Shawn of the North ๐จ๐ฆ @socrates99ab.bsky.social Proud ๐จ๐ฆ Canadian. Supporter of democracy, human rights, the rule of law, decency and separation of religion and government.
Hard Return @ahardreturn.bsky.social Personal and book review blog. (Sometimes.)
A one-woman book club.
Posting books I read. Muting writer self-promos.
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AI free. I do not use AI to read, post, or review books. My content is my own.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Decided to not have a bio and just say "read this" as it will be a better guide if you're trying to decide whether I'm worth bothering with: https://www.tom-cox.com/the-village-message-board-2/
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Joanna Brichetto @jobrichetto.bsky.social Naturalist and writer in Nashville, author of "This is How a Robin Drinks: Essays on Urban Nature." SidewalkNature.com 
Libro.fm @libro.fm ๐ง The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops
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Louise Mayberry๐น @louisemayberry.bsky.social Real history. True love.
Writer of steamy novels that blend the line between historical fiction and romance.
Believer that ALL people are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of their own unique happily ever after. ๐ซ๐
Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social She/Her
Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker.
NatGeo, BBC, SciAm, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others.
Hire me to fact check your book.
I post about Jewish stuff, disability, Star Trek, and The Buffalo Bills.
Jersey girl.
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Jess Lifshitz @jess5th.bsky.social Fifth grade teacher who believes we can use reading and writing to make the world a better place.
Melissa @mmfbooks.bsky.social I read. I blog. I sell books. What more do you need to know? thebooknut.com
Molly Haniszewski @mollyhaniszewski.bsky.social Website: https://mollyhaniszewski.com/
(she/her, they/them)
๐ Queer, Nonbinary, AuDHD Author living in Montana
๐ BEYOND THE BORDER FOREST
๐ THE SOUL THIEF coming in 2026
https://linktr.ee/mollyhaniszewski
Kate Jones @katejonesteach.bsky.social Teacher. Senior associate for Teaching & Learning at Evidence Based Education. Author. Mum.
Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com Posts many cat pics. Former scholar of Islamic history who now writes about new SFF at nerds-feather.com and podcasts about SFF history at Hugo History: klaxoncomms.com/hugo-history
Queer/Ace/ADHD. #Vancouver ๐จ๐ฆ
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social Grammar Girl. Podcaster. Author of seven books about language. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. she/her http://linktr.ee/grammargirl
#AmWriting The 8/25 GG podcast
#AmReading The Dragon Has Some Complaints (Wiswell)
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social Associate Prof at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Constitutional law, criminal law, abolition, philosophy, hoops, video games, puppies (esp. Argo the Floof). Probably nicer than youโve heard. He/him.
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of โFluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
Indivisible Austin @indivisibleaustin.bsky.social We are part of the national Indivisible organization, connecting and informing our local community via collaboration, resources, and action... right here in Austin, Texas.
Join us at indivisibleaustin.com
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/subscribe
wrote a book by the same name wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polling averages at @fiftyplusone.news
formerly @ 538 & The Economist. email, don't DM, me
Terry J. Benton-Walker (he/daddy) @handle.invalid Bestselling & Award-Winning Author | BLOOD DEBTS, BLOOD JUSTICE, THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST, & ALEX WISE | #Gaymer ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎ https://linktr.ee/tjbentonwalker
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. 
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Sally Pirie @sallypirie.bsky.social Cartoonist, Anthropologist, Feminist, Terrible Cook, Fighter of the Good Fight, Zero At The Bone. www.sallypirie.com
(views my own ofc)
Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social Author (The Ember of Elyssia Quartet, Fortune's Calling Trilogy, THE BRIDAL PARTY, THE PRINCE WITH SIX FACES). Dice roller. Disabled in the library. All opinions mine. All around nerd.
https://linktr.ee/annaholmeswritesbooks
(She/they) โฟ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Tony Travis @tonytravis.com Tony is an award-winning author, SFWA member, and lives with his dachshund poodle. He writes in the general style of the 1960's with a few modern touches. He is a fan of Star Trek, Battlestar, and Dune.
"Our search for truth is why we are alive."
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Zettafrag @zettafrag.bsky.social gamer mom, gamer wife, virtues are as follows:
Love โค๏ธ Knowledge ๐ง Truth ๐ Chaos โด๏ธ Life โ๏ธ
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Judy Gressel @judyhere.bsky.social Anti-fascist Librarian against book banning | Human Rights | Womenโs Rights | LGBTQ Rights | Anti-Fascist | Vote Blue | Austin TX
Indivisible1431 @indivisible1431.org Our Indivisible group is located on the FM1431 corridor in central Texas. We are dedicated to resisting fascism, protecting endangered populations, and building a consensus to return the USA to a sane course.
Mike Killalea @bluebeau.bsky.social Dog lover, chronic writers' block sufferer, progressive, Don't take no crap, and agree with Winston Churchill that democracy is the worst form of government, EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHERS!
andi @andil.bsky.social Inglorious Bastard Division, Shiba Brigade.
#dogs, #Fella #Ukraine #ATX #Texas by way of Langley. Not employed by the CIA. REINSTATE FEDEROV. Always a Hawkeye.
๐น hughw @hughw.net You say godless communism like it's a bad thing
RD Sheldon @osage75.bsky.social Stage4 cancer survivor. Trust in your doctor, not the news. From a small Osage village, Neodesha Kansas. On the Oklahoma Kansas border.
Carrie ๐ @stemgal.bsky.social Texas Aggie Engr, Educator, Christian, Democrat. I post abt adoptable shelter dogs, shtuff my state does & other. Opinions expressed mine. Please be nice on my feed.
๐ซDMs ๐ซMAGA ๐ซPorn
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Dannielle @dannielleq.bsky.social #liberal #democrat #progressive #publiceducation #dogs #coffee #randomness
Baxter Flynn @baxter-flynn.bsky.social I am not your foe.
If you win, then you have won.
If I, we both win.
Devil's advocate,
Not a foe but a friendly
Harbinger of doom.
GooneyBird โ๏ธ๐ @gooneybird.bsky.social Central Texas - fighting the good fight in the heart of a crazy red state.
Animal rights advocate.
Human rights crusader.
Blatant hypocrisy & intolerance drives me insane.
๐
Jenn should be studying @chaosandcake.bsky.social Writer, Godzilla fan, terrible gardener. Recovering blogger. Cat caretaker.
I often post pictures of bugs, plants, fungus, and other weird stuff I find on hikes or in my garden. She/her
Kayse P (she/they) @kaysepe.bsky.social Human being who believes in dignity and rights for all human beings
Teacher
Living on the traditional lands of the Jumano, Lipan Apache, Coahuiltecan, Comanche, and Tonkawa peoples
@whome6789.bsky.social @whome6789.bsky.social Chaotic good.
Peaceful, but pissed. ๐
Pro level imperfect, but trying.
Heavy mettle. ๐ค๐ช
Married, not looking.
Judge me after you walk in my shoes.
John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social UT Austin journalism professor; former NYT, WP. he/him. Galveston BOI. Born at 314.8 ppm CO2.
Truthout @truthout.org Independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues.
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Michele L - Release the Epstein Files ๐บ๐ฆ @mlworboys.bsky.social Manage team members working on Point of Sale systems. Mother of my 14 yr old cat. Wife to a wonderful husband who supports me. Liberal till the end. Hope we get thru this. Currently blue dot in San Marvelous TX
Shannon Downey @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social Art activist. Craftivist. Chicagoan. Educator. President of the Joyful Menace Society. My book, Letโs Move The Needle, is out now. ๐๐ผ. Big fan of libraries and dogs. Super ๐ณ๏ธโ๐. Gen X
Katie Giel @katiegiel.bsky.social attorney, loud intersectional feminist, wife, dog & cat mom, plant lady, womenโs soccer fan, bi | she/her | not legal advice; opinions are my own
Monday McGee @mondaymcgee.bsky.social Crafter, LARPer, anxious bean, nonprofit human.
Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for โThe Racialization of Print,โ forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/
Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social Nature geek, feminist, board game designer (Wingspan ๐ชถ, Tussie Mussie ๐, Mariposas ๐ฆ, The Fox Experiment ๐ฆ, Picky Pixie ๐งโโ๏ธ, Undergrove ๐, and Sanibel ๐).
https://www.elizhargrave.com/
L.A. Kauffman @lakauffman.bsky.social Veteran organizer, writer. She/her. Books: DIRECT ACTION and HOW TO READ A PROTEST. Occasional newsletter: DETOUR AMERICA lakauffman.substack.com
Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science โข Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine โข ู
ุงุณูุฉ ุงูุณูู
ุจุงูุนุฑุถ โข Banner by Sara Qaed
danaelkurd.com to contact
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.
Becoming UnBusy @becomingunbusy.bsky.social I help overwhelmed neurobusy people find ways to reset and make space for a simple life.
s. e. smith @sesmith.lol that person with the peaches
national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire
๐ฟ @theflytrapmedia.com cofounder
๐โโฌ ๐ ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES out now!
๐๏ธ get your grief advice on @allmydeadcats.com
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StevenZPowellMD @szpowell.bsky.social Primary Care FP with a passion for treating addiction
Christy Milner @christymi.bsky.social Retired lawyer, former U.S. diplomat, current political activist fighting to save U.S. democracy.
Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social I write + create resources + facilitate networks for social justice.
Work: www.solidarityis.org
www.buildingmovement.org
Books: Social Change Now; We Too Sing America; We Are The Builders!
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/socialchangemap
More: www.socialchang
Charlsa B @charbb.bsky.social 5th generation Texan. Blue through and through. Love tennis & bridge & travel.
Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social Writing in the age of AI stuff
Newsletter: writinghacks.substack.com
Also curate theimportantwork.substack.com
Alexis Sanford @fullwitchlex.bsky.social Living the questions, hoping to unlock some collective wisdom. Proud Texas woman working with my sisters to bring sanity back to our state.
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com Climate journalist based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. If the NYT has no haters I'm dead.
