some cool folks
A mix of smart, funny, thoughtful and interesting people I think are cool!
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@swordsjew.bsky.social
@mlabbq.bsky.social
She/her that has been compared to Nick Miller and Larry David. Follow if those fictional characters tickle your ivories? It’s always been Free Palestine.
@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
@mikedrucker.bsky.social
Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
@mariabustillos.com
Join me at the journalist cooperative @flaminghydra.com maria | at | flaminghydra | dot | com mariabustillos.com | thebrick.house
@rachelpowers.bsky.social
~writer, mom, teacher, ✡️, spouse to @grumpykelson~ How I vote: ‘88 Dukakis | ‘92 Clinton | ‘96 Clinton | ‘00 Gore | ‘04 Kerry | ‘08 Obama | ‘12 Obama | ‘16 Clinton | ‘20 Biden | ‘24 Harris
@lauralippman.bsky.social
Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress? I am too a Merry Sunshine.
@sarahweinman.com
Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Author, SCOUNDREL and THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN. Next nonfiction book (November 2025): WITHOUT CONSENT http://www.linktr.ee/sarahweinman
@ladeziree.bsky.social
MEXICAN AMERICAN.Writer. Educator. Altadena Latest novel: DISPOSSESSED Our hidden Californian history www.desireezamorano.com Latest short fiction: Alta https://www.altaonline.com/culture/fiction-and-poetry/a44016136/fiction-magdas-hen-desiree-zamorano/
@jilltwiss.bsky.social
Comedy writer. "Last Week Tonight", "The Amber Ruffin Show." Author of "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" and "The Someone New." Friend to several penguins.
@mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social
Author, chef, freelance sensitivity reader. Autistic, enby. Food Aversion cookbook COLOR TASTE TEXTURE is out now! (Avery / PRH) Rep’d by Sharon Belcastro at @belcastroagency.bsky.social
@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
@joeberkowitz.bsky.social
Writer. Not too annoying. Books: American Cheese, Away With Words, You Blew it. Bylines: Many of the good places.
@rejectionking.bsky.social
Bonsai Wolf. Tiny and Mighty™️. Adorkable chihuahua. Tradecraft analyst focused on cloudsec. Dogged and rigorous. Bit of a weirdo. Feral historian focusing on extremism. he/they Email: theloopcast@gmail.com
@spindlypete.bsky.social
she/her. sorry about my face, an animal licked it USDA zone 8b/9a
@asherelbein.bsky.social
Freelance writing about the wild, old and dead. (Plus comics.) Bylines in The New York Times, SciAm, Undark, Texas Monthly, and lots of other places. Repped by @desir.ee at Looking Glass Literary.
@kkdumez.bsky.social
Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Next up: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
@pastpunditry.bsky.social
Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
@theflytrapmedia.com
Worker-owned, community-oriented intersectional feminist journalism to unfuck your algorithm. 🔗 theflytrapmedia.com
@ardenthistorian.bsky.social
Author @Rowohlt, freelance journalist, senior correspondent Religion Dispatches, writes about Christian Nationalism & Right-Wing Extremism in the US & globally. 1/2 of @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social Agent: Landwehr & Cie Events: Paula Döring
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
jester of goodwill (journalist, author, radio person, etc) marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
@thehighsign.bsky.social
Film critic at Slate; co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast; repped by the Cheney Agency; member NYFCC. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203
@cavedweller.bsky.social
#ACAB #ProtectTransKids #DeathToAtor Nerdery. Books. Shitposting. Vague and overly complicated plans for world domination.* Fabulous hats. *Condemned by the Space Pope.
@oishinythings.bsky.social
Jewellery maker and collector of shiny things. Jewellery at: OiShiny.Etsy.com Turtle Of Calm wallpapers at: https://ko-fi.com/turtleofcalm/shop
@merryrobin.bsky.social
Fighting misinformation is fighting fascism 🍉🏳️🌈 Contra la desinformación anti derechos que vive en las Wikipedias 🚩 You can buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/merryrobin
@ido.bsky.social
Journalist in Berlin focusing on all things Europe. Previously at the BBC and New Statesman. http://idovock.com 🇺🇦
@maryannaise.bsky.social
I write about climate change/grief/justice. Author of Troubled Waters (novel) & The World is Ours to Cherish (children’s book). Birmingham bred me, Mississippi fed me. ❤️🌍💚🌎🖤 https://www.maryannaiseheglar.com/
@kathrynajoyce.bsky.social
Investigative editor @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social & journalist covering the right. Author of The Child Catchers & Quiverfull. Writing in various places. kathrynajoyce@gmail.com Signal: kathrynajoyce.01
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
Political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff. I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking! (she/her)
@otsumamiboy.bsky.social
✊🏾 • Beer • SSF2X • おつまみ大好き • DrinkLocal • Lakers • Dodgers • 阪神タイガース • Joshi Puroresu • お相撲 • Bleeding Heart 🍻 • Fei Long • 春麗 • Karin Kanzuki • Jamie Siu 🍶
@povertyscholar.bsky.social
Prof @Cornell studying: power, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing) |Author: Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism & Unequal Politics |Builder|Believer
@greenwell.bsky.social
My book Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream comes out June 10, 2025. Preorder it here: https://bookshop.org/a/109816/9780063299351
@jillian.bsky.social
Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021). Views are mine alone. Work @EFF, teach at College of Europe Natolin, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about #freealaa
@modernistwitch.bsky.social
yells in the band daddy’s boy // part of flaming hydra // member: tja, iww fju, opeiu l1010 // union YES // another world is possible if we can get it together
@clairewillett.bsky.social
Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Covering arts philanthropy at orartswatch.org. Writing books and plays at clairewillettwrites.com. Mentoring lefty grantwriters at tinyurl.com/8thHousePDX. Just a Virgo who can’t drive.
@robinfromwork.bsky.social
Perpetually tired award winning writer. Queer. Disabled. Always asks for the aux. Horror, humour, craft beer, fragrance and photography. America's sweetheart 1984-1992. She/Her
@eveettinger.com
Writer. Kids have rights. they/them 🏳️⚧️ go follow @responsiblehs.bsky.social
@edzitron.com
British, But In Las Vegas and NYC ezitron.76 Sig Newsletter - wheresyoured.at https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio Columnist at Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/author/ed-zitron CEO at EZPR.com - Award-Winning Tech PR
@dappergander.bsky.social
The dapperest of ducks. I mock and I know things. QAnon analysis featured in Vice, Newsweek, Daily Mail, CBS News.
@lollardfish.bsky.social
Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Preorder: #Oathbreakers: https://tinyurl.com/oathbreakersHC. Subscribe to the Modern Medieval Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/ModernMedieval
@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist | alleged "left-wing commie-god" | Higher ed, critical pedagogy, some 18th-19th c. history | Wrote: https://wvupressonline.com/node/823 | Sports takes included for no extra charge. he/him.
@machete.gay
doctor of sociology at inst. nastro azzurro podcast guest complains a lot about admin stuff in counterextremism https://nocellara.beehiiv.com/ 🧙♂️🚫 suffer in the tension between my serious opinions and d&d character pfp
@returnstosender.bsky.social
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦 (Harvard, 2022) https://bit.ly/SovietJewBook | 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵 (Stanford, 2026) https://www.sup.org/books/jewish-studies/shadow-holocaust | he/him | Opinions my own | My website: sashasenderovich.weebly.com
@katkinsman.bsky.social
Executive features editor at Food & Wine, host of Tinfoil Seans, author of Hi, Anxiety, and fan of dogs.
@tromano.bsky.social
Author of The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture. https://linktr.ee/tromano_writer
@samsanders.bsky.social
Podcast maker. LA based, and Texan forever. TWO shows! The Sam Sanders Show: every FRIDAY wherever you get your pods, and on YouTube. Vibe Check: every WEDNESDAY with my friends Zach and Saeed. Also, I’m cuter on instagram: @samsanders
@paleofuture.bsky.social
Tech reporter @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com Signal: mattnovak.11
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
"Antifa Nancy Drew." https://www.clippings.me/noturtlesoup17 https://www.turtlediaries.net/ https://linktr.ee/noturtlesoup17 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/undercover-maga-alt-right/
@vanbadham.bsky.social
Guardian columnist, co-hosts The Week on Wednesday podcast, makes theatre, yaps a lot. Contact me: https://linktr.ee/vanbadham You should totally buy my book, QANON & ON: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults. It’s bonkers.
@dvorameyers.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, beagle owner https://dvora.substack.com/ Commission me: dvorameyers@protonmail.com
@qop.bsky.social
@qjurecic.bsky.social
I write about law, democracy, and the internet. Words in @lawfaremedia.org, The Atlantic, Washington Post Book World. It's KWIN-ta. Speaking only for myself on here. signal: qjurecic.32
@laurahudson.bsky.social
I write comics and video games and stuff. Sometimes journo/editor, formerly @ Wired, The Verge, Offworld, ComicsAlliance; @laura_hudson on bird. Chaotic good, optimistic cynic, total champ. Here to eat trash and be free
@lebassett.bsky.social
Journalist, columnist at The Cut, former EIC of Jezebel, longtime repro rights reporter. From South Louisiana 🐊. Author of Nightcap, an irreverent newsletter about politics: https://www.laura-bassett.com/
@everywhereist.bsky.social
James Beard Award-winning writer, bestselling author, and all-around weirdo behind Everywhereist.com. Author, ALL OVER THE PLACE (Hachette, 2017) and IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT (PRH, 2024)
@keribla.bsky.social
Reporter: LA Times. Author: Corrections in Ink. New America fellow. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
@beyerstein.bsky.social
@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.
