Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social Tour, On Cinema at the Cinema, Office Hours, find it all and more at linktr.ee/tim.heidecker
Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, and such. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool (thanks Hampshire College). I use threads like a public filing cabinet. Personal account.
Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social ISMA @ismapolicy.bsky.social. The UnPopulist www.theunpopulist.net. Classically liberal. Hate dogmas, esp my own. Views personal, not institutional.
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Dylan Hayre @dylanhayre.bsky.social girl dad, justice reform advocate, Boston sports fan, 🇮🇳🦁 // 👇🏽my views // (he/him)
Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social City Hall reporter / New York Playbook co-author @politico.com. From 🇸🇪. Have a tip? DMs are open or reach me at csommerfeldt@politico.com
Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social Investigative reporter, Institute for Justice. Formerly: Minnesota Reformer, Washington Post, Brookings, Pew. Orange cat evangelist. Ask me about my swamp.
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social Human Doctor • Toxicology • Addiction • Emergency • #WTFentanyl & more often just WTF • drugs are misunderstood but people are misunderstood more • he/him • YouTube.com/@RyanMD • #MedSky
Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social human @theintercept.com | co-host 🎙️ The Intercept Briefing podcast
Brooklyn, NY | https://theintercept.com/staff/akelalacy/
https://akelalacy.substack.com/
https://www.instagram.com/akela_lacy/
jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociologist.
https://jbenmenachem.com/
Cory Massimino @corymassimino.bsky.social we are what we repeatedly post
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social Overeducated and unrepentant whore who talks far too much and writes the popular blog The Honest Courtesan in addition to the usual harlotry.
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Nazgol Ghandnoosh @nazgolg.bsky.social Director of Research at The Sentencing Project | Sharer of Personal Views | Former Resident Alien
Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social Writer on law etc.; Cato Institute. Election law, Maryland civic stuff, cooking. Blogged at Overlawyered back when. No kings, no tyrants.
Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social Prof at KU Law. Writes about sexual violence, criminal law, courts, judges, and empirical legal studies. He/Him/His.
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
Signal: pbump.11
Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social Pennsylvania Astronomer, writer at Ordinary Times, maker of YouTube videos, caretaker of two kids and two dogs.
My Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Lily-Pond-Michael-Siegel-ebook/dp/B01BBFWYI8/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelSiegel14
Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social ESL teacher. Software gremlin. Language learner. Dog guardian. Too tired to argue with you.
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 you’ve heard. He/him.
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social Cato Institute, Director of Immigration Studies, Cato's Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy, BEER, not buyer. Cato, not CATO
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Felicity Rose @felicityrose.bsky.social Criminal justice research & policy wonk at FWD.us, trying to get people free, solo mom, reader, #GoDucks football, #DubNation and #Valkyries fan, will ply you with baked goods if we meet IRL. Living the dream with my library ladder.
Jeff Kirchmeier @kirchmeier.bsky.social Law professor, CUNY Law School. Author of "Imprisoned by the Past: Warren McClesky, Race, and the American Death Penalty" about the history of capital punishment. Criminal law, social justice, etc. he/him. 
Andrew Kirell @andrewkirell.bsky.social Senior media editor, CNN // Debut album "Torch Songs" out now wherever you stream music
Jag Davies 🌹 @jagdavies.bsky.social communications director @fairsharehousing.bsky.social
alum: @drugpolicy.org, @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social, @aclu.org
housing policy, decarceration & decriminalization, harm reduction & public health, political & narrative strategy++
#HousingNotHandcuffs
Rachel Barkow @rachelbarkow.bsky.social NYU law professor and faculty director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. Author of Prisoners of Politics (2019) and Justice Abandoned (2025).
Monica Solinas-Saunders @monsolinassaunders.bsky.social Criminologist & Sociologist, Interested in learning, Views are my own.
Chris Marier @cjmarier.com Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. I study policing, punishment, and race and justice.
Marc A. Levin @marclevin.bsky.social Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice. Advancing public safety, individual liberty, and equal justice for all.
