Joe Pierre, MD
Academic psychiatrist at UCSF and author of the Psych Unseen blog at Psychology Today and the book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True (Oxford University Press, 2025) drjoepierre.com
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@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
The official account for Oxford Academic, featuring Oxford University Press's academic news and insights.
@kraymondh.bsky.social
Philosopher (social and applied epistemology, social media, misinformation, conspiracy theories) Dog poster Yoga guy
@sarahbutcherreads.bsky.social
Hi. My name is Sarah and I love books. Books are my life. I eat books for lunch. Wait, that’s too far. Publishing professional (ooooh). Marketing. OUP. All opinions are mine, especially the worst of them.
@drgailsaltz.bsky.social
Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst, bestselling author, and TV commentator on mental health, sex, and relationships. Host of #HowCanIHelp & #Personolgy podcasts.
@herebehumans.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Psychology @ Oxford Brookes University, UK // Research on cognitive & evolutionary science of religious, secular, political, conspiracy belief & imagination. #COVIDisNotOver
@cathrynlewis.bsky.social
Genetics - Statistics - Psychiatry. Depression pharmacogenetics. SGDP Centre, King’s College London. Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.
@kqedforum.bsky.social
📻 KQED's daily call-in program, 9-11 AM on 88.5FM. 🎙️ Co-hosted by Alexis Madrigal (9-10 AM hour) and Mina Kim (10-11 AM hour). 💬 Replies may be used on air. 📍 San Francisco Bay Area, CA
@bradleyonishi.bsky.social
Research on Christian nationalism and the American Right. Co-host of @straightwhitejc and founder of Axis Mundi Media. 4th Gen Lakers fan. www.axismundi.us
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Because Science is for everyone! 🧪🌎 Learn more ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/standupforscience2025 👯sister org: @sciforgood.bsky.social
@repstansbury.bsky.social
Congresswoman representing New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District. Fighting for our future. Working to build a better world. Trail runner & chile connoisseur. ❤️🌶️
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | Chair, Political Soc, ASA | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on Saving Ourselves: go.ted.com/danarfisher
@charlesincities.bsky.social
Author, Happy City. Founder, Happy Cities. But speaking only here for myself! Design + social trust. 🧠🏙️🌈🏔️
@willoremus.com
I cover online speech and tech policy for the Washington Post and write the Tech Brief newsletter. Sign up to follow my work: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-will-oremus/ Signal: willoremus.24
@victormverdejo.bsky.social
Philosopher based in Barcelona (Pompeu Fabra University). Co-editor of Sharing Thoughts: Philosophical Perspectives on Intersubjectivity and Communication (OUP, forthcoming in Summer 2025). victormverdejo.com
@stuartvyse.bsky.social
Armchair behavioral scientist. Columnist @SkeptInquirer magazine, "marvelous writer and clear thinker" —Michael Shermer. THE USES OF DELUSION (2022). Room Rater 10/10. stuartvyse.com
@nelevdm.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Tilburg University • working on (interactive) fiction, imagination, and virtual reality
@sciencegoddess.bsky.social
Book lover, university biology educator, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since 2008. Mother of 3 earth scientists & one high school teacher 🧪📚💙 Read Science! https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience Website: http://joannelovesscience.com
@greenapplebooks.bsky.social
independent bookstore in San Francisco since 1967. https://greenapplebooks.com/
@drkimhellemans.bsky.social
Cannabis, stigma, and substance use health. Neuroscientist, science communicator, professor 🇨🇦
@kellykanderson.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair in Public Mental Health Research. University Professor #WesternU, Epidemiologist, and Mental Health Researcher. Check out our work at http://pmhrg.com.
@voices4vaccines.bsky.social
Credible vaccine information for families, from families ♥️ #voicesforvaccines #whyivax
@thesocialchemist.bsky.social
The official Bluesky page of The Social Chemist podcast. Social Worker studying disinformation, conspiracy theories, and far-right extremism. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-social-chemist/id1530316632
@yuenhuo.bsky.social
Social psychologist. Thinks about groups, conflicts, power, and ideology. EIC@PSPB. Human and dog mom.
@johnjost.bsky.social
Author. Social, personality, political psychologist. Father, partner, mentor, friend. Art, music, sports lover.