Tips? Reach me on Signal kendrawrites.04
Abby Wooldridge @anwbooks.bsky.social Pediatric speech-language pathologist. #KidLit writer. #12x12PB. #SCBWI. #PBParty 2025 Finalist. Equal parts Monica Geller, Sue Heck, Leslie Knope.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.--Romans 12:21
abbywooldridge.com
Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com Investigative journalist, mainly sports. Wrote a couple books. PhD in Sports Studies. Dissertation on U Texas women's bball team in the 1970s. Co-host @burnitalldownpod.com. Tall. Tired. She/Her. Austin, TX https://www.jessicawluther.com/
kat ๐โโฌ @bookstakat.bsky.social Here for the books! ๐๐๐ | 32/70
Full reviews:
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โถ๏ธ Storygraph: @streberkatze
๐ Multilingual word nerd & educator & history PhD & homeschooling Mama
๐ฑ Vegan
๐ EMT
๐ดโโ ๏ธ Self-determination & ๐ซ collective care
๐กโช๏ธ๐ฃโซ๏ธ they/them
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
5 Calls @5calls.org Your issues, scripts and representatives all in one place. Spend 5 minutes, make 5 calls: http://5calls.org
Heba Gowayed ูุจุฉ ุฌููุฏ @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/ูู
https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed
ูุณู ุนุงูุฒูู ุนูุด ุญุฑูู ู ุนุฏุงูู ุงุฌุชู
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NonprofitAF @nonprofitaf.bsky.social Yup. Itโs me, rabble rouser, seitan-worshipper, and defender of the Oxford Comma. Iโll be more active on here as time goes on.
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. US politics, votes, violence, history, psych. 3๐+1 on the way: How WE Make American Democracy. Wide Awake. Views mine, ~90% right. Dad w/ jokes. ๐ง๐ผ*๐ง๐ป*๐ฅโณ๐ nathankalmoe.com
Derek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social Chaos Muppet, Order Rising. CEO, ResearchCollaborative.org. Young(ish) Leader, Munich Security Conference + Friends of Europe. Former head of GlobalZero.org. Radicalized by basic decency. Made in #Iowa with parts from #Iran. he/him ๐ฆ๐ฒ
Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
Jay Marcellus @jmappel.bsky.social Progressive messaging at ASO Communications. Previously Trans Law Center. Perpetually tired. Love fiercely, fuck the fascists.
Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social Professor of Psychology; Rider of Bicycles; Seeker of Justice. Applied cognitive psychologist, studying attention & memory, some disinfo too. (He/him; 1st gen college student). With maybe some pictures of Cookie the bernedoodle. - D @dyerob.bsky.social @dyerob.bsky.social
Melissa Wiebe๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ท๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ @melissawiebe.bsky.social #Leguminati. Xennial. Proud #Canadian and British Columbian and Lower Mainlander. Canucks, Seahawks, Mariners fan. Lover of good books, good coffee, good discussion, travel and history. Breast cancer survivor. ASD. Christian. Vlogger. she/her.
Nicole Bennett @nicoleviolabooks.bsky.social renaissance writer mama... always reading, often watching baseballโฆ I'm a school librarian and a writer of MG and YA stories.
I write a newsletter called Young at Heart: https://nicolevbennett.substack.com/
@sarainiowa.bsky.social @sarainiowa.bsky.social Mama. Scientist. Reader. Aspiring watercolor artist.
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
@booksyjojo.bsky.social @booksyjojo.bsky.social Secular homeschooler, covid-cautious, tea drinker, beginner riichi mah jong player, she/her
Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social Organizer, writer, mom. Philly partisan. IIWFJU member.
She/they.
Maria J. Stephan @mariajstephan.bsky.social Civil resistance, nonviolent action, social movements, democracy, authoritarianism, political violence, peacebuilding.
@nicoleeclectic.bsky.social @nicoleeclectic.bsky.social Progressive Christian. Digital creator. Obsessed with knitting and Jane Austen. Also โค๏ธ tennis, women's college gymnastics, music, the occasional movie or TV show. Love watching YT videos about movies and TV shows I'll probably never watch. ๐
All about โค๏ธ
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social This space would like me to place a short sentence here, but short sentences are contrary to my nature.
Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
https://choosedemocracy.us/resist-list/
Sherry @sherryamor8.bsky.social ๐ Bookworm
๐ณ๏ธโ๐Ally
๐จ๐ด Proud Latina
Renee Bowman @reneebowman1.bsky.social Eternal optimist, mother, wife, nature-lover, hiker, reader, writer, former educator/librarian, current local writer covering education & sports for The Republican newspaper (non-political), Special Olympics basketball coach
Megan P. Evans @mpevans0517.bsky.social Production/Editing for Currently Reading Podcast. Editor for Hearts and Daggers Pod. Lao American. Diverse reader. Mother. Daughter. Friend.
@amelnicz.bsky.social @amelnicz.bsky.social 
@imsarahcarr.bsky.social @imsarahcarr.bsky.social 
John Lewis @uneasyrhetoric.net GenX dude addicted to literature, language (semi-francophone), coffee, and fresh air. Politics isn't fun anymore. Opinions are mine and do not represent any affiliation. โ. He/him
@taylir5.bsky.social @taylir5.bsky.social