James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic โ How QAnon Contaminated The World. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Owen Gent @owengent.bsky.social Artist & Illustrator based in Bristol, UK
Clients include - New Yorker, Penguin, New York Times, BBC, Washington Post, Pentagram, IMAX, Vogue
He/Him
linktr.ee/owengent
Giada Zavarise @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social Paradox's spookiest Content Designer
๐ Stellaris
๐ Afterworld
http://giadazavarise.com/ | https://cheerfulgoth.itch.io/ | https://cheerfulgoth.bearblog.dev/
Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social Sociologist @Cornell. Currently interested in the history of inequality statistics, and the role of economic expertise in climate policy. โVencerรฉis, pero no convencerรฉis.โ
Dr. รmile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social Philosopher and historian of human extinction (sadly, an increasingly relevant topic). Coined the term โTESCREALโ w/ Timnit Gebru. Salon, Truthdig, WaPo, Aeon, etc.
Vincent Ialenti @vincentialenti.bsky.social nuclear waste anthropologist | former DOE program manager | senior fellow at Tampere University | longstormer
https://www.vincentialenti.com
Dan Hon @danhon.com Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc
me: about.danhon.com
work: verylittlegravitas.com/
show: verylittlegravitas.com/how-people-work/live
newsletter: thingsthatcaughtmyattention.com
i made: donotreply.cards
DM or Signal danhon.1701
Jess Miers ๐ฆ @jmiers230.bsky.social law professor / computer scientist / other things
I write about tech, law, speech, and suicide
Jmiers@uakron.edu
Small Press Expo @smallpressexpo.bsky.social Small Press Expo/SPX is the pre-eminent indie comics festival and home of the Ignatz Awards. Every September we host over 500 creators for the ultimate in mini-comics, riso comix and graphic novels.
www.smallpressexpo.com
Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social A magazine of ideas, politics, and culture, committed to the power of collective reasoning and imagination to create a more just world.
Independent & nonprofit since 1975.
Newsletter:
bostonreview.net/newsletter
Subscribe:
bostonreview.net/memberships
Sargoth (discursively endogenous feliform) @longersky.com It is important to ask, at all times: what kind of a bear, bird, cat, snake or spider are you?
Former _ebooks haver and last bastion of weird twitter
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thegreyweb
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social narrative designer & general menace @ko-op.com
they/them ๐ฑ๐ง๐บ๐ธ
https://jannouna.dev/ | https://jannouna.itch.io
richard @halkyardo.bsky.social they/them
Iris van Rooij ๐ญ @irisvanrooij.bsky.social Professor of Computational Cognitive Science | Dept. of Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence | @Iris@scholar.social on ๐ฆฃ | http://irisvanrooijcogsci.com | she/they ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Colin @colin-fraser.net Anti-spreadsheet person
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
๐ช๐ฌโฒโฒโฒฃโฒโฒโฒฬโฒญโฒโฒโฒ
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ she/ูู
๐ธ @willtoft.bsky.social
Rep๐ @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social Bikes | Food | Transit | Housing | Travel | Music | Fashion | History | And More
๐ Chicago via too many places to list
Posts are not peer reviewed.
v buckenham @v21.bsky.social hello again
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social Author and professor type person.
SF noir novel! ๐ค๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐งฌ http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24
Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
may @maysuser.name in my defense i have none
(she/her/hers)
writing, games, and socials at maysuser.name
Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social Software developer and creative dabbler sharing what I learn along the way.
I write and make videos about programming. I spend a lot thinking about TypeScript, Rust, Ruby, and the web! No AI.
https://brettcodes.com
Tall Story Games @tallstorygames.bsky.social UK indie adventure game developer, creator of Lucy Dreaming and Director of AdventureX - https://tallstorygames.com
David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social Main site at https://prokopetz.net
Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social Author. Many books, including SABRIEL, the five other Old Kingdom novels; THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON and sequels; THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM series, lots more. And stories. Adult SF/horror MASSIF out Sept 2026. www.garthnix.com
gormless tomfool bea ๐๐๐ @beesmygod.bsky.social ๐ค read my webcomic: http://www.aghoststorycomic.com/
๐ค read some blog posts: http://www.beesmygod.com/
๐ค support my comics/posts:
https://www.patreon.com/aghoststory
https://ko-fi.com/beesmygod
Ben is Unionized and Writes Stuff @beewubs.bsky.social Game Writer & Narrative Designer for a popular demon-stabbing game. He/him. Unionized.
(Previous credits: Blade & Soul, MapleStory & MapleStory 2, WarHaven). Amateur gardener and foodie.
#Narrative
#GameDev
#Food
#Gardening
#Plants
Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
Sadie, posting @sadieposting.bsky.social sadie - comedian & artist - pronouns unlockable at B Support Level - [[#1 rated salesman 1991]] - enthusiastic gay hermit
the face that lunched a thousand chips
jester at @thirstforadventure.bsky.social
Kate Hagen ๐ฆ ๐น ๐ฆ @thathagengrrl.bsky.social Writer โข SVP, The Black List โข videostore vixen, constant collector, wild at heart + weird on top โข katehagen.co โจ๐ผโจ
Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social I am a pension fund monitor for Fremulon Insurance.
New Book "Big Fan" (with Joe Posnanski) available May 19. Preorder signed copies here: https://josephbeth.com/book/9798217045112
Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social Producer. Co-host, Shift+F1. Formerly: Digital Eclipse, Cloth Map, Giant Bomb.
https://drewscanlon.com
Kerry Dyer @kezdyer.bsky.social Stop Motion puppet fabricator. BBC - Ooglies, Aardman, Clangers, Isle of Dogs + currently Puppet Hospital HOD at Laika.
Capital B Gary @capitalbgary.bsky.social News we need. One of @capitalb.bsky.social local newsrooms!
Join us at http://gary.capitalbnews.org.
Devin Thomas OโShea @devintoshea.bsky.social author of THE VEILED PROPHET โ writing in The Nation, The Intercept, Slate, Jacobin, Boulevard โ he/him โ rep Erik Hane, Headwater Literary
https://linktr.ee/devintoshea
Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social Chicago-based. Bikes. Books. Photography. Lot of politics.
Dr. Ashok Karra @akarra.bsky.social Political philosophy and ethics. Currently working on Nietzsche, Heidegger, and problems of freedom & authenticity. I teach community college & you'll hear plenty about it.
Let me know how you are and how I can help.
https://www.ashokkarra.blog/
jess m. โ๐ @jametc.bsky.social animator/illustrator/3d generalist in Vancouver
worked on some cartoons
NO๐ซAI
๐ผ๏ธ: instagram.com/my2k
๐ฆart tag: #artpost
๐: http://jam-etc.ju.mp/
business contact: https://jam-etc-contact.ju.mp
frequently discusses #politics, feel free to mute that tag ๐๐
Avery Edison @averyedison.com elegantly withstanding the vast brunt of it
sketbordcat @sketbordcat.bsky.social rip benny harvey, miss ya big man
made game about magnifying horses: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4585340/Horse_Magnifier_The_Full_Horse/
Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social Teacher, Ethnographer, Arabist; Author of Affection and Mercy (2021) and Social Media Tribes: Jordan's Bedouin and the Margins of the State (2026) โฅ๏ธ๐ฏ๐ดโฅ๏ธ๐ต๐ธ (he/ูู)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lLU0JwkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
House House @househouse.com We made Push Me Pull You, and an Untitled Goose Game: goose.game. Big Walk is out now: bigwalk.game
househouse.com
Neven Mrgan @mrgan.com Creative Lead at Panic, working on Playdate, dev software, and helping publish games โข Maker of games Blackbar, Grayout, Hidey Spot, The Barkless Doctrine, The Incident, Space Age, Stagehand โข One of the good ones โข Portland, OR โข he/him
Sparkling Urbana *is a trans grunge band @sparklingurbana.bsky.social Queer Chicago grunge band writing trans songs about bodies being lawless gods, not paying rent with resilience, and wanting to be beamed home as motherfucking space aliens and other such weird homo stuffs
sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com
streaming on whatever
yuko @aidosaur.bsky.social drawing dragons for comics & games & animation
character/environment concept designer @ fields of mistria
read my sexy comic BARBAROUS @ johnnywander.com
ananth @ananthhirsh.bsky.social award-winning indian american writer // Senior Writer: Fields of Mistria // books: BARBAROUS, Johnny Wander, Greater Secrets, Pixels of You, Lucky Penny and more // writing about feelings for comics and games
johnnywander.com
Apocalypse Confidential @apconmag.bsky.social low lives + high strangeness | open for general submissions: https://apocalypse-confidential.com
Tiffany Babb ๐ NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social Comics and baseball - Editor of The Comics Courier & @comicsstaple.bsky.social - Host of Interesting Jobs the Podcast & @thefanfiles.bsky.socialโฌ - Previously of PanelxPanel - tbabb0621@gmail.com - tiffanybabb.com
Alexandria Neonakis @beavs.bsky.social Concept Artist in Games. Illustrator. Horse Girl. Plays WoW too much.
Looking for freelance work!
Portfolio: https://alexneonakis.com
Socials: https://direct.me/alexneonakis
Horrific Scribblings @horrificscribs.bsky.social ๐ฉธ Provocative. Scary. Strange.
Independent Publisher of Transgressive Dark Fiction.
๐ Books โข Anthologies โข Horrific Scribes
Clara ๐ wishlist Pelikeeper! @trendywalnut.dev she/her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
cofounder/designer/programmer at @mergeconflictstudio.com | things @ ??? | previously #SpiderMan2PS5 & Zenimax Online Studios
Rob Larson @ironicprofessor.bsky.social Economics professor | author Mastering the Universe, Bit Tyrants and Capitalism vs Freedom | house economist Current Affairs | AFT local 2196 | steal from the rich and drink to the poor
Axel ุญุณู Taiari @shevek.bsky.social Writer.
ZERO PARADES. Neurocracy. weird fiction. narrative design. game studies. (He/they)
Tamra Bonvillain @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social Comic colorist for stuff
Liv Smith๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ฎ๐ชVoice Acting Muscle Mommy @livsmithvavo.bsky.social N/Irish VA 32
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธTrans Woman She/Her
oliverssmith@hotmail.com
https://oliviasmithvoiceactor.com/
#WH40KRogueTrader
#DungeonsandDragons
#SMITE
#Rivals2
#InanimateInsanity
Casting Director
https://ko-fi.com/oliversmithvavo
https://throne.com/livsmith
Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social Author, biologist, cat herder | BFA & SoA winner, Clarke Award, BSFA, Kavya & Saltire Awards finalist | THE SALT ORACLE out now https://geni.us/saltorac | rep Julie Gourinchas | she/her ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
http://linktr.ee/raine_clouds
Somnonym @somnonym.bsky.social Som, they/them, 21+ | Hobbyist artist | Morimens, Hoyoverse, Obey Me!, Arknights, FFXIV, maybe I should stop playing gachas | Etsy shop soon
https://ko-fi.com/somnonym - Buy me a coffee or order a commission!
The Weekday @professormusgrave.bsky.social Professor of political science. Willing expat becoming an unwilling emigre. Essentially millennial, analytically millenarian. https://musgrave.substack.com
Jay Castello ๐ป @jaymcastello.bsky.social freelance culture writer ๐ book & game editor โ narrative designer ๐ฒ short (& long) fiction author ๐ ace attorney podcast host @turnaboutbreakdown.bsky.social ๐ basically if it involves words i'll do it ๐ jaycastello.com ๐ฆข they/she
Krista D Ball is Canada's Trade War Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social Krista D. Ball is an award winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like.
Krista's motto: don't let the randos steal your joy. She posts on reddit: she's been called worse by better than you.
kristadball.com for books, contact, etc.
Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social Simpsons movie! Prev. Director on The Great North and Titmouse. WB Velma, Little Ellen, Apple and Onion, DisneyTV, Disenchantment, Futurama, Simpsons. I like drawing pirates and feelings.
Christiane Meister @maveriquemorrow.bsky.social Worked to give you video games from 1999-2026
#Morrowind #Oblivion #Skyrim #Fallout #Starfield #Bethesdagamestudios
๐ชฒ B.R.Guthrie ๐ชฒ @guthrieartwork.bsky.social Senior Concept Artist
30s
DnD lover, horror media sicko, gamer, bio-sci enthusiast.
(Opinions my own)
๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ชฒ
Formerly Obsidian
Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity 1&2,The Outer Worlds 1&2
Portfolio: https://guthrieartwork.com/
#Art #OC #DnDHomecoming
Frankenroze @frankenroze.bsky.social ๐ Twitch Affiliate | Technomancer | Mental Health Advocate ๐
๐ข Senior IT Engineer looking for work | former Obsidian Entertainment/Blizzard/Square Enix Alumni ๐
๐ง Opinions are my own. ๐
Jay Turner @silopolis.bsky.social Writer, Narrative Designer, gamer, crazy cat dude, cancer survivor, and giant nerd.
(Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect 2, Army of Two: Devil's Cartel, Dead Space 3, Avowed)
All opinions are my own and of dubious value at best.
Bre S @bre-z.itch.io Artist, author, creator, creature
ExArea Designer @ Obsidian
soojin @donotwander.bsky.social https://soojinpaek.art/
they/she seattle
concept designer @ obsidian | tow2, pentiment
AK Fedeau @akfedeau.bsky.social writer and narrative designer. avowed, company of heroes 3, ra ra boom, dangerous crowns, etc.
Michael Sappir @m.sappir.net Socialist, Jewish-Israeli, text guy, against apartheid and genocide. Never not mad at Germany. Founding editor @thediasporist.bsky.social, co-host parallelweltpalaestina.info
๐Chicago, via Leipzig and Jerusalem
Sam Joyce @sjoyce.bsky.social Lawyer | Now: Portland | Previously: Alaska, Stanford Law '23, UChicago '20
IndieQuest: An Indie Game Podcast @indiequestpod.com IndieQuest is a celebration of the indie and obscure. For over 5 years we've been building a list of indie game recommendations called, the Quest Log!
indiequestpod.com
Hosts:
- blinkoom.bsky.social
- captaindrachma.bsky.social
- JoshLeslie.bsky.social
Captain Drachma @captaindrachma.bsky.social Games, sports and boots. Co-host on IndieQuest!
Chesney (she/they) @karqueuetie.bsky.social Twitch Affiliate variety streamer whoโs into a lot of media. Member of the Twitch Womenโs Guild and Twitch Pride Guild. #1 Sasuke Hater. Bi. ๐ I stream on http://twitch.tv/karqueuetie!
Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com Freelance journalist. @ms.now and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host.
Replies limited to followers only.
Check if my post is a joke before flaming me please.
For story leads, my signal is kab.80
Corley @corleymiller.bsky.social Writer / Teacher. Guardian, n+1, elsewhere.
Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social Writer, photographer, cyclist, naturalist, martial artist, tall ship sailor. The Pirate Guy of Blue Sky, apparently. Mexican-American. No kings in America. He/him. San Diego, CA.
public universal reply guy @llkats.com L(ou|ydia|lkats). Chicago, bikes, birds. they/them/comrade.
STARLOG @starlogmedia.bsky.social STARLOG, the legendary sci-fi magazine, returnsโexploring the intersection of science fiction, technology & culture.
Podcast | Newsletter | Magazine Coming Late 2026
50 Years. Since 1976
https://thelodestar.starlog.com/
Reimena Yee ๐ฆ @reimenayee.com Historical fiction comics skeleton with a whimsigoth vibe. Academic-practitioner & comics taxonomist. Co-founder of the @cartoonist.coop I am just chilling here when I am not making my (web)comics or blogging about craft.
reimenayee.com #art
Amy PJ ๐บ @hellomisspotter.com video games + marketing + probably photos of my dog ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ป the @FrostyGamesFest.com girl ๐ฆ โง* kiwi in sydney *โง she/her
Petrana ๅฐๅฐ Radulovic (she/her) @petrana.bsky.social writer of all things but especially cartoons and crushes || ex polygon || queen of naptime || #amquerying a YA sci-fi about aliens and messy family dynamics || Tin House YA '25
http://www.petrana.me/
Harris Foster @harris.zone Community Strategist - @devolverdigital.com | Award-losing video games Comms Manager | G4TV commercial contest winner, 2004ish | Name frequently misspelled for comedic effect. (he/him) | Austin, TX
Natalie Checo @heartimecia.bsky.social yennefer + judy alvarez + caleb propaganda machine | writing, community, socials in games | game design consultant | GLAAD QED '26 | GDoC scholar '24 | future class โ20 | she/her
Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com Known for Old Skies, Blackwell, Technobabylon, Primordia, Unavowed, Hob's Barrow, and more! Working on: Nighthawks, Gilt, [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Discord: http://discord.com/invite/kj2mkWs
Dee @settingdee.bsky.social This is >not< your final free to read online article
femme in progress
Minas Karamanis @minaskar.bsky.social Astrophysicist and proud cat dad. He/him
Views are my own.
Chris Wilson @chriswilson.dev Design Director @ Cardboard Sword
Daniel J. Menezes @danjohnston.uk Making game assets, fonts & tutorials. ๐จ๐๏ธ
Creator of Gyro Boss ๐ธ 3-time winner & former host of the GMC Jam.
https://chequered.ink/
Past Due Podcast @pastduepodcast.com Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle explore what it takes to survive as a creative today. From juggling side gigs to redefining success, we dive into the real stories behind making a living when one job just isnโt enough. pastduepodcast.com
paige @errorpaige.bsky.social psychologist
game design scholar
chicago
Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social Independent Journalist & Doc Producer
Newsletter: lastweekinhell.substack.com
Video/Writing/Audio in Cool Zone Media, Mother Jones, Truthout, and more.
๐Portland, OR
Support me:
https://linktr.ee/kevinfoster
ariella @agbouskila.bsky.social Senior narrative designer, writer, erstwhile illustrator.
Previously: Destiny 2 and Destiny: Rising. Previously previously: art and layout in 2D animation.
They/them.
Portfolio: https://www.agbouskila.com/
Lynne @overquailified.bsky.social Writer @ Red Spring Studio | prev. Bungie, Nix Hydra | they/them | no genAI/NFT/crypto/whatever
jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social Writer of novels and stories. Lives in Ohio. 
Lizzy Lawrence @lizzylawrence.bsky.social Journalist @wsj.com writing about the pharmaceutical industry. Tips welcome! Signal is lizzylaw.53
David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social Money-in-politics newsletter: @Sludge.bsky.social // coop member @flaminghydra.com // https://www.davidrussellmoore.net // Signal: davidrussellmoore.52
Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social Co-founder @hellgatenyc.com. Writing about cops, courts, jails, prisons and NYC. You may have known me on Twitter as @macfathom. nick [at] hellgatenyc dot com. On Signal at NickPinto.11