Philip Machanick 🇿🇦
Retired CS academic, human rights, anti-corruption and environmental activist. Pro-science, anti-profiteering.
I write novels (find me at lulu.com) and progressive op-eds as a hobby.
Fan of inexpensive fine wine and South African landscapes and culture.
Starter Packs
Created by Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 (1)
International starter pack
A lot of traffic is US-centric. This starter pack contains international mostly progressive sources – including US-based that cover international events. Happy to include some non-progressive sources if interesting as well. Also links to good science content creators. Ideas, corrections, welcome.
@apple2589.bsky.social
🌏 Advocating for systemic change for animals, people and the planet👩🏼🏫👩🏼⚖️Policy, Politics, Tech & Science🌱🏋🏼♀️ Fitness, Health & Longevity🐶🦇 💖 Liberation Sanctuary📍Neurodivergent NYC (She/They)
@msf.ca
Doctors Without Borders is a medical humanitarian organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare. Independent. Neutral. Impartial. More: hootbio.com/DoctorsWithoutBorders
@krisbrown.bradyunited.org
President @BradyUnited.org. Fighting to free America from gun violence. Proud Virginian, mother, and lawyer. Join the movement at bradyunited.org.
@ifdude.bsky.social
Cisgender gay male member of the LGBTQ+ community. My pronouns are He/Him. Heathen/Norse Pagan. Liberal. Thankfully I'm living in a blue state. Colorado! I'm here to help grow the left wing ecosystem and occasionally comment on entertainment that I enjoy.
@naomioreskes.bsky.social
Historian, Earth Scientist, Writer, Public Intellectual. Loves: Chocolate, Red Wine, Skiing. Hates: Beets
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas "the oldest learned society in Texas established in 1837," TAMEST, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
@nigella.bsky.social
Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
@natenotary.com
I’m Nate. I love quiet mornings, cats with big personalities, and being around kind people. I spend time in nature when I can, and I try to make life a little easier for others whenever possible.
@500womensci.bsky.social
We aim to serve society by making science open, inclusive, and accessible. Also @500womensci on Instagram and Facebook. Find out more: https://500womenscientists.org/ https://linktr.ee/500womenscientists
@ecitizen1.bsky.social
Healthy WFPB Vegan. Child Advocate. Atheist. LGBTQI friendly. Pro-Democracy. #BlueResisters Anti-MAGA, Anti-Trump. Retired software engineer, grandfather who likes to build & fix things. Loving relationship with a sweet woman. Lifelong learner. Prankster.
@erichbschulz.bsky.social
anaesthetist, geek, dad, spouse, bleeding heart on unceded Turrbal/Yuggera land, keyboard warrior, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-2243
@profgalloway.com
Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
@codyridgeback.bsky.social
Refugee from X | Citizen of the Global South | Wildland Fire Management | Look after the planet. We don't have a spare.
@johnquiggin.bsky.social
Economist & blogger @ http://johnquiggin.com, http://crookedtimber.org. http://johnquiggin.substack.com/?utm http://mstdn.social/@johnquiggin I repost my content, using the #repost hashtag. You can go to settings/filters to avoid seeing the same post.
@charlesworringham.bsky.social
Brisbane is home. Love data. Movement control was career. Local project: environment monitoring. Global project: India's energy transition. Writings at https://ieefa.org/people/charles-worringham
@jeffdude.bsky.social
Avid supporter of true democracy. Career medical professional. Trying to keep a sense of humor, wondering WTF happened to our country
@germhuntermd.bsky.social
ID doctor and fungal enthusiast. #IDSky community builder. #TxID, global health, MedEd. @idjclub.bsky.social Posts don't represent my employer (obviously)
@maryrobinettekowal.com
Hugo-award winning author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. The Martian Contingency is available where books are sold.
@thevivllainous.bsky.social
She/Her 🍉 Clownery is the best medicine Bluesky is where I post my nonsense✨
@adriandaub.bsky.social
"Zeitgeistprofessor". Cultural history and gender research at Stanford. Books: WHAT TECH CALLS THINKING (2020); THE CANCEL CULTURE PANIC (2024). Podcasts: The Feminist Present, @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social. Newsletter at adriandaub.substack.com
@lonecoder.bsky.social
Software developer in Sydney. #TheResistanceAustralianDivision Ally to all good people. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ I follow every legitimate follower back. If you boost (follow to unfollow), you will be blocked. No lottery winners, Illuminati, crypto/forex gurus, please.
@katie-drummond.bsky.social
Global Editorial Director at WIRED. Board member @freedom.press On IG @katie.at.wired
@mollytaft.com
disaster lesbian on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.76. mollytaft.com
@michaelcohen212.bsky.social
Principal of Crisis-X #1 and #8 NYT Bestseller Author Host of The Mea Culpa Podcast Co-Host of The Political Beatdown Former Personal Attorney To President Donald J. Trump and Discharged Felon
@democracyforward.org
We use the law to advance a bold, vibrant democracy for all people by defending progress, disrupting extremism, and building for the future. Join us at democracyforward.org
@makeham.bsky.social
@charlbotha.com
Enjoyer of programming, data visualization / science / engineering, ML / AI, Emacs (org, evil), PKM, running and other humans. https://charlbotha.com/ P.S. my extremely personal blog (100s of posts, more than 20 years of life) is at https://cpbotha.net
@local-energy.bsky.social
Energy Engineer 🇿🇦 IEEE PES, CIBSE, SAIEE, IBPSA.org www.linkedin.com/in/mikebarker/
@warinthefuture.bsky.social
Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
@spiindoctor.bsky.social
Senior Modeler @ discover. Houston, TX. Research interests: Matrix Decomposition, Clustering, Manifold Learning, Networks, Agent-Based Models, Asset Allocation, Risk Modelling | Here for the memes 😊 | 🇨🇮🇿🇦
@london.gov.uk
Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
@hwinkler.bsky.social
Energy analyst and astrophysicist at the University of Johannesburg Comments, news and info sharing on: Renewables🌞, nuclear☢️, electricity💡 Focus: South Africa🇿🇦
@mstiahmarie.bsky.social
Writer, She/her, Bookworm, Lives w/dogs, cat(s), hens & humans, Rides horses & motorcycles
@doclb2.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Black feminist. Writer. Mentor. Dreamer. Public Speaker. She/her ✊🏾🖖🏾🩷 book: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/say-her-name/9781978831797/ https://www.drletishaecbrown.com/
@theriotnrrd.bsky.social
Speaker to Users | digital flâneur | introvert but faking it | perdido en el corazón de la grande Babylon Elsewhere: - blog: findthethread.blog - Enterprise Alchemists podcast 🎧 wherever good podcasts are downloaded Downtime: 🚴♂️🚵♂️🏂⛷️📚
@demwar.bsky.social
Done stuff. Seen things. Been Places. Dilettante philosopher. Once described in HuffPost as “one of the brightest minds on the planet”… (true) but I’m pretty sure that journo was high. (also true)