Becky @beckvalle.bsky.social Background in geography, archaeology, & programming - agent-based evacuation models - high performance computing - geographic information systems - learning Bangla - interested in many things - Formerly UIUC CIGI Lab & CyberGIS Center, Now USF - She/they
Nick Smith @skynick.bsky.social I'm not new here anymore. I do agile-ish things for government.
Martin B @martinb8.bsky.social Helps people make software for people. Scottish. Loves music of various volume and intensity. Fitba. Got married to No. 2 in The Village. He/Him.
Opinions = personal and all that jazz.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
Johnathan Nightingale @johnathan.bsky.social I’m working on your boss.
worldsbestnewsletter.com
(he/him)
Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social I’d like to thank all my terrible bosses for helping me get where I am today.
worldsbestnewsletter.com
Kelseypaintz @kelseypaintz.bsky.social Artist, Streamer, Friend 🧡
Art Prints and Originals Available in shop! 👇
https://campsite.bio/kelseypaintz?fbclid=PAY2xjawGSHTpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABphLNEK9oGq0DTRrrCr8oB9a8R8WLCDMHAlx-1I5tN0c8JX3kKi7IK1u0GA_aem_oHTf726iwHOhJm6e5VEFew
Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social SDCC: Booth 1228!
Cartoonist of DRIVE (http://drivecomic.com)
& SHELDON (http://sheldoncomics.com).
Co-director of STRIPPED (https://stripped.vhx.tv).
Co-host of COMICLAB (http://comiclabpodcast.com)
echesters @echesters.bsky.social Senior UX Designer empowering the aviation industry with AI
Ashley Rolfmore (she/her) @ashley.rolfmore.com I help software teams navigate capitalism & ensure both sides eat their greens. Regulated sectors specialist. 🇬🇧➡️🇵🇹🇪🇺 Personal/nerd account.
Stephanie Williams @stephwilliams.bsky.social Writer. Avid Charles Xavier hater. Written comics for MARVEL COMICS, DC COMICS, IDW, BOOM, ONI PRESS, and more.
Martin Barry @supine.bsky.social he/him
people + computers
https://supine.com/about/
Was @martinbarry on the birb site 
Terra Field @rainofterra.gay Jersey Girl in SF, Infra Engineer @ NVIDIA on DGX Cloud, 🏳️⚧️ Trans. Probably playing Balatro or FFXIV. Ex Blizzard, Netflix, Cloudera, Honeycomb. Opinions mine, obvs.
Katie Kroeper @katiekroe.bsky.social Social Psychologist (Asst. Prof @ Sacred Heart University) w/ a focus on educational settings; studying lots of things, including identity threat, belonging, and thriving; I’m a mom, board game nerd, and (out of practice) ballroom dancer
Mahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social Writer | SFF | Arabfuturist | BSFA | Codex | Debut THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY out now
Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet writer • narrative designer • lesbian • nyc
repped @ HMLA by @ninarichner.bsky.social
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social Raised gifted; non-practicing.
If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it.
🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/him
Kathryn Lupin (she/her) @katopensans.bsky.social Queer writer of queer happy ever afters.
Penguin Michael Joseph Award LL '24 | Room 204 24/25 Cohort | (Re)Presenting Romance '22 runner-up |
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🥄❄️🐆👩🏽💻 in 🇦🇺🇨🇦 working on 🍯⬢🔭
she/it
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com software engineer and illustrator. soccer fan: #USMNT, #USWNT, #NWSLBoston, Portland #UpTheHearts, QPR, Serbia, Zvezda. anti-racist. anti-terf
https://bensaufley.com
Ashley Juavinett, PhD @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social Neuroscientist, educator, author of SO YOU WANT TO BE A NEUROSCIENTIST? (Columbia, 2020) & MIND OVER MATTER (Princeton TBD) // professor at ucsd // co-host of www.changetechnically.fyi // www.ashleyjuavinett.com // newsletter at graymatter.ghost.io
Dan Howarth @danhowarth.bsky.social Ally in training. Generally curious. Rookie dad. Into hills, indy mags and #designjustice. Content strategy and IA in UK gov.
Becks @boonrs.bsky.social co-founder of software cooperatively owned by its users, luddite, not from anywhere
Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev Co-founder & editor, Works in Progress. Writer, Scientific Discovery. Podcaster, Hard Drugs. Advisor, Coefficient Giving. // Previously at Our World in Data.
Newsletter: https://scientificdiscovery.dev
Podcast: https://harddrugs.worksinprogress.co
🏳️🌈
Chris Compston @chriscompston.bsky.social I build great product operating models, so you can build great products
Consulting: chriscompston.com
Newsletter: chriscompston.substack.com
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Melanie Dusseau @melaniedusseau.bsky.social Creative writing & literature prof, romance author, lover of books, & poet of the ginger life. www.melaniedusseau.com
Associate Professor of English, U Findlay (she/her), MFA, analog researcher, dog-loving, traveling teller of love stories. Human writer.💗
Miriam Reynoldson @miriamreynoldson.bsky.social Learning designer, PhD candidate, writer, gardener, artist, part-time militant environmentalist. Bad at small talk, regular exercise, and maintaining my patience. I am tired of talking about GenAI.
Longer rambles @ https://themindfile.substack.com
@lucyavraamidou.bsky.social @lucyavraamidou.bsky.social 
Jed Brown @jedbrown.org Prof developing fast algorithms, reliable software, and healthy communities for computational science. Opinions my own. https://hachyderm.io/@jedbrown
https://PhyPID.org | aspiring killjoy | refuse epistemicide | he/they
Felienne Hermans @felienne.bsky.social "What I had not realized is that extremely short exposure to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people" - Weizenbaum 1976
In het Nederlands maar soms also in English!
Andrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social Self-funded PhD student (reading history in XVIII New Spain) & paid researcher (open science, research integrity) at Leiden University. Baking & reading aficionada. Managed by a Timneh. ORCID 0000-0002-5676-2122
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
🇪🇬Ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
🏳️⚧️ she/هي
📸 @willtoft.bsky.social
Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science 👁️ https://olivia.science
🍃 https://metatheory.space
associate professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social Professor of Computational Cognitive Science | Dept. of Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence | @Iris@scholar.social on 🦣 | http://irisvanrooijcogsci.com | she/they 🏳️🌈
Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com Writer, web developer and consultant based in Hveragerði, Iceland. Lapsed Interactive Media Academic. Webby Tech Stuff and webby book stuff.
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/
https://softwarecrisis.dev/
Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social Media Research Analyst | #rstats | data enthusiast | news, sports, and podcast aficionado
Website: https://www.collinberke.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/collinberke
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collinberke/
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social Minors DNI
Neurodivergent, queer, 30 something, EDS, POTS, hearing impaired. Lives in Australia.🏳️⚧️ she/it. Literally just a girl
If you know me IRL and see me horny posting be cool, ok?
Or stick to my professional bsky: @oxinabox.net
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
The Consensus Project @consensusproject.bsky.social The Consensus Project bridges research and practice to help teams, organizations, and networks—across sectors—navigate the complexity of collaboration.
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
Gary Polhill @garypolhill.bsky.social Agent-based modeller in human-natural systems with background in AI and NN. (Very) occasional blog posts at https://ecocyborg-manifesto.blog/ All posts my own views at the time and not necessarily those of my employer or any societies to which I belong.
Andy Polaine @andypolaine.bsky.social Design Leadership Coach, Service Design & Innovation Educator, Keynote Speaker, Writer, Podcaster.
Co-author: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/service-design-second-edition/
www.polaine.com
www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/
youtube.com/@apolaine
Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social Reader. Librarian. Lawyer. My mouth is unruly. I've been told I'm zesty! Lover of things and (some) people. Watcher of sports and cooking shows. And dramas. Midwestern core, PNW present.
https://ko-fi.com/robinbradford
Anna Bowers @annarowenabowers.bsky.social raggio di sole • 改善
Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social Public prosperity through strategic design, policy and advocacy. Public spaces, public infrastructure, public services, and nature. Co-author: Designing Tomorrow. 2nd book underway
Wangal country
Interests include: policy, cycling, bonsai, Design
Lucy B @pollianicus.bsky.social Neurodivergent, knitting, cat loving, agile, mother, daughter, widow and Scottish. 🌈
Parlor Room @parlorroom.dropout.tv The ultimate game night. Hosted by Becca Scott.
Watch Parlor Room only on dropout.tv
Gastronauts @gastronauts.dropout.tv Chefs compete against unhinged challenges from comedians. Hosted by Jordan Myrick.
Watch Gastronauts only on dropout.tv
James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social Senior UK Financial Services Reporter @POLITICO.eu
Australian journo in London, originally from Adelaide/Tarndanya.
