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Accounts I learn things from. Mostly academics and writers. I ran out of room, sorry if I missed you!
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@jenmercieca.bsky.social
@randyfromm.bsky.social
‘Retired’. Ex-Nuclear Nomad. Perennial student. Independent scholar of Rhetoric (ABD). Interests include Affect, Social Imaginaries, & ‘American’ Vigilantism. Cold War submarine veteran. Desert dwelling artisanal sourdough baker.
@juliaazari.bsky.social
Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
@seanmcarroll.bsky.social
#Physics, #philosophy, #complexity. Johns Hopkins & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. Latest: Quanta & Fields, book 2 of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. https://preposterousuniverse.com/ He/him.
@sjjphd.bsky.social
I study race, media, activism, feminism, tech and politics but not always in that order. Co-Director @miccenter.bsky.social Opinions definitely my own
@chutry.bsky.social
Media studies professor and political activist splitting time between Raleigh, NC, and Quincy, MA. Author of three books. Chihuahua wrangler.
@kvanderson.bsky.social
she/her I write about the culture of politics and the politics of culture | Professor of Communication Studies @ Colorado State University (https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/karrin/) | articles at The Conversation (https://tinyurl.com/yzbmdpuw)
@lmchervinsky.bsky.social
Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library @mount_vernon. 🖊️ MAKING THE PRESIDENCY & THE CABINET. 🐶 mom. Views my own.
@anatosaurus.bsky.social
Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/ Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Childless bird lady. Historian of “early” US politics & culture; howl re: democracy on a daily basis. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird. https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@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
@amyyoung.bsky.social
Yacht rock enthusiast, drinker of coffee, knower of things, talker, professor of words, mom.
@drlisacorrigan.bsky.social
Rhetoric prof and author of Prison Power (2016) and Black Feelings (2020); both from @UPMiss. Editor of #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist (Routledge).
@strandjunker.com
Nomad since 1998: Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling. Following the roots of my German grandmother. Mover: Strong and persistent voice against Trumpism. Linktree: linktr.ee/Strandjunker
@sjf124.bsky.social
media ecologist; propaganda studies, "The Spectacle Vision of Norman Mailer," "Bob Dylan: The Contemporary Anachronism," "Bob Dylan and Pseudo-event Culture." No dms.
@tobiasrose.bsky.social
I write about how technology changes our morals + minds. Words: TheAtlantic, WIRED -- My book, Outrage Machine w/Hachette is out now. http://Tobias.cc
@peterasaro.bsky.social
@thesheldonhicks.bsky.social
Compulsive Analyzer · Trini 🇹🇹 · Measures Thrice Cuts Once · Believes in The Second Coming of Greenidge and Haynes · Oildown Lover · Recovering Apanthrope
@rhosa.bsky.social
free-range rhetorician, rhetorical oracle, organic discourse farmer, happy accident, radiohead, scholar & curator of sounds & characters #cas597SoundXrs
@cgaiter.bsky.social
Professor Emerita--Africana Studies, Art & Design--University of Delaware. LIBERATION/ART/DESIGN/WORDS
@rwgreene.bsky.social
University based scholar in communication writing about conviction, capitalism, and culture. When not reading, I watch a lot of sports.
@rhetrickery.bsky.social
Writer, prof, speaker. I know a lot about rhetoric, burritos, and Nazis. I only like the first two. Words at @wapo, @newsweek, @salon, &tc. #TeamRhetoric www.RyanSkinnell.com ~views mine~
@timothyjshaffer.bsky.social
Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil Discourse and SNF Ithaca Initiative Director in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware
@isabelwilkerson.bsky.social
I write about human nature. Pulitzer Prize. National Humanities Medal. Author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
@annawolfe.bsky.social
Associate Professor | Department of Communication & Journalism @Texas A&M University | how do we connect across our differences? : dialogue : storytelling : conflict : collective action : organizational communication : engaged scholarship
@badpacifist.bsky.social
Writing/rhetoric prof. Write about higher ed organizing. Teach about demagoguery. Spurs/Union/Phillies/UGA fan. Read sci-fi, police procedurals, and horror fiction. No DMs with strangers. My employer says I have to tell you I don't represent them.
@acaguy.bsky.social
ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴘʀᴏғᴇssᴏʀ ʀʜᴇᴛᴏʀɪᴄ & sᴜʀᴠᴇɪʟʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ʜᴇ/ʜɪs/ʜɪᴍ Author of The Rhetoric of Western Thought https://bit.ly/RWT11e
@carriealison.bsky.social
Solid Zebra Society President. Bright blue dot in a deep red state. Help! #TXDem #NoJusticeNoPeace #FascistsFuckOff
@johnrgallagher.bsky.social
I use qualitative and computational methods to study writers on the internet. I study how machine learning experts communicate. More generally, I study writing and writers. Associate professor.
@petejohnsimon.bsky.social
Editor in Chief @ Liveright. Everywhere else: just some guy. wwnorton.com/liveright
@angushervey.com
fixthenews.com Sharing stories of human progress, environmental restoration, clean energy, and scientific discovery.
