Melanie Dymond Harper @meldh.bsky.social Digital certificates, crypto (that's _cryptography_, not anything currency-related), drumming, singing, photography, foxes. She/her. All opinions mine.
Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas, Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science Technology, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lady Stryx @amstryx.bsky.social Story gamer, reader & writer that runs the #MystidHaven #RP community.
Honest to a fault. 🧭
To those who value honesty & integrity, I'm a High Priestess of wisdom. 🦉
To those who prefer living in denial & lies, I'm a wicked witch. 💀
Chris Bernard @yodada.bsky.social Canuck that fucks. "iM a RePoRtEr."
Undo the election. End DEI:
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Empire of
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Phil Kilner @xfrphil.bsky.social A work in progress. A recovering idiot.
"Fix your hearts or die"
RepJackKimble @repjackkimble.bsky.social Republican Representing CA's 54th Dist. & co-sponsor of Poe's Law. Detective Jesus #1: Thou Shalt Not Kill is out on Amazon http://amzn.to/3aDgUmi. E Pluribus Unum (In God We Trust). Nominated to lead Departments of Government Efficiency Department
Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social The 2026 Worldcon in Los Angeles, California
Visit LAcon.org for more details
📅 August 27-31, 2026
✨️ Adventure Awaits!
Indy @indy.bsky.social Coach. Strategy, AI-Human and more.
Politics Somewhat Meta
(if you know, you know)
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
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Zohran’s Mommy Dommey @loridiletto.bsky.social Your fave NYC dominatrix turned policy researcher turned DOGE casualty turned dominatrix (and therapist, elsewhere).
No adult content on socials—unless political commentary counts—but we do get PG-13.
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Seán MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social Immigrant. And proud of it
Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪
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Jonathan Crossfield @kimota.bsky.social Storyteller, writer, editor, content marketer, consultant & presenter. In short: professional pedant, prattler & procrastinator. AVAILABLE FOR WORK.
Sophie Rae Lichterman @whysophiewhy.bsky.social Dog Mom to Anderson & Truman, Head of Creative & Managing Executive Producer at Cool Zone Media. She/Her.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Colette @bellinghwoman.bsky.social SF&F reader, cat lover, *VERY* happily retired.
Newton Cooper @newtoncooper.bsky.social 
Sweet Summer Sock 🎖️💎🧦 @drosgood.bsky.social Georg Friedrich Error Invalid Handel; Dirty Sock-puppet, cat-herder, sometimes pilot. I've been told I'm a Seattle-based attorney in real life, but I have my doubts.
Norwescon @norwescon.org The Pacific Northwest's premier Science Fiction and Fantasy convention. Norwescon 49 (#nwc49) will be March 25–28, 2027.
Paul Roberts @pauledroberts.bsky.social Business & Econ reporter at The Seattle Times; author of The Impulse Society; The End of Food. Soylent green is purple.
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social Literary agent for SF, Fantasy and Horror, after 15 years as a publisher in London.
http://www.johnjarrold.co.uk/
fkilcommins @fkilcommins.bsky.social Head of Enterprise Architecture @Jentic, Technology Architect, Husband, Dad, Failed Footballer. Opinions and spelling mistakes are my own! (he / him)
Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social Publisher. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Staff: @garethlpowell.bsky.social @authorhelengj.bsky.social @scarlettralgee.bsky.social @denniskcrosby.bsky.social @kcgrifant.bsky.social starsandsabers.com
The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social Father of lots, earnest as shit, Regular and not too fancy, weird li’l guy enthusiast. He/him.
Jon Lewis @jonlewis.bsky.social Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.
My book, Contemporary SF and the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, is available here: https://tinyurl.com/4p55avcy
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer Working on:
https://www.hyprstream.com - self recursive open source training + tool sandboxes
https://gitlab.com/cyberdione/ferruleos - hardened Linux sandbox OS
https://the.onionshell.ch - tor from a static website
Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social Host SiriusXM radio's The Dean Obeidallah show, writer, lawyer and comedian. Saving America one fact and punchline at a time--not necessarily in that order! Please sign up for my newsletter https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/
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)
Rob Cave @robcave.bsky.social More books, please.
The business starter kit @robbuildsbusiness.bsky.social Is the idea good or bad? How can you find out? What can you do to get started?
The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social SFWA 🔸 Author 🔸 Essayist 🔸 Analyst 🔸 TTRPG 🔸 Comics Scholar 🔸 Editor
Neurodivergent 🔸 Veteran 🔸 Husband 🔸 Father 🔸 Breaker of Seals
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social Too much to tell, you wouldn’t believe it anyway. Only way to find anything out about me is to hang out together for quite awhile. I’m more interested than interesting. #Postie #Post 
Esther MacCallum-Stewart @neveahfs.bsky.social 
Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social Democracy Action Network is a citizen-led organization protecting American democracy through collective action.
https://democracyactionnetwork.com/
https://secure.everyaction.com/LBU7km7T7kaMbUnC9XqpUw2
https://democracyactionnetwork.substack.com/
GoodCitizen @goodcitizen.bsky.social We’re a band. Pop music in the vein of Costello/Lowe/Hitchcock. Most posts written by the bass player.
www.goodcitizenband.com
Lovable Losers, No Account Boozers, & Honkytonk Heroes Like Me @agenttrees.bsky.social The road goes on forever. And the party never ends.
Not a furry, just a Jaguars fan.
World's Greatest Living Ky Based Leftist Jacksonville Jags Fan & Shit Poster W/ 600+ Follows (on birdapp)
18+
He/Him/they
pfp @_Anunnery @aminus.bsky.social
Andrew Ducker @andrewducker.bsky.social Edinburgh geek.
Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social Cranky lioness. You know me from Twitter. Cats, game design, Judaism, and very long threads. (She/her) Views and opinions do not reflect those of my employer.
kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social Followed trusted news commentators to this site. Staying for the pets and art and humor.
HanDandler @handandler.bsky.social big liker of TTRPGs & movies & sci-fi & dogs
big disliker of fascists
Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social Comedian etc
Norman Wilson (⚠️Ontario is not America) 🔵 @oclsc.bsky.social Programmer, UNIX old fart, friend of cats, once and maybe future cyclist, non-motorist, rail passenger (>766000 miles), amateur^2 photographer, iconoclast, cynic, observer of odd things, revolve top insights (11). Cis he/they. Also @oclsc@mstdn.ca.
Raven Onthill @ravenonthill.bsky.social Just a dilettante amateur political science bird who lives in the US Pacific Northwest. If you want to know what I think, try my blogs at adviceunasked.blogspot.com and shinycroak.blogspot.com.
Jeremy Szal @jeremyszal.bsky.social Space opera/fantasy author. Aliens, monsters, asteroid cities, half-human warriors.
Books: STORMBLOOD, BLINDSPACE, WOLFSKIN, BROKEN STARS, etc.
Published by Gollancz/Hachette. Aussie. Trilingual (🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇯🇵)
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The Horse Knuckler @horseknuckler.bsky.social if you have to ask what a horse knuckler does, you can't afford it
trans rights are human rights
terminally politics brained, sorry, trying my best
will almost always reskeet any cat photo I see
nothing matters, smile anyway
The Colored Lens @thecoloredlens.bsky.social The goal of speculative fiction has always been to examine the real world through the lens of the imaginary. By considering what could be, we gain a better understanding of what is.
The Colored Lens is a small semi-pro zine published quarterly.
Janet Forbes @worldanvil.bsky.social she/her (🏳️🌈Bi) | 📖Fantasy Author & Game Writer by night | CEO of 🌍🔨@WorldAnvil by day | SFWA member | BFSA Worldbuilding Award Judge l Pro Worldbuilding Consultant | 📺WorldbuildingCon.com host |www.janetforbes.com
Lily Lachance 🏳️⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com Trans 🏳️🌈, adventurer, author, poet, filmmaker. 🇨🇦
Unagented but seeking.
