Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Melbourne. Formerly of other places. Research: war, intelligence, innovation, and normative change in international politics. Cat paparazzo. He/Him 🇨🇦🏳️🌈✡️
Glonzo In Exile 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇬🇱 @glonzo-in-exile.bsky.social A person trying to navigate the world of insanity we all inhabit
@lamorak.bsky.social @lamorak.bsky.social Entropy is the enemy. He/Him
Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social Writer of the TOXIC AVENGER and TOXIC CRUSADERS comics and co-writer of JUSTICE WARRIORS. Founded The Nib (RIP). Comics editor at In These Times magazine.
https://www.mattbors.com/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic/
Benjamin Scherliss @bscherliss.bsky.social Photographer in St. Louis City. Real Estate / Architecture / Light / Reflections.
Urbanist 🔵Dot in 🟥State. Often sarcastic, sometimes foul-mouthed, but I mean well
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/bscherliss
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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org Equipping the progressive movement with the data and insights it needs to win.
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social your fuel prices, explained honestly.
data over politics, no tolerance for political BS.
thousands of interviews | trusted by every White House administration.
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca He/him. Fighter, writer, work-all-nighter. Ace. Sewer Socialist. Raver. ADHD. Toronto. Organizer, not organized. #HappyHardcore keeps me going. Democracy first and always. Canada strong. For campaign account, follow @VoteTim.ca
Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Sorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social Culturally redneck. Further right than most of you pinkos, but you're cool. The Internet's premier (only) Peter Milobar stan account.
Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Columnist at GuardianUS. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack: https://substack.com/@sulliview?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios)
Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social
Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social US culture, violence, politics, psychoanalysis | associate faculty @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social | fellow @rooseveltinstitute.org | co-host @unhappinesspod.bsky.social podcast | columnist @nplusonemag.com
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Heidi Beirich @heidibeirich.bsky.social Co-Founder // Chief Strategy Officer Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. Expert on right-wing extremism. Opinions here are my own. globalextremism.org
Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social Author, editor, professor of history, Philadelphian. Nobody should be deported.
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469673042/dreamland/
Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social Currently: National politics reporter at Mother Jones magazine. Previously: TIME Magazine. Always: Trying my best. Sometimes: Coming up short.
Email me at avesoulis@cir[dot]org
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Aylin Woodward @aylinwoodward.bsky.social Science reporter | Ex-Wall Street Journal. Covers paleoanthropology, space science, and dinosaurs (among other things) from New York City. Turkish, and prolific roller derby coach.
Ink And Smudge @inkandsmudge.bsky.social Janeen Leese-Taylor 📚Author of Queer & Inclusive Fantasy and Sci-Fi🏳️🌈 Strays, Fetch, The Fallen Girl, Rebel In Red, Dot.Exe, Psychopomp Drive and more~🐺💜 Biromantic Asexual ♠️Support me or Commission me on Kofi here: https://ko-fi.com/inkandsmudge
gregorian rants @gregorianrants.bsky.social no longer ranting about liturgy
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Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social Director, Lonergan Institute at Seton Hall University // Contributing Writer, Commonweal Magazine // *The Ambiguity of Being: Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural* (CUA Press)
Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social Emmy-nominated labor reporter @PaydayReport often in 🇧🇷. Alum: @Guardian! Yinzer @UEunion fam. Autistic ⚾️ Jew. Falo Português e Pittsburghese. Melk@PaydayReport.com
Zack 🎲 Bammax @bammax.itch.io TTRPG enjoyer. ♒︎. Yugioh (Edison) and Pokemon enjoyer @bammaxtcg.bsky.social. MO / STL. why use AI when you could get good? thoughts are my own. #playmoregames
👤 he/him
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John J @trianglman.johnnytproductions.com Software dev and political junkie.
Robert Borden Stan Account @bordenstan.bsky.social Canadian, Tory, somehow found my way onto Bluesky and am now trapped here. Interested in military history, COIN, foreign military training, jihadism, the KPA, and many others.
Snowden St. @snowden.st A scholar with a slight flaw in my character. COan. Cannabis regulatory analyst, poorly-fit Lutheran, Constructive Postmodernist. Go Blue, Ski-U-Mah, Nuggets/ABA loyalist. always thinkin’ bout sports, religion, history, weed, and beans.
https://snowden.st
Charlie Wilson’s Waaagh @leyeetsansjoie.bsky.social [nonverbal screeching] (He/Him)
“Even if we shall not succeed, we shall have done our duty.” - Nguyễn Thái Học
Thomas Bloom @thomasjbloom.com Based in STL. Mostly news and politics content but also sourdough, Survivor, Big Brother, D&D, figure skating, gardening, Katmai bears, and more
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social Journalist, writer, author.
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Sentimentalist @sentimentalist.bsky.social Catholic. Unexceptional. Stuck in Texas.
stldems @stldems.bsky.social The official account of the St. Louis County Democrats of Missouri.
https://stldems.org
Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social Editor in chief, @Liberalism.org. A gay dad still cultivating his garden on the Big Island. Views expressed here are strictly my own.
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Elad Gross @bigelad.bsky.social Defender of Civil Liberties, Friend to Dogs, Proud Missourian.
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
Grove Resident 🇺🇦 @smb-grove.bsky.social I mostly share updates about St. Louis development & historic preservation
Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social Husband to a Boliviana. Daddy. Emperor of the Renaud Empire. Lover of Atari, BBSes, retro tech, and Tolkien. Journalist at stltoday.com. The guy behind breakintochat.com.
Lynn Worthy @lworthysports.bsky.social Sports columnist for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and stltoday.com
All the latest: https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/lynn%20worthy/
Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social Chief of da autism police and boss of the Irish Mob at the same time. Cousin, I’m a union man.
Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social Once a Reverend of the Avocado kind. The General Secretary is dead, long live the General Secretary.
Shoe @shoe.bsky.social Former conservative. Good poaster with even gooder opinions. Truck h8er. Costco 4eva. Truth and Reconciliation Commission Advisor.
Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social Family’s first HS grad. Runner. Worked in labor/Did policy/Elected Dems/Stint on Cap Hill. Blogged+pieces for WaPo/TNR/etc. Got rare disease, nearly died 5 times. Detroiter in Chicago. Husband. Dad to twins. Gardener. Getting healthy. Wants to run again.
Joseph Zeballos-Roig @josephzeballos.bsky.social Economics and business reporter | Contributing at MS NOW, Vox, Quartz | Past: Semafor, Business Insider | Hablo español 🇵🇪 | jzeballos-roig@qz.com
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
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Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Matthew Shadle @matthewshadle.bsky.social Theologian, ethicist, higher ed administrator. USCCB Representative to National Council of Churches Faith and Order Convening Tables. Interrupting Capitalism (2018). The Origins of War (2011).
Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social Jersey til I die. Writer, political consultant, and lawyer for hire. End corruption. Tax the rich. Rahway. primaryschool.ghost.io / buymeacoffee.com/primaryschool
@swhikt.bsky.social @swhikt.bsky.social
Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social Econ person. VP of Policy and Research, @economicsecurityproject.org. Former NEC. #Rstats, Team Macro, dad, Chicago Guy. newsletter.mikekonczal.com
Thomas Gibbons-Neff @tmgneff.bsky.social Correspondent at The New York Times
@micahhainline.bsky.social @micahhainline.bsky.social #STL they/them, fighting for a pluralistic society where we can work together. Tolerance is a social contract.
Bridget O’Brien @bridgetemob.bsky.social Philadelphian, Chicagoan, Catholic lay minister • she | her
“And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:”
Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social New Yorker, union activist, employment lawyer, dad, generational trauma ender. He/him.
@pamwalkerstl.bsky.social @pamwalkerstl.bsky.social Health and public health consultant working on disease prevention, accrediting schools, and crime prevention. Former health director at state and local levels. No DMs!
Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social Political scientist at BCJ studying American democracy and voting rights.
Usually on a bike, beach, or backpacking trip.
An American Problem (Princeton UP) coming October 2026: https://shorturl.at/Emjgo
kevintmorris.com
Guardian US @us.theguardian.com With 200 years of history and staff across America and the world, we offer a global perspective on US news.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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Toronto Star @thestar.com Canada's biggest daily newspaper thestar.com
Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social International Digital Editor @meidastouch.com
Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social www.annie-abrams.com
Jake @jakeall.bsky.social You say Judas is a brother of mine? / Oh, but sister in our darkness a light shines / and all I ever want to say for the rest of my life / is how that light is G-d
karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social Not if I have anything to say about it, Trump, and I do. Prepare for my civil rights beam. (he/him)
Irenic Bro @irenicbro.bsky.social Aspiring Fool
Catholic/PhD Student/Crank Yelling At Clouds
Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu President of the @ec.europa.eu
Mother of seven. Brussels-born. European by heart. 🇪🇺
John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social Ontario politics and policy for TVO. Writer and Podcast co-host, #onpoli
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast. Other interests: public policy, housing, urbanism, Waterloo Region, Ontario politics, #cdnpoli, Star Trek, music, news media, international relations, and the Oxford comma. Democracy is good, actually.
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social Priest, mediaevalist, geek, Scot. All views personal. She/ her
@stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social St. Louis BWorks was founded in 1988 with the idea that everyone deserves the chance to pursue their dreams.
ae @aelkus.bsky.social "A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted." - HA Simon
https://adamelkus.com/ + also @ aelkus on twitter
all opinions my own but also your cat's
JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social Husband, Father, Entrepreneur at 1871 tech, Founder @thinkbigusa.bsky.social, Governor.
Fighting for a stronger, fairer, and safer Illinois.
Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social Washington Post National Security Reporter. Past features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House.
It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Signal: zsd.19
Janet Bufton 🍁🌻 @janetbufton.ca Canadian mum, 3D liberal in Babylon
Writing collected at janetbufton.ca
Co-founder, theILS.ca. Contributing fellow @Liberalism.org
diversity dynamism democracy Detroit Lions
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
https://othermeans.substack.com/
Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social 🍉; “Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; plz order *The End of College Football*: https://t.co/0C19WAmL6y
Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social Scattered minutiae about tech, plants, St. Louis, occasionally all together
Catherine Fieschi @cfieschi.bsky.social Comparative political analyst. Populism, authoritarianism, social and political identities. Fellow @EUI_Schuman
Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Liberalism.org @liberalism.org An online magazine for free and open people. Powered by @theihs.org
Stéfanie von Hlatky @svh.bsky.social IR Prof interested in military affairs. Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
Posts mine, but if you see something you think you can use to get me in trouble I did it on my own time and my own device, so good luck
e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online cyberbullying elon musk since 2015, author of "ludicrous: the unvarnished story of tesla motors" (2019) and "elon take the wheel" (dec 2026, preorders now open), cohost of the autonocast, program director for the ride ai summit, occasional shark/frog
Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social American politics professor in Canada at the University of Western Ontario.
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social Back off man, I'm a scientist. Evolutionary biologist. Professor. Genome size, junk DNA, applied evolution, sci comm, philosophy of science. Also political stuff. Plus jokes. Onions have 5x more DNA than you do (not a joke). Vimy, not Vichy. He/him.
Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
vanhollen.senate.gov
Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief 338Canada丨Rédacteur en chef Qc125丨Chroniqueur @ L'actualité, The Walrus & Politico Canada丨Co-host The Numbers podcast丨Prof astronomy & astrophysics丨Occasional cat pictures🤍丨📍Montréal
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Sam Adler-Bell @samadlerbell.bsky.social writing / podcasting
https://www.patreon.com/c/knowyourenemy
https://samadlerbell.substack.com/
Stuart Hultgren @stuarthultgren.bsky.social Minneapolis to St. Louis City. St. Louis sports and Fulham FC. South City resident. 314 and SW6. @FlyoverFooty co-host. Louligan
Flyover Footy @flyoverfooty.bsky.social A St. Louis CITY SC podcast, dedicated to comprehensive #AllForCITY news & analysis, #MLS & #USMNT news from @mattbakerstl.bsky.social, @phillgrooms.bsky.social, @stuarthultgren.bsky.social & Santiago Beltran.
https://linktr.ee/flyoverfooty
Wellman For MO @wellmanformo.bsky.social Veteran, Entrepreneur, and Father with a lifelong career of service. Candidate for #MO02
www.wellmanformo.com
John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social Graphic designer, Catholic dad, guy who makes beer, bread, and sometimes art.
Martin Concagh @mconcagh.bsky.social Brit living in Toronto. Politics, books, jazz, Doctor Who and many more
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