Chris Gilmer-Hill for State Rep @313cgh.bsky.social Lifelong Detroiter. Union Member. Democratic socialist. Running for House District 8 (Detroit, Ferndale, & Pleasant Ridge) because a better world is still possible. Join @detroitdsa.bsky.social 🌹
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Akash Mehta @akashmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief, @nysfocus. Reach out: akash(at)nysfocus.com
Brad Racino @bradracino.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief at Floodlight; Board Member, NY Coalition for Open Government
Past: ME/Publisher/Reporter/Director: NY Focus, NY Cannabis Insider, Syracuse.com, inewsource
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alex arriaga @alexarriaga.bsky.social local journalist | new york focus audience engagement editor
Julia Rock @juliarock.bsky.social Due Diligence reporter at the Financial Times
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Colin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social Reporter covering climate and environment for New York Focus. Tips: colin@nysfocus.com, @colin.36 on Signal or DM for cell
Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social Justice desk chief, @nysfocus.com. Also The Intercept, The Nation, many more. He/him. Send tips ⬇️
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Nathan Porceng @nporceng.bsky.social Journalist, Recovering Engineer.
Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social Freelance journalist & author. Latest book: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket, 2024). https://linktr.ee/victorialaw
Sammy Sussman @sammysussman.bsky.social Investigative reporter | @nyc.streetsblog.org, @nytimes.com 2025 Local Investigations, bylines in @nysfocus.com, @nymag.com, @wired.com, etc.
Signal: @sammysussman.01 and Email: sammybsussman2@gmail.com
jake neenan @jakeneenan.bsky.social broadband/telecom policy reporter // tell me secrets, about that or otherwise: jake at breakfast dot media // signal: jakeneenan.01
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k.e. harloe @keharloe.bsky.social freelance writer, work many places / member @fspnwu.bsky.social / all else kateharloe.com
Chris Bragg @chrisbragg1.bsky.social Albany Bureau Chief, New York Focus
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Rebecca McCray @rebeccakmccray.bsky.social Reporting/Writing/Engaging. Find my work @ The Marshall Project, The Guardian, New York Focus, Hell Gate, NY Mag, Offrange, etc.
Writing a newsletter about incarceration in New York: https://mailchi.mp/nysfocus/prisons-newsletter
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Rebecca Klein @rebsklein.bsky.social Publisher @nysfocus.bsky.social
Ryan Kost @ryankost.bsky.social Reporter @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com. Previously: Columbia Journalism Investigations; @SFChronicle; @Oregonian; @AP. Desert rat. 🏜
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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social Co-Owner @hellgatenyc.com // max@hellgatenyc.com
patrick @redford.bsky.social i write for defector
the abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social Extremely Online medieval archaeologist and aspiring politico in the PNW. Dem Tea Party Believer. AOCista. Gerontocracy hater. 2ndGen 🇨🇺🇺🇸 🌹DSA for my sins. ADHD. He/Him.
Peter Sterne @petersterne.com State Editor at cityandstateny.bsky.social. Previously @nysfocus.bsky.social, @freedom.press and @politico.com. He/him.
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Dr Michigan Christie @profclbrown.bsky.social Aspiring badass. Books, Detroit, judgment/decision research, social change, history, comparative religion, POTTERY, football/basketball, music/theatre/opera, historic clothing. Newly-retired UM professor. Your mom, if your mom swears like a sailor.
j @jaynonamebe.bsky.social You got a home. Car. Businesses. Family. And I own the paper on your whole fucking life.
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
Gillian Gainsley @jylofalltrades.bsky.social Michigan environment & education policy leader. Ypsilanti enthusiast. Opinions mine.
Former lives & forever loves: public schools, public libraries, public transit, public media
Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social Defector.com. SFGate.com. Six books. Defector’s ALL BALL NFL podcast is out now. I’m just here for a good time.
Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social VP at CREW https://www.citizensforethics.org/
Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social Co-founder & President of @runforsomething.net & RFS Civics / Writer x2: RUN FOR SOMETHING & WHEN WE'RE IN CHARGE / Mom, also x2
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UAW Archivist @uawarchivist.bsky.social The UAW Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library (@reutherlibrary.bsky.social), the @uaw.org's official repository. Open to the public, learn more at http://reuther.wayne.edu. Proud Wayne Academic Union member.
Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social Co-Exec Director of Indivisible along with Leah.
Organizing with local Indivisible groups against America's fascist clown show.
Kyle Davidson @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social Environment and Capitol Reporter @michiganadvance.com
Master's researcher at Michigan State University
Formerly LSJ, Freep, MediaWise
Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social West coast transportation planning. Father of 12.
I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah
Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im @figma.com
📍 Brooklyn, NY
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social @kylegriffin1 from that Twitter thing
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social Feminist, leftie, māmā. Tangata Tiriti, she/her. Opinions stated are entirely my own and do not reflect any other person or organisation.
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
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“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social reporting on prisons, jails, DAs for Bolts. freelance magazine work: NYRB, NYmag, Aperture, Lux, Drift, Nation
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Lauren Gill @laurengill.bsky.social writing about criminal justice and voting rights
@bolts.bsky.social
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social 1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.
Michael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social managing editor boltsmag.org, mbarajas@boltsmag.org
Pascal Sabino @pascalsabino.bsky.social Chicago ➡️ LA
Writer for Bolts Magazine.
Policing & Criminal Justice. Democracy. Data.
Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
This biography should not be taken as a complete description.
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Albert Burneko @albertburneko.bsky.social Defector dot com
Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social Economist, YouTuber, gamer, author, academic (in that order)
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social on Signal: reece_rogers.01
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com Worker-owned, community-oriented intersectional feminist journalism to unfuck your algorithm.
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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup
From the former team of The Escapist.
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AVCX Classic @avcx.bsky.social The best indie crosswords since 2008. Avxwords.com. Owned by no one but us; supported by no one but our solvers. Fair pay for creators always.
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org Award-winning nonprofit news site chronicling the #LongCOVID crisis. Founded by @BetsyLadyzhets.bsky.social & @MilesWGriffis.bsky.social
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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The Geekiary @thegeekiary.bsky.social We cover what we like- and what we hate- with one guiding principle:
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com Independent, viewer-supported news network. No corporate funds or advertising money.
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The Appeal @theappeal.org We are a worker-run newsroom reporting on the harms of the criminal legal system.
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We Speak Otaku. 💖
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Anime Feminist @animefeminist.com Japanese pop culture & intersectional feminist analysis under one umbrella! Reviews, articles, podcasts, & more.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism | Regulated by Impress
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Tone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social Fiercely independent coverage of arts, culture, and politics in Madison, Wisconsin, that was worker-owned and reader-supported. 2014–2026. Archive available at tonemadison.com
WyoFile @wyofile.com An independent, reader-funded, non-profit news organization focused on the people, places, and policy of Wyoming. Send tips to editor@wyofile.com.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
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The Asheville Blade @avlblade.bsky.social Sharp journalism, analysis and perspectives without fear. Leftist news co-op based in Asheville.
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Dan Weissmann @danweissmann.bsky.social Reporter. I make @armandalegshow — a podcast and newsletter about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can maybe do about it.
Distributed by KUOW - Seattle's NPR station.
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com Progressive news, analysis, and opinion from Bucks County, Pennsylvania and beyond. https://buckscountybeacon.com 
The Markup @themarkup.org Challenging technology to serve the public good.
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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social An interesting thing to read on the internet.
West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com Nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent journalism not hidden behind a paywall. Mountaineers are always free, and so is West Virginia Watch.
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