Jen Mercieca
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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Accounts I learn things from. Mostly academics and writers. I ran out of room, sorry if I missed you!
@thejonesest.bsky.social
Currently: Higher education academic & adminstrator. Alumni: USMC (Infantry) & University of Florida (PhD)
@iansociologo.bsky.social
Sociologist studying race, class, & the environment. Author of The Business of Racism: Revaluation & Reaction in Brazil's Racial Capitalism (under contract with Duke University Press). PhD from UW-Madison. Former NSF SPRF Postdoc at UCSB. He/Him/His.
@alanfrady.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, and Pop to 3 amazing grandchildren. Retired technology leader. Never Trump before it was cool, or necessary. I no longer feel safe in America.
@miriamposner.com
Asst. prof. at UCLA Information Studies, ask me about supply chain tech! Labor, data, DH, etc. www.miriamposner.com
@nbedera.bsky.social
Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.
@tinlizzy49.bsky.social
Gma of 16. Pro Ukraine 🇺🇦. Air Force brat. Husband and I building our home. Grow much of our food. Off grid for 10 years. Solar, geothermal, and wind.
@catherinehagman.bsky.social
Editor. Supporter of the arts. Granddaughter of immigrants from Eastern Europe. Current reading: Mirabai Starr's translation of Julian of Norwich's Showings. Current mindset: Be as compassionate, confident, and courageous as you can.
@hjr3rd.bsky.social
Philadelphia Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, Sixers, Union and Ohio State Buckeyes fan. Nuance still isn’t allowed on social media.
@lukestark.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 just a simple country AI ethicist | Assistant Professor, Western University 🇨🇦 | he/his/him | | no all-male panels |#BLM | 🏳️⚧️ ally | views my own https://starkcontrast.co/ https://starlingcentre.ca/
@vesuvan.bsky.social
Here for cats and to stand up for democracy. F trump, elmo et al. Physician, former sysad, rural journalist, traveler, dancer. Lived all over. Mastodonian. Snark, football talk, interesting links guaranteed. Will use my real name once I feel safe here.
@katmoon68.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Hubs & I are blue dots in red TX, doing our best to resist the Texas Taliban & the red hats. We will not bend the knee. #Resist #BlueCrew #FoxtrotDeltaTango No lists, no crypto, no DMs. I won’t respond to DMs, so no whining when I don’t.
@pettygardengirl.bsky.social
Guys, stop with the dm's. I'm the pettiest garden girl. Read everything. Every time. Grow food. Grow flowers.
@tanjamcconnor.bsky.social
Fight Fascism! We need Climate Action! Human Rights are non-negotiable! She/her - Mom to neurodivergent teen, dogs, cats, & Guinea Pigs - NorCal - Same name on Threads. I block to make my feed less overwhelming. NO DMs ❗
@saturniahikari.bsky.social
Wanderer, gamer, history buff and imperfect Japanese enthusiast. "All Human wisdom can be contained in one phrase. "Wait & Hope." "
@sammythecat.bsky.social
@kcgooner.bsky.social
Cassandra of the Plains AFC TID 2019 For Life http://t.me/KcGooner
@kalmantibs.bsky.social
Building a bridge across the Atlantic, with steel beams and rivets. 🌎 🕊️ "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." — Søren Kierkegaard Budapest HU║Long Beach CA
@evanbernick.bsky.social
Associate Prof at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Constitutional law, criminal law, abolition, philosophy, hoops, puppies (esp. Argo the Floof). “Mildly Sephirothic at worst.” He/him.
@adambonica.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | Pro-democracy
@samwang.bsky.social
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Come visit my long-form essays at samwang.substack.com
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
@craigborowiak.bsky.social
Professor of political science. Solidarity economies, local and global. Philly. Community gardens. Democratic accountability. Interested in discard studies.
@rhetsoc.bsky.social
Official account of the Rhetoric Society of America. https://linktr.ee/rhetsoc
@maxboot.bsky.social
CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. maxboot.net.
@dapherdoos.bsky.social
Resist. Left of Woke. Gay hippie on a lake in the woods. Politics, Science, Nature, Food, Travel The B-52's are my favorite band.
@jonkeegan.com
Data journalist / tech reporter ➡️ @sherwood.news I report on AI, privacy and Big Tech. ⏪️ The Markup, Tow Center, WSJ. Aspiring 46er. ⛰️ Newsletter: https://beautifulpublicdata.com https://jonkeegan.com 📝 Send tips: Signal: jonkeegan.73
@pamkeithdc.bsky.social
CEO of Center for Employment Justice, former Dem Congressional Nominee, Former JAG, all the way liberal, AKA.
@dawnalene.bsky.social
American Expat living in beautiful British Columbia. I’m pragmatic and believe in reciprocity Bodily autonomy is a basic right. Live and let live Feminist Mother Ally Everything is political eclectic empath free floater awkward outlier
@taylormiranda-az.bsky.social
Goonies never say die LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/taylor-miranda Substack taylormiranda.substack.com https://taylormiranda10.academia.edu/ Citizen App @tmloris Discord @taylormiranda_ TikTok @tay.loris5 Twitch @tmloris She/her/they *not a lawyer
@prim-8.bsky.social
Literary and cultural historian. Don’t follow me. I 🫀 random things to mess with big data. Views decidedly NOT my own. “Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain” (JK Rowling).
@jeannetteh.bsky.social
University professor and lurker. Views my own, not my employer's. Sometimes I post stuff I don't agree with because I think people should know about it.
@rodneybenson.bsky.social
professor NYU Media, Culture, & Comm, & Sociology; new book How Media Ownership Matters (Oxford, April '25),
@prestonrittenhouse.bsky.social
Preston B - Anthro/Psych/CompSci. Officially an elder, still a child. The B is just a 🐝 Resister, he/him Also, @prestonrittenhouse@mastodon.online, https://x.com/pbrittenhouse Kuné tsé (Texas, ATX)
@bildoperationen.bsky.social
Digital Cultures and Arts | UZH & ZHdK | operative images, synthetic media and visual culture @digitalculturesandarts.ch https://linktr.ee/bildoperationen
@peter-butler.bsky.social
CNET Editor, here to track the development of decentralized media, primarily thru Bsky and Mastodon/Fediverse ... and for disc golf! #DiscGolf he/him/they/them Berkeley, CA @peterbutler@mas.to https://mas.to/@peterbutler
@petershulman.bsky.social
Let's start with "absolute power is a terrible idea," and move quickly to "free speech and due process are basic rights of all persons in the United States" and close with "sycophants and courtiers are nauseating." Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
I am the host of The Jack Hopkins Show podcast. Former Republican. Now, my “party” is Democracy. Navy Veteran. https://www.JackHopkinsNow.com
@budgetlab.bsky.social
The Budget Lab at Yale is a non-partisan policy research center dedicated to providing in-depth analysis of federal proposals for the American economy.
@ernietedeschi.bsky.social
Personal Account. Director of Economics, The Budget Lab at Yale University. Former Chief Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers.