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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social Climate scientist, formerly NASA, currently Project Drawdown. Former astrophysicist, current Earth supremacist. Author of HUMAN NATURE, best book of 2025 according to both Scientific American and my dad https://shorturl.at/aJRYb
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You'll Never Walk Alone.
Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social Astrophysics student at Macquarie University, artist, bread obsessed. Studying cool (but actually quite hot) stars 🌟 @astrobites.bsky.social author 🪐 i have art too! @ryanwhiteartist.bsky.social 🖌️
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
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Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social A river to my people.
Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social Historian (she/her)
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David Blight @dblight.bsky.social Historian, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, which won P-Prize, a teacher and lifer as Tigers, Lions, and MSU fan.
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New episodes available now.
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Shelf Stable Podcast @shelfstablecast.bsky.social We're an award AWARD nominated NOMINATED podcast celebrating board games that have stood the test of time (5 years old minimum). Join us in the cult of the old!
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Jason Carr @maudineormsby.bsky.social Director of Development at GMT Games- N Non-Breaking Space @nbsp1618.bsky.social Defender of orphans and widows, defenestrator of conventions and harbinger of the post-grog.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else.
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Sirens: A Bombshell Production @sirenspod.bsky.social Sirens, a new podcast from the ladies of Bombshell, dissects the institutions of American power. With their trademark wit and charm, they sound the alarm on technology, governance, and national security issues. (And maybe lure men to their deaths.)
Charles Sumner @charles-sumner.bsky.social A Union-Saving, constitutional, conservative, law-and-order, right-side-up-with-care, unblushing, unquivering, unsectional, Zoave-drill, Garibaldian, up-to-the-times Abolitionist. 19th Century Best Century.
Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center
Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social Political Scientist (all views are own, not employers’). Visiting Prof @ Columbia SIPA; civ-mil relations, military orgs/manpower, public opinion, foreign policy, militarized policing, democratic theory, intl/natsec law, pol econ
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. ORDER my book: https://tinyurl.com/2sjcsupd Home cook, foodie.
Loren DeJonge Schulman @lorenraeds.bsky.social Dedicated here to the unfinished work. - 16
Messy is the work, and the work can be joyful— Shepard Fairey.
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Anibal Invictus 🎲📚 @anibalinvic.bsky.social Forced self-employed, 🇪🇸#wargamer, founding member of #clubdragon, Lord of The Lard cultist, Snow Lord servant and Cthulhu follower, my hobby account
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. 
Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/
OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/
C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social Molecular biologist from Texas, here to share my meanderings on nature, science, history, politics, and zombies. Long threads a specialty.
Brooks Barber @rollplusfun.bsky.social Tabletop game designer - mostly historical but not always. Designer of Sykes-Picot from Hollandspiele. Forthcoming games Threed, Spindletop, and Painkillers. Co-founder of Hawk & Dove Games.
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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social I am not a committee. Defense, pop-culture, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
James Buckley @jsbuckley.bsky.social Founder of Sapper Studio - a tabletop game design and development studio. https://www.sapperstudio.com/
Interested in all things wargamey - both professional and hobby fields.
Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov United States Senator for Maryland.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Zilla Blitz @zillablitz.bsky.social Content Creator | Tabletop/PC Wargames & Crunchy Euros | YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/ZillaBlitz
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
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
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Alyssa 🍁 @alyssagambone.northsky.social trans woman, she/her, board games, lesbian, Philadelphia Union/Eagles/Phils Ottawa Charge/Rapid/Sens, actuary
Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07) @gene4va.bsky.social Father. Husband. Iraq War Veteran | Congressman, Virginia’s Seventh District
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social Nature geek, feminist, board game designer (Wingspan 🪶, Tussie Mussie 💐, Mariposas 🦋, The Fox Experiment 🦊, Picky Pixie 🧚♀️, Undergrove 🍄, and Sanibel 🐚).
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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social Publisher of interesting historical board games that don't take all day to play 
David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social NPR media guy
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Kate Stewart (she, her) @cmkatestewart.bsky.social District 4 representative on Montgomery County Council
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