Brittlestar @brittlestar.com Social Media Darling. International Bestselling Author. Occasionally funny. Brittlestar.com
Verbum Libere @verbumlibere.bsky.social Where history, culture, and literature become tools for critical thinking. New articles and essays every Thursday. Start here -> www.verbumlibere.com
IT DAWNED ON ME @30000plusdawns.bsky.social 'Nettie's takes on sunrises by generous photographers worldwide.
Profile Image: "Sunrise" by bob fox (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie.
http://emotionalresettoolbox.carrd.co/
http://everydaypriorityselector.carrd.co
http://stressleveler.carrd.co
Michรจle Plott @micheleplott.bsky.social ๐๏ธ historian of the emotions, visual & material culture, (sometimes) gender, lately monuments & memory in the urban landscape
Recap.at @recapat.bsky.social Look back at the moments that shaped the world. Dynamic historical recaps - major events, cultural moments, and country-year timelines from structured public data: Wikidata, the Internet Archive, GDELT, and 15+ open-data APIs. recap.at
Helenaluna @helenaluna.bsky.social Reader, writer, historian, interested in smart takes and political gossip. Labor and land.
Rust & Dirt: Rust Belt History @rustanddirt.bsky.social A public history project. Exploring the history, culture, and everyday life of the Rust Belt.
Lost History Books @losthistorybooks.bsky.social Explorer of American textbooks. ๐
Bibliographic Adventurer ๐
Independent Researcher ๐
Help me find lost books:
http://losthistorybooks.com/help-me/
Laurelsbooks @laurelsbooks.bsky.social Clambering onto the Bluesky life raft as Twitter sinks to the depths
A maker of miniature books and large oatmeal cookies
Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social Photography, politics (Lib Dem), everyday cyclist, The Archers, British basketball, former Stockport councillor. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.
Round360 @round360.bsky.social Almost all the photos I post are of things I own. They were taken with a Minolta ProShot MN67Z camera that I also own.
cliodialogues.bsky.social @cliodialogues.bsky.social Hosted by historian, Dr. Jennifer Robin Terry, ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ก๐๐ค ๐ฟ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐๐ช๐๐จ is a history podcast featuring conversations with historians and other experts whose work connects past and present in illuminating ways.
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง: https://linktr.ee/cliodialogues
Cassie Osei is Writing a Book @tropigalia.bsky.social Writer, historian, and assistant professor of Latin America, African Diaspora, and Brazil. Info + Inquiries: https://www.cassieosei.com
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social Historian, Hayes Chair @OhioState Mershon Ctr Carnegie Fellow 6 Books: Ideology in US Foreign Relations, Rethinking American Grand Strategy, Promise & Peril. Isolationism, Internationalism, Globalization. โพ๏ธ
Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social Reader in Management at the #University of York and general business history expert. Research interests include corporate governance, sport, transport and teaching and learning using history. Opinions expressed are mine, not the University's.
Robert Raymond @robertr369.bsky.social Retired engineer from a National Laboratory and retired USAF NCO, Vietnam era Vet, Resistance, thefew, BLM ๐บ๐ธ FEEDING AMERICA โฎ๏ธ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐๐ unwanted DM and I will block you
MyNameIsTrue @alisontrue.bsky.social Edited the Chicago Reader during what you might call its โheyday.โ
Chris J. Zรคhller @chris.zahller.me https://chris.zahller.me | Okie from Jokelahoma. Intโl man of mystery. Cocktail nerd. Web Designer / Developer @ https://messengerwebdesign.com. Paparazzo & ink-stained wretch @ https://mercury.photo #OKIEX
Reporting History @reporting-history.com Historical journalism, thoughtfully curated & brought to you from the archives.
Read all the articles at https://www.reporting-history.com/
Support the project: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReportingHistory
Lucie Michaud @lucy1421.bsky.social Quรฉbรฉcoise. Post in english also.
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
Andrew Sparling @awsparling.bsky.social Ph.D., history. Hist. of sci. & med.; Paracelsus; c16 Germany. Husband & father. ๐-pat. Hobby: learning about & not catching brain-eating bat viruses. In public indoor spaces, wear a high-quality mask (N95 or better). Clean the air!
๐Melbourne, VIC
Emma Elinor Lundin @emmaelinor.bsky.social Journalist-turned-historian of 20th-century political activism. I write/rant about political women, liberation movements, feminisms, borders; Tomorrow Never Knows; she/her; London/Malmรถ.
http://www.emmalundin.co.uk
https://www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com
Samantha Drake @sjvdrake.bsky.social Writer and editor in Doylestown, Pa.
Royal history dork. Corpse flower groupie. A 21-year-old cat's snack bitch. Em-dashes 4 lyfe!
Published by @nytimes @washingtonpost @mentalfloss @penngazette, among many others. Read my work at samanthadrake.com.
Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varoโs Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)
Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net Protect libraries. Children are people. Fight patriarchy. Abolish plenary adoption. Make streets safe for everyone. Trans rights are human rights.
Hayden L. Nelson ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฆซ๐ฅ๐ชต @haydenlnelson.bsky.social PhD in History | Environmental and Indigenous History in the American West & Borderlands | Writing an Environmental History of the North Woods | Research Historian @ Minnesota Historical Society | WIโก๏ธMTโก๏ธKSโก๏ธMN
haydenlnelson.com
https://firearchive.omeka.net
ACLU @aclu.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social Summarizing top stories from multiple sources, providing actionable facts. Multi-sourced human-curated, New York and beyond.
Posts are not general endorsements of source or imply a relationship.
Jonathan Parkes Allen @jparkesallen.bsky.social historian of the Islamicate with @openiti.bsky.social; community food forest/garden organizer with @foodforestchatt.bsky.social. โฆ Christian, father, deep time delver. ๐ด anarcho-agrarian ๐ป upholder of Gustav Landauer thought ๐น
Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social Historian
http://earlymodernjustice.org/
Sample articles:
https://earlymodernjustice.org/publications/
https://earlymodernjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SlaverySovereigntyInheritableBlood.pdf
Opinions my own
Melody Glenn, MD MFA @melodyglenn.bsky.social University of Arizona Addiction & EM Doc | MOTHER OF METHADONE, Beacon Press, 2025 | Rep'ed by Ayla Zuraw-Friedland at Frances Goldin Lit | www.drmelodyglenn.com | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781015/mother-of-methadone
Jim da guy what buyz da books for da liberry @jrbbooks.bsky.social collection development librarian; lover of SF/Fantasy; audiobooks; classic movies; Blackburn Rovers
Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social RECKONING with Jason Herbert
A long-form podcast about history, the outdoors, and the stories that shape who we are.
Benevolent dictator of Historians At The Movies #HATM
New episodes available now.
https://linktr.ee/jasonherbert
Tam @supertamtam.bsky.social Western roots, Northern vibes.Wildlife Photographer, Birder, Animal Lover, Proud Minnesotan.๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ฆข๐ฆk๐ฆค๐ฆฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆโโฌ๐ชฟ๐๐ถโ๏ธ๐ฉต๐บ๐ป๐Just here for the birds, no DM's please!
Marie Francois @mefrancois.bsky.social History professor, research on everyday life in 18th and 19th cenury Mexico City, mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, feminist, anti-racist, scholar, author, historian
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked.
https://linktr.ee/fakehistoryhunter
Jalane Schmidt ๐ข๐ซ๐ง๐ซ๐โ๐พ๐ด๐๐จ๐บ๐ป๐ช ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฆ๐YIMBY๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ขโ๏ธ๐น @jalaneschmidt.bsky.social Antifascist professor.๐๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ซ #Blackademic. Views expressed are (unfortunately) not those of my employer.๐ฃ๏ธScholar-activist in Charlottesville, Virginia. #BLM. Public history & local๐ท+๐บstan. ๐fan. "Wiry and intense" -- The New Yorker
Susanne Wosnitzka @donauschwalbe.bsky.social M. A. musicologist specialised in
women composers | Augsburg's history | herstory | German newspapers 18th/19th century with feminist treasures | author "Femmes" & "Fortissima!" with SONY cellist Raphaela Gromes | enragiert
๐๐ฟ
www.susanne-wosnitzka.de
AnneWith ๐ @indigoace.bsky.social Foul-mouthed yellow-dog Democrat, knitter from Illinois. She/her. I block TERFs, BothSiders, & doomers. Probably not that interesting. A student of mine once wrote on an evaluation, "She thinks she's funny, but she's not."
Please don't DM me.
Juli McKenna Kearns @idyllopus.bsky.social No Ai. Author/artist/playwright (twas)/cinema analyses. Dem Socialist. She/her. Spouse-Martin is a musician/engineer/producer. Child-Aaron is a filmmaker/artist. Atlanta GA. Plutonium-enriched childhood in WA.
My website: https://idyllopuspress.com
Guy @speechwriterguy.bsky.social Professional speechwriter who gives state & national seminars on speeches & storytelling. Progressive. Contributing editor to The Big Thrill.
redpenofdoom.com
Free handbook - 33 ways to fight lies, propaganda and oppression
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/
Bundle: https://trustfnd.com/davejorgenson/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo
Support us: http://LNI.media/membership
Rev Dr John Plus Dr Mary @revdrjohn.bsky.social PhDs in history and theology of Jihad in Islam/Xnty in Syriac and Arabic and other topic, ex-academics, historical wargame designer and retiree. Our identities concealed due to threats and doxxing.
Lee Kluck, Public Historan @leekluckhistorian.bsky.social Public Historian who focuses on sports topics and interesting local stories with international implications. Author of Leave While the Party's Good: The Life and Legacy of Baseball Executive Harry Dalton.
https://history4publicconsumption.substack.com/
Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social Writer, teacher. Up next: PENITENT, a novel (2028, Doubleday); TYPO, nonfiction (2027, Bloomsbury). Out now: APPLESEED (2021, Mariner). REFUSE TO BE DONE (2022, Soho Press).
Lori Joan Swick, PhD | The Oracle Scholar @lorijoanswick.bsky.social Archetypes, esoteric arts, and hidden meaning.
I map myth, symbol, and womenโs spiritual heritage to illuminate the stories we were never taught.
Website: https://lorijoanswick.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lorijoanswick
Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social Professor of German History comparing antisemitism in Germany and the US, late 19th, early 20th century. And yes, itโs painfully relevant to the 21st.
richardefrankel.com
Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I โค๏ธ my schnauzer. Hawaii. โก๏ธ๐๏ธ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
Erin Goatkeeper @handtotheneedle.bsky.social maker of art, yarn, fabric, garments, food, & music. Cherokee ๐งถ she/her
Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org The TPHA was established in 1884. We are the authority on Paine's life and have been assisting scholars for decades. Located in New Rochelle, NY. Visit us at thomaspaine.org. "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."
Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social Historian (she/her)
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300255478/i-have-avenged-america/
Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social Historian of Indigenous America, writer of books, and hearer of bands youโve never heard in dingy clubs youโve not likely visited. Good at trivia.
MichaelLeroyOberg.com
The Bubble @itsonthebubble.bsky.social Iโm Lydia. On The Bubble, I review songs you might like and books you might want to read. Boosting human creativity, and always punching up.
Tracy Wise @frauwise.bsky.social Writer. Focused on the present moment in the US & around the world. Supporter of liberal democracy. Personal account. *opinions my own* re-posts=look at this (vs approval)
She/her/ella
Denise Kiernan | Author, etc. @denisekiernan.com OBSTINATE DAUGHTERS now a NATIONAL BESTSELLER!!! ๐
Author: THE GIRLS OF ATOMIC CITY, THE LAST CASTLE, WE GATHER TOGETHER & other writerly whatnot ๐
BOOKS: denisekiernan.com/buy
newsletter.denisekiernan.com
#photography #history #vegan #ASRomaโฝ๏ธ
Iโค๏ธDobermans
Abbey Shimer @aeshimer.bsky.social History PhD Candidate researching the beginning of the modern homeschooling movement in the US.
NC โก๏ธ ND/SD.
Views are my own and do not reflect my employer.
@longpaulduree.bsky.social @longpaulduree.bsky.social 
Hemidemisemiferal @mfwebb.bsky.social Screaming into the zeitgeist.
Writer, reader, Luddite. Musical misc. Cats (also possums, deer, and bears). TNR. She/her/they. Ex-TX on Puget Sound. ๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ
www.hookswaltz.blogspot.com
Facts & Files @factsandfiles.bsky.social Historians in Berlin.
Established in 1999. Our motto is: Think History!
www.factsandfiles.com
#History #Archives #Provenanceresearch
Alix Hui @alixhui.bsky.social Historian of science, environment, sound, and silence. Raising small kids through covid. Pie hobbyist. The Johnny Appleseed of googly-eyes.
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social beauty, friendship, novels, kitchen and garden. A no-politics zone. We're blue dots.๐๏ธโ๏ธโฎ๏ธ๐ถ
Lorissa Rinehart @lorissa.bsky.social Womenโs historian, Author of First to the Front & Winning the Earthquake.
Frances Hioki @franhioki.bsky.social Religious left, nonviolence, interfaith. Historian of Buddhist-Christian dialogue: the Jesuits and the arts, Maria Kannon, diaries of Beatrice Lane Suzuki, Asian art history (IUB), art and religion (GTU).
February Grace @februarygrace.bsky.social The characters are in control, I just take dictation. Words are mine not AI. I love music and art. Sending love out into the night sky. She/her
Chris Warren @christian-s-warren.bsky.social Studying the history of health & environment. Walking the dogs. Teaching the classes. Writing the books.* Traveling the world, little by little.
*Brush With Death [Lead Poisoning]
*Starved for Light [Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency]
Citizeness Kane @citizenesskane.bsky.social Winning Pascal's Wager; wearing many hats (literally/figuratively); Paddington & Caligari stan.
Cue the music...
