Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
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Shannon Gibney @shannongibney.bsky.social Author of The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be; We Miss You, GF; Where We Come From (co-author) + others. Printz Honor, Carter G. Woodson + 3 MN Book Awards.
Also: Adoptee, Blerd, Mama, Prof, Runner, Traveler, working w/you against authoritarianism.
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
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Constance Grady @constancegrady.bsky.social Writer. Culture, books, celebrity, and gender. Previously at Vox, other bylines at The Toast and The AV Club. Miserable people cannot afford to dislike each other.
John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social @Leavittalone from Twitter . Writer and cartoonist. Seen in The Toast, New Yorker, The Awl, The Nib, Racked, The Rumpus, The Baffler, etc. That guy you met at that party once. http://www.leavittalone.com/
Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social Mpls Ped/Bike Coordinator. Cold weather apologist. Sports appreciator. Cookie enthusiast. State capacity booster. Opinions do not represent those of the City.
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and Council Member for Online Media @wgaeast.bsky.social. words also in NYT, LARB, Brooklyn Magazine, Complex, and POW Mag. he/him. nitishpahwa.73 on Signal. if it's major, hit me on my pager.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
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.
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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social Data journalist, AI scholar, NYU professor. Author, MORE THAN A GLITCH: CONFRONTING RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY BIAS IN TECH and ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE: HOW COMPUTERS MISUNDERSTAND THE WORLD. meredithbroussard.com
Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social Freelance writer. LateNighter, AV Club, Ultimate Classic Rock, Paste, Primetimer, Portland Press Herald, EW, etc. See my stuff at https://authory.com/DennisPerkins
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Larry J. Cohen @larryjcohen.com You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com Senior editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor
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daviss @daviss.org minneapolis photographer, photojournalist. paying attention. local history nerd. @daviss.mn on ig
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social I write a newsletter about sports! It's called Sports! Link in pinned post
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Craig Fehrman @craigfehrman.bsky.social Author of This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark
James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social Freelance Writer and Editor │I used to run a website, now I write at https://observationdeck.ghost.io/ │Questionable taste in puns, sci-fi, and video games. 🏳️🌈│He/Him │Icon by @joehunter.bsky.social ❤️
Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social Once inspired the NYT Science Times to "try harder.” Now I post about my cats from my perch in the Witch District of Minneapolis. she/her
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. dgraham@theatlantic.com
NYT bestseller THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
Emma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social Writing about sports @washingtonsun.bsky.social // Previously: Sports Illustrated // emmabaccellieri@washsun.com
Katie Barnes @katiebarnes.bsky.social ESPN Feature Writer and author of FAIR PLAY, which chronicles policy and legal developments affecting transgender and intersex athletes | I mostly talk about basketball and bourbon | they/them
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Seerat Sohi @seeratsohi.bsky.social host of the Ringer WNBA Show. probably in line for a glizzy as we speak. 
Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social Sparks/UCLA/more for @latimes.com
Valkyries at @valkyriesbeat.bsky.social and @missionlocal.org, @theixsports.bsky.social
PWHL/Valks/flag football for @mercurynews.com
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Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social Blogger, Defector co-founder, enjoyer of flowers and birds.
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maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social staff writer at Defector, mostly women's basketball // maitreyi.me
Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social Journalist and author. @HoFoCo.org board member.
My newsletter, the Long Game, is about baseball, creativity, and mental health. You can find it here: https://mollyknight.substack.com.
My dog is named Canelo.
Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social Whenwolf
Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social Shareholder value = 3 eggs
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog a guy with a poodle and a blog. philly sports fan. jew-ish. typeos are intentional.
https://www.necessaryfictions.blog/ / https://letterboxd.com/eisquith
Tyler King @tyleraking.com General malcontent. Ghostwriter.
Author: THE DEBT, RIOT STREET (Hachette)
Agent: Kimberly Brower @ Park, Fine & Brower
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@sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social The atlas-eater with a jaw for news :: journalism, art and comics :: Formerly: Providence Journal, Tampa Bay Times, Boston Phoenix, Boston magazine, Bloomberg. Now: Flaming Hydra :: married to @josie.zone :: EMAIL ME: si AT arrr DOT net
giri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social CHANGEOVER, my book about Alcaraz & Sinner, is out now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeover/Giri-Nathan/9781668076248
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Lucy Bloom @groan.bsky.social sometimes write stuff for defector.com
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Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social Eritrean American writer from Miami. Books, housing, immigration, climate. Probably thinking about sound. Cofounder of @coyotemedia.org and talkscratch.com 📚 In Open Country forthcoming from Little, Brown.
Oakland, CA | she/her
www.rahawahaile.com
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
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Angelica Jade Bastién @angelicabastien.bsky.social writer. critic. essayist. on staff at New York Magazine. Southern broad. https://angelicabastien.com/
https://angelicabastien.substack.com
maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social always: creator & curator blackfilmarchive.com
💌: maya@blackfilmarchive.com + soon: incoming president / owner of milestone films. film curator + writer + curious about the world. NYC!
