Tim's Superfriends
These are my good friends and the best posters; the people I make sure to read every day. Your mileage may vary!
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@tcarmody.bsky.social
@erik.westra.nz
Technical writer and product manager for a US-based technology company. Likes Taoist Tai Chi, bikepacking, cycling, protecting the environment, writing, exploring PKM/Tools for Thought, and taking photos of the natural world. Based in Rotorua, New Zealand.
@bethanykj.bsky.social
Comm prof, mom, cool aunt, goofball, she/her Likes sewing, crafts and video games
@laheffernan.bsky.social
English Prof at UNF (Jacksonville, FL). Co-author, The Teaching Archive (U Chicago Press, 2021). Working lately w Jax archivists, historians, writers, and students.
@raewing.bsky.social
Editor and communicator in medicine and science. Cat person and gardener. Quieter than most.
@ismat.bsky.social
Managing editor at Analyst News. Previously at Quartz, Al Jazeera, Money, MarketWatch, Columbia, Umich. Go Blue.
@sisoma.bsky.social
Rebuilding from Twitter. Insatiably curious, holistically engaged, determined to be pleased. www.sisoma.com - but that’s not why I’m here.
@laineydoyle.bsky.social
I read things, I write things; often found in the sea, sometimes found splashing about with paints. Not usually at the same time.
@luxtheatrum.bsky.social
Theatrical designer / director / storyteller. Astrophysics enthusiast. Recovering Artistic Director. I want to design all the plays. (Except Mamet & LaBute.) he/him also: @andrewh@mastodon.social | hungerf9 @ bird site. https://andrewhungerford.com
@ohnorosco.bsky.social
vp Rowdy Skeleton media coaching 🎙️ editor MBH4H 🤖 managing consultant Hit Detection 🎮📱 previously strategy, bizdev, media things at the verge, polygon, spotify
@irisamelia.com
she/her ✨ lover of all things purple 💜 professional silly person in web stuff & #a11y 🍎 progressive & pro-union ✊🏽 l#ADHD 🧠 uses two exclamation points ‼️ hablo español 🇨🇺🇵🇷
@ayeveegee.bsky.social
VP of Comms @ Planned Parenthood Federation of America/ Action Fund; powerlifter-in-training; health care is two words and someone else's abortion is none of your business. Opinions my own.
@redsesame.bsky.social
UX consultant. Author of Everyday Information Architecture. I like Star Trek, bad movies, shitposting, and kindness.
@phillydesign.bsky.social
Never been more like I am today. Journalist, photographer, Philadelphian. Editorial director at Technical.ly. Formerly Billy Penn at WHYY.
@vcmcguire.bsky.social
Disabled writer and librarian. Garden enthusiast. Mother of a trans teen. Perpetually homesick Californian living in Philadelphia.
@ilinca.bsky.social
No war. histories of paper. media theory. 19th c German lit. misses Bucharest
@michelet.bsky.social
Also known as Misha. UX design then (frog, CFPB, startups) and now (Salesforce Platform). Brooklyn native/cliché. Posts a lot about her dog.
@chandrasteele.bsky.social
Features writer at PCMag. Other words at other places, find them on chandrasteele.com
@chappelltracker.bsky.social
Software and content person. Probably thinking about how much I love and hate systems. Video game and ttrpg nerd. Design history obsessed.
@sparrowpost.bsky.social
Writer, naturalist, myth and oak lover, museum and play goer. Pursuer of whimsy. she/her. sparrowpost.com
@fjord.style
A frog wearing a scarf. He is sitting under a tall conifer, frowning at a mushroom. A lamp sits nearby. #inovermyhead https://fjord.style
@jfagone.bsky.social
Reporter, SF Chronicle. Author of "The Woman Who Smashed Codes," "Ingenious," and "Horsemen of the Esophagus." Sign up for my free newsletter: https://jfagone.substack.com
@nateingraham.bsky.social
Words, writing, music, games, Lord of the Rings, The Last of Us, etc etc
@annatarkov.bsky.social
Writer who doesn’t write. Bundist, anarchist, antifascist. Interested in immigration justice, anti-Zionism, disability justice, anti-racism, abolition, and more. Also motorsport & 📱games. Soviet-era Jew. Mom to autistic cutie. She/Her
@amandafrench.net
PhD in English Lit. Villanelle = poetic form, not serial killer. Currently @researchorgs.bsky.social at @crossref.bsky.social. Formerly COVID Tracking Project and THATCamp. Views my own. Folk, Americana, roots, oldtime, bluegrass. https://amandafrench.net
@amyoleary.bsky.social
Strategy, communications, narrative. Interested in our media ecosystem, disinformation, democracy and climate. Formerly NYT, This American Life, Upworthy, One Project & Headspace.
