By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social BECOMING DUCHESS GOLDBLATT (HMH, 2020).- O Orit Daly @oritdaly.bsky.social Potter, Ceramic artist, History and pottery teacher, proud Jew, just trying to get through the day.
Lisa Daly Lehmann @lisadalylehmann.bsky.social Delivery Director at ITX.com (posts are my views only.) PhD in American History from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. 2008 Obama Delegate.
Shoshana Daly @shoshdaly.bsky.social Undergrad Biochem major at Tufts University
Researcher in the Hengel Lab 🧬
I love science, frisbee and the great outdoors 🏔️
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
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Mike Waters @mikewaters.bsky.social Writer, editor, reader, general words bloke
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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Ashley Willis-McNamara @ashley.dev 👩💻 Sr Dir of DevRel at @GitHub.
🔥 Grandmother of the first-ever hellthread.
🖨️ Will probably convince you to buy a 3D printer.
Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social Opinions my own. https://sarah.dev
Distinguished Engineer @ Google, Chrome
Formerly Google Core Infrastructure
Formerly Vue Core •
Frontend Masters teacher •
O'Reilly Author •
https://www.engmanagement.dev/
https://github.com/sdras
Clint Smith @ghouljaw.bsky.social Distortion.
https://clintsmithfiction.com/
https://linktr.ee/clintsmithfiction
Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social We explore and catalog the history of technophobia and moral panic.
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Christoph Laaber @christoph.laaber.net Software Engineer at Telenor Linx | PhD in Computer Science
https://laaber.net
Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social Daniel Lemire is a Computer Science Professor at the University of Quebec (TELUQ). Daniel Lemire ranks in the top 2% of scientists worldwide according to Stanford University/Elsevier's 2024 ranking. 
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Attorney. Former Congressman, NY-17. Champion for democracy and working families. A better world is possible.
The Hugo Awards @thehugoawards.bsky.social Science fiction’s most prestigious awards. TheHugoAwards.org- I Ioana Baldini @ioanauoft.bsky.social
Douglas Keith @douglaskeith.bsky.social @BrennanCenter.org, focus on courts + state constitutions. Co-founding editor @StateCourtReport.org. Dad.
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Deb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley. 
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
Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social information science professor (tech ethics + internet stuff)
kind of a content creator (elsewhere also @professorcasey)
though not influencing anyone to do anything except maybe learn things
she/her
more: casey.prof
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.- G Glutanimate @glutanimate.bsky.social
Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.rummanchowdhury.com
www.humane-intelligence.org
CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence
US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
Kristy Tillman @kristy.bsky.social Bored Technologist. Aspiring Writer. This is a lifestyle account.
https://www.thestraddlers.com/
1887 forever 🧡💚🐍
nelhage @nelhage.bsky.social Computers can be understood!
https://blog.nelhage.com/
Tanya Reilly @whereistanya.bsky.social https://noidea.dog
https://hachyderm.io/@whereistanya/
Marc Brooker @marcbrooker.bsky.social Serverless, databases, and serverless databases at AWS. Views my own.
Check out my blog: https://brooker.co.za/blog/
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social UFW - fighting for farm workers since 1962. Sí Se Puede!®
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Ted Lasso @tedlassobelieve.bsky.social
Nellie @helenmurphy.bsky.social 
Poorly Aged Things @poorlyagedstuff.bsky.social showcasing poorly-aged things. shill sometimes but no ads. i don’t like elon musk very much 🏳️⚧️ reposts ≠ poorly aged. header: @NipChipCookies icon: @dreamywolfdd
BobbyD @bobbyd-fl.bsky.social 20+ yrs in Tech | 🗣️ #TheTechHustle Podcast | Motivational🎙️| ex-Twitter Engineer 👨🏾💻 | 🇭🇹 🌍
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cole @jcolebrand.bsky.social @jcolebrand on most of the networks you find devs on
Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social OG Black feminist storyteller • Award-winning author of WEIGHTLESS and LAWC • Cofounder @theflytrapmedia.com • Directing writing @empowermentave.bsky.social • I live where the sky ends
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev Knuck if you buck practitioner
Lea Kissner @leak.bsky.social Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social Principal Frontend Engineer. Fairy Gitmother at ohshitgit.com. Thoughts are mine not my employer’s #GNUTerryPratchett
Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la southern roots, oakland blossoms 🌸
tech blah blah
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Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis
probably on threads https://www.threads.com/@theericajoy- C Cindy Sridharan @copyconstruct.bsky.social
rands @rands.bsky.social Writer of leadership things. Keynote enthusiast. I don’t tweet about my current gig. https://randsinrepose.com
Mike Martin @mgfm99.bsky.social Teach philosophy Oxford and UC Berkeley 
Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com Writing The Pragmatic Engineer (@pragmaticengineer.com), the #1 technology newsletter on Substack. Author of The Software Engineer's Guidebook (engguidebook.com). Formerly at Uber, Skype, Skyscanner. More at pragmaticengineer.com
Matt Walker @funnymatt.bsky.social Comedian, nerd, self proclaimed non expert on serial killers
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