@moryan.bsky.social
writer. critic. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋 moryan.com 💚 linktr.ee/maureenryan 🚀 I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’m also a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. More on all that at the links above 🌸🔥
@emily.gorcen.ski
Technologist, storyteller, activist. Opinions my own. Creator of @lefttoourowndevices.blog and @brandblock.online 📍Charlottesville / Berlin en / de / es Posts autodelete after 2 days. Some posts automated. Web: emilygorcenski.com Bookwyrm.social/EmilyG
@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
@perrybaconjr.bsky.social
Government and policy writer. Views are my own. perry.bacon@washpost.com. https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-perry-bacon-jr/
@douglasmack.bsky.social
Snacks, Americana, and other curiosities. 📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (Norton, 2017). 🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
@flaminghydra.com
A collaborative of 60 writers and artists publishing a newsletter for you each weekday. Culture, opinions, criticism, news, comics, mayhem. $3/month https://flaminghydra.com
@lindaholmes.bsky.social
Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Oh God, I should probably be doing one of my jobs right now.
@threnody.bsky.social
fiction writer • roommate to 3 cats with surprisingly rich interior lives • parmesan cheese enthusiast recent stories: hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride month reading list
@aedwardslevy.bsky.social
Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
@zeeshanaleem.bsky.social
Political columnist and editor @MSNBC Daily. Say hello: zeeshan.aleem@nbcuni.com Sign up for my free politics newsletter: http://zeeshanaleem.substack.com/subscribe
@nora.zone
botmaker, jeweler, queer, kobold, glass wizard, husband haver, capitalism hater. they/them ze/hir https://nora.jewelry/ https://nora.zone/ "we are our only saviors"
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social
Antifa goat dairy and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We make cheese and trouble. Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
@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.
@rebeccahazelstaff.bsky.social
YA author 🌈 my debut, rabbit and Juliet, out now from Quill Tree Books, a Harper Collins Imprint
@letahongfincher.bsky.social
Author of LEFTOVER WOMEN: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China and BETRAYING BIG BROTHER: The Feminist Awakening in China. https://letahongfincher.com
@katelynburns.com
Freelance journalist. MSNBC and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host. Formerly: Vox For story leads, my signal is kab.80
@yourombudsmom.bsky.social
Writer: Lit Nonfic—publish or represent me! Journalist: Abortions—help me fund them! Co-owner: @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social Podcast: @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social Parent: 👧🏼 and 🐰 Mother: Fucker Media: Don and Your Ombudsmom! https://linktr.ee/yourombudsmom
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
Journalist, Heartland author, prairie defender, fifth-generation Kansas farm girl.
@kendrajames.bsky.social
Author (ADMISSIONS: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School); WIP on four summers at The American Girl Place; Mission Impossible enthusiast.
@richardsima.bsky.social
Science journalist and Brain Matters columnist @washingtonpost.com. Erstwhile neuroscientist 🧠 https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/richard-sima/
@amandasmith.bsky.social
Writer, science nerd, boy crazy, Dodger fan. she/her. I made a book & won best dramatic screenplay at #AFF2021. Opinions my own & often wrong.
@epistemophagy.bsky.social
Isabelle. 30. she/her. Founding editor @severalproblems.press. Bluesky banned Bill Kezos because Singal told them to. Please help me eat: https://ko-fi.com/epistemophagy
@trans.bsky.social
Trans enby woman into tech, queer rights, pop culture, & alt-text. writer/artist/product manager. she / they/ fae. 🔞minors dni🔞 —— 🎯𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴: Electrolysis⚡️ —— Tip Jar ☕️: https://ko-fi.com/trans_sage Merch👩🎤: transgender.gay
@vandroidhelsing.bsky.social
It's pronounced PECK-a-check. Artist, Crawford Award-winning writer, third thing now and then. He/him. Seattle. https://linktr.ee/jpechacek repped by Jennifer Azantian. Debut novel THE WEST PASSAGE out now from tordotcom!
@meakoopa.bsky.social
international bestselling pervert • writer: DAYSPRING, AVENGERS ACADEMY • film programmer • phd • any pronouns http://linktr.ee/meakoopa lycan sub scribe. DAYSPRING - out now! dayspringbook.com
@petedavis.bsky.social
Neighbor | Org: DemocracyPolicy.network | Film: JoinOrDie.film | Book: DedicatedBook.org | Newsletter: PeteDavis.substack.com
@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)
@ndntacocat.bsky.social
Bestsmelling Author & Food Writer Ayukîi! 👋🏼 she/her Karuk & Italian 🪶🍝 “Chími Nu'am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen” https://linktr.ee/thefrybreadriot
@emorwee.bsky.social
I run HEATED, a newsletter devoted to climate accountability reporting and opinion. She/her. 📧: emorwee@proton.me Signal: @emorwee.06
@janelytv.bsky.social
Reporting for WSJ in Kyiv. Previously BuzzFeed News, Harvard Shorenstein Center. Osint, investigations, sometimes disinformation.