Bill Varian
Husband, grand-dude, editor, writer, kayaker, hiker, pop-up camper, gardener -- book, music and nature lover. [email protected]
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@teapainusa.bsky.social
Born Thomas (Elmer Addison) Pain - July 4th, 1976. Lover of democracy.
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Professor of Teaching, #histology and #pathology enthusiast. 2 X cancer survivor. Covid conscious. I block mAgAts. I will also block you if you send me a DM simply because I follow you back. 🌈🏳️⚧️ ally.
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Founder of The Recombobulation Area. Political Editor, Civic Media. 18x Milwaukee Press Club award winner. Exhausted Dad. BUCKS FAN.
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Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Fascism is for losers. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
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Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com Secure contact: [email protected] Signal: muellershewrote.23 Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans
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writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. subscribe: http://status.news/subscribe inbox: [email protected]
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ProPublica senior editor, Pulitzer Prize winner (2025) & finalist (2015). Formerly held editing roles @washingtonpost.com, @Revealnews.org, @Tulsaworld.com. Proud co-founder of @readfrontier.bsky.social. Native Arkansan. Now an Okie. Let’s go OKC Thunder!
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Special correspondent at Vanity Fair and host of the Fast politics podcast and MSNBC
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Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonprofit, non-partisan newsroom dedicated to covering climate, energy and the environment. Our newsletters: http://bit.ly/3mcVORO
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | Chair, Political Soc, ASA | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on Saving Ourselves: go.ted.com/danarfisher
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senior reporter at the guardian us / [email protected] / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
@santiagomayer.com
Executive Director @ Voters of Tomorrow | Immigrant 🇲🇽 | Views my own
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Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of 100 PLACES TO SEE AFTER YOU DIE (bit.ly/3kLgJKO) and a bunch of other stuff. OMNIBUS co-founder (patreon.com/omnibusproject).
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Founding executive editor of Heatmap News. Contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times. Cohost of the Shift Key podcast.
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25+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / board member, NY City Center
@onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Foreign Affairs Journalist | Former UN Diplomat | Real-time #ACTUALNEWS 🌎 News Briefing (M/W/F) 🇨🇦 Weekly Recap (Sa) ☀️ SUN Edition - NO politics 📧: www.onestnetwork.com/newsletter Daily News Topics/Monthly Live Chat: https://youtube.com/@onestnetwork
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Fed and economy reporter with @reuters.com, ex-Wall Street Journal. Failed musician, guitar holdout, I really like pedals.
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In every time, in every place, the deeds of man remain the same. (He/Him). WEBSITE: https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/
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Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Sun-Times. Co-author of 10 books, mostly on history. Writer of the free Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Intolerant of racism & small-mindedness.
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Staff Writer at The Atlantic // Working on a book for Random House // Rep’d by Elyse Cheney // [email protected]
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Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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special investigative correspondent @texasobserver.org • columnist @thebarbedwire.bsky.social • publisher @proteanmag.com • Signal: stevanzetti.12 Read my journalism: https://authory.com/stevenmonacelli Support my work: https://linktr.ee/Stevanzetti
@jaywillis.net
I write about courts, democracy, media, and the three raccoons who live in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
@bartbonikowski.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Sociology and Politics at NYU studying nationalism, populism, and radical-right politics using surveys, experiments, and computational text analysis. Affiliate Faculty at NYU's Center for Data Science.
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Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD UniofOxford, previously Sciences Po. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
@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
@lindseyboylan.bsky.social
Mom. Whistleblower. Feminist. Urban Planning + Economic Development Exec. Lover of doughnuts, dogs, & parks. New Yorker from SoCal.
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Professional labor photographer. Unions for all. Birds. Whales. Cats. Hydration. Maybe a dash of democratic socialism. Not necessarily in that order. Too much optimism for the current moment. Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle
@drfarls.bsky.social
Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky
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Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
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Law professor and historical political scientist 📍Atlanta, Georgia Author of Rot and Revival: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper "A credible scholar." - Politico Studying constitutional law and American Political Development
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Won journalism awards at ancient places called "newspapers" | Author | Political columnist at Raw Story, Enough Already, and elsewhere | Navy Vet | Troublemaker | Animal-lover | https://dearlstephens.substack.com for my latest ...
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Assistant Professor of Political Science. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
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Climate reporter at the Washington Post Signal: anna_phillips.58
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Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜 I IGNORE ALL DMs!
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Independent journalist covering internet culture, politics, and media @spitfirenews.com.