Liberty Hardy @libertyhardy.bsky.social Raised by wolves who watched Reading Rainbow. Co-host of Book Riot's All the Books! podcast. "My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out."—D. Thomas She/her. https://www.patreon.com/libertyhardy
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social Band from Athens, GA, 1980-2011, made music, lasts forever.
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social aka Lia Amador. Sci-fi, fantasy, and romance writer. MtG story scribe. Co-editor of Escape Pod. Variety game streamer. VPXX/16.
Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan. 
The A.V. Club @avclub.com Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. https://linktr.ee/the_avclub
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen @shaheen.senate.gov Proud Granite Stater serving New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate. Former Governor. Mother & Grandmother. Pats & Red Sox Fan. Outdoor enthusiast.
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social Congresswoman representing New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District. Fighting for our future. Working to build a better world. Trail runner & chile connoisseur. ❤️🌶️
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Amy @lolennui.bsky.social Camera tinkerer. Contributor @ The Onion.
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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"
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social Hello👍Bluesky
happy to be here!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Ink Radio @inkradio.bsky.social WINK. 89.8. Zalindi’s #1 radio station.
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Support the station. Here’s my music. If a song lands for you… pass it on. https://bit.ly/4qjovs5
Senator Maggie Hassan @hassan.senate.gov 
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.
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee. 
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Colin Dickey @colindickey.com Writer of books, most recently Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy. Also Ghostland, The Unidentified, Afterlives of the Saints, Cranioklepty. Opinions mine, not my employer’s. He/him.
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
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social Editor of The Bulwark
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
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.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social We are amplifying voices of the brave Americans speaking out against the Trump administration.
https://linktr.ee/ofthebrave
Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social Law prof @Penn, cohost Strict Scrutiny podcast 
Ali Velshi @velshi.com Host of The 11th Hour and Chief Data Reporter at MSNOW
Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social SCOTUS podcast (Crooked Media)
Hosted by Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, & Kate Shaw
Produced by Melody Rowell
Amy Ginsburg @authoramy.bsky.social Author of The After Days. Embracing the many joys of retirement despite ovarian cancer. Enthusiastic but minimally-talented crafter, bread baker, golfer, and pickleballer living in Maryland and Delaware.
amyginsburg.com
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social Writer. Editor of WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (2019) and WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (May 2025).
www.michelefilgate.com
Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social 📚 Book Editor, Fr→En Lit Translator, Educator
🍽📖 Working on/devouring speculative fiction, horror, memoir, IF, comics
⭐ Teaching and coaching editors and writers
📘 Faculty @ Emerson's MFA in Popular Fiction
🌈📚 RSM team
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www.TanyaGold.com
Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/9781668055540
Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
Kathleen Schmidt @kathmschmidt.bsky.social President, KMSPR. Book publishing, marketing, consulting, strategy. I write Publishing Confidential on Substack.
Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me Liccium content certification – digitally sign your original creative works. Claim your content. Regain control. Protect your copyright. Register at liccium.com. – About me: posth.me
Jeanne Veillette Bowerman @jeannevb.bsky.social Sr Exec Pipeline Media Group @bookpipeline.bsky.social, EiC @pipelineartists.bsky.social, partner Fringe Press, CoHost @recklesscr8tive.bsky.social #podcast. Prev @scriptmagazine.bsky.social + Writer's Digest. CoFndr #scriptchat on X. #HistFic #18thC
Simon Owens @simonowens.bsky.social Media industry journalist who runs a newsletter and podcast. You can reach me at simonowens@gmail.com
DoctorSyntax @doctorsyntax.bsky.social Alter ego of Peter Ginna. Editor, writer, & occasional blogger on books & publishing. Former editor & publisher at several houses. Author of WHAT EDITORS DO: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing. Website: peterginna.com 
Kate Pullinger @katepullinger.bsky.social Writer of fiction - books and digital. Inanimate Alice, Breathe, Forest Green. Academic - Bath Spa University. Books. Food. Sleep. Canadian living in UK. www.katepullinger.com and https://buttondown.email/katepullinger
Guy (aka glecharles) @loudpoet.com Sometimes loud, formerly poet, always opinionated. As in guillotine...
Here via BlackSky, but more active on my blog and Mastodon:
https://loudpoet.com | https://gardenstate.social/@glecharles
Paul Bogaards @paulbogaards.bsky.social PR guy. Former Publisher. Representing authors and companies. Knows the business. Find me @ http://instagram.com/paulbogaards; and here http://paulbogaards.substack.com; and here bogaardspr.com.
Katy Hershberger @katyhersh.bsky.social Work at Publishers Lunch. Writing at NYTBR, Washington Post, LitHub, Slate, Longreads, etc.
KatyHershberger.com
Cassie Mannes Murray @cassmannes.bsky.social Writer. Founder & director at Pine State Publicity. Mom to P & E. 🐝
http://pinestatepublicity.com
Pinestatepublicity.substack.com
Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com Freelance editor of YA & Adult fiction (sarah@nextchapteredits.com). Writer, optimist, all-around bookish.
Editing: https://www.nextchapteredits.com/
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/SarahLaPolla
Everything Else: https://linktr.ee/sarahlapolla
Margot Atwell @margotatwell.bsky.social Writer, editor,publisher, creative funding expert in Brooklyn. Editor of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. Previously @feministpress & @kickstarter. She/they 🌈📚
https://margotatwell.com/
Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
Laura Stanfill @laurastanfill.bsky.social Author, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DAMES (Ooligan Press, Nov. 2026). Publisher, Forest Avenue Press. Publishing consultant. Delete Key is my roller derby name.
Brian DeFiore @briandef.bsky.social Literary Agent, Dad, Geek
E. J. Wenstrom @ejwenstrom.bsky.social 🖤s complicated heroes, horrifying monsters & standing to the right on escalators so the left side can walk. #SFF author. Cohost
@SFFGirlPodcast. #ADHD. She/her
Pirate Jenny @ljndawson.bsky.social Abolish the monarchy.
https://newvirago.com/
Darcy Pattison @darcypattison.bsky.social Author of over 70 children’s books, including A LITTLE BIT OF DINOSAUR series, the Moments in Science series, and the Another Extraordinary Animal series. See more at MimsHouseBooks.com #STEM #NextGen #Kidlit #TLsky #EduSky 
Anna Sproul-Latimer @annasplat.bsky.social Founding Partner, Neon Literary. Get in, loser, we're making it art. www.neonliterary.com
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social Executive Director / Hub City Writers Project
Publisher / @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Habs fan / Canadian in the South 🍁
www.megireid.com
David Ulin @davidulin.bsky.social Crafty southpaw.
Lucienne Diver @luciennediver.bsky.social Literary agent, #author, travel-junkie, puppy enthusiast, full-time fed up with the rolling back of our rights.
www.knightagency.net
www.luciennediver.com
Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social Books books books. Editor, writer, reader, clumsy DIYer. Latest: I review Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/arts/emily-st-john-mandel-exit-party/
The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
The Gernert Company @thegernertco.bsky.social The Gernert Company is a literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Our client list is as broad as the market. 📚
https://www.thegernertco.com/
Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social Trade publishing's daily rundown, and sibling of the source of Deal Reports.
Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com The IPG is the UK's largest association of independent publishers, supporting 600+ members with events, resources, training and much more.
https://linktr.ee/IndependentPublishersGuild
Literary Agents of Change @litagentsofchange.bsky.social A 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping people from underrepresented groups become literary agents.
linktr.ee/literaryagentsofchange
Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social Promoting authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. authorsalliance.org and authorsalliance.substack.com for updates. 
Iris Blasi @irisblasi.bsky.social Book lover and literary agent at Arc Literary. Say hi here: iris@arcliterary.com.
arcliterarymanagement.com/the-agents#iris
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join