nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true).
unfortunately, I care about power lines now
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Michelle Sagara @msagara.bsky.social I write the Chronicles of Elantra (and related books) as Michelle Sagara, and the Sun Sword & House War series as Michelle West, which are much longer.
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Casey Blair @caseyblair.bsky.social Fantasy novelist (Tea Princess Chronicles, Diamond Universe, Sundered Realms) trapped under a cat. Dancer, traveler, nerd. Ace spec; she/her. https://linktr.ee/caseyblair
Brian McClellan @brianmcclellan.bsky.social Fantasy Author, Podcaster, Gamer
Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social Science journalist and correspondent for Nature (she/her). Opinions = my own. Reach me at alexwitze.01 (Signal), witzescience (@gmail.com), or awitze (@protonmail.com).
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Bethany Jacobs @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social Award winning author of THESE BURNING STARS and ON VICIOUS WORLDS. THIS BRUTAL MOON out November. Repped by Bridget Smith. Bethany-jacobs.com. She/her
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Siddharth Vinayak Patankar @sidpatankar.bsky.social Army brat. Chair, World Car Awards. Chief Creative Officer, Acko Tech. Former Primetime News Anchor, NDTV/E-in-C, carandbike. Love dogs. Love food. TEDx speaker. Glass half full. Always
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
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Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social Writer of fantasy and SF. Gardener. Chicken tender. Dog Person but cat friendly. Washington state USA. Old and getting older. Stay off my lawn! No AI ever. All posts from me.
Suvrat Kher @rapiduplift.bsky.social Sedimentary geologist dreaming of a himalayan home. Subscribe to my geology newsletter - https://rapiduplift.substack.com/
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Anna Rothschild @annarothschild.bsky.social Science communicator, host, and video producer. Formerly FiveThirtyEight, The Washington Post & Gross Science.
T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social In-House Counsel @ BigTech. Ex-"Computers Guy," then decade litigating 1A in NC+TX. Servant to two cats (and a dog and a wife). Armchair Philanthropist.
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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com ✨ science meets art
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Arts Angel @artsangel.bsky.social Comic artist, writer, lover of story-based games.
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org is this the one that wins
Randy Milholland @choochoobear.bsky.social Cartoonist. Creator of the comic Something*Positive (http://www.somethingpositive.net) and Sunday Art of "Popeye" (https://comicskingdom.com/popeye). And a dad.
Opinions are my own.
He/him.
Razib Khan @razibkhan.bsky.social Genetics. Evolution. History
https://www.razibkhan.com
https://www.razib.com
Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social Sci journo, author of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. Highly caffeinated. All bad takes mine. She/her
Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social Academic philosopher, lapsed chemist, occasional science writer, perpetual ethics booster. All views my own. (she/her)
Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. @jhuartssciences.bsky.social & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social.
Latest books: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe.
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John Gruber @gruber.foo I write Daring Fireball and created Markdown.
Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social Staff writer @LiveScience.com
Email: kkillgrove@livescience.com
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PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Chapel Hill, NC based.
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social Author, punster, baseball fan, whisky lover, cocktail maker. Limericks happen here. Written on the Dark now released in paperback, Canada, U.S., U.K. Print, ebook, audiobook.
Melissa Bates @batesphysio.bsky.social Wife, mom, physiologist, entrepreneur, social animal
Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social 🎥 Creator: The Brain Scoop 🦝 New videos! YouTube.com/thebrainscoop
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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social Book author, toxicology journalist, fascinated by poison and murder (current book project), and, oh yeah, I'm the former director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT.
Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, Tyrant Lizard Queen (out October 27), and Megatooth. 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. rileyblack.net
Nadia Drake @nadiadrake.bsky.social Science journalist, champagneophile, nap champ. Currently freelance, formerly National Geographic. 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com Amateur gardener. Professional ad copywriter. Award-winning novelist | THESE SAVAGE STARS (March 16, 2027) PRE-ORDER NOW | patreon.com/kameronhurley | Newsletter: http://bit.ly/42qnhkx | kameronhurley.com
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social Mostly I write things. Sometimes I play poker. mariakonnikova.substack.com
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social Author of fantasy novels.
Refugee from https://twitter.com/DjangoWexler
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Dr. Alex Parker @alexparker.bsky.social Exploration scientist, engineer, artist. Building things for space inspired by things in the sea, and things for the sea inspired by space. Discovered a few moons along the way. 
Sandhya Ramesh @sandygrains.bsky.social Science lover, animal lover, music lover, lover. 
Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social GRAPHIC RAGE on Substack. Writer & illustrator of stories, essays and feminist comics. '22 NEA fellow. Work in TIME, Vox, New York Times, Washington Post, etc. Very charming IRL. she/her
Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social Novelist, screenwriter, and the James half of James SA Corey. Will block on tone.
He/him
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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social writer and dogsledder, host of story podcast “what to carry, what to burn”
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social Associate staff writer, sleep at Wirecutter. Go Heels.
Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown.com Math videos
Imogene Cancellare, PhD @biologistimogene.bsky.social Conservation biologist, scicomm, wild cat research. Breast cancer survivor! Views my own. She/her.
Don Schaffner @bugcounter.bsky.social Distinguished Professor, Extension Specialist and podcaster.
Views my own.
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Patrick Reynolds @piki.dev Currently: software engineer at PlanetScale
Formerly: distinguished engineer at GitHub
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Sarah Cooper @sarahcpr.bsky.social President
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
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zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community 🟦 Analyst and writer focusing on cognition, politics, religion, technology, and media
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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social big fan of stars 💻✨🦫🏳️🌈
Emi Nietfeld @eminietfeld.bsky.social Journalist / author of "Acceptance" / Speaker / ex-Google engineer / Words @nytopinion @theatlantic @teenvogue @thenation @theinformation | emi@eminietfeld.com
Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social Writer in nyc. Space nerd. Mars is a Hellhole. Bylines in NYT’s, The Atlantic, Wired, Esquire, Longreads, & others. Anti fascist. Opinions are mine. Climate by day.
signal: shannonstirone.78
https://natureofthings.substack.com/
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Mark Lawrence @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social Fantasy author.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/marklawrenceauthor
Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social Feminist science professor at the University of Illinois. Labor organizer. Author of PERIOD. Out 8/26: PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End. Settler, queer. 🍉
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PZ Myers @pzmyers.bsky.social Biologist at the University of Minnesota Morris.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com
I'm self-employed so my opinions do in fact represent my company's.
Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social Professor of planetary science at Johns Hopkins. Titan’s biggest fan. Pomeranian wrangler. Runner. Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe. She/her. sarahhorst.com
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STEAMLORD @exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social | scientist | hurr/durr | Pronouns: Your Grace/Your Majesty/Yes Ma’am
All power to all the people
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Melbourne, Australia
Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com space reporter. covering Artemis II for NatGeo.
occasionally: national geographic, engadget, fast company, wired, science friday, npr. links: http://bio.site/skrishna
also: Star Trek, Star Wars, knitting, books, parenting
Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social Planetary scientist, freelance science writer and space artist, queer, ADHD, mom. Turns out it’s hard to be all those things at once. Shop at elakdawalla.Etsy.com
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
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