Why watch the State of the Union, when you could watch your favorite unhinged Bluesky posters share their weird hobbies, niche obsessions, and scorching hot takes?

Participants

Andrea Grimes

A journalist and activist living in Austin, Texas. I lead the research team at Reproaction and am an extremely proud co-founder of The Flytrap, a feminist media cooperative.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Theoretical physicist. Black Feminist theorist. Writer. I do: dark matter, neutron stars, & science studies.

Claire Willett

Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Writing books and plays, mentoring lefty grantwriters. “Notable internet lesbian.”

Erin Biba

Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker. NatGeo, BBC, SciAm, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others.

Greg Pak

Rhymes with “rock.” Comics writer, filmmaker, photojournalist. SUPERNATURAL, PLANET HULK.

Madiba Dennie

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.

Micah

Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living.

Mo Ryan

I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years.

Shiv Ramdas

Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc.

Tal Lavin

journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. Most recent book: Wild Faith

Tyler From The Internet

Shitposter with intermittent bursts of sincerity.
Writer, filmmaker. Selective perfectionist. Full-time creative, part-time human.

MC: Tekla

writer, artist, feminist, fancy. dedicated to reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ liberation, and racial justice. professionally trans over at A4TE