Problematic Faves Starter Pack
Problematic faves, the worst of Bluesky [Note for those who read the article: this is ironic humour poking fun at this site's political and cultural leftward tilt, and the hostility of many of its users towards anyone to the right of, say, Jeremy Corbyn. The title alludes to PMB's own podcast]
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@alejandromanevich.bsky.social
@alanrozenshtein.com
Law professor @umnlawschool.bsky.social. Senior editor and research director @lawfare.bsky.social. Nonresident senior fellow @brookings.edu. Former DOJ. alanrozenshtein.com
@hpluckrose.bsky.social
Still just wanting you to value evidence-based epistemology and consistently liberal ethics. Despairing a bit now, though.
@jessesingal.com
Journalist, co-host of Blocked and Reported, author of The Quick Fix and an upcoming book on youth gender medicine. Mostly just asking questions. More info: JesseSingal.com
@stephenmarche.bsky.social
Novelist, essayist, AI optimist. Death of an Author, The Next Civil War, On Writing and Failure.
@prossertj.bsky.social
Professor of European political economy, Cardiff University. Essayist. Dislikes partisans, likes paradoxes. Author of two books with Manchester University Press.
@hananiarichard.bsky.social
Subscribe to the newsletter for the thoughtful stuff. www.richardhanania.com
@spencerguard.bsky.social
Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at Modern War Institute & Madison Policy Forum Author of Connected Soldiers Understanding Urban Warfare johnspenceronline.com
@tednordhaus.bsky.social
Founder and Executive Director Breakthrough Institute. www.thebreakthrough.org. An original ecomodernist.
@ionaitalia.bsky.social
🇬🇧🇮🇳🇦🇷Parsi 🔥 Based in Sydney. Local? Get in touch. Managing Ed, @quillette.bsky.social ✍🏼 occasionally at Substack, The Second Swim ❤️ Chess, tango, gymnosophism, 🐕 Pro 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 Duplicate of X account. Here once a week.
@jonrauch.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, unlicensed epistemologist. Brookings and The Atlantic. Please be sane, BlueSky.
@jvl.bsky.social
Editor of The Bulwark https://www.thebulwark.com/ Host of a Secret Podcast. Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
@johnpaulpagano.bsky.social
I write about bad ideas in politics. Focus on #conspiracism. #Antisemitism is a conspiracy theory. Bylines: The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Jewish Daily Forward, Tablet Magazine Substack: johnpaulpagano.substack.com
@johnibbitson.bsky.social
Columnist at The Globe and Mail. Editor: A Nation’s Paper. Author: The Duel, Stephen Harper, The Landing. With Darrell Bricker: Empty Planet, The Big Shift.
@jj-mccullough.bsky.social
Award-winning Canadian YouTube man who has not won any awards.
@kph3k.bsky.social
Psychology prof & behavior geneticist. Author of THE GENETIC LOTTERY (2021) and ORIGINAL SIN (coming 2026).
@portraitinflesh.bsky.social
Writer, blogger, Welsh. @portraitinflesh on Tw*tt*r. Contact me at aigtban@gmail.com.
@hoffmanbruce.bsky.social
Proud 🇺🇸✡️ & Zionist who has been studying terrorism & insurgency for nearly 5 decades and is a senior fellow @CFR.org. My own opinions. Re-postings are not necessarily endorsements.
@guruspod.bsky.social
Decoding the Gurus Podcast. Email at: decodingthegurus@gmail.com. Support the pod at: https://patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus
@ckava.bsky.social
Cognitive Anthropologist/Social Psychologist. Norn Irish in Japan. Junior co-host of Decoding the Gurus. Interested in conspiracism, extremism, & religion/ritual psychology.
@claireberlinski.bsky.social
Elite creds. Interesting jobs. Writes books. Good-looking. If you like my feed, you'll love the Cosmopolitan Globalist: http://claireberlinski.substack.com
@susannajrustin.bsky.social
Guardian journalist; author of Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Londoner
@nickcohen.bsky.social
British journalist and author Read me on Substack https://nickcohen.substack.com/
@martinanav.bsky.social
Skier, parent, basketball player, traveling expert and a damn good tennis player:)
@hannahsbee.bsky.social
Associate Editor & Writer @NewStatesman; Author, Baillie Gifford & Orwell shortlisted “Time to Think” http://bit.ly/TimetoThinkBook; Formerly @bbcnewsnight
@legalstyle.co.uk
A web-log on legal style, with a focus on England & Wales. Also home of the ‘In the Privy Council’ podcast and the novelty @tritelaw.bsky.social account. Editor: Mr Elijah Z Granet @ezgra.net. Web: legalstyle.co.uk ; e-mail: editor [at] legalstyle.co.uk
@manniefabian.bsky.social
Times Of Israel military correspondent | BGU alum | hmu: mannie@timesofisrael.com | http://mann.ie
@thebadstats.bsky.social
@thinkwert.bsky.social
The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction, while the spiders of math are wiser at the courses of deduction.
@historyboomer.bsky.social
Same guy as Twitter. Liberal, free speech, hate mint, love open debate. Go America! Go pirates! (Not the team; the guys with eye patches.)
@jewishwonk.bsky.social
Columnist for the Forward. U.S. Foreign Policy and Jewish communal concerns. Bylines in The Atlantic, Washington Post, & Tablet Mag. All bad takes are mine alone.
@mrandrewfox.bsky.social
Defence, Middle East and disinfo research fellow. Former Paratrooper & Sandhurst senior lecturer. Published in Telegraph, Spectator, Spiked, NY Post, Tablet.
@ianleslie.bsky.social
Coming in Spring 2025: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available for pre-order now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
@jaketapper.bsky.social
Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to our two dogs.
@legalmusings.bsky.social
Barrister. Commentator. Visiting Prof @ Durham University. Former parliamentary lawyer & special adviser UK Parliament (JCHR, EU, Women & Equalities; International Agreements). Musings on law, politics & restaurants . Personal views. 🇬🇧🇧🇪🇮🇱 📍LDN/BX
@daverich1.bsky.social
I write about antisemitism. Latest book: Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism Is Built Into Our World & How You Can Change It. X/Twitter at @daverich1, but maybe not for much longer. Substack at 'Everyday Hate'.
@nicolelampert.bsky.social
Journalist writing about politics and arts, mother, book-lover. Jewish feminist and social media addict. Londoner.
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press). Researcher, infolit/misinfo/rhetoric/civic reasoning. Currently researching AI as tool for critical thinking.
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social
Writer: Bulwark, Newsday, others. Former Soviet Jewish American gal. Otter afficionada. You know the drill.
@orinkerr.bsky.social
Professor, Stanford Law School. Author, The Digital 4th Amendment: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
@profgalloway.com
Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
@enbrown.bsky.social
Senior editor at Reason, covering sex, speech, tech, justice, prohibition & panic. Cofounder of Feminists for Liberty. Adjunct at the University of Cincinnati journalism school | gmail or protonmail: elizabethnolanbrown
@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.
@matthewholehouse.bsky.social
British political correspondent at The Economist. Comment journalist of the year, British Journalism Awards 2023.
@conradhackett.bsky.social
Demography nerd at Pew Research Center Global religious change, sociology
@senatorshoshana.bsky.social
@rstreet.bsky.social Institute Digital Director and Fellow on occupational licensing reform, Section 230, social media regulation, 1A. Marmots, mountaineering, sewing, sloths. Want to be here more, just so much to do! :( bit.ly/SenatorShoshana
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal, wosoc. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
@aricohn.com
First Amendment & defamation lawyer. Now: Lead Counsel for Tech Policy at @thefireorg.bsky.social Former: Free Speech Counsel at @TechFreedom.org Illini/music junkie/oofnik. “A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.” https://linktr.ee/aricohn
@schraubd.bsky.social
Sometimes lawyer. Sometimes law professor. All the time awesome. Associate Prof. at Lewis & Clark Law (con law and anti-discrimination). http://dsadevil.blogspot.com
@maxboot.bsky.social
CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. maxboot.net.
@acoyne.bsky.social
Explorer, founder of Lachine, seigneur of Cataracoui, discoverer of the mouths of the Mississippi.
@davidfrum.bsky.social
Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things. Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario. Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com DMs open to followers
@ritchietorres.bsky.social
Congressman (#NY15). Born and bred in the Bronx. Grew up in poverty. Product of public housing. https://Torres.nyc/
@thehonestbroker.bsky.social
undisciplined scholar and recovering academic @AEI @DNVA1 @CUBoulder @UCL | Subscribe to The Honest Broker ➡️ http://rogerpielkejr.substack.com
@defaultfriend.bsky.social
big art bell fan. internet culture reporter all over & default.blog
@danielsugarman.bsky.social
Jewish. Incoming Deputy Editor of the Jewish News. Resh Galuta of Bluesky. Regular entrant on the NY Times Bestseller List of Unpublished Books. All opinions are mine.
@shikhadalmia.bsky.social
President, Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism. Founder @ismapolicy.bsky.social. Editor, The UnPopulist www.theunpopulist.net. Classically liberal. Hate dogmas, esp my own. Rightwing populism is the threat of our time to liberal democracy.
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@razibkhan.bsky.social
Genetics. Evolution. History https://www.razibkhan.com https://www.razib.com
@shaielb.bsky.social
Hoping for a more connected and empathetic world. Host of the Israel Explained YouTube channel and the History of the Land of Israel Podcast.
@marshalederman.bsky.social
Columnist, The Globe and Mail Author, Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed Vancouver, Canada
@henmazzig.bsky.social
Israeli. Author: The Wrong Kind of Jew. Son of Amazigh + Iraqi Jewish refugees. Founder The Tel Aviv Institute. Seen/Words: NY Times, LA Times, CNN, NBC, BBC, Sky & more.. 🏳️🌈🇮🇱🕊️
@sethamandel.bsky.social
Father of the six Irishest Jewish kids on earth. Executive Editor, Washington Examiner Mag. Previous: @nypost, @Commentary. @bethanyshondark is my better half
@minzlicht.bsky.social
Professor (michaelinzlicht.com), Podcaster (www.fourbeers.com), Writer (www.speakandregret.michaelinzlicht.com)
@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social
Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion. Sustack: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/
@cartoonshateher.bsky.social
Social dynamics and online culture from the hybrid mind of a terminally online-normie mom https://www.cartoonshateher.com
@lionelpage.bsky.social
Director of UQ Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences. Editor of the Journal of the Economic Science Association. Book: ‘Optimally Irrational’, Substack: https://www.optimallyirrational.com/
@timharford.ft.com
FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
@petestrzok.bsky.social
26 year FBI and Army veteran. Georgetown School of Foreign Service adjunct professor and alum. NYT/WP bestseller: Compromised
@kschake.bsky.social
Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of Safe Passage, contributing writer at The Atlantic. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
@jadler1969.bsky.social
Father, Husband, LawProf, guy with opinions; @chkbal co-founder; @volokhc.bsky.social contributor; Law before policy before politics; Philly sports always; 'the cowbell of Twitter'-N. Schulz typos are part of the brand.
@avishaybsg.bsky.social
Normative Theory of Civ-Mil especially under democratic backsliding | Liberalism Rekindled Postdoctoral Fellow @Hebrew U | Ruderman Scholar in Residence and Senior Researcher at the INSS | Napper extraordinaire | Kartofellophile
@ldfreedman.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
@bernybelvedere.bsky.social
Senior Editor @TheUnPopulist.net. Executive Director @ismapolicy.bsky.social. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷
@arthurcdent.bsky.social
Australian, professor, statistician, Senior podcast co-host. “The heart and soul of Decoding the Gurus”. I really do know where my towel is
@phoebebovy.bsky.social
https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com Writing a book about straight women for PRH Canada. Opinion ed., The Canadian Jewish News, and contributor columnist, The Globe and Mail. Half of Feminine Chaos, host of The Jewish Angle.
@tfolkman.bsky.social
New empty-nester. Lawyer in Boston. Private international law and business litigation. Publisher of Letters Blogatory (since 2011!)
@benryanwriter.bsky.social
🔬Health & science reporter: New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NBC News, The Guardian, NY Sun, The Nation, NY Post. http://www.benryan.net 🔹 https://benryan.substack.com 🔹Columbia grad🔹
@markpmancini.bsky.social
Administrative law, statutory interpretation, prison law, wiener dog enthusiast
@conor64.bsky.social
Omni-American, staff writer at TheAtlantic, founding editor of The Best of Journalism