Modern
Writer, teacher, editor, producer, aging hipster….currently writing a book on Akron, OH and another one on the secret history of artificial intelligence. [www.johnmodern.com]
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@lebner.bsky.social
Testing, testing, blsky, testing. Anthropologist. I like books of all kinds. To my surprise I even wrote one, it's out this year @ChicagoUP: https://tinyurl.com/3n3usnxc
@joeblankholm.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious Studies at UC-Santa Barbara. Author of The Secular Paradox (NYU 2022). Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project. Book under contract with W. W. Norton.
@mjrubenstein.bsky.social
teacher, author, peacenik. www.maryjanerubenstein.com https://bit.ly/Astrotopia, https://bit.ly/WorldsWithoutEndMultiverse, https://bit.ly/Pantheologies, https://bit.ly/StrangeWonder, https://bit.ly/EntangledWorlds
@laurenfklein.bsky.social
Digital humanities, data science, AI, eating, professor of Quantitative Theory & Methods and English at Emory. Coauthor #DataFeminism w/ @kanarinka, PI #AIAInetwork.
@criticalai-journal.bsky.social
Critical AI's 2nd issue is out! https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue/2/1! Follow us here or @mastodon.social - we are transitioning away from the other place... Email us at [email protected] Our website: https://criticalai.org/
@rpc-at-stanford.bsky.social
The Blokker Research Workshop: Religion, Politics, & Culture, funded by the Stanford Humanities Center, hosts hybrid events on a variety of topics with the goal of enhancing the interdisciplinary study of religion. Follow along to learn about our program!
@clementsaustinj.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Stanford University | American religious and intellectual history | Writing a dissertation on the creation of the American far right | ASU West alum
@katicurts.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious Studies | Author of Assembling Religion: Ford Motor Company and the Transformation of Religion in America
@jejale.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Associate John C Danforth Center on Religion and Politics Historian of Asian American religion PhD in Religious Studies, FSU
@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social
Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion. Sustack: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems. Website: https://melaniemitchell.me Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
@dansperber.bsky.social
@xygalatas.bsky.social
Experimental anthropologist, cognitive scientist, dad, author of Ritual: How seemingly senseless acts make life worth living
@nelbetancur.bsky.social
art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture • 17th and 18th century studies • assistant professor • mountain lover #nelbetancur
@mpicbs.bsky.social
Research at MPI CBS revolves around #human #cognitive abilities & processes in the #brain, with focus on functions like #language, #memory, #emotions & #action.
@annneumann.bsky.social
The Good Death (Beacon). Clips: Harper's, The Guardian, The Baffler, VQR, the NYT and elsewhere. Economic Hardship Reporting Project supported. Pulitzer Center grantee.
@rcolesworthy.bsky.social
Sr. acquisitions editor at SUNY Press (gender & queer studies, lit crit, Latin American studies, education, & more); author, Returning the Gift: Modernism and the Thought of Exchange (2018). Screamy about publishing, labor, most things. She/her.
@halloranphd.bsky.social
He/Him | Religion Ph.D. from @temple.edu | Researches Catholicism, Masculinity, & Sports in 20th c. U.S. | Philly Sports fanatic | History geek
@swin24.bsky.social
senior politics reporter @ Rolling Stone magazine // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (go Bearcats 🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
@brannoningram.bsky.social
Professor at Northwestern. Posts about Islam and colonialism, the British empire, and the occasional political rant
@adjb.co
I have a Ph.D. in religion from @syracuseu.bsky.social and I work for the @AILA.ngo as an international research advisor. Let’s connect. www.adamdjbrett.com. #acrel #SyracuseU --- provena18b3d.
@davidfeltmate.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology; Scholar of Religion and Popular Culture, Humor, and Social Theory; Co-editor, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
@ericara.bsky.social
professor of media, culture, and communication. editor, public culture. organizer, oikos working group on kinship/economy. enthusiast. (@fstflofscholars over yonder)
@mysdick.bsky.social
Historian of math, computing, and the mind. Assistant Prof. of Communication at SFU. Co-editor of Abstractions and Embodiments. PhD from Harvard. Likes cats, writes pysanky eggs, working on a comic book about AI ✨
@avastmachine.bsky.social
History, politics of climate science, climate change, and knowledge infrastructures. Stanford prof. Director, STS Program and Co-Director, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Odds that industrial civilization survives this burning century: ???
@whkchun.bsky.social
new media theorist and professor. director of the SFU digital democracies institute. posts reflect my own views only. banner from Mongrel Network's 2004 Bush-Blair project. Portrait by a wonderful scms audience member—let me know if you know them!
@garymarcus.bsky.social
AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley. Newsletter (50k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
@jonathansterne.bsky.social
sound, disability, culture, technology, Prof at McGill University, multiinstrumentalist, lover of cats -- Montreal https://sterneworks.org
@merbroussard.bsky.social
Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. Professor at NYU. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com
@randomwalker.bsky.social
Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/ BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
@zibrak.bsky.social
feminisms and popular culture *12 STORIES BY AMERICAN WOMEN* Guilty Pleasures (NYU) Writing Against Reform (UMass) more words: LARB, Missouri Review, McSweeney’s, Millions, NYer, etc. Prof @ UWyo - views own www.ariellezibrak.com
@madverse.bsky.social
This profile is toast. Follow me here: micropoetry.bsky.social MadVerse.com poem poet poetry book Dada Surrealism experimental Beat haiku nature wildlife animals Boulder Denver Colorado kindness Christus Super Omnia
@biqbal.bsky.social
anthropologist, editor. author of _the dread heights: tribulation and refuge after the syrian revolution_ (fordham, august 2025). bookmarking in the wasteland
@jakelehman.bsky.social
Reporting on Twitter's origins 📙 jacoblehman.substack.com ☠️ x.com/_Jake_Lehman 🐘 cyberplace.social/@aldergeshem 🌐 [email protected] Ex- Eureka Times-Standard &c Poet in Pithead Chapel, Toyon, Cold Mountain Review &c Cal Poly Humboldt
@katecrawford.bsky.social
Professor, researcher, author of Atlas of AI. Latest work: Calculating Empires ~ www.calculatingempires.com
@clukasik.bsky.social
Faculty Leave Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies | Assistant Professor of Religion at Mississippi State University | religion, race, migration, empire candacelukasik.com
@brentsirota.bsky.social
Time-lag accumulator. Associate Professor of History at NC State University. I write about church & state in the long eighteenth century Atlantic world.
@omrielisha.bsky.social
Anthropologist of religion at Queens College/The Graduate Center, CUNY. Author of Moral Ambition: Mobilization & Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches (2011) Currently thinking about astrology, spirituality, and historical consciousness.
@upennrels.bsky.social
The Religious Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Find faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and current events here: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu
@sarahdees.bsky.social
Professional nerd. American & Indigenous religions. History of museums + science + politics + race + empire (+ Dolly Parton). Editorial team @ Material Religion. My views. she/her.
@sprothero.bsky.social
Part-time agnostic. Writer on politics&religion. BU Emeritus Prof of US Religions. Cape Codder. Hispanophile. Author of books w/ "religion," "God," and other make-believes in the titles. Next up: BETRAYAL: HOW THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS SOLD OUT THEIR FOUNDERS.
@therevealer.bsky.social
Award-winning online magazine about religion, society, and media published by NYU's Center for Religion & Media. https://therevealer.org/