The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social We expose Big Tech's harms to democracy.
Parents to The Real Facebook Oversight Board & Independent Sage.
Our newsletters:
https://dispatch.the-citizens.com
citizensreunited.substack.com
You can also find us at https://the-citizens.com
Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, Univ of Cambridge
Founder & Chair, Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Research: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
Gender Pay Gap Ireland @paygap.bsky.social Organisations with more than 50 employees in Ireland have to report on their gender pay gap. I'll post companies daily, sharing their pay gap data. If you mention me with a company, I'll try to find the data and respond.
Data from https://paygap.ie
Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com I publish thebriefing.ie, & founded organisations working on tech & democracy. Tech Policy Press fellow. Political scientist, advocate, writer, knitter. DMs open
UCD College of Social Sciences and Law @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social UCD College of Social Sciences and Law official Bluesky account.
https://www.ucd.ie/socscilaw/
Dr Mary McGill @mary-mcgill.bsky.social Research Ireland fellow at the University of Galway, exploring women's experiences of gender-based online abuse in the Irish third level sector.
To share your experience email: gboastudy@universityofgalway.ie
Website: https://tinyurl.com/bdhxunsr
Techmeme @techmeme.com Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web.
This account shares top-level Techmeme headlines. Visit https://techmeme.com/ for full context.
NERI @neriresearch.bsky.social The Nevin Economic Research Institute is a research organisation which, at its core, has a vision of the achievement of a better,fairer society.
Ray Griffin @raygriffin.bsky.social Researching the organisation of labour markets | SETU Ireland Lecturer in Management + Organisations
UCD Winifred Carney Centre for Organising and Labour Research @ucdcolr.bsky.social The UCD Winifred Carney Centre for Organising & Labour Research (COLR) is dedicated to amplifying the voices of working people.
https://linktr.ee/UCDcolr
Computers in Education Society of Ireland @cesi-ie.bsky.social CESI has been voluntarily supporting ICT in Education since 1973 and is the official Teacher Professional Network for Computer Science in Ireland.
https://lnk.bio/CESI
Artwork by Visual Thinkery
@gabrieleferri.bsky.social @gabrieleferri.bsky.social 
IM Cultural Institute @imcultural.org We do Research, Policy Recommendation, and Science Communication.
We work on Media Literacy, Hate Speech and Radicalization.
And we are based in Brussels.
Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social Talking tech, science and media. Journalist and broadcaster. Host of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social and Connected AI Podcast.
For Tech’s Sake @fortechssakepod.bsky.social The people's tech podcast, from @elaineburke.bsky.social and @earley.bsky.social.
Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy
Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/
Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social Solicitor, consultant, artist, writes TheGist.ie newsletter.
Visiting Lecturer. Law Society External Examiner in Data Protection law.
LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social A blog that explores the co-constitution of law and political economy. Part of the @lpeproject.bsky.social. Subscribe to our newsletter: http://lpeproject.org/subscribe/
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social Digital Cultures and Arts | UZH & ZHdK | operative images, synthetic media and visual culture
@digitalculturesandarts.ch
https://digitalculturesandarts.ch/
https://linktr.ee/bildoperationen
Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Forschung für die vernetzte Gesellschaft \\ Research for the networked society
https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/
Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social Economic Geographer. Co-author, The Rise of the Platform Music Industries (Agenda, 2025) with @allanwatson1.bsky.social & FinTech Capital (Zone, 2026) with @paullangley.bsky.social. Attended obscure Welsh Comprehensive of which even Elis James was unaware.
Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social lit mag & small press | supported by the Arts Council of Ireland | issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) out now | latest book: Render by Billy Ramsell | https://bansheepress.org/
Tramp Press @tramppress.bsky.social Independent book publisher. The Most Normal Woman by Roisin Kiberd forthcoming end of August! Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Barry O'Rourke @barryor.bsky.social Journalist covering video games. YouTube Partner. Amateur beekeeper. Primary teacher probably defying gravity somewhere 🏳️🌈
EU Science, Research & Innovation @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu The EU channel for scientists & researchers: opportunities to fund your ideas, updates from EU-funded science, and scientific resources you can use in your work.
david i. backer @schooldaves.bsky.social associate prof of education policy. former high school teacher. education, ideology, policy, finance, climate, socialism. he/him. https://linktr.ee/davidibacker
Ivan Fisher-Owen @ivanfisher-owen.bsky.social Artist in Ireland making strange stuff 😀
Beyondthebarktheatre@gmail.com
Elina Roinioti @elroin.bsky.social Game Scholar, narrative designer, consultant.
Assistant Professor at University of Peloponnese | Games Outreach for Kickstarter |Vice President of DiGRA.
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
PACE @pace.coe.int The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - parliamentarians from 46 @coe.int states speaking for 700 million Europeans on human rights, democracy and the rule of law
EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
DH ten Cate @dhtencate.bsky.social PhD Candidate at DMRC - Queensland University of Technology
Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social Applied Games Researcher & Lecturer in Games Production, @abertayuni.bsky.social.
Member, @royalsoced.bsky.social Young Academy of Scotland.
Mentor, @mcrpathways.bsky.social.
Views my own.
https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-reid/
Coimisiún na Meán @cnam-ie.bsky.social Rialtóir meáin na hÉireann | Ireland's Media Regulator
👉🏼 Ceist faoi thacaíocht úsáideora http://cnam.ie/ga/deanteagmhaillinn | User support queries http://cnam.ie/contactus
@amayer.bsky.social @amayer.bsky.social Science and Technology Studies // Game Culture Studies // Human-Technology-Interaction // Neo-Baroque Media
Researching DIY Technology Practices and Intersections of Technology Development and Game Cultures @ Tampere University
Klara Sterczewska @klarast.bsky.social PhD in game studies, main interest: games and memory cultures. script writer for the game Mr. Prepper. formerly known as @frenolestes (and that one other thing). from Poland, living in Leipzig. always antifascist.
she/her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
WILL BUTLER @carrythezero.bsky.social PhD researcher at Bath Spa | videogame preservation | music maker at MachinesMachines | site here: https://killjoy.bearblog.dev/
Morgan Ainsley 🎧 @morgan-ars.bsky.social Composer for video games, full time nerd 🎶🎮🐉 currently working on Insignia
Aussie 🇦🇺
https://linktr.ee/morganainsleymusic
morganainsleymusic.com
Niva Kay @nivakay.bsky.social Sustainable Futures x Video Games. Co-Chair IGDA Climate SIG. Author, filmmaker & farmer amongst other things. PhD candidate UoA
Craig Breathnach-Irish Writer for Games and Comic Books(He/Him) @craigbreathnach.bsky.social Creator @wuxiawerewolf.bsky.social
Volunteer @galwaygamejam.bsky.social
Formerly @byowave.bsky.social
Board @imirt.bsky.social
Member @gwuireland.bsky.social
#GamesFromIreland #IrishGames #GamingAccessibility
Nicolle Lamerichs @nicolleness.bsky.social 🔸️Media studies scholar
🔸️Fan studies, cosplay, games & tech
🔸️Passionate senior lecturer at HU Utrecht
🔸️Gamer, fan artist & Trekker 🖖
https://linktr.ee/nicollelamerichs
Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social Content Editor @ Electronic Enlightenment
- Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries
- Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions
- PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea
- Editorial Board @ Multiplay
Elina Koskinen @elinako.bsky.social Game studies scholar 👾
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-6582
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=YjdTawkAAAAJ
Dublin Maker @dublinmaker.bsky.social A Free Family Friendly Festival in Celebration of Making.
Dublin Maker 2026 takes place on the 22nd and 23rd of August!
Free Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/dublin-maker-festival-tickets-1989824515691
#DublinMaker
Sílvio Camargo @silviocamargo.bsky.social Psicanalista e Professor de Sociologia. Researcher in Critical Theory.
