IDFA DocLab @doclab.bsky.social Exploring the art of interactive and immersive non-fiction storytelling.
Part of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
13 - 22 November 2026.
Festival: https://www.idfa.nl/doclab
For Professionals: https://www.idfa.nl/newmedia
Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social Born in December 2016, fighting fascism from the right and pushing Dems to the left ever since.
Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social AI + emerging tech + epistemic resilience; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes, https://www.samgregory.info, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster. Former Executive Director WITNESS.
Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social "I'm so grateful Hammer and Hope exists. True Black leftist literary dispatches." - dream hampton.
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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social Lecturer at SOAS. Studying identity, foreign policy, grand strategy, authoritarianism, resistance. Often through a media lens. Often in/on Turkey.
Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com Observer Middle East correspondent based in Turkey.
Bylines @theobserveruk.bsky.social & seen in @theguardian.com, sometimes others.
ruth.michaelson@observer.co.uk
ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk
ruth@ruthmichaelson.com
www.ruthmichaelson.com
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Agog @weareagog.bsky.social We're Agog. A new kind of institute helping creators and nonprofit leaders harness the power of extended reality to imagine a more just and sustainable future.
Agog.org
Asad Dandia @asadfromnyc.bsky.social Local NYC historian, urbanist, organizer. I once sued the NYPD for spying on me, and now run a walking tour company called New York Narratives. Write to asad@newyorknarratives.com to chat!
(Trying to be more active here)
Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social research on the UN, peacekeeping, peace processes, and international relations. interested in joy, screwball comedy. custodian of world’s sweetest dog. opinions mine! 🧿🦒
Durrie Bouscaren @durriethekid.bsky.social correspondent for hire, Istanbul
Sound and words @NPR.org, @TheWorld.org
https://www.durriebouscaren.com/
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social Writer, Film Curator 
Sarah Wolozin @sarahwolozin.bsky.social Director, MIT Open Documentary Lab
Girish Shambu @girishshambu.bsky.social I live in Buffalo and write about film culture. Book: “The New Cinephilia”.
Joanne Popinska @joanneaska.bsky.social XR filmmaker, producer, curator
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Joanna Popper @joannapopper.bsky.social Media and Tech Executive. Executive Producer. Founder Women Executives Building Opportunities. Believe in Democracy, Equity & Innovation. 💙
Weronika M Lewandowska @wernika.bsky.social Poetess & Performance Artist
DOK Exchange XR Coordinator
Embodied Realms Co-Curator
XR/AI Researcher (UW - Guest XR)
📍 Warsaw/Leipzig
Caspar Sonnen @casparsonnen.bsky.social Founder & curator IDFA DocLab www.idfa.nl/doclab
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Modern Times Review @moderntimesreview.bsky.social The cinepolitical documentary magazine for world politics, ecology, big tech, media, militarism, philosophy & more.
https://www.moderntimes.review/
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Gönül Tol @gonultol.bsky.social Director of Middle East Institute's Turkish Program / Author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria.
Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University.
Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS)
Focused on Turkey and the Middle East.
Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
Can Okar @canokar.bsky.social Who knows what I’ll write about here but maybe less Turkish politics? Or maybe more…
Bikem Ekberzade @bikem.bsky.social Earth system scientist (PhD) and journalist with research interests in ecology; disturbance cycles (wildfires); migration; climate change; biodiversity; natural hazards; resilience. Author of Standing Rock, Greed, Oil and Lakota's struggle for justice
Mary Kerr @marybkerr.bsky.social Humanist. Optimist. Travelist.
Documentary Editor. Photography on the side. Tree hugger.
Capitalism is broken.
Julie Shapiro @jatomic.bsky.social Listening! A lot, always.
Also: @audioflux.bsky.social
Also: @thehorsethread.bsky.social
Previously: Radiotopia/PRX, Ear Hustle, ABC (down under),Third Coast Int'l Audio Festival, many record stores...
Güldenay Sonumut @guldenaysonumut.bsky.social Journalist based in Turkiye
Posts in 🇹🇷🇬🇧🇫🇷
✍🏼Anka Review/MiddleEast Eye/Turkey Recap
Turkey recap @turkeyrecap.bsky.social The independent, reader-supported newsletter on Turkish politics & business. Pun-tification included. Türkçe için: @studyorecap.bsky.social
Ingrid Woudwijk @ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social 📰📻📸 freelance journalist in Istanbul for @trouw.nl and others
Euromersive @euromersive.bsky.social Euromersive is the Pan-European federation uniting Immersive & Emerging Tech ecosystems to drive the future of technology and enabling humanity to forge ethical and sustainable tech for a better tomorrow
mehmet erdoğan @mehmeterdoganiv.bsky.social leading comms for UNDP on climate change ☘️ background in conflict resolution and public health. love cinema, music & the arts in general. 🏳️🌈
Joshua Kucera @joshuakucera.bsky.social Iowan in Tbilisi. Senior analyst, South Caucasus, International Crisis Group. https://t.co/5NNXBYA2ec
Global Voices @globalvoices.org The first global community-based newsroom. We build bridges and global understanding. Read our stories here: https://globalvoices.org
meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social Responsible data, digital ethics, safeguarding, trust + safety, privacy. Human rights, global dev, humanitarian work. MERL Tech, NLP-CoP, NYC Tech Salon. CIPP-E/CIPM certified. Brooklyn, cats, gardening, biking. She/her. 
Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social A culture and education website that tries to make the web a more intelligent place. Features free courses, movies, audio books, ebooks & thought-provoking daily posts.
Find us at: https://www.openculture.com/
Ingrid Kopp @ingridkopp.bsky.social Big fan of goats and decent WiFi. Co-founder, Electric South.
Currently: Africa, immersive media, nonfiction everything, internet access, AI ethics, audiences, creative ecosytems, joy.
https://www.electricsouth.org
Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com Voices of VR Podcast host: Insatiably curious, XR oral historian, & aspiring philosopher.
Exploring Tech Ethics, AI, XR, & Emerging Tech.
Patreon at http://patreon.com/voicesofvr
Mathieu G. 💫 @mgcinema.bsky.social Head of Industry GDM @GIFF_ch ❘ Explorer @xrmust in #Storytelling #Transmedia & #XR ❘ University speaker ❘ #Cinema addict 🍫
XRMust.com 💫 @xrmust.bsky.social Your best source for #immersive & #interactive experiences 🚀 The must of #XR creative content. #VR #AR #MR #Storytelling - By @mgcinema.bsky.social + @FHofnik.
Bradley Secker @bradleysecker.bsky.social Photojournalist & portrait photographer in Istanbul. Brit. Covering migration & LGBT rights, politics, culture, news & features. Nat Geo Explorer. Rep by Panos Pictures. bradleysecker.substack.com / bradleysecker.com
Jennifer Hattam @jenhattam.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Istanbul covering enviro, social, urban issues + art/culture/food/travel: https://www.jenniferhattam.com
(You may know me as TheTurkishLife on Twitter)
Subscribe to my arts+culture newsletter: https://istanbuletcetera.substack.com
Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social Opinion research and advocacy/political strategy in declining democracies and emerging autocracies. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to. Nice, FR
quirkglobalstrategies.com
linkedin.com/in/christinequirk
Quirkglobalstrategies: Substack