juliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social Public Service Fellow - Lawfare
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Sophie Sullivan @sophiemsullivan.bsky.social Investigations and news @ the Guardian
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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com investigative journalist @correctiv.org • Burns Fellow '25 @propublica.org • covering national security, hybrid warfare & influence operations • Signal: tilleckert.90 🔦
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Brendan Thomas @altostratus.bsky.social Welsh tech industry worker living in East London.
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John Washington @jwashing.bsky.social Journalist and Translator.
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Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social Professor at UMN, Sociologist, Mom | Books: Breaking the Pendulum on criminal justice & The Minneapolis Reckoning on the politics of policing | www.michellesphelps.com.
🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social Less estranged from Elon than most of his kids
Escape the algorithm
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Michelle R. Smith @bymichellersmith.com Reporter at Guardian US. Ex-@APNews
Investigating the forces behind attacks on science and public health
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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social Investigative journalist covering the climate crisis
📝 The Guardian, WIRED, Grist & more
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Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social Attorney @ACLULGBT. He/him. Views expressed here are my own.
Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social Reporter @ms.now 📰 | Email: julianne.mcshane@versantmedia.com | Signal: jmcshane.19 | https://www.ms.now/author/julianne-mcshane
Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social Author, editor, professor of history, Philadelphian. Nobody should be deported.
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469673042/dreamland/
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social stop your cryin' it's alright
texas culture reporter for @chron.com
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social Texas Monthly senior writer focused on the far right & Christian nationalism. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Fan of Hip Hop and loud guitars. Send me music.
Juan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social Prison & police accountability lawyer at OJRC. Dream baby dream. He/Him.
Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social Oregon-based investigative journalist. | Co-founder thewesternedge.media
Former OPB. Podcast producer, Bundyville, Dying for a Fight, and Hush.
www.ryanhaas.net
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social Reporter for Drop Site News, co-host of Counter Points
Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social reporter and whatnot
email: RASilverman@protonmail.com
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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com Technical Fellow, @honeycomb.io
American by birth, Chinese by heritage, Australian by choice
living on occupied and unceded Gadigal and Musqueam/Squamish/Tsleil-Waututh land
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com bitch kraken / texan / she/her / 📍atx / 😎 blocking out the haters w @reproaction.bsky.social / co-founder @theflytrapmedia.com
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. LA Podcast co-host, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la 🔥
Samantha Oltman @samoltman.bsky.social Journalist. Editor of AI & Work @theguardian.com, Co-host of Sabotage @goodluckmedia.bsky.social. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sabotage/id1803871381
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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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social editing @lrb (again), after years as Guardian non-fic editor. Writing book for Penguin/Norton on sandals, sunbaths, muesli, 'bearded fruit-juice drinkers' etc. Campaigner for Martha's Rule in NHS.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news writing the Out of Your League queer sports newsletter / co-author of HAIL MARY: The Rise & Fall of the National Women’s Football League / they/them 🏳️⚧️🌈
Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social "I don't need an agenda — I just tell the truth. Let it off the leash and don't touch it. It knows what to do."
Investigative reporter covering immigration + more at CT Insider.
New Haven now; Athens, Ga., always.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@cnbc.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla & spacex (some climate tech). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
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books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social Justice reporter at NOTUS
Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social Apparently I’m doing this now. 
Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social Journalist covering environment and education @oregoncapitalchronicle.com, part of @statesnewsroom.com
Elliott Young @elliottyoung.bsky.social Borderlands and Transnational Migration historian at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Expert witness for asylum. Tepoztlán Institute. Migration Scholar Collaborative. Stanford Migration & Asylum Lab. Author of Forever Prisoners, and Alien Nation.
Ryan Fonseca @ryan-fonseca.bsky.social Deputy digital editor for Guardian US (@us.theguardian.com), based in LA
Teaching journalism at Cal State Northridge
Previously: @latimes.com, @laist.com, @sfstandard.com
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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Joe @joealv.bsky.social Minneapolis
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي
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Lucius Tuck @luciust.bsky.social NYC former cook, BA: PoliSci @CCNY MA: International Crime & Justice @JohnJayCollege • Senior Research Analyst @ NexxusConsulting.org • Epsteinwiki.com • Opinions my own
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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social Author of The Golden State (2018) and Mobility (2023). www.lydiakiesling.com
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com NBC News senior reporter | Author of THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS | Co-creator of SOUTHLAKE & GRAPEVINE podcasts | Retired t-ball coach
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times
LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
Vivian Ho @vivianho.bsky.social Freelance journalist in London. Joan of Narrative Arc. Forever Californian.
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Wesley @wessaidwords.bsky.social State and local tax policy for #CAleg
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Jessica Flores @jessicaflores.bsky.social Oakland. ☕️
Francesca D'Annunzio @francescadnunz.bsky.social investigative reporter covering immigration enforcement for @propublica.org
cat mom, multilingual, outdoorsy, nosy, very into FOIAs + touching grass
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com visuals editor at ProPublica 🦂
probably headbanging
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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social Yorkshire-based journalist. York Press, The Line of Best Fit and News Associates.
Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com Freedom through Truth for Service.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social Reporter covering immigration, homelessness, other stuff, for THE CITY
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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social Politics @ TPM // Previously @ Teen Vogue
Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social Reporter for @boltsmag.org covering voting rights, democracy, and criminal justice at the local and state levels. Previously @denverpost.com. Support local journalism.
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Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social Director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Raised in Austin TX; in DC for last 20+ years; MA/WA/IL/CA/NZ in between. Owner of extremely cute dog.
@melissa-myrna.bsky.social @melissa-myrna.bsky.social Fresno Bee Accountability & Enterprise Reporter
Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
KatherineHawkins @krhawkins.bsky.social Senior Legal Analyst for the Constitution Project at @pogowatchdog. Trying to annoy CBP for rights violations as badly as I used to annoy the CIA. Personal account; views are my own, etc.
alex roberts @lexlanham.bsky.social law professor teaching & writing about trademark, false advertising, IP, & entertainment law at northeastern 
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Annmarie Fertoli @annmariefertoli.bsky.social Host, reporter, producer, editor, journalist. Alum @nbcnews.com @WSJ.com @wnyc.org @wfuvnews.bsky.social. Animal enthusiast. Food lover. Adventure-seeker. Loves a statement earring.
Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social Seattle native but Angeleno to the core. Teacher, writer, story-coach, failed iconoclast
https://linktr.ee/cjsingerwrites
Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) @curbprisons.bsky.social We are a coalition of over 80 organizations working to reduce the number of incarcerated people in California, reduce the number of jails and prisons in our state and shift wasteful spending away from incarceration and toward healthy community investments.
Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social 
Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social National Security Attorney, Comic Book Historian, University of Rochester Alum
FREEDOM SPECTRUM OF EAST AFRICA (FSEA) @kitenda.bsky.social East African LGBTQ activist aiming at safety, visibility and equality for LGBTQ folks
https://sites.google.com/view/freedom-spectrum-east-africa
Pedro Rios @pedroconsafos.bsky.social Human Rights advocate, Director of AFSC's US-Mexico Border Program & board member of National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
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
Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social Government and policy writer. Views are my own. pbacon@tnr.com
Alex Gonzalez @alexandergonzalez.bsky.social 🌵Tucsonan | 📌 Communications Strategist @acluaz.bsky.social | 🗣️ Español, English, and Português | Personal Account — views are my own
Scott Shuchart @scottshuchart.bsky.social Resigned under T before it was cool. Head of ICE policy, 2023-25. Before: KIND, DHS, litigator. It really was better in the Before Times. shuchartlaw.com, scottshuchart.com
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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Ryan Shapiro @rshapiro.bsky.social Co-founder/Executive Director @propertyofthepeople.org. PhD @MIT. Previously @BKCHarvard. FOIA. nat sec. animals. punk rock. https://propertyofthepeople.org/ 🌱
Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org A nonprofit organization devoted to governmental transparency. The records of government are the property of the people. It's time we reclaim them. https://propertyofthepeople.org/
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Erik Nook 🏳️🌈 @eriknook.bsky.social Psych Professor @Princeton studying how language and emotion interact in the brain, clinic, and over development. He/they
Manjusha Kulkarni @manjushakulkarni.bsky.social Co-founder, Stop AAPI Hate, Executive Director, AAPI EQUITY ALLIANCE, a coalition that serves and represents 1.6 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles. Recognized as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People.
Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social Arkie. Anti-Dirtbagist. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Columnist & Contrib. Editor, @LiberalCurrents.com
Words: @thebulwark.com, @ms.now, @foreignpolicy.com, @theunpopulist.net
Writing a book (Broadleaf)
Go Knicks
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com Videogames PR and consulting. 3MA panelist at large and volunteer tall ship sailor. A bit of voiceover, occasionally.
Gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
📍The spacious Philadelphia suburb of Delaware
👾 www.twitch.tv/eenbou
ianboudreau.com
Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social SDNY and NYSS courts reporter, New York Daily News. Irishwoman. https://mollycranenewman.com/About
Senator Sasha Renée Pérez @senatorsrp.bsky.social Representing California’s 25th Senate District
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social CEO of Center for Employment Justice, former Dem Congressional Nominee, Former JAG, all the way liberal, AKA.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com Journalist: abortion and politics. Cofounder @autonomynews.co. Seen in The New Republic, The Guardian, Slate, Mother Jones, MSNOW, Jezebel. WGAE Council. From PA, now in BK
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com Health contributor/reporter at Guardian US, contributing editor at the New Republic, freelance elsewhere. Arctic obsessive and book enthusiast.
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
Nashville, TN
https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
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