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Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
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Jackson Crawford @norsebysw.bsky.social Former instructor (UCLA/UCB/CU), Ph.D., on youtube ( www.youtube.com/jacksoncrawford ). Imperfectly trying to teach Old Norse things and linguistics. 2nd Ed. of my translation of the Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes now out. Colorado.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social Government and policy writer. Views are my own. pbacon@tnr.com
Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org Labor econ. Formerly White House CEA senior economist for labor, UMN prof, union organizer, bike courier, dishwasher. Minneapolis. Posts mine, not employer's (@upjohninstitute.bsky.social). Fellow @iza.org
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Sequel: Duality, coming soon.
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Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication, Medicine, and Public Policy at Cornell University.
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Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013",
Soon: 'The Wheel of Poverty'. He/him.
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Rachel Jones @rvljonesing.bsky.social Librarian & Writer. Organizing with NYC PLAN (nycplan.org) and the Prison Library Support Network (plsn.org).
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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com Organizer, The Redress Movement
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Michelle Martin @michellemartin.bsky.social English educator. Ph.D. in theory/Am lit. Small-time farmer, sometimes banjo-picker, and Appalachian native. Lover of sci-fi, film, high modernism, and goats. Political junkie.
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Ken Ward Jr. @kenwardjr.bsky.social Investigative journalist in West Virginia. Founding editor-in-chief of @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social watchdog newsroom. Former ProPublica local reporter. MacArthur Fellow.
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