Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
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.
Dale @eatyrgho.st English musician in Chicagoland. Code at Tidal. Dream pop, shoegaze, post-rock, indie pop and stuff. Movies, mostly horror. Dogs forever. Also at https://mu.social/profile/dale.eatyrgho.st
https://linktr.ee/eatyrghost
KAPOW! @kapowworks.bsky.social KAPOW scales a model where campaigns don’t just take from communities, they invest in them.
Help us change politics, for good: https://www.kapow.works/
Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social The world's #1 used book store. Come visit us at the edge of eternity.
store:
https://paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/
Olivia Ward @oliviaward.bsky.social Drummer of Pink Paradox | 🔥 Metal energy, no apologies | 🖤 Loud beats, dark vibes, and raw truth | 📍 Barcelona | 👩🏻💻 Digital model
pinkparadox.band/links
Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social "O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
shoegazeforever @shoegazeforever.bsky.social The best shoegaze and shoegaze adjacent playlist on Spotify (3200+ songs 750+ artists 220+ hours updated daily)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0a47q3JYZeBTV5ZZgAb7bo?si=ZAsS8SCpQ_O1fKcnpZqJgQ
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
Philly Peroxide @phillyperoxide.bsky.social Chicago DJ & Music Lover.
https://linktr.ee/phillyperoxide
Carrie Coon @carriecoon.bsky.social Physics would like a word.
DJDeviantSound @djdeviantsound.bsky.social Alternative Music DJ & crazy cat bloke.
https://www.twitch.tv/deviantsound
Samantha @mcveysam.bsky.social Podcaster, worrier and dog owner. Trying to run away from reality. 👋
AmbientAirwaves.com @ambientairwaves.bsky.social Curating Chicago's most compelling underground events and festivals, specializing in shoegaze, post-punk, and darkwave. Ready to amplify and promote your music? Join our artist roster by contacting vincent@ambientairwaves.com
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net Unheil-bringer. lithium prince. architecture critic @thenation.com
my blogs are https://late-review.com, https://wehwalt.net and mcmansionhell.com
she/they
Erin Page @killhatsumomo.bsky.social wednesday’s child is full of woe
𝓈 𝒶 𝓇 𝒶 𝒽 @daydreamfevers.bsky.social 32
Mum of the neighborhood strays. 🐈
Collector of the stuffed animals. 🧸
Princess of “High”rule. 🌿
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
Neferast 🦉 @neferast.bsky.social JIC http://linktr.ee/neferast 🦉 🅶🅴🅽-🆇 nb w/ hEDS. If I disappear… I'm somewhere else… vanishes when having bad pain-flares. 👍🏽😎 Visually impaired & autoimmune aphasia = LOTS of typos. Smiles in Goth. #ClimateCrisis #NeverAgainIsNow #Chicago #GenX
🕯️T a l k i n g To S h a d o w s 🕯️ @talkingtoshadows.bsky.social Shoegaze from Baltimore, Maryland.
Mannequin Flowers @mannequinflowers.bsky.social Dreampop/Shoegaze band straight from David Lynch Movie
London based 🇬🇧
Kelli @kelliredding.bsky.social ☀️ Vinyl records / Travel / Creative Writing ☀️
Writing songs & making music videos for ⤵️
Left at Orion (Cincinnati shoegaze/alt rock)
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@leftatorion?si=rySuLTwPXhu8Yn0u
Bandcamp: https://leftatorion.bandcamp.com/music
COLLAPSE @collapsejpn.bsky.social Japanese shoegaze band♈︎
⚡︎ https://lnk.to/MXlvOS ⚡︎
⚡︎ https://collapse-jp.bandcamp.com/ ⚡︎
Blankenberge band @blankenberge.bsky.social #blankenbergeband #shoegaze #dreampop #postrock
blankenbergeband@gmail.com
https://blankenberge.bandcamp.com/
Uncle Dave, shoegeezer @davevani.bsky.social I live for bootlegging every live shoegaze show I can. See them all on my YouTube channel @liveshoegaze !!!
Mikkel (The Foreign Resort) @mikkelbjak.bsky.social Singer, bassist & guitarist in THE FOREIGN RESORT - post-punk / new-wave from Denmark:
@theforeignresort.com +
www.theforeignresort.com
Also Danish teacher for ex-pats living in Denmark.
Taryn McFadden @tarynmcf.bsky.social she/her
culture editor & union cochair at Chicago Reader
Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social Chicago Reader music editor and unionist, amateur drummer, persistent cook. Signal: pmontoro.04
he/him/y'all
pmontoro@chicagoreader.com
micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social ✾ unholy idiot | film writer @chicagoreader.com ☻ mcaporale@chicagoreader.com ❁ signal: juggaloreporter.69 ✾ https://linktr.ee/juggaloreporter
Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social features writer, Chicago Reader: harm reduction, homelessness, and chicago/rust belt history.
proud member, Reader Union
kprout@chicagoreader.com; signal katie.507
https://www.katieprout.com/
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
andiemae @andiemae.bsky.social 
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Soft Blue Shimmer @softblueshimmer.bsky.social alternative band from sfv, ca
Heaven @heavennyc.bsky.social NYC dream wave space rock reverberation
new music out in 2025 stay tuned :::::::
https://linktr.ee/heavennyc
https://littlecloudrecords.com
BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com The Big Takeover is a bi-annual music magazine published out of New York City since 1980 by Jack Rabid and an army of volunteers.
Website: bigtakeover.com
Subscribe: shop.bigtakeover.com
IG: instagram.com/bigtakeovermag
Patreon: patreon.com/jackrabid
The Stargazer Lilies @thestargazerlilies.bsky.social Recording Artists 
Dani-Kaleidoscape @dani-kaleidoscape.bsky.social Host of Kaleidoscape on Big Sonic Heaven Radio, Friday 9-11pm ET, replays Wednesday 7-9pm ET Download the app, listen on your favorite smart speaker or listen online at bigsonicheaven.com.
Lover of all things shoegaze and dreampop, cats, and donuts.
Julia P @travelighter.bsky.social Lover of cats, music, feminism, and stories
Josiah Division @josiahdivision.bsky.social LA producer/songwriter. The Cave Studio. Child Seat, Light FM, Bizou.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
waves crashing @wavescrashing.bsky.social An alternative musical trio from Olympia
www.wavescrashing.net
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
@markgardener.bsky.social @markgardener.bsky.social 
RIDE @rideox4official.bsky.social 
@seablite.bsky.social @seablite.bsky.social SF odd-pop jangle-gaze? Pick up a copy of our new album Lemon Lights @ http://linktr.ee/seabliteband Booking inquiries: tyla@anniversarygroup.com
Mo Dotti @modottiband.bsky.social Pasadena, CA
HTTP://Mo-Dotti.bandcamp.com
Shore Dive Records @shorediverecords.bsky.social A #shoegaze #dreampop label based in Brighton, UK
DOWNLOADS AND CDS: https://shorediverecords.bandcamp.com/
VINYL: https://elasticstage.com/shorediverecords
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Jens @jensgclausen.bsky.social He/Him - Chill guy
jae holzman @jael.bsky.social hi, i write about climate change and renewable energy. i also play music sometimes. some secret third thing.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
Atrios @eschatonblog.com I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog.
https://eschatonblog.com
Currently near Toon
Sam Seder @samseder.bsky.social Host MajorityReport
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social Contributing writer, TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarahposner
Host, Reign of Error podcast: https://www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-error
Author, Unholy
More: https://www.sarahposner.com
Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack. 
