Jodi Gjersvik's Starter Pack
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@poochiedingding.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@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
@sifill.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@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/
@ninajankowicz.com
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org 🙅🏻♀️ Author, disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse. 😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/ Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
@randomwalker.bsky.social
Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/ BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
@cendemtech.bsky.social
The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @CDTEU.bsky.social for our EU-based team. https://cdt.org
@bostonjoan.bsky.social
I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University www.criticalinternet.org
@merbroussard.bsky.social
Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. NYU professor. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com
@mrose.ink
Grumpy feminist lawyer. Giant nerd. SFF, horror, romance writer with ADHD. Senior Policy Counsel, Public Knowledge. Copyright, tech, music, AI, fandom. I talk about stuff. She/her 🏳️🌈 日本語でもOK
@aramsinn.bsky.social
SFF/Nonfiction Author Media Prof at American U Bassist/Producer (jazz, reggae, worldbeat) 💙📚THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA 💿 OUT OF OUR CELLS: Songs by Incarcerated Musicians in DC sinnreich.com https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/ linktree.com/wassako
@punkrockscience.bsky.social
PhD brain and genomic scientist. Ocean junkie. Computer wrangler. Open data believer. Geek. Punk. Not that kind of doctor. Views only my own. She/her
@lu.is
Programmer-turned-lawyer, trying to build human(e) futures. Current: Sonarsource, Creative Commons, OpenET (open water data), California Housing Defense, 415, dad. Past: Wikipedia, Mozilla, 305 Also: https://lu.is and https://social.coop/@luis_in_brief
@benwhitelaw.bsky.social
Founder and editor of everythinginmoderation.co. Co-host & writer of ctrlaltspeech.com puns. Media consultant by day. #LUFC fan by birthright.
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@fbajak.bsky.social
Journalist with tech focus. Ex-Associated Press foreign correspondent. First AP tech editor, Andes chief. frankbajak.com fbajak(at)proton(dot)me - DM for Signal#
@dbrody.bsky.social
Privacy rights are civil rights. Founder & former director of the Digital Justice Initiative at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
@raygunsite.com
Clothing. Home Goods. Time Travel Supplies. Iowa (x6), Nebraska (x2), Chicago, KC.
@robsandia.bsky.social
Early adopter as far as elected officials go. Big on family and bowhunting. Caught chickens as a small town kid, financial crooks as a prosecutor, & now govt insiders' waste/fraud/abuse as Iowa State Auditor.
@laurarbelin.bsky.social
Reporter covering Iowa politics (and sometimes wildflowers) for the progressive website Bleeding Heartland. https://www.bleedingheartland.com Part-time statehouse reporter for KHOI Radio in Ames. https://laurabelin.substack.com
@mike.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy
Co-founder and CEO, Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@mike Interests: #Climbing #Backpacking #Photography #Sailing #ActivityPub #Startups #Design [bridged from https://flipboard.social/@mike on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@bookowl.bsky.social
STEM Librarian & Associate Professor - I post on #SciComm, #STLCards, progressive politics, astronomy, owls, beer, & pretzels.
@rismith.bsky.social
Lawyer writing about law, genealogy, and bad ethics. Part time research assistant to @megansearsdo.bsky.social. He/him
@hummingbird212.bsky.social
Retired news junkie, political/social scientist, poet, mental health advocate. Itchy feet. Voted for her! I'm not looking for love and will ignore your advances. No Romeos, No Porn, No MAGAs. DMs will be deleted. #BlueCrew #MEGABOOST 💙✋🇺🇸*** 🖕47
@desmoinesgov.bsky.social
Iowa’s capital city serving more than 214,000 residents, 49 neighborhoods, over 4,000 acres of parkland and 81 miles of trails. https://DSM.city
@hauli.bsky.social
Long time Twitter user. 🇨🇦 ✌️ 🇺🇸 I like what I see here. No Musky smell! I'm not interested in online romance, or pictures of your food. I will never "click here" to see you naked, and I am not interested in Crypto. Maga is a cult. Trump is an asshole!
@aravenscroft.bsky.social
Kansas / Iowa / ATX / Mortgage Lending / Hiking / Chiefs / Car Enthusiast / Gardening / Birding / Knitting / Dogs / Cats / Nature / Upcycling / DIY / True Crime / Dark Comedy / HomeDecor / 4Runner
@lbrundies.bsky.social
I'm a warrior for the downtrodden and disadvantaged. I love reading 📚, being out in nature, music 🎶 , traveling and hanging out with friends and family.
@cwsmith2620.bsky.social
Musician, computer repair tech, entrepreneur, husband, father, cat-dad.
@radion29.bsky.social
@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/
@poochiedingding.bsky.social
Housing first. Housing is health care. Fair housing for everyone.