Bonnie Taylor-Blake
Former neuroscience researcher. Sometimes word sleuth. Modern-folklore enthusiast. No clue how that happened. #BlackLivesMatter #TarHeel btaylorblake.com
@picturethesouth.com
Progressive Southern #Veteran, #Deadhead, #Dudeist minister, retired #Infosec, amateur #herpetologist in no particular order. Host #BackyardWildlife, #Seestar and other feeds. Come for the critters - stay for political rants. Alleged Bluesky Elder
@oksaruh.bsky.social
@sofialincos.bsky.social
Leggende metropolitane, storia della scienza, bufale, scetticismo. Caporedattrice su www.queryonline.it
@tombyr.bsky.social
Irish. Carlovian. Historian (now very much intermittent). Scribbles and witters. Possibly the other way around. Coffee powered. History, news, photos, books and writing. Fascinated by the world in general really.
@quoteinvestigator.com
Authoritative quotation information. Book: Hemingway Didn't Say That. Website receives 4.5 million visitors/year. https://quoteinvestigator.com/about/
@tbdrdrew.bsky.social
Dr. Drew. Not just a catchy nickname for the sake of alliteration. *pointed look* Long-term goals: 1) Save the world, because science; 2) Laugh often; 3) Restore my house constructed in the late 1800s. Enthusiastic librocubicularist.
@carolinamoon12.bsky.social
@unc-rn.bsky.social
57 years in health care, RN for 43 years. COVID is my second pandemic. Studio art and archaeology major before nursing. Caleb, Abby, Nathan, and Llewyn's GaGa. A constant gardener. Disaster response. Maker. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally. Mostly a follower and reader
@mashedradish.bsky.social
I get to the bottom of words on the top of our minds. Mashedradish.com is etymology at the intersection of news, life, and everyday language. Previously headed up content at Dictionary.com.
@grammargirl.bsky.social
Grammar Girl. Podcaster. Author of seven books about language. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. she/her http://linktr.ee/grammargirl #AmWriting The 5/13 GG podcast #AmReading The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Bannen)
@lordbonkers.bsky.social
Blogger at Liberal England. Expect Dickens, politics, Steve Winwood, canals, British films, Richard Jefferies, Shropshire, Englishness, chess, social history, Malcolm Saville, philosophy, Leicestershire and Rutland, comedy, railways... That sort of thing.
@eqvanalytics.bsky.social
Biologist, nonprofit CEO (opinions mine), fair-weather farmer, recovering academic. Progressive christian. Probably a lot older than you are. Vote blue. It's the Gulf of Mexico, stupid. Almost Heaven, Durham County, NC
@r-lab.bsky.social
https://independent.academia.edu/RobertoLabanti https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-7646
@offshoreoddity.bsky.social
Beachcomber/Artist/Writer/Collector https://www.etsy.com/shop/OffshoreOddities
@ulskeets.bsky.social
Reposting interesting comments on modern folklore. Urban myths, rumors, legends, hoaxes, misconceptions, and apocryphal anecdotes. I’m the friend of your friend. North Carolina, United States
@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.
@ciesangster.bsky.social
Pronunciation lexicographer. I also play board games and RPGs, knit well, sew badly, hike and sea-swim a bit, and organize feminist/queer stuff.
@johnedwinmason.bsky.social
Historian, curator, walker, player of antique French horns. Photography, music, South Africa, UVA. Usually found in Virginia, longing for Cape Town.
@carlzimmer.com
NYT columnist. Signal: carlzimmer.31 web:carlzimmer.com AIR-BORNE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE LIFE WE BREATHE https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793/air-borne-by-carl-zimmer/ [This account includes a tweet archive]
@scarequotes.com
Moviegoer, movie lover. PNW denizen. UX content worker. Word nerd. Descriptivist by inclination. Learning German. Handy on a trivia team. Hard cider, iced tea. he/him, cis Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/xrv
@korystamper.bsky.social
I write dictionaries and books about 'em. Fiber crafter, keyboard breaker, garden futzer, niila myaamia. Opinions, baked goods mine. www.korystamper.com
@arrantpedantry.com
Editor • Writer • Linguist • Ironic meta-pedant • Villain • Cat person Blog: https://www.arrantpedantry.com Merch: https://arrantpedantry.myspreadshop.com
@lynneguist.bsky.social
US linguist in UK. University of Sussex. Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/30d0ffd3a48e/separated-by-a-common-newsletter Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lynneguist
@garicgymro.bsky.social
Welsh linguist in Philadelphia. I grow languages in the lab. Opinions my own. He. Ieithydd o Gymro yn Philadelphia. Tyfaf ieithoedd yn y lab. Barnau fy hun. Fo. https://linktr.ee/garicgymro
@grantbarrett.com
Linguist, lexicographer, broadcaster, editor, writer. Co-host of fun coast-to-coast US radio language show/podcast "A Way with Words." @waywordradio.org. +1 646 286 2260 grant@grantbarrett.com #linguistics #lexicography #etymology #podcasting #writing
@wordorigins.bsky.social
Focusing on the origins of words and phrases and their cultural context since 1997, plus dog pics and videos. Run by Dave Wilton (he/him).
@michaelerard.bsky.social
Writer, linguist. American abroad. End of life doula in training. New book: Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words. The Economist called it "strangely comforting." https://bit.ly/4kN0PKa More at www.michaelerard.com
@stancarey.bsky.social
Editor, writer, lapsed biologist in the west of Ireland Copy-editing, writing: https://stancarey.com Language: https://stancarey.wordpress.com Strong language: https://stronglang.wordpress.com 🎞 https://letterboxd.com/stancarey 🦣 @stancarey@mastodon.ie
@johnemcintyre.bsky.social
Retired Baltimore Sun editor, flaneur. Author of “The Old Editor Says” and “Bad Advice.” Kentuckian transplanted to Baltimore.
@petermgilliver.bsky.social
Word person; tenor; European; British; English (Northern, and not a monkey); blissfully partnered; some other things. Views my own.
@armavirumque.bsky.social
Techie, skeptic, ultracrepidarian, sciolist, patzer, erstwhile twittersnipe. Blast-beruffled. Emotionally tatterdemalion. Esquerdopata.
@kconnormartin.bsky.social
Former lexicographer and Brooklynite. Current product director and UK-based USian.
@janfreeman.bsky.social
Mostly retired editor/writer/Boston Globe language columnist; author of centenary edition of Ambrose Bierce's "Write It Right" (Walker, 2009), whose subtitle is too long for this space. Not the Massachusetts poet who shares my name.
@americandialect.org
The American Dialect Society is dedicated to the study of language in North America. Linguists, lexicographers, educators, students, enthusiasts, and more. https://americandialect.org/
@waywordradio.org
Public radio's lively language show! On-air in US, free podcast worldwide. https://waywordradio.org words@waywordradio.org. Toll-free US/Canada 24/7 1-877-929-9673 or https://wa.me/16198004443 #linguistics #etymology #podcast #books #language
@marthabarnette.bsky.social
Co-host, radio show/podcast "A Way with Words" @wayword Coming soon: FRIENDS WITH WORDS: ADVENTURES IN LANGUAGELAND (Abrams Press, August 2025) marthabarnette.com #etymology #writing #books #words
@skleinedler.bsky.social
Editor. Erstwhile lexicographer. Queer. Widowed. Lives with their cat. Submissions/Programming Coordinator - Salem Horror Fest (Opinions are my own.) https://letterboxd.com/stevekl/
@jessesword.com
Lexicographer. The F-Word (new edition Nov. ’24!), sfdictionary.com, ex-OED, coder (mainly Perl and Python), Threesome Tollbooth #cocktail bar manager, adjunct @ Columbia.
@daveweigel.bsky.social
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
contributing writer at Rolling Stone // contributing editor at Wired // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg