The Apparently I Can't Stop Myself Starter Pack
People who tend to lift me out of the occasional doldrums. YMMV, of course. And that's enough lists for one day.
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@bcdreyer.social
@levostregc.bsky.social
Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
@chrisorbach.bsky.social
Actor, writer, singer-songwriter, VO artist. Husband, father, sober..and yes..son of Jerry! “I’ve been rich, and I’ve been thin..but never at the same time.”🤣
@oratonio.bsky.social
Lover of music, bugs, birds, tolerance, laughter, beauty, and David Smith-Larsen. Blythely Oratonio’s alter ego. Haters need not reply. Singer • Amateur Photographer • Imaginator • she/her/hers
@kjcharleswriter.com
She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. http://kjcharleswriter.com
@charlessoule.bsky.social
You may know me from having written something you’ve read. (Lots of Star Wars and Marvel, including LIGHT OF THE JEDI and TRIALS OF THE JEDI, Daredevil, Wolverine etc. Also my own stuff - EIGHT BILLION GENIES, UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, SHROUDED COLLEGE…)
@richterscale.bsky.social
Historian: of American religion/irreligion by training; of science & conspiracy by trade dumb jokes about smart things and smart jokes about dumb things Podcast research/factcheck: SNAFU with Ed Helms; The Reason We're All Still Here; My Fugitive, more
@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com
Guitarist w/ George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Al Jarreau & more. Founder, programmer, and janitor of Little Green Footballs. Relentless nerd. Can be rude if needed. Grew up in Hawaii, so no ac', jus' hele on, braddah. https://littlegreenfootballs.com
@damianbarr.bsky.social
Writer & broadcaster. 🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃 He/Him 📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel (Sept 2025). I’m also curating a show about them for Charleston. 📕 Maggie & Me. 📕 You Will Be Safe Here. 📺 Big Scottish Book Club on BBC iPlayer. PhD, FRSL, FRSE.
@paraicodonnell.bsky.social
Writer | The Naming of the Birds (Jan. 2025) l The House on Vesper Sands | Lives in a very small way. https://vspr.st
@lauralippman.bsky.social
Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress? I am too a Merry Sunshine.
@maudnewton.bsky.social
Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE. Most recently in Narrative, Baffler, Guardian, NYT. Opinions my own. NYC. She/her. https://linktr.ee/maudnewton
@nicolechung.bsky.social
author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW. the dog is Peggy and she loves you already. linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
@hels.bsky.social
“Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches” New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication 🍉
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him.
@ivanplis.bsky.social
Not into “fun facts.” Human editor. Pronounce me: https://ipa-reader.com/?text=i%CB%88v%C9%91%CB%90n%20pl%C9%AAs ivanplis.com
@aristofontes.bsky.social
Teacher, Latinist. Neither the son of true believers nor of good reputation. Once translated Marcus Aurelius, but I don't speak for him. (Neither of us speaks for UVA.) Minor outlying island. Can serve briefly as a boat. He/him.
@calebcrain.bsky.social
Into #birding, #CrossFit, and sometimes writing. Wrote the novels "Necessary Errors" and "Overthrow" More at https://calebcrain.substack.com and https://steamthing.com. New short story! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/clay-fiction-caleb-c
@questingvole.bsky.social
[indistinct chatter] @spectator lit ed. Author of The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
@owasow.bsky.social
Asst Prof, UC Berkeley, Political Science. Study protests, stats & race: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of
@spavel.bsky.social
Raised gifted; non-practicing. 🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/him
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social
Antifa goat dairy and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We make cheese and trouble. Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
@numb.comfortab.ly
Principal software engineer. AWS/CDK/TypeScript. Interests: Pink Floyd, Star Trek, coding, biking, VR, cats. Not necessarily in this order. @anydoubts.bsky.social is my better half.
@sorayanadiamcdonald.com
I write about culture, history, and power. Pulitzer finalist for criticism. currently: working on a book previously: The Undefeated, WaPo (Pre-Bezos, mostly) she/her | sorayanadiamcdonald.com
@kashana.bsky.social
TV writer. Author of the novels THE SURVIVALISTS and THE PAYBACK (July 2025). Deadly with a butter knife. Preorder THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
@gregpak.net
Rhymes with "rock." Call your reps (reps.fyi) & help your neighbor. #DidThisToday Comics writer, filmmaker, photographer. PLANET HULK, MECH CADET YU, LAWFUL. He/him. gregpak.fyi (this account is me in sweatpants. @gregpak.com is me in chinos lol)
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@paulduane.bsky.social
Irish filmmaker. Fuck thart, faigh amach. All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree. “An Irish folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast) “It’s filled with dread!” says @kermodemovie.bsky.social He/him. https://linktr.ee/paulduane
@tomasjmurray.bsky.social
Lean left • Irish • Tom is fine • Far from home • Full-time carer now • Fond of cats, jazz, old films, paintings, poetry, stout, & Sylvia • Sylvia most of all Jazz in Isolation: https://tinyurl.com/3bvnbyfb
@jbax.bsky.social
@sailert.bsky.social
Acts on stage. Reads books. Watches things. Walks my dog. Rural Minnesota. IG: @sailert Newsletter: dazzledgratitude.substack.com
@mathewlyons.bsky.social
Writer, historian. FRHistS. Recent work: History Today, The Spectator, Slightly Foxed, New Humanist, Engelsberg Ideas.
@decentfilms.bsky.social
Film critic, Catholic deacon, theology teacher, father of 7. Not in that order. NYFCC member. Please follow/subscribe at greydanus.substack.com! Also at decentfilms.com
@stephenfarrow.bsky.social
Writer, reader, grammarian, shower singer, theatre addict, news junkie, eyeball-roller. European. Powered by Vimto. Love language, hate sushi. #FBPE Void where prohibited. Cannot be successfully delivered to your location. Please think responsibly.
@gayerthanthou.bsky.social
Gayer than the average bear. Always looking for innundo. Luckily, the papers are full of it. #TCMParty #IfIHadADime
@brianbergstrom.bsky.social
Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG March 2025: UNUSUAL FRAGMENTS July 2025: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto Spring 2026: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal) IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
@arrantpedantry.com
Editor • Writer • Linguist • Ironic meta-pedant • Villain • Cat person Blog: https://www.arrantpedantry.com Merch: https://arrantpedantry.myspreadshop.com
@eggsbened.bsky.social
Cultural talk and typing. And singing. Biographer of Stephen Sondheim. Variety, London theatre critic. The Stage, Associate writer. Tristram Hawkshaw in The Archers. Somewhat gay.
@ivacheung.com
Certified Professional Editor • cookbook indexer • plain language trainer • mental health researcher • contributor to Midlife and Midlife No. 2 (midlifebook.ca) • she/her • www.ivacheung.com • #LyricsPrompt prompter
@kevinddaly.bsky.social
Theatre Aficionado/Writer/Raconteur. Researcher for the Tony Awards telecast. Tea Enthusiast. Alleged short king. Soprano Connoisseur. Raised on TCM. He/Him.
@danziger.bsky.social
OED researcher. Professor, film and American Studies. Writer. I expect to die without seeing the Jets win the Super Bowl.
@tripleblip.bsky.social
Busting out my brains for the word. 1/3 of the podcast An Embarrassment of Prog. Asst. to The Amazing Sargasso. Editing things @WSJBooks. Opinions dumb, and my own.
@fritinancy.bsky.social
Name developer, writer, lapsed journalist, bay swimmer. Born in Los Angeles, semi-rooted in Oakland, California. “Queen of retail rabbit holes.” https://fritinancy.substack.com/
@irishlittimes.bsky.social
Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne @gerardbeirne.bsky.social
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
Photographer, writer, two time winner of the Portrait of Britain. My book ‘Outsiders’ documenting homelessness is available from Bluecoat Press. My website is https://marcdavenant.com
@martynwendell.bsky.social
Senior associate editor, The Bulwark. American in Canada, writer. Dad newsletter: https://martynwendell.substack.com/
@jonathanlhoward.bsky.social
I write novels & games. Johannes Cabal, Carter & Lovecraft, THE SHADOW ON THE GLASS for "Call of Cthulhu," Russalka, Kyth the Taker, Goon Squad, co-wrote BROKEN SWORD I-III, principal writer on ATOMFALL. All my fault. Sorry. UK. Portrait: Small Robot
@nathandunbar.bsky.social
Reader/reviewer. Tall. Bookseller by profession, Humanist at heart. Bluesky Elder. Support Trans 🏳️⚧️ lives. 📍Chicago If your bio screams "NO DMS" please do not follow me. You do not understand how to use settings.
