Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website anthropology, algorithms, attention | he/him | The conversation is characterized by Nick's use of language, but the content of the discussion remains unknown.
Alix Dunn @alixdunn.com I bloop about the politics of technology and host the Computer Says Maybe podcast: https://www.themaybe.org/podcast
ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social She/her Permadoc @ UOregon zebrafish community
NIH and 501c3 funded scientist Molecular genetics of human diseases
Married to a cute OD
Parent of two awesome grown people
Daughter of a mild-mannered mom in memory care
Definitely a wokester
I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app Ask around boy I’m hotter than Picante
Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science 👁️ https://olivia.science
🍃 https://metatheory.space
associate professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu One of the world's top schools in information science. Offering degrees in Informatics, Library and Information Science (MLIS), Information Management (MSIM), and Museology, and doctorates in information science. Seattle, WA.
https://ischool.uw.edu/
DAIR Possible Futures @dairfutures.bsky.social A workshop series where we make zines that answer the question: what happens when we imagine otherwise?
Run by @dylnbkr.bsky.social and @paulinewee.bsky.social from @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Sign up for workshops:
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Andrea Rosales @andrearosalesc.bsky.social Associate professor on digital communication at UOC. Researcher on the impact of AI in society, digital ageism and generative ageism.
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown, Esq. @lydiaxzbrown.com Still masking. I wear many hats+juggle many balls. Following is not friendship.
Collective liberation means collective care. Disability Justice is my political+community home.
Ly Xīnzhèn is a double name like Mary Lou or Abdul Lateef.
Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate citizen & Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota, Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) Canada. MSP/SAN
https://kimtallbear.substack.com; https://www.youtube.com/@ktallbear
The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social AI is not inevitable. We DAIR to imagine, build & use AI deliberately.
Website: http://dair-institute.org
Mastodon: @DAIR@dair-community.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/
dylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social Lead research engineer @dairinstitute.bsky.social, social dancer, aspirational post-apocalyptic gardener 🏳️🌈😷
I run workshops @dairfutures.bsky.social. Always imagining otherwise.
they/he
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app Martial artist, motorcyclist, pragmatist, comics philosopher, queer phenomenologist.
Assistant Prof @CSUN. Japanese philosophy, race, gender, disability, tech/AI. Inquiries: johnathan.flowers@csun.edu
IRON LORD. Rider of the mind shaitan. He/Him/His 🏳️🌈
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app Assistant Prof Philosophy & Data Sci.
PhD Sci., Technology, & Society
MA Philosophy & Religious Studies
"AI" Criticality; Centering Marginalized Exp. in Tech; Magic; Knowledge, Values, Beliefs
He/Him
Unless explicitly stated, not speaking for my employer
The New Republic @newrepublic.com Ideas. Influence. Impact.
TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today.
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Ben Cartwright @benfantastika.bsky.social Eraser, collagist, poet, fiction writer, mixed media, ceramics, printmaking, community college professor, arcade cabinet maker, roller of polyhedral dice, big-time yapper
https://linktr.ee/bencartwright
Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social Founder of Cognitive Resonance, a new venture dedicated to helping people understand human cognition and generative AI. Advocate for humans.
Newsletter: https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/
Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol @mireiafa.bsky.social Digital Communication - Digital Sociology - Later life - Ageing - Ageism
Social Peripheries
Professor (prof. catedràtica), Digital Communication
Gerontological Society of America @geronsociety.bsky.social Founded in 1945, we are the largest and most established interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging.- B Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves @barbaraneves.bsky.social Sociologist of tech + aging + loneliness | Senior Horizon Fellow on AI and Ageing @sydneyuni | #ABCtop5 | International Sociological Assoc. Board Member | Ed Board @sociologyjnl
Social Work Podcast @socworkpodcast.bsky.social Founded in 2007. The Social Work Podcast is the first podcast by and for social workers. Big names talking about bigger ideas. Check out socialworkpodcast.com for an irregularly scheduled podcast about all things social work. This is a Twitter archive. 
Virginia Eubanks @virginiaeeubanks.bsky.social Writer working for an abundant, peaceful, and equitable future.
NEW MEMOIR (8/11/26): A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care and Survival. Preorder: bit.ly/4hAFUJb https://virginia-eubanks.com/
Prof. Jennie Roe-mick 🏳️🌈 @romich.bsky.social Social welfare scholar, recovering neoliberalist, mom, enthusiastic punctuator!!!!
