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@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Special correspondent at Vanity Fair and host of the Fast politics podcast and MSNBC
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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@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/
@montereybayaquarium.org
How do you do, fellow squids? 🌊 We're your frondly Aquarium with a mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. https://www.montereybayaquarium.org
@juddlegum.bsky.social
I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47 | Text: 202-599-7124 Popular.info
@cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@sethabramson.bsky.social
Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds), former CNN and BBC analyst, poet, retired journalism professor. 👤: sethabramson.net/bio ⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com 🕹: retrostack.substack.com 🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
@theatlantic.com
Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
@taniel.bsky.social
Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
@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
@cpsc.gov
Your U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product safety info, data, and recalls. Standing for safety since 1972. Official account of the USCPSC. HQ: Bethesda, MD. Subscribe for recall emails on CPSC.gov. Report unsafe products on SaferProducts.gov
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social
Founding executive editor of Heatmap News. Contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times. Cohost of the Shift Key podcast.
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@amywestervelt.bsky.social
Award-winning investigative climate reporter. Ida Tarbell stan. Run Drilled.media, Critical Frequency, former co-host of Hot Take (RIP), contributor to lots of places. She/her/ella in 🇨🇷. Got a lead? Signal: adubs.78. Protonmail: amy@drilled.media
@mollytaft.com
disaster lesbian on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.76. mollytaft.com
@jysexton.bsky.social
Hoosier, Political Analyst, The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, Co-Host Muckrake Podcast, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, Board: The Change Campaign
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy. "This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
@shaneharris.bsky.social
Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/shaneharris @washingtonpost alum. Signal: shaneharris.64
@tomkimmerer.bsky.social
I am a forest scientist, botanist, tree physiologist writing about relationships between trees and humans including climate change. Author of Venerable Trees, more books in progress. SciComm, Fulbrighter, nature photographer, violinist, Kentuckian, he/him
@emorwee.bsky.social
I run HEATED, a newsletter devoted to climate accountability reporting and opinion. She/her. 📧: emorwee@proton.me Signal: @emorwee.06
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@roseveleth.com
👽 butch Frizzle 👽 〰 journalist 〰 sculptor 〰 they/them 〰 https://reveleth.com/ → → → TESTED is out now https://www.tested-podcast.com/
@jaz.bsky.social
Jaz Gender Nomad IRC made me gay Backend (Go) & Infra @ Bsky Does musical things and computer things 27. they/them 🏳️⚧️ BSky Stats- https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats https://github.com/ericvolp12
@phylogenomics.bsky.social
Prof at #UCDavis Interests: evolution, ecology, function & phylogenomics of host-microbe/microbiome symbioses; #openscience; #birds; baseball; T1D Lab phylogenomics.me Pics jonathaneisen.smugmug.com Links linktr.ee/jonathaneisen TED go.ted.com/6WPm
@elizkolbert.bsky.social
I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of "H is for Hope," "Under a White Sky," and "The Sixth Extinction."
@slaskow.bsky.social
senior editor at the Atlantic. I think a lot about climate, disease, animals, plants, risk, kids, New York City, and sometimes other cities too
@rebleber.bsky.social
leading an investigative project on fossil fuel deception at Center for Climate Integrity-- more to come in 2025. board member of Society of Environmental Journalists. rebeccaleber.com
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Read me: HamiltonNolan.com My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
@dgraham.bsky.social
Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. dgraham@theatlantic.com THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate. Author of Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
@qasimrashid.com
Human Rights Lawyer • Author • Dad Jokes • SirusXM Host • Creator of Let's Address This: qasimrashid.com/subscribe
@damonberes.com
Senior editor at The Atlantic, focused on tech // SIGNAL: Damon.63 📨 dberes at the atlantic dot com ✴️ damonberes.com
@sabs.bsky.social
charismatic megafauna at Defector books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology) newsletter Creatures NYC 🤙 https://buttondown.com/simbler/ signal: simbler.88
@zoeschlanger.bsky.social
Climate reporter at The Atlantic. Into chemicals, climate, cool plants. THE LIGHT EATERS, a plant book, out from Harper Books. I'm zoeschlanger.99 on Signal
@zachschonfeld.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor. Contributor to Pitchfork, Paste, Vulture, etc. Author of new book "How Coppola Became Cage." Still sitting in a room. Email: zschonfeld@gmail.com.
@sarasneath.bsky.social
Journalist-in-residence at University of Miami’s Climate Accountability Lab | she/her | https://sneathfreelance.com
@fastlerner.bsky.social
Environmental reporter at ProPublica. Brooklynite. Fan of nature, facts, pie
@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social
Staff writer, The Atlantic. Teller of stories, troller of Nazis. Newsletter: theatlantic.com/newsletters/sign-up/deep-shtetl/ Music: bit.ly/azyashir
@dmain.bsky.social
Writer, environmental journalist, artist, naturalist. Bylines: NYT, Tech Review, Atlantic, The New Lede, the Guardian, SciAm. Former sr writer/editor at Nat Geo.