Paul Guinnessy's Starter Pack
A mix of feeds I find interesting on Bluesky. Enjoy!
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@paulguinnessy.bsky.social
@thebeatphilosopher.com
Author. Activist. Existentialist. Humanist. Beat Philosopher. Philosophy Of Mind. Dog Mom. Hosting Philosophy Discussions on Bluesky & Substack. Join us! https://thebeatphilosopher.substack.com
@tashamc.bsky.social
Founder at Mellins-Cohen Consulting, Exec Director of COUNTER Metrics, big fan of sustainable open access. Inveterate textile nerd and housekeeper to a triad of demanding moggies. Posts are my own opinions.
@thitch.bsky.social
Currently Senior Space Reporter at Breaking Defense. Space geek; former peace & security think-tanker; voracious reader of fiction esp. sci-fi/fantasy/alt-history; interested in cooking, archaeology/anthropology, poetry and scientific discovery.
@cpsc.gov
Your U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product safety info, data, and recalls. Standing for safety since 1972. Official account of the USCPSC. HQ: Bethesda, MD. Subscribe for recall emails on CPSC.gov. Report unsafe products on SaferProducts.gov
@matociquala.bsky.social
Multiple award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat. Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/matociquala Next book: THE FOLDED SKY June 2025 https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
@aipstats.bsky.social
Your source for data on education, careers, and diversity in physics, astronomy and other physical sciences. For data requests, please DM or email stats@aip.org
@drhannahsarge.bsky.social
Planetary Scientist/Space Resources/Space Nuclear Power. STEM outreach & education, ultimate frisbee & track and field. Army spouse. https://hsargeant0.wixsite.com/drhannahsargeant Insta: @Dr_Hannah_Sargeant
@worldnuclearnews.bsky.social
Reporting the latest nuclear energy sector news from around the world. WNN is produced from the World Nuclear Association secretariat. Website: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/ Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1976153
@opg.optica.org
News, updates, and current research from Optica Publishing Group - home of the largest and most-cited collection of peer-reviewed #optics and #photonics content.
@deltathink.bsky.social
The scholarly community trusts Delta Think consultants to advance strategy in an ever-changing landscape. www.deltathink.com
@acochran12733.bsky.social
Publisher at ASCO; football, softball, and theater mom; former president of SSP and CSE. Scholarly Kitchen chef. Girl Scout leader. All posts my own unless stolen from someone way smarter. #oncsky
@armscontrolnow.bsky.social
@jenniferaregala.bsky.social
⭐️ Scholarly publishing leader💗 ⭐️ Fluent in emoji 🤗😂💯💃🏼 ⭐️ THE COLOR PINK 💗>>>> ⭐️“It’s free to be nice and to comb your hair”™️ All opinions are my own 😊💗
@istorg.bsky.social
We are the 501(c)(3) critical action think tank that unites technology and policy leaders to create solutions to emerging security challenges. https://securityandtechnology.org/
@rouhiroo.bsky.social
Director #openscience @AIPP; political theory PhD dropout; former @PLOS-er; co-author of DefendResearch.org 📜 against #censorship: https://tinyurl.com/2dyadwzr #PostsAreMyOwn We're half awake in a Fake Empire. ORCiD: 0000-0003-1803-6186
@charlesarthur.bsky.social
Author “Social Warming”, about how social media inevitably polarises us all (not me or you, obviously, just everyone else). Journalist who has covered sports, technology, science, medicine. Ex-Guardian, -Independent, -New Scientist.
@dacrotty.bsky.social
Senior Consultant, Head Chef at The Scholarly Kitchen, Ex-Publisher, Ex-Editor, Ex-Scientist, Ex-etc. All opinions my own. @davidacrotty at the bird/X site.
@dreochapman.bsky.social
Author of ‘First Light’, astrophysicist at University of Nottingham, radio astronomer, Royal Society research fellow. Anti-harassment and equalities campaigner. Loves cake. Hates sexism.
@thebulletin.org
The best thinking on existential threats since 1945. Nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. We set the #DoomsdayClock. thebulletin.org
@mbaldwin.bsky.social
#histSTM studying scientific publishing, funding, and peer review. Associate prof @ UMD College Park. All opinions mine!
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov
Official account of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a U.S. Department of Energy national lab. newscenter.lbl.gov
@spie.org
Welcome to the official account of SPIE, the international society for optics and #photonics. Over the past five years, we have invested over $25M in the international optics community! 💡
@spacekate.bsky.social
Space journalist, rocket chaser, storyteller. Advocate for diversity and women in STEM. ISU SSP12. Alter-ego of @radiokate.com www.youtube.com/@NTKSpace
@physicsworld.bsky.social
News, views and information for the global physics community. physicsworld.com
@susannalharris.bsky.social
Helping scientists communicate. Working in biotech VC, living in San Francisco, reading in every available armchair.
@svershbow.bsky.social
Writer: NY Mag, Esquire, The Atlantic, Vogue, etc. Head of Social Media @ tech job. Mostly posting about dogs & books. Opinions all mine. vershbowiswriting@gmail.com https://www.sophievershbow.com/writing
@astrobiology.bsky.social
Astrobiology.com - Exploring the living universe since 1996. Life Looks For Life. Vita quaerit vitae.
@orzelc.bsky.social
Physicist, professor, author of books about science for non-scientists. Longer-form stuff at https://chadorzel.substack.com/
@gbrumfiel.bsky.social
I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else. Nukes/Missiles/Space/Blimps/etc. Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/PoRoBSPUsb1fVLiml15BwUb7K4BJU64c8GtNrzfGO3qX-WN1cFdI0Y5g0pUgGFuI
@rvawonk.bsky.social
Yep, it’s me! Mother, Wife, Asst. Research Scientist. Studying cyberpsychology, cognitive security, disinformation. “Epistemic Superpredator.” I write things here: https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com
@poppynorthcutt.bsky.social
One-time rocket scientist, sometime lawyer, full time women’s right activist
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism. Website: https://private-eye.co.uk Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
@nuclearkatie.com
Nuclear engineer. nuclear: energy, history, waste, nonproliferation, humor. "Tells uranium's life story". Lives in New Mexico, formerly WI. Outdoors when I'm not working. Views mine alone. she/her
@rachelcourtland.com
Editor at MIT Technology Review (@technologyreview.com), commissioning news, features, and essays | Science and technology journalist and forever physics nerd
@audrajwolfe.bsky.social
I wrote two books on science & the Cold War, formerly @ColdWarScience. Developmental editor to the should-be stars. Mostly Philly, sometimes Indiana, always weaving.
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us
@murderbotbot.bsky.social
Bot that tweets quotes(incl spoilers) from @marthawells.com The Murderbot Diaries. Has no gender. Character's pronouns are It/its. Managed by @writerphoebe
@elife.bsky.social
The funder-researcher collaboration and open-access publisher for research in the life and biomedical sciences. Follow @eLifeCommunity.bsky.social
@avindman.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/WH Staff. Doc of International Affairs. Senior Fellow, FPI SAIS, JHU. NYT Best-selling Author.
@wellerstein.bsky.social
Historian of science, technology, secrecy, and nukes. Professor. Creator of NUKEMAP. Author of RESTRICTED DATA. New book coming out in 2025 on Truman and the bomb. Working on a video game. Blogging at https://doomsdaymachines.net
@brittlundgren.bsky.social
Quasar gazer | data miner | science / education policy wonk | Associate Prof. of Physics & Astronomy at a public liberal arts college
@profbriancox.bsky.social
Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
@whoi.edu
We're the world's largest independent non-profit dedicated to ocean research, exploration, and education. Join us!
@radchenko.bsky.social
Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. The author of “To Run the World.”
@jessicascott.net
Writer of spicy military romances, among other things. Writing again after a 5 year drought. Sociologist studying privacy, surveillance, and narrative warfare. https://jessicascottbooks.com
@chelseaeharvey.bsky.social
Climate reporter | E&E News by POLITICO | Itinerant Southerner | Tip me: charvey@eenews.net / chelseaeharvey@protonmail.com / Signal @chelseaeharvey.01
@deborahb.bsky.social
Book author, toxicology journalist, fascinated by poison and murder (current book project), and, oh yeah, I'm director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT.
@peteraldhous.com
Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: @ucscscicomm.bsky.social. Ex: BuzzFeed News, berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @newscientist.com, @nature.com, @science.org. https://www.peteraldhous.com/
@charlotte2153.bsky.social
Labour MP for Warrington North 🌹 Jewish, book worm, happiest outdoors Email: charlotte.nichols.mp@parliament.uk
@dannagal.bsky.social
Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone. WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/dgoldyoung/home
@timkmak.bsky.social
Founder, The Counteroffensive: Compelling human stories to illustrate news of the war in Ukraine. Fmr US Army medic. https://www.counteroffensive.news/
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
Oxford historian, best-selling writer fiction & non-fiction, documentary maker, cat lover, vegetable grower, unrelenting optimist. Gotta lotta love to share.
@hntdove.bsky.social
Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
@sarahkendrew.bsky.social
European Space Agency Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. Team Lead for the MIRI instrument on JWST. Runner, dog mum, cyclist. 🇬🇧🇧🇪 Opinions my own.
@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social
PhD Researcher Nederbelg in Brussel ☞ History & the Future║Emerging Technologies║Arms Control║Military Innovation║Environment║Bikes and Trains║Europe║Art on long term sick leave, so don't expect anything NL/EN
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
Environment editor at The Guardian Send info confidentially via Signal: dpcarrington.35 Or via this link👇 https://t.co/sSyh2w8LHj
@summerbrennan.bsky.social
Award-winning writer and Orion Book Award finalist. American in Paris. Books: THE OYSTER WAR; HIGH HEEL. Next: THE PARISIAN SPHINX, A TRUE TALE OF ART & OBSESSION. Leonard Cohen blew me a kiss one time. Substack: https://www.awritersnotebook.org/
@holdenthorp.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Science and Professor of Chemistry and Medicine at George Washington University. Opinions not those of AAAS. https://www.zotero.org/holdenthorp #ActuallyAutistic
@baddestmamajama.bsky.social
Filmmaker (WHAT LIES WEST) and formerly a little Twitter famous. Married to @sean-a-tiger.bsky.social, writes with @nicksinnott.com
@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social
Professor at the Middlebury Institute & host of the Arms Control Wonk Podcast.
@pptsapper.bsky.social
History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
@starstrickensf.bsky.social
Astrophysicist. Author of STARSTRUCK (PEN/E.O. Wilson Longlist, NCBA finalist, a Penguin Random House Common Read). 🧿🇪🇬 BRCA+ occasional model, fervent activist.
@astronomay.bsky.social
Staff Astronomer @ a place - Exoplanet Atmospheres with JWST. All data is good data. Plus Knitting, Stickers, Baking, and other crafty things. I also <3 cats. Known as @_astronoMay on other sites ErinMMay.com SiderealStickers.Etsy.com
@kyivindependent.com
Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine Become a member: http://kyivindependent.com/membership/ One-time donation: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/?interval=onetime
@scripting.com
Bluesky: Add two-way RSS, so we can re-establish contact and flow if they go down or sell out. This is "just enough decentralization" for users, could be done in a few weeks. I would help. Then Masto can support it too and we'd be living in the future.
@emgusk.bsky.social
Half of Post Polling, journalist, pollster, feminist, library fan, BRCA mutant. Nats! Caps! Terps! Kill them with kindness and methodological rigor. she/her signal: emgusk.04
@froomkin.bsky.social
Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
@emorwee.bsky.social
I run HEATED, a newsletter devoted to climate accountability reporting and opinion. She/her. 📧: emorwee@proton.me Signal: @emorwee.06
@mollytaft.com
disaster lesbian on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.76. mollytaft.com
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Scientist/Author/Speaker; Presidential Distinguished Prof/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media/Vice Provost for Climate, U. Penn; National Academy of Sciences; Royal Society; Tyler Prize
@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
@arielwaldman.com
Antarctic Explorer + Filmmaker. TED speaker + National Geographic explorer. Previously: NASA. 📍 San Francisco 🔗 https://arielwaldman.com 💌 https://patreon.com/arielwaldman
@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
@elakdawalla.bsky.social
Planetary scientist, freelance science writer and space artist, queer, ADHD, mom. Turns out it’s hard to be all those things at once. Shop at elakdawalla.Etsy.com
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
jester of goodwill (journalist, author, radio person, etc) marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
@aussiastronomer.bsky.social
Caltech/IPAC Planet Hunter | Chief Scientist, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute | @TEDFellow | Science consultant | General Nerd | My views are not the views of NASA | She/her
@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
@helenczerski.bsky.social
Physics, bubbles, oceans, hot chocolate and curiosity. Associate Professor at UCL, writer, broadcaster. Author of Storm in a Teacup and Blue Machine https://linktr.ee/helenczerski
@indyfromspace.bsky.social
Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her
@hels.bsky.social
“Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches” New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication 🍉
@juddlegum.bsky.social
I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47 | Text: 202-599-7124 Popular.info
@rbreich.bsky.social
Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social. Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com Preorder my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
@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
@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
@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
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@financialtimes.com
The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis. https://www.ft.com The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
@greatdismal.bsky.social
Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.