Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
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M. C. Mah @mcmah.bsky.social Never really there. Not quite here.
Hitting the Hardwood @hittingthehardwood.bsky.social Your Home for MN Hoops! Proud home of the Hitting the Hardwood, Lynx Happy Hour, The Missing Lynx & The Missing Wolves Podcasts!
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor.
“Still bringin’ satin for them draws, velvet for the mic and got a pound for the cause.”
SimpleKnight @eliothochberg.bsky.social The least famous person you know
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Nik Streng @nikstreng.bsky.social Sports reporter/editor for The Oregonian/OregonLive. he/him. 808 raised. #VeryAsian 🎌 nstreng(at)oregonian(dot)com
Gab @gabpdx.bsky.social Do the next right thing. Take care of each other. #BAONPDX #RCTID
Goth Capo @tinalope.bsky.social Not cool online or in real life. Thorns. Timbers. Professional shouty.
Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com Political. Creative. Portlander. Northern Arapaho. Husband. Dad.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
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Jackie Wong | Rocker Skating @rockerskating.com Chief Skate Nerd @ Rocker Skating | Real, level-headed figure skating expert analysis | sometimes the Practice Cam guy | jackie@rockerskating.com | he/him
Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social music ∙ geekery ∙ media and comms ∙ more random musings than you can handle ∙ DC vibe checks & street photography ∙ somehow has a PhD ∙ opinions all mine ∙ once called "the bus passenger" by People Magazine
Portland Fire @portlandfire.bsky.social 2026-27 WNBA champions
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Rip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social A data-driven resource promoting a fair Arena deal for Portland and every other city in the US.
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Virginia Jones @badinia.bsky.social Comedian, goth, art lover, tik toker
Andrew Ti @andrewti.bsky.social THANK YOU FOR READING MY BLUESKY TWEETS
"Weird Al" Golden @emilyadler.bsky.social full-time in urban planning/housing, online as WNBA, NCAAW, draft reporter and features writer for TheIXSports.com // PBWA, USBWA member and voter // ✡️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com ~ Unf*ckwithable ~ Host of “Good Game with Sarah Spain” on iHeart, espnW contributor, co-owner SF Signal and Crux Football, community owner Minnesota Aurora, Emmy- & Peabody-Winning Journalist, Washed-up Heptathlete, Cornell grad, Chicago gal.
Subtle Body Press @subtlebodypress.bsky.social Indie press publishing outsiders since 2021.
EinC cliffhensley.bsky.social.
Annuals include Seven Story Hotel (7SH) and Body Shots.
Open for submissions at www.subtlebodypress.com.
the Under Review @underreviewlit.bsky.social A literary magazine with a sports slant. Issue 13 out now! Editors: Terry Horstman, Meghan Maloney-Vinz, & Carlee Tressel
Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social Author of MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. A finalist for the National Book Award.
DC correspondent at Puck.
All views my own.
CalyxWorks @calyxworks.com Artwork and merch lovingly created for Portland and Berlin/Köpenick. A chunk of any profits go to woke-ass causes here in Oregon.
http://calyxworks.com
Always Antifascist #RCTID #BAONPDX #FCUNION #PORTLAND #GODZILLA
GenAI is the tool of fascism.
Portland Cherry Bombs FC @cherrybombsfc.bsky.social Introducing Portland’s newest USL W pre-professional women’s soccer team.
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Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com Attorney, Tea Drinker
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social Oregon-based investigative journalist. | Co-founder thewesternedge.media
Former OPB. Podcast producer, Bundyville, Dying for a Fight, and Hush.
www.ryanhaas.net
Tell me secrets on Signal: ryanjhaas.01
Paul Allan Ballard @nekokaiju.bsky.social Illustrator. Sometimes Lucasfilm artist. Worked on Star Wars, Zombies, Cthulhu, Vampires, and Indiana Jones. 
April Ehrlich @aprilehrlich.bsky.social Environment reporter @opb.org in Portland, Oregon. Wildfires, forests, public lands, wildlife, pollution. She/her. aehrlich@opb.org Signal: aprilehrlich.10
Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com 🙅🏻♀️ Author (2 books & The Wayfinder newsletter), disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse.
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org
😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
Jean Hanff Koreitz @jeanhanff.bsky.social Novelist (The Plot, The Latecomer, etc.), theater person, mom (regular + stage), BOOKTHEWRITER proprietress, occasional mudlarker, mainly enraged, washed up here after the not-so-good ship Twitter sank…
Rachel Yoder @rachelyoder.bsky.social the original Nightbitch, novelist, screenwriting prof at UIowa, WGA West
Emma Pattee @emmapattee.bsky.social Climate journalist. Novelist. Parent. Oregonian. My book TILT comes out March 2025
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social Books etc
Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social He/him. TV Critic, author. Now searchable on Tubi. I am not Alan Sepinwall III.
https://whatsalanwatching.com
Timothy Simons @timothycsimons.bsky.social Actor. Golfer. Doesn't like cocaine but likes songs about cocaine.
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Jordan Morris @jordanmorris.bsky.social Comedy writer, podcast do-er, 2x Eisner nominee.
jordanmorris.net
@howtosurvive.bsky.social @howtosurvive.bsky.social 
The Clinton Street Theater @cstpdx.bsky.social Portland, Oregon's third or fourth best movie theater! cstpdx.com
Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social “Writer" - The New Yorker. “Author” - New York Times. “A fabulous old soul” - Russ & Daughters Instagram account. “Unlikely model” - BBC. My novel “Kaplan’s Plot” is out on Flatiron.
Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social Whose Line, Whose Live, Smartest Man in the World, Greg Proops Film Club, Nightmare Before Christmas
New Album KIDDING. BUT STILL. https://lnk.to/kiddingbutstill
U.S. Women's National Soccer Team @uswnt.ussoccer.com 4 x 🏆 Women's World Cup | 5 x🥇Olympics | #USWNT
Taskmaster @taskmaster.tv Official account for #Taskmaster.
Watch full episodes on YouTube and Channel4.com.
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social • goth daria • muppet enthusiast • maker of threads • thehappiestsadgrlcollection on whatnot •
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social Oregon’s Attorney General. Fighting for working families, keeping communities safe, and defending Oregon’s values every day.
Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social Portland city politics reporter, @opb.org
Past lives: CA, DC, TX
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Signal: alex_zee.03
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@picklesbaseball.bsky.social @picklesbaseball.bsky.social picklestickets.com
Curtis Armstrong @curtisisbooger.bsky.social Actor. Bibliophile. Feminist. Nerd. Author of the memoir Revenge of the Nerd, once available from St. Martin's Press. A fop by day. But after dark, I ride.
Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social Official account for Portland City Councilor Mitch Green from District 4. portland.gov/disclaimer
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Erica L. Ayala @elindsay08.bsky.social WBB & Olympic Journalist| 🏀 #WNBA & HoopHall Award Voter | 🎙️We Need To Talk NOW/ @CBSSports | Founder of 💪🏾 @blackrosiemedia.com
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Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social BikePortland.org founder 🚲. Basketball coach 🏀. North Portlander.
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
dodai @dodai.bsky.social writer at large on the Metro desk at The New York Times ✨ raised in Manhattan ✨ https://www.nytimes.com/by/dodai-stewart#latest ✨ https://instagram.com/dodai
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Director @huadvstudy.bsky.social • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
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Yamiche Alcindor @yamiche.bsky.social White House Correspondent for @NBCNews. Tips? Email: Yamiche.Alcindor@nbcuni.com.
Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author.
Senior Writer, Race and Equity @theguardian.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
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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
terryhorstman @terryhorstman.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Podcaster | MN Lynx Reporter | Shooters shoot | Wu-Tang Forever 👐🏻 | he/him
📚Tell me your favorite local bookstore📚
🏀📝 @theixsports.bsky.social
👨🏻💻🏆 @underreviewlit.bsky.social
🦫🎤 @belligerentbeavs.gobeavs.app
Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social Trade publishing's daily rundown, and sibling of the source of Deal Reports.
Grace Loh Prasad @gracelp.bsky.social Writing about belonging & diaspora. Author of the memoir THE TRANSLATOR’S DAUGHTER (Ohio State Univ Press, 2024). https://linktr.ee/graceprasad?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=89b54520-7f8d-4182-91dd-cb30d74a6cd7
Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social Hello👍Bluesky
happy to be here!
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social Former culture writer, Salon.com. Before that: cofounder, Bitch Media. Forever fan of print magazines. Single mom, dog mom, your mom
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
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Jeff Hiller @boomboomhiller.bsky.social Actress of a certain age out June 10!
Claire Watkins @scoutripley.bsky.social Senior Writer for Just Women’s Sports. Host of the Late Sub podcast.
