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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social Nebula and Locus Award nominated author of Asunder. Lead writer of Dressmaker. Repped by Jennifer Jackson at DMLA. Working on something weird and sequel-shaped. kerstinhall.com
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Rolling With Two @rollingwithtwo.bsky.social A YouTube channel run by Sarah & Will Reed. They share their two-player experiences with tabletop board games, including accessibility analyses and opinions.
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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social Book author, toxicology journalist, fascinated by poison and murder (current book project), and, oh yeah, I'm the former director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT.
Gil Wizen @wizentrop.bsky.social Entomologist and award-winning photographer. Professional breeder and wrangler of insects and arachnids for educational, research and display purposes.
Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social Just a soul whose intentions are good | she/her 🇱🇹🇦🇺 Insta- ifyouseeamy/pyjamapolitics
aremeikis@thenewdaily.com.au
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, columnist,stand-up.
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
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No Context Giant Bomb @nocontextgiantbomb.bsky.social A Bluesky account about celebrating a website about video games and its people over the years.
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social Google let a small group of us try to help save the world, or at least try to save a lot of lives.
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social Author of funny books, cultural omnivore. I like tea and cats, not necessarily in that order. I inhale deeply when first stepping in to bookshops and libraries. 🌈
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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf President and owner of Giant Bomb
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Yahtzee Croshaw @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social Creator/voice of Zero Punctuation and the entirely legally distinct Fully Ramblomatic. Critic. Novelist. Game designer. Wears slippers. https://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/
Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup
From the former team of The Escapist.
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social Soil ecologist & macrophotographer | He/Him |
Author of 'The World Beneath Our Feet', publishing in Aug/Sep '26!
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Andy Murray @mesofauna.bsky.social Macro photographer, writer and copy editor for hire. I also run chaosofdelight.org, a soil biodiversity website. I'm also on Instagram @soilanimals
Thomas Shahan @tshahan.bsky.social Spiders! Art?
most active on iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=tshahan
Ed Phillips @ed-phillips.bsky.social A UK-based photographer; particularly keen on macro, wildlife and still-life.
www.edphillipswildlife.com
Nicky Bay @nickybay.bsky.social Macro photographer, cat slave, dedicated to flood your feed with cool spiders, insects, snakes, or anything small that moves.
Tim Jonas @timothyjonas.bsky.social Nature photographer. Exploring and documenting tiny worlds through the art of macro photography.
Danae Wolfe | Chasing Bugs @chasingbugs.com I talk about, write about, and photograph backyard bugs and wildlife. Conservation starts at home. 🏡
chasingbugs.com
Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social Writer & nature photographer, especially macro photography of arthropods. Board member, Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee (conservation nonprofit). Fan of California, Montana, the rest of the planet. Photo website: https://www.tomastlephotography.com/
Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social Entomologist passionate about flies, beetles, spiders, mites... Also macro photography. Director & diagnostician at NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic. Opinions are my own. He/him
Raleigh, NC, USA
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@christiannby.bsky.social @christiannby.bsky.social Photomicrographer, Dipl.Biol, MSc,. Olympus BH2 sonst nix.
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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social Engineer by day | Nature & landscape photographer | Birds, bugs, spiders | Friend of animals that scare people | Be decent & kind | she / her | IG heyjencross
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Dani Leis มาลี 🧢 ⬆️ @danileis.bsky.social American expat in Chiang Mai, Thailand. #LifeInAThaiForest photographs are my own. I used to make graphics & gifs for Yang Gang, UBI, and the Forward Party.
Macroarthropods @macroarthropods.bsky.social Brazilian zoologist (PhD), taxonomist, Environmental Analyst, Law student, enthusiastic macro photographer. Hate against extreme right.
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Fabian A. Boetzl @fboetzl.bsky.social Dr. rer.nat., ecologist, working on biodiversity 🌷🐝🦋 and pest control in agricultural landscapes 🌽🐛🐞
postdoc @uni-wuerzburg.de,
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Arachtober @arachtober.bsky.social Celebrate October by posting arachnids and spiders with the tag #Arachtober. I am jciv, a macro photographer living in South Texas, USA, who loves spiders. At the moment, I am posting mainly stereographic 3D macro photos. 🇺🇸📸🕷️
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social Nature photographer, amateur naturalist & arthropod enthusiast. Florida natives, here. Pics my own. Dead Name Walking. Man't. They/Them (she/her even, if you're not creepy about it)
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Andy Marquis @andym105.bsky.social Entomologist and pan-species lister based in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
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Website at http://www.guernseywildlife.co.uk, working on an upgrade as I type this...
Will George @willgeorge.bsky.social Naturalist with a particular interest in the true bugs, Heteroptera, but fascinated by pretty much all insects and nature. He/Him. https://www.flickr.com/photos/runnerwill/
Paul Leyland @paul51.bsky.social Insect photographer & bibliophile
Jitte @jittebug.nl Macro photography, Neuroscience, (Urban) Entomology, Myrmecology.
Dutch/English skeets; he/him.
Current Occupations:
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Groothuis Onderzoek en Advies
Jittebug Ento Art
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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social Professor Inger Mewburn, Director of researcher development at ANU. I do research on research and think about stuff. Here to support researchers. Find my writing and podcasts on www.thesiswhisperer.com #realtwin
Adam Gottschalk @adamchalksitup.bsky.social Researcher: climate, energy, environment
Formerly @australiainstitute.org.au
Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social Director at The Australia Institute's Democracy & Accountability Program. Views posted are my own.
Hayden Starr @haydenstarr.bsky.social Professional poster
Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social Research Manager at The Australia Institute. Views expressed are my own.
Glenn Connley @glennconnley.bsky.social Senior Media Advisor at The Australia Institute 
David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social Researcher, FASSA. Employment relations; labour markets; economics; pol science; gender; climate & finance; science; birdies. Carmichael Fellow at Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute, but views mine. Meanjin (Brisbane) & Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
Liz Morison @lizmorison.bsky.social Climate & conservation | Deputy Chair @youth4climate.bsky.social | Climate ecology: University of Wollongong | UBC Forestry | Duke University Organisation for Tropical Studies
Yasmine Wright Gittins @yasminewg.bsky.social Features Reporter | ABC Tropical North
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