Joshua J. Friedman's Starter Pack
Some of my favorites
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@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
@jaywillis.net
I write about courts, democracy, media, and the three raccoons who live in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
@mobute.bsky.social
Need a content writer? Seen in The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Nation, NBC, TNR, TruthDig, Esquire, etc. Host the "It's Christmastown" Hallmark movies podcast with David Roth & "Quaid in Full" with Sarah Bunting. He/Him. Tampa. https://linktr.ee/mobute
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host. The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now. https://sirenscallbook.com/
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@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
@karenho.bsky.social
Art crime and business reporter at ARTnews. Owner of a floofy dog. Canadian. Doomscrolling Reminder Lady. Confidential tips can be sent to kho at ARTnews.com or karenkho.45 on Signal
@moiradonegan.bsky.social
Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
@aywarhiannon.bsky.social
free palestine. former public defender. 5-4 podcast. popular cradle podcast. seen some shit.
@notalawyer.bsky.social
No longer in good standing with the New York State bar My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
@faineg.bsky.social
civilian drone mapping technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, sometimes journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. minors DNI
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editor® author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his • abstruse in the sense of recondite • 🏳️🌈 benjamindreyer.com
@caitesq.bsky.social
Public defender. Professional troublemaker. Burrito and word game enthusiast. ITMFA.
@mags.colvett.online
Appalachian in Queens, day job in public health comms, night job in poems • Queens Arts Fund ‘24, Brooklyn Poets ‘23, Creatives Rebuild NY ‘22-23 • @transjournalists.org • They Personal account, posts delete More: https://mags.colvett.online/
@bakerdphd.bsky.social
Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv She/Her https://www.dominiquebaker.com/ (I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
@apocalypticanow.bsky.social
I've been online for 100 years. I believe in people power. I want us all to do better. She/her. Phillyish. Crone-age. So so late.
@spindlypete.bsky.social
she/her. sorry about my face, an animal licked it USDA zone 8b/9a
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights PFP by @atlastalos.bsky.social
@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
@cherylrofer.bsky.social
Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos. Posting on nuclear issues, war, nature, science, and women's issues. Also cats. She/her. Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money Banner: The invincible summer within
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social
Antifa goat dairy and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We make cheese and trouble. Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. celesteng.com
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@igallupd.bsky.social
College teacher, Atlantic World historian, Poirot + Morse aficionado he/him/his
@cmonstah.bsky.social
"Elegante y muy cabrona." I labor at the word factory for Alta, WaPo, NYRB, The Atlantic, Fresh Air, KCRW and others. https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah
@hildur.bsky.social
Icelandic writer. The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
@mondomascots.bsky.social
My hobby is taking pictures of fun and weird Japanese mascots.
@mlobelart.bsky.social
Professor of Art History, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. I look at things and then write about them. Author of Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274363/van-g
@stonkers.bsky.social
She/her in VT - Stained glass and needlework - cats - horror movies - video games (dragon age, bg3) - 🔴LFC - medieval history - anti-racist, antifascist, anti-TERF, 🚫 I block AI on sight 🚫
@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
@jcsalterego.bsky.social
1x winner of the "oh i'm pretty sure that's just jerry spreading misinformation" award 🥇🏆 • Goodfeeds https://goodfeeds.co/ • @skyapp.bsky.social thanked by darth july 20, 2023 📍Austin, TX
@shannonmattern.bsky.social
director of creative research @ the metro ny library council; professor @ a 🫣 conglomerate (2004-22: @thenewschool) architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++ nyc + philly wordsinspace.net
@rachelholliday.bsky.social
managing editor at THE CITY (@thecity.nyc) • news if I must, local joy where I can find it • bird enjoyer • bluesky elder (derogatory) • tell me something good: rsmith@thecity.nyc 📍 queens / fun hell
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@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
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.