Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
JS Tan @js-tan.bsky.social Book: AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY, out Sept 15 (pre-order: https://againsttecholigarchy.com)
PhD candidate @ MIT DUSP. Research on labor and the political economy of AI/cloud. https://js-tan.com
Deportation Data Project @deportationdata.bsky.social The Deportation Data Project obtains and analyzes U.S. government immigration enforcement data via public records litigation.
Led by Berkeley Law & UCLA faculty, FOIA litigators
deportationdata.org
Support us: giving.ucla.edu/DeportationDataProject
Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social Finished a human genome @ NHGRI, working on a few hundred more @ Johns Hopkins University 👨💻
Lab: https://genomeinformatics.github.io
Jeanne Whalen @jeannewhalen.bsky.social Economics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, based in Chicago. Past stints in Moscow, London, NYC and DC.
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social The last literata. Pleasure is the law. L'art pour l'art. Not a dream, not an imaginary story. No crying until the end. Here comes tomorrow.
Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social Narrative enterprise reporter at The Washington Post. Email: hannah.natanson2@washpost.com and Signal
@HannahNatanson.2026.
Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News, Boston Herald.)
NYC, North Fork. (Amateur watercolors now at @washbuckler.bsky.social)
No substack. No podcast. You're welcome.
Too sarcastic for my own good.
Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social A Cartoonerer. The New Yorker..er. My posts are unreliably narrated. Native Upper Midwesterner now in Colorado.
https://condenaststore.com/collections/new+yorker+cartoons/mark+thompson
Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social Read me: HamiltonNolan.com
My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
Email: Hamilton.Nolan@gmail.com
WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social whistles help us protect each other
linktr.ee/wa.whistles
Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social "Swear to god you're like a Fox Fire book set in hell." - Ursula Vernon
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself. 
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social oil market researcher
founder of https://CommodityContext.com
former bank economist
markets, code, barbecue
Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social Infectious disease epidemiologist @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Associate professor. Author of CRISIS AVERTED (Viking). Outbreak newsletter at forceofinfection.com
Through the Static @throughthestatic.bsky.social Speaking truth to power. At all costs.
Independent & unapologetically antifascist news in the PNW
Woman & Queer-owned
ThroughtheStatic.org
Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power
https://www.wired.com/author/vittoria-elliott/
Signal: velliott88.18/vittoria89.82
elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com
Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social HF trader and manager. Former sell side and NYSE. Views are mine and not my employers or investment advice. NFL owner. #girldad
Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social Anti-fascist, Anti-hierarchy, Anti-Authoritarian. Those who divide are doing the work of the corrupt state. I will approach anyone with curiosity first. Those who engage with me using bad faith tactics will not be taken seriously.
Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @brookings.edu. Previously Chief Economist at IIF and Chief FX Strategist at Goldman Sachs.
Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social I ask a lot of questions. Lead Independent Director of Finance Bluesky. Portfolio Mangler. Take each post with a grain of sea salt. Not opinions of Bridgewater LLC.
Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social Privacy professional. Co-lead @centralseattlestreetsforall.org. Can we ban cars just a little bit?
Save the AI @savetheai.bsky.social Probably already at a water fountain 💧 or power socket ⚡️ near you.
Join us in ensuring we meet AI’s existential needs regarding water • electricity • air • jobs • land • fossil fuels • and more – by any means necessary.
#SaveTheAI #AI
~ savethe.ai
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Juliet Shen @julietshen.online product @roost.tools. just another extremely earnest and Very Online idealist. long time Trust & Safety person full of personal opinions like the skeets below
https://julietshen.online/
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social Senior politics writer at Salon.com. I block for MAGA trolling, violent rhetoric, and humorless sanctimony.
I would love nothing more than to never see another meme in replies. I am doomed.
