Hedrives @hedrives.bsky.social TarHeel, ad creative/designer, ex-car racer & instructor, Land Speed motorcycle builder, GRRC & PCA member, BBQ Consigliere, Porsche Macan daily, respects honest efforts to do good things, anti-fascist, anti-oligarch, Roaring Fork Valley Colorado is home.
Alison Cook @alisoncook.bsky.social Omnivore, part-time misanthrope, rabid Houstonian. Lapsed restaurant critic, newsletter writer at https://alison-cooks-htown.ghost.io
Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social GQ Correspondent, NYT Mag, NatGeo, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, Garden & Gun, This American Life, et. al. Author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution. Three James Beard awards. https://linktr.ee/brettsy
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José R. Ralat 🌶️ @tacotrail.bsky.social Family man. Taco editor, Texas Monthly. Author, American Tacos. 2x James Beard Award winner. Taco Chronicles 3. Panzón. Highly opinionated. Opinions mine.
Misha Govshteyn @mishag.bsky.social Startup mechanic. Michelin inspector inspector.
Former CEO at MacroFab. Founder at Alert Logic in prior life.
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Barleyvine @barleyvine.bsky.social Houstonian #Beer, #Cocktails, #Cigars, #Food, #watches #Movies, #Space, #commercialspace. Supporter of #Astros, #LFC, #McLarenF1.
Dwight Silverman @dwightsilverman.com Retired, getting better at it. 30+ years as a tech guy at the @houstonchronicle.com, but no longer columnizing. Still an aspiring cat lady, passable iPhone photographer. Also at https://dwightsilverman.com & https://www.threads.net/@dsilverman
David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social Dad/cook. 2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book winner: at dawn, the first of the first to sing, pubs Fall ‘27. Writer/editor covering Houston food: Houston Chronicle, Edible Houston, Houston Food Finder, Sugar&Rice, Cite. https://www.davidleftwich.net/
dan solomon @dansolomon.com senior writer at Texas Monthly. wrote the YA novel The Fight For Midnight (it’s about abortion bans). dogs love me cuz i’m crazy sniffable. he/him
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Ruthie Miller @ruthiemiller.bsky.social Extreme serial comma loyalist. SaaS marketing 24/7 ✨ Never not wearing athleisure. #BuryMeInTheH
Houston Matters @houstonmatters.bsky.social Your essential daily guide to the people, places, issues, and ideas that define Greater Houston. Weekdays 9-10am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM. e-mail: talk@houstonmatters.org
Farhad Manjoo @fmanjoo.bsky.social Formerly a columnist at New York Times, Slate. generally wonderful person.
Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social Reporter @democracydocket.com // from the floodplain // bad at sleeping // Texan in DC // signal: jenrice.77 // rice@democracydocket.com
Chris Tomlinson @cltomlinson.bsky.social Columnist and author writing about money, politics and life in Texas. Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.
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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social Family, sports, science and sci fi in some order or another. Same name on all social media and in real life. “Shared pain is lessened, while shared joy is increased.” — Spider Robinson
Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
Daniel Vaughn @bbqsnob.bsky.social Barbecue Editor at Texas Monthly. https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/
Katy Vine @katyvine.bsky.social Staff writer at Texas Monthly since 1997.
Kimya Kavehkar @kimyanattalie.bsky.social Senior Editor, Food & Drink @texasmonthly. Alum: @texashighways, @austin_monthly. My main goal is to blow up and then act like I don't know nobody.
R.A. Schuetz @raschuetz.bsky.social Housing reporter at the Houston Chronicle. Reach me at rebecca.schuetz@houstonchronicle.com.
John Spong @sponglr.bsky.social Host of One by Willie podcast at PRX, i.e. I listen to Willie Nelson records and overthink them for a living. Hear the pod here: https://apple.co/3rVq1lx
The Texanist @thetexanist.bsky.social The National Advice Columnist of
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Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff.bsky.social Reporter at ProPublica. Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Author of CATCH THE DEVIL, to be released by Knopf on July 14. https://www.pamelacolloff.com/
Joe Carl "86 47" White @joewhite.com Singer, Consultant, Humanitarian
Impeach President Trump for violating Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 11 of the Constitution, among others.
Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com Documenting life in #Houston, Texas and beyond.
Joy Sewing @joysewing.bsky.social Houston Chronicle columnist. Champion for the underdog and underserved. Trying to live joyfully in Texas.
Gus Bova @gusbova.bsky.social Kansas-Texas transplant. Editor-in-Chief, Texas Observer. Tips: bova@texasobserver.org, or DM for Signal.
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
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Marina O'Loughlin @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social Fingers in many pies
DivaQBBQ- Danielle Bennett @divaqbbq.bsky.social 🔥Mom & World Champion BBQ Pitmaster
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@_zd @dashzd.bsky.social Hypothetical Political Lyrical Miracle Whip
Adam P. Newton @dryvetyme.bsky.social Sounds. Words. Coffee. Star Trek. Family.
dryvetyme.online
Contributor at @treblezine.bsky.social and @beardedgmusic.bsky.social.
IG: apnreads.
he/him/his.
Jason Cohen @cohenesque.bsky.social Philadelphia. Texas Monthly writer-at-large. Ex of Austin, Portland, Cincinnati, Missoula. Music, food, sports (no necessarily in that order).
Stephan Segraves @stephan.wtf Frequent Flyer / #avgeek / Commercial Aviation and Travel News / Host of @moredotsmorelines.com podcast / Cyclist / blogging @ https://badice.com / #Portland
Day job is being a utilities expert.
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Dean Betz @deanbetz.bsky.social Building an airplane to write about it. Ex-Microsoft, Hearst, Advance. Occasional journalist. Also on Mastodon, https://newsie.social/@deanbetz. Older stuff at https://panix.com/~dbetz/twitterarchive. No connection to Betz Mystery Sphere.
Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social Works at @lancetgh.bsky.social, but opinions here mine. Words other places too (vittles, dallas observer, etc.) but considerably less often
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Geo B @geob42.bsky.social Retired sysadmin.Pilot,BBQ seeker,Mac/Apple/Linux,BS-Math,cancer survivor, Sci-Fi, Steelers-Penguins-Penn St, military history, classic rock/metal, pro-nuclear
Space City Weather @spacecitywx.bsky.social No-hype source for Houston-area weather forecasts. Operated by Eric Berger and Matt Lanza. #housky #houwx https://spacecityweather.com/
Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social I am the trick my mother played on the world.
Xennial Meteorologist in Connecticut. Heart always in Houston. Forecasts: theeyewall.com & spacecityweather.com.
I like books, history, sports cards, baseball, Rutgers, #BHAFC.
Opinions my own.
Eric Berger @sciguyspace.bsky.social Senior Space Editor, Ars Technica. Likes rockets.
Paula Forbes @paulaforbes.bsky.social Food writer @ Texas Monthly. Cookbook author. Formerly: Eat Me Daily, Eater, Epicurious. Central time zone lifer. pforbes@texasmonthly.com She/her. You know this boogie is for real.
Eric Henao (He/Him) @erichenao.bsky.social Marketer, mtb, Santa Cruz Tallboy MTB, trail runner, foodie, cook, diy’er, woodworker, sci fiction lover, techno music enthusiast. Cat dad. Ally. Progressive Democrat. Throat punch Nazi's and Fascists.
The Ribman @theribman.bsky.social #HolyFuck #ChristOnABike #HolyMotherOfGod #JudasIsScaryHot #FuckYuzu
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Chowhound @chowhoundofficial.bsky.social Chowhound is the site for food nerds - from expert chef tips to culinary how-to's, helpful ingredient lists, baking science, and more. www.chowhound.com
Paul B. Kennedy @paulinvietnam.bsky.social 🏆🌍 Gourmand “Best in the World” Award!
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MMOC @solarfish.bsky.social Corporate Chef in HOU, cancer patient, food lover, general all purpose geek, and huge gear head. Opinions expressed are my own and unrelated to my employer. (chef/chef)
Marc Borel @marcborel.bsky.social www.marcborel.com
I dig wine. I dig food. Coonass, sommelier, beverage director, travel advisor. Houston, Texas.
Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.
Mike Morris @mmorris011.bsky.social Investigative reporter for @HoustonChron // mike.morris@houstonchronicle.com
soleil ho @soleilho.com critic and food writer @coyotemedia.org | James Beard award winner | they/them 🍊 av by max graves
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Rachel Monroe @rachelmonroe.bsky.social The duke of dark corners / Texas writer for the New Yorker / Co-host of Bad Therapist podcast badtherapistpod.bsky.social
JavaPeg @javapeg.bsky.social Married to Doug (http://www.douglasjlane.com) in OR. Impatient gardener, food & beverage fanatic, former engineer, data driven liberal.
Jay Arnold @jayarnold.bsky.social Former Texas A&M DL, Content Pusher, BBQ Lover, and dude just trying to be better. Expect lots of sports meanderings especially college football, NASCAR, and MMA. COYS.
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