Cyd Harrell
cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual
she/her. dayjob & usual location: City & County of San Francisco (this is a personal account)
on the board at Technologists for the Public Good; wrote a small book about doing this: https://cydharrell.com/book/
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Geeks Who Critique
My most popular twitter list, recreated as best I can. People who love tech, know that cyberpunk is a warning not a manual, & don't buy the valley BS wholsale. Practitioners, academics, journalists, mouther-offers.
Civic Tech Practitioners
Far from comprehensive, but some of the people doing the work on the ground! Heavily inflected toward US & my own network, feel free to suggest additions! Now with one key online institution too :)
@kristy.bsky.social
Bored Technologist. Aspiring Writer. This is a lifestyle account. https://www.thestraddlers.com/ 1887 forever 🧡💚🐍
@kirabug.com
SFFH Writer, UX designer, design systems builder, and accessibility geek. Wrote the Alphabet of Accessibility Issues. She/her. Can roast a duck, knit, beat Skyrim, but can't make Tuna Helper. Has 3 jack russels: ages 4-7.
@strangerworks.bsky.social
San Francisco-based reporter for Mission Local, Bay Nature, etc etc. Exceedingly interested in most things.
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas "the oldest learned society in Texas established in 1837," TAMEST, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
@sean.bglr.at
🌁 SF Bay. Innovation at Metropolitan Transportation Commission. West coast pizza and bagel truther.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@hatsonmushrooms.bsky.social
I post mushrooms wearing hats. For less stylish mushrooms, find me at @trailreverie.bsky.social.
@taka-does-stuff.bsky.social
he/she use both at random I don't run the Barkley but I run the Barkley sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS7bFn8RH5Na4vVxNijCsFCiHeYqRksDi5D9ddC9Fz4yK7nOQhEg8HwG78lz-PFVB2EkFn4QlJKEXMV/pubhtml
@hilzoy.bsky.social
Ethics R Us. Baltimore. Refugee from Twitter, blogging, and who knows what else.
@KeithDunn.social.running.cafe.ap.brid.gy
An unofficial mirror of Keith Dunn's posts over on Bluesky which mention the Barkley Marathons #BM100 hashtag. The aim is to provide a way of following […] [bridged from https://social.running.cafe/@KeithDunn on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Senior Scientist | Vaccine Research & Development | NIH | NIAID | VRC | 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 | 🏳️🌈 | @coralchimera.bsky.social 💍 | @phoenixnest.bsky.social & @multicolorbark.com🧵🪡
@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social
Authors of “Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race & The Last Century of Queer Life,” publishers of tomandlorenzo.com, podcast: Pop Style Opinionfest
@alt18f.bsky.social
Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
@joelgombin.fr
Extimité, social data et démocratie chez http://opsci.ai, Lab IA à La Plateforme, ex cofondateur de Datactivist. Marseille.
@flowerhorne.com
Writer, Quaker, candlestick maker. Open source technologist and occasional tailor. Fiction in F&SF, Futurescapes, Fireside, Friends' Journal, and places that don't start with F. They.
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
@restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Random Restaurant bot on Bluesky using code created by @friendo.bsky.social, bot engineered by Turbo Dong 420
@us.govsky.org
Tracking U.S. government accounts on Bluesky. Not affiliated with the U.S. government. Find an official government account: https://www.govsky.org/us Govsky is open source! View the code: https://github.com/nas5w/govsky
@benadida.com
I lead an incredible team building a voting machine everyone can trust. https://voting.works Optimistic about judicious uses of tech. Systems, security, privacy, cryptography, and the web are my jam. Previously: Clever, Square, Mozilla, Harvard, MIT.
@fedworkersunited.bsky.social
Federal workers fighting back against DOGE MAY DAY EVENTS maydaystrong.org JOIN OUR MOVEMENT ⤵️ savepublicservices.com SAVE THE SSA/EPA/VA PETITIONS: https://linktr.ee/funfedworkers
@chicagolabor.bsky.social
Since 1896, the Chicago Federation of Labor has fought for economic, social, and racial justice for all working people in Chicago and Cook County.
@racheldx.bsky.social
Director/deviser/writer for theatre, opera, and multidisciplinary performance. Professor and Chair of Theatre and Performance, Purchase College, SUNY. Lover of cats and poetry.
@marshprincess.bsky.social
Scientist. Wetlands & estuaries ecologist, mud enthusiast, fish monitoring data nerd, statistical analyst, open data advocate, R user, working in San Francisco Bay. PhD in wildlife & fisheries science. she/her
@civictechies.bsky.social
We are federal public service technologists advocating for our values and exercising our rights. Being united and organized as a community matters more than ever.
@makenakelly.bsky.social
reporter @ WIRED covering the politics and power influencing the internet DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32 FAQ, Instagram, TikTok, & everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
@sarahmilstein.com
Writing a romance novel(?!). Better known for: tech leaderizing, dog loving, nap taking, vegetable cooking, needlepoint doing
@mnemonic.bsky.social
Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
@kigongo.bsky.social
A New Yorker in LA. Skateboarding. (Casual) football. Fitchecks. 18F-In-Exile. #CivicTech. This is a personal account. R/T’s ≠ endorsements
@joyinthecenter.bsky.social
Reads history books for fun. Opinionated woman. Chicagoan. Bisexual/queer. Moto Guzzi tinkerer. Civic tech, former 18F, UX, UXR, Product and Design Leadership These are my personal views only…blah blah blah
@dell.bsky.social
Sr. writer @wired.com. w/ the @newsguild.org. privacy & national security + DOGE > Send tips via @signal.org ➜ dell.3030
@honestdogbooks.bsky.social
Quirky dog-loving used, new, and rare bookstore in Bayfield, Wisconsin, pop. 421.
@greene.haus
Dad. Wiseguy. Deep South expat. 🏠 Los Angeles, Ca. Prior 📇: Malcontent strategist @ Planned Parenthood Action Fund, DNC, Nat’l Dem. Inst., BlueState. Views my own. Also @ggreeneva @ 🐦 & 🐘.
@robertgo.bsky.social
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, McCourt School, Georgetown U. Former White House, HHS, OMB, MDHHS, NYCDOE, RBG, more acronyms. Views my own.
@indivisible.org
Building progressive grassroots power and holding members of Congress accountable. Make a difference in a few clicks: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
@clancyny.bsky.social
Studying and researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Degree: Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian.