Robert Nagle (aka idiotprogrammer)
Texas-based Blogger, Author and Founder of Personville Press ( https://www.personvillepress.com/ ) Mastadon: https://booktoot.club/@nagletx My blog: http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/
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@canarymedia.com
Canary Media is an independent, nonprofit newsroom covering the transition to clean energy and solutions to the climate crisis. 🔗 canarymedia.com
@motherjones.com
Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪 Join our people-powered nonprofit newsroom: motherjones.com/subscribe
@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social
Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
@peterwsinclair.bsky.social
Videographer. Climate/Energy Comms. Sun101.org, Wind101.info, Thinc.blog . NCSE Friend of the Planet 2017. Working to speed deployment of clean energy in the Heartland. This is the front line of Climate Action.
@acyn.bsky.social
Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com Clips made with SnapStream Internet Hooligan...
@kenjennings.bsky.social
Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of 100 PLACES TO SEE AFTER YOU DIE (bit.ly/3kLgJKO) and a bunch of other stuff. OMNIBUS co-founder (patreon.com/omnibusproject).
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney
@lisabetsarai.bsky.social
Optimist. Sensualist. Author, editor, belly dancer, Aquarian, humanitarian, ailurophile. Imagination is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
@philosophicaldave.bsky.social
Professional Storyteller. Amateur Philosopher. Volunteer big brother, loaner dad, and/or good-crazy uncle. Bigfoot Buddha cryptid in training.
@pematson.bsky.social
Award-winning journalism editor and writer, speculative fiction reviewer and podcaster, lover of games, music, audiodramas, wordplay and more. (She/her) https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciamatson
@nathantankus.bsky.social
President of Notes on the Crises Inc. (crisesnotes.com) Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books email: crisesnotes(at)gmail(dot)com Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting... Okay on weekends you can confess crushes)
@elienyc.bsky.social
Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law. Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
@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
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social
Tracking autocratic legalism around the world from Princeton University.
@madverse.bsky.social
This profile is toast. Follow me here: micropoetry.bsky.social MadVerse.com poem poet poetry book Dada Surrealism experimental Beat haiku nature wildlife animals Boulder Denver Colorado kindness Christus Super Omnia
@danburt.bsky.social
Writer (humor, horror, haiku, senryū), runner, and reader. Auburn University Montgomery alumnus. World's oldest wunderkind. USAF veteran. Left-handed.
@susankayequinn.bsky.social
Spec Fic author | PhD Environmental Engr | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ I write hopeful climate fiction and solarpunk. Host: Bright Green Futures podcast, stories to build a better world. https://linktr.ee/susankayequinn "AI is a lying machine made out of crimes."
@prestonwrites.bsky.social
Author and geek. Always up for talking about the writing craft. Current WIP: scifi novel Robot's Prisoner. Ask me how the writing is going.
@michelledahlenburg.bsky.social
Podcast producer & applied theatre artist. Instructor at Texas State University. Story Producer with Mortified Austin. Certified Story Facilitator with Leadership Story Lab & StoryCenter. Host/Producer of the podcast WHERE SHOULD I LIVE? - coming in 2025.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
UALawSchool |MSNBC & NBCNews |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia, member of @TheEmmys. I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to. Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@juddlegum.bsky.social
I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47 | Text: 202-599-7124 Popular.info
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/ Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
@mtobis.bsky.social
PhD atmospheric/oceanic sciences 1996 but a bit rusty. Opinionated. Main topics: climate, sustainability, Canada, AI and ML, media. Also: roots music, art, healthy plant-based food. Please think like a planet! https://initforthegold.blogspot.com
@spocko.bsky.social
Brain in a box. Half Human Half Vulcan. Just want a Piece of the Action. Blogger at Digby's Hullabaloo http://digbysblog.net Crooks & Liars https://crooksandliars.com https://spockosbrain.com SF, CA, USA, Section 0.1.1 @spocko@mastodon.online @spockosbrain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
U.S. Navy veteran and veteran journalist based in Houston, Texas. Socials: linktr.ee/kenfountain
@jwillinghamtx.bsky.social
Novel The Last Woman TCU Press 08/15/2025. Fiction, essays in Southwest Review, Texas Observer online, Religion Dispatches, History News Network, San Antonio Review, SW Historical Quarterly, etc. Exploring flash fiction. Austin-ish www.johnwillingham.net
@chippringle.bsky.social
From Louisiana, currently living in Texas. Former USAF. Likes to cook, drink, travel and bitch about politics. In short, a man of no particular importance. Oh yeah, no DMs please and thank you.
@doctorvive.bsky.social
Founding Director, End Climate Silence Author, *The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It* genevieveguenther.com
@davetroy.com
Publisher and Editor, America 2.0. Baltimore/Washington. Pilot, chef, coder. america2.news Signal: davetroy.69
@thenation.com
Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: http://subscriptions.thenation.com.
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
What noisy cats are we. Author of THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024). He/him. Author site: armoxon.com Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
@scottsemegran.com
Award-winning Writer. Rep: Mark Falkin at Falkin Literary. Latest book: STARMAN AFTER MIDNIGHT. Previous: THE CODGER AND THE SPARROW. https://scottsemegran.com
@kurteichenwald.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author, former senior writer at New York Times and Newsweek (when it was good)
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@clivethompson.bsky.social
Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Journalist with Wired / New York Times Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Built https://weird-old-book-finder.glitch.me
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@amywestervelt.bsky.social
Award-winning investigative climate reporter. Ida Tarbell stan. Run Drilled.media, Critical Frequency, former co-host of Hot Take (RIP), contributor to lots of places. She/her/ella in 🇨🇷. Got a lead? Signal: adubs.78. Protonmail: amy@drilled.media
@greenlitcrit.bsky.social
Literary Critic. Author, Beyond the Beyond the Blurb: On Critics and Criticism. Proprietor, The Reading Experience. https://www.thereadingexperience.net/