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@financialtimes.com
The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis. https://www.ft.com The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
@internethippo.bsky.social
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
@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
@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 » email: melissa@melissagira.com » press releases/lists: mggrant@tnr.com » Signal: melissagira.01 (link below)
@aedwardslevy.bsky.social
Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
@gailsimone.bsky.social
Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds Cyclops is so great I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
@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
@amandamull.bsky.social
Senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek, covering consumer culture. Georgia native, Georgia Bulldog. Opinions mine.
@jimmyfallon.bsky.social
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
@joekatz45.bsky.social
Democracy is like exercise. You can't do it once every four years and complain when you don't see results. Pro-edit button. "Soros-backed." He/him. Activist. Linktree.com/joekatz45.
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Chair of Political Science, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center.
@huffpost.com
⚡️Fair and fearless reporting since 2005.⚡️ Got a scoop? Send us news tips here 🔍 https://tips.huffpost.com
@josie.zone
NYT-bestselling, Hugo-finalist authoress of RINGMASTER and TRUE BELIEVER. Upcoming: HOLLYWOOD FREAKS. Judeo-Tranarchist exile. She/her. Married to @sirosenbaum.bsky.social. Avatar by Leela Corman. https://neokayfabe.com/ מִדְּבַר־שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
@altcdc.altgov.info
A collective of public health experts. Resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within. Not an official CDC account—but close enough for transmission. Proudly #AltGov Tips -> Signal: altcdc.99
@gelliottmorris.com
data-driven journalist. author of STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, the book: bit.ly/3OWqEqR and the Substack: www.gelliottmorris.com/welcome. formerly ABC News/538 & The Economist. proud custodian of a small community garden plot.
@deanbaker13.bsky.social
Economist at the Center for Economic Research. Father to two dogs.
@leftatlondon.com
google “pills and good advice left at london” i think you’ll rly like it. I must be Nat the way that I Puff… Musician. Former idiot. Public Universal Frenemy. I’m the unhappy lesbian your grandfather warned you about. She/her in Chicago
@the-independent.com
News, comment and features from The Independent, the world's most free-thinking newspaper.
@michaelharriot.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Author of Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America. Never reneged; never will.
@amybrown.xyz
writer. sf bay via miami county, ohio. parent x2. not a dog IRL. she/her. amybrown.xyz
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@smotus.bsky.social
"A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg Subscribe to my newsletter "Tusk" about US parties, campaigns, and politics: http://smotus.substack.com
@delia.bsky.social
Community organizer, daughter of immigrants, wife, golden retriever mom & Congresswoman of #IL03
@justsecurity.org
Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
@johnpfaff.bsky.social
Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social
Antifa goat dairy and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We make cheese and trouble. Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
@juliaazari.bsky.social
Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
@skeetofgod.bsky.social
Disappointed but not surprised. Now ruling a brand new universe: https://theskeetofgod.com.
@60minutes.bsky.social
Skeets from the most successful news magazine in TV history, offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news ⏱️
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
We are the Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives.
@lizzwinstead.bsky.social
Comedian. Co-creator of The Daily Show. Abortion Czar and Founder of @AbortionAccessFront. Host Feminist Buzzkills podcast. Author, "Lizz Free Or Die" Lizz Winstead on Substack Views are my own, not of the organizations I am affiliated with. #AbortionAF
@kurtandersen.bsky.social
Co-creator Command Z (with Steven Soderbergh), author Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, True Believers, Heyday, Turn of the Century, etc., previously host/co-creator Studio 360, columnist New Yorker, editor New York, co-founder Spy https://www.kurtandersen.com/
@maggieastor.bsky.social
Reporter at The New York Times writing about the intersection of health and politics. NYT Guild steward. No, not one of those Astors.
@olbermann.bsky.social
The sportscaster you loved, the newscaster you humored, the dog lover you grudgingly admired. All of the above now in a podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/countdownwithkeitholbermann
@weratedogs.com
Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹 links.weratedogs.com
@seaotta.dev
💻 Designer & Product Manager. 🕸️ Now: Web Platform @ Igalia. Prev: Microsoft Edge. 📚 Author of Design for Developers. 🔮 Sassy web witch & actual witch. 🏴 Seattle gal in England. 💍 @jhey.dev https://seaotta.dev
@rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy
Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage [bridged from https://rollingstone.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/rollingstone.com ]
@johnsipher.bsky.social
Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.
@50501movement.bsky.social
Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement 🚨 Next up: June 14th 🇺🇸 Join the Movement > https://FiftyFifty.one
@classyandsmartassy.bsky.social
Funny, snarky, smartass, lots of salty language, dog mom of 3. Blue until I die, believer in equality for all. Book lover, meme stealer, artist, oilfield trash. NO DM’s! NO MAGA’s!