Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
STARLOG @starlogmedia.bsky.social STARLOG, the legendary sci-fi magazine, returns–exploring the intersection of science fiction, technology & culture.
Podcast | Newsletter | Magazine Coming Late 2026
50 Years. Since 1976
https://thelodestar.starlog.com/
State Library of Ohio @statelibohio.bsky.social We are a state agency that serves state government, all types of libraries, and residents.
Ben Leland @benlelandoh.bsky.social Grants and contracts specialist | Organizer w/ Clintonville Area Progressives | An "up and comer" according to the Columbus Dispatch
Charybdis Goatse @ass.golf I draw the webcomic QUESTIONABLE CONTENT which is about robots who want to smooch www.ass.golf
you can also find me on patreon: www.patreon.com/jephjacques
My dog's name is Ollie and he is a smooth collie
HinkstonHandmade @hinkstonhandmade.bsky.social Hey! I'm Erin, and I dye (mostly) self striping yarn!
Www.hinkstonhandmade.com.
Mithrandir333 @mithrandir333.bsky.social Just your average guy making his way through the world and meeting cool people.
Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social Writer of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social festive seasonal homosexual, tinned fish enthusiast, citrus enjoyer, los angeles evangelist, he/him
made @fionaapplebot.bsky.social
🗡️🦐✨
Morgan Trau @morgantrau.bsky.social Ohio Statehouse reporter for News 5 Cleveland, WCPO 9 News, Scripps News with words in the Ohio Capital Journal.
Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social Mostly knitting and sci-fi, but also cats, science, data science, mountains, crochet, and tea.
http://www.ravelry.com/people/50000stitches
http://www.librarything.com/profile/leslie.emery
/|\The Nomadic Druid /|\ @nomadic-druid.bsky.social I’m a crafty little stitch that’s grounded in nature and drained by the city life. Spiritual at heart but lack a specific faith. My nomadic lifestyle keeps me in constant motion. Seeking a stable tribe amidst my constant movement. 🧶 🧵🐕 👨🏼🤝👨🏾🥾🏋🏻♂️🧘🏼🔮🎸
Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
https://www.jonathanedwarddurham.com
https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com
Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
Rep. Joyce Beatty @repbeatty.bsky.social Serving Ohio’s 3rd District. #OH03. Chair Emerita of Congressional Black Caucus. Proud Ohioan.
FQuin🏳️🌈 @fquin.bsky.social Recently retired federal employee, living in CA wine country. 
Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social 
@tlperkins9.bsky.social @tlperkins9.bsky.social 
Ariana Nash @ariananash.bsky.social Fantasy author. 🏳️🌈 Sometimes funny, sometimes serious. MM author, MM books, LGBTQ + 😘🩷
Alex Pendragon @alexp336.bsky.social m/m fiction/romance/erotica writer. No AI. he/him 🌈 I believe in ALL the letters in #lgbtqia
Generally confused but trying my best
www.alexpendragon.com
Jim Brown @jiminpa.bsky.social English professor, tabletop gamer, woodworker. He/him.
Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social He/Him - Gnomewood/Gnomespun Owner, Biologist, Woodworker, Army Vet, Gardener, Fiber Artist, Baker, Professional Dilettante
https://gnomespun.com/
KT Reed @ktreedwrites.bsky.social Queer speculative fiction writer and reader. Roots in Montana and Seattle.
Cat Sebastian @catswrites.bsky.social Writer of queer historical fiction. She/her. Newsletter: https://catsebastian.myflodesk.com/signup website: catsebastian.com
Louis Virtel @louisvirtel.bsky.social Louis Virtel has been Louis Virtel since 1986
Popehat Name Change Tracker @popehatnamechanges.bsky.social We track Popehat's once again frequent name changes.
As always, residing rent free in Michael Avennati's head.
Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social Yinzer ambassador to the west coast • Moo Deng’s spiritual successor • Tallest Italian to live-tweet brain surgery
Don't fuck with me. I'll spend another three hours in Excel. I don't care.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
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.
Loose Ends @looseendsproject.bsky.social Loose Ends aims to ease grief, create community, and inspire generosity by matching volunteer handwork finishers with textile projects people have left undone due to death or disability.
Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social Shakespeare actor/dramaturg; audiobook narrator; 1/2 of Rannygazoo (mongers of tinpandemonium) and Wingback Productions (makers of parlor theater ™️); Premature Anti-Fascist; he/him
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
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
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com Author of the Eric Carter Necromancer urban fantasy novels. Narrative Designer / TTRPGs / Los Angeles
Repped by @lisarodgers.bsky.social
https://www.stephenblackmoore.com
https://www.patreon.com/c/sblackmoore
https://ko-fi.com/sblackmoore
Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social ND, knitter, spinner, folk harpist, lover of the obvious
I occasionally publish knitting designs on Ravelry
When I visit the arboretum I inevitably take lots of photos
https://linktr.ee/willygdesigns
Michael Tamblyn @mtamblyn.bsky.social Kobo CEO with zero chill. Chaotic good, anti-fascist, bi-coastal Canadian bookseller ereader-purveyor - unsupervised & unofficial
https://www.michaeltamblyn.com
Dye Mad Yarns @dyemadyarns.bsky.social Indie yarn dyeing studio housed in the Merion Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Employee owned by a bunch of feral midwesterners. Our values spill into our dye pots. 🧶
Find us at 1530 S High St, Columbus, OH 43207!
dyemadyarns.com
KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. USA Today bestselling author of How To Fake It In Society. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. Death to GenAI. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Me @btrainbows.bsky.social Gay 🌈 | West Virginia 🌄 | Reader 📚 | Knitter 🧶 | Boston Terrier lover 🐾 | Watercolor enthusiast 🎨 | Traveler ✈️ | Live music fan 🎶
#Gay #WestVirginia #BookLover #KnittingLife #BostonTerriers #WatercolorArt #TravelAddict #LiveMusicLover #CreativeHobbies
The Hairy Knitter @thehairyknitter.bsky.social Knitting designer.
Yarn craft. It keeps us from screaming.
https://linktr.ee/jamiemccanless
@ffrf.org @ffrf.org The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national 501 (c)(3) nonprophet nonprofit, with 40,000 nonreligious members working to keep state and church separate.
HeadsetChatter @headsetchatter.bsky.social Stage Manager. 2nd ASM on the North American Tour of The Lion King (Rafiki Company). Addressing the elephant in the room.
Profile 📷: Matthew Murphy
Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series. Kadrey also plays music with the band A Demon in Fun City. he/him
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), gay cultural history (2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
#GymUnicorn @technocowboy.bsky.social Gay. Pagan. Knitter. Polyamorous. Probably not gonna be terribly work safe if your work clutches its pearls over the swears. Also, I do have the right to correct you should you flash your ass in my direction. Just FYI.
He/him | 1973 | WI➡️WY➡️CA➡️OH
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
Brenda Dayne @brendadayne.bsky.social Host of Cast On, a podcast for knitters.🧶Lover of books, art, birds, wildflowers, heritage textiles, women and Wales. Insufferable and correct.
Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social OED researcher. Professor, film and American Studies. Writer. I expect to die without seeing the Jets win the Super Bowl.
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Cisop Sixpence @cisop-sixpence.bsky.social "The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves, and the rest of humanity."
I am these things and so much more:
#Humanist, #Vegan, #Atheist, #Progressive, #ProChoice, #Introverted, #Science, #SciFi...
BlueCanary @kishb.bsky.social Teach. Knit. Eat. Sleep. Tea. Dog. Cat. Read. Listen. Currently earning my degree in Airplane Disaster Investigation via YouTube. 
Elizabeth Morrison @snitcafe.bsky.social Knitting designer and tech editor. Crazy cat lady
Plunderbund @plunderbund.bsky.social All politics. All #Ohio
Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social Singer, Actress and Philanthropist.
www.lyndacarter.com
Joe Knapp @jmknapp.bsky.social tech, science, activism, progress, not going back
JoIngles @joingles1.bsky.social I am a journalist for the Ohio Public Media Statehouse News Bureau and host of “The Ohio Statehouse Scoop” podcast. I also teach comm classes at Ohio Wesleyan University. Posts I share on BlueSky are mine and are not sponsored by my employers.
Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social Actor, songwriter, husband, father, reader, listener.
Karen Kasler @karenkasler.bsky.social Journalist, Statehouse Bureau Chief, Ohio Public Media: ideastream/WKSU/WVIZ, WOSU, WVXU, WOUB, WCBE, WYSO. Love my kid, my cats, CLE⚾, CBJ🏒, OSU🏈. Liking CLE🏀because CLE🏈is a lost cause. I’m at kkasler@statehousenews.org
Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social Columnist, novelist, j-prof.
NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Next novel: Because You Asked. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I’m with Sherrod.
https://connieschultz.substack.com/
Andrew Tobias @andrewjtobias.bsky.social #CLE fan. Lifelong Ohioan. Politics reporter. UFO believer. Lowkey exerciser. Slow runner. Daddy x2. “Total soy boy." Average man. andrew@signalohio.org Signal:andrewjtobias.77
https://signalohio.org/statesignals/
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Joe Keenan @joekeenan.bsky.social Frasier farceur, and co-perpetrator of several other TV shows. Lyricist, playwright. Novels: Blue Heaven, Putting On The Ritz, My Lucky Star. Awards available on request, or I'll just work them into our next conversation.
Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com The worst library on the internet.
Black Lives Matter. Trans Rights are Human Rights. Get Vaccinated.
Help http://patreon.com/bannedlibrary
bannedlibrary.com
Melanie @grammar-girl.bsky.social Purveyor of sprachgefül in assorted venues
jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
Andy Downing @andydowning33.bsky.social director/editor @matternews
Fake Dispatch @fakedispatch.bsky.social I am your resource for fake news that's real and real fake news.
Buy my book! https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Told-Me-Passable-Parenting/dp/B0DHKZJTQB
Michelle Jaworski @michejaw.bsky.social Reporter/Editor/Critic for hire | Bylines: Roger Ebert, Fansplaining, Go Mag, Daily Beast, Reactor Mag, Daily Dot | Member OAFFC | she/her | michellejaworski.com
I just think that movie sweaters are really neat: https://knitflicks.beehiiv.com
Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social goblin • he/him • patreon.com/adamtots • Let Me In Your Window: https://amzn.to/4l2oOFw
Michael Ritchie @mikeymoonbeam.bsky.social Gay music and movie lover and library worker
Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social Comedian and renowned blood traitor.
Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social I knit tiny nonsense.
There's also likely to be a fair bit of swearing.
Susan Allen @susanmallen.bsky.social 
A. Lee Martinez @aleemartinez.bsky.social Fantasy / Sci-Fi Novelist, Hollywood Smallshot, Guy Who Owns Way Too Many Board Games, Not Terribly Interesting Beyond Any of That, He / Him / They / Whatever. Hipstercthulhu@hotmail.com
Andy Ingraham Dwyer @papaid.bsky.social The Fantastic Story of the Steam-Driven Banana
LibraryThingTim @librarythingtim.bsky.social LibraryThing founder. Father, hacker, bibliophile, ex-classicist, Mainer, Catholic. I tweet books, libraries, technology, culture.
LibraryThing: @librarything.com
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Daniel O'Malley @danielomalley.bsky.social Author of Checquy novels The Rook, Stiletto, & Blitz (and those yet to come). Dutiful, but easily distracted. http://rookfiles.com
The Rooster @rooster.info All of Ohio’s depravity. All the time. 
Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social Author, illustrator, photographer, designer, knitter. American in Paris. Textiles fanatic. Host of patreon.com/franklinhabit. Student of Latin, Roman history nut. Devoted fan of The Archers.
Senator Casey Weinstein @senatorweinstein.bsky.social State Senator. Husband to @profweinstein.bsky.social and father of 3. Proud Air Force Academy Falcon and Ohio State Buckeye.
Steve K 🎃 @skleinedler.bsky.social Editor. Erstwhile lexicographer. Queer. Widowed. Lives with their cat.
Submissions Coordinator - Salem Horror Fest
Horror, New Queer Cinema, Czech New Wave.
https://letterboxd.com/stevekl/
Home - Columbus Underground @columbusunderground.com.web.brid.gy [bridged from https://columbusunderground.com/ on the web by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol All the world’s a stage
Kate @zen.r0b0.ca She/Her
Stage Manager
¼ of RPGClinic
Backroom Deals producer
Learning: JavaScript
Has learned: CSS, HTML, Java, Python
OffStageJobs.com @offstagejobs.com http://staging.OffStageJobs.com on Bluesky, obviously. This is our official account. Written (poorly) by Patrick Hudson: Founder/Owner. We have suspended posting on whatever Twitter is currently calling itself, while keeping the account as an archive.
I. M. Noone @ianmnoone.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 anarchosocialist, polyglot, veterinarian (public health), thinks genocide is bad, generative AI is theft, neolibs will not save you, all your faves are problematic, frequent shitposter
🇵🇸 forever
Pottery content @RavenheartCeramics.bsky.social
Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social Honorary Ziegfeld Girl
Honorary IATSE Local 1
banner 📸Christopher Calkins
portrait 📸Tom Bloom
Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social Author of the Rivers of London Series
Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social 🧶 award winning knit Hat designer, tutor & author
⚙️ special interests: technique & construction
📚 Short-row Colorwork
♿ Autistic + ADHD + CPTSD
🏳️🌈 auti/agender enby, social justice leftie
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🌐 join ↓ learn ↓ shop
https://www.woollywormhead.com/links
Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social dire homosexual 🏳️🌈 - ONCE UPON A TOME [2022] 📚 - ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL [2025] 🪴- THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH [2026] 😈 - One Page RPGS 🎲 - 🏠 Manchester, UK
https://linktr.ee/oliverdarkshire
Peter Clines @peterclines.com NYT bestselling maker-upper of things. Still making things up. Still getting paid for it. No, it doesn't make sense to me, either. Former film guy. Toy enthusiast. he/him. Try to be a better person than you were yesterday.
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Gayer Than Thou 🏳️🌈 @gayerthanthou.bsky.social Gayer than the average bear. Always looking for innundo. Luckily, the papers are full of it. #TCMParty #IfIHadADime
Derek Zoladz @derekzoladz.com Strong advocate for the use of open source technologies in day-to-day library operations. Heavily involved with software development, network management, and data wrangling. https://www.derekzoladz.com/
S. Pines @spines30.bsky.social