Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social Author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War. Teaches at Fairfield University MFA.
Adam Russell Taylor @revadamtaylor.bsky.social President, Sojourners. New book “A More Perfect Union” available now. Passionate social justice advocate & bridge builder. Ordained Baptist minister.
Ellen Umansky @ellenumansky.bsky.social Author of The Fortunate Ones.
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BrianFragaNCR @bfragancr.bsky.social Staff reporter for
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Jacob Weisberg @jacobweisberg.bsky.social Reader, Writer, co-founder of Pushkin Industries & Chair of Committee to Protect Journalists
D Magazine @dmagazine.bsky.social Making Dallas an Even Better Place
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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.
Kathryn Joyce @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social Journalist covering the right. Author of The Child Catchers & Quiverfull. Writing in various places.
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Churches of New York @brooklynwandering.bsky.social Documenting the churches, synagogues, mosques, etc, seen on my walks throughout Brooklyn and New York. @goldwagnathan.bsky.social.
Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social Ex-liontamer, writer/editor/strategist.
I used to work for Wired, The Verge, The Atlantic, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles.
I also host sometimes at Kottke.org.
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social Episcopalian | North Carolinian | father | husband | English teacher | liberal | lost on Jeopardy! | 🏳️🌈 | IG: @aubreygilleran
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
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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/
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
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Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social Slate senior writer / host of Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs
Joseph Locke @josephllocke.bsky.social Historian (Texas/Borderlands/Religion). Co-creator/editor of http://AmericanYawp.com. July 2026: One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas (https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477334201/)
Hester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social A patched professor in Queen Nature’s granite-founded College. Polar humanities, C19, oceanic studies. Ask me about Moby-Dick. I teach environmental and nineteenth-century American literature at WashU. Protect trans kids. She/her. hesterblum.com
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social All-around genius working for peace, beauty, and intelligent thought.
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Aaron Parsley @freshparsley.bsky.social Senior Editor at Texas Monthly, covering culture.
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Maya King @mayaaking.bsky.social Politics Reporter at The New York Times
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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social Author of 5 books, most recently the essay collection IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE. New novel REVEAL! forthcoming in Spring '28
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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com Texas News with Teeth
Ian is the Priest-King of the Sacred Grove at Nemi @poetinbabylon.bsky.social High-Church Pentecostal. Presbyterian (PCUSA) Pastor. UChicago MAPH 16, MA Div 21. 19/20C History of Religions. Great Prairie State Enjoyer (and Loyalist to the Khan of Springfield). Dungeon Master. Yasuki Courtier. On the Spectrum. #MessiaenIsLove
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Bonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social A minister exploring the mass intersection of belief, politics, responsibility, and humanity. Gadfly.
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Zach Malm @muzach.bsky.social Recovering certainty addict.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com- K katiebakes @katiebakes.bsky.social senior writer at The Ringer. Country Baby is not for sale!!!!!
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social Writer, @thebulwark.com. Email: saletan@thebulwark.com. You can also find me at https://www.threads.net/@wsaletan and http://substack.com/@saletan
Jill Filipovic @jillfilipovic.bsky.social Journalist, author, recovering lawyer. Find me at Slate, the New Statesman, and Substack. Practitioner of yoga, befriender of cats.
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Molly Olmstead @mollyolmstead.bsky.social Reporter at Slate, covering the right
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social Nashville Banner criminal justice / public safety reporter. “Death Row Welcomes You” author. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676743/death-row-welcomes-you-by-steven-hale/
Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social Ugh, fine.
Writer in Texas.
I curse on the internet now.
#HouSky
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Kelsey Hanson Woodruff @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social Researching and writing about American Christianity, gender, media, and politics.
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Taylor Berglund @toberglund.bsky.social Senior Features Editor at Christianity Today. YouTube video essay creator. Duke Div alum. Gets way too excited about movies. Always up to something. Micah 6:8. Opinions mine and do not reflect on CT.
Katy Waldman @xwaldie.bsky.social 
Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social Columnist, The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/ Podcast: The Time of Monsters: https://www.thenation.com/content/time-of-monsters/
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
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Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social Gen X, middle child, Leo. I mostly write about books.
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
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Charlie McCrary @mccraryc.bsky.social I write and teach about US religion, secularism, religious freedom, spirituality, race, politics, etc. I work at Eckerd College.
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social I'm not Young, Restless, or Reformed -- I'm Old, Exhausted, and (Ana)baptist. Half Took, Half Baggins. #ADHD. He/him.
Steve Merelman @smerelman.bsky.social New York Times Deputy National Editor
Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social Writing in the New Statesman, Liberal Currents, New Socialist, Tribune, Vulture, Aftermath. Host of Death Sentence podcast.
Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social Thoughtful, Independent, Progressive
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Christian Bell 🇺🇦 @cshbell.com Would like to be John Ames.
More often is Jack Boughton.
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Hayden Royster @haydenroyster.bsky.social SD 🌯 ➡️ SF 🌁
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Ted Scheinman @scheinman.bsky.social senior editor, smithsonian mag
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social I write narrative features about how systems affect people. Writing a book about how we teach literacy and what it means to be a good reader. Contributing writer, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author, Bad Company: https://bookshop.org/a/109816/9780063299351.
Mark Simpson-Vos @simpsonvos.bsky.social I care about ideas doing work in the world
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Seeking to enter by the narrow gate.
Religion | History | Indigeneity | Music | Sport
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Peter Wehner @peter-wehner.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum
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Worked in Reagan and Bush41 administrations and Bush43 White House
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Paul Putz @paulputz.bsky.social Historian. Director of the Faith & Sports Institute at Baylor’s Truett Seminary. Author of THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME
Into sports, theology, religion, culture, writing, teaching. Also all things Nebraska. James 1:19.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
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nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
Michael J. O'Loughlin @mikeoloughlin.bsky.social Executive Editor, National Catholic Reporter, and author, Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and Compassion in the Face of Fear
David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com Senior Editor, University Press of Kansas | Lecturer, KU | Who Is a New Christian? (Cambridge, 2024) | Bylines: Christian Century, Sojourners, Presby Outlook, Revealer
Kip Kosek @kipkosek.bsky.social Sometime scholar of American history, religion, and culture. Author Acts of Conscience. From Wisconsin to the East Coast and back again. Posts about cultural, intellectual, and political life.
American Medieval Podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. If America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.
Host @profgabriele.com, part of @multitude.productions
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social Hi. Hello. PHX local. Tired af. Antifascist researcher and occasional writer | Make zines dammit | Find some of my BS at LeftCoastRightWatch.org or linktr.ee/az_rww 🏜️🌵
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MWhite @pjmatt.bsky.social Senior Editor, Task & Purpose; former USAF & Alaska ANG Pararescueman. Cited in SCOTUS brief (Nieves v Bartlett). Agatha Christie reader. Teach @unchussman.
Mike Rosenwald @mikerosenwald.bsky.social NYT staff writer. Natl Mag Award finalist. New Yorker, Esquire, etc. Writing book @penguinrandom || ⚾️ Ex-baseball coach || Nova (Fla.) HS baseball HOF 1992 ||
John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social Reporter, The New York Times. Former U.S. Navy EOD & Iraq vet. Reach me securely via Signal at: johnismay.01 or by email at: john.ismay@nytimes.com
Melissa Deckman @melissadeckman.bsky.social CEO at PRRI, I write about American politics, religion, and gender. https://melissadeckman.com; https://www.prri.org/
Corey Nathan @coreysnathan.bsky.social Creative Businessman, Engaged Citizen
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social Catholic theologian, M.Div. Theology Department at DePaul College Prep, Chronicler of all things Catholic. Pope Leo XIV. Vatican analyst.
Aram Sarkisian @aramsark.bsky.social Historian of U.S. working-class religion. Author of "Orthodoxy on the Line" (NYU Press, 2025). He/Him. Music is the best. M Go Blue 🏆
Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social Reporter, The New York Times; author of “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America”
Ellen Kushner @ellenkushner.bsky.social Author & woman around town. Married to Delia Sherman. Wrote Swordspoint. Host/writer of public radio’s Sound & Spirit. A new gig every 17 years. Back to writing novels. Seeking for further amusement.
I would probably like you.
Miguel Petrosky @miguelpetrosky.bsky.social Essayist | Writer | Journalist. Religion and social movements’ influence on American politics and culture.
Cara Kelly @carakelly.bsky.social investigative journalist. style section alum. texas media adoptee.
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social Founder of Cognitive Resonance, a new venture dedicated to helping people understand human cognition and generative AI. Advocate for humans.
Newsletter: https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis.bsky.social NYT economics reporter. Just checking things out over here. 
Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social More like Aunty Mame every day. Behold fat femme wizardry, bisexual hullabaloo, culinary feats of derring-do, progressive theology, and kitty cats. Probably posting from the bath. she/her
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Dan Barry @danbarry58.bsky.social Longtime journalist at The New York Times, author, flaneur.
Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social Independent journalist. Words in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, The Daily Beast, Texas Monthly etc. My debut novel “Something’s Wrong With The Girls“ will be published by Rare Bird.
Wanna work together? oliviamesser@protonmail.com