👎🏻: poverty, late-stage racial capitalism
👍🏻: admin data, social workers in policy, work-life balance
UW SSW but sky-eets R mine
Pic1: ww on zoom
Pic2: the mess offscreen
Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social DEI hire. Prof of Primary Care, Uni of Oxford. Researching digital health/ inequities, covid prevention (masks/ air quality). Wild swimmer. Mum to Rob (marine bio) & Al (doc). She/her. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=QDCqsJwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
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
Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social The Civics of Technology (CoT) project aims to empower students and educators to critically inquire into the effects of technologies on their individual and collective lives. Find updates here or by subscribing to our newsletter at civicsoftechnology.org.
Black in Gerontology & Geriatrics @blackingeron.bsky.social Black in Aging: Amplifying Black Excellence in Aging Research, Teaching, & Practice.
Contact: info@blackingeron.org
Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social Professor, researcher, maker of things
Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social Data journalist, AI scholar, NYU professor. Author, MORE THAN A GLITCH: CONFRONTING RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY BIAS IN TECH and ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE: HOW COMPUTERS MISUNDERSTAND THE WORLD. meredithbroussard.com
TechTonic Justice @techtonicjustice.bsky.social For the people AI leaves behind. A multidimensional, community-based effort to strengthen local justice movements + build long-term power. Launched 11/19/24. Founder: @kevindeliban.bsky.social
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/techtonicjustice
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
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Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
Helen Manchester @helenmanchester.bsky.social Prof participatory sociodigital futures, ageing, co-design, culture, Bristol, uk
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
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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)
Barb Marshall @socbarb.bsky.social Sociologist, feminist, ally: also music geek, juniper enthusiast, dog-lover, adventurous cook. Emeritus Professor, Trent University, now living on Vancouver Island
Andreas Bischof @andreasbischof.bsky.social Sociologist with interest in Technology & Culture. Here for critical content on digital tech and data in people’s lifeworlds. Oh, and fun.
Website: https://andreasbischof.net
Current projects: https://mytuc.org/pwsh
Writings: https://mytuc.org/ppwn
Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social We are 4S, an international, nonprofit association focused on the social studies of science, technology and medicine (#STS). Next Annual meeting October 7-10, 2026.
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/
Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social The global network for surveillance studies research. Surveillance & Society journal https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society, conferences, workshops, mentoring, prizes & more. Join us here: https://surveillance-studies.net
Juliane Jarke @julianejarke.bsky.social Prof of Digital Societies at Uni Graz | #CriticalDataStudies - #FeministSTS - #ParticipatoryResearch in #education #ageing #publicsector | Feminist Sci-Fi & SolarPunk | www.sociodigitalfutures.info
Sally Chivers @sallychivers.bsky.social Prof, podcaster, disc golfer. Fighting ageism one story at a time on Wrinkle Radio.
Nicole Dalmer @nicoledalmer.bsky.social McMaster University Associate Professor & Gilbrea Centre Director (Acting). I look @ info, care, tech, libraries, & aging. I love coffee & pinball. she/her
@sociogerontechnet.bsky.social @sociogerontechnet.bsky.social 
ENAS @enas-agestudies.bsky.social European Network in Aging Studies: est. in 2010. Committed to critical age studies in the humanities.
https://temp.agingstudies.eu/
North American Network in Aging Studies @nanetworkinaging.bsky.social We facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and methodologies that bridge the medical and social sciences and the humanities, supporting research that increases understandings of the cultural meanings of aging.
https://agingstudies.org
Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social We are a collective of academics who believe that higher education is vital to a functioning democracy--and we will fight for it. https://www.wearehighered.org
Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social I am a law professor and information scientist at the University of Washington. I have a new book about law and technology that I hope you read. 💙
Dr. Jullie Gray @julliegray.bsky.social Dog mom, social worker, educator, innovator, nature lover, #SocialJustice, #ethics #healthcare, #aging, #dementia, #PNW, University of Washington. 🚫 No DMs! 🚫 I'm not interested in flirting/dating and will block.
Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
Deb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley. 
Eve L. Ewing @eveewing.bsky.social I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
adrienne maree brown @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social writer. gardener of healing ideas. emergent strategist, pleasure activist. earthling. good witch. homecoming southerner.
https://linktr.ee/adriennemareebrown
Autumn Brown @autumnmeghanbrown.bsky.social Front-woman of AUTUMN (the band), cohost of How to Survive the End of the World (podcast), single mama of three, queerdo artist theologian exploring fugitivity in the wilderness.
Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com Host of the Assembly Required podcast. Democracy, DEI, policy, small business & storytelling. Opinions are my own. My latest novel CODED JUSTICE IS OUT NOW!
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all- M M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
Seattle Public Library @spl.org Meet Me at the Library! 📚✨ You visited us 3.4 million times last year 🚶
We bring people, information and ideas together to enrich lives and build community 📚
The Markup @themarkup.org Challenging technology to serve the public good.
Send tips: http://mrkup.org/tips. Subscribe: http://mrkup.org/klaxon. Support: http://mrkup.org/donate.
Vera Gallistl @gallisv.bsky.social PhD // Sociologist // Assistant Professor for Gerontology at Karl Landsteiner University
Tech Policy Lab @techpolicylab.bsky.social A unique collaboration at the University of Washington enhancing technology policy through research, education, and thought leadership. 
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social 🏛️ King County Council, District 8
💪 Proudly pro-worker and pro-union
🏡🩺 Advocate for affordable housing & healthcare
😂 Pun enthusiast
Luke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 just a simple country AI ethicist | Assistant Professor, Western University 🇨🇦 | Co-Director, @starlingcentre.bsky.social | he/his/him | | no all-male panels |#BLM | 🏳️⚧️ ally | views my own
https://starkcontrast.co/
https://starlingcentre.ca/
We Care for WA Cares @approve8201.bsky.social WA Cares makes it possible for all Washingtonians to get the long-term care we need, when we need it. Learn more at https://wecareforwacares.org
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
https://cdt.org
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Justice in Aging @justiceinaging.org Since 1972, we've used the power of the law to fight senior poverty nationwide. Explore our resources: https://to.justiceinaging.org/resources
Sunaura Taylor @sunaura.bsky.social Artist, writer, scholar of disability, animal studies, and environmental justice. Author of Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert and Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation.
Zoe Corbyn @zoecorbyn.bsky.social Freelance journalist writing about science, technology, research, higher education and ideas. Based in San Francisco. www.zoecorbyn.com // zoe@zoecorbyn.com 
Ben Green @benzevgreen.bsky.social Author of ALGORITHMIC REALISM: DATA SCIENCE PRACTICES TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE (Oct 6, MIT Press). Assistant Professor of Information and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. https://www.benzevgreen.com
AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/ 
Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social Common Cyborg | NB ND Mad Bean | Disability and Epistemology | Research Ethics and Dissensus
Mark Díaz @blahtino.bsky.social Dr. (the medically useless kind) | HCI + AI research scientist @Google | @Northwestern TSB | @Stanford STS | t1 diabetic | he/him | 🇨🇺🇩🇴🏳️🌈
Milagros Miceli @milamiceli.bsky.social Sociologist & Computer Scientist
PI: @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
Research Lead @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Research Lead @dairinstitute.bsky.social
🌐 milamiceli.com
Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social linktr.ee/deanspade 
ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com anthropologist [no longer] yelling at engineers. feral.
signal -> @ali.01
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha @thellpsx.bsky.social writer, The Way Disabled People Love Each Other, Future Is Disabled, Care Work, Bodymap,Dirty River co-ed w/@ejeris of Beyond Survival ,1/3rd of http://cripsforesimsforgaza.org. seen a lot, still doing the rest. brownstargirl.org
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
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
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Solon Barocas @s010n.bsky.social Researcher, Microsoft Research
Anna Lauren Hoffmann @annalauren.bsky.social “listen up fives, a ten is speaking” / data, tech, discourse, critique / assoc prof @ UW iSchool
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social ✍🏽 • RACE AFTER TECHNOLOGY: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code • VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want • IMAGINATION: A Manifesto 📚www.ruhabenjamin.com
Karen Levy @karenlevy.bsky.social Law/tech, surveillance, work, truckers. Faculty Cornell Information Science, Cornell Law / Fellow @NewAmerica / Data Driven: http://tinyurl.com/57v559mv / www.karen-levy.net
Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social www.IlyaKaminsky.com
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot