tante @tante.cc De-Evangelist, writer and speaker. Communist. Feminist. Antifascist. Luddite. He/him. Email: tante@tante.cc | Masto: @tante@tldr.nettime.org
(Don't always see DMs cause my client can't show them since they are proprietary extensions of the protocol)
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
Chicago Board of Ethics @chicagoethicsbd.bsky.social Since 1986, we've administered, interpreted + enforced Chicago's Governmental Ethics Ordinance--we advise, educate, regulate, enforce + adjudicate. 312-744-9660. www.chicago.gov/Ethics
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com Maker of stuff that makes you laugh.
www.ifycomedy.com
Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social Rook, Rika, The Ghost of Yōtei | Worlds Beyond Number | D20, Dropout, Crit Role | BAFTA loser. Um, Actually CHAMPION | Gender🌊: all pronouns
Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social Ragebait author at Zeteo
Past: Senior reporter at The Independent, senior media reporter at The Daily Beast.
Tips/hate mail: justin@zeteonews.com
You can also hit me up on Signal at justinbaragona.85
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv 🧸 TOYLIGHT
🩸 CITY COUNCIL OF DARKNESS
☀️ GLADLANDS
☁️ CLOUDWARD, HO!
⚡️TITAN TAKEDOWN
💅DUNGEONS & DRAG QUEENS S2
✨MISFITS & MAGIC
💥NEVER STOP BLOWING UP
🧙🏿♂️ FANTASY HIGH
🧠MENTOPOLIS
📖 NEVERAFTER
🚀 STARSTRUCK ODYSSEY
dropout.tv/shows/dimension-20
Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social Author. Many books, including SABRIEL, the five other Old Kingdom novels; THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON and sequels; THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM series, lots more. And stories. Adult SF/horror MASSIF out Sept 2026. www.garthnix.com
Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social Filmmaker (WHAT LIES WEST) and formerly a little Twitter famous. Married to @sean-a-tiger.bsky.social, writes with @nicksinnott.com
Serial Experiments Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social "The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature, capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty."
I'm a huge problem to a sane world
she/her
Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Revealer, Prism
Newsletter: www.everythingishorrible.net
Poetry pubs: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/poetry-publications-noah-berlatsky
Joey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io
Nuance? In this Economy
Full Employment Stan, Brazilian Coffee Tariff Victim |
Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social Public defender in the South, politics obsessive, nerd stuff enthusiast. Also a dad, although I'm trying to respect the privacy of my increasingly feral children.
Chicago Sun-Times Guild @cstguild.bsky.social Safeguarding the future of the Chicago Sun-Times. Loud and proud members of @ChicagoNewsGuild.bsky.social.
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby Kubernetes SIG Security Co-Chair.
I hack things and build community.
Minneapolis. They/them. Stay punk 🏴
MSP feed info: https://bsky.app/profile/amityf.bsky.social/post/3mrv36uo4pc2a
Remedy Entertainment @remedygames.com Creating extraordinary worlds and inviting you down the rabbit hole. Making games since 1995. #CONTROLResonant coming September 24th 2026. Pre-order now! Header by @valentinapaz.com
Now working on Control RESONANT and Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake.
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social She/her. Personal account. 🇵🇭🏳️🌈💃🏻💙
For official aldermanic services and response go to the48thward.org
William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social Organizer, coalition-builder & Democratic Nominee in #MI07.
YES to Good Housing and Healthcare for All.
NO to Billionaires, Bullies, and Endless Wars.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/william-lawrence-1
Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social Public servant running for U.S. Senate because it shouldn't be THIS hard to get by. Michigan born and raised. Girl Dad. Doctor. Vote by November 3rd!
Scalli @viceandviolence.bsky.social https://www.patreon.com/rapscallionvns
Stub Buns @stubbuns.bsky.social Photos of Satan (the dog), and posts about Italo disco, slasher movies, and 90s video game soundtracks. “Vice has its virtues”
Sophisticated Oyster @ciceronincheese.bsky.social Useful degree holder (polisci (derogatory)) | Host, United For Peace Podcast | Ohio DemSoc | Born to file, forced to fight
Return of the Cmonmacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social Un éléphant. Pour de vrai.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Matt Moore @mattmoorecst.bsky.social newsletters + words @chicago.suntimes.com 🗞️
📍Chicago ❤️
play by post @playbypost.bsky.social taking a break from da big acct
Supergiant Games @supergiantgames.bsky.social Creators of Hades, Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion.
· Merchandise: https://supergiant.games/merch
· Discord: http://discord.gg/supergiant
Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social Palmer Chair in Law and Public Policy at Dalhousie Law. Formerly @ UCLA and Yale. All things tech and democracy. Dachshund enthusiast.
Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Worf's Aunt Masha from Babruysk @mashamasha.bsky.social This is my hometown in the pfp. I immigrated to the US in 97. Gen X, mother to two millennials. I write code for a living. Hope for my country of birth to lose the war to 🇺🇦 already.
When I first came here, I had 0 cats. Now I have 2. Bsky magic.
Mags Visaggio - Writer and Writing Coach for Hire 🏳️⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com new york comics writer lady & musician. lambda literary 2025 nominee. GIRLMODE, KIM & KIM, ETERNITY GIRL, VAGRANT QUEEN. I make music as DAISY & JANE.
Juliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social Mom of four, Illinois Lt. Governor, Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate.
Giving the people what they want.
https://linktr.ee/julianaforillinois
Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winner. Micheal L Printz Award winner. National Book Award finalist.
Wrote NAVOLA, THE WINDUP GIRL, THE WATER KNIFE, and SHIP BREAKER, among others.
windupstories.com
Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social a frightful hobgoblin
Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social Wife.🏳️🌈Author.📚Tarot enthusiast.🔮
Professor of Africana Studies at Smith. Recovering sociologist. Twitter refugee. Current research: #BlackProvincetown. 日本語を勉強します. One of my books has a cameo in an Oscar winning film. Posts represent the views of my cats.
Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social Thief of Joy: A Comedy Special NOW ON YOUTUBE
Host of The Downside Podcast
If I have to post on another one of these things I’m gonna kms
Kyle Whitmire @warondumb.bsky.social 2023 Pulitzer Prize, commentary. Columnist for AL.com (@aldotcom.bsky.social). Dislikes: corruption, cruelty, hypocrisy & incompetence. Likes: quiet heroes.
Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
https://www.projectsaltbox.com/
Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. ⚫️🟡🦀🔴⚪️
Track ICE warehouses: https://tracker.projectsaltbox.com
Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com Author 'Why Politicians Lie About Trade' | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM.
🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based.
Substack: substack.com/@dmitryopines
Media and training: explaintrade.com
Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Content providers added with permission.
Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social Yinzer ambassador to the west coast • Moo Deng’s spiritual successor • Taller than your dad
Don't fuck with me. I'll spend another three hours in Excel. I don't care.
Andrea James @jokestress.bsky.social Filmmaker and consumer activist. Life‘s work archived by US Library of Congress. transgendermap.com / andreajames.com
DJ Miller Genuine Daft @djfagotron.bsky.social not a typo, never will be. multitudes container of livid experience. https://www.twitch.tv/djfagotron
Ash @billsenjoyer.bsky.social Buffalo sports fan who posts too much about politics | All good opinions own. All bad opinions yours
Svir @svir.bsky.social 30+ bird creature from FI.
Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social Opinions are my own
https://linktr.ee/gbbranstetter
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Nicole Gugliucci @noisyastronomer.com Physics professor, astronomer, educator, science communicator in NH, US. Lover of dogs, spec-fic, weights, and good trouble. She/they.
Opinions my own. RTs≠endorsements. Most older posts auto-delete.
I swear a lot.
https://bio.link/noisyastronomer
𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social 
SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social Evolutionary ecologist & ornithologist, postdoc Ohio State | PhD UIUC, MSc Kansas State | SciComm, birding, and nature photography | certified Lawn Hater, Cowbird Apologist, Stress Physiology Enthusiast, Typo Lover | they/them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | skwinnicki.com
Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social Paradox Interactive School of International Relations (ongoing)
I hate your favorite dictator. Spicy liberal.
(He/Him)
https://www.offensive-bias.com/
Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social Daddo and married to @jenancona. Consultant of Destiny™️, standing athwart history yelling WTF. Research, persuasion, media, and processes for understanding the Dem-left coalition. A lot of my research etc lives here: chartingthewayforward.substack.com
Bitsy Perlman @bitsyperlman.bsky.social Economic Historian at the Census. 19th & 21st C innovation, sci of sci, urban/spatial, info spread. All views are my own or expressed for rhetorical exposition. Posts before 2025 were imported. (they/them)
Brookline, MA
No Gods No Mayors Podcast @nogodsnomayors.com @postoctobrist.bsky.social, @mattielubchansky.com, and @raaleh.bsky.social cover every mayor, in order. nogodsnomayors.com
Martin Orchard @orchardmartin.bsky.social Organises an East Bristol, UK RPG Meetup group (DM for details)
Pointless Monument TTRPG game stuff at: pointlessmonument.itch.io
Very occasional blog at: pointlessmonument.blot.im
Paizo @paizo.com Official Bluesky for Paizo Inc. The creators of the Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs. Union Made.
Replies Monday-Friday, 8am - 5pm Pacific. customer.service@paizo.com.
Join the community on our forums: https://paizo.com/community
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.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Erin Vanderhoof @vanderhoofy.bsky.social trivia about british and american weirdos, both recreationally and professionally at vanity fair
FairVote Illinois @fairvoteil.bsky.social A nonpartisan, grassroots organization working for better elections. Join the movement to bring ranked choice voting to Illinois!
🔗: FairVoteIllinois.org/links
Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news THE LEGEND OF SKOKIE coming April 2027. Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Subscribe to my newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | @KatzOnEarth on TikTok & Insta | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her 
emily sunshine @threnody.northsky.social fiction writer • roommate to 2 cats with rich interior lives • parmesan enthusiast • interrobang evangelist
stories: prairie schooner 98.4 • hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride reading list
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social STREAM NOW: Everyoneislying.com/watch
Or on Prime Video in US and UK
D. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social philosopher turned data scientist turned philosopher. enviro policy, data science, phil sci/STS, lefty stuff. UC Merced. they/them. Signal: danhicks.50
Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social Woke Aristotelian
Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com Trans independent journalist. Policy researcher. Youth gender-affirming care ban survivor. Occasionally hated by red states for asking too many questions.
Tip me through Signal: @aleksandra_vaca.44
Find me at transiticsnews.com
Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
Posts mine, but if you see something you think you can use to get me in trouble I did it on my own time and my own device, so good luck
Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
dr. nipple slipple @nippleslipple.bsky.social assistant professor of philosophy at the university of southern california. feminist philosophy. she/her. cronch cronch https://emilytilton11.wixsite.com/website
Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com Béton brut for bluesky — by @spice.bsky.social
🇮🇷#NoWar
🇻🇪#HandsOffVenezuela
🇨🇺#EndTheBlockade
🇵🇸#FreePalestine
Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social Backwoods pinko scalawag. Bespoke replies a specialty. He/him. Rear Admiral in the Kansas Antifa Navy (Inactive Ready Reserve)
Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social Reporter @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social, hyperfocused on zoning + city gov + police surveillance • B/MSJ23 from Medill • NKY➡️Chicago • he/him
I do not use generative AI in my work.
Read my stuff: https://evanstonroundtable.com/author/alex-harrison
Norumbega Jay @backyarddinosaurs.bsky.social He/him. My name is Jay. I like birds, dinosaurs, godzilla, and you. I also like lots of other things
I’m trying my best.
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com anarchist warlord arbitration consultant. drummer in tragic lovers. writes WORK IS FOUR LETTERS, poster emeritus for NORMAL MEN. don't be a dick.
https://golikehellmachine.com
https://tragiclovers.bandcamp.com
Shadow @lookforshadow.bsky.social 📍Chicago | he / any | 18+, y'all
A voyeuristic, yellow-flagging, and rubbery kinkster lurking around the city. 👀🐕
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
Words: @nytimes.com @harpers.bsky.social @latimes.com @rollingstone.com @yahoonews.com @teenvogue.com @vicenews.bsky.social
Leak documents to me at: nick.turse@theintercept.com
Or on Signal: nickturse.01
Ann lee’s gay brother @samcorb.bsky.social famously alive
Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social USAID, refugee resettlement, and humanitarian assistance veteran.
Missile and tank weirdo, posts stuff about missiles, the Middle East, and why it matters at https://substack.com/@someforeignfield
Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social They/Them Doing internet stuff. Award Winning Twitch Streamer. Where to find me: https://linktr.ee/SKTheCrusader
Avatar by @moltotrasho.bsky.social
Alder Andre Vasquez, Political Account @andrefor40th.bsky.social 40th Ward Alder / Father / Spouse / Chair of Immigration Committee / Chair of Progressive Caucus/ Vice Chair of Latino Caucus / Organizer / Problem Solver / Chicagoan until Chicago ends.
Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social Emily
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal
Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com Eisner, Ringo, and Harvey-nominated author/artist/adventurer behind Banned Book Club, Student Ambassador, No Rules Tonight, Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit. Worked on Garfield, Star Trek, Popeye. Repped by Janine Kamouh at WME. Find me at ryanestrada.com
Luxomancer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social He/them (ENBY)
Photographer ( Macros, skies, cats and things). Citizen Naturalist ( INaturalist observation page https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=luxomancer&verifiable=any )
AUDHD. Gamer, cat servant, Mystic Pixie Dream Bear
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social Anarchist. Host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they
Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social Chilling online. I write a newsletter called Garbage Day.
alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
civil rights lawyer
author of usual cruelty (2019) and
copaganda (2025)
any views expressed here are my own, and not those of civil rights corps
Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham