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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.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social Reporter at The New York Times writing about the intersection of health and politics, especially in marginalized communities. NYT Guild steward. No, not one of those Astors.
Brianna Wu @brianna.bsky.social Former Candidate for US House in MA. Software engineer. Like to go fast. 🏎🏍🏃🏻♀️🎮 brianna@hey.com
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
A Moveable Feed @talentx.bsky.social Moveable Feed: sharp, biased dispatches from Trump’s America and the AI future. Ex‑DC comms hack, still talking. Read + subscribe here → https://buttondown.com/amoveablefeed
Mike Davis • Feed After Midnight @mjdavis1988.bsky.social Journalism grad. Advertising copywriter. Aspiring author. 💙 Politics. Husband of Amy. Co-creator of Madison. Cocker + Cats | Film | Music | Travel | Cooking | Boating
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Recovering lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Corgi | Host of Psycho Politics pod and contributor, @TheBulwark.com | Crappy pol | Trying to figure out Substack
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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com 2x Nebula, Compton Crook finalist. BSFA-longlisted. SFWA, Codex member.
Left one former empire only to settle in another.
Speaks German by day, Russian by night. Writes in English.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com Host of Coffee With Texas Paul.
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Nancy Lacore @nancylacore.bsky.social Nancy Lacore is a mom of six, Navy vet, and retired Rear Admiral running for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st District.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
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A. L. Kaplan @alkaplanauthor.bsky.social Author of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Poetry
Mike Czaplinski @djangostonereaver.bsky.social International Man of Mystery. And salsa.
Rachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com Former journalist. Current Monroe County Legislator. Running for Rochester City Council. Posts are personal views unless noted as official. Not allowed: threats, defamation, obscenity, harassment or spam. Rochester, N.Y.
Thomas R. Carey🖖 @trc487.bsky.social artist, historian, independent journalist, political junkie, writer of science fiction and archeoastronomy, retired - maybe an author someday if we survive 2025 - 2029.
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars.
Literary Arts Fund @literaryartsfund.bsky.social Advancing support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social News stories of interest to the populist, civil libertarian and democratic left. Profile photo is from 2016 Nevada Democratic Party convention. "History is best told as a story of organized crime." Luke Kemp
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social A man once said to me, "Teach me the entire Torah while I am standing on one foot." With the builder's cubit in my hand, I pushed "Block"
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social Deputy Executive Editor, The Atlantic. Author of "Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity." https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700580/stuck-by-yoni-appelbaum/
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com Middle-Aged Mediocre Guy/Law Guy/Dad/Does performance stuff. Kentucky Colonel. Host of Boozy’s Legal Funhouse podcast. He/Him. Other places: https://linktr.ee/boozybadger . Not your lawyer.
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JC Badger ➡️ FM @jcbadger.bsky.social Your friendly purple badger friend. Born in 1994. Minneapolis. Cis bi poly. Socialist. Minors do not interact.
Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social "Electroboy: Memoir of Mania" author and mental health advocate/speaker. Fought for Ossoff and Warnock in Georgia. Single dad of two daughters. Wesleyan alum. Lives in Los Angeles. #SlavaUkraini
Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app Assistant Prof Philosophy & Data Sci.
PhD Sci., Technology, & Society
MA Philosophy & Religious Studies
"AI" Criticality; Centering Marginalized Exp. in Tech; Magic; Knowledge, Values, Beliefs
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social ✨I'm a former local TV news exec, reporter & producer with a few opinions about the news✨
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🔥Now: Indistinct Chatter https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
DrRamblings @drramblings.bsky.social Pokes Brains & Fights Fascism. RT/❤️ ≠ Endorsement. #Independent #Science #SciComm #BodyAutonomy #Introvert #Nuggets #Mets #GoBlue #WNBA #Books
Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social Professor @ a large Midwestern U
Author of Thinking like an Economist, Creating the Market University
Trying to understand how ideas about economic value have shaped capitalism + its regulation, from the first Gilded Age to the second
Have more hair now
Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com Professor & department head, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I study higher ed finance, accountability, and financial aid. Washington Monthly rankings data editor. Dad, gardener, and baker. Personal account.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer. Musician.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney. Previously lived in Munich, New York, Moscow and London, now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Husband of Carol, groomer of Aisha.
Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us | Be excellent to each other
Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Lamont Price @lpizzle.bsky.social Comedian, Actor, Writer. Judy Blume is my dream woman. Great on clay
Dr. Nasrullah Anwar @noorajahangir.bsky.social Writer of fantasy and sf. Social Scientist. Podcaster. Works in Adult Education. Member of BFS and ALCS. Posts about writing, SFF, current affairs. Visit https://www.trollking.co.uk, https://ko-fi.com/noorajahangir?ref=onboarding_email_founderwelcome
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.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
MTH @megt.bsky.social SFF author. PhD in mass comm, anthro/archaeo, folklore, environment. Freelance writer/editor. Grantmaking and public policy. Operator at defunct farm. Cheesehead 🧀 Badger alum. Reposts not necessarily an endorsement.
web: https://oaklandhillsfarm.com
John Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social By day: Professoring; social work/social policy/complex systems; faculty lounge exotica; PhD/JD.
By night: Food/drinks; burritos; vapid entertainment; sport.
24/7: Epistemic humility; posting through the polycrisis; personal account.
Soren Spicknall (currently being annoying about visiting NYC) @sorenspicknall.bsky.social Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
Nora Bombay @norabombay.bsky.social Middle Aged. Mid Atlantic.
Permanently committed to Sparkle Motion. I have a thing about whales.
Same Nora Bombay as Tumblr, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal and the finer places of the internet. she/her
Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social National Security Reporter. Features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House.
It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Email: thebrushpass1@protonmail.com
Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social Politics, politics, politics
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Curt Scissons @bradmaj.bsky.social 32-year U.S. military veteran. Democrat. Believer in science. Jew. So damn liberal, trees hug ME.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
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Mathew Helman @mathelman.bsky.social Dad, #mapoli communications pro, Senate/House race junkie, Springsteen disciple, stand-up comedy enthusiast. He/him. Skeeto ergo sum.
Danielle Lasker @larkshead.bsky.social 🌸 they, them 🌸 just here for fun, but maybe I’ll post some textiles 🌸 DMs are open 🌸
Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com Macro-energy systems engineering, optimization & policy. Associate professor at Princeton University. Leads the ZERO Lab. Co-hosts SHIFT KEY podcast. Time100 Next & TIME100 Climate honoree. More at linkedin.com/in/jessedjenkins & zero.lab.princeton.edu
Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, essays & podcasts. Every Monday, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024.
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Baltimore Gamer Symphony Orchestra @baltimoregso.bsky.social We're a nonprofit, all-volunteer orchestra based in Baltimore, MD, dedicated to bringing the joy of video game music to our community!
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com Scientist, science communicator, public health & climate justice advocate
Biology PhD from Cambridge
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social Writer/Actor/Healthcare worker | Fought the void but the void won🌀| He/they | https://boxd.it/1oJd
Senator Alex Padilla @padilla.senate.gov U.S. Senator for California. Devoted husband and proud dad. Dodgers diehard. EngiNERD. 
E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com Public health + national security • Johns Hopkins alum • Tracking mysterious weaponized pigeons and FIMI
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
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Jon Layola @onetrackjon.bsky.social Gamer Dad with positive vibes. Creating videos mostly Gaming and Nerdy stuff for everyone!
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