bijan @bijan.bsky.social
writer. music critic @thenation.com, playing characters on @funcityventures.bsky.social, making @dearannagame.bsky.social | prev. @compulsiongames.bsky.social @valvesoftware.com
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds
Cyclops is so great
I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social Bespoke critical deep dives. SHELVED BY GENRE. JUST KING THINGS. HOMESTUCK MADE THIS WORLD. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social and Danni too. www.rangedtouch.com
LeeAnn Wombat @jonnyauping.bsky.social Have written for a whole bunch of places. When the needle hits the record I don’t have anywhere to be. Subscribe to https://mytimeback.beehiiv.com
Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid.
Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver.
TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner)
Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth, Black Panther
kottke.org @kottke.org home of fine hypertext products since 1998. https://kottke.org
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social Senior staff writer, The Ringer
Be better tomorrow
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social Author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane (Spring 2026) Pre-order it here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-beta/cosmic-music/9780306836169/
Evan Rytlewski @evanryt.bsky.social Writer. Contributor: Pitchfork. Alum: Radio Milwaukee, WMSE, Shepherd Express. Bylines: NPR, The AV Club, Washington Post, Spin, Stereogum, Paste.
Justin Tinsley @justintinsley.bsky.social Author. Reporter. Podcast Host. Voice on TV.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux @fsgbooks.bsky.social Publishing award-winning fiction, nonfiction and poetry since 1946. Home of AUWA Books, Quanta Books, FSG Originals, and Picador.
Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social CEO and Publisher of @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, a nonprofit newsroom in beautiful Baltimore City.
🧢 @abebeame.bsky.social Rap & Bluesky. abebeame74@gmail.com
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Kiley Bense @kiley.bsky.social Journalist at @insideclimatenews.org covering climate change, the environment, public health, and politics.
Recent work:
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Virginia Quarterly Review @vqr.bsky.social An award-winning national magazine at the University of Virginia. Established in 1925. vqronline.org
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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social D.C. reporter, @washingtonsun.bsky.social. Former: @51st.news, WAMU, and DCist.
Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social The people of the District of Columbia deserve dignity, respect, and self-determination. Join our movement to win it. #FreeDC
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flâneury o'connor 😷🐻🏳️🌈 @kaborso.bsky.social Akil. He/him/they/them. Hottie ineffectual. Frasierology. Bear/dad studies. Gay history. Horror & queer cinema. Softwear tailor. Cat dad of three. Partnered. Atlanta. https://kaborso.github.io
Kate Huangpu @katehuangpu.bsky.social Current: @SpotlightPA | Prev: @ABCWorldNews, @msnbc, @ColumbiaSpec Barnard '20 | Columbia Data Journalism '21 @aaja & IRE | hoagie not hero | she/her
dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Sr. writer @wired.com:
Surveillance & coptech
Signal: dell.3030
Justin Sayles @justinsayles.bsky.social Content Lead, Culture // The Ringer
Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social Culture Journalist for hire | Past: Senior Culture Reporter at HuffPost | Other Bylines: History.com, Bloomberg, Capital B News, Salon, Time, The Daily Beast, and many others | reeltalkonline@gmail.com | candicefrederick.contently.com
Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and http://RollingStone.com. Got a tip? Share it here: http://rol.st/tips
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.
di blick prahgramwer @omg.jacky.wtf Captain of @olamaelcu.net + other things. I write (and sometimes record) things - under duress of myself.
I like reading. A lot.
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Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social Putting the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. linktr.ee/labornotes
Sarah Jaffe @sarahljaffe.bsky.social Troublemaker. Vagrant. Author of From the Ashes, Work Won't Love You Back and Necessary Trouble.
KBC @notthatkylie.bsky.social Dealing with my hellsite cravings with the help of this agonist
Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com Reporter at ICIJ.org and author. GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY is out in paperback Sept. 2026.
Signal: jacobsilverman.99
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Anita Felicelli @anitafelicelli.bsky.social author of the short story collection HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS and other works of fiction. books editor at Alta Journal, critic, essayer.
Justina Ireland @justinaireland.com Award winning writer and New York Times Bestseller. Sometimes agent at Handspun Literary. I also do TV and comics.
Food is a scam in this country.
Up next: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HALLOWEEN - October 2026
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Christina Lee @minaannlee.bsky.social Skatin' on ice like I'm Kristi Yamaguchi. www.christinalee.me
The New Republic @newrepublic.com Ideas. Influence. Impact.
TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today.
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Abigail Higgins @abigailhiggins.bsky.social Journalist in DC, previously Kenya. Co-founder and Managing Editor of @51stnews.bsky.social. Covering inequality, gender, labor for the Washington Post, The Nation, Lux, etc. Organizing with The National Writers Union.
olivia horn @olivianhorn.bsky.social another girl in a sweater | writing about music, art
Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social "I'm so grateful Hammer and Hope exists. True Black leftist literary dispatches." - dream hampton.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social 60s & 70s films + affiliates. Also Influences, origins, legacies, social-cultural context.
Books incl Hollywood's Last Golden Age; Novel: Urban Flight
70s Movie Podcast [NB: Antifascist]
Much more here: https://midcenturycinema.org/
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social 
Clipping @clppng.bsky.social Diggs /// Hutson /// Snipes
DEAD CHANNEL SKY /// 03-14-2025 on @subpop.bsky.social
Guerilla Toss @guerillatoss.bsky.social Experimental art rock punk band from New York on @subpop
andrejgee @andrejgee.bsky.social writer | beatmaker
Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social This is the Bluesky account for Humthrush.com, a site run by Mosi Reeves.
