Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for writing on the legacies of slavery “with extraordinary moral clarity.” The New York Times Editorial Board, 1990-2025. 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿History is the only education; everything else is just training.
Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social Dad, Longhorn, Democrat, CNN contributor, Clinton WH alum, Diane’s Plus One
Spencer Strub @spencerstrub.bsky.social Medievalist, for better or worse
New York Magazine @nymag.com This is New York: Intelligencer, The Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street, The Strategist.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social Senior reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work 
Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School LST Program. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues.
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey.bsky.social Data Scientist. Mapping Police Violence.
Anand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social Writer.- J jenna sauers @jennasauers.bsky.social writer, editor, producer, new zealander
Jenny Odell @jennitaur.bsky.social 
Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social NYTimes Tech Policy Reporter, co-author "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" with @sheeraf.bsky.social
Also tree, moss, boulder hugger from PNW, transplant to the Potomac
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Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social Ex-philosopher, ex-Tweeter.
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Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social WIRED Senior Correspondent covering Silicon Valley and its impact beyond. Send tips to Signal handle ChaoticGoode.12. (No PR pitches please) 
Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/
OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/
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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social Washington Post investigations reporter
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Executive Council, Washington-Baltimore News Guild
John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social propublica national security reporter
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Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Latest book THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
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Author, Murdoch’s World
Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: @ucscscicomm.bsky.social. Current: Nonprofit newsrooms including @insideclimatenews.org. Ex: BuzzFeed News, berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @newscientist.com, @nature.com, @science.org.
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Paul McLeod @pdmcleod.bsky.social I write about deeply serious antitrust issues for my day job and deeply unserious culture issues for my new substack smashcuts.substack.com- S Kelly Stout @scoutstout.bsky.social
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.- M M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
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ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Wired / NYT Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Free "Linkfest" newsletter ("the opposite of doomscrolling"): https://shorturl.at/XcutG. Built https://www.weirdoldbookfinder.net/
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social Professor, researcher, maker of things
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Brian X. Chen @brianx.bsky.social New York Times tech columnist, dog photographer, recovering bagel addict
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
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Tom Gara @tomgara.bsky.social writing and editing things. now: @meta, formerly @buzzfeednews, @wsj, @ft, views always my own, etc
John Paczkowski @pczki.bsky.social Executive Editor, Tech & Innovation, @forbes. Previously: BuzzFeed News, Recode, AllThingsD. Full salmon, forward into terror.
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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social Economic journalist and utility pundit. http://lbo-news.com.
Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social game designer 
The Baffler @thebaffler.com Political and cultural criticism. Since 1988. Online and in print. https://thebaffler.com/
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Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social Presidential historian. American History Columnist @NYTBR. Senior Fellow @NewAmerica. NYT bestselling author of (almost!) 3 books.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social Read me: HamiltonNolan.com
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Bill Wasik @billwasik.bsky.social Editorial director, NYT Magazine
Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social CEO of The Atlantic. Going out of business soon, since 1857.
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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social Author and journalist. Creator of the My Perfect Console podcast. www.simonparkin.com
Lauren Christensen @laurenachristensen.bsky.social editor at the NYTBR
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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
David Grann @davidgrann.bsky.social Author of The Wager, Killers of The Flower Moon, The Lost City of Z, The White Darkness, and The Devil and Sherlock Holmes. Also a longtime New Yorker writer. 
Eyal Press @epress.bsky.social Contributing writer at The New Yorker, Puffin fellow at Type Media Center, author (Dirty Work, Beautiful Souls), long-suffering Bills fan.
Bruce Handy @brucehandy.bsky.social Adult stuff: New Yorker, NYT, The Atlantic, elsewhere. Latest book: “Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies.” Kid stuff: picture books including “There Was a Shadow” and (coming October 14) “Balloon.”
Sarah Larson @asarahlarson.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer, podcast reviewer, New York Rangers enthusiast 
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
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Zeke Faux @zekefaux.bsky.social NUMBER GO UP * Bloomberg investigative reporter
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Nancy Franklin @nancyfranklin.bsky.social 
Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social “Gerontocracy in America” (2026)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/
http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
The Drift @thedriftmag.com A magazine of culture and politics
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow in the China Center @Brookingsinst. Latest book, "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Haves-and-Have-Yachts/Evan-Osnos/9781668204481
Jason Adam Katzenstein @jasonadamk.bsky.social Cartoonist
David Marcus @davidmarcus.bsky.social Literary Editor @TheNation. Working on a history of socialism in the United States. Essays and more: http://linktr.ee/davidimarcus
Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
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.
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Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social Film critic at Slate; co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast; repped by the Cheney Agency; member NYFCC. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203
Kyle Chayka @chaykak.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker, writing a weekly column on tech & culture. Author of Filterworld (2024) & The Longing for Less (2020). Newsletter fan. Email: kyle_chayka@newyorker.com. Ava is a sloth cake.
Helen Shaw @helenshaw.bsky.social Theater critic at the New York Times. Tell me if you’ve seen something good!
Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social Film Critic, The New Yorker and NPR’s Fresh Air | 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism | Chair, National Society of Film Critics | Programmer, New York Film Festival