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@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@phillewis.bsky.social
detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@montereybayaquarium.org
How do you do, fellow squids? 🌊 We're your frondly Aquarium with a mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. https://www.montereybayaquarium.org
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.bsky.social / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
@anildash.com
that guy from the internet • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and xmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • see https://anildash.com
@tricialockwood.bsky.social
@molly.wiki
independent writer of citationneeded.news and @web3isgoinggreat.com • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian support my work: citationneeded.news/signup links: mollywhite.net/linktree
@edzitron.com
British, But In Las Vegas and NYC ezitron.76 Sig Newsletter - wheresyoured.at https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio Columnist at Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/author/ed-zitron CEO at EZPR.com - Award-Winning Tech PR
@martin.kleppmann.com
Associate Professor at @cst.cam.ac.uk, researching decentralised systems and security protocols. Advisor to the Bluesky team. Wrote “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” (O’Reilly). he/him
@faineg.bsky.social
civilian drone mapping technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, sometimes journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. minors DNI
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@milesklee.bsky.social
New Jersey ain’t the whole world https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/
@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)
@lookitup.baby
Kubernetes SIG Security co-chair, container escape artist, aurora chaser, goose in the mainframe. Minneapolis. They/them. Stay punk 🏴 MSP feed info here: https://bsky.app/profile/lookitup.baby/post/3lapkhevr222w
@wyden.senate.gov
U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk. senatefinance.bsky.social wydenpress.bsky.social
@socio-steve.bsky.social
Director, Stratification Economics at The Roosevelt Institute/Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltinstitute.org Sociologist, Dad, Autistic person, Bathos-Enjoyer Taxes are what we pay for civilized society Opinions are my own
@electricalwsop.bsky.social
Recording engineer who plays poker and billiards and eats like a Viking
@ryanlcooper.com
Managing editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor Newsletter: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/
@xkcd.com
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
@jonbois.bsky.social
jon https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretBase https://www.youtube.com/SecretBaseSBN
@cait.bsky.social
big famous microblogger [she/her] texan in ma. Adonis' mom https://ko-fi.com/O5O2SN6KI
@pkrugman.bsky.social
@retr0.id
reverse engineering, cryptography, exploits, hardware, file formats, and generally giving computers a hard time Fedi: @retr0id@retr0.id Macroblog: https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@drewmagary.bsky.social
Defector.com. SFGate.com. Six books. I'm just here for a good time.
@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
@mattgertz.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
@parismarx.com
i criticize the tech industry 🎙️ @techwontsave.us & @systemcrash.info 📬 https://disconnect.blog 📖 https://roadtonowherebook.com
@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
@swolecialism.bsky.social
i lost the ability to read in a freak clean and jerk accident in 1989. please be gentle. he/him
@hard-drive.net
Honest games, entertainment, and culture reporting supported by our community on Patreon: https://patreon.com/thehardtimes
@dcpierson.bsky.social
Actor, author, comedian. A good one, even. Dcpierson at gmail dot com Www.dcpierson.com/newsletter
@gonebabygone.bsky.social
Chief of da autism police and boss of the Irish Mob at the same time. Cousin, I’m a union man.
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
@gergely.pragmaticengineer.com
Writing The Pragmatic Engineer (@pragmaticengineer.com), the #1 technology newsletter on Substack. Author of The Software Engineer's Guidebook (engguidebook.com). Formerly at Uber, Skype, Skyscanner. More at pragmaticengineer.com
@janecoaston.bsky.social
Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan.
@tft.io
A large person, in Canada. Father to two, smaller persons. Wife guy. Dual citizen, a modicum of discipline. Proud liberal. Hobbesian. Unix apostate, Classic Mac OS revanchist, tilter at path-dependent windmills. Emacsist.