Dhanaraj Thakur
Research Director, Center for Democracy & Technology @cendemtech.bsky.social
Board Member: #shepersisted and the Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition.
@vitak.bsky.social
She/her. Professor at University of Maryland's iSchool. Director of the HCIL. General Chair for CSCW 2025. Research: privacy, surveillance, data ethics. https://jessicavitak.com Come for the academic expertise. Stay for the cookie content.
@isabelalinzer.bsky.social
Elections & democracy @ CDT. Stints: OHCHR, Freedom House, NDI. Human rights, tech, authoritarianism, transnational repression, etc. Opinions my own.
@mmitchell.bsky.social
Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse. Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
@literaturegeek.bsky.social
@ScholarsLab Director: just+joyful critical tech+culture 🏳️🌈✨💻 *SJ+experimental/DH+library futures, communities *DIY scholcom=zine/blog/code *Bookadjacent data+making Enthusiast (3 !s in a hoodie); abolitionist Dr.! (exTTprof) 🏳️⚧️They/Them AmandaVisconti.com
@rachelxb.bsky.social
Complaints about fascism and the Toronto subway. Wondering where it all went wrong. Elbows up!
@imadityav.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Cornell. Research in HCI4D, Social Computing, Responsible AI, and Accessibility. https://www.adityavashistha.com/
@grimalkina.bsky.social
Psychologist for Software Teams (& writing a book about it). Founder: Developer Success Lab, Catharsis Consulting. VP of Research. Defender of the mismeasured. https://www.drcathicks.com/ Host at: https://www.changetechnically.fyi/
@tanvi.bsky.social
writer +/ journo covering migration, cities, justice etc. words in The Nation, Politico Mag, The Baffler, The Nation, The New Republic, etc. teaching @ CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism. tanvim.05 on signal. Tanvim27 on insta.
@mattcagle.bsky.social
ACLU NorCal attorney focused on surveillance, privacy, and technology. Opinions are my own.
@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
@cybercivilrights.bsky.social
CCRI’s mission is to combat online abuses that threaten civil rights and civil liberties. https://cybercivilrights.org/
@emilymbender.bsky.social
Book: https://thecon.ai Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
@umakarma.bsky.social
Decision (neuro)scientist. Joint faculty between business and policy at UCSD. Neuroeconomics, psych, marketing, policy, snark, etc.
@kattenbarge.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering internet culture, politics, and media @spitfirenews.com.
@rudyfraser.com
Founder & CEO, @blacksky.app Building community networks and technologies blackskyweb.xyz + wethepeople.nyc move fast and break chains; revolution now; not tomorrow—now. 🏴☠️ 🔗: https://linkat.blue/rudyfraser.com
@foditsch.bsky.social
International Connectivity Policy and Regulation | Digital Inclusion | Impact Finance | Social Impact Work: US/LAC/EMEA/APAC. www.foditsch.com
@premthakker.bsky.social
reporter @zeteo.com Any tips or info you’d like to share? Signal premthakker.35 Prem@zeteonews.com https://linktr.ee/premthakker
@zeteo.com
Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social https://zeteo.com
@taoleighgoffe.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ CUNY• Black studies • PhDJ• order my new book 📒🏝️DARK LABORATORY (Doubleday, 2025). https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301/dark-laboratory-by-tao-leigh-goffe/ www.taoleighgoffe.com Harvard Kennedy School fellow
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming. Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though. Default content: cats. Pests: blocked.
@marcelorinesi.bsky.social
Niche-specific AI architect, consultant, and amateur SF writer. AI != LLM. On https://rinesi.com there are links to my * Blog * Newsletter * Short SF newsletter, including "Viral Fixpoint," a free compilation of (very) short stories
@akelalacy.bsky.social
human @theintercept.com | co-host 🎙️ The Intercept Briefing podcast Brooklyn, NY | https://theintercept.com/staff/akelalacy/ https://akelalacy.substack.com/ https://www.instagram.com/akela_lacy/
@hypervisible.bsky.social
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
@yvonnezlam.bsky.social
I play with books, cats, food, yarn, and dirt, not all at the same time. Software engineer. Society of People Interested in Boring Things. She/her, cis.
@lizneeley.bsky.social
Founder of Liminal (LiminalCreations.com) & co-founder Solving For Science (SolvingFor.org). Focused on turning knowledge into action. #science #communication #sensemaking #scicomm #stories She/her. Married to @edyong
@blackamazon.bsky.social
Here to hold my name . She/her / yourgorgoness - Far Rock’s finest - expert of miscellany -master of “SON!?” - writer - Senior Fellow - Oracle at Dead ass
@kissane.bsky.social
Making and mending networks and knowledge. Co-founded the Covid Tracking Project, previously OpenNews, old web nonsense. Working/thinking at wrecka.ge, launching unbreaking.org
@aworkinglibrary.com
Thinking about reading, work, and technology. Now helping people do their best work at everythingchanges.us. Posting from https://aworkinglibrary.com/thinking/. I log in about once a week.
@courtneyr.bsky.social
AI governance. Tech. Media. Political economy. Human rights. Director, Center for Journalism & Liberty cjl4news.bsky.social ar Open Markets. Fellow at Brookings, CIGI, CDT, MRC. Former CPJ, UNESCO
@premmtrivedi.bsky.social
Policy Director @NewAmerica’s Open Tech Institute; Adjunct Prof. @ GeorgetownSFS. Democracy, tech, intl affairs.
@prithvi97.bsky.social
Program Manager, Tech Policy Press. Formerly w Observer Research Foundation.
@mrose.ink
Grumpy feminist lawyer. Giant nerd. SFF, horror, romance writer with ADHD. Senior Policy Counsel, Public Knowledge. Copyright, tech, music, AI, fandom. I talk about stuff. She/her 🏳️🌈 日本語でもOK
@anchorchange.com
Work at intersection of tech and democracy. Fmr Facebook. Newsletter writer: anchorchange.substack.com
@libro.fm
🎧 The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops 💗 Social Purpose Corp 🔗 Shop, sign up, find bookshops, & more: www.libro.fm
@sonialivingstone.bsky.social
LSE prof @MediaLSE | Director of #DigitalFutures4Children | Researches children's digital experiences and rights | Interested in evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at http://eepurl.com/cEUi05
@franklinleonard.bsky.social
The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
@atrupar.com
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
@catherinetan.bsky.social
Sociologist. Assistant Professor @vassar.bsky.social. Med Soc, SKAT, Social Movements, Qualitative Methods. Twitter: @Catherineoscopy Instagram: @CatherineDTan www.CatherineDTan.com
@oliviersylvain.bsky.social
Professor, Fordham Law School; Sr. Policy Research Fellow, Knight First Amendment Institute. I teach, read, and write about information and communications law. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1084259
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems. Website: https://melaniemitchell.me Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
@rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social
Managing director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Raised in Austin TX; in DC for last 20+ years; MA/WA/IL/CA in between. Owner of extremely cute dog.
@surveillancemw.bsky.social
Surveillance in the Majority World Research Network aims to expand the scope of surveillance studies to include non-Northern / Western discourses and practices. https://surveillance-majority-world.net
@yaelwrites.com
yael@yaelwrites.com #alwaysantifascist opinions are mine, but you can have some