Writers, artists, weirdos. Personally, I'm hoping that two out of three ain't bad.
Come to the liberal side of social media
Just some recommended folks to follow.
I have excellent taste. These are fun, lovely, brilliant, cool people you should follow. You’re welcome. You look like you need a win.
An incomplete list of US writers, artists, and creators of Asian, Native Hawai'ian, and Pacific Islander descent here on Bluesky. May also include Asian, Native Hawai'ian, and Pacific Islander folks from Canada, the UK, and other parts of the diaspora.
Reporters, pundits and professors who talk about politics and culture. Check out my Newsletters starter pack for independent journos. If you're looking for activists, check out Good Trouble-makers (general left activism) or Worker Power (labor and workplace power).
My personal combat deck.
These are all accounts that are welcoming to new accounts from Gaza/ their families following them! Hopefully this will help avoid getting tagged as spam from random following. Please still be careful about sharing your links too much to avoid being picked up by spam auto filters ❤️
people who know things
Trying to rebuild from the Xitter. 😂 Here's the folks I've found, plus some amusing new accts!
Short stories are my favourite medium and should be celebrated more. Spotting a short story section in a bookshop is exciting! My local library has a short story section. Online, there are loads of great publishers. Speculative fiction (I like the term 'wonder fiction') is my favourite genre.
Starter pack to help migrate Indians from the bad site. Includes some of the active users and few feeds to help connect with others. (p.s. let me know if you'd like to be off the list)
People who tend to lift me out of the occasional doldrums. YMMV, of course. And that's enough lists for one day.
EN/NO, mostly politics/science.
Seahawks skeeters of Bluesky
Notable accounts no longer posting on X (Twitter)
This is a starter pack of people in the SFF verse that I pay attention to, and you might, too. We've got columnists, fellow fan writers, authors, publicists, magazines, the works.
If you need to replace me in the aggregate, this should get you a solid 80% of the way there
A curated pack for a friend.
People I work with, people I like to follow, people who have been on BlueSky a long time, and people who are really effing funny.
Here are some interesting people!
People who have made me laugh and/or think, and set the tone here
Accounts that are funny, comforting, hopeful and all that jazz