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@godpod.bsky.social
Creator of the Universe. Daily free newsletter & animated podcast here: https://www.thegodpodcast.com
@maddow.msnbc.com
Mondays at 9pmET on MSNBC MaddowBlog.com From Russia with Lev: MSNBC.com/Lev Ultra podcast: MSNBC.com/Ultra Prequel: MSNBC.com/Prequel
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
@erininthemorning.com
Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking & content: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888 Subscribe to support my journalism and read my reporting at www.erininthemorning.com
@prisonculture.bsky.social
co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, etc...
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist and author of ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ 🏴 big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. my books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913 my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@esqueer.net
Transgender Menace 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her. Sometimes anti-social, always anti-fascist.
@joyannreid.bsky.social
Writer, podcaster, documentary filmmaker and professional blerd 🤓💋. Fan of democracy and OG hater of fascism and apartheid.
@johncusack.bsky.social
Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer - This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree Founding board member @Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress @johncusack on twiiter
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@dell.bsky.social
Sr. writer @wired.com. w/ the @newsguild.org. privacy & national security + DOGE > Send tips via @signal.org ➜ dell.3030
@leahlitman.bsky.social
Michigan Law Prof. Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast LAWLESS - out May 13 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
@maddowblog.msnbc.com
MaddowBlog.com Rachel: https://bsky.app/profile/maddow.msnbc.com Steve: https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com
@ryanjreilly.com
@nbcnews.com Justice reporter, ebike guy. Read my stuff: http://ryanjreilly.com/ Order my book: http://tiny.cc/SeditionHunters At DOJ? Message me on Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/J_vTZodR14DC0TRlc4EiTDg7_Kh_XPLPTgsGdYD638WUZTDGiGVCpIu0hq0Io2Du 🚲⚖️🕵️🦅🛎️🇺🇸
@iwriteok.bsky.social
I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Tlönista. Shitposting merrily downward. Weird plant, cat, books lady. Sci-fi, fantasy, art, jazz, etc. Profile photo is a selfie with the bottom half of my face hilariously covered by my cat's. Banner pic is of crows in a tree.
@gregpak.net
Rhymes with "rock." Call your reps (reps.fyi) & help your neighbor. #DidThisToday Comics writer, filmmaker, photographer. PLANET HULK, MECH CADET YU, LAWFUL. He/him. gregpak.fyi (this account is me in sweatpants. @gregpak.com is me in chinos lol)
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
@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
@thedevil.bsky.social
It's really cute that you're gonna "defeat me with the power of friendship and all," but again, I am the devil from the Bible fascists not welcome Better than the one on twitter.
@evangreer.bsky.social
Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. Last album "Spotify is Surveillance" out now on Don Giovanni Records and Get Better Records. she/her/they/them
@stevanzetti.bsky.social
special investigative correspondent @texasobserver.org • columnist @thebarbedwire.bsky.social • publisher @proteanmag.com • Signal: stevanzetti.12 Read my journalism: https://authory.com/stevenmonacelli Support my work: https://linktr.ee/Stevanzetti
@unicornriot.bsky.social
Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
@chadloder.bsky.social
Community activist, cybersecurity expert, citizen journalist based in Los Angeles. 🌴☀️ they/them
@josephcox.bsky.social
Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
@ndrew.bsky.social
Deputy Director of rapid response at Media Matters, views here are my own
@eladn.bsky.social
Ex-Hasid now fighting for a true pluralistic democracy | Writer: democracy, peace, extremism, antisemitism, & marketing | MSNBC, DailyBeast, HuffPo, the Forward & more | Founder: justicemarketing.io | Newsletter: eladnehorai.substack.com
@hannahgais.bsky.social
Senior researcher & journalist. @splcunion.bsky.social steward. Former internet person at @thebaffler.com. hannahgais@proton.me Signal: 334-315-8634 http://seedisclaimer.com. Newsletter: https://postsfromunderground.ghost.io/
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/
@jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/
@taliajane.bsky.social
indie reporter (@taliaotg on hellsite) • support: patreon.com/taliajane • tips: taliajane@protonmail.com 💸: paypal.me/taliajane 🌻 be good; i love you 🖤❤️🔥
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
@tessowen.bsky.social
Words in New Yorker, NY Mag, WIRED, Guardian & more. VICE News alum. Reporting on extremism, disinfo, subcultures etc. more fun than I sound. send tips/ say hello at tessalexandraowen@gmail.com or DM for signal
@courtneymilan.com
She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm. This biography should not be taken as a complete description. courtneymilan.com
@nick-martin.bsky.social
I run The Informant, a publication covering hate and extremism in the US. Returning soon. Living with Long Covid. Profile photo by Victor G Jeffreys II. The Informant: https://www.informant.news Other places to find me: https://linktr.ee/nick_martin
@letsgomathias.bsky.social
Reporter covering the far right. Formerly HuffPost. Writing a book about antifa for @atriabooks.bsky.social. Member WGAE. letsgomathias@protonmail.com.
@jaredlholt.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, US Hate & Extremism @ Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) • [Views expressed here are my own] 🎙️Find “Posting Through It” on your favorite podcast player and here: https://postthroughit.substack.com/
@kathleenbelew.bsky.social
Historian of the white power movement, gun violence, the apocalypse. Coloradan. kathleenbelew.com Book coming soon! Home, at the End of the World (Random House) Posts reflect my own views only.
@reportbywilson.bsky.social
Journalist and Researcher | Reporting and Research on the U.S. Radical Right | Publisher of Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social | Subscribe: https://www.radicalreports.org | Support My Work: https://linktr.ee/reportbywilson
@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social
National political analyst/strategist. Author of Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts, co host of This is America on The Cycle on Substack 👇🦆🏈 I watch the news so you don’t have to. https://thecycle.substack.com/
@realtexaspaul.com
Host of Coffee With Texas Paul. Founder of the Ride Or Die Democrats. Did not vote for the rapist.
@kellyweill.bsky.social
Writer in books and blogs. Author of "Off The Edge" (book) and MomLeft.com (newsletter). Bunch of other words at NYMag, The Daily Beast, Atlantic, your yearbook. kellybweill at gmail
@patriottakes.bsky.social
Dedicated research monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy.
@kbates1948.bsky.social
Liberal Hillbilly. Disabled Army Vietnam Vet. VN 1968-70. “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” - Albert Einstein #TheResistance 🌊🌊 #IStandWithUkraine #BlueCrew #SaveDemocracy