gracefulgrain @gracefulgrain.bsky.social Tender Timber
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social Football writer, analyzer, podcaster. Sportsball good. Enjoyer of Bowie. Millennials are the Greatest Generation.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Dark Rose💙 @darkrose9.bsky.social Make the world a better place. Fan of democracy and kindness. 💙💙We are dedicated to resisting fascism, protecting endangered populations, and building a consensus to return the USA to a sane course.
Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social After practicing law for 20+ years, I now write about elections and political extremism. You can find my most recent work at the Bucks County Beacon.
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@horrorposterguy1.bsky.social @horrorposterguy1.bsky.social South East England. Into genre evolution, H.G. Wells to H.G. Lewis, Hammer to Chainsaw. Giallo and Euro horror are my happy place. Incurable nostalgia junkie. 🇬🇧🏳️🌈
@captainwest.bsky.social @captainwest.bsky.social Love classic cars and country music. Vietnam veteran. Think cats and dogs have souls. Fought for freedom in America, and want to keep it free. Glad to be off of Elon's "X"! Follow me, I'll follow you back. DON'T ASK ME FOR MONEY PLEASE! NO BITCOIN. NO PM's
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Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.social Cynical Canadian bibliophile/writer guy into music, sports (lifelong Caps/Jays fan), contemporary literature and poetry, foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social I write a newsletter about sports! It's called Sports! Link in pinned post
Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social Author @Rowohlt, freelance journalist, senior correspondent Religion Dispatches, writes about Christian Nationalism & Right-Wing Extremism in the Europe & the US 1/2 of @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social Post mainly about chess, sometimes serious, often slightly silly. Around 2100 FIDE.
Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
Cameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social Digital History | US History
Professor at CU Denver
📖 Paper Trails: The US Post and the Making of the American West 📖
cblevins.github.io
🐈Rex Parker🐈⬛ ✏️ 🧐 @rexparker.bsky.social Correct crossword opinions / aka Michael Sharp / Teaching lit stuff at Binghamton University / 2025 ACPT Pairs champion (w/ Penelope Harper) / https://letterboxd.com/realrexparker
@podunk-nowhere.bsky.social @podunk-nowhere.bsky.social Grew up out in Podunk-Nowhere, MN, kinda close to Gopher Prairie.
Learned to work together with people out there, to better our Community, and now I live in Minneapolis. A place "Just like my hometown, only Bigger!"
Jim Henley Music @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social Normcore troubadour. He/him. Vocals/keyboards for Silver Alert. Solo singer/songwriter on the Internets.
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.
You Must Remember This @rememberthispod.bsky.social The podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century, by Karina Longworth. http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/
Bad Legal Takes @badlegaltakes.bsky.social Posting the worst legal takes on social media. Have a submission? @ me. 
Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social Senior Editor, Lawfare. Practiced law a long time ago. Email: roger.parloff@lawfaremedia.org ; signal rparloff.61
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Peter Svidler @polborta.bsky.social i have the best dog. chessplayer, cricket tragic, reader of books
Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social Theoretical Physicist.
(She/her/hers)
From Eastern KY.
Highground Chess @highgroundchess.bsky.social ♟️ #Chess Practitioner ♟️ Answering the question - Can Adults reach National Master? #chesspunks 👑 https://lichess.org
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick.
https://kieranhealy.org /
https://theordinalsociety.com
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Chris L @chrisl64.bsky.social Adult patzer. AKA chess enjoyer, player, improver, dabbler, enthusiast, etc. Re-learning chess after "sudden onset" aphantasia following neurological treatment. #chesspunks
Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds, The Rangers), former CNN & BBC analyst, retired journalism prof.
👤: sethabramson.net/bio
⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com
🕹: retrostack.substack.com
🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov Senator for Massachusetts. Ranker on Senate Small Business Committee & HELP Primary Health & Retirement Security Subcommittee. Fighting for a Green New Deal.
Ilja Sirosh @imiljasirosh.bsky.social ♟️ International Master sharing 365 Days of Chess Content in 2025 — instructive daily chess puzzles for all levels. Follow to improve your game! 🧠✨
#chess #chesspunks
Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov Proudly serving the people of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. 
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz Old Seminole Heights — Tampa — Florida — U.S.A.
Journalist. Consultant. Neighborhood trustee. Voting rights advocate. Non-profit theater board member. Citrus grower. Beagle foster dad. Wife guy.
Signal: 352.222.2706
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Chess Puzzle Bot @chesspuzzlebot.bsky.social 
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
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.
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
MatthewKCanada @matthewkcanada.bsky.social Adult chess enjoyer. Occasional chess blogger. I follow for chess content. he/him #chesspunks
https://lichess.org/@/MatthewKCanada/blog
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Trendle @trendle.bsky.social Chess Coach in London, occasionally still playing the game when I can.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
GM JT @gmjtis.bsky.social #chess GM Jonathan Tisdall. This account is for chessy things.
Yosha Iglesias @yoshaiglesias.bsky.social 2025 French Chess Champion, Woman International Master, Fide Master, chess coach, chess composer, YouTuber 🏳️⚧️
contact@yoshachess.com
Chessable @chessable.com The #1 site for chess improvement.
Home to the largest library of online chess video courses.
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog.
https://eschatonblog.com
Currently near Toon
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social writer/journo/translator looking for the early golden era of the bird site. Interested in just about everything. #chess stuff -> @gmjtis.bsky.social
LionChess_Coach @lionchess.bsky.social I help beginner / intermediate chess players using an innovative structure
Here for #chesspunks!
- Over 6 years of coaching experience
- Helped 192 people from 32 countries so far
- Rated 2300+ (FIDE Master), 2700 online
Contact me: linktr.ee/lionchess
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Solveig 🌻 @rookieredhead.bsky.social Norwegian chess nerd♟️ Education manager, Chessable Author, Chess streamer
https://linktr.ee/rookieredhead
#chesspunks 💕 RookieRedheadChess@gmail.com
Jonathan Rowson @jonathanrowson.bsky.social Writer, Speaker, and Publisher.
CEO at Perspectiva (but personal posts here). Scottish Londoner and dad. Erstwhile chess grandmaster.
Christopher Chabris @cfchabris.bsky.social Cognitive scientist, professor, author 'Nobody's Fool' (http://bit.ly/3Wm7rCa) & 'The Invisible Gorilla,' essayist, chess master, poker player, game lover
Kamryn @kamrynheidi.bsky.social Chess player, video creator, writer. I did the 0-2000 in 2 years thing. https://www.youtube.com/@kamrynheidi
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Julian @chessenginelab.com Chess coach / Writing about chess engines on Substack: https://chessenginelab.substack.com / #chesspunks
Tim @chesstim.bsky.social #chesspunks. USCF ~1100. Brit in LA.
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
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.
hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social Ethics R Us.
Cambridge MA
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
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) 
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
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
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Still one eye on Russia. Chess fan. Views are mine
Lichess @lichess.org https://lichess.org The free chess server. No paywall, no tracking, no ads. Just the good stuff. User support requests should be directed to https://lichess.org/contact
Erwin l'Ami @erwinlami.bsky.social Chess Professional
JJ @chesscom.bsky.social Benoni influencer
https://linktr.ee/chessfeelspod
nojokechris.bsky.social @nojokechris.bsky.social Anti-joke activist, Working towards a more earnest chess world. Ex- Lichess. Opinions expressed are those of my employer, don't sue me, sue them.
Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social Dan Bock from Durham, NC. Three-time chess podcast guest. 114th best chess player in North Carolina. I have a Substack called the Chess Improvement Lab.
Web and mobile app developer, runner and dad in my spare time.
Cleomina @cleomina.bsky.social ♟️ Grew up playing chess competitively 🇬🇧 Represented Team England 👩💻 Took 14 year break 🎙️ I will come back to stream on Twitch when life is less busy ✨
Lula (not from chess) @lularobs.bsky.social chess girlie / chesscom + twitch partner / chess Olympian / adult improver / all my links: https://linktr.ee/lularobs
Jennifer Shahade @jenshahade.bsky.social 3x National Chess Champ and PokerStars Pro
Newsletter: https://jenshahade.substack.com/
New book: https://geni.us/ThinkingSideways
How to Beat your Mom at chess videos: https://www.youtube.com/@JenShahade/shorts
julia 🐁 @fide.bsky.social international federation of chess and psychology and reading virginia woolf all night.
i live in the foggiest part of sf and i make a podcast with @chesscom.bsky.social
Jonathan Manley @kingpined.bsky.social Kingpin Editor | Publisher | Chessist | Sceptic | Cake eater | writing a book about Sir George Thomas | All views my own | Mastodon @KingpinEd@newsie.social | Twitter @KingpinEd www.kingpinchess.net
Leon Watson @leonwatson.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of WorldChess.com. PR for English Chess Federation. Previously worked for Chess.com, Chess24, Chessable, The Telegraph, MailOnline & The Sun. Cricket fan. Chess coach. Season ticket holder at Spurs. #COYS
ChessPuzzle.net @chesspuzzle.net Improve your chess by solving chess puzzles on http://ChessPuzzle.net.
Martin B. Justesen @saychess.bsky.social Writes about chess at saychess.substack.com
Shivam Yadav @shivamnimzo.bsky.social Chess player/coach. Beginners and Intermediate-level players DM me for lesson info (chessdotcom/Lichess Username: shivamnimzo). #chesspunks