Matthew Kelly @bymatthewkelly.bsky.social Reporter covering Kansas state government for The Kansas City Star & The Wichita Eagle, mkelly@kcstar.com for tips, he/they
Peter Rasmussen @peterraz.bsky.social Fight On!
Cali boy | 2003 USC grad | Sr. regional expansion editor for MySA
CA ➡️ TX ➡️ MO ↪️ TX
Monty Davis | Postcards & More @montydaviskc.bsky.social Photographer | iPhone 🟰 Swiss Army Knife | Deltiologist | Antique Dealer | Mean People Suck | Bleed Blue | 🚫 No DMS 🛑 | 3 Pugs 🐾 | 27K+ Postcards For Sale eBay Store: https://www.ebay.com/str/suburbangranolageneralstore
Mike Hendricks @kcmikehendricks.bsky.social Retired journalist and lard-butt bicyclist. I'm left handed, pro dog and a proud member of the reality-based community.
@katiereports.bsky.social @katiereports.bsky.social Reporter with The Marshall Project. kmoore@themarshallproject.org 🌻
Natalie Wallington @narwhallington.bsky.social Housing reporter + data nerd for @mlk50.com in Memphis 🏠
Call out your landlord: natalie.wallington@mlk50.com 👀
Previously Kansas City Star, Popular Science, Audubon Magazine, Baltimore Times 📝
nataliew.901 on Signal 🗣️
nataliewallington.com 🏳️🌈
Nathan Pilling @bynatepilling.bsky.social Reporter at The Kansas City Star • Inform slash entertain • Proud Hawkeye • npilling@kcstar.com
Shreyas Laddha @shre98.bsky.social KU Hoops and Football reporter for the @KCStar Proud @AAJA Member. UGA Alum.
Glenn E. Rice @grice1911.bsky.social Politics and investigations editor at The Kansas City Star.
Scott Chasen @chasenscott.bsky.social Assistant sports editor for The Kansas City Star. Posting about Severance, Tottenham and probably other stuff.
Melinda Henneberger @melindakcmo.bsky.social Kansas City Star metro columnist. From Mt. Carmel, Illinois. Alum of NYT, Wash Post, NY Newsday, Dallas Morning News, University of Notre Dame and UCLouvain. 2022 Pulitzer for commentary. George Eliot, Sondheim, 3rd-gen Cubs fan. Not giving up on anything.
PJ Green @bypjgreen.bsky.social News reporter for the Kansas City Star. Lover of sports, music and the good things in life 💚
Send me story ideas‼️ pgreen@kcstar.com
Kacen J. Bayless @kacen.bsky.social Democracy Insider at The Kansas City Star. kbayless@kcstar.com
Jonathan Shorman @jonshorman.bsky.social Democracy Reporter, States Newsroom.
Past: The Kansas City Star
Kansan. KU graduate.
jshorman@statesnewsroom.com
Hannah Wise @hwise29.bsky.social Prairie-based Audience Editor @kcstar & @kansasdotcom. RJI fellow, @splc board, @kujournalism. Past: @nytimes @dallasnews. Stitching maven at SewManyComments.
Toriano Porter @torianoporter.bsky.social Author. Speaker. Mentor. Opinion writer. Kansas City Star Editorial Board. Addicted to books, beer, bourbon, biking and ☕️ beans...
Yvette Walker @yvettewalker.bsky.social Opinion editor at kcstar.com
Author, speaker, podcaster on joy after divorce. positivelyjoy.com
Bob Cronkleton @cronkb.bsky.social Multimedia/public safety/weather reporter w/ The Kansas City Star. I write stories, shoot videos/photos & work w/ data. Is there something we are missing?
Alecia 🌻 @aleciareports.bsky.social All things HBCU + Black education for Capital B News. Black college enthusiast! HowardU, Child of Ida B Wells 🫶🏾 Email me your tips (or secrets) Alecia.taylor@capitalbnews.org
shortlittlekidd @shortlittlekidd.bsky.social cat lady photojournalist @kansascity.com, fueled by lavender matcha lattes | SFSU alumna | 🇲🇽🇬🇹
emilycuriel.com
The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com Telling Kansas City's stories since 1880. Find your local news at kansascity.com.
Marie Ponzillo Heath @mariekheath.bsky.social Human. Here for one last social media hurrah.
Civics of Technology co-founder. Associate Prof of Education at Loyola University Maryland. Critical ed tech mother scholar.
Allie Thrall @alliethrall.bsky.social Humanities educator and doctoral researcher @Baylor interested in how digital technologies impact civic possibilities
Maine Council for the Social Studies @mainecss.bsky.social Serving social studies teachers and professionals of all levels across Maine.
Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social We are 4S, an international, nonprofit association focused on the social studies of science, technology and medicine (#STS). Next Annual meeting October 7-10, 2026.
Historical Thinker @lhansen.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🇺🇦
Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social Ph.D student, Social Studies Education, Equity, 🏳️🌈 🍉
DrEvilAcademic🇨🇦 @drevilacademic.bsky.social Studies evil & death. Views belong to my gut bacteria, never my employer.
Kelly Allen @kellyreneeallen.bsky.social 👩🏽🏫 Assistant Prof
✨ I study Hip Hop, Race & Education
📍 The trenches of academia
Joe Marangell @jmarangell.bsky.social Social studies instructional leader and graduate education faculty member focused on inquiry-based learning, literacy, and student engagement. EdD in Curriculum and Instruction. Crossword puzzle constructor!
Jeremy Stoddard @jeremystoddard.bsky.social Researches intersection of media education and democratic education. Goal of helping teachers and students be more critically informed and engaged civic agents. @uwbadgers.bluesky.social
Carol GD @civicsnerd.bsky.social High School Government and Civics Educator. Courses I’m teaching:
▶️ Civics & Regional Politics (California state & local government)
▶️ AP U.S. Gov
▶️ U.S. History
Civil Discourse Scholar.
Former Speech & Debate Coach.
Cat Lady. Culinary Enthusiast.
Kortnee Matzura (she/her) @kortneematzura.bsky.social Social Studies teacher @ Maine-Endwell HS #SpartanStrong
Global History and Geography
US History
Psychology
Intro to Law
Mock Trial and Class Advisor
🏳️🌈Ally🏳️⚧️
Ms. Julie Eisenband @jeisenband.bsky.social Multilingual Learner/Social Studies teacher. Action Civics/Democratic classrooms/Universal Design in Education/civic engagement. Dance enthusiast. Deputy voter registrar.
Mr-Wright MCCT @mr-wright.bsky.social Dad to 3
Deputy Head (PD & Growth)
History Teacher
NPQSL
No books or articles to promote!
Danny Leeming @dleeming2.bsky.social 🧑🏻🏫Teacher in SD8 Kootenay Lake
Library, Tech integration, Social Studies
UBC MET 🎓
Adjunct Prof. in Teacher Ed
Exploring AI, Media, PBL, Inquiry
Academy of Performance and Media
Check out Students work 🎥
https://youtube.com/@mssacademypm
Bryan Lindstrom-Medina @bryanlindstrom.bsky.social Teacher | Doctoral Student | MA in History | Latin American History, African American History, Ethnic Studies | Union Organizer | Abolitionist | Post-Capitalist | Radical Pedagogy, Community Schools, CMT & CRT | he/him
UnionGres @mattgresick.bsky.social K-12 Social Studies Educator.
Union Leader.
Podcaster.
❤️ my fam.
“Fight back, fight forward.”
