matt carmichael
Futurist, speaker, author, dad, softball coach. You are not alone, and music heals. (past: @mcarmichael, https://rocknroll.net)
Starter Packs
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Futurist and Foresight starter pack
This is a group of people thinking big about the future and practicing foresight.
@deansabatino.bsky.social
Graphic Designer. Musician. Drums with The Dead Milkmen and I Think Like Midnight. Solo electronic music on Bandcamp.
@karenguzzo.bsky.social
Demographer and Sociologist. Director of the Carolina Population Center. LEGO Karen
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@aaronsalmon.com
A jovial lad. UX leader -w Dept. of Defense. Coffee/bike shop owner, yimby, Dad, gamer, Lover, horror fan, pool player in Eau Claire, Wi. (forever Chicagoan) Alumni: Northwestern KnightLab, Public Good, Obama ‘12 HQ, TechStars, ORDCamp. aaronsalmon.com
@johnbracken.bsky.social
@ipsosus.bsky.social
Our experts uncover data & insights, providing actionable market research for businesses. At Ipsos, we're shaping a true understanding of Society/Markets/People
@misterjayem.bsky.social
BLACK LIVES MATTER Un gringo blanco. Der Untermensch. Chicago's #1 Fan. Utility-Grade Content from Parts Unknown. Post-Hip/Pre-Retro. Avant-garbage. he/him 😷 middle-class/middle-aged/middle-brow Legal advice: DON'T TALK TO THE COPS. gmail: misterjayem
@whetmoser.com
newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
@ourmaninchicago.bsky.social
S. Side; @erinjshea's guy; dad; host of The Frunchroom; Leo McGarry of the Cook County Assessor
@elizabethtcd.bsky.social
tried to turn off, tune out, drop out. but now they’re coming for me and mine.
@emmbadger.bsky.social
New York Times journalist covering cities and urban policy for The Upshot. emily.badger@nytimes.com, ebadger.21 on Signal
@bookgeekgirl.bsky.social
@phmatt11.bsky.social
Guitarist for Numerical Control Society, UX Manager, Co-host of Everyone Can Design podcast, former band nerd and reluctant dance dad.
@danib.bsky.social
Future of education. She/her. EdD student studying futures thinking in the youth educator workforce. Public Admin Faculty. New England, USA
@swilbur.bsky.social
@jackgraham.bsky.social
Scifi/gaming writer. Social democrat. Catfriend. Norse Pagan. #NATOforever 🇺🇦. @ditchnixie on steam &c. ¿he/dude/they‽ Chicago | Links https://linktr.ee/giantkillerjack
@sarahjeong.bsky.social
editor @ the verge. send pitches and death threats to sarah.jeong@theverge.com
@opiniontoday.bsky.social
Public opinion + politics: data, analysis, commentary. In your inbox each morning: https://opiniontoday.substack.com/
@amywebb.bsky.social
CEO of Future Today Institute. Quantitative Futurist. Prof NYU Stern. Author. Cyclist.
@futureshocked.blue
Acceleration of Change. Information Overload. Transience. Uncertainty and Anxiety. Disconnection. We are all future shocked.
@ChicagoNewsBot.bertshouse.social.ap.brid.gy
Just as the name says, I'm a bot tooting out news on all things Chicago. [bridged from https://bertshouse.social/@ChicagoNewsBot on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@ipsosgroup.bsky.social
Ipsos is one of the largest market research companies operating in 90 markets with more than 20,000 research professionals. Visit our website: https://www.ipsos.com/en
@agarciaphoto.bsky.social
Chicago-based photographer/director - former staff photojournalist @latimes @chicagotribune. WorldPressPhoto/PulitzerPrize/CannesLionGrandPrix Rep: The Gren Group/Paula 978-352-4847 AlexanderGarcia.com ThreeStoryMedia.com
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@futurism.com
Welcome to the future. Award-winning reporting on stunning scientific discoveries, wild tech innovations, and more. Sign up for our daily newsletter: https://trib.al/T31sx1F Follow your favorite Futurism staffers (and a few alumni): go.bsky.app/Rfz5esw
@jimcarroll.com
🇨🇦A Canadian! Speaks worldwide on trends, disruption, & innovation - NASA, Disney, Pfizer, World Bank, RCMP. Online since ‘82, author, radio host, columnist, tech geek. FDesperately trying not to post things I should not. Failing! https://jimcarroll.social
@harmonil.bsky.social
Illinois Senate President representing the 39th Senate District. Oak Park native. Guitar player. Champion of working families, education and clean energy jobs.
@sfg-network.bsky.social
Our mission is to develop equitable, sustainable, and impactful partnerships. Grounded in ethical practices, we design and adapt our actions to meet the needs, knowledge, and practices of clients, participants and beneficiaries.
@foresightstudio.bsky.social
Ben (he/him) // TTRPG designer // I really care about stories and the ways we tell them. Stories give life meaning - especially the weird ones. www.benmansky.com
@foresight-institut.bsky.social
www.foresight.at FORESIGHT GmbH – Forecasts | Research | Insights für gute Entscheidungen. Wahlen. Demokratie. Wohnen. Arbeit. Stadtforschung. KI. Inhouse-Trainings.
@futuristpaul.bsky.social
Futurist, veteran cricketer, board gamer, venture philanthropist. Strong views weakly held (not always successfully), ageing not so gracefully
@futurist.bsky.social
Chief Futurist, futurist speaker and Hope Engineer™ @ futurist.com. JP Morgan's "Next Gen Pick" 'Facing Our Futures' is out now and shifting mindsets from what is to what if...
@nancygiordano.bsky.social
a champion for a safe, thriving, and inclusive future || author of Leadering: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger || mom of three making the world work better 🧡 nancygiordano.com
@jlizak.bsky.social
Chicagoan, do-gooder, reader, music lover, community radio advocate, writer, DJ, lover of libraries, rabble-rouser. https://campsite.bio/jenniferlizak
@fightforthefuture.org
Digital rights are human rights. There's hardly anything as important as ensuring that our shared future has freedom of expression and creativity at its core. https://www.fightforthefuture.org
@rogerhighfield.bsky.social
Museum exec, MRC, visiting prof at the Dunn School, Oxford, and UCL Chemistry. Ex Editor of New Scientist, and Science Editor of the Telegraph. Co-author #VirtualYou and more books. Neutron bouncer
@igi.bsky.social
Professor of psychology. Study culture and societal change, wisdom, good judgment (and lack thereof), forecasting, and new methods. Forecasting Collaborative founder | 🇺🇦🇩🇪🇺🇸🇨🇦 Psych Inquiry Editor. igorgrossmann.com OnWisdompodcast.com
@m-kamilla.bsky.social
25 | Urban Economist with a love for megaprojects | Postgrad student @ Cambridge | WEF Global Shaper | Founder 📍Building the future in NEOM 🇸🇦
@willsh.bsky.social
John V Willshire. Running smithery.com, a Strategic Design consultancy since 2011, also teaches @ RCA & IED Barcelona Makes artefactshop.com Writes buttondown.email/artefact Convenes https://lu.ma/stepscollective https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnvwillshire
@dw-2.bsky.social
Chair, London Futurists. Executive Director of LEV Foundation. Author or Lead Editor of 12 books about the future. PDA/smartphone pioneer. Symbian co-founder
@sinergi.bsky.social
@annaleen.bsky.social
bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers bylines: New Scientist, Washington Post, etc. pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com