Alex Parsons
Democracy Programme Lead / Senior Researcher - mySociety/TheyWorkForYou. Also for some reason Postman Pat reviews.
Starter Packs
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The Definitive Civic Tech Starter Pack
Where civic and tech meet
@deargodwhatnow.bsky.social
I'm just this guy yknow. All opinions entirely my own, and probably wrong
@jacobweinbren.bsky.social
על נהרות בבל שם ישבנו גם בכינו בזכרנו את ציון https://kafkaesque.blog
@rosafurneaux.bsky.social
Senior investigative reporter at SourceMaterial • Climate, corruption, democracy • Previously Reuters, TBIJ • rosa@source-material.org
@lordnortonlouth.bsky.social
Professor of Government, University of Hull. Devoted to the study of the Constitution, Parliament, and the Conservative Party.
@jacattell.bsky.social
Bring us together, make things better. @janethughes.bsky.social's partner 💞 https://www.cattell.com
@DS90210.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
💕 New drama. Same old station. A DS9 romantic comedy parody bot by @otterlove 💕 Auto-generated shipping and lols. 💕 #DS9 #DeepSpace9 #StarTrekDS9 #StarTrek [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@DS90210 on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@michellebrook.bsky.social
Cornish, currently living in Cheshire. Environment, data, tech, policy and community. Reads a lot, loves silly adventures.
@kevintfrazier.bsky.social
AI Innovation and Law Fellow at Texas Law | Cover AI for the Lawfare Institute | Author the Appleseed AI substack.
@eaves.ca
Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital. Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
@dbroockman.bsky.social
Day job = Associate Prof. of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Tweets = personal views.
@runningdog.bsky.social
In the early days of our movement, it was mandatory that all members smoke cigarettes and refrain from speaking, but we realized those traditions were stupid. He/him/his/bark
@richardbrown.bsky.social
Cities, urban economics, housing, puns, poetry and pop music. Views are mine.
@mythologybot.boodoo.co
🤖 bot by @boodoo.co | src: https://archive.org/details/Thompson2016MotifIndex
@popvoxfdn.bsky.social
POPVOX Foundation is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization with a mission to help democratic institutions keep pace with a rapidly changing world. Learn more at popvox.org.
@campaignfdj.bsky.social
A UK-wide campaign run by Disabled people, for Disabled people, run by a local charity @inclusionbarnet.bsky.social Join our campaign for updates: https://www.campaignfordisabilityjustice.org.uk/sign_up_to_support
@mash85.bsky.social
Principal Software Developer. Civil Servant. Drummer. Gamer. Runner. Cyclist. Humanist. Dopamine enthusiast. Views my own.
@dpart.bsky.social
Think Tank für politische Partizipation | Think Tank for political participation https://dpart.org/
@nicolaspurr.bsky.social
Interested in journalism, literature, freedom of expression and human rights. Born in Jo’burg, now in London.
@andrewfbarclay.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield. Elections, Political Behaviour and Blackburn Rovers
@markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social PhD studying political contention of self-determination groups | 📊 Quant PoliSci | 🗳️ Scots politics & elections | Associate Member @ccc-research.bsky.social | ✍🏻 @heraldscotland.bsky.social
@appgonacrt.bsky.social
Building a fair and transparent tax system. Campaigning against corruption and dirty money. Working cross-party for real change. Chaired by Joseph Powell MP
@campaignfoi.bsky.social
We seek to improve and defend freedom of information in support of a more vibrant and open democracy.
@alwalker.bsky.social
Research Assistant @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk Previously @ukandeu.bsky.social Interested in constitution and governance stuff, devolution, political theory
@patcon.bsky.social
& this is the wonder that keeps the stars apart. #complexity #plurality #democracy #civictech @CivicTechTO cfndr. @g0vtw fan. early pol.is cntrbtr. ex: biochemst @enviroDGI @HyphaCoop @nwspk @gc_talent 🏡 Tkaronto/SF/NOLA/London 🔗 nodescription.net/notes
@dbanisar.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at lsegovernment.bsky.social, govacctproj.bsky.social. Consultant/human rights lawyer. #Privacy, #FOI, #freeexpression, #corruption, #whistleblowing, #SDGs etc. Formerly Article19, PrivacyIntl, EPIC. Random mapmaker
@parliview.bsky.social
ParliView forms a transparency initiative based on collaboration between @zacdgreene.bsky.social at U of Strathclyde, Glasgow, @jamespcross.bsky.social and Derek Greene at UCD, Dublin and @transparency-eu.bsky.social. More coming soon!
@cfgs.bsky.social
As leading charity and national centre of expertise, we are committed to empowering organisations with the tools and knowledge to enhance governance and scrutiny.
@jpt.sh
a while ago i created OpenStates.org. now I teach. i think we can make a better world. https://jpt.sh https://unnamed.computer
@epsu.bsky.social
The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), organising 8 million public service workers across Europe. General Secretary: @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
@schoolforgovt.bsky.social
Committed to creating a world governed with intelligence, integrity and innovation. Part of @policyatkings.bsky.social, based in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London. 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/sfg
@sharedfuture.bsky.social
Committed to community empowerment, the social economy and democratic participation. We design and deliver citizens' juries and assemblies and participatory budgeting processes. Find out more: 🔗 sharedfuturecic.org.uk
@dimitricourant.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at @harvard.edu | PhD. in political science Focus: Citizens' Assembly, Democracy, Deliberation, Sortition President of @di-apsa.bsky.social # https://ash.harvard.edu/people/dimitri-courant/
@deldemucan.bsky.social
Leading research centre specialising in deliberative governance & democratic innovations at the University of Canberra.
@hannahforde.bsky.social
Senior Researcher & Wellcome Trust Early Career Awardee in the Sustainable Healthy Food Group @oxprimarycare.bsky.social | Visiting Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol | she/her https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/team/hannah-forde
@daniellalock.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law, KCL https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/daniella-lock She/her
@anil.recoil.org
Professor of Planetary Computing at the University of Cambridge @cst.cam.ac.uk, where I co-lead the @eeg.cl.cam.ac.uk, and am also to found at @conservation.cam.ac.uk. Homepage at https://anil.recoil.org
@direthoughts.com
Investigations Reporter, The Guardian | Tips: henry.dyer@theguardian.com/henrydyer.01 (Signal) | Interested in Politics/Media/🚂/CofE https://www.theguardian.com/profile/henry-dyer http://direthoughts.com
@kajakallas.bsky.social
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Vice-President of the European Commission
@sofiaserrasilva.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher & Political Scientist at @ics-ulisboa.bsky.social | WBI Research Fellow at @ulbruxelles.bsky.social | Previous: Visiting Professor at Georgetown University (Spring 2023)
@ben-shave.bsky.social
I work at the House of Commons. Currently: digital and tech policy scrutiny for the Science, Innovation and Technology committee. Previously: Public Accounts and Brexit committees. Apart from that, I'm mostly being a dad and cycling. My views.
@himself.bsky.social
http://www.henryfarrell.net Now out with Abe Newman, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554
@assembleamerica.org
It’s time to save America. Democracy by Assembly is the way. We're putting everyday people in charge through Citizen Assemblies. Join the movement for #DxA www.assembleamerica.org
@sarahvbn.bsky.social
EU and international affairs. Civil servant with experience of working in the UK and Scandinavia. Policy interests: economics and security, human rights, climate and sustainability, labour market reforms. Lover of sailboats, picnics and cats. Views my own