Forrest Thiessen
Geek. I plan to occasionally post about things I'm thinking about or hobby projects I'm working on.
I publish a newsletter about getting things done in large teams: https://orderfromchaos.today.
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@franklinleonard.bsky.social
The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
@jay.bsky.team
CEO of Bluesky, steward of AT Protocol. Let’s build a federated republic, starting with this server. 🌱 🪴 🌳
@pmcjones.bsky.social
@drphiltill.bsky.social
Planetary scientist / space technologist at UCF. Loves deep forests, shallow seas, cold nights, and dolphins.
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
@marthawells.com
SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
@waldo.net
Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
@danhon.com
Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc me: https://about.danhon.com i make: https://donotreply.cards work: https://verylittlegravitas.com/ my hallway track: https://verylittlegravitas.com/hallway-track DM or Signal danhon.1701
@wyden.senate.gov
U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk. senatefinance.bsky.social wydenpress.bsky.social
@warren.senate.gov
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
@briankrebs.bsky.social
Did you think your little ass could hide from me? Don’t worry this username will be forwarded to my federal buddies. I smoke all sim swappers and put them in some packs! 💯💯💯 parody
@techmeme.com
Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web. This account shares top-level Techmeme headlines. Visit https://techmeme.com/ for full context.
@migueldeicaza.bsky.social
🍉Fun Stack Vibing at @xogot.bsky.social Started Xamarin, Mono, Gnome. Prev: Microsoft/.NET/Xamarin/Mono/VSMac/MAIA http://mastodon.social/@migueldeicaza
@spaceflight.spacey.space.ap.brid.gy
Space news People writing about #space #exploration are mostly #cheerleaders 🥳 for the cause, rather than #independent #observers keeping a watchful eye […] [bridged from https://spacey.space/@spaceflight on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@willflux.bsky.social
Only hardware makes it possible! FPGA, RISC-V, 68K, OS, graphics, demos, permacomputing http://projectf.io | http://systemtalk.org
@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.
@anildash.com
that guy from the internet • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and xmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • see https://anildash.com
@swapnakrishna.com
space reporter, Ad Astra (newsletter: http://adastraspace.com). Not here for an argument, happy to mute you. occasionally: fast company, wired, science friday, npr. links: http://bio.site/skrishna also: Star Trek, Star Wars, knitting, books, parenting
@b0yle.bsky.social
Science editor / GeekWire / Universe Today / Cosmic Log / Fiction Science podcast / The Case for Pluto
@kentonvarda.com
Tech lead for workers.cloudflare.com Also made: capnproto.org, lanparty.house, sandstorm.io @KentonVarda on Twitter.
@neugierig.org
I aim to mostly use this account to announce the blog posts found on my website: https://neugierig.org
@bodhipaksa.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
Born and raised in Scotland, currently living in New Hampshire. Author of several books, mostly on meditation and Buddhist practice. Fan of Scots language […] [bridged from https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@chandlerc.blog
Software, performance, optimization, programming languages, security, open source, #CarbonLang lead, #LLVM, #Clang, C++. 🏳️🌈 http://pronoun.is/he or http://pronoun.is/they
@newyorker.com
Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
@stim3on.bsky.social
dabbling with photogrammetry, astrophotography, GIS and more... https://sschmaus.github.io/links/
@djsnm.extwitter.link
⚠️ MIRROR OF twitter.com/DJSnM ⚠️ If you own the original account and want to claim this, please contact @twttr-mirrors.bsky.social
@cselmendorf.bsky.social
The law prof at UC Davis. Dad. Denizen of San Francisco. Patron of Amtrak. Tweets are my own, not statements of UC. (he/him)
@hackadayofficial.bsky.social
🔥 Engineering knowledge exchange: http://hackaday.com ☠️ Get featured: tips at hackaday dot com 📒 Learn: http://hackaday.io/u
@safety.bsky.app
Sharing updates about trust and safety on Bluesky. This account’s mentions are not actively monitored. To report a post or account, use the in-app reporting feature. Community Guidelines: https://bsky.social/about/support/community-guidelines
@leboncondorcet.bsky.social
Economics Director at the U.S. G.A.O., providing the evidence base for economic policymaking in the public interest. Taught at American, PhD at Duke, undergrad at Michigan.
@beccafarsace.bsky.social
emmy // webby award winning tech creator ~ formerly @verge now doing it for me 🚀 (she//her)
@dwillner.bsky.social
Co-Founder at Zentropi. Formerly Head of Trust & Safety at OpenAI, of Community Policy at Airbnb, and of Content Policy Facebook. Strictly cold takes.
@kevinlum.bsky.social
Financial Advisor @ Foundry Financial | On a mission to help people retire with confidence. | Host: Retirement Made Simple |
@conmoot.com
A non-trad 3L trying to find a home in law. Now a CIO with some ideas on law focus. Always looking for help! he/him @ Akron Law ! GO ZIPS !
@michaelharriot.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Author of Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America. Never reneged; never will.
@leedrutman.bsky.social
Political scientist. Believer in democracy, whatever the hell that is. - Substack: https://leedrutman.substack.com - Podcast: http://politicsinquestion.com - Senior Fellow: New America - Co-Founder: https://www.fixourhouse.org
@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
@devilishdesign.bsky.social
Collector & repairer of vintage computers and the odd typewriter. Was @Devilish_Design over on the bird site. Warning! This profile might contain images of exploded RIFA capacitors!
@thespaceshipper.com
"One of the great film nerd Twitter accounts" - Vanity Fair 99% space fiction (licenses) and its creation. Here are all my accounts: http://linktr.ee/thespaceshipper
@galaxymap.bsky.social
The first accurate and detailed maps of the Milky Way and ways to promote and visualize them (including VR). Website: https://kevinjardine.dev Tip jar: https://tiptopjar.com/kevinjardine Also follow me on @galaxy_map@mastodon.social
@nick-stevens.com
Nick Stevens Graphics, based in Moldova, and keenly interested in the obscure corners of the Soviet Space Program. Busy restoring old infographics, and making CGI renders. Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.