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@catsofyore.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Special correspondent at Vanity Fair and host of the Fast politics podcast and MSNBC
@anildash.com
that guy from the internet • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and xmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • see https://anildash.com
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.bsky.social / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
@edyong209.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him 📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm Edyong.me
@willsommer.bsky.social
Senior reporter at The Bulwark. Email: sommer - at- thebulwark.com. Signal: willsommer.38
@atrupar.com
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@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
@xkcd.com
@craignewmark.bsky.social
#nerdpatient0 craigslist founder https://craignewmarkphilanthropies.org/
@weratedogs.com
Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹 links.weratedogs.com
@philplait.bsky.social
Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com I'm self-employed so my opinions do in fact represent my company's.
@kfile.bsky.social
Reporter at CNN, Francesca, Maya, and Talia’s dad, founder of the Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund. Donate at TeamBeansFund.com to help end infant brain cancer.
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Got a tip for us? Go to: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
@rbreich.bsky.social
Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social. Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com Preorder my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
@rtraister.bsky.social
Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack.
@erininthemorning.com
Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking & content: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888 Subscribe to support my journalism and read my reporting at www.erininthemorning.com
@swin24.bsky.social
senior politics reporter @ Rolling Stone magazine // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (go Bearcats 🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social
~* Jewish American Disney Princess *~ I’m from N-E-W Jerz
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@angryblacklady.bsky.social
3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | co-host of Boom! Lawyered podcast | Editor-at-Large at @rewirenewsgroup.com | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America.
@pkrugman.bsky.social
@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@marcelias.bsky.social
Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Bode. Visit: democracydocket.com.
@qjurecic.bsky.social
I write about law, democracy, and the internet. Words in @lawfaremedia.org, The Atlantic, Washington Post Book World. It's KWIN-ta. Speaking only for myself on here. signal: qjurecic.32
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Tlönista. Shitposting merrily downward. Weird plant, cat, books lady. Sci-fi, fantasy, art, jazz, etc. Profile photo is a selfie with the bottom half of my face hilariously covered by my cat's. Banner pic is of crows in a tree.
@niemanlab.org
We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. 🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
@mmfa.bsky.social
Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
@lolgop.bsky.social
Less estranged from Elon than most of his kids. Find a protest you can join or an action you can start now https://www.reddit.com/r/onethingtodo/ THE FARCE covers American fascism and the mass mobilization against it https://www.thefarce.org/
@moiradonegan.bsky.social
Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
@ballerinax.bsky.social
I don't have a podcast. I often quip to cope. I Follow leash laws, you should too. @ballerinaX on most other places.