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Just Grace @2phsthen.bsky.social Always thought I just had common sense. People call me liberal. 🤣
6/6/25, now people call me cranky. 😡
🥴 I think faster than I type; autocorrect doesn't speak the same language I do; I don't always proofread.
Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social Situationist Cybernetics. Researching AI’s impact on culture at the University of Cambridge Digital Humanities. Affiliated Researcher, Machine Visual Culture Research Group (Max Planck Institute). Critical but curious. Aim to be kind. cyberneticforests.com
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican - classical social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, E. Asia
The Fresh Prince of Donair @erisianrite.com Tech shitposts
Boston // Athens
Coder, writer, weightlifter, metal dive bar enthusiast
Nozfuratoo @ignorati.bsky.social No DMs. New Mexico raised, now in Iowa. Veteran 🇺🇲 Old Hippie ☮ 🌊📎
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Breakthrough Books @breakthroughbook.bsky.social An award-winning indie publisher putting creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, quality books… and a fair deal! E-shop now open on our website!
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social Reporter, DailyKos.com, Previously Media Matters. Subscribe to http://oliverwillis.substack.com
AlertDC 🤖 @alertdc.bsky.social Unofficial AlertDC bot that posts the non-crime DC alerts from https://hsema.dc.gov/page/alertdc
created by @eli.pizza
Defenders of Our Republic @defendersofourrepublic.org #WeThePeople stand for #Truth & the #Constitution.
We reject the labels that divide us.
We must #Impeach #Convict #Remove Trump & his #CorruptGOP cabinet to #DefendTheRepublic.
#RESIST
DefendersofOurRepublic.org
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Author M. I. Verras (She/Her) @miverrasauthor1.bsky.social Gothic author, singer, composer, keyboardist, designer, university graduate, sports fan, survivor of severe emotional workplace abuse. Author of two metaphysical, allegorical, symbolic fantasy-mystery novellas.
Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Writer, Director, Actor, Producer and failed Dairy Farmer.
www.melbrooks.com
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else.
ChatGPT describes me as: "Aerospace sleuth, nuclear nerd and NPR Superfan — with a side of surreal humor."
Signal: gbrumfiel.13
https://geoffbrumfiel.net/
Tom Joad @tomjoad-og-antifa.bsky.social Bill Posters is innocent.
#1A
#ACAB
#Antifa
Make some signs
Speak your mind
Power to The People
Look for me, ma. I'll be there.
Has anyone seen the Bunny?
Freewayblogger.com?
Signal Human1969.02
E Pluribus Unum
Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social Sculptor, lapsed academic
I use assemblage to create contemporary art based on the compositional strategies of Archaic Greek oral-formulaic poetry.
https://charlaynvonsolms.com/link-in-bio
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Ex-bestselling author. If you want yet more up-to-the-minute news about how awful the world is delivered by yet another sanctimonious fake digital self wholly above moral approach I would strongly advise that you do not follow me. https://www.tom-cox.com
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More info in pinned
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Life Long Fin Fan @justadolphinsfan.bsky.social Fin fan from SE Connecticut. UConn, Mom, Grammy, Love to Travel
Brenny @pissedoffinnh.bsky.social Mom, New England Sports fan, Atheist, Animal Lover, GenX, “It’s not what they call you, it’s what you answer to” 💙 🫘 Independent, NEVER trump, Swearing is my punctuation, Snarky AF. NO DMs..seriously, DM=block
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol Senior Writer at The Ringer covering the intersection of tech, politics, and media 🦉 NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls 🦉 also, how can I put this: sports
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⛩️ 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊 ⛩️ @deathbyhibachi.bsky.social Art and trivia for headcases like you
⚱️ 火鉢による死亡 ⚱️
Arula Ratnakar @arula-ratnakar.bsky.social Computational Neuroscience PhD student at Boston University (advisors Cynthia Bradham & Gabe Ocker). Mathematically modeling embryonic neurodevelopment. I also write trippy scifi & mathfiction.
Ignyte Award Finalist 2025
6 stories in Clarkesworld
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
monique d'hooghe ♿ they/she @moniquedhooghe.bsky.social They, she
♿ peace & social justice activist
anarchist
Nothing about us without us
Will ~ Data Center Drainer @wboler.bsky.social Democratic Socialist, Angry, AuDHD, Veteran, PhD Dropout, AI, Math, Engineering, Gamer, Thinker, Aging, Griping, Lefty, Snowflake
Prickly Pair @g85742.bsky.social WHO KNEW THAT THE EPSTEIN CONFLICT COULD GET SO MESSY?
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social These comics are only visible to cool people!!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social author of DISCIPLES OF WHITE JESUS March '25 | RED STATE CHRISTIANS '22 + '19 | https://angeladenker.substack.com | mom of 2 boys | censored columnist | Lutheran Pastor | Here for the Truth
Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social Omnivorous technology journalist. girl with the USB earring; author of the Cassidy At Large technomysteries. Like my writing? Buy me a ☕ https://ko-fi.com/marybranscombe. she/her. Warning: contains opinions. signal marypcbuk.44
Stevie P @intruder1500stevie.bsky.social Architect, Surveyor, Engineer, Biker, Garden creator, hippie. Wannabe Scot. From South Devon to (79)Deux Sevres in France. Don’t need anything I haven’t already got. Blocks handed out for free !
"Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief." @nocatsnomasters.bsky.social Queer. Social justice Jedi. They/them.
tweety fish @sifu.tweety.fish at different times:
haxx0r in cDc
PhD in using people for ML and vice versa
"theory of mind for autonomous cars" startup guy would you believe, went kablooie
at present: newsletter -- buttondown.email/apperceptive
&c music, politics, nonsense
Emily Smith Carter @midnightpine.bsky.social Fashion designer based in New York
39
I value peace more than anything now
Traveling, staying active, and spending time with the elderly
Yoga · Running · Swimming
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State.
https://linktr.ee/senwhitehouse
Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community 🟦 Analyst and writer focusing on cognition, AI, politics, religion, and media
🟦 Host, Theory of Change
🟦 Writing @flux.community, but frequently quoted or published in NYT, WaPo, NBC, Variety…
Signal: matthewsheffield.01
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social The official BlueSky account for Carole King. Singer/Songwriter/Pianist/Author
& Environmentalist
caroleking.komi.io
Andrew McCabe @therealmccabe.com Former FBI Deputy Director, lawyer, NYT bestselling author, CNN contributor, podcaster, grateful husband and father. therealmccabe.com
Modern Toss @moderntoss.bsky.social Jon Link and Mick Bunnage
London exhibition 14 Aug - 6 Sept
Tickets here:
https://trk.email.moderntoss.com/l/01KWRXD733ECG51A6RXZF81E13_10
www.moderntoss.com
Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social Enterprise News - 365 days a year
https://substack.com/@macfarlanenews
https://www.youtube.com/@ScottMacFarlaneNews
SIGNAL: https://signal.me/#eu/ufqBLFTh_D87knsngxcXcyng7-Qd8DYPvwGB6LhI44SNFazeeQZD2ZPRThTX-g7M
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon.
Seán T. McBeth 🍻📷 @seanmcbeth.com Topics:
🌳 Wood working
⚒️ DIY
📷 Photography
💻 Software Development
🗺️ West Springfield, VA
🌐 https://seanmcbeth.com
Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social News and insights from the journal Modern American History, devoted to all aspects of American history since the 1890s.
Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social there's nothing like this built today, you will never see a finer ship or receive a better tip in your life
Pontus Arnell, sailing master, ask me about waves @pontusarnell.bsky.social Sailor, just Pontus.
whats wrong with me, for starters, i never had this wonderful platform at my disposal
i can be penny wise, when i do things that hurt you whitout my intent, im sorry
Generally im considered a human, sometimes i do things differently
Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social Retired Jack of no trades. UK/Scottish politics, other politics, Football, Cricket (UK), almost any sport, Science, History and other random stuff.
Views my own. Inc the above view from my upstairs window.
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social UC Davis. Developmental drivers of individuality in the Amazon molly. Nature through nurture and a lot of noise. Really into random effects. Hard no to autocrats
@markingall.bsky.social @markingall.bsky.social Twitter quitter. Former Labour Councillor, resident of Harlow. Teacher, Dad and follower of THFC.
Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
rakkasantea.com
@rakkasantea.bsky.social
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.
@paddlefoot123.bsky.social @paddlefoot123.bsky.social voracious reader, pro-democracy
Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social Director, Converging Risks Lab, within the Council on Strategic Risks.
Former DASD(FE&T) and RAND policy wonk.
Come for the foresight, stay for the fun.
Yes, I took that photo. It was even cooler than you think.
https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/crl/
Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social dangillmor.com/about
Mainly at Mastodon: mastodon.social/@dangillmor
Dr Lisa 🇰🇳🇨🇦🏳️🌈❤️🥳🧘🏽♀️🎸🏝💃🏽🛸🐸✊🏽 @xitter-refugee.bsky.social The 1% are the greatest threat to humanity and the planet.
#EatTheRich
"You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free." - Thich Nhat Hanh 🙏🏽
Fascinated by Consciousness.
Choose Love. ❤️
🏳️⚧️ Ally. BLM. Equality for all.
@bigalincal.bsky.social @bigalincal.bsky.social Retired lawyer. Moved from Alabama to California during COVID to look after grandkids Reader and history student.
"It was not by making yourself heard, but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage" Orwell, 1984
@jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social Musician, lover of dogs & soccer, proponent of democracy & bold action on climate change. Don’t blame me, I voted for the laughing lady.
Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social Constitutional scholar, general law nerd, Izzet mage, bear lover, Mets fan.
Trans rights are constitutional rights!
Uphold Yang Wenli Thought
He/him
https://www.eveningconstitutional.net
Kol Castle | Transportvibe.com @thekol.bsky.social Kol Castle | Exposing auto transport fraud so you don't lose your deposit. Florida. https://www.reddit.com/r/TransportSupport/
Thomas Grayfson @thomasgrayfson.bsky.social Author of the Pigborne series. Writes dark fantasy shaped by sword and sorcery traditions. Published in CQ Quarterly, S&S Magazine, and Rogues in the House Presents.
thomasgrayfson.com
Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ University of Washington, Information School. PhD in English from WashU in St. Louis.
I’m interested in books, data, social media, & digital humanities.
They call me "Eyre Jordan" on the bball court. 🏀
https://melaniewalsh.org/
Evelyn @kandake.africa 👩🏾💻 Building open tech for orgs with @eskahlay.com
👵🏾 In tech since before the cloud
🏳️🌈🌌 Part of NorthSky Social
https://chipnick.com
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deck.blue @deck.blue 3rd-party TweetDeck for the Atmosphere! Featuring columns, multi-account, scheduling and inline translations!
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Richard Jasper @arpeejaay1958.bsky.social 68 y.o. gay granddaddy with a Japanese immigrant husband. Completely opposed to the MAGA agenda.
What are you doing to support the Resistance?
Norman @noaasm.bsky.social 💼 Privacy Lawyer | ⚖️ LL.M Candidate in Corporate & Commercial Law @ Maastricht University | 🎓 Public Int'l Law LL.M alumni @ University of Oslo | interested in tech, cybersecurity, data protection, international law & geopolitics | 📍🇪🇪 | views my own
Sweary Prof @swearyprof.bsky.social Peak District Smartarse. Bikes & hills. Neurodivergy. Likes Pubs.
Josh Scherr @joshscherr.bsky.social ⏪ PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted:The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
▶️ NOW: Cautionary Tales game narrative consulting
🗣️ video games, baking, bad puns, shitposting
🔗🌳 linktr.ee/joshscherr
❤️ fix your hearts or die
paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social Born 317ppm | Love London | Hate Racists
The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation — Bertrand Russell
Anthony ♾️🌏💡❤️🏳️🌈 @anthonymagee.com Neurodivergent AuDHD ♾️ (he/him, “Anth-o-knee”) | Data + tech for good 💡 | Heart-first ❤️ | System-aware 🌍 | Inclusion advocate 🏳️🌈 | Quiet joys, bold ideas.
Here for the big questions, quiet joys, and real connection.
Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist
Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social Leading with joy. Fighting for YOU. MA Attorney General, wife and mama to Alexander & Aiden. Beyonce fan. For official updates follow @massago.bsky.social
sam stroozas @samstroozas.bsky.social she/her | ♊️ gemini journalist & all things digital at mprnews.org 🌙 beep me: sstroozas@mpr.org
Humanists UK @humanists.uk We advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.
Nakafeero Swabulah.bsky.social @nakafeeroswabulah.bsky.social I am Swabulah, a queer leader and a human defender of LGBTQ refugees from Uganda, presently leading a group in a camp in East Africa. I am a proud lesbian advocating for LGBTQ rights everywhere. https://lgbtqkakuma.blogspot.com
Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly Staff software engineer. AWS/CDK/TypeScript.
Interests: Pink Floyd, Star Trek, coding, biking, VR, cats. Not necessarily in this order.
@anydoubts.bsky.social is my better half.
John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.
Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat.
🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈
https://buttondown.email/matociquala
THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
ANGEL MAKER https://books2read.com/u/3kzy2W
Tracy Ray Author @tracyrayauthor.bsky.social I love writing!
Married to Kyle Hester Film Maker
No Hate!
Support Indie Auth!
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social Michigan Law Prof.
Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller “LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes”
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
@jon-sociologist.bsky.social @jon-sociologist.bsky.social Neurodiverse and proud of it (fair warning: I say a lot of shit some people find inappropriate)
Naturalist Atheist (I believe in the universe as revealed by science)
I value democracy, compassion, and inclusion
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
Lisa who used to use her last name here but deleted it:) @amidprivilege.bsky.social Ran product management and UX. Now I write a blog and attempt fiction. I try not to be a jerk. Princeton Comp Lit/Columbia MBA, happily married. If you repost my comments to incite a dogpile, or DM me without acquaintance, I block you. She/her
Darren Pullman @darrenpullman.bsky.social Pro EU, Solar powered EV driver.
Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
tutormentor @tutormentor.bsky.social I collect & share ideas others can use to fight poverty & inequality & help volunteer-based tutor, mentor & learning orgs reach K-12 youth in more places. Piloted since 1993 in Chicago. I have posted on social media since mid 2000s.
E.B. Hutchins @ebhutchins.bsky.social Contributing writer at Comicsbeat. Makes gay comics and anti-censorship advocate. (She/They)
Opinions are my own.
Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill.
Posts here speak only for myself.
Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek.
http://jacobtlevy.com
Dr Mike Ward @schroedinger99.bsky.social Retired data-modeller with background in genetics & philosophy of science. grandfather, sceptic, deracinated cosmopolitan, citizen of nowhere, & angry old man.
David M. Reiss, M.D. @dmrdynamics.bsky.social Psychiatrist
CA Qual Med Examiner
MH Consultant
Media: Politics/Society, PTSD
Sports: Concussion/CTE Foundation, Pro-Wrestling
All opinions PERSONAL
POSTS (>>>15,000) SELF-DELETE 5-20 days
NO: crypto/porn/gofund
YES: geezer rock & dark snark
The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social Industry news & opinion for the professional cartoonist since 2005.
https://dailycartoonist.com
Account managed by @alangardner.bsky.social
Comic Strip of the Day AKA Mike Peterson at @csotd.bsky.social