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@newyorker.com
Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
@franklinleonard.bsky.social
The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Analysis, exclusives, robust interviews. Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two with Victoria Derbyshire and Faisal Islam.
@kashana.bsky.social
TV writer. Author of the novels THE SURVIVALISTS and THE PAYBACK (July 2025). Deadly with a butter knife. Preorder THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
@tribelaw.bsky.social
After teaching constitutional law at Harvard for 50 yrs, I decided it was time to start teaching in a classroom without walls — to help preserve the rule of law and justice
@mjfree.bsky.social
Proud Girl Dad, TV Producer, Filmmaker, Vedic Meditation Practitioner, Kitesurfer, Human Rights & Racial Justice Advocate and an Abolitionist! And I don't act! 😆😆😆👻👻👻
@stephenfry.bsky.social
Grazer and nibbler at the outer edges of new social media platforms
@nywolforg.bsky.social
The Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) is a non-profit organization that promotes wolf conservation by teaching about wolves and their role in our world. nywolf.org
@design-law.bsky.social
Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech. Design patent scholar. Currently writing about "Schedule A" litigation. Articles & CV: https://works.bepress.com/sarah_burstein/abou
@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist | alleged "left-wing commie-god" | Higher ed, critical pedagogy, some 18th-19th c. history | Wrote: https://wvupressonline.com/node/823 | Sports takes included for no extra charge. he/him.
@Gargron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog. [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@Gargron on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@timosborne.ca
Photographer located in St. Albert, AB, Canada. Ambassador for @exposedwildlife.bsky.social. Member: Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective (he/him) https://linktr.ee/timosborne
@yabellini.bsky.social
I share my experience teaching computational skills and building welcoming communities of practice for programming scientists | rOpenSci Community Manager | R-Ladies Project Lead | 30 Years in Education | 24 Years as Researcher | Spanglish | #RStats
@charlottegarden.bsky.social
Professor @ University of Minnesota Law School. Teaching & writing about workers' rights; skeeting in my personal capacity, mostly about cats.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social
The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence. Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/
@sambendett.bsky.social
Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
@dmgreene.bsky.social
Futures of work. Writing, researching, teaching, lefting. Ruthless everything, existing. http://dmgreene.net
@lexlanham.bsky.social
law professor teaching & writing about trademark, false advertising, IP, & entertainment law at northeastern
@tjalamont.bsky.social
Writer & nature photographer, especially macro photography of arthropods. Desert Tortoise conservation advocate. Fan of California, Montana, the rest of the planet. Photo website: https://www.tomastlephotography.com/
@sheilaheymans.bsky.social
Executive Director of the European Marine Board. Professor of Ecosystem Modelling at UHI, Scotland. Ocean lover.
@egalarch.bsky.social
South Uist. Archaeologist at UHI North, West and Hebrides/UHI Archaeology Institute. Archaeology of islands and coasts in prehistory. Sand, weather, and also digital heritage #UistUnearthed https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeology-institute
@adammarkham.bsky.social
Climate change science, impacts & solutions. Biodiversity, cultural heritage, zooarchaeology & human-bird history. Part-time PhD student at UHI researching Viking/Norse birds. #climateheritage #archaeobirds. ArsenalFC. www.climateheritageadvisors.com
@climatecasino.net
Retired professor of mathematics and computer science, casino consultant, author of 4 books: 3 on casino games & 1 poetry book. Now I volunteer, walk a lot & feed local critters. My 'doomer' starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/9ozevcf
@lampinen.bsky.social
Interested in cognition and artificial intelligence. Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. Previously cognitive science at Stanford. Posts are mine. lampinen.github.io
@proteanmag.com
An independent leftist magazine collecting criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, and art • Support our work at www.patreon.com/proteanmag • www.proteanmag.com/
@filmupdate.bsky.social
All the latest news, reviews and interviews on films, actors and TV shows
@raphaelmilliere.com
Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Science https://raphaelmilliere.com/
@sustainablefarming.bsky.social
Sharing information about sustainable and ecological farming to help mitigate the effects of climate change and to work towards a sustainable food supply chain for earth.
@csail.mit.edu
MIT's Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Media Inquiries: rachelg@csail.mit.edu
@danwphilosophy.bsky.social
Philosopher. Interested in: Philosophy, Psychology, Evolution, Artificial Intelligence, Social Science, Politics.
@bvlsingler.bsky.social
Anthropologist/Geek thinking about how you think about AI & robots. Assistant Professor in Digital Religions at UZH. Bvlsingler.com. She/her. 🌈 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003256113/religion-artificial-intelligence-beth-singler
@jjoque.bsky.social
visualization librarian | philosophy, media, cyberwar, stats | Deconstruction Machines (UMN Press, 2018) | Revolutionary Mathematics: Artificial Intelligence, Statistics and the Logic of Capitalism (Verso, 2022) | my views are yours
@noahdgoodman.bsky.social
Professor of Natural and Artificial Intelligence @Stanford. Safety and alignment @GoogleDeepMind.
@siobhancookemiller.bsky.social
Curator of Archaeology at Orkney Museum. PhD in Viking/Late Norse Scotland/social zooarchaeology. Lecturer - Archaeology Institute UHI. Whelk!
@artificial.bsky.social
Artificial Intelligence Expert Paul Davies You won't believe what comes next in A.I. Follow me if you are interested in Artificial Intelligence
@archsoundscapes.bsky.social
Lecturer in Archaeology at UHI. Sound, Antlers, Craft & Masks in Early European Prehistory. Based in Orkney.
@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
The UHI Archaeology Institute, a hub for world-class research, teaching, and professional consultancy. Part of the UHI https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeology-institute/ | https://archaeologyorkney.com
@insuhi.bsky.social
We are internationally renowned for our innovative undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research programmes in Culture and Heritage, Orkney and Shetland Studies, Highlands and Islands Literature, Scottish Heritage, Viking Studies and Island Studies.
@garvachy11.bsky.social
Argyll educator passionate about rural education. EdD student Strathclyde University. Lecturer In Headship UHI. Judge National Teaching Awards. Proud wife, mother, and granny . Family matters. All views are my own.
@j2bryson.bsky.social
Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html
@slowhorsesappletv.bsky.social
@uhihistory.bsky.social
A history department committed to its students and wider community. uhi.ac.uk/history
@mrsuteachestech.bsky.social
Instructional Technology Facilitator. #TeacherNerd. #EdTechCoach. AI Enthusiast. Apple Learning Coach. MagicSchool AI Pioneer. CTE Educator. Hufflepuff.
@davidworthington.bsky.social
Historian. Manager. Interim Dean, Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Business and Education, University of the Highlands and Islands. https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/about-uhi/senior-management/professor-david-worthington/
@beckygiesler.bsky.social
Marine ecologist @ UHI Shetland | Marine planning, marine bioinvasions, seagrass, coastal habitat mapping | Sea swimming, wildlife, art
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@michelesmith.bsky.social
Smallholder, lecturer. AI enthusiasts. This is where I post about things that annoy me and things that bring me joy—sometimes in the same breath. Expect rants, reflections, and the oversharing about whatever’s caught my attention.