Dr David R Brake
Journalist, policy wonk (transit, urban planning, EVs, climate, internet/media regulation), PhD (Media@LSE), dad.
Currently living St John's, NL, Canada - longtime Londoner
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SJPoli 2.0 Niche political content at its nichiest
For the folks putting out skeets (yup that's what many call posts here) on policy issues in St John's, Newfoundland and the wider NE Avalon community. DM me to add or subtract or suggest!
#NLPoli 2.0 (Newfoundland and Labrador that is)
Avert your eyes from the ruin of Twitter and focus instead on the steady erosion of The Rock and its bigger mainland brother. DM to be added or removed....
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@ryankatzrosene.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Ottawa studying contentious CLIMATE POLITICS. Especially interested in aviation/high-speed rail; nuclear debate; green/de-growth; meat production/consumption; and all things Canada🇨🇦. Co-Host http://EcopoliticsPodcast.ca
@sigalsamuel.bsky.social
I write about the future of consciousness for Vox Submit a question to my philosophical advice column! https://www.vox.com/your-mileage-may-vary-advice-column Author of the children's book OSNAT AND HER DOVE and the novel THE MYSTICS OF MILE END
@tomflood.bsky.social
Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures & workshops on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety/road violence and active transportation but mostly trying to catch up on vacuuming. Creativebyrovelo.com
@davidzipper.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ MIT Mobility Initiative and Contributing Writer @ Vox, focused on transport, cities and tech. Words in The Atlantic, CityLab, WaPo, etc. https://linktr.ee/davidzipper Newsletter, speaking, writing and advisory work: http://davidzipper.com
@sfrost.bsky.social
Transport & climate policy at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Views my own. Dad in Bristol, raised in Norfolk (both UK). There will be typos
@pmmcc.bsky.social
Associate Professor, uOttawa. Research: Canadian energy culture, tar sands, social movements, protest camps. Expect typos.
@choicesforyouth.bsky.social
Choices for Youth is a non-profit, charitable, community-based agency that provides housing and lifestyle development supports to youth in St. John’s, NL.
@ceaubin.bsky.social
"A scholar and a hater" - The Guardian Historian of Nazis & America & Nazis in America • Friendly neighborhood wizard Being mean to bad guys at https://thisguysucked.com and your local podcast app
@ericka.bric.digital
Co-Founder and Executive Director @ BRIC (Behavioral Research Innovation Center) https://bric.digital - Lecturer @ University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) - Ph.D. in Media Technology & Society, Northwestern U. I'll be posting about research software.
@themarkup.org
Challenging technology to serve the public good. Send tips: http://mrkup.org/tips. Subscribe: http://mrkup.org/klaxon. Support: http://mrkup.org/donate.
@robantle709.bsky.social
@americanfietser.com
"Fietser" (Dutch) 'feet-ser' Meaning: A Person Who Bikes For Transportation; Infrastructure, City Design, E-Cargo Bike Ambassador, Brasil 🇧🇷🔗, Train & Aviation Enjoyer
@davidgerard.co.uk
discontent creator https://pivot-to-ai.com davidgerard.co.uk rocknerd.co.uk 🐘 https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard books! https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/libra/ London he/him Слава Україна
@amandalenhart.bsky.social
Youth and technology researcher. Senior Fellow, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Senior Advisor, Common Sense Media. Affiliate, Data & Society. Parent and step-parent to 4, six if you count the cats.
@ggow.bsky.social
Let's see how this goes ... Prof in Media and Tech Studies at University of Alberta.
@clivethompson.bsky.social
Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Journalist with Wired / New York Times Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Built https://weird-old-book-finder.glitch.me
@halavais.bsky.social
flâneur, bricoleur, professor of wisdom, master of none, seeker of autonomy
@michaelzimmer.bsky.social
Privacy & data ethics scholar. Professor in Computer Science and Director of @MUDataEthics.bsky.social at Marquette University. I also curate @ZuckerbergFiles.bsky.social
@hermida.bsky.social
Digital media scholar, author & journalist. @UBCJournalism professor, co-founder @conversationCA, @icahdq 2024 Fellow & online news pioneer @BBCNews
@zephoria.bsky.social
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@eszter.com
Professor of Internet Use & Society, University of Zurich William Allan Neilson Professor, Smith College (Fall 2024) Formerly: Northwestern U, Princeton U eszter.com
@timhighfield.bsky.social
Internet researcher and Associate Professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick.
@giotita.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Humanities & Culture @KingsDH | Data politics, Data literacies, Digital citizenship, knowledge platforms and infrastructures | profile: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/giota-alevizou
@timharford.ft.com
FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
@mimiito.bsky.social
professor, anthropologist, connoisseur of geek culture and learning, #connectedlearning advocate, director of UC Irvine's Connected Learning Lab, and a steward of the Connected Learning Alliance - mimiito.com
@blurky.bsky.social
*Oxford Internet Institute Faculty*: network analysis, Gen AI (image and text), social theory, health, symbolic interactionism, discourse analysis, visualisation, data science. *And me, personally*: Recursion, queer, techno, vinyl records, Newfoundlander
@juliereid.bsky.social
Professor of Communication Science at the University of South Africa.
@jjn1.bsky.social
Academic,newspaper columnist (Observer), blogger (johnnaughton.substack.com), photographer, optimist (despite current state of world), author, co-founder of Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy (mctd.ac.uk) at Cambridge
@ivorgaber.bsky.social
Journalist Prof and former news journalist. UK representative at UNESCO’s media freedom body. Govt adviser. Specialist in media development and training.
@evgenymorozov.bsky.social
Hater of solutionism. Books: The Net Delusion; To Save Everything Click Here. Podcasts: The Santiago Boys. A Sense of Rebellion. Founder: The Syllabus.
@kashhill.bsky.social
Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology & people done wrong by A.I. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
@alicetiara.bsky.social
Studies social media & society, far-right disinfo. Dir of Research, Data & Society. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
@natematias.bsky.social
I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer, more understanding Internet. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assistant Prof in Communication at Cornell · Guatemalan-American. @natematias@social.coop natematias.com citizensandtech.org
@ubiquity75.xyz
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (Yale 2019), and Meta used it to train its LLM. Professor, researcher, author, VP AoIR, synth lover, fan of many things, gay lady. “This heaven gives me migraine.”
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@jksteinberger.bsky.social
Ecosocialist bluestocking. Immigrant & settler 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇺🇸🇬🇧. Social ecology & ecological economics at Uni Lausanne in 🇨🇭. Bad at email. She/her
@restofworld.org
We’re a nonprofit publication covering global technology outside the West. For the latest updates subscribe to our newsletter here: https://restofworld.org/newsletters/global/
@aukehoekstra.bsky.social
Sharing hope and debunking FUD against electric vehicles and renewable energy. Director NEONresearch.nl @TUeindhoven Founder Zenmo.com.
@maxinejoselow.bsky.social
Climate change reporter at the Washington Post, cat mom, baker, occasional tennis player.
@russellawilliams.bsky.social
Professor at Memorial University, Interested in political economy, public policy, and LFC
@rutgerbregman.com
Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com
@garrisonlovely.bsky.social
Omidyar Network - Reporter in Residence + freelance journalist. Covers: The Nation, Jacobin. Bylines: NYT, Nature, BBC, Guardian, TIME, The Verge, Vox, Thomson Reuters Foundation, + others.