John Paczkowski's Starter Pack
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@pczki.bsky.social
@reckless.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill. https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
@kenrick.bsky.social
Google/Alphabet and AI reporter @reuters.com Signal: kenrick.01 kenrick.cai@tr.com kenrickcai.com
@ellenhuet.bsky.social
the self is an illusion, but — I write features & podcasts about tech for Bloomberg / Businessweek also writing a book about an alleged sex cult ellenhuet.com
@pranavdixit.bsky.social
Meta Correspondent at Business Insider. Previously: India Tech Correspondent at BuzzFeed News. 2022 Nieman Fellow. Accidental expat. Send me tips securely on Signal: pranavdixit.04. Your identify is safe with me.
@zacheverson.com
Investigative reporter at Forbes • Reporting on money in politics, campaign finance, ethics, and the Trump Organization • Documentarian emeritus of Trump's DC hotel • Tip? z_everson@protonmail.com, Signal/mobile 202.804.2744 https://zacheverson.com/
@darakerr.bsky.social
Tech Reporter @us.theguardian.com. Tips: dara.kerr@theguardian.com or darakerr.01 on Signal
@heatherkelly.bsky.social
Washington Post technology reporter, hopscotch enthusiast. heather.kelly@washpost.com. Signal: @hkelly.11
@sarahfrier.bsky.social
In charge of big tech coverage at Bloomberg Author of NO FILTER: The Inside Story of Instagram Email me at sfrier1 at Bloomberg dot net
@paris.nyc
tech features and investigations • podcastin’ @twit.tv • formerly @theinformation @wired.com • @parismartineau on the other site send tips: 267.797.8655 on Signal & WhatsApp • tips@paris.nyc 👩💻 paris.nyc
@hunterw.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic Send me a secure message on Signal: hunter.07 https://linktr.ee/hunter_walker
@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.
@sarahjeong.bsky.social
editor @ the verge. send pitches and death threats to sarah.jeong@theverge.com
@pixelatedboat.bsky.social
The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
@aohnsman.bsky.social
Former baby, future ghost. Forbes senior editor writing about transportation & cleantech | ❤️ LA 🇨🇦🇺🇦 | 50% of rock duo Combo Villains https://youtu.be/hGFz3_vPUUE?feature=shared
@inafried.bsky.social
Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios. Huge fan of the sportsball. Also Lego. She/her Aiplus.Axios.com
@jasonleopold.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Band Tshirt hoarder. Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files. Opinions are mine. jasonleopold@protonmail.com Signal: JasonLeopold.666 https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/foia-files
@kevincollier.bsky.social
I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
@agreenberg.bsky.social
Writer for WIRED. Author of SANDWORM. New book, TRACERS IN THE DARK: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, out now. agreenberg@wired.com. Andy.01 on Signal.
@rusty.todayintabs.com
Back in the woods. https://www.todayontrail.com https://www.todayintabs.com
@joannastern.bsky.social
👩🏻💻 Senior personal tech columnist @WSJ 📺 Contributor @nbcnews + @CNBC 🏆 Emmy winner, technology and family lover
@waltmossberg.bsky.social
Now: News Literacy Project. Then: WSJ tech columnist, AllThingsD, Recode, D & Code conferences, Verge, CTRL-WALT-DELETE. Opinions are purely personal.
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ cohost, System Crash: https://systemcrash.info/
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Journalist @404Media.co Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
@janinegibson.ft.com
Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
@josephcox.bsky.social
Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
@hodgman.bsky.social
Good evening. My name is John Hodgman. You are invited to join a secret society: hodgman.substack.com
@alexisohanian.bsky.social
Founder @SevenSevenSix ♻️ @776Foundation Prev. founded @Initialized @Reddit 💪 #BusinessDad #PaidFamilyLeave Owner ⚽️ @weareangelcity 🎮 @cloud9 🦄 x 40
@effinbirds.com
Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Absolution. Repped by Joe Veltre at Gersh. Gigs: The Tuesday Agency. he/him
@idolomantises.bsky.social
Quill 🐝🏳️🌈 · 25 • He/they · Creator of "Bugtopia" and "Monsters and Girls" Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/idolomantises
@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
@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
@electricalwsop.bsky.social
Recording engineer who plays poker and billiards and eats like a Viking
@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)
@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
@emilyfreeman.bsky.social
Co-founder and CEO, Freeman & Forrest. Bestselling author of DevOps for Dummies and international keynote speaker. I’ve led Community, DevRel and Product Marketing at AWS, MSFT, and startups. I was editingemily on Twitter.
@404media.co
it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
@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.
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
contributing writer at Rolling Stone // contributing editor at Wired // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
@andy.baio.net
The poster formerly known as "waxpancake". I make @Waxy.org and @xoxofest.com. Also: Skittish, Upcoming, Supercut, Playfic, Kind of Bloop. Helped build Kickstarter. WWW: https://waxy.org Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@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
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
@zoeschiffer.bsky.social
Director of Business & Industry at WIRED. Author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. Signal zoeschiffer.87
@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)
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@richardnieva.bsky.social
Tech reporter, Forbes. Previously: BuzzFeed News. East Bay native. Tips: rnieva@forbes.com or Signal at username Rnieva.26
@davidjeans.bsky.social
Senior reporter @Forbes covering tech, national security, and defense. Co-author WONDER BOY: Tony Hsieh, Zappos and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley. http://shorturl.at/bjKMS djeans@forbes.com
@alexlevine.bsky.social
Tech reporter at Forbes covering social media; past Politico + NYT
@thealexknapp.bsky.social
Senior Editor covering science and healthcare at Forbes. (he/him) Got a tip? Hit me up on Signal: thealexknapp.79 "Eppur si muove"
@hardin.bsky.social
Terminally online journalist (sorry). Formerly BuzzFeed News, Facebook, Check My Ads, other places. @hardin on Twitter, Threads. Delight in the life that comes unbidden. (He/They)
@sarahnemerson.bsky.social
@kurtwagner.bsky.social
Journalist at Bloomberg. Go Mariners. Go Seahawks. Signal: kurtwagner.08
@bestofnextdoor.bsky.social
Quality neighborhood drama. Chief Lurker: @jenn.bsky.social twitter.com/bestofnextdoor
@gaberivera.bsky.social
Follow @techmeme.com and @mediagazer.com! I once authored a popular tweet about walking.
@lisatozzi.bsky.social
Everything’s going to be just fine. Now go upstairs, pack your bags. We're going to begin a new life under the sea Executive Digital Director, Rolling Stone I sometimes write things https://www.rollingstone.com/author/lisa-tozzi/ Signal: @lisatozzi.44
@ejdickson.bsky.social
Senior writer at NY Mag/the Cut, hot Disney adult. Ride or die for Donald Fagen. 9173976848 (Signal)
@alexrkonrad.bsky.social
Founder and editor of @upstarts.bsky.social, a new tech publication focused on the startup ecosystem. Previously Forbes senior editor. Email: tips@upstartsmedia.com
@janelytv.bsky.social
Reporting for WSJ in Kyiv. Previously BuzzFeed News, Harvard Shorenstein Center. Osint, investigations, sometimes disinformation.
@davidmackau.bsky.social
reporter boy. writer girl. Slate. Rolling Stone. NY Mag. NY Times. Bustle. The Daily Beast. Yahoo. Always & forever BuzzFeed News + ABC News (Australia). Signal: davidmackau.07
@laurengoode.bsky.social
WIRED senior writer covering Silicon Valley and its impact beyond. Send tips to Signal handle ChaoticGoode.12. (No PR pitches please)
@mathonan.com
Editor in chief of MIT Technology Review. Formerly SF Bureau Chief at Buzzfeed News. Formerly Wired. Formerly @mat on twitter. Discos in Frisco
@ebakerwhite.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @ Forbes, fmr BuzzFeed News. Writing a book on TikTok. Tip me here! emilybakerwhite@protonmail.com Prev. content policy @ Facebook, Spotify; founded the Plain View Project, lawyer.
@davey.bsky.social
Bloomberg tech reporter / Google, Big Tech, misinfo / https://daveyalba.com / ask for my Signal
@sheeraf.bsky.social
NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang. Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
@sambiddle.com
Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept Got a tip? Signal: sambiddle.11 (Make sure you don’t contact me via a work-provided device) https://sambiddle.com
@lopatto.bsky.social
writer at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/her, but honestly I really don't care what you call me as long as you call me, baby tip me: liz@theverge.com
@nitasha.bsky.social
technology mother @ the washington post. baddie in the digital badlands. signal: nitasha.10
@joolia.bsky.social
senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
@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
@katienotopoulos.bsky.social
Blogger at Business Insider, covering tech, business, culture. knotopoulos@businessinsider.com
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@weratedogs.com
Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹 links.weratedogs.com
@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
@ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social