Literate Lawyer @therealsec.bsky.social Lawyer who’d rather be reading or writing fiction. Golden Retriever lover and Gamecock. Blue dot in red state. Avi is 😇 Tucker, banner is Kiawah Island. Only respond to DMs if I know you.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch @kristinerusch.bsky.social Award-winning, bestselling writer and editor. Visit me at kriswrites.com
J. Arendt @uwwoman.bsky.social RVA librarian working at a local university and riding my bike there; opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer or anyone else
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Drew Kadel @drewkadel.bsky.social Long-time Episcopal Priest and Long-time academic librarian.
Author of How do you Baptize a Whale? An Encouragement to Compassion https://wipfandstock.com/9798385256204/how-do-you-baptize-a-whale/
Blog: https://drewkadel.wordpress.com/
Stephanie Jones @stephaniejones.com Lawyer, Writer, Civil Rights Activist, Painter
President, Nathaniel R. Jones Foundation
NAACP Senior Legal Advisor
Formerly: Senate Judiciary Committee Counsel; House Chief of Staff; USDOT Deputy Chief of Staff; Editor, J6 Report, State of Black America
Dr. Katherine Haenschen @drkath.bsky.social Asst Prof at Northeastern. Digital media & politics. Proud NJ native. Brookline TMM. Fan of #UCONN, enabling multi-family housing near transit, meatballs, field experiments.
Dr. Lynn Mary Karjala @lynnmarykarjala.bsky.social Licensed Psychologist | Author | Trauma and DID Specialist | Conventional and Innovative Modalities | Coach | Clinician Trainer | Speaker
Ande Jacobson @goodreedaj.bsky.social Engineer, writer, activist, reed player, and music director. Founder of A Good Reed Review providing reviews, commentary, and stories.
Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social 📚 Elementary school librarian in atlanta, constant reader, occasional wood worker, reluctant book reviewer.
📚 2026 ALSC Children's Literature Legacy Award Committee Chair.
📚 "All reading is reading. Let them read how ever and whatever they want!"
Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social Truthmonger. I write books, teach students and make podcasts about you being smarter about misinformation. #WeAreAltGov #DetectingDeception https://bit.ly/UnSpunPod
Jo-Z Pina @jo-z.bsky.social Trying to defend the Constitution & expose lies. Truth matters!
Retired TV talk show writer/producer & boutique medical practice manager. Ivy League dropout. Know a little about a lot & want to learn more.
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Mindy Schwartz @mindyanns.bsky.social “Blue skies,Smiling at me
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Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social Longtime journalist. Politics, literature, tech.
MAGIC + LOSS
https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/
Contributing editor, The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/authors/virginia-heffernan
PROF PETER ARENELLA @parenella-47.bsky.social ucla criminal law Prof, former TV legal analyst ABC news, love dogs, young children, Redsox, father of 1 boy 3 girls, former Public Defender, Blue, BLM
Lawyer & Law FirmMexico but Boston/Cape alwaysBorn November 28, 1947Joined June 2014
Mark Reichel @reichellaw.bsky.social 36 years Federal Crim Def. Attorney; argued in US Sup Crt (2006); Media legal commentary; liberal Democrat. WaPo Op Page contributor; D Day vet son, husband to Elizabeth, dad to Joe, Jack, Griffin, Blaire, Peggy, Denton. 🇺🇸🦅
Anne - Love is Love 💜 Put some beans on it! @annedeuceofcups.bsky.social Science, decency, random acts of kindness. Love is the only true religion. Happily married.
#Legumunati 🫘
Patron of The Daily Beans
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Dr. Karen Stenner @karenstenner.bsky.social Political psychologist & behavioral scientist, best known for long ago predicting the rise of Trump-like figures under the kinds of conditions we now confront.
CCJ @nastyoldwomyn.bsky.social Wife, mother, retired Harvard ‘79 lawyer semi-anonymously looking for some classmates. Same handle on X. Still in the Resistance, but more tired this time.
lml @lmltn.bsky.social Semi-retired Rhetoric & Communication Studies professor.
Pro-democracy American patriot & info warrior.
Passionate about civic engagement & rhetorical literacy.
Cussing is my love language. 
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone.
WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/dgoldyoung/home
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
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Rabbi Jill Zimmerman @rabbijill.bsky.social Mindfulness & spirituality, justice & democracy 🔵. #Hineni ✡️ (SHE/HER). NEW סבתא SAVTA (grandma)! Photography & all things gardening 🌱 & knitting 🧶 & #poetry. Doodle mom. Pro-choice. My people were immigrants too. https://linktr.ee/pathwithheart
Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social Prof Boston U. Law. JD/PhD History & dad jokes.
5th most-cited legal historian, 2019-23
Book: The People’s Courts. Next: A Faithful President: The Founders v. the Originalists
http://shugerblog.com
http://ssrn.com/author=625422
Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent. Design patent scholar. Also interested in #ScheduleA litigation. Full bio (including link to CV): https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/sarah-fackrell
Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social Feminist rabbi. I like democracy and inclusive education. #ParshaChat
Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com
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Andrew C. Laufer, Esq. @lauferlaw.bsky.social Civil Rights Attorney - Justice Is Blind, But I'm Not - Police Brutality, False Arrest, Mal Pros, Bd of Dir @NYSTLA @JusticeDotOrg @NPAP_NLG #AAPI
https://www.lauferlawgroup.com/
Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school. 
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social Senior Editor, Lawfare. Practiced law a long time ago. Email: roger.parloff@lawfaremedia.org ; signal rparloff.61
Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. Views represent my academic research, not my university. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social Professor of Law, Duke Law School; Academic Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute. Mother of sons & spinner of ⚖️🧵s.
Pete Strzok @petestrzok.bsky.social 26 year FBI and Army veteran. Georgetown School of Foreign Service adjunct professor and alum. NYT/WP bestseller: Compromised
Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social I care about doing research right, disability rights, 2E kids, SFF, music & much more. Biostatistician doing pediatric HIV clinical trials, previously psychiatry research. Life's too short to specialize.
Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social Asst. Prof @ Drexel Kline (https://drexel.edu/law/faculty/fulltime_fac/andrew-leahey/)
Columnist @ Bloomberg Tax (https://technicallyspeak.ing/)
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Mastodon: @andrew@esq.social (https://esq.social/@andrew)
Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social Constitutional law prof, historical political scientist, FRHistS studying:
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍ATL
Author, Rot and Revival:
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
Tim Chambers @timothychambers.net Technologist, researcher, fascinated at how new technologies enable new politics, and vice versa. @tchambers@indieweb.social on Mastodon, which you can follow via: @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy
Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social Team game
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Its-Hard-for-Me-to-Live-with-Me/Rex-Chapman/9781982197773
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social Michigan Law Prof.
Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller “LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes”
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social Husband to Renee. Father to Andrew and Eleanor. Grandfather to Winnie and Indy. Founder. Writer. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated Beechcraft pilot. AgainstAllEnemies.net
Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com adventurer
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social AI-forward General Counsel to emerging tech/social ventures + impact investors ⚖️ (ex- Google, eHarmony, MySpace). Incurable policy wonk, wag, proud Californian 💙 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
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Rachel Goodman @rachelegoodman.bsky.social In no particular order: Attorney, advocate, civil libertarian, anti-authoritarian, urbanite, parent, spouse, technoskeptic. Views mine. https://protectdemocracy.org/ 
Elizabeth Renieris @hackylawyer.bsky.social Author, BEYOND DATA (MIT Press); law & policy expert focused on #AI #XR #emergingtech; fellow @ Oxford, Stanford, Harvard; frequent contrarian; hackylawyer.com
Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com 21st-century media and the 19th-c American South. Founded and ran @niemanlab.org at @harvard.edu for 12 yrs; now the senior writer there. Cajun, dad of two, husband of one. Journalist with a history problem. Also: @theatlantic.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc
Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
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.
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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social @kathygriffin on IG. 2x Emmy & Grammy Award Winning Comedian. 2x NYT Bestselling Author. 23 specials. 1 feature film. 
Matt Blaze @mattblaze.org Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. So-called expert on election security and a few other things. Slow photographer. RF nerd. Occasionally blogs at https://mattblaze.org/blog
Ari Cohn @aricohn.com First Amendment & defamation lawyer.
Free Speech Counsel @TechFreedom.org (x2)
Illini/music junkie/oofnik.
“A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.”
Posts are my own.
https://linktr.ee/aricohn
Zoë Schiffer @zoeschiffer.bsky.social Director of Business & Industry at WIRED. Author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. Signal zoeschiffer.87
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com The first word in business news.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social Hello from court
Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Sometimes teach at Emory. The Church Committee Report is out now! My views are not my employers.
MatthewGuariglia.com
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
Andrew Feinberg @andrewfeinberg.com White House correspondent for @theindependent.bsky.social and human slave to a corgi named Ginger. Tell me secrets: andrew.feinberg(at) the-independent.com or protonmail.com
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com Editor in chief of @allrisenews.com. Fearless journalism about the law, your rights, and your powers to effect change during the Trump era. www.allrisenews.com/
AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social Orthodox Jewish father of 5; Litigation Disaster Tour Guide; Jets Fan. Fighting the widening gyre.
Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social Attorney, former AUSA, father, husband, former JBLC, long-time Knicks fan and occasional talking head
When it happens, I’ll be emulating Jose Alvarado
https://mitchellepner.substack.com/
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
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
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social Eldest Sister. Childless Cat Lady. Italian Jew. Witchy Woman.
I’m from N-E-W Jerz
Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social Trump White House newsletter anchor @WIRED.com. hugo_lowell@condenast.com
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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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
Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
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Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social 📚 Author, NYT bestseller FIRED UP
🔥 Organizer, Firestarter University
🏫 Founder emerita, @momsdemand
firedupbook.com 🔥🔥🔥
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.