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@erikhoffner.bsky.social
Editor, photojournalist & award-winning podcast producer for nonprofit news outlet Mongabay. Member of Society of Envi Journalists & Vermont Center for Photography
@rfcorg.bsky.social
Helping the children of targeted progressive activists and targeted activist youth since 1990. Founded and run by the family of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and Abel Meeropol. Learn more and support us: www.rfc.org
@pagankennedy.bsky.social
Author of "The Secret History of the Rape Kit" and 11 other books. Contributor to NY Times, Atlantic, New Yorker, etc. Former "zine queen" of the 1990s.
@andrewqmr.bsky.social
MA-based independent journalist. Wrongful convictions, police misconduct, and public records. Newsletter: https://andrewqmr.substack.com/ Email: aquemere0@gmail.com #FreeKilmar
@gretajochem.bsky.social
Investigations editor at The Springfield Republican. Runner and potter by night. Western Mass. she/her.
@abolisheconomics.bsky.social
assistant professor of "economics" at a liberal arts college. phd economics umass-amherst. interested in (critical) political economy, abolition, "care", workers inquiry, and raccoons. 🦝 posts are mine. http://anastasiacwilson.com/
@jongerhardson.bsky.social
Journalist in western Massachusetts. Using 'ai' to report on the Chicopee City Council at skynet-times.blogspot.com. Freelance elsewhere: https://muckrack.com/jonathan-gerhardson/articles https://jonathangerhardson.substack.com/ He/him's opinions
@malmeida.bsky.social
He/Him/His. Physics & Math teacher out in Western Mass. You'll also likely be subject to me regularly bringing up social justice-related things, music, and probably the Celtics. Oh and bread.
@kellynoonan.bsky.social
I used to write for Reductress and McSweeneys but can only seem to write in tiny boxes like this one these days. I live in Western, MA and tell mom jokes.
@romancastavet.bsky.social
Freelance journalist with bylines in The Shoestring and Daily Hampshire Gazette. Failed library trustee candidate. Guy who watches a lot of movies.
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@dustyc123.bsky.social
Indy journalist | Investigations editor at The Shoestring | Contributor at New England Public Media | Teaching future muckrakers at UMass Amherst and Smith College first dot last @ protonmail dot com
@shelbyyy-xo.bsky.social
writer + editor 📝💻 • reporter in western massachusetts • :: inconsistent artist :: hobby photographer :: https://theshoestring.org/author/shelby-lee/
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app