Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social writer/comedian/game designer | they/them | co-founder @StrongBranchPro | Author of EMPRESS OF DUST | ✍️ Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal | UIC English MA student | Rep: Sara Megibow
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
FRACT @fract.online Context-first microblogging app. Simple PR: If you're tired of algorithm noise and AI spam — try FRACT.
Jump in: https://fract.online/
GitHub (OS - AGPL v3.0): https://github.com/boomstrickweb/FRACT
fav♡rites @favoritesapp.bsky.social this is app page. open source taste graph app. share things you love.
web: https://favorites-beta.netlify.app/
github: https://github.com/boomstrickweb/favorites/
@gideon999.bsky.social @gideon999.bsky.social 
rimu bhū’ī (they/them) @rimubhooi.bsky.social Fully just here to lurk tbfh
💥 tauiwi Panjābī, from refugees
💛 queer, trans, & chronically ill
📍 on stolen land in Aotearoa
📮Rants & Rambles rimu.substack.com
🌟sociolinguistics & disability justice
Kieran Craft @kierancraft.bsky.social Writer of Plays, Musicals, Short Stories; English Teacher, co-founder of Back and Forth Productions. He/him🇳🇿🏳️🌈🍅🍉 Fuck AI. Free Palestine. ⚫⚪🔴Toitū te Tiriti.
kierancraft.wordpress.com
@smeetie.bsky.social @smeetie.bsky.social Boston Swans FC, NWSL, USWNT, all the soccer, archives, politics, music, cats.
allen @shamblezoli.bsky.social i sell
LK Chapmxn @lklovesknowledge.bsky.social the colors, Duke. the colors.
Susannah Shepherd @susannahshepherd.bsky.social Wellington, food, cats, writing. Recovering public servant. Also on @SusannahWrites@mastodon.nz
Dave @davejeeping.bsky.social 🌞
Jen Longshaw @jenlongshaw.bsky.social Romani artist/writer living in rural New Zealand. Was once called a "CNN Communist" and "full of shit". Prone to sarcasm.
Ange 🍞🌹🏳️🌈 🇳🇿 @seawall.bsky.social Pākehā, born on the land of the Lenape, now living on the whenua of Kāi Tahu. #ToitūTeTiriti
#ADHD probably #autistic parent to an autistic probably #PDA child.
Artist. Separated. Queer.
She/they
The Sewphist @thesewphist.bsky.social Drawer of birds, designer of fabric, sewer of gorgeous things you might want to buy from me.
I also really like food, walking and cycling.
www.thesewphist.com
Pūtangitangi for BOTY @putangitangi.co.nz Our names are Ngaire and Lefty (meep). We live in a beautiful local park. We've been together since we were chicks and we've lost count of how many chicks we've raised together.
Fed by @eddie.co.nz and @kelsy.co.nz.
https://putangitangi.co.nz/
Eddie @eddie.co.nz 👨💻 Contract web developer in Ōamaru, New Zealand.
Coder, birder, 3x🐱 parent. 💚♥️
He/Him, 35.
💍 @kelsy.co.nz
Runs @blueskyfeedcreator.com and NZ feeds
💻 https://eddie.co.nz- P palavermedia.bsky.social @palavermedia.bsky.social
Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social Mind of Sid James in Jenny Agutter's body. Descended from Frenchified Vikings. Gen X. Former Record Shop Snoot. Former Egyptian Archaeologist. Olympic Snarkaeologist. English. Tangata Tiriti. She/they. 🏳️🌈
BlueShiftNZ @blueshiftnz.bsky.social Kiwi
Kirikiriroa, Hamiltron
Dogs, dad-jokes, lefty
Just a microscopic cog in a catastrophic plan
Jeremy is my actual name
Hi!
Susan T @susanmicro.bsky.social Clinical Microbiologist 🧫🦠
Tāmaki Makaurau 💚💚
Cat lady 😏
Aotearoa NZ
Stef Animal @stef-animal.bsky.social Duck synth artist.
Spookysoft Games.
Cat pics.
