James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social Co-Director at Center for Digital Narrative, Univ of Bergen. Lead research project AI STORIES (ERC Advanced Grant). Australian and Norwegian. Blogging at jilltxt.net since 2000.
Eric Brandom @ebrandom.bsky.social Intellectual history, here decontextualized. Especially modern France, history of political thought, and socialism. And Kansas, because that's where I live "als Gelehrter, der durch Schriften zum eigentlichen Publikum, nämlich der Welt, spricht."
Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social Historian of scientific, economic and colonial projects in early modern Britain, Ireland, and the Atlantic; books http://bit.ly/3HYwNiA & http://bit.ly/3rKdAvt; http://memoriousblog.com; views mine; he/him. Montrealer in Philly, except when I’m in Montreal
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social 1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.
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Eric Sipple @ericsipple.com Author of BROKEN MAGIC, MIMESIS. Head of Engineering at Hey Jane. My brain is a beautiful rain of frogs. 🏳️⚧️ (they/them)
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social Former journalist, now at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), guest columnist at @documentedny.bsky.social, forever immigration explainer.
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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social Reporter covering the Trump White House, the tech right & the 2026 midterms. Scoops in NY mag, WIRED, CJR & local dailies.
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James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social Artist, author of New Dark Age (2018) and Ways of Being (2022). Free Palestine, Protect Trans Kids, for ever and ever. https://mastodon.social/@jamesbridle / jamesbridle.com
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social Independent Journalist. Host of “The Jim Acosta Show” on Substack, YouTube and Apple Podcasts: Former Chief WH Correspondent. Author. https://substack.com/@jimacosta?r=lpd3z&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile Inquiries: go to jimacosta.com
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.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)
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