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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social 💰 gamifying fundraising for african entrepreneurs at lupiiyabooks.com 🚀 also writes @wargamingweekly.bsky.social 🎲
Nick Drage @sonofsuntzu.bsky.social Co-author of Random The Book: https://randomthebook.com/2026/05/29/its-here/
I'm abstractly interested in many things: https://blog.sonofsuntzu.org.uk/about
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Ian Curtiss @icurtiss.bsky.social Dad. Geopolitics. Game Designer. Cross-Discipline Research. Advisor.
www.csquaredpartners.net
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laurence pevsner @lpevs.bsky.social 📚 moynihan public scholar at ccny
🎲 riskgaming at lux capital
✊🏽abundance, nuance, democracy
✍️ former columnist at mcsweeney’s and lefty speechwriter at the UN, now working on a book about public apologies and a novel about buried treasure
Phil Betheil @trainsplainer.bsky.social New Yorker, Planner, Transit Geek. Opinions are my own.
Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes ≠ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
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📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
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Kojects @kojects.com Bringing you news and info about public transport and urban development projects around South Korea.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a nonpartisan, independent research institution devoted to studying international economic policy.
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Carnegie China. For speaking engagements, please write to chinfinpettis@yahoo.com
Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social Economist
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and worth looking up.
Bryce Durbin @dicebourbon.bsky.social Illustrator/designer, FOT, midwesterner. https://bio.site/brycedurbin https://brycedurbin.carrd.co/
Anthony Ha @anthonyha.bsky.social Writer, @TechCrunch.com weekend editor, Original Content co-host, loud karaoke singer
Romain Dillet @romain.bsky.social I run Hypertext.fyi, an opinionated tech newsletter. Former TechCrunch reporter. I live in Paris.
Tim De Chant @dechant.bsky.social Climate reporter at TechCrunch, lecturer at MIT. Previously at KSJ@MIT, NOVA, and Chicago Tribune. https://de-chant.com/tim
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Kirsten Korosec @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social Transportation editor @techcrunch.bsky.social.
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Matt Rosoff @mattrosoff.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of The Register
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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social Founder & Editor, @pathfounders.bsky.social | Formerly @TechCrunch | mike@pathfounders.com | Signal: mikebutcher.04 | Pathfounders.com | linkedin.com/in/mikebutcher | Speaker / Moderator | Founder: TheEuropas, Techfugees, TechVets | (MBE)
Ivan Mehta @mehtology.bsky.social Reporter @Techcrunch. I like saying “bleh”. Tips and fax im@ivanmehta.com
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies.
Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware.
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Manish Singh @refsrc.bsky.social
Equity Podcast @equity.bsky.social Equity is TechCrunch’s long-running, flagship podcast about the business of startups, unpacked by the writers who know best, twice a week across audio and video. | http://linktr.ee/Equitypod
Max Zeff @mzeff.bsky.social Writing - mostly about AI - for WIRED. I am maxwell, I am max, but I am not well. On signal at Mzeff.88
Charles Rollet @charlesrollet.bsky.social Tech reporter at Business Insider. Previously at TechCrunch. Bylines in WSJ, Wired, Vice, Foreign Policy.
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social Journalist & copywriter with 10+ years covering the tech industry, formerly senior cybersecurity reporter at TechCrunch. Bylines include IT Pro, LeadDev, The Register, The Telegraph, TIME, WIRED, & more.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com Security editor, TechCrunch
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@kyunghyuncho.bsky.social @kyunghyuncho.bsky.social a mediocre combination of a mediocre AI scientist, a mediocre physicist, a mediocre chemist, a mediocre manager and a mediocre professor.
see more at https://kyunghyuncho.me/
J. Doyne Farmer @doynefarmer.bsky.social Director of Complexity Economics at INET Oxford; Baillie Gifford Professor of Complex Systems Science at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford; external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute; Chief Scientist, Macrocosm
Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social Executive Director http://witness.org : video + tech + human rights; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes https://gen-ai.witness.org, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster.
Hyunsu Yim @hyunsuinseoul.bsky.social Correspondent for Reuters based in Barcelona. Previously in Seoul.
