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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social Book worker at University of Texas Press | Formerly a bookseller, at Paris Review | Occasional writing at places like Defector, LARB, Full Stop, The Millions, elsewhere | joelpinckney@gmail.com
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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planetβjustly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org
Max Jordan Nguemeni @maxjordan.bsky.social UCLA GIM & HSR Asst Prof/Doctor, researcher, chaotic good & tennis guy.
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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social Contributing writer for Defector, bylines at The Guardian, n+1, The Second Serve, Air Mail, Texas Monthly, The Athletic, others. Say hi/reach out for work: owentennis11@gmail.com
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Jack Herrera @jherrerx.bsky.social Freelance reporter, un tipo chido
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Work in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texas Monthly 
Melissa Lewis @melissa.news data reporter, Center for Investigative Reporting (@motherjones.com + @revealnews.org)
Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social senior tech editor, the verge
Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social PI @Rockefeller University. Investigator @HHMI. Instigator of clonal raider ant project #CRAP. π Evolution, Behavior & Neuroscience. Posts science and photography. π§ πΈ
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Sol J Brager @soljbrager.bsky.social Author of graphic novel HEAVYWEIGHT (William Morrow 2024). Historian, teacher, cartoonist. Mostly drawing comics, doing research. https://solomonbrager.com/
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frida garza @fridagarza.bsky.social on the food + climate beat at Grist // previously editing at the Guardian US // mexican texan in nyc // views expressed here are my own
Mychal Denzel Smith @mychaldenzelsmith.bsky.social Books: Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching/Stakes is High/one in progress about Virginia. Smoking cigars, drinking coffee, playing chess. I dunno man, what even matters now?
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
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Joyce Feral Oates π³οΈββ§οΈ @marthaharbison.northsky.social That person at the party who won't shut up about birds. They/them. NYC.
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https://www.feministbirdclub.org
Erin (Rin) Krichilsky @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social Entomologist | Studying apoid wasps & bees | Systematics & Biodiversity | PhD Candidate @ Ware Lab | AMNH & Columbia E3B π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ (he/they)
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Joseph Lee @josephvlee.bsky.social Aquinnah Wampanoag | NOTHING MORE OF THIS LAND out now!! β¬οΈ
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alex @birdmotif.alextey.co birdwatcher, writer, right-handed pitcher // she // new york
Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social Associate Professor, palaeoecologist, and science communicator @Otago Ancient Ecology Lab MΔtai Hauropi Tawhito using ancient DNA and palaeontology to reconstruct past ecosystems.
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Jessica Leigh Hester @jessicaleighhester.bsky.social fledgling historian (grave robbing in the 19th century U.S.) ~ science journalist (writing a book about traces, trash, fossils, and the future for Random House!) ~ friend to slime molds, foe of fatbergs ~ she/her
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Heightened Scrutiny @heightenedscrutinydoc.com New documentary from director Sam Feder that follows @samfeder.bsky.social @chasestrangio.bsky.social's #SCOTUS fight for trans rights and access to healthcare. Premieres at the 2025 @sundancefest.bsky.social. Exec Producer: @lavernecox.bsky.social
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
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
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social Opinions are my own // comms @ aclu
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Patrick Kelly MPH @patrickjakelly.bsky.social PhD candidate @brownSPH | Editor of Education Innovation @AJPH | Addiction Scientist
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social Journalist. Created @thebarbedwire.com. Words in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, The Daily Beast, Texas Monthly etc. My debut novel βSomethingβs Wrong With The Girlsβ will be published by Rare Bird.
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Laura Poppick @laurapoppick.bsky.social Maine-based science and environmental journalist with stories in the NYT, Scientific American, Smithsonian, and elsewhere. Author of STRATA: Stories from Deep Time (W.W. Norton, July 2025).
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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
Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social Environmental journalist, writer, artist, naturalist. Bylines: The Guardian, The Atlantic, NYT, Tech Review. Former senior editor/writer at Nat Geo.
http://www.dougmain.com
https://venmo.com/u/DouglasMain
Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com Health tech / AI reporter @ STAT News
AAAS MMF '21
PFAS PhD/water nerd
Buckeye/believer/sad indie rock concertgoer
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social Entomologist and Photographer in Austin, Texas.
https://www.alexanderwild.com
Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social Senior editor at New Scientist
Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social English Professor, Cetacean Enthusiast, Canine Therapy Human. I write about anthropogenic species extinction, Arctic ecosystems, more-than-human organisms, and blue humanities. Ocean obsessed! Fairbanks, AK. Views my own.
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
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Lisa Ko @iamlisako.bsky.social π MEMORY PIECE (2024)
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Julian Lucas @jcljules.bsky.social staff writer at @newyorker.com // editor-at-large @thedialmag.bsky.social, @cabinetmagazine.bsky.social // jesβ grew carrier
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Dr. Sebastian A. Echeverri, PhD @spiderdaynightlive.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood spider scientist!ο½ADHD & autisticο½Cohost of the BBC Earth Podcastο½Designed Crash Course Zoologyο½Find me across the web @ https://spiderdaynightlive.carrd.co/
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