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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com Videogames PR and consulting. 3MA panelist at large and volunteer tall ship sailor. A bit of voiceover, occasionally.
Gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
📍The spacious Philadelphia suburb of Delaware
👾 www.twitch.tv/eenbou
ianboudreau.com
Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com NYC journalist and other words; co-owner of The New York Groove. (Subscribe today! https://nygroove.nyc).
Co-founder of Vocabaret.
Formerly NY Post, Lifehacker, Brokelyn and so forth.
@lumumbabandele.bsky.social @lumumbabandele.bsky.social Baba, Husband, Organizer, DJ Lumumba aka Revolution, Professor, Performing arts presenter, Righter, Omo Obatala, #BedStuy! #UhuruSasa 🇯🇲
Dylan Revisited @dylanrevisited.bsky.social Revisiting Bob Dylan's back catalogue one album/bootleg/live record at a time. The Dylan Revisited book - Busy Being Born (1960-66) is now available: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1066640726.
Other links: https://linktr.ee/dylanrevisited
Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social Debut essay collection PIECES OF THE NIGHT forthcoming (Cornerstone Press, 2027)
Recovering newspaperman
Promised to Holly
#SFGiants forever
Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather
https://aarikdanielsen.com
Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Co-owner of @portersqbooks.bsky.social Author of The Art of Libromancy & An Exaggerated Murder. Opinions my own. BlueSky for @authorsabb.bsky.social & @massaabb.bsky.social He/him https://linktr.ee/joshthelibromancer
Scratch @talkscratch.bsky.social A weekly newsletter about how your favorite writers are surviving (or not). https://www.talkscratch.com/
Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com "A scholar and a hater" - The Guardian
◦ historian of really bad guys @ Yale
◦ host, This Guy Sucked
◦ author, THE HOMELAND (coming summer 2027) & FALSE IDOLS (2028)
all opinions my own.
https://www.ceaubin.com
https://thisguysucked.com
Nathan Evans Fox @nathanevansfox.bsky.social Picker grinner shidder
he/him
Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social Opinion writer. Pvs: Editor at USA Today Opinion and National Journal, campaign reporter at USA Today and AP. Author, "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." My work: https://jilllawrence.com
Lorraine Ali @lorraineali.bsky.social News, media, culture columnist @LATimes.com. Previously Rolling Stone, Pup ‘N’ Taco. Wrote the book “No Lessons Learned: The Making of Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Angeleno Iraqi. Pitbull named Potato.
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Maggie Serota @maggieserota.bsky.social Twitter’s Maggie Serota. Writer. Frequent podcast guest.
maggieserota@substack.com
Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social Freelance writer, reporter, author. Kentuckian.
rainesford.alexandra@gmail.com / Signal rstauff.20
www.rainesfordstauffer.com
Zamira Rahim @zamirarahim.bsky.social Staff editor for The New York Times (in London). Previously writing for CNN and Time Magazine. One of those Brits who ended up in American media.
Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social Author, NYT bestseller THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST | 2020 Guggenheim Fellow | Contributing Writer, ROLLING STONE
Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social I used to work for Uproxx, HuffPost, Movieline. I’ve written for New York, Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ and Empire
"He’s fairly normal” — Reddit user CaptainPhantasma21
My newsletter: www.thehardpass.net
contact: michaelwilliamryan at gmail
Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social Retired English teacher. Book and music lover. Midwesterner, kind of (Army brat, IYKYK), with Appalachian roots. MFA, Sewanee School of Letters. Senior editorial assistant, Cincinnati Review.
Fred Katz @fredkatz.bsky.social Senior NBA Writer for The Athletic | Host of Katz and Shoot, a twice-a-week Knicks and NBA podcast
Vslyke @vslyke.bsky.social Music, sports*, TV, screaming into the void. Small piece of the BobServe team.
*Braves/Pittsburgh Pirates/White Sox/Penguins/Titans/Carolina Panthers/UGA
Tom Barnas @tombarnas.bsky.social People always have a great story to tell, you just have to ask them. Stories From The 78 is not just about Chicago, it will gather stories from around the world, with a base in Chicago. Neighborhoods have endless stories to tell. 
epidemiology, it’s not going to stop @pulletsurprise.bsky.social "time and history will do me justice."
