Johnny Loftus
Writer, Chicagoan. Interests include reading, 🍕; being a nice person.
@samadams.bsky.social
Culture writer at Slate, published in LA Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, THR, and points south. Member: New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, WGA East
@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
@ellery.bsky.social
not a dozen opossums in a trench coat. innovation editor at @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org. she/they 🏳️⚧️
@brianphillips.bsky.social
Senior Writer at The Ringer 🦉 NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls 🦉 occasional podcast host (22 Goals, Truthless) 🦉 whippet fancier https://bookshop.org/p/books/impossible-owls-essays-brian-phillips/7310179?ean=9780374175337
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
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@dansinker.com
I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
@maggiehendricks.bsky.social
I write and talk about sports for a living. Quilt, sew, bake and love Chicago. Probably making a Taskmaster or Murder, She Wrote joke. I won't answer any questions you can figure out for yourself with a quick search. I'm here for conversation, not debate.
@babsvan.bsky.social
Poor, obscure, plain, and little. Writer, critic, comms & events at The Sidney Poitier New American Film School. Former books editor with too many bylines at USA TODAY and The Arizona Republic.
@obsofdeviance.bsky.social
"Observations of Deviance has become a Wire deadline weekend staple." The Wire (UK) David Mittleman DJ @wfmu.bsky.social Vinyl collector Writing @ We Jazz Magazine https://wfmu.org/playlists/OV
@thewiremagazine.bsky.social
“The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure) thewire.co.uk
@nigella.bsky.social
Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic — available for purchase now! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/zack-beauchamp/the-reactionary-spirit/9781541704411/?lens=
@nic-davisson.bsky.social
Meezer mom 🐈⬛(siamese cats),PhD student at the U of U, small business owner w/ my kiddo refabulizing furniture with delovely art🎨, democratic socialist, feminist, late bloomer🪷🏳️🌈yacht rock lover⛵️🌊teatime keeper🫖 https://lavienouveaudecor.etsy.com
@ositanwanevu.com
Contributing Editor | The New Republic Columnist | The Guardian Author | The Right of the People (2025) Newsletter | ositanwanevu.com
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Journalism: New York, NYTimes Style Mag, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
@brewedculture.org
Historian, writer, dad studying the cultural history of beer. Footnotes and pizza both Chicago style. He/him
@tinanguyen.bsky.social
Senior Reporter at The Verge and the media's most socially acceptable MAGA whisperer. Former: Puck/Politico/Vanity Fair. Author of THE MAGA DIARIES (out now). Reach me at [email protected] o @tina_nguyen.19 on signal, and pls use my pronouns (🤷♀️/🙃/🫠).
@alecleamas1.bsky.social
Baseball fan. Also a fan of Mozart, Sibelius, Monk, Courtney Barnett, REM, Claire Keegan, Philip Marlowe, Adam Dalgliesh, Woodpeckers, Saoirse Ronan, coffee, rye bread and grilled meats. Not a fan of flags, bickering or overhyped nonsense. Ailurophile.
@danyelsmith.bsky.social
author; see above | journalist; mostly at the New York Times Magazine | creator + host; mostly of the Black Girl Songbook podcast | go Celtics 🔆 https://www.danyelsmithwriter.com/ https://shinebrighthq.substack.com/
@cartoonshateher.bsky.social
Social dynamics and online culture from the hybrid mind of a terminally online-normie mom https://www.cartoonshateher.com
@sahadevsharma.bsky.social
Cubs beat @TheAthletic; co-host of North Side Territory podcast; Dad to Sawyer & Penny; bourbon and beer; Illini hoops
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social
Buy my book, A PHYSICAL EDUCATION, a Bookshop Best Seller! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/casey-johnston/a-physical-education/9781538773253/ science writer/author Newsletter shesabeast.co LIFTOFF couchtobarbell.com instagram swolewoman
@wired.com
At wired.com where tomorrow is realized || Sign up for our newsletters: https://wrd.cm/newsletters Find our WIRED journalists here: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/couts.bsky.social/3l6vez3xaus27
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Dad, husband, host @Marketplace. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran. [email protected]
@brianstelter.bsky.social
Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
@normative.bsky.social
He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social
Senior politics writer at Salon.com. Subscribe to Standing Room Only: salon.com/newsletter
@presentcorrect.bsky.social
New & vintage stationery from around the world, since 2009. Our shop is at 12 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL. https://www.presentandcorrect.com
@flaminghydra.com
A collaborative of 60 writers and artists publishing a newsletter for you each weekday. Culture, opinions, criticism, news, comics, mayhem. $3/month https://flaminghydra.com
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@crampell.bsky.social
MSNBC anchor/co-host of The Weekend: Primetime, Sat/Sun 6-9pm. Washington Post syndicated op-ed columnist. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
@jrfegan.soxmachine.com
Covering the White Sox for Sox Machine, prospects for FanGraphs, and White Sox prospects for Baseball America for the sake of thematic cohesion.
@benpickman.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Athletic covering WBB | the athletic WBB show | Prev: Sports Illustrated, CNN Sports |[email protected] | he/him
@starshapedpress.bsky.social
Celebrating 25 years of metal & wood type letterpress work. Love to share the process, forms and printing adventures. Jen & Jo. Starshaped.com
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. subscribe: http://status.news/subscribe inbox: [email protected]
@ghost.org
Turn your audience into a business. Publishing, newsletters, memberships and subscriptions — all in one place. Decentralised. Open source. 0% payment fees. https://ghost.org
@gorilla77.bsky.social
I believe existence is largely futile. But also I like music toys and cheeseburgers.
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
@josh-kaplan.bsky.social
ProPublica reporter | Email me at [email protected] | Contact info & stories here: propublica.org/people/joshua-kaplan
@g-x-m.bsky.social
Witness to subterranean Chicago. King of Lake Street. Telling a story of the unappreciated, unseen, unknown. MCMLXXXIV. All rights reserved.
@rickperlstein.bsky.social
"O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet..."
@peoplesfabric.com
Chicago. Investigative journalist. Signal: @tpf.99. Reporting at @UnraveledPress.com.
@richarddeitsch.bsky.social
Father of twins; fan of Toronto, NYC and Buffalo; Writer for The Athletic; host of Sports Media Podcast; part of two countries 🇨🇦🇺🇸