Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter.
Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io
All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social Associate Prof at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Constitutional law, criminal law, abolition, philosophy, hoops, video games, puppies (esp. Argo the Floof). Probably nicer than you’ve heard. He/him.
University of Notre Dame @notredame.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the University of Notre Dame ☘️
The premier Catholic research university in the U.S. and a force for good since 1842
Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social Michigan State Senate Majority Whip | Notre Dame ☘️ | Ray Wert’s ginger half | Noa's mom
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social Senior writer at Wired, author of ONE BAD MOTHER, debut essay collection out now. https://www.amazon.com/One-Bad-Mother-Housewives-Momfluencers/dp/1668051117
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
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Calvin Schermerhorn @calscherm.bsky.social Author of The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made (2025) @yalepress. From Southern Maryland🍂. Teaches history in Arizona 🌵
Robert Dale Parker @robertdaleparker.bsky.social Here for US &/or Modern fiction & poetry, critical theory, crime fiction & speculative fiction. Author of How to Interpret Literature & books on US & Native American literature. Emerging fiction writer.
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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism among history practitioners and encouraging historians' engagement with the public.
Lynne Hartnett @lahartnett.bsky.social Historian of Russia, mom, believer in democracy
Lesley J Gordon @ljg106.bsky.social Historian & Author; Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History, University of Alabama; DREAD DANGER is now available from Cambridge University Press.
https://history.ua.edu/people/lesley-gordon/
Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social Historian of Civil War & Reconstruction. Bicyclist, baker, 3d favorite human of Banjo the dog. Views=mine, repost ≠endorsement
Diane Miller Sommerville @profsommerville.bsky.social Historian of the 19th-century South. Fond of binders. Fonder still of spicy margaritas. 
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. 
Judy Giesberg @jgiesber.bsky.social C19 US History, slavery, Civil War, Director, Last Seen Project, Author, _Last Seen: The Enduring Search By Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families_, Simon and Schuster, 2025. 
The Partnership @ourpublicservice.bsky.social Building a better government and a stronger democracy.
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Jonathan L. Fischer @jonfischer.bsky.social Senior editor at The Atlantic (arts x politics, and much more) and proprietor of http://hedswillroll.tumblr.com.
Ashley Parker @ashleyrparker.bsky.social I remain skeptical about Bluesky. Also: @TheAtlantic staff writer. MSNBC analyst. And Washington Post + New York Times alum. Mainly links to my stories and posts about my kids. Email: aparker@theatlantic.com.
Richards Center Penn State @richardscenter.bsky.social We Are the Richards Civil War Era Center, a scholarly home dedicated to the idea that the Civil War was fundamentally a struggle over the intersections of race, slavery, and democracy.
The Civil War Doc @thecivilwardoc.bsky.social Forthcoming documentary by Keri Leigh Merritt. To make this documentary possible, please consider supporting us by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/TheCivilWarDoc
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Nau Civil War Center @naucivilwar.bsky.social The Nau Center promotes scholarship, teaching, and public outreach regarding the United States in the era of the Civil War.
Anita Varma @anitawrites.bsky.social Solidarity Journalism Initiative lead, assistant professor at UT Austin School of Journalism and Media. Views are my own.
Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social Editor at Columbia University Press. I acquire in Film and Media Studies, Journalism, and Literary Studies. Opinions my own. 
WTF Just Happened Today? by Matt Kiser @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com A sane, once-a-day update helping normal people make sense of the news. Since 2017.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca Investigative journalist
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
OpenNews @opennews.bsky.social We help journalists connect as peers to build the skills that transform their work and the relationships that transform our industry.
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Kreg Abshire @kregabshire.bsky.social American Studies--film, music, literature, and class. Was way out front on the nontraditional jobs for Ph.D.s trend--by choice of others like, you know, the market. Student once told me that he liked my "self-defecating sense of humor."
Siobhán O’Grady @siobhanogrady.bsky.social Ukraine bureau chief @washingtonpost. It’s pronounced Sha-VON.
The Indiana Citizen @indianacitizen.org The Indiana Citizen is a nonpartisan, non-profit platform dedicated to increasing the number of informed, engaged Hoosier citizens. Your voice matters.
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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social A bite-sized, newsletter-based book review, sending subscribers well-crafted reviews by distinguished & engaging writers direct to their inboxes. linktr.ee/bookpostusa
Austin Harvey @austincharvey.com Writer, editor, podcaster. Pittsburgh, PA.
Matt Petras @mattapetras.bsky.social english professor at the university of pittsburgh. freelance reporter, with bylines at the daily beast, pgh city paper, public source, kotaku, the comics journal, etc. doing my best on the novel manuscript, okay?
Richard Heppner 🤷🏼♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) • Former Appellate Attorney • English PhD (Modernism) • Posts too infrequently to have a brand. • Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. • see also id. @ 🐘, 🧵 • he/him
Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social Professional asker of cultural questions.
Bylines: NOTUS, Globe and Mail, New York Times, Dance Magazine, and many more. Cancer and stroke survivor somehow still here. rjritzel@gmail.com
RJI @rjionline.bsky.social RJI: The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute is a world-class center for researching and testing new models of journalism.
Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social NYT tech reporter
Co-author of Character Limit
Signal: rmac.18
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Erin Griffith @ering.bsky.social NYT reporter covering startups & venture capital
Writing a book about startups in the 2010s🦄
Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social Presidential historian. American History Columnist @NYTBR. Senior Fellow @NewAmerica. NYT bestselling author of (almost!) 3 books.
John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com Historian and writer exploring how Americans engage with the past. **Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory** out now. www.johngmarks.com
The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social Journalism. Truth. Democracy.
We’ve been a school for journalists for 50 years. Home to the Poynter newsroom, PolitiFact, MediaWise and the International Fact-Checking Network.
Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social Central American and Imperial Lit | Higher Ed Section Editor @publicbooks.bsky.social | University lecturer & onetime union staffer | Go easy, step lightly, stay free. |
Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social Deputy Director of Advocacy @freedom.press
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National Review @nationalreview.bsky.social Standing athwart history, yelling Stop.
A magazine founded by the late William F. Buckley Jr.
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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social Historian. #LFGM #LFC NYM-G-K-I. my opinions. he/him/his. Author of White Power: Policing American Slavery. And other stuff.
Lida Zeitlin-Wu @lidazeitlinwu.bsky.social Author of How Color Became a Technology: The Making of Chromatic Capitalism (forthcoming from Duke UP in 2027). Assistant Prof at Notre Dame. Past and present Chicagoan. www.lidazeitlinwu.com
Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social Into #birding, #CrossFit, & sometimes writing. Wrote the novels "Necessary Errors" and "Overthrow"
More at https://calebcrain.substack.com & https://steamthing.com.
New short story! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/clay-fiction-caleb-crain
Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social Editorial Director at @uncpress.bsky.social • acquiring books in history, Black studies, girlhood studies, carceral studies • H-Net's #FeedingTheElephant
Peter DiCampo @peterdicampo.bsky.social Visuals Editor @ProPublica.org working mostly on our collaborations with local newsrooms across the country.
Cofounder of The Everyday Projects.
@jskstanford.bsky.social alum.
Journalism, photography, metal, comic books, etc.
MSP based.
DM Campbell @dmcampbellwsu.bsky.social Prof, AmLit, WSU Pullman; Bitter Tastes: Literary Naturalism & Early Cinema in Am Women’s Writing. Canada is a sovereign nation. Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. None of his shenanigans are legal.
Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social Military affairs reporter with The Washington Post. State-school alum. Beer-league softball enthusiast. Dog guy. Signal for encrypted tips: danlamothe.30
Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social Historian of colonialism, capitalism, and schooling in Canada. Confronting residential school denialism. Books: When the Pine Needles Fall; Lessons in Legitimacy; Dissenting Traditions. www.seancarleton.com
Bryan Clark @bryanclark.bsky.social Writing Quibbly. Investigative journalism about systems that don't work the way you think. Previously: NYT, WaPo, and Managing Editor at TNW. Currently staring at a spreadsheet and muttering.
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social writer, organizer, a lot of hats. advocacy director @freepress.bsky.social • writing a book on data centers
opinions my own and also my dogs' (probably)
Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com
Maria Dikcis, PhD @mariadikcis.bsky.social Leading Edge Fellow @ American Council of Learned Societies
PhD @ Northwestern | Postdocs @ Harvard & UChicago
20th+21st c. literature, poetry, digital media, AI, data, justice
mariadikcis.com
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social Politics, politics, politics
daviss @daviss.org minneapolis photographer, photojournalist. paying attention. local history nerd. @daviss.mn on ig
https://chaddavis.photography/
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social Health Equity Scientist, Bethesda Declaration signer, work at NIH, speak in my personal capacity, photo: AP/Jose Luis Magana
Also on:
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https://linktr.ee/declarationsofdissent
@redburntom.bsky.social @redburntom.bsky.social 
Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com Just be cool, man.
Reporter: science, nature, agriculture, climate. Bylines at Scientific American, PopSci, Sierra, Slate, Fatherly, etc.
He/Him. RTs =/= Endorsement. Opinions solely mine. Old posts delete en masse.
Chicago
www.ethanpfreedman.com
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social Dad, husband, journalist at 9News Denver. Helping the community raise $18M via 300+ weekly microgiving campaigns. Next with Kyle Clark 6p weeknights + 9NEWS at 9/10p on-air/streaming on 9NEWS+. Signal tips: 303-871-1841.
Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social New role to be announced soon!
Former J6 Committee Senior Professional Staffer & principal drafter of committee’s final report. Fan of Tom Paine.
Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com visuals editor at ProPublica 🦂
probably headbanging
www.cengizyar.com
Shoe @shoe.bsky.social Former conservative. Good poaster with even gooder opinions. Truck h8er. Costco 4eva. Truth and Reconciliation Commission Advisor.
Investigative Project on Race and Equity @raceandequityproject.org We train journalists in data-driven reporting and collaborate with news organizations to uncover systemic racism and drive change.
Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com An independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to giving Hoosiers a comprehensive look inside state government, policy and elections.
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic
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jesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social what if we could have the things we liked, minus the things we didn't like
Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit group working to prevent authoritarianism. This account is owned and operated by Protect Democracy United.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com News from Minnesota and beyond. startribune.com
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com Senior editor at The Atlantic.
www.mrdanzak.com
Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social Journalist
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
Derrick Pitard @synderlic.bsky.social Medievalist who writes on Chaucer and religion in later medieval Britain; teaches Latin, Lit, and the History of English; family historian; dad; husband; once and future rower; union member. https://gladlywoldehe.net/
anna @fritesflagey.bsky.social She/her. Yells about books. Frit Flagey over Barrière.
@awaltz.bsky.social @awaltz.bsky.social 
Stacy Rounds @stacypgh.bsky.social audience engagement specialist at @pghcitypaper, foodie, dog lover, Pa. native
Liz @yellingatthesky85.bsky.social Mom. Writer. Public Historian. Elder Millenial. Social justice Catholic. Pittsburgh girl through and through. The crazy cat lady your mom warned you about.
I hate this timeline and sometimes complain about it.
TheImmigrationLab @theimmigrationlab.bsky.social Social science research collaborative on all things immigration. Directed by @drernestocast.bsky.social and based at American University, Washington, DC
www.immigrationlab.org
Chris Foreman @4maninforms.bsky.social Investigator/writer researching rescues and altruism. Former newspaper reporter in PA & OH. Poll worker. Open-records and voting-rights advocate.
Ben Schmitt @bencschmitt.bsky.social Tribune-Review deputy managing editor. Ex-Detroit Free Presser. Husband. Dad. Michigan State grad. Raised in Pittsburgh. Peabody High School.
Benjamin Park @benjaminepark.bsky.social Historian & nerd. Author/editor of 5 books, including AMERICAN ZION: A NEW HISTORY OF MORMONISM. views = my own
https://linktr.ee/benjaminepark
Wes Marshall @wesmars.bsky.social doctor, but probably not the kind of doctor you are looking for...
www.wesmarshall.org
www.kbate.org
https://lookbothwayspod.podbean.com
www.youtube.com/@LookBothWaysPod
Laprofmme 🦬⚔️🏒 💙💛❤️🩹 @laprofmme.bsky.social Historian, 🐶 🐩 mom, aspiring native plant gardener, knitter, vintage plumbing fixture enthusiast. Oxford commas and footnotes, always and forever. I block with abandon. All opinions my own not my employer. Go Bills!
Sean Beedle @beedle.bsky.social Writing:
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Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF + Sound Fellow, Library of Congress NRPB; Associate Professor, University of Colorado