Rachel Alexander @rachelwalexander.bsky.social Managing editor, Salem Reporter. Covering education, economic development and a little bit of everything else in Oregon's capital city.
Laura Morel @lauracmorel.bsky.social Reporter at Mother Jones. 
Observable @observablehq.com The data visualization company
Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com News. Culture. Trouble. Established 2000.
www.portlandmercury.com
Prof. Aviles @nataliebaviles.bsky.social Scholar of federal cancer research policy. Author of An Ungovernable Foe: Science and Policy Innovation in the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Recovering Chicana goth, shitposting enthusiast. Speaking in my personal capacity on matters of public concern.
demi 🪄 @deminlawrence.bsky.social a fearless journalist, freak, writer, yapper, listener, reader, deep-thinker, portlander. opinions, however correct, are my own!
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com Freedom through Truth for Service.
Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com.
I made the "Generative AI Slop-free News Outlets" starter pack + feed: https://go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social Author of THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE (2023), AT HOME IN THE STARS (2029) | series editor of THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING || she/her || jaimegreen.net
Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social New York State Author Laureate 2025-2027. Writer. New Yorker. Late Bloomer.
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Jordan Gass-Pooré @jgasspoore.hazardpodcast.com Creator/host #Hazard #Superfund #podcasts @njspotlightnews.org & @thecity.nyc | She/Her/Ella | Award-Winning Investigative Climate Journalist | https://givebutter.com/debra-hill-podcast | Co-Producer Tales From Beyond The Pale #scaryaudiodramas | Texan/NY
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
inkle @inkle.co Independent developer of narrative games; creators of ink; home of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope podcast..
Games: TR-49, A Highland Song, Forever Labyrinth, Overboard, Expelled, Heaven's Vault, 80 Days, Sorcery, and Pendragon.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social Writer, performer, facilitator, somatic coach & dreamer. Author of FIERCE FEMMES & NOTORIOUS LIARS, I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE, FROM THE STARS IN THE SKY TO THE FISH IN THE SEA, and FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH BEING HUMAN. https://linktr.ee/kaichengthom
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
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Dan Davis @bindlestiff.bsky.social A linguist and software architect for many years, now I create custom guitars and, occasionally, Maloof-style rocking chairs.
LLMs are NOT AI, are addictive, and are worse than useless.
Michael Gorsuch @gorsuch.bsky.social wanderer of the wastes
Sara Stoudt @sastoudt.bsky.social #rstats, statistician who works on quantitative ecology problems, especially using community science data, teacher interested in data communication and storytelling
Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net Knight Chair in Journalism at Mizzou. Authored first textbook for News Product Management. Previously: Director of Product at McClatchy. Big @newsproduct.org fan.
Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social Palmer Chair in Law and Public Policy at Dalhousie Law. Formerly @ UCLA and Yale. All things tech and democracy. Dachshund enthusiast.
Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social writer.
phd in gothic literature. writing on horror, utopia, the gothic nightmare of capitalism
CAPITALISM A HORROR STORY out now, working on a new book about HOUSES
David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com Co-director @suffolkLITLab.org. Attorney & science educator by training & practice. Data scientist, craftsman, & writer by experience.
My bots:
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
Words: @nytimes.com @harpers.bsky.social @latimes.com @rollingstone.com @yahoonews.com @teenvogue.com @vicenews.bsky.social
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
robert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social the tallest child in the world!! https://www.robertjacksonbennett.com/the-french-drain-i-dug-back-in-2019
Texas Observer @texasobserver.org A nonprofit newsroom covering Texas through investigative journalism & narrative storytelling since 1954.
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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social SPJ champions journalists by promoting ethics, honoring excellence, fighting for press freedom and supporting emerging professionals.
Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org Providing training, resources and a community of support to journalists around the world. Join us at #IRE26 June 18-21 in National Harbor, MD! 🔍 ire.org
Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social Guardian senior reporter, based in Los Angeles. Sam.Levin@theguardian [dot] com. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sam-levin
James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
Chris Hanlon @chrishanlon.bsky.social Professor of United States literature, Arizona State; co-editor, ALH Review & The Dial; author, America’s England (2013) & Emerson’s Memory Loss (2018); allegedly storied; will bell the cat.
Madisyn Parisi (they/them) @madisyn-writes.bsky.social Freelance journalist who covers tech, media, and power. Dirty optimist. 🏳️⚧️
🖊️ Reporting at The Backbone: https://the-backbone.beehiiv.com/
✍️: Rewire, Assigned Media, The Objective, Mothership, etc.
Signal: marsbars.81
Martin Stabe @martinstabe.ft.com Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. #ddj #dataviz
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social FOIA and Immigration Law and dumb jokes. 
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social reporter @WIRED.com
caroline_haskins@wired.com
785-813-1084
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—>realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org O͖̺͊̕͡ͅfficial bluesky for realhackhistory YouTube channel & blog, skeeting the #history of phreaks, #hacking & #hacktivism as well as portrayal of hackers in media. I do some threat intel & OSINT. No AI used. Hobbyist #skystorian.
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Identifont @identifont.com Identify fonts by appearance, find fonts by name.
public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social personal account. past: tfgh, cdc, emory. interests: health policy/law, politics, global health. big fan of: democracy, pluralism, human rights. shares/likes ≠ endorsements. he/him. abiding no hatred
Marcus A. Triplett @marcustriplett.bsky.social Assistant prof at UCLA working in computational neuroscience and ML
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social Philosopher and historian of human extinction (sadly, an increasingly relevant topic). Coined the term “TESCREAL” w/ Timnit Gebru. Salon, Truthdig, WaPo, Aeon, etc.
Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter. Host of The Appellate Wanderer podcast
Lisa K. Bates c o m m a Ph.D. @lkb-pdx.blacksky.app 
Esoteric Ebb @esotericebb.bsky.social OUT NOW: https://bit.ly/3Xd1wm0
ESOTERIC EBB is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Become a cleric of legends!
Christoffer Bodegård @chrisbodegard.bsky.social 🐌✍️ Creator of Esoteric Ebb
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057760
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
Sandhya Kambhampati @sandhyak.bsky.social data reporter, Los Angeles Times. USC adjunct professor. Likes stats, puzzles & ice cream. email: sandhya@latimes.com | she/her | https://linktr.ee/sandhya_k
Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
Tips: matthew@404media.co // signal: 347 762-9212 
Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social Journalist & astrophysicist. Host, @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. New book: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about broken futures pushed by tech billionaires. Words in the Atlantic, NPR, NYT, the Guardian, BBC, SciAm, Fortune, etc. He/him. Signal: adambecker.84
Anusha Mathur @anushamathur.bsky.social Longform politics and magazine at @notus.com
Formerly: NPR, The Washington Post, Politico Magazine, MSNBC, Flathead Beacon, Pulitzer Center, Daily Pennsylvanian.
Send tips: anushamathur@notus.com or Signal amathur.44
Patricia Callahan @sheinvestigates.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at ProPublica writing about the CDC and public health. Former Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal writer.
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Mercedes @mercurial-makes.bsky.social Ceramic artist with a focus on organic, hand carved and sculpted details on functional pottery
Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org State government reporter for @kentuckypublicradio.org — @lpm.org, @weku.bsky.social, WKYU, @wkmsfm.bsky.social. Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe/BBN. Did a Pulitzer many years ago.
DM me news/apocalypse tips! https://www.lpm.org/people/joe-sonka
Greg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social A lawyer living in MN, licensed in MO. Specializing, now, in litigation support, but have written about FDA regulations.
Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social World’s largest pediatrician. Dirtbag Mr. Rogers. Division Chief of Pediatric GI at SUNY downstate. hater of ALS. only represent me. he/him
WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social underemployed musicologist, sometime professor
research: music, political culture, history, and identity in medieval England, Scotland, and beyond
currently writing: musicispolitics.beehiiv.com
British-American, based in LA for my sins
Her Hoop Stats @herhoopstats.com Unlocking better insight for Women's Basketball (WNBA and NCAAW) through statistics, articles, podcasts, videos, and more
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Podcast: https://bit.ly/herhoopstatspodcast
Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social He/him. Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at University of York. Books on 'Smell in Eighteenth-Century England' and 'Smell and the Past'. Sniff: A History of Smells out 8th September #smellhistory #smellstudies #sensoryhistory
Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social co-host Citations Needed podcast.
order my new book ‘How to Sell a Genocide’ here https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide or https://a.co/d/0hl4hmFi
columnblog.com
Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social Reporter at @MotherJones.bsky.social
Send me secure tips:
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social I am an investigative reporter at ProPublica focused on immigration. Reach out with tips or information you think should be brought to our attention!
Email: mica.rosenberg@propublica.org
Phone: 332-213-1365
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/micarosenberg
Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org An independent news website about trans issues, by trans journalists. assignedmedia.org
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Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social Lecturer @umassamherst.bsky.social US presidential power & authoritarian dangers; speaking only for me. New book on emergency presidential power March 2026: https://www.rienner.com/title/Above_the_Law_The_Evolution_of_Emergency_Presidential_Power
Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social Law professor focusing on constitutional law, especially free speech, the separation of powers, and government secrecy. Friend to all dogs and cats. Champion procrastinator.
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social Chief Economics Correspondent for The New York Times. Adjunct at CUNY Newmark. Ex: FiveThirtyEight, WSJ. He/him.
Email: ben.casselman@nytimes.com
Signal: @bencasselman.96
📸: Earl Wilson/NYT 
Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social America’s only art crime professor, studying theft, repatriation, and general museum shenanigans. Forthcoming book: The Styrofoam Mummy (Norton), on fraud and forgery on the market for ancient treasures. She/her; queer.
www.artcrimeprof.com
travis lloyd (træve) @travislloydphd.bsky.social public interest technologist // luddite hacker.
information science phd at cornell tech.
inequality, ai, and the information ecosystem.
🤠 traeve.com 🤠
Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own.
Rachel Hatzipanagos @rachelbianca.bsky.social Journalist formerly of WaPo. Latina & proud. she/her/ella
Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social Washington Post alum covering hacking, disinformation and what’s left of privacy. Author of books on the Cult of the Dead Cow, organized criminal hacking, and Napster. Pulitzer co-finalist 2024. Signal joemenn.01
B. David Tyler @drbdt.bsky.social UMass faculty. Notre Dame & UMass alum. Studies rivalry, identity, social sport consumption. Has unabated love of data. Causes existential crises through Excel.
Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social Hacker Mama/Artist/Designer/Coder/Writer/She/Ella Assoc Prof of Urban Science @MITdusp, Director, Data + Feminism Lab, Co-author #DataFeminism, hablo castellano
Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org We are the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects. Working to create a world where every human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org Maybe the real treasure was the citations we made along the way.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social Reporter covering legal affairs for ProPublica. Have a tip? molly.redden@propublica.org or find me on Signal at mollyredden.14
Blackgaynerd @blackgaynerd.com A Third (Greater) Reconstruction for a Fourth American Republic. (they/them)
Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social #1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy • out now: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN • up next: YOU’RE NO BETTER • he/him • andrewjosephwhite.com • mostly crossposting
@hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social Phoenix Guide to Strange England: #Hookland. Run by David Southwell
#Hauntology Re-wilding #Folklore #FolkHorror #Psychogeography #LandscapePunk Re-enchantment Is Resistance https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123
Kylie M. Smith wrote an angry book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social Historian. Assoc Prof. Author of jimcrowintheasylum.com with @UNCPress. Knitter, baker, dog lover. Dharawal - Muscogee - Meanjin.
Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me!
https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social LGBTQ+ health reporter at @19thnews.org, previously breaking news at Axios. Southern, trans and tired. 📲 Text me on Signal @orionr.80 or email me at orummler@19thnews.org
https://19thnews.org/author/orion-rummler/
melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social US carceral and urban history, jail and policing, historiography. AAUP, abolition, working mom in CT, personal account. newsletter publisher, plz subscribe: https://carceral-history.ghost.io/
Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social senior editor at the new republic and box-to-box midfielder @goldengoalmag.bsky.social
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
golden apples 🍎 @applecider.bsky.social your neighborhood feminist crank // freelance media critic // Community mod for @Aftermath.site and @mothership.blog // game photographer //(she/they)
av: @pugcrumbs.bsky.social
#overwatch #gamephotography
https://muckrack.com/appleciderwitch
Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social Award-winning disability reporter | Words:
CanIPlayThat, Fanbyte, IGN, LauncherWP, WIRED etc. | email: Grantthedisabledgamer@gmail.com (he/him)
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Susana Polo 🔜 NYCC @susanapolo.bsky.social She/her. Formerly senior entertainment writer and editor at Polygon. Founded The Mary Sue Dot Com way back in 2011. Writer/editor. For contact and more, check out: https://susanapolo.com/
Nicole Clark @nicoleclark.bsky.social writer, editor. ✍️ in ny times, sf chron, vox, and more. past: culture editor @ polygon, contributing editor @ catapult, writer @ vice. taiwanese american. actually just two small rabbits in a trenchcoat
https://www.nicoleaclark.com/
Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
mothership.blog
Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com Editor-In-Chief of @mothership.blog, podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Carlton Williams @carltonewilliams.bsky.social Movement Lawyer & Clinical Law Prof
Down w/ @nlg.org @wplc.bsky.social @palestinelegal.bsky.social
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