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Alyasah Ali Sewell, Your Public Sociologist for the Day @aasewell.bsky.social Winship Distinguished Research Prof & Associate Prof of Sociology at Emory. Critical Racism Studies & Intersectionality. Black Feminist. Gender Expansive. Lefty. #Blackademic. ✊🏾🌈
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Alexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispauline.bsky.social Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist. Author of SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.
Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social Afro Latina. Professor at Princeton.
Author of Community as Rebellion.
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Annette Joseph-Gabriel @annettejosephg.bsky.social Associate Prof @ Duke | Senior Editor of Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International (SUNY Press) | Author of Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire http://annettejosephgabriel.com/
P. Gabrielle Foreman @profgabrielle.bsky.social Literary historian. Poet’s daughter. MacArthur Fellow. Archives builder working collectively at @CCP_org and @DigBlk.
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Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins SAIS. NBER Research Associate
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Noliwe Rooks @nrooks.bsky.social Chair and Professor, Brown University, Africana Studies. Author of Integrated: How Schools in America Failed Black Children, available 3/18/25 and A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune.
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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social Terrible news, chums. Head writer on Netflix's Bad Dinosaurs. Jokemonger for shows you hate. Maker of historical podcasts. Chief Sparkle Enthusiast at Sparklegoose!
Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social Writer & highwayman.
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social One of those @thedailytism.com gals. Truly evil. Suspected inauthentic behaviour. Head bee guy at It’s A Superpower??
Fuck AI.
She / Her
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social Berk
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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social Not an MP.
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Matt Leys @mattleys.bsky.social Scriptwritist
Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social The Thick of It. The Death of Stalin. Veep. The Hartlepool Spy. Epic Space. Broken English. Avenue 5. Unhinged, and other books. Guardian, Architects' Journal, iPaper, Observer, whatever. Grandpa. STATE PENSIONER.
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social 36hrs of TV stand-up on youtube: https://youtube.com/@davegorman235/ I also set crosswords. Bluth in the Indy, Fed in the Graun, Django in the Telegraph
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Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social Undistinguished Viz cartoonist
Jon Holmes @jonholmes.bsky.social Fiddling on this place while the other place burns.
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Jon Dryden Taylor @jondrytay.bsky.social I will either think of or say things for money. Columnist for The Stage. Currently in: Kinky Boots UK tour
Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social Dad, husband & entertainment wonk. Producer: David Sedaris, Marian Keyes & Tara Flynn, The Abergele Files. Also plays and docs. Currently: Director, national tour of “The Archers Live at 75”
Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social Comedian/award-winning game maker/writer/voice artist #AuDHD (he/him)
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Tiernan Douieb @tiernandouieb.bsky.social Writer. Comedian. Tired. Rep’d for writing things by @kitsonpresskids.bsky.social and for v/o things by Foxy Tongue Voices
Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social Informative and sexy at the same time!
Writes for Horrible Histories, Dogs In Space, Amazing World of Gumball; also talks a lot on podcasts (Taskmaster The People's Podcast, Football Book Club)
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Idil @idilsukan.bsky.social Chicken (alive chicken) and space aficionado
James Bachman @mrjamesbachman.bsky.social Comedy actor / writer, secret indie rock god fantasist. 
James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social Surrounded by yowling, nebulous forms. Writer: Green Wing, Piglets, first novel Pagans, available in paperback: https://www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/james-alistair-henry/2928377365622
James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com Emmy nominated wordclown. Londoner lurking in LA. Head Writer: Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, Dogs In Space, Thomas & Friends, Claynosaurz.
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc Murder for Dummies (murderfordummies.com).
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James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social Author/annoyance from The Bird Site
James Moran @jamesmoran.com 📝 Screenwriter
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.
Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres.
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Ed Solomon @edsolomon.bsky.social Writer/co-writer: The Christophers (2026 - now), The Spot (early 2027), Full Circle, No Sudden Move, Men in Black, the 3 Bill&Ted movies, Mosaic, Now You See Me 1&2, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Laverne&Shirley. Fiction: Vanity Fair, The New Yorker
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social Writer, actor, comedian. Listen to my award-winning sketch comedy show Crowley Time: crowleytime.com
SK Schäfer @skschafer.bsky.social Sight-impaired queer artist from Bristol, UK. Fundamentally misunderstood the phrase "crying with laughter". More active on Instagram @skschafer
Susie Day @susieday.bsky.social Children's books and charity comms. Bristol, UK. Nerdy gay. Cats, food, hobbies I never do but mean to, beer. Tired. Like a nan but one who's really into trans rights.
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.