Joe Germuska
Chief Nerd @ Northwestern University Knight Lab • Project lead @ Census Reporter • Board Member @ City Bureau • Information Design • Digital Journalism • Civic Technology
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NICAR 2025 Presenters
The NICAR 2025 data journalism conference schedule included social media handles for many presenters. This is those! (plus me, even though i didn't present -- but that's how starter packs work)
@sudhira.bsky.social
Study #towns, #cities, #ecology, #mapping @gubbilabs.bsky.social, #scicomm @researchmatters-gl.bsky.social, volunteer at ILP, | Alum of IISc, ITC (now Univ of Twente), & SJCE, Mysuru.
@gubbilabs.bsky.social
Research collective with strong foundations in research & underpinnings of a social enterprise. #cities #ecology #mapping #science #scicomm #SDGs
@todddavi.es
Competition Law PhD Candidate @ University College London Working on a theory of the competitive process, polycrisis, private power, political economy, ecology and democracy. Previously a software engineer. https://todddavi.es 🍉🌱
@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science. I think about identity, stigma, race, and politics more than any normal person should. Lover of life. Pro-democracy. People should dance more. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
@skeuomorphpress.org
An experiential research & pedagogy studio for the history & art of the book at UIUC. We are housed in the CU Community FabLab & sponsored by the iSchool and English Department. Directed by @ryancordell.org
@natechinen.bsky.social
Writing and talking about music. Forever listening. WRTI, NPR, formerly NYT. Author of a Substack newsletter, The Gig, and a book called 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.'
@jesseduquette.bsky.social
Formerly “The Daily Don” Meta nuked all of my socials for being mean to racists so here we are. Doodler of toons / Roaster of goons https://linktr.ee/jesseduquette
@civictechallies.bsky.social
A community dedicated to connecting and supporting all #volunteer #civictech efforts across the nation! 🌐 civictechnologists.org
@genevievelakier.bsky.social
Law professor at UChicago Law. Thinks a lot about freedom of speech. Curious about this platform.
@franklinseal.bsky.social
Endosymbiont. Storm watcher, beachcomber, fire tender. A.I., space, bsky/atproto, (all-around-nerd.) Molach. Kindness and humor. Portugal. Sober 12 years. Aphant. Dems in denial! A world without caesars!!
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. http://linktr.ee/CityNerd 🐘 @nerd4cities
@vanessalop.bsky.social
bluesky scares me, but here I am. audience at chicago.suntimes.com and graduate student at northwestern.
@claireconner.bsky.social
@rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social
A nonpartisan organization advancing public policies to create a stronger and more inclusive local press. Learn more at www.rebuildlocalnews.org.
@localnewsini.bsky.social
@cathybreit.bsky.social
@handle.invalid
Independent since 2009. Read The Rumpus Magazine. Become a Member. Receive Letters in the Mail from Authors. Read and write in community! Asheville, NC and all over. http://linktr.ee/The_Rumpus2.1
@martin.kleppmann.com
Associate Professor at @cst.cam.ac.uk, researching decentralised systems and security protocols. Advisor to the Bluesky team. Wrote “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” (O’Reilly). he/him
@skylermarshall.bsky.social
i'm just me, and there is not one other person exactly like me anywhere; accept no imitations! i am not the white man you are looking for... i just play one on tv 🛹 or ☠️ "i remember you, you're a cross between gorgeous and grunge" -joe polito
@ach.bsky.social
Association for Computers and the Humanities, the US-based professional society for the digital humanities. #digitalhumanities
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
@heavymetalofficial.bsky.social
Heavy Metal™ Magazine is back, under new management. No GenAI Reserve our Return Issue #1 at your Local Comic Shop! NOW! Sci-fi-Fantasy-Horror Discord: https://discord.gg/xEFp8cvUrF HeavyMetal.com B: Frank Frazetta
@maxine.science
MD-PhD student @ UCSF 🔬I study how minds change, and 👩🏼💻build tools for distributed science. 🌐 maxine.science 🏳️⚧️ she/her ♾️🦋 AuDHD 👓 VI ⚠️ my own views 🔎 née Collard, neuroscience
@irarobbins.bsky.social
Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books, journalist, novelist, critic, editor, currently catless, red diaper baby, lifetime New Yorker bio.site/TrouserPressBooks
@scott.hanselman.com
I want you to win and be happy. Code, OSS, STEM, Beyoncé, T1D, open source artificial pancreases, Portland, 3D printing, sponsorship http://hanselminutes.com inclusive tech podcast! VP of Developer Community @ Microsoft 🌮 http://hanselman.com/about
@chadkoh.com
Generous with Likes ❤️ 📸 🖊️ 📿 🙏 He/him 日本語 🙆♂️ THFC. https://micro.chadkohalyk.com/about-me/ #opensource #fiscalhosting #Japan @dwebyvr.org Tech policy papers: https://lemmy.ml/c/mae
@wang.social
Anaconda Founder&Head of AI; created the PyData movement, PyScript, Bokeh, Datashader; Fellow @ Python Software Foundation; Center for Humane Tech Game~B; Physics, Cybernetics, Memetics. A student of the human condition. Memento mori
@matthenry.fyi
Tech, law, philosophy, and abolition. I do design systems engineering for the government. I’m a proud fed, but this is (obviously?) a personal account. he/him
@robin.riley.pub
A wild philosopher appears! Booster for the commons 🌱 Managing Director of @matrix.org, Board Secretary of @petalumapride.org, Former President of @opensource.org they/them 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ queer & disabled 🦓 riley.pub
@mackuba.eu
Indie Mac/iOS & web developer. Building useless things using Swift & Ruby and wasting time. Sometimes I randomly get red laser glow in my eyes and shout "To the moon!" for no reason whatsoever. 🐦 @kuba_suder 🦣 martianbase.net 🌍 Kraków, Poland 🇵🇱🇪🇺
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral markcarney.ca
@ruraltony.bsky.social
Former host at Chicago Public Media(WBEZ radio). Now holding down the midday shift at Iowa Public Radio. I live with my husband on his family's farm in rural Iowa.
@dbamman.bsky.social
Associate Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley. NLP, computational social science, digital humanities.
@jeffdean.bsky.social
Google Chief Scientist, Gemini Lead. Opinions stated here are my own, not those of Google. Gemini, TensorFlow, MapReduce, Bigtable, Spanner, ML things, ...
@kiixeeexplorer.bsky.social
Black trans femme, writer, multidimensional artist, creativity doula-in-formation, alchemist, abolitionist, Goddexx. Xe/xym. NSFW.🪷🧿 linktr.ee/venus.kii.thomas
@seanpadilla.bsky.social
I make music under the name “The Cocker Spaniels” & book tours under the name “Happy Nomad Booking.” I love my children; I like Prince & Guided by Voices; & I hate all forms of bigotry. I’m Black. cspaniels.bandcamp.com
@infowetrust.com
Obsessed with data graphics. New book INFO WE TRUST https://linktr.ee/infowetrust