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@eryk.bsky.social
Situationist Cybernetics, Artist/Researcher, anti-AI AI artist. Aim to be kind. Researcher, AI Pedagogies, metaLab (at) Harvard University; Visiting Prof. in Humanities, Computing & Design @ Rochester Institute of Technology. cyberneticforests.com
@popovaprof.bsky.social
Polisci prof at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️ Democracy, rule of law, (anti)corruption in Eastern Europe 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺; post-Communism; Russo-Ukrainian war and its impact on European democracies; #UkraineIsEurope #DefendDemocracy https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
@ndrew.bsky.social
Deputy Director of rapid response at Media Matters, views here are my own
@laurenshof.online
I care about an ethical internet. I write about Bluesky and the ATmosphere at fediversereport.com 🇳🇱, mostly post in English
@yasharali.bsky.social
Elephant Lover Yashar.substack.com Twitter: @yashar IG/Threads @yasharali
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@philipmai.com
Co-Dir.& Researcher at the SocialMediaLab.ca | M.S. & J.D. | Developer of social media analysis tools for research in the public interest | Communalytic.org, PoliDashboard.com, Deepfakestracker.org & Conflictmisinfo.org
@nobodyinteresting.bsky.social
I represent people who are charged or convicted with crimes.
@bbkogan.bsky.social
Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ. Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders). CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia, member of @TheEmmys. I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to. Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
@lakshya.splitticket.org
software + ai engineer. cal alum + instructor. I do elections stuff at Split Ticket (https://www.split-ticket.org) ✉️ lakshya@splitticket.org
@badmedicaltakes.bsky.social
Posting the worst medical takes. Have a submission? DM or @ me. #MedSky
@nationalsecuritylaw.org
Public interest 501(c)(3) law firm for natsec & info/privacy law. Website https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org. Charitable tax-exempt donations always welcome; details on website front page. Media email Media@NationalSecurityLaw.org, others email Kel there.
@samd.bsky.social
https://bettercities.substack.com/ Better cities and transit are possible 🚇 #1 Congestion pricing stan #1 RFK Jr. hater
@criminalerin.bsky.social
This is a Twin Peaks stan and police hating account and reconciling that contradiction is your own problem. She/guy
@aridrennen.bsky.social
liberal • writer • swiftie • sagittarius • addicted to silver linings • opinions mine • https://aridrennen.substack.com/
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic — available for purchase now! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/zack-beauchamp/the-reactionary-spirit/9781541704411/?lens=
@lizdye.bsky.social
Host of the Law&Chaos podcast and newsletter at lawandchaospod.com Make words do yoga Above the Law, Public Notice, Legal Eagle Charm City forever She/Her
@aaronhuertas.bsky.social
Democracy and unions liker, former House staff. Vibes are real. Writing: aaronhuertas.com
@digiphile.bsky.social
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Advocate for freedom of information, open governance, & democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things. https://civic-texts.ghost.io
@markhertling.bsky.social
Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security. Now a teacher, author, speaker & analyst. Always looking for civility…and new adventures. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hertling-dba-57987066
@werd.io
I lead technology at ProPublica, write speculative fiction, and blog every day at https://werd.io.
@rightwingwatch.bsky.social
Disrupting Extremism, Defending Democracy. A project of People For the American Way. https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch
@peark.es
No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | QCR: Non Culto, For The Crown | American via Canada, not Scottish. *ALL CAPS HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE FROM BLOOMBERG 📍 CLT
@angierasmussen.bsky.social
Virologist. PI at VIDO, University of Saskatchewan. Co-EiC of Vaccine. 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦. Emerging viruses, pathogenesis, zoonosis, host responses, dogs, football, off-color language. Opinions my own.
@warinthefuture.bsky.social
Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
@ianbremmer.com
president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author. if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
@justinling.ca
Uh-oh. Freelance journalist in @thestar.com, @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com, @thewalrus.ca. Subscribe to my newsletter: www.bugeyedandshameless.com Reach me securely on Signal: JustinLing.42
@fritschner.bsky.social
Hey there Mr. Blue We're so pleased to be with you House guy. DCoS @beyer.house.gov Priors: Kamala Harris, Jennifer Wexton, et al. Hendersonville, NC native SciFi, Rock n Roll, he/him Posts mine/dumb
@dkthomp.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Atlantic. Host of Plain English podcast. Books.
@rweingarten.bsky.social
AFT President. Teacher. Unionist. Fighting for a better life for children, families & communities through educ & eco opportunity, fairness & freedom & democracy Wife of Sharon Kleinbaum.
@kylec.bsky.social
Dad, husband, journalist at 9News Denver. Proud of Next viewers' $14M in Word of Thanks microgiving. Next with Kyle Clark 6p weeknights + 9NEWS at 9/10p on-air/streaming on 9NEWS+. Signal tips: 303-871-1841.
@justsecurity.org
Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
@aaronsojourner.org
Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & @IZA.org. Formerly senior economist for labor at White House CEA, prof, union organizer, bike courier, house painter, dishwasher... Minneapolis. Views mine. aaronsojourner.org Be kind • Work hard • Have fun
@steventdennis.bsky.social
I cover the U.S. Senate for Bloomberg News. You may know me from #FridayNightZillow, but C-SPAN is more my natural habitat. #Introduction I'm also @steventdennis on the other places. Opinions mine.
