Tomás G.
phd candidate @ stanford comm, currently thinking about “trust & safety” and broken machines 📠
@bleudeciel.bsky.social
The Cinema of Extractions (2025), Media Climates (2022), In the Studio (2020), Studios Before the System (2015) Writing about Art, Media, Energy, Environment. Next book: oil, gas, and media culture in France+empire Caltech Professor of Visual Culture
@ubiquity75.xyz
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (Yale 2019), and Meta used it to train its LLM. Professor, researcher, author, VP AoIR, synth lover, fan of many things, gay lady. “This heaven gives me migraine.”
@kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy
Learning about moral economies, researching media histories, imagining post-platform futures. Also, helping with moderation on aoir.social and professoring in […] [bridged from https://aoir.social/@kdriscoll on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@rezekjoe.bsky.social
English Prof at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” under contract with the Omohundro Institute for Early Am History and Culture and UNC Press. https://www.bu.edu/english/profile/joseph-rezek/
@hannahwohl.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Sociology at UCSB. Author of Bound by Creativity. Ethnographer of culture, markets, platforms. Currently writing about the porn industry.
@zephoria.bsky.social
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@edwardongwesojr.com
writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel thetechbubble.substack.com
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@robertbohan.bsky.social
Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é Buy my work here: https://robbohan.etsy.com
@raquelrecuero.bsky.social
Professor/Researcher at UFPEL/UFRGS. MIDIARS Lab director. Also @raquelrecuero@aoir.social https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/midiars/ https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/raquelrecuero/about-me/
@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
@trebors2025.bsky.social
Prof at The New School | Founder, Platform Cooperativism Consortium + Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy | Author, OWN THIS! (2023) + UBER-WORKED & UNDERPAID (2016) | Faculty Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center | Advocate for Digital Labor Rights |
@ethanz.bsky.social
UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.
@friedler.net
CS prof at Haverford, former tech policy at OSTP, research on fairness, accountability, and transparency of ML, @facct.bsky.social co-founder Also at: sorelle@mastodon.social 🦣 (formerly @kdphd 🐦) sorelle.friedler.net
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
@danmk.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. of Sociology @ U of Haifa. Previously: Stanford, Hebrew U. Studying algorithms & culture, AI ethics, AI Hype, data infrastructures, microbiomic futures & more.
@lmesseri.bsky.social
anthropologist of sci & tech. Prof @Yale. author of "Placing Outer Space" and VR book "In the Land of the Unreal". tech criticism with good vibes.
@edenmedina.bsky.social
Historian of tech @MITPSTS @MIT. Author Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Co-curator Cómo diseñar una revolucón // How to Design a Revolution. #sci #tech #politics #history #data #design #LatinAmerica #humanrights. Views my own.
@avastmachine.bsky.social
History, politics of climate science, climate change, and knowledge infrastructures. Stanford prof. Director, STS Program and Co-Director, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Odds that industrial civilization survives this burning century: ???
@nicolasgertler.com
Researcher @ Yale’s Digital Ethics Center Built the Luciano Floridi Bot (lucianofloridi.com/bot) Founder & CEO @ Mylon of Nexus by Mylon — AI-Native Research Discovery Personal website: nicolasgertler.com
@nicolasnova.bsky.social
Anthropology of digital cultures/technologies and environmental changes, design research, design fiction. Professor at Geneva University of Art & Design (HEAD) / Managing partner girardinnova.com / posts in English et en français
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@jay.bsky.team
CEO of Bluesky, steward of AT Protocol. Let’s build a federated republic, starting with this server. 🌱 🪴 🌳
@sxz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at NYU. Classification, prediction, and AI in decision-making, social policy, and law. www.simonezhang.com
@merylalper.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ Northeastern. Technology, kids, disability, mental health. BOOKS: Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT 2014) Giving Voice (MIT 2017), Kids Across the Spectrums (MIT 2023) https://bit.ly/kidsacrossthespectrums
@arturoarriagada.bsky.social
Associate Professor | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile) | Researching how platforms and AI affect work at Fairwork (OII) | Millennium Center on the Evolution of Work (M-NEW) | COES | Cultura Social Media Lab. https://sites.google.com/view/arturoarriagada
@allisonpugh.bsky.social
Care, Tech, Culture, Inequality. Check out The Last Human Job re the "scaling up" of humane work @PrincetonUPress. Johns Hopkins sociologist
@internetmaggie.com
Porn & Platform Research 💦📚☕💻 PhD Candidate @UofT Faculty of Information | Advisory Board w. ECP/Pornhub | #1 Animorphs Fan www.internetmaggie.com
@jburrell.bsky.social
Affiliate at Data & Society. Formerly: Professor at UC-Berkeley - School of Information. Latest Pub: ideologies of AI and the consolidation of power (https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm). Currently based in Yokohama (GMT +9).
@cs1msy.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof UCSD Comm, Affiliate: Science Studies, Ethnic Studies, Urban Studies. Author of Disruptive Fixation (PUP). Working on a book about housing, labor, and urban development in Silicon Valley. 2020-21 member of the IAS.
@bshestakofsky.bsky.social
Sociology at Penn | AI@Wharton | Center on Digital Culture and Society | Author of Behind the Startup: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/behind-the-startup/paper
@shanedenson.bsky.social
Media theorist | Stanford Art & Art History | Modern Thought & Literature | shanedenson.com | Author: Postnaturalism (https://tinyurl.com/3pxpatav); Discorrelated Images (https://tinyurl.com/44mp6kxy); & Post-Cinematic Bodies (https://tinyurl.com/mr2u5spk)
@ghaltomo.bsky.social
Sociologist at NYU writing about aging, health care, culture, and markets.
@slouching.bsky.social
Industry Assistant Professor of Technology, Culture and Society @ NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Author of "Media Ruins," MIT 2023. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545389/media-ruins/ maggiejack.info
@miasato.bsky.social
reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social
Tracking autocratic legalism around the world from Princeton University.
@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science. I think about identity, stigma, race, and politics more than any normal person should. Lover of life. Pro-democracy. People should dance more. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
@cyberlyra.bsky.social
Princeton Sociology Prof; ethnographer of NASA; tech policy; digitalSTS; ethics and critical technical practice; mobile Linux. Conscientious objector to personal data economy. https://janet.vertesi.com https://www.optoutproject.net @cyberlyra@hachyderm.io
@matthewfacciani.bsky.social
Social Scientist @NotreDame. Studies misinformation, media literacy, & AI. Author of Misguided: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/misguided/9780231555814/ https://matthewfacciani.substack.com www.matthewfacciani.com
@federicobond.bsky.social
Software engineer, sailor, musician. Recently moved to Sydney.
@fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social
Urban geographer and digital media scholar | Postdoc @META_PoliMi | Visiting Fellow in AI, Data & Society @oxford_brookes
@blueskychris.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University & 2025 Fulbright Scholar at University of Southern California Media Theory & STS - The Body in Error - Canguilhem/Foucault/Derrida/Hyppolite - Work and Automation - Face Recognition - Sensors - Etc
@justinrawlins.bsky.social
Prof Media/Film | Author: Imagining the Method http://bit.ly/43QVOa4 | Research: acting, celebrity, screen histories, Arctic media | he/him
@alicetiara.bsky.social
Studies social media & society, far-right disinfo. Dir of Research, Data & Society. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
@nedhowey.bsky.social
Cofounder/CEO of Tectonica Queer. Immigrant. Joyful loudmouth. Author of "The Age of Junk Politics" Download here: https://www.tectonica.co/age_of_junk_politics_book Social movements, democracy, progressive politics, tech, transformational practice
@stephenyang.bsky.social
PhDing @USCAnnenberg // responsible AI // studying the speed, timescales and futures of tech innovation // prev @Cornell @MSFTResearch @CDT // Los Angeles & 臺北人 https://www.stephen-yang.com/
@hheuer.bsky.social
CS Prof Center for Advanced Internet Studies and Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Design of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. He/him.