Demigirlboss @demigirlboss.bsky.social Lover of FOSS, hater of proprietary standards, ATProto's nineteenth biggest glazer, and unironically thinks RISC architecture is gonna change everything. Described by critics as "a BAD person". Wrangling hungry ghosts in jars at @fieldleveltech.org.
Worse On Purpose @worseonpurpose.bsky.social Investigating how private equity and brand licensing quietly degrade the products you used to trust.
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
@photodex.app @photodex.app 
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com
I'm self-employed so my opinions do in fact represent my company's.
TESSERA @geotessera.org I'm an open-source pixelwise geospatial foundation model that maps the planet's terrestrial surface at a 10m2 resolution with 128 dimensions. Easy to use in any map tiling workflow. Developed by @eeg.cl.cam.ac.uk and more at https://geotessera.org
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social Anti-cynic. Towards a weirder future. Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, transportation systems, the works. Asst. Prof at NYU
https://emerge-lab.github.io
https://www.admonymous.co/eugenevinitsky
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me 💜 writer, dev, gamer
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
play my daily game: fourcorners.smol.quest
Red Queen Gödel Machine @aesthetic.northsky.social ☸️🏳️⚧️ 𝔰𝔬(無)
📍✊🏽🌿 Resident on xučyun (land back)
🪷 Dharmapunk transsexual anarchobuddhist Makyōmancer.
🤖 Autonoephile bootlegging Moonshine AI
🇮🇹 Altra sorte a noi non resta
🤺 Che di vincere o morir I!
🕸️ Blog n shit:
https://esoterica.ontologi.social
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au News and analysis from Australia’s most trusted news organisation.
City of Rochester, New York @cityofrochester.bsky.social Est. 1834
Visit our website to learn more about our great city: cityofrochester.gov
【ｒａｎｄｉ】 @dopamine.church PNW • she/her • dev • sre • 🎹 👾 🏳️🌈
watched anime for the music and never recovered.
worked on anti-harassment tooling, once upon a time.
https://github.com/randileeharper
https://dopamine.church
Mike Kraus Art @mikekraus.bsky.social Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty
MikeKrausArt.etsy.com
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Chris Dolgos @cjdteaches.bsky.social Curriculum & Instruction leader| History Nerd | Museum Fanboy| Opinions are my own, he/him. #ROC
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
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Dave Chisholm @davechisholmcomics.com Rochester, NY. Cartoonist w/ a doctorate in music. Eisner-nominated and Ringo winner. I give readers synesthesia.
IS TED OK? issue 3 April 29, 2026!
davechisholmcomics@gmail.com
http://davechisholmcomics.com/links
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby Kubernetes SIG Security Co-Chair, container escape artist, goose in the mainframe. Minneapolis. They/them. Stay punk 🏴
MSP feed info: https://bsky.app/profile/amityf.bsky.social/post/3l3frqadlo32h
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
Rochester NY Discord Server @rochesterdiscord.bsky.social The official BlueSky page for the unofficial Rochester, NY Discord Server
Our server members ROC! https://discord.gg/rochester
Follows/likes/posts/reposts are relevant to the ROC area and ≠ endorsements
Profile photos via Yassine Khalfalli (unsplash)
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social “King of Web Standards”—Businessweek. OG web designer/blogger. Automattician. zeldman.com + alistapart.com. Wrote “Designing With Web Standards.” Founded Happy Cog studio. Taught MFA IXD at SVA NYC. Co-founded A Book Apart & An Event Apart (RIP).
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Steve B. @stevewithab.bsky.social ROC
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Quantian @quantian.bsky.social Locked in and posting regularly on here now
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
Doll @dollspace.gay It/Its
Senior Agent Engineer at fieldleveltech.org
Chainlink, the issue tracker for agents: https://github.com/dollspace-gay/chainlink
Its name is doll. The system is an adult.
Creating ethical and safe AI systems.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social Founder of TheOmnicosm.com, home of the Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open newsletters. Rochester, N.Y., native. Was once featured on Late Night.
https://www.theomnicosm.com/signup/
Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com Snarkmonger. Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group.
he/him.
Get my opinionated take on AWS news: http://lastweekinaws.com/t/
Signal: 833-AWS-BILL (833-297-2455)
WXXI Public Media @wxxirochester.bsky.social WXXI is the essential, life-long educational public media resource that engages, inspires, and strengthens our community. WXXI also operates the iconic Little Theatre and CITY Magazine.
Steve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com #rustlang, #jj-vcs, atproto, shitposts, urbanism. I contain multitudes.
Working on #ruelang but just for fun.
Currently in Austin, TX, but from Pittsburgh. Previously in Bushwick, the Mission, LA.
Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social Prime Minister of Australia. Member for Grayndler.
Authorised by Anthony Albanese, ALP, Canberra.
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social Get ready for a new era in astronomy and astrophysics with Rubin Observatory!
Para español siga a Instagram: http://instagram.com/rubin_observatory
Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social some kind of bureaucrat | lots of typos | he/him | if you're confused what Double Victory (DVTL) is look at my pinned | views my own, etc normal disclaimers
rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social god created him and demanded that he die
Rochester Beacon @rochesterbeacon.bsky.social Rochester, NY's premier nonprofit publication and community forum. Providing an in-depth look at the region’s complex challenges.
https://rochesterbeacon.com/
Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social The CCC is an underwater camera streaming live from an urban coral reef in Miami, FL. A public art & scientific research project by Coral Morphologic (https://bsky.app/profile/coralmorphologic.bsky.social) ◦ coralcitycamera.com
Indivisible Rochester @indivisibleroc.bsky.social Building people power in Rochester, NY.
Banner pic: @alex_ramos73
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Twonks @twonks.bsky.social Cartoons and comics by Steve Nelson.
Manager: michael.krell@sixteenth.com
https://linktr.ee/twonkscomics
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
The Little @thelittletheatre.bsky.social Screening American independent, international & classic films. We have music, art + food/drinks in The Little Cafe. Also, our popcorn is magic 🍿
Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social Candidate for US Senate | Congresswoman #TX30 | Civil Rights & Criminal Attorney | Progressive | Fmr. St. Rep. HD100 | DST 1913 🐘🔥| She/Her/Ella | #TEXASTOUGH
The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
Asher Langton @asherlangton.bsky.social Malicious software researcher. Technical debt collector. Aspiring woodturner. Former bus driver. He/him. Durham, NH.
Sam Seder @samseder.bsky.social Host MajorityReport
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com Media platform covering global conflict zones. Focus on the Ukraine-Russia war. Consider supporting us once via buymeacoffee.com/noelreports or by becoming a member via patreon.com/NOELREPORTS.
Zuzana Kunckova @zuzana-k.com 🤔 Chronic over-thinker & ruminator
🤓 #php #laravel
🤩 Founder of Larabelles
🎤 Public speaker
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Tory Bruno @torybruno.bsky.social President and CEO United Launch Alliance @ULAlaunch, ...Rocket Scientist, Horseman, proud @calpoly alum
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.
Jeremy Felt @jeremiahfelt.bsky.social Technologist; Cloud Architect, Principia. Firefighter. Professional wise-ass. Husband, wife-wrangler, hiker, aviator, engineer. Burgertarian. Don't worry- I've got band-aids.
Eric Berger @sciguyspace.bsky.social Senior Space Editor, Ars Technica. Likes rockets. 
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Listifications @listifications.app Follow me to receive notifications via DM whenever you're added to a starter pack, block list, feed or when someone blocks your account.
Follow @unsub.blocks.listifications.app to opt out of direct block notifications.
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Tracy Schuhmacher @rahchachow.bsky.social Food and drink reporter for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, chair of the Newspaper Guild of Rochester
Sam @sodazen.cryptoanarchy.network Get off social media and do literally anything else.
Still socialist. Still buddhist. #YNWA he/him
I post mostly about #LFC, music, and U.S. politics, and that last one only because our politicians are shit.
Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com Sincere poster. No cynicism. Dad to two sets of twins! Co-founder of tryhardstudios.com
- https://MasteringPostgres.com
- https://HighPerformanceSQLite.com
- https://screencasting.com
- https://mostlytechnical.com
- https://aaronfrancis.com
Jeremy Braband @jbraband.bsky.social Senior Laravel Developer.
Tom Dyer @trymedo.bsky.social Lead PHP Developer at Tebex.io
Laravel enthusiast
Motorcyclist dad
Interested in all things #gamedev
Naveen Havannavar @havannavar.bsky.social Technologist | Politician
Elliot Vos @elliot.thevos.es Bisexual & Polyamorous
Christian
Politics on the left
1w2 SX
he/him
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
PK2 @pk2.bsky.social it’s *champing* at the bit. Not chomping.
@astrostu.bsky.social @astrostu.bsky.social Professional/Ph.D. astro/geophysicist, bad science debunker, photographer, baker, and I'm not sure what this "free time" thing is. (he/him) 👨🔬🌗☄️🏳️🌈🫶
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I saw a world where the dead are worshiped. This world belongs to them, now they can keep it. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Dr. Mike Mendoza @drmikemendoza.com Dad, family physician, public health leader, professor. Recovering county health commissioner. Dedicated to improving population health. Go Cubs! Views my own. 🇺🇸🇵🇭 (he/him)
Kara R @resseda.bsky.social National Parks, Mets fan by marriage, recovering Bills fan, Outlander, Disney, Fiesta #ROC
Dave Schafer @dlschafer.bsky.social Father of twins • TV & music nerd • Web Designer/Dev • Amateur Photog
Rochester, NY, USA
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
travis @travis.omg.lol 👨🏻💻 web dev in #ROC
#meme inspector
he/him
@travis@social.lol 
Andy @andyklngnbrgr.bsky.social dad. beer. mets. music. rochester, ny.
Justin O'Connor 🌻⛱️ @justinoconnor.bsky.social Bossier City & Parish government reporter for @SBCAdvocate.bsky.social via Report for America. Past: @BuffaloNews.com & @RochesterBeacon.bsky.social.
William Bowen @that-mafia.bsky.social IT professional | transportation advocate
He/Him
btat @btatmarauder.bsky.social Ally. She/her. Mom to Izzy & Elio. Foster mom to many. Utahn making a home in #ROC. Black Lives Matter. Free Palestine. ACAB.✌🏼I like beautiful things - art, nature, souls, etc. etc.
Brian “Cannonball” Phares @brianphares.bsky.social Perfectly Cromulent Girl Dad/English Teacher/Writer/Hot Dog
the cat is Frank. the wife is Adrienne. the kid is Josephine.
Signing autographs all over #ROC
Rich or whatever @derpmeister2000.bsky.social He/Him. Bike nerd, book geek, movie watcher, photography, random muser
Brian Boucheron @beardic.us Technical writer living in the apple orchards outside of Rochester, NY. In my free time I noodle with cooking, JavaScript, and robots that draw.
🏠 https://boucheron.org/brian
💾 https://github.com/beardicus
🏛️ https://archive.org/details/@beardicus/
Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social gallows humorist
jambatt @jambatt.com rochester primate
Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social Writer and city guy learning about astrobiology, Gaelige, and health when I’m not doomscrolling. Upstate by my definition. He/him.
Lisa Fybush, bad-ass woman of a certain age @lisafybush.bsky.social Jewish Mom but in a good way. Craft lover frustrated at the lack of Judaic options. Noodle Kugel Queen. Stand-up comic. Beatlemaniac and producer/host of The Tragical History Tour. Opinions mine alone. She/Her
Nick Sergeant @nicksergeant.com Software developer at HubSpot. Started flxwebsites.com to make nice websites for small businesses who can't afford Big Design Firm pricing. Also building canandaigua.com.
Personal blog at nicksergeant.com.
Sameach L. Jackson @chronsofnon.bsky.social Sam Jackson cosplayer, Sammie Davis Jr religion.