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Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social Check out my mixtape delivery service: alechanleybemis.substack.com
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Jason Gross @jgrossnas.bsky.social Editor of Perfect Sound Forever, writer, music (over) enthusiast, horror fan, reissue producer- Delta 5, Kleenex, Essential Logic, Oh Ok, DNA
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Greg Kot @gregkot.bsky.social Co-host "Sound Opinions." Former music critic at Chicago Tribune. Author of 7 books, including "I'll Take You There," “Learning How to Die," "Ripped." Teaching music and democracy at U of C.
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social Author, Good Things Are Coming Your Way (spring 2027) about a magical social worker and a time-traveling vampire who team up to save history from an evil cult... and fall in love!
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John Lund @numusicnulife.bsky.social Inspired by an eclectic mix of music, w/many go-to genres, no preferred decade (1920s-2020s), & primary focus on music from USA, Japan, UK, Brazil, etc. Interests incl. politics, sports (NBA, WNBA, etc.), media, cinema, #AT40. Chat = OFF.
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Will Hermes @willhermes.bsky.social Writer, music usually. Substack: https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/ Contributing Editor @rollingstone.com @nytimes.com @pitchfork.com @npr.org Books: Love Goes To Buildings On Fire 🔥 Lou Reed: The King of New York 👑 https://linktr.ee/willhermes
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Hugh Hart @hughhart.bsky.social Los Angeles Times freelance writer [bylines include The Credits, Wired, Fast Company] and Chicago-bred singer-songwriter. Also, owner of an Afghan hound who insists on being walked four times a day in North Hollywood.
Mel Smith @iammelsmith.bsky.social A man of many talents, jobs, and takes. Grammy-nominated, Billboard chart-topping, BMI award-winning Songwriter. Producer. Journalist. SOUL MAN. #Blacksky
Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social (They) Digital & narrative trainings.
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
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@hardlyart.bsky.social
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. Music columnist @ salon.com | writing @ jukeboxgraduate.com
clips @ https://carynrose.contently.com/
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Jack Hamilton @jackhamilton.bsky.social Professor of American Studies and Media Studies at the University of Virginia and pop critic for Slate magazine. Author of JUST AROUND MIDNIGHT: ROCK AND ROLL AND THE RACIAL IMAGINATION 
Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social Writer/film critic at tyburrswatchlist.com. Ex-Boston Globe, WaPo, EW. Pulitzer Finalist, 2017. Books at https://tinyurl.com/ytpycuh3. “He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news” — Brecht. KanMu.74
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upma @upmasingh.com I have a Punjabi name, I'm not named after food. I do UXey things for my day job. Otherwise I'm a home cook, TV watcher, podcast listener, and a slow knitter. Child-free cat lady. Jaded optimist. Philadelphia.
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Sarah Girner @sagirner.bsky.social Cultural Program at Deutsches Haus at NYU
Matthew Harper @harperharper.bsky.social 
Phil Yu @angryasianman.bsky.social Angry Asian Man. RISE: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now. They Call Us Bruce. All The Asians On Star Trek. Stay Angry. angryasianman.com
Butch Rosser @colonizedeez.bsky.social Find out who you are and do it on purpose • he/him/that fucking guy
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Todd Inoue @nattotodd.bsky.social Contributing writer: SF Chronicle. Music. Culture. K-pop compliant. “Bizarre Love Triangle” advocacy. Family. Fútbol.
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