Inside the Black Box @itbb.bsky.social What the AI industry says, checked against what it does. Capability, labour, power, geopolitics. Reported from inside the black box.
itbb.substack.com
The Diana Initiative @dianainitiative.bsky.social 501c3 nonprofit To create a more inclusive infosec industry.
rand0h @akacki.net https://wsiiax.myshopify.com / Goon / Degenerate / KD3CHT / Akacki.net / DEFCON610.org
TechCongress @congressfellows.bsky.social Recruiting tech talent to Congress.
techcongress.io
Dr Liam Mcloughlin ☕ @leelum.bsky.social Snr Lecturer @ Edge Hill - Social Media, Pol Com, Content Moderation & Politics. 🗳️ Also Convenor @techpolicy.bsky.social
Spends more time posting GIFs than working.
https://www.Leelum.com
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
SHORT INFO @shortinfo.bsky.social Daily news on geopolitics, defense, cyber, AI & science - sourced, fact-checked, no hype.
Posting multiple times per day from open sources.
Max Muth @maksumuto.bsky.social Wirtschaftsjournalist bei der Süddeutschen Zeitung
Jay Richardson @geographerjay.bsky.social AI, labor, and economic justice. Senior Director of Research, NCRC. All views are my own.
Max Taylor 🔸 @maxrtaylor.bsky.social 🐷 Researcher on animals, food systems, and AI
📖 Author of a forthcoming HarperCollins book on how AI affects animals
🤖 Writer of the Sentient Futures newsletter
@velvethamm3r.bsky.social @velvethamm3r.bsky.social cyber and emerging tech | head of policy @ dreadnode | she/her/hers | *views are my own*
Ulysses Pascal @ulyssespascal.bsky.social Digital Humanities Postdoc at UCLA’s Large Language Lab.
DistrictCon @districtcon.bsky.social A new DC hacker conference: Bringing together builders, breakers, and fixers to do cool shit.
Feb. 6-7, 2027
districtcon.org
Juliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social Biologist, Wildlife Photographer, Science Communicator. previously DPhil @ Oxford: insect social evolution 🐝 Views my own 🤓
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social Dad/husband. Public servant. Broadband and digital inclusion leader. Advocate for ethics in AI. Basement rockstar. Opinions are my own.
The Falls Church Independent @fcindep.bsky.social Fresh news, insights and analysis — with an independent streak — in and around Falls Church, Virginia.
LJ_MI @lj-mi.bsky.social Higher ed., PhD, teacher of rhetoric, design, tech comm, and digital studies. J'apprécie de plus en plus le silence et l'écoute des autres. 🚴♀️
Caddie Alford @caddiealford.bsky.social Associate Prof of Rhetoric at VCU // critical AI, platform and media studies + rhetorical theory + writing pedagogies // Co-Lead of AI Futures Hub // 📕 = Entitled Opinions: Doxa After Digitality // 1st Gen // #TeamRhetoric
https://caddiealford.com
Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social Data Scientist, Award Winning Teacher, Maker, PhD Researcher 📚 #Tes #Edtech50 #Bima100 #Judge #Crafting edu/tech narrative.
Jacob Metcalf @jakemetcalf.bsky.social Technology ethicist, dog haver, mountain dweller, forest critter, mover of heavy things. Writing a book about wildfire, AI, and Cali. Senior Researcher @ D&S @datasociety.bsky.social. Founder @ Ethical Resolve. Formerly @undersequioas in the Bad Place.
Data Labelers Association. @datalabelers.bsky.social Advocate for fair treatment and recognition of data labelers. Passionate about AI, mental health support, and professional growth. Join me in empowering the invisible architects of AI!
Emma Stoye @emmastoye.bsky.social I edit science news at @nature.com
PIVOTcon @pivotcon.bsky.social Threat Research Conference in Malaga, Spain, 6-8 May 2026
#StayTuned #ComingSoon #PIVOTcon #PIVOTcon26
https://pivotcon.org
Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) @mtlaiethics.bsky.social International non-profit org democratizing AI ethics literacy.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com I write about the strange side of AI at aiweirdness.com
Also a laser scientist.
She/her. Colorado, USA
Rad Ads @radads.bsky.social 
Nate Angell @xolotl.org #communications & #community @nudgital.com. Wandering IQ. Raised by wolves. Friend to cheese. he/him. All posts #CCBY. Mastodon: https://social.coop/@xolotl
Tanya Janca | SheHacksPurple @shehackspurple.bsky.social Secure Code Trainer - Best-selling author of Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding & Alice and Bob Learn Application Security. #AppSec she/her
https://shehackspurple.ca 🌻
Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com Artist whose mediums include film, tv, and soda. www.StillersSoda.com
Dreadnode @dreadnode.bsky.social Building AI systems that advance the state of offensive security | https://www.dreadnode.io/ 
Stacy Thayer @stacythayer.bsky.social Professor of Cyberpsychology, Ph.D. & MBA., Tech Event Planner, former founder of SOURCE Conf, partner, mom of twins, LOTR fan, lover of video games, and lifelong learner
DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social The world’s premier hacker conference. Serving the global hacker community since 1993.
Defcon.org
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BSides Las Vegas @bsideslv.org BSides Las Vegas will take place August 3-5, 2026
Las Vegas · bsideslv.org
BSidesNoVA @bsidesnova.bsky.social Official BSKY site of BSides NoVA - Northern Virginia's premier cybersecurity conference in the Security BSides tradition. 10th anniversary in 2026! www.bsidesnova.org
TruBluFan @trublufan.bsky.social @defcon.bsky.social Speaker Ops #Goon, DEFCON.social moderator, @BSidesCharm.bsky.social and @bsidesphilly.bsky.social organizer, CISSP
🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UT Austin's iSchool.
Big Tech, political economy, AI hype, AI in War
trying to help computer ppl think more critically about computer, including me
exCornell/CMU/NASA/MSR/IntelLabs.
davidwidder.me
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social Principal Researcher @ Microsoft Research.
AI, RL, cog neuro, philosophy.
www.momen-nejad.org
Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social Prof of Decision Neuroscience, Sir Henry Dale Fellow & Jacobs Fellow, University of Birmingham @TheCHBH PI http://www.sdn-lab.org. Likes cats, decision-making, social behaviour & brains. Blog: http://tinyurl.com/Helpful-Brain
Aline M. Dantas, PhD. @alinedantas.bsky.social #decisionneuroscience, #PostDoc, #PhD, woman, Brazilian, #cervivor, fighter. Not exactly in that order. 💪😉 alinedantas.com 
Cyber Threat Alliance @cyberalliance.bsky.social CTA is a group of cybersecurity practitioners who work together to improve the overall security of the global digital ecosystem. We are stronger together. www.cyberthreatalliance.org
Sergio Caltagirone @intel.bsky.social Georgia Tech Professor. Cyber threat intelligence and cybersecurity professional - former NSA, Microsoft, and Dragos. President of the Threat Intelligence Academy. #FSD 🦆 Formerly @cnoanalysis on Twitter
Camille François @camillefrancois.bsky.social Professor, Columbia University School of Int'l & Public Affairs. Tech Exec, previously w/ Graphika, Niantic, Google. I work on online trust, safety and innovation. I’ve been called "most optimistic person looking at the darkest corners of the Internet" :)
Real Python @realpython.com Online #Python Training & Expert Community: Tutorials, Video Courses, Books, Quizzes...and More! Join 1M+ Pythonistas at http://realpython.com
Philadelphia Eagles @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social #FlyEaglesFly
logan koepke @jlkoepke.bsky.social senior project director @upturn.org. research and advocacy on the material harms of AI systems, with a specific focus on civil rights. personal views.
we have it in our power to begin the world over again.
www.jlkoepke.com
Vega @vegaplaybook.bsky.social The art of taking fun seriously. Currently focused on Marvel Contest of Champions 
Jenna Russell @jennarussell.bsky.social CS PhD Student @ UMD
Undergrad @ Cornell
https://jenna-russell.github.io/
David Godes @davegodes.bsky.social Intersection of marketing and economics - Johns Hopkins - World’s biggest NE Patriots fan - Views my own
DMDave @dmdave.bsky.social I write a lot.
www.patreon.com/dmdave
Critical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social Critical AI's new issue is out! https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue
Email us at criticalai@sas.rutgers.edu
Our website and blog: https://criticalai.org/
Steven @quietsnow.bsky.social Head of AI Governance Advisory @SAS | Non-resident Sr. Fellow @Atlantic Council GeoTech Center | Underwater Hockey | Maker | Parent & Partner
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Kellee Wicker @kelleewicker.bsky.social VP of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Space at the Meridian International Center, lover of interdisciplinary conversations and breaking things
Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law
Brett Hawkins @h4wkst3r.bsky.social Adversary Services @xforce
https://h4wkst3r.github.io
Chris Thompson @retbandit.bsky.social Head of Red team @ IBM X-Force. Black Hat Review Board. Founder and co-organizer of Offensive AI Con. Co-Founder of RemoteThreat. inveni et usurpa
Russ @dontlookbehindyou.bsky.social 
Hillary Sanders @meatlearner.bsky.social Machine-learner, meat-learner, research scientist, AI Safety thinker. Model trainer, skeptical adorer of statistics.
Co-author of: Malware Data Science
L.F. Domingo @lovelydomingo.com recovering cybersecurity consultant, now PhD candidate at UMD College of INFO. #LahainaStrong #MālamaMaui
XBOW @xbow.com Bringing AI to offensive security by autonomously finding and exploiting web vulnerabilities. https://xbow.com/
amac @amac0.bsky.social Lawyer, coder, baker.
Govt (Deputy US CTO for Obama and Biden), non-profit (Trust & Safety Professional Assn & Foundation, Data & Society, Public.resource), startup person (Google, Twitter).
Curious tinkerer.
@amac on the other thing.
Now in London.
Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social Researcher, policy analyst, social scientist. PhD-ing on political power and privatization in the scale of AI governance.
she/her | Montreal | anabrandusescu.com
Letty Hardi @lettyhardi.bsky.social 
Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Virginia.
Vice Chairman, Senate Intel Committee.
ShmooCon @shmoocon.bsky.social Jan 10-12, 2025
Washington, D.C.
Less 🫎 Than Ever
This account is mostly used to push information. Got questions? Email us at info @ shmoocon.org.
@mindgard.ai @mindgard.ai Cybersecurity for AI :: https://mindgard.ai/
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
Mihai Maruseac @mihai.page Building AGI with Privacy and Security at OpenAI.
Previously: ML Supply chain security @ Google OSS Security Team (model signing, GUAC).
Previously: TensorFlow Security & OSS (@ Google)
Previously: Haskell+differential privacy+ML @ LeapYear
PrivateNLP @privatenlp.bsky.social 
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Human Values at Princeton | Cognitive scientist curious about technology, narratives, & epistemic (in)justice | They/She 🏳️🌈
www.crockettlab.org
Nilou Salehi @nilou.bsky.social hci+ai
co-founder/co-ceo @Across AI
prof @UC Berkeley
gif whisperer | 🐱🐱 mom
👩🏻🏫 niloufar.org
👩🏻💻 across.ai | https://bsky.app/profile/across-ai.bsky.social
EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist.
Executive Director, Home Screen.
Co-Curator of an oral history of the origins of the U.S. Digital Service.
Patrick Conlon @patrickmc.bsky.social Information operations expert. Formerly finding info ops at Twitter and intel stuff at USG. Likes baking and lifting heavy things.
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Daniel Grant @dtg.bsky.social Cybersecurity focused ML/DS researcher at GreyNoise. Sometimes political cold takes.
Vin Sharma @cphrtxt.bsky.social founder and ceo of vijil, building trustworthy ai agents. previously led product and engineering at aws sagemaker, intel ai, and hewlett-packard. grad study in philosophy of technology at georgia tech. autodidact, bibliophile, cynical.
Leon Derczynski @leonderczynski.bsky.social LLMs & Security at NVIDIA
Prof in CS/NLP at IT University of Copenhagen
garak guy, garak.ai
"berømt skikkelse"
"like a gazelle"
Seattle/Copenhagen 🏔️
Natalia Stanusch @nataliastanusch.bsky.social Researcher @AIForensics.org | Research Lead of Esoteric AI
@aixdesign.bsky.social | PhD Candidate at ASCA, University of Amsterdam |
Melissa Heikkilä @melissahei.bsky.social AI Correspondent at the Financial Times. Formerly senior reporter for AI at MIT Technology Review
Krystal Kauffman @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Activist * Former Lead Organizer - Turkopticon * Research Fellow - Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute * Rising Stars in AI Ethics 2024 * Tech Crunch Women in AI 2024 * All opinions are my own
Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social National Insider for NFL Network and www.nfl.com. Made seven cameos in the movie Draft Day.
Inquiries: shahob@william-raymond.com
https://link.me/rapsheet
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
Microsoft Threat Intelligence @threatintel.microsoft.com We are Microsoft's global network of security experts. Follow for security research and threat intelligence. https://aka.ms/threatintelblog
Rich Seymour @rseymour.bsky.social Glue code aficionado. Infosec pushover. Synth owner. Music maker. Guitarist. Rust fan. Once earned a Materials Science PhD.
John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency
Https://www.johndickerson.com
Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social NPR Correspondent covering technology and national security.
Send me a tip: Text JennaMcLaughlin.54 on Signal from personal (nonwork) devices.- A anusha :D @agho.sh ai nerd. here for a good time. student @illinoiscs @sigpwny
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social Associate Professor of AI & Society
Oxford Internet Institute and Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford
Principal Investigator at DomesticAI (http://domesticai.oii.ox.ac.uk) project funded by ESRC
Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social Leader and advocate for a different AI future which benefits everyone. CEO/MD and Co-Founder of Our AI Collective. Keynote speaker. Failed astrophysicist. Film geek. Parent. Love a GIF
Graham Cluley @grahamcluley.com Award-winning #cybersecurity keynote speaker, writer, podcaster | Host of multi-award-winning @smashingsecurity.com podcast.
❤️ #DoctorWho, #Beatles, #Chess
He/him
🌐 https://grahamcluley.com
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
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LeftenantZero @leftenantzero.bsky.social Engineer. Security Enthusiast. Human Being.
Winnona @winnona.bsky.social @DistrictCon Founder. Hacker and attorney. @CyberStatecraft / @BelferCenter fellow, ex-Google threat research. Dog mom. Opinions=my own 👩🏻💻
John Hultquist @hultquist.bsky.social Mandiant Intelligence at Google. CYBERWARCON and SLEUTHCON founder. Johns Hopkins professor. Army vet.
Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com