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Sophie Stephenson @sophiestephenson.me PhD candidate at @uwmadison.bsky.social studying interpersonal security & privacy. Website: sophiestephenson.me
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Future is Now Coalition (FiNC) @futureisorg.bsky.social Building a new kind of politics—where people reclaim democracy from rigged influence and start owning the future.
Digital Politics: Think Different, Vote Different.
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MJ Lira @mjlira.bsky.social Digital rights advocacy and research | Decolonial | Digital sociology MSc from @uoe-sps.bsky.social | Peruvian in London
hopeful.technology
Alessandro Balzi @alebalzi.bsky.social Data scientist @Deloitte | AI and human rights | Opinions are my own.
Lorenzo Porcaro @lorenzoporcaro.bsky.social [he/him] Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Sapienza University of Rome: lorenzoporcaro.me
Algorithmic Auditing for Music Discoverability (AA4MD): https://aa4md-project.eu/
Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
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David Pomeroy @dapomeroy.bsky.social Building things at Google in Boulder. Colorado Democratic Veterans Council 🫡 Marshall Fire 2021 🏡🔥 Enjoy trains, EDM, Taylor Swift 🚄🔈✨ USMC vet 🇺🇸
King Darrell @originalkingd.bsky.social Author, YouTuber, Podcaster. You think I'm comic relief until you find out I'm serious.
Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com ✦ co-founder, @genderlib.com
✦ author, THE RISK IT TAKES TO BLOOM
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Yamiche Alcindor @yamiche.bsky.social White House Correspondent for @NBCNews. Tips? Email: Yamiche.Alcindor@nbcuni.com.
Deesha Philyaw @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN (on sale 9.29.2026; pre-order: https://bit.ly/firstladyfreeman) and THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Championship-level spades player. ContrabandCamp.com founder. Author of NY Times bestseller: Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America.
Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school. 
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
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Mx. Robbie Bobbie Berta Boeing @captainbobbie.bsky.social Coaxing heavy metal into the sky, then wrasslin’ and wranglin’ it back to the ground again. Cardigan aficionado. Queer with a homosexual sensibility. Seattle living and world gallivanting. I pretend to write. 🌈
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Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social Co-Founder at Zentropi. Formerly Head of Trust & Safety at OpenAI, of Community Policy at Airbnb, and of Content Policy Facebook. Strictly cold takes.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Johnathan Perkins, Esq. @johnathanperk.bsky.social • fmr [fired] UCLA DEI Director
• Project 2025 expert
• fmr Harvard in-house counsel
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang.
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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social Canadian in Taiwan. Emerging tech writer, and analyst with a flagship Newsletter called A.I. Supremacy reaching 115k readers
Also watching Semis, China, robotics, Quantum, BigTech, open-source AI and Gen AI tools.
https://www.ai-supremacy.com/archive
Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social Chicago's 32nd Ward Committeeman. Host of Endless Urgency. Exposing MAGA and defending democracy. Entrepreneur, husband, dad, semi-happy Cubs fan.
Citizen Data @citizendata.bsky.social Data for a stronger democracy. Helping to unite Americans across differences to drive meaningful change. More insights: https://citizendata.com/
Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social Co-founder & President of @runforsomething.net & RFS Civics / Writer x2: RUN FOR SOMETHING & WHEN WE'RE IN CHARGE / Mom, also x2
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Proud European 🇪🇺 Fellow at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🗞️Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org A bipartisan research institution, CSIS is recognized as the top defense and national security think tank in the world.
https://www.csis.org 
Rebekah Tweed @rebekahtweed.bsky.social Executive Director of All Tech Is Human | Responsible Tech | AI Governance
Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social LSE prof @MediaLSE | Director of #DigitalFutures4Children | Researches children's digital experiences and rights | Interested in evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at http://eepurl.com/cEUi05
Elle Farrell-Kingsley @ellefkingsley.bsky.social 🦉 PsyberVision 🧠 The Vintage Futurist 📽️
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Andy @andycso.bsky.social Specialist in Online Harms/Online Child Safety/Trust & Safety
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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com Researcher of people and technology. AI, trust, and attachment. Wrote: "The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze" & "Culture and Human-Robot Interaction in Militarized Spaces: A War Story." Blog/essays here: jgcarpenter.com
sonja @sonja.bsky.social psych mphil @ cam, previously pbs @ lse. interested in misinformation, polarisation, radicalisation in fringe internet communities, & computational methods
https://substack.com/@digitalgenesis
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Alice Hunsberger @aagh.bsky.social Trust & Safety loudmouth.
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Rose Jackson @rosejackson.bsky.social Lead DFRLab Democracy + Tech Initiative at the Atlantic Council. Failed startup founder, snarky policymaker, former frontline civilian…always Hoosier.
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Jamie Neikrie @jamiedemocracy.bsky.social Democracy and tech reform advocate | Legislative Director for Issue One
Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social Ex-Twitter director for civic integrity. Media commentary & analysis; election admin & voting tech; social media. Lapsed poli-sci academic. Likes: democracy, facts.
http://linkedin.com/in/eddie1perez
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress | 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book) | Board of Directors @benandjerrys
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FairVote Washington @fairvotewa.bsky.social We’re a non-partisan, grassroots organization fighting for ranked-choice voting in Washington State!
Sarah van Gelder @sarahvangelder.bsky.social Lifelong activist and founding editor of YES! Magazine, writing about "How We Rise" at howwerise.substack.com
Also a mom, author of The Revolution Where You Live, keynote speaker, and strategic facilitator.
Sarah Yergeau @sarahyergeau.bsky.social Leading economic justice & care campaigns at @nwlc.org + @nwlcactionfund.org & advocating for women, children, and families | Cheering for Washington Spirit and Red Sox | New Yorker living in Washington, DC
Laurie Herbert Constantinou @laurieforla.bsky.social Political strategy & comms; Clerk, LA Democratic Party; DSCC Rep for HD 23; working to make sure more voices are heard in the rooms that matter so, together, we can build a better Louisiana that works for ALL! 💙 #NOLATwitter #NOLAsky #tnrt #NoKings
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social UFW - fighting for farm workers since 1962. Sí Se Puede!®
Denis McLaughlin @mcldenisj.bsky.social Current: Politics for AFT | Past: Comms for Democrats, ACLU-FL, PA AFL-CIO | Recovered
Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social For 20 years, ISD has led the way in detecting, exposing and combatting terrorism, extremism, foreign interference and authoritarianism.
DFRLab @dfrlab.bsky.social The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
Olga Belogolova 🌻 @olgs7.bsky.social Director, Emerging Tech Initiative at SAIS; Professor at the Alperovitch Institute on disinformation/influence ops. SAIS & BU alum. Former IO Policy Lead at Meta, former journalist at Atlantic Media.
Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
https://klonick.substack.com/
www.kateklonick.com
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
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All Tech Is Human @alltechishuman.bsky.social Our organization is committed to tackling thorny tech & society issues and co-creating a tech future aligned w/ the public interest. Join us at AllTechIsHuman.org | Hello@AllTechIsHuman.org
hana @hanamemon.bsky.social software & strategy @ genzforchange 🤸♀️ | tech ethics | phl/nyc
Microsoft Tech Community @mscommunity.bsky.social Home of the Microsoft Tech Community and its friends. Posts about events, content from great creators and experts, inside and outside of Microsoft about our products. 
Ford Foundation @fordfoundation.org Justice begins where inequality ends. We’re building a world where everyone has the power to shape their lives.
fordfoundation.org
Lori McGlinchey @macvie.bsky.social Technology+Society - Ford Foundation
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Katie LaRoque 🇺🇦🌻 @katielaroque.bsky.social Freedom House policy & advocacy, focused on Eurasia. https://freedomhouse.org/expert/katie-laroque 
The Center for Election Science @electionscience.bsky.social We're a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to empowering people with voting methods that strengthen democracy—with an emphasis on approval voting.
Electionscience.org
Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse.
Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
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Jules Polonetsky @julespolonetsky.bsky.social CEO, Future of Privacy Forum
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Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom.bsky.social Born out of #SaveTheInternet. IFF advances democratic freedoms in a digital society.
Sanne Kruikemeier @skruikemeier.bsky.social Professor Digital Media & Society • Wageningen University & Research • Strategic Communication (COM) group • ERCStG • NWO VIDI
Kevin Klyman @klyman.bsky.social AI Policy @ Stanford + Harvard
Former - Digital Forensic Research Lab, Digital Impact Alliance, UN Global Pulse, Human Rights Watch
Researching - acceptable use of digital tech, evaluations of dual-use capabilities, transparency of LLMs (or lack thereof)
Alderik @alderik.eurosky.social A running junkie in the morning, a platform regulation nerd during daytime, and a karaoke fanatic by night.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/richard-l-hasen; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2026 CNN Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
Rosa Brooks @rosabrooks.bsky.social Writer, law prof at Georgetown, Democracy Futures Project
www.rosa-brooks.com- T Tricia McKinney @triciamckinney.bsky.social Sr. Producer at MSNOW’s 9pm shows: The Briefing with Jen Psaki and The Rachel Maddow Show. But really my thing is getting people to grow milkweed to save the Monarch butterfly.
Matt Vanderwerff @mavander.bsky.social Senior Technical Advisor at IREX | focused on trust-building and civic engagement | Passionate about community | backpacker, dad of three, and veggie gardening enthusiast. 🥾🪴
David Crowley @davidbcrowley.bsky.social Social impact leader in the Boston area / founder of Social Capital Inc. Blog about home cooking, food & wine pairing and local food. Host two podcasts. Enjoy family time, daily walks & reading.
David Becker @beckerdavidj.bsky.social Exec Dir @electioninnov. @CBSNews Election Law contributor. Formerly DOJ @civilrights. Co-author of @thebigtruthbook w/ @MajorCBS. Double @UCBerkeley grad.
modernjam @modernjam.bsky.social Hand on my heart. Hand on my stupid heart.
He/him. 🇵🇷🏳️🌈
Brad Rourke @bradrourke.bsky.social Chief external affairs officer and director of DC operations for Charles F. Kettering Foundation. Views my own. #democracy #inclusion #yoga #finedining
Rosemari Ochoa @rosemariochoa.bsky.social Digital strategy nerd. Justice and liberation actvista. Mamá. Sucker for a good story, baked goods, and a cappuccino. She/Ella.
Joe Goldman @joegoldman.bsky.social I run a foundation and work to create a more inclusive democracy. You can learn about what I do at work at www.democracyfund.org, but my posts here only reflect my personal views.
Democracy Fund @democracyfund.bsky.social Democracy Fund is a foundation working to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy that is open, just, resilient, and trustworthy. 
Democracy Fund Voice @democracyfundvoice.bsky.social Democracy Fund Voice is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping America build a stronger, healthier democracy. 
Beth Huang @bhuang12.bsky.social Organizer, runner, Virgo & ex-gymnast ✊🌹🏃🏻♀️♍️🤸🏻✨
Ithaca, NY, now but #WIUnion forever. All thoughts my own.