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
bob a. feldman @protestfolk.bsky.social antiwar journalist/antiwar songwriter
Dr Karen Jane Cannon @karenjanecannon.bsky.social Poet//Author//PhD (Ecopoetics of Place/Body) Novel: Powder Monkey (W&N & Phoenix). Poetry: The Curfew Bell & Emergency Mints. Hamish Canham Prize 2022. Bridport shortlist 2019 & 2024. New Forest Dweller. #poetry #place #nature www.karenJaneCannon.com
AnneC @annecw.bsky.social Proud Chicagoan now living in Appalachia. Word nerd and documentary filmmaker. Focused the stories we tell.
University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social Opening up humanities research.
Passionate advocates for the humanities, we are a collaborative, non-profit and predominantly open access publishing partner to researchers and institutions, creating award-winning scholarly books.
https://uolpress.co.uk
Gardener๐ชด @lat611.bsky.social Nature loving, tree hugging, cat mom.
Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social Nonfiction writer; B&N Discover Great New Writers Pick; New book: Together in Manzanar: The True story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp; Work in NYT, WashPo, WSJ + more; www.tracyslater.com
Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social Author - Poet
Award-winning Pushcart & Best of Net nom. Writer & Poet- Nature Nomad, Science Scarab, Art Aesthete -Stories, Poems, CNF, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Published in Over 100+ Literary & Genre Journals & Anthologies
https://www.silicasun.wordpress.com
Britainโs War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britainโs war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Joelle McTigue ๐ท @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
@balteringhermit.bsky.social @balteringhermit.bsky.social One of Earth's human figure specimen
Riot-A-Day @riot-a-day.bsky.social A daily reckoning with Americaโs buried past. Strikes, massacres, uprisings misnamed as โriots.โ Stories and people theyโd rather erase.
FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://indivisible.org
Rachel (loves LA, always will) @rachelpowers.myatproto.social ~writer, mom, teacher, โก๏ธ, spouse to @grumpykelson.bsky.social~
Thereโs no one to blame but the voters.
Margaret Schotte @schottemargaret.bsky.social Early modern history, DH & Indian Ocean. Loves all things bookish, maritime, & history-of-science. โ she/her ๐
James @0xb04t.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Butler to dogs. Epidemiologist. Science & risk communicator. Lover of books, music, board games, and assorted nerdy stuff. Buddhist?
kikithedoodlebug ART RAFFLE OPEN UNTIL ALL SPOTS ARE FILLED @kikithedoodlebug.bsky.social COMMISSIONS OPEN โ
Hi, Iโm Kiki!
Iโm a digital artist who loves drawing D&D characters, pretty girls, and fanart (once in a blue moon)
On Instagram (for now), Unvale, and Cara
Comics in progress
they/she - level 20
FReadom Fighter @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social Librarian. USN (Ret) spouse. Mom. Gardener. Gamer. Anime. PBS. PTX. Tattoos. Whiskey. Cis-het, she/her.
Passionate about literacy, gardening (native, esp!), and animal rescue.
Opinions my own.
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
PT Klein @ptklein.com Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing at www.howtoreadmovies.com, Metro Weekly, Film Atlas, and elsewhere. Cohost @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.
Jonathan - The Royal Tour @theroyaltour.bsky.social Traveler, Jew, liberal, dual citizen, Dodgers fan.
He/Him/His
Building a community of travelers and history lovers; say hi if thatโs you!
The site: www.theroyaltourblog.com
T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social American historian and biographer.
Pulitzer Prize for History for "Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America"
Pulitzer Prize for Biography & National Book Award for Nonfiction for "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbiltโ
anthony petro @apetro.bsky.social Historian of religion, visual culture, sexuality
Mostly nerdy academic stuff & whippet pics
Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, & the Culture Wars (OUP 2025)
After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, & American Religion (OUP 2015)
https://linktr.ee/anthonypetro
Peter Birkenhead @pbirk.bsky.social Bylines in The Daily Beast, The Week, McSweeneyโs, The NY Daily News, Salon, LA Review of Books, US News, the Washington Post, The Awl, The Morning News, Marie Claire, MORE, Chicago Tribune, others.
substack.com/@peterbirkenhead
Infinite Women @infinite-women.com Allison Tyra: Creator of a database of 10,000+ women's biographies, author of Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed & Stolen Work and The View from the Hill (infinite-women.com/books), cat lady, AuDHD. She/her
www.infinite-women.com
Karen Benjamin @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press 
Lori Levin @lorilevin.bsky.social Experienced IL criminal and DCFS defense attorney. Illinois State Bar Association Laureate & Awardee for Excellence in the Profession. Pandemic art curator. ๐ฆ Email: levin@lorilevinlaw.com.
Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social Journalist for The Atlantic Monthly, author, generator of highly disposable matter.
Jordan Alexander Stein @jordanstein.bsky.social Literature professor and book historian, except for one time I wrote a book about Nina Simone
Gothiron @gothiron.bsky.social Graves, confusion, city wandering like a startled cow, complaining about work. A Noticer of Small Things. Can't be arsed about Ambridge or The Archers anymore. MDANT