Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com
Rob Fahey @robfahey.net CTO at VETA (https://veta.co.jp), where we’re building data science tools to tackle social issues. Recovering academic (formerly at Waseda). Occasional journalist. 🇮🇪/🏳️🌈/He/Him
GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com gimme a minute (GSK)
Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social Tokyo-based writer, localizer, cultural consultant. Author of Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, and more.
https://www.mattalt.com/
https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/
https://linktr.ee/mattalt
Michael Grange @michaelgrangenba.bsky.social Raptors/NBA columnist with Rogers Sportsnet, based in Toronto. Have won awards, and covered NBA games at Maple Leaf Gardens. Family guy, golf guy, dog guy, I will happily give you my blood. @michaelgrange on X.
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social Senior politics writer at Salon.com. I block for MAGA trolling, violent rhetoric, and humorless sanctimony.
I would love nothing more than to never see another meme in replies. I am doomed.
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NGDEV @ngdevteam.bsky.social NGDEV 2D Arcade Game Developer / 2D STG Developer.
shop: https://www.ngdevdirect.com
Andy Sharp @andysharpy.bsky.social Opinion editor @NikkeiAsia. Brit in Tokyo. No Pulitzers etc. DMs open. Tips and pitches to andrew.sharp@nex.nikkei.com 力愛不二
Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social History Never Ended Substack. Author The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself. Host ABC Saturday Extra. Former BBC US correspondent
Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social Arkie. Anti-Dirtbagist. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Columnist & Contrib. Editor, @LiberalCurrents.com
Words: @thebulwark.com, @ms.now, @foreignpolicy.com, @theunpopulist.net
Writing a book (Broadleaf)
Go Knicks
He/Him
Shane Bettenhausen @shanewatch.bsky.social ★
NO WAR
Ex-EGM/1up, blazing new trails in gaming with PlayStation. (Expressed opinions are my own, and not that of my employer.) RESIST / Stay Woke 大丈夫だ、問題ない (He/Him)
@ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social Arcade dork from Edinburgh, Scotland. Playing, learning, scoring, investigating & generally messing about with arcade games of all genres since forever
https://www.youtube.com/c/ohfivepro
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
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Matt Schrader @mattschrader.bsky.social Taco Bell stan account, Phoenician by choice. Mostly tweets about China stuff, with some occasional bleating about sport or sci-fi. Opinions are not my employer's.
Chris Horton 何貴森 @heguisen.bsky.social Taipei-based journalist. Author of Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival (Macmillan, 2025).
Helen Davidson @heldavidson.bsky.social Foreign corro previously for the Guardian in Taiwan. Via Guardian Australia covering immigration and the Pacific and three wild years as the Northern Territory corro.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/helen-davidson
helendavidsonreports@gmail.com
Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social Writer/Lawyer/Photographer, author of “City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong”. www.antonydapiran.com
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Bonnie Glaser @bglaser.bsky.social Managing Director, Indo-Pacific Program, German Marshall Fund @GMFAsia, China, Taiwan, Indo-Pac, Europe-China, RT≠ endorsement
William Yang @williamyang120.bsky.social Senior North East Asia Analyst at @crisisgroup.org
Foreign correspondent covering East Asia in my previous life.
Email: wyang@crisisgroup.org
Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social Wall Street Journal reporter in Hong Kong covering China and the world.
email: austin.ramzy@wsj.com signal: austinramzy.99
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com Hong Kong's impartial, non-profit, award-winning English-language newspaper: https://hongkongfp.com/about/ 100% independent, backed by an Ethics code and reader-funded: https://support.hongkongfp.com/
Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social Elephant Lover
Yashar.substack.com
Twitter: @yashar
IG/Threads @yasharali
足立梨花【あだっちぃー】🍑 @adacchee.bsky.social 青空あだっちぃー🍑ホンモノです
桃尻カワウソアニメゲームの人🧸
ここはごはん多めです🍚
藤井健太郎 @kentarofujii.bsky.social 
有吉弘行 @ariyoshi.bsky.social ラジオパーソナリティ
https://www.ohtapro.co.jp/
Pablo Torre @pablo.show 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@pablotorrefindsout
🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pablo-torre-finds-out/id1685093486
📩 www.pablo.show/about
Evan Scrimshaw @escrimshaw.bsky.social Political Writer | Freelance Sports Writer | Host Scrimshaw Show | Sports Enthusiast | Author, Salvation In The Storm | Professional Asshole
Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social As long as we got a dollar left, we eat good in this house. Words about baseball, board games, food, and more. https://linktr.ee/keith_law
Bill Simmons @billsimmons.bsky.social The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Rewatchables, The Ringer, Spotify, HBO’s Music Box, The Book of Basketball. Formerly: Grantland, 30 for 30, ESPN.
Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
https://www.theringer.com/authors/howard-beck
authory.com/howardbeck
Zach Lowe @zachlowenba.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/p/DFvIa7IOHJ9/
John Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social The Athletic NBA columnist
PER creator - Former Grizzlies VP Basketball Ops - Former ESPN
Wahoowa - Commanders - Brewers - Timbers - huh?