Views=Own
#MarylandEduSky
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brick-and-mortar-education-from-the-inside-out/id1684799409 mattgresick.org
@anxioushistorian.bsky.social @anxioushistorian.bsky.social Aspiring Historian-Gilder-Lehrman student
Certified Yapper
High-Key Nerd
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/glihist/3/
Mrs G @mrsghistory.bsky.social Instructional Coach | HS virtual teacher 🗽US history High School Virtual Teacher 👩🏫 | former middle school teacher | Masters in Curriculum and history | 🎥RetroReport Ambassador | ❤️mom to 3 boys!❤️
Elisabeth Macias @ejmunfun.bsky.social History PhD candidate at Georgetown. 20th century Latinx urban history and schools. Former HS teacher.
Joe Dobis @joedobis.bsky.social High school history teacher. Georgian Court University and Monmouth University alumni.
Moore.Teach @mooreteach.substack.com -Middle School Educator
-Social Studies and Science
-30 Years Experience
-State and National Conference Presenter
-Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mooreteach
Dr. Dave Ostroff @daveostroff.bsky.social Father, Husband, Coach, Learner.
Teacher and History Department Chair. Seeking beautiful questions & joyful learning.
S.Buller @sbuller.bsky.social S. Buller - Folk Artist - Collector of Original 19th Century Photographs of the Old West & Civil War - History Detective - Dangerously Good Poker Player - Retired Therapist
alias-dictus.com
"Life's too short."
Zack Hartzman @heylistengames.bsky.social Founder of Hey Listen Games | Author "Teaching With Video Games" | The Game Awards Future Class 2020 | Teacher | KFBF | zack.hartzman@heylistengames.org | www.heylistengames.org
Daniel Willever @djwillever.bsky.social Father, husband, educator, historian, author.
Unapologetic New Jerseyan.
2019 Milken Educator
Book: www.madeinpaterson.com
"I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me."
Peter Pappas @pappas.bsky.social Creator of “The Forgotten Files: Because the past is still teaching." Fueled by jazz, biking, books, film, garlic. AI curious.
forgottenfiles.substack.com
linktr.ee/peterpappas
People's Republic of #PDX
Marcus Blair @mrblairteaches.bsky.social 🔸️Father
🔸️Reader
🔸️ELA & Humanities Teacher
🔸️Inquiry & Project Based Learning
🔸️Standards-Based Assessment
I believe in the promise of public education.
#bced #EduSky 🇨🇦
Check out my #EduBlog:
https://mrblairsclass.blogspot.com
Manuel Rustin, Ed.D. @manuelrustin.bsky.social High School Teacher (Ethnic Studies, Gov/Econ). Doctor of Education. Policy advocate. Milken Educator. Out for the same thing the sun is sunnin' for.
Creator & Co-host of AOTAshow.com
📍 Tovaangar | Los Angeles
@mattneil.bsky.social @mattneil.bsky.social Teacher, mentor, and coach to young people. I help students find their voice. I teach kids. Co-leader #sschat ➡️ mrneilhistory in the old place.
Interests: Teaching, learning, games, tech, pedagogy, history, psych, soc, philosophy, libraries, tennis & 📚.
Double Dee @darcydaniels.bsky.social Social Studies Teacher, tour guide, historian
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social Hello, Bluesky! We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting the knowledge and understanding of American history through programs for teachers, students, and the general public. Visit gilderlehrman.org to learn more. 
CarolCorbettBurris @carolburris.bsky.social The Executive Director of the Network for Public Education, retired teacher & award-winning HS principal, & author of On the Same Track. Lover of democratically governed public schools and democracy.
NPE Action @npeaction.bsky.social Advocates for great policies and legislation for public schools. To learn more visit our website https://npeaction.org/
Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
Donate & more: https://linktr.ee/zinneducationproject
John Harney @ludensprof.bsky.social Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Written on: baseball in colonial Taiwan; American missionaries in interwar China. Interested in national identity, science fiction, video games. Associate Editor at www.historyrespawned.com
Bob Whitaker @whitakeralmanac.bsky.social Professor of History. Empire, Crime, Policing, and Video Games. Creator and host of historyrespawned.com (history in video games). Not communicating on behalf of my employer.
https://linktr.ee/bobwhitaker
Esther Wright @enwright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social Historian & Author on #FWW allied relations, historical games studies, & #StarWars. Rep'd Justin Nash of Kate Nash Literary Agency. Consulting partner @historystudiola.bsky.social. He/him
https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall
Shawn Graham @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy prof of DH at carleton u. Archaeologist of things Digital, Roman, and Outer Space. Editor of epoiesen.carleton.ca. Sometimes blog at […]
[bridged from https://scholar.social/@electricarchaeo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Maurice Suckling @writegameread.bsky.social Writes stories, makes games, reads history.
Associate Professor, Games and Experiential Media, RPI, NY. Researching narrative in games & historical simulations. Writer of stories for games. Designer of board games.
https://mauricesuckling.com
Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and gender in historical video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
Zylla Black @zyllable.bsky.social (she/they) Lefty video essayist, independent academic, archaeogaming streamer, and sf/f fiction author. https://linktr.ee/Zyllable
Pfp by Birdee Blake
Andrew Reinhard, PhD, RPA @adreinhard.bsky.social Broke Project Archaeologist with Alpine Archaeological Consultants. Music (cyphernaut.bandcamp.com/follow_me), author (ORCID: 0000-0001-7987-8227), photography (andrewreinhard.com). Based in Chicagoland.
Dr. Briana Jackson @baladria.bsky.social Egyptologist ⛏ writer ✍️ archaeogamer 🎮gardening 👩🌾 knitting 🧶 Myst 📖 OFMD 🏴☠️ Expedition 33 🖼️ 40 👵
AO3:
- Please Let Me Hold You 🌵🦉
- I Go to the Fenians ☘️
🔗: https://www.brianacjackson.com/biolinks
Dr. Kira Jones @flaviansophist.bsky.social Classicist. Gamer. Art historian. Actual Dr. Jones. she/her, stick around for antiquity in videogames and general nonsense.
Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social Postdoc at Ghent University // Video games and mythology // DiGRA Belgium Co-Chair 
Robert Houghton @robehoughton.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.
Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social Human being. Educator. Archaeologist working in Italy. Struggling writer. Lover of 🐶 and 🐱 and well crafted things. Associate Prof (Lecturer) of Classics @ U of Utah. *all opinions are my own*
Romain Vincent @romainvincent.bsky.social Docteur en Sciences de l'éducation : La scolarisation du jeu vidéo par les enseignants (Laboratoire Experice / Sorbonne Paris Nord)
Prof d'Histoire-Géographie (Académie de Créteil)
Jeux video & Histoire sur YouTube : www.youtube.com/c/JVH
Thomas Heaney @captainabraham.bsky.social Historian, Husband, Dad, Teacher, Army Vet, & Annoyance. Another middle-aged white guy for reason, compassion, & tolerance. He/Him. #NAFO
Opinions are my own ¬ the views of my employer
Games in the History Classroom Project: frc.edu/history/games
James Sweeting @crazyblue.bsky.social Lecturer in #GameStudies at University of Plymouth
Principal Investigator for www.vagaboundsresearch.org
PhD on Hauntological Videogame Form (2023)
Researcher focusing on nostalgia, hauntology, & videogame form
www.relativenostalgia.com
www.jsweeting.me
Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social Historian of ancient Egypt & papyrologist | games researcher (analogue + digital) | Manchester Met Uni | Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre | Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society | Les Mills instructor | Blood Bowl enthusiast
Ian Regueiro Salcedo @arkeologian.bsky.social Soy una cierva albina en @arqueocerva.bsky.social. Con un mando en una mano 🎮 y un pico en la otra ⛏️. Historiador, arqueólogo clásico y sobretodo archaeogamer. En estos momentos sobreviviendo en Italia como PhD en arqueología y videojuegos #archaeogaming
Bram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social History, strategy & communication | game designer | researcher in applied history | PhD early modern history, MPhil international relations | www.branwenadvisors.com, www.sunkentower.be
Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social Video game archaeologist + game dev//
Postdoc @itu.dk on theorycraft + archaeogaming //
Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology
they/them
💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
Malcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in US History @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, historian of games, the Cold War, nuclear stuff, researching #ColdWar era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. #TTRPG designer. You may remember me from such games as #astaterpg, #ColdCity, and #HotWar
Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com Historian in Tkaronto (Toronto). Likes bats, monsters, sincereposting, alt text, and DEIA. Genderqueer. Trans. Autistic. 40s. 👬 🧛 nicomaramckay.com
There will be typos.
Subscribe for queer and trans culture and histories: patreon.com/ephemeralrecord
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
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
WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social PhD researcher at Bath Spa | videogame preservation | music maker at MachinesMachines | site here: https://killjoy.bearblog.dev/
Florida Man, PhD @casusscribere.bsky.social Kirk M Lundblade, PhD (he/him)
Digital Humanities @ UCF History (RICHES)
Digital cultures + historical game studies @ UCF T&T
Dissertation: Crusader Kings and the Crusader Kings community.
Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️
Scholar of Asian religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Postdoc Fellow in Asian Media Studies @ University of Idaho | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
Vinicius Marino Carvalho @vinicius-marino.bsky.social Writer | Historian | Post-doc, UNICAMP | ARISE, Middle Ages in Modern Games 🎮 Stair na hÉireann 🍀 Environmental History 🐈⬛ Cat dad | Gaeilge
Meu romance: https://tinyurl.com/349wdeud
Blog: https://finisgeekis.com.br/
Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3F9RVGD
Tom Jensen @composertom.bsky.social Composer and wargame designer.
Composer for Blackheart, RED ECHO, REKKR, the Ruins of Calaworm, and Outer Ring MMO - www.tom-jensen.com
Designer of Missile Threat, War by Sail, Lacquered Coffins, Hind & Seek, Ukraine 2022, Ostfront, etc.
Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginia—
—but speaking only for myself and in my own capacity here.
Rude people are blocked.
patguy @patguy.bsky.social Thing that writes, and sleeps. Not that other asshole.
The Sunday Scaries appear weekly at ghoulishdelights.com
pat-harrigan.com
Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social Author. Linguist. Scholar of interdisciplinary subjects.
✒ Understands about semicolons
🐺 Monster enthusiast
🕹️ Games @spaceboat.bsky.social
🎵 Metalhead
📖 35 books published
🎙️ Legends and Lectures / Archaeoscoop
https://www.patreon.com/newshortstories
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Dr. Kurtis Hanlon @kurtishanlon.bsky.social An assistant professor in premodern Japanese Language and Literature at Palacký University. Researching literature, especially waka, and its intersection with play. Former lecturer at Yale, UBC. Designated departmental baker (he/him)
Tine Rassalle @tinerassalle.bsky.social Adjunct professor, archaeologist, researcher of Jewish and Christian history, video gamer, museum studies, technology. Immigrant. PhD from @UNC
Janice Liedl @jliedl.bsky.social Historian at Laurentian University (Canada). Researching early modern crime and urban women's lives, but I can never stay away from questions of popular culture & history. Gamer, fan, fibre artist.
Dany Guay-Belanger @videogamehistorian.bsky.social Videogame historian extraordinaire
FRQSC and SSRCH-funded PhD candidate in Videogame History and Preservation
CGSA Francophone Rep
Creator of Deadplay podcast
Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social Senior Fellow | German Maritime Museum
Gerda Henkel Research Scholarship
Research Coordinator (on leave) | Prize Papers Project
Lecturer Early Modern History & Games | Oldenburg University
Founder Gamelab Oldenburg | Games in School
AmandaRose V. PhD @amandarosevphd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Performance & Pedagogy. I think of myself as an Ethical Paladin but am known for intimacy choreography, larp, immersive theatre, laughing loudly, teaching teachers, adopting dogs, & editing the Journal of Consent-Based Performance