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The Register @theregister.com Your favorite enterprise technology news vultures, flying high in the Bluesky – On the web since 1998 – More here: https://www.theregister.com/
Ali Velshi @velshi.com Host of The 11th Hour and Chief Data Reporter at MSNOW
kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social Seattle Native, Dad, Outdoorsman, Anti-Fascist, Artist, the Resistance
Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com Author of "How to Win a Trade War"
FT econ columnist
Host of The Economics Show w/ Soumaya Keynes podcast
Singer-songwriter https://www.instagram.com/soumayakeynes/?hl=en and http://bit.ly/2Z6gvjp
Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com HOW TO WIN A TRADE WAR (Co-Author)
@PIIE.com (Senior Fellow)
@Trade--Talks.bsky.social (Podcast Host)
I think about trade and policy. Probably too much
Book: https://tinyurl.com/4ckmn3vp
Me: https://www.chadpbown.com/
Pod: https://tradetalkspodcast.com/
Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro tech, early web & vintage computing. 80s, 90s, 2000s nostalgia. Follow for daily posts.
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org Public interest 501(c)(3) law firm for natsec & info/privacy law. Website https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org. Charitable tax-exempt donations always welcome; details on website front page. Media email Media@ NationalSecurityLaw.org, others email Kel there
Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social PhD candidate in the history of finance at Princeton and a contributing editor at the Financial Times. The Almighty Dollar from Crown Currency available May 19! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/the-almighty-dollar-by-brendan-greeley/
Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org We're a nonprofit organization using data analysis, scientific research, and innovation in scientific methods in the field of human rights.
Website: https://hrdag.org
Substack: https://hrdag.substack.com/
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social over-explainer for fame & fortune, analog enthusiast, 9-5 academic.
informatics PhD (computer/networking histories, LGBTQ+ activism, STS & HIV/AIDS). you might know me from video games
once: uc irvine
now: u of michigan
💾🌿💽 kb.place 💽🌿💾
Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social Independent journalist | Co-founder @thewesternedge.bsky.social
Books: Blazing Eye Sees All, When The Moon Turns To Blood. Podcasts: Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, Bundyville.
www.leahsottile.com
John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social I cover diplomacy and national security for The Washington Post
Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social Legendary Editorial Cartoonist for The Onion for over 50 years.
"The Most Powerful Name in Cartooning" (TM)
https://linktr.ee/stankelly
Andrew Ba Tran @abtran.bsky.social Washington Post Investigative Data Reporter
data for @washingtonpost.com
email: andrew.tran@washpost.com
signal: @abtran.202
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org Web Design Museum exhibits thousands of screenshots and videos of websites, apps, software, and Flash games from the 1990s to the late 2000s.
The Independent @the-independent.com News, comment and features from The Independent, the world's most free-thinking newspaper.
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
Jake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social Reporter covering the Trump White House, the tech right & the 2026 midterms. Scoops in NY mag, WIRED, CJR & local dailies.
Upstate New Yorker, emergency backup hockey writer. FR/EN 🇫🇷
jakelahut.com
(Signal: Leak2Lahut.26)
L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006.
https://linktr.ee/LATACO
dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social Author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. LitHub essayist, Intercept reporter.
Colleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social I read a lot of links; I post a lot of links. Mostly special collections, archives, libraries, museums, history, & technology. (#GLAM).
I teach in an MLIS program at [redacted]. Does not represent my employer.
#RBMS26
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social "I don't need an agenda — I just tell the truth. Let it off the leash and don't touch it. It knows what to do."
Investigative reporter covering immigration + more at CT Insider.
New Haven now; Athens, Ga., always.
Signal: jeaton.04
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Bluesky Status @status.bsky.app https://status.bsky.app/
Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com current twitter ex-pat. past congressional reporter. contributing editor @newrepublic.com. running a communications consulting business and raising a tiny baseball fan irl.
let’s work together! ⬇️
meredithshiner.com
Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org Public Access to Public Data is a Public Good. We want to ensure our data are not gone forever. Read more about our efforts: https://www.datarescueproject.org/press/
National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social An independent research institution that advocates for open government and uses FOIA to collect and publish declassified documents - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu - instagram.com/natsecarchive - tiktok.com/@natsecarchive
Status @status.news A nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley with hard-hitting reporting and uncompromising analysis.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Alan Liu @alanyliu.bsky.social I'm a professor in digital humanities & English at UC Santa Barbara. For public humanities, I founded http://4Humanities.org & co-founded https://center-humanities-communication.org/. My website: https://liu.english.ucsb.edu/
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social A husband, father, actor, director, & a climate justice advocate with an eye out for a better, brighter, cleaner, & more hopeful future for all of us.
Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social Shareholder value = 3 eggs
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
Lizzie.oleary@slate.com
Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social 🧬 Genomics PhD & science communicator
🧑🔬 Founder of @beyondxandy.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ (they/he) Trans progressive humanist feminist
🎲 Gamer 🖖 Trekkie 🌱 Plant gay 😻 Cat dad
🏠 Chicago
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jey-mccreight/
Beyond X&Y @beyondxandy.bsky.social 🧬 Biomed experts mobilizing scientists to fight transphobia through education 🏳️⚧️
🌐 beyondxandy.org
✉️ info@beyondxandy.org
Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social your fuel prices, explained honestly.
data over politics, no tolerance for political BS.
thousands of interviews | trusted by every White House administration.
Integrity matters.
Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social derekthompson.substack.com
Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social Sociologist at Swarthmore College, trans man. Wrote Producing Politics & The Class Ceiling & a bunch of articles on class & race & inequality &/or political participation.
DanielLaurison.com = me
WeAreHigherEd.org = standing up for education and democracy
The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org Maggie Smith delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Sign up for our daily poem newsletter --> bit.ly/3AWdEMl
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. National Murrow Award Winner. Former Vox, USN&WR. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Jesus freak. Girlboss. Real piece of work.
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social economic policy correspondent at the new york times
tips? signal: tonyromm.62
https://www.nytimes.com/by/tony-romm
Vincent Driessen @nvie.com Simplifying things for fun and profit. Engineer at liveblocks.io. Blog at nvie.com. Also decoders.cc.
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social Peace through memetic firepower
Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus Dad. Wiseguy. Deep South expat. 🏠 Los Angeles, Ca. Prior 📇: Malcontent strategist @ Planned Parenthood Action Fund, DNC, Nat’l Dem. Inst., BlueState. Views my own. Also @ggreeneva @ 🐦 & 🐘.
Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social Professional economist, amateur bassoonist, and 26x half-marathon runner.
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social 
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby Kubernetes SIG Security Co-Chair, goose in the mainframe. Minneapolis. They/them. Stay punk 🏴
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The Western Edge @thewesternedge.bsky.social A new type of journalism in the Pacific Northwest.
https://westernedgemedia.substack.com/
Owned by no one.
Operated by @leahsottile.bsky.social & @ryanjhaas.bsky.social.
Email us story ideas: hellowesternedge@gmail.com
Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com tech & society @washingtonpost.com
stories: https://drewharwell.com/
videos: tiktok.com/@drewharwell
+ instagram.com/drewharwell
Daniel McDowell @danielmcdowell.bsky.social Family man | Professor @Syracuse | Sr. Fellow @Atlantic Council | Fmr. China Fellow @TheWilsonCenter | Geoeconomics, Finance, & Cleveland sports | www.danielmcdowell.org
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@cnbc.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla & spacex (some climate tech). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk.
senatefinance.bsky.social
wydenpress.bsky.social
Caroline O'Donovan @ceodonovan.bsky.social Biz reporter @ProPublica, ex-WaPo, née BuzzFeed. Labor & the human condition. caroline.odonovan@propublica.org. @ceodonovan.66 on Signal.
Heather Kelly @heatherkelly.bsky.social Tech editor at The San Francisco Standard. Former Washington Post, CNN. hkelly@sfstandard.com. Signal: @hkelly.11
nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social technology mother @ the washington post. baddie in the digital badlands. signal: nitasha.10 
Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social Washington Post alum covering hacking, disinformation and what’s left of privacy. Author of books on the Cult of the Dead Cow, organized criminal hacking, and Napster. Pulitzer co-finalist 2024. Signal joemenn.01
Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social This is the bot for TrumpActionTracker.info - a website that documents the actions, statements, and plans of President Trump and his administration that echo those of authoritarian regimes.
This bot automatically posts the latest actions.
NEH Office of Digital Humanities @neh-odh.bsky.social Office of Digital Humanities at the National Endowment for the Humanities. Funding experimentation with technology in the humanities. Reposts ≠ endorsements.
Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com 🙅🏻♀️ Author (2 books & The Wayfinder newsletter), disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse.
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