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@data.ft.com
The FTโs team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories. https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@aendra.com
Creator of ๐ฐ News feeds, @xblock.aendra.dev, @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green. Opinions my own and usually terrible. Not a journalist (please don't tag me). she/her/ze/hir ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ aendra.com ๐ป github.com/aendra-rininsland
@robdelaney.bsky.social
@brianstelter.bsky.social
Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
@greatdismal.bsky.social
Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from โKill Switchโ, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
@melissagiragrant.com
staff writer, The New Republic // A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) out in 2026 // PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) // member, NewsGuild of NY ยป email: melissa@melissagira.com ยป press releases/lists: mggrant@tnr.com ยป Signal: melissagira.01 (link below)
@mjsdc.bsky.social
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Dad to one toddler and several other animals.
@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
@marisakabas.bsky.social
journalist / founder @ thehandbasket.co email: MKwrites4000@proton.me signal: https://signal.me/#eu/VssgH88q6WQu7MtH5wF-08JdgWh4iAPWD13eXiOcXQNGdZUXijJBZInD-UtLJKFG venmo: venmo.com/u/Marisa-Kabas ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marisakabas
@pattymo.com
cannot stress enough that I am not the Train guy. cohost, @whatatimepod.bsky.social whatatimepod.com
@laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Freelance writer, editor & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
@lewisgoodall.com
Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12. Website: lewisgoodall.com Email: lewis.goodall@global.com Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@wagatwe.com
antirape activist turned theorist and educator. I make and analyze media. proud bunny mama. she/hers ๐ฐ๐ช๐ง๐ธ twitter.com/wagatwe wagatwe.com
@techconnectify.bsky.social
I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now. he/him https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
@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.
@annaleen.bsky.social
bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers bylines: New Scientist, Washington Post, etc. pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic โย and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Tlรถnista. 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.
@chanda.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof.: Theoretical Cosmology and Particle Physics โ๏ธ ๐ญ & Black Feminist Science Studies ๐งช Writer ๐: #DisorderedCosmos #EdgeOfSpaceTime #CosmosIsABlackAesthetic Web: chanda.science all Black/all Jewish. queer/agender/woman. Posts by/for me๐๐ฝ
@aftermath.site
Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture. www.aftermath.site
@mattdpearce.com
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct) https://mattdpearce.substack.com
@mobydickatsea.bsky.social
Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
@xychelsea.tv
@tomwarren.co.uk
Senior Editor @theverge.com โ Sign up to Notepad, my weekly newsletter on Microsoft's big bets at http://theverge.com/notepad โ Tips? msg me on Signal: tomwarren.01
@jduffyrice.bsky.social
i write things and think about prisons. i live in atlanta. i read a lot.
@nigella.bsky.social
Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
@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
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social
Founding executive editor of Heatmap News. Contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times. Cohost of the Shift Key podcast.
@theradr.bsky.social
Rabbi/award-winning author. ๐ฑSacred + justice newsletter (100% NAZI-FREE!): LifeIsASacredText.com Newest ๐ON REPENTANCE & REPAIR: MAKING AMENDS IN AN UNAPOLOGETIC WORLD. ๐ฅCollective liberation or bust. she/her
@kendrawrites.com
What's the opposite of apocalypse? Trying to chronicle that. Climate reporter based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. Tips? Reach me on Signal kendrawrites.04
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social
Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com Book: A Creature Wanting Form www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form Music: www.nohopenoharm.bandcamp.com Massachusetts
@404media.co
it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
@unicornriot.bsky.social
Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editorยฎ author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) โข Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) โข he/him/his โข abstruse in the sense of recondite โข ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ benjamindreyer.com
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social
Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels BBC Newsnight ๐ฅ Ukrainecast ๐ง And Then Came Breast Cancer ๐ง BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
@katelynburns.com
Freelance journalist. MSNBC and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host. Formerly: Vox For story leads, my signal is kab.80
@carolvorders.bsky.social
Hello lovelies. This is my official account.. ๐๐ Glad to be over here from the "other place"๐ It's like breathing clean air again ๐๐ผ
@hellgatenyc.com
A news outlet owned & run by journalists covering NYC: https://hellgatenyc.com Subscribe: https://hellgatenyc.com/membership/ Sign up for our free newsletters: https://hellgatenyc.com/newsletter/
@smashfizzle.bsky.social
Author of the bestselling memoir, Somebodyโs Daughter. Podcast host. I deserve it all. https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
@carlzimmer.com
NYT columnist. Signal: carlzimmer.31 web:carlzimmer.com AIR-BORNE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE LIFE WE BREATHE https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793/air-borne-by-carl-zimmer/ [This account includes a tweet archive]
@aiannucci.bsky.social
Words and smiles. BBC Sounds Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Also, Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social
@iwriteok.bsky.social
I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
@caffeinemike.bsky.social
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