Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social Virologist. PI working at but not speaking for USask. Co-EiC of Vaccine. 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦. Emerging viruses, pathogenesis, zoonosis, host responses, dogs, football, off-color language, transcriptomic chaos. Opinions my own.
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
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Emily Moin @emilymoin.com Intensivist, ethicist, epidemiologist, math enthusiast. Es könnte auch anders sein. (I call them tweets and they're my own)
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Jesse Lee @jessecharleslee.bsky.social Former Econ Comms for President Biden, Senior Advisor to Speaker Pelosi, Special Assistant to President Obama, VP of Comms for CAP.
jesseclee.com
Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social Reuters congressional correspondent focused on foreign policy and national security. (Signal: PZReuters.94) Don't ban books. YNWA https://www.reuters.com/authors/patricia-zengerle/
Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social America’s stepdad
Melanie Lynskey @melanielynskey.bsky.social 
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social Public scholar of the Bible and religion
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social I write about abortion every day at abortioneveryday.com Read my newsletter & find me other places here: linktr.ee/jessicavalenti
📚 Buy my book 'Abortion' at prh.com/abortion
Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social (VERY SERIOUS) USA TODAY humor(ish) columnist. May or may not be notable. Hypocrisy enthusiast. WOKE MOB, CO-FOUNDER. ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (2017 to present).
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey @beamjockey.bsky.social Physicist at large. Speaker. Writer. Mono-instrumentalist.
Spaceflight, astronomy, history of science, science fiction, & jokes thereof.
Avatar: Bill Heterodyne, smiling & tipping his boater, by Phil Foglio.
Banner: Me, infinitely reflected in mirrors.
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social Senior politics writer at Salon.com. I block for MAGA trolling, violent rhetoric, and humorless sanctimony.
I would love nothing more than to never see another meme in replies. I am doomed.
Subscribe to Standing Room Only: salon.com/newsletter
Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com Journalist. Writer-Producer of historical thriller MR JONES. Watch: http://tiny.cc/okyx001
BOOKS: Orwell & The Refugees. Mrs Orwell. Dictatorship-It's Easier Than You Think!
PODCAST: @gaslitnationpod.com
CONTACT: AndreaChalupa.com
Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/robin/
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app In progress. Harvard PhD candidate. #GodsPlan ☀️
Books: #TheBlackAgenda #TheDoubleTax
David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social Rochester Institute of Technology professor of practice: law, criminal justice, journalism & political science; Pulitzer Prize for NYTimes tax reporting; 4 NYT best sellers; DCReport.org co-founder; 8 grown children; AKA Mr. Jennifer Leonard since 1982.
Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social Columnist, The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/ Podcast: The Time of Monsters: https://www.thenation.com/content/time-of-monsters/
ceej @ceej.online just here to have fun online
Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social Senior reporter at The Bulwark. Email: sommer - at- thebulwark.com. Signal: willsommer.38
Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social Infectious diseases & genomics. Immunologist in (voluntary) exile. Minimal sarcasm. Fierce HOA (Hater of Acronyms). Personal account - opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
Zeteo @zeteo.com Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
https://zeteo.com
Amy @lolennui.bsky.social Camera tinkerer. Contributor @ The Onion.
amyash.me
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social A husband, father, actor, director, & a climate justice advocate with an eye out for a better, brighter, cleaner, & more hopeful future for all of us.
Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social gallows humorist
David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social Chief Film Critic at http://RollingStone.com. Obsessive. Compulsive. Disorderly. President of the Chishu Ryu Fan Club. NYFCC, NSFC, NSFW.
Downtown Josh Brown @downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social Investor, CEO, Dad
https://www.downtownjoshbrown.com/
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social TPM editor at large + all things Morning Memo: https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/
Signal: davidkurtz.88
Proton: davidmkurtz@proton.me
Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds, The Rangers), former CNN & BBC analyst, retired journalism prof.
👤: sethabramson.net/bio
⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com
🕹: retrostack.substack.com
🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social I got lucky and ended up working in the Senate for 21 years, including 2 majority leaders and one of the greatest legislators in the history of that body. So called “democratic strategist”
Zack Bornstein @zackbornstein.bsky.social Emmy-losing Writer/Director (#Shrinking, @nbcSNL, @Netflix, @Hulu, @Dreamworks, @JimmyKimmelLive, #StrangePlanet, @NewYorker)
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.
DCCyclone @dccyclone.bsky.social Progressive politico, school activist, attorney; proud dad of girl & 2 boys, Iowa-born son of immigrants from India, Iowa State alumnus & from a Cyclone family.
The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com Weeknights 11/10c on Comedy Central and Paramount+
m @keptsimple.bsky.social 
Magenta @magentab.bsky.social Progressive Democrat from Jersey City
Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social Jersey til I die. Writer, political consultant, and lawyer for hire. End corruption. Tax the rich. Rahway. primaryschool.ghost.io / buymeacoffee.com/primaryschool
Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social HuffPost labor reporter. dave.jamieson@huffpost.com. Signal: davejamieson.99
Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social Progressive. 🇺🇸. This flag is ours. They wave the Trump flag & the one that celebrates cop violence.
Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Author. Defender of democracy. marytrump.org
Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social No kings
Actor/Producer he/him
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social Good Politics/Bad Politics - Subscribe! https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/ Also I root for the Giants. The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024.
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social Film critic at Vulture, co-host of the Critical Darlings podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-darlings/id1885681327
Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social Film Critic, The New Yorker and NPR’s Fresh Air | 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | Chair, National Society of Film Critics | Programmer, New York Film Festival
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social Political Columnist, Bloomberg.
Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com Climate journalist based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. If the NYT has no haters I'm dead.
Tips? Reach me on Signal kendrawrites.04
John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social journalist. alum: WSJ/NYT/NBC/CNN.
public speaker. requests: https://www.wsb.com/speakers/john-harwood/
advocate of decency in government and elsewhere
Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social Dissent is patriotic.
Disband the standing army.
Stop using Google.
[Posting from a bunker under siege in war-ravaged Portland. Send beer and prayers, but mostly beer.]
[[No IPAs, thanks.]]
[[[Actually, don't send beer, I don't trust your tastes.]]]
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social Writer. Lesbian. Texan. Veteran. Hoya. Jesus Fan. She. | cmclymer@gmail.com | I write about politics, religion, and culture in my award-winning blog/newsletter Charlotte's Web Thoughts: charlotteclymer.substack.com
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
@CharlesPPierce @theshebeen.bsky.social Keeper of the Esquire shebeen since 2011. Grand-Da to John Victor. Da to AD, BDP, and Molly Two Names. Aging epee hack, Ringsend Cowboy. "For man is a giddy thing, and that is my conclusion."...A pint of plain is your only man
Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com Digital Strategy for California YIMBY. Seattle resident. Personal account -- what you see here represents my own opinions, for better or worse.
Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social Focused on Black Women. #Womanism #Spirituality #ProChoice! BOLD, BLUNT ANTI-RACIST & ANTI-COLORIST!!! Will piss you off. Oh, #2A works for me too!
Jon Green @modestholdings.com Chairman of the Johnson County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors. I'm from the Government and I'm here to help.
Sig: 1+307-828-1004
https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/
https://www.greenforjc.com
Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social I cover the U.S. Senate for Bloomberg News. You may know me from #FridayNightZillow, but C-SPAN is more my natural habitat. #Introduction
I'm also @steventdennis on the other places. Opinions mine. Email: sdennis17@bloomberg.net
Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social Football. Basketball. Cream cheese.
Editor. Writer.
Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca In a world drowning in conflict and grief, we crave what keeps us alive: joy—our daily bread; hope—our living water; kindness—the roof over our souls.
Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck
"One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com
Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social Political consultant, media critic, and longtime Cassandra.
www.findinggravity.net
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social Here for some skeets!
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Thanks!
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting/Reveal. Past president of the American Society of Magazine Editors. Mom. Upzoning, street tree, and rescue dog enthusiast. Views, mine.
Greg Pinelo @gregpinelo.bsky.social Democratic strategist and ad maker, https://almediastrategy.com/reel/ Veteran of last 5 Presidential and many other campaigns at all levels. You win some, you lose some. Cuban-American, Kentucky native, Oberlin grad, half-decent guitarist. 
Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics.
email max@kennerlylaw.com
The Masked Poster @themaskedposter.bsky.social Masked Like ICE | Former On A Roll Student | Wrote for Cracked like, twice | I shamed Judas
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social Columnist for MSNOW, Public Notice. Formerly: Washington Post, The Week, American Prospect. Subscribe to my newsletter! The Cross Section: paulwaldman.substack.com
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
RepJackKimble @repjackkimble.bsky.social Republican Representing CA's 54th Dist. & co-sponsor of Poe's Law. Detective Jesus #1: Thou Shalt Not Kill is out on Amazon http://amzn.to/3aDgUmi. E Pluribus Unum (In God We Trust). Nominated to lead Departments of Government Efficiency Department
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social Recent candidate for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. SamForNJ.org.
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Long-form essays at samwang.substack.com.
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Championship-level spades player. ContrabandCamp.com founder. Author of NY Times bestseller: Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America.
Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social Humorist, satirist, and political commentator, www.unchartedblue.com
Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. Repost ≠ endorsement. maxboot.net.
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