Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com Senior Research Director at School Perceptions
Author of "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability,” “Education Reform and the Concept of Good Teaching,” and “Community and Skepticism in Shakespeare’s Comedy”
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david i. backer @schooldaves.bsky.social associate prof of education policy. former high school teacher. education, ideology, policy, finance, climate, socialism. he/him. https://linktr.ee/davidibacker
Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
Jane Ball (living dead girl) @jane.inurhead.lol I often abide in these sidhe, but I am originally from the tribe of Hell and I have come to invite you for in a short while we will be from the same country
i also make maps
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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com Posts many cat pics. Former scholar of Islamic history who now writes about new SFF at nerds-feather.com and podcasts about SFF history at Hugo History: klaxoncomms.com/hugo-history
Queer/Ace/ADHD. #Vancouver 🇨🇦
Perfidia Minneapolis @whimsikal.bsky.social Dissociating. Sci-fi & reality tv. 40+. 1922 🐩. Substack & Patreon: Pink Parlance
Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social Science fiction writer, poet, essayist, Minnesota. She/her. A DUBIOUS CLAMOR from Horned Lark Press 15 SEPTEMBER 2026! THAT FATAL DISCONTENT from Union Square Books Summer 2027! Repped by Kurestin Armada.
www.marissalingen.com
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Minnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social Leftist, He/him
Alice @nolas-socks.bsky.social Trans woman from Minnesota. She/It. Bisexual. Gamer (derogatory). I like nerf blasters and also men and women who will hurt me. Occasionally NSFW on main.
N Sims @copyrightlibn.bsky.social Copyright specialist at UMN Libs, JD/MLIS. IP & techlaw, leftishness. Random pets/bugs/crafts/hyperlocal politics, etc. Any pronouns fine.
Seerat Sohi @seeratsohi.bsky.social host of the Ringer WNBA Show. probably in line for a glizzy as we speak. 
Nancy Drew: Girl Detective @sonjajacobsen.bsky.social Having a Jimothy Summer.
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Jen BH @lil-whip.bsky.social Mama, native plants, dogs, bikes, funny things
MN Lynx
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functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social timberwolvespilled
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Adam Tod Brown @adamtodbrown.bsky.social The world's only podcast host.
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himothy @vancouvertim.bsky.social turn up the bass to make that funky sound
like a nuclear bomb hitting the ground
@therealnbw.bsky.social @therealnbw.bsky.social Reality is where I live.
Dog dad, data scientist, bad guitarist, worse hooper, recovering physicist.
Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social Actor/Writer/Producer. ♿️.
DM/Dungeoneer.
Words: Candlekeep Mysteries, 2024 DMG, Haunted West, Dreams And Machines.
Art Description: Draw Steel.
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@lt-lady.bsky.social @lt-lady.bsky.social fan of humanity
everybody watches women’s sports
Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social formerly didic on twitter. Writer. Editor. Translator. Blogger. Speaker. Geek. Asexual. Enby. Anti-Zionist. Tired. they/them. Science fiction and fantasy person. Former Israeli, now trying to become Canadian.
Owner at Other Places Books
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Shannon for School Board @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social I'm Shannon Gibney, and I am running for Minneapolis School Board in District 3. https://linktr.ee/shannonforschoolboard
Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social Game designer @adastragames.com, writer, monkey servant of Theoden Cat, discusser of certain varieties of politics.
Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social Butch Strega Nona. Genderqueer, she/her, but they/them is fine too. You maybe know me from Twitter. Better a pig than a fascist.
Britt Robson @brittrobson.bsky.social Passionate about sports (esp pro hoops), music and (unfortunately) politics. KG + Hakeem, Charles Mingus + Al Green, group survival in good faith. 
Pat Borzi @borzmn.bsky.social Journalist at MinnPost.com, journalism advisor at U of St. Thomas. BBWAA since ‘89, 3x MSP chapter chair. Paisan. Ex-pat New Yorker, though you’d never know it by the way I talk. (Yeah, right.) Hail Fordham.
