Gillian Brockell
I write about history. Former staff writer at WaPo now enjoying having opinions in public. Former flight attendant. She/her.
https://hardghistory.ghost.io/
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A list of people who used to work for the newspaper famous for losing talent.
@monicapotts.bsky.social
Sr. Political Reporter at FiveThirtyEight. BUY: The Forgotten Girls monicapotts.com
@thorbenson.bsky.social
Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Daily Beast, NBC News and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science.
@kangborderlaw.bsky.social
Nau Associate Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy Author of The INS on the Line (Oxford, 2017) Co-editor of Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States (UIP, 2025) Washington, D.C. & Charlottesville, VA
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social
Senior politics writer at Salon.com. Subscribe to Standing Room Only: salon.com/newsletter
@klonick.bsky.social
Law professor & journalist researching internet law, online speech governance, AI. Dallying in consumer protection. For sporadic writings on these things see: https://klonick.substack.com/ For more info and full bio see: www.kateklonick.com
@davidcorn.bsky.social
Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones. MSNBC commentator. Author of AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS and other NYT bestsellers. On Signal: DavidCorn.99
@gabrielurbina.com
Writer and Director New show HIT SINGLES out now! I made Wolf 359, Time:Bombs, Zero Hours, Unseen, and Dracula: The Danse Macabre. Contributor @ Bright Sessions, Wooden Overcoats, Case 63, and MANY others. Gasolina & The Signal out now! He/Him
@samsanders.bsky.social
Podcast maker. LA based, and Texan forever. TWO shows! The Sam Sanders Show: every FRIDAY wherever you get your pods, and on YouTube. Vibe Check: every WEDNESDAY with my friends Zach and Saeed. Also, I’m cuter on instagram: @samsanders
@drrobertbullard.bsky.social
Director of Bullard Center Texas Southern University, professor, author of 18 books, NBEJN #HBCU Climate Change Consortium, #ClimateReality Board, AAAS, National Academy of Medicine, TIME Earth Award, Father of Environmental Justice, US Marine Corps Vet.
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@pgourevitch.bsky.social
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.
@zoeschiffer.bsky.social
Director of Business & Industry at WIRED. Author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. Signal zoeschiffer.87
@sarcher.bsky.social
Design, cats, Philly, NYC. Author of The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland; writing in Architectural Digest, NYT and elsewhere. www.sarah-archer.com
@lebassett.bsky.social
Journalist, columnist at The Cut, former EIC of Jezebel, longtime repro rights reporter. From South Louisiana 🐊. Author of Nightcap, an irreverent newsletter about politics: https://www.laura-bassett.com/
@werd.io
I lead technology at ProPublica, write speculative fiction, and blog every day at https://werd.io.
@sarahposner.bsky.social
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
@corbinhiar.bsky.social
Climate and business reporter at POLITICO's E&E News. Also a dad, cyclist, PEN Guild supporter and lapsed Minnesotan. Email: chiar@eenews.net | Signal: CorbinHiar.80
@democracyhistory.bsky.social
A transnational network of historians on democracy from US, Germany, and Europe engaged in a series of transnational virtual conversations about democracy in the past and present.
@kerileighmerritt.bsky.social
Historian (PhD). Writer: Class, Labor, Inequality. Artist. Traveler. Rocker. Seeker. Books: Masterless Men, After Life; NEW: Lillian Smith bio & Film @thecivilwardoc1. IG @kerileighmerritt
@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
@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
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck "One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocket
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@tanvi.bsky.social
writer +/ journo covering migration, cities, justice etc. words in The Nation, Politico Mag, The Baffler, The Nation, The New Republic, etc. teaching @ CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism. tanvim.05 on signal. Tanvim27 on insta.
@cherylstrayed.bsky.social
Writer. Mom. Portlander. Traveler. Cat/dog lady. Author of Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, Torch, and Brave Enough. Also: Dear Sugar.
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
New here. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 naomiklein.org 📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
25+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / board member, NY City Center
@tj-stiles.bsky.social
American historian and biographer. Pulitzer Prize for History for "Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America" Pulitzer Prize for Biography & National Book Award for Nonfiction for "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt”
@cait.bsky.social
big famous microblogger [she/her] texan in ma. Adonis' mom https://ko-fi.com/O5O2SN6KI
@thevivllainous.bsky.social
She/Her 🍉 Clownery is the best medicine Bluesky is where I post my nonsense✨
@democracyactionnet.bsky.social
Democracy Action Network / Indivisible Central LA is a citizen-led organization protecting American democracy through collective action. https://democracyactionnetwork.com/
@streetsdept.bsky.social
Founder/Editor of StreetsDept.com, exploring the Art of Philly’s Public Space (EST. 2011) • Curator at #StreetsDeptWalls & Mural Arts Philadelphia • Host of Art Outside podcast from WHYY/ NPR! ❤️📸🎨🎧🏳️🌈
@natesmith.dev
sweng, real far left. personal popcorn chef for @asclepiasrosa.bsky.social posts: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ymhwlftqc2ialnv34cqw3ikl/feed/aaabsjo37p7sk popularist: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ymhwlftqc2ialnv34cqw3ikl/feed/aaacfr2rpc6bg
@pamkeithdc.bsky.social
CEO of Center for Employment Justice, former Dem Congressional Nominee, Former JAG, all the way liberal, AKA.
@clancyny.bsky.social
Studying and researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Degree: Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian.
@maggieastor.bsky.social
Reporter at The New York Times writing about the intersection of health and politics. NYT Guild steward. No, not one of those Astors.
@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.”
@urbanexile.bsky.social
Retired historian + lawyer, Chicagoan, lesbian-feminist, sometime Dolly expert, angry. I lived in Knoxville TN for 16 very long years. Author, "Unspeakable: Father-Daughter Incest in American History." If you want to hate on boomers, I'm not your therapist