Methexis1
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Here's some of the folks I used to follow on Twitter - glad to see them again!
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Editor at large, The Bulwark. Director, Defending Democracy Together. Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol. Never Trump.
@whitehouse.senate.gov
U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State. https://linktr.ee/senwhitehouse
@tobiasharris.bsky.social
Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner; RHP + IF ⚾ Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com. Business: www.japanforesight.com
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Dad, husband, host @Marketplace. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran. kryssdal@marketplace.org
@godpod.bsky.social
Creator of the Universe. Daily free newsletter & animated podcast here: https://www.thegodpodcast.com
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
@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
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host. The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now. https://sirenscallbook.com/
@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/
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@samthielman.com
Sam Thielman | Graphic novels at NYT Book Review, seen New Yorker, Slate, Flaming Hydra, foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | 741.5 (Comic books, strips, etc.) | cat subordinate | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE with Sean Howe forthcoming from HarperOne
@popovaprof.bsky.social
Polisci prof at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️ Democracy, rule of law, (anti)corruption in Eastern Europe 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺; post-Communism; Russo-Ukrainian war and its impact on European democracies; #UkraineIsEurope #DefendDemocracy https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
@johnpelwood.bsky.social
Law nerd. Music fan. Serial monomaniac. Views are my own and not my firm's. Maybe not even mine.
@robertsaintlawrence.social
#4R: Resist, Reveal, Reimagine, Revolt ⟁ Culture is code. Movements need fuel. No kings. No masters. No paywalls on truth. Build. Disrupt. Fund the future. → patreon.com/RobertSaintLawrence
@dsc250.bsky.social
feminist "law" professor, reproductive rights scholar/activist, avid cyclist, husband, dad, indie rock enthusiast, Vermont lover, Phillies fan, he/him
@segalmr.bsky.social
Civil Rights | State Courts | Personal Views | Not Legal Advice | https://law.yale.edu/matthew-r-segal
@mauricejcasey.com
Historian of intimacy and revolution in interwar Europe (think Marks & Engels meets Mills & Boon). Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats: archiverats.substack.com
@internethippo.bsky.social
@ledbydonkeys.org
Art, Activism and Accountability https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@kellyscaletta.bsky.social
America's Number One Punned-It. Lifelong Dem. Left my account on Twitter for Bluer Skies. I follow back, but sometimes it takes time. YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KellyScaletta Check out my Whiteboard videos and the Pun Show!
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill. https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
@designationsix.bsky.social
Supporter of the Democratic Party, Fugitive from Twitter, Shadowbanned by the richest man on Earth. Author of "The Ultra-Violent Adventures of Not Mary Fuckin Poppins".
@hallijayne.bsky.social
Pissed off pioneering podcaster, wryter, photographer, former foreign correspondent, author of the acclaimed "A YEAR IN MY PAJAMAS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA" and "STILL LIFE: Images of ANTIETAM." youtube.com/@Hallicj
@joncooper-us.bsky.social
Democratic strategist. Formerly Long Island Campaign Chair for Barack Obama; Majority Leader of the Suffolk County Legislature. Gay dad of five terrific kids. Writer and producer of “Echoes of the Unknown” podcast. Coffee addict. New York/Florida.
@okwonga.bsky.social
In between daydreaming in cafés and on trains, I write books, I talk about football, and I teach in schools. Blog: https://okwonga.substack.com Books: https://www.musaokwonga.com Poems: https://www.instagram.com/okwonga/ Podcast: https://stadio.football/
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate. Author of Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
NYC Based Stand-Up Comedian•Noel Casler Podcast•Car Rants• 'Noel's Notes' on Substack https://linktr.ee/NoelCaslerComedy?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=8fc21144-7ec4-4c40-94ca-b6170fa44c5e•find me: http://noelcasler.com 🔥
@000iamsoops.bsky.social
Leftyish 🌟 Woke AF 🌟 Proper Northern 🌟 NUFC 🖤🤍⚽ Politics ✨ Dafties ✨Science✨ ✨Blurts 💙 ✨ #Wülferhampton Unsolicited DMs are a straight block ⛔ Shady DM sliders and catfishers will be 💥
@inquirer.com
The Inquirer is your front-row seat to the Philadelphia region. You can support local, impactful journalism at inquirer.com/subscribe.
@niedermeyer.online
this gentle soul, cyberbullying elon musk since 2015, author of "ludicrous: the unvarnished story of tesla motors" (2019), cohost of the autonocast, program director for the ride ai summit, occasional shark, among other things
@teslatakedown.com
⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. ⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk. ⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy. Join a peaceful protest, organize your own and learn more about Musk and DOGE at TeslaTakedown.com
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy. "This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
@mcopelov.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, UW - Madison. Jean Monnet Chair, 🇪🇺 & the Global Economy. International political economy, IR, & global finance. Politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
@pricelaborecon.bsky.social
Salt Lake City born. Current Pennsylvanian (Carlisle). Labor economist. Flower planter, runner (recently back at it), Dad. Signal: price_laborecon.68
@ambassadormoreno.bsky.social
🏴☠️Former Ambassador, career Foreign Service. Have opinions on foreign affairs, national security. Sometimes dogs, martinis and football. Made Obama laugh once. #Fella🇺🇦
@mobydickatsea.bsky.social
Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.