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.
Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social Explore the remarkable diversity of birds with Birds of the World, the world's leading collection of avian life histories published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with a global editorial team of avian experts. birdsoftheworld.org.
L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006.
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Paste Games @pastegames.bsky.social Paste Games is at The A.V. Club now.
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bee wertheimer @beewertheimer.com they/she
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madeline! @mads.haus 📖 PENITENTS (Ghoulish, October ‘26)
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Not The A.V. Club Games @nottheavclubgames.bsky.social https://youtu.be/CmngeJ5qjX4
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Richard Hall @richardlovesbirds.bsky.social Theoretical ecologist based in Athens, GA. Into disease ecology and animal migration. Love birds and native gardening. he/him
Lab: https://halllab.ecology.uga.edu/
Wildlife from the backyard: https://www.instagram.com/richhallagram/
kyle 中和 turner @tylekurner.bsky.social Erstwhile sissy sophisticate and pasta enthusiast. words in GQ, W Magazine, and the New York Times, and also The Queer Film Guide.
Olivia Cathcart @ohhcathcart.bsky.social I write about comedy, movies, and TV, most recently for Paste Magazine. Yes, my dog and I have matching Hawaiian shirts.
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Jeremiah Kulani Prescott @jkulani.bsky.social Cheese and soccer and funny things that aren't mean spirited. Left, liberal, progressive, and such.
Jack Purdy @jacknicolaus.bsky.social Site Manager at From The Rumble Seat. Words for GT Alumni. Loudspeaker for @gameonpaper.com. Semi-pro media consumer. Pitchers should hit.- C @chrisrank.bsky.social @chrisrank.bsky.social
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I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com Ripping Off Brian Eno Since 2008
Screw AI, Lets Go DIY / pro Weird Al
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ihrtn.net
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Boston / Mass Ave and beyond
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Dom @sinacolad.bsky.social film critic: @portlandmercury.com, other stuff; Werner Herzog blog: wernerherzblog.substack.com; lb: https://boxd.it/9sMh; member: @portlandcritics.bsky.social and @cascadiacritics.bsky.social
emma keates @emmakeates.bsky.social staff writer @ the a.v. club
Stephen Thompson @idislikestephen.bsky.social NPR Music writer, yakker; Pop Culture Happy Hour and New Music Friday host; long-ago A.V. Club editor and Onion copy editor; snack-eater; dad.
https://www.npr.org/people/5244882/stephen-thompson
James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social Still being followed by the teenage FBI
Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social AV Club writer with 200+ Random Roles to my name. Onetime senior editor/writer, Q Magazine. Helped ZAZ write a book about Airplane! (Surely You Can't Be Serious). Happily married w/ child. Venmo: @WillHarrisInVA
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social Still without airbrushing. Still with teeth.
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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social Staff writer for The A.V. Club, co-host of Everything To Guppy on the Duckfeed podcast network, creator of the idea "What if John Wick fought Dracula?"
Tara Bennett @tarabennett.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of 30 official books on film & TV - Marvel Studios, Avatar 2, Outlander…Bylines: SYFY, IGN, SFX Magazine, Paste, NBCInsider, Cartoon Brew & more. 🍅 Approved Critic. Otter aficionado 🦦 https://muckrack.com/tara-bennett
casey epstein-gross @caseyepsteingross.bsky.social associate editor at Paste Magazine by day, really really annoying girl also by day! additional words in Jezebel, Observer, and Room Magazine
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Ken Lowe 🐦⬛🐴 @illusiveken.bsky.social Author of The Raven Knight saga, an Asian medieval Zorro who kills nobles and avoids therapy | Buy Book One: https://www.patreon.com/posts/now-available-in-139971381
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. https://linktr.ee/the_avclub
Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social News and opinions that still get under your skin
Saloni Gajjar @salonig.bsky.social tv critic: The A.V. Club
member: WGAE, Television Critics Association, Critics Choice Association
formerly: NBC, Mashable, Complex, Interview
Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social I love James Harden & I write about abortioneveryday.com
substack.com/@kylietcheung / kyliewrites.net
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social 6'3", ripped as hell / writer @avclub.com
Elijah Gonzalez @elijahgonzalez.bsky.social News Contributor @ Polygon. Formerly: Associate Editor @ The A.V Club, Assistant Editor @ Paste Magazine. Bylines: GameSpot, Game Informer, Fanbyte, The Gamer, Unwinnable, Uppercut Crit, But Why Tho?, etc. TCA member, Rotten Tomato-approved critic. he/him
Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com Journalist: abortion and politics. Cofounder @autonomynews.co. Seen in The New Republic, The Guardian, Slate, Mother Jones, MSNOW, Jezebel. WGAE Council. From PA, now in BK
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Jacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social Editor at Large @splinternews.bsky.social
Rabid Colorado sports partisan.
Mildly rabid lefty partisan.
Reluctant finance guy.
Accidental UFO reporter-ish (more on that later).
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LT @laurentousignant.bsky.social Last name pronounced Two-sig-naut, One-sig-naut was taken :(
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M.K. @mkcarr.bsky.social writer , formerly av club
drew updates @drewupdates.bsky.social news editor @avclub / morale officer / views are my own and very good
Danette Chavez @danettechavez.bsky.social Editor-In-Chief @avclub.com. Formerly of Primetimer, Polygon, The Chicago Reader. Secretary, @tvcritics.org
Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social Science journalist, bylines all over the place.
Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
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Yousif Kassab @yousifkassab.bsky.social Freelance Writer: Paste Magazine, SF Weekly, Metro Silicon Valley
Mara Davis @maradavis.bsky.social Media Maven, Talent Booker, PR Person. Pop culture, podcast & political enthusiast. Co host of @podcastvote, @pastemagazine & a bunch of other shit. I love dogs and ATL.
Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social Senior TV editor @ Collider. Romance nerd @ Vulture. TCA member. Author of A REGENCY GUIDE TO MODERN LIFE from DK Books. She/her. Subscribe to my Kissing Books newsletter: https://kissing-books.ghost.io/
Zofia Wijaszka 🦇 @thefilmnerdette.bsky.social words on @dreadcentral, @pastemagazine, @thewrap || staff writer at @nerdspin_ @awards_watch | member of @DorianAwards |🍅-approved | I love horror 😈 | 🇵🇸
dev0)))n @bigugly.bsky.social water-based sweetheart | pgh
Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social Paste Media staff writer, Splinter editor. Rabid genre geek. Spirits and cocktail wonk.
Laura Jane Grace @laurajanegrace.bsky.social New album “Adventure Club” out July 18th
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com Animal and snack enthusiast. TV writer (the kind who writes about it; not for it) https://www.chatwithcharley.org/
Dia Lacina @dialacina.com The angry brown game critic who stole your girl & your PlayStation
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Alexis Gunderson @alexiskg.bsky.social Freelance TV critic and organizer with the National Writers Union / Freelance Solidarity Project | Public library comms 📚 | she/her
Vulture @vulture.com devouring culture.
regular steve albini @electricalwsop.bsky.social Recording engineer who plays poker and billiards and eats like a Viking
Jesse Hassenger @rockmarooned.bsky.social Writer & editor & stuff.
jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social jamie alert
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
autumn wright 🍂 @autumn-wright.com 🧑💻 freelance culture writer, copy editor
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social He/him. TV Critic, author. Now searchable on Tubi. I am not Alan Sepinwall III.
https://whatsalanwatching.com
Monica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social The A.V. Club film critic, programmer, dancer, dog person.
Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social Critic @nytimes.com. The kind of girl who goes to a late movie in the middle of the week, I'm crazy. Author of WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES (paperback out now!), SALTY (2022), AFTERGLOW (forthcoming). Teaching at NYU XE.
Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social Culture writer at Slate, published in LA Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, THR, and points south. Member: New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, WGA East
karen han @karenhan.bsky.social 🍒 screenwriter and culture writer
🍊 author of BONG JOON HO: DISSIDENT CINEMA
🍋 reps: lit entertainment/uta
🍐 krnyhan@gmail.com
🫐 https://www.karenhan.org
Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social ~old hollywood, crime films, boxing, italian cinema, glamour & beauty ~
Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone.
'SOFIA COPPOLA: AN UNOFFICIAL GUIDE'Greenfinch/Quercus 2025.
Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/robin/
Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social Freelancer for hire. You know me from: The A.V. Club, The Dissolve. Posts about food, TV, movies, the Braves, pretty scenery. Husband of @donnadb.bsky.social .
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
Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com Editor-In-Chief of @mothership.blog, podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social ✨ i’m like if tifa lockhart loved carbs
☕️ features editor @gamespot.com
🌙 into grand stories, rpgs, mtg, anime, coffee & esoterica
🔮 as seen at giant bomb, kinda funny, game informer, the av club, collider, uproxx & uppercut
ꕷꛕ𖣠𖢧𖢧 𖦪ꚶꕷꕷ𖤟ꚳꚳ (1-0) @pscottrussell.bsky.social Editor @codewordagency.bsky.social. Previously @pastemagazine.bsky.social, @law360.bsky.social. #DuvalTillWeDie 🐆 Opinions mine. [he/him]
Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com Sr. Entertainment Editor at Consequence, LAist/AirTalk TV critic, writer of other stuff. I like space battles, videos of cats, old-school funk, and the Oxford comma. She/her. First novel on sale now: http://robot-boyfriend.com
Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social Gentleman Sleuth
Joelle Monique @joellemonique.bsky.social Managing Executive Producer & Host @iHeartPodcasts for X-Ray Vision, Fake Doctors Real Friends, and The Mess Around with Hannah and Lamorne
Writer: @teenvogue @vulture @playboy @avclub @theadvocatemag @thr @thewrap @Polygon @Broadly She/Her
Matthew Jackson @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social One time I sat in the Munster Koach. Horror Books Guy at Bloody Disgusting. Pop Culture Raconteur and Critic at Pop Heist. Host of @scaresshapedus.bsky.social. Austin Film Critics member. 🍅-approved. Always Writing and counting the days until Christmas.
Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social Writer, Curator, Cultural Omnivore | 1/3 of http://reframenewsletter.online/ | Author of Amnesia: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk // I mostly retweet games + art. Opinions are my own. He/Him | PFP: Kara Xu (Helium Raven) Header: Dima Goryainov
Natalie Checo @heartimecia.bsky.social yennefer + judy alvarez + caleb propaganda machine | writing, community, socials in games | game design consultant | GLAAD QED '26 | GDoC scholar '24 | future class ‘20 | she/her
Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social Pop culture writer and critic.
https://gossip-reading-club.ghost.io/
Moises Taveras @platanoranger.bsky.social 🇩🇴| he/him | www.underleveled.xyz | words @ kotaku, gamespot, av club, gamesradar, etc. | reachable ➡️ moises.taveras59@gmail.com
Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social The heart and soul of music journalism.
Charlie Wacholz 🔜 Tokyo Game Show @martinisupreme.bsky.social writer for hire traveling the world covering games, food, booze, travel, culture for IGN, CNN, Punch, Allrecipes, Gameinformer, Restart & more
READ MY FOOD BLOG: patreon.com/chas_mke
he/they | ✉️: charliewacholz@gmail.com
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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of MONSTER KIDS ('22), I AM THE NIGHT ('26) and LIFE FINDS A WAY ('28) / Picked Charmander
Trace Sauveur @tracesauveur.bsky.social Movie man. Alleged “writer” seen in Paste Magazine, Awards Watch, /Film, A.V. Club, Austin Chronicle, others. Atlanta Film Critics Circle. Let me write for you. tracesauveur@gmail.com
Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social Digital Editor
PhD in Medieval lit📚
Columnist @ Unwinnable Magazine 💻
Books Editor @ Exploits
Words @ Polygon, Post45, Digital Trends, Edge, etc.✏️
https://emily-price.neocities.org
inquiries: eaprice.work@gmail.com
Trent Moore @trentmoore.bsky.social Editor at NBC Universal’s NBC Insider; previously editor at SYFY WIRE; award-winning journo; PR consultant; freelancer at Paste Magazine, AV Club, Alt Press, Lost In Cult, Digital Spy and more.
Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social Newsletters on classic video games and sports labor, regular at Baseball Prospectus, ex-Paste, A.V. Club, etc. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him
https://retroxp.beehiiv.com
https://marcnormandin.com
https://www.avclub.com/author/marc-normandin
Matt Donato @donatobomb.bsky.social Lead Critic: @dailydead.bsky.social | Elsewhere: Bloody Disgusting, FANGORIA, The Wrap, IGN, many others | Co-Host: @certifiedforgot.bsky.social | Critics Choice Member | 🍅 Approved
https://linktr.ee/MattDonato
Garrett Martin @garrettmartin.bsky.social editor/writer. games, travel, theme parks, music, movies, etc. recently at Kotaku. writing the Moon College Football Weekends guide (2028), and writing about theme parks at https://easily-amused.beehiiv.com. ex-Paste, ex-AV Club, could be ex-your site too.
𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖙 @yogurttowne.bsky.social editor in chief @pastemagazine.bsky.social
Mitchell Beaupre @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social Head of Editorial at @letterboxd.social. Please be nice to me.
eric 🍋 @violetbyhole.bsky.social writer, podcaster, friend to all birds
Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social Critic, editor, darling | RogerEbert, The Playlist, Paste Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, Inverse, Chron, Letterboxd Journal, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe | CFCA
Also on Letterboxd and Twitter: @isaacfeldberg
Brianna Zigler @briannazigs.bsky.social writing on film and pop culture, being important • often seen at paste magazine and elsewhere • briannazigler.substack.com
Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social As long as we got a dollar left, we eat good in this house. Words about baseball, board games, food, and more. https://linktr.ee/keith_law
Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social Film Editor at @avclub.com
Video Game Movie Expert
Southerner in Chicago
Max Covill @maxcovill.com Freelance | Paste Magazine / Polygon / Roger Ebert | Rotten🍅Approved | www.itsthepictures.com#/portal/signup | He / Him | BOFCA Member and Social Media
Allison Keene @peachykeene.bsky.social Writer, recovering editor, casual gamer and musician. Partial to being outdoors. Tall.
Nick Purdy of Wild Heaven Beer @nickpurdy.bsky.social Co-Founder of Award Winning Craft Brewery and Paste Magazine. Amplifier of expectation subverters.
Katcy Stephan @katcystephan.bsky.social media reporter at page six hollywood
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