Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Kristen Graham @newskag.bsky.social Philadelphia Inquirer education reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner covering Philadelphia public schools. Phillies superfan. Always learning. Reach out: kgraham@inquirer.com. Recent work: https://www.inquirer.com/author/graham_kristen_a/
Rep. Chris Rabb aka “RepRabb” (He/him) @reprabb.bsky.social Elected same day as the Orange 🍊🤡in 2016.
Most senior progressive in the PA House, representing ~67k folx in the bluest dot in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
200th legislative district - NW Philly.
Christine Nangle @nanglish.bsky.social Writer, The Simpsons. (prev The President Show, The Break, Inside Amy Schumer, Kroll Show, SNL, UCB) I like pit bulls so much. Phanatic fanatic. 🦅
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.
Leigh Kunkel @leighkunkel.bsky.social I'm a journalist in Chicago
But you're probably here for Birdie
Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV
Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social research on the UN, peacekeeping, peace processes, and international relations. interested in joy, screwball comedy. custodian of world’s sweetest dog. opinions mine! 🧿🦒
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
Tom Sugrue @tomsugrue.bsky.social Historian, urbanist, scholar of public policy, race, inequality. Silver Professor NYU. Dad, stepdad, dog dad. Native Detroiter, longtime Philadelphian, honorary Chicagoan, gringo Carioca, wannabe Parisian, and second-time New Yorker. Dual citizen: US/Éire.
Four Seasons Total Landscaping @totalseasons.bsky.social To some a landscaping company, to others a premier press conference venue, and to idiots, a hotel.
Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social Full time Philly civil rights & law enforcement accountability (lawyer at krlawphila.com || board president of @npapjustice.bsky.social), part time running and soccer.
Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social Writer. Lesbian. Texan. Veteran. Hoya. Jesus Fan. She. | cmclymer@gmail.com | I write about politics, religion, and culture in my award-winning blog/newsletter Charlotte's Web Thoughts: charlotteclymer.substack.com
Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social Rutgers Law prof. Into democracy, dogs, and cheese. Knows about LGBTQ+ rights, public interest lawyering, legal ethics, state constitutions, LRW. Too insubordinate for autocracy. 🏳️🌈
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1120939
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
Signal: qjurecic.32
Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social Han Shot first. Making trouble @ Firekit Campaigns and baking pie. Formerly AFT, New Organizing, Obama '08. It's good to punch Nazis. https://linktr.ee/evanyellsatclouds
Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter. Host of The Appellate Wanderer podcast
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social Vice Chair, @democrats.org • PA State Rep, 181st District. • @drmatt.kenyatta’s husband
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Edith Beerdsen @edithbeerdsen.bsky.social Associate Professor at Temple Law School in Philadephia. Scientific Evidence, Civ Pro, litigation culture. She/zij/היא. https://ssrn.com/author=2745040
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Nate Ela @nateela.bsky.social Law prof + sociologist thinking and writing about property, land, cities, democracy, sometimes Philly. Posts ≠ speaking for the institution where I work (obvs).
nateela.net | SSRN: bit.ly/ElaSSRN
c-a-m @cad6711.bsky.social Immigration attorney/advocate. Open borders. Abolish ICE. Defund the police. No political party will save you. A better world is possible. Excuse the typos. I’m angry.
Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social Former United States Court of Appeals Judge (1991-2006)
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
Rachel Lopez @rlopez.bsky.social Law prof writing on intl law, human rights, crim law, & participatory law scholarship.
Things I've written:
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social Husband, Father, Entrepreneur at 1871 tech, Founder @thinkbigusa.bsky.social, Governor.
Fighting for a stronger, fairer, and safer Illinois.
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social Dad to school kids, professor to law students. Focused on education rights
SchooLawCracy: https://edlawprof.substack.com
Homepage: joshuaweishart.com
Ben Heath @jbentonheath.bsky.social Associate Professor, Temple University School of Law. I post about things that interest me, some of which are about law.
Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social Storyteller, lawyer, professor. #LegalStorytelling, #LegalWriting, litigation, #CivPro, legal ed. Views my own.
Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social professor at umass.edu | co-host of haveyouheardpodcast.com | director of umass.edu/education/organizations/center-education-policy
previous book: offthemarkbook.com | latest book: educationwarsbook.com | next book: in progress.
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/
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47
Popular.info
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
IndivisiblePHL ❌👑 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social We Educate, Engage & Mobilize around Progressive values where American Democracy was founded. Part of the #IndivisiblesOfPA
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
WTF Just Happened Today? by Matt Kiser @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com A sane, once-a-day update helping normal people make sense of the news. Since 2017.
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Thick 'n Creamy since 1925, muting mansplainers since 2010, uncoupled since February 2020. I am too a Merry Sunshine.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Jen Kates @jenkatesdc.bsky.social Senior VP/Director, Global & Public Health Policy,
@kff.org. Health policy, epidemics, data, & parenting. NYC born & raised, DC is now home.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Max Goodman @mgequus.bsky.social Horse trainer, rider, educator, artist, activist.
Dramas Over Flowers: A K-drama Podcast @dramasoverflowers.bsky.social subjective critique & objective fangirling by Saya, Anisa and Paroma | read more from us at dramasoverflowers.substack.com
National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social NEPC is a university research center housed at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education. Find us at nepc.colorado.edu.
Sara Warf @sarabwarf.bsky.social Clinical professor of law, paint by numbers artiste, haver of Cookie & Biscuit (small dogs). She/her. Used to be big; it was Twitter that got small. 
Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
Drop Site @dropsitenews.com Independent news on politics and war. No paywall - subscribe for free.
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Pamela Bookman @pamelabookman.bsky.social Assoc dean & law professor @ Fordham Law School. 
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social RECKONING with Jason Herbert
A long-form podcast about history, the outdoors, and the stories that shape who we are.
Benevolent dictator of Historians At The Movies #HATM
New episodes available now.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋
moryan.com 💚
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I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
Ms. Rosenberg @msrosenberg.bsky.social Wife, mother, fucking bitch. Law & light housekeeping. Not pursuant to any official duties.
Phil Yu @angryasianman.bsky.social Angry Asian Man. RISE: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now. They Call Us Bruce. All The Asians On Star Trek. Stay Angry. angryasianman.com
Dru Stevenson @drustevenson.bsky.social Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law - Houston. Academic research now focuses on firearms regulation. I won't follow accounts or reply to their posts if I can't tell who they are IRL. #Housky #lawsky #gvp #gvr
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.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social Dad | #LegalPractice Prof. @GeorgetownLaw | Ex: DDC, 2d Cir, W&C |🎙Host, @howilawyer.bsky.social Podcast (Top 50 Career Podcast on iTunes)
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Patty Skuster @pattyskuster.bsky.social Public health law, abortion. Teaching faculty at University of Pennsylvania MPH Program
Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com Managing editor of http://wonkette.com, executive editor/proprietor of The Moral High Ground (SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://evanhurst.substack.com)
Political analyst and comedy yeller, with some table-flipping ex-vangelical cussing thrown in.
Have You Heard @haveyouheard.bsky.social Occasionally funny & periodically informative, Have You Heard is an education policy podcast featuring @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and @jackschneider.bsky.social
Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent. Design patent geek. Also interested in #ScheduleA litigation. Full bio (including link to CV): https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/sarah-fackrell
Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social McGlinchey Stafford Associate Prof/Research Dean at Tulane Law. Criminal law, rural legal systems, sexual assault, punishment, and cultural criticism. Atrevida y obstinada.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2292637
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social Prof of History at The New School | Author, FIT NATION (2023) + CLASSROOM WARS (2015) | Last Pod: EXTREME for BBC | Words: WSJ, MS NOW, NYT, CHE, etc | Fellow, Carnegie Corp/NEH Public Scholar | Mom | NYC
Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social Jorts the cat.
Jean helps me.
Rachel Gurvich @rachelgurvich.bsky.social Faculty @unc_law | Former patent & appellate litigator | Nerd, karaoke enthusiast, beginner ballroom dancer, eater of feelings | she/her | http://practicetuesday.com
Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
Renee Nicole @reneenicoleallen.bsky.social Reluctantly here🙃| happily a 🎉TENURED🎉law professor in NYC🍎|thinking, talking, & writing about race, social justice, legal education 👩🏾💻|new mommy 👶🏾💙|11:1🙌🏾|travel bae ✈️
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
Mat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social Author: Invisible Things, Loving Day, Pym, Incognegro, etc. Helped on The Fall of the House of Usher (Nflx) and Manhunt (🍎).
Philly-born; Oregon-thriving
Storytelling Guru at U of Oregon; Go 🦆!
Will block for pedantic responses to joke posts—gleefully
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social I work at the Philadelphia DA’s Office, and I’m the Third Circuit Bar Association president.
Views here: just mine.
Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social Law professor @TempleLaw, suburban gardener, avid reader. Happy to nerd out about legal writing anytime. 
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.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
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