Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Hwat?! Weekly! @hwatweekly.bsky.social Joe and Finlay are in a relationship. Finlay works too much. Every week Joe updates Finlay on the things she missed last week. These are their stores. -CHAUM CHAUM-
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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social Habitual doodler and street artist, wrangling ephemerality and finding uplift underfoot.
Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social Your City is a grassroots organization focused on affordability in Seattle, Washington #thisisyourcity
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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social Bitch 😎 lover 😽 child 👼 mother 🦾 sinner 👹 saint 🎅 sometimes feel ashamed 🧚♂️
Randy Milholland @choochoobear.bsky.social Cartoonist. Creator of the comic Something*Positive (http://www.somethingpositive.net) and Sunday Art of "Popeye" (https://comicskingdom.com/popeye). And a dad.
Opinions are my own.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
Nick 🔮 Scry Society @scrysociety.bsky.social He/Him | @ShardTabletop.bsky.social Community Manager | Former #MTG Ambassador | #DnD writer & mapmaker | #TTRPG charity streamer | PFP by @MalibuDarby87.bsky.social | part-time @koboldpress.com Acolyte | scrysociety@gmail.com
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social Seattle-based reporter, cofounder (with @joshfeit.bsky.social) and editor of PubliCola.com, and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
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Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Neal Stephenson @nealstephenson.bsky.social Maker of books and other things
Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Writer, Director, Actor, Producer and failed Dairy Farmer.
www.melbrooks.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.
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propublica.org
High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com Antifascist middle-aged mall goth, making the most of her plantwitch era. Book rep: Stacia Decker at DCL; film rep: Tara Timinsky, Grandview LA. Contact - Cherie.priest@gmail.com
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
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Steam Powered Giraffe @steampoweredgiraffe.com The official Bluesky profile of Steam Powered Giraffe, the Singing Musical Automaton!
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Steven Brust @stevenbrust.bsky.social Practical ontologist, mad, drunk, and reckless troubadour (RCPM) WSWS.Org
Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social Doting grandmother, among other things.
Midnight Burger @midnightburger.bsky.social A Sci Fi Comedy Audiodrama about the adventures of a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. We open at 6.
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www.midnightburgermerch.com
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
@synita.bsky.social @synita.bsky.social 
Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social Author/Game Designer (he/him): NORRØNGARD TTRPG campaign setting. Hugo/Chesley winner. https://linktr.ee/louanders #ProtectTransKids #NoNazisInValhalla
Kelly Sue DeConnick @kellysue.bsky.social Comic Book, Stage & TV Writer. https://linktr.ee/kellysued Rep: Jim Ehrich of RBEL #wgastrong #pdx #visiblewomen Married to mattfraction.bsky.social
Danielle Radford @danielleradford.bsky.social writer/actor/comedian/markiest non Walhberg mark Dropout|Honest Trailers|@tightsfights|D20|Oni Press|Nerdist|Adult Swim|SyFy|Cracked|WBD|Several GIFs (She/her)
Persephiroth @persephiroth.bsky.social Black Angelica Pickles 🏳️⚧️
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Leverage: Redemption @leverageredemption.bsky.social Pros at being cons. Leverage: Redemption premieres April 17 on Prime Video.
@theosophocles.bsky.social @theosophocles.bsky.social These are mainly my spicy political takes about left-wing organization and how Americans should consider themselves as labor. I look for efficiency, but that is always subordinate to effectiveness.
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
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Nazi punks fuck off.
G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me Award-winning soccer mom. Wrote the books that one of those shows you like was based on. Currently: POISON IVY for DC Comics, BLACK CAT for Marvel. Buy my books: bookshop.org/shop/gww
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Tanaquil Optima @tanaquil-optima.bsky.social 1. US politics
2. Cat pictures to pay for trauma of above
3. Arcane bits of ancient history/archaeology/religion that make me happy
4. Snark
Mundus sine Caesaribus. MAGA delenda est.
Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social Screw it, let's do it.
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Here's my blog: https://www.virgin.com/branson-
Phil Foglio @thephilfoglio.bsky.social Cartoonist, Writer, and all-around layabout. Never had a real job. I can't even SPELL A.I., let alone know how to use it. He/him
Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social The home of storytelling around the table! From our Campaign 4 saga in Aramán to Daggerheart and beyond - join the actual play adventure on Beacon.tv, YT, & Twitch
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Two Coats of Paint @twocoatsofpaint.com Two Coats of Paint is an award-winning NYC blogazine focused primarily on contemporary painting https://twocoatsofpaint.com/links
Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social Ask not for whom the point is missed. It is missed for thee.
Shard Tabletop | A VTT For D&D & Tales of the Valiant @shardtabletop.bsky.social The best way to play D&D, virtually or in-person. Shard is a virtual tabletop, character Sheet, and marketplace for D&D 5E (and soon, Tales of the Valiant). Accessible on all devices. Featuring creators like Kobold Press, Nord Games, Czepeku, and more!
Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds
Cyclops is so great
I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social TV, comics and film writer. LEVERAGE, JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES, BLUE BEETLE, MARRY ME, a couple other things. Free newsletter of reviews, recommendations, and general oddities at https://buttondown.email/kungfumonkey
@laurabaileyvo.bsky.social @laurabaileyvo.bsky.social 
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social On Mondays Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Wednesdays he hosts The Weekly Show. Listen wherever you get your podcasts & watch on YouTube.
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
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Catieosaurus @catieosaurus.bsky.social 'BOOK PREORDERS NOW OPEN!
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Playboy contributor
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Misha Collins @mishacollins.bsky.social Actor. Baker. Candlestick maker.
Rasilind @zerol8tency.bsky.social 
Arcana Metalwork @arcanametalwork.bsky.social Jewelry and Metalsmithing - bespoke wedding rings and high-fantasy inspired art jewelry created in Pioneer Square, Seattle.
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Peggy Foy @peggyfoy.bsky.social Seattle jeweler / metals instructor / occasional organizer of shenanigans
Arcana Metalwork (based in Pioneer Square)
SeaCoffeeFemme @seacoffeefemme.bsky.social Washington State Ms Leather 2025. Seattle based coffee loving leatherdyke Femme Daddy. She/her pronouns. Follow me for my title year, political rants, and overall charm.
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
@thatadrienne.bsky.social @thatadrienne.bsky.social 
@kajafoglio.bsky.social @kajafoglio.bsky.social 
Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes. 
Sunny Megatron - Clinical Sexologist @sunnymegatron.bsky.social ☆Award-Winning Clinical Sexologist
☆Host of Showtime TV Sex w/Sunny Megatron Docuseries
☆American Sex Podcast & Open Deeply
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Dixie De La Tour @dixiedelatour.bsky.social Sexual Folklorist & Creator, Curator and Host of Bawdy Storytelling (the Award-winning Sex & Storytelling Series/True Stories of Sex Kink Gender or Body Image) We do Stage/Podcast/Workshops (Year 18!) Tickets at https://bawdystorytelling.com
Girl Genius @girlgenius.bsky.social Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Phil & Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius novel series is up to 4 volumes, their Hugo Award-winning comic is free to read online, and the video game from Rain Games is out on Steam, GoG, Switch, and Playstation!
Cheyenne Wright @cheyennewright.bsky.social Hugo Award winning Graphic Novelist, Illustrator, Gamer, he/him
www.arcanetimes.com | www.girlgeniusonline.com
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
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Please scream inside your heart @greeneyedsoandso.bsky.social Big 'ol nerd, here for community. Evaluating AI tools is part of my dayjob, so your bullshit take on AI is probably why I blocked you. Other takes I won't waste energy on: racist, fascist, TERF, homophobic, xenophobic, Wrong About a Book.
Glass November @aylisjay.bsky.social Only time will tell what December will be.
What am I doing? My best.
Shay Tiziano @shaytiziano.bsky.social Rope performer & presenter 🪢🏳️🌈🔞🙃❤️🔥🤓
Author of Tying & Flying: Bondage for Self-Suspension. Stages co-lead for Folsom St. Producer of Twisted Windows.
she/they
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Crooked Russian Cam @crcpodcasts.bsky.social Yelling into the internet about glorious glittery gay garbage since 1986, with such fine programs as The Jem Jam, I Will Fight You, Date Me Dammit, and Jemjammer
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Look... I'm a lot of guys
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Richard T. Balsley @richardtbalsley.bsky.social Game designer; library worker; writer; cat, coffee, and book lover. I also make crossword puzzles and teach game design. Disabled vet with dysgraphia. Games are how I smuggle in education.
They Call Me Momus @momus-the-great.bsky.social Momus: God of mockery and satire. Running on three brain cells and coffee. Widower. Fleet and supply chain god. Dirty socialist. Enjoying watching civilization crumble. Gen X. Congenital spinal stenosis. Surviving.
L. Duck Scott @l-duck-scott.bsky.social sf/fantasy/horror writer, DIYer, nature lover, all around goblin, and fae godparent. they/them.
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