Verdell Walker, Writer @vwalkerwrites.bsky.social Word Mistress / Producer & Host of “The Book Up” podcast
Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop 2025 | Clarion West 2026
Website: https://verdellwalkerwrites.mystrikingly.com/
IG: @verdellwalkerwrites
All links: https://linktr.ee/verdellwalkerwrites
Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social SFF author, speaker, lawyer, programmer; Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy; rep by Russ Galen; The Dandelion Dynasty & “The Paper Menagerie"
BCI Society @bcisociety.bsky.social The Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Society is a member-driven organization with 300+ members located in over 24 countries. Its purpose is to foster research leading to technologies that enable people to interact with the world through brain signals.
Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org The largest nonprofit of scientists & physicians devoted to understanding the brain & nervous system. SfN.org
kunal handa @kunalhanda.bsky.social cs and linguistics fun at anthropic
do i stay or do i go
Alex Tamkin @alextamkin.bsky.social machine learning, science & society @anthropic.com | recently: Clio, Anthropic Economic Index, Claude Artifacts | prev: phd, stanford nlp. alextamkin.com
Jared Mueller @jaredtm.bsky.social Oregonian on the @anthropic.com Policy team.
Views are my own.
ciyer @ciyer.bsky.social Software engineer, seduced by data
https://illposed.com
Block Party @blockpartyapp.com Deep clean your social media, notifications, settings and more in just one click. The Washington Post’s tech columnist calls Block Party “one of the most useful tech tools I’ve come across in years”.
www.blockpartyapp.com
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Astera Institute @asterainstitute.bsky.social We empower visionary, high-leverage science and technology projects with the capacity to create transformative progress for human civilization.
Cate Hall @cate.bsky.social born at the right time
CEO @ Astera
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
The Navigation Fund @navigation.org Advancing bold solutions to the world's most urgent problems.
John Wilbanks @wilbanks.bsky.social Probably off thinking about scientific data or college sports. Boston-ish.
Sumner L. Norman @sumnerln.bsky.social CEO of Forest Neurotech // ultrasound & BCI
Erik Trautman @eriktrautman.bsky.social Founder, athlete, artist playing w/music. I make things & sometimes set them on fire. Building a just and sustainable future for our children and the planet they inhabit.
https://www.eriktrautman.com
Arc Institute @arcinstitute.org A full-stack institute for AI and biology research.
Michael Nielsen @michaelnielsen.bsky.social Searching for the numinous
Australian Canadian, currently living in the US
https://michaelnotebook.com
Andrea @downing.bsky.social Co-founder of The Light Collective
www.lightcollective.org
Security Researcher
Health Infosec
Views are my own.
Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad.bsky.social Founder and editor of @upstarts.bsky.social, a tech publication focused on the startup ecosystem. Previously Forbes senior editor. Email: tips@upstartsmedia.com
Daniel Rock @danielrock.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UPenn/Wharton OID researching economics of AI and productivity. Fan of dogs.
Rohit @strangeloopcanon.com I think, I write, sometimes I bleep? skeet? bleat? |
Read essays here https://www.strangeloopcanon.com |
Read the book here http://amazon.com/dp/B0CJ9F327M |
Matt Beane @mattbeane.bsky.social Studying work involving intelligent machines, especially robots. @MITSloan PhD, @Ucsb Asst Prof, @Stanford and @MIT Digital Fellow, @Tedtalks @Thinkers50
Diego Oppenheimer @doppenhe.bsky.social I build AI companies . founder @guardrails_ai #mlops @quakerugby. Past:EVP @datarobot, CEO/founder Algorithmia @mspowerbi @msexcel @CarnegieMellon 🇺🇸🇺🇾
@climateer.bsky.social @climateer.bsky.social 
Peter W🤓 @wang.social Anaconda Founder&Head of AI; created the PyData movement, PyScript, Bokeh, Datashader; Fellow @ Python Software Foundation; Center for Humane Tech
Game~B; Physics, Cybernetics, Memetics. A student of the human condition.
Memento mori
jpmarindiaz @jpmarindiaz.bsky.social #smalldata #rstats #dataviz #ai #policy #duckdb
Founder @datasketch.bsky.social
Roy E. Bahat @roybahat.com Plays a mean game of Werewolf, also a VC who believes in worker power.
Host a (very long) podcast: https://thisisnotadvice.work/
Harper 🤯 @harper.lol post-normal person
harper.lol / harper.blog
Dina Bass @dinabass.bsky.social Bloomberg News Tech Reporter covering Microsoft and AI, Mom, Liverpool FC Fan. Opinions are my own... or my evil twin's.
Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social Trying to change how startups are built
formerly @ericries on the bird app
New Book coming May 2026: INCORRUPTIBLE: Why Good Companies go bad... And How Great companies Stay Great
Pre-order now and receive exclusive bonuses at: http://incorruptible.co
Chris Messina @chrismessina.me 😬 Man of the internet; generalist.
🆕 App updates and snark.
🫡 Twitter sober since April '23.
#️⃣ Invented the hashtag.
🚬 Non-smoker.
Tim Hwang @timhwang.bsky.social five out of eight computers on a scale of computers
David Gutelius @dgutelius.bsky.social Intellectual mutt, making AI useful. Former SRI International, APL, ISI Foundation, Stanford, Johns Hopkins. 4x founder. Decamped to Tahoe. Here to serve.
Rob Reich @robreich.bsky.social Professor, Stanford University
Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy
System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong
Sonaar Luthra 💧❄️🌧️🧊🌊 @sonaar.bsky.social 🌏 I forecast water & climate risks. AMA☔️
🌱Senior TED Fellow, Truman Fellow, RAND Pardee fellow, Harvard adjunct🦫
☀️SoCal-based, MN-born, 1st gen Punjabi🥁
💧Water Canary Founder🐤
Climate is the message but #water is the medium: go.ted.com/sonaarluthra
Michelangelo D’Agostino @mdagost.bsky.social AI/ML Practitioner. Formerly VP of ML @ Tegus. Cameo, ShopRunner, Civis Analytics, Braintree/Venmo, Obama 2012. Views are all mine.
Eric Friedman @ericfriedman.bsky.social Graphadvisors.com
Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org)
James Cham @jamescham.bsky.social Of the San Gabriel Valley; investing for the year 2030; working to improve the second derivative; looking for troublesome ringleaders.
vaughn @vaughn.bsky.social idk tbd \\ marseille \\ pizza \\ grouchy
www.vaughntan.org
natasha mascarenhas @nmasc.bsky.social Reporter at The Information
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/
Charlie Graham @charlieg.bsky.social 20+ year serial tech entrepreneur with multiple exits. Currently working on an AI-first incubator. Fan of JTBD, Elixir, puzzles, my fam, and trail running 
@david-s-rosenberg.bsky.social @david-s-rosenberg.bsky.social 
Peter Berg @pb3rg.bsky.social Serial fintech operator & investor. Prev: MD at M12 (Microsoft’s VC fund); ran Visa Ventures; early exec at VGS; Twitter: https://twitter.com/peter
@gleitz.bsky.social @gleitz.bsky.social Tinkerer, artist, and founder. By day, he is CTO and Co-Founder of Replicant AI. By night, he is Executive Producer at Chinotto Records.
Fred Benenson @fredbenenson.com currently: investing in technology and films
creator: Breadwinner, Emoji Dick, 🦪
formerly: kickstarter, creative commons, y combinator
into: bread, data, surfing, literature, art
'not an artist per se' - The Guardian
Sebastian Gehrmann @sebgehr.bsky.social Head of Responsible AI, CTO Office, Bloomberg.
Andrew McLaughlin @andrewmcl.bsky.social Nerd. @mcandrew from the Other Place.
justin massa @justinmassa.bsky.social helping SMBs thrive w/ gen AI. owner @ midwestquality.consulting + board @ solvehungertoday.org | prev: partner @ IDEO.com ; SVP @ Newlab.com
Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social Accountability Architect💡
Artisanal Database Maker🔎 🧾
Storyteller/Writer/Producer🎙️✍️🎥
Avenger, Academic, Lawyer🗳️
Redistributive Justice ⚖️
Choice Optimizer🤖
Researcher & OG Prompt Engineer🧌
Whistleblower🚨
Human Palantir🔮
https://linktr.ee/realdearsarah
Erik Garrison @thinks.lol computational biologist: genomes, evolution, DNA
Ted @edwardbenson.bsky.social Founder @ Steamship - AI agents for the workplace.
Trying to learn jazz piano.
Probably camping.
I believe in you.
📍 DC, SF, Taiwan
Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Jon Hillman @hillmanje.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. Former advisor to Secretaries of Commerce, State, and USTR. Author, THE DIGITAL SILK ROAD: http://bit.ly/ChinaDSR
Annaka Harris @annakaharris.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of "CONSCIOUS", writer / producer of the audio documentary "LIGHTS ON", author of the children's book "I Wonder"
AnnakaHarris.com
Nick Kahn - Photography & Other Stuff @meatballsalad.bsky.social Wildlife photographer, professional strategist, nature lover, reader, husband, and father. Sony A7RV & Ricoh GRIIIx. Fine Art Prints, high resolution images, and gear list here - https://linktr.ee/nickkahn
Adam Marblestone @adammarblestone.bsky.social Technologist, scientist. Co-founder of Convergent Research.
Christina Kim @christina.bsky.social research @openai
Abridge @abridge.com The most trusted enterprise-grade AI platform for clinical conversations.
Julia Chou @juliachou.bsky.social COO @ Abridge ✨ energy is everything
Culture building, work-life integration, & finding clarity in the chaos.
@rohanganesh.bsky.social @rohanganesh.bsky.social 
Andrew Kane @ankane.bsky.social Keep it simple. ankane.org
Noor Siddiqui @noor.bsky.social 
Elad Gil @eladgil.bsky.social Entrepreneur and Investor
Eladgil.com
Alexis Ohanian @alexisohanian.bsky.social 776- B Matt Corallo @bluematt.bsky.social 10th known contributor to Bitcoin Core. Now Full-Time Open-Source Bitcoin+Lightning Projects at Spiral (Part of Block).
Come for the false promise of bitcoin discussion, enjoy the eclectic music selection instead.
Linda Xie @linda.bsky.social building bountycaster
Justine Palefsky @justine.bsky.social SF native, home swapper, magical thinker
Livekindred.com
Ginny Fahs @ginnyfahs.bsky.social 
Steve Steinhubl @stevest.bsky.social Cardiologist & clinical researcher. Purdue Biomedical Engineering. Working to improve health for all, especially through the thoughtful implementation of digital technologies.
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
he/him
Natasha-Jade @tashajade.bsky.social birder in tech, not bird-tech (sorry to disappoint). @sfbirding on Instagram.
2023 species: 208🕊️
🇿🇦 in 🇺🇸
Dylan Field @zoink.bsky.social CEO at Figma
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
🌱 🪴 🌳
Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team COO of Bluesky 🦋 - hiring https://bsky.social/about/join!
ali @alitaylor.bsky.social hello friends