Book: "Immaterial Labor and Cultural Production"(2023):
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-9397-8
https://independent.academia.edu/S%C3%ADlvioCamargo
Stefano Gualeni @gua-le-ni.com Professor at the University of Malta's @indigitalgames.bsky.social
Migrant ☆ https://gua-le-ni.com/
Author of strange literary fictions ⇒ https://www.setmargins.press/books/what-we-owe-the-dead/
Rob Gallagher @gealga.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, King's College London. Co-director MA Digital Futures. Author of Videogames, Identity & Digital Subjectivity (Routledge 2017) and Artgames after Gamergate (Palgrave 2025): https://link.springer.com/book/9783032044341
Joleen Blom @jjol33n.bsky.social |Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @Tampere Game Research Lab |Book Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)
Alecsandra @malecsandram.bsky.social PhD • Multi-Cultural Video Game Production: Migrant Developers in Japan
Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta @indigitalgames.bsky.social Making big waves in Game Studies research, Game Design, and AI from a tiny, Mediterranean island | Check us out: https://www.um.edu.mt/digitalgames/ | Hosts of DiGRA 2025
ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT). June 2026 in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦 #FAccT2026
https://facctconference.org/
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) challenges the influence of Big Business and corporate lobby groups in EU policy-making.
🐘 @corporateeurope@mstdn.social
🔗 https://corporateeurope.org/en
👉 linktr.ee/corporateeurope
Matthew Gertz @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
Matthew Reynolds @mattreyn.games • Founder and editor @onemorecatch.site
• Acting deputy editor @nintendolife.com
• Freelance editor and writer for hire
• Previously Polygon, Eurogamer, Digital Spy
Mostly RTs, guides, retro games & Pokémon Go. BAFTA member. He / him. Late for everything
Games Transformed @gamestransformed.bsky.social Games Transformed is a volunteer-run organisation celebrating games and radical politics 👾
We run a yearly festival and game jam, bi-weekly board game nights, and a year round programme of events.
linktr.ee/gamestransformed
Irish Health Libraries @healthlibraries.bsky.social A selection of Irish Health Librarian messages from the Health Sciences Libraries Group of the LAI
Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social Our organization examines how media and emerging technologies shape democracy. We’re housed at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, and led by Taylor Owen.
NI Game Dev Network @nigamedev.bsky.social The community for everyone who makes games in Northern Ireland 🎮 Hosts of #PlayMyDemo: The NI Game Dev Meetup
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura | Finnish society for game research @pelitutkimus.fi The Finnish society for game research. Posts FIN/ENG.
Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura on monitieteinen pelitutkimusta edistävä yhdistys. Tältä tililtä jaamme ajankohtaista tietoa pelitutkimukseen ja pelikulttuureihin liittyen.
www.pelitutkimus.fi
Jen @jenuinepanic.bsky.social Baby trail runner. Gym hamster. Once made a game about puns.
UCD Ageing Network @ucdageingnetwork.bsky.social 
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social Reporter @bloomberg.com | I cover all things climate tech | Read my stories: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWTYlfwjEUk/michelle-ma | mma304@bloomberg.net | She/her | Opinions mine | Based in LA
Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social AIAS-AUFF Fellow @ Aarhus University (DK). Vice-chair @acsj-ica.bsky.social.
Research: social movements & digital media | mutual aid | politics of tech.
Book: https://elisabettaferrariphd.com/ancbook/
Hobbies: getting angry at the Philadelphia 76ers
Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social The SAI, as the professional association of sociology in Ireland, is committed to supporting the discipline through fora for them to share ideas, collaborate and disseminate their research.
https://sociology.ie/
Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the world.
plutobooks.com
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Daniel Joseph @danjokaz00ie.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Digital Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University
MMU UCU committee
I'm a political economist of the internet
www.danieljamesjoseph.net
Emil Hammar @elhammar.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher. Game studies, political economy, platforms, cultural memory, critical race theory, production studies, postcolonialism
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä, and is funded by the Academy of Finland. 
Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social Play scholar, among other things
Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social game designer 
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler.
https://clarafv.com
Mediapolis Journal @mediapolis.bsky.social Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture
https://www.mediapolisjournal.com/
Tracy Pizzo Frey @tpf.bsky.social Responsible AI | Tech Ethics | Founder, Restorative AI | Managing Partner, Uncommon Impact Studio | Mom | Excellent packer | Terrible napper | dogs > cats sorry I don't make the rules | all posts are mine from my very own brain
euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com Brussels' premier independent news media on EU affairs. EUobserver is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what's really going on in Europe. Your support keeps us going: https://euobserver.com/memberships
Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social Law professor; author (The Black Box Society; New Laws of Robotics).
Interested in law & technology, AI, political economy, art, and social theory.
Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social Disseminating knowledge—through the publication of printed books, periodicals, and electronic files—beyond the confines of the University's campus.
The official account of Duke University is @duke-university.bsky.social.
Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social A nonprofit trust, saving the last of Ireland's ancient woodlands and planting scarce native trees and new forests nationwide.
Registered Charity RCN20045265
Phil J. Ryan @philsphavs.bsky.social 
Yuening Lyn Li @yueninglynli.bsky.social PhD in Sociology | Postdoc at UCD ICS | AI Ethics | Platform Labour | Digital Money
@info-activism.bsky.social @info-activism.bsky.social 
Dr Abby Rekas (she/her) @letsopenculture.bsky.social Copyright and access law and policy scholar. Current research focused on digital games preservation. Interest in disruptive technologies and their impact on society, particularly legal tech. Lecturer in Law & Innovation. U.S. Attorney (Massachusetts Bar)
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻 @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy 💻 policy/regulation researcher (esp. #InfoSec #privacy #ML 🗳 #interoperability #DMA #GDPR).
⛷🚴🏻♂️🥾🗺🏳️🌈🌻
Visiting CyberBRICS Prof. at Centre for […]
[bridged from https://eupolicy.social/@1br0wn on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Greta Warren @gretawarren.bsky.social Postdoc @copenlu.bsky.social interested in designing human-centred transparent AI and information systems.
Research interests: human-AI interaction + explainable AI + fact-checking
🌐 https://gretawarren.github.io/
📍 🇩🇰/🇮🇪
IReL @irelibrary.bsky.social IReL is an e-resource licensing consortium for Irish HEIs and leads Ireland's ORCID and DataCite consortia, and the National OA Monitor. https://irel.ie/
Elaine Harrington @walkerabroad.bsky.social Interim Head of Special Collections & Archives, UCC Library. Chair LAI Munster; Treasurer LAI Rare Books. Member LAI Executive Council 2023-2026. Co-founder SHOCC Project. Using technology to connect people with ideas. linktr.ee/walkerabroad HereSept2023
Lori Moriarty @lorimoriarty.bsky.social Library work | Scribbler | M.Phil. in Pop Lit |
Talks on literature, history & the Ladies of Llangollen | Reviews & Book Doc for Childrens Books Ireland |
📚Views my own📚
Ardán @ardan-ie.bsky.social Ardán; Fostering talent in Film, TV, Games and Animation since 1989. We give creators a platform to tell their stories, and support our community through advice, training, resources, events & funding.
CHY No: 10188
AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social America's communities never rest. That's why people who work in public service never quit.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Transparency International @anticorruption.bsky.social We are a global movement that wants to end the injustice of corruption worldwide 💙 Imprint: http://anticorru.pt/im
Web: https://www.transparency.org/
Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity
Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
https://gateklons.substack.com/
🐘 @gateklons@eupolicy.social
🐦 @gateklons
FORSEE @forsee-research.bsky.social Forging Successful AI Applications for European Economy and Society.
The FORSEE project aims to expand the definition of AI “success” beyond technological and economic efficiency.
https://forseeproject.eu/
Chris Carpenter @chriscarpenter.bsky.social Communication Professor studying opinion leaders, motivated reasoning, watching others online, meta-analysis, etc.
Co-author of “Critical Questions in Persuasion Research” as well as “The Science of Gaining Compliance” both from Cognella
he/him