@conradbarrington.bsky.social
Postin’ pics of the stars of yesteryear, so you don’t have to
@brianjayjones.com
NYT bestselling biographer and big mouth, now coming to you from the wilds of New Mexico. Come for the Muppets, Star Wars, and Dr. Seuss; stay because I make a mean cocktail. Up next: the U.S. Capitol. Find me at brianjayjones.com. He/him. Go Lobos.
@deannaraybourn.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author. I still believe if I spin fast enough I’ll turn into Wonder Woman. She/her. https://www.deannaraybourn.com
@levistahl.bsky.social
Editor of The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany and The Daily Sherlock Holmes. Marketing Director at the University of Chicago Press. Board member of the Uptown People’s Law Center.
@mjmimages.bsky.social
A Breton boy eating sauerkraut? Impossible. [contemporary art, poetry, dance, film, & fashion] instagram: mjmimages
@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social
Film critic; NSFC, NYFCC. Bylines at Criterion, Sight & Sound, Noir City, my own Substack, and wherever fine film geeks are found. https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/
@isaacbutler.bsky.social
Cultural critic and historian, author, podcaster, non-Zionist Jew. Co-host: CHARM OFFENSIVE. Writer: THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
@russbengtson.bsky.social
for real it's just slang rap democracy // sneakers, bikes, hoops, arsenal, mets // “a history of basketball in 15 sneakers” OUT NOW // former SLAM Ed // first dot last at gmail // AI sucks
@colindickey.com
Writer of books, most recently Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy. Also Ghostland, The Unidentified, Afterlives of the Saints, Cranioklepty. He/him.
@jakevig.bsky.social
Playing like a champion. Just my stuff: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4biy4v5nhe6h2wh25oveas64/feed/aaanqkdaizoek
@sarahweinman.com
Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Author, SCOUNDREL and THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN. Next nonfiction book (November 2025): WITHOUT CONSENT http://www.linktr.ee/sarahweinman
@jasondashbailey.com
I write about movies. https://www.jasondashbailey.com/ GANDOLFINI Book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/gandolfini_9781419767692/ GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC podcast: pod.link/1274489817 Letterboxd @jasondashbailey
@mitchellepner.bsky.social
Attorney, former AUSA, father, husband, former JBLC, long-time Knicks fan and occasional talking head https://mitchellepner.substack.com/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/mitchell-epner
@elongreen.bsky.social
Edgar Award-winning author, LAST CALL (2021) and THE MAN NOBODY KILLED (out now) http://www.elongreen.com
@angus.bsky.social
CUNY prof. Historian of, and advocate for, student organizing. @studentactivism from Twitter.
@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
Honorary Ziegfeld Girl Honorary IATSE Local 1 Jersey girl banner 📸Christopher Calkins
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Journalism: New York, NYTimes Style Mag, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
@nameshiv.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in @strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net.
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
What noisy cats are we. Author of THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024). He/him. Author site: armoxon.com Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
@samthielman.com
Sam Thielman | Seen NYT Book Review, New Yorker, Slate, Flaming Hydra foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | 741.5 (Comic books, strips, etc.) | NC>Brooklyn | cat subordinate | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE with Sean Howe forthcoming from HarperOne
@nigella.bsky.social
Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
@lindaholmes.bsky.social
Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Oh God, I should probably be doing one of my jobs right now.
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. celesteng.com
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
@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.
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics. email max@kennerlylaw.com
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editor® author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his • abstruse in the sense of recondite • 🏳️🌈 benjamindreyer.com