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Senior Programme Manager @ Code for Africa
Synthetic media ethics, journalism & info manipulation research
Some cats & some books
Wishful thinker
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@iammilliam.bsky.social
I like books. Wrote ‘The Year of Reading Dangerously’. Co-host Backlisted podcast @backlisted.bsky.social. I don’t only like books. No DM please.
@katetd.bsky.social
I, like, write and stuff. Professional word nerd, (erstwhile) indie podcaster. Cape Town, South Africa. She/her
@johnashbourne.bsky.social
Emerging Markers Economist, Africa Watcher, 🇨🇦🇬🇧, Personal account
@ninaottewitte.bsky.social
Program Director @DWAkademie / Interested in: media & democracy, information ecosystems & info manipulation, East Africa
@andrevlok.bsky.social
Conflict and employment dispute specialist, negotiator, mediator, arbitrator, author Email : andre@conflict1.co.za Blog : http://conflict-conversations.co.za
@ryanmusser.bsky.social
Posts about current events/politics/development in Africa, building better cities, local Washington DC issues, and how biking is the best form of transportation. Live in Ward 8/EOTR. Lover of front porches and #bikeDC. Check out my Africa starter packs.
@darren.africandefence.net
Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence) Covering African conflicts with a specific focus on Southern Africa. Email: dolivier@africandefence.net Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/9yYQ7ONQJ8KYa71byz4avvZuSICtMLWim0AlDOYqYwwZhOSZaVpGKLUzYPBqrJAM
@benedictkelly.bsky.social
Lover of trivia, sci-fi and afternoon naps (cycling as well). Ex tech journo now deeply embedded in the corporate world. Don’t ask me to explain something if you’re short on time.
@imarais.bsky.social
Faculty development, stray anthropologist, lover of teaching and distance education... Mother of cats and tortoises
@aehudson.bsky.social
Political scientist | Assessing democracy @internationalidea.bsky.social | Author of The Veil of Participation (CUP) http://bit.ly/3jHUfYt | 🇨🇦 in 🇸🇪 | Posting in a personal capacity.
@pickeringrobyn.bsky.social
Assoc. Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 Co-director Human Evolution Research Institute | geology, isotopes, U-Pb dating carbonates, human evolution, southern African palaeoclimates | equitable fieldwork | decolonisation |she/her
@joshbudlender.bsky.social
Postdoc at SALDRU, University of Cape Town: Labour & Development Economics. Firms and wages and structural transformation; programme evaluation; a bit of econ history & social policy. And some 🇿🇦 politics :) https://www.joshbudlender.co.za
@jamesrball.com
Tech, policy, politics. Pol ed @ the New European, fellow @ Demos, writer in various other places. Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World https://www.jamesrball.com/
@mmitchell.bsky.social
Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse. Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
@lisavanwyk.bsky.social
From the edge of the deep green sea. Ex @webfoundation,@amnesty,@MSF. Lapsed classicist. Comms nerd. Tweets about human rights, postpunk and small fluffy things.
@deeshroom.bsky.social
Communications manager at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies.
@lujainion.bsky.social
@tamara0h.bsky.social
Independent writer, editor, and communications consultant. Word Chef. Mom to Noogie. Grammar grumpypants. F1 nut. Here for the cat pics and puns.
@eff.org
We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at https://eff.org/social. https://eff.org
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@fabiogiglietto.bsky.social
Professor of Internet Studies at the University of Urbino - Principal investigator https://mine.uniurb.it - WP4 leader at https://www.veraai.eu/
@avesse.bsky.social
Neophile, web geek, product builder, optimist, pragmatist. South African in Stockholm 🇿🇦🇸🇪
@ruibarros.me
Portuguese data journalist publico.pt. | #ddj #svelte #rstats 📍 Braga 📸 @photons.ruibarros.me 💻 ruimgbarros.com 📮 rui.barros@publico.pt 🤖 @manchetes.pt
@robynporteous.bsky.social
Intersectional Feminist. Writer. Runner. Bibliophile. Anti-Racist. She/Her. Disinformation destroys democracy. #BlackLivesMatter. Views my own.
@nickjackson.bsky.social
While everyone deserves a voice, not everyone has earned a microphone. US news junkie from SA🇿🇦. I also (re)skeet about advertising, film & TV, HIV, WWW, comedy & Lady Gaga. Agency guy in Digital\Strat\Prod\etc
@corrie206.bsky.social
“I have dogs. Dogs have fleas. Fleas suck blood. Vampires suck blood. Vampires are eternal. Therefore I am immortal. And very tall. Mind your head!” @ShellsPemB
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
@kashana.bsky.social
TV writer. Author of the novels THE SURVIVALISTS and THE PAYBACK (July 2025). Deadly with a butter knife. Preorder THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
@andrewmale.bsky.social
Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist. Cultivating the echo chamber since 2011.
@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.
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@arfness.bsky.social
Opinions. Comms. OSINT. Analysis. Marketing strat. Some snark. Radical apanthropist. NB: It's probably more complicated than you think - whatever it is.
@peterjmaurits.bsky.social
Writing a book on African science fiction. Wrote a book titled 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘻𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 modern 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳y. Sub-3h marathon. Likes to run far and up things.
@chrisroper.bsky.social
Deputy CEO at @Code4Africa, Former Ed-in-Chief: Mail & Guardian and 24. com. Knight Fellow at ICFJ 2015-2019. He/him
@janelytv.bsky.social
Reporting for WSJ in Kyiv. Previously BuzzFeed News, Harvard Shorenstein Center. Osint, investigations, sometimes disinformation.
@grantpeace.com
BlueSky only. Tech enthusiast (optimist). Futurist and early-adopter of everything.
@yrfatfriend.bsky.social
Cohost of Maintenance Phase. Author of two books. In a documentary called Your Fat Friend. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen.
@xkcd.com