- views & rants my own -
- jfitzgerald@politico.co.uk
DianaOfPortland @dianaofportland.bsky.social Roving Leadership Agility Advisor, Author, recognized Authority on resilient orgs and human-centered work, Consultant, Keynote speaker, large group Facilitator, Mentor, Grandmother, and “Frolleague” to amazing people around the world. Very fortunate human.
Sincere Comic Panels @sincerecomicpanels.bsky.social Sincere comic book moments, of every variety. Feel free to suggest submissions!
Dr Lizzie Swarbrick 🇵🇸 @lizzieswarbrick.bsky.social Art & Architectural Historian - Research Manager for the Finding Futures for Scotland’s Churches Project @socantscot.bsky.social - Freelance research and writing about Scottish Medieval and Early Modern - She/her
Lorna Wall @lornawall.bsky.social User Researcher in Government, jazz musician, photographer 
Bigfits (David Lane) @bigfits.bsky.social Helping folks of all sizes with style, daily fits, discussing quality & sharing my mistakes.
Owner @davidlanedesign
✉️: bigfits11@gmail.com
J.S. Fields @galactoglucoman.bsky.social Intergalactic peddler of fiction and fungi. Intersex and not bashful about it (they/them) | Agent orphan | http://patreon.com/jsfields
Rebecca Roanhorse @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Writer of speculative fictions. NYTimes Bestseller. Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte winner.
Novels: SIXTH WORLD series, BETWEEN EARTH & SKY trilogy, Lucasfilm.
Comics/games: Marvel
TV: A Murder at the End of the World, Echo, Netflix Series Animation.
Parc Masterson @parcmasterson.bsky.social Service Design @ Harmonic Design
Over-thinker. Enthusiastic collaborator.
KC native. Husband & Dad. 
William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy Chicago-area writer, software developer, runner, and nerd wrangler. Very interested in online community and reducing the harm of tech. Creator of The Flip […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://sfba.social/@williampietri, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Martin... @m8rt.kaeru.se Swede, almost50s, Stockholm
Husband, Father, Brother, Humanitarian, Environmentalist
Coach in Organisational and Product Development
<3 Star Wars, Doctor Who, Peter F Hamilton, Lego & cosplay and such
Trying to make sense of the world. Will require help
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast “Beforecast”
Angie Marasco Callen @angiecallen.bsky.social Authentic Human 👉🏼 Speaker, Coach, Trainer :: Obsessive Entrepreneur.
Also, Mountain Girl, CrossFit Junkie, Dog and Cat Mom, and Host of No More Mondays Podcast.
David Jesse @davidjproduct.bsky.social Product leader/transformation coach/advisor. I love to help companies scale. Family guy, sports fan & sometimes soccer player.
Crescendo Product Group, Prodify, DoorDash, Fetch Rewards, Groupon, Gaia Online, eBay.
buildcrescendo.com
Emmeline Dare @strangetree.maenad.club she/it 🏳️⚧️
horror & erotica · privacy & infosec · AI ethics
“𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛.”
Natalie Hanson, Ph.D. @ndhanthro.bsky.social SaaS Executive - nataliehanson.com | FemTech Advisor & Investor - ndhadvisory.com | Board Member | Anthropologist - anthrodesign.com | LGBTQ+ | Mom x2 | also @faeriewigs and @natreads247
Figure 8 Thinking, LLC @figure8thinking.bsky.social Figure 8 Thinking, LLC, founded by keynote speaker and innovation strategist Natalie Nixon, empowers leaders with creative solutions for business transformation.
Visit Us: https://www.figure8thinking.com/
Sarah Gilbert @sarahagilbert.bsky.social Research Director, Citizens and Technology Lab, Cornell University, r/AskHistorians moderator
I study how to make the internet freer and safer— and how to help the helpers on the ground making that possible. She/her
https://citizensandtech.org/
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
Lucy Stewart @lucymstewart.bsky.social freelance design researcher
designing sustainable services with the school of good services
building roof gardens
thinking about climate collapse
https://lucymstewart.com/
Andy Parker @theavangelist.bsky.social Self facilitating media node.
Creator of UX Coaching™
Digital Transformation Consultant.
I believe the internet was made for cats
Centre for Open Thanatology @openthanatology.bsky.social The Centre for Open Thanatology is the Open University’s interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study & education of death, dying, loss, & grief across the life course & in diverse contexts. Directors: Prof Erica Borgstrom & Dr Joanne Jordan.
Vinish Garg @vinishgarg.bsky.social Guardian of an Intent. Products. UX. design. Content design. Marketing. System thinking. Founder: https://steeringhq.com
Bergis Jules 🇱🇨 @bergisjules.bsky.social Archivist for shiftcollective.us & archivingtheblackweb.org
Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team Rudolph (Rudy) Fraser ⁂
CEO & Founder, building virtual 3rd places:
[ @blackskyweb.xyz ][ blacksky.community ]
prev. @harvard.edu Fellow
🏴☠️ [ wethepeople.nyc ]
Board @pact.blacksky.app
TSC @lexicon.community
move fast & break chains
Black crypto-anarchy Ⓐ
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
David Heath @davidheath.org Trying to make things work better
Dr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social Mango eating, sunshine loving, data research and question asker. Immigrant.
Mike Bankole @mikebankole.bsky.social I research and write about race, racism and British politics
Usually on @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social
https://substack.com/@mikebankole
Justin Stach @stach.uk I make things better.
Undertint – colour for watercolourists: https://www.undertint.app
The Water Dictionary – https://www.waterdictionary.net
Markset – Markdown previews in Finder: https://www.markset.app
Susan Almon @susanalmon.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Mostly cat photos
julia ferraioli @juliaferraioli.com Doing open source-y stuff, probably full of bees. opensourcestories.org co-founder. Human to Luna Rae Muppet Show.
she/her 🏳️🌈
Carol Lee @cslee.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist researching how developers cope and thrive through stressful circumstances. Expertise in stress, anxiety, and behavioral change. Developer Success Lab Scientist. IBHRI research fellow. Bravely Tech science advisor.
John Flournoy @johnflournoy.science johnflournoy.science
Research Scientist, statistical and psychometric methods focus
Also really into technical research infrastructure and tools. Feel free to reach out!
PhD. Pysch, Neuro, Stats, Methods, Phil of Sci.
jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com I write code for a living and words for my sins. occasional blog posts at https://phirephoenix.com, weekly newsletter for organizing/activism in Toronto at @showuptoronto.ca.
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social Rook, Rika, The Ghost of Yōtei | Worlds Beyond Number | D20, Dropout, Crit Role | BAFTA loser. Um, Actually CHAMPION | Gender🌊: all pronouns
David Wheeler @theory.fyi Profane iconoclast
ritaparada @ritaparada.bsky.social Emphatically foreign/realistic optimist/researcher/ethnographer/budding socio-cultural anthropologist. People/places/stories. Past @Meta @Twitter @Nokia
Erietta @erietta.bsky.social Design & X-Functional Leadership | UX | Product Discovery | Service Design. Energised by communities of practice. Allergic to jargon & hype.
Randy Milholland @choochoobear.bsky.social Cartoonist. Creator of the comic Something*Positive (http://www.somethingpositive.net) and Sunday Art of "Popeye" (https://comicskingdom.com/popeye). And a dad.
Opinions are my own.
He/him.
Eric Meyer @meyerweb.com Armchair rocket scientist graffiti existentialist. Old enough for it to hurt when I stand up, not old enough to have stopped noticing. Agnostic in principle, atheist in practice, #CSS guy, mzungu. I’m only here for the food.
Mina Markham @minamarkh.am am: Web Experience Lead @slack.dev. International Speaker. Design Systems Advocate. Chaotic Good.
was: HFA (1st dev hired). IBM Design.
always: 🖖🏾. Whovian. Beyoncé.
♿️ AuDHD. CPTSD. INFP. ABCDEFG.
👉🏾 https://mina.codes
Crystal Preston-Watson @scopicengineer.com Accessibility agitator in the streets, Accessibility agitator in the sheets. 24/7/365 absurdist.
https://crystalprestonwatson.com/
https://a11ysavvy.com/
Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social Love all things collaboration and community. Founder of GovCamp North and Design System Day. Organiser UKGovCamp, Services Week and GovJams.
Currently doing community @gdsteam.
Site: https://www.imranhussain.uk
Erica Stanley @ericastanley.com ex-Google, Mozilla, Oracle, Engineering Leader | Keynote Speaker | Community/ Ecosystem Builder @refactr.tech & Women Who Code #Atlanta | Investor/ Advisor | Pet Auntie | Low-carb Foodie | Occasional Artist | #HBCUAlum #CAU ❤️🖤🩶
🔗 linktr.ee/ericastanley
Gina Trapani @ginatrapani.org internet person 👋 🏳️🌈 she/her
currently writing https://notetoself.studio 📓 @notetoself.studio
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess.