Leigh Melander, PhD
Cultural mythologist, frivolateur, ridiculous revolutionary.
Imagine past what you think is possible.
My sandboxes:
spillian.com leighmelander.com mythamericaradio.com
Coming soon: spillanquest - tools to help your reveling quest for meaning
@jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
South reporter at ProPublica based in Charleston, SC. News tips welcome.
@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social
Good Politics/Bad Politics - Subscribe! https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/ Also I root for the Giants. The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024.
@colborne.bsky.social
@bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers.
@wordswithsteph.bsky.social
Harris 2024 Team • Biden 2020 Team • Bard College (NY)• University of Copenhagen • Former writer/editor/talent scout: London Summer Jam • Member of the Opposition • #BlueWave2026 • 2x Brain Tumor Survivor • Bluesky since Nov. 2024 🦋
@timothypmurphy.bsky.social
National correspondent at Mother Jones. tmurphy@motherjones.com. Signal: timothypmurphy.41 Proton Mail: timothypmurphy@proton.me
@vpkivimaki.bsky.social
Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
@trbrtc.bsky.social
Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Doing what I'm doing now (open source investigation combined with traditional reporting) because of Twitter's community. Retired hitchhiker.
@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social
Reporter at Mother Jones covering immigration, Latin America, and more. Falo português. Proton Mail: isabelaalhadeff@proton.me Signal: isabeladias.14 https://www.motherjones.com/author/isabela-dias/
@meganotoole.bsky.social
Award-winning investigative/data journalist. Senior editor @MiddleEastEye, former MENA editor @AlJazeera, Global Authentication Project member @Bellingcat, meganotoole.ca
@koltai.bsky.social
Senior researcher & Trainer @Bellingcat.com Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT "I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
@mcpli.bsky.social
Senior Counsel, Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Redistricting, voting rights, elections. From Texas.
@arfmeasures.bsky.social
I'm only on season 3 of the news. No spoilers please. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eovcv23qyhbah4huiqzirnp4/feed/aaaea46bxsi3k
@valeriefrankel.bsky.social
👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy
@mythscholar.bsky.social
She/Her, Loving Wife, Adjunct Faculty at #SNHU and Teacher/Mentor at #fusionacademy, Dog Mom, Disney Studies, Novelist (MFA in progress) I write about and research American pop culture using an archetypal framework. www.dorikoehler.com
@jillrdulany.bsky.social
@drbishnujee.bsky.social
Chief Executive Officer, PE Mechanical, CEng FRAeS FIMechE FAeSI Fellow Post Doctor DSc PhD Engineering PhD Management UK Plant Engineer of the Year 2024, Limca Book Of Record First Chartered Scientist in Aviation https://youtube.com/shorts/tDztZXi5zJg
@nullvoxpopuli.com
Artificer of Code. OpenSource, TC39 Signals, StarbeamJS & @emberjs.com enthusiast and advocate Former @react.dev Where i'm at https://linktr.ee/nullvoxpopuli Projects tutorial.glimdown.com limber.glimdown.com #SwarmLyfe Queen of Blades, she/her, obv
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜 I IGNORE ALL DMs!
@narwhallington.bsky.social
Housing reporter + data nerd for @mlk50.com 📝 call out your landlord: natalie.wallington@mlk50.com 👀 previously Kansas City Star, Popular Science, Audubon Magazine, Baltimore Times 🏳️🌈 📍Memphis, Tennessee nataliewallington.com
@reallyamerican.bsky.social
Grassroots political organization producing the most impactful political content every day. Join us.
@mmpadellan.bsky.social
Proud papa. Perpetually pissed. #BlueWave2026, #Feminist. Author of The Bigliest Loser and The Liddle'est President. Check out my AMAZING Substack here: https://linktr.ee/mmpadellan 👉Sr. Advisor, @reallyamerican.bsky.social👈👀
@rchains.bsky.social
Media studies, feminism, children’s culture, and more. Books: Growing Up With Girl Power The Princess Problem Princess Cultures Cultural Studies of LEGO The Marketing of Children’s Toys Communication in Our Lives Supernatural Youth in Media—just released!
@gmsantoro.bsky.social
Retired Emeritus faculty member from Penn State. Lifelong amateur astronomer. Now handicapped and living in Florida with my wonderful wife and GSD. I can no longer safely move my larger scopes so I bought a Seestar s50. I am very impressed
@yaddathree.bsky.social
Author, THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD @simonteen Mythologist PhD., Educator. Featured @gmabookclub @nytimes Rep: Mollie Glick @creativeartistsagency
@chainmailandangst.bsky.social
SIU rugby Old Load with Gonzo trained eyes. One of the few blue bastards in the sea of red that is downstate Illinois. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️. If I hear anyone say "Your body, my choice" in front of me I will need bail money.
@jonlionfineart.bsky.social
I draw and paint stuff ** Donate/Tip to help support my Artwork: http://ko-fi.com/jonlionfineart SIGNED PRINTS: http://www.jonlionartist.com/shop
@religiondispatches.org
bringing you religion, culture, and politics since 2008 * award-winning * independent * non-profit * justice-minded * irreverent RD is a @praeyesright.bsky.social publication want to write for RD? check out https://religiondispatches.org/submissions/
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@beingliberal.bsky.social
The oldest social media space for (mostly) American liberals. Active daily since 2009, + 2M audience on FB, IG & Threads ® by Huddled Masses Media, Seattle https://linktr.ee/beingliberal
@hajjahmeryem.bsky.social
🇺🇦 Catskill Mountains, liberal democrat. Emotionally, I've been through this in another country. It's heavy. Wasn't supposed to be us. “I will not give into the lies. I will not give into the fear.” (Acosta) #Leguminati 🫘 #NY19