SaÑdra💙💯⚽️ @sandraherrera.bsky.social Somewhere on the southside ✶ Goofy bitch blogger. Yell for Latinas in Soccer. Write ✍️ CBS Sports. Pod 🎙️🏆Attacking Third. Daughter of a Dad
Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social Blacktina 🇬🇹 organizer at heart, Councilor by choice. 🩷 Fighting for justice, joy, and a future we deserve. ✊🏾 East Portland District 1. Personal page for big thoughts and bigger dreams. 🫶🏾
👉🏾Follow @counciloravalos.bsky.social for official city biz
Tucker Cawley @tuckercawley.bsky.social TV writer?
TV writer!
He/Him
Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social Official account of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos (she/ella), representing East Portland’s District 1.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social NOLA. SFFH/crime/journalist. BASFF & Locus notable stories ‘23. Indie author
Contributor to Antigravity Magazine & Gambit
Words in: Buzzfeed News, Politico, Apex Mag, Fiyah, more.
NOLA 40 under 40 2025!
NOVEL: “The Pike Boys” books2read.com/thepikeboys
The Berlin Literary Review @theberlinreview.bsky.social Home to some of the world’s best new writing.
http://theberlinliteraryreview.com
@garygulman.bsky.social @garygulman.bsky.social 
The B-Movie Vault @thebmovievault.bsky.social Perpetually posting posters for posterity. The good, the bad and the F'n awesome.
My Letterboxd (please ignore all the smut): https://boxd.it/3JFl
Also on a podcast, because who isn't these days: https://dougdillaman.podbean.com/
Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social Senator: VA-30 (Elected ‘23)
Former Delegate: VA-13 (Elected ‘17, ‘19, ‘21)
Chair: Virginia Commission to End Hunger
Author: "Burn the Page"
Class of '06: St. Bonaventure University
Manassas Park | Manassas | Western PWC
#Virginia #valeg 🇺🇸 🏳️⚧️🤘🫏
Alice Hamilton @alicehamilton.bsky.social “Comedian” 🇵🇸
“As a woman with a public profile, I get my own share of threats and abuse, and, unpopular as this opinion may be, I believe the onus is on those of us who feel able to weather the storm, to do so.” - Caroline Criado Perez
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Ian Karmel @iankarmel.bsky.social Standup. Writer. Trail Blazers fan.
https://linktr.ee/iankarmel
Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social Author of The Golden State (2018) and Mobility (2023). www.lydiakiesling.com
Tyler Byrum @thetylerbyrum.bsky.social For Hire | Host, Bleav in the W podcast | Mystics/ WNBA reporter | Voice of the DC Breeze | D.C. area play-by-play commentator | Ultimate Frisbee Coach
Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social Independent Journalist & Doc Producer
Newsletter: lastweekinhell.substack.com
Video/Writing/Audio in Cool Zone Media, Mother Jones, Truthout, and more.
📍Portland, OR
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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social Portland Mercury culture editor. she/her. Signal @suzettesmith.66 or email suzette@portlandmercury.com, suzettesmith@protonmail.com
Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social Portlander, journalist, bicyclist
Writing about transportation/climate/city stuff @portlandmercury.com
tgriggs @ portlandmercury dot com
She/her
Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social International crouton etc.
Dave Hill @mrdavehill.bsky.social Fine. I will be the best at this app too. @mrdavehill on all the other apps that I am the best at. www.davehillonline.com
Jara Sarinne @jarasarinne.bsky.social An author writing from the edge of the seen and the not-yet | Speculative fiction, strange futures, quiet transformations
Melissa Febos @melissafebos.bsky.social Author of five books—next up The Dry Season 6/3/25
Thoughts my own and not representing any institution.
https://linktr.ee/melissafebos
melissafebos.com
https://www.prairielights.com/pre-order-dry-season-june-2025-prairie-lights-0
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Deesha Philyaw @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN (on sale 9.29.2026; pre-order: https://bit.ly/firstladyfreeman) and THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social My first short story collection, Black Arts, comes out on September 8th. Yes, I do live in Minneapolis. Boss, I'm tired.
www.megangiddings.com
Chris Gonzalez @livesinpages.bsky.social Author, I'm Not Hungry but I Could Eat: stories l Barrelhouse Fiction Editor | 2021 NYFA Fiction Fellow | 2025 VCCA Fellow | Husky bochinchero 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈
📍 Brooklyn, NY
https://chris-gonzalez.com/
Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social “Ways We Vanish” from Okay Donkey, “Ragnarök at the Father Daughter Dance” from Variant, finalist for the Donald Hall AWP Prize, poems in Threepenny, Southern Review, APR, HAD, etc.