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online baseball labor & economics reporter; "quite antagonistic to the MLB powers that be"; BBWAA; cut from the cloth of a flag that bears the name battle born; they/dude; 🇵🇭; 🏴; 🍉
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mechanical twerk @ruhee.ca baseball freak, musician, knitter, powerlifter, book enjoyer, software engineer. 20% of @survivalclubtheband.com and creator of STACHECAST: stachecast.lol she/her 🍉
Mychal Denzel Smith @mychaldenzelsmith.bsky.social Books: Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching/Stakes is High/one in progress about Virginia. Smoking cigars, drinking coffee, playing chess. I dunno man, what even matters now?
Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine
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Any tips or info you’d like to share?
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@mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social Neighbors organizing Neighbors to keep our communities safe.
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Amy Fitzgerald @amyarielfitz.bsky.social Sr. Editorial Director for Carolrhoda Books/Lab and Zest Books at Lerner Publishing Group. Scribbler, scone enthusiast, history nerd, owner of multiple unmatched mittens. Opinions my own. She/her.
Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social Consulting on audience strategy, audiostrategy.org
Writing a book for @beltpublishing.bsky.social - preorder here! https://tinyurl.com/2nr23yep
Teaching digital sociability and ethics, NYU-Tandon
ACT-UAW Local 7902
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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social Robin Wonsley is a Black Independent Socialist—proudly serving Minneapolis Ward 2. This is a campaign account. Views expressed are the campaign's, not City of Mpls.
Get involved at robinformpls.com
Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10.com renter, former union organizer, eldest daughter to a Muslim immigrant family • socialist • representing Ward 10 on the Minneapolis City Council • she/her
Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social He/him. Southsider LGBTQ+ Latino 🏳️🌈. Minneapolis City Council Member for the 9th Ward. Views are my own.
Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social Creeping socialist. Premature anti-rockist. Oldest living Racket editor. Saving my labor for insane reading. Subscribe to Racket, or at least read it. https://racketmn.com/author/keith-harris
LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social Films, painting and photography
Yeah I did all that
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Find me at heidiwaterhouse.com
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي
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Twin Cities DSA 🌹 @twincitiesdsa.org Multi-Racial Working-Class Power Building | The Twin Cities chapter of Democratic Socialists of America | More at http://tcdsa.org
em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social a guy drops one piece of ham in the snow and he never hears the end of it. co-owner/editor of @racketmn.com, em@racketmn.com. (she/they)
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby Kubernetes SIG Security Co-Chair. I hack things and build community.
Minneapolis. They/them. Stay punk 🏴
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matthew ellis @matthiasellis.bsky.social academic. i think about cinema and media, capitalism, theory, history, politics
LB: letterboxd.com/mattellis/
www.historiesofthepresent.com
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social Armchair phrenologist. Self-certified body language expert. MENSA member. Former Never-Ending Pasta Pass Owner. Intellectual. Gifted kid —> Gifted adult. RIP Seattle Sea Dragons. Vai Corinthians. Bluesky’s premier Seven Mary Three poster.
Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com Meteorologist for REBUILD.US based in Minneapolis. Contributing climate journalist for The Guardian. Author of The Future Earth. Optimistic to a fault.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
Esther Wang @estherxlwang.bsky.social Freelance writer and editor | Formerly: @hellgatenyc.com senior editor
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Katie Way @k80way.bsky.social Hard act to follow / consummate professional / writer-editor at Hell Gate- A Adlan Jackson @adlan.bsky.social I love hanging out!
writer and editor and co-owner at Hell Gate
Scoboco @scoboco.bsky.social Two amazing daughters, eating all the time, love NYC. Lots more often at Brooklyn Magazine, Hell Gate, Gothamist; most of my social stuff is on Instagram, same handle 
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social State politics at @CityandStateNY.bsky.social. She/her. Mom to Ivy the Capitol Dog. Pitches and dog pics to rlewis@cityandstateny.com. rfclewis.38 on Signal
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Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker.
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Hire me to fact check your book.
I post about Jewish stuff, disability, Star Trek, and The Buffalo Bills.
Jersey girl.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
https://www.themarisreview.com/
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com "covers the strange and consequential with equal enthusiasm"
"I may be unable to discern the point, but it definitely made me read the whole thing"
reporter 〰️ writer 〰️ sculptor 〰 @coyotemedia.org calendar guy 〰️ they/them 〰 https://reveleth.com/
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com Founder-Owner of @weareravenous.com
Series Editor at Best American Food and Travel Writing
Queens, NY
she/her
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soleil ho @soleilho.com critic and food writer @coyotemedia.org | James Beard award winner | they/them 🍊 av by max graves
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
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cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social inside fishsticks outside tarter sauce
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social Film critic at Vulture, co-host of the Critical Darlings podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-darlings/id1885681327
Samer @remas.bsky.social 🇵🇸
Managing Editor at Defector
Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social Gaming. Cofounder/blogging at @Aftermath.site.
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