Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.
Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Chocoholic. Baseball. Cats. Technology. Not always in that order.
She/her. Let's be kind to one another.
Gaze upon my LinkedIn profile and admire: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherschindler/
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social Author of the DESIGNERS & DRAGONS series of RPG histories, including THIS IS FREE TRADER BEOWULF: A SYSTEM HISTORY OF TRAVELLER. Science-fiction, fantasy, comic, and RPG fan. Currently working on Traveller and Call of Cthulhu history projects.
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.
Jan Murphy @packrat74.bsky.social Enthusiastic family historian since 2006; moderator pro tempore at Genealogy & Family History Stack Exchange. http://genealogy.stackexchange.com Fan of F&SF, figure skating, baseball, equestrian sports, cycling. Former bookseller; book junkie.
Brad DeLong @braddelong.bsky.social Author of "Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the 20th Century". Too online since 1995. Sometime Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. UC Berkeley Professor.
Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org is this the one that wins
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
Signal: attackerman.81
Tasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social 
Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social Medicinal chemist / chemical biologist, author of “In the Pipeline” at http://science.org/blogs/pipeline. derekb.lowe@gmail.com and on Signal at Dblowe.18
All opinions are mine; I don’t speak for my employer in any way.
Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social Fantasy webcomics. NSFW
Joshua Kosman @joshuakosman.bsky.social Retired classical music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Co-constructor, Out of Left Field cryptic crossword. pacificaisle.substack.com. He/him
Greg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social SF writer / computer programmer
Latest novel: MORPHOTROPHIC
Latest collection: SLEEP AND THE SOUL
Web site: http://gregegan.net
Also: @gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz
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”
Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social Mathematician at UCLA. My primary social media account is https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao . I also have a blog at https://terrytao.wordpress.com/ and a home page at https://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/
Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist
John Coate @johncoate.bsky.social First ever online community manager (well.com), co-founded and managed the first news website (sfgate.com), worked at EFF, managed a public radio station, worked with teens online.
johncoate.com
(photo by Glenn Mar)
Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS ♿️🧪📚
MUTING THOSE WHO DON’T ALT-TEXT
nicolagriffith.com
Banner ID: B&W image—pint of Guinness flanked by 2 books flanked by 2 tabby cat
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social Journalist & astrophysicist. Host, @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. New book: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about broken futures pushed by tech billionaires. Words in the Atlantic, NPR, NYT, the Guardian, BBC, SciAm, Fortune, etc. He/him. Signal: adambecker.84
Larry Moss @larrycmoss.com I am a teaching artist and storyteller, passionate about creating unforgettable shared art experiences. I am currently Executive Director of Teaching Artists ROC, advocating for art-rich education and inspiring creativity in audiences of all ages.
Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social Founder, The Counteroffensive Media Group.
Compelling reporting on human stories to illustrate the news. Fmr US Army medic.
https://linktr.ee/counteroffensivenews
Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org Seattle wants to invite the Worldcon community to our city (Aug 13-17, 2025) to experience Pacific Northwest fan culture and to continue to build upon and engage with our fandom community of learners, readers, doers, makers, and creators.
Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
Laura Quilter's grandparents were anti-fascist & so is she @lquilter.bsky.social Public interest copyright & information policy lawyer & librarian. Anti-fascist, queer, tree-hugger. No gods, no masters. SF fannish wanna-be crafty catlady. Southern ex-pat in Western MA. Mom.
wikipedia User:Lquilter, UMass Library, https://lquilter.net/
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
@seanparent.bsky.social @seanparent.bsky.social 
ceej @ceej.online just here to have fun online
jon singer @jonsinger.bsky.social ADHD; food, cooking, calligraphy (fountain pens & ink), ceramics (porcelain & glazes), making and fixing things, etc.
Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social Double dumb-ass on you. (And so fourth)
#AltText enthusiast. Also on mastodon, formerly on twitter. Other similar accounts are not me.
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social south minneapolis - another queer disabled artist -
so many beads. and pliers. so many pliers.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LionessElise
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
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.
Subscribe to Standing Room Only: salon.com/newsletter
@rachelgollub.bsky.social @rachelgollub.bsky.social 
Harold Zable @haroldzable.bsky.social 
@mikelipsie.bsky.social @mikelipsie.bsky.social 
Linda @greencenter.bsky.social Crafter, educator, amateur mycologist, Techer
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
Newsletter (100k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social Programmer, infosec, co-founder of TurtleSec, parent, bi 🏳️🌈, NB, she/they, Norwegian 🇳🇴 dyslexic with no edit
Anti-Fascist ✊
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
Giving up is collaboration.
🐘: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Patricia
🏡: https://patricia.no
lcamtuf @lcamtuf.coredump.cx Blog: https://blog.coredump.cx/archive
Homepage: https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx
Eric Niebler @ericniebler.com Distinguished C++ nerd at @nvidia, father, @isocpp member, former nomad, and sometimes artist wannabe.
opinions are my own
he/him
Eric Christopher @echristo.bsky.social Cats, Games, Compilers, Software Performance,
Open Source.
Avid side-quest enthusiast.
Daisy Hollman @thewholedaisy.bsky.social Minor C++ Celebrity 🌼 Creator of Cute C++ Tricks 🌼 Girly AF 🌼 I break compilers 🌼 Somewhat proud Googler 🌼 Thoughts are my own 🌼 pronoun.is/she
Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org Sometime verb, real person, lover of 8-bit computers, husband & father, trying to be a kind person. #blacklivesmatter; trans rights are human rights.
he/him
Kate Gregory @gregcons.bsky.social I advise, develop, mentor, write, and speak. C++ mostly. One of the Carbon leads. Limited availability; you can ask. Want me to speak? http://gregcons.com/SpeakerKit.aspx She/her.
Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social Rust dev, Electronics engineer, Author, RustNL, RustWeek organizer, ADHD, Polyamorous, Lesbian, She/Her
Dean Berris @deanberris.com Software Engineer, writes at https://modernsoftware.info - ex-Microsoft, ex-Google.
Steve Downey @sdowney.org Professional C++ nerd. I worked to make optional<T&> happen. Working to make Text less bad in C++.
Whole person, not a brand. Posts about politics, software, books...
Software engineer at Bloomberg LP
Views are my own
he/him
@sdowney@mastodon.social
Meeting C++ @meetingcpp.bsky.social Join us in Berlin or online in November for Meeting C++ 2026!
Nevin Liber @nliber.bsky.social 
Jeff Dean @jeffdean.bsky.social Google Chief Scientist, Gemini Lead. Opinions stated here are my own, not those of Google. Gemini, TensorFlow, MapReduce, Bigtable, Spanner, ML things, ...
Heather Adkins @argv.bsky.social VP Security at Google. Co-Chair Cybersafety Review Board, Co-Author Building Secure and Reliable Systems. r00t. Medieval historian.
JF Bastien @jfbastien.com Build & scale platform — working on humanoid robotics 🤖
🔗 https://jfbastien.com
🔗 https://tlbh.it
📍 東京、日本
Brandon Downey @bdowney.bsky.social Computational demonologist (infosec?), photog, math enthusiast, periodic augmented reality warlord. Peculiar but refined tastes in triangles, cinema, and cocktails. Azad certified.
Signal: bdowney.23
Opinions are my own and not those of my employer
Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev He/him. Somerville, MA.
Previously: Google, reCAPTCHA, Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., Computer Science).
SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social Galatians 5:12. Abolish ICE.
Rocks in Her Pockets @jenmclark.bsky.social A few of my favorite things… whiskers on kittens and raindrops on chickens. Bright snowy mountains and (making) warm woolly mittens. Colorful rocks at my feet that are mine, and good things to eat around dinner time. (Ok that last one was a stretch).
Tracy Benton @tigerb.bsky.social Cat lover. Book reader. Sarcasm & QA my services. Repartee over rapiers.
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Candace Young @candaceinthesierra.bsky.social Lindyhopper, backpacker, former CHAOS (Cal Hiking and Outdoors Society) member, & Siberian Husky friend. Trad. Jazz is dancin' music!
@reddirtdave.bsky.social @reddirtdave.bsky.social 
@trilob22.bsky.social @trilob22.bsky.social 
AnnaRaven @annaraven.bsky.social she/her
Neurospicy lover of reading, horseriding, bridge, camping, dogs and cats.
TERFs and MAGAts and Nazis and White Supremacists can fuck off into the sun. 
Lori Selke @yesthatselke.bsky.social Vaguely human-shaped.
Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
Don Coleman @don.coleman.org 
Linda Shore @lindashore.bsky.social I am the retired CEO of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, former Senior Scientist and Director of the Teacher Institute at the Exploratorium, an astronomy educator, science museum consultant, lover of learning, and parent to greyhounds and cats.
David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social SFF fan, player of board games and bridge and chess, comic book reader for over half a century. He/him.
@sharnoff.bsky.social @sharnoff.bsky.social 
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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@davidmorganjones.bsky.social @davidmorganjones.bsky.social 
Henry Garner @hendroid.io Principal Engineer & AI Lead @juxt.pro
AI/ML • data intensive applications • product
Author of Clojure for Data Science https://cljds.com/book
Maintainer of Clojure(Script) library kixi.stats
{London | Cambridge | Brighton}, UK
Pat Murphy @pat-murphy.bsky.social Writer, scientist, and troublemaker. Winner of Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon Awards. My latest novel, The Adventures of Mary Darling, is coming out from Tachyon Publications in May 2025. 
Guy W. Thomas @guywt.bsky.social cis Male power-wheelchair user, writer, actor, director. Bleeding heart liberal advocate. Love movies, TV, theater, science fiction, music and dogs. 60+-year-old wannabe astronaut. I am poly, with two amazing partners Carol and Serene. 
Kate @katef.bsky.social If I unfollowed you, it's because you keep posting things without alt text
Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social 🦐Unofficially posting frames from the Food Network dub of Iron Chef 🔥 How will the challenger fight back? 🧄 The heat will be on! 🥑
Episode title and frame # are in alt txt
(ran by @dudethatbe.bsky.social)
Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series. Kadrey also plays music with the band A Demon in Fun City. he/him
Evy @evy.bsky.social Playwright, librettist, redhead, WELLtron
The WELL @well.com Online community founded in 1985. Knees are a little creaky, but the conversation just keeps getting better. You can still find us at well.com
Dan Cross @dancrossnyc.bsky.social Engineer at Oxide Computer Company. Xoogler, Marine. Software, hardware, and math. he/him
Ralph Bedwell @rbedwell.bsky.social educator, insatiably curious, lover of outdoors and great writing
waywardcats @waywardcats.bsky.social Crazy cat lady who loves democracy, voting rights, archaeology, nature.
James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social Reviewer, Essayist, Hugo, Aurora, and Darwin Award finalist.
My hydronyms: turbid/opaque
Camestros Felapton @camestrosf.bsky.social Two-time Hugo Award Finalist
Author of Debarkle: a history of the Sad Puppies https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/debarkle/
And The Hugosauriad: an analysis of the Hugo Award via dinosaurs https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/hugosauriad/
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Science Magazine @science.org Cutting-edge research, news, commentary, and visuals from the Science family of journals. https://www.science.org
Paul S. R. Chisholm @paulsrchisholm.bsky.social Career 1.0: software developer / manager (Bell Labs, startups, Google)
Career 2.0: writer
David Preston @dosbears.bsky.social For legal reasons, this is a joke.
Jorg Brown @jorgbrown.bsky.social racer, C++ coder, EV driver, father of three, master of none
Streetsblog California @streetsblogca.bsky.social 
ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com @ᗩᑎᗩᒪOG_Sᖴ ᖇegular ⭐ ᗯriters of the ᖴuture & ᒍim ᗷaen ᗩward Winner ⭐ Quora Top ᗯriter ⭐ Southerner from South ᗪakota ⭐
A unique voice known for inventive, thought-provoking narrative, philosophical depth, and fun!
Be excellent to each other.
Kimberly Bland @kimberlybland.bsky.social 💕Science, my fam, tai chi, travel, the Well.com
Perry Rice @ricepr.bsky.social Husband, Father, Tree Hugging Commie Liberal, Professor, Author, Physicist. Guitar Player, Deadhead. Interests: Quantum Optics, Quantum Information, Jazz, Jambands, Alt-Country, Track and Field, NBA.
laura lemay @lauralemay.bsky.social Remarkably lifelike. 
Barbara @barbg.bsky.social Film enthusiast and hiker living in San Francisco.