Dave Levine’s Starter Starter Pack
Start seeing some serious stuff (100 specifically), selected so some sound sorts spike!
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@davidslevine.bsky.social
@unitethepoor.bsky.social
@elizabethjoh.bsky.social
Law Prof at UC Davis Law; co-host What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law podcast http://learnconlaw.com https://elizabethjoh.faculty.ucdavis.edu/
@stephruhle.bsky.social
Host 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC NBC News Senior Business Analyst Chaos is my Love Language
@gene4va.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Iraq War Veteran | Congressman, Virginia’s Seventh District
@daphnek.bsky.social
Director of Program on Platform Regulation, Stanford CPC. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues. I've done this stuff for a long time and am getting kind of cranky about it.
@superwuster.bsky.social
Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Author of "The Curse of Bigness," "The Attention Merchants" Forthcoming book: THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025)
@profgalloway.com
Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
@brewster.kahle.org
Digital Librarian, Internet Archive, Open Library. https://brewster.kahle.org https://archive.org https://openlibrary.org
@zey.bsky.social
It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
@annaleen.bsky.social
bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers bylines: New Scientist, Washington Post, etc. pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
@avindman.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/WH Staff. Doc of International Affairs. Senior Fellow, FPI SAIS, JHU. NYT Best-selling Author.
@loreleikelly.bsky.social
Progressive Institutionalist. I want Congress to live its best life. bio here: https://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/lorelei-kelly/
@safiyanoble.bsky.social
Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. Writer, researcher, professor. Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI. safiyaunoble.com
@thebulwark.com
Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
@aiannucci.bsky.social
Words and smiles. BBC Sounds Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Also, Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social
@juliaangwin.com
Investigative journalist. New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer. Founder, Proof News, The Markup. Priors: ProPublica, WSJ. Fellow at Harvard Shorenstein Center. Signal: Julia.368 Sign up for my newsletter: https://buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin
@kalimurray.bsky.social
I am a law professor at Marquette University. The Only Patent Habermasian. Dedicated to bringing a knife to a knife fight.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Got a tip for us? Go to: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
@denisehowell.info
The Internet’s law department, at your service. Tech law+policy. Host, Uneven Distribution. Co-host, R&D with D&D. TWiT fan, friend, contributor. Skier. Yogi. Cornichons.
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
@edmarkey.bsky.social
U.S. Senator fighting for the families and future of Massachusetts. Malden Native, Red Sox Fan, Net Neutrality Defender, co-author of the Green New Deal ( he/him )
@zittrain.bsky.social
A small creature who likes to run around in universities. Prof. Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard Kennedy School. EFF Board. Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the HLS Library.
@harrysurden.bsky.social
Professor, University of Colorado Law School • Associate Director Stanford CodeX Center for Legal Informatics. Research: Artificial Intelligence and Law
@hearsayculture.bsky.social
RADIO & PODCAST PIONEERS Hearsay Culture Network brings you expert hosts and trailblazing conversations about technology, business, and culture continuing a 18+ year legacy of KZSU-FM Stanford’s Hearsay Culture radio show. hearsayculture.com
@tmgplc.bsky.social
Lawyer by profession, believer in the rule of law, good government and democracy. I despise everything Trump and MAGA. I’m snarky, sarcastic and try to find humor in the absurd.
@profseanflynn.bsky.social
Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) @ AU Law, interested in intellectual property, trade, and global social justice.
@sfusco.bsky.social
@andrewchin.com
Old school distinguished law (IP/antitrust/AI)/math/CS prof, UT, Oxford, Yale, TAMU, KCL, UNC. Democracy, race, philosophy, autism. I follow everyone back. Single dad.
@davequast.bsky.social
Crisis and Reputation Management, Strategic Communications Consultant based on the UES of Los Angeles. Believer in democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Adjunct Professor at USC; PP Board Member. Triplets+1. #Seahawks #Dodgers #Mariners
@tom-streeter.bsky.social
Prof. at Western in London Ontario. Wrote some books and articles about technology, culture, and politics. https://streeter.fims.uwo.ca/
@profericejohnson.bsky.social
Law prof @OU, IP & torts. I love open source. Rookie at youtube now that it’s been displaced by tiktok. Hometown: Reno, Nevada. Former Top 40 DJ and Silicon Valley worker. OU Dad.
@holbrookpatents.bsky.social
Provost’s Professor & Robert B. Yegge Distinguished Professor in Law, U of Denver Sturm College of Law. Intellectual Property and LGBTQ+ rights expert. Fighting advanced prostate cancer. https://www.law.du.edu/about/people/tim-holbrook
@dbambauer.bsky.social
Irving Cypen Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law. AI and alligators, with sides of patents, Internet censorship, and cybersecurity. Loves SCUBA diving, cats, Boston Red Sox, Legos, and cartoons.
@guyrub.bsky.social
Law prof at Temple University. Formally at OSU. Interested in copyright, art law, contracts, law&econ, and Buckeyes football. My scholarship: http://ssrn.com/author=521761 he/him/his
@colleenchien.bsky.social
Law Prof and Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
@thirugeneva.bsky.social
@zahrsaid.bsky.social
Arab-American Law Professor at Santa Clara University / overuses f-bomb (see photo) / writes about copyright, social justice, remedies & torts / frets about present and future higher education / manages EDS/POTS & more… 🦓🦓🦓
@prmalone.bsky.social
Law prof, IP & innovation clinic director. Dad, husband, rescue dog lover, native New Mexican. Interests and clinic practice focus on IP, innovation, AI regulation, online speech, antitrust, privacy and more. Personal account -- all views my own.
@amylanders.bsky.social
Intellectual property, law specialist, and professor of law Fourth edition of Understanding Patent Law (revised and updated) https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531029135/Understanding-Patent-Law-Fourth-Edition?srsltid=AfmBOorvIJY-erg0chCzus37DsMFh6MLQ5W
@edfelten.bsky.social
Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Offchain Labs. Emeritus Professor of Computer Science & Public Affairs at Princeton. Formerly: Deputy US CTO at White House. Currently: husband, dad, concerned American.
@fotoole.bsky.social
Writer, Irish Times columnist, New York Review of Books contributor, We Don't Know Ourselves author.
@s010n.bsky.social
Researcher, Microsoft Research; Faculty, Information Science, Cornell University
@cbseaman.bsky.social
Law professor at W&L teaching IP, property, election law and remedies. Husband of @elyons822. Childhood cancer dad.🎗️Pro-public education. All opinions my own.
@brettfrischmann.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary researcher & teacher (Villanova Univ.). Infrastructure. Knowledge Commons. Re-Engineering Humanity. Tech & Humanity/Society. IP Theory. Lately, some work on Friction-in-design, Age Gating.
@yvettejoy.bsky.social
Law prof specializing in (1) Intellectual Property Law and (2) Wills & Trusts; artist, tinkerer, bicyclist, dog lover— and now a published novelist.
@irinamanta.bsky.social
Law prof & co-host of “Strangers on the Internet” podcast at strangersoninternet.com
@evanselinger.bsky.social
Prof. Philosophy at RIT. Contributing writer at Boston Globe Ideas. Tech (yes, AI), ethics, privacy, policy, and power. http://www.eselinger.org/
@jeff-merkley.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Garage tinkerer. Thorn in the side of the privileged and powerful. U.S. Senator from Oregon. Official campaign account. Fighting for YOU. He/Him. jeffmerkley.com
@nabiha.bsky.social
Executive Director @ Mozilla Foundation Mama to Musa and Ibi Definitely have cookies in my purse
@frankpasquale.bsky.social
Law professor; author (The Black Box Society; New Laws of Robotics). Interested in law & technology, AI, political economy, art, and social theory.
@jlamel.bsky.social
Ex Hill staffer. Long-suffering Mets, Jets, Wizards, and Tottenham fan. Mayo is gross. Zionist.
@cjsprigman.bsky.social
Murray and Kathleen Bring Prof., NYU Law. IP, antitrust. ssrn.com/author=370802. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. lex-lumina.com. All posts by my research assistant, Chad. https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=37891
@annbartow.bsky.social
Big fan of free speech and academic freedom. Strongly recommend avoiding UNH Franklin Pierce Law until change to less toxic leadership and more positive student treatment. She/her or gender neutral pronouns.
@ellgood.bsky.social
Information law prof @ Rutgers. Philly, animal rights, algorithmic justice, book project on urban tech. Mom, wife, still daughter ..עברנו את פרעה 🇺🇸🌻💔
@berinszoka.bsky.social
🇺🇸/🇩🇪 Nomad. Tech lawyer @TechFreedom. “To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man” 🏳️🌈📚🗽 PhD student, Dublin City University; LLM in 🇪🇺 law, Paris Panthéon-Assas; JD, University of Virginia. 🏡: Albuquerque, Bethesda
@mgeist.bsky.social
Law Professor, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa www.michaelgeist.ca Law Bytes Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5iDUCcDrkzGai0OdTgoucv http://mgeist.substack.com
@rcfp.org
The Reporters Committee provides free legal help to journalists and protects their First Amendment rights. (RCFP for short.) Find us at rcfp.org. ☎️ Legal Hotline: 800-336-4243 | hotline@rcfp.org ✉️ Sign up for our newsletters: rcfp.org/subscribe
@jtlg.bsky.social
I’m a professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School. One of "a number of very informative people." -WSJ
@theregister.com
Your favorite enterprise technology news vultures, flying high in the Bluesky – On the web since 1998 – More here: https://www.theregister.com/
@aselbst.bsky.social
UCLA Law Prof. Focused on law, tech, and justice; posting not necessarily related. He/him. http://ssrn.com/author=1328346
@FrankPasquale.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Author of The Black Box Society & New Laws of Robotics; law professor at Cornell Law School & Cornell Tech. [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@FrankPasquale on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@megansquire.bsky.social
Cyber threat intelligence, investigations. CompSci PhD. Former @elonuniversity @splcenter
@marklemley.bsky.social
William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law
@granick.bsky.social
Personal account. ACLU lawyer. From New Jersey. Living in San Francisco. New College of Florida alum. Newfie owner.
@biella.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology @Harvard, Hacker Studies & More https://gabriellacoleman.org/
@sivav.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Supervises VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
@aramsinn.bsky.social
SFF/Nonfiction Author Media Prof at American U Bassist/Producer (jazz, reggae, worldbeat) 💙📚THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA 💿 OUT OF OUR CELLS: Songs by Incarcerated Musicians in DC sinnreich.com https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/ linktree.com/wassako
@shannonvallor.bsky.social
Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, co-Director @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own.
@lessig.bsky.social
Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
@alanrozenshtein.com
Law professor @umnlawschool.bsky.social. Senior editor and research director @lawfare.bsky.social. Nonresident senior fellow @brookings.edu. Former DOJ. alanrozenshtein.com
@ericgoldman.bsky.social
Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Santa Clara Law. Internet Law, IP, Advertising Law. He/him. Website: http://www.ericgoldman.org. Email: egoldman@gmail.com
@onthemedia.bsky.social
A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios — onthemedia.org Hosted by @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social
@arimelber.bsky.social
Host of MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber” https://arimelber.substack.com
@simonwdc.bsky.social
Democratic political strategist, analyst, commentator. Hopium purveyor. More than 30 years in the fight. My primary political home is on Substack. Join me there too - https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/
@daniellecitron.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
@randomwalker.bsky.social
Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/ BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
@newrepublic.com
Ideas. Influence. Impact. TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today.
@histoftech.bsky.social
Historian of technology and dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit. www.marhicks.com for writing & syllabi
@democracydocket.com
Leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts. Find filings, news and analysis: democracydocket.com Sign up for our free newsletters: https://hubs.ly/Q03jcjCC0
@katiephang.bsky.social
Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok https://linktr.ee/katiephang?utm_source=linktree_admin_share “Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
@barbmcquade.bsky.social
Wife, Mom, UMich Law School Professor from Practice, NBC/MSNBC legal analyst, The Contrarian contributor, former U.S. Attorney, EDMI
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@davidslevine.bsky.social
Assoc. Dean & Prof. Elon U. Law; Stanford CIS, UNC CITAP, Milan ISLC; Radio/Pod: @hearsayculture.bsky.social; Writing: https://bit.ly/3DkFDKs; info law, rule of law, tech, trade secrets, AI, nat’l sec; Repost≠endorse; titles for ID purposes.Stand w Ukraine