@tim-weiner.bsky.social
Author & journalist. New book -- THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century -- coming in July. https://www.amazon.com/Mission-CIA-21st-Century/dp/0063270188/ref=sr_1_1?crid=244QZ5FP3OQIG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sg7scw46b-qcO0cLOReCrUfrMvIOVWPmbD5cYUXt4oNZtHQNyjUCAp
@karenstenner.bsky.social
Political psychologist & behavioral scientist, best known for long ago predicting the rise of Trump-like figures under the kinds of conditions we now confront.
@profhutchinson.bsky.social
Social Justice Advocate Professor @Emory Law B.A. Penn, J.D. Yale Dad of 2 Black Labrador Retrievers
@doctordws.bsky.social
Boricua, assoc. prof. of communication, and Dir. of the Race & Ethnic Studies Institute at Texas A&M University. Husband, dad of 3 (2 humans, 1 dog), and bouldering enthusiast. All thoughts are my own (not my employer’s). RT ≠ endorsement. (he/him) 🇵🇷✊🏼
@rutgerbregman.com
Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com
@violagienger.bsky.social
Writer, editor, professional questioner in foreign affairs/natsec. Washington Sr. Editor @justsecurity.bsky.social. Posts=HedsUp. Like=notable
@martinpengelly.bsky.social
Investigations editor, Raw Story. Will talk about politics, history, books and rugby, author of Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went To War (Godine) https://a.co/d/bCYyLRK and The National Maul on Substack.
@jonathanmetzl.bsky.social
Director, Medicine Health and Society @VanderbiltU; Author http://dyingofwhiteness.com
@msentropy.bsky.social
Your Lady of Chaos (Theory) | Cassandra of Geopolitics | MENA - Nazis - ISIS - political violence - etc. | https://substack.com/@msentropy
@drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social
Writer~Professor~Literacy Advocate~Blogger~Creative~Community Organizer-Consultant Native Chicagoan living in the south. YouTube: @tiffanyaflowers Spoutible: @Prof_Flowers Fanbase: @drtiffanyaflowers Medium: The Black Aesthetic Tradition Blog
@letaseletzky.com
NEA Literary Fellow | Lapsed litigator | Words in The Atlantic, NYT, etc. | Author of THE KNEELING MAN
@annelamott.bsky.social
Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
@amlwhere.bsky.social
I direct the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Give me all the pencils.
@stollmeyer.bsky.social
Founder & Executive Director of https://DefendDemocracy.EU/ Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats. 🏆Politico’s #Power40 Support #DefendDemocracy: https://defenddemocracy.eu/get-involved/donate
@monacharen.bsky.social
Policy Editor, The Bulwark Syndicated columnist Opponent of all forms of illiberalism Author of four books
@eleanor.lockhart.contact
engineer living in Seattle (posts never represent employer). Transfem person (she/they), liberal, autistic. RTs not endorsements. Here to make friends & talk about Chris Nolan films. Anti-doomer. None of us are immune to the effects of social media.
@petraguasti.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Democratic Theory at IPS FSV UK • 2018/2019 Democracy Visiting Fellow at Harvard Ash • co-PI & PA5 leader at SYRI • EC member at ECPR
@benimmo.bsky.social
@mawaldman.bsky.social
President & CEO, @BrennanCenter. Author, The Supermajority, The Fight to Vote, etc. etc. Ex-speechwriter.
@matthewjdowd.bsky.social
Father, friend, believe love conquers hate, and truth wins over prevarication.
@trygveolson.bsky.social
Democracy Expert trained 1000's worldwide to fight for it. Sr Advisor @projectlincoln & @LDIDemocracy. Weekly on @allbaughshow. WI boy, Girl Dad, Packer Fan.
@keithboykin.bsky.social
Author and Political Commentator. Follow me on Substack, YouTube, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Fanbase, TikTok, Spoutible, Spill, and Facebook.
@milleridriss.bsky.social
Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. MSNBC columnist. Can accept many opinions as long as we agree all dogs go to heaven.
@amysiskind.bsky.social
Activist, and author of @TheWeeklyList & podcast. Subscribe: https://open.substack.com/pub/theweeklylistreturns
@lcsenecal.bsky.social
Member of the ferocious opposition, calling out all the shitty 'isms. Unburdened by the need for everyone to like me. As RBG said,"Better bitch than mouse." Editor LincolnSquare.Media. Caramel addict. Chicken is not a pizza topping.
@realclaudetaylor.bsky.social
Chair Mad Dog Pac. We do billboards. I do Room Rater. Fmr WH staff. https://www.voraciousbooks.com/titles/claude-taylor/how-to-zoom-your-room/9780316428125/ https://maddogpac.com/products/quick-donate-2
@tarasetmayer.bsky.social
Co-Founder + CEO The Seneca Project Galvanize Women, Save Democracy @Center4Politics UVA Resident Scholar @HarvardIOP Fellow alum Proud Jersey Girl Substack “Uncompromised w/Tara” “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”
@editorialboard.bsky.social
John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. he/him. Subscribe: http://editorialboard.com.
@rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social
Democracy & political violence expert, work globally and U.S., lover of street food, fiddle music, unforgiving landscapes, and my kiddos. All views my own.
@gilduran.com
California writer. Ida Tarbell stan. Beat: tech fascism, billionaire extremism, meta narratives, network state, crypto cartels. Writes: The Nerd Reich: http://www.thenerdreich.com FrameLab: http://www.theframelab.org “Don't judge a taco by its price.”
@irinadumitrescu.bsky.social
Writer and professor of medieval literature. I'm a columnist at the TLS, sometimes co-host a podcast with Mary Wellesley at the LRB, and am one of the editors of @creativecritical.bsky.social. irinadumitrescu.com
@annalecta.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, InfluenceBrief.com • Director of Investigations, Sunlight Research Center • Independent research analyst • Bibliophile • Nothing here is legal advice.
@drsturg.bsky.social
Truthmonger. I write books, teach students and make podcasts about you being smarter about misinformation. #WeAreAltGov #DetectingDeception https://bit.ly/UnSpunPod
@johnwdean.bsky.social
Author, Lecturer, CNN contributor, (soon again) Justia’s VERDICT columnist, contributor THE CONTRARIAN, fmr Nixon White House Counsel, fmr Goldwater Chair at Az State Un., Senior Fellow, CCLP, Annenberg USC.
@marionicolais.bsky.social
The Lincoln Project General Counsel; Attorney; Inky-thumbed columnist at The Colorado Sun; defender of constitutional rights; soccer nut and American Outlaw
@michaelkruse.bsky.social
Senior staff writer, POLITICO, POLITICO Magazine. michaelkruse.bio
@tedmccormick.bsky.social
Historian of scientific, economic and colonial projects in early modern Britain, Ireland, and the Atlantic; books http://bit.ly/3HYwNiA & http://bit.ly/3rKdAvt; http://memoriousblog.com; views mine; he/him
@rushkoff.com
I write and think about media, technology, and society. Survival of the Richest, Present Shock, Program or Be Programmed, and Team Human - which is also a podcast. https://rushkoff.com
@kwissoker.bsky.social
Senior Executive Editor, Duke University Press. Director, Intellectual Publics, CUNY Graduate Center. Book doula/curator. Art lover, record accumulator. All opinions my own-ish.
@carynrose.bsky.social
Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS, UTP 2022 Springsteen newsletter @ https://www.radio-nowhere.com/ clips @ https://carynrose.contently.com/ She / her
@eosnos.bsky.social
Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow @Brookingsinst. Latest book: "WILDLAND: The Making of America's Fury." http://bit.ly/3DE5Fnr
@borenbears.bsky.social
Climate and science writer at The Associated Press, covers disasters, all sorts of science. Teaches journalism at NYU/DC. Father of 3, husband of 1. Red Sox fan.
@nadinesmith.bsky.social
Civil rights activist. Frontline Florida Resistance. 🏳️🌈 Host, Wide Awake America Join me here: www.WideAwakeAmerica.org
@cward1e.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
@joshshepperd.bsky.social
Associate Prof, University of Colorado; Director, Library of Congress RPTF; Editor, Resonance Journal; Faculty Advisor, KVCU Radio
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
media + curriculum tool for promoting women & nonbinary historians | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/ #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #HistoryBeyondTheBinary
@stephaniemiller.bsky.social
Host of The Stephanie Miller Show. Monday-Friday 6-9AM PT/9-12PM ET. SiriusXM Progress 127, Free Speech TV, IHeartRadio, Progressive Voices App, TuneIn.
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
Political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff. I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking! (she/her)
@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social
What used to be is gone and what ought to be ought not to be so hard. Tweets speak for myself only.
@ibramxk.bsky.social
National 📙 Award-winning Historian • 10 NYT Bestsellers such as STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING and HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST • FAMU alum 🐍 • MacArthur Fellow. 🦁🌱 ibramxkendi.com
@bartongellman.bsky.social
@BrennanCenter | ex Atlantic, WaPo | Author, Angler & Dark Mirror | Visiting Lecturer, Princeton | bartongellman.com/contact
@sbg1.bsky.social
Staff writer @newyorker, proud wife of @peterbakernyt and mom of @tab_delete, co-author, "Kremlin Rising," "The Man Who Ran Washington," and "The Divider: Trump in the White House."
@preetbharara.bsky.social
Patriotic American. Former US Attorney, SDNY. Banned by Putin. Fired by Trump.
@gordpennycook.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Psychology @cornelluniversity.bsky.social. Researching thinking & reasoning, misinformation, social media, AI, belief, metacognition, B.S., and various other keywords. 🇨🇦 https://gordonpennycook.com/
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join
@nataliaantonova.bsky.social
Ukrainian-American. President, Concerned MILFs for America. Safer Dating Now creator. OSINT, but making it girly. Advocate for the glorious Normie Restoration ☀️
@mimirocah1.bsky.social
Former Westchester County DA, former SDNY prosecutor, sometimes legal & political commentator, always a proud & devoted mama to two teens & a rescue dog. ⚖️
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Newsletter editor at MSNBC. Part-time journalism teacher at Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)