@enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social Documenting the lives of enslaved people in Texas. Website enslavedtexas.org currently in phase one: visualizing enslaved arrivals from 1800-1865 and free to 1869. debbie@enslavedtexas.org (Deborah M. Liles, Ph.D.)
Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica250
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF, Library of Congress NRPB; Director, New Terrain at Sundance; Assoc Prof, University of Colorado
Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varo’s Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)
David Taylor @davidataylor.bsky.social Writer, reader, walker. Producer of the Signal award-winning People’s Recorder podcast. Fulbright Scholar, Hawthornden Fellow http://linktr.ee/dataylor1
Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social Author, reader, critic, president of Washington Independent Review of Books (which you should read and follow). I’m all about the freedom to read & learn. Moms Demand Action volunteer. Coming to grips that my “golden years” will be spent in The Opposition.
Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid.
Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver.
TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner)
Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth, Black Panther
PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social #SayNoToAmericanFascism #TrumpIsAConvictedFelon #FeloniusOrangina #TrumpIsMentallyILL #ProudBlue #DemsUnited #DV1
Dave Mason Writes @davemasonwrites.bsky.social Author of historical fiction: Between the Clouds and the River (2024 / 14 literary awards) and EO-N (2020 / 20+ literary awards / film+TV rights acquired). Ex-design / SaaS guy. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 CVT / YUL / YVR / ORD / YHZ / BZN davemasonwrites.com
Emily Sweeney @emilysweeney22.bsky.social Boston Globe video journalist, Blotter Tales columnist, and Cold Case Files reporter | Follow me on Insta: @emilysweeney22 | Sign up for my newsletter: https://globe.com/coldcase
Ben Fordham @benfordham.bsky.social Political science professor at Binghamton University. International relations, especially the political economy of conflict and security, domestic politics and foreign policy, historical social science. Enjoyer of beaches and mountains.
Caris Adel @carisadel.bsky.social american & religious studies. UVA. local history, local politics. teaching high school history. Michigander living in VA. elected official 👋🏻. personal account, personal opinions. rt≠agreement
@redgillett.bsky.social @redgillett.bsky.social 
Lou Mannheim @loumannheim87.bsky.social Economics and markets. CIO of the cookie cabinet. Not Jon Hamm. Wants to be Lou Mannheim. Probably needs coffee. Stick to the fundamentals.
Salty @saltydiggitydawg.bsky.social Just a sloth hanging in space tackling the erosion of democracy, degradation of human rights, & dissipation of hope one salty post at a time. Currently oscillating between denial & frustration. Ardent supporter of the Oxford comma.
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social History worth reading. Book reviews, publishing news, craft essays, podcast interviews, all about nonfiction books.
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Jason Fitzgerald @bagelonaplate.bsky.social Theatre scholar, humanist, Barbra Streisand fan
Daily Kos @dailykos.com News and more 👉 dailykos.com
Newsletters 👉 https://www.dailykos.com/newsletter/
The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social An online-only & very woke bookstore in Arizona. Over 20 years in the book biz. We cater to the liberal point of view. Post as DebtorsPrison on Daily Kos. Books, politics, world travel, history. Support is appreciated: https://theliteratelizard.com 
Gail Gauthier @gailgauthier.bsky.social Short stories in Stonecoast Review & Literary Mama. Humor in Slackjaw, Belladonna Comedy, Jane Austin's Wastebasket, Frazzled. Essayist. Middle grade writer. More than you want to know at www.gailgauthier.com Still blogging at http://blog.gailgauthier.com
Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social Author of AMERICAN FOUNDERS: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World. I study, research, teach, & post American history.
Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
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
Damon Akins @dbakins.bsky.social Historian, author, professor.
damonakins.com
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney. Previously lived in Munich, New York, Moscow and London, now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Husband of Carol, groomer of Aisha.
Laura McGrath @lbmcgrath.bsky.social Professing literature in Philadelphia. MIDDLEMEN: Literary Agents & the Making of American Fiction (April ‘26).
laurabmcgrath.substack.com
Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social Retired historian @UCMerced, early modern Britain and Atlantic world; gender, race and class. Old. Does not represent employer. What's in a name: How historians know Shakespeare was Shakespeare (Manchester 2026)
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
HistorySmith @historysmith.bsky.social Teaching APAfAm Studies, APUSH, and Philosophy. Taught Gov, Econ, and US History. Believing strongly in the 1st and 14th Amendments; and that the 19th took too damn long. #HATM #WillWork4Democracy #IKnowTheWayToSanJose (he/him)
Christopher Albert @maykrbaby.bsky.social Not Award winning but award willing.
Alivin & thrivin in ABQ, NM.
Backed by science & Art things.
Preschool aesthetic
Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social Retired Prof of History at Troy Univ. Dothan Campus, Director of the Wiregrass Archives. My opinions are absolutely my own. #NOKINGS #NOWAR
Jenna Beet @jennabeet.bsky.social Not actually a beet. Proud to be Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Fiction writer of no renown. She/ her/ y'all
The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social NYT & USA Today-bestseller, Stoker Award Winner, writer of horror, fantasy, YA, MG, romance, and Star Wars. Cowriter of the Tales of Pell. Also comics. Olympic lifter. She/her. aka Lila Bowen & Isla Jewell.
Links: https://linktr.ee/delilahsdawson
Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social Developmental editor for academic authors. Author: The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook (UChicago Press). Workshop facilitator. She/her. Comp lit PhD. https://www.allisonvandeventer.com/
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics @myhist.bsky.social Podcasting since 2006. Providing historical context to today's politics. Knows a little about a lot.
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Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social Dad and ice cream shop owner. Books, cats, baking, punk music, running. Carly Rae Jepsen appreciator. Kottke.org contributor.
Boston, USA
https://linktr.ee/gracies
Check out my children's book The Salty Avocado https://bookshop.org/a/3552/9781793381798
The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social The nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper. thecrimson.com
Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com "A scholar and a hater" - The Guardian
◦ historian of really bad guys @ Yale
◦ host, This Guy Sucked
◦ author, THE HOMELAND (coming summer 2027) & FALSE IDOLS (2028)
all opinions my own.
https://www.ceaubin.com
https://thisguysucked.com
Versha Sharma @versharma.bsky.social founder and publisher of Fine Lines on Substack; former EIC @teenvogue.bsky.social, trying to figure out how to be a good person in this chaotic world
Dr. Alexis Turner @surliertexan.bsky.social Taking the scenic route through life. Formerly: Harvard PhD in the history of science. Currently: beekeeping in Wales
Tarot, historical research, writing & editing, tutoring & consulting at drturners.com
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
https://linktr.ee/katiephang?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
Cate Hodorowicz @catehodorowicz.bsky.social Editor @uncpress.bsky.social Bibliophile. Nature junkie. Food obsessed. Essayist. 
Mary E. Mendoza @mmendoza.bsky.social Historian, writer, dog person.
Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social Assistant professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine | researching and teaching IPE, financial politics, global inequality | plants, birds, snacks, sci-fi, quilting | poet | she/her
https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/erinlockwood/
Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social Ast. Prof. of Gov't, Claremont McKenna College. Interested in political reform, public policy process, public administration, electoral institutions, and political behavior. Polling at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government. 
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple
https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov BPS mom, daughter of immigrants, and MBTA commuter working to make Boston a home for everyone.
linktr.ee/mayorwu
Follow the @boston.gov Bluesky Starterpack: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/boston.gov/3lcvbzv3ttb25
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social Lapsed geologist and avid nature photographer - especially birds!
Located in Saskatchewan, Canada
Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social Ph.D. astrophysicist turned digital wrench-turner and Seattle-based photographer. Mostly into nature and astrophotography these days, but sometimes I take pictures for NASCAR.
🔗: https://www.pjvphotography.com/
The Barbarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social Book production queen. Occasional writer. Amateur jeweler and watercolorist. Spoonie. I post pictures of my cats and food. I love to RT art, if it has decent alt-text.
avatar: The Blacksmith (El Forjador), Josep Llimona, 1914
🦖TRANS RIGHTS OR I BITES 🦕
Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social Reclusive Swamp Druid. Associate professor, Nicholls State: World Lit, Wilderness, and other "Waste" lands. Senior field & Wilderness Medicine instructor at NOLS. Wilderness EMT. Oud, bees. Fulbright Jordan 2015-17.
South Louisiana Sacrifice Zone
Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social Independent journalist. Words in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, The Daily Beast, Texas Monthly etc. My debut novel “Something’s Wrong With The Girls“ will be published by Rare Bird.
Wanna work together? oliviamesser@protonmail.com
Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social Presidential historian. American History Columnist @NYTBR. Senior Fellow @NewAmerica. NYT bestselling author of (almost!) 3 books.
Peter Sokolowski @petersokolowski.bsky.social Dictionary ambassador, Merriam-Webster.
Forthcoming book:
"By Definition: The Surprising History of the English Dictionary"
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250347589/bydefinition/
@linalein.bsky.social @linalein.bsky.social Law and policy stuff; I geek out to medieval history. Blood bleeds Hoya Blue. I was at Hogan when it was still & Hartson.
T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social Loves/affinities: History, HigherEd, Writing, Humor, Great Books, Liberal Arts, Books, Bulls, Cubs, LOTR, etc. History PhD & p-t instructor (US, intellectual/cultural/edu). Minimal political discussion here (sorry!). Opinions are mine alone. (he/him)
Josh Taylor @joshfromtexas.bsky.social Old West history, podcasts, youtube
https://www.wildwestextra.com/
Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social TV addict, nerdy fan of Dystopian drama. Love a bit of ScandiNoir, Science-Fiction, Aviation, Military History and Cold War Radars & Bunkers.
Wellbeing Walks Leader and Community Volunteer in Barrow-in-Furness with Active Cumbria. #ParkRun #LoveParkRun
Evan Perlman (DrColossus) @drcolossus.bsky.social TTRPG Writer (Call of Cthulhu, Haunted West, 7th Sea)
Occasional streaming with Symphony Entertainment
Find my work on DriveThruRPG! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=Evan%20Perlman
Chris Spivey (Author) @darkerhue.bsky.social Multi-award-winning writer and game designer. Veteran, part-time historian, podcaster, SFWA, and WWA member. Harlem Unbound, Haunted West, Genreless Podcast. Arc Dream Publishing Director (He/Him) #BlackLivesMatter
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
Sarah Milov @allofmilov.bsky.social Historian. Recovering Floridian. Charlottesville Now. 
Sarah Rose @thesarahrose.bsky.social Tired freelancer, misanthrope, talker. Midwesterner stranded. National bestseller D-DAY GIRLS: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged Nazis & Helped Win WWII & FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA blind ♿️ ✡️ SarahRose.com prh.com/ddaygirls
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
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.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
https://chanda.science
First book:
https://tinyurl.com/DisorderedCosmos
BUY MY NEW BOOK:
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Blog:
news.chanda.science
all Black/all Jewish. 🏳️🌈/agender/woman.
Posts by/for me🖖🏽
AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social Black stuff, history stuff, book stuff, Zelda stuff, human rights stuff, hiphop stuff, funny stuff, revolutionary stuff, ratchet stuff.
please dont, "not all white people" me
Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Thick 'n Creamy since 1925, muting mansplainers since 2010, (cheerfully) uncoupled since February 2020. Just an old lady trying to eat a taco. I am too a Merry Sunshine.
Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com 
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Dr. Natalie Mendoza @drmendozan.bsky.social Asst Prof at CU-Boulder | studies modern US history; pedagogy | Book forthcoming GOOD NEIGHBOR AT HOME: MEXICAN AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE WWII ERA
https://www.colorado.edu/history/natalie-mendoza
ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social Prof of English*Africana Prof at a college that’s a fascist bellwether.Blk Feminist. Quilter. Uses more tech than is good for her. Views my own.
Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social Representing the heart of Texas from East Austin to West San Antonio #TX35. Chair of @USProgressives.bsky.social. Labor organizer. Lover of migas and long runs, just not at the same time.
feminist next door @emrazz.bsky.social They call you a feminist killjoy because misogyny is fun for them.
Margaret O’Malley @margomalley.bsky.social Lifestyle at TODAY/NBC News
Shoshana Bee @shohanabee76.bsky.social Cat lady/cat rescue, perpetual student, photographer & loves history, Star Wars, Hockey, Fry Bread (not necessarily in this order)
#plundercats
Used to be a lot of things
Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Prof. of Law @nyulaw.bsky.social; Faculty Dir. @bwlcnyu.bsky.social; co-host @strictscrutiny.bsky.social; talking head @ms.now; @NYTimes.com bestselling author. Views mine. RT not endrsmt.
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Chef Reactions @chefreactions.bsky.social That annoying, monotone chef from various other platforms. Yup, it’s me.
🌈 Erika Pérez @erikaperez22.bsky.social Historian of early CA, gender, sexuality, borderlands. L.A. native. Views my own, not my employer’s. NEH fellow, 2023-24, Huntington Library. ❤️ jigsaw puzzles, cross stitching, burlesque, comedy shows, deejays. Look for me on the dance floor! 🪩 🏳️🌈🖤
Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social Editor in Chief & Publisher, Whisper House Press.
Award-Winning Writer & Screenwriter.
Educator since ‘08.
Trained ethicist.
#booksky #HWA #Horrorsky #WritingCommunity #IBPA #WhisperHousePress
https://linktr.ee/stevecaponejr
Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era @shgape.bsky.social An organization of historians fostering knowledge of U.S. history from the close of the Civil War through the 1920s https://www.shgape.org/
Elizabeth Bruce @elizabethbrucedc.bsky.social Small town Texas native, DC-based literary fiction author, teaching artist, former community arts producer @ DC's CentroNía, former character actor/theatre producer & current podcast producer of Creativists in Dialogue on Substack/Spotify.
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social 🍸cocktails 📜 policy 📊 data
📍Morgantown, West Virginia, Appalachia
🌎 https://samuelworkman.owlstown.net
🌏 https://open.substack.com/pub/samuelworkman
Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social Reporter, The New York Times; author of “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America”
Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join
NancyBell.bsky.social @nancybell.bsky.social Writer. Performer. Director. Professor of Theatre.
Words in/forthcoming:StoryQuarterly, No. American Review, Terrain, Shenandoah, Flyway Journal
Former doomed ST Voyager Ensign. (RIP A.Jetal)
Mike Hogan @tapeslammike.bsky.social Dad, writer/editor, 90s nostalgist. Also: consulting editorial director for Filmmaker Magazine, musical hobbyist, and former @vanityfair digital guy.
Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social Former Republican, chud slayer extraordinaire & frequent shitposter. I’m not just an ally, I’m an accomplice! I’m well aware I’m not for everyone. Follow me at your own risk. #ReceiptQueen🧾👸