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Michael L. Rosino @michaelrosino.bsky.social sociologist | racial politics, media, democracy | author of Democracy is Awkward https://bit.ly/4hUsTK3 & Debating the Drug War https://bit.ly/3UW39mS | cat dad | serial reposter | host on new books in sociology podcast
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
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We tell the stories of those who left.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social Nonprofit executive director. Views are mine alone. Historian. Writer. Army veteran. Adjunct history instructor. Author of “The Last Lincoln Republican” (UniversityPress of Kansas, 2020). #ParkChat Hall of Famer. Pittsburgh sports fan.
CBF @cblessings.bsky.social Lifelong Democrat, Political Scientist, Progressive, Justice Advocate. Scared to death about what is happening under MAGA.
Stephen @stephenwaldron.bsky.social Theologian writing a book on the political theology of the New Apostolic Reformation. Websites: https://stephenwaldron.substack.com/
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Tracy Simmons @reportertracy.bsky.social Founder & Executive Director of FāVS News, a nonprofit newsroom covering religion, ethics, and communities across the Greater Northwest. Journalism professor at Washington State University's Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. 🚴
Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social Public scholar of the Bible and religion
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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social Freedom Writers Collaborative is a multi-state Indivisible chapter that is truly a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
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Coyote vs. Epistemic Assholes / J. Stryker 🍃 @easterncoyote.bsky.social Not the violent artist. | Psychology nerd. DV survivor & victim advocate. Dislikes liars and bullies. | Coyote pedagogy. Good trouble, nature, neuroscience, terrestrial ecology, wildlife, plants, trees. They/them.
Sohini Sarah Pillai @sohinipillai.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religion & Director of Film and Media Studies at Kalamazoo College. Mahabharata & Bollywood & Star Wars Fan. Dog Mom. she/her/hers
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Rob Nguyen @robnguyen.bsky.social Assistant Professor of English, Lycoming College
media studies | SF | Silicon Valley | Asian American Studies
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Enzo 𓅃 @enoz.bsky.social I have holes in my brain.
D. J. Gil @danieljgil.bsky.social Race scholar and Green New Dealer. Sociology student.
Adam Russell Taylor @revadamtaylor.bsky.social President, Sojourners. New book “A More Perfect Union” available now. Passionate social justice advocate & bridge builder. Ordained Baptist minister.
LibraryThing @librarything.com LibraryThing is the number one app and website for cataloging your books, getting book recommendations and socializing with fellow book lovers.
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John Mc @philotheogical.bsky.social Semi retired pastor, therapist, part-time professor. Interests in theology, philosophy (and their intersections). Close reader of Barth, Bonhoeffer, Moltmann, and lately Cone!
Evan Derkacz @evanderkacz.bsky.social Editor of @RDispatches.bsky.social (pitch me: evan@religiondispatches.org). Once mistaken for Harpo Marx at a bookshop. True story. He/Him
Jeffrey Langstraat, PhD @jlangstraatsoc.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at the Community College of Allegheny County (that's in Pittsburgh, folks)
This feed is mostly stuff for my classes. I speak only for me, not my employer or anyone else.
Jessica Mesman @jessicamesman.bsky.social Senior editor of The Christian Century
Writer specializing in religion and culture
Frank Schaeffer @frankschaeffer.bsky.social The Gospel of Zip
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1!
