Rick Austin (he/him) @birsy.bsky.social Award-winning author of queer fiction living in Portland, Oregon. Hoping to publish my recently-completed ‘Darum’ trilogy, a queer romantasy set in Portland. Married for over 30 years. Fond of little dogs, high places, and a good old-fashioned. [He/him.]
Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social religious studies professor in Kansas. modern Jewish thought.
book: https://tinyurl.com/4tncyj76
new yorker by birth, father of two kansan children by the grace of god.
אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science 👁️ https://olivia.science
🍃 https://metatheory.space
associate professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social Affirmation Coyote is a metaphysical construct of thought and energy, and their posts should not be considered as a substitute for actual support and approval.
They/Them
Photos of Affirmation Coyote's physical manifestations found on @OnlyYote
ShouXin手訫 @shouxin.bsky.social Hi! I’m ShouXin手訫. I love sketching all kinds of pets and sharing my work here. Hope you enjoy them!
Find me on Instagram/Threads/X: @shouxin13141
Shop：
https://shop.shouxin-art.com/
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
bodhidave @bodhidave.bsky.social humanistic psychodynamic Buddhist deconstructionist ... and all-round sweet guy
interested in cross-cultural parallels in contemplative practice
.
https://utexas.academia.edu/DavidCollins
[header is the rock garden at Ryōan-ji; avatar is an enso]
Matt Sargent @mattsargent.bsky.social Guitar, pedal steel, microphones, computers.
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.
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
KKSliderVEVO @weaselingaround.bsky.social David | poet/artist | Bug/Fairy type | he/him | gay | capricorn | 18+ | all opinions my own
https://boxd.it/h67H
https://hevy.com/user/weaselingaround
📍Brooklyn
j a k e @jakeismaking.bsky.social Cavities 🦷 my new album 🍬 out 9/18
pre-order below!
www.jakegilesmusic.com
https://music.apple.com/us/album/cavities/6800123817
attending the Lilith Fair in my mind. he/him. musician, chef, homo(genic by Björk). type 1 diabetic. Chicago. sometimes NSFW
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
French New Wave Memes @fnwave.bsky.social the only good gimmick account?
Oui! 📽️
mostly does what it says on the label, with detours into other genres
Jean Genet Ramsey @drmaldoror.bsky.social Queer francophone writer, cultural complainer, polyglot, loup-garou specialist. Ginger beard, Gimli build. Usually not covered in leeches. My favorite kaiju is Rodan.
Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
She/Her
Personal account
https://www.dominiquebaker.com/
(I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
holiday syndrome haver @silaslee.bsky.social episcopal priest, dyke, tired, disabled, I broke all my bones and all I got was a special interest in eugenics
(they them)- H t. @hapax.bsky.social Fag poet. A spirit, a spirit: he says his name's poor Tom.
no context sacred harp @sacredharpbot.bsky.social lines from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition tweeted in random order at regular intervals; a bot by @hapax.bsky.social, powered by @bluebotsdonequick.com
Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
Dark Hi and Lois content now at @darkhiandlois.bsky.social.
Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social Energetic & colorful landscape paintings for those building a contemporary collection capturing all the best feelings of travel.
Purchase originals here: Chrislongpainter.com
Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social Academic/Writer - History/Politics/Criminology - British, Australian & southern African (plus transnational) history - he/him - top 2% researchers 2024 (Stanford/Elsevier rankings) - views own - cult classic, not best seller - DMs will, alas, remain unread
Jeremy Scahill @jeremyscahill.com Journalist at @DropSiteNews.com. Author of Blackwater and Dirty Wars. Former twitter combatant. Proton: jeremy@dropsitenews.com
Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes. 
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
End Political Homelessness Now @raaleh.bsky.social Board Game Entrepreneur. Hosts @trashfuture.bsky.social, @nogodsnomayors.com, @gluefactory.bsky.social
Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social Natee Himmapaan (Puttapipat). Illustrator. Londoner.
Art, literature, history, natural history, food, handwriting.
Depression, anxiety, & all that jazz.
Fatigued by and bitter about social media.
Non-binary (they/them). 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/himmapaan
Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social currently @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social & a fellow & lecturer at HLS | previously ED of @lpeproject.bsky.social | always @lpenyc.bsky.social & @lpeblog.bsky.social | critical theory & high-fructose corn syrup | opinions are mine alone
Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social Law prof @ UCLA. I study equality and oligarchy.
Most recent book @ https://anti-oligarchy.com
Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org Bringing together transit riders, environmentalists, and union members for fast, clean, safe catenary electric regional, intercity, and freight rail in California. #CatenaryNow #ElectrifyMetrolink
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
Writing "Don't worry about it" on tax form @gonebabygone.bsky.social Chief of da autism police and boss of the Irish Mob at the same time. Cousin, I’m a union man.
Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social Your favorite medievalist's favorite medievalist. Middle English literature and/in early modern books, with a side of textual editing. In progress: Dirtbag Medievalism, Chaucer's Readers: 1400-2000, Lydgate's Shorter Works
Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social Carceral geographer, California apologist, valued customer.
Read @oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org \O/
Thinking from the Oakland Bay Area
https://www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/
ORB@oaklandreviewofbooks.org
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social Political education, socialism, abolition, unions, cats
Esther Kaplan @estherbrooklyn.bsky.social Journo. Oaklandside & Cityside, formerly Business Insider, Reveal, Type Investigations, The Nation.
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social Reporter at @Gizmodo.com.
I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007.
Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com
Signal: mattnovak.11
East Bay DSA @eastbaydsa.bsky.social Democratic Socialists of America, East Bay chapter 🌹
Join the fight for social and economic justice in the East Bay and around the world!
https://linktr.ee/eastbaydsa
Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social Personal account so expect eclecticism. Law, politics, SFF books, anime, gaming, music. Queer stuff.
Day job = Administrative law and public law theory.
Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social I write sometimes
www.rabihalameddine.com
Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com MUSKISM with @bentarnoff.com: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530
HAYEK’S BASTARDS won the NBCC award for criticism. quinnslobodian.com
Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Read my work at thedissident.news
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
John Lurie @johnlurie.bsky.social https://www.johnlurieart.com/
Painting with John streaming on Max
Chris Santa Maria @chrissantamaria.bsky.social visual artist (paper collages, intaglio etchings, watercolor monotypes) interested in nature/culture/science/politics, director of Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Weyl NYC
inquiries: chris.santamaria@gmail.com
www.chrissantamaria.com
ig: @chrisantamaria
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social Associate Prof at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Constitutional law, criminal law, abolition, philosophy, hoops, video games, puppies (esp. Argo the Floof). Probably nicer than you’ve heard. He/him.
[holding my plate up] please. my pdfs. @swolecialism.bsky.social i lost the ability to read in a freak clean and jerk accident in 1989. please be gentle. he/him
@lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social Journalist. Staff writer at Labor Notes. Solidarity! Contact: lfelizleon@gmail.com. Substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/lowerfrequencies
Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social Law professor at Harvard (https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/nikolas-bowie/)
Author with Daphna Renan of Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People (W.W. Norton, Sep. 15, 2026) (https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092803)
d @dske.bsky.social Film photography 🇺🇸 🇯🇵
https://x.com/dishk15
Mr. Plumbean @chrisbrody.bsky.social Music theory professor and pianist in Louisville KY, he/him, the most wonderful woolly baa-lamb that ever stepped
Gay Shame @gay-shame.bsky.social Gay Shame is a radical trans/queer direct action group based in SF.
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social I know you think I’m some silly little debutante.
[contemporary art, poetry, dance, film, & fashion]
instagram: mjmimages
J. Michael Mull @jmichaelmull.bsky.social I've ran out of clever things to write here about five social networks ago, so I'm just gonna play this out a little bit and see if it sticks.
Ted Genoways @genoways.bsky.social • Author of Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico
• Senior editor at the Food & Environment Reporting Network
• Contributing writer at Mother Jones
tedgenoways.com
Gentleman Dirt Bag @mrestes.bsky.social NSFW. 18+ Gay PDX
keith after dark (NSFW) @after-dark.keith.business 😈 alt
🏡 oakland, ca
here to like sexy ppl and sometimes post pictures of myself. if you know me irl or on main no you don't.
frequently delete posts after getting attention
Waleed Shahid @waleedshahid.bsky.social Currently @mayor.nyc.gov. Very Senior Democratic Strategist. Former Spokesperson, Justice Democrats. Formerly @ Bernie Sanders, AOC, Jamaal Bowman, Summer Lee, YNWA.
George Grella @gtra1n.bsky.social Only person to play CBGB and write about opera for the FT; "Minimalist Music," "Miles Davis' Bitches Brew," Grove Dictionary, Bandcamp, LoC, &c. Edit Brooklyn Rail music section, kickass newsletter: killyridols.substack.com
venmo.com/George-Grella
Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social Burned out political writer and podcast/radio host.
I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others.
Scuba diver and dog guy.
Andrija Popovic @andrian6.bsky.social Customer Success by day. Writer, photographer, geek, and #NoirAlley buff off hours. Also on Twitter. I write spicy stories as A.J. Harris and SFFH work as, er, myself.
https://biomechanoidblues.com/
Sam Amidon @samamidon.bsky.social Voted best rebounder at my local basketball game with 80 percent of the vote, December 2022
Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social "I'm so grateful Hammer and Hope exists. True Black leftist literary dispatches." - dream hampton.
Become a member: https://hammerandhope.org/membership
Read new issues and sign up for our newsletter: https://linktr.ee/hammerandhope
John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
@fsgbooks
https://www.unpopularfront.news/
JESS JESS PRESS @jessjesspress.bsky.social Independent risograph press dedicated to uplifting marginalized artists!
Based in Baltimore MD
Shop comics, magazines, and print services at jessjesspress.com
Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social Econ person. VP of Policy and Research, @economicsecurityproject.org. Former NEC. #Rstats, Team Macro, dad, Chicago Guy. newsletter.mikekonczal.com
Mixæl Laufer @mixaelslaufer.bsky.social Former spokesperson for the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective
Alexis Madrigal @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social Book: The Pacific Circuit
Job: Co-Host, KQED Forum
Life: Local Economy, Oakland Garden Club
Peter Frase @peterfrase.com 
Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social Assistant teaching professor of labor and employment law at @nusl.bsky.social. Co-founder, Organization of Workplace Lawyers (OWL). Former union organizer. America’s least-beloved singing cowboy in Salvation Alley String Band. he/him
Benicio del Ackroyd @patiencefish.bsky.social Any opinions expressed are those of my employer and not my own
jon @disparition.bsky.social i play piano
Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social Hello from court
Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social 2025 World Fantasy Award Best Artist
Woodcut printmaker at www.xylographilia.com
https://xylographilia.etsy.com
https://www.patreon.com/LivRaineySmith
https://ko-fi.com/livraineysmith
#woodcut #art
Enjoyer of weird fiction and horror.
She/her
Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com Professor, historian, author THE BRIGHT AGES (2021), OATHBREAKERS (2024), and VIOLENCE: A CHRISTIAN HISTORY (coming soon). Host podcast "American Medieval"
nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him.
profgabriele.com
lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com rotatingsandwiches.com / batting around podcast
@dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social Interested in figuring out how to build better housing, transit and cities. Construction lawyer; advocate for East Bay for Everyone. Oakland.
Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social international bestselling pervert • writer: DAYSPRING, AVENGERS ACADEMY, etc • film programmer • phd • any pronouns http://linktr.ee/meakoopa lycan sub scribe.
DAYSPRING - out now! dayspringbook.com
Alastair McAlpine, MD @alastairmca30.bsky.social Pediatric infectious disease physician, author, runner, metal fan. Dislikes Pseudoscience and bigotry. Views ≠ my employer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Prescription: Ice Cream available now! https://www.amazon.com/Prescription-Doctors-Journey-Discover-Matters-ebook/dp/B0CY347H4D
Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social Journalist. Contributing editor @TaskandPurpose.com . Bylines at New Republic, The Prospect, Motherboard, Wired, elsewhere. Was once insulted by Martin Shkreli. Signal: nslayton.12
Newsletter: letsdothepanicagain.beehiiv.com
Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social I work at the Philadelphia DA’s Office, and I’m the Third Circuit Bar Association president.
Views here: just mine.
James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social CODA | EIC @ Double Sided Media | Mg. Editor @ Left Coast Right Watch | Collector/Researcher @ Chemical Weapons Research Center | Contributor to KISS books | Formerly @ Daily Emerald, The Torch, Village Portland
https://linktr.ee/jcroxton
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)
November Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social podcastress. she/her but they/them if you’re mad at me. Trashfuture/Well There’s Your Problem/Kill James Bond/No Gods No Mayors/Be Gay Solve Crimes available wherever podcasts are sold
Kip Manley @kiplet.myatproto.social Writer, phantasist, bon viveur; a litigation support paralegal as needed. Spouse to a cartoonist, parent to an aspiring large-animal veterinarian, four cats and (now) two dogs to be fed on a regular basis. See also @thecityofroses.com
Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social Mom, El Cerrito Mayor Pro Tem, Bike East Bay Co-Executive Director of Development and Engagement, and former BART Director
Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social Investigative Reporter. Criminal Justice/Privacy/XRW. Book: THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT.
WIRED/Guardian/Vanity Fair/BBC/Popular Front/Rolling Stone/elsewheres
https://bleeding-edge.ghost.io/
Ali.winston@protonmail.com
Awinston.17 on Signal
Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social Putting the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. linktr.ee/labornotes
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social Policy & Planning Dir. @marinbike.org • UCLA Urban Planning • AICP Planner • Baltimore ➡️ LA ➡️ East Bay • 🚫🚗Car-free commuting since 2015 • Missing middle renter.
📍Berkeley, CA
Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social AV Club writer with 200+ Random Roles to my name. Onetime senior editor/writer, Q Magazine. Helped ZAZ write a book about Airplane! (Surely You Can't Be Serious). Happily married w/ child. Venmo: @WillHarrisInVA
Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social Catholic Priest
Passionate about Tech and Science
Jesuit in Rome
Bots, edgelords & those who can't have a civil conversation are blocked.
All opinions are my own
mike @staykinduniverse.swifties.social differently abled intersex artist
lyon n2 zurichn2
https://www.patreon.com/staykinduniverse
Zev Chevat @zevchevat.bsky.social animation & film professor • scandalous illustrator • tired millennial™️ • unionized warlock • queer trans guy (He/His/hisss)
🐍 website: www.zevchevat.com
🥀 IG: www.instagram.com/zevchevat/
🌙 Tumblr: zevchevat.tumblr.com
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Mount St. Helens Archive @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social Ex-SciComms guy Chris here, chronicling Mount St. Helens' history: the mountain before 1980, its eruptive fury, and nature's stunning comeback.
Links/email: https://linktr.ee/mountsthelensarchive
Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog