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@catsofyore.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
Independent journalist. Send tips via Signal: 202-510-1268. Join my newsletter 👇👇👇 kenklippenstein.substack.com
@georgetakei.bsky.social
I’ve boldly gone into the clear blue yonder. Follow for more recipes and tips.
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@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
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Special correspondent at Vanity Fair and host of the Fast politics podcast and MSNBC
@andylevy.net
co-host of the daily beast podcast “the new abnormal.” clever and invigorating jokes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-abnormal/id1508202790 proud asymmetric
@carlbergstrom.com
UW biology prof. I study how information flows in biology, science, and society. Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk I don't like fascists. he/him
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him.
@evacide.bsky.social
Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social These opinions are my own, not my employers’ I did a TED talk once
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
@prisonculture.bsky.social
co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, etc...
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people. Join us: https://linktr.ee/moreperfectunion
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Got a tip for us? Go to: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
@ironspike.bsky.social
Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Comics. Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Animation. https://ironcircus.com Executive Producer, Lackadaisy. Writer, Cartoonist. webcomic: http://blikada.com #blikada
@effinbirds.com
Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
@katie.bzky.team
i'm the most RESPECTFUL transsexual journalist in the world @khronos.world tightpussy.shop she/her people i've turned trans: 234
@midnightpals.bsky.social
King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
@sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Senior Scientist | Vaccine Research & Development | NIH | NIAID | VRC | 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 | 🏳️🌈 | @coralchimera.bsky.social 💍 | @phoenixnest.bsky.social & @multicolorbark.com🧵🪡
@mjsdc.bsky.social
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Dad to one toddler and several other animals.
@wagatwe.com
antirape activist turned theorist and educator. I make and analyze media. proud bunny mama. she/hers 🇰🇪🇧🇸 twitter.com/wagatwe wagatwe.com
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
@astrokatie.com
Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
@wolfskulljack.bsky.social
Artist, she/her, possibly a werewolf. Clients include Metallica,Smashing Pumpkins, Magic!The Gathering, Boom!, Anchorage Brewing and more Volunteer at Wolf Watch UK, a wolf sanctuary https://wolfskulljack.com/ HUMAN MADE ART
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
@mekka.mekka-tech.com
Building Digital Ecosystems at Google. https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke He/him.
@fuckyouiquit.bsky.social
The labor market is a mess. Here to show you why. Highlighting workers conflict with poor management, corporate greed, bad business, and the economy. Threads.net/@fuckyouiquit Instagram.com/fuckyouiquit
@iwriteok.bsky.social
I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
@criticalrole.bsky.social
The home of #CriticalRole, #ExandriaUnlimited, #CandelaObscura, and MORE! Join us for epic adventures on http://beacon.tv, Twitch, & YouTube
@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
@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
@slimyswampghost.bsky.social
he/him NO A/I GARBAGE 🪱 Artist / illustrator / writer obsessed with ghosts ‘n ghouls🪱Wrote SCAREWAVES🪱Junji Ito said he loved a monster i designed. "Disturbing fella, this Trevor!" - Guillermo Del Toro
@askaubry.com
Curator of Nice Guys™, WTFs, & Trash Takes Submission? DM me DMs are subject to the public Buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/askaubry Follow≠endorse TL=TW
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social
Antifa goat dairy and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We make cheese and trouble. Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
@gwillow.me
Award-winning author of novels and comics. Wrote the books that one of those shows you like was based on. Currently: POISON IVY for DC Comics, THE HUNGER AND THE DUSK for IDW. I watch a lot of soccer. Buy my books: bookshop.org/shop/gww
@secondlina.com
Isa / bi ace ink goblin 🏳️🌈 🎨 (her/they). French Canadian📍[Montréal]. Co-author of webcomics Namesake & Trinket (with Hiveworks). Author of Crow Time (on Webtoon). 🧿 ♊
@indyfromspace.bsky.social
Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her
@tmbg.bsky.social
Brooklyn’s Ambassadors of Love official. On tour in the United States. New LP in the works.
@nameshiv.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in @strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net.
@samthielman.com
Sam Thielman | Seen NYT Book Review, New Yorker, Slate, Flaming Hydra foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | 741.5 (Comic books, strips, etc.) | NC>Brooklyn | cat subordinate | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE with Sean Howe forthcoming from HarperOne
@rootfire.bsky.social
🎨Artist 🤖 Geek 📚Writer ⚕️Psych Disabled 🐕🦺greyhounded 🦖Chaos Goblin ♠️ace linktr.ee/rootfire