Becca Dair @beccadair.bsky.social She/her
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي
https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social robin sky leigh
writer & socialist working on labor, capitalist globalization, and the calculation and modeling of the vast socialized harms behind privatized profits.
she | her
Katherine Argent @katherineargent.com Kansas City-based writer and woman of a certain rage. Reading submissions for @fracturedlit.bsky.social & The Master’s Review. Petting all the dogs.
Also at the bad place: https://x.com/effthealgorithm
Anika Besst @anikabesst.bsky.social St. Paul | Digital Producer at MPR News | Innovative storytelling
Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com Sociologist, Mistress of Information Systems || Techy TransLatina Ph.D Candidate @UW iSchool || The Saturday Paper VG Columnist || Contributing Editor Liberal Currents ||📍Seattle || 🏳️⚧️ || Author of LOG OFF; order here! https://www.littlepuss.net/shop
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JD Alsobrook @jdalsobrook.bsky.social WNBA content.
@gmwbf.bsky.social for game recaps every morning
Jamauri Bowles @jamauribowles.bsky.social Jamauri. Rising writer. Writing for the @winsidr.com team. Haverford College '17. Sports/photography lover.
Peter Pearson @peterpearson1.bsky.social Author guy. Books about walking dump trucks and eating airplanes. Hamline MFAC grad. Recovering astrophysicist. Banjo player.
www.peterpearson.com
Cassidy Hettesheimer @cassidyhett.bsky.social reporting on the Lynx, Frost and more women's sports for @startribune.com 📰 | @cassidyhsports on Instagram | Georgia grad, bundled up in Minnesota | she/her
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social reporter @ minnesota reformer covering immigration and more. posting about sports sometimes too. texan in st. paul. eng/esp
Amy Marvin @amymarvin.bsky.social philosopher, lgbtq studies prof, & feminist theorist / writing a book on trans fascination (via Oxford U Press) / film curator in upstate NY
essays: https://philpeople.org/profiles/amy-marvin/
@mathbug.bsky.social @mathbug.bsky.social 
@hannahmross.bsky.social @hannahmross.bsky.social Mothering two daughters and daughtering one mother who lives with dementia (and me). Women’s basketball brings me joy. Local politics bring me pain, but I talk about it anyways.
Ben W @mntwins020733.bsky.social Minnesota Lynx STH
Gopher WBB STH
Women's sports JUNKIE
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Canis Hoopus @canishoopus.bsky.social Covering the Minnesota Timberwolves & Minnesota Lynx for SB Nation. 82-0 🙏
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terryhorstman @terryhorstman.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Podcaster | MN Lynx Reporter | Shooters shoot | Wu-Tang Forever 👐🏻 | he/him
📚Tell me your favorite local bookstore📚
🏀📝 @theixsports.bsky.social
👨🏻💻🏆 @underreviewlit.bsky.social
🦫🎤 @belligerentbeavs.gobeavs.app
Sara @saralovesyou.bsky.social Minneapolis, higher ed, tech, genealogy, and Minnesota in general. PhD in education. Have been called “secretly nice.” Saved a child care center, ran a tech conference. I make excellent pierogi and strudel. Writing about MN at syndicateandhague.com.
Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social Minneapolis Ward 8 City Council Member. I'm a renter, former union member AFSCME Local 999, survivor of police violence. Fighting for a kinder, safer city. he/him
This is a campaign acct. Views are my own, not City of Minneapolis.
Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou.bsky.social ESPN women’s college basketball, WNBA reporter. Posting on here and, for now, X | IG: alexaphilippou_ESPN
alexinomia @tmdub.bsky.social a more rigorous organizational program prior to computerization should have been done
it’s just my initials but “too much wool” isn’t wrong. Steward of the night mayor’s kegerator. she/her
Becky Mac @beckmac.bsky.social She/her, Minneapolis, from Milwaukee, biker, baker, gardener, love transit and my Mpls community ❤️
KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. USA Today bestselling author of How To Fake It In Society. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. Death to GenAI. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.
The Jack of Kingfield @thejackofkingfield.bsky.social A celebration of the quirks of South Minneapolis direct from the boost mobile store.
Transit enthusiast, shitty graphic design fan, militant pedestrian
🌸ayana🌸 @ayanajsk.bsky.social • Legislative Assistant
• Minneapolis DFL Chair
• Communications Director
https://linktr.ee/ayanajsk
📍Minneapolis
she/her | my views do not reflect those of my employer
"People don't live their lives through statistics." - Zohran Mamdani
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.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
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KC @kcmpls.bsky.social Minneapolis. Gen X mom to a preschooler. Government IT employee. She/her. 
Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor.
“Still bringin’ satin for them draws, velvet for the mic and got a pound for the cause.”
Ed Morland @edmorland.bsky.social Mostly lurking but enjoy the sudden bursts of sport, SFF, board games or far more likely reposted content. (he/him)
Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social Personal account so expect eclecticism. Law, politics, SFF books, anime, gaming, music. Queer stuff.
Day job = Administrative law and public law theory.
Shelley Parker-Chan @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling author of SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN and HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD. Winner of Astounding & British Fantasy Awards. Unhealthily into monks, eunuchs, monsterfuckers
shelleyparkerchan.com/learn-more
Carin @mrotzie.bsky.social Aquarius. MPLS. Dance 10, Looks 3.
Hitting the Hardwood @hittingthehardwood.bsky.social Your Home for MN Hoops! Proud home of the Hitting the Hardwood, Lynx Happy Hour, The Missing Lynx & The Missing Wolves Podcasts!
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com best-selling & award-winning comics idiot, beautiful giantess // buy SIMPLICITY on sale now // mattielubchansky.com // @nogodsnomayors.com // temporalculturewar.com // bass faithvoid.bandcamp.com // she
Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social “Lesbian consultant.” “Your favorite poster’s favorite poster.” “A good argument, just miles outside the scope.” Union girlie powered by iced tea and Carly Rae. I will never watch a video. Please be normal in my mentions.
Charlotte Shane @charoshane.bsky.social Even now, despite everything
Timothy Stewart-Winter @timothysw.bsky.social Queer historian and professor at Rutgers-Newark. New book OUTED: LBJ’S CONFIDANT AND THE ARREST THAT TRANSFORMED A PRESIDENCY coming Oct 2026. Preorder links here: www.timsw.com/outed
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Peter Mason @devomase.bsky.social Unsolicited advice is always encouraged.
Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social Award-winning writer and Orion Book Award finalist. American in Paris. Books: THE OYSTER WAR; HIGH HEEL. Next: THE PARISIAN SPHINX, A TRUE TALE OF ART & OBSESSION. Leonard Cohen blew me a kiss one time.
Substack: https://www.awritersnotebook.org/
Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com 40+ yrs in print, 50+ novels, asst'd TV/film, NYT B'seller List every now & then, blah blah blah. Ireland-resident. Ebook store: https://ebooks.direct. Now with added Ko-Fi! (https://ko-fi.com/dianeduane) I miss @peter.petermorwood.com.
Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social Episcopal priest; enjoyer of weird little crockery; aggressively Minnesotan; 🏳️🌈🇵🇸
📍Cows, Colleges, Contentment
🛐 http://www.ogs1913.org/
(banner: 'plumed passion flower' by Corita Kent, IHM, 1962)
Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social 🎙️/ ✍🏾 : NPR’s POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR
📖: WANNABE: RECKONINGS WITH THE POP CULTURE THAT SHAPES ME: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wannabe-aisha-harris
https://linktr.ee/aishaharris
Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
Order THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
Nick Kruse @nickkruse1.bsky.social 
Peter Steward Scholtes @petescholtes.bsky.social I’ve written and taught. Profile photos from Sapsucker Farms Yellow Belly Cidery, Mora, Minnesota, USA, 2022. He/him.
Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social Interested in: Social Change, Political Activism, Economic Democracy, Social Media, Good Food, Naps, and Books.
WNY—> MSP
Erik Noonan @eriknoonan.bsky.social (he/him they/them)
Local Award Winning Bike Nerd
Architecture. Accessible Design. Nature. Food. Building a Better System.
Professional Bicycle Propagandist @bikemn.bsky.social
Co-Chair @streets.mn
Views here are my own.
David @archaeomather.bsky.social Minnesota environmental archaeologist
Bob Collins @mylittlebloggie.bsky.social Builder of airplanes. Professional grandfather. Baseball usher to the stars
🏳️🌈 Flo 🏳️⚧️ @bigcitybabygirl.bsky.social 🔞 34 - she/they - North MPLS 🔞
Southern Cryptid living in the Great North,
with Mothman's ass and a southern belle's sass. 👻👩🏼🌾
If Jacob Frey has no haters its cause I died.
Fuck ICE, abolish DHS. 👎🧊
All opinions are my own.
"Street Wise She/Hercules" Ella Tailor @garaktailor.com 🔞MDNI
You can not kill me in a way that matters.
Solidarity Forever
Freelance Audio Editor
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@itsallgraps.bsky.social
(She/Her)
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Uriah Ward @uriahward.bsky.social Chair of the Saint Paul School Board, Educator, DPA Student, National Korfball Champion. Fan of D&D, the Carolina Panthers, and labor unions. Husband to Ashley, dad to Orren and Olive.
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social Minneapolis resident, polymath, web pioneer, former 📺 blogger, ⚾️ fan, SF fan, fanfic & fanvid fan, disabled, AuDHD, grey-ace, 💔 widow, COVID cautious. (she/her)
Ways to contact me or help me: https://linktr.ee/LaurelKrahn ❤️🩹
james. @abacadabber.bsky.social antifascism. harm reduction. bookworker. he/they
Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social author of Whipping Girl, Sexed Up, Excluded & 99 Erics. also a musician & biologist. more at juliaserano.com. @juliaserano most other platforms. she/her
Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social Probably down a research rabbit hole.
📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
Jessy @jessyh.bsky.social She/her. Probably not witty enough for here either. Trying to do some good, mostly going to lots of plays.
Unitarian Universalist, women’s 🏀 fan, youth advisor, sexuality educator, energy regulation professional
disgruntled lesbian of Minneapolis @phoenix-rights.bsky.social she/her 🏳️⚧️
- South Minneapolis | NYC | Cork City
- antifascist, international law scholar
- human rights defender
- 💍 @riotousmuse.bsky.social
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Meredith Beredith @merrieberrie.bsky.social AuDHD/Parent/Person/She/Her
John Kelly @jkelly3.bsky.social Retired LEGO Master Model Builder; Now building software teams and running TTRPG for kids at the park. Posts about Tech, Lego, TTRPG and Soccer.
Carrie Mesrobian @carriemesrobian.bsky.social Minnesotan. Armenian. Library Advocate.
Author: SUMMERWORK, Dutton, 2026
Podcast: @whatsyrread.bsky.social
Website: carriemesrobian.com
she/her
Fuck 🧊
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Nerds of a Feather @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social a Hugo and Ignyte Award-winning fanzine covering fantasy, science fiction, video games, comics, cult movies, and other realms of nerddom since 2012.
http://www.nerds-feather.com/
Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social Compassionate nihilist & gender traitor | Queer AF 🏳️🌈 | Postdoc @ BUSPH | Located in Mpls | Occasionally actual environmental epidemiology content (dementia/Alz) but mostly jaded cynicism & swears | she/they