Andrea Pitzer
Books! Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, and a Nabokov bio. Former painter, translator, karateka, and record store clerk. Subscribe to my newsletter and podcast: www.andreapitzer.com
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Writers, musicians & odd folk who are good company
This is a list of people who are great follows and who all (I think) currently have less than 2K followers, so they might be new to you!
@orelb.bsky.social
Historian of modern Europe in its Eurasian context. Education, youth, social structure, and family life. Comparative and transnational history. PhD, Yale; currently a postdoc fellow at the Polonsky Academy.
@paulblumenthal.bsky.social
HuffPost. Reporter. Politics. Courts. History. Tips: Email: paulblumenthal@huffpost.com. Signal: PaulBlumenthal.37 Read me: huffpost.com/paul-blumentha…
@shamblanderson.bsky.social
Staff Writer, NY Times Magazine writing: www.shamblanderson.com drawing: www.instagram.com/shamblanderson podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/animal/id1749201553
@pattidigh.bsky.social
Writer/teacher interested in social justice, autism, LGBTQIA+ rights, veganism, and weaving dystopian potholders. I love lavender and good questions. Author of 8 books. She/her
@mattvadnais.bsky.social
Teaches theatre history and the occasional comic book in Milwaukee.
@ctmathewes.bsky.social
I teach religion & ethics at UVa I'm mostly here to find books & articles I don't yet know about Sometimes also interested in your opinions, but not as often as many of you seem to believe
@jenniferkates.bsky.social
public interest law/policy/advocacy always. opinions and idealism all mine. 🔗 https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/leadership-in-government-fellowship
@joncatlin.bsky.social
Intellectual history, German & Jewish studies, climate catastrophe | Postdoc at the University of Rochester Humanities Center | PhD from Princeton | Edits @jhideas.bsky.social | Rochester • NYC • Berlin 🏳️🌈 https://rochester.academia.edu/JonathonCatlin
@theshebeen.bsky.social
Keeper of the Esquire shebeen since 2011. Grand-Da to John Victor. Da to AD, BDP, and Molly Two Names. Aging epee hack, Ringsend Cowboy. "For man is a giddy thing, and that is my conclusion."...A pint of plain is your only man
@owasow.bsky.social
Asst Prof, UC Berkeley, Political Science. Study protests, stats & race: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of
@besecretandexult.bsky.social
Inky, impatient, and left of you. I write books which can be purchased or borrowed from libraries. If you'd care to buy one for your weirdest friend, I’d appreciate it.
@holstkai.bsky.social
European Union official working on the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy @eudiplomacy.bsky.social / My views. RT ≠ endorsements / I used to be on X: @HolstKai #EUDiplomacy #EUInTheWorld #StandWithUkraine
@jennifersenior.bsky.social
Started a sublet here on 11/10. Staff writer for the Atlantic, former daily book critic and Monday op-ed columnist for the NYT. Author of All Joy and No Fun & On Grief. Wife of Mark, mom of R, step-mom of E and G.
@elliottlusztig.bsky.social
California Nationalist • #CalExit • RIP American Democracy (1964-2024)
@catiebailard.bsky.social
Political scientist, associate prof. of political communication in SMPA @ GW, IDDP research cluster lead, SF sports fan. Research interests mostly focus on the intersection of ICT and (threats to) democracy.
@risabrooks12.bsky.social
Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
@melissjpeltier.bsky.social
Veteran film/TV/media maker; NYT bestselling author; storyteller; dog mom. Direct descendant John Alden & Priscilla Mullins 1620. My American ancestors were defending democracy since 1776. 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 & #Ally 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
@edithmirante.bsky.social
Author, activist, artist, adventurer. "The Wind in the Bamboo" & 2 Burma books. Founded Project Maje in 1986 (Burma human rights & environmental info.) History Threads. projectmaje.org
@jonrohyslop.bsky.social
History, Politics, Literature, Seas and Rivers and a cat called Lulu.
@wordloaf.org
Andrew Janjigian (he/him) rhymes with stygian bread-pilled writing 'Breaducation,' a practical manual of bread baking, Ten Speed Press (Fall 2026) Recipe?: newsletter.wordloaf.org Shop: shop.wordloaf.org Cambridge 4ever avatar by Edith Zimmerman
@arielgordon.bsky.social
Dog person. Cat person. Now old enough to be a bird person. She/they.
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social
Anthro PhD Candidate. nukes, cats, semiotics, FOIA, existential threats, heritage, nationalism, secrecy, etc. gonzo journo QUEER RT/Fave/etc ≠agree he/him http://patreon.com/nuclearanthro http://paypal.me/nuclearanthro https://osf.io/46sfd/
@brianlyman.bsky.social
Editor, Alabama Reflector. Podcaster, Becoming Lincoln. 2024 Pulitzer finalist. Past: MGM Advertiser; Press-Register; The Anniston Star; Norwich Bulletin; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Politics, history, science, horrific puns.
@melissaryan.bsky.social
I want to help build a world where we can all do our work, share our stories, and live our lives free from hate, harassment, and harm. Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/ Work with me: hello@inviolablegroup.com
@charlesgaba.com
Healthcare data analysis, advocacy & snark. (I used to be @charles_gaba on 🐤) 🕸️ https://ACASignups.net 🐘 https://Mastodon.social/@charlesgaba
@annabower.bsky.social
Just asking questions. Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org. Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org Signal username: annabower.24
@mathonan.com
Editor in chief of MIT Technology Review. Formerly SF Bureau Chief at Buzzfeed News. Formerly Wired. Formerly @mat on twitter. Discos in Frisco
@markjohnpost.bsky.social
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post science reporter. Author of the novel "Though The Earth Gives Way." Co-author, "One in a Billion: The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of Genomic Medicine." University of Toronto grad. Signal: majohnso.20
@sdinpraxis.bsky.social
Not on Signal ... Climate, Sustainability. Ex-DFID, RCCClimate, BirdLife, Earthwatch Europe, WildCRU University of Oxford Photo is of my two daughters' shadows above Loch Leven, a shallow lake seriously affected by climate change
@oula.bsky.social
Historian & kayaker. Helsinki deputy councillor and member of the committee for social-, health- and rescue affairs. Working with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and @tietokirjailijat.bsky.social
@odefrouville.bsky.social
Professeur à l'Université Paris Panthéon-Assas ; Directeur du C.R.D.H./Paris Human Rights Center; Président du Comité des disparitions forcées de l'ONU
@lauranahmias.bsky.social
Senior Reporter covering NYC + state politics for Bloomberg News. Formerly at Daily News Editorial Board, POLITICO, City + State
@racheljweil.bsky.social
Early modern historian @Cornell. Prisons, law, politics, gender in 17th-18th c. England. Terminated NEH fellow, @IAS SHS member 2024-25. Writing "Detention and Punishment in Early Modern English Prisons, 1600-1815" Rescue-Mutt Mom, Democrat, she/her
@lilymasonphd.bsky.social
Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
@robertdownen.bsky.social
Texas Monthly reporter covering the far right, Christian nationalism and the billionaires funding them. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Fan of Hip Hop and loud guitars. DAEAC#E evangelist. Send me good music.
@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Professor @msupsychology.bsky.social • @ DukeU studying evolution, gossip, morality • Previously @ UVA • she/her • Founder: @psychresearchlist.bsky.social • Lab: @moralmindslab.bsky.social • www.meltemyucel.com
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
News Editor @mississippifreepress.org •Writer 🖋️ •Film Shooter 📷 •Husband 🏳️🌈 •Pibble Dad 🐾 Opinions = mine
@dickinsonbeth.bsky.social
Senior analyst for the Andes Region, @crisisgroup.org. Past lives in the Arabian Peninsula and West Africa. Ex-journo, @economist.com @foreignpolicy.com. Runner.
@francescadnunz.bsky.social
Texas Observer investigative reporter covering the US-Mexico borderlands, immigration, AI-powered surveillance tech, + extremism. chatty polyglot 🗣 FOIA gremlin 🧾 📩 dannunzio@texasobserver.org https://linktr.ee/FrancescaDnunz
@markmackinnon.bsky.social
Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing). Add me to your top secret group chats!
@davidcorbett.bsky.social
Recovering Catholic, NYT Notable author of seven novels, two writing guides, dozens of stories, numerous scripts, and too many poems. http://davidcorbett.com No DMs
@turban.bsky.social
Pediatric Psychiatrist | Author & Commentator | Director, UCSF Gender Psychiatry Program | Op-Eds in WaPo, CNN, NYT et al. | #LGBT Health Policy | Samoyed Dad | Views Mine & Not Medical Advice 🏳️⚧️🩺🏳️🌈 www.jackturban.com
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@dougbeckersc.bsky.social
www.scholarscircle.org International relations professor Historical memory research MLB fan