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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com Academe’s most trusted resource for independent journalism, career development, and forward-looking intelligence.
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Danielle @gamingculturist.bsky.social Esports & Gaming Culturist | Tech & Innovation Strategist | University IT Director | Geek | Posts = my own views | She/Her/Ella | 1st Gen Student
Sam Schelfhout @bearpilot.bsky.social Asst. Prof. @ Sacred Heart University | Director @shuesports.gg | Ph.D./M.S. U Texas-Austin | B.A. University of Portland | Sport history/diplomacy; sociocultural aspects of esports
Press Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social Press Start is an open access, peer-reviewed journal run by and for students that publishes academic research on Game Studies.
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Moog @moogdiesel.bsky.social Director of Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation at The University of Oklahoma | Board member of VOICE | Steering Committee for Scholastic Esports Awards | Adjunct of OU Gaylord College | 22yr+ Photographer | Veteran
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Pink Gorilla Games @pinkgorillagames.com Seattle’s video game retailer specializing in retro and import games!
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Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
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Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social Communication and media professor researching the internet, platforms & automation in society via cultural studies & digital methods. Brisbane/Sunshine Coast hinterland.🏳️🌈🏞🌄✨️
Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com I'm not like a regular media sociologist. I'm a cool media sociologist. • Associate Prof Journalism & Comm @LehighU • Near-term futurism scholarship on digital media, internet culture, and society • Exvie wanderer • M-I-Z • http://jeremylittau.substack.com
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Chicago.