Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
He/him
Chicagoan, stroke survivor, dev, moving further to the Left as I get older & more pissed off.
I probably repost too damn much.
And make too many grammatical errors & tpyos.
Also @refrag@mastodon.cloud, but that's dormant.
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Hermione Gingold @hermionegingold.bsky.social Sharp-tongued, eccentric character. (Actually a delicately aging AZ girl who faked my way into every job I ever had & still working my ass off in tech. Mainly a re-poster with occasional wild life stories to tell.)
Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org State government reporter for @kentuckypublicradio.org — @lpm.org, @weku.bsky.social, WKYU, @wkmsfm.bsky.social. Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe/BBN. Did a Pulitzer many years ago.
DM me news/apocalypse tips! https://www.lpm.org/people/joe-sonka
ACLU of Louisiana @acluoflouisiana.bsky.social Defending your rights in Louisiana since 1956.
linktr.ee/ACLULouisiana
Jasmine Razeghi @razeghj.bsky.social Comms @ MacArthur Justice Center ⚖️
Opinions are my own
www.macarthurjustice.org
Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social
chicago area data journalist/scientist/wrangler, duolingo vietnamese language learner. the best chicago banh mi is at nhu lan on lawrence st
James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social Maine-based economic policy analyst. British-American, recovering historian.
Posts are my own views, not my organization's.
Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social Salty AF. Safe streets & sound climate policy = social justice. Enjoy biking, travel, beer and cats. Content likely to randomly touch on all of the above. All content is my personal opinion. She/Her.
Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social Reporter covering gender and politics at @motherjones.com, part of the Center for Investigative Reporting
Tips to mpauly at motherjones dot com
Signal: madisonpauly.15
https://www.motherjones.com/author/madison-pauly/
Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social Writer, educator, lawyer, immigrant. Served as college president & law dean. Writing on problems — and ways forward — in criminal justice & sentencing and higher education, often with a look abroad for different approaches.
Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social I research movements and markets (renewables, urban ag in Detroit, river conservation in Ireland) & corporate disinformation campaigns. UF & UW alum
Also: rock climber, forager, ceramicist, gardener, ADHD hobby collector
https://disinfonation.com
Isabela Dias @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social Reporter at Mother Jones covering immigration, Latin America, and more. Falo português.
Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. Formerly an ACLUFL Attorney. I enjoy writing about free expression, academic freedom, and American history.
All opinions are my own, not my employer's, and are correct, probably.
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
FWD.us @fwd.us A policy organization working to advance politically resilient solutions to address the harmful criminal justice and immigration systems.
campsite.bio/fwd.us
Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social Football. Basketball. Cream cheese.
Editor. Writer.
JT Cestkowski @jtcestkowski.bsky.social Reporter for Status Coup News covering corruption, workers’ struggles, corporate power, grassroots movements. Independent, on-the-ground accountability journalism.
Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social Academic. Pleasure activist. Author of Bodyminds Reimagined & Black Disability Politics. Both open access from Duke University Press. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/samischalk
public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social personal account of an ex-cdc policy guy and 10x jeopardy applicant. ask me about my cats! shares/likes ≠ endorsements. he/his. abide no hatred. warning: annoyingly slow at checking DMs
Texas Observer @texasobserver.org A nonprofit newsroom covering Texas through investigative journalism & narrative storytelling since 1954.
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
Leigh Kunkel @leighkunkel.bsky.social I'm a journalist in Chicago
But you're probably here for Birdie
Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social Journalist and Researcher | Reporting and Research on the U.S. Radical Right | Publisher of Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social | Subscribe: https://www.radicalreports.org | Support My Work: https://linktr.ee/reportbywilson
@jasonmgunning.bsky.social @jasonmgunning.bsky.social 
JBoehler @johnboehler.bsky.social Policy counsel, ACLU-MN. Formerly mnleg. MN by way of NJ.
Views my own
Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social Reporter for @boltsmag.org covering voting rights, democracy, and criminal justice at the local and state levels. Previously @denverpost.com. Support local journalism.
Signal: burness.02
Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social Open Source Investigator. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
JB @jsbeier.bsky.social Research and evaluation for immigration legal services. Past hats: Professor of child development, Congressional fellow, policy analyst. Enjoyer of many things, but lately it's a lot of horror movies and heavy metal.
Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social Author of Against the Wall & ICE:What everyone needs to know. Emmy award winning HBO documentary Critical Incident Death at the border. https://jennbudd.net/
Naureen Shah @naureenshah.bsky.social @ACLU Deputy Director of Government Affairs on immigrants' rights. Politics and news on immigration, human rights and civil liberties.
Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social Data and Graphics Editor at the Guardian US, used to be words and sounds on In The Dark, Sent Away, APM Reports, and your local public radio station.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Dr. Ashok Karra @akarra.bsky.social Political philosophy and ethics. Currently working on Nietzsche, Heidegger, and problems of freedom & authenticity. I teach community college & you'll hear plenty about it.
Let me know how you are and how I can help.
https://www.ashokkarra.blog/
Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social Senior Editor @lawfaremedia.org. Previously: Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for Speaker Pelosi and Jan. 6 Committee. Yankee Stadium 🌭 vendor. NYC born and bred. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.
Casey Toner @ctoner.bsky.social News reporter, SAG-AFTRA steward, weary Chicagoan. Bird dogging and door stopping, @illinoisanswers. Tell the truth
jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociology phd candidate @ columbia. @swcolumbia.bsky.social
Arthur Anderson @uabyyruwi.bsky.social he/him. Here for news/politics mostly. Recovering software developer.
RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social Former historian, current indexer. She/her, cis. Cats, nature, crafts, sci fi/fantasy. Covid aware. Chicago parent. GenX. West Coast ex-pat. I block & mute freely.
shawrd773@zirk.us
Need an index for your book in the humanities or social sciences? DM me.
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Senior Vice President of Woke 5
Delia Catalina Ramirez @delia.bsky.social Community organizer, daughter of immigrants, wife, golden retriever mom & Congresswoman of #IL03
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social LA-based investigative journalist covering policing, injustice, and inequality. I create job security for public records custodian’s in California.
Signal: joeyscott.05
Venmo: @joeyneverjoe
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/joeyneverjoe
www.joeyscott.xyz/bylines/
Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com current twitter ex-pat. past congressional reporter. contributing editor @newrepublic.com. running a communications consulting business and raising a tiny baseball fan irl.
let’s work together! ⬇️
meredithshiner.com
Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social Professional landscape photographer focused on Chicago and Ireland. My website is BarryButlerPhotography.com for prints, books and calendars.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social not the one.
i am a journalist and i work for Bloomberg News. Obligatory disclaimers about opinions.
No DMs for reporting tips. Signal at @s_m_i.99
don’t expect posts to stick around.
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
ElizabethRDale @elizabethrdale.bsky.social Writer, carceral history & disability; part of the struggle for academic freedom. My latest book: https://chicago1919.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/fightforrights/index?path=introductions
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd Assistant professor at Georgetown University in Qatar (formerly GSU, BYU). Study NGOs, human rights, international politics, causal inference, and stats. 6 kids.
#rstats forever.
andrewheiss.com
Signal: andrewheiss.01
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
John Roman @johnkroman.bsky.social Director, Center on Public Safety and Justice, NORC at the University of Chicago. Essays: https://johnkroman.substack.com/.
Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Revealer, Prism
Newsletter: www.everythingishorrible.net
Poetry pubs: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/poetry-publications-noah-berlatsky
Clever Resistance @cleverresistance.bsky.social Featuring resistance efforts, big and small. Scroll-worthy.
Hope. Humor. Resources.
J.W. Hendricks @jwhendricks.bsky.social Photographer/Photojournalist
Photos mostly on IG: j.w.hendricks
Website, articles, and to support: ↙️
linktr.ee/jwhendricks
Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba.
Learn more at http://interruptingcriminalization.com/
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Dad Lander. Former Councilmember Lander. Former Comptroller Lander. Running for Congress because we need to fight, not fold. 🥊
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social I’ve reported on immigration under Obama, Trump I, Biden, and now Trump II.
On Signal: https://tinyurl.com/mwjwj4zs
Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social Prof at KU Law. Writes about sexual violence, criminal law, courts, judges, and empirical legal studies. He/Him/His.
Raven Geary @ravengeary.bsky.social Journalist. Hate mail: raven@unraveledpress.com
Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social Former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ex-Council of Economic Advisers, Census, Treasury. Dual DC/Bay Area citizen. Personal account, all opinions my own
Ashley Murray @ashleymurray.bsky.social Senior News Reporter for States Newsroom, Washington, D.C. Bureau. Get in touch for Signal info.
Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social 📍Chicago
Best known for getting hit by a car
Danny Rivero @danielrivero.bsky.social I like digging up dirt, figuratively and literally. Public radio in Miami. 🇨🇺🇺🇸. Pro-Puerto Rico.🏴
Book : https://bookshop.org/p/books/just-freedom-inside-florida-s-decades-long-voting-rights-battle-daniel-rivero/8af38ae9a3cf11c4?ean=9780813081168&next=t
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.
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social Current* conditions:
🏙 Chicagoan (Rogers Park) 🔢 data 🚍 transit 📰 local news 🌊 Lake Michigan stan account 🙊 views mine ✍️ lauriemerrell.com 👤 she/her
Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social Director, The Immigration Lab; & The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies; Full Professor, Sociology, American University, DC. Immigration and the politics of the possible. Author of multiple books & articles. Public scholar.
National Immigration Project @nipnlg.bsky.social The National Immigration Project is a membership organization driven by the belief that all people should be treated with dignity, live freely, and flourish. Learn more at www.nipnlg.org.
Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed
danaelkurd.com to contact
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. US politics, votes, violence, history, psych. 3📚+1 on the way: How WE Make American Democracy. Wide Awake. Views mine, ~90% right. Dad w/ jokes. 🧗🏼*🧙🏻*🥏⛳🏆 nathankalmoe.com
Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social Ras Beiruti journalist & writer
Senior Reporter in Beirut, Al Jazeera English
Non resident fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy '25-'26
Journalist-in-residence, Orient-Institut Beirut '25
Jacob Kang-Brown @jkangbrown.bsky.social 
Sam Ratner @samratner.bsky.social Policy director at Win Without War, working to enact a more just and progressive US foreign policy. Formerly @ACLEDINFO and @ZitamarNews. He/him. Views my own.
Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social Minnesotan lawyer (not your lawyer) and photographer. Nothing I say on here is legal advice. Fan of the outdoors, public health, sports, and many nerd things. All views and skeets are my own except the bad ones. (He/Him)
David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social Cato Institute, Director of Immigration Studies, Cato's Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy, BEER, not buyer. Cato, not CATO
Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social Fighting ICE since 2006, cohosting @openargs.bsky.social since 2024, playing your piano since 1987. Read my journal at http://deportnation.com
Madeline Loshaw @maddillo.bsky.social anti car, pro cat | Chicago
Subscribe to my newsletter! (it's free) https://tinylilactionschicago.substack.com
Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social executive director, Detention Watch Network, author Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition (Haymarket Books, 2024), from Texas, views my own
book info/events: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/unbuild-walls
Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social Journalist for @thelensnola. Work in The Guardian, The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, Fortune, Sierra, etc
Debut novel HAPPY BAD out now!
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/796327/happy-bad-by-delaney-nolan/9781662603280/
Francia Garcia Hernandez @franciagarciah.bsky.social Reporter covering Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards for Block Club Chicago | Host of ¡Presente! | Hablo español | Mexicana
Tips: Francia@blockclubchi.org
@minabloom.bsky.social @minabloom.bsky.social 
Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social Historian of environment/climate/disaster/cities/culture. Also public history & urban/enviro/recreation public policy. UCLA Bruin.
Book: The Frontier of Leisure: SoCal and the Shaping of Modern America; writing on climate & history in US & North America.
John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
Doug Milford @dougmilford.bsky.social 
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
AFP News Agency @en.afp.com Top news and features from AFP's reporters around the world.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social senior correspondent @ Zeteo / contributing writer @ Rolling Stone / co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ / adjunct prof. @ University of Cincinnati / volunteer @ St. Vincent de Paul / “a deranged hack” & “terrorist sympathizer,” says the Trump White House