@feliciadavin.com
I write romance & scifi/fantasy about bisexuals of various genders + a newsletter about words & books called Word Suitcase. PhD in French literature, non-practicing intellectual. Bi, she/they, www.feliciadavin.com
@jadedid.bsky.social
knitting thoughts and yarn together. scholar on the limits of empathy. academic libraries. ed/tech & student wellness. the other side of empathy (Duke, 2023) 30% off with code E23DAVIS https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-other-side-of-empathy
@meredithperry.bsky.social
CEO, Elemind (neurotech) • Board Member, J. Craig Venter Institute (genomics) • NASA • UPenn Alum www.elemindtech.com
@jmbooyah.bsky.social
It's pronounced Boo-Yah. Senior tech reporter/editor at The Guardian US covering surveillance of marginalized groups. Tips: Johana.Bhuiyan@theguardian.com & 4156303604 https://www.theguardian.com/profile/johana-bhuiyan
@wil.to
I’m https://wil.to I make https://multipa.ge I wrote https://web.dev/learn/javascript and https://web.dev/learn/images
@alexis-madrigal.bsky.social
Book out March 2025, The Pacific Circuit KQED Forum Oakland Garden Club
@vruba.bsky.social
A pixel/geography/other person in Oakland. With @rahawahaile.bsky.social. Marginally more active at @vruba@everything.happens.horse on mastodon. He/him.
@lportwoodstacer.bsky.social
Helping scholarly authors write & publish outstanding books since 2015 📚 Tips at newsletter.manuscriptworks.com & in THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK. New book: MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK. Courses + free workshops at manuscriptworks.com. Knitter, 2X Jeopardy! champ 🤓
@ryangodfrey.com
Philadelphia, elections, baseball, databases. Dadge oak arborist. Movies from four years ago, and 104 years ago. https://letterboxd.com/rgodfrey/ Signal: rgo.99
@wynkenhimself.bsky.social
feminist bibliography, old books, and mutual aid // I wrote Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide, I edit The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and sometimes I play with wallpaper designs // sarahwerner.net
@phirephoenix.com
I write code for a living and words for my sins. occasional blogs at https://phirephoenix.com.
@gigastacey.bsky.social
Recovering tech journalist and IoT expert who now works on cybersecurity, IoT, and right to repair for Consumer Reports.
@meganlcook.bsky.social
Your favorite medievalist's favorite medievalist. Middle English literature and/in early modern books, with a side of textual editing. Currently co-chairing an English dept at a SLAC in Maine. Also in progress: Dirtbag Medievalism.
@paperhaus.bsky.social
Books books books. Editor, writer, Los Angeles. Latest: 1996 in Books https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2025-04-14/1996-infinite-jest-oprahs-book-club-festival-of-books-2025
@karenmcgrane.bsky.social
On a good day, I make the web more awesome. On a bad day, I just make it suck less.
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming. Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though. Default content: cats. Pests: blocked.
@jacobharr.is
Former Twitter user, but I left when it became a Nazi bar. Made the nytimes Twitter bot, worked for the NYT before moving into civic technology. Living in Takoma Park, MD and fighting for a hopeful and humane future. (He/him) More info at jacobharr.is
@navneetalang.com
Editor on the Opinion team at the Toronto Star. Pitch me op-eds, essays at nalang@thestar.ca. Writer and former columnist with bylines all over. PhD. https://navneetalang.com/categories/blogposts/
@carlygoodman.bsky.social
Author, editor, professor of history, Philadelphian. Nobody should be deported. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469673042/dreamland/
@debcha.bsky.social
Engineering professor. Author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS (on Riverhead in the US+, on Torva in the UK+). Interested in embodiment, materiality, metacognition, and systems. All enthusiasm is 100% genuine.
@atrubek.bsky.social
founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
@clivethompson.bsky.social
Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Journalist with Wired / New York Times Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Built https://weird-old-book-finder.glitch.me
@justinellis.bsky.social
“God, are we doin this again” Projects & Podcast editor for Defector.com
@ethnography911.bsky.social
Quick! Somebody call an anthropologist! Assoc prof @ Northwestern. MedAnthro. African studies. Pop culture. Politics. She/her. book: http://goo.gl/fZalMo
@oddletters.bsky.social
politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere. enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press writing - https://oddletters.com/ stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch i curse a lot he/they
@maggiek.bsky.social
Editorial Lead at CarbonPlan. Columnist at Star Tribune. Sometimes news at Science Friday. Nieman Fellow '15. Previously: Science journalist with FiveThirtyEight, NYT Magazine, BoingBoing, mental_floss, and etc. My views are not my employer's.
@librarian.bsky.social
Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
@hmason.bsky.social
Co-founder & CEO of Hidden Door. I <3 cheeseburgers and making beautiful things. I know a thing or two about AI, but it's people who matter. I am interested in many things. NYC
@rahawahaile.bsky.social
Eritrean American writer from Miami. Books, housing, immigration, climate. In Open Country forthcoming. Oakland, CA | she/her https://www.rahawahaile.com/
@rjcc.bsky.social
News @TheVerge.com etc. This is the part where I tell you not to follow me and also that this is a Sandra Oh stan account.
@russellbrandom.bsky.social
I want to speak very plainly to you, so that we are both comforted by the honesty. russell.brandom@gmail.com
@margarita.bsky.social
Lady, amateur perfumer. I share videos I like at @youtubesilike.bsky.social
@andreapitzer.bsky.social
Books! Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, and a Nabokov bio. Former painter, translator, karateka, and record store clerk. Subscribe to my newsletter and podcast: www.andreapitzer.com
@craigmod.com
Writer & photographer. Japan based for 20+ years. Author of Things Become Other Things (Random House: May 2025), Kissa by Kissa (2020). Contributor to NYTimes, Atlantic, WIRED, and more. Walks a lot. Bla bla bla!! shop.specialprojects.jp craigmod.com
@dansinker.com
I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
@lifewinning.com
writer, artist, geographer in crisis. had a beautiful dog for 5 1/2 years. https://buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. lifewinning.com is past work. wares.lifewinning.com for drawings.
@adriandaub.bsky.social
"Zeitgeistprofessor". Cultural history and gender research at Stanford. Books: WHAT TECH CALLS THINKING (2020); THE CANCEL CULTURE PANIC (2024). Podcasts: The Feminist Present, @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social. Newsletter at adriandaub.substack.com
@saladinahmed.bsky.social
Eisner winning writer. MILES MORALES, BATMAN UNBURIED, ABBOTT, STARSIGNS, TERRORWAR, BLACK BOLT, THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON.
@ethanmarcotte.com
designer, writer, roommate to two kittens. I think you deserve a union, and I wrote a book about that: https://ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/ hi friend
@hellafitzgerald.bsky.social
feelings, now more than ever! wrote some stuff in some places
@jesszimmerman.com
Brief elaboration of a tube. Submission wishlist: http://bit.ly/3Bd1Fbw Women and Other Monsters: http://bit.ly/3BgxyQo
@maura.bsky.social
boston-based writer and journalism instructor at @bostoncollege.bsky.social who has probably been online longer than you.
@zeets.bsky.social
“It is all one to me where I start — I arrive there again soon enough.” Buy my book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-minotaur-at-calle-lanza-zito-madu/21461997
@roseveleth.com
👽 butch Frizzle 👽 〰 journalist 〰 sculptor 〰 they/them 〰 https://reveleth.com/ → → → TESTED is out now https://www.tested-podcast.com/
@joelanderson.bsky.social
aka Joel from Mo City | Senior staff writer, The Ringer | Co-host, The Press Box podcast | Former host, Slow Burn seasons 3, 6, 8 | Nation’s fastest 10-year-old in 1988.
@stevesilberman.bsky.social
Award-winning science writer, author of the New York Times bestseller "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity," and an upcoming book on cystic fibrosis, "The Taste of Salt."
@daralind.bsky.social
Former journalist, currently employed at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), forever immigration explainer. Committed to the bit. Signal: daralind.18
@paleofuture.bsky.social
Tech reporter @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com Signal: mattnovak.11
@joshuabenton.com
21st-century media and the 19th-c American South. Founded and ran @niemanlab.org at @harvard.edu for 12 yrs; now the senior writer there. Cajun, dad of two, husband of one. Journalist with a history problem. Also: @theatlantic.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc