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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social Political scientist, kayaker
Emeritus, UMaine
Political Sightlines at https://amyfried.substack.com/
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the abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social Extremely Online medieval archaeologist and aspiring politico in the PNW. Dem Tea Party Believer. AOCista. Gerontocracy hater. 2ndGen 🇨🇺🇺🇸 🌹DSA for my sins. ADHD. He/Him.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org Lincoln liberal, 2nd inaugural enthusiast.
Information processing in networks. Brains, models, lasers.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social Comic book lover, oenophile, Virginian. Obsessed with/nation's foremost expert on state politics. carolyncfiddler at gmail dot com. she/her
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social That one medieval historian you've heard of. Co-host We're Not So Different and Gone Medieval podcasts. Author of The Once and Future Sex. (Out now!) George Michael stan. Cutie.
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social Political writer. Covering Congress. Vincit Omnia Veritas.
Diversity is our strength. Unity is our power. 🩵
"Freedom is not just an absence of evil, but a presence of good."
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Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social limited wit & the worst lines in Pundom | za’atar & insulin enthusiast | sporadically @singlesjukebox.bsky.social | MTL expat in Toronto with bagel opinions & T1D | crim appellate law | Jew for a Free Palestine | DuJour means seatbelts | 39🏳️🌈✡️
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social Independent Journalist. IU alum. Recovering lawyer. She/her
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com Healthcare data analysis, advocacy & snark.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog Trans liberation and information security. @transsafety.network
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) senior editor and opinion columnist — covering politics, free speech, civil liberties, and extremism.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social FASCISM IS NOT TO BE DEBATED; IT IS TO BE
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. I'm just trying to make my city a better place
Richard Whittaker @rmwhittaker.bsky.social Award-winning reporter and film critic.
Veep, Austin Film Critics Association.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney. Previously lived in Munich, New York, Moscow and London, now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Husband of Carol, groomer of Aisha.
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social Antifascist. Midwesterner. Minneapolis/St. Paul. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth. Abolish ICE.
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Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social Faculty at the London School of Economics;
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Governance Innovation Council, Meta
Studying lotteries in democracy and tech, participatory tech, HPE, political economy
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com Extremism expert by day, novelist by night, apparently
THE POPE'S HITMAN (10/27/2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
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