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@delaneynolan.bsky.social
Freelance journalist in NOLA. The Guardian, The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, Sierra, etc Debut novel HAPPY BAD out Oct 14 (Astra House)
@joeyneverjoe.bsky.social
Investigative journalist covering policing, prisons, protests, and surveillance. Documentary photographer. Called an “activist journalist” by LAPD Signal: joeyscott.05 www.joeyscott.xyz
@empowermentave.bsky.social
A collective committed to the radical act of fairly paying incarcerated writers + artists for their work. Build with us: hello@empowermentave.org
@octoberk.bsky.social
freelance sociologist, writer, facilitator, editor. they/them. organizing with Detroit Peer Respite & Abolitionist Book Club. proud union member Freelance Solidarity Project & Rutgers PTLFC-AAUP-AFT. https://www.octoberk.com on signal: @freeze.16
@realcatbrooks.bsky.social
Executive Director, Justice Teams Network and @aptpaction.bsky.social | Host, Law & Disorder on KPFA Radio | Organizer, Strategist, Columnist, Artivist, and Playwright, Director and Actress | catbrooks.org
@hasanabirepeater.bsky.social
i stream everyday on twitch.tv/hasanabi - tiktok+ig: hasandpiker // business: mailto:Hasan@night.co (unofficial, this is a bot! Maintained by @yjb.bsky.social, the bot can't handle retweets, video, and maybe a few other things)
@damon.kiesow.net
Knight Chair in Journalism at Mizzou. Authored first textbook for News Product Management. Previously: Director of Product at McClatchy. Big @newsproduct.org fan.
@kataduncan.bsky.social
Visual journalist and editor. Los Angeleno, traveler, rescuer of dogs, hoarder of books, lover of libraries. RJI Director of Innovation @InnovationRJI.bsky.social
@innovationrji.bsky.social
Reynolds Journalism Institute team exploring practical innovation for community-centered journalism. Fellowships, programs, tools, workshops + more! bit.ly/rjiteam Innovation hub: bit.ly/innovrji Insta: instagram.com/innovationrji
@cornellwmbrooks.bsky.social
Prof., Harvard Kennedy School V. Prof., Harvard Divinity School 18th NAACP president & CEO Attorney & 4th Generation Minister For speaking: http://unitedtalent
@lewispants.bsky.social
evidence-based transgender writer. fellow at interrupting criminalization. author of the view from somewhere: undoing the myth of journalistic objectivity (university of chicago, 2019) and radical unlearning (forthcoming from beacon press, 2025)
@dfriedman.bsky.social
Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67
@safety.bsky.app
Sharing updates about trust and safety on Bluesky. This account’s mentions are not actively monitored. To report a post or account, use the in-app reporting feature. Community Guidelines: https://bsky.social/about/support/community-guidelines
@jay.bsky.team
CEO of Bluesky, steward of AT Protocol. Let’s build a federated republic, starting with this server. 🌱 🪴 🌳
@jennpozner.bsky.social
Media critic, journalist, anti-racist feminist Author: Reality Bites Back **Media literacy graphic novel coming soon! Founder: Women In Media & News Speaker: DM to book keynotes/workshops Commentary:ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/MSNBC/VICE Comedy nerd Brooklyn She/Her
@davey.bsky.social
Bloomberg tech reporter / Google, Big Tech, misinfo / https://daveyalba.com / ask for my Signal
@timcarvell.bsky.social
Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals.
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
@katiephang.bsky.social
Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok https://linktr.ee/katiephang?utm_source=linktree_admin_share “Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
@kashhill.bsky.social
Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology & people done wrong by A.I. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@theatlantic.com
Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@famm.org
FAMM | Helping transform America’s criminal justice system by uplifting the voices of impacted families & individuals. RTs & likes ≠ endorsements
@arimelber.bsky.social
Host of MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber” https://arimelber.substack.com
@innovatingjustice.bsky.social
Building community justice in partnership with communities, courts, and the people most impacted. Learn more: https://www.innovatingjustice.org/
@afj.org
Building power, transforming courts, securing justice for all https://linktr.ee/allianceforjustice AFJ.org
@justicedragon.bsky.social
Executive Director National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. National trial lawyer and lecturer. Defender of Liberty.
@transequality.bsky.social
Fighting for legal and political rights of transgender people in America. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/transequality
@nlada.bsky.social
Advancing Civil and Criminal Justice since 1911 https://www.nlada.org/
@napdie.bsky.social
#NAPD is the Professional Association for post primary Principals & Deputy Principals in the Republic of Ireland #leadership info@napd.ie
@marclevin.bsky.social
Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice. Advancing public safety, individual liberty, and equal justice for all.
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@markanthonyneal.bsky.social
Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
@jacobware.bsky.social
Research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement. https://www.amazon.com/God-Guns-Sedition-Far-Right-Terrorism/dp/0231
@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist | alleged "left-wing commie-god" | Higher ed, critical pedagogy, some 18th-19th c. history | Wrote: https://wvupressonline.com/node/823 | Sports takes included for no extra charge. he/him.
@stschrader1.bsky.social
cops, counterinsurgency, the cold war, & the color line | author of Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing
@hilaryagro.bsky.social
Resources here! ➡️ linktr.ee/hilaryagro Anthropology PhD candidate at UBC. I think capitalism is bad and dr*gs are good. Land Back. Is Gaeilgeoir mé 💚 she/her
@elimeyerhoff.bsky.social
building new worlds in the shell of the old / trusting kids / abolition / decolonization / Free Palestine! / anti-Zionist, diasporist Jewishness / https://abolition.university / Beyond Education: Radical studying for another world / http://elimeyerhoff.com
@atlantajustice.bsky.social
🖤❤️🖤 Activists, Allies, and Accomplices Stop Cop City. Justice for Tort. 1312. ACAB. Free Palestine. Human rights. BLM. Direct Action>Compliance. Fuck off if you disagree. The Marshall Rancifer Memorial Mutual Aid Project
@joshuabhoe.bsky.social
Sr. Policy Manager at Dream.Org, Host of the Decarceration Nation Podcast (on hiatus). Formerly Incarcerated. Registrant
@ajdouglas.bsky.social
political theorist at morehouse | latest books = http://bit.ly/mlkcrc + http://bit.ly/duboisccs | future book (maybe) on philosophies of money in the black radical tradition | marathoner | posts ≠ employer
@diegoalcalapr.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Law, Afro-Latino, abolicionista, Puerto Rico será libre, teaching criminal law and criminal procedure while researching surveillance, law, technology, and decoloniality. Creando un mejor mundo con @amartinez-orabona.
@alankessler.bsky.social
Attorney. Activist. Public records, transit, bikes, and abundant housing.