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@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)
@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
@luckytran.com
Public Health, Climate Justice, and Science Communication. Bylines in the Guardian, Washington Post, and more. WHO Fides member. Grist 50 Fixer. Opinions my own and do not reflect those of my employer. http://linktr.ee/luckytran
@erictopol.bsky.social
physician-scientist, author, editor https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/ Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
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Raven Baxter, Ph.D. -- Molecular biologist helping people + companies globally learn + share science, for a more scientifically engaged world. iloveraven.com
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social
Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project. #DisabilityJustice feed I created: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:65kss3ewg5ida5mjyuk73v5r/feed/aaaba7ikg4sho More about me https://linktr.ee/disability_visibility
@matthewcort.land
🖋️ Lawyer, advocate, writer, public health nerd 🦠 Immunocompromised, chronically ill, disabled Then: SSI, SNAP, Medicaid Now: data & policy, disability, healthcare. 🔗 patreon.com/mattbc 🏳️🌈nonbinary
@melodyschreiber.com
Health/science + Arctic journalist. Thick skin and an elastic heart. Email melodyschreiber@proton.me Signal melodyschreiber.06 Newsletter notadoctor.news
@alyssaharad.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varo’s Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)
@julierehmeyer.bsky.social
Author of Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand. I mostly write about complex chronic illness and math. Bylines in NYT, WashPost, Discover, Wired, Slate, Stat News, Science News, lots more. She/her.
@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
Scientific Director, #MEAction Stanford Med Université de Montréal TIME100 Health 2024 #ME, #EDS, #POTS, #LongCOVID Views my own exceedhergrasp1 on Twitter
@famulare.bsky.social
epistemologically promiscuous Professional: systems epidemiologist, see Google Scholar. Personal: learning to be a man in this life and not the last. Blog: famulare.github.io
@betsyladyzhets.bsky.social
editor/co-founder @thesicktimes.bsky.social | journalist covering Long COVID & related crises | she/her/🏳️🌈 email: betsy@thesicktimes.org | signal: betsyladyzhets.25 | https://thesicktimes.org/
@karlaliliana.bsky.social
Part chaplain, part cross-pollinator, part coach, part builder. Multiracial multicultural institution dreamer. Brava pero vulnerable. www.bravaleaders.com
@reallandsend.bsky.social
co-host Death Panel Podcast | co-author Health Communism with Artie Vierkant | blind/sick/surplus www.deathpanel.net www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod www.beatriceadlerbolton.com
@francesryan.bsky.social
Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? and Crippled. E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
@ahandvanish.bsky.social
Research, algorithmic art & music, machine learning, anti-bias in AI data. #LongCovid research & advocacy @patientled.bsky.social.
@thesicktimes.bsky.social
A nonprofit news site chronicling the #LongCOVID crisis. Founded by journalists @BetsyLadyzhets.bsky.social & @MilesWGriffis.bsky.social Website: thesicktimes.org Newsletter: thesicktimes.org/newsletter Donate: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org
@deathpanel.bsky.social
podcast feat. Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, Phil Rocco & Jules Gill-Peterson. Stay alive another week patreon.com/deathpanelpod
@lguterman.bsky.social
Science journalist with long covid. Former staff at Science Magazine, Science News, C&EN, Chronicle of Higher Education. Now full-time patient.
@patientled.bsky.social
Patient-Led Research for #LongCovid! http://patientledresearch.com
@linseymarr.bsky.social
Engineering professor at Virginia Tech with expertise in air pollution, airborne microbes, nanotechnology. Avid recreational athlete.
@avierkant.bsky.social
Death Panel podcast, wrote Health Communism with Beatrice Adler-Bolton patreon.com/deathpanelpod
@cathnoakes.bsky.social
Pro Dean Research and Innovation in Engineering and Physical Sciences at Leeds University. Indoor air, ventilation, infection risks, fluid dynamics, academia, EDI in science and a few cats. Views my own. #academicsky
@amandalhu.bsky.social
Neighbour and pal to children, adults and nature. Pro-treating each other like we live in a society. I communicate about stuff for work and for fun (here, where my opinions are my own). She/her. 📍Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 (Calgary, Canada)
@edyong209.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him 📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm Edyong.me
@lizwhatsherface.bsky.social
abolitionist artist / CEO of GAY ARBYS / sentient sandwich linktr.ee/lizwhatsherface realgayarbys.com
@weselymd.bsky.social
Husband & Dad. ICU Doc. Vanderbilt. @CIBScenter studies Covid & Long Covid, ICU Survivorship, Dementia, Delirium, PICS. Fighting misinformation. Posts my own. Still learning.
@davidelfstrom.bsky.social
P.Eng, Energy management, measurement & verification. Toronto, Canada. Born 327ppm CO2. Climate Action & electrification; Safer infrastructure; cycling; air filtration & ventilation
@immunofever.bsky.social
Immunoengineer at MIT BE developing predictive diagnostics. Captivated by #inflammation, #SexDifferences #Lyme, #COVID, #IACI, #IACC and #onehealth. Mom of 2. prev/ PhD in Immunology @Yale; PostDoc @Stanford https://talresearchgroup.mit.edu/
@tomkindlon.bsky.social
95% of posts on #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, #LongCovid or #chronicillness. With ME/CFS 36 years, severe ME 30 years. @IrishMECFSAssoc trustee 28 years 26 publications in peer-reviewed journals Social media: https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kindlon
@lizwhitmere.bsky.social
🇨🇦🏳️🌈 filmmaker. protect🏳️⚧️youth. accessibility, harm reduction, equity. do what you can w/ what you have. 😷 Recent: Innovator in Residence @ Toronto Ref Library Less recent: field producer - The Agenda - TVO www.lizwhitmere.com Signal: @lizw.85
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social
Co-founder/editor @TheSickTimes.bsky.social Columnist @HighCountryNews.org miles@thesicktimes.org #LongCOVID
@liapas.bsky.social
#SciArt symptomatology and #anatomy #embroidery, writing, and #MECFS. A bit of music too. Canadian settler. she/her. https://linktr.ee/lia_pas
@lisadiedrich.bsky.social
Current projects: #IllnessPolitics, Keywords/Images in Graphic Medicine, & Multi-modal Pedagogies in Action. Author of ILLNESS POLITICS & HASHTAG ACTIVISM, TREATMENTS, & INDIRECT ACTION. Blogging at: lisadiedrich.org
@filowenstein.bsky.social
writer + journalist covering health justice, wellness culture, LGBTQ+ stuff + more... https://www.fionalowenstein.com/ The Long COVID Survival Guide: https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fall-2022/long-covid-survival-guide/ they/them
@juliametraux.bsky.social
Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49 Author page: https://www.motherjones.com/author/julia-metraux/ Free monthly newsletter: bit.ly/3Ee9lRO
@untonuggan.bsky.social
angry mast cells (HaT and #MCAS) + #POTS + neurodivergent. ♿ queer. white. emperor of typos. brain fog zone ⚠️. they/them 🎶 iii'm still masking 🎶 working on porting more of my body science infodumps and such to: liminalnest.wordpress.com #NEISvoid
@longcovidadvoc.com
A non-profit social enterprise dedicated to people with Long Covid + ME. Shifting the paradigm one step at a time... https://www.longcovidadvoc.com/ 🛍️ https://longcovidadvoc.shop/
@thellpsx.bsky.social
writer,The Future Is Disabled,Care Work,Bodymap,Dirty River co-ed w/@ejeris of Beyond Survival. transformative & disability justice structural engineer,1/3rd of http://cripsforesimsforgaza.org. older cousin w great tits & opinions,they/we brownstargirl.org
@johnsnowproject.bsky.social
Reliable, honest information on COVID-19 from public health, clinical, and research experts. http://johnsnowproject.org
@meactnet.bsky.social
A global network of people empowering one another to fight for equity for myalgic encephalomyelitis. Home of the #MillionsMissing linktr.ee/meactnet #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #LongCovid #MECFS #ChronicIllness #DisabilityJustice
@sabrinapoirier.bsky.social
#CommunityEngagement Expert. Life sidelined by #MECFS #MCAS #POTS #Fibro #Gastroparesis + #MECFS & #LongCovid #ResearchPartner & #Advocate • Chair of #MedicalEducation Group • #PwME #Disability (Unceded) #Canada https://linktr.ee/sabrinapoiriercanada
@lisamccorkell.bsky.social
formerly a patient-led research collaborative co-lead, always a co-founder | MPP | she/her | natures 10 in 2022
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@joeblow604.bsky.social
Living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis since 2011. Artist, Advocate, Creative Former Electro-Mechanical Prototyper Inclusive #pwME #MECFS #MCAS #POTS #Fibro #LongCovid #Disability #chronicillness #art #artist #painting #oilpainting #digitalart #photography