Bethany's Starter Pack
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@sarcasmandpickles.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com
The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@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
@aaronparnas.bsky.social
J.D. from GW Law ⚖️ | Attorney | Your go-to news source | Strategist | Views are my own | Retweets ≠ endorsements All other platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronparnas
@acyn.bsky.social
Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com Clips made with SnapStream Internet Hooligan...
@lincolnproject.us
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
UALawSchool |MSNBC & NBCNews |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
@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.
@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
@just-jack-1.bsky.social
"Our capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but our inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." https://buymeacoffee.com/justjack1
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@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
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy
@fpwellman.bsky.social
Host of 'On Democracy with FPWellman' on MeidasTouch and the ‘On Democracy Channel’, 'On the Line with VoteVets,' and 'Too Late to Cancel' every Sunday. Army Iraq veteran. Pro-Democracy Advocate. "Vladimir STOP!"
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@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
@patriottakes.bsky.social
Dedicated research monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy.
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
@bmeiselas.bsky.social
Co-founded MeidasTouch with my brothers. Co-host of the MeidasTouch Podcast. Video guy. Not very good at writing bios.
@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
@mariaressa.bsky.social
@aaronblack.bsky.social
@meidasjordy.bsky.social
co-founded MeidasTouch | #MeidasMighty Ⓜ️Ⓜ️ | BECAUSE TRUTH IS GOLDEN | The MeidasTouch Podcast | Yinzer | no matter where life takes me; find me with a smile…🇺🇸🦅
@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
@harryjsisson.bsky.social
22 | Democrat | @harryjsisson (1 million+) on Tik Tok | Email: inquiries@harryjsisson.net
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Support our work: https://propub.li/4d2mFWJ
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/ Got a tip? Get in touch • Email: david.gilbert@wired.com • Signal: @DavidGilbert.01
@jillian.bsky.social
Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021). Views are mine alone. Work @EFF, teach at College of Europe Natolin, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about #freealaa
@3r1ng.bsky.social
Social media network analysis. Digital ethnography. Formerly: Technology & Social Change Project: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ she/her
@jsrailton.bsky.social
Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
@dgrand.bsky.social
Prof at MIT working on misinformation/fake news, social media, polarization, intuition vs deliberation, cooperation, politics, and religion. (he/him) https://davidrand-cooperation.com/
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Technology Policy at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🇪🇺 Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
@democraticwins.bsky.social
Keeping Score of Democrats’ wins. Highlighting the future of the Democratic Party. Supporting Democratic candidates and causes.
@meiselasb.bsky.social
Co-Founder of MeidasTouch Network; USC Law Professor; Engine Vision Co-Founder; Former Litigator
@dfrlab.bsky.social
The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
@billmccarthy.bsky.social
Digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation, conspiracy theories and extremism for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
@socialmedialab.ca
Academic Research Lab in Toronto: SocialMediaLab.ca |Skeets by @philipmai.com re: the politics of technology, social media, immigration, democracy, mis/disinfo, & propaganda | PoliDashboard.org, DeepfakesTracker.org, ConflictMisinfo.org & Communalytic.org.
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us
@theserfstv.bsky.social
Métis (he/him) weareserfs.com Lefty news politics and comedy. LGBTQ+ activism and civil rights are my jam. If you enjoy my sillies check out YouTube.com/@theserftimes
@marcowenjones.bsky.social
Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
@acarv.in
Former managing editor and director of research, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, occasional conlanger, #ActuallyADHD, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
@attorneynora.bsky.social
law, tech, freedom, democracy | now: @freepress, past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU. ATL | LA | NYC www.norabenavidez.com
@emmalbriant.bsky.social
International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof, University of Notre Dame; Fellow, Bard College, US; Associate @ U of Cambridge, UK; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Speaker; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕
@keeptroyblue.bsky.social
Pro-democracy. Senior writer at MeidasTouch.com. Listen to my podcast: https://linktr.ee/KeepTroyBlue
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@sarcasmandpickles.bsky.social
Liberal mom,wife, sister, daughter. I never stop trying to learn and grow so I can teach and model the values I believe in.