Words in Phano, Gavagai, Bullet Points, and more. Anti-gen-AI absolutist. (No both-siders, ever.)
Upward... Ever upward. 🙂🚀🌌
T Ash @crewgrrl.bsky.social Knitter, mom, cook, artist wrangler. ADHD, Depression, trauma survivor. Unabashed feminist & fan. Jewish, Zionist & not sorry. Support class, not front lines. Hugo Finalist.
Posts from Hugo Finalist @geekcalligraphy.com.
She/Her
https://linktr.ee/terriash
Seth @ Hugos There Podcast @hugospodcast.com Host of Hugos There (2025 Hugo nominee for Best Fancast), co-host of Take Me To Your Reader. Fan of baseball, dogs, disc golf, books, science, science fiction, theology, cooking, hiking, triathlons.
Alan Boyle @b0yle.bsky.social Science editor / GeekWire / Universe Today / Cosmic Log / Fiction Science podcast / The Case for Pluto
thePlenty.net | Robin Hobb & Megan Lindholm news @theplentynet.bsky.social thePlenty.net is a website & wiki about Robin Hobb, Megan Lindholm & the Realm of the Elderlings, established in 2003.
https://www.theplenty.net
Also on 🦣 🥃 📷 📌✖️
29,272 words #AmWriting @legalminimum.bsky.social Now shamelessly employed but not telling you where (yet).No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social Queen of Swords Press is a small press publisher of stories from out of this world. Queer AF. Catherine Lundoff, publisher. Minneapolis, MN. https://www.queenofswordspress.com
Kisha Delain @skyintist.bsky.social Don't forget to look up at the sky
White girl, working on collecting STEM stamps, supports
#BlackLivesMatter
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mpls 🌩️👀 J8o3s31T-UrE
Anders Edwards @andersedwards.bsky.social ✍️ Dystopian Author
📚 Erased & What Happened To Ava
➡️ https://a.co/d/9wxT23L
🌐 www.andersedwards.com
Joe Bruehler 🇺🇦🇩🇪 @joebruehler.bsky.social He/Him. MLIS. Sci-Fi and Spec Fic Guy. Nature obsessed. Librarian by day, woods wizard by night. #LateNightWrite lesser host. Father of cats. Enemy of fish. Find me among the fungi.
Looking for texts? #AskYourInternetLibrarian
Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social Lapsed environmental entomologist. She/her they/them, Bean Ultach, cailleach na luatha.
Dr Lesley McLarnon
Academic, not medic…
Lady Perinelle of Rockall in the SCA
There will be typos… so many typos…
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Brian K. Henry @briankhenry.bsky.social Writer of humorous fiction and more. Check out my YA paranormal novel I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1gwPt3U Visit my Patreon https://tinyurl.com/568h5ux5 and Substack https://tinyurl.com/mrkjxzce
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
Erin Macdonald @drerinmac.bsky.social Writer | Science Advisor (Star Trek franchise) | Producer | PhD, Astrophysics | she/her
just an ancient tattooed 🏴 N7 Starfleet rebel pagan soul trapped in modern times
https://linktr.ee/drerinmac
Liz Batty @lizbatty.bsky.social Crisp-loving nerd and swim headphones influencer. Bioinformatician and molecular microbiologist focused on tropical diseases. Live in Bangkok, do a podcast, drink coffee, go to the beach.
Alison Scott @bohemiancoast.bsky.social Podcaster, GUFF delegate, Hugo winner, avid idler. 
John Coxon @johncoxon.bsky.social Hugo Award winner for @octothorpecast.bsky.social and @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fowler Award winner for solar-terrestrial science. I play games, read and watch SF, volunteer at conventions, and communicate science. Based in North East England. He/him.
Octothorpe @octothorpecast.bsky.social A podcast about science fiction and science fiction fandom, hosted by @johncoxon.bsky.social, @bohemiancoast.bsky.social, and @lizbatty.bsky.social. 2024 Hugo Award winner, big Weetabix fans. https://octothorpe.podbean.com/
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social IT/Cloud/SRE/PE, rockets & missiles, nukes not going bang, space, CS, ships. YIMBY & amateur transit geek. Part time adjunct @ miis.edu teaching Missiles & Missile Defense. I speak for myself only not $DAYJOB. V95.45XA I do #OSINT against nuclear missiles.
Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
Husband, father, Traveler.
Nazi punks fuck off.
Mnemosyne @goddessofhellfyre.bsky.social Textiles artist, embroiderer, bag- maker, clothier.
Retired art show director. Mother of muses.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Chuck Serface @chuckserface.bsky.social I'm a co-editor and frequent contributor with The Drink Tank and a nine-time finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine with Team Journey Planet. I also work for my local government doing crisis intervention counseling. chuckserface.com
Chris is. @offby1.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy I make chunks of the internet, and I like some stuff. Rest assured I'm not famous in any meaningful way.
#nobot
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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social Writer navigating Life, Interrupted. Avatar by Ethan Kocak. My sunset photo. 😷 Be kind. Agency: H Matson Company
Doesn't auto-follow.
https://linktr.ee/dragonrain33
Most current pubs https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc_author/katharine-eliska-kimbriel/
Dustin Du Cane @dustinducane.bsky.social Lawyer,dad,dog lover,gamer. Not a Yank nor Brit, kolego and don’t mansplain, westsplain or minoritysplain Nazis and Soviets to me.
Major Clanger @majorclanger.bsky.social Cat minion, collector of Lego / old calculators / cake moulds. Baker, middle-aged weightlifter and convert to gardening. Has a growing assortment of Master's degrees including electronics, law and forensics.
Wendell Pierce @wendellpierce.bsky.social DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Broadway,London)CLEMENCY (Sundance), BURNING CANE (TriBeca Film Fest) SELMA, RAY, X. JACK RYAN (Amazon)THE WIRE (HBO)SUITS (Netflix),ELSBETH (CBS),RAISING KANAN (Starz),WBOK1230AM.com (New Orleans),Presidential Scholar in the Arts(‘81)
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Ranamar @ranamar.bsky.social When did I go from grudgingly creating a Twitter account so I could upload some pictures to actively making a Bluesky account?
I almost certainly won't follow you back unless you're someone I know, but don't let that stop you.
(he/him)
Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Cardassia’s resident anarchist. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981. Chiefest and greatest of calamities.
https://linktr.ee/unamccormack
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social 
IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social Trans people should expect no fair treatment or justice in the UK - the 22nd safest country in Europe to be LGBT. Biological Female 🏳️⚧️ Anti Free Speech.
Morgan K. Bell @morgankbell.bsky.social Writer of the Skies of Cyrna trilogy
parent, wannabe artist, and massive dork
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social He/him
Threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain
A heathen, conceivably, but not, I hope, an unenlightened one.
Loafer and gentleman of the fancy.
Intermittent NSFW (43, over 18 for a long, long time)
Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social Writer, photographer, cyclist, naturalist, martial artist, tall ship sailor. The Pirate Guy of Blue Sky, apparently. Mexican-American. No kings in America. He/him. San Diego, CA.
Jeffrey Goldberg @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Editor in chief, The Atlantic. Moderator, Washington Week with The Atlantic, on PBS.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
https://linktr.ee/katiephang?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social 🇺🇦Ukrainian blogger.. 🪖Military analytics and weapons.Geopolitics.. Monitoring of global conflict zones ||🇺🇦~🇷🇺||🇮🇱~🇮🇷||🇹🇼~🇨🇳||🇵🇰~🇮🇳||Ukraine will win