Emily Leiker @emleiker.bsky.social vikings beat for star-tribune • mizzou made • washington-born • lover of all pop culture
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Sarah Todd @nbasarah.bsky.social Timberwolves reporter at Minnesota Star Tribune. Previously Jazz, 76ers and Warriors. 530. 510.
Two-time Utah Sportswriter of the Year.
Joan Niesen @joanniesen.bsky.social freelance writer • adjunct professor of journalism at Georgetown • I used to write about sports • 📍Washington, D.C. • St. Louis native and Midwest apologist • subscribe to my newsletter (please?): joanniesen.substack.com
Pat Borzi @borzmn.bsky.social Journalist at MinnPost.com, journalism advisor at U of St. Thomas. BBWAA member, 3x MSP chapter chair. Ex-pat New Yorker, though you’d never know it by the way I talk. (Yeah, right.) Pizza folded, scotch neat. Hail Fordham.
Kyle @kyleystyley.bsky.social 🎸⚾️🍜
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Francesca Hong 홍윤정 @francescahongwi.bsky.social State Representative. Single mom. Restaurant worker. Fighter for the working class. Candidate for WI Governor.
franhong.com/gotv
Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social Dad, husband, journalist at 9News Denver. Helping the community raise $20M via 300+ weekly microgiving campaigns. Next with Kyle Clark 6p weeknights + 9NEWS at 9/10p on-air/streaming on 9NEWS+. Signal tips: 303-871-1841.
Erik Malinowski @erikmalinowski.bsky.social rule no. 1: never skeet. #lfgm #coyg
Theodore Tollefson @theodoretollefson.bsky.social Communications lead with Elpis Enterprises in St. Paul, MN.
Independent Journalist. Mostly covering the Twins, St. Paul Saints, and Minor League Baseball at zonecoverage.com and the Minnesota Frost for twincities.com
Joe Mande @joemande.bsky.social world famous comedian. https://800pgm.lnk.to/chill
terryhorstman @terryhorstman.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Podcaster | MN Lynx Reporter | Shooters shoot | Wu-Tang Forever 👐🏻 | he/him
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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
Matt Ufford @mattufford.bsky.social Yahoo Sports guy, area bird enthusiast
Homefield @homefield.bsky.social t-shirt
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
Tom Pelissero @tompelissero.bsky.social 🎙️The Ringer 📺 Netflix Sports
https://tompelissero.substack.com
The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social In N Out french fry enjoyer
NBA @nba.com The 2026-27 NBA season tips off Tuesday, Oct. 20 on NBC and Peacock! 🏀 3:00pm/et: Celtics/Pistons 🏀 7:00pm/et: 76ers/Knicks 🏀 9:30pm/et: Thunder/Spurs
The official account for the NBA
J.A. Adande @jadande.bsky.social Same as the other social media sites
Alex @cono.bsky.social Photographer, teacher, toddler dad, basketball enthusiast, backyard gardener.
Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social Podcaster for This Week In Baseball History (@TWIBHistory.bsky.social). Almost used to be A Guy. Enthusiastic SABR member/evangelist. Proud and grieving dad.
Mitchell Hansen @hansen13.bsky.social 📝 Founder/Host of @hittingthehardwood.bsky.social
📝 Lynx and WNBA writer at @canishoopus.bsky.social
📝 Lynx and WNBA senior writer at @winsidr.com
Inquiries: Mitchell.Hansen13@gmail.com
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Nick Halter @nickhalter.bsky.social Axios Twin Cities reporter. 
Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social Photographer, drone pilot, writer, editor, web developer, media critic (not necessarily in that order). Proprietor at edhivemn.com, roblevinephotography.com, intheairphotography.com, threatenedwaters.com. Minneapolis
Hourly Simpsons @hourlysimpsons.bagpuss.org A random frame from a random Simpsons episode up to season 15, every hour, on the hour. Also on Instagram and Threads (but no-one cares about that). Episode details in alt text.
By Dave Bagpuss Forsey @bagpuss.org
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RAYGUN @raygunsite.com Clothing. Home Goods. Time Travel Supplies.
Iowa (x6), Nebraska (x2), Chicago (x2), KC, Madison.
Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social Host of all podcasts. Independent Muckraker. Hollywood’s Ultimate Insider.
The post is probably a joke.
Remember Some Guys @remembersomeguys.bsky.social Remembering a baseball guy once every two hours. By chickenpuppet.online. Powered by Sports-Reference.
Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social Defector, normal gossip, novels, etc
newsletter here: https://buttondown.com/mckinneykelsey
"fart" @jonhendren.com tall but otherwise normal
sydney
jonhendren.com
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social Senior National Political Reporter, NBC News
Capitol Hill, elections, Formula 1 🏛️🗳️🏁
Signal: sahilkapur.30
skapur.com
Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social Creeping socialist. Premature anti-rockist. Oldest living Racket editor. Saving my labor for insane reading. Subscribe to Racket, or at least read it. https://racketmn.com/author/keith-harris
#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social I don't even do rollercoasters.
They're called slides. You can slide in em and go about ya business.
(No socks)
I feel like I could come to you because I always respected your hairline on television
Eph. Snack Caucus.MN.
https://linktr.ee/itsthebrandi
Nick Nelson @nicknelson.bsky.social Writer, marketer, baseball fan www.twinsdaily.com
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social I bomb atomically. Senior NBA writer, Yahoo Sports. Co-host, THE BIG NUMBER. Member, WGA East. He/him.
Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social 9 years in the NFL. 2 rings. #9years2rings
Minnesota Twins @twinsbaseball.bsky.social There's no place like HERE • Account run by @beastModeRocco.com
Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver.
Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of Democracy-Ish; Author of a Memoir and a Play; @YouTubeWajahatAli
wajali.com
wajahatmali@protonmail.com
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.com
Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social Independent Journalist. IU alum. Recovering lawyer. She/her
Author - Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being A Woman in America; Losing My Perspicacity (newsletter)
Tips: jdica@protonmail.com
https://losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com/
Ryan Eichten @reichten.bsky.social 🐺 Covering the Timberwolves for Timberwolves OnSI | 🎙️ Co-Host of Two Words: Wolves Pod
max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social professionally nosy. reporter at @minnesotareformer.com
Dessa @dessadarling.bsky.social Writer + Musician.
Dessawander.com
Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social PhD in literature
Owner of Black Hart of St Paul
Cofounder Minnesota Aurora
St Pauli Peace Prize Award Winner
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
Ryan Thibodaux @notmrtibbs.com Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot Tracker with @tonycal.bsky.social and @shutthedore.bsky.social
Tracker: tracker.fyi
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social Journalist/Writer at https://firewalledmedia.com. Past bylines: Rolling Stone, Politico, TNR, The Nation, Slate, etc. Does not work for ICE
Email: laura.jedeed@gmail.com
Links: https://linktr.ee/laurajedeed
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social I write a newsletter about sports! It's called Sports! Link in pinned post
Greg Pak @gregpak.net Rhymes with "rock." Comics writer, filmmaker, photojournalist. SUPERNATURAL, PLANET HULK. He/him. @comixaction.com Call your reps (reps.fyi). Stop posting on X.
All my links: gregpak.fyi
(@gregpak.com for work only)
Buy my stuff at gregpakshop.com!
Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com Black Monday|The League|Human Giant| NTSF:SD:SUV::
“Joyful Recollections of Trauma” is a NYT Bestseller & 2024 Vulture Book of the Year
Watch Dark Web on Yt
Listen to How Did This Get Made & Unspooled
https://linktr.ee/PAULSCHEER
Joe Posnanski @joeposnanski.com Writer, author, podcaster, father, husband, juggler and believer in blue skies.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum @baseballhall.org The official account of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It's always baseball season here.
Basketball Fan, of the Sixers and LeBron James lmao! @drewhamm5.bsky.social I like:
- Wisconsin Badgers 🦡
- Philadelphia 🦅
- writing about B1G WBB 🏀(https://badgersballknower.substack.com/)
- ⚽️ #nufc #mnufc #USMNT #USWNT
I live in Minnesota now. Go Lynx. Go Aurora.
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social Reporter at @Gizmodo.com.
I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007.
Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com
Signal: mattnovak.11
zoë jackson @zoemjack.bsky.social reporter @startribune.com and midwest princess
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social Your home for all those culinary delights, anomalies, and misfires that live on only in our memories...Still slowly but surely migrating over the over 1,000 foods I covered on Twitter, so if you don't see a favorite here yet, stay tuned!
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Writer, journalist, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate: Not capitulating. Author of Lee Harvey Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
Faine Greenwood @faineg.com civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Cassidy Hettesheimer @cassidyhett.bsky.social reporting on the Lynx, Frost and more women's sports for @startribune.com 📰 | @cassidyhsports on Instagram | Georgia grad, bundled up in Minnesota | she/her
news tips? 📧 cassidy.hettesheimer@startribune.com
Tony Reali @tonyreali.bsky.social tonyreali.com- K Katie Nolan @katienolan.bsky.social tv lady
Nate Tice @natetice.bsky.social I host a podcast called Football 301 that’s been described as “…entertaining with a slightly degenerate charm…”
It's always a good day for an elbow drop.
Is Butterbean OK?
nateticefootball at gmail
Baseball Reference @baseball-reference.com I'm a website devoted to baseball stats & history. Founded in 2000. Part of the Sports Reference family of sites.
🔗 https://www.baseball-reference.com/
Pat Forde @bypatforde.bsky.social Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated
Bob Nightengale @bnightengale.bsky.social USA TODAY Major League Baseball columnist, BBWAA VP, Arizona chapter chairman, Hall of Fame voter, @Audacy MLB radio insider, usatoday.com/sports/mlb
Tyler Kepner @tylerkepner.bsky.social Senior MLB writer for The Athletic. Author of “K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches” and “The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series.” Reporter in quarter-zip, episode 787 of "The Simpsons." Immaculate Grid addict.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
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Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social Whenwolf
CHRIS HAWKEY @chawkey1003.bsky.social I’m Glad You’re Here.
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com • Senior reporter, The Athletic
• College football, dogs and pro wrestling... skeets?
• Co-host, Bunch Formation and Getting Over podcasts
• DM, cvannini@theathletic.com, Signal: ChrisVannini.01
• Dallas, via Detroit
• linktr.ee/chrisvannini
ITYSL memes 💦🥩 @ityslmemes.com I Think You Should Leave & anything Tim Robinson.
Welcome to the Dangerous Nights Crew
@ITYSL_memes on other apps | ityslmemes.com
That’s A Chunky: An ITYSL Podcast @thatsachunky.bsky.social
Also me: @subjimminal.bsky.social, @phantomtollbot.bsky.social
Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social Columnist for USA TODAY Sports, writing about little bit of everything. Runner; book lover; Starbucks junkie.
Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou.bsky.social ESPN women’s college basketball, WNBA reporter. Posting on here and, for now, X | IG: alexaphilippou_ESPN
Jessica Smetana @jessicasmetana.bsky.social meadowlark media, Le Batard Show, etc
Andy Greder @andygreder.bsky.social Sportswriter at St. Paul Pioneer Press on #Gophers and #MNUFC beats
John Millea @minnesotamillea.bsky.social Author of "Prepville, Minnesota" coming in 2026.
Twins Daily @twinsdaily.com TwinsDaily.com | The top destination for independent Minnesota Twins content and conversation on the web. 
Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social Baseball writer at The Athletic. Starkville pod. MLB Net. Winner of 2019 BBWAA Career Excellence Award. Launched hot dogs with the Phanatic. Living the dream
Judd Zulgad @jzulgad.bsky.social Part of the SKOR North podcast team producing Purple Daily, SKOR North Twins Show, Judd's Hockey Show and Flagrant Howls. I might be forgetting a few. Also avid collector of sports bobbleheads. Check out my Substack page at juddzulgad.substack.com
Star Tribune Sports @stribsports.startribune.com Sports coverage from the Minnesota Star Tribune. 
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
David Fahrenthold @fahrenthold.bsky.social New York Times investigative reporter, writing about the world of nonprofits. CNN political analyst. Please send story tips! daf@nytimes.com
Carlos Gonzalez @carlosgphoto.bsky.social Photographer @ Minnesota Star Tribune
Declan Goff @declangoff.bsky.social Takes and clicks for SKOR North and Purple Daily. Minnesota Twins podcast host. Don't let the Twins get hot.
SKOR North Twins Show: Youtube.com/@SKORNorthTwinsShow
Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com Trans, non-binary, Minnesotan. Working to make the DFL more trans-inclusive because being a trans refuge state does not mean we are actually doing the work. South Minneapolis, Stonewall DFL, and Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules.
linktr.ee/dexanderson
darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social not the darth u are looking for
Alec Luhn @alecluhn.com Environment reporter @NewScientist.com | Kavli, Schmidt & Covering Climate Now winner 🏆 | 2x Emmy nominee | non-beefeater 🚫🐄 | icemushroom.substack.com ✉️
Chris Hawkey @chrishawkey.bsky.social Producer/co-host Power Trip on KFAN. Vocals for Chris Hawkey Band, Fabulous Armadillos, Rocket Club and acoustic. PxP for SnoCross and public speaker. ChrisHawkey.com