Michael Brennan's Starter Pack
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@michaelbrennan.bsky.social
@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
@xkcd.com
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
@astrokatie.com
Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
Independent journalist. Send tips via Signal: 202-510-1268. Join my newsletter 👇👇👇 kenklippenstein.substack.com
@kumail.bsky.social
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Email salesman at Platformer.news and podcast co-host at Hard Fork.
@anildash.com
that guy from the internet • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and xmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • see https://anildash.com
@dril.bsky.social
Never Bullshit I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate . https://www.patreon.com/dril https://www.instagram.com/dril_real https://linktr.ee/drilreal
@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
@sarahjeong.bsky.social
editor @ the verge. send pitches and death threats to sarah.jeong@theverge.com
@daveweigel.bsky.social
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@yasharali.bsky.social
Elephant Lover Yashar.substack.com Twitter: @yashar IG/Threads @yasharali
@merrittk.com
Writer/comedian. Madness archaeology @1900hotdog.bsky.social, story-based games at @insecretplaces.com (buy our debut title: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3238510/Fledgling_Manor/)
@cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip
@emilystjams.bsky.social
Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma.
@davey.bsky.social
Bloomberg tech reporter / Google, Big Tech, misinfo / https://daveyalba.com / ask for my Signal
@xoxogossipgita.bsky.social
im gita they/them cofounder of aftermath.site gita@aftermath.site
@kateconger.com
tech reporter for the NYT! co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT! signal: kateconger.11 buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
@zoeschiffer.bsky.social
Director of Business & Industry at WIRED. Author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. Signal zoeschiffer.87
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@jaketapper.bsky.social
Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to our two dogs.
@evacide.bsky.social
Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social These opinions are my own, not my employers’ I did a TED talk once
@taniel.bsky.social
Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
@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
@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.
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. subscribe: http://status.news/subscribe inbox: oliver@status.news
@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
@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
@jonlovett.bsky.social
Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave It, Vote Save America, Crooked Media, mostly water.
@kashhill.bsky.social
Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology & people done wrong by A.I. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.) YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.) Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan) Opposed to Tuberculosis
@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
@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
@evangreer.bsky.social
Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. Last album "Spotify is Surveillance" out now on Don Giovanni Records and Get Better Records. she/her/they/them
@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
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@craignewmark.bsky.social
#nerdpatient0 craigslist founder https://craignewmarkphilanthropies.org/
@michaelbrennan.bsky.social
Supporting people and organizations building a more equitable internet. Views expressed are my own. Philadelphia.