Benjamin Dreyer
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his • abstruse in the sense of recondite • 🏳️🌈
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Starter Packs
Created by Benjamin Dreyer (5)
Starter Pack of the Relatively More Newly Arrived
A bunch of people I like who weren't here the last time I made a starter pack. Or maybe I just missed them, who knows.
Lively Arts Folk Who Are Not Necessarily Writers
But they might be writers, you never know. Or they like movies and plays. Or they've been in movies and plays, or written them. Or they simply attend them and talk about them.
The Apparently I Can't Stop Myself Starter Pack
People who tend to lift me out of the occasional doldrums. YMMV, of course. And that's enough lists for one day.
BCD's haphazard starter pack II: The Heretic
Another collection. Some of the same folk, some different folk, who knows. Each and every one worth following.
Benjamin Dreyer's somewhat haphazard starter pack
Not the usual suspects, perhaps.
@tinakover.bsky.social
Literary translator Fren>Eng. Albertine Prize winner, Coloradan, naturalised Brit, b&w cinemaphile, Democrat, wearer of red lipstick. Cofounder of @translatorsaloud.bsky.social
@iwashyna.bsky.social
I work at Johns Hopkins to help patients + their loved ones heal from critical illness. I mentor clinicians and other scholars to become exceptional scientists. Democracy is a Social Determinant of Health (#SDoH). Preserve it Also #ICU #Baltimore
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
@mjphillips.bsky.social
Philly // Lenni-Lenape territory Writer, editor
@acesediting.bsky.social
We are the nation’s leading organization of editing professionals, educators, and students. Follow us for #editing news, events, & training. https://linktr.ee/aceseditors
@mccanner.bsky.social
Weather at The New York Times. Now in SF after four years in London. Brooklyn before that. Find me: https://instagram.com/mccannercat
@alexpodyssey.bsky.social
The myths of Ancient Greece still echo and shape the modern world. This is their story. APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alex-andreous-podyssey/id1798575126 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/2x7cD3HjkOyOKTF4YT5Goy?si=657111fc0e544740
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral markcarney.ca
@shrithanedar.bsky.social
U.S. Congressman from Michigans 13th District. Fighting for Michigan. Fighting for #MI13. Campaign account.
@saletan.bsky.social
Writer, @thebulwark.bsky.social. Email: saletan@thebulwark.com. You can also find me at https://www.threads.net/@wsaletan and http://substack.com/@saletan
@jessicaqueller.bsky.social
Author of Pretty Is What Changes; TV writer/producer on many shows, mostly with ‘girl’ in the title (Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl, showrunner of Supergirl); expat New Yorker; married to Bill Prady
@janecasey.bsky.social
Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and The Killing Kind (now on TV!). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
@ghoward1950.bsky.social
Retired book editor, terminal bookworm, soon to be first-time author with THE INSIDER: MALCOLM COWLEY AND THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. I like movies too.
@markey.senate.gov
Senator for Massachusetts. Ranker on Senate Small Business Committee & HELP Primary Health & Retirement Security Subcommittee. Fighting for a Green New Deal.
@paleofuture.bsky.social
Tech reporter @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com Signal: mattnovak.11
@wendella.bsky.social
Diplomatic dude. I know a little about international economics. I once explained the electoral college on Mongolian TV. Climate change believes in you.
@jamiegangel.bsky.social
Mother of twins. Friend of Gabriel Allon… Married to @danielsilvabooks … Can define “brat” CNN Special Correspondent https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jamie-gangel-profile?cid=ios_app
@claudialamb.bsky.social
Writer and Recovering Child Actor. I was Heather on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. As a Journalist I won 5 Murrow & 4 AP Awards. Married to @RichardJones - The Love of My Life Bloggy Goodness: https://claudialamb.wordpress.com/
@dianabhenriques.bsky.social
Six books include "Taming the Street," on FDR's historic financial reforms, and NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies,' on Madoff's historic fraud, now an HBO movie. A half-century of writing and reading. Loves life, really loves puppies.
@austinkleon.bsky.social
I’m a writer who draws. Author of STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST and other bestsellers. www.austinkleon.com
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate. Author of Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
@thedanrather.bsky.social
Journalist, storyteller, and lifelong reader A Texan by birth and by choice
@mims.bsky.social
WSJ tech columnist. Dog person. Author of Arriving Today, an unfortunately timely book about the global system of trade we're currently flushing down the toilet: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/arriving-today-christopher-mims
@anildash.com
that guy from the internet • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and xmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • see https://anildash.com
@davidfutrelle.bsky.social
Writer, Youtuber, writing coach. Thing for cats to sit on. The We Hunted the Mammoth guy.
@ilanaslightly.bsky.social
Writer and critic for hire. Author of the novel "All My Mother's Lovers" and "Beings," forthcoming from Bloomsbury, 9/23/25. Pre-order links (and hopefully other stuff soon): https://linktr.ee/ilanaslightly
@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 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
@wajali.bsky.social
Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver. Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of The Democracy-Ish Podcast; Author of a Memoir and a Play wajali.com wajahatmali@protonmail.com
@lydiakiesling.bsky.social
Author of The Golden State (2018) and Mobility (2023). Writing in NYTMag, The Nation, The Cut, and elsewhere. www.lydiakiesling.com
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social
I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead. Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and the forthcoming To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
@comicsinthega.bsky.social
The Comics in the Golden Age Podcast. And sometimes the Platinum Age. Exploring comics books & comic strips of all genres & their creators (especially their creators) from the 1930s to the 1950s, & other comics history!
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
Host, ResistanceLive; Founder, Gaia Leadership Project; political/leadership consultant; author; recovering Wall Street civil/human rights lawyer; ex-Columbia Law adjunct; organizer; NYer 4ever; daily on YT at https://www.youtube.com/@resistanceliveecm
@jahimes.bsky.social
Connecticut Congressman. Reader. Runner. Swimmer. Apiarist. And I make maple syrup. And mead.
@bgrueskin.bsky.social
Journalist, professor. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Baltimore, Miami Herald, WSJ, Bloomberg, Columbia J School. bit.ly/bgcjr
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@cristianfarias.com
Legal journalist and beachgoer. I write about courts, the law, and the politics shaping them for @vanityfair.com and elsewhere. Hablo y pienso en español. Signal: cristianfarias.33
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