Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Zócalo Public Square @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social We combine public programs and journalism to examine essential questions in a broad-minded and accessible spirit.
A unit of ASU Media Enterprise.
Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social Your home for all those culinary delights, anomalies, and misfires that live on only in our memories...Still slowly but surely migrating over the over 1,000 foods I covered on Twitter, so if you don't see a favorite here yet, stay tuned!
Bob Nightengale @bnightengale.bsky.social USA TODAY Major League Baseball columnist, BBWAA VP, Arizona chapter chairman, Hall of Fame voter, @Audacy MLB radio insider, usatoday.com/sports/mlb
@benjstrauss.bsky.social @benjstrauss.bsky.social Washington Post sports & media reporter; co-author of Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA ben.strauss@washpost.com
Jackie Fox @jackiefox.bsky.social Designer of Rock Hard: 1977 board game. 4-time Jeopardy! champion. Former bassist of The Runaways. Cat owned and operated.
latimesphotos @latimesphotos.bsky.social Photography staff of the Los Angeles Times
LA Dork @ladork.bsky.social Dorking out on forgotten LA. Alter-ego of Paul Haddad, author of "Inventing Paradise," "Freewaytopia," "10,000 Steps a Day in LA" and other LA tomes.
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum @baseballhall.org The official account of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It's always baseball season here.
Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Brooklyn Congressman. Democratic Leader.
Work hard. Stay focused. Deliver results #ForThePeople.
Capital Weather @capitalweather.com D.C.'s Trusted Weather Team
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Evelyn McDonnell @evelynmcdonnell.bsky.social Lady scholar. Woman who writes.
Deanne Stillman @deanne5.bsky.social Critically acclaimed writer. Books include Twentynine Palms (praised by Hunter S. Thompson as "A strange and brilliant story by an important American writer") and Blood Brothers (starred Kirkus, Newsweek excerpt, praised by Doug Brinkley, Thomas Powers).
Bob Wolfe @heybobster.bsky.social L.A. legal history, appellate law, L.A. Metro, transit, local politics
Here in Malibu @hereinmalibu.bsky.social Veronique de Turenne
Writer, photog and nature girl, living at the edge of the continent.
Noelle Carter @noellecarter.bsky.social chef, food writer & culinary consultant. fmr test kitchen director & writer @latimesfood & contributor @SplendidTable. i like to play w/ my food. 🏳️🌈, she/her, and 🏳️⚧️ ally
Tony Always Knicks 🏆🧡💙 @tomarc.bsky.social Managing editor, the California Newsroom (kqed.org/californianewsroom). Support public media! Nuyorican in LaLaLand, #Knicks and #Mets fan. Trolls muted, sexbots blocked. Opinions are mine, mine, all mine.
Patterico @patterico.bsky.social Opinions definitely not those of my employer.
Music I wrote: http://is.gd/mangledgrapes
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May every day be another wonderful secret.
Steve Appleford @steveappleford.bsky.social Los Angeles
Garrett Therolf @therolf.bsky.social Reporter at the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley
Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social Skeet about markets and political corruption
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Mark Potts @markpotts.bsky.social Skating to where the AI puck is going: LocAlmanac.com. Strategy/product consulting, mentoring and investing. This gun for hire. Recovering journalist: ex-WaPo, AP, ChiTrib, SF Examiner. Tramps like us. #Natitude
Melissa Richardson Banks @musedhouston.bsky.social LAX ✈️ HOU Arts Publicist, Writer, Photographer | PR & Marketing | Museum Exhibits | Art Services | Cheech Marin Art Collection | Podcast MUSED: LA 2 HOU | Subscribe to my MUSED Houston Art Events newsletter: www.melissarichardsonbanks.com
Steven Maviglio @stevenmaviglio.bsky.social Democratic strategist, cyclist, lover of all things Puglia.🇮🇹🇺🇦🇮🇱
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social physician-scientist, author, editor
https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
Serena Golden @serenagolden.bsky.social editor etc.- H Michael Hirschorn @hirschorn.bsky.social Documentary and non-scripted producer, writer, political activist, sometimes MSNBC, NY Times
Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social Journalist
University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social Publishing voices that drive change & impact how people think. Founded in 1893. linkin.bio/ucpress
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
Michael Calderone @calderone.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Intelligencer
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
It’s always Free Palestine 🍉
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
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Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social Law Professor at George Washington Law. President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. Author of Fearless Speech (2024) and The Cult of the Constitution (2019). First Amendment, civil rights, technology, criminal law, family law, firearms law.
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
Lynsey Addario @lynseyaddario.bsky.social Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist & author
Memoir ‘It’s What I Do’ @penguinpress
Photo collection book ‘Of Love and War’ @penguinrandomhouse
https://www.lynseyaddario.com/
Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social Senior Supreme Court Reporter, NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/author/lawrence-hurley-ncpn1298564
Signal: @lawrencehurley.25
Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social Longtime journalist. Politics, literature, tech.
MAGIC + LOSS
https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/
Contributing editor, The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/authors/virginia-heffernan
Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social Film critic of the LA Times and host of the podcast Unspooled.
Say hello with your favorite movie and why -- or a picture of a standard poodle.
IG/Letterboxd: @theamynicholson
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social Coastal wetland scientist, ecological engineer, and climate adaptation policy maker. Jersey fresh, Philly special, and California dreaming. A Piney, from my head down to my hiney. 🌲🚵♀️🦅
Dave Wasserman @redistrict.bsky.social Fiddle player who calls elections on the side.
dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Sr. writer @wired.com:
Surveillance & coptech
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John Myers @johnmyersca.bsky.social California. Politics. Ex-news (LAT, KQED, et al.). Advocacy comms. Comments are mine, not part of the current job. #GoDuke
Robert Daeley @celsius1414.bsky.social Writer from California. Easily distracted.
https://www.celsius1414.com/
Travis Longcore @travislongcore.bsky.social Cities & nature, light pollution, species & landscape conservation, maps & spatial analysis 🌎 Adj. Prof. UCLA Inst. of the Environment and Sustainability - M @merriamwebster.bsky.social @merriamwebster.bsky.social
Daniel Dale @ddale8.bsky.social I’m a senior reporter at CNN.
Eric Spiegelman @ericspiegelman.bsky.social Local character
Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social A legacy of discovery. A future of innovation.
Josie Huang @josiehuang.bsky.social 
Dan Caroselli @dancaroselli.bsky.social Public Servant @ City of L.A. | LA stuff | architecture appreciator | maps/charts/tables when I have the time
Jacob Margolis @jacobmargolis.bsky.social Science reporter w/ LAist/KPCC
Megan Garvey @mcvgarvey.bsky.social LAist editor, fan of local journalism, believer that our work needs to serve our communities.
CalMatters @calmatters.org CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization. We write stories about California, for Californians.
LAist @laist.com We serve greater L.A. and SoCal with the news you need. Listen to LAist 89.3 FM or visit laist.com. To become a member, visit laist.com/donate.
Maret Orliss @maretorliss.bsky.social Book lover, former op-ed editor and event planner @latimes, pop culture nerd, cat mom, daughter, sister, auntie and friend.
Chris Daley @chrisdaley.bsky.social Writing & Design, Los Angeles
Submission Sunday
aka @escapegrace
Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social "Elegante y muy cabrona."
I labor at the word factory for Bloomberg Citylab, NYRB, The Atlantic, Alta, Fresh Air, KCRW, NYT and others.
https://c-monster.org
https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah
Wendy C. Ortiz @wendyortiz.com Excavation: A Memoir
Hollywood Notebook: Essays
Bruja: A Dreamoir
All from Northwestern University Press, 2025
Mommy’s El Camino is my mostly weekly newsletter.
she/her. Los Angeles. Mostly away from Bluesky.
https://linktr.ee/wendy.c.ortiz
Victoria Bernal @victoriabernal.bsky.social Chronicling my pocket of Los Angeles, past & present. My family has 120 years of history in Los Angeles/SoCal.
Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West @huscicw.bsky.social ICW creates new understandings of the past to inform public dialogue in the American West and beyond. Through research and partnerships, and with the West as our case study, ICW fosters civic engagement where the past, present, and future come together.
John Lingan @johnlingan.bsky.social Writer. "BACKBEATS: A History of Rock and Roll in 15 Drummers" is one of Rolling Stone’s Best Music Books of 2025.
Also: "Homeplace," about Patsy Cline's hometown. "A Song for Everyone," about Creedence.
johnlingan.com- K Kerry Slattery @kerryslats.bsky.social Former bookstore proprietor, current family history chronicler
Julia Ingalls @juliaingalls.bsky.social Essayist, primarily. My work appears in The Los Angeles Times, Dwell, Guernica, Salon, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and occasionally on the airwaves. 
California Book Club @calbookclub.bsky.social A virtual book club devoted to literature from and about the Golden State.
Brought to you by Alta Journal.
Join here for free: https://www.altaonline.com/california-book-club/
PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social Carmel-by-the-Sea | Big Sur Coast
resident of DC and NYC in days of yore
Books | Art | Politics | Policy | Poems
Trees | Seas | Stones | Stars
Films | Felines | Wildwood Wonder
Preserving Democracy | Defeating Autocracy
cover art: Truth | Ed Ruscha
David Davis @ddavisla.bsky.social Dogs. Avocados. Book author. www.ddavisla.com.
@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social Jogging the collective memory of Los Angeles through social media since 2009. Some people think LA has no history. They just don't know where to look.
Mack Reed @mackreed.bsky.social Technologist, maker, recovering journalist, citizen: U.S., Seattle, Black Rock City. Opinions shared here are mine, not my clients'.
https://mackreed.co https://xylovan.com
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.
Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social Managing editor/local at ProPublica, past prez of AHCJ, Detroit Lions fan. Email: charles.ornstein@propublica.org. Posts are my own.
Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social Journalist, Essayist, Author, Pen-and-Paper Enthusiast, Wanderer
Latest book: "A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler"
Southland 
Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social National Security Coordinating Producer at CBS News | Marine infantryman + Afghanistan veteran | Fan of Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social Former intelligence officer and university educator, current intelligence historian. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea. Not flying with Natalie.
Tim Appelo @timappelo.bsky.social Film/TV editor/writer, past at: Hollywood Reporter,EW,The Nation, LAT,NYT,got Bezos to buy IMDb, taught him Beatles lore. Amazon's last human homepage editor, launch editor, what's now Prime Video.
Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social Science applied where humans & hazards collide🧪🌎 Chased earthquakes for ~38 years, and volcanoes ~5 yrs. before that; formerly at ⚒️USGS &⚡️SCE; @lamont.columbia.edu Ph.D. & @dartmouthears.bsky.social
Jon Christensen @jonchristensen.bsky.social Teaching and doing research on environmental equity and access at UCLA, among other things.
Harry Shearer @harryshearer.bsky.social Simpsons, Tap, Derek, Le Show.
Marc Ambinder @marcambinder.bsky.social National security, politics, breaking news, cats. Author of "The Brink." Trust and safety policy @ TikTok now. Amateur Everettian quantum mechanic. 🌈
Adam Nagourney @adamnagourney.bsky.social Political reporter for The New York Times. Author of “The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism.“
Puck @puck.news The inside story at the nexus of power, money, and ego. Built in partnership with a team of elite journalists, Puck begins where the news ends. Read us at puck.news
Lucas Shaw @lucasshaw.bsky.social Oversee business of pop culture coverage at Bloomberg. Views my own.
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Clare Malone @claremalone.bsky.social Writer at The New Yorker. (Currently on leave working on a book about MAHA.)
Host of Still Counting. 🎧Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
https://www.youtube.com/@StillCountingPodcast
Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social Founding partner @pucknews, host @ringer The Town, @kcrw; Ex-editor @HollywoodReporter, entertainment lawyer. Get my email: https://puck.news/author/matthew-belloni/
The Criterion Collection @criterion.bsky.social Since 1984, we’ve dedicated ourselves to gathering and publishing the greatest films from around the world. criterion.com
Walt Mossberg @waltmossberg.bsky.social Now: News Literacy Project. Then: WSJ tech columnist, AllThingsD, Recode, D & Code conferences, Verge, CTRL-WALT-DELETE. Opinions are purely personal.
Bill Barol @billbarol.bsky.social Hammertown: hammertownusa.substack.com
Podcasting about creativity at imaginationandjunk.com
HOME: Stories From L.A. archived at homestoriesla.net
Writing: The New Yorker, The New York Times, Boston Globe, Fast Company, Time, Newsweek, Boing Boing + more- F Frauenfelder @frauenfelder.bsky.social
Gabriel Sherman @gabrielsherman.bsky.social Vanity Fair special correspondent, screenwriter of THE APPRENTICE- J @jaffechris.bsky.social @jaffechris.bsky.social History nerd. Baseball nerd. Wrote a book: "Evaluating Baseball's Managers" and used to write for the late, great Hardball Times.
John Thorn @johnthorn.bsky.social Official Historian, Major League Baseball. Since 2011, I have posted a story a week at ourgame.mlblogs.com. Views are my own, not those of MLB.
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com