog & pro-democracy. Working on tech accountability to safeguard democracy in the digital age at Cybersafety Research Center (NYU).
Personal website: www.yaeleisenstat.com
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social Writer. Organizer. Coffee drinker. Cancer warrior. Twin Mom.
Expert in countering far-right extremism and hate, and the intersection of tech, culture, and politics.
Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/
Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. My Substack: www.weekendreading.net
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill.
Posts here speak only for myself.
Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek.
http://jacobtlevy.com
Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social Off Message, Politix.fm;
Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social New role to be announced soon!
Former J6 Committee Senior Professional Staffer & principal drafter of committee’s final report. Fan of Tom Paine.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press.
Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
hakeemjefferson.com
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong @ydawtheshow.bsky.social Making paleontology accessible through familiar (but wrong) dinosaur toys. Hosted by Steven Bellettini. https://www.youtube.com/c/YourDinosaursAreWrong
HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social Images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA). We are based out of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. https://uahirise.org
Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com Founder and Publisher of Liberal Currents
liberalcurrents.com
Signal profile adamgurri.41
Threads handle adamgurri
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social Legendary Editorial Cartoonist for The Onion for over 50 years.
"The Most Powerful Name in Cartooning" (TM)
https://linktr.ee/stankelly
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com Comics? On the INTERNET?? On WWW DOT BSKY DOT APP??
Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
garyshteyngart.substack.com
http://facebook.com/shteyngart
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
kilgore trout @kilgoretrout.bsky.social turnip shepherd & bad person
John Finnemore @johnfinnemore.bsky.social Writer, comedian, actor, puzzle-maker. I'm not really sure what the right word for that last one is.
For now, I'm only here to bags my name in case this one takes off. But I hope it does. 
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Peter Lewis @plewis.bsky.social NYC
business writing: thedrawingboard.net
other writing: medium.com/@plewis67
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
Meduza in English @meduza.io Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. https://meduza.io/en
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
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https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me Russia watcher supreme at @meduza.io. (All skeets here are my views alone.) Ugly American based in Portland, Oregon. Signal: @KevinRothrock.01 / Find all my junk here: https://linktr.ee/kevinrothrock
Jim Savage @abiylfoyp.bsky.social Metascience, philanthropy, partner acrobatics
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
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
🦹🏻♀️Twitter Files supervillain
Michael "Shapes Dude" Betancourt @betanalpha.bsky.social Zealous modeler. Annoying statistician. Reluctant geometer. Support my writing at http://patreon.com/betanalpha. He/him.