- maj gen george henry thomas
(crowdfunding / reply spam earns a block)
oliver haug @cohaug.bsky.social bay area-based journo + image lover. contributing editor @xtramagazine.com, assistant digital editor + audience @msmagazine.com, words in them, Bitch, VICE, etc. ohaug.com cohaug1@gmail.com
Celeb Jets @celebjets.grndcntrl.net 
LaurieK @lkearney.bsky.social Publicist / Gallerist 👻 https://ghostgallery.org/
https://bsky.app/profile/riotactmedia.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/ghostgallery1.bsky.social
Dusty Henry @dustyhenry.bsky.social writer / editor for kexp | co-host The Cobain 50 podcast | 33 1/3 author '20th Century Ambient' | 'Another Thought' newsletter on substack
anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com
L.A. Material @lamaterial.com Making Los Angeles legible.
Good Noise @mortalgroove.bsky.social But the mutants that I see
Shine their beauty unto me
I wish you could see them
Julie @juliewb.bsky.social Hi! I like news, history, nature photography, space, politics, fiction, nonfiction, art & people. Happily married. Dbl lung transplant recipient. Grateful. Born at 319 PPM. #RVA
Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social palestinian-american raised on a steady diet of hummus and fried chicken. editor-in-chief, the key (a palfest production)
www.sarayasin.com
One by Willie podcast @onebywillie.bsky.social Music writer John Spong talks to notable Willie Nelson fans--think Kacey, Lyle, Booker T., Lucinda, Lanois, Whoopi, Brené, etc--about one Willie song they really love. Hear it here: onebywillie.com
Barry Walters @barrywalters.bsky.social I'm the author of Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000, which Viking published on May 12. barrywalterswriter.com
Jonathan Blitzer @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625425/everyone-who-is-gone-is-here-by-jonathan-blitzer/
Michael Shields @mikeshza.bsky.social Editor-In-Chief at Across the Margin / ATM Publishing, Host AcrossTheMargin: The Podcast (Osiris Media), GodWeenEvan, RAPFAN, Ph, Dad, Arborist —There Is No Planet B.
Across The Margin @acrossthemargin.bsky.social An Arts & Culture webzine / publishing company / media group offering an engaging mix of fiction, criticism, essays, satire, poetry, podcasts, and more!
Home of Across The Margin : The Podcast & Welcome To The Party Pal Podcast
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo. Sometimes I write comics too. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
Signal: attackerman.81
Alyx Vesey @alyxvesey.bsky.social Feminist music geek
Website | https://sites.ua.edu/avesey/
Substack | https://substack.com/@alyxvesey
PMBIP | https://www.youtube.com/@ericweisbard8091
Extending Play | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/extending-play-9780190085643
The Alban Kings Project @shedfeller.bsky.social I make things up in my head in my shed for the songwriting thing that is the
https://albankingsproject.com
Absolutely no AI 💩 involved
You can hear some of the things my head makes up on the link above ⬆️
Justin Anderson-Weber @jlweber.bsky.social I write Of Note, a monthly newsletter about music writing worth reading. https://buttondown.com/of_note
A man of many paths that somehow all led to biscuits, music, sports, and writing. Chicago-based after stints in DC, NC, and CO.
Chris Riemenschneider @chrisrstrib.bsky.social Minnesota Star Tribune music scribe
Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com News. Culture. Trouble. Established 2000.
www.portlandmercury.com
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
Dan Brennan @danieltbrennan.bsky.social Los Angeles-based museum software developer. Fan of the New York Mets and hardcore/punk music.
Demetria @genuinehumandk.bsky.social You can call me the news lady if you like
Pablo Torre @pablo.show 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@pablotorrefindsout
🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pablo-torre-finds-out/id1685093486
📩 www.pablo.show/about
Meredith Clark @meredithlclark.bsky.social Deputy Editor at Truthdig. I love movies, good gossip, and the Midwest. Looking for people who know what I mean when I call something “a Saturday afternoon WGN movie”
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social writer and culture editor at @indyweek.bsky.social | poetry + fiction sometimes, gchat often | sedwards@indyweek.com | eddysarah.substack.com
lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com rotatingsandwiches.com / batting around podcast
Mark Pelavin @mpelavin.bsky.social I write mostly (but not only) about music, mostly (but not only) Americana Music. More at https://markpelavin.substack.com/
Jeff Salamon @jeffsalamon.bsky.social Father, husband, jack of some trades, executive editor at Texas Monthly. (Opinions don't necessarily reflect those of my employer.)
Of Note @ofnotemusic.bsky.social Sharing music writing worth reading. Formerly a monthly newsletter (see archives at https://buttondown.com/of_note)
Managed by Justin Anderson-Weber (@jlweber.bsky.social)
Based in Chicago, Illinois.
Kyle Meredith @kylemeredith.lpm.org Host / Journalist/ Unreliable Narrator
Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social Author: IN THE SIGHT; EX-MEMBERS; POLITICAL SIGN; REEL; TRANSITORY. Next up: KILL LIST (Bloomsbury Academic)
NBCC Board. Freelance writer. Coffee drinker.
https://linktr.ee/tobiascarroll
Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jmgilligan.org Integrating social & natural sciences & modeling to study climate change & society | Behavioral approaches to climate policy | Nashville TN | They/them 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ genderqueer | Jew | Friends call me Maggie | My words aren't my employer's | magnoliagilligan.org
Adam Van Winkle @vanwinkle.bsky.social founder & editor @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social; curator @npcountrycovers.bsky.social; curator @ArtArk.bsky.social; author Dylan Quick is a Dairy Queen Don Quixote & more; Minor Regional Novelist
www.adamvanwinkle.com
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
Jordan Hirsch @mrjordanhirsch.bsky.social Freelance writer: https://www.jordan-hirsch.com/
Editor of the interactive map of New Orleans music history at ACloserWalkNola.com
Ethan Beck @ethanbeck2003.bsky.social 
Brandon Tensley @brandontensley.bsky.social Now: National Politics Reporter, Capital B, a Black-focused nonprofit newsroom. Before: National Political Writer, CNN. Writing a book about Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight for 33 1/3.
Email: brandon.tensley@capitalbnews.org | Signal: btensley.53
Bradley Morgan @bradleymorgan.bsky.social Author of “Frank Zappa’s America” (LSU Press, ‘25); “U2: Until the End of the World” (Gemini, ‘25); & “U2’s The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America” (Backbeat, ‘21). Interviewer for the New Books Network. Music film fest director for CHIRP Radio
New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social The Academic Audio Library. 30,000+ interviews with experts and authors on new scholarly, non-fiction, and literary books. New episodes every day! Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts
https://linktr.ee/newbooksnetwork
David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social NPR media guy
Author, Murdoch’s World
Law Geek @lawgeek.bsky.social Book worm, mermaid, music fan &, oh yeah, lawyer throwing random thoughts into the ether.
Danette Chavez @danettechavez.bsky.social Editor-In-Chief @avclub.com. Formerly of Primetimer, Polygon, The Chicago Reader. Secretary, @tvcritics.org
Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social The international source for book publishing and bookselling news, reviews, and information.
publishersweekly.com
Oxford American @oxfordamerican.bsky.social The Oxford American is a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the South.
https://linktr.ee/oxfordamerican
400 Out The Door @400-otd.bsky.social Fan of well written songs, it’s all about the lyrics for me.
When the character limit permits, I make every effort to use proper grammar and punctuation.
I’ll try to stay away from politics and religion but I’m not promising anything.
Mohammed R. Mhawish @mohamhawish.bsky.social Writer and journalist from Gaza City.
Charlie Harding @charlieharding.bsky.social Music journalist for @switchedonpop.bsky.social on @vulture.com + NYMag
xenarthra agonist 𓆙 @wecryforpie.bsky.social
we strive to survive causing least suffering possible / the Flux of Pink Indians gave me words for that
Stopfornothing2 (aka)Major Tom @aka-majortom.bsky.social Live music fan, Food lover (eater/creator), lover of good reparteé, multi 🦮 🐕 🦮 dad
I just want to wake 1 day to cheer that it's dead. Don't care if it's a hamberder, a brain stroke (unlikely, no brain), or a bullet, long as it's dead.💩🤡
#MusicChallenge
Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social Independent conservation journalist writing a book about fish. Author of CROSSINGS, on #roadecology, and EAGER, on beaver belief.
Mike Wood's Country Gazette @mikewood73.bsky.social Country music/Bluegrass/Country-Rock/Red Dirt Country - traditional & neo-traditional - both new & old, country living, rural 'eye-candy', Cowboy culture & Highway nostalgia, Western movies & the pristine wilderness of Canada & the U.S.