@uclasemelfriend.bsky.social
Non-profit support group for UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior. Sponsor the “Open Mind”a free virtual series that brings together thought leaders in science & culture for programs about mental health. www.friendsofsemelinstitute.org
@nberlat.bsky.social
he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Observer, CNN.com. Poetry collection: Not Akhmatova (Ben Yehuda, 2024) Substack: www.everythingishorrible.net Poetry: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/poetry-publications-noah-berlatsky
@johnbird001.bsky.social
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@flubber.bsky.social
Int’l human rights lawyer (JD/MPH). Health, detention, torture, natsec, medical ethics & medical complicity. Prior: Physicians for Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, GlobalPost/PRI, DC Courts, American Political Science Association
@nilikm.bsky.social
Family doctor | Trustee | medical #anthropology | #McGill | #UCL | #Yale | writer | #feminism | RxAdvocacy | Fulbright Scholar | Commonwealth Scholar | Jabapalooza | #WomenInMedicine | #Ottawa | #MedSky | personal account (she/her) 🇨🇦
@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
Formerly Physicians for Biden and then Physicians for Harris. We are now united to preserve and promote a healthy US democracy. #MedSky
@briandeer.bsky.social
The journalist | Author 'The Doctor Who Fooled the World' http://amzn.to/2U6Xpdf | http://amzn.to/3cJBwqP | 欺骗世界的 https://rb.gy/ny7x51 和 https://rb.gy/gqrlqa
@profgsgordon.bsky.social
Peking University STL, international criminal law (ICL) expert, biographer of Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz, leading authority on atrocity speech/incitement law, consultant on ICL speech-related crimes arising from Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine
@abuaardvark.bsky.social
Marc Lynch. GW Professor, on leave AY24-25 and hopefully hard to find. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST (Hurst) on the way! Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
@narosenblum.bsky.social
Associate Professor @NYULaw | Legal History, Administrative State, New York State Courts | “agenda-driven naysayer whose head instantiates academic ethers”
@pgourevitch.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
@alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
Immigration and asylum law. All views my own but reposts not endorsement. Refugees welcome🧡. Green Party member💚. Trans 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights. He/him. "Lawyers have hitherto only interpreted the law. The point however is to change it."
@jonmladd.bsky.social
Assoc Prof in the McCourt School and Dept of Government at Georgetown. A political scientist who studies public opinion, polling, and media effects. https://www.jonathanmladd.com/ Occasionally a Marilynne Robinson stan account. Apologies for typos.
@amandafanniff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Psychology. Research focuses on culturally informed forensic mental health assessment. Posts reflect my own views, not my employer's. She/her.
@qjurecic.bsky.social
I write about law, democracy, and the internet. Words in @lawfaremedia.org, The Atlantic, Washington Post Book World. It's KWIN-ta. Speaking only for myself on here. signal: qjurecic.32
@nikkimcr.bsky.social
politics reporter @ Rolling Stone • host of the @americanfric.bsky.social • clipping with @snapstream.com • siempre jodiendo 🇲🇽 https://linktr.ee/Nikkimcr signal: Nikkimcr.70 Interested in clipping video? http://SnapStream.com/nikki
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
@bsmuseum.org
Building a museum of science and skepticism in Washington DC. BSmuseum.org Opinions are my own.
@bobbygvegas.bsky.social
🥃 Retired: Statistical analyst [Bayes, Chebychev,Taleb, rpart() 🤣], ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, writer, UNLV MA/EPS & adjunct (BGladd.com/unlv), musician, photographer. PD dx: dyskinesiac; Sinemet Still Sux. Grandpa❤️ Great-Grandpa❤️ BGladd.com KHIT.org
@juliannemcshane.bsky.social
News writer at @motherjones.com, covering all things politics, repro rights & gender. Previously NBC News; bylines also in WaPo, NYT & the Guardian. 📰 Email: jmcshane@motherjones.com Signal: jmcshane.19
@msjpauly.bsky.social
Reporter covering gender & bodily autonomy at @motherjones.com, part of the Center for Investigative Reporting Tips to mpauly at motherjones dot com Signal: hellsbells.44 https://www.motherjones.com/author/madison-pauly/