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Niki Seth-Smith @nikisethsmith.bsky.social Editor of @newhumanist.bsky.social, journalist and fiction writer 🍐
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Christine Grimaldi (she/her) @yourombudsmom.bsky.social Writer: Lit Nonfic—publish or represent me!
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David Thiel @grumplicio.us Infosec person focused on harm reduction in technology; fmr tech, data science and T&S research at https://io.stanford.edu & https://tsjournal.org
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
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Katie McQue @katiemcque.bsky.social Investigative reporter, covering tech and human rights.
2024-'25 Pulitzer Center Fellow - Ocean Reporting Network
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Brooklyn, previously Dubai & London
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Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social Economist at King's College London. Trade, development, migration, political madness, grand corruption. pierrelouisvezina@weebly.com
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev Data science since before it was trendy. Ex-NHS, ex-civil servant. Wants you to use evidence to make better decisions.
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More frequently lurking on Mastodon as @tomdewar@mas.to
Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng.
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com Design Lead on data.gov.uk at the UK Government Digital Service
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
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Galen Reich @galen.reich.me.uk Bellingcat | Formerly BBC | PhD in Electrical Engineering | He/Him
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social Oxford City Councillor and Associate Professor in Law at the University of Warwick. Research: gender, sexuality, law; migration; legal theory; and law and popular culture. Views my own, obviously.
Mimi @mimihansford.bsky.social Multimedia journalist. Activist. Trans woman.
Milagros Miceli @milamiceli.bsky.social Sociologist & Computer Scientist
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Hibby @hibbythach.com PhD student at the University of Michigan's School of Information studying content moderation, trans technologies, and live-streaming. she/her pronouns
Oh also I'm like if a girl was a gamer was a streamer teehee
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Padraig Reidy @padraigreidy.bsky.social Content Editor, Thomson Reuters Foundation. Dance 10, looks 3
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
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https://aoir.social/@aoir
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Katrin Tiidenberg @kattiid.bsky.social social media researcher (esp visuality, sex, small p-politics, wellbeing) professor at Tallinn University, BFM in 🇪🇪, currently working on TRAVIS project on trust and visuality.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher
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Nicu Calcea @nicu.md Investigative Data Journalist | Building @openlobbying.org | Bylines: @globalwitness.org, BBC News, @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, VICE.
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Hannah Dormido @hannahdormido.bsky.social 🗞️ Visual journo + 🗺️ cartographer
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Luis Melgar @lmelgar.bsky.social Graphics at The Washington Post
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Daniel Wolfe @sadbumblebee.buzz Climate graphics reporter and columnist at the Washington post. www.sadbumblebee.buzz
Alyssa Fowers @alyssafowers.bsky.social Graphics and data at the Washington Post, yarn and dogs at home. Sometimes also dogs at WaPo.
Raphael Satter @raphae.li Say hi: https://raphae.li or on Signal: raphaelsatter.01
Dónal Griffin @donalgriffin.bsky.social Bloomberg News finance reporter in London.
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Jay Todd 🏳️⚧️ @jaytoddgla.bsky.social Non-binary researcher of trans lives in the UK. Human geographer. ABBA devotee. Geordie in Glasgow. they/them
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social journalist / co-founder @404media.co
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Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com
Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT
"I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
Emily Setty @emilysetty.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology @ University of Surrey | Researching young people, digital intimacies & harmful sexual behaviour | Reimagining RSE with safe uncertainty: www.re-imagining-rse.org |Views my own
aly gibbs @alyssaur.bsky.social she/they, journalist @assignedmedia.org
bitch i cut my granny off if she don't see it how i see it
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
Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com Observer Middle East correspondent based in Turkey.
Bylines @theobserveruk.bsky.social & seen in @theguardian.com, sometimes others.
ruth.michaelson@observer.co.uk
ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk
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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social Author of RAINBOW TRAP and QUEER DATA 🌈 Researching LGBTQ data at the University of Edinburgh 📊 he/him/his ➡️ linktr.ee/kevinguyan
Max Graze @datagrazing.bsky.social 📊 data designer,
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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social I research movements and markets (renewables, urban ag in Detroit, river conservation in Ireland) & corporate disinformation campaigns. UF & UW alum
Also: rock climber, forager, ceramicist, gardener, ADHD hobby collector
https://disinfonation.com
BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social A trans-led direct action group combatting the rising tide of bigotry in the UK
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social Fighting for trans+ rights, together.
https://www.transsolidarityalliance.org.uk/
https://www.transsecretsanta.co.uk/
Iona Craig @ionacraig.com Journalist + OSINT airstrikes data @yemendataproject.org
Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula since 2010. Once-upon-a-time I trained racehorses.
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social 鄺文詠 | contributor @404media.co —evy@404media.co | formerly @wired.com and vice news | moving between the hellscape and food | THOUGHTS/OPINIONS MY OWN
Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social Journalist, advocate, trans woman. Proud ex-Committee to Protect Journalists, Associated Press, Hartford Courant. Oh proud state school grad too (Go UConn!) Hmm did I work somewhere else 🤔. She/her. billiesweeney.com- E Elissa Welle, PhD @elissawelle.bsky.social
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Cat MacLean @catmx.bsky.social Policy Advisor, @goodlawproject.org, formerly @clientearth.bsky.social
Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
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Hanne Oberman @oberman.bsky.social PhD candidate in Utrecht @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social | they/them | rstats | missing data | dataviz | open science @opensciutrecht.bsky.social | @rainbowr.org 🌈 | hanneoberman.github.io
Ella Kaye @ellakaye.co.uk Senior Research Software Engineer at University of Warwick, working on sustainability and EDI in the R Project. SSI Fellow. I love #RStats, #QuartoPub and their communities. I also run @rainbowr.org, for LGBTQ+ folks who code in R 🌈
https://ellakaye.co.uk
Andrew Przybylski @shuhbillskee.bsky.social Father and Husband. Professor @oii.ox.ac.uk
Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social tech + teens + better science @ http://digitalmentalhealth.group // Group Leader, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge // Fellow + Director of Studies, St. John's College // 📸 marcus ginns
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social Trans-led non-profit for the rights and wellbeing of trans people. Over 200 member organisations across 50 countries in Europe & Central Asia 🏳️⚧️
Co-funded by the EU
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social Writer of books (latest one is END TIMES FASCISM with Naomi Klein), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
"A hugely influential figure on the modern Left" — City Journal
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Georgetown adjunct prof. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com Public health + national security • Johns Hopkins alum • Tracking mysterious weaponized pigeons and FIMI
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨
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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.org DDoSecrets is a 501c3 journalist non-profit devoted to publishing and archiving leaks and other data in the public interest.
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Distributed Press @dwebpress.bsky.social An open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb. We automate publishing and hosting content to the WWW that seeds to Hypercore and IPFS. https://distributed.press/
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and M… @polygon.com.web.brid.gy Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.
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Emma Haslett @emmahaslett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Business, feminism, reproductive rights and lots besides. As seen in: Observer, BBC, Prospect, New Statesman, The Persistent.
Substack: https://bigfatnegative.substack.com/
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Siri Dahl @siridahl.com Porn Star 💫 live shows every other Sunday and oodles of original content at onlysiri.com (OF) & siridahl.com (all links)
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Cat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social Postdoc @ culture & computation lab | language & gender & far right |
Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social Host: Government That Doesn't Suck
PoliSci Prof. Official Congress e-news DB: DCinbox.com & CB8 member. Book on Parenting, Politics and Civic Ed (HowtoRaiseaCitizen.com), Political Communications & Electoral Systems.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Dr Brandon Harris @drbrandonharris.bsky.social Husband + cat dad + Prof in AL studying: twitch, gaming, platforms, media industries, labor, & content creators one unhinged study at a time.
Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social A national think tank at UCLA School of Law that focuses on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. We ensure that facts, not stereotypes, inform laws, policies, and judicial decisions that affect the LGBTQ community.
Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social I write recaps and reviews about British reality TV over at https://ariadnereviews.com/
The Information @theinformation.com The most authoritative publication covering tech that high-powered tech execs and founders read daily.
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Kyle Chayka @chaykak.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker, writing a weekly column on tech & culture. Author of Filterworld (2024) & The Longing for Less (2020). Newsletter fan. Email: kyle_chayka@newyorker.com. Ava is a sloth cake.
Anita Chan @anitachan.bsky.social Scholar, Speaker, Educator
Author, Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech & Our Fight for an Independent Future
Director, Community Data Clinic, communitydata.illinois.edu
anitachan.org
Jessica Ní Mhainín @jessicanimhainin.bsky.social Head of Policy & Campaigns @indexoncensorship.org.
Co-chair @ http://antislapp.uk.
#freedomofexpression #democracy & #humanrights.
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Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social Senior video correspondent for WSJ. Previous: words & reporting in New Yorker, NY Mag, Guardian, WIRED & VICE News etc. Send tips and say hi by email tess.owen@wsj.com, or signal tessowen.77
Becky Pinnington @beckypinnington.bsky.social Associate Data & Graphics Editor for CNN | 📍 London
Kate Sim @katejsim.bsky.social COSPR - children's online safety and privacy research
cospr.net
Building worker power against militarism in tech @techworkerscoalition.org @notechforapartheid.bsky.social
Tom Puttick @tommyputt.bsky.social Hi, I'm a videogame enthusiast, Director/Sound designer/Composer at Cedar Studios.