Lydia Polgreen
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
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@eunicegoes.bsky.social
Political scientist at @RichmondUniLdn. Interested in parties and ideologies and quite a few other things. More of a fox than a hedgehog.
@warren.senate.gov
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
@joedunman.bsky.social
Asst. Prof @Louisville Law (torts, writing, religion, employment) Former: Mng. Attny @Ky. Comm. on Human Rights, prof @MoreheadState, and lawyer for KY plaintiffs in Obergefell. Scholarship: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2147917
@katelynburns.com
Freelance journalist. MSNBC and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host. Formerly: Vox For story leads, my signal is kab.80
@transjournalists.org
Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. https://linktr.ee/transjournalists Support us: bit.ly/tja_donate
@timdickinson.bsky.social
I cover the rise of extremism for Rolling Stone (aka @7im on X) Portland, Oregon Send tips via Signal: Tim.415 tim.dickinson (at) rollingstone dot com
@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
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy
@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
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@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.
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
@beccalew.bsky.social
Postdoctoral scholar @ Stanford. I research the history of the right in Silicon Valley and online. Email me at beccalewis@protonmail.com. She/her
@qasimrashid.com
Human Rights Lawyer • Author • Dad Jokes • SirusXM Host • Creator of Let's Address This: qasimrashid.com/subscribe
@esqueer.net
Transgender Menace 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her. Sometimes anti-social, always anti-fascist.
@samanthsubramanian.bsky.social
Words in the Guardian, the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, and others. Books on fish, Sri Lanka, and JBS Haldane. Newsletter: http://samanth.substack.com
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social
dottore, ingegnere, avvocato When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from @fsgbooks https://www.unpopularfront.news/
@mininghistory.bsky.social
Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa. More on https://duncan.money Contact: duncanmoneyhistory@proton.me
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
NYT Columnist, visiting professor at Lipscomb University, Chautauqua Perry Fellow in Democracy. Married to @nancyfrench.bsky.social. Iraq vet, Grizzlies fan, born in War Eagle Country and raised in Big Blue Nation.
@liam-stack.bsky.social
NY Times reporter currently in Tel Aviv, but usually in NYC. Formerly Cairo, and a few other places. Khawaga-at-large. Brand new to BlueSky. Liam.stack@nytimes.com
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@angryblacklady.bsky.social
3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | co-host of Boom! Lawyered podcast | Editor-at-Large at @rewirenewsgroup.com | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America.
@prisonculture.bsky.social
co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, etc...
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist and author of ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ 🏴 big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. my books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913 my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@nyreviewofarch.bsky.social
Reviews architecture, in New York. nyra.nyc
@nplusonemag.com
n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics. nplusonemag.com
@thebaffler.com
Political and cultural criticism. Since 1988. Online and in print. https://thebaffler.com/
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
@thedialmag.bsky.social
The world’s little magazine: www.thedial.world Sign up for our free, weekly newsletter: https://world.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=fa0db972b23592ba13703c3a8&id=bee50569eb
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
Founded in 1946, Jewish Currents is a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left. Subscribe today! jewishcurrents.org/subscribe
@thefence.bsky.social
Facts, features, fiction, etc. Buy a subscription to the UK's Only Magazine here: https://www.the-fence.com/shop/
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
A delightful print magazine of politics and culture. Like the New Yorker, but readable. Making life joyful again. https://linkin.bio/currentaffairsmag
@bostonreview.bsky.social
A magazine of ideas, politics, and culture, committed to the power of collective reasoning and imagination to create a more just world. Independent and nonprofit since 1975. SUBSCRIBE: bostonreview.net/memberships DONATE: bostonreview.net/donations
@helleborezine.bsky.social
Small press devoted to #FolkHorror, #folklore, #magic and the #occult in Britain. World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist. Founder/editor: @mjpcuervo.bsky.social. 🌍 Now shipping worldwide from www.helleborezine.com
@vqr.bsky.social
An award-winning national magazine at the University of Virginia. Established in 1925. vqronline.org Weekly email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hiepvn Weekly poetry newsletter: http://eepurl.com/ilfAh1
@outdoorswimmer.com
The world's most beautiful outdoor swimming magazine. Immerse yourself in inspiring stories, safety and technique advice, swim spots and gear reviews. https://outdoorswimmer.com
@afterdinnerconversation.com
Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers. Links: https://bio.site/afterdinner
@dintywmoore.bsky.social
Editor of Brevity, a small magazine with big ambitions. Author of various books. Often can't decide if I am posting as myself or as the magazine.
@theappeal.org
We are a worker-run newsroom reporting on the harms of the criminal legal system. You can support our work here: https://theappeal.org/donate/ Sign up for our newsletter: https://theappeal.org/newsletter-subscribe/
@thebeliever.net
A quarterly literature, arts, and culture magazine. https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-believer-subscription-bm4 thebeliever.net
@azuremagazine.bsky.social
AZURE is an award-winning magazine with a focus on contemporary architecture and design. Launched in 1985.
@melissaryan.bsky.social
I want to help build a world where we can all do our work, share our stories, and live our lives free from hate, harassment, and harm. Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/ Work with me: hello@inviolablegroup.com
@sulliedsubjects.bsky.social
Communist, Muslim, Puerto Rican Independista, Star Wars Stan. On the right wing of the impossible.
@sarahrosewriter.bsky.social