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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social OED researcher. Professor, film and American Studies. Writer. I expect to die without seeing the Jets win the Super Bowl.
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digby @digby56.bsky.social OG blogger at digbysblog.net
columnist for Salon.com 
Glamma's Boy @begoodjohnny84.bsky.social Lea Thompson's number one fan, but I'm just a "sweet, uncomplicated guy" (SaB) who believes AI stands for "amorous infatuation" (BttF). And I never once voted for Waldo's Dad, if you know what I mean. #BlueCrew
Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social I research movements and markets (renewables, urban ag in Detroit, river conservation in Ireland) & corporate disinformation campaigns. UF & UW alum
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social Author: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
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Lindsay Naylor @lbnaylor.bsky.social she|her - geographer...anti-racist, decolonial, feminist scholar, who can be a bit sweary. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Tara Mulder @taramulder.bsky.social Roman historian. History of pregnancy, childbirth, abortion, sex, & gender. she/her
Available now: A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2026.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social Studying, researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian. Overly helpful
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social Combat veteran (Marines + Army). Friend of the working Mainer, foe of the oligarchy. Husband. Candidate for U.S. Senate.
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) fights for the democracy Americans deserve and aims to build a government that is accountable, transparent and ethical.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social Naturalist: lichens, moths, beetles, bugs and anything else that catches my eye. “What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.”
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
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
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
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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/
Scene on Radio @sceneonradio.bsky.social 2-time Peabody-nominated podcast made and hosted by John Biewen with collaborators, from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke U. and PRX.
Season 8: THE NEWS, on America's information crisis.
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social Historian, Earth Scientist, Writer, Public Intellectual.
Books: Merchants of Doubt; Collapse of Western Civilization; Science on a Mission; Discerning Experts; Why Trust Science?; The Big Myth. Loves: Chocolate, Red Wine, Skiing, family. Hates: Beets.
Anymouse @anymouse.bsky.social Village Trustee (Chairman/mayor), village of 95 in the Nebraska Panhandle. Democratic Socialist. Disabled Navy veteran with epilepsy. Former erotic Romance novel editor. Flag committee chair. broadwater.nebraska.gov He/him
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social Black stuff, history stuff, book stuff, Zelda stuff, human rights stuff, hiphop stuff, funny stuff, revolutionary stuff, ratchet stuff.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social average against the machine
Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social London. Book-related (sells, reads, hoards, writes). Macaroni cheese. Trans rights are human rights. Fix your hearts or die. Redhaired stepchild. Proud slop despiser. Punch up.
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Climate Cat @samcherubin.bsky.social Poet. Climate health author. 'The Crisis Is Here' is available now.
https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Here-Protecting-Health-Changing/dp/B0GGD948HG
Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social Time Machines. Temporality. Ecology. Robots. Education. Associate Professor of 19th century British Literature. 
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social FCC Commissioner. Latina-American. Communications attorney and tech nerd. Dog mom.
Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social Host of all podcasts. Independent Muckraker. Hollywood’s Ultimate Insider.
The post is probably a joke.
Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
Jacob Knutson @jaknutson.bsky.social Reporter at @democracydocket.com
Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social Investigative reporter for PROPUBLICA
Contact me: 202-215-6203 (phone/Signal)
First book: A DEATH ON W STREET
Next book: Southern true-crime epic about porn kingpin Michael Thevis, the mob, and the FBI. Imagine Goodfellas meets Boogie Nights…
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social Editor-at-Large @ProPublica. I ❤️ journalism and good trouble. Tips/ideas: eric.umansky@propublica.org and securely on Signal EricUmansky.04.
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Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.com Earthling, she/her, educator, reader, tabletop gamer, and more. Avatar by Corinne Roberts.
If you want my views and zines on AI, check out padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social Director Multisolving Institute. She/her. Systems thinking, climate justice, and multisolving, with a sprinkle of gardens and the odd puns. @bethsawin on X
Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social Journalist & astrophysicist. Host, @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. New book: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about broken futures pushed by tech billionaires. Words in the Atlantic, NPR, NYT, the Guardian, BBC, SciAm, Fortune, etc. He/him. Signal: adambecker.84
Jessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social Twin Cities MN
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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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.
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Angela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social Senior Editor, Special Projects @ WIRED
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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social Mom 💙 Wife ❤️ Texan
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Founder of ONEST | Global Affairs Analyst
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Will Robinson @willrobinson1776.bsky.social Will is a progressive writer and media producer. He's trying to be a better Ancestor. He/Him
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social 🖤 Ghetto Carrie Bradshaw 💅🏽 | PoliSci BA
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👇 Follow to learn what the textbooks left out
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.