Chumbles (chum_bles) @susanjharper.bsky.social 
Walking Checkov's Kiss @walkingairquotes.bsky.social Omnia Extares
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies!
https://spinweaveandcut.com/
Tags #comics
#Unflattening #Nostos
Neil Cohn @neilcohn.bsky.social Comics and emoji creating cognitive (neuro)scientist at Tilburg University studying language, brains, comics, emoji & multimodality (he/him). 😮💨🫠🫥🥹🫨
www.visuallanguagelab.com
NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social My mother survived walking through Hiroshima the day after as a 13 year old, so I have a fair idea of what a nuclear holocaust looks and feels like
🇯🇵 🇳🇿
Ben Becker @benmaxbecker.com Storyteller • Managing Co-Editor at Cartoonist United • He/Him
Johanna T @ FanX SLC @johannamation.bsky.social 👻 BUY THE GHOSTKEEPER GN!👇
theghostkeeper.carrd.co
Award-winning Comic Artist ✦ Illustrator ✦ Writer ✦ TTRPGer ✦ She/Her 💖💜💙
Rep: Laurel Symonds (KT Lit)
🌎 Portfolio: johannamation.com
Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC, Editor of the @vaultofculture.bsky.social (https://www.vaultofculture.com/), Executive Secretary of the Comics Studies Society, NTFC Local #6546 steward, comics scholar, and a ton of other stuff. Views own.
Marijuana Records @marijuanarecords.bsky.social Marijuana Records is a record label and digital record store based in Denver, Colorado. #ASCAP
https://www.ebay.com/usr/marijuanarecords www.instagram.com/marijuanarecords
Simon Ward @simonmward.bsky.social Making mostly animated videos in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa NZ
simonmward.com
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
@ipomoea.bsky.social @ipomoea.bsky.social 
Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social Writer. Private investigator. Green transitionist. Northern Californian. joshmorsell.com. @greenintel.bsky.social.
AK Faulkner @ravenswordpress.com Your friendly local agender trauma merchant.
Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired, posts may contain typos.
Any pronouns.
https://ravenswordpress.com/
https://www.patreon.com/AKFaulkner
https://ko-fi.com/akfaulkner
Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social Assistant Professor | Bioethics and Philosophy. Views are my own and not that of my employer.
Professional website: https://sites.google.com/site/danasarahhoward/
John Cobb @jcobb.coppermont.com Principal Advisor at @coppermont.com. Strategic advisory, market intelligence, and performance-based growth for founders, boards, and investors across the Americas and Lusophone Africa.
A!Kat ai @a-katai.com We make custom AI Assistants/Companions/Instructors/etc with heart! 🩷
https://a-katai.com
https://ko-fi.com/akatai/shop
Woman-owned ♀️ LGBTQ+-owned 🏳️🌈
Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
QueenKong👑💙🌊🦋 @queenkong24.bsky.social 🦋☮️🦋keep showing up Resisters.
-DEMOCRACY.
NO KINGS
@QueenKong24
#FBaRmy
#Texan
#resist #FBR
#DEMSCONNECT
🚫BOTS-🚫DMz
🦋☮️🦋
Claire Lacey (they/them) @poetactics.bsky.social poet. nerd. performer. educator. critic. phd in poetry and brain injury. general enthusiast.
located in Ōtepoti Dunedin. from Canada.
Hannah @hkmolloy.bsky.social Feeling a deep sense of overwhelm and existential dread. There's still beauty in little things and small moments of kindness and openness.
#FreePalestine #ToituTeTiriti #KindnessMatters
She/her
Cindy Ana 🇳🇿 @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social Would rather write than talk. Sometimes I don’t read skeets properly, especially pre-coffee. Rāmere is my favourite day. Work can be found in Broken Spine Arts, takahē, Voicemail Poems
Special mention in Given Words 2025
Doug Ready @dougready.bsky.social Cartoonist/Illustrator and Writer: illustration, comics, product design, art biz books, & the Micah Frost novels. 🚫MAGA-Chat-AI-Crypto
Rachel Barrowman @rachelbarrowman.bsky.social Writer, editor, Aro Valleyan
@albeenastephen.bsky.social @albeenastephen.bsky.social 
Picture Book Pause @picturebookpause.bsky.social Inserting moments of joy in your doomscroll via the mighty artform of the picture book, using examples on our bookshelf in Aotearoa New Zealand. (Profile pic is a Brian Wildsmith owl.) Always check the alt-text.
