Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social writer person
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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.
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Aadam Jacobs Collection @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy Volunteer project to preserve the legacy of Chicago music taper Aadam Jacobs. Archives available to all at: https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. 
Tea Berry-Blue @teaberryblue.net She/they. Queer. Parent. Executive Editor at BOOM! Studios. Goofy as heck. Opinions my own.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
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.
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social okra eater.
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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.
COYOTE @coyotemedia.org Independent Bay Area journalism — with a BITE!
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. Music columnist @ salon.com | writing @ jukeboxgraduate.com
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social Freelancer re music & food for Washington City Paper; DMV DC concert list blog; guy recently retired from fed gov dayjob; dad, husband; fan of ilxor.com, Orioles, Terps, Wizards ; http://stevekiviat.blogspot.com/
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
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Time Cow @kullijhan.bsky.social Equiknoxx Music. Top Babe. I'm beautiful, soft, emotional, dramatic and curmudgeonly. I'm extremely online.I like hanging with friends and listening to music.
Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack. 
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine. Book: TWO WHEELS GOOD: THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF THE BICYCLE. Home: Brooklyn, NY. http://www.jody-rosen.com
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Wayne & Wax @wayneandwax.bsky.social musicologist at Berklee, farmer at Belmont Acres, amateur bassist, principiante jaranero, erstwhile DJ, reggaetonera hasta la tumba
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Marissa R. Moss @marissarmoss.bsky.social Senior Writer, Rolling Stone. Nashvillian, etc. Wrote a book called HER COUNTRY for Holt. Writing one now for Da Capo called I'VE BEEN A BAD, BAD GIRL. Don’t Rock The Inbox newsletter: https://www.dontrocktheinbox.com
Sahel Sounds @sahelsounds.bsky.social Project and Record Label focused on the Sahel of West Africa via sound, filmmaking, field recordings, cellphone mp3s, and cross cultural experiments
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Rachel 🪴 @thrashmore.bsky.social ♾️ protect trans kids ♾️
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When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
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maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social always: creator & curator blackfilmarchive.com
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François K @francoisknyc.bsky.social Musical Alchemist. Tech Nerd. Dreamer of Things. Occasional Selectah
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For bookings: fkbookings@wavemusic.com
World of Echoes @worldofechoes.bsky.social WoE is a vibrant community of music lovers which was created by François K and also an open-ended theme for some of his streams and parties.
Currently on Facebook (private group)
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Discord
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Steve Silverstein @stevesilverst.bsky.social Recording and live sound engineer, music writer for Tape Op and others, DJ at East Village Radio, Swarmatron squeakmaker
Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social Producer / Composer, Vinyl, Comic Book Geek, Horror Fanatic, former International Touring DJ & Bitwig Studio Trainer based in Detroit.
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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.
Brooklyn Academy of Music @bambrooklyn.bsky.social Brooklyn’s hub for cutting-edge creativity and connection. Home of #Next Wave, #DanceAfrica, #BAMFreeMusic, and that thing you heard about.
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Douglas Wolk @douglaswolk.bsky.social magical language machine
Judy Miller Silverman @judymotormouth.bsky.social Boss at Motormouthmedia.com
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Kyla Marshell @kylamarshell.bsky.social writer, artist, person
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Barry Walters @barrywalters.bsky.social I'm the author of Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000, which Viking published on May 12. barrywalterswriter.com
Annie Neeley @annieneeley.bsky.social Old, Appalachian punk rocker turned folk singer.
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Jay Smooth @jsmooth.bsky.social I be the personal computer information on rap
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Rob X-iansen @eastghostwestghost.bsky.social Account and band created by Rob X-iansen. Public radio, audio engineering, musician in Brooklyn, NY, US, Earth.
Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social aka Max Alper. Composer, sonic arts educator, and audio worker with opinion. “The Nadia Boulanger of Ableton weirdos.”
Founder of @klangacademy.bsky.social.
Co-host @criticallistening.bsky.social. Based in Hudson Valley. peretsky.xyz
Hank Shteamer @darkforcesswing.bsky.social writer, usually about music.
contact: hshteamer.writes@gmail.com
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J Escobedo Shepherd @jawnita.bsky.social Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Editor Hell Gate (hellgatenyc.com), cofounder Hearing Things (hearingthings.co), Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books, etc
@timmhotep.bsky.social @timmhotep.bsky.social Subject To Change
Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social 
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social Author, Good Things Are Coming Your Way (spring 2027) about a magical social worker and a time-traveling vampire who team up to save history from an evil cult... and fall in love!
Writer, Star Trek: Zero Point comic book
Kosmische Chambeaux @cosmicchambo.bsky.social non-self improvement & heavy mellow music
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social yells in the band daddy’s boy // part of flaming hydra // member: tja, iww fju // union YES // another world is possible if we can get it together
Andy Cush @cushac.bsky.social musician, writer, editor
jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social good ol' grateful deadcast co-host / @wfmu.bsky.social DJ / author of "wasn't that a time" (hachette, 2018), "heads" (hachette, 2016), "big day coming" (gotham, 2012) / jessejarnow.com / heads.social/@bourgwick
The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social “The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure)
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Jonny Sender @soundclash.bsky.social music, sound, dinner
dance music traditions
technology
Bill Brewster @billbrewster.bsky.social I know this game got valleys and peaks. For precipitation we stack chips, hardly. 
Afrikan Sciences @afrikansciences.bsky.social 
KateG @kgphoto.bsky.social Commercial photographer of architecture and interiors based in Brooklyn, NY. Cat lady and plant mom.
https://www.kateglicksberg.com/
zine editor @zineeditor.bsky.social fix your hearts or die 
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com only the good shit.
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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UMAW @umaw.bsky.social UMAW is a 501(c)(4) member-led advocacy group committed to organizing music workers to create a more just music industry, and to join with other workers in the struggle for a better society.
Clive @clivepafc.bsky.social Arsenal man
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
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.
Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social Mostly Lou Reed
https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/
jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
jennpelly.info
vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social music maker // free all political prisoners // fight all supremacies // Fifteen (2026), Defiant Life (2025), Thereupon (2025), Sanctuary (2025), Compassion (2024), Trouble (2024), Love in Exile (2023) // prof @ h*rv*rd // linktr.ee/vijayiyer
Marc Hogan @marchogan.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Bylines: FT, NYT, NPR, IBM, S&P. Past lives: Pitchfork, SPIN, BusinessWeek. marchogan at gmail dot com. He/him. Iowa since 2009, but ex–NY, IL, MA, AZ, TN; CA native. https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-hogan-00b34b1a photo by Erol Reyal
Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social Pitchfork / Lapsus Radio / Balmat
Substack: http://futurismrestated.substack.com
Label: http://balmat.cat
Mixes: http://soundcloud.com/psherburne
Menorca, Spain
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
matty karas @troubledoll.bsky.social musicredef guy. mtv/vh1 guy. trouble dolls guy. other things guy.