Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social He/Him. Novel THE DUNGEON BOOK out August '26. Currently writing: Black Iron 4, The Dreadful Heir, Terraforming Mars rpg, Metadungeon!, Tunnels & Trolls, too much tbh
Steve Segedy @segedy.bsky.social Rhymes with spaghetti. he/him, web developer, small-press game publisher with Bully Pulpit Games
bullypulpitgames.com | patreon.com/bullypulpitgames
Kevin Kulp @kevinkulp.bsky.social Shiftwork & human fatigue specialist, writer, award-winning game designer (Swords of the Serpentine, TimeWatch), storyteller, BBQ guy; some of these actually tie together. Crappy shark movie enthusiast. He/him.
Worse On Purpose @worseonpurpose.bsky.social Investigating how private equity and brand licensing quietly degrade the products you used to trust.
Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com I’m on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
David Willsey @drwillsey.bsky.social Any pronouns
Philip J Fulcher @philipfulcher.com I like to build stuff
Ret-con @retconnc.bsky.social Ret-con is a fan-run not for profit Speculative fiction and fandom convention. https://www.ret-con.org/
Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social NEW BOOK! Graphic Design for Board Games: https://www.routledge.com/Graphic-Design-for-Board-Games/Solis/p/book/9781032583365
Portfolio https://www.danielsolisgames.com
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/danielsolis
More https://linktr.ee/danielsolisdesign
@jbpeace.bsky.social @jbpeace.bsky.social 
Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com Author: Aven Cycle | Story Editor: Mythik Camps | Podcast Cohost: Worldbuilding for Masochists | novels, short fiction, & immersive xp | Shakespeare nerd, once & future educator, rhetorician, geek chic | she/her | Virginia, USA
linktr.ee/cassrmorris
Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com Fantasy Author & Podcaster | Co-host of 6x Hugo Finalist
Worldbuilding for Masochists | Maradaine Saga | Velocity of Revolution |
http://mrmaresca.com
https://linktr.ee/marshallryanmaresca
Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social Phoenix-based game writer. Rulebook editor. Podcasting on @fivebygames.bsky.social.
❤️s euros, historical games, giant tweezers & all things adorable. http://instagram.com/meeplelady/. She/her 🇵🇭 🌵 💃🏽
https://www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/
Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social Chaotic good w/ redneck roots. Medievalist/teacher/PhD candidate/worker/overexplainer/aspiring pícara.
Personal account; loud opinions (which is all of them) my own.
she/her
📍 North Carolina (in the woods somewhere instead of doing my work)
Ruth Suehle @suehle.bsky.social President, #Apache Software Foundation ( #ASF )
Makes lots of things & #highland dances
GeekMom.com writer
https://linktr.ee/suehle
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement
❌👑#NoKings 3/28 Made History!!
Join the Movement > https://FiftyFifty.one
Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social Cell adhesion, cytoskeletal regulation, Wnt signaling & wherever science leads us + wildflowers & my own idiosyncratic views. First gen college grad
Diversity, equity & Inclusion are core American Values
https://peiferlab.web.unc.edu
Jess W-G @frogsandgrubs.bsky.social Middle school science teacher, entomologist, snow lover in NC. Parent to a tween and a toddler. Beyoncé lover in my soul. I’d rather be ice skating on a lake in the north woods.- S Stargazerlilli @stargazerlilli.bsky.social Boomer, Mom, Grandmom, Neuroscientist in NC. I have been voting Blue for over 50 years! Happily married and not looking for penpals, crypto, or investment opportunities!
@hbrutz.bsky.social @hbrutz.bsky.social 
Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social Philadelphian in Cascadia. Vociferous champion for Oxford commas, two spaces after a period, and ellipses. I break into buildings. 🔓
"Even if the world were ending tomorrow, I would still plant a tree." 🌲
(he/they)
Lena Geller @writingthings.bsky.social staff writer @indyweek.bsky.social
Blank Check with Griffin & David @blankcheck.bsky.social Sometimes those checks clear, and sometimes they bounce, baby! Your favorite movie podcast's favorite movie podcast, hosted by Griffin Newman and David Sims.
Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com Journalist in NC
📬 Newsletter: ncrabbithole.com
🎩 Comms and adjunct professor at Wake Forest
🕶 read lowercase posts in a funny voice
Netters from Nettersplays @nettersplays.bsky.social My bird's name is Gizmo.
Danny Nowell @nowell4carrboro.bsky.social Using my seat on Carrboro Town Council to fight for solidarity in the South’s best small town. Proud NC Triangle DSA member, Ositos dad, and Tar Heels hoops junkie.
