rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social god created him and demanded that he die
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social Author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America • Writer in Residence at Duke University briangoldstone.net
Kasper Collin @kaspercollin.bsky.social aspiring gardener / dad / avid reader / obsessed with music, forests & bicycles / filmmaker & producer - I Called Him Morgan (Criterion, Netflix), My Name Is Albert Ayler (rerelease 2026) / AMPAS member / live in Göteborg & Dalsland, studio in Stockholm
Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social Author, dad, journalist at Mother Jones/CIR. My book TRIGGER POINTS is the story of expert teams who are preventing mass shootings, from K-12 schools to the FBI 👉🏻 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062973533/ DM for Signal 🔐
Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social Guitar, etc./Folklore & History of Virginia/Gardener
Manahoac Territory
Born at 353.15 ppm.
The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com Data, charts, analysis and games from The New York Times: nytimes.com/upshot
Mikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social historian of religion, the supernatural, & gender in early modern Scotland | professor | views mine | she/her.
Alec Zuercher Reichardt @aleczreichardt.bsky.social Historian of Early North America & the Atlantic World. University of Missouri. War, Diplomacy, Empire, & Infrastructure.
"Roads to Power, Roads to Crisis" (Penn Press, 2025) tinyurl.com/RTPRTC
& "Inlands" (Columbia, 2024) tinyurl.com/bdhyubjb
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Richard Rubin @richardrubindc.bsky.social U.S. Tax Policy Reporter at The Wall Street Journal in Washington.
(On Signal richardrubindc.08)
Col. Gustavo Arellano @gustavoarellano.bsky.social Con su pluma en su mano redux. L.A. Times columnista, Alta Journal co-columnista, KCRW babbler, Kentucky Colonel POR VIDA
Brian Austin @austinbrian.bsky.social 
Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social Listening to jazz 🎶. Commentary may or may not be under the influence of 🍷. The old stuff, man. Smack up!
sara pequeño @sarapequeno.bsky.social columnist at USA TODAY | prev: Raleigh News & Observer, INDY Week | New York City
Paul Blest @pblest.bsky.social play music in Long Relief, work at More Perfect Union. The real truth about it is, we’re all supposed to try
Anthony Dean-Harris @anthonydeanharris.com Writer; artist; radio host of A Smooth Ride (weekdays 2-4pm PST) & content coordinator at Portland's Jazz Radio @kmhd.org; archivist emeritus & co-conspirator at San Antonio's FL!GHT Gallery; he/him; hopefully witty, certainly verbose
Ryan Oehrli @oehrli.bsky.social NC Local Accountability Reporter via @reportforamerica.bsky.social | Past stops: The Charlotte Observer and Asheville Citizen Times
Justin Ellis @justinellis.bsky.social Projects & Podcast editor for Defector.com
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Jonathan Chait @jonathanbchait.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Messages with links are intended as prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments substituting for the linked story.
Visit Gallup @visitgallup.bsky.social Gallup offers true, life-changing moments deeply rooted in Native American tradition and its People for outdoor adventures, art lovers and culture seekers.
Nick Jackson @nbj914.bsky.social 4x EIC, winner of awards, fan of media. Led Atlas Obscura and Pacific Standard.
Alum: IMSA, Medill/NU, The Atlantic, Built In, Slate, Stanford's SSIR, Outside, etc.
PennyRich @pennyrich.bsky.social Assistant Clerk-Orange Co Clerk of Superior Court, former County Commissioner-Orange Co NC, former Town Council member-Chapel Hill NC
Chris Robinson @chris-robinson.bsky.social Music writer, saxophonist, steel guitarist, PhD in American Studies, bylines in Downbeat, Point of Departure, POW Mag, elsewhere. Day gig: Duke University Press.
Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social I write a newsletter about sports! It's called Sports! Link in pinned post
Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social Journalist for The Atlantic Monthly, author, generator of highly disposable matter.
Ken Cook @ewgprez.bsky.social President & Co-Founder of Environmental Working Group. Views are my own personal copies of others’ views. Pod “Ken Cook is Having Another Episode.”
Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social Correspondent at @NPR covering tech. Now focusing on prediction markets.
Signal: ballyn.77
Discord: bobby16663
Email: ballyn@npr.org
Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social NPR editor / lesbian about town / probably sewing
@nboesch.bsky.social @nboesch.bsky.social 
Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com cannot stress enough that I am not the Train guy. cohost, @whatatimepod.bsky.social
whatatimepod.com
Elizabeth Borgwardt @elizabethborgwardt.bsky.social Historian. New to Bluesky. THE NUREMBERG IDEA: THINKING HUMANITY IN HISTORY, LAW & POLITICS forthcoming 2027.
