texas instruments is a scam @newagepancake.bsky.social dr. he/him problematic bisexual and also rly annoying cat reposter. math phd in algebraic topology. fuck every single ice agent and may they rot in hell. 612 raised. father of pancake. 18+ content warning.
Free Cats Daily😻 @freecatsdaily.bsky.social Documenting cats living life their way. 🐱
LifuX @lifux.bsky.social The cats are in charge, we just document it. 😼
Chaos is our specialty.
Global nonsense headquarters.
Buy Me a Coffee : https://buymeacoffee.com/lifux ☕🐾
Store : www.teepublic.com/user/lifux
Matthew N. Hannah @tinkeringhuman.bsky.social Studying the political economy of digital platforms and conspiracy theories.
"Conspiracy, one is tempted to say, is the poor person's cognitive mapping in the postmodern age." - F. Jameson
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social Historian of disability, early America, and the 19th century.
Assistant Prof at Kean University, views mine not my employer's.
Learn More: https://nicoleleeschroeder.com/
Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social associate prof. of Shakespeare | book: “queer pregnancy in Shakespeare’s plays” | proud CUNY alum | bylines: Chronicle, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Electric Lit, Catapult, American Theatre, LitHub, Huffington Post, etc
aliciaandrzejewskiphd.com
Jonathan Carter @jonathanscarter.bsky.social Scholar of Rhetoric and Technology at Georgia Southwestern.
Fan of Star Trek and Arsenal
James @nonzerosum.games Join a bleeding-heart liberal and compulsive speculator rambling about saving the world with win-win games at nonzerosum.games! #Philosophy #Ethics #Morality #Science #GameTheory #Economics #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
Dael Kingsmill @dailydael.bsky.social 
Mia Resella @miaresella.bsky.social TV Writer (Young Jedi Adventures, The Ghost and Molly McGee, Dead End: Paranormal Park, & more!) they/any 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇭🇱🇧
Poetry Emma Meier @poetryemmameier.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Reader. Thinker. ✍️📖
Jennifer Killam @jkillam.bsky.social Dedicated community college language & writing instructor | Doctoral candidate, Composition & Applied Linguistics
Vee Kennedy @veekennedy.bsky.social Scholar of Texts & Technology at UCF
Instructor of Writing & Rhetoric
Alexa DiNicola @photosynthetic.bsky.social Solar-powered herbarium curator @ Iowa State. Potentilla breweri systematics, Great Basin sky islands, herbaria, #sciart, wonder, etymology, all things wild and green. She/her.
IRTIS @irtis.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society 🦄
We research how tech and social media impact people's well-being, online risks & opportunities for youth, anonymity, digital parenting, and more.
Masaryk University, Brno 🇨🇿
https://irtis.muni.cz
Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social Former game critic who can't find his niche. Interests include retro / obscure / arcade games, music (Mostly VGM & Prince), and whatever catches my eye (even if it's just for a moment). 1981 he/him
Arno Görgen @pachuki.bsky.social All things #GameStudies @ HKB Bern
Podcasts:
„Design. Macht. Gesellschaft.“ (https://podcast337600.podigee.io)
"Kritische Controller" (https://kritische-controller.letscast.fm/)
Krach bei DER ATOMAT. (https://deratomat.bandcamp.com/)
Adam Riddle @realtimeriddle.bsky.social Independent games researcher (he/him)
realtimeriddle.com
@merripigg.bsky.social @merripigg.bsky.social 
Jeffrey S. Mueller @themightyjerd.bsky.social Portland based. Fitness, acting, #TTRPG ( #DnD, #Shadowdark, #PirateBorg, #Daggerheart, and more), & martial arts guy.
bio.site/jerdproductions
#BLM #DnD #BJJ #NoAI
Damien Pfister @dspfister.bsky.social Rhetoric, media, and culture. Against the broligarchy, for the leguminati.
Where There's Woke Podcast @wokepod.bsky.social Hosted by Thomas and Lydia Smith
Debunking all of the fake woke controversies!
Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social Musician , producer , mysterious drifter, Liberal, Woke, Progressive, Pro Science , Pro Wrestling, UFOs , he/him, ❤️🇺🇦 ❤️ 🇨🇦 ❤️ 🇵🇦 ❤️ 🇹🇼 ❤️
Free Music!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mYbrLo3jFGyVWBZPWBxCk?si=5d8tdy0NSJ-ydm4b1a-E7g
Zizi Li, Ph.D. @zizilizizi.bsky.social ✨ 1st gen college student ➡️ digital culture researcher
👩🏻🏫 A cinephile teaching film and media studies
✍🏼 Digital Cultures, Media Arts, Labor, Technologies
https://www.zizili.net
Huseyin @huseyin.bsky.social Researcher. Mostly Eurasian Politics, Russian Studies, and the Media | Retweets ≠ endorsements | Opinions are my own
Sarah Trottier @trotties.bsky.social Human person. PhD researcher & lecturer @ Utrecht Uni. Video games, digital culture, anti-colonial/decolonial/settler colonial studies & more 💫
🇵🇸Free Palestine🇵🇸
Fandom Ledger @fandomledger.com Video Game and anime news and reviews. Plus a bunch of other fun shit. @advanced.gg partner. Pokemon, Umamusume, and Hololive are the best.
https://www.fandomledger.com
Koji Yoshimura @kojiyoshimura.bsky.social Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR). My teaching and research examines the psychology of media entertainment with a focus on ambiguous narratives, meaningful experiences, and interactivity.
Emerson Victoria Johnston @idenarch.bsky.social currently researching the social history of the early internet (think algorithms, architectures, and archives)
tech policy @ stanford / comms and membership @ AoIR
masters x2 @ stanford / bachelors @ northeastern
first gen 🎓 | 🏳️🌈
Lydia Smith @seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social 🎙️ Serious Pod Media: Opening Arguments, Where There's Woke, Gavel Gavel, Serious Inquiries Only with @seriouspod.bsky.social
💕 Mom of 3
🏛️Former exec with CA state government
🧠Experimental Psychology background
@lydiapod.51 on Signal
@piggdude.bsky.social @piggdude.bsky.social 
Geno @genogame.bsky.social Indie Game Developer🎮. Developing GENO.
https://ko-fi.com/genogame.
https://liberapay.com/GenoGame/
Leon Xiao @leonxiao.com Assistant Professor @ CityUHK | Loot Boxes; Video Game Law 🎮🎰 | Empirical Legal & Policy Research | Pro Screenshotter 📱📸 | leonxiao.com
Francesca Gentile @fgentile11.bsky.social Associate professor & writing program administrator in the big ROC. Probably watching soccer. Maybe flipping through dusty vinyl somewhere.
🏳️🌈⚽️☕️📖🐕
Dr. Steve Mallory @drstevemallory.bsky.social Game Designer, Game Studies Academic, Historian, Digital Games and Fascism, Digimodernism, Assistant Professor of Design. Views are my own.
Three Video Games in a Trench Coat
Bob De Schutter @bobdeschutter.be Professor at Northeastern University • award-winning indie game dev • PhD in game design, aging, motivation & learning • helps game devs to be mindful of older players
Baptiste Mouton @baptistem.bsky.social Game dev and game studies enthusiast. I try to do everything I can with my two hands. He/him
@eckolson.bsky.social @eckolson.bsky.social comm phd student @ illinois // rhetoric - identity, religion, culture // 🏳️🌈
Mário Carneiro 🇵🇸 @roqueegueimes.bsky.social sem fé, nem lei, nem rei.
doutorando ciências sociais - unicamp.
e também https://www.instagram.com/campinarana
DigiHistory @annelammers.bsky.social Historian working for the digital Think Tank iRights.Lab. Manager of Digital Collective Memory (www.memory-collective.org), a social media platform for digital history experts. she/her 🏳️🌈
Andrew Okun @bsr42.bsky.social 
Steve Proudfoot @steveproudfoot.bsky.social Comm Ph.D Candidate at USC Annenberg. Generally trying my best. I study stuff about MMORPG worlds. I study and play FFXIV a lot. Icon by @dummydino.bsky.social
Felix Reer @ree-flx.bsky.social Researcher at University of Muenster
Chair of the ECREA Digital Games Research Section
Communication Science, Media Psychology, Online Communication, Virtual Reality, Digital Games
Steve Isaacs @steveisaacs.bsky.social Senior Manager, Programs and Partnerships, Epic Games. Retired educator - 28 years public Ed. Game design, dad, husband, friend. Passionate about supporting educators in helping students to become content creators Game on! #gbl #games4ed #edusky
Annie @annieannie.bsky.social Consistently trying to add more letters to my name
Jef Bryan @jsbryan1.bsky.social Digital Arts and Media Studies Teacher, Games Researcher, Play Theorist, and Karaoke Enthusiast.
Adjunct Professor @ USC & Saddleback
Nancy Jennings @nancyjennings.bsky.social Professor, University of Cincinnati
Director, Children's Education and Entertainment Research (CHEER) Lab
Liza Boston @lizaboston.bsky.social It’s not game over. It’s game on.
ICAGames.bsky.social @icagames.bsky.social Official account of the International Communication Association's Game Studies Division. #videogames #avatars #VR #boardgames
https://icagames.org/
Daniel Nielsen @danielnielsen.bsky.social PhD student and digital games researcher // Charles University // Prague // User Researcher // Game Industry // Pharma
David Murphy (He/Him) @drdavidmurphy.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Computer Gameplay and Design at The University of Staffordshire. Phd in Communication and Cultural Studies. Research interests include Game Studies, Platform Studies, Community Management and Digital Heritage.
邓自闲 @dengzixian.bsky.social Data scientist, media analyst
Mark Hines @markshines.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Kentucky
Fulbright Taiwan
Race and representation in fantasy games, toxic fan studies, popular culture
markhines.me
Dr. Shannon @recoveringmuse.bsky.social English education and adolescent literacy professor, Gen X mom of two, video game and politics junkie, reader of banned books and supporter of public schools.
Forging the rebellion over a plate of homemade cinnamon rolls.
Ashley Jones @apjones428.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communication with an emphasis on digital gaming and feminist theory. Lover of books, cats and dogs, coloring, and sunshine.
Arienne Ferchaud @aferchaud.bsky.social Associate Professor. Craft queen. Owner of 2 felonious felines. Writer of fine fantasy works.
Tahleen A. Lattimer, Ph.D. @tahleenlattimer.bsky.social Clinical Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
@ubuffalo.bsky.social @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
Health & Human Services
Research Areas: Health Communication, Disability Studies, Aging Studies
Mark @mark-sutton.bsky.social 
tomofnz @tomofnz.bsky.social ғɪɴɪᴛᴇ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴍᴀᴄʜɪɴᴇ
Aʀᴛ - Bᴏᴏᴋꜱ - Dᴇꜱɪɢɴ - Uɴʀᴇᴀʟ
https://tomofnz.wixsite.com/tomofnz
Donelle @dbatty1.bsky.social Watching, learning, thinking…
Amy H. Ahn @amyahn.bsky.social PhD @Univ. of St Andrews | English, Game Studies | Contemporary Literature, Affect, Video Games, Technology
Ian Larson, PhD @socialvideogame.bsky.social PhD in Informatics @ UC Irvine. Lecturer in Game Studies and Sociology. Researching video games, social dynamics, video game history, and other nonsense. I post mostly retrogaming junk.
Morgan Ellithorpe @morganellithorpe.bsky.social 
Andrew Cooper @pocooperose.bsky.social Associate Professor, Teaching Stream @UTSC Psych & GD-PCS 🇨🇦 Opinions my own. (he/him)
Therapy mechanisms & preferences (CBT, MDD, PTSD, dropout); meta-analysis & meta-science; hidden curriculum & sci comm.
Lately: psychology & videogames 🎮👾
Jamie Madigan @jamiemadigan.bsky.social My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social Communications Ph.D. academic precariat - Media Psychology - Videogames & Sexism i just can't anymore
@pauloday.bsky.social @pauloday.bsky.social Full stack app dev now, cybersecurity engineer later. I like games.
Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social Playing hard, but keeping it casual.
Games, music, movies, pop culture.
Anti-fascism, far, far left.
Monterey, CA- M Max d. @maxdebe95.bsky.social
Jorge Sandoval @vintagemillennial.bsky.social queer latinx | anti-fascist | goes down rabbit holes 🐇 | research data analyst at ucd centers for violence prevention | RPSP-UAW ✊🏼| views, my own
Marcus Carter @marcuscarter.com Professor in HCI @ USYD, CEO @ Ludolio. Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Game Studies & Virtual Reality.
jdj @jeremydavidjohnson.com academic in digital media & rhetoric // dog lover, beer snob, gamer
Funwoody @funwoody.bsky.social “Co-founder @SPRYT (fixing healthcare no-shows) & Tribes (Digital Avengers). On a mission to save time, money, and sanity with AI & digital wizardry.”
