Michele Hanks
Cultural anthropologist, writer, and teacher. I’m a Clinical Associate Prof @ NYU. My writing focuses on people’s understanding of the paranormal, tourism, and cultural heritage in England.
@alicevernon10.bsky.social
Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University. NIGHT TERRORS (Icon 2022). GHOSTED (Bloomsbury Sigma 2025). Writes about ghosts, the paranormal and spooky sleep. Represented by Donald Winchester at Watson, Little.
@21rosa.bsky.social
Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance. All 📸 mine, unless stated
@skionar.bsky.social
Roger Clarke. Author of A Natural History of Ghosts, published by Penguin Books (2012). Former writer for the Independent Newspaper UK, Sight & Sound. In it for the long haul with chronic ill health, colitis from childhood, CPTSD and 12 other conditions.
@dreframss.bsky.social
Historian of occultism and science, Victorianist, anthropologist, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, and bass player. Lover of classic videogames. 🎮 Views own. (https://www.eframserashriar.com)
@jessicacalarco.bsky.social
Sociologist studying families, schools, privilege, power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, Atlantic. Author of HOLDING IT TOGETHER | QUALITATIVE LITERACY | FIELD GUIDE TO GRAD SCHOOL "Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women" www.jessicacalarco.com
@leasthaunted.bsky.social
A podcast where science, skepticism, humor, and anthropology meet to discuss all things spooky, haunting, supernatural, and sometimes just the plain ridiculous. Hosted by Cody Franks and Garth von Ahnen.
@johnrgallagher.bsky.social
I use qualitative and computational methods to study writers on the internet. I study how machine learning experts communicate. More generally, I study writing and writers. Associate professor.
@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.”
@dig-history.bsky.social
Four feminist historians. 200+ episodes, and a world of history to unearth. Can you dig it? digpodcast.org SPIRITUALISM’S PLACE: REFORMERS, SEEKERS AND SEANCES IN LILY DALE now available from Cornell University Press
@schock.cc
Head of Research at OneProject.org. Author, Design Justice (https://design-justice.pubpub.org) + Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets. #FreePalestine. Trans agenda. She/they/ella/elle. More: https://www.schock.cc
@ericklinenberg.bsky.social
Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowlege at NYU. New book: *2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.*
@alexhanna.bsky.social
Director of Research, DAIR Roller derby athlete https://alex-hanna.com Book: thecon.ai Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k 🇪🇬⚧ She/هي 📸 @willtoft.bsky.social Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
@ipk.bsky.social
NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge. Supporting research, events, and books on issues of public concern.
@hellgatenyc.com
A news outlet owned & run by journalists covering NYC: https://hellgatenyc.com Subscribe: https://hellgatenyc.com/membership/ Sign up for our free newsletters: https://hellgatenyc.com/newsletter/
@karenstollznow.bsky.social
Dr. of Linguistics. Author. Researcher. Speaker. Host of Monster Talk. Mum/Mom. My latest book is Bitch: The Journey of a Word - Cambridge University Press - https://tinyurl.com/4f6d2257
@profparanormal.bsky.social
Parapsychologist, Educator, investigator, Author, Speaker, Mentalist, chocolatier. President of the Board of the Rhine Research Center & President of the Forever Family Foundation.
@histenvforum.bsky.social
The forum for the historic environment sector in England, supported by Historic England. http://www.historicenvironmentforum.org.uk
@biblioracle.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. Www.whytheycantwrite.com
@josephlaycock.bsky.social
I'm a religious studies professor. I study new religious movements, exorcism, and satanic panic, among other topics. https://sites.google.com/view/joseph-p-laycock/
@forbiddenhistories.bsky.social
Understanding historical complexities of science-magic relationships. By Dr. Andreas Sommer (occasionally foul-mouthed researcher, formerly at Cambridge University).
@hermetic.com
Archiving, Engaging and Encouraging the living Esoteric Tradition, Hermeticism, Aleister Crowley's Thelema, and much more through Open Access Occultism for 30 years in 2026. https://hermetic.com https://library.hrmtc.com
@nsharma100.bsky.social
Geographer|DarkTourism| Rituals|Authenticity|Sacred Spaces|Folklore|MagicalTourism|Pilgrimage| Sustainability| ailurophile. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110792072/html
@charlotte-millar.bsky.social
Lecturer in History at the University of Melbourne, works on supernatural belief, the history of emotions and print culture. Book in progress: Ghostly Emotions: Space, Satan, and the Supernatural in post-Reformation England
@catsofyore.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
@americananthro.bsky.social
Founded in 1902, the American Anthropological Association is the world's largest organization of anthropologists. Join our community at: https://americananthro.org/membership/
@contingent-mag.bsky.social
History is for everyone. Every way of doing history is worthwhile. Historians should be paid for their work. www.contingentmagazine.org
@tourismgeographies.bsky.social
An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rtxg20
@suscrockford.bsky.social
author/Ripples of the Universe (2021) | environmental and medical anthropology with a side of religion | lecturer @ University of Exeter | views my own
@lambinawoolsweater.bsky.social
Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Oberlin College|she/they Rocks, poetry, the uncanny, reality TV, ghosts.
@malcschofield.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Psychology. Researching paranormal and conspiracy beliefs. Council member, Society for Psychical Research.
@allergyphd.bsky.social
STS and Medical Anthropology, cyborgs, care, feminist theories of tech, faculty NYU Tandon, BISR faculty, she/her CYBORG: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547550/cyborg/ Food Allergy Advocacy: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517910563/food-allergy-advoca
@andreakitta.bsky.social
Folklorist, professor, author, horror enthusiast. I study the intersections of legend, conspiracy theory, and medicine and the supernatural.
@dsaarchaeology.bsky.social
Archaeologist specializing in Mesoamerica, #Pseudoarchaeology, and Appalachia . Posts my own, unless I’m a brain in a jar! He/him
@edyong209.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him 📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm Edyong.me
@profstorm.bsky.social
Professor, author, former rocker. My books: "The Invention of Religion in Japan," "The Myth of Disenchantment," and "Metamodernism" http://bit.ly/3dzW6ux
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@katemanne.bsky.social
Writer and philosophy professor at Cornell. Author of DOWN GIRL, ENTITLED, and UNSHRINKING. Writing weekly at http://katemanne.substack.com. She/her
@sabs.bsky.social
charismatic megafauna at Defector books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology) newsletter Creatures NYC 🤙 https://buttondown.com/simbler/ signal: simbler.88
@cfrc-folklore.bsky.social
Promoting and supporting research into folklore, vernacular traditions and cultural practices and performances, and expressions of communal identities across all disciplines at The University of Sheffield. Based in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
@forteanlondon.bsky.social
Strange and wonderful events since 2011 Paranormal, psychic, folkloric, fortean events. Sharing the oddest London-based news.
@tomruffles.bsky.social
Communications Officer and Council member, Society for Psychical Research. Professional member of the Parapsychological Association. Occasional blogger. I run the SPR Facebook page and X and Bluesky accounts (both @spr1882).
@odavies9.bsky.social
Historian and Folklorist. Writes books on witches, magic, ghosts, religion, and popular medicine.
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | EXORCISM (2025) | PERFORMING MAGNETISM (2026)