Thomas Abt @thomasabt.bsky.social Author, BLEEDING OUT. Founding Director, VRC. Associate Research Professor, UMD. Senior Fellow, CCJ. Opinions, my own.
Erica Zunkel @ezunk.bsky.social Director, Criminal & Juvenile Justice Clinic, Univ. of Chicago Law School
Jason Pye @jasonpye.bsky.social Classical liberal | politically homeless | atheist | work for @idueprocess.org | punk rock and hardcore fan | Georgia native | Virginia resident
https://linktr.ee/jasonpye
Chief Max Geron @chiefgeron.bsky.social Public Safety Executive & Strategic Consultant - U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Alumnus
@elisekulik.bsky.social @elisekulik.bsky.social 
The Appeal @theappeal.org We are a worker-run newsroom reporting on the harms of the criminal legal system.
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Daniel Webster @daniel-webster.bsky.social Gun violence researcher & professor @ Johns Hopkins | baseball nerd and Orioles & Nationals fan | dog lover
Philadelphia Justice Project for Women and Girls @phillyjustice.bsky.social We are 501(c)(3) nonprofit research & advocacy org supporting incarcerated survivors of gender violence. https://www.phillyjusticeproject.org
Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social Lawyer trying to transform public defense. Author of The Price of Mercy ( www.emilygalvinalmanza.com ). Can drive a truck and trailer through places you shouldn't. Personal account, personal opinions.
Oren Gur @orengur.bsky.social Philly. Criminologist. Prosecution and other research, policy, data. Likes are bookmarks, opinions are mine. Data.philadao.com for you
Marc Krupanski @mkrupanski.bsky.social Working for healthy, safe + strong communities
now: Director of Criminal Justice Policy (Policing & Community Safety) w/Arnold Ventures || before: a bunch of stuff
Somil Trivedi @somilbtrivedi.bsky.social Advocacy Director & Senior Counsel, Court Accountability | Sometime Host, Legal AF | Exes: ACLU, Democracy Forward, MD Legal Aid, DOJ, WilmerHale, Innocence Texas | Dad, jokes | Views are my own, etc.
Substack: @courtaccountability
YouTube: @legalafmtn
@stevenlogan.bsky.social @stevenlogan.bsky.social 
Beth Shelburne @bshelburne.bsky.social Journalist, writer, teacher, podcaster. Mama, wife, pal to assorted humans. Mostly brave except with roaches.
Blake Feldman @3lake.bsky.social senior policy counsel at Southern Center for Human Rights • was at MCJ, SPLC, ACLU of MS • here in my personal capacity • he/him
Douglas Berman @sentencinglaw.bsky.social OSU law professor, Executive Director of Drug Enforcment and Policy Center (DEPC), writer of Sentencing Law & Policy blog, Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform blog, member Council on Criminal Justice
Perry Vandell @perryvandell.bsky.social Professional miscreant. Public safety/breaking news reporter for The Arizona Republic. He/Him. Send tips to perry.vandell@arizonarepublic.com.
Jay Willis @jaywillis.net I write about courts, democracy, media, and the raccoon family living in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social Author, attorney, translator. Teaching law ~and society~ at NYU Gallatin. Make the Road NY legal alum.
Beth Schwartzapfel @journo-beth.bsky.social Writer, reader, nerd. Reporter for The Marshall Project covering criminal (in)justice, esp LGBTQ+, parole, addiction, health. Host of VIOLATION. It's not on us to complete the work—but neither can we stop doing it.
Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Latest Book: WITHOUT CONSENT. Author, SCOUNDREL, THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN.
http://www.linktr.ee/sarahweinman
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Anna Massoglia @annalecta.bsky.social Publisher of InfluenceBrief.com • Editor of @MuckRock, Sunlight Research Desk • Independent analyst • Bibliophile • Views my own, not legal advice • On social media hiatus until January 2026
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social Nom de plume of Scott Henson, Austin, TX. Cancer survivor, househusband, recovering policy wonk (justice systems, civil liberties; innocence). "All my friends are buried here, and some of them are dead. So home is where I'll always hang my head."
Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social Department of Justice Reporter, Bloomberg News | Phone/Signal: 812.243.5582 | jjenkins199@bloomberg.net
Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social Reporter/editor/narrative coach @Bloomberg.com. Co-author, Unbelievable. Law school dropout/honorary doctor. Formers: ProPublica, Marshall Project, Seattle Times. Perturbable.
https://kenarmstrongwriter.com/
Jordan Smith @jordansmith.bsky.social Award-winning investigative reporter. H-E-B fanatic. Murderville pod co-host. Opinions all mine.
KCMO + ATX
pdx law grrrl @pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social Attorney. Posting about criminal legal issues, immigration, and protests.
@pdxlawgrrrl on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/pdxlawgrrrl
Meg O'Connor @megoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Most recently I covered cops and prosecutors for
@theappeal.org. Huge fan of hiking and baking 🍪 megoconnor.com
Scott Hechinger @scotthech.bsky.social Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director, Zealous. Supporting local coalitions to tell more compelling stories and work better together.
My org: https://ZEALO.US
Jerry Iannelli @jerryiannelli.bsky.social They/he/any 🏳️⚧️
max tani @maxtani.bsky.social media reporter @semafor
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics.
email max@kennerlylaw.com
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Ian liberty @ianliberty.bsky.social Public defender. Dog dad to Lucy. Struggling Mets fan.
Walter @walterkatz.bsky.social Policy and politics at the intersection of race, tech, and justice.
MuckRack: https://muckrack.com/walter-katz/articles
Sam Feldman @srfeld.bsky.social Appellate public defender, trade unionist, NYC-DSA member. Washingtonian by birth, Chicago alum. He/him. Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
Andrew Case @aclaudecase.bsky.social Supervising Attorney, LatinoJustice working on policing and prisons. Former comms director for Civilian Complaint Review Board.
Daniel Bodah @bodahesq.bsky.social Law enforcement policy attorney. Lately working to create safer streets by shifting road enforcement to safety infections not pretext stops. I also work on civilian oversight of law enforcement, data transparency, and search and seizure practices.
brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social senior editor & researcher @prisonpolicy.org.
Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff.bsky.social Reporter at ProPublica. Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Author of CATCH THE DEVIL, to be released by Knopf on July 14. https://www.pamelacolloff.com/
Sarah Smith @sarahesmith23.bsky.social Houston Chronicle senior storyteller. Probably reading. sarah.smith@houstonchronicle.com
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com @nbcnews.com Senior Justice reporter, ebike guy.
Read my stuff: http://ryanjreilly.com/
Order my book: https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/ryan-j-reilly/sedition-hunters/9781541701809/
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Jessica Neptune @jessicaneptune.bsky.social Bard Prison Initiative - Director of National Engagement & Consortium for the Liberal Arts in Prison.
Historian, focused mostly on prisons and the making of the carceral state.
Bardian forever paying it forward.
Chicago/New York
Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social Former journalist, now at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), guest columnist at @documentedny.bsky.social, forever immigration explainer.
Signal: daralind.18
Ruthless cosmopolitan.
Eric Boehm @ericboehm87.bsky.social Journalist at Reason. Fiscal policy, trade policy, stupid government tricks. Would rather be looking at mountains.
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social @apantazi everywhere | Jacksonville native | former union organizer | Calvin's & Ari’s dad | @caitmcglade.bsky.social’s nerd king | Axios associate breaking news editor
Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social Journalist. Criminal justice & government accountability. Yes, this is my real name.
Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social Co-Founder AH Datalytics. NOLA kid. Longhorn. Former CIA officer. 2004 Intramural Softball Champion (C-League). Not a criminologist!
Newsletter: https://jasher.substack.com/
Jasher@ahdatalytics.com
"Some genius, Jeff Asher" - Ann Coulter
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Laura Myers @lauramyers.bsky.social Public defender. Views are mine and, during baseball season, largely the city of Cleveland’s. ND ‘11, NDLS ‘18. Go Irish.
Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social Civil Rights Lawyer | Personal Views | Not Legal Advice | https://as.tufts.edu/politicalscience/people/faculty/matthew-segal
Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com