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The Signal approaches current events in a spirit of curiosity—free of ideology and with a globally diverse slate of contributors. Here are just a few people who we have spoken with ...
@dwdriver.bsky.social
Professor at the US Army War College. Transatlantic relations and European security. Views posted here are my own.
@bookshop.org
A better way to buy books online 📖 Every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️
@kristenmeinzer.bsky.social
Culture critic. Royal watcher. Podcast host: #HowToBeFine, #ByTheBook, #DailyFail, #MovieTherapy. Author: So You Want to Start a Podcast. kristenmeinzer.com
@davidkusnet.bsky.social
Was chief speechwriter for President Bill Clinton. Author: Love the Work, Hate the Job; Speaking American. Co-author: America Needs a Raise; To Build New York:100 Years of Infrastructure. Posts are my own.
@maryrziegler.bsky.social
Historian/Guggenheim '23-24/6 books, including Dollars for Life and Roe: The History of a National Obsession. Bylines in the NYT, Atlantic, CNN, MSNBC, and Slate.
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social
Writer: Bulwark, Newsday, others. Former Soviet Jewish American gal. Otter afficionada. You know the drill.
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@reporterrwright.ft.com
Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles. "I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org Senior Fellow, Brookings Author, #DogShirtDaily Host, #DogShirtTV Purveyor of mischief. Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
@hkatewilliams.bsky.social
Editor at The Londoner ~hannah@the-londoner.co.uk Freelance arts and culture at the New Yorker/FT/Atlantic/Granta/Guardian etc etc ~h.katewilliams@gmail.com
@marcweitzmann.bsky.social
French writer, author of « Hate the rise of antisemitism in France » and of a bunch of 12 other books in French, regular contributor to #Tablet Magazine, contributor to The NYRB, the Atlantic Le Point, Le Monde, host the weekly radio show Signes des Temps
@emilyctamkin.bsky.social
Writer, reporter, editor, all-around delight. Work lots of places. Author of THE INFLUENCE OF SOROS and BAD JEWS. Working on new book on Holocaust remembrance. Don’t yell at me. emilyctamkin@gmail.com. emilyctamkin.substack.com.
@lancestrate.bsky.social
Author, Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University, President of the Institute of General Semantics, Founder of the Media Ecology Association
@abstoddard.bsky.social
@bipisci.bsky.social
A weekly science radio show hosted by astronomer Seth Shostak and journalist Molly Bentley | Linktree: http://bit.ly/3GAzFVo
@orensegal.bsky.social
Senior Vice President, Counter-Extremism & Intelligence. Host, extremely podcast. 60% of my body is coffee. Basketball junkie. Views my own.
@dansavage.bsky.social
Host of the Savage Lovecast, author of Savage Love. "A deviant of the highest order!" — The Daily Caller
@claudia-sahm.bsky.social
macro, fiscal, Fed. creator of the Sahm rule recession indicator. Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM) Substack.
@natansachs.bsky.social
Brookings Institution Senior Fellow & Director of Center for Middle East Policy. Views my own. https://linktr.ee/natansachs
@six18sfoundry.bsky.social
Stories, poems, essays. Posts & pics on my peeps: Piero, Fra A, Nabokov, Ozu, Tanaka, Pasolini, Sirk, Varda, Demy, Dickinson, Rilke, Loy, Jameses. Love the friendly connecting with everyone. www.six18sfoundry.com Grab your copy of Junk Birds!
@alanrozenshtein.com
Law professor @umnlawschool.bsky.social. Senior editor and research director @lawfare.bsky.social. Nonresident senior fellow @brookings.edu. Former DOJ. alanrozenshtein.com
@brianros1.bsky.social
Scholar, Editor, Commentator. Lots of politics, lots of sports, & some dog pics too. brianrosenwald.com
@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social
Staff writer, The Atlantic. Teller of stories, troller of Nazis. Newsletter: theatlantic.com/newsletters/sign-up/deep-shtetl/ Music: bit.ly/azyashir
@lesja.bsky.social
reproductive justice for all, solidarity forever. demographer, asst prof of research at CU Boulder, inveterate and not particularly professional poster. на носу очки, а в душе осень
@mijrahman.bsky.social
Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London office, Eurasia Group. Formerly HM Treasury and European Commission. Senior Research Fellow, LSE European Institute. ECFR Council Member. My views. Seeking analytical truth https://www.eurasiagroup.net
@jpuglierin.bsky.social
Foreign policy nerd, especially interested in European security & transatlantic relations. Head of ECFR Berlin. FirstGen. Soft spot for Claire Underwood.
@mpolikoff.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Educational researcher focused on curriculum, assessment, accountability, public opinion, and the impact of COVID on education. Professor at USC Rossier. Co-director of USC EdPolicy Hub. These are my views, not those of my employer. 🏳️🌈
@markpitcavage.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow & Policy Adviser, ADL Center on Extremism. Historian, long-time expert on right-wing extremism & terrorism. Long-lost scion of Sidney Greenstreet. My own views only.
@helaineolen.bsky.social
A woman with many opinions, all my own. American Economic Liberties Project/contributing columnist MSNBC. Previously: WaPo, Slate. LA/NYC.
@philnel.bsky.social
👨🏼🏫 Prof. he/him. 📚 Books on children's books & comics: https://philnel.com/writing/books/ 📷 IG: thephilnel 🐘 Mastodon: @philnel@mastodon.green 🎵 Spotify: thephilnel 🐦 Twitter (deleted acct in 2022): @philnel
@smw.bsky.social
Current: Co-Executive Director @AINowInstitute | Former: Senior Advisor on AI @FTC | She/her
@pollsterpatrick.bsky.social
I am he as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together. https://stimsight.com
@timmiller.bsky.social
Host of the Bulwark Podcast MSNBC political analyst. Punching bag on FYPod with Cameron Kasky. Church of Jokic. Nola Dad. Weak and Gay.
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Local tosser Books author (New: Stroll!) Toronto Star column writer Spacing Magazine co-founder U of T instructor Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place. Links to books, etc: https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼
@smettler.bsky.social
Political scientist. Thinking about democracy, rural-urban divide, inequality.
@nmalhotra.bsky.social
Edith M. Cornell Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Opinions my own.
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Chair of Political Science, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center.
@mlallouet.bsky.social
Mostly into Russian politics | Project manager @coruscant-eu.bsky.social |mlallouet.com/ | To get in touch: morvan.lallouet[at]gmail.com co-author: "Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future?" | FR/EN/RU | how to pronounce my name: mɔʁvɑ̃ lɑluɛt
@george-lakoff.com
Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Editor at large, The Bulwark. Director, Defending Democracy Together. Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol. Never Trump.
@mtkonczal.bsky.social
Econ person. Director of Policy and Research, @economicsecurityproject.org. Former NEC. #Rstats, dad, Chicago Guy.
@keitnerlaw.com
International law / international relations / human rights / national security. Giving social media one more try.
@jonathankay.bsky.social
Polisci PhD student at Stanford researching IPE and climate change