Majority Report @majorityreport.bsky.social Hosted by Sam Seder & Emma Vigeland. MR is an unbought, unbossed daily political talk show. Awarded @PodcastAwards Best Political Podcast 5 times #LeftIsBest https://majorityreportradio.com/about
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
Noelle Cook @noellecook.com Author of THE CONSPIRACISTS: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (Broadleaf Books, 2026) | Associate Producer + Researcher, The Conspiracists (2024) | https://linktr.ee/NoelleCook | noellecook.com
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender
host of weird little guys on cool zone media
she/her | charlottesville, va
amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social Columnist for MSNOW, Public Notice. Formerly: Washington Post, The Week, American Prospect. Subscribe to my newsletter! The Cross Section: paulwaldman.substack.com
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social Senior politics writer at Salon.com. I block for MAGA trolling, violent rhetoric, and humorless sanctimony.
I would love nothing more than to never see another meme in replies. I am doomed.
Subscribe to Standing Room Only: salon.com/newsletter
Steve Benen @stevebenen.com Rachel Maddow Show producer, MaddowBlog author, MS NOW contributor, and author of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.com
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social I write about abortion every day at abortioneveryday.com Read my newsletter & find me other places here: linktr.ee/jessicavalenti
📚 Buy my book 'Abortion' at prh.com/abortion
David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social Journalist/author based in the Pacific Northwest. Enemy of fascists, friend of whales. Author of ‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s War on American Democracy’ and nine other books. Subscribe to my work at https://davidneiwert.substack.com/.
MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social I am a longtime resident of Laniakea.
Galaxy Quest tells us how to fight for progressive social & economic policies: Never give up, never surrender.
#Landback! Restore Native sovereignty over the Black Hills
TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com Talking Points Memo (TPM) is an independent news organization that publishes reporting and analysis about American politics, public policy and political culture. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/
MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social MaddowBlog.com
Rachel: https://bsky.app/profile/maddow.bsky.social
Steve: https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com
digby @digby56.bsky.social OG blogger at digbysblog.net
columnist for Salon.com 
gιяℓ αƒяαι∂ @girlafraid.bsky.social 📻 This Radiant Hour on DKFM
🎤 Wybercron • Alice Blue Gown
📸 Twisted Lenz
TShoegazeCollective @shoegazeco.bsky.social http://facebook.com/tsc336/
http://sanaobruent.bandcamp.com http://angelfallsmusic.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/theshoegazecollective/
John Carpenter @thehorrormaster.bsky.social Filmmaker and Composer
Theofficialjohncarpenter.com
@stormkingcomics.bsky.social
Pinkylemon @pinkylemon.bsky.social Tu Bimbo de confianza 💖
Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social Allies needn’t be perfect. They just need to be in the fight.
Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effect pedals, Antifa Local 242.
Bandofvirgins @bandofvirgins.bsky.social Feeling surreal for days.
Belfast based shoegaze band.
Album ‘nothing hurt and everything was beautiful’ out now via Blowtorch Records
https://linktr.ee/bandofvirgins
Beach Sloth @beachsloth.bsky.social Support Each Other
Music Blogger
Writer
Poet
https://beachsloth.substack.com/
BP @firesdie.bsky.social From Chicago.
Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social ♿️ The most overly confident disabled woman in America.
Mark Hamill once told me I had pretty eyes and I'll never shut up about it.
As seen in Buzzfeed, The BBC, New York Magazine, & most forebodingly, TMZ
https://linktr.ee/Cooperstreaming
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Heth @hetherfortune.bsky.social used to be in bands, currently write for CREEM, blahblahblah
Nicole Rifkin @nicolerifkin.bsky.social World’s tallest living artist ✨
baltimore, md ✨
Mikaela Jane @mikaeladraws.bsky.social Chicago Sky. Drawing. Dumb thoughts
hello@mikaela-jane.com
Mikaela-Jane.com
Post-Trash @post-trash.bsky.social a site dedicated to new music.
www.post-trash.com
Greg Kot @gregkot.bsky.social Co-host "Sound Opinions." Former music critic at Chicago Tribune. Author of 7 books, including "I'll Take You There," “Learning How to Die," "Ripped." Teaching music and democracy at U of C.
gorilla vs. bear @gorillavsbear.bsky.social instagram.com/gorillavsbear 🪩
record label: luminellerecs.com 💎
Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social The heart and soul of music journalism.