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@cmy-kay.bsky.social
freelance graphic designer. disabled leftist thembo. work in progress. www.kayreynoldsdesign.com/linktree
@phoebepetrovic.bsky.social
Investigative reporter & researcher chronicling threats to democracy. Then: Wisconsin Watch & ProPublica LRN. Soon: Documented. Wearer of N95s and maker of quilts.
@soljbrager.bsky.social
Author of HEAVYWEIGHT (William Morrow 2024). Historian, teacher, cartoonist. Mostly drawing comics, doing research. https://solomonbrager.com/
@chazenartuw.bsky.social
Comprehensive art museum at the University of Wisconsin–Madison • Collecting, preserving, educating • 25,000 artworks • Diverse historical periods • @chazenartuw on all social media
@see-saw.fun
punk + rock’n’roll newsletter: https://see-saw.fun/ ex-pitchfork news director, he/they ✍️: NYT, NPR Music, RS, CREEM, Alt Press + more 🎙️ see/saw radio: https://see-saw.fun/see-saw-radio/ 🎙️ punk this week podcast: https://see-saw.fun/tag/podcast/
@wigsablaze.bsky.social
@burness.bsky.social
Reporter for @boltsmag.org covering voting rights and criminal justice at the local and state levels. Previously @denverpost.com. Support local journalism. Signal: @burness.02
@eff.org
We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at https://eff.org/social. https://eff.org
@msnairport.bsky.social
The official account for the Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) - Madison WI https://msnairport.com/
@okayalej.bsky.social
APK - psychotherapist - reading the labels in your medicine cabinet. 🦐 🍓 🦀 🥭🦪 https://alejpeko.substack.com @pekoparty on Letterboxd & StoryGraph
@aligarfield.bsky.social
NY to WI to Chicago | freelance journalist | words in Cap Times, USA TODAY-Wisconsin & Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | send tips to aligarfield1@gmail.com
@aliceherman.bsky.social
Investigative reporter at https://suncoastsearchlight.org/ Signal: @aliceherman.22 Email: alice@suncoastsearchlight.org
@jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Latin American and Caribbean History @UWMadison. ✍️The Lettered Barriada (DukeUP); Puerto Rico: A National History (PrincetonUP/Planeta); A Counter-Republic of Letters (under contract w/ DukeUP). 🇵🇷 💾: https://linktr.ee/jmelendezbadillo
@pdmcdonald.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Design, Informal and Creative Education, UW-Madison. Game and play scholar, potter and dog friend.
@bwdr.bsky.social
A different lens on film: no hot takes, lots of long reads. An independent, reader-supported online film journal. Read: brightwalldarkroom.com Support: brightwalldarkroom.com/subscriptions Linktree: https://linktr.ee/brightwalldarkroom
@fullykrausened.bsky.social
ian madison, wi. midwesterner, noise table guy, obsolete media format enthusiast. sometimes i get paid to write about movies. https://letterboxd.com/fullykrausened/
@theurbanist.org
Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️ Based in the Seattle metro area. Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
@oliviawilliams.bsky.social
Former Floridian in Madison (WI) using Geography PhD to tweet about housing, community land trusts (CLTs), transit, & bicycles. ED @ Madison Area CLT, they/she/Dr.
@localmustard.bsky.social
FKA @tcb // I help newsrooms build loyal audiences // Past: @ProPublica @AustinMonitor @capgaznews // He/Him
@nyreviewofarch.bsky.social
Reviews architecture, in New York. nyra.nyc
@popheist.com
Hi. We’re Pop Heist, a worker-owned media company stealing pop culture back from the algorithm. popheist.com
@avlblade.bsky.social
Sharp journalism, analysis and perspectives without fear. Leftist news co-op based in Asheville. Read our work at: https://ashevilleblade.com Support us at: https://patreon.com/AvlBlade Background photo by Max Cooper
@theferret.scot
Scotland's award-winning investigative news and fact-checking co-op. Join us: http://bit.ly/3IFBSOt Contact us here: https://theferret.scot/contact/
@pivot.quebec
Média indépendant et progressiste, alliant rigueur journalistique et critique sociale. Nouvelles | Enquêtes | Reportages | Opinions 👉 Pour nous lire: https://pivot.quebec/ 👉 Questions/propositions : presse@pivot.quebec
@newint.bsky.social
✊ We are a worker and reader-owned independent media co-operative. 📚 Read #NI555 Critical Minerals — out now!
@newfeelingcoop.bsky.social
A cooperative of music journalists and community enthusiastically covering the sounds across so-called Canada. newfeeling.ca
@lbwatchdog.bsky.social
Local • Independent • Worker Owned Your source for reliable, fearless journalism that keeps you informed and connects you to your community. lbwatchdog.com/subscribe
@cheknews.ca
Independent & Employee-Owned News for Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Email: tips@cheknews.ca
@rangemedia.co
The Press for the People. Spokane-based, hyper-local, worker-owned independent online media. We hold the powerful accountable and empower the people! Slide into our DMs with hot news tips, or send them anonymously to rangemedia4all@proton.me
@cooperatives.bsky.social
Advocating for a democratic, equitable, and inclusive world through cooperatives, worker ownership, unions, mutual aid, and workplace democracy. 💜 People Above Profit ✊🏽 #EconomicDemocracy 🌲🌲 usworker.coop | ncbaclusa.coop | workers.coop | ica.coop
@charleshughes2.bsky.social
Writer. Teacher. Musician. Country Soul. Why Bushwick Bill Matters. Pro wrestling coming soon. No Fences Review. Wisconsin and Southern. Disabled and disorderly. He/him.
@samstecklow.bsky.social
journalist & FOIA fellow @invisible.institute indie local news cheerleader if you were really smart, you’d know what to do orlando he/him
@invisible.institute
A nonprofit journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home to CPDP.co, Beneath the Surface, and more.
@pickoffwhite.bsky.social
The California Reporting Project’s Director of Research, covering law enforcement in the Golden State. Based out of Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program. Former KQED. Nerd. Signal user
@chasesolidago.bsky.social
she/her - phd haver - 🌾🏳️🌈🌾 Ecologist - Historian - Plant Toucher
@thebadgerproject.org
We are a nonpartisan journalism nonprofit in WISCONSIN focusing on the powerful - state politics, their wealthy campaign donors, law enforcement, etc. PMs open. READ OUR WORK: thebadgerproject.org SUPPORT US: donate.thebadgerproject.org
@sheaviolin.bsky.social
Hi! I play emotions. Mostly on strings. https://linktr.ee/sheaviolin https://YouTube.com/@sheaviolin
@4starvideo.bsky.social
Madison's favorite video store since 1985 Over 20,000 titles for rent fourstarvideorental.com
@sawingsound.bsky.social
video sound installation art everywhere everywhen (web: https://oscillation.org)
@racheldl.bsky.social
Disabled artist, writer, and youth advocate. Comics and writing in The Washington Post, The Nib, Disability Visibility. #endyouthhomelessness She/Her Website: https://www.racheldl.com/
@communication608.bsky.social
Communication is a sober, all-ages arts and music nonprofit based in Madison, Wisconsin. https://communicationmadison.com
@madison365.bsky.social
Award-wining nonprofit local media outlet covering Wisconsin’s Black, Indigenous, Latino & Asian communities. Support the work: madison365.com/donate
@longlead.com
A story studio publishing in-depth journalism without compromise. Latest feature: THE LAST DROPS OF MEXICO CITY https://mexicocitywater.longlead.com/
@iznaut.com
🎮 game designer/engineer (prev Astra Logical, No Goblin, Funomena) 🏳️⚧️ trans poly bisexual she/her 📍 madison, wi 🦎 gex’s #1 fan iznaut.com
@clearwing3.bsky.social
Author: Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire. Agent: Daniel Greenberg, lgrliterary. Wisconsin native, fmr Bostonian/Roslindalian. NEH grant recipient. The House On The Rock shaped my brain. Wenc rhymes with sense
@yelyah.bsky.social
Executive Producer at City Cast Madison. I like local news, lava lamps, long nails, and emo music ✨ she/her ✨ Madison, WI madison.citycast.fm