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Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
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Hoarse Whisperer @therealhoarse.bsky.social Father, writer, photographer, drinker of Guinness. 
Joe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social Senior Editor at Factal | Seattleite | Transit stan | Hopeless Mariners fan | He/him
Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social Deputy Editor, The New Republic. Past: ThinkProgress; Huffington Post. “There’s something in the static; I think I’ve been having revelations.”
Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social I ride my bike, get angry at drivers, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social Independent Journalist. IU alum. Recovering lawyer. She/her
Author - Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being A Woman in America; Losing My Perspicacity (newsletter)
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com Founder-Owner of @weareravenous.com
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Queens, NY
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com Videogames PR and consulting. 3MA panelist at large and volunteer tall ship sailor. A bit of voiceover, occasionally.
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Akilah Hughes @akilahhughes.com It’s no neopets, but…
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com I help run @flaminghydra.com and the Brick House Cooperative.
Freedom of expression, digital ownership rights, libraries, and fun are some things I love.
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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit. #3A
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Addison Del Mastro @ad-mastro.bsky.social Writing with a focus on urbanism, culture, and popular history. I write The Deleted Scenes, a daily, mostly-urbanism newsletter on Substack. a.delmastro2@gmail.com.
Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social Writer, speaker, journalism prof Morgan State. She/her. Black, Jewish, Portuguese. Living on Piscataway land. Pre-order my book! https://tinyurl.com/bd96yt7z
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social Founder, The Gaia Leadership Project & The Ripple Effect Institute; political/leadership consultant; recovering Wall Street civil/human rights atty; ex-Columbia Law adjunct; NYer 4ever; Host, ResistanceLive on YT https://www.youtube.com/@resistanceliveecm
Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social Host of the Law&Chaos podcast and newsletter at lawandchaospod.com
Make words do yoga
Above the Law, Public Notice, Legal Eagle
Charm City forever
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Defector @defector.com The last good website.
🪩 Kiri 🪩 @kirio.bsky.social Witch by day, vampire by night. | I write about sports sometimes. | she/her
rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
Sarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social Staff Writer at The Atlantic covering DOJ and National Security
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Nick TP @nixotalkspoli.bsky.social political science side account from my main. CO. he/him. married. left leaning. degrees in conflict resolution & political science. international politics & US domestic. 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
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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 🏳️⚧️🌈
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🇺🇸 Public schools 🤝 Democracy
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer. Musician.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
Christina Lords @christinalords.bsky.social Lover of cheeseburgers, Diet Coke and all cuddly/fuzzy/go woof things. Editor-in-chief of IdahoCapitalSun.com. UI alumna. Excel advocate.
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Sam Jackson @sjacks26.myatproto.social Researching right-wing extremism in the U.S, conspiracy theories, extremist language, etc.
Professing in Albany, NY
Black Lives Matter
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My book about Oath Keepers: bit.ly/2DOUuh7
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social @theunpopulist.net
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com ~ Unf*ckwithable ~ Host of “Good Game with Sarah Spain” on iHeart, espnW contributor, co-owner SF Signal and Crux Football, community owner Minnesota Aurora, Emmy- & Peabody-Winning Journalist, Washed-up Heptathlete, Cornell grad, Chicago gal.
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Lookout Landing @lookoutlanding.bsky.social Mariners baseball support group meets here, now. New HQ for the spoiled and greedy fans of the Seattle Mariners. Forsan miseros meliora sequentur. 
Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social Vulture TV critic, SOUND OF METAL Criterion author, Peabody Awards juror, usually complaining about something.
https://www.vulture.com/author/roxana-hadadi/
Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Law and Political Science at U. of Minnesota. AdLaw, Admin. Capacity, and the Federal Workforce. Contributing Editor for Lawfare; Nonresident Fellow at Brookings. Signal: Nbednar.46
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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com Women's Sports Lead at The Athletic & co-host of Full Time. (& also UTFG.)
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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social macro, fiscal, Fed. creator of the Sahm rule recession indicator. Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM) Substack.
Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social Dad, husband, journalist at 9News Denver. Helping the community raise $18M via 300+ weekly microgiving campaigns. Next with Kyle Clark 6p weeknights + 9NEWS at 9/10p on-air/streaming on 9NEWS+. Signal tips: 303-871-1841.
Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social Managing editor/local at ProPublica, past prez of AHCJ, Detroit Lions fan. Email: charles.ornstein@propublica.org. Posts are my own.
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
Walter Hickey @walthickey.bsky.social Executive Editor @sherwood.news, book whatyou.watch, writer numlock.com. Previously FiveThirtyEight and Business Insider. Pulitzer Prize winner.
Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
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
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Murphy Woodhouse @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social Dweller of deserts, high and low. Bike-based human. Mountain West News Bureau reporter at https://bsky.app/profile/boisestatepublicradio.org. Tell me something you think the public should know about wildfire: tinyurl.com/44kvjaah
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social union gal, wife+pre-k mom, political communicator, love da Mets ⚾️, tennis nerd, socialist swiftie⸆⸉, recovering actor + bartender. views mine alone!
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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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Dan Walters @profdanwalters.bsky.social Law professor at Texas A&M University School of Law, specializing in administrative law. Views are mine alone. Dog pictured is Oliver Wendell Holmes Walters Jr. (RIP 2025)
https://law.tamu.edu/faculty-staff/find-people/faculty-profiles/daniel-e.-walters
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Josh Crutchmer @jcrutchmer.bsky.social Planning Editor/A1 time lapser, NYT. Teller of Americana tales others pass on. Oklahoma State/Man City. Also: @thebacklounge.bsky.social
Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, NBC News and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society.
Words: madness.ghost.io
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
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New 📚 On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.
💥 Collective liberation or bust.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social Football writer, analyzer, podcaster. Sportsball good. Enjoyer of Bowie. Millennials are the Greatest Generation.
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.
Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social The Trump DOJ called me a 'dope.' I write the 'Regular Order' newsletter and have covered Congress since the Reagan Administration. Sign up for more at http://jamiedupree.substack.com
Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social This is a personal account, and there might not be as many baseball posts as you might expect! This is for the best. For a midlife crisis expressed through record collecting, follow me @mystupidrecords.bsky.social
Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com Author of bestselling sexy book as Kit Rocha. Rep'd by Sarah Younger at NYLA. Hiding in the Alabama woods. #TeamADHD Book Stuff: https://linktr.ee/kitrocha Enable Chaos: https://amzn.to/4gCqcOD
Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social 🎙️/ ✍🏾 : NPR’s POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social Journalist, advocate, trans woman. Proud ex-Committee to Protect Journalists, Associated Press, Hartford Courant. Oh proud state school grad too (Go UConn!) Hmm did I work somewhere else 🤔. She/her. billiesweeney.com
Anand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social Writer.
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social Past President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, author most recently of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, Draper Chair at UConn
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social Founder of Red Pop! News | Indigenous Journalist & Speaker | Disability & Media Advocate | Workshops on Indigenous storytelling, justice, and mental health
www.johnniejae.com
Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social The personal account of Evan Urquhart of Assigned Media (assignedmedia.org), your trans news source.
I'd still rather be playing pinball.
Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social CNN national security correspondent. Send tips/pics of your dog(s) to Natasha.bertrand@cnn.com
Signal: Natashabertrand.12
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Bob Kustra @bobkustra.bsky.social Host, ReadersCorner, podcast and Boise State Public Radio Show where authors discuss their books, Idaho Statesman Columnist, Former Boise State President, Former Lieutenant Governor and State Senator, Illinois. Glory to Ukraine!
Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social Cherokee writer and journalist, check out my substack: https://gohini.substack.com/
Author of BY THE FIRE WE CARRY. Host of First America podcast. Out June 22. Subscribe now! firstamerica.info
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social 1x winner of the "oh i'm pretty sure that's just jerry spreading misinformation" award 🥇🏆
"a merchant, selling microdoses of pleasant fictions" - tyler
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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social 🇨🇼🇳🇱🇺🇲 | he/him | PhD | anthropologist @vassar.bsky.social | opinions mine | reposts & likes≠endorsements |
Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social Editor-at-large, World Politics Review. Spent more than a year in Provence. Used to be an American in Paris. Currently bringing coal to Newcastle.
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/
@wpr.bsky.social
Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer NO HOMEWORK PODCAST - @nohomework.website // http://veryimportant.lawyer // http://bigsleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonal-rotors
And we tried so hard. And we looked so good
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
No Depression - Roots Music Journalism @nodepression.bsky.social Nonprofit roots music & stories. Support our work and get the benefits by becoming a member! Reposts/Likes are not endorsements. nodepression.org
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social Professor of Economics at Southern Utah University.
The latest book is Slaying the Trolls.
Also author/co-author of
The Wages of Wins
Stumbling on Wins
https://www.davidberri.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Trolls-Wrong-About-Sports/dp/B0D33VK9SN/
Seerat Sohi @seeratsohi.bsky.social host of the Ringer WNBA Show. probably in line for a glizzy as we speak. 
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
digby @digby56.bsky.social OG blogger at digbysblog.net
columnist for Salon.com 
Razzball @razzball.bsky.social Fantasy sports and sarcasm. Account run by Grey. Hi.
Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social "a Washington lawyer whose practice representing people about security clearances is part of an entire legal subspecialty made possible by the current system." - Politico
Cody @codyjohnston.bsky.social Host of Some More News, half of The Hot Shapes, space bird.
Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social 📚 Author, NYT bestseller FIRED UP
🔥 Organizer, Firestarter University
🏫 Founder emerita, @momsdemand
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social Carpenter and woodworker. Democracy and unions liker. Building and fixing things: capehenlopencarpentry.com. Writing and editing: aaronhuertas.com.
Atrios @eschatonblog.com I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog.
https://eschatonblog.com
Currently near Toon
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.
Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social Labor and environmental historian. Writer of books, teacher of American horrors, talker on labor movement. Beer, country music, and football are not just for the right wingers. Cats. The West. Music. Graves. Writes at https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
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