Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social linktr.ee/deanspade 
The Vilcek Foundation @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions in the United States and fosters appreciation of the arts, sciences, and humanities.
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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Writer, Director, Actor, Producer and failed Dairy Farmer.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
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Gavin Newsom @gavinnewsom.bsky.social Husband and father. 40th Governor of California. Former Lt. Governor of California. Former San Francisco Mayor. Personal account.
Melissa Jay Craig @mjc999.bsky.social Artist making paper, books, installations. deaf. Dogs, cats, fungi.
Pete, the Antifascist Nisse 🌈🔨🌈 @nanou2.bsky.social If you're wondering whether I said something in earnest, I DID. Minneapolis antifascist & abolitionist. Parent, neighbor, queer. He/him. Fuck the police. Angrily spreading joy.
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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social Design, Shakespeare, biscuit art. Senior Lecturer in Research & Innovation at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Book: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare). She/her.
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
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Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
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Books: Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics and the Unsettled Past, Body and Soul, Technicolor
Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social Celebrating 26 years of metal & wood type letterpress work. Love to share the process, forms and printing adventures. Jen & Jo.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov Mom. Combat Veteran. Blackhawk pilot. U.S. Senator. Illinoisan.
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Graham Franciose @graham-franciose.bsky.social I am an artist and illustrator living in the Pacific Northwest (and sometimes Austin)
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Stephanie Kilgast @petitplat.bsky.social Let nature grow back | protect biodiversity | consume less 🌿
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Joy Machine @joymachine.bsky.social A new art gallery in Chicago. Wed-Sat, 12-6pm.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social This space would like me to place a short sentence here, but short sentences are contrary to my nature.
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Debra Broz @zebrazorb.bsky.social Artist, ceramics restorer, generalist, regular weirdo, Seattle person
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Hollie Chastain @holliechastain.bsky.social Paper Art and Illustration
Chattanooga, TN
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Ziva Branstetter @zivabranstetter.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winner (2025) & finalist (2015). Editing roles @propublica.org, @washingtonpost.com, @Revealnews.org, @Tulsaworld.com. Proud co-founder of @readfrontier.bsky.social. Native Arkansan. Now an Okie. Let’s go OKC Thunder!
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social James Webb - Everything That's Hot 🔥
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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
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
Will Wilkinson @wlknsn.xyz Tech policy and government affairs guy. Ex-Block, Niskanen, NYT, Economist, Cato. Los Angeles / Iowa City
Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social Trans kiln witch™
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Caltech @caltech.edu The California Institute of Technology aims to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education.
Jackie Andres @jackieandres.bsky.social she/her
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
Baratunde @baratunde.com host, writer, & speaker exploring interdependence across our relationships with nature, each other, and technology. Latest project is the YouTube podcast "Life With Machines." Other work includes: PBS's America Outdoors, and How To Citizen podcast
Craig Mod @craigmod.com Writer & photographer. Japan based for 20+ years.
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social A culture and education website that tries to make the web a more intelligent place. Features free courses, movies, audio books, ebooks & thought-provoking daily posts.
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social New novel coming in August: THE BREAKUP
Others include Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, You Can’t Spell America Without Me, True Believers, Heyday, Turn of the Century.
Co-created CommandZseries.com, ran Studio 360, New York, SPY
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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Chris Glass @chrisglass.bsky.social This account was previously automated to post daily dips into the past, that yearlong project ended October 2024. I'm starting to sneak back on and figure out what else to say.
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Austin Kleon @austinkleon.bsky.social I’m a writer who draws. Author of STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST and other bestsellers. www.austinkleon.com
Vertical Gallery @verticalgallery.bsky.social Chicago’s premier urban-contemporary art gallery
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2006 W Chicago Ave # 1R
Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
onion person @junlper.beer my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer
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Christoph Niemann @christophniemann.bsky.social artist
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Jon Lovett @jonlovett.bsky.social Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave It, Vote Save America, Crooked Media, mostly water.
Bruce Willen @publicmechanics.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary artist, designer, musician
Public art + design: Public Mechanics
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Previously: co-founder @ Post Typography
Baltimore
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo. Sometimes I write comics too. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and the national bestseller ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW • words in NYT Magazine, Time, Esquire, Washington Post &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung • loyaltybookstores.com/nicolechung
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
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Quimby's Bookstore @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social The world’s leading purveyor of zines and author and artist produced publications! Open every day 12-7! 1854 North Ave, Chicago! We print books, zines & comics!
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Spoon & Tamago @spoon-tamago.bsky.social Japanese art, design & culture 
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social @kylegriffin1 from that Twitter thing
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Jonathan (Jonny) Ballew @jballew.bsky.social Journalist turned Defense Attorney.
Criminal Defense Trial Attorney. Public Defender in Illinois.
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lisawaud @lisawaud.bsky.social environmental installation artist creating site-responsive works with botanical materials. southern california-based.
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Audrey Niffenegger @audreyniffenegger.bsky.social Artist, writer, cat lady.
My Modern Met @mymodernmet.bsky.social Art 🎨 + Design ✍️ + Photos 📷
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The Kid Should See This @tksst.bsky.social TKSST.com ⚡️🌈🪐 A collection of 7,000+ kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home.
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org We're demanding a city-wide #bikegridnow with slow & safe bike-prioritized streets across Chicago. bikegridnow.org
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