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@xkcd.com
@phillewis.bsky.social
detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
@levarburton.bsky.social
Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
@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/
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@edyong209.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him 📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm Edyong.me
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
@muellershewrote.com
Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com Secure contact: FedOath@pm.me Signal: muellershewrote.23 Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him.
@data.ft.com
The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories. https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
@aendra.com
Creator of 📰 News feeds, @xblock.aendra.dev, @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green. Opinions my own and usually terrible. Not a journalist (please don't tag me). she/her/ze/hir 🏳️⚧️ 🌐 aendra.com 💻 github.com/aendra-rininsland
@carlbergstrom.com
UW biology prof. I study how information flows in biology, science, and society. Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk I don't like fascists. he/him
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
@just-jack-1.bsky.social
"Our capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but our inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." https://buymeacoffee.com/justjack1
@mmpadellan.bsky.social
Proud papa. Perpetually pissed. #BlueWave2026, #Feminist. Author of The Bigliest Loser and The Liddle'est President. Check out my AMAZING Substack here: https://linktr.ee/mmpadellan 👉Sr. Advisor, @reallyamerican.bsky.social👈👀
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
I am a marine conservation biologist studying sharks and a science writer. Posts are about science and the environment, science communication, and more! He/him
@erictopol.bsky.social
physician-scientist, author, editor https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/ Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
@davidho.bsky.social
Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Founder, Bamboo Bike Project; Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, @cworthy.bsky.social; Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
@carlzimmer.com
NYT columnist. Signal: carlzimmer.31 web:carlzimmer.com AIR-BORNE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE LIFE WE BREATHE https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793/air-borne-by-carl-zimmer/ [This account includes a tweet archive]
@stevesilberman.bsky.social
Award-winning science writer, author of the New York Times bestseller "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity," and an upcoming book on cystic fibrosis, "The Taste of Salt."
@luckytran.com
Public Health, Climate Justice, and Science Communication. Bylines in the Guardian, Washington Post, and more. WHO Fides member. Grist 50 Fixer. Opinions my own and do not reflect those of my employer. http://linktr.ee/luckytran
@danirabaiotti.bsky.social
Dr of Zoology Data Scientist Science feed co-creator NYT bestselling author of #DoesItFart🐢💨
@drjengunter.bsky.social
Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
@talkingpointsmemo.com
Talking Points Memo (TPM) is an independent news organization that publishes reporting and analysis about American politics, public policy and political culture. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/
@olihawkins.com
Editorial data scientist with the visual and data journalism team at the Financial Times.
@helenbranswell.bsky.social
I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Find me on Signal: HBranswell.01
@martinstabe.ft.com
Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. Currently at #ijf25 #ddj #dataviz
@maxroser.bsky.social
— Founder of Our World in Data — Professor at the University of Oxford Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
@scientificdiscovery.dev
Science writer and chart maker. Researcher at Our World in Data. Co-founder of Works in Progress. Newsletter: https://scientificdiscovery.dev https://twitter.com/salonium 🏳️🌈
@emilymbender.bsky.social
Book: https://thecon.ai Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
@enirenberg.bsky.social
Views my own, but you can borrow them if you feel so inclined. Anti-disease. Big Nerd Energy. “A homework person.” Fun at parties. Antibody hoarder. “Problematically literate.” he/him
@astronomers.bsky.social
This page for educational purpose only.Dm for credit removal.
@robertdownen.bsky.social
Texas Monthly reporter covering the far right, Christian nationalism and the billionaires funding them. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Fan of Hip Hop and loud guitars. DAEAC#E evangelist. Send me good music.
@axios.com
Smart Brevity worthy of people's time, attention and trust. Subscribe to our newsletters: https://trib.al/8haeaPt
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/ Got a tip? Get in touch • Email: david.gilbert@wired.com • Signal: @DavidGilbert.01
@vickiboykis.com
ML Engineering. LLMs 😬. Information retrieval. Infra. Systems. Normcore code. Nutella. Vectors. Words. Vibes. Bad puns (soon). https://vickiboykis.com/what_are_embeddings/
@ec.europa.eu
News and information from the European Commission. Social media and data protection policy: http://europa.eu/!MnfFmT
@kakape.bsky.social
science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious. interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue contributing correspondent at @science.org co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social 2024 KSJ fellow at MIT Signal: kakape.93
@chaykak.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker, writing a weekly column on tech & culture. Author of Filterworld (2024) & The Longing for Less (2020). Newsletter fan. Email: kyle_chayka@newyorker.com. Ava is a sloth cake.
@aetiology.bsky.social
Collector of social media sites. Definitely not a memelord. Sometimes scienceing (infectious disease epi and shit. Occasionally literally). Writes about vaccine hesitancy, science misinfo, zombies. Probably somewhere on a trail. Views own etc.
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD. Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner NL/USA/SFO. #ImageForensics @MicrobiomDigest on X. Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@harlanbarker.bsky.social
Scientist, American in Finland. Doing bioinformatics, cancer, single-cell RNA-Seq transcriptomics, and ancient DNA research at Tampere University and University of Oulu.