William Yang @williamyang120.bsky.social Senior North East Asia Analyst at @crisisgroup.org
Foreign correspondent covering East Asia in my previous life.
Email: wyang@crisisgroup.org
Anton Hur @antonhur.com Translator, bilingual author, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia), <하지 말라고는 안 했잖아요?> (어크로스). Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him.
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Karl Friedhoff @kfriedhoff.bsky.social
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social Pro-democracy conservatives Republicans fighting Trump & Trumpism.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Sr. writer @wired.com
Natsec, policing, surveillance
Signal: dell.3030
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
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Brian Fung @brianfung.me Googler and former tech policy reporter for CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic & National Journal. A few things I enjoy: 🎮 🚴🏕️🍳🖖
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Rebecca Bellan @rebeccabellan.bsky.social Journalist. Explorer. Potty Mouth. Bagel Aficionado. NYC.
Senior Reporter at TechCrunch. Co-host of the Equity podcast. Author of TechCrunch Daily AM newsletter.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Will Oremus @willoremus.com Covering online speech, the information economy and AI weirdness at @theatlantic.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
Signal: willoremus.24
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social Original research and commentary on what matters for city success.
Ellen Huet @ellenhuet.bsky.social the self is an illusion, but — I write features & podcasts about tech for Bloomberg / Businessweek
also writing a book about an alleged sex cult
ellenhuet.com
Szen @szen.bsky.social Clinical Research Associate in the Garnett Lab @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. Interested in cancer plasticity, multiplexed assays, ML, & comp bio.
https://ttszen.com/
Aaron Levie @levie.bsky.social
John Gruber @gruber.foo I write Daring Fireball and created Markdown.
Stanley Jonathan @stanleyj2.bsky.social
karpathy @karpathy.bsky.social AI @ OpenAI, Tesla, Stanford
Chip Huyen @chiphuyen.bsky.social AI x storytelling
AI Engineering: https://amazon.com/dp/1098166302
Designing ML Systems: http://amazon.com/dp/1098107969
@chipro
Gene Park @gene.meme Washington Post culture critic | Pacific Roots | DC Rock
Chris Allnutt @chris-allnutt.ft.com Journalist at HTSI/FT Weekend - ft.com/chris-allnutt
Jack Greenberg (그린버그 잭) @jackwgreenberg.bsky.social Independent Researcher and Freelance Writer. Former Global 🇰🇷 Scholar. 고려대학교 and McGill Alumnus. Currently working on contested histories, memory sites, and Korea’s truth commission.
📧 jwgreenberg@outlook.com
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Benjamin A. Engel @benjaminaengel.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at Dankook University. Research interests: Korean modern history, US-Korea relations, democracy and human rights
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
George R. R. Martin @grrm.bsky.social author, television writer, and television producer.- F Doug Fuller @fudaoge.bsky.social assoc prof at Copenhagen Business School
Erin Griffith @ering.bsky.social NYT reporter covering startups & venture capital
Writing a book about startups in the 2010s🦄
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Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social Tech Columnist at The Washington Post. Geoffrey.Fowler@washpost.com
C4ADS @c4ads.org We're a nonprofit organization with a mission to defeat the illicit networks that threaten global peace and security. RT ≠ endorsement. Learn more at https://c4ads.org/.
Cheen Euong Ang @hhhcce.bsky.social Stem cell and RNA biologist. McGill. Stanford. Postdoc Harvard CCB. Simons BTI Fellow. Incoming Assistant Professor. www.anglab.org
Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc I like to build things (@HopscotchLabs.co 🎧, Foursquare📱, Dodgeball 📟, @StockadeFC.com & @StreetFC ⚽️). Husband to Chelsa & Dada to 👧🏼🧒🏼&👶🏼. Splitting time btw NYC & Kingston, NY. Other keywords for the AI: snowboards, hot dogs
denniscrowley.com
Bijan Salehizadeh @bijans.bsky.social Healthcare investor. Howard Stern. Arcade Fire. Bowie. U2. California dreamin'
Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social 🎙️Host of @ProPublica’s new podcast, “Paper Trail”
🗓️New episodes on Thursdays
🕵️Investigative reporter and proud Minnesotan
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https://www.propublica.org/series/paper-trail
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
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