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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social Democratic candidate for Congress in MO-2. Host of 'On Democracy with FPWellman' Friday's and ‘In the Hot Seat’ on MeidasTouch. Army Iraq veteran. Pro-Democracy Advocate. Missourian.
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Michelle Miller @michelleimiller.bsky.social Hello, I’m from the labor movement. I co-founded Coworker and now I work at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan. 
Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social Fired by the Trump admin for doing my job. Forever CFPB Union proud: @nteu335.bsky.social
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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
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Alison Gopnik @alisongopnik.bsky.social Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and psychologist at Berkeley, author of The Scientist in the Crib, The Philosophical Baby and The Gardener and the Carpenter and grandmother of six.
Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Sometimes teach at Emory. The Church Committee Report is out now! My views are not my employers.
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Justin Rosenstein @justinrosenstein.bsky.social Co-founder of One Project & Asana; advisor to Center for Humane Technology
Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome
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Chuck Borges @chuckborges.bsky.social Father | Combat Veteran | Former PIF | Defender of the Public's Data | https://Chuck4MD.com
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Julie Brill @julie-brill.bsky.social @Microsoft CPO & CVP global Privacy, Safety, & Regulatory Affairs. Former Commissioner @FTC. Boy mom. Thinking about digital safety, governance, AI, & responsible data use.
Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social This space would like me to place a short sentence here, but short sentences are contrary to my nature.
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Ian Axel Anderson @aanixel.bsky.social Postdoc @ Caltech
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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social Applying Developmental Pscyh theory and research on adolescent emotion & regulation, parent-child interaction dynamics to more robust and informative understanding of youth digital experiences
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
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author of usual cruelty (2019) and
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social Shareholder value = 3 eggs
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
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Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social Data journalist covering North America for @afp.com. Formerly Verge, Markup, Cornell Tech, some other places. Always looking for the future in the present.
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Erik Gullberg @erikgullberg.bsky.social actor. playwright. new yorker.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social Historian of the intelligentsia. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Deputy Editor @NoemaMag.com. Check out "Children of a Modest Star": https://www.sup.org/books/politics/children-modest-star. Posts my own
Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social Award winning journalist. The Daily Memo. Apple Maps 'Where Memo Eats'. On Netflix, KCRW occasionally. Former landscaper. Product of immigrants. Golden Bear.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Valorie Van-Dieman @valorievandieman.bsky.social Associate Editor at AssignedMedia.org
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social Politics & News Editor for @advocate.com, @out.com, and @them.us. GLAAD Media Award winner.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/subscribe
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Robert L Arnold @defiance13.bsky.social Just going to write some stuff and post it here.
Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social 1x winner of the "oh i'm pretty sure that's just jerry spreading misinformation" award 🥇🏆
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social I research and create educational videos about misinformation, propaganda, climate change, and sometimes (unfortunately) AI
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social Prof at KU Law. Writes about sexual violence, criminal law, courts, judges, and empirical legal studies. He/Him/His.
Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence. Occasionally: hate movements and conspiracism.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Cohost of @maintenancephase.bsky.social. Author of WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT and YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. Subject of @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen. yrfatfriend@gmail.com
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social Journalist. Created @thebarbedwire.com. Words in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, The Daily Beast, Texas Monthly etc. My debut novel “Something’s Wrong With The Girls“ will be published by Rare Bird.
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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social Climber 🇪🇬 |Chief AI Scientist at @ainowinstitute.bsky.social | Safety engineer (nuclear, defense, software & AI/ML) | TIME 100 AI | MIT 35 U 35
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Jacob Furedi @jacobfuredi.bsky.social editor of a new magazine called DISPATCH | www.dispatch-media.com
Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social Ex nat’l security official. NYT bestselling author. Was “Anonymous” — now encouraging people to take their masks off. Also, aspiring Ghostbuster. Speaking out daily @ www.DEFIANCE.News
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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social We're a network of Justice Department alumni mobilizing to protect DOJ’s apolitical workforce and uphold the rule of law.
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social WSJ tech columnist. Author of How to AI, a bullshit-free guide to what AI is actually good for -- and also how our overestimation of its abilities can lead us astray.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
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Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com Chicago-based collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that sheds light on the intersection of digital rights and on-the-streets issues.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
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What Works @whatworks-nu.bsky.social What Works: The Future of Local News, from Northeastern University's School of Journalism and the Center for Transformative Media. Visit us at whatworks.news
Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social Books! One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, & a Nabokov bio. Now working on Snowblind: Death on the Polar Ice. Former karateka & record store clerk. Newsletter & podcast: andreapitzer.com.