makena kelly
reporter @ WIRED covering the politics and power influencing the internet
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some of my favs to follow for internet culture reporting & analysis
@deptofworkers.bsky.social
Department of People Who Work for a Living. Providing accountability for Elon and the anti-worker DOGE. https://deptofpeoplewhowork.org
@corbintrent.bsky.social
Appalachian, fmr Bernie Sanders, AOC comms, co-founder Justice Dems & BNC Championing a stronger, more self-reliant America. https://www.americasundoing.com/
@normeisen.bsky.social
Sr. Fellow @ Brookings, Executive Director of State Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com 👇 - TN (posted by Team Norm)
@gabelezra.bsky.social
Policy and Advocacy Director, State Democracy Defenders @sddaction.bsky.social and @sddfund.bsky.social | Formerly @crew.bsky.social Debevoise & Plimpton @georgetownlaw.bsky.social | Building a democracy for the many
@micnev.bsky.social
fashion, politics, writing, kindness |📍SF | social at WIRED, previously at SF Standard | opinions my own | she/her www.cmichaelaneville.com
@richburroughs.dev
ADHD, tech, Arsenal, bitching about AI Links - https://linktr.ee/richburroughs
@alt-dol.altgov.info
The resistance team for the U.S. Department of Labor. Not an official government account. #resist #altgov
@alt-irs.altgov.info
This is a #AltGov account. Federal employee. Love my job. Ask for help and you shall receive. Read any USPS mail you get from the IRS. #Resist #spoon 🥄
@numb.comfortab.ly
Principal software engineer. AWS/CDK/TypeScript. Interests: Pink Floyd, Star Trek, coding, biking, VR, cats. Not necessarily in this order. @anydoubts.bsky.social is my better half.
@issielapowsky.bsky.social
Journalist covering tech, politics, and national affairs. Formerly WIRED and Protocol. Work featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, Inc., The Atlantic, and more. www.issielapowsky.com Signal: issielapowsky.08
@reidhoffman.bsky.social
Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Writing, Pod, ETC: Beacons.ai/reidhoffman
@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
@samclemente.me
Routines | Just. Weather. | The Digital Renaissance Owner and Founder of @stygiantech.dev Social Web Builder/Creator Me: https://samclemente.me Business: https://stygiantech.dev
@ellayurman.bsky.social
writer & comedian (derogatory) | she/her | host of Going Down with Ella Yurman | writer for Some More News | https://linktr.ee/EllaYurman
@bedoyaftc.bsky.social
Official account of FTC Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya. ***Commissioner Bedoya will never ask you for personal or bank information, or for a money transfer.***
@almsnatalie.bsky.social
journalist who covers how the government's tech affects you🫵 NC native, DC resident. Tips = nalms@govexec.com and Signal at nalms.41 https://www.nextgov.com/voices/natalie-alms/18881/?oref=ng-post-author?oref=rf-post-author
@timnitgebru.bsky.social
Personal Account Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social. Author: The View from Somewhere, a memoir & manifesto arguing for a technological future that serves our communities (to be published by One Signal / Atria
@cartersherman.bsky.social
Reporter covering reproductive health and justice at the Guardian | My book THE SECOND COMING, about young Americans and the fight over the future of sex, is available for preorder everywhere | Signal: cartersherman.01
@alt-ssa.altgov.info
One of two (2!!) official #altgov accounts for your friendly neighborhood SSA.
@janus.bsky.social
電子音楽家 raving in the late anthropocene 🎛🔊🎶🍉✌️🫠 words in VICE (rip), e-flux, Dazed 💌 bookings: music@janusrose.com 🔗 http://janusrose.com 🌐 https://verdant.garden/roster/janus-rose 📸 https://instagram.com/janus.rose 👤 by @cara.city
@emializh.bsky.social
author of girlfriends / editing at littlepuss press + joyland magazine / nyc via mi
@sidneyhillman.bsky.social
Hillman Prizes for journalism, Sidney Awards, Sidney’s Picks
@manishakrishnan.bsky.social
Emmy-winning journalist and senior culture editor @wired.com | VICE News alum (RIP) | secret Canadian | tips: manisha_krishnan@wired.com or mkrishnan.79 on Signal
@michaelehayden.bsky.social
Writing about right-wing populism and tech | Book coming: Strange People on the Hill (Bold Type/Hachette ‘26) | michaeledisonhayden.substack.com | Signal: Mike.8852 | Co-host: postthroughit.substack.com | 🇺🇸🇪🇬
@wbaidlaw.bsky.social
Report government and corporate lawbreaking. Without breaking the law. https://whistlebloweraid.org/
@aexia.bsky.social
Long-time Democratic campaign hack. Obama alum. Warren alum. Father to Twin Toddler Terrorists (he/him) Disciple of Saint Pleizar the Volcano Thrower because the media likes Republicans and wants them to succeed.
@alt18f.bsky.social
Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
@kigongo.bsky.social
A New Yorker in LA. Skateboarding. (Casual) football. Fitchecks. 18F-In-Exile. #CivicTech. This is a personal account. R/T’s ≠ endorsements
@jgee.bsky.social
You can save the world, but first, lunch! He/him. Making great digital products. Former digital services at MTA, City of Boston. Politics before that. Mass Oyster Project. Write about food and tech.
@densaer.bsky.social
Digital humanitarian. Disaster nerd. Ex-USAID (purged). Pun connoisseur. Dad. Dork. Staring at trees in the PNW
@dogemag.bsky.social
"Print/Distro-It-Yourself" publication project to resist the 2025 takeover of the USA government. Collection of materials to print & disseminate: linktr.ee/dogemag Feedback and submissions via email: dogemag@proton.me
@wetwithrain.bsky.social
"That's how it's always been And I know you know it There can be freedom only when nobody owns it I'm going to say that again Because I know you know it There can be freedom only when nobody owns it" ~Carlos Varela
@fbajak.bsky.social
Journalist with tech focus. Ex-Associated Press foreign correspondent. First AP tech editor, Andes chief. frankbajak.com fbajak(at)proton(dot)me - DM for Signal#
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
@danahull.bsky.social
Book hoarder. Oakland dweller. Transit user. Senior Reporter at Bloomberg covering Tesla and Elon Musk. Listen to our ELON INC podcast! Reach me on Signal 510-449-6359 or dhull12@bloomberg.net. Link to my work: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASGzcek
@evanrodgers.bsky.social
Former writer and editor, currently working in IT. Follow me for gay technology thoughts and digital art.
@shineyezehuhh.bsky.social
「Otaku W/O Borders」 I write things and put them on the internet. 📧: eyezehuhh @ gmail dot com
@condeunion.bsky.social
Organizing with @newsguildny.bsky.social to build a better Condé Nast
@techwontsave.us
A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com. https://techwontsave.us/
@gabydvj.bsky.social
policy reporter @ the verge ✨other work elsewhere ✨ writing a book about ecofascism
@sbg1.bsky.social
Staff writer @newyorker, proud wife of @peterbakernyt and mom of @tab_delete, co-author, "Kremlin Rising," "The Man Who Ran Washington," and "The Divider: Trump in the White House."