The Needling @theneedling.com Seattle's Only Real Fake News
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Lance Warwick (He/Him) @sportecostudent.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Ithaca College. Studying sports and the environment #sportecology. Likes bikes, skiing, coffee, and #rstats, hates climate change. Vegan for the animals & the planet 🌱
TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social Bestselling author of 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ romances.
A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS out now.
Rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski @ Azantian
DM's/@'s not checked regularly. Contact me via my website:
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social Professor of Art History, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. I look at things and then write about them.
Author of Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274363/van-g
@kayak175.bsky.social @kayak175.bsky.social Academic. Sociologist: one foot in teaching, the other in research.
Animal advocate, volunteer at local shelter. Renter-by-choice.
Prefer financial porn. New Jersey/USA
Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social sex & culture critic. author of BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY. host of the REBEL EVER AFTER podcast about progressive romance novels. she/her. support me on patreon: patreon.com/brosandprose
everything else: https://linktr.ee/brosandprose
Maria Bamford @mariabamford.bsky.social ✈️ I'M COMING TO SEE YOU! Want to come to a show but no $? Email me ➡️ Ariamaamfordba@gmail.com
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
BookSky: Books of BlueSky @booksky.bsky.social Posts of books, features, interviews and reviews by BlueSky authors & readers.
📚Curated by Ben Benyamin, author, The Dimension of Trees
@yaminpublishing.bsky.social
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Mark Dingemanse @markdingemanse.net Language, interaction, tech • papers https://markdingemanse.net • blog https://ideophone.org • more colourful on fedi https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark/ • POSSE: Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social Writing in the age of AI stuff
Newsletter: writinghacks.substack.com
Also curate theimportantwork.substack.com
J J Hawkins @jjhawkins.bsky.social He/Him. Jaunty man about the living room. Enthusiastic fan of enthusiasm. Occasional podcaster. 
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
🦹🏻♀️Twitter Files supervillain
Julian Walker @julianwalker.bsky.social Conspirituality Podcast and Book. De:Range on Substack: https://derange.substack.com/
"We aren't the resistance," said NPR. Well, then we will have to be.
Matthew Remski @matthewremski.bsky.social Cohost at http://conspirituality.net.
DM for Signal. Antifascist Dad forthcoming from North Atlantic: Spring 2026: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/807656/antifascist-dad-by-matthew-remski/
Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social 🎙Co-host: Conspirituality
📕 Well Enough: Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry
✍️ Emmy-nominated journalist (NY Times, The Guardian, Time, Mother Jones, Playboy, Rolling Stone)
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
tess wingard @tesswingard.bsky.social historian of medieval gender and sexuality. assistant professor, university of rochester. she/her.
tesswingard.wordpress.com
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social humanoid astrobiologist 🌌 SFF author (largely oxygen by mass) 📚 transhumanist 🤖 star trek autism character 🖖 she/they 🏳️🌈 instructor @ Columbia ✒️ CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STARSHIPS now availabile wherever books are sold 👀
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Laura Kerr @sedserio.com Canadian Artist & Experimental Poet-
#sedserio #QuantumPoetry #forensicPoetry https://sedserio.com Critical AI—Forensic Poet 🇨🇦
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science 👁️ https://olivia.science
🍃 https://metatheory.space
associate professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
Trey Grace @treygrace.bsky.social He/him
Religious musings - when I have time enough and something to say.
QAA guest.
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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Jillian Whitton 🏳️⚧️, rising @jillianw.bsky.social "The thirst trap of Andersonville!" - Anne
Love, ferocity, and mathematics.
She/her. Late-blooming 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈, making up for lost time. Scientist, socialist, musician. Yorkshire lass, living the dream in Chicago, with @scarlettaddams.bsky.social 👰👰 10/28/21
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social Sex-positive comics published every week from a variety of artists since 2013. https://www.ohjoysextoy.com 🔞
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Greg Tremblay, audiobook narrator @gtremblayvoice.bsky.social Greg Tremblay / Greg Boudreaux, is a New England-based award-winning narrator of some 500 audiobooks in diverse genres.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social information science professor (tech ethics + internet stuff)
kind of a content creator (elsewhere also @professorcasey)
though not influencing anyone to do anything except maybe learn things
she/her
more: casey.prof
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov Congresswoman, lifelong organizer, mom. Proudly serving WA-7. Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Member of Judiciary Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Budget Committee. She/her.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social National NFL Reporter
Founder/Writer/Editor: Between The Hashmarks.
You can read me and subscribe here:
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Have covered the NFL for 15 Seasons, including stops at NJ.com and Heavy Sports, and others!
Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social أليسا 🧿
Syria📍PDX
Journalist• Antifascist • She/They
Alissa@wewillfreeus.org •
https://linktr.ee/azarpdx
wewillfreeus.org
🖤 بذور الجنة تنتظر نيران الثورة 🖤
The Oregonian @oregonian.com News updates from the #1 news source in the Pacific NW. See it all at www.OregonLive.com. 
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
FRANK'S FILM REVIEW @franksfilmreview.bsky.social Frank Gaimari, a writer from the Pacific Northwest, has captivated audiences worldwide with his novels, movie reviews, and screenplays.
www.FranksFilmReview.com
@frankgaimari.bsky.social
www.FrankGaimari.com
Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social Your City is a grassroots organization focused on affordability in Seattle, Washington #thisisyourcity
https://www.yourcityseattle.org
Travis Baldree @travisbaldree.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author: Legends & Lattes. Hugo, Nebula & Locus finalist. Audie winning Narrator. Ex-gamedev - Fate,Torchlight & Rebel Galaxy.
Brigands & Breadknives out Nov 11 '25 from Tor.
travisbaldree.com
oceans_of_mona 🏳️⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social They/She
Queer + trans + non-binary
Tri-Cities, WA ➡️ Bellingham ➡️Columbus
AuDHD
Seattle Seahawks
Columbus Crew + Blue Jackets
Film dork/Blankie
Born into indie rock, moulded by it
Letterboxd https://boxd.it/2I4Dj
Sampler playlist http://bit.ly/3YZSNUd
𝔙𝔦𝔬𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔗𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔰 ⛓️😈 @violettemptr3ss.bsky.social 30+ | Bi | 🔞 | ⛓️🖤 ♾️| M/M Romance Reading Blog and Creative Writing | #booksky #mmromance #queerbooks | Multi-fandom | She/He 𐕣
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/violettemptr3ss
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.
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
Camille A. Clare MD MPH @cclaremdmph.bsky.social ObGyn, Medical Educator, Patient Advocate & Activist, Mentor, Sponsor, Servant Leader, Clinician-Researcher and Scientist, she/her/hers, personal account, supporter of climate equity
Amy Johnston, PhD CPH @amydjohn.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Assistant Professor @ uCalgary Ob/Gyne & Community Health Science She/her | Epidemiologist | 💃 #WomensHealth #Endometriosis #CardioObstetrics🫀🤰| Mom 👪 | #WomenInSTEM | #EDIA proponent & ally | Insta: aware_research | Views are mine
Crissa @crissakentavr.bsky.social Centauress
Santa Cruz, California
Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social Anarchist. Host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they
Kimberly J Hale @kimberlyjhale.bsky.social Faculty Success Coach | Studies Higher Ed. | ASL-English Interpreter & Faculty at OkState | Am Writing | am Parenting | am living my best life.
M.A. Wardell @mawardell.bsky.social Lambda Literary finalist, gay, MM rom-com author. For more info check out my website: https://linktr.ee/mawardell
Autumn Watts @autumnwatts.bsky.social Writer, Nevadan, former Guernica fiction editor (2014-2024), co-founder of litmatchcollective.com. She/her
Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. National Murrow Award Winner. Former Vox, USN&WR. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Jesus freak. Girlboss. Real piece of work.
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com
Mat Fournier @matfournier.bsky.social Queer/Trans/Environmentalist. Author of Dysphoric Modernism. 
Dr. Theresa Chapple @drtheresachapple.bsky.social Epidemiologist, Public Health Practitioner, Perinatal Health Researcher, Social Justice Advocate, Policy Nerd, and Mother of Four
Trans News Network @transnews.network Trans News Network (TNN) is a worker-run nonprofit LGBTQ+ newsroom publishing articles that impact trans communities.
Follow our work and socials: https://transnews.network/bio
Our writers: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/transnews.network/3luvqfz7loz2d
The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social AI is not inevitable. We DAIR to imagine, build & use AI deliberately.
Website: http://dair-institute.org
Mastodon: @DAIR@dair-community.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/
Lindsay Masland @lindsaymasland.bsky.social Executive Director of a Center for Teaching and Learning
Professor of Psychology
Queer in all the ways.
Opinions mine.
Building a world where teaching and teachers matter.
kayleigh hearn @ronchronchronch.bsky.social Reviews editor @ 3x Eisner Winner WWAC | Writer @ Looper, Panel x Panel, Shelfdust, 2000AD.com, SOLRAD & more | She/Her | 30s | Queer | Profile pic by Gale Galligan
Leigh Jarrett | MM+ Romance Author @leighjarrett.com MM+ Romance Author 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 📚 💗
Drama, Love, and Happily Ever After
Websites and newsletters ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/author.leighjarrett
Proudly queer and bigender (she/he) 🩷💙
Vive le Canada 🍁 #elbowsup
@etymologynerd.bsky.social @etymologynerd.bsky.social 
National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov Official Bluesky account for NOAA's National Weather Service.
Capt'n Amy, the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes @captnamy.bsky.social ⚧
Wife to @anneb
Mum to Bowie
🚀engineer, console engineer,
lousy musician, student. she/hers
Opinions my own.
Ex-pat Floridian. Newly minted Chicagoan.
Yes, I launched Artemis 1. And Artemis II
Well, helped launch it.
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Bold Strokes Books @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social We're a midsized independent publisher with a diverse collection of LGBTQ+ general and genre fiction (romance, intrigue, crime, erotica, sci-fi/fantasy/horror), adult & YA. Shop our webstore and our sales! https://linktr.ee/boldstrokesbooks
I Heart SapphFic @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social IHS is the place for new sapphic book releases, sales, reading challenges, and the BookFinder database with more than 9,000 sapphic books | Co-owned by TB Markinson (She/Her) & Miranda MacLeod (She/Her) | Website: https://iheartsapphfic.com/
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist.
Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc.
I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek.
Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player.
Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com
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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
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Lisa Rubin @lawofruby.bsky.social @ms.now senior legal reporter & recovering litigator; former off-air legal analyst @maddow.msnbc.com.
Don’t let the pearls fool ya.
Claire Jackson @claire.northsky.social assistant professor of writing studies and director of writing @ SUNY geneseo.
researching the political economy of writing programs and ideologies of literacy, language, gender, and technology.
bass in sweet crush.
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social UPenn. MBA. Books 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Cooking & Gardening 🌱 Photos my own 📸 Married. From California ☀️ Got a Wacko Immune System 😅 Connecting here 🤗 https://substack.com/@archartem
Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
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Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
Francesca Gentile @fgentile11.bsky.social Associate professor & writing program administrator in the big ROC. Probably watching soccer. Maybe flipping through dusty vinyl somewhere.
🏳️🌈⚽️☕️📖🐕
Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social Fat lady + cat lady. I talk about mental health and have OCD, ADHD, and Bipolar. Be prepared for some Alberta (🇨🇦) politics. Opinions my own & so on. 🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Amiskwaciwâskahikan #GoOilers!
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social Writer and independent feminist scholar
Queer person of colour
#FreePalestine
Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social associate prof. of Shakespeare | book: “queer pregnancy in Shakespeare’s plays” | proud CUNY alum | bylines: Chronicle, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Electric Lit, Catapult, American Theatre, LitHub, Huffington Post, etc
aliciaandrzejewskiphd.com
Cinemapolis @cinemapolis.bsky.social Ithaca's member supported independent movie theater. Cinemapolis.org
Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social CUNY prof. Historian of, and advocate for, student organizing. @studentactivism from Twitter.
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social Queering up your shelves, one rec at a time. Check it out at LGBTQReads.com
Cora Rose @coraroseromance.bsky.social Cora Rose loves any kind of romance and consumes way too many books each year!
Whitman College @whitmancollege.bsky.social Whitman College is a nationally-recognized liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. 
Seattle Seahawks @seahawksofficial.com Go Hawks! Your #1 source for up-to-date news, media, and info for your XLVIII Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks #12s
Unaffiliated with The Seattle Seahawks Organization - Fan Account until our Hawks finally join BlueSky :)
Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Washington state | Senate Appropriations Vice Chair | Working every day to help people and solve problems
Grafton Carter 🏳️🌈📖 @graftoncarter.bsky.social Grafton Carter is an author of authentic, sexy, and gloriously queer storytelling, crafting heartfelt, captivating MM (male/male) romance novels that explore themes of love, identity, and self-discovery.
Authentic, Sexy, and Gloriously Queer!
Heather Listhartke (L.Hart) @hlhart.bsky.social Professor of Technical and Digital Writing, Cultural Rhetorics, and Composition. Mom. Gamer. Crafter of Made Things. 
Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
Donate & more: https://linktr.ee/zinneducationproject