Tamar Haspel
James Beard winning WaPo columnist writing about food & science, author of TO BOLDLY GROW, gentleman oyster farmer.
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Science, food, & climate
This is a highly personal eclectic list of some of the people I enjoy and learn the most from. I've been afraid to make it because I'm going to leave people out, but I love other people's starter packs so I hope this is useful.
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/) 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him.
@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
@nixrust.bsky.social
Climate, land, agriculture & nature: science, policy, comms & delivery Research Leader @ Ostara Ex WWF, IIED, Defra, CCC IUCN member Striving to build a better future for people & the planet #ActuallyAutistic
@s-fromartz.bsky.social
@greenleejw.bsky.social
Surprised historian, not surprised eels. Doctor of medieval history, talking’ about eels, history, maps, and the Spaniel. Alt-text artist. I draw custom maps on commission: https://surprisedeelmaps.com/ Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
@drtedros.who.int
Director-General of the World Health Organization. Reposts are not endorsements.
@mollytaft.com
disaster lesbian on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.76. mollytaft.com
@genoways.bsky.social
• Author of Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico • Senior editor at the Food & Environment Reporting Network Editor of Switchyard • President's Professor of Media Studies at the University of Tulsa tedgenoways.com
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
@upshot.nytimes.com
Data, charts, analysis and games from The New York Times: nytimes.com/upshot
@psychunseen.bsky.social
Academic psychiatrist at UCSF and author of the Psych Unseen blog at Psychology Today and the book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True (Oxford University Press, 2025) drjoepierre.com
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Editor at large, The Bulwark. Director, Defending Democracy Together. Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol. Never Trump.
@whitneybauck.bsky.social
Freelance climate journalist reporting @ the Guardian, Grist, WaPo, Bloomberg, etc Print editor @ Atmos Particularly interested in agriculture, transit, waste, culture + fungi whitneybauck.com
@monicahesse.bsky.social
Writer of columns for The Washington Post, and novels for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
@carolinehaskins.bsky.social
reporter @WIRED.com caroline_haskins@wired.com Signal: carolinehaskins.61 https://www.wired.com/author/caroline-haskins/
@frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
@danamilbank.bsky.social
Washington Post columnist. Author of "The Destructionists" and "Fools on the Hill." Hapless farmer.
@dylanmackayphd.bsky.social
Dad | #T1D my pancreas is on my phone | Assistant Professor of #NutSky and Chronic Disease | Newfoundlander in Winnipeg | Deutscher | Clinical Trialist | ADHD | he/him | Old man playing Rocket League | views my own
@democracydocket.com
Leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts. Find filings, news and analysis: democracydocket.com Sign up for our free newsletters: https://hubs.ly/Q03jcjCC0
@marcelias.bsky.social
Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Bode. Visit: democracydocket.com.
@billweircnn.bsky.social
Covering the fate of Life on Earth for CNN The Wonder List with Bill Weir is now streaming on Max and LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (CAN BE) is available from your favorite bookseller.
@tangentsafari.bsky.social
I post about South Carolina politics, some #Climate #Ag #NewMexico and views into my strange life. #scpol I grow food on purpose and do politics by accident. Former party chair and so on. Public school parent. My eyesight is failing. Expect typos.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@ajamesgreen.bsky.social
Ebikes, data, medicines, behaviour change, communication, wine, food. Alleged health psychologist Lead of @iscycle.bsky.app www.ajamesgreen.com www.iscycle.ie
@danieljdrucker.bsky.social
A clinician scientist at LTRI @sinaihealth studying Glucagon, GIP, GLP-1, GLP-2, diabetes, obesity, metabolism and the gut endocrine system
@drpeterlurie.bsky.social
President of @cspinet.org, America’s food and health watchdog. Previously: FDA, Public Citizen, and HIV policy research.
@ediblecommunities.bsky.social
Network of 80+ independent regional food magazines telling powerful stories, changing lives.
@tomphilpott.bsky.social
Research associate at the Center for a Liveable Future at JHU in Baltimore. Author of Perilous Bounty. Former food politics writer for Mother Jones (2011-2022) and Grist (2006-2011)
@pdxoliveoilguy.bsky.social
he, him old fart seller of olive oil & salt bean & cabbage lover recovering food writer Portland, Oregon sign up for our newsletter at https://wellspentmarket.com/ @jamesedixon on IG more recipes at https://www.wweek.com/food/
@marciabrown.bsky.social
Journalist covering food and agriculture at POLITICO. marciabrown@politico.com Past: The Capitol Forum and The American Prospect. DC based, Ohio raised. Signal: marciagbrown.68 Protonmail: mgb19@proton.me
@jbakcoleman.bsky.social
Research Scientist at the University of Washington based in Brooklyn. Also: SFI External Applied Fellow, Harvard BKC affiliate. Collective Behavior, Statistics, etc..
@megwilcox.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering environmental science, agriculture, food systems and tech innovation. Words at EHN, Civil Eats, SciAm, Boston Globe, Trellis Group, Ensia and more. SEJ, NASW member. Megwilcoxcommunications.com
@cgardnerphd.bsky.social
Stanford Nutrition Scientist since 1993. Human nutrition. Food systems. Stealth nutrition. Father of 4 boys. Husband of @melissamichelson
@johnspeakman4.bsky.social
Scientist interested in energy balance - hence obesity and aging. Running labs in China (Shenzhen) and Scotland (Aberdeen). Co_EIC life metabolism. Also likes photography: especially wildlife.
@neurograce.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Psychology & Data Science @ NYU | Working on brains & climate (separately) | Author of "Models of the Mind: How physics, engineering, and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain" http://tinyurl.com/h9dn4bw7
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@janinagrabs.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sustainability Research at University of Basel, PhD in Political Science. Sustainable food systems and global value chains; ☕ ,🌴,🌳
@pcronald.bsky.social
UC Davis #rice geneticist & co-author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic #Farming Genetics & the Future of #Food. TED talk. My lab studies #immunity #stress & #plant-microbe interactions. #scicomm
@prometheusgreen.bsky.social
ITIF life sci guru (https://itif.org/person/val-giddings/), professional skeptic, biotech expert, policy wonk, beekeeper, lover of wilderness. will travel miles for dark night skies. opinions my own.
@civileats.com
Award-winning news and commentary about the U.S. food system. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://civileats.com/newsletter/
@foodfoundation.bsky.social
We're a charity presenting solutions to achieve a sustainable food system which delivers health and wellbeing for all. 🍏🥕🍅🥬🍊🍎🥗💚 - https://linktr.ee/FoodFoundation
@publichealthguy1.bsky.social
personal account. shares/likes ≠ endorsements. all opinions my own.