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Iain MacCallum's Starter Pack
Books, movies, sports, chess and stuff.
@paulbrand.bsky.social
Journalist and broadcaster. UK Editor of ITV News, Presenter of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner.
@lauvande.bsky.social
Reporter, formerly all things city hall for the Burnaby Now 📰 Can talk cities, suburbs and CP style till the cows come home. [email protected]
@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social
Staff writer, The Atlantic. Teller of stories, troller of Nazis. Newsletter: theatlantic.com/newsletters/sign-up/deep-shtetl/ Music: bit.ly/azyashir
@newsmastfoundation.org
We're the leading nonprofit open social web project in the UK. We're reconnecting people & organisations with their online community. linktr.ee/newsmast
@mortabasi.bsky.social
Mother, scholar, voter. Unsinkable. Expertise in World lit, Japanese lit, children’s lit, translation studies, and general saltiness. Contributor to @roganslist.bsky.social
@roganslist.bsky.social
Daily emails with concrete actions to save democracy and build a better nation. Since 2016. 70,000 strong. Subscribe at susanrogan.substack.com. (Managed by a team including @joekatz45.bsky.social. Not in any way associated with Joe Rogan.)
@paper-feed.bsky.social
Building personalized Bluesky feeds for academics! Pin Paper Skygest, which serves posts about papers from accounts you're following: https://bsky.app/profile/paper-feed.bsky.social/feed/preprintdigest. By @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and @nkgarg.bsky.social
@jentrification.com
#detroiter building what's next via m.otherboard.org + ResilientToolkit.jeniferdaniels.com. #yelder #WhatUpDoe #Anishinaabe ᓂᔑᓈᐯ lands 🌱 #BlackTwitter #BlackWithMS
@mississippifreepress.org
Women-run nonprofit/nonpartisan newsroom reporting causes, solutions, context since 3/20. Mantra: "Do the right thing and wait." Give: mfp.ms/donate Props: mfp.ms/impact
@thedesk.net
Interesting stories that won’t waste your time. The Desk covers the business of media (broadcasting, streaming) and tech. Posts by @matthewkeys.net, and probably others, too. Read our stuff: https://thedesk.net Send us tips/pitches: [email protected]
@lilycanter.bsky.social
Freelance running and adventure travel journalist. Writes for Adventure.com, Runner's World, TechRadar, Metro. Ultra runner and UK Athletics women's running coach. www.lilycanter.co.uk Order Ultra Women now! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Women-Trailblazer
@hilarybaumann.com
FEEDS including the 1st MOSS 🟢 located: @feeds.hilarybaumann.com • hilarybaumann.com • coded my 1st website in 1996 💻 @FascinationDesign.com since ‘00 🥃 @Distilled-Living.com '16 #Bourbon Additional social media chaos @testingitwith.com
@FlipboardDE.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy
Dein soziales Magazin. Wir kuratieren die Geschichten der Welt, damit du informiert und inspiriert bleibst. Hol' dir die App, um deine Interessen an […] [bridged from https://flipboard.social/@FlipboardDE on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@alisonflowers.bsky.social
Investigative journalist in Chicago. Pulitzer + Peabody 2024. Somebody podcast creator. Founder @ Spiralbound. Formerly @invisible.institute spiralbound.productions. www.alisonflowers.com [email protected]
@madycast.com
🏳️⚧️ independent journalist, data researcher, engineer signal: madye2.39 / [email protected] subscribe for independent journalism @ madycast.com/subscribe https://ko-fi.com/madycast opinions shared here are mine alone. 29/ca/south asian
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@blockpartyapp.com
Deep clean your social media, notifications, settings and more in just one click. The Washington Post’s tech columnist calls Block Party “one of the most useful tech tools I’ve come across in years”. www.blockpartyapp.com
@louisewelsh00.bsky.social
Writer, The Cutting Room, Plague Times Trilogy, To the Dogs & more. Prof Creative Writing, Glasgow University. Hon Prez Scottish PEN. Podcast Who Owns the Clyde. Librettist Anthropocene. Theatre, movies, cats, life 🏳️🌈
@marisakabas.bsky.social
journalist / founder @ thehandbasket.co email: [email protected] signal: https://signal.me/#eu/VssgH88q6WQu7MtH5wF-08JdgWh4iAPWD13eXiOcXQNGdZUXijJBZInD-UtLJKFG venmo: venmo.com/u/Marisa-Kabas ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marisakabas
@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.
@dfdubz.bsky.social
Writer, comedian, speaker. Host of The Guilty Feminist Podcast. New book - Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have out from Virago in 2025 Play - Never Have I Ever at Melbourne Theatre Company & Black Swan State Theatre Company W.A. 2025
@alifrance.bsky.social
Labor Candidate for Dickson, mum of boys & two doggos, live in beautiful Moreton Bay region, amputee, currently spend most of my time trying to remove Peter Dutton from office. Authorised by Kate Flanders, Peel St, Sth Brisbane.
@beequammie.bsky.social
Multimedia storyteller | Duppy conqueror | A special occasion | 🇯🇲🇨🇦 hot gyal | Book: THE BOOK OF POSSIBILITIES (Penguin Canada, 2025) | Podcast: Brilliant Cuts with Bee Quammie
@dataandpolitics.net
Data and Politics. Engineer, then academic, now engineer again. Daytime is AI/ML research. I care a lot about the open Internet and security. Wikipedia administrator. Very San Francisco with an ATLien heart. A widow who misses their husband. 🏳️🌈
@weatherbee.bsky.social
Thinking through how the Open Social Web will enable sustainable media models. Curator, Gritty Pigeon
@jensvb.bsky.social
Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist. 📍Vancouver, BC
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@andreawoo.bsky.social
Vancouver steam clock critic, Globe and Mail journalist [email protected] instagram.com/andreawoo
@amandalitman.bsky.social
Co-founder & President of @runforsomething.net & RFS Civics / Writer x2: http://runforsomething.net/book & WHEN WE'RE IN CHARGE, out now at whenwereincharge.com / Mom, also x2 amandalitman.com
@occrp.org
We are a network of journalists exposing crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account. Our journalism has so far helped return $10+ billion to the public sphere and led to 700+ arrests, indictments, and sentences.
@jilltwiss.bsky.social
Comedy writer. "Last Week Tonight", "The Amber Ruffin Show." Author of "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" and "The Someone New." Friend to several penguins.
@wigu.org
I'm Jeffrey Rowland! I work @topa.to. Generative AI is unnecessary and harmful. Available for private parties and events. He/Him http://www.jjrowland.com/ https://www.topatoco.com/
@stoppodcasting.bsky.social
@byjasonpdinh.bsky.social
climate editor @atmosmag.bsky.social, duke basketball stan, novice marathoner, real-life winnie the bish Signal: jasonpdinh.30 www.jasonpdinh.com
@aliciatobin.bsky.social
Comedian, writer. Knocking dicks in the dirt since 1975. My book https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/So-You-re-a-Little-Sad-So-What
@triketora.com
founder & ceo @blockpartyapp.com: helping you deep clean your socials and live a better online life harvard bkc affiliate. cofounder project include. early eng at pinterest, quora, usds. stanford bs ee and ms cs. 2022 time woman of the year.
@hellgatenyc.com
A news outlet owned & run by journalists covering NYC: https://hellgatenyc.com Subscribe: https://hellgatenyc.com/membership/ Sign up for our free newsletters: https://hellgatenyc.com/newsletter/
@aclu.org
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
@jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at UMaine, researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writer and podcaster for the planet. Chaotic good professor. Working to be a good ancestor. She/her. #BiInSci #DisabledInSTEM
@rcmacleod.bsky.social
Co-founder of Aftermath, a website about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him https://aftermath.site/
@lizdye.bsky.social
Host of the Law&Chaos podcast and newsletter at lawandchaospod.com Make words do yoga Above the Law, Public Notice, Legal Eagle Charm City forever She/Her
@calculatedrisk.bsky.social
Author of Calculated Risk economics blog. https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/ Real Estate Newsletter at http://calculatedrisk.substack.com
@hugorifkind.bsky.social
Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
@bonnieadamson.com
Illustrator; writer of various things; former #SCBWI IC and ARA; co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P; art and books at bonnieadamson.com Represented by Sara Crowe Literary.