Discourse Blog
Politics and culture from the left.
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@sarahwitman.bsky.social
senior staff writer at wirecutter ✨ unit council at wirecutter union ✨
@dinfontay.com
reporter covering the beer industry (@vinepair.com), drinking in america (fingers), and east end richmond (the church hill lookout) | send tips to dave@dinfontay.com, or dinfontay.11 on signal (good tips only, thank you) | more: linktr.ee/dinfontay
@jerryiannelli.bsky.social
Report/edit stories about cops for the worker-run @theappeal.org, sometimes union organizer. LA-based. Nonbinary goth. They/he/any 🏳️⚧️ jerry.iannelli@theappeal.org
@megoconnor.bsky.social
Reporter covering cops and prosecutors for @theappeal.org, a worker-led newsroom. Free Palestine. I also love hiking and baking. she/they 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/megoconnor13
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Absolution. Repped by Joe Veltre at Gersh. Gigs: The Tuesday Agency. he/him
@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/
@mmfa.bsky.social
Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
@internethippo.bsky.social
@lvanderson.bsky.social
Journalist, bike person, she/her. I used to be @LV_Anderson on Twitter. Opinions are mine, not my employer's.
@knibbs.bsky.social
Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude Email me tips: kate_knibbs@wired.com / Signal: kateknibbs.09
@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social
NORMAL GOSSIP dowager queen, Defector Media, books and shit
@loisbeckett.bsky.social
Guardian reporter in Los Angeles. Lois.Beckett@theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lois-beckett
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
@lilianasegura.bsky.social
Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound. https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
@ddayen.bsky.social
Executive editor, The American Prospect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips at ddayen-at-prospect-dot-org or Signal at ddayen.90
@kashana.bsky.social
TV writer. Author of the novels THE SURVIVALISTS and THE PAYBACK (July 2025). Deadly with a butter knife. Preorder THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
@edyong209.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him 📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm Edyong.me
@felipedlh.bsky.social
Life’s a bitch and then you die | NY Daily News editorial board member, NYU lecturer, half of BORDER/LINES, immigration wonk, other hats Personal photography at Instagram.com/nycfelipe
@capitalb.bsky.social
News we need. Join us at http://capitalbnews.org. Local newsrooms in Gary and Atlanta: @capitalbgary.bsky.social & @capitalbatl.bsky.social
@clereviewbooks.bsky.social
the cleveland of reviews of books clereviewofbooks.com
@booksandthearts.bsky.social
Books, music, ideas, film, and criticism from The Nation's "back of the book" https://www.thenation.com/books-and-the-arts/
@dmehro.bsky.social
Investigations at WIRED. Previously: Center for Investigative Reporting, Gizmodo, eyebeamnyc. dhruv_mehrotra@wired.com or securely at @dmehro.89 on Signal
@charliesavage.bsky.social
The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
@coreypein.bsky.social
author, Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley writer, @thebaffler.com, @majorityreport.bsky.social's daily amquickie.com newsletter
@samjgrasso.bsky.social
Journalist in Texas Writer, art director, pods @discourseblog.com Previously at AJ+, Splinter, Daily Dot 🕸️ samanthajgrasso.com 💌 sam at discourseblog.com
@pblest.bsky.social
play music in Long Relief, work at More Perfect Union. The real truth about it is, we’re all supposed to try
@fleerultra.bsky.social
History's most successful legal podcaster, co-host of 5-4 pod. He/Him @fivefourpod.bsky.social
@fivefourpod.bsky.social
A podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. patreon.com/fivefourpod
@jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/
@mattbors.bsky.social
Writer of the new TOXIC AVENGER comic and co-writer of JUSTICE WARRIORS. Founded The Nib (RIP). Comics editor at In These Times magazine. https://mattbors.substack.com/
@perrybaconjr.bsky.social
Government and policy writer. Views are my own. perry.bacon@washpost.com. https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-perry-bacon-jr/
@couts.bsky.social
security & investigations editor at @WIRED.com, send tips and/or dog pics Signal: couts.01
@prisonjournalism.bsky.social
An independent national nonprofit initiative that trains incarcerated writers in the tools of journalism and publishes their stories. https://bit.ly/4lbdmXU
@apockros.bsky.social
engagement & editing at The Nation and Cleveland Review of Books; criticism, essays, and contact info: alanapockros.com
@shujaxhaider.bsky.social
@davidmarcus.bsky.social
Literary Editor @TheNation. Working on a history of socialism in the United States. Essays and more: http://linktr.ee/davidimarcus
@alekschan.bsky.social
publisher @discourseblog.com // past lives: the guardian; eic of splinter (rip); editor at fusion (rip), gawker (ripx2), gothamist // member @wgaeast.bsky.social
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
@erikmbaker.bsky.social
Historian at Harvard, senior editor at The Drift, author of Make Your Own Job erikmbaker.com