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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of Texas. Habeas corpus, death penalty, some other law stuff, sentient space robots, kids who don't listen to me, and hot sauce.
BIO: https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/lee-kovarsky/
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social here are some drawings of helpful small robots for you #SmallRobotsRemastered
Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16161865
Some writing and illustration for @thedailytism.com
Nonbinary. Pronoun agnostic. 🏳️⚧️
Mithos @mithos343.bsky.social passionate about history, religion, trivia, game shows, cosplay. I've survived things you wouldn't believe. I write horror and I'm really bad at video games
Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social CUNY, Jewish Currents, New York Times, MSNBC. Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow.
Chasing Scratch @chasingscratchpod.bsky.social Really there’s another social platform
Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Guardian and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society.
Words: madness.ghost.io
Video: youtube.com/@readmadness
Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social Thief of Joy: A Comedy Special NOW ON YOUTUBE
Host of The Downside Podcast
If I have to post on another one of these things I’m gonna kms
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her 
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
Signal: gbrockell.44
Bryan Cogman @bryancogman.bsky.social Writer/Producer/Once and Future Actor (Game of Thrones S1-8, LOTR: RoP S1, Red Water, a couple upcoming things I can’t discuss)
Cliff W. Gilmore @cliffwgilmore.bsky.social Human, husband, adoptive father of two, grandfather, honorably retired USMC officer (I know my Oath), anti-fascist, COO, PhD of org & mgt w/ leadership spec, reader, writer, board game collector, dog & cat person. occasional actor. (Opinions are my own.)
Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.
https://beacons.ai/reactormag
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social New Yorker, union activist, employment lawyer, dad, generational trauma ender. He/him.
Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social host of @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. weekends 10AM ET on @ms.now. author of NYT bestsellers Firestorm and Separated.
jacobsoboroff.com
maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social she/her, views my own
Join the tax fight at Families Over Billionaires: familiesoverbillionaires.org
Comedy writer: Onion, McSweeneys, others.
Currently in bed. Email nice things only: quintmaura@ gmail
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender
host of weird little guys on cool zone media
she/her | charlottesville, va
Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social Ex-Hasid now fighting for a true pluralistic democracy | Writer: democracy, peace, extremism, antisemitism, & marketing | MSNBC, DailyBeast, HuffPo, the Forward & more | Founder: justicemarketing.io | Newsletter: eladnehorai.substack.com
John @john1400.bsky.social Слава Украiнi.
USMC Vet. Woke af. Racing through my 70's. Crohn's warrior. Suffering from male pattern baldness. Atheist. Democratic Socialist.
Leslie Ehrlich @leslieehrlich.bsky.social Trained economist. Ex-global financial institutions (consumer focused). Payments nerd. Native New Yorker. Parent. Knitter. Bridge player. Petter of dogs.
Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social Podcast Editor: @wunc.org
Contributor: @npr.org
Alum: @opb.org, @wamu.org
Cheerwine enthusiast. Go Dawgs!
Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social Tour, On Cinema at the Cinema, Office Hours, find it all and more at linktr.ee/tim.heidecker
Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social Ancient Historian: Global history, ancient disability, veteran studies, etc. Also runs Bad Ancient: Fact-checking common claims about the ancient world.
Website: www.badancient.com
Newsletter: https://owenrees.substack.com/
High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com Antifascist middle-aged mall goth, making the most of her plantwitch era. Book rep: Stacia Decker at DCL; film rep: Tara Timinsky, Grandview LA. Contact - Cherie.priest@gmail.com
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers
TITHE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q6REDKBBVUJLU
Comedy Bang! Bang! World! @cbbworld.bsky.social The official account of Comedy Bang! Bang! and CBB World.
cbbworld.com
Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social Author: Strange People on the Hill https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michael-edison-hayden/strange-people-on-the-hill/9781645030607/ |
Signal: Mike.8852 |
patreon.com/c/PostingThroughIt |
https://michaeledisonhayden.substack.com |
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Stephanie Kelton @stephaniekelton.bsky.social Author of the NYT bestseller The Deficit Myth. Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University. Writer of newsletter https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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links: mollywhite.net/linktree
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social Husband, Father, Grandfather, Datahound, Dog lover, Fan of Celtic music, Former NIGMS director, Former EiC of Science, Stand Up for Science advisor, Shananigator, Pittsburgh, PA
NIH Dashboard: https://jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.github.io/index.html
Scott Aukerman @scottaukerman.bsky.social Host of Comedy Bang! Bang!
Co-creator / director Between Two Ferns
Former writer of The Astonishing Spider-Man 😢
CBBWorld.com
~Tilda is short for Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantilda Menace @hulcricket.bsky.social trans physicist (she/her) who irradiated a cricket one time by accident and will never hear the end of it
be-wifed to @gendercrook.bsky.social
mom who stepped up to Momo and Noodle
it is probably not my birthday today
L.C. Bobalova @llova.bsky.social 
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
Jucika @jucikacomics.bsky.social Daily Jucika Strips, enable notification bell to see posts
Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social Low Quality Facts written in arguably lower quality handwriting.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts
Leslie 🐙 @saltxnw.bsky.social Getting older, just like you. More empathy, less apathy. Be an active participant. Speak your mind. Take up space. (thoughts/views = my own.)
Staunch DEI supporter and firm believer in people over profit.
Socialism Conference @socialismconference.org Socialism Conference 2026 • September 4-7 • Chicago, IL
Updates and further info at socialismconference.org
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
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This account is not monitored. Contact @wandrme.paxex.aero if needed.
Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social law, policy, Illinoisances
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app Ask around boy I’m hotter than Picante
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociologist.
https://jbenmenachem.com/
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social Senior researcher & journalist. @splcunion.bsky.social. Former internet person at @thebaffler.com. hannahgais@proton.me Signal: 334-315-8634 http://seedisclaimer.com. Newsletter: https://postsfromunderground.ghost.io/
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social “Hilarious” — Eric Idle
“Amazing” — Patton Oswalt
“Absolutely killed” — Rolling Stone (Carnegie Hall review)
2026 thru 2079 tour schedule: www.emophilips.com/events
Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social Historian of medicine, gender, & politics. Executive Editor Emerita, @nursingclio.
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-clio-reader/9781978838598/
Forthcoming Book: Doctoring the West: Women Physicians & the Politics & Practice of Medicine
Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social ME/CFS | Long COVID | IACC
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social Armchair phrenologist. Self-certified body language expert. MENSA member. Former Never-Ending Pasta Pass Owner. Intellectual. Gifted kid —> Gifted adult. RIP Seattle Sea Dragons. Vai Corinthians. Bluesky’s premier Seven Mary Three poster.
Brian Raftery @brianraftery.bsky.social Author and podcaster. You can pre-order HANNIBAL LECTER: A LIFE here: https://shorturl.at/nMUxV Press queries: rebecca.rozenberg@simonandschuster.com Email: brianraftery@gmail.com
The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social Smithereens of the Irish language, curated for your pleasure by Darach. 
Mathematician Records @mathematicianrecords.com Experimental & Psychedelic music since 2012.
The Modern Counterculture.
Proudly Anti-Fascist | Proudly Anti-Ai.
https://www.mathematicianrecords.com https://mathematicianrecords.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/@mathematicianRecords
Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶ devout Chicagoan || a blog called SILLY PRIZES || AudHD socialist rabble-rouser || doesn't have much plot significance but that doesn't stop him from chilling || "an account" per Chicago Sun-Times
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Sean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything @seanpadilla.blacksky.app I make music under the name “The Cocker Spaniels” when I’m not working two full-time jobs. I’m a 45-year-old silly goose. I love my children; I like Prince & Guided by Voices; & I hate all forms of bigotry. I’m Black. I’m not a Senator.
seanpadilla.com
@golfisjoy.bsky.social @golfisjoy.bsky.social 
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Dan Isaacs (Kelce's Version) @danisaacs.bsky.social I do cloud things. I like taking photos of other worlds. I mostly post toddler or pet photos. Occasionally, informed political takes. I ❤️ CFB.
Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social Deputy Director of rapid response at Media Matters, views here are my own
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Bluesky’s Golf Guy @cparish.bsky.social "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." ~Thoreau, and everyone who's ever 3-putted. Inside Sports Network golf contributor.
Andrew @andrewhsowards.bsky.social Retired (disability, not old) criminal defense investigator, current not much. Picture taker , sawdust maker, occasional writer of words.
Rep. Justin Jones @brotherjones.bsky.social State Representative for District 52. Community Organizer. HBCU grad. On the journey, searching for higher ground. Carrying my ancestors' prayers.
Christopher Moltisanti Weighs In On Current Events @moltisantithots.bsky.social What I'm saying is...
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.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org We are a progressive grassroots political party building a multiracial, feminist movement of working people. Text WFP to 30403 to join us.
linktr.ee/workingfamilies
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social 鄺文詠 | contributor @404media.co —evy@404media.co | formerly @wired.com and vice news | moving between the hellscape and food | THOUGHTS/OPINIONS MY OWN
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com Founder-Owner of @weareravenous.com
Series Editor at Best American Food and Travel Writing
Queens, NY
she/her
Tips to jaya@weareravenous.con
Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social Law professor at Harvard (https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/nikolas-bowie/)
Author with Daphna Renan of Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People (W.W. Norton 2026) (readsupremacy.com)
THOT Criminal @deathanie.bsky.social Participation ribbon spouse. Radwife. Older than I look, younger than I feel. pfp by @itslillyillustrates on insta.
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
http://www.annakornbluh.com
David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex (own views, obviously).
Interested in British (and Western) foreign relations in the Middle East and elsewhere, and how they're shaped by legacies of colonialism.
Manitou Moon @manitoumoon.bsky.social When asked how Michelle got over feeling intimidated sitting at tables filled with smart, powerful men, Michelle said: "You realize pretty quickly that a lot of them aren't that smart."
I think about that quote every single day.
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
BP @firesdie.bsky.social From Chicago.
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Documented @documentedny.bsky.social News that speaks your language.
Español - 中文 - Kreyòl Ayisyen
documentedny.com
Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social Neuroscientist, author of How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend 📚🧠
https://linktr.ee/drrachelbarr
If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.
Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod
Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social Theologian. Tolkien scholar. PhD on The Lord of the Rings and Post-Christianity from the University of Glasgow. Dad. He/him. All views my own.
Blog: queerandback.substack.com
Contact: thomas.k.emanuel(at)gmail.com
John Wm. Houghton @numenor.reunitedkingdoms.net Episcopal priest; school & seminary chaplain.
Writes on Tolkien, Bede, Hoosier history.
Dog, Beda.
Poems: https://a.co/d/0CneRK8
Thaumaturge of Annandale series: https://tinyurl.com/3dmy77h5
I-Númenóreo Taracáno Lisseryar: https://tinyurl.com/RKGandA
Shahana Hanif @shahanafrombk.bsky.social Brooklyn elected official getting things done. Working Families Party endorsed.
Barton Gellman @bartongellman.bsky.social @BrennanCenter | ex Atlantic, WaPo | Author, Angler & Dark Mirror | bartongellman.com/contact