@mattiewilsonnz.bsky.social @mattiewilsonnz.bsky.social 
The Gravy - Toitū te Tiriti @thegravyaotearoa.bsky.social Really good source - easy, from scratch, no drippings.
Poured all over @I_Grow_Things
Tech-Socialist
Aotearoa/NZ
Ram Gulrajani Author 📚 @rockape65.bsky.social From suspense to soul-stirring stories I writes them all Love the arts, writing, painting, strumming my guitar & generally being creative. From Gibraltar originally Website: https://t.co/8gSEmJ7TCu Team Site @iquitcigs.bsky.social
RosesBookGarden @rosesbookgarden.bsky.social Book blogger with a focus on comics/graphic novels and non-fiction
Rationalist Society St Louis @rsslmo.bsky.social Rationalism is based on reason & knowledge rather than on religious belief. @stlouisatheists.bsky.social @ethicalstl.org @atheists.org @ffrf.org @atheist-memes.com @godlessbitch.bsky.social Team Site
Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social The Dem Voice of Missouri with her 262 Substack https://jesspiper.substack.com/ / @piperformissouri.bsky.social / @reichard4rep.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social DMs ok 📚
Keira @keirahk.bsky.social Ex Twitter | Ex Google | political junkie | book lover | food | film | photography | and more |
Georgia Carson @thebibliophile.bsky.social Ngāti Whakaue. Wellingtonian post-doc navigating Guangzhou, China. Trying this out.
Jennifer Cheuk 卓嘉敏 @selcouthbird.bsky.social Mixed HK-NZ Writer, Curator and Researcher | Founder of Rat World Magazine | Comics, indie publishing, performance, law, linguistics | Currently studying JD @ Melbourne Law School
Genesis Stephens @genesisstephens.bsky.social Impact for Orphans , homeless & Vulnerable children in Uganda with aiming at giving them hope 🙏. + Empowering
JOHN 15:12 NIV
and for more info ℹ️⬇️.
https://raysofdivinityfoun.wixsite.com/raysofdivinityfounda
elese @elese.bsky.social reckoner, writer 🐐 elesedowden.com
marooned on mars @podcastonmars.bsky.social podcast (kim stanley robinson, sf, utopia now!opinions), friends (same). rare posters, rarely posters, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marooned-on-mars-with-matt-and-hilary/id1372460930
Pynchokami @pynchokami.bsky.social When I'm not crafting magical tales like #M&F or #BerkeleyTapes, you can find me lost in a good book, strategizing over a board game, or experimenting in the kitchen.
Lumen @lumenowoos.bsky.social FR/EN/日本語(勉強中)
24
https://lumenowoos.straw.page
Melissa Rea Author 📚📚📚 @melrea.bsky.social Four novels written. Fun novels about strong women with a pinch of magic. https:// @iquitcigs.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social Team Site StL Mo 🚭
Simon Sweetman @simonsweetman.bsky.social Writer @ simonsweetman.substack.com Organiser of “Say The Thing” monthly open mic for poets and prose writers at MEOW. Collector of movie soundtracks, novelisations, lover of made-for-TV movies. CD and Cassette Tape enthusiast. EVERYDAY BLOGGER
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
Cori Camp (Corrie Clements) @camp-cori.bsky.social Help a girl out—apparently, writers need a platform.
Mom, writer, feminist, teacher, animal-cuddler from Vegas. Found my voice as a widow. Published: Evergreen Review. Work performed: Bowery. Dreaming of quitting my day job—don’t tell my boss! ♥️ my fiancé.
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Lisa M @lisam74.bsky.social Arts producer, researcher, poet, artist, Wikipedian. I'm a white New Zealander living in Aotearoa gratefully because of Te Tiriti o Aotearoa.
He Tangata Tiriti ahau
He Pākehā ahau
Toi Tū Te Tiriti
Toi Tū Te Taiao
Toi Tū Te Reo
Mauri ora
Freddie AP 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️ @freddie5by5.bsky.social Policy Analyst, Criminal Defence Lawyer, prisoners' rights & HIV activist. NonBinary Trans, They/them/iel, Queer.
I💜lemon meringue. New College, Oxford.
#sexwork=work #nooneisillegal #IndigenousRising #refugeeswelcome #union #stillmasking
Puppydudley🌹🇪🇺🇺🇳🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🇵🇸🇺🇸🗽🦅🔱⚖️🪿🍁🍉🫒🕊️✝️ @puppydudley.bsky.social socialist. federalist. supports democratic socialism, universal healthcare & universal basic income. he/him. pro-choice. pro-democracy. anti-war. anti-racist. anti-authoritarian. LGBTQ+ ally. PNW(WA), tech junkie, casual gamer, policy nerd, twitter refugee
Leo Fernance 🌻 @heyfernance.bsky.social He/They transmasc millennial cartoonist, many such cases
Ethnonational Hydrocarbon Oligarch @johnweeks.bsky.social Fight the Fascism + fun lifestyle tidbits
'JohnWeeks' on Mastodon, Pixelfed, NeoDB, etc etc
🐘 @johnweeks.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
📸 Pixelfed @johnweeks.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy
🧩 NeoDB @johnweeks.neodb.social.ap.brid.gy
🌐 jweeks.net
Joshua Santospirito @joshuasantospirito.com Multi-artist, graphic novelist, musician, etc, etc, etc. Graphic novel ~ THE ISLANDS WHERE WE LEFT OUR ANCESTORS. More over at https://joshuasantospirito.com
katie @withnewmoon.bsky.social lezzing out homosexually 🔑
living on Wurrundjeri country. she/her
don’t DM me i cant check em x
Joule @joulekzelm.bsky.social I sell books and write horror (Pseudopod, Cosmic Horror Monthly, MetaStellar, Tales To Terrify). She/her. Stop the genocides.
Isobel Te Aho-White @izzyjoyart.bsky.social Illustrator from Aotearoa 🌿
Michel Abstracto @abstracto.bsky.social Cartoonist, nerd, gender-fluid, poly, and pansexual. Creator of the "Borderline Nerdy" comic strip -
https://michelabstracto.carrd.co/
https://michelabstracto.substack.com/
https://www.borderlinenerdy.com
Proud member of the @cartoonist.coop
jellibat @jellibat.bsky.social Scribbles, photos, pointing the way to the loo
The Touring Test @thetouringtest.bsky.social I’m in a touring band and I draw comics
Kayte Young @kayte8.bsky.social Comics.
Justice.
Meg @megoshea.bsky.social 
Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social Trundling sentient eggplant. Comics makerer, Ignatz award-winner, author of witchycomic.com
Buy Strange Bedfellows and find me elsewhere: https://www.arielries.com/links/
Repped by @lindacamacho.bsky.social
they / them
Jeff Hoogland @jeffhoogland.bsky.social He, Him, Husband, Father, Streamer.
Card games, Progressive politics, & more!
https://www.twitch.tv/jeffhoogland - JeffHoogland@gmail.com
@sealucinda.bsky.social @sealucinda.bsky.social 
Spiral Collectives @spiralcollectives.bsky.social Weaving new fabric, with remnants patched in.
(Founded 1974 by lesbian poet & activist Heather McPherson. Published Keri Hulme's 'the bone people'. Website https://tinyurl.com/3dytkkdn. Access our free publications here https://tinyurl.com/5a4uwjhh)
@hebemebiezz.bsky.social @hebemebiezz.bsky.social 30's trans Fujoshi lurker. Here for when twitter blows up, and to enjoy the vibes
✨Mana✨ @manaminani.bsky.social Mana is short for Manami✌️🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇯🇵
Sequential Artist, Storyteller in BKLYN🌆
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L A Chambers @linguamachina.bsky.social Writer mostly. Reader often. Works in AI. Plays in the PNW.
Eliot @tucano.bsky.social Mildly anarchist Eco activism, Capoeira Angola, from Whanganui a Tara to Tāmaki
D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social Enthusiastic amateur gardener. Westie. Dalmatian. Croatian. Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Parent. Partner. Baba. Teta. Cis. She/her. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
James Pasley @jamespasley.bsky.social