Lili Loofbourow @lililoofbourow.bsky.social 
Alicia Adams @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer, Codex, SLF, SFWA.
Vegan, bird enthusiast, reader.
AliciaAdamsWriting.com
Ask me your digital accessibility questions!
Profile image alternative - mixed race (white and Asian) woman with long brown hair and glasses.
Martin Fowler @martinfowler.com Software Design Loudmouth. Works for Thoughtworks. Also hikes, watches theater, and plays modern board games. He/him.
host of https://martinfowler.com
Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social writer/comedian/game designer | they/them | co-founder @StrongBranchPro | Author of EMPRESS OF DUST | ✍️ Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal | UIC English MA student | Rep: Sara Megibow
Karen Meisner @whatnext.bsky.social And I didn't know whether to laugh or cry
And I said to myself: What next big sky?
Alan Tyson @ashtarthysscribe.bsky.social Game designer, writer, pixel artist. Not having a cisgendered experience of life.
Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile:
@yendraws
@readatmidnight
Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
johnzo @johnaegard.bsky.social currently drumming, singing, atarist retrocoding
I have no social media strategy.
@meredithmoles.bsky.social @meredithmoles.bsky.social - S Sombro Fuego @sombrofuego.bsky.social
Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos on environmental cleanup, nuclear nonproliferation, and the nuclear fuel cycle.
She/her.
Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Photo: Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social Fantasy writer, history geek, dark chocolate addict! Writes sparkling fantasy rom-coms for adults and fun MG fantasy adventures. She/her.
linktr.ee/stephanieburgis
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social NYT bestselling author * dog and cat person * moon and pet photographer * gwendabond.com * gwendabond.substack.com * linktr.ee/GwendaBond
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Haddayr Copley-Woods 🏳️🌈 @haddayr.bsky.social I mouth off and make things.
https://haddayr.com/
https://the-practical-herbalist.com
https://gentlebutch.com/
Heather Shaw @sundew.bsky.social Feminist SF/F writer, editor, sewist, lindy hopper, gardener, mother of fantastic teenager, herder of cats both literal and figurative, fervent believer in social justice, member of the LGBTQIA+ tribe, and so much more.
withers @realwithers.bsky.social i lied about being the outdoor type.
Meghan McCarron @meghanmccarron.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering food & culture. Work in NYT, Atlantic, Bon Appetit. Also a science fiction writer. Recent work in Lightspeed. Nebula & World Fantasy finalist. I live in Los Angeles.
Carolyn J @carolynjanis.bsky.social 
Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social Historian & author of seven books on US history including WHY THE NEW DEAL MATTERS and WINTER WAR: HOOVER, ROOSEVELT, AND THE FIRST CLASH OVER THE NEW DEAL. Florida man. Keep Bluesky weird.
http://ericrauchway.com
pfp by Daniel Mackie
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
Imprecision @imprecision.art María Dolores A. Matienzo is a composer, intermedia artist, poet, and archivist living on unceded Coast Salish lands. || https://imprecision.art || https://imprecision.bandcamp.com
Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social Community college librarian in Portland, OR. Solidarity, unions, slow librarianship, spoonie, autoimmune, still masking, disability justice. Blogging at Information Wants to be Free since 2004: meredith.wolfwater.com. 😷 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸
Stu West @stuwest.com Xennial falcon / words at thecommasplice.com / Ottawa, ON
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social National Book Award-winning author of unrealisms, mostly for young readers. SUNWARD (my first novel for grownups) was a finalist for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award and is a current finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize. He/him.
www.willalex.net
Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social Ph.D Classics. Reviews @ Reactor Magazine (ex. Tor.com) and Locus Magazine.
Ireland.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hawkwing_lb
Wordpress: https://lizbourke.wordpress.com
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hawkwing_lb
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social Meat blood, bees, things of that nature
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
zunguzungu@gmail.com
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
Signal: attackerman.81
Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social Labor and environmental historian. Writer of books, teacher of American horrors, talker on labor movement. Beer, country music, and football are not just for the right wingers. Cats. The West. Music. Graves. Writes at https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/
Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social Writer, FRSL. Prof, RHUL. Literature and science fiction.
https://profadamroberts.substack.com/
"Frankenstein Rex" coming in October:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Rex-Adam-Roberts/dp/1399617729/
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true).
unfortunately, I care about power lines now
she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
💾💜 Digital ⚓️ Vagabond 💜💾 @b33tk33p3r.bsky.social Digital preservation consultant. Systems analyst, software architect, domain specialist. Leipzig.
https://linktr.ee/ross.spencer
Atrios @eschatonblog.com I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog.
https://eschatonblog.com
Currently near Toon
Alisa Kraut @sauersometimes.bsky.social External: I bring order to chaos in small and medium ways. Internal: archivist, cultural steward, dabbler, jack-of-all-trades, master of some.
It's dark, too dark to see @kcoyle.bsky.social metadata nerd, librarian, not very social
if I don't follow back, don't take it personally, I keep my follows to a minimum for my own sanity
Ed Summers @inkdroid.org I'm actually over in a little corner of the fediverse at https://digipres.club/@ed but I will pop in here once in a bluemoon, you know, if I absolutely have to (mostly never).
stupid pony @solidarity.pizza erudite dumbass
see also: @imprecision.art § seattle § https://solidarity.pizza
web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com tracking only some of the many disasters happening in crypto, defi, NFTs, and other blockchain-based projects since 2021 • created by @molly.wiki
web3isgoinggreat.com
Trevor Owens @tjowens.bsky.social Chief Research Officer at the American Institute of Physics. Working on the history of science, libraries and archives, and social science research. Fan of bike rides, small dogs, and vegetarian cuisine. 
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity
metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social metadata, libraries, visual culture, pop culture, nature, and small moments of delight | she/her
Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social recovering archivist and museum worker. I have an Instagram for my cats @vitaandbosie
Mike Giarlo (he/him/his) @mjgiarlo.bsky.social software for libraries, parent, Seattleite, GenX, Mastodon: @mjgiarlo@code4lib.social, mjgiarlo everywhere else
"a piece of work in progress"
Emily Higgs Kopin @ehkopin.bsky.social texpat in philly, librarian/archivist working in digital collections and preservation. 20% professional, 80% nonsense. she/her 🐶🐱🎮📖🧶💾 emilyhiggs.github.io
Fobazi M. Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social Academic. Librarian. Creator of the concept “vocational awe.” PhD student at UIUC’s iSchool. Game designer of Killing Me Softly.
Andy Jackson @anjacks0n.bsky.social Mostly at https://digipres.club/@anj
Lisa Will @dustchick.bsky.social Astrophysicist, educator, geek. She/her. Professor, Physics/Astronomy, San Diego City College. Resident Astronomer, Fleet Science Center.
Jackie M @loonunit.bsky.social Can’t dance and afraid of karaoke machines
Susan @sugarpop.bsky.social Middle-aged lady who loves birds and books and pollinator-friendly gardens.
Dan @danima.bsky.social You know, danima from LiveJournal
Benjamin Rosenbaum @benjaminrosenbaum.com A plausible-fabulist of some meager renown, in a mere handful of universes.
latest: https://www.choiceofgames.com/ghost-and-the-golem/
Podcast: https://speculativeliterature.org/mrah/
He/him
Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social Editor, writer, generalist, logophile, paronomasiac, ludophile. Bi, poly. He/him. Most of my posts here are abbreviated copies of things I’ve posted elsewhere.
Mel🏳️🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social She/her, they/them. Writer, Researcher. Work in Strange Horizons, Tin House, Electric Lit, and more. https://linktr.ee/knownforms
Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social Fiction writer; AuDHD-er; full-time Minnesotan; part-time misanthrope; scantily clad heroine. She/they. Abolish and prosecute ICE.
Ellen Kushner @ellenkushner.bsky.social Author & woman around town. Married to Delia Sherman. Wrote Swordspoint. Host/writer of public radio’s Sound & Spirit. A new gig every 17 years. Back to writing novels. Seeking for further amusement.
I would probably like you.
Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Away for a while. Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org.
Previously: Covid Tracking Project, OpenNews, old web nonsense.
Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick.
https://kieranhealy.org /
https://theordinalsociety.com
@flglmn.bsky.social @flglmn.bsky.social 
Teresa Nielsen Hayden @tnh.nielsenhayden.com Editor, writer, teacher, moderator, pottery maker, keeper of hamsters, skiffy trufan, high lyric baritone, old lady, neener neener. Also, @tnh@wandering.shop.
Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com Retired SF and fantasy editor, winner of three Hugos and a World Fantasy Award. Amateur musician, bibliophile, genealogist, layabout. American by birth, Canadian by recent ancestry.
He, his. Anti-trans dingbats, get lost.
Signal: pnh.09
Alone Crawford @kellylink.bsky.social unserious moonlight
owner of bookmoonbooks.com
www.kellylink.net
she/her
Happy to recommend books if you tell me 2 writers you love & what you’re in the mood for. Signed copies of my books available at www.bookmoonbooks.com. TERFS & fascists fuck off.
John Holbo @jholbo.bsky.social Professor of Philosophy, Illustrator of Philosophers
https://www.onbeyondzarathustra.com
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast “Beforecast”
Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner.
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Member of the 2026 Otherwise Award jury
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social reader, critic, fan, he/him
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.