The Critics^TM (and columnists!)
Takes and takes and the point is to glean something from what they've written about the world around us.
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@ndhapple.bsky.social
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal, wosoc. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
@janinegibson.ft.com
Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
@dril.bsky.social
Never Bullshit I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate . https://www.patreon.com/dril https://www.instagram.com/dril_real https://linktr.ee/drilreal
@willbunch.bsky.social
National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
@oliviamesser.bsky.social
texan. editor in chief, the barbed wire. words in rolling stone, marie claire, slate, the daily beast, texas monthly, texas observer etc for texas tips, email: olivia@thebarbedwire.com
@dicknixon.bsky.social
37th President of the United States. Messages from the President unsigned, others from Ronald Ziegler. RN@dicknixon.com
@justinwolfers.bsky.social
Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings and PIIE ● Intro econ textbook author ● Think Like An Economist podcast ● An economist willing to admit that the glass really is half full.
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social
Chief political commentator and executive Editor, Financial Times
@edeggans.bsky.social
NPR TV critic/analyst. This fall, I start teaching as Knight Professor of Media Ethics at Washington&Lee U. Blerd. Drummer. Author: Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. Media bloviator.
@petridishes.bsky.social
I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
@daveweigel.bsky.social
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
@janecoaston.bsky.social
Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan.
@henrygrabar.bsky.social
staff writer @slate, author of Paved Paradise, editor of The Future of Transportation, Loeb Fellow '24 henry at grabar at slate dot com
@urbaninsideout.bsky.social
xProf: art history, advertising, things NYC. Swimmer, civic cultural advocacy; statue, parks, and advert buff. Author Sculpture in Gotham (Reaktion Books, 2018).
@patrickgeorge.bsky.social
Mobility, tech, future of cars, etc. EIC at @insideevs.com. Contributor @theatlantic.com. Past: Jalopnik, The Drive. Words and pods @theverge.com. Texan in NY. The bastards haven't gotten me yet. Signal: patrickgeorge.100 https://patrick-george.ghost.io
@alisoncook.bsky.social
Omnivore, part-time misanthrope, rabid Houstonian. Lapsed restaurant critic, newsletter writer at https://alison-cooks-htown.ghost.io
@stephanfaris.bsky.social
Associate editor, Enterprise, POLITICO Europe. On the trail of Joan of Arc.
@dankennedy.net
J-prof at Northeastern University. Author, most recently, of "What Works in Community News," with Ellen Clegg. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.
@evanhill.bsky.social
Washington Post investigations reporter. Co-host of the Schlock and Awe podcast. History Man, a wordburger please.
@dbernstein.bsky.social
Journalist. Politics and policy. Contributing editor Boston Magazine, bylines Politico Magazine, Atlantic, many more. Formerly of Boston Phoenix. Substack: https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
@thefienprint.bsky.social
Chief Television Critic, The Hollywood Reporter. General social media dabbler. Most of my content/writing/word-spewing can be found here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/the-fien-print/
@roberthutton.co.uk
RobDotHutton from the broken site. Parliamentary sketches and film columnist for The Critic, co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. New spy book "The Illusionist" is out now.
@ericlevitz.bsky.social
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Dad, husband, host @Marketplace. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran. kryssdal@marketplace.org
@mayakosoff.bsky.social
writer and editor; small business owner 18olives.com // maya.substack.com
@elongreen.bsky.social
Edgar Award-winning author, LAST CALL (2021) and THE MAN NOBODY KILLED (out now) http://www.elongreen.com
@whetmoser.com
newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News & Boston Herald.) NYC and North Fork. Francophile fan of Sondheim and Venice. Aspiring watercolorist. (Paintings now at @washbuckler.bsky.social) Hoping sarcasm works out better over here.
@mattdpearce.com
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct) https://mattdpearce.substack.com
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Author, filmmaker, book dealer. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. New York Magazine writer.
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. subscribe: http://status.news/subscribe inbox: oliver@status.news
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. Atlantic Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@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.
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Email salesman at Platformer.news and podcast co-host at Hard Fork.
@katienotopoulos.bsky.social
Blogger at Business Insider, covering tech, business, culture. knotopoulos@businessinsider.com
@ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social
@amandamull.bsky.social
Senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek, covering consumer culture. Georgia native, Georgia Bulldog. Opinions mine.
@dodai.bsky.social
writer at large on the Metro desk at The New York Times ✨ raised in Manhattan ✨ https://www.nytimes.com/by/dodai-stewart#latest ✨ https://instagram.com/dodai
@ethansacks.bsky.social
Journalist turned comic book writer. Puts words in the mouths of your favorite heroes in the pages of Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, AWA Studios, DC. Past bylines in New York Daily News and NBCNews. StarWars nerd. Climate change advocate on this planet. He/Him
@bfishbfish.bsky.social
Writer: NYT, WaPo, Teen Vogue, Jezebel, Vulture, The Cut, Hell Gate, etc. Buy FLORAL ESTRANGEMENTS, out now!
@hooks.bsky.social
Journalist. Let me explain something to you, Walsh. This business requires a certain amount of finesse. christopherdhooks@gmail.com
@onthemedia.bsky.social
A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios — onthemedia.org Hosted by @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social
@rememberthispod.bsky.social
The podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood's first century, by Karina Longworth. http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/
@jonahg.bsky.social
I'm the co-founder of The Dispatch, a columnist for the LA Times, and a CNN Contributor. I am kicking the tires on this thing for all the obvious reasons. I provide a lot of quadruped content.
@andrewmarchand.bsky.social
The Athletic, Sr. Sports Media Columnist, podcaster, AndrewMarchand.com
@catygreen.bsky.social
newsletter editor, Civic News Company (Chalkbeat, Healthbeat & Votebeat) recluse in indy
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Journalism: New York, NYTimes Style Mag, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
@karenattiah.bsky.social
Global. Columnist at Washington Post. Artemis = feline guardian. Rogue Radical Professor at Resistance Summer School Join the Fall Waitlist for Race, Media and International Affairs 101! https://forms.gle/6LoPuLUUjPT6Tang8
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social
New York Times opinion columnist; MSNBC contributor; author.
@opinion.bloomberg.com
Opinions on business, economics, technology and more from the columnists at Bloomberg Opinion. 📧 Newsletter: http://trib.al/BNqIxPf 🌎💻📊🏦🗺️♻️
@bendreyfuss.bsky.social
You don’t need to follow me just because we were mutuals on Twitter. I won’t be offended. Seems like this account is mostly me getting in dumb arguments which I wouldn’t want to read either. CalmDownBen.com
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Read me: HamiltonNolan.com My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@drewmagary.bsky.social
Defector.com. SFGate.com. Six books. I'm just here for a good time.
@ndhapple.bsky.social
Words in Streetsblog. Examining how we make passenger rail better (electric/modern) for NYU-Marron. Prev: NY Mag, NY Post-Metro, NYDN. Hook’em🤘. 🏳️🌈. Tips? bynolanhicks@gmail.com; Signal/WhatsApp. On Mastadon: journa.host/@ndhapple