Tori Smith Ekstrand
Private account. Professor, Media Law, UNC-Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Media. Former AP exec. Speaking for myself and not UNC. Never institutionally neutral. Often "yes, and." #academicfreedom
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@tinavasquez.bsky.social
Immigration Reporter & Features Editor @prismreports.org | co-founder @theflytrapmedia.com | tina@prismreports.org
@drkevinrmcclure.com
Associate Professor of Higher Ed | Co-Director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges | Columnist at The Chronicle of Higher Education (Working Better) | Author of The Caring University (JHUP, 2025)
@miriamposner.com
Asst. prof. at UCLA Information Studies, ask me about supply chain tech! Labor, data, DH, etc. www.miriamposner.com
@elizabethbitmeehan.com
Transparency, regulation, business & interest group politics, and polisci metascience. Run @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG. Go 'Cats. Always a Midwest Princess 👑
@karenattiah.bsky.social
Global. Columnist at Washington Post. Artemis = feline guardian. Rogue Radical Professor at Resistance Summer School Join the Fall Waitlist for Race, Media and International Affairs 101! https://forms.gle/6LoPuLUUjPT6Tang8
@fishkin.bsky.social
Law prof @ UCLA. I study equality and oligarchy. Most recent book @ https://anti-oligarchy.com
@mergerson.bsky.social
📍 Journalism professor, University of Maryland 📕 PhD from Rutgers 🌪️ I study weather journalism 🌪️ Former NWS intern 🏛️ Also study journalism history, trust in news, and the well-being of journalists 🏛️ Formerly at Brookings
@actioninhighered.bsky.social
Free Higher Ed Now!: A Day of Higher For the Common Good. Join us on April 17, 2025. https://www.dayofactionforhighered.org/
@protectdemocracy.org
We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit group working to prevent authoritarianism. This account is owned and operated by Protect Democracy United. Follow us on other platforms ➡️ https://protdem.org/m/stay-connected
@epopppp.bsky.social
Professor @ a large Midwestern univ. Wrote a book about economists + policy, one about academic science + policy. Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906. I support 🏳️⚧️ rights.
@angus.bsky.social
CUNY prof. Historian of, and advocate for, student organizing. @studentactivism from Twitter.
@lisatozzi.bsky.social
Everything’s going to be just fine. Now go upstairs, pack your bags. We're going to begin a new life under the sea Executive Digital Director, Rolling Stone I sometimes write things https://www.rollingstone.com/author/lisa-tozzi/ Signal: @lisatozzi.44
@unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chapter of the American Association of University Professors. https://unc-ch-aaup.org
@saracuster.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief @insidehighered.com | Okie in DC | She/her | Human servant to greyhound Neville | #highered | #academicsky | #scifi
@newseye.bsky.social
A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism or racism. Credit the source. Use ALT text :-)
@grubstreetwomen.bsky.social
Professor-turned-librarian; my digital humanities is usually analog; often seen with two dogs and a lot of yarn; she/they 🏳️🌈 views my own
@mattcameron.bsky.social
Boston's most annoying immigration lawyer. Podcasting on Opening Arguments (@openargs.bsky.social), writing at http://deportnation.com/ Triple Gemini. Chaotic Good. Despair is not an option.
@pickardje.bsky.social
Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
@lavidagata.bsky.social
Iowa-born, NYC-influenced, Spain living. Former sports journalist working in sustainability. Runner, traveler, pro-democracy, love to read. My own opinions. Signal @Democracy.23
@gilduran.com
California writer. Ida Tarbell stan. Beat: tech fascism, billionaire extremism, meta narratives, network state, crypto cartels. Writes: The Nerd Reich: http://www.thenerdreich.com FrameLab: http://www.theframelab.org “Don't judge a taco by its price.”
@bechamilton.bsky.social
Law Prof at AUWCL |Exec. Editor at Just Security |Mama of 4 fab young ppl |Fmr Washington Post, Reuters, International Criminal Court| Atrocity prevention, tech, climate |Proud #firstgen | Open water swimmer|
@scamperbeasts.bsky.social
Sugar, Spice and Smudge, and occasionally guest animals and humans.
@kjephd.bsky.social
Political theorist studying democracy, ethics, & institutions. Author of Democracy for Busy People (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo194847654.html); more at kevinjelliott.net. Generally poasting my way through this thing
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy. "This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
@nc-science.bsky.social
Using the collective power of North Carolina scientists to advocate for data-driven policymaking 🧬 🦠 🔬 🧪 linktr.ee/nc.science
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
@zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Ed Project: Teaching People’s History offers free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook. Coord. by non-profit orgs @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
@carlbergstrom.com
UW biology prof. I study how information flows in biology, science, and society. Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk I don't like fascists. he/him
@anthonymkreis.bsky.social
Law professor and historical political scientist 📍Atlanta, Georgia Author of Rot and Revival: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper Carolina Tar Heel & Georgia Bulldog Studying constitutional law and American Political Development
@internethippo.bsky.social
@timolue.bsky.social
Senior communications and advocacy expert. Focus on freedom of expression, humanitarian assistance and digital rights.
@seiupres.bsky.social
International President of the Service Employees International Union
@juddlegum.bsky.social
I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47 | Text: 202-599-7124 Popular.info
@kayethornbrugh.bsky.social
Reporter, Coeur d’Alene Press. Covering Kootenai County government, crime and courts, higher ed in North Idaho and more. Contact: kthornbrugh@cdapress.com
@mcopelov.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, UW - Madison. Jean Monnet Chair, 🇪🇺 & the Global Economy. International political economy, IR, & global finance. Politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
@avindman.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/WH Staff. Doc of International Affairs. Senior Fellow, FPI SAIS, JHU. NYT Best-selling Author.
@adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social
Philly. First Amendment lawyer at FIRE. Licensed in CA, PA. Opinions my own.
@robertgarcia.bsky.social
Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, urbanist, progressive & proud American 🏳️🌈
@kimzetter.bsky.social
Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon Signal: KimZ.42 https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Zero-Day-Stuxnet-Digital/dp/0770436196 https://www.zetter-zeroday.com
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
UALawSchool |MSNBC & NBCNews |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
@stheil.bsky.social
Public law, human rights, & constitutions at Cambridge, Fellow of Sidney Sussex College: www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/s-theil/6578 Current research on free expression and doctrinal methods. Book: Towards the Environmental Minimum.
@normeisen.bsky.social
Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Executive Director of State Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com 👇 - TN (posted by Team Norm)
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and Jan. 6