Sarah Boden @sarahboden.bsky.social Investigative health reporter for @cidrap.bsky.social
Other bylines: NPR, Spotlight PA, KFF Health News, Science News, Slate, Medscape, BBC Health.
Formerly: WESA News, Iowa Public Radio, MPR
Tips? sboden@umn.edu
@homos.bsky.social @homos.bsky.social 
Rob Horning @robhorning.bsky.social robhorning.substack.com
Kieran Press-Reynolds @kieranpressreyn.bsky.social editing nobells, writer for pitchfork, GQ, NYT, The Face + more
https://www.kieranpressreynolds.com/ / https://www.kprblog.fyi/
born & living in new yorker
Gillian Flynn @gillianflynn.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/thegillianflynn
Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me Data reporter at Bloomberg News. Opinions are my cat's. Clips and contact info at agordon.me.
Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social Pennsylvania Capitol Reporter for Spotlight PA | Yankee Fan | Die Gedanken Sind Frei | scaruso[at]spotlightpa[dot]org
dreamhampton @dreamhampton.bsky.social from Detroit
Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social Reporter at @MotherJones.bsky.social
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Matt Vasilogambros @mattvas.bsky.social Democracy for @statesunited.org; hiker and diver; completed the Pacific Crest Trail; former bylines: Stateline, The Atlantic, National Journal, Outside
New York Magazine @nymag.com This is New York: Intelligencer, The Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street, The Strategist.
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Stateline @stateline.org Daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy.
Part of @statesnewsroom.com.
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Madyson Fitzgerald @maddyfitz.bsky.social rva + philly | sims enthusiast | she/her | national content producer @statesnewsroom.com
Esther Alter @esther-alter.bsky.social Trans Jewish byte array
Open source software developer
Sturgeon-nominated spec fic writer: Deadlands, Escape Pod, Strange Horizons, Baffling, elsewhere
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https://esther-alter.com
Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪
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Greedy Reads @greedyreads.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood independent bookstores in Fells Point & Remington, Baltimore
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonprofit, non-partisan newsroom dedicated to covering climate, energy and the environment. Our newsletters: http://bit.ly/3mcVORO
Saul Williams @saulwilliams.bsky.social Poet
Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social A journal of creative writing on environmental justice https://reckoning.press
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social Spec Fic Author. SFWA. Voodoonaut. Words in FIYAH Mag, Nightmare Mag, Baffling, Fantasy Mag, The Deadlands, EscapePod, Haven, Skull & Laurel, Psychopomp. A watched plot never thickens. http://ebrownwrites.com
Brandon Caldwell @brandoc.bsky.social 1/2 of 2dopemarks | writer/music journalist | houstonian | bun b's verse on "murder" is among the greatest strings of words ever put together in history.
Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music out now from Repeater Books / shipley.al@gmail.com / https://repeaterbooks.com/product/tough-breaks-the-story-of-baltimore-club-music/ /
http://westernblot.bandcamp.com
@tombreihan.bsky.social @tombreihan.bsky.social 
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?
@joncaramanica.bsky.social @joncaramanica.bsky.social 
The Drift @thedriftmag.com A magazine of culture and politics
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Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Thick 'n Creamy since 1925, muting mansplainers since 2010, (cheerfully) uncoupled since February 2020. Just an old lady trying to eat a taco. I am too a Merry Sunshine.
Spotlight PA @spotlightpa.org Official account for spotlightpa.org.
Venuri Siriwardane @venuri.bsky.social Journalist covering public health in PGH. Get your news from trustworthy BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, immigrant, working class or otherwise marginalized journalists.
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social Law professor & book author of Corporatocracy, Political Brands & Corporate Citizen; Brennan Center fellow; board of CREW; campaign finance expert. Podcaster of Democracy & Destiny. I’m a lawyer not your lawyer. https://soundcloud.com/profciara #beans
Matthew Ismael Ruiz @porican.bsky.social writer/editor/producer
@alexsuskind.bsky.social @alexsuskind.bsky.social news director, pitchfork
Grant Sharples @grantsharpies.bsky.social Music critic at Paste Magazine • bylines in interview mag, stereogum, uproxx, pitchfork, ringer, nme, etc • grant dot sharples at gmail • he/him • free Palestine 🇵🇸 • KCMO • I’m writing a novel bc it’s never been done before • kingdom hearts apologist
RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social The voices of RogerEbert.com
Crack Magazine @crackmagazine.bsky.social Listening closely.
hazel @hazelcills.bsky.social hazelcills.com- M Matthew Schnipper @matthewschnipper.bsky.social matthewschnipper.com
deepvoices.substack.com
David O'Neill @oneillbooks.bsky.social Senior editor @bookforum; friend to animals. Work with me: http://david-oneill-editor.com
Marc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social I write about music & my latest book is “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” http://highbiasbook.com/ I host the Music Book Podcast. I am a Nationals & D-backs fanatic. DON'T USE AI.
Todd L. Burns @toddlburns.bsky.social Editor
https://toddlburns.substack.com/
The Tournament of Books @tournamentofbooks.com An annual battle royale between 16 of the best novels published in the previous year
Andy Cush @cushac.bsky.social musician, writer, editor
Cat Zhang @catzhang.bsky.social lapsed music critic, culture writer at The Cut / NYMag
I’m not here often but cat.zhang@nymag.com if you need me
Pitchfork @pitchfork.com The most trusted voice in music
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Sarah Blackwood @sblackwood.bsky.social Professor. Writer. Jorts. | www.sarah-blackwood.com
amanda hess @amandahess.bsky.social writer at large, @nytimes.com *** my book is called SECOND LIFE: HAVING A CHILD IN THE DIGITAL AGE https://bookshop.org/p/books/second-life-having-a-child-in-the-digital-age-amanda-hess/21713723