Get Played @getplayedpod.bsky.social Award Nominated Video Games podcast hosted by Matt Apodaca, Heather Anne Campbell & Nick Wiger. All important links here: https://linktr.ee/getplayedpod
97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social 📻 & 💻 Orange County's source for local news since 1953. 🏀 🏈 Flagship station for Tar Heel sports. 🏆 The 2019 & 2021-24 North Carolina Radio Station of the Year.
🔗: linktr.ee/97.9TheHill
Geoff Green @geoffgreen.org Planner in North Carolina and a shameful nuisance. Friend of Desoto
Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social A civic news cooperative in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC. We are funny people who care about civics and North Carolina.
triangleblogblog.com
Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social Science communicator and a former mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina, among other things. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ damonseils.org
Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social engagement + crowdsourcing products ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, philly, carrboro north carolina, learning asl!
🌈 melodykramer.github.io
Patrick McDonough @citybeautiful21.bsky.social 21st-century Urban Planning, Public Transit and Rail geekery from a husband and dad who rides buses and bikes. Wake Forest / Boston sports fan.
Views are mine only.
Chapel Hill on Bikes @chapelhillonbikes.bsky.social Replacing car trips with bike trips in and around Chapel Hill, NC.
@karenstegman.bsky.social @karenstegman.bsky.social 
Colin Campbell @raleighreporter.bsky.social Capitol Bureau Chief at @wunc.org, covering North Carolina politics
Subscribe to our weekly politics newsletter here: https://www.wunc.org/newsletters
ludkmr @ludkmr.bsky.social Plays music and types
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Area
https://ludmusic.bandcamp.com/
Tom Rodebaugh @drrodebaugh.bsky.social Clinical scientist at UNC-CH (anxiety, pain, intensive longitudinal data). Not a director of clinical training just now. Past Pres. of APCS. Occasional music, more about Doctor Who than you might expect. Posts are personal, not work.
Andy Bechtel @andybechtel.bsky.social Journalism professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. Copy editor. NOLA native, Durham denizen. Member of AAUP and ACES: the Society for Editing. https://editdesk.wordpress.com/
Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social Sustainable Mobility & Resilience Planning person.
Venerable (not vulnerable) Road User. Villagist.
Occasional outbursts about dogs, parenting, severe weather, & gardening. My opinions are mine alone.
Blocking bots and bot-adjacents.
Caroline Spencer @cclaytonr.bsky.social NC born & bred. Public education, books, travel, and the Oxford comma. 🙄 expert. Voter. Tar Heel. Here about 1/week.
micah of charlohrtte @micahlohr.bsky.social Development professional. Universal housing and transportation are my main deal. Recently moved to Charlotte 🐝 from Durham 🐂.
C. Fray @cfrayforcarrboro.bsky.social Town of Carrboro councilmember, land use nerd, plant dork, fandom lurker, non-binary (they/them)
Jennifer (Jenn) Weaver @jennweaver.bsky.social Former mayor of #HillsboroughNC, A better world is possible. Carolina Basketball, Fall, Get me outside. Can we get some buses, trains, and bike lanes up in here?
Andrew Mann @amann.bsky.social Associate professor of Physics and Astronomy at UNC Chapel Hill studying young exoplanets and stars. Dad to one human and one cat. 🏳️🌈💗💜. Carrboro Citizen. http://andrewwmann.com
Cristóbal Palmer @palmerforcarrboro.com Views expressed here are mine and not official positions of the Town or Council.
I run a lab where we teach students how to manage and maintain software for websites, streaming radio, and software mirrors. Come visit Carrboro. It’s lovely here.
T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social In-House Counsel @ BigTech. Ex-"Computers Guy," then decade litigating 1A in NC+TX. Servant to two cats (and a dog and a wife). Armchair Philanthropist.
(@greg_doucette on ExTwitter)
wxyc @wxyc.org WXYC 89.3 FM is the non-commercial freeform radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
wxyc.org | https://linktr.ee/wxyc
🔊 Livestream: http://audio-mp3.ibiblio.org:8000/wxyc-alt.mp3
requests: @dj.wxyc.org
posts by @dvd.qa
Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social No longer a person of interest.
@smalljones on most social networks.
Something Wonderful (2021), Something Necessary (2024)
Recent publications: smalljones.com
Al Hood @albhood.bsky.social Colorectal Cancer Survivor, Husband, brother, uncle, Tar Heel, Caniac, former Bostonian, TarHeelBlog/Canes Country contributor. I call my bodyguard Betty, and I'm his long lost pal.