Carey Millsap-Spears 🖖🐎❤️ @careymillsapspears.bsky.social Author of Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic: Tell Fear No, Lexington Books, 2023. Views own
Chris Hutton - TTRPG Insider @newsnerd.bsky.social I'm a 33-year-old journalist obsessed with religion, technology, and other topics. I run a newsletter about TTRPGs. My views are my own.
https://www.ttrpginsider.news
Email me with tips, scoops at ttrpg.insidernews@gmail.com.
Lesley Willard @lesleyawillard.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Emerson College. UT Austin alum. I spend my time yelling about platforms & capitalism. Unionize.
David J. Roaché @davidjroache.bsky.social Assistant prof at Christopher Newport U.
Studying tech in close relationships.
Often communicates in gif form (pronounced jif).
Views/opinions my own.
he/him
PB Berge 💖 @persephone.blue 🔥 ludoarsonist
🕹️ media scholar
🎮 game breaker
𝐇𝐎𝐖'𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 is out!!!
Assistant Professor of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. 🔍 trans play 🏳️⚧️ TTRPGs 🎲 extremism 💀 & the ✨unplayable✨
🌐 https://persephone.blue 🎲 https://gravesnail.itch.io/next-week
Professor Steve @profsteve.bsky.social PhD Rhetoric and Politics, Professor, Writer, Gamer. Interested in institutional speech, political campaigns, and how idiosyncratic choices inform our future. Lifelong fan of the power to do things with words.
Doç. Dr. Orhan Karaoğlu @orhankaraoglu.bsky.social Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council, Associate Professor in International Relations-IR specialist-Dâiyân-ı Devlet-PhD Middle East Studies and International Relations-Geopolitics-Motorbike-Basketbol Manager-
John McNutt @johngmcnutt.bsky.social Recovering academic (Emeritus Full Professor--taught public policy and social work). I do research and work to make the world a better place. Data enthusiast. #Tech4Good #CivicTech #PublicinterestTechnology #Data4Good #AI4Good #Data
Atilla Hallsby @atillahallsby.bsky.social “Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie” (The Ohio State University Press, 2026). https://tinyurl.com/yfh4pvfd
“Reading Rhetorical Theory” (University of Minnesota Libraries, 2022) https://open.lib.umn.edu/rhetoricaltheory/
www.atillahallsby.com
Kelly Jensen (she/her) @kellykjen.bsky.social I teach + study rhetoric. I dream about a more just world. I am a mom and a proud Aquarius.
Omar Najam @omarnajam.bsky.social Evergreen honor roll student | aspiring Rupert Giles | Tegan and Sara fan | as seen on Power Play, Dimension 20's A Court of Fey and Flowers, Critical Role, and DesiQuest
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
Erika Solis, PhD (they/them) @erikasolis.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Alfred State College | PhD @ Penn State
erikasolis.com
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
https://aoir.org/aoir2026/
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Batucada @42Librarians @42librarians.bsky.social RIP Twitter. Passionate cat herder of English and lapsed librarian. Shifting to Sky mid semester. “Thou shalt get sidetracked by BS every time” (Ghoul). #RhetComp #TeamRhetoric
Lillie D. Williamson, PhD @ldwilliamsonphd.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication Science at UW-Madison. Health communication scholar researching communication, medical mistrust, and health inequities. UIUC and UNC alum. Tar Heel. She/her.
BW Hamilton ☄️ @brentneyh.bsky.social comp lecturer. rural rhetorics researcher. ultra trail jogger. manic pixie dream possum. lost gonzo.
Marissa Diaz @marissadiaz.bsky.social Did my post-doc @ Washington State University 🇺🇸 LLM Int'l Law in 🇧🇪 PhD completed in 🇨🇭 with data collection in 🇮🇪 Focusing on access to end of life care for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Qualitative methods. Views are my own.
Christine Tomlinson, PhD @socstudygames.bsky.social Interdisciplinary researcher studying video games, players, and esports. Formerly @ Activision. Current Assistant Professor of Games and Esports.