Talia Lavin
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A mix of smart, funny, thoughtful and interesting people I think are cool!
@faitherinhicks.bsky.social
Eisner Award winning writer & drawer of comics. Exhausted Canadian, here to talk about Star Trek & other things that I love. www.faitherinhicks.com
@leahstokes.bsky.social
Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly 🇨🇦 Gardener 🌱 leahstokes.com
@untonuggan.bsky.social
angry mast cells (HaT and #MCAS) + #POTS + neurodivergent. ♿ queer. white. emperor of typos. brain fog zone ⚠️. they/them 🎶 iii'm still masking 🎶 working on porting more of my body science infodumps and such to: liminalnest.wordpress.com #NEISvoid
@krhawkins.bsky.social
Senior Legal Analyst for the Constitution Project at @pogowatchdog. Trying to annoy CBP for rights violations as badly as I used to annoy the CIA. Personal account; views are my own, etc.
@felipedlh.bsky.social
Life’s a bitch and then you die | NY Daily News editorial board member, NYU lecturer, half of BORDER/LINES, immigration wonk, other hats Personal photography at Instagram.com/nycfelipe
@nicolefoy.bsky.social
investigative reporter & fellow covering immigration, labor and more for @propublica.org signal: nicolefoy.27 spare time: fighting for more Latinos in news with Voces Internship of Idaho vocesinternship.com
@melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Reporter at @ProPublica.org interested in immigration and labor. Based in Chicago. Also a fan of parenting memes.
@lastwater.net
Drawer, painter, illustrator, whistler Images of water history and domestic life he/himmish lastwater.net banner: oil painting of pink sky over Umatilla lands
@twirlynoodle.com
Animator, teacher, making a graphic novel serial of The Worst Journey in the World. "Commendably insane" – Francis Spufford | patreon.com/tealin | worstjourney.com
@manohladargis.bsky.social
Tree hugger, childless cat lady, lover of animals and some humans, I write about movies for the New York Times. Member of the Times Guild, which is represented by the NewsGuild of New York.
@harrysaddler.bsky.social
Wrote a book about a bird (the Eastern Curlew, 2018), a river (A Clear Flowing Yarra, 2023), and a global existential crisis or three (Questions Raised By Quolls, 2021).
@adambecker.bsky.social
Author, journalist, astrophysicist. He/him. @FreelanceAstro on the bird site. New book out now: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about horrifying and implausible futures pushed by tech billionaires. Words in NPR, NYT, BBC, SciAm, Quanta, and more.
@faizsays.bsky.social
Washington Post tech journalist writing a lot about Elon Musk, Twitter, Tesla. My book HUBRIS MAXIMUS: The Shattering of Elon Musk (St. Martin’s) is in stores NOW! How to buy: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/hubris-maximus-9781250327178/
@lorak.bsky.social
reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@nbcuni.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla (some climate tech startups). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
@jacobsilverman.com
Please preorder my next book GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY Signal: jacobsilverman.99 jacobsilverman@gmail.com www.jacobsilverman.com
@liznorell.bsky.social
Political scientist, teacher, faculty developer, writer, bibliophile. I already love your dog(s). Opinions are mine. #ActuallyAutistic Out now, my book <The Present Professor>! https://www.oupress.com/9780806194691/the-present-professor/
@arorzoff.bsky.social
research administrator and independent historian. Opinions are mine, not my employer's. After work: hiker, mom, writer, reader. Brecht: “When the times darken/ Will there be singing even then? /There will be singing even then. /Of how the times darken.”
@quinnslobodian.com
Historian of bad ideas. Out now: HAYEK'S BASTARDS: https://bookshop.org/p/books/hayek-s-bastards-race-gold-iq-and-the-capitalism-of-the-far-right-quinn-slobodian/21814849?ean=9781890951917 quinnslobodian.com
@katherinefranke.bsky.social
Avid flyfisher & lover of penguins. James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia Law School (retired); Founding Director, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law. Author of Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition, and Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality.
@garethwatkins.bsky.social
Writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Tribune, Vulture, MEL, New Socialist. Host of Death Sentence podcast.
@threadotweets.bsky.social
All the tweets I love, a few I hate. A few skeets too! Posted individually this time instead of threaded Posting in large batches, pls address complaints to dennisbhooper Alt text added but reply w/ additional description as you see fit. Also bluesky @‘s
@hottycouture.bsky.social
Fashion Historian. NEH Public Scholar. Working on a biography of the best fashion designer you've never heard of. Also me: @wornonthisday.bsky.social
@finger-post.blog
I write about the Franklin Expedition and other parts of history heavy on the “doomed” and “ill-fated” side of things. I also enjoy petting cats in Victorian cemeteries. Humanitarian. She/They. #MDANT. #NUJ. #NoTerfs. https://finger-post.blog
@hebagowayed.bsky.social
Sociology Prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
@paisleystars.bsky.social
Sometime wanderer. When not wandering, probably north of you. Wildlife photographer (they/them)
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas "the oldest learned society in Texas established in 1837," TAMEST, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
@evamolinaflores.bsky.social
i write about science + culture + everything else. phd candidate in the history of science @Princeton. she/her/hers. otherannapurnas.substack.com
@belaltaisser997.bsky.social
I am belal taisser from Gaza. Every donation to my family creates a new opportunity and a better life. I hope everyone will support us.❤️🩹 🔴“Wafaa Taisser is my sister.”❤️ https://gofund.me/7bd10c56
@starshine.bsky.social
Socialist::Tolkien::Expanse::History Movies::Art::Plants::Games Ian Hackingpilled queer eepy lil guy🚰🏳️⚧️↙️↙️↙️ discord:queer_starshine She/they New tolkien quote of the day everyday five(ish) days of the week i RS a lot of mutual aid posts some nsfw🔞
@sarahbpolar.bsky.social
Polar artist and illustrator Arctic Circle AiR '22 Shackleton Autumn School AiR '23 Founded Polar Artists Collective '24 Polar Book Club '25 www.barnardpolar.com
@thewillennium.bsky.social
affable nerd, cranky leftist, lapsed theater maker and games critic
@lexiatwork.bsky.social
I sell books for fun and theoretical profit always on the cusp (sun signs, generatons, diagnoses) she/her
@sarahmpicks.bsky.social
Historian of exploration, extreme environments, material culture + outdoor gear. Hist. sci & med PhD, editor at Endeavour, History of Anthropology Review, and Global Maritime History. I unpack packing. She/her. www.sarahmpickman.com
@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist and professional nerd. Asst Prof, University of Alaska Anchorage. queer af, they/them. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✡️ jfmclaughlin.org
@terrorcamp.bsky.social
Polar Exploration Lectures & Learning • December 6-8, 2024 • Contact: command@terror.camp #terrorcamp2024
@tchotchke.bsky.social
community editor @atlasobscura.com + fandom + media + tech + history + polar exploration + the libidinal pleasures of obsession newsletter: tchotchke.substack.com website: allegrarosenberg.com
@stacyhorn.bsky.social
Writer. My book, The Killing Fields of East New York, about white-collar crime and the rise in murder in Brooklyn, came out in Jan. ‘25. www.stacyhorn.com
@jwrex742.bsky.social
Writer, gamer, wood worker, Shadowrun player and GM, podcaster, cat person (who knew?), and dreamer. (He/him. Support your local neurodiverse, unions matter.) On the various places with the various names.
@thevivllainous.bsky.social
She/Her 🍉 Clownery is the best medicine Bluesky is where I post my nonsense✨
@nfornihilism.net
nullcore. why be a human when you could be an elf? I'M A LIBRARIAN. my neighbour's cats are my best friends. my hair is blue. on gadigal land. always was, always will be.