Kathleen @kathleenponders.bsky.social Seeker of beauty, peace and joy.
LET’S GO CANES
Currently Reading: Robert E. Lee and Me by Ty Seuile
Ross White @rosswhite.com Publisher: @bullcitypress.com. Poet: CHARM OFFENSIVE & three chapbooks from Unicorn Press. Professor: UNC #GoHeels. Views my own. Host: @triviaescapepod.com. Goofus. Durham, NC.
> Site: rosswhite.com
John Rees (Rhys) @jrees.net Blog blogger, cyclist, maker of trouble
PJ @pjquirk.bsky.social 
🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social tabletop games + app games + pie + AsAm Adoptee + She/Her = ruining games one skeet at a time. as seen on History's The Toys That Built America. hates puns - but in a fun way. @saltandsass.bsky.social. i keep 3 things: secrets, promises, and grudges.
Dave Chalker @davethegame.bsky.social Game Designer:
🏎️ Thunder Road: Vendetta
🦈 Get Bit!
👑 Talisman: Alliances
🏠 Betrayal at House on the Hill 3e
💎 Thief's Market
👊 Sentinels Comics RPG
🔥 Heat
🎲 and more.
💍@qthecocker.bsky.social
VP of @unpub.org
he/him
Tom Lommel @tomlommel.com Actor and tabletop RPG nerd, the order depends upon the week. I handle marketing for Evil Hat Productions. Currently playing a long game to get cast as Ned Flanders in the live action Simpsons movie.
www.tomlommel.com
Filbi (they/them) @filbi.bsky.social hi im filbi they/them
award-winning author of "Jetpack Jimmy Goes to the Moisture Fair: A Play in Seventeen Acts" (Gollancz 2009)
friend of Eggbug
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social Writer, game designer, podcaster. Winner of the Diana Jones Award, 8 Gold and 5 Silver ENnies. Translated into 11 languages.
Jonathan H. Liu @jonathanhliu.bsky.social Stay-at-home dad, reader, board gamer, GeekDad Senior Editor, Etch-a-Sketch artist.
https://geekdad.com/author/jonathanhliu/
https://www.instagram.com/jonathanhliu/
(he/him) Portland, Oregon
David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social blank check // the atlantic // hits different let’s go mets
Jim Gordon @jimalytics.com ATL, analytics, machine measurement, college football, grilling, parenting
Head of Product @ Cheq
Frithy @frithy.bsky.social Bikes and dogs and whatnot
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
Margaret S. McGraw @margaretsmcgraw.bsky.social Speculative fiction author and editor, paper and fiber crafter, photographer, voiceover artist
Doin’ the best I can on any given day 🤷🏻♀️
El @cyborgianheart.bsky.social Birds, books, dogs, TTRPGs. In no particular order. 
Mur Lafferty @mightymur.bsky.social Author, podcaster, editor.
Digger, listener, runner.
INFINITE ARCHIVE is out July ‘25!
She/her
Ruby S. @rubyji.bsky.social ❤️🩹Hope is a discipline.
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
Katey Rich @kateyrich.bsky.social The Ankler | Prestige Junkie and Fighting in the War Room podcasts | I agree, it’s great to be fine 
Alyson West @yonderwesty.bsky.social now: Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
then: Research Associate UNC Highway Safety Research Center
often: riding bikes
MCRP Department of City and Regional Planning UNC
League Cycling Instructor, WFA Certified, Alleged Bon Vivant
Martin L. Johnson @martinlj.bsky.social Film historian and urbanist. Co-president of Domitor, the international society for the study of early cinema. Coming attractions include A Teaching Companion to Silent Cinema (Rutgers) and a history of advertising film (Illinois).
John du Bois (He/Him) @johndubois.bsky.social Brain injured game designer who pays bills as an SLP.
Avatar of Cheese Masculinity.
Board games, sewing, LEGO, books.
This Machine Helps People Use Their Voice.
I'd like a hard boiled egg.
https://sites.google.com/view/johndubois/home?authuser=0
Jeff Greiner @squach.bsky.social Podcaster, ttrpg gamer, social studies professor.
peblo @peblo.neocities.org trying to learn game development
🗣️🗣️🗣️english español
RivRavs @rivravs.bsky.social 🔞 28 | River | They/them 🦊 | Dutch 🇳🇱 | Game artist 🖌️ | VRC: RivRavs 🕹️
Addicted to 🍕 | I collect Ratchet and Clank Merch | Very fond of bsky.app/profile/xokamiwulfy.bsky.social 💕
DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social 🧪ancient DNA sleuth, ex-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scientist-Archive explorer. Fond of Museums, Madagascar, Mummies, Crocodiles & Conservation. #BeKind ❤️ posts mine (🌏🌍🌎)
Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social CathyDavidson.com. Active Learning ("New Education") advocate. CoDirector HASTAC.org. #IntelligentArtifice blog. Fall 2026, w Jody Greene, "Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times." Lover of oceans. #SeaScrolling #Breathe
Susan Griffith @susanzgriffith.bsky.social Fantasy Author, avid reader, and animal lover. Co-author of VAMPIRE EMPIRE and CROWN & KEY series. Website: Clayandsusangriffith.com
Tim Fowler @timdhfowler.bsky.social Arsenal (especially WFC), baseball (especially Blue Jays), Gotham FC, Music (especially, but not always twangy, mostly guitar driven), Star Trek, board games, stationary (especially fountain pens), left political economy. He/Him.
Not Kevin🏳️🌈 @notentirelykevin.bsky.social ADHD Visual artist | Absurdist | Writer | Sober Addict | Chaotic neutral | 5th Ascension | Florida Guy | We are all ephemera
Kim Ceffyl @ceffyl1.bsky.social Writing-rider, owned by two horses and two tortieshell cats. Writer of tech, fiction, poetry, and whimsical silliness. She/her.
Geekery, SF, fantasy, history, horses, spirituality, Gallo-Roman stuff.
Tech writer.
ceffyl.net
Bart Leib @metafrantic.bsky.social Father. Former publisher of Crossed Genres. FULL-time library Assistant! Queer/bi/pan (plus probably some other stuff - still figuring it out). He/Him. When I figure out what my life is for I’ll let you know. #ADHD #FuckFascism #FuckIce #PunchNazis
Lex Wilson @lexwilson.bsky.social WRITER: Starweed (comics), Pinocchio is Punching You (prose), Life is Strange: BtS (games)
ACTOR: .org (webseries), Curse of Aurore (film), Islands (audio drama)
He / Him / Alex
Carrboro, NC
Former: narrative director at Deck Nine. alexotica on twitter
Kimberly she/her @kjrevia.bsky.social I co-found/ run board game conventions in New England.
Butthusiast who burns wood for fun.
I read a LOT.
Yes, I do want to see photos of your pet.
100% here so I can say I'm skeeting.
Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social stumbler through an eyeblink in time
author of D&D, Numenera, and The Strange games & novels; science groupie; fitness buff; sci-fi fiend; Senior Designer @MonteCookGames; He/him
brucecordell.com
Dickie Adams @dickieadams.com Dad, Photographer, Game Designer, Geek, Musician. I love playing and designing games. I also help at PAX [E] twitter.com/dickieadams
Dan Guy @danguyf.fivesided.com One who is much delighted in good company.
Born last millennium
and died several times since.
Very Stable Academic @verystableac.bsky.social this time it’s personal
Buy Mass Effect The Board Game! @ithayla.bsky.social Calvin Wong Tze Loon 黃子倫 🇲🇾
https://modiphius.us/collections/mass-effect-the-board-game US / rest of world store
https://modiphius.net/collections/mass-effect-the-board-game
UK store
https://gear.bioware.com/ bioware gear store
Jonathan Wood @jonathanwood.bsky.social Gamer, geek, and author (the Hero series as Jonathan Wood, the Dragon Lords series as Jon Hollins, and City of Iron and Dust as JP Oakes).
jonathanwood.substack.com
Joe Hill @joe-hill.bsky.social Author of The Fireman, Strange Weather, and King Sorrow (out in October). Co-creator of Locke & Key (along with maestro Gabriel Rodriguez). Let's do a better job lookin after the kids: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social Fantasy author, fashion historian, medievalist, Arthurian, gardener 🌺 ADHD, she/they, queer 🏳️🌈 | 👑 THE GAME OF HEARTS OUT JUNE 24 from Solaris Books 👑 | rep: Stacey Graham More at: https://bit.ly/m/nataniabarron
James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social DC Studios co-CEO, #Superman, #GuardiansoftheGalaxy, #Peacemaker, dog owner, husband, servant to my cat.
Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social Writer / Executive Producer at Rick & Morty.
Podcast: Get Played
Comedy: Whose Line is it Anyway, Hebecky Drysbell at UCBLA.
Alum: SNL, Creepshow, Eric Andre Show, Twilight Zone.
She/Her/It
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.