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Michelle Shephard @michelleshephard.bsky.social Journalist, NYT best-selling author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Podcast host and producer. Co-president of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (@CJFE.) May post photos of adorable dogs. www.michelleshephard.ca
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social Life’s a bitch, then you die | NY Daily News ed board, @newrepublic.com contributing editor, NYU lecturer, @flaminghydra.com member, immigration wonk. Work in @slate.com, @thenation.com, @boltsmag.org, etc | Personal photography at Instagram.com/nycfelipe
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
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Mark Yarm @markyarm.bsky.social Exec ed, features & special projects, PCMag 🎃 adjunct, Columbia Journalism School 🎃 bylines: the New Yorker, NYT Mag, Flaming Hydra, etc. 🎃 author, EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN 🎃 markyarm@gmail.com; Signal: markyarm.99 🎃 https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social “It is my image that I want to multiply, but not out of narcissism or megalomania, as could all too easily be believed: on the contrary, I want to conceal, in the midst of so many illusory ghosts of myself, the true me, who makes them move.“
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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
Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social Lammy award winning author. Novels: BEINGS (🛸📚💌); ALL MY MOTHER'S LOVERS (💀🚗🌈). Co-editor of the anthology HERE FOR ALL THE REASONS: Why We Watch The Bachelor🌹.
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Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social New on here. Author of Policing Black Lives (Fernwood/Duke University Press, 2025) and co-author of Rehearsals for Living (Haymarket 2023). More at www.robynmaynard.com
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social Deputy editor of investigations, Guardian US. I'm an editor and reporter. Feminist. Mother of two. Years in DC, Rome, NYC, London. But mostly DC. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/stephanie-kirchgaessner
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Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social 🪬AP news director in Jerusalem; former Mideast editor + correspondent at WaPo. Previously in Cairo, Kabul, Gaza, Istanbul, Baghdad. All the pieces matter.
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wawog_now @wawog.bsky.social Building a cultural front for a free Palestine.
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her.
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
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Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social Musickly person in Toronto. I make books and records and photographs and pesto. https://linktr.ee/donpyle?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=9ebfbaca-05ee-4a7d-aa17-8c181974dc02
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
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Corporate Knights @green-economy.bsky.social A magazine about the green economy
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
kathleen newman-bremang @kathleennb.bsky.social sr content director, entertainment - refinery29
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social Reporter at The Local @thelocal.to
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
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Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social Health reporter @pressprogress.ca *On maternity leave*
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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social Writer at large (but mostly Vancouver).
Environment, culture, politics...
All too earnest.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
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Tobin Ng @tobinng.bsky.social “the human form of Snopes” | programs coordinator @jhrnews.bsky.social, contributing editor @xtramagazine.com | they/them | tobinng.wordpress.com