Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Danielle Battaglia @daniellebattaglia.bsky.social Washington correspondent for The News & Observer, The Charlotte Observer and McClatchy DC. Mainly covering Congress with an #ncpol twist and sometimes the White House. 
Britta Shoot @brittashoot.com san francisco writer, reader, birder, beachcomber, umarell
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writing a book about pandemic & protest
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social Author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. LitHub essayist, Intercept reporter.
Chloe Courtney Bohl @ccourtneybohl.bsky.social Reporter at @indyweek.bsky.social via Report for America
NYC-DSA 🌹 @socialists.nyc New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). We believe a better world is possible and we’re building it right here in New York City. Join us: http://socialists.nyc/join
AM Gittlitz @gittlitz.bsky.social writer, @thiswreckage.bsky.social podcaster
author of the green book:
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com "covers the strange and consequential with equal enthusiasm"
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Sarah Hotchkiss @sahotchkiss.bsky.social Artist and writer, senior editor for kqed.org/arts, "thoughtful reviews" since 2011 (she/her)
Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social Guitar, etc./Folklore & History of Virginia/Gardener
Manahoac Territory
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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social Author & queer historian. MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND is available for preorders now! Previously: The Women’s House of Detention (2022) and When Brooklyn Was Queer (2019) linktr.ee/HughRyan
Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social your friendly neighborhood soft butch // she/her // @thesicktimes.org engagement editor // http://theheatherhogan.substack.com // #LongCOVID
Workday Magazine @workdaymagazine.bsky.social A non-profit newsroom devoted to holding the powerful accountable through the perspective of workers. Based in Minnesota, covering the Midwest.
Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social I write the Expecting Goals newsletter (expectinggoals.com) and I'm gonna try to bring soccer analytics to bluesky. Let's see if it works. He/him.
Lindsey A. Freeman @lindseyafreeman.bsky.social Lindsey A. Freeman, writer and professor interested in running, soccer/football, and poetics. Her most recent book, Running, is about practice, love, queerness, and long-distance running (Duke).
Insta: atomic_lindsey_freeman
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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org Independent Bay Area journalism — with a BITE!
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J Escobedo Shepherd @jawnita.bsky.social Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Editor Hell Gate (hellgatenyc.com), cofounder Hearing Things (hearingthings.co), Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books, etc
Golden Goal @goldengoalmag.bsky.social a magazine about the 2026 World Cup
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amber grease @tayuh.bike they/she, trans, lesbian, 30s
I like garbage but in a dignified and chic way.
The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social AI is not inevitable. We DAIR to imagine, build & use AI deliberately.
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NYSUT @nysut.bsky.social NYSUT is a federation of more than 1,200 local unions dedicated to improving working conditions and the quality of education and healthcare for New Yorkers.
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com Founder-Owner of @weareravenous.com
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social Writer at hellgatenyc.com! Pulitzer finalist! Tips: jessy@hellgatenyc.com Previously: Gothamist/WNYC, NBC New York, BK Reader
Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social Economic journalist and utility pundit. http://lbo-news.com.
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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social The Frank Grimes of librarianship. She/her. https://violetbfox.info/
Roman Susan @romansusan.bsky.social RS celebrates and shares the work of artists in the Great Lakes region. We create cultural engagements that provide resources and paid opportunities for artists. We are Chicago-based. We are artist-led. We are experimental and learning. romansusan.org
Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social Located in Durham, NC, USA. Working with our community to prevent disease, promote health, and protect the environment. Follow/repost ≠ endorsement.
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social Author of ‘Wandering: Philosophical Performances of Racial and Sexual Freedom’ and ‘Black Gathering: Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life’
Co-editor with Dr. J. Kameron Carter, Duke UP book series, ‘Black Outdoors: Innovations in Poetics of Study’
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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things.
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punctum 🌈 books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion @punctumbooks.bsky.social punctum books is a queer, scholar-led Open Access press devoted to creative modes of inquiry across a whimsical para-humanities assemblage. Affiliated with UC-Santa Barbara Library & funded by university libraries across the globe. https://punctumbooks.com
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social inside fishsticks outside tarter sauce
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
The Nation's Books & the Arts @booksandthearts.bsky.social Books, music, ideas, film, and criticism from The Nation's "back of the book" https://www.thenation.com/books-and-the-arts/
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Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social Co-founder @hellgatenyc.com. Writing about cops, courts, jails, prisons and NYC. You may have known me on Twitter as @macfathom. nick [at] hellgatenyc dot com. On Signal at NickPinto.11
More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people.
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Brandon @sheats.bsky.social Executive Director @Burnaway.org (a magazine of Southern and Caribbean contemporary art), digital @ the Apollo Theater.
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social Columnist at The Intercept; editing Public Seminar; professor of critical journalism at The New School; author - “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life” and "On Un/Certainty" (Verso); antifascism, abolition, Wittgenstein from the left.
Siembra NC @siembranc.bsky.social Latino community & worker organizers in North Carolina, el pueblo salva al pueblo desde 2017. linktr.ee/siembranc
Rebecca Bengal @rebeccabengal.bsky.social Writer, fiction and nonfiction | Author, STRANGE HOURS (Aperture) + ✏️ Paris Review, Criterion Collection, Oxford American, etc. | visiting artist, Bard College | born and raised in western NC 
Bridget Read @bridgetgillard.bsky.social features @ new york magazine
wrote a book about pyramid schemes
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/715421/little-bosses-everywhere-by-bridget-read/
The Drift @thedriftmag.com A magazine of culture and politics
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B. Otterlake @izzz.bsky.social Creator of Bluesky
Emily Raboteau @emilyraboteau.bsky.social Author of THE PROFESSOR’S DAUGHTER, SEARCHING FOR ZION, and LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL. Professor at CUNY.
The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953.
https://www.theparisreview.org/
https://theparisreview.substack.com/
Invisible Histories @invisiblehistories.bsky.social Saving Southern LGBTQ history
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
Meghan O'Rourke @meghanor.bsky.social Writer and poet | Editor of The Yale Review | Professor of Creative Writing at Yale | playing with a Substack about writing
Most recent book: THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM: REIMAGINING CHRONIC ILLNESS, which was a finalist for the nonfiction National Book Award.
Duke Chronicle @dukechronicle.bsky.social Established in 1905, The Chronicle is the independent source for Duke news run by students.
Libraries for the People @librariesftp.bsky.social A leftist library project
Lauren Halvorsen @halvorsen.bsky.social dramaturg & writer of newsletters
washington, dc
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nothingforthegroup.com
Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
Paddy Johnson @paddyjohnson.bsky.social Artist coach, writer, lover of art and cats
Mark Krotov @markkrotov.bsky.social coeditor/publisher, n+1. krotov at nplusonemag dot com.
Charlotte Shane @charoshane.bsky.social Even now, despite everything
Alex Press @alexnpress.bsky.social I’m me ✌️
Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social Death Panel podcast @deathpanel.bsky.social
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wrote Health Communism (Verso, 2022) with Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social // forthcoming ALL CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE (Haymarket, 2027)
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Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social Organizing with For the People Leftist Library Project and NYC PLAN. Day job in the archives at New York Public Radio. Views my own. He/him.
NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org To amplify, strengthen, and progress the futures of New York City’s three public library systems through community-led organizing, action, and increased funding.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social "I'm so grateful Hammer and Hope exists. True Black leftist literary dispatches." - dream hampton.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Helen Shaw @helenshaw.bsky.social Theater critic at the New York Times. Tell me if you’ve seen something good!
emma may @emmamay.bsky.social www.emmamay.net
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Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006.
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Marisa Grizenko @marisagrizenko.bsky.social Reviews editor for EVENT magazine. Writer of Plain Pleasures, an occasional newsletter about books. She/her. Vancouver → Montreal 
Charco Press @charcopress.com Award-winning publisher of outstanding Latin American literature. Edinburgh.
charcopress.com
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social A book prize celebrating writing by women translated into English. Winner announced 27th November 2025. From SCAPVC at the University of Warwick. Posts by Holly Langstaff.
Chris Richards @chrisrichards.bsky.social Your critic and co-listener // ex-Washington Post // reccos/rants/prayers/curses at thefutureisourstomake.substack.com // contact me: christopherpaulrichards at proton dot me
WUNC News @wunc.org Your source for local news and community connections that reflect NC’s Triangle region and offer a unique perspective on the place we call home. More at wunc.org.
Dayna Tortorici @dtortorici.bsky.social co-EIC @nplusonemag, writer
Mark O’Connell @mrkocnnll.bsky.social Writer and so forth
Pauli Murray Center @paulimurraycenter.bsky.social Uplifting the life and legacy of Pauli Murray. Historic space and hub for activism, art & radical hope. 🏳️🌈 Open to all |📍Durham, NC
Mara Shalhoup @mara-shalhoup.bsky.social South Editor, @propublica.org
Rachel Monroe @rachelmonroe.bsky.social The duke of dark corners / Texas writer for the New Yorker / Co-host of Bad Therapist podcast badtherapistpod.bsky.social
Dalkey Archive @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social Books, since 1984
Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social Disabled disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Follows are not endorsements.
Signal: slooterman.18
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Ashley Clark @ashcclark.bsky.social Don't look at the carpet, I drew something awful on it
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Escape Collective @escapecollective.bsky.social Member-funded cycling media, brought to you by you.
Hannah Walker @hannah-walker.bsky.social Cycling commentator, reporter & host 🎤 | Former cyclist | Without pressure there's no diamonds.. Contact: hannah@hannahwalker.info
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social Nonprofit press publishing new and extraordinary voices from the American South. Learn more at hubcity.org/publishing. Shop our catalog at hubcity.org/books.
Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social Executive Director / Hub City Writers Project
Publisher / @hubcitypress.bsky.social
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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social I write about music things and things music at NPR and elsewhere. Latest book: TRAVELING: ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL. Out now in affordable paperback!
David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social feminist "law" professor, reproductive rights scholar/activist, avid cyclist, husband, dad, indie rock enthusiast, Vermont lover, Phillies fan, he/him
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
Michael Lange @michaellangenyc.bsky.social NYC born & raised || Writing about local politics || #BillsMafia
All tweets, views and writings expressed are my own
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social editor/co-founder @thesicktimes.org | journalist covering Long COVID & related crises | she/her/🏳️🌈
email: betsy@thesicktimes.org | signal: betsyladyzhets.25 | https://thesicktimes.org/
Jillian Steinhauer @jilnotjill.bsky.social Journalist, editor, teacher, organizer. I write about art and comics. Short, with tall energy.
jilliansteinhauer.com
jilnotjill.beehiiv.com
Autonomy News @autonomynews.co A worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication cofounded by @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com.
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Akash Mehta @akashmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief, @nysfocus. Reach out: akash(at)nysfocus.com
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