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Pattie McCarthy @pattiemccarthy.bsky.social Philly poet
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Alison Gopnik @alisongopnik.bsky.social Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and psychologist at Berkeley, author of The Scientist in the Crib, The Philosophical Baby and The Gardener and the Carpenter and grandmother of six.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social Literary magazine established in 1997 to publish & promote the very best new Irish and international writing. Stinging Fly Press was launched in 2005. Summer 2026 Issue #54 available to buy now:
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adrienne maree brown @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social writer. gardener of healing ideas. emergent strategist, pleasure activist. earthling. good witch. homecoming southerner.
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Council Member Crystal Hudson @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social New York City Council Member representing Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill in Brooklyn. Chair, Committee on Aging.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social Poet and cultural critic. I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World, The People’s Project.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social Online lit mag. Authoring change. From the people who built these cities.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Audi Locus @audilocus.bsky.social A contemporary poetry & art journal exploring liminality, existentialism, & the in-between. Featuring poetry, visual art, music/lyrics, & hybrid forms. Submissions: Apr–May & Oct–Nov.
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Anti-capitalist and inclusive online literary magazine. Always open for poems.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
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Jared @jaredwhite123.bsky.social Poet, living near the coast in Rhode Island with Farrah Field and our kids and our dog
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betsyfagin.bsky.social @betsyfagin.bsky.social Poet :: guide :: conspirator
Zine maker, author of self-driving (Autumn House), Fires Seen From Space (Winter Editions) & All is not yet lost (Belladonna)
https://tomorrow-never-happens.ghost.io/
Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID.
Allison Cobb @allisoncobb.bsky.social Writer and poet, environmental and climate justice advocate. https://www.allisoncobb.net/
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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Bodega Pop @bodegapop.bsky.social Poet, cartoonist, music blogger, host of Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio
Just Security @justsecurity.org Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
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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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@danmachlin.bsky.social @danmachlin.bsky.social 
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social Prez & CEO @civilrightsorg. Cat Mom. Former @msnbc. Ran 4 Mayor of NYC; IG @Maya4CivilRights Views & typos are mine. She/Her
Trace Peterson @tracepeterson.bsky.social Poet & Scholar | Trans & Queer Academic | Books: The Valleys Are So Lush and Steep (Saturnalia 2025), Since I Moved In (Chax 2019), Arrive on Wave (Chax 2016), Troubling the Line (Nightboat 2013) | Editor of @eoagh.bsky.social | She/her
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com My new book Liar’s Kingdom can be ordered here: https://linktr.ee/LiarsKingdomBook; NYU Law; MSNOW legal analyst & podcast cohost "Main Justice »;
Substack "Behind The Headlines" https://weissmann.substack.com
Offering legal analysis & opinion
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
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“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
Defected Records @defectedrecordsuk.bsky.social The official account of house music label Defected Records.
Jstheater @jstheater.bsky.social Author of some books & more, professor, translator, artist+ 🏳️🌈 🖤💚❤️ 🏳️⚧️ (Avatar: c/o I.D. Mag/photo © Mario Sorrenti)
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. 
Eve L. Ewing @eveewing.bsky.social I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
Samiya Bashir @scryptkeeper.bsky.social 🍉 Neutron Muppet 🍉
|| poemmaker | fieldtheorist | professora | creative coach | stage queen | hypewoman | magicwand | humancat ||
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Evie Shockley @seminewblack.bsky.social poet & literary scholar, people-oriented introvert, optimist of the will
https://linktr.ee/evieshockley
Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social Poet, pedestrian.
My book WHAT TO CARRY INTO THE FUTURE (Roof, 2025) emerged from riding every NYC subway end-to-end. A love letter to the city, it charts joy amidst catastrophe.
suelanders.com (she/her)
Kris Dresen @krisdresen.bsky.social Artist. Illustrator. Draws graphic novels. And stuff.
@jenrunde.bsky.social @jenrunde.bsky.social 
Mariama J Lockington @marilock.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Award winning author. Adoptee.
I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM 10/14/25
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
@kenschen.bsky.social @kenschen.bsky.social 
The Nation Magazine @thenation.com Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: http://subscriptions.thenation.com.
Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social 
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 naomiklein.org
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Jennifer Scappettone @xenoglossic.bsky.social poet/documentarist/devotee of literary, scholarly, visual & performance arts
UChicago prof battling assaults of planetary life 1 word at a time
Columbia: Poetry After Barbarism; Killing the Moonlight
Atelos: Republic of Exit 43
UChi: Locomotrix
oikost.com
Bloof Books @bloofbooks.bsky.social Tiny by Design. Bloof is a small press publishing poetry in paperback & handmade chapbooks. Hi Water offers hand-printed art & goods. // Our links: https://bloofbooks.com/links/
JP Howard @jphoward-poet.bsky.social poet. author. literary activist. emerging essayist. curator of Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Lambda Literary finalist. Queer Mama of shining suns.
suzanne stein @themostsuzanne.bsky.social 
EOAGH @eoagh.bsky.social Small Press and Literary Journal. Winner of 2 Lambda Literary Awards and a National Jewish Book Award.
eoagh.com
Jenn (fka McCreary) DiGuglielmo @jenndig.bsky.social Philly poet // aging against the machine 
Eric Keenaghan @openingfield.bsky.social Writer, professor, etc.
Queering Cold War Poetry
The Muriel Rukeyser Era (co-editor)
www.openingfield.com
Futurepoem @futurepoem.bsky.social Futurepoem is a NYC-based not-for-profit poetry press.
We champion innovative writing and writers.
linktr.ee/futurepoem
Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social Artist printmaker & poet.🦻Getting inky in Blue Hill, Maine. 🖼️ ARTPM 2026 at Buoy (Mar-May) + It’s the Small Things at Camden Public Library (May) 📚 Freelance book designer & cover artist for small presses. // See also @bloofbooks
www.shannacompton.com
Alexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispauline.bsky.social Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist. Author of SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.
Andrew Durbin @andrew-durbin.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, frieze. Book about Peter Hujar and Paul Thek forthcoming from FSG and Granta in 2026. More writing here: andrew-durbin.com. London/New York.
Laura Solomon @lagsolo.bsky.social Poet / Executive Director @ Woodland Pattern
Jenny Gropp @jgroppppp.bsky.social Executive Director @WoodlandPattern.bsky.social / Poet / Editor / Views my own 🐚 🌊🌈🥾 https://linktr.ee/WoodlandPattern
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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.