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Dr William Allchorn @willallchorn.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @ipppriataru.bsky.social, Assoc Prof @richmondunildn.bsky.social, & Gbl Far Right Co-Editor @manchesterup.bsky.social, researching Far-Right Movements and CVE Responses. https://www.aru.ac.uk/people/william-allchorn
PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social Ancient webcomic dark arts by Nick G, often written with friends
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SN Yeager (kill your heroes) @yeagersn.bsky.social PhD candidate in Classics at UMich || clinging to faith || labor organizing to fight existentialism || thinking about magic, Evagrius, and demons || vegan, queer, & tired (they/them)
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social MIT historian of Modern Japan
MIT教員・近代日本史
https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/
Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles
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Emilie Coin @emiliecoin.bsky.social Senior Editor for Psychology at Routledge books, commissioning for our Developmental Psychology, Family Studies and Speech and Language Disorders portfolios
Part time PhD student of linguistics at Lancaster 🎓
本を読む青柳璃乃 @readingrino.bsky.social 積読ギャング、乱読マフィア
小川公代 @ogawakimiyo.bsky.social 英文学研究者。近刊『ゆっくり歩く』(医学書院)、『ケアの物語』(岩波新書)、『ゴシックと身体』(松柏社)。その他に、『世界文学をケアで読み解く』(朝日新聞出版社)、『ケアの倫理とエンパワメント』『ケアする惑星』『翔ぶ女たち』(講談社)など。
GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social Predicting the unpredictable!☯ Founded by http://newsaboutturkey.com, GEOPOLIST is your premier source for comprehensive analysis of global & regional geopolitical developments. Op-eds are welcomed. ➔ https://geopolist.com/submit-an-op-ed/
Helge Årsheim @awrsheim.bsky.social I teach and research law, religion and human rights at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences & University of Oslo
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Dr. Art Jipson @artjipson.bsky.social Husband, Father, Cat Dad, Sociologist, Teacher at the University of Dayton, Writer, Music Lover, Radio DJ, Presenter, and Gardener. He/Him/His. Posts are my own. Live Kindness & Hope.
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Anna Rosensweig @arosensweigbskysoc.bsky.social Prof. of French and Visual Culture. Currently writing a book about early modern Calvinism, contemporary Christian Nationalism, and the soi distant New Right. Views my own.
Patrick McKelvey @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social
Performance historian, disability historian.
Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation (NYU, 2024)
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anthony petro @apetro.bsky.social Historian of religion, visual culture, sexuality
Mostly nerdy academic stuff & whippet pics
Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, & the Culture Wars (OUP 2025)
After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, & American Religion (OUP 2015)
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Satan, Esquire @satanesquire.bsky.social The Satan (haśśāṭān, if you please). Not the Devil or Lucifer. I work in Divine QA. Employed by Yahweh as an examiner and adversary to test the integrity of souls. The boss and I like to gamble a bit. It’s in the Job description.
Jeremiah Bailey @ntecprof.bsky.social Historian of Early Christianity. Occasional speculative fiction writer. Constant speculator about the occasion of ancient documents. I do not speak for my employer.
Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social Academics reading and celebrating the style, substance, and sublimity of all kinds of comics. By scholars, for everyone. Led by @annapeppard.bsky.social & Dr. J. Andrew Deman.
Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation @a-rfa.bsky.social An independent project connecting archaeologists, heritage researchers, and members of the public committed to challenging rising misuse and misrepresentation of the past by the far-right. UK-based, ECR-led. https://archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/
Brian Johnson @bjohnsonfreelance.bsky.social Literary, nonfiction, and TTRPG editor | Humanities research consultant | Former CRM archaeologist | Translator of grimoires | Scholar of the arcane
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Robson Guimarães @robson04.bsky.social Professor. Me interesso por História do Cristianismo, principalmente nas duas pontas: primitivo e contemporâneo.
GetWellSoonUncleSammy @birchwoodhome.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ LGBTQIA+ (he/they)
Organic gardener, Keeper of 🐓
Lover of Nature. Hiking, fishing.
Doggy Daddy. Cat wrangler.
Pastor & Person of Faith who respects and learns from all religions.
Nicole Davisson @nic-davisson.bsky.social Meezer mom 🐈⬛(siamese cats),PhD student at the U of U, small business owner w/ my kiddo refabulizing furniture with delovely art🎨, democratic socialist, feminist, late bloomer🪷🏳️🌈yacht rock lover⛵️🌊teatime keeper🫖 www.lavienouveaudecorshoppe.com
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
he/him
@jlwhamba.bsky.social @jlwhamba.bsky.social I am a theatre practitioner and scholar, my dissertation was on Zimbabwean theatre. I am a church lady and believe in the liberation of all peoples. I am happily married to a trans woman ♀️🏳️⚧️. I vote.
M. Faye @m-faye.bsky.social Sociologist. Political Scientist. Adjunct Assistant Professor. Systems of poverty and power. Public media supporter, fur babies are family, sketch & stand-up comedy fan, Gen X, WNBA, Women’s Pro Volleyball, Prince ☔️. She/her. 🦋 Justice is a verb.
Scott Maybell @haliphron.ink Doctoral student at Oxford working on the history of the demonological tradition, the social science of demonization, and the philosophy of the demonic. Junior Editor at Open Philosophy.
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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social The Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism is an international forum for new research and analysis of contemporary security issues. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rpic20
Katarina Plank @katarinaplank.bsky.social Docent & senior lecturer in Religious studies, Karlstad University. Series editor of Brill Handbook of Contemporary Religion.
Researcher of Buddhism and contemporary sprirituality.
Passionate knitter, garderner and advocating neurodiversity. She/her.
M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Ph.D. LGBTQ2S+ Ally. Pro social justice, peace, Public Ed & politics. Cruelty is not state craft. Chaos is not strength. Stupidity is a moral failing (Bonhoeffer). Gratefully living & working on Treaty 6 land. Views and opinions are my own.
Thomas Elkins @taelkins-15.bsky.social Classics reader - studied philosophy/history/literature. NIU/DePaul. Dog & cat owner. Prog social Dem. Plato/Aristotle/Kant/Gadamer reader. No DMs.
Log splitter, classicist, Mod.
Tuomas Äystö @aystotuomas.eurosky.social Associate Professor (Docent) and University Lecturer, Study of Religion, Uni Helsinki. Co-editor of Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=fi&user=0NxHFoEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Alexandre Masson @alexandremasson.bsky.social International Studies student at Université de Montréal.
Cat dad, husband to a beautiful wife.
Interested in all things IR.
Michele Prado @micheleprado.bsky.social Baiana. 🇧🇷
Writer, independent researcher, and founder of Stop Hate Brasil.
Focus: far-right radicalization, extremism and online terrorism.
Fellow @sci-belfast.bsky.social
Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social Prof. Royal Military College of Canada
Expert on tech, far-right extremism & terrorism tactics | Ph.D. in International Relations | Author of 'How Terror Evolves' and currently working on 'Uniformed Threats.'
Views = Mine
Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social Domestic Extremism Correspondent at NPR.
@larrythelibrarian.bsky.social @larrythelibrarian.bsky.social Medical librarian (ex hum/soc sci). mystery novel & sci-fi fan. Sometimes (mostly) ex-drummer. Onetime medieval historian. Liker of GIS & OSINT stuff. Believer that West Philly is the Best Philly.
Sharon L. Schendel @slschendel.bsky.social Erstwhile full-time scientist.
Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Global Security Challenges https://css.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/harrison-swinhoe/
Co-Host of Insecure: A Security Studies Podcast https://t.co/SMlJtQ6wRS
The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social Freelance journalist & researcher | Words in Militant Wire, Lawfare, CTC Sentinel, EurasiaNet, antihate.ca & more | Interested in conflict, technology and underground movements | People's First Runner Up
Jessa Mellea @jessamellea.bsky.social Researching far-right extremism/terrorism, tech + violent extremism, and religion.
Dr. Hawthorne Harwell @drhawthorneharwell.bsky.social Ph.D. in Humanities with focus on ritual, shamanism, fairy tales, rhetoric. Pagan over 30 years. Teaching seidh for over 20 years.
https://hawthorneharwell.substack.com/
Jake Orlowitz @jakeorlowitz.bsky.social Internet Citizen, Founder of the #Wikipedia Library, #1Lib1Ref, and the Wikimedia Consultants Network. Lead at #WikiBlueprint Consulting. Seeker of well people and sane societies. Project2029.me #resist
Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social The Official Bluesky Account UU Sociology department
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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social Compte inactif. Ou pas?
Autrice Agora Toxica & La Terreur Masculiniste (Éditions @dudetour.bsky.social)
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Dogmum to Oliver Orson aka Olly and human of Lily the cat.
Book DNA (formally Shepherd) @bookdna.bsky.social We’re building a smarter, more personal way to manage your reading life, with deeply personalized book recommendations via your Book DNA.
Cole Schliebe @crschliebe.bsky.social Sociology PhD student at Purdue University interested in the Sociology of Religion
Chip Callahan @chipcallahan.bsky.social Religious Studies prof. Folklorist.
Author, Work and Faith in the Kentucky Coal Fields: Subject to Dust. Co-Editor, The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Religion and Popular Culture.
Currently: religious history of oceanic resource extraction (whaling)
Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social Professor | 2026-2027 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar | Books: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag & The Cross; Religion for Realists; SOON: Fill the Earth and Subdue It | CV: https://tinyurl.com/mtvxvdfa
Joshua Farrell-Molloy @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social MSCA PhD Candidate in Global Political Studies at Malmö University @vortex-europe.bsky.social IR, digital subcultures, extremism, foreign fighters.
Words: https://gnet-research.org/author/joshua-molloy/
Brother’s Keeper @revdrmatt.bsky.social Teacher/Professor, Chaplain, Researcher, Husband, Dad, Navy Veteran, Amputee, Board Game Addict. Kindness Matters. True Blue. Stay. We need you - tell your story.
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Historian in Harness @historianinharness.bsky.social I am a historian with a passion for the study of medieval military culture and wargaming, and my own suit of armour!
Shakina @shakeenz.bsky.social Trans actress, writer, director, producer, priestess 💫 Liberatory Agitator, Doctor of Philosophy 💅🏻😇 you’ve seen me in Difficult People (Hulu), Transparent (Amazon), Connecting (NBC), Problemista (A24), Quantum Leap (NBC), voice of Hana in Tokyo Godfathers.
Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social Professor @ University of Minnesota Law School. Teaching & writing about workers' rights; skeeting in my personal capacity, mostly about cats.
Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social ▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship
▪︎ Author of Doing Good Social Science: http://bit.ly/3EgFA2z
▪︎ More about my work: immersiveresearch.co.uk
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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social Research, Analysis, and Intelligence on the U.S. Radical Right | Published by Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social | Contact: radicalreportsnewsletter@gmail.com | Newsletter: https://www.radicalreports.org
Helen List 🌻🌿 @helenlist.bsky.social Academic in Manchester, at a School of English. Environmental issues, Arts and Humanities and Crafts. A quiet page.
Dr. Andrew Chesnut @drdeathanddivinity.bsky.social Chaired Professor of Religious Studies at VCU https://vcu.academia.edu/AndrewChesnut |Santa Muerte| Film, TV & News Consultant| Expert Witness| My Books https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001KHTDGE
Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social Lecturer at Goldsmiths. Contemporary historian of British, US and global politics and culture. Writing a book on progressive politics, culture, and memory. Made in North London from working Cypriot parts. 🔴⚪️
Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com
Dr Robin Douglas @robincdouglas.bsky.social Historian of religions, paganism and esotericism.
Website: https://www.robindouglas.org
Posting in a personal capacity.
Rachel Wagner @drrachelwagner.bsky.social Author, Cowboy Apocalypse (2025) & Godwired (2012). Prof of Religious Studies @ Ithaca College, mom & caregiver, disgruntled idealist, loud introvert. Religion, gaming, politics, media, film.
thoughtsandprayers.earth
https://tinyurl.com/CowboyApocalypse
Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️ @ceesgrootes.bsky.social Sociologist:
Research Methodology, Social & Policy Research, Data Science, IT, Epistemology, Philosophy
Retired consultant International Development, Foreign Aid
Crossed int. borders 1000+ times
Lived in Curaçao 🇨🇼, The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Spain 🇪🇦, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Micah Corah @micahcorah.bsky.social Assistant Prof, CS@Mines
Director: @napplab.bsky.social
Aerial and multiple robots; autonomous filming, mapping, perception
Enjoys: 🧗♂️🚴♂️🎸🎶🤘
Ursula Le Guin stan. Call me on my ansible.
He/him pronouns 💖💜💙
Opinions my own.
https://www.micahcorah.com/
Korra Saqqara (Christa Angelios) @metamythica.bsky.social 💀 Studying the Gothic at MMU
📖 Literary Coach & Freelance Editor, MetaMythica Literary
🐧 Former Random Penguin; Columbia Publishing Course alum
Member: EFA, ACES, PEN
She/Her
#SWANAinPublishing #AmWriting #AmEditing #Folklore #Horror #SFF 👻
Opinions my own
Misty Griffin @mistygriffin.bsky.social Author of Tears of the Silenced 📚Consulting Producer on Sins of the Amish 📺 Creator of the Every Child Safe Act Petition ✍️ mistygriffin.com
💠 #GoodTrouble 💠
Suzanna Krivulskaya @suzzzanna.bsky.social Historian and author of Oxford’s “Disgraced: How Sex Scandals Transformed American Protestantism” (2025)
https://www.amazon.com/Disgraced-Scandals-Transformed-American-Protestantism/dp/0197599680/
stamm-kuhlmann @stamm-kuhlmann.bsky.social Professor emeritus of modern history, Universität Greifswald.🇪🇺
Europe under Napoleon, Prussian monarchy, history of science