Human rights, legal history, U.S. diplomacy; A NEW DEAL FOR THE WORLD (HUP). Contact: borgwardtelizabeth@gmail.com
Laura K Field @lkatfield.bsky.social Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center in DC. Author of Furious Minds, about the MAGA New Right. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico, NYT, The Atlantic.
www.lkfield.com
Also with American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW.
Matthew Shaer @matthewshaer.bsky.social Contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine, Emerson Fellow at New America, host of the Origin Stories podcast. Red Sox fan. Please God don't ask me about the "progress" on my "book"
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
Margarita @margarita.bsky.social Popular with friends. Sharing videos I like at @youtubesilike.bsky.social
Paige Masten @paigemasten.bsky.social deputy opinion editor, The Charlotte Observer
Michael Leibel @michaelleibel.com senior editor for @theatlantic.com | opinions are my own and bad | UNC 2014
Daniel Strauss @danielstrauss.bsky.social Journalist. Hedge knight. Dr Pepper lover. Go Blue. I’m the man like Lando.
Grant Sharples @grantsharpies.bsky.social Music critic at Paste Magazine • bylines in interview mag, stereogum, uproxx, pitchfork, ringer, nme, etc • grant dot sharples at gmail • he/him • free Palestine 🇵🇸 • KCMO • I’m writing a novel bc it’s never been done before • kingdom hearts apologist
Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social Staff writer at the Atlantic and author of Europe without Borders: A History.
Contact me at isaac@theatlantic.com or on Signal at isaacstanleybecker.48
Will Gottsegen @willgottsegen.com Staff writer @theatlantic.com
Johanna Still @j-still.bsky.social mom x3
covering health care for The Assembly
johanna@theassemblync.com signal: jstill.01
Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/745513/the-last-straight-woman-by-phoebe-maltz-bovy/ Opinion ed., The CJN, contributor columnist, The Globe and Mail. Half of Feminine Chaos.
Milo Baynes and the New Frontier of the Great Society @milobaynes.bsky.social Senior Editor at @thehometownholler.bsky.social
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Rural pluralist. James 2:6.
Known adverb abuser.
Delicious to biting insects.
NC Piedmont.
Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com Helping police address crime in the 21st century.
* A top 2% podcast (most listened to worldwide)
* An award-winning book
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Most posts from @jerryratcliffe.net
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Jerry Ratcliffe @jerryratcliffe.net College prof, ex-UK cop, host of the Reducing Crime podcast, scientific advisor to the IACP. In my spare time, I try not to crash planes.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BOJIm0QAAAAJ
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0730-6761
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social High impact easy listening!
Chris Kromm @chriskromm.bsky.social Director, Institute for Southern Studies | Publisher, Facing South
Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social Politics Editor at The Washington Post | Pats fan. Eagle Scout. Beer pong aficionado. | 202.630.2380 | Signal: nickbaumann.97 | Usual disclaimers
Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social engagement + crowdsourcing products ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, philly, carrboro north carolina, learning asl!
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Jena Griswold @jenagriswold.bsky.social CO Secretary of State
Candidate for Attorney General
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill.
Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
Political liberal, hoop reactionary.
Posting goodreads reviews regularly.
John Q. Barrett @johnqbarrett.bsky.social Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor of Law,
St. John's University, NYC.
Robert H. Jackson Center.
Jackson biographer.
Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure,
Legal History, Nuremberg, SCOTUS.
Iran-Contra & DOJ alum.
Wisconsin native.
#JacksonList
Council on Criminal Justice @counciloncj.org Nonpartisan think tank and invitational membership organization that advances understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and builds consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all.
https://counciloncj.org/
Eyal Press @epress.bsky.social Contributing writer at The New Yorker, Puffin fellow at Type Media Center, author (Dirty Work, Beautiful Souls), long-suffering Bills fan.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Jon Rauch @jonrauch.bsky.social Journalist, writer, unlicensed epistemologist. Brookings and The Atlantic. Please be sane, BlueSky.
James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social Author of legal thrillers. Husband, father, grandfather. Lawyer, teacher, public speaker. Taller and funnier in person.
Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social Good Politics/Bad Politics - Subscribe! https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/ Also I root for the Giants. The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024.
Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social Chief Correspondent, Variety. Fmr: Senior Entertainment Editor for Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, Newsweek. Teach at Columbia Journalism School. DM for tips/Signal.
Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social ProPublica AME.
Working: “Make Them Pay: The 250-year Fight to Tax the Rich”: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Make-Them-Pay/Jesse-Eisinger/9781668072202
@sarahellison's husband. “Succession” S3 consultant. Pulitzer-winner. Green Bay Packers.
Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social Senior Editor @TheUnPopulist.net. Executive Director @ismapolicy.bsky.social. Views my own.
