Alexander Lwin @alexanderlwin.bsky.social Researcher and writer of mystery, horror and all macabre genres. My big focus is shin-honkaku mystery novels. J-Horror Aficionado!
My latest article on Kobayashi Yasumi's Arisugoroshi can be found here: https://www.uwa.edu.au/limina/volumes
Amanda Kennell, Ph.D. @akennell.bsky.social Japanese media scholar @ Notre Dame; author of Alice in Japanese Wonderlands; working on pop media + environment - zoos, anime, collaborations, Godzilla, nuclear stuff, smart phone games, etc.
日本語OK
https://eastasian.nd.edu/faculty-staff/amanda-kennell/
Simon Davies @simonfd.bsky.social Publishing Manager, @themhra.bsky.social
Co-editor of the MHRA Style Guide
Posting about scholarly publishing • History and future of the book • Book design, typography, typesetting 📚
Also work on the history of witchcraft & magic 🌒
• Views here my own
they see me scrollin' @ctextor.bsky.social professing on modern Japanese and Korean lit, media, race, empire
download my book for free!
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/intersectional-incoherence/paper
here for sports, birds, utah stuff, general shitposting 🫡
she/they
Marc Watkins @marcwatkins.bsky.social Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric, I founded the Mississippi AI Institute for Teachers, Assistant Director of Innovation at the University of Mississippi, coauthor of the Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching. marcwatkins.org, https://marcwatkins.substack.com/
Ignacio Sanchez Prado @isanchezprado.bsky.social Scholar of literature, cinema, gastronomy and Mexico. Post about that plus dogs.
Occasional Words: ignaciosanchezprado.substack.com
Worldbuilding for Masochists @worldbuildcast.bsky.social 6x Hugo Award Finalist podcast about fantasy worldbuilding, hosted by nerds who love to overcomplicate things: Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris, and Natania Barron
worldbuildingformasochists.podbean.com
Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social Editor, writer, lapsed biologist in Ireland
Copy-editing, writing: https://stancarey.com
Language: https://stancarey.wordpress.com
Strong language: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
🎞 https://letterboxd.com/stancarey
🦣 @stancarey@mastodon.ie
Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social Linguist, lexicographer, language commentator, all-around word nut.
https://linktr.ee/benzimmer
Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social Now published by the @asianaffairs.bsky.social Royal Society for Asian Affairs, the Asian Review of Books is a dedicated pan-Asia book review publication. Read us at asianreviewofbooks.com
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social Technology and human rights. Associate Director of Technology Threats and Opportunities at @witnessorg.bsky.social | Doctoral Researcher @oii.ox.ac.uk
Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social SFF author, speaker, lawyer, programmer; rep by Russ Galen; The Dandelion Dynasty & “The Paper Menagerie"; latest: The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories
Emily Matson @emilymatson.bsky.social Historian of 20th century China, 东北 (Manchuria), WWII. Georgetown University and GWU. Penn-US China fellow. CFR term member. Speaks/writes español, 中文, 少し日本語, немного по-русски.
Abigail Tan @symmetr1cgroup.bsky.social Working mainly on Achaemenid history and the Babylonian Long Sixth Century. I think carving text in stone so it lasts thousands of years is cool. Also Cambridge grad, ancient language enthusiast, and semiretired quizzer. https://ahcmt2.user.srcf.net/
Hudl Statsbomb @statsbomb.com Pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in football analytics.
https://statsbomb.com/
Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social Autistic, prob AuDHD. LGBTQ+ ally because obviously. Routine goblin. She/her. Sweary, sorry. Lecturer (UK), researcher in language development, psycholinguistics, autism. ♾️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social Hungarian journalist. News junkie. Former Brussels correspondent. Lives in Leuven. @eublogo on X
Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com Amateur gardener. Professional ad copywriter. Award-winning novelist | THESE SAVAGE STARS (March 16, 2027) PRE-ORDER NOW | patreon.com/kameronhurley | Newsletter: http://bit.ly/42qnhkx | kameronhurley.com
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social The premier research center for #ComplexSystems #science.
santafe.edu
linktr.ee/sfiscience
Duygu Yıldırım @duyguyildirim.bsky.social Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. PhD from Stanford. Natural history and medicine in the early modern Mediterranean. Forthcoming book: A History of Uncertainty.
Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social Speculative fiction in translation | SFinTranslation.com | Small Planet Magazine | translates Italian sf | contributor at Strange Horizons, World Literature Today, Samovar.
Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social Professor of South Asian history Rutgers-Newark | Anti-fascist | pro-education | https://www.audreytruschke.com/ | https://princeton.press/8r8idcye- P Paul Wright @paulusborgia.bsky.social
Tutul Rahman @tutul.bsky.social Soccer. Politics. All views are my own.
Kévin Bernier @kevinbernier.com ‣ Translator & Game Loc Specialist
‣ English to French
‣ 11+ years and counting
‣ Baldur's Gate III; Avowed; Sherlock Holmes; Against the Storm…
‣ kevinbernier.com
Jan-Christoph Müller @jcmtranslate.bsky.social Translator (JP & EN to DE) /
Film & TV, Games, Literature, Manga, Anime
日独翻訳 映画、ゲーム、文学、漫画、アニメ
(he/him)
Meine Übersetzungen bei Autorenwelt:
https://kurzlinks.de/autorenwelt-jcmtranslate
Greg (A Podcast About Propagandhi/Classical Ideas) @gregsoden.bsky.social I host Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About Propagandhi, The Classical Ideas Podcast, and like to ride my bike. I live in Buffalo and I'm from Missouri.
https://linktr.ee/UnscriptedMomentst
Annabel Lee Journey 🏳️⚧️🎲👗 @annlee14.bsky.social Proud trans woman. Skirt lover! Board game designer and enthusiast. Prof of Game Design at UNO. Zenobia II Finalist. Diana Jones Emerging Designer Finalist. Origins Award Finalist. My game, Cretaceous Rails, is on Gamefound with Late Pledge open now!
millenomi ✾ @millenomi.name She/her. 🏳️⚧️. 🩷💛🩵. Making @witches-revel.games. Also: Deputy Lead Narrative @ Null Signal Games, on Netrunner.
https://sigilgreen.house/ — Business: hello@sigilgreen.house
Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️
Published Game Designer, Developer, Educator.
MFA graduate from NYU Game Center.
Designed High Tide 🌊, Dino Racer 🦖, Wildberries 🫐, and more!
https://www.marcelineleiman.com/
Matt Leacock @mattleacock.bsky.social Game Designer known for cooperative games including Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Daybreak
Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social She/her 🏳️⚧️, ᏣᎳᎩ⭐⚪️🟠, game designer, writer, super far left, nerd, goth/punk, futurist, SFWA member. I work daily to find a better me and to put a little good into the world. Company: coyoteandcrow.net
Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social Nature geek, feminist, board game designer (Wingspan 🪶, Tussie Mussie 💐, Mariposas 🦋, The Fox Experiment 🦊, Picky Pixie 🧚♀️, Undergrove 🍄, and Sanibel 🐚).
https://www.elizhargrave.com/
Garphill Games @garphillgames.bsky.social New Zealand board game publisher known for the North Sea, West Kingdom, and South Tigris trilogies, and Ancient Anthology. Founded by Shem Phillips in 2009, the team includes Sam Macdonald, Sam Phillips, and Zach Smith.
Tom Lehmann @tomlehmann.bsky.social Freelance board, dice, and card game designer.
El Mundo Today @elmundotoday.com La actualidad del mañana.
Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @rachel-thorn.queer.party.ap.brid.gy Professor, Faculty of Global Culture, Kyoto Seika University; settler raised on land stolen from the Lenape people #translator; mother; #transgender #lesbian […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://queer.party/@Rachel_Thorn, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
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
Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social Hungry historian. Novelist. Vancouver Island dweller. I post a lot about old books I'm reading, and sometimes new ones. Also art and nature shots. I avoid posting about politics because what the fuck's the point. You know what I think.
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
Mitsuyasu Sakai / 堺三保 @sakaisampo.bsky.social WRITER/ FILMMAKER/ CRITIC of every nerd/geek/otaku Stuff. Director (Orbital Christmas), Writer (YAKITORI, The Duel of Star Wars: Visions), Sci-Fi Supervisor (Promare, Batman Ninja), etc...
USC: SCA 2010, KANSAI U. 1988
José Pablo García @josepablogarcia.bsky.social Dibujante de tebeos (Palindrotiras, Las aventuras de Joselito, Franco, La Guerra Civil española, etcétera)
Timoneda @timoneda.bsky.social Persona que intenta hacer la risa. Subo #UnaTiraCadaDia y además soy tontico.
-> http://beacons.ai/timoneda
Eudald Espluga @eudaldec.bsky.social Mis odios no son exigentes
Adam Conover @adamconover.net "Unlikable woke comedian" - the Daily Mail
Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com Data-driven storytelling for sport. 📈
U.S. sports @optaanalystus.optajoe.com
https://www.theanalyst.com
Sign up for our Stat, Viz, Quiz football newsletter: http://theanalyst.com/sign-up
新美ぬゑ @nue213.bsky.social 古い漫画を調べたり復刻したりしています。
朝松健 Ken Asamatsu @uncledagon.bsky.social 作家。novelist. horor&fantasy
公式サイトは2025年9月をもって閉鎖します。管理人の加齢による更新作業が困難になったためです。長らくのご愛顧ありがとうございました。今後はSNSのみでの情報発信となります。
Japanese Talk @japanesetalk.bsky.social Tips and tricks for learning Japanese language through novels, manga, anime, podcasts, etc.
(JLPT N1. Translator. Live in Japan.)
Don't just study Japanese, use it!
勉強だけでなく日本語は、使えば使うほど上手になるんです。
100% HUMAN.
🇯🇵 jtalkonline.com
☕️ https://ko-fi.com/G2G5AEBW
Meriendismo 🍉 @meriendismo.bsky.social Plataforma pro Meriendas y Desayunos. A veces hay Club de Lectura (#QClub). Hoy es siempre todavía 🍉
Gill Steel @gillsteel.bsky.social Researching young people, gender, public opinion.
@Oxford (Visiting Academic at the Nissan Institute) & @ Waseda
(Visiting Researcher at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies)
Palindrotiras @palindrotiras.bsky.social Las viñetas que pueden leerse igual del derecho y del revés.
www.autsaidercomics.com/comics-camisetas/palindrotiras/
Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.
Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social Historian of Biology and Medicine. Science is culture, and long live the Humanities. Director of @manchstm.bsky.social. Lapsed biochemist. Immigrant. Urban cyclist (& motorist). Owned by dog. More lucky than smart. 0 attention span. Here privately. He/him.
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social Associate Professor of English at UNSW | Modernism, novels, specialisation, media, bildungsroman &c | Chair Australasian Modernist Studies Network
Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social Asst. Professor; Security Studies; Human Rights; Terrorism; AI; Pop Culture;
'"An aging, angry woman, laying mightily about me with my handbag, fighting hoodlums off." Ursula K Le Guin. And me.
She/her
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💓💜💙🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social Professor @au-spa.bsky.social
Pol Violence | Pol Psychology
New Book: “NO OPTION BUT SABOTAGE”
Substack: https://zeitzoff.substack.com
1st Book: "Nasty Politics"
Website: www.zeitzoff.com
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at the University of Maine researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writing and podcasting for the planet. Chaotic good professor. She/her.
Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.site Librarian, creative technologist, award-winning scholarly memeologist
📍 Dharug country (Sydney, Australia)
Blog/Shrine to the 2000s internet hannahshelley.neocities.org
Esther Wright @enwright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
David Muñoz @dmguionista.bsky.social Guionista y profesor. La ilustración es de mi cómic con Tirso Cons, "Abandonados" (Astiberri).
Patrick Macias @patrickmacias.bsky.social Book author, magazine editor, art director. Ex-Netflix & Crunchyroll. Repped by Hill Nadell Literary Agency. Lives in Tokyo. 作家・編集者・アートディレクター。 東京に住んでいます。
Ion Game Design @iongamedesign.com At Ion Game Design, we create innovative board games inspired by history and science, designed with care to spark curiosity, share knowledge, and bring people together through meaningful, inclusive play.
Find our board games here: www.iongamedesign.com
𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social Knight Errant of the Meritorious Order of Sima Qian | Show: Qing [清朝], Xianfeng [咸豐] Era, 19th c. | Support Us & Extras: http://patreon.com/thehistoryofchina
Lauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social she/her | Roman lit, culture, & history (& all things Nero) at Duke | Mellon Leadership Fellow | humanities advocate | catch me on WiredTechSupport: https://tinyurl.com/RomeWired | Read about Myths of Useless Humanists: https://tinyurl.com/HumMyths
Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social My library was dukedom enough. Novels: Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, The Impressionist. Essays in NYRB, Harper’s etc. Abolish ICE, demolish the arch.
Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.
elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social Brighton-based journalist, historian , writer etc — but mostly her dad.
Words in @derspekter.org, @972mag.com, Shado etc
🎙️ @thefirethesetimes.com & @thestartrekpod.bsky.social
✍️ http://hauntologies.net
yutaka kubo @yutakakubo.bsky.social Researcher in Japanese cinema and queer cinema. Associate professor of film studies at Kanazawa University. Currently working on projects on food, loss and grief, aging, affect, gay porn, and queer archives.
Works: https://researchmap.jp/y_kubo315
AR Hanlon @arhanlon.bsky.social Hanlon’s Razor II: Never attribute to intelligence that which is adequately explained by cynicism or greed.
COYS
About: aaronrhanlon.com
Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
Alicja Kaniecka @alkapibara.bsky.social Translator witch from Poland. Works in various combinations of 🇵🇱, 🇬🇧 and 🇯🇵. If you need somebody to discuss Japanese murder mystery novels for hours, you're in luck.
Proud member of @thewarlocs.bsky.social ✨
McMento Mori @mementomorioh.bsky.social Mori - They/He - Age 30+ - Anime/Manga/Novels, lotta memes, ADHD posting, etc - Cat Person, Intermediate Librarian, Veteran Tumblr-user - profile art by mister13eyond - writing tag is #MoriNo - Livepost tag is #MoriLive - #MoriPoli is for US politics
K4TCH @katch.bsky.social Professional Translator & Editor (mostly games)
Posting on Japan, food, and localization.
Currently, Tokyo. Still a bit of a US Midwesterner.
I mostly want to share goofy stuff & chat ^_^
Josep Bautista @josepbautista.com Turistòleg i fotògraf especialitzat en Japó. També faig coses per Youtube. Autor del llibre “3 caminos al Fuji”. Sempre pensant en el següent projecte 🥷 (Català, English, 日本語, espanyol)
enllaços ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/jobaph
Rubén S. @rubenesepunto.bsky.social Físico y exprofesor molón de mates que ahora traduce cosas (JP/EN -> ES) y enseña japonés en la Casa de las Lenguas de la Univ. de Oviedo.
Mi sueño es que algún día me paguen por hacer el canelo.
Portfolio de tradus: https://rubenstradu.carrd.co
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.
Catfishing 🐈🐟 @catfishing.net The Wikipedia guessing game: 10 interesting people, places and things to guess every day. Play at https://catfishing.net. We post one of today's articles at 10am UTC - tap the bell icon to turn on daily game reminders.
Lawrence McKay @lawrencemckay.bsky.social Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Reading - urban-rural divides, political trust, public opinion, UK/W Europe. Sometimes music/film/F1. Professional Simpsons reference overuser.
Arabic Proverbs @arabicproverbs.bsky.social Currently reading Recent Proverbs (الأمثال المولدة), Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Khwārazmī (d. 993), ed. Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Aʿrajī
by Nathaniel Miller (PhD Arabic Literature), author of The Emergence of Arabic Poetry (Penn Press, 2024).
Dr. Valerie @drvalerieisin.bsky.social One half of the Courses For Philologists + Philologists' Corner Team.
Click the link to learn more about + sign up for fall language classes:
https://forms.gle/DhjZsVh9myiofmFu9
ariel @toomuchpiano.bsky.social languages and cultures of the Mediterranean, the Islamicate world and Latin America. she/her
K. Alexander 亞天恩 @thianun.bsky.social 台灣戰貓. Associate Professor of Chinese. Early modern popular religious literature and print history. Co-parent of CRTA.info. Book: Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late Qing (Michigan, August 2025). she/hers
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social Contributing writer, TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarahposner
Host, Reign of Error podcast: https://www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-error
Author, Unholy
More: https://www.sarahposner.com
Gerardo Pisarello @gerardopisarello.bsky.social Activista i profe. Diputat republicà i membre de la Mesa del Congrès. Portaveu de @somcomuns.bsky.social
Abdiel Sánchez Revilla @abdisaz.bsky.social PhD student in History at @COLMEX | Researching modern Japan’s cultural & sound history (Meiji–Shōwa)/ Lecturer at @FCPSUaq.
kc green @kcg.bsky.social cartoonist of Greatures, made "This is Fine" • he/him • http://kcgportfolio.site • https://linktr.ee/kcgreenn • email me: kcgreenn@icloud.com
Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social Kansan in Thailand, translator of Japanese children's literature, believer in #worldkidlit www.averyfischerudagawa.com
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc