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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social Father · Husband · Son · Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky · Committed to setting a positive tone and fighting for all our families.
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
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Mark Humphrey @markhumphrey.bsky.social Living in a nice blue city, in a red state. Tags: BBN, Dem, photographer, computers, retired. I try to be civil over here, it's a nice neighborhood. 
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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky
Jay McCoy @mcjay.bsky.social Artist, writer, Appalachian, book lover...director of Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Center for the Book
Fanny Hubart-Salmon @fannysescapades.bsky.social Human first, curious second. A Kentuckian from Normandy.
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Im Jae @ajoyfulmind.bsky.social Artist, Astrologer, Dharma teacher. Alive in my beating heart. Sharing an off grid homestead with my dance partner and an unruly herd of forest cats. Here to give and receive love, grace and inspiration.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Carmi Levy @carmilevy.bsky.social Nerd, journalist, husband, dad, dog-whisperer, photographer, cyclist, stroke survivor, wannabe-decent soul.
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The Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning @carnegiecenterlex.bsky.social Empowering people to explore and express their voices since 1992.📚
Kim 🫘 @kimfogle.bsky.social Retired. Proudly liberal. Blue dot in a red area inside a blue area in a red state. It’s exhausting. #Leguminati from the kitchen table days.
Ally Bean @thespectacledbean.bsky.social 🔹 Free-spirited. Creative. Humorous.
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Sara Benincasa @sarajbenincasa.bsky.social Author, TV/film writer, actor. Writing about our tallest president.
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Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
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