Adam Shatz @adamshatz.bsky.social US editor of The London Review of Books; author of “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon” and “In Search of a Sound,” a book about the Black American musical avant-garde from Coltrane to the present (out from FSG in 2027).
Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social Demography nerd at Pew Research Center
Global religious change, sociology
Graig Meyer @graigmeyer.bsky.social Executive Director, NC Justice Center
Dave Infante @dinfontay.com reporter covering the beer industry (@vinepair.com), drinking in america (fingers.email), and east end richmond (chlookout.com) | send tips to dave@dinfontay.com, or dinfontay.11 on signal (good tips only, thank you) | more: linktr.ee/dinfontay
Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican - classical social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, E. Asia
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @yvonnewingett.bsky.social Staff writer, @theatlantic
Fan of mentors, Kinsey Millhone and the snooze button. DM for Signal.
Adam Harris @adamhsays.com writer, southern.
Co-host, Radio Atlantic.
Author of The State Must Provide. Writing Is This America?
More: www.harrisadam.com
Steven Lemongello @stevelemongello.bsky.social Senior Editor at the Orlando Sentinel. Jersey native, Florida convert
Katherine Buse @kbuse.bsky.social I study science fiction, cultures of science and technology, environmental & digital media. Assistant Prof. at University of Chicago Cinema and Media Studies and CEGU. Speculative Planetology! 🪐🌍🌔
Michael Hewlett @blackmuse.bsky.social Reporter for The Assembly NC, covering criminal justice issues, movie enthusiast, music obsessor, pop culture consumer and poetry lover.
The Hometown Holler @thehometownholler.bsky.social North Carolina’s Front Porch🏡
Find all of our episodes, editorials, and more at
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Justin Laidlaw @justinlaidlaw.bsky.social Staff reporter at the INDY.
guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social Est. 3.21.99, Guitartown strives to keep its followers apprised of concerts & other happenings of interest to the Triangle-based twang community.
Nat Sauce @natsauce.bsky.social Durham's geriatric millennial. Politics. Kids. Gossip. Gratuitous swearing. 
Caty Green @catygreen.bsky.social newsletter editor, Civic News Company (Chalkbeat, Healthbeat & Votebeat)
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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
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Michael R Strain @michaelrstrain.bsky.social Director of Economic Policy Studies and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Professor of Practice at Georgetown University. Contributing Columnist for the Financial Times.
Josh Parker @joshmparker.bsky.social Deputy Director of Policy @ the Policing Project 
Institute for Southern Studies @southernstudies.bsky.social Exposing injustice, strengthening democracy, and building community for change in the South. Publisher of Facing South: https://www.facingsouth.org/
Boulevard of Broken Memes @olizardo.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, UCLA. Human Dancer.
Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen
Jared Keller @laserwars.net Former journalist now working in strategic comms and writing about military laser weapons. Your school has no gymnastics team this is a last resort.
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Tom Bartlett @tombartlett.bsky.social staff writer @theatlantic.
Rich Seymour @rseymour.bsky.social Glue code aficionado. Infosec pushover. Synth owner. Music maker. Guitarist. Rust fan. Once earned a Materials Science PhD.
Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jsgatnyt.bsky.social Biz investigations reporter @nytimes.com. Growing up, I wanted to be Harriet the Spy. Send tips and story ideas.
Signal: 347-843-9767, Jessica.silvergreenberg@nytimes.com
Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist
Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social Senior Advisor @courtacctability.bsky.social. Democracy advocate. Former political-legal journalist. Retired competitive air guitarist. Former Congressional Candidate. Second-Best dad ever.
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social writer, public health enthusiast, Duke + GWSPH alum. opinions do not reflect the views of any organization I am affiliated with. about me: nadiabey.com
JOE Houde, Ed.D. @jhoude.bsky.social Teacher of leadership, collaboration and resilience. Educational design consultant.
Games and learning, informal learning and social networks.
Occasional writer and podcaster. Self-declared polymath.
HE/HIM
Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com Editor, in your inbox every afternoon @Axios. Dad, pilot. Albany, NY 🍎
Gabriel Kahane @gabrielkahane.bsky.social Words & Music | gabrielkahane.substack.com |
Magnificent Bird out now on Nonesuch | gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com | Creative Chair, Oregon Symphony | Portland, OR
George Pearkes @peark.es No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | #ForTheCrown, #COYG | 🇺🇸 via 🇨🇦. Not 🏴. | Normal man, one of the Normal Men
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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
Andra Watkins @andrawatkins.bsky.social Bestselling Substack: For Such a Time as This (formerly How Project 2025 Will Ruin YOUR Life) | NYT bestselling author | survivor of Christian Nationalism | pro-democracy
Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Writer, Director, Actor, Producer and failed Dairy Farmer.
www.melbrooks.com