Joseph L. Flores, Ph.D.
media studies, conspiracy theories, christian nationalism, far-right groups, and politics | assistant professor @gonzagau | words are my own | EPTX | LVKND
website: josephlflores.com
@404media.co
it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: [email protected] / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him.
@dreamwidth.org
Do you remember when the social internet wasn't owned by the same five companies? So do we. Independent, ad-free, user-supported social media, 15 years and counting, no billionaires involved. Code fork of LiveJournal. www.dreamwidth.org
@rahaeli.bsky.social
Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@mattdpearce.com
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct) https://mattdpearce.substack.com
@ruthmichaelson.com
Journalist covering Turkey & the Middle East. Bylines @theguardian.com + @theobserveruk.bsky.social, sometimes others. [email protected] [email protected] www.ruthmichaelson.com
@joshshepperd.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, University of Colorado Boulder; Director, Library of Congress RPTF; Editor, Resonance Journal; Faculty Advisor, KVCU Radio
@lkatfield.bsky.social
Writer, political theorist in DC. My book about the MAGA New Right is forthcoming from Princeton UP. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico. www.lkfield.com American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW, Niskanen Center.
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Fascism is for losers. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
@mariannealq.bsky.social
Information Science PhD @ Cornell Tech. Looking at AI's impact on information ecosystems & news consumption. mariannealq.com
@pfcdgayo.bsky.social
Assoc. professor at the University of Oviedo. Web & social media mining + the intersection of politics & social media. 🐘 @[email protected] Project #ActEU
@asbruckman.bsky.social
I study online communities, content moderation, and social movements.
@robyncaplan.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom. I make bad jokes sometimes.
@vortexegg.com
Information crisis psychopomp. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge. Information scientist, technologist, and researcher. Disinformation and extremism hater. Opinions my own, not a work account.
@nickfleisher.bsky.social
Linguist at UW-Milwaukee. Syntax & semantics, higher ed, Wisconsin politics &c.
@henryhenryhenry.com
political scientist, PhD via Vanderbilt // researcher @ UZH Zürich // studying the unfolding dystopia // platforms, political violence, extremism, etc. research & writing: henryhenryhenry.com land of enchantment
@prowag.bsky.social
William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of Wisconsin-Madison. Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Inflated sense of karaoke ability. 10/10 Room Rater.
@shannonbond.bsky.social
🎙️NPR correspondent currently covering federal government restructuring efforts & all things DOGE send tips on Signal to shannonbond.01 https://www.npr.org/people/763523701/shannon-bond
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
@mgrass.bsky.social
NW WA via NW DC, NYC and MI | Assistant director for communications at @cip.uw.edu | Former journalist | Car-free living | 🚎 🚇 🏊♂️ ✍️ 🌲🗺
@ninalutz.bsky.social
PhD-ing at UW @cip.uw.edu @uw-hcde.bsky.social. Visual media in problematic info (mis/disinfo, online hate, scams, propaganda). Thinking about images of migration, prediction, and religion in the best and worst of times. ninalutz.github.io.
@zarine.net
phd candidate @cip.uw.edu, @communitydata.science, & @uw-hcde.bsky.social. I study how to govern information-related public goods and knowledge institutions under attack. zarine.net
@mertcanbayar.bsky.social
I work on #conspiracytheories and their impacts on #democracy. I am a postdoctoral scholar at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. From Lykia of Anatolia 🌄
@ashlynba.bsky.social
💡considering tech policy from a human-centered perspective. Master of Jurisprudence @ UW Law + UW Center for an Informed Public
@schafer.bsky.social
UW PhD student and steelpan enthusiast, researching social media, attention dynamics, and creators/influencers @ HCDE/CIP, advised by @katestarbird.bsky.social . Proud member of UAW 4121. He/Him.
@jaredlholt.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, US Hate & Extremism @ Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) • [Views expressed here are my own] 🎙️Find “Posting Through It” on your favorite podcast player and here: https://postthroughit.substack.com/
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@asbjorndyrendal.bsky.social
Conspiracy beliefs, apocalypticism, extremism, new religious movements. Skeptical Norwegian. Professor, Religionswissenschaft.
@noellecook.com
Forthcoming book: The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (Broadleaf Books, Jan 2026) | Associate Producer, TheConspiracistsFilm.com (2024)
@mrxdentith.com
Philosopher at BNU-ZH who works on conspiracy theories, fake news and other "weird" beliefs. Pronouns: they/them Website: https://www.mrxdentith.com Podcast: https://zencastr.com/The-Podcaster-s-Guide-to-the-Conspiracy
@lcrw.bsky.social
Coverin' extremism PODCAST: http://bit.ly/3BGThEI NEWS TIPS: [email protected] PATREON: http://patreon.com/lcrw DONATE: http://cash.me/$LCRW
@justinbaragona.bsky.social
Senior reporter at The Independent Past: Zeteo media columnist, senior media reporter at The Daily Beast. Tips/hate mail: [email protected] You can also hit me up on Signal at 314.941.6421
@travisview.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Tap water goblin. QAnon Anonymous podcast host. QAnon, conspiracy theories, disinfo, and other signs of the dystopia. Email: travis @ Qanonanonymous.com
@jalaneschmidt.bsky.social
Antifascist professor.📚👩🏽🏫🗣️#Blackademic. Views expressed are (unfortunately) not those of my employer. Scholar-activist in Charlottesville, Virginia. #BLM. Public history & local🍷+🍺stan. 🏈fan. "Wiry and intense" -- The New Yorker
@lucystag.bsky.social
Write. Edit. Try not to over-water plants. Have cat! Collect too many things. World's worst anarchist. I will write and edit for dollars. Not actually a kewpie (?). [email protected]
@nonserviammedia.bsky.social
Exploring the world of anarchist and anti-authoritarian ideas 🏴 https://linktr.ee/nonserviammedia
@tlecaque.bsky.social
Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. He/him.
@religiondispatches.org
bringing you religion, culture, and politics since 2008 * award-winning * independent * non-profit * justice-minded * irreverent RD is a @praeyesright.bsky.social publication want to write for RD? check out https://religiondispatches.org/submissions/
@shaneburley.bsky.social
Journalist, author Safety in Solidarity (Forthcoming, 2024), #NoPasaran, Fascism Today, and Why We Fight. Bylines: NBC News, Al Jazeera, Jacobin, The Daily Beast, Yes Magazine, The Baffler, others. Tweeting Jewish antifascist memes
@praeyesright.bsky.social
Political Research Associates. Social justice research and strategy center since 1981. Publishers of The Public Eye magazine
@benlorber8.bsky.social
Senior Research Analyst @PRAEyesRight. I write and train on antisemitism, white Christian nationalism, the MAGA Right, Israel/Palestine, Christian Zionism. Co-author Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. benlorber.com
@mississippifreepress.org
Women-run nonprofit/nonpartisan newsroom reporting causes, solutions, context since 3/20. Mantra: "Do the right thing and wait." Give: mfp.ms/donate Props: mfp.ms/impact
@roxanamuenster.bsky.social
PhD candidate studying digital social movements, culture, and lifestyle politics at Cornell | CITAP affiliate | formerly Brookings, The Economist & LSE | love a good random fact
@brainnotonyet.bsky.social
Freelance Writer, Academic, anti fascism, authoritarianism,modern propaganda, weaponized unreality whisperer on the dystopia beat. iwwfju member bylines: splinternews Www.instituteofunreality.com Unreality.institute
@erinbiba.bsky.social
Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker. NatGeo, BBC, SciAm, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others. Hire me to fact check your book. I post about Jewish stuff, disability, Star Trek, and The Buffalo Bills. Jersey girl.