Atlanta/a hotel
Rachel Nichols @rachel-nichols.bsky.social Fox Sports 1 panelist, Open Run, Headliners with Rachel Nichols, All The Smoke Productions, Emmy-winning Hometown with Rachel Nichols on Monumental. Sports/Travel/Dogs, basically.
Marc Stein @thesteinline.bsky.social NBA correspondent since 1994. Publisher: marcstein.substack.com. Inquiries: marcstein@substack.com
VGP Video Games Plus @vgp-videogamesplus.bsky.social VGP is North America's premier independent videogame retailer/distributor. 30+ years in the game industry. We ship worldwide. Wholesale inquiries welcome.
PNP Games 🇨🇦 @pnpgames.bsky.social Your source for everything video games! 🇨🇦
SHOP PNPGAMESONLINE.COM / THREE #Winnipeg Retail Stores 👉 915 McLeod, 2609 Portage & 160 Meadowood - Play Forever!
Lbabinz 🇨🇦 @lbabinz.bsky.social Video Game deals in Canada 🇨🇦, preorders, news. Nintendo, PS5, Xbox, PC. Links may be affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases
https://linktr.ee/lbabinz
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Stephen Stapczynski @sstapczynski.bsky.social The LNG nerd on Bluesky
Energy & commodities reporter at Bloomberg News in Singapore. Opinions my own
Interests include natural gas, LNG, oil, power, coal, nuclear, renewables, climate change
Marika Katanuma @marikakatanuma.bsky.social @bloomberg.com digital editor and reporter in tokyo
🤍✨📈📉my stories >> https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATLjSC5jbu8/marika-katanuma
@mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social 
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social Covering #Arsenal for @TheAthleticFC. #ArsecastExtra with @arseblog.com. Real name @jamesmcnicholas. LEZ DOO DIS 💥
arseblog @arseblog.com Arsenal blogger, podcaster. Fan of Bourbon, Bowie, German Shepherds, and Pires (not in that order). Creating Arsenal content with real people.
https://linktr.ee/arseblog
John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social ハチノヨンとスパデラのジョンです。Tokyo-based game lover/gatherer and 8-4 & SDX co-founder. EGM alum. 集まり屋。(He/Him) くわしいことは本をみて下さい。
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
Digital Foundry and creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work!
日本語ＯＫ
Brad Shoemaker @bradshoemaker.bsky.social 1/3 of @nextlander.com, 1/2 of @techpod.content.town. Formerly Giant Bomb, GameSpot
Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social Producer. Co-host, Shift+F1. Formerly: Digital Eclipse, Cloth Map, Giant Bomb.
https://drewscanlon.com
Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy I've been covering games and the video game industry since 1992. That used to involve a lot of writing, now it involves a lot of microphone talking. Get "The […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@jeffgerstmann, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners.
I analyze the video games market in Asia & MENA.
I post insights about the video games industry, as well as thoughts on tech, politics, history, science and public transit.
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com video games is two words
Videos: http://guard.bike
Podcast: https://lnk.to/JeffGerstmann
Patreon: https://jeff.zone/
Louisa Lim @louisalim.bsky.social Author of Indelible City & The People’s Republic of Amnesia, Host of The Masterclass & Little Red Podcast
Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes ≠ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
Lev Nachman @lnachman32.bsky.social Political scientist. Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University. My new book "Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation" is available here: https://shorturl.at/BlEJE
https://www.lnachman.com
Martyn Williams @martynw.bsky.social North Korea-focused journalist/researcher at www.38North.org and NorthKoreaTech. Senior Fellow, Stimson Center. On air as KJ6SDF. UK to US via Japan.
Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social Trade, politics, and geoeconomics. Adjunct associate professor with Temple University Japan, visiting research fellow with the Institute of Geoeconomics, should be GM of the Quebec Nordiques. Usual disclaimers. Posts in English, curses in French.
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social Historian of Japan and East Asia. I only post extremely interesting things.
Author of "Japan at the Crossroads," out now from Harvard University Press.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984424
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Ed Tubb @edtubb.bsky.social Editor at the Toronto Star, with a focus on courts, justice and occasional greyhound content.
Journalism is a discipline of verification.
he/him | etubb at thestar dot ca
Blake Murphy @blakemurphy.bsky.social Raptors and Blue Jays at Sportsnet. Music and wrestling at leisure. I’m just a constant headache.
Nosferatu @realnosferatu.bsky.social That burning is pleasurable, that which enlightens the darkened path of others
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse
LFC
Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social Lead columnist for Canada's National Observer.
Also: Mariners fan, crypto skeptic and descendant of Canada's worst prime minister (no, not him)
Éric Grenier @ericgrenier.bsky.social I cover elections at The Writ (http://thewrit.ca), The Numbers (http://thenumberspod.ca) and Les chiffres (http://leschiffres.ca) Follow me on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@TheWrit
Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner.
Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com.
Business: www.japanforesight.com
David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social Notorious pro-vaxxer and pro-masker. Famously unfair to pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, and the Toronto Star.
Weary of all these death threats with so little follow-through.
https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/fisman-david-n
Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social Toronto Star columnist, nice guy, jump shooter.