Mark Sample
Professor of Film, Media, and Digital Studies at Davidson College. Maker of @mobydickatsea.bsky.social and @clipart.bsky.social. Teaches, researches, and practices computational creativity. Other things I've made: https://samplereality.itch.io
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Bots to Love
A collection of whimsical artistic and literary bots
@bethseltzer.bsky.social
Teaching and learning with technology, future of higher ed, humanities PhD at large.
@dryad.technology
glitch girl — I do not trust this place and would prefer you follow me on Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@mcc — Avatar by Egypt Urnash — she/her — 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@thepixelhunt.bsky.social
The Wreck, now available anywhere you play! https://linktr.ee/thepixelhunt
@riancj.bsky.social
i study weird, boring videogames and fantasy fiction and teach about less weird ones. phd, writer, cat dad, nerd for an incoherent selection of things. riancjohnson.com has 12% more information about me.
@kevinbaker.bsky.social
writing at: artificialbureaucracy.substack.com editing at: reboothq.substack.com
@adarel.bsky.social
Writer/designer. I study narrative theory and make games. Classics PhD. She/her. I post about games, history, cats, stories, and octopodes. http://adaplays.com UChicago | Booth | CAAI
@sjml.bsky.social
🎭 theater kid turned 🎮 game dev turned ✝️ Jesuit past: skyrim, fallout, god of war, novitiate, philosophy/political econ, refugee aid (🇱🇧🇮🇶🇯🇴🇸🇾), theology, starfield present: 🇵🇭 studying pastoral care of migrants https://shaneliesegang.com
@mifga.bsky.social
Writer, producer, podcaster, professor, conference producer, consultant, and 3D printing / biofabrication expert. He teaches at NYU IDM and NYU ITP programs. Conference Chair for NarraScope 2025 and Senior Producer for Construct3D Educator Conference.
@mkramer.bsky.social
engagement + crowdsourcing products, ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, board games, philly, carrboro north carolina 🌈 melodykramer.github.io
@angermonsoon.bsky.social
Grind line. Predator Studies. March Xness. DIAGRAM. New Michigan Press. The Assessment Matters Institute. Essay Daily. University of Arizona MFA. Working hard for the money. http://otherelectricities.com
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social
Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
@pdbenbow.bsky.social
James B. Duke Assistant Professor of the Practice in Data Science @ Davidson College
@crowdermeyer.bsky.social
Political scientist in NC who loves democracy, figuring out how to make elected representatives more representative, and making sure my kids and I are never more than a few feet away from a good book.
@meesk.bsky.social
TV, media industries, algorithmic brand culture, videographic criticism. Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Media Studies, Lewis & Clark College. She/her.
@bjbest60.bsky.social
Radio ghost, game designer and developer, interactive fiction writer, poetry generator.
@anjchang.bsky.social
Passionate about storytelling and bringing characters to life on stage and screen. Crafting media art in spare time. Always seeking new adventures and inspirations. Taperzine founding editor, MIT, Media Lab, Recurse Center, MITverses, and Motorola alumni
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@kinolab.bsky.social
Director, Kinolab; Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Cinema Studies, Bowdoin College; Video Essayist.
@mihailova.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, School of Cinema, San Francisco State University. PhD, Yale University. Co-president of the Society for Animation Studies. 🇧🇬 Research areas: animated media, AI, visual effects, video games. Latest: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944430
@andiesilva.bsky.social
Early modern print culture, book history, digital humanities, (digital) feminist pedagogy. Associate Professor at York College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. General Co-Editor of WSQ (Women's Studies Quarterly) and Editor-in-Chief of SHARP News.
@rob-sheridan.com
Creative Director. Artist. Writer. Dad. Glitch Pioneer. Meme Grandpa. Skeleton Influencer. Recently: Pearl Jam, Naughty Dog Previously: NIN, Vertigo Comics, HTDA, Beats Music Art/media profile: @robsheridan.bsky.social
@criener.bsky.social
College professor, cognitive psychologist, textbook author. Also interested in science writing, social justice, politics and anti-racism. Proud member of AAUP & AFT Local 6741
@emilyfbrooks.bsky.social
Makeademic. PhD English/ Digital Humanities who loves pop culture, paper engineering, physical computing, and digital fabrication. she/her http://emilyfbrooks.com
@austegard.com
Formerly mastodon.social/@austegard, x.com/austegard, always oskar @ austegard.com
@jbraddock.bsky.social
media studies sound studies modernism book history dub techno shoegaze music still scoring my own baseball games
@wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
I’m a historian and hacker who researches the possibilities and politics of digital cultural collections. My main project at the moment is the #GLAMWorkbench […] [bridged from https://hcommons.social/@wragge on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@alexmonea.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @ George Mason U | Author: The Digital Closet (https://bit.ly/digitalcloset) | Focus: content moderation, platform governance, data ethics | Views my own | he/him
@narrascope.org
NarraScope is a conference by @iftechfoundation.org that supports interactive narrative, adventure games, and interactive fiction by bringing together writers, developers, and players. https://narrascope.org/
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible. I'm here to win AND make friends.
@pjmaciak.bsky.social
TV Critic @ The New Republic // DAD: A POP HISTORY (Plume 2027) // teaching @ Wash U in STL // https://linktr.ee/phillip.maciak 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, sixers
@rlspang.bsky.social
Professor of History, sometimes administrator at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo. ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow. once/future Mainer
@frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
@afterclimate.com.au
I research games + sustainability, currently working for the Sustainable Games Alliance to produce a methodological standard for measuring games emissions. https://afterclimate.com.au/ https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/ Was @afterclimate on Twitter
@alyssaarbuckle.bsky.social
~open access, research infrastructure, scholarly communication~ (she/her) Research Infrastructure Grants Officer | CRKN (@crkn-rcdr.bsky.social) Special Advisor | Érudit Researcher | INKE Partnership Co-Editor | JEP (@jepub.bsky.social)
@karenhao.bsky.social
ai reporter & author. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact. pre-order my book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, 2025: empireofai.com
@caffeneko.bsky.social
I spend my time doing gothy things, drinking green tea, drawing, reading, & developing taxonomies. Background in Library studies, Museum studies, Japanese studies, & Art history. https://visualculturecaffe.com
@youarecarrying.bsky.social
Random locations from every Infocom game ever. Reply "i" or "inventory" to find out what you're carrying.
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
@abeba.bsky.social
Founder & PI @aial.ie, @tcddublin.bsky.social AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation, critical data studies. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
@bzelizer.bsky.social
Raymond Williams Professor of Communication @asc.upenn.edu & Director @ascmediarisk.org