Steve King♿️ @stevemking.bsky.social Semi-retired Politics Editor @undertheradar.bsky.social, disabled AF(Progressive MS), Trekkie, Swiftie, Former-Post.news
Least factual, most accurate
https://stevenmking.weebly.com/
Baltimore
Temporary: https://gofund.me/50a16ba4
Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro tech, early web & vintage computing. 80s, 90s, 2000s nostalgia. Follow for daily posts.
Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social Toronto magazine writer and executive editor @thelocal.to. Here for smart long-form articles and dumb basketball posts. Email nick@thelocal.to
Hannah Cron @hannahcron.bsky.social part time reporter, part time bookseller, full time worrier
bylines: Nashville Scene, The Contributor
Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social Your home for all those culinary delights, anomalies, and misfires that live on only in our memories...Still slowly but surely migrating over the over 1,000 foods I covered on Twitter, so if you don't see a favorite here yet, stay tuned!
Euan Murray @fuzzball1981.bsky.social The Shortarse's Fuzzball (now with civil partnership!), road nerd, Highlander in Glasgow 🏴, loves films, comics, and music
Smeghead Trekkie 🖖, bi 🏳️🌈, he/him
🚫 Tories/Reform/etc., AI
That Colossal Wreck @taterpie.bsky.social Here for this.
The Polack MSgt @thepolackmsgt.bsky.social Coal country Pennsylvania bred and raised.
Retired from the USAF in St. Louis, been here ever since.
I watched Reagan put a black face on Gov't services so poor whites would support cutting them.
It worked.
So I ain't surprised.
I mostly post music
Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social Be-shadowed music reviewer on YouTube, cohost of
Song vs. Song
Patreon: http://patreon.com/toddintheshadows
Media/inquiries: toddintheshadows@standard.tv
Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social Diplomatic Correspondent at NOTUS // CROSSING THE RED LINE on Biden/Gaza (W. W. Norton, fall 2026) // he/him
Say hi: akbar.58 on Signal or akbarshahidahmed@notus.com
Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social Senior U.S. Critic for Screen International. Member: LAFCA and NSFC. Frequently in the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, the A.V. Club and RogerEbert.com. Author of "This Is How You Make a Movie." Q&A moderator. Contact: timothygrierson@gmail.com
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as Subways, transit, NYC.
All posts by @benjaminkabak.com
Ryu Spaeth @ryuspaeth.bsky.social Features Editor, New York Magazine
Will @tigervoice3.bsky.social Music, film/TV, pro basketball, college football. Not in that order.
Ghost Dansing ☠️ 👻👽🐸 @ghostdansing.bsky.social Cyberspirit
Remember Some Guys @remembersomeguys.bsky.social Remembering a baseball guy once every two hours. By chickenpuppet.online. Powered by Sports-Reference.
Americana UK @americanauk.bsky.social Blueksy for the Americana UK website, covering Americana music in the UK since 2001
Ed Quoththeraven @edquoththeraven.bsky.social 
Aram Sarkisian @aramsark.bsky.social Historian of U.S. working-class religion. Author of "Orthodoxy on the Line" (NYU Press, 2025). He/Him. Music is the best. M Go Blue 🏆
rob holland @goforrob.bsky.social Running, Physical Media, Muppets, mascots, baseball, wrestling, pets, travel and random thoughts.
Anna Pycior @pycior.bsky.social SVP at Empire State Development working on the housing crisis. Formerly City Hall, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and more. Member CB6, STPCV TA, and NYers United for Childcare.
Art Sorority | Daoud Tyler-Ameen @artsorority.bsky.social editor & podcaster @ NPR Music • songs @ Art Sorority • Bad Moves forever
he / him / hum hallelujah
dta.me • artsorority.com • npr.org/all-songs-plus
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
The Contrarian @contrariannews.org Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. https://contrarian.substack.com/
Luke Cyphers @lukecyphers.bsky.social Editor at Sportico
Oscar Ruta al Rock @oscarrutaalrock.bsky.social Locutor y director de Ruta al Rock Radio, Marketing Digital en MusicHunters y colaborador en el programa Vientos del Sur (Onda Madrid ) y otras historia musicales