@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social
Deciphering misinformation and disinformation on Fox JulietJeske #🟦 Newsletter/Podcast at Substack http://linktr.ee/DecodingFoxNews http://decodingfoxnews.substack.com http://patreon.com/decodingfoxnews
@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
CBS News Justice Correspondent https://www.cbsnews.com/team/scott-macfarlane/ SIGNAL: https://signal.me/#eu/ufqBLFTh_D87knsngxcXcyng7-Qd8DYPvwGB6LhI44SNFazeeQZD2ZPRThTX-g7M
@amandalitman.bsky.social
Co-founder & President of @runforsomething.net & RFS Civics / Writer x2: http://runforsomething.net/book & whenwereincharge.com out on May 13! / Mom, also x2 amandalitman.com
@nick-martin.bsky.social
I run The Informant, a publication covering hate and extremism in the US. Returning soon. Living with Long Covid. Profile photo by Victor G Jeffreys II. The Informant: https://www.informant.news Other places to find me: https://linktr.ee/nick_martin
@normative.bsky.social
He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
News Editor @mississippifreepress.org •Writer 🖋️ •Film Shooter 📷 •Husband 🏳️🌈 •Pibble Dad 🐾 Opinions = mine
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨ Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅 SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
@niedermeyer.online
this gentle soul, cyberbullying elon musk since 2015, author of "ludicrous: the unvarnished story of tesla motors" (2019), cohost of the autonocast, program director for the ride ai summit, occasional shark, among other things
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
"Antifa Nancy Drew." https://www.clippings.me/noturtlesoup17 https://www.turtlediaries.net/ https://linktr.ee/noturtlesoup17 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/undercover-maga-alt-right/
@susanrinkunas.com
Journalist: abortion, reproductive justice. Jezebel, Slate, The New Republic, The Guardian, The Nation, Democracy Docket. @wgaeast.bsky.social Council. From PA, now in BK http://linktr.ee/susanrinkunas 📯 susanrinkunaswrites @gmail Signal: susanrinkunas.73
@nikkimcr.bsky.social
politics reporter @ Rolling Stone • host of the @americanfric.bsky.social • clipping with @snapstream.com • siempre jodiendo 🇲🇽 https://linktr.ee/Nikkimcr signal: Nikkimcr.70 Interested in clipping video? http://SnapStream.com/nikki
@davelevitan.bsky.social
Deputy editor, Splinter, covering various horrors. Previous: Grid, bylines all over before that. Author: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (2017, WW Norton). Davelevitan{at}gmail.com Signal: @davelevitan.26
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate. Author of Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
@ketanjoshi.co
Analysis, research, writing and communications focused on anti-greenwashing and corporate accountability. Creator + curator of the Greensky feed: https://ketanjoshi.co/greensky/ Based in Oslo - ketan.joshi85@gmail.com
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/
@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
@joekatz45.bsky.social
Democracy is like exercise. You can't do it once every four years and complain when you don't see results. Pro-edit button. "Soros-backed." He/him. Activist. Linktree.com/joekatz45.
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
@annabower.bsky.social
Just asking questions. Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org. Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org Signal username: annabower.24
@hannahgais.bsky.social
Senior researcher & journalist. @splcunion.bsky.social steward. Former internet person at @thebaffler.com. hannahgais@proton.me Signal: 334-315-8634 http://seedisclaimer.com. Newsletter: https://postsfromunderground.ghost.io/
@mims.bsky.social
WSJ tech columnist. Dog person. Author of Arriving Today, an unfortunately timely book about the global system of trade we're currently flushing down the toilet: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/arriving-today-christopher-mims
@lorak.bsky.social
reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@nbcuni.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla (some climate tech startups). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
@paleofuture.bsky.social
Tech reporter @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com Signal: mattnovak.11
@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
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: This Week in Google, AI Inside. Author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, The Web We Weave, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights PFP by @atlastalos.bsky.social
@indivisible.org
Building progressive grassroots power and holding members of Congress accountable. Make a difference in a few clicks: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Journalist @404Media.co Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
@brendelbored.bsky.social
Host of all podcasts. Independent Journalist. Top 0.001 Meme Creator and Memeology Influencer. Hollywood’s Ultimate Insider.
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@mmfa.bsky.social
Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
@katz.theracket.news
Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | a.k.a. @KatzOnEarth | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
@manmademoon.bsky.social
I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute, the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie. ROGUE TROOPER movie in the works.
@reckless.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
@angrystaffer.bsky.social
Not a WH Staffer | Politics, NatSec, and Snark - Your Mileage May Vary | Subscribe to my Patreon newsletter for free: https://www.patreon.com/AWHSBlog |
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
25+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / board member, NY City Center
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics. email max@kennerlylaw.com
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@ryanjreilly.com
@nbcnews.com Justice reporter, ebike guy. Read my stuff: http://ryanjreilly.com/ Order my book: http://tiny.cc/SeditionHunters At DOJ? Message me on Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/J_vTZodR14DC0TRlc4EiTDg7_Kh_XPLPTgsGdYD638WUZTDGiGVCpIu0hq0Io2Du 🚲⚖️🕵️🦅🛎️🇺🇸
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
History & Italian Professor, NYU; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
@moiradonegan.bsky.social
Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
@annamerlan.bsky.social
Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
@mjsdc.bsky.social
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Dad to one toddler and several other animals.
@davidcorn.bsky.social
Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones. MSNBC commentator. Author of AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS and other NYT bestsellers. On Signal: DavidCorn.99
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and Jan. 6
@crampell.bsky.social
MSNBC anchor/co-host of The Weekend: Primetime, Sat/Sun 6-9pm. Washington Post syndicated op-ed columnist. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
@eff.org
We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at https://eff.org/social. https://eff.org
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
@taniel.bsky.social
Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
@marisakabas.bsky.social
journalist / founder @ thehandbasket.co email: MKwrites4000@proton.me signal: https://signal.me/#eu/VssgH88q6WQu7MtH5wF-08JdgWh4iAPWD13eXiOcXQNGdZUXijJBZInD-UtLJKFG venmo: venmo.com/u/Marisa-Kabas ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marisakabas