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Senior Programme Manager @ Code for Africa
Synthetic media ethics, journalism & info manipulation research
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@leetbee.bsky.social
Technology journalist in Africa covering infosec, startups, telcos, games, hardware. Find my words here https://htxt.co.za/author/brendyn-lotz/
@harvestofhay.bsky.social
Mostly I just grow things heyπ± Curator: Future Africa Indigenous and Orphan Crops Collection, University of Pretoria Conservation Project Coordinator: Botanical Society of South Africa
@joshshepperd.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, University of Colorado; Director, Library of Congress RPTF; Editor, Resonance Journal; Faculty Advisor, KVCU Radio
@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Author of Villager, 1983 and 13 other books. LP recommendations. Folklore. Psychedelic countryside pics. Sheep & cattle-based nonsense. Essentially a thinly disguised attempt to persuade you to subscribe to my Substack: tomcox.substack.com
@wandilesihlobo.bsky.social
Agricultural economist from South Africa. Author, βThe Uncomfortable Truth about South Africa's Agriculture (2025)β, βA Country of Two Agricultures (2023)β, + more. www.wandilesihlobo.com
@robforbes.bsky.social
Broadcaster. Humanist. Gives great hugs. Other interests available on request. @RobForbesDJ on IG/X (He/Him) πΏπ¦π
@owlarcana.bsky.social
Editor at @carteblanche.co.za and relentless news junkie. Often staring at the ceiling at 3 in the morning. Owns two cats but wants to own them all. Perpetually playing catch-up on TV series from a decade ago. πSubstack: https://owlarcana.substack.com
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/) 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
@tauriq.bsky.social
Human rights lawyer, video game critic, horror obsessive, Kader Asmal Fellow studying international human rights law @ Trinity College, Dublin (he/him)
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@carlspies.com
Robotics Curriculum Designer | IoT & STEM EdTech Dev | Arduino Organizer | Open-Source & Agile Advocate | Linux User | Systems Thinker | Neurodivergent | Bridging tech & education, unleashing curiosity in innovators. 4IR-Envoy
@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
London Review Bookshop. 20,000 titles on two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town 14 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JL
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. celesteng.com
@askaubry.com
Curator of Nice Guysβ’, WTFs, & Trash Takes Submission? DM me DMs are subject to the public Buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/askaubry Followβ endorse TL=TW
@publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays β βοΈ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop. https://publicdomainreview.org
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
Writer, poet, editor, musician. Ghost Signs (Bluemoose 2022) Keshed (Ortac, Feb 2026) Disappear Here: Bret Easton Ellis' America (Ortac, pub. tbc) #MDANT https://stuhennigan.substack.com/ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/author/4207/stu-hennigan
@nicolarighetti.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Digital Methods | Computational Sociology | University of Urbino Carlo Bo https://www.nicolarighetti.net/
@vera-ai.bsky.social
VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence. Research project co-funded by HorizonEU. Makers of InVID-WeVerify-vera.ai verification plugin, plus much more! Focus: countering disinformation. Here: project ownersβ views. https://www.veraai.eu/home
@number10cat.bsky.social
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my sixth Prime Minister. Unofficial. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Journalist @404Media.co Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
@koltai.bsky.social
Senior researcher & Trainer @Bellingcat.com Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT "I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Squid biologist Science communicator Artist Philadelphian I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social Creator of the SquidMobile https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
@ellamchawk.bsky.social
Design, Shakespeare, biscuit art. Senior Lecturer in Research & Innovation at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Book: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare). She/her.
@drjengunter.bsky.social
Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
@acfick72.bsky.social
Reader; Emperor of Solitude; self-ironising Don of #NorthJozi; Anarchosyndicalist Czar of All Tolstoyan Russian Multiverses; House Fuller-Hallim, Single Raised Eyebrow. π€΄π½ππ€ππβοΈππΎπ π¨π½βπΎπ Inept food garden volunteer.
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
jester of goodwill (journalist, author, radio person, etc) marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
@josh-kaplan.bsky.social
ProPublica reporter | Email me at joshua.kaplan@propublica.org | Contact info & stories here: propublica.org/people/joshua-kaplan
@bad-at-usernames2.bsky.social
@timharford.ft.com
FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
@sawarren.bsky.social
With his unique style and iconic fashion sense, Warren is, without a doubt, the Monty Python of comedy. He/him #WhatsTheFactPodcast
@soila.bsky.social
she/her, π°πͺ π³π¬, africanist, womanist, π data journo at theawjp.org c/o @icfjorg.bsky.social & pop-culturist @coldtakegeeks.bsky.social Imagining Africa in the future @africansffhype.bsky.social Check out my Feeds and Lists tabs βββ www.soilakenya.com
@sondheimlyric.bsky.social
Content dictates form. Less is more. God is in the details.
@pierredevos.bsky.social
Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at UCT and author of the Blog, Constitutionally Speaking. I am not a journalist. Hopeful that everyone on this app will read before commenting.
@groundup.org.za
GroundUp brings you #NewsThatMatters. We report human rights stories across South Africa. Visit https://groundup.org.za/
@alastairotter.bsky.social
Editor of The Outlier, data communications and visualisation expert. theoutlier.co.za
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@noreenmasud.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @UoBrisEnglish π³οΈβπ A FLAT PLACE (Hamish Hamilton/MHP 2023) HARD LANGUAGE (OUP 2022) π¨ AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker πββ¬ rep: @mfredturner
@amandamull.bsky.social
Senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek, covering consumer culture. Georgia native, Georgia Bulldog. Opinions mine.
@mobydickatsea.bsky.social
Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
@backlisted.bsky.social
John Mitchinson @johnmitchinson.bsky.social and Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social giving new life to old books every fortnight. Bookshop.org Indie Champion 2023. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
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