The Steve Horwitz Memorial Foundation
A think tank of excellent folks I’ve worked with over the years. Unfunded and unsystematic. DM to be removed. Not for everyone. A set of possibilities that never quite cohered.
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@jkuznicki.bsky.social
@jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com
Economics professor at Austin Community College. Associate Editor for Liberal Currents. briggeman.org
@berinszoka.bsky.social
🇺🇸/🇩🇪 Nomad. Tech lawyer @TechFreedom. “To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man” 🏳️🌈📚🗽 PhD student, Dublin City University; LLM in 🇪🇺 law, Paris Panthéon-Assas; JD, University of Virginia. 🏡: Albuquerque, Bethesda
@corbinkbarthold.bsky.social
Husband and father. Internet Policy Counsel at TechFreedom. Host of the Tech Policy Podcast. Just 'cause you're hungry doesn't mean that you're lean.
@nageiser.bsky.social
(ex?) political philosopher. now teaching kids how to add and aspiring data cowboy.
@jdkolassa.bsky.social
Geospatial Developer, sci-fi nerd, master of terrible jokes, and looking for love in Alderaan places.
@tomgpalmer.bsky.social
Occasional writer on political economy, morality, development; Ukrainian freedom supporter; anti-totalitarian activist; traveler; resident of Ukraine now
@mattfay1.bsky.social
Political scientist that sometimes pretends to be a runner. Lifelong Chicago Bears fan (god help me). Cautiously optimistic Notre Dame football fan.
@johnglaser.bsky.social
Host of Power Problems, a foreign policy podcast from the Cato Institute. Subscribe, rate, and review! https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/power-problems/id1282100393 https://www.cato.org/people/john-glaser
@dsdamato.bsky.social
Attorney. LL.M. in international law. Words in CounterPunch, Center for a Stateless Society, Forbes, Newsweek, The Hill, RealClearPolitics, Routledge, and many others. https://www.counterpunch.org/author/david-damato/ https://dsdamato.substack.com
@michaelhamilton.bsky.social
Bike enjoyer Bakfiets dad Costco hot dogs are nice Go Dodgers #YIMBY
@alisonsomin.bsky.social
Wife and mom x2. Golden retriever owner and enthusiast. Senior Legal Fellow/att'y at Pacific Legal Foundation. "Swims in the Fed Soc cesspool." -- Pseudonymous Twitter account with 400ish followers.
@akivamalamet.bsky.social
Managing Editor at The UnPopulist. MA Candidate in Philosophy at Queen's University (Canada). Horns up. 🤘 LLAP. 🖖 Be kind. 🤝
@mfcannon.bsky.social
“An influential health care wonk at the libertarian Cato Institute“ – Washington Post. “A pleasant discovery” – Capitalism magazine. Washingtonian’s “Most Influential People” in DC 2021-present.
@janetbufton.ca
Canadian mum, 3D liberal in Babylon Writing collected at janetbufton.ca diversity dynamism democracy Detroit Lions Elbows up.
@jbhenchman.bsky.social
Husband of Ethan, DC lawyer (tax and constitutional), policy, history, transportation, liberty
@fakertarians.bsky.social
Ninnies -Tom Woods. Eric July thinks we're a garden tool. Merch: http://malicefortwitter.com @fakertarians@mastodon.social Reddit: r/Fakertarians www.fakertarians.com
@adamthierer.bsky.social
innovation policy analyst at R Street Institute. Author of "Permissionless Innovation" (2016) & "Evasive Entrepreneurs" (2020).
@cob.bsky.social
Christian / "great husband" / "Papa" 3x / Liberal / #STLCards / ⭕ / normcore icon / Shill, Big Liberty / Romans 13:8
@lucystag.bsky.social
Write. Edit. Try not to over-water plants. Have cat! Collect too many things. World's worst anarchist. I will write and edit for dollars. Not actually a kewpie (?). lucystag@gmail.com
@chrishudsonjr.bsky.social
he/him vegan | straight edge | libertarian | atheist | nerd 📍Tennessee 🔗 https://linktr.ee/chrishudsonjr
@shalmarr.bsky.social
Political Theory PhD Student at McGill University. Research Interests: Scottish and French Enlightenment, Michael Oakeshott, and Judith Shklar.
@matthewfeeney.bsky.social
Big Brother Watch advocacy manager "I'm a liberal and I'm against this sort of thing." https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk Signal: mfeeney.63
@thomasberry.bsky.social
Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute. Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review. https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry
@mattzwolinski.bsky.social
Philosopher. Co-author of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (Princeton, 2023), and Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2023). Http://bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com
@pgeddington.com
Out now: The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley through Eisenhower. Order direct from GU Press & use code TGUF to get 30% off: https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Triumph-of-Fear Views mine alone.
@nathanpgoodman.bsky.social
Economist who studies institutions, political economy, polycentricity, defense & peace economics, and border militarization. https://www.nathanpgoodman.com/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Ue5NBMAAAAJ&hl=en
@jacobgrier.bsky.social
Multi-hyphenated bon vivant. I make books, drinks, and magic in Portland, Oregon. Founder at Seabird: https://seabirdreader.com/ Read my books: https://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/books-by-jacob-grier/
@davidjbier.bsky.social
Cato Institute, Director of Immigration Studies, BEER, not buyer. Cato, not CATO
@cathyreisenwitz.com
Writer, cathyreisenwitz.substack.com Center-leftish takes on gender and politics OF creator: /cathyreisenwitz, spicy art
@simonlester.com
Founded WorldTradeLaw.net & ChinaTradeMonitor.com Non-Resident Fellow @bakerinstitute.bsky.social Formerly @wto.org Trade Policy feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqzu2eazvxb5fohoc4nap33y/feed/aaab5ctu4u4fc
@maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Overeducated and unrepentant whore who talks far too much and writes the popular blog The Honest Courtesan in addition to the usual harlotry.
@knowledgeproblem.bsky.social
Director, Inst for Regulatory Law & Economics & Adjunct Professor MSES, Northwestern University Research Professor, University of Colorado Denver External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute www.lynnekiesling.com knowledgeproblem.substack.com 🔌💡 and 📉�
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Sen-Anderson tradition. Writer/editor for Liberal Currents. "Wokest Ayn Rand fan you will ever meet." Star Wars and Wheel of Time fan. He/him.
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
associate editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
@blanksslate.bsky.social
D.C.-based criminal justice writer and cultural critic who spends a lot of time at the library. Hoosier by birth and college education. Some would call me a libertarian. I would not. https://theblanksslate.substack.com/
@andycraig.bsky.social
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Liberal Currents liberalcurrents.com
@wlknsn.xyz
Tech policy and government affairs guy. Ex-Block, Niskanen, NYT, Economist, Cato. Los Angeles.
@normative.bsky.social
He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
@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.
@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.
@aricohn.com
First Amendment & defamation lawyer. Now: Lead Counsel for Tech Policy at @thefireorg.bsky.social Former: Free Speech Counsel at @TechFreedom.org Illini/music junkie/oofnik. “A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.” https://linktr.ee/aricohn
@daralind.bsky.social
Former journalist, currently employed at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), forever immigration explainer. Committed to the bit. Signal: daralind.18
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@paulmatzko.bsky.social
Historian, author of The Radio Right (Oxford 2020), day job: AI and emerging tech.
@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
@aaronrosspowell.com
Podcast host of ReImagining Liberty. UnPopulist contributor. Writing about political ethics. Buddhist and radical liberal. He/him. My podcast and blog: https://www.aaronrosspowell.com
@jkuznicki.bsky.social
Rusticated wonk. Now a gay dad cultivating his garden in Puna, Hawaii. 🍍🌴🌱📖🌐☸️ Newsletter: https://pacification.beehiiv.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/3319839950/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=