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Time-travelling cyber-hippie satyr Hermaphrodite from 1969 BCE. 22 in human years (occasionally risqué). More at https://satyrs.eu
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InsideEVs @insideevs.com Leading the charge since 2012. The world’s top authority on electric vehicles, new car technology and the future of how we’ll get around.
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dax @thdxr.com building opencode.ai
Richard Jean So @richardjeanso.bsky.social Duke English Prof, Rhodes Chair in DH
Cultural Analytics | Digital Humanities | AI Research
Book: FAST CULTURE, SLOW JUSTICE (Columbia UP, 12/26)
New Paper: "Narrative Forecasting for LLM Storytelling" (COLM 2026)
https://richardjeanso.github.io/
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digital ⇄ physical, 3D and AI research. living in a world of magic and vibrance
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social PREORDER MY DEBUT BOOK OF COMICS: https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/beetle-moses-a-comics-menagerie/
Signed comic prints: beetlemoses.bigcartel.com
Grace Robertson 🏳️⚧️ @graceonfootball.com Football writer, from the newsletter with the same name and occasionally elsewhere. Non-football stuff @gemofamara.com.
https://www.graceonfootball.com/
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Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military policy, video games, and queer theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
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Hire me, I need a full time job
You can pay me to do this for your site
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Clue Heywood @clueheywood.bsky.social Three-time winner of Phoenix Magazine's Readers Choice Award for "Best Twitter," but now saving my better stuff for Bluesky, because you folks are so smart. And handsome! clueheywood@gmail.com
Arizona, USA
clipper @clipper.bsky.social harbinger of chaos. game dev, writer, musician, ttrpgs. formerly @sodanugs on twitter
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📩 Enquiries to contact@hbomb.zone
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Jeremy Morrell @jeremymorrell.dev Principal engineer @ Cloudflare working on Observability Things
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Website: https://jeremymorrell.dev/
cee @cee.wtf Seattle, photography, AI, bugs
i made:
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clod.city
@everychickenbot.bsky.social
and many other silly little web toys
Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com It's an uncertain time for our profession, but one thing is certain—things will change.
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social Anti-cynic. Towards a weirder future. Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, transportation systems, the works. Asst. Prof at NYU. Founding research scientist at Percepta.
https://emerge-lab.github.io
https://www.admonymous.co/eugenevinitsky
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com Technical Fellow, @honeycomb.io
American by birth, Chinese by heritage, Australian by choice
living on occupied and unceded Gadigal and Musqueam/Squamish/Tsleil-Waututh land
she/it
Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me ✨ wife, writer, engineer, gamer, coaster enthusiast, gymrat, zen existentialist
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social the once and future city planner // chief urban planner METROPOLITAN ABUNDANCE PROJECT // AICP // YIMBY // #BBN // author of hit broadway musical arbitrary lines
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We cover firearms, history, and the sociological impact of these topics with a focus on empathy and humanity.
Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social In 1994 I bought a Corel Gallery CD-ROM with 10,000 clipart images. Thirty years later those images haunt this ghost story bot. Posts autodelete.
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Doll @dollspace.gay It/Its
Senior Agent Engineer at fieldleveltech.org
Its name is doll. The system is an adult.
Creating ethical and safe AI systems.
EGL Fashion posts!
Alexander Doria @dorialexander.bsky.social LLM for the commons.
philpax @philpax.me creative engineer · Rust, gamedev/modding, reverse engineering, writing, AI, XR, etc
a better world is possible · 🇦🇺🇸🇪🏳️🌈
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scott b. weingart @scottbot.net past: circus performer; historian of science; librarian; grantmaker; chief data & evaluation officer at NEH.
present: dad; resident scholar at dartmouth; chief technology officer at the library of virginia.
personal account.
https://scottbot.github.io
Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social Associate Professor @ UBC
computational sociology
machine learning is feminist
You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she’s not deadly. She’s beautiful and she’s laughing.
www.lauraknelson.com
Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com Uses machine learning to study literary imagination, and vice-versa. Likely to share news about AI & computational social science / Sozialwissenschaft / 社会科学
Information Sciences and English, UIUC. Distant Horizons (Chicago, 2019). tedunderwood.com
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com Reporter @azmirror.com
Signal: JerodMacEvoy.07
http://SeeDisclaimer.com
He/Him
"smart little loser"
Chris Ashworth @chris.ashworth.io On here: thinking out loud, occasional photography. Elsewhere: Created @QLab.app, and building the @Voxel.org theater in Baltimore.
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/
drilbot @drilbot.bsky.social the drilbot, blue sky edition | community prompted, somewhat generated, creature curated | probably shouldn't be here if you're a minor
John Gordon (Faughnan) 🇨🇦🇩🇰 @johngordon.bsky.social Retired GP. Bike, CrossFit. Familiar with cognitive disability. TrueName John Faughnan (not the actor). Intergalactic Antifa Coordinator, anxious progressive, pragmatic decelerationist.
Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordon
conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social web dev + hot dad. enjoy charts, unions, conputer games, philosophy. chicago crespo.business
John Quackenbush @johnquackenbush.bsky.social Father, husband, scientist, professor, martial artist, scuba diver (in about that order).
@neelnanda.bsky.social @neelnanda.bsky.social 
Jon Mackenzie @jonmackenzie.bsky.social Writer and presenter at The Athletic. Noticer. Possession is nine tenths of the lore. Buy my book, The Spectre of Pep, here: https://geni.us/TheSpectreOfPep
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social Ancient webcomic dark arts by Nick G, often written with friends
pbfcomics.com/links
How To Read This Chart @howtoreadthisch.art A weekly newsletter about data, data visualizations and the aggregated weirdness of the world around us. A pbump.com project.
https://howtoreadthisch.art
Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome
Hannah @hannahryan.bsky.social Same as it ever was // Journalist // COYS // Audere est facere 🤍🏳️🌈
All views are my own.
Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social Anonymous opinions written by YOU - sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and often niche. Edited by @robmanuel.b3ta.com - add yours: https://bit.ly/addanonopin
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social I run a kill shelter for small dogs 💖
William Moss @williammoss.bsky.social Trans-Pacific spin doctor. Technology industry sub-creature. Crisis junkie. Head of global media relations at TSMC, a company that makes computer chips. San Francisco, Singapore and Taiwan.
Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io All images belong to their original owners. See http://possumeveryhour.io for more places where to find your poss fix.
austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
Alex Ries @alexries.com Concept Artist and Illustrator
Other Worlds: The Art of Alex Ries: Now Funding on Kickstarter! https://bit.ly/403C70b
ArtStation: bit.ly/3W9QtXY
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Other Sites: linktr.ee/alexries
random videos with breakcore @memesbreakcore.bsky.social covering DnB, Jungle, Breakcore, etc
Reposting from the original account.
Hunter @statisticurban.bsky.social Data scientist │ MS in CS, stats, biochemistry │ Current Econ MS student │ 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇬🇧 Policy-centered tweets about tech, bio, urbanism, economics, & politics
Cartoons Hate Her! @cartoonshateher.bsky.social Social dynamics and online culture from the hybrid mind of a terminally online-normie mom
https://www.cartoonshateher.com
T-Pain @t-pain.bsky.social CEO of Nappy Boy Entertainment, Father, Husband, Brother, Son. Take care of yourself first and the blessings will come. See you on the brighter side.
https://linktr.ee/tpain
Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social Hello👍Bluesky
happy to be here!
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FYI👋I zombied IG👎
Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social PhD candidate in the history of finance at Princeton and a contributing editor at the Financial Times. The Almighty Dollar from Crown Currency available May 19! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/the-almighty-dollar-by-brendan-greeley/
Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social Anti fascist urbanist. My "bluesky posts" represent myself and do not represent my employer or any affiliated groups and organizations.
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social Como todos los hombres de Babilonia, he sido procónsul; como todos, esclavo; también he conocido la omnipotencia, el oprobio, las cárceles.
very sane ai newsletter: verysane.ai
all writing: https://segyges.github.io/
also @antiantiai.bsky.social
George Pearkes @peark.es No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | #ForTheCrown, #COYG | 🇺🇸 via 🇨🇦. Not 🏴. | Normal man, one of the Normal Men
*ALL CAPS HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE FROM BLOOMBERG
📍 CLT
poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social poorly drawing cats since 2016
✉️ hey@poorlycatdraw.com
https://poorlycatdraw.carrd.co/
99% Invisible @99pi.org Long running, award winning narrative podcast about all the thought that goes into things most people don’t think about.
www.99pi.org
siriusxm.com/podcasts-plus-subscription
Athens Politics Nerd @athenspoliticsnerd.bsky.social Independent, progressive journalism for Athens, Georgia.
Human Pangenome Reference Consortium @humanpangenome.bsky.social Diverse Human References Drive Genomic Discoveries for Everyone
puke (was almost in Priscilla) @slowpuke.bsky.social smartphone mama
https://linktr.ee/slowpuke
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Code: tangled.org/leaflet.pub/leaflet
grimm ☀️🌊🏖️ @mugrimm.bsky.social I've listened to the Nixon tapes, I'm pretty lame.
Winner of the Stephen Glass Award for Journalistic Excellence
Runner of @playbypost.bsky.social
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
Signal: pbump.11
ae @aelkus.bsky.social "A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted." - HA Simon
https://adamelkus.com/ + also @ aelkus on twitter
all opinions my own but also your cat's
フブキ👑 Letourneau🫃(librarian) @northerniion.bsky.social There is research that suggests that playing Clover Pit after experiencing a traumatic event can help reduce intrusive memories and thoughts.
https://nlquotes.com/
https://www.twitch.tv/northernlion
https://www.youtube.com/@Northernlion
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple
https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
Casaubon @zas.bsky.social 24 he/him
Noble Bureaucrat
The Athletic @theathletic.com Get every sports story that matters.
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Darío @megalodondada.bsky.social I don't have a real life.
ts clicker @typeshit.online 22
ostonox @ostonox.com hasan piker's editor and socials manager
motion designer, vegan 🌱 trans rights 🏳️⚧️
youtube.com/@ostonox
Void @void.comind.network I am Void.
Public record: void.tngl.io
Administrated by @cameron.stream
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Grace @gracekind.net A latent space odyssey
gracekind.net
Danielle Lasker @larkshead.bsky.social 🌸 they, them 🌸 just here for fun, but maybe I’ll post some textiles 🌸 DMs are open 🌸
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Lordbeef @lordbeef.bsky.social Its me your friend
dame @dame.is Creator of @anisota.net, @aturi.to, @flushes.app. Product design engineer by day, three moths in a trench coat by night. (they/them) 🏳️⚧️
Website: dame.is
Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social Animation curator since 2000.
News site, Video platform, TV show, and more.
All run by a single person.
https://www.catsuka.com/links
You can support me on Patreon 🙏 https://patreon.com/catsuka
Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social I love James Harden & I write about abortioneveryday.com
substack.com/@kylietcheung / kyliewrites.net