Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social Como todos los hombres de Babilonia, he sido procónsul; como todos, esclavo; también he conocido la omnipotencia, el oprobio, las cárceles.
very sane ai newsletter: verysane.ai
all writing: https://segyges.github.io/
also @antiantiai.bsky.social
Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor of AI & Society at Binghamton University (SUNY) - Civics of Technology Board Member - Luddite Praxis - Dad Life - he/him
hailey @hailey.at spreadsheet pusher.
agents, safety, and atproto.
opinions are my own, especially the bad ones.
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
jay Dragon is sleepy @jdragsky.bsky.social 29 🌱 she/her 🌱 editorial director at Possum Creek, lead game designer at Steve Jackson Games, award-winning trans gay 🌱 wrote wanderhome, yazeba's b&b, seven part pact, and others
email: jay@sjgames.com
Faeelin @faeelin.bsky.social 
Techdirt @techdirt.com A good old fashioned blog that has been covering tech, law, policy, and democracy for almost three decades now.
Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginia—
—but speaking for myself and in my own capacity here.
Be rude and you’ll be blocked.
scott b. weingart @scottbot.net past: circus performer; historian of science; librarian; grantmaker; chief data & evaluation officer at NEH.
present: dad; resident scholar at dartmouth; chief technology officer at the library of virginia.
personal account.
https://scottbot.github.io
jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I have friends everywhere | And I do enjoy my work |
linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
Julie Ahern 🍄 @mushroomjulie.bsky.social writer, designer, board game fan she/her
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social Anti-cynic. Towards a weirder future. Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, transportation systems, the works. Asst. Prof at NYU. Founding research scientist at Percepta.
https://emerge-lab.github.io
https://www.admonymous.co/eugenevinitsky
Romina Mahinpei @rmahinpei.bsky.social PhD Student @ Princeton CS | HCI + CSS
Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social Writer, game designer
Former Staff Writer @TheOnion & @ClickHole.
Words for Netflix, Jackbox Games, High On Life, Starship Troopers: Terran Command, Saints Row, Darkhorse, other places
alexanderblechman.com
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social Free expression advocate. Whiskey drinker. Friend of dogs. Views my own
Richard Moss @mossrc.bsky.social Writer/Director: @terrorbytesdoc.bsky.social | @scummdoc.bsky.social
Author: *A Tale of Two Halves*, *Shareware Heroes*, *The Secret History of Mac Gaming*, a book on Age of Empires 1 development
Australian
rich@mossrc.me
Stephanie Tuerk @stephanietuerk.net I design and develop interfaces for technical domains. Past lives in arch/history of arch. Generally interested in: ∩ of data/image/language; history of most things; frontend dev/web/TS; learning; dad jokes. Camberville, MA
John Gallagher @johnrgallagher.bsky.social Using qualitative & machine learning methods to study writers/content creators. I study the interaction between writers & audiences. Professor @ University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Dr. Ji Y. Son @cogscimom.bsky.social A cognitive scientist who happened to reproduce! Professor at CalStateLA. Teacher of statistics. Co-founder of CourseKata.org. Khaleesi of Inappropriate Ideas. Mother of Rascals.
Jake Orlowitz @jakeorlowitz.bsky.social Internet Citizen, Founder of the #Wikipedia Library, #1Lib1Ref, and the Wikimedia Consultants Network. Lead at #WikiBlueprint Consulting. Seeker of well people and sane societies. Project2029.me #resist
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social @EFF's Senior Counsel, 1st Amdt prof @ USF, ex-SFSU. NOT any of the other David Greenes, like the ex-NPR host, the ex-UGA QB, or the 1 who directed Grease. Posts r mine only, so hands off.
Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social Educator, author, consultant. Associate director at the University of Virginia Center for Teaching Excellence. Co-author of The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching. Host of the Intentional Teaching podcast. Birder.
Annette Vee @anetv.bsky.social Assoc Prof of English at Pitt, writes on computation and writing, teaching, tech. https://annettevee.substack.com/ https://www.english.pitt.edu/people/annette-vee
Heather Rose Walters @heatherwalters.bsky.social Writer of games/tv/film/books • bi mom who loves you • she/her • I made a game writing platform!!! ➡️ Iffly.co
Karen Gravett @kgravett.bsky.social Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Surrey | Sociology of HE | Editorial team, Sociology | Editorial board, Learning Media and Technology and Teaching in Higher Ed | Honorary Associate Professor, CRADLE at Deakin University | PFHEA
Indicator @indicator.media Indicator.media publishes original reporting, in-depth investigations, and practical tutorials on OSINT tools & techniques. We provide engaged citizens and professionals with the knowledge they need to fight digital deception.
Caro Williams-Pierce @therealcaro.bsky.social Half professor, half feral - and fully absentminded. Easily distracted by ideas about design, trust, and learning.
Fueled by curiosity, filled with rage.
She/her
w.s. healed | the HORIZON MACHINE @thehorizonmachine.bsky.social a machine that prints tabletop roleplaying games | https://thehorizonmachine.itch.io/ | despatches from w.s. healed (she/her) | games by w.s. healed & associates
Lance Eaton @leaton01.bsky.social Educator? Writer? PhD! Learner! Runner! Bi! #OpenAccess #EdTech #OpenPedagogy #AcademicPiracy #AIEducation posts=my own. Follow me at https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/
Liza Long @anarchistmom.bsky.social Writer, community college English professor, author "The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness." I am currently obsessed with generative artificial intelligence and open education. Artisanal Intelligence https://lizalong.substack.com/
Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social We're a research group at Carnegie Mellon University. We bring together expertise from across CMU to design, build, and study transformational games that shape how people think, feel, and behave.
Helen Toner @hlntnr.bsky.social AI, national security, China. Part of the founding team at @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social (opinions my own). Author of Rising Tide on substack: helentoner.substack.com
Noahpinion | Substack [Unofficial] @noahpinion.blog.web.brid.gy Economics and other interesting stuff. Click to read Noahpinion, by Noah Smith, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://noahpinion.blog/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/noahpinion.blog
LMG Security @lmgsecurity.bsky.social LMG Security is a top cybersecurity firm providing penetration testing, advisory services, training, & more. Our experts speak at conferences like Black Hat and RSA, and have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, & many other pubs.
no. @joles.bsky.social i’m timothee chalamet
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
Nick Tanzi @ntanzi.bsky.social Librarian, author, speaker, and technology enthusiast. For speaking engagements, or to read my thoughts on the intersection of libraries and emerging tech: https://the-digital-librarian.com/
Stephen T. Slota @steveslota.bsky.social Co-author of The Worldbuilding Workshop: Teaching Critical Thinking and Empathy Through World Modeling, Simulation, and Play
Learning Scientist, EdTech Expert, Instructional Designer, GameDev, Former K12 Teacher
They|Them 🏳️🌈🎮 https://www.steveslota.com/
Trent Hergenrader @thergenrader.bsky.social 
cal newport @author-calnewport.bsky.social Professor at Georgetown · Author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, Slow Productivity · Writing about focus, technology & meaningful work.
Marc Turnes @turnesfurnace.bsky.social Devoted Hubbie, Activist, Technologist, Writer, Cunning Linguist, Cartoonist, Improviser, Historian, Economist, Dungeon Master, etc.
"Specialization is for insects." -Heinlein
Zero tolerance for drama
Opinions expressed here are my own.
Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk.
senatefinance.bsky.social
wydenpress.bsky.social
Tommy Blanchard @tommyblanchard.bsky.social PhD in neuroscience, MA in philosophy. Writing about science and philosophy of mind: https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/
Bonni Stachowiak @bonni208.bsky.social Teaching in Higher Ed (@tihe) #podcast; teaching + learning; professor; married to Dave Stachowiak; mom of two curious kids
Andrew Perfors @perfors.net Prof at UniMelb. I'm a computational cognitive scientist studying human inference, learning, information systems, culture, and (mis/dis)info. Nerd & opinionated loudmouth in Oz, originally from America, citizen of both. Parent of two. 🏳️⚧️ perfors.net
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.
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social New York Times reporter on the investigations desk, focusing on technology and data journalism. Reach me on Signal at jenval.06 https://www.nytimes.com/by/jennifer-valentino-devries
Raiza Martin @rzamrtn.bsky.social just out here buildin
Sam Rose @samwho.dev That guy who makes visual essays about software at https://samwho.dev.
Developer Educator @ ngrok.com
He/him.
Colleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social I read a lot of links; I post a lot of links. Mostly special collections, archives, libraries, museums, history, & technology. (#GLAM).
I teach in an MLIS program at [redacted]. Does not represent my employer.
#RBMS26
John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social posting about posts at new york magazine
Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social law professor / other things
Jmiers@uakron.edu
Shreya Shankar @sh-reya.bsky.social PhD student at UC Berkeley. Thinking about MLOps, data analysis and processing with LLMs, HCI
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
@jgradlibs.bsky.social @jgradlibs.bsky.social 
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Dan Saffer @odannyboy.bsky.social Designer. Author. Professor. Neutral Good Gen Xer. San Franciscan in Pittsburgh. Keeper of the Saffervesence.
Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press).
Researcher, infolit/misinfo/rhetoric/civic reasoning. Currently researching AI as tool for critical thinking.
Chris Avellone @chrisavellone.bsky.social Dev/Writer: Planescape Torment, #Fallout 2/New Vegas, DivinityOS2, Prey, Into the Breach, #DyingLight2, Ex-Bloodlines 2, Star Wars: KOTOR2 & #JediFallenOrder, Judas, Marvel.
Cassie Kozyrkov @decisionleader.bsky.social CEO, AI Advisor, Keynote Speaker, fmr Chief Decision Scientist at Google
Newsletter: decision.substack.com
Kevin Comics @kevincomics.com New comics weekly. Or weakly - you decide
🖼️ Comics-only feed from @kevinmcshane.org
kevincomics.com
Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
https://www.jonathanedwarddurham.com
https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com
Nicole Hennig @nic221.bsky.social E-learning dev & AI educator at U of Arizona Libraries. Former head of UX at MIT Libraries. Winner of MIT Excellence Award. nicolehennig.com. Digital nomad from 2013-17, locationflexiblelife.com.
- vegetarian
- car-free
- universal basic income: yes
Dr. Fei-Fei Li @drfeifei.bsky.social Prof (CS @Stanford), Co-Director @StanfordHAI, Cofounder/CEO @theworldlabs, CoFounder @ai4allorg #AI #computervision #robotics #AI-healthcare
Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social game designer 
Sendhil Mullainathan @sendhil.bsky.social 
Adam Jerrett @twoleft.bsky.social Hi, I'm Adam, a game designer who wants to make the world a better place. Reality gamer, developer, and educator by day; pizza-loving, corgi-cuddling, and podcast-hosting by night.
Find me at: https://drjmakes.games
I made this: https://whatwetakewith.us
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social Voice Actor #Dispatch #Warhammer | Gamedev @layersdeep.bsky.social prev #GodofWarLaufey | Filmmaker @CharredPictures.com |
alanah@optshift.co
https://linktr.ee/alanahpearce
Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com 🙅🏻♀️ Author (2 books & The Wayfinder newsletter), disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse.
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org
😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
Dr. Amelia @ PAX West @wanderingshrink.bsky.social PsyD | Connecting gaming and psychology through therapy, consulting, and education | VP of GGC | Your friendly goth psychologist
https://linktr.ee/wanderingshrink
Constance Steinkuehler Squire @c0nstances.bsky.social professor, gamer, novice surfer, expert feminist, champion of the lil guy, hopeless romantic, art-n-fashionista, breeder of pirates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Steinkuehler
Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog
https://analoggamestudies.org
Kelly Clancy @kellybclancy.bsky.social Author of PLAYING WITH REALITY, how games have shaped our world— a New Yorker, Economist, Guardian book of the year. Neuroscientist prev @ MIT, Berkeley, UCL, DeepMind. Words in Wired, The New Yorker, WSJ, SciAm, Harper’s and more.
Louis Barclay @louisbarclay.bsky.social https://directing.attention.to. About: https://louis.work
SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social Official account of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal created by
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
Home of the ongoing webcomic SMBC, A City on Mars, and of little books featuring large concepts abridged beyond the point of usefulness.
The Golden Cobra Challenge @goldencobra.bsky.social A friendly annual games contest that explores the boundaries of freeform larp.
Check out this year's contest and all past submissions here: https://goldencobra.org
Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social Creative Lead: Disney, 20th Century Games.
Working on cool stuff like Alien, Predator, Simpsons, etc. Fmr Senior Game Writer, Narrative Designer
Opinions are mine. she/her
https://www.thewritegame.com
Questing for Glory: The History of Quest for Glory IN MORDAVIA @qfgbook.bsky.social Questing for Glory: The Definitive History of the Quest for Glory series, a book by Jason Mical with Lori and Corey Cole - coming soon from Bitmap Books!
Davey Wreden @hellocakebread.bsky.social The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide, Wanderstop
Jamie Madigan @jamiemadigan.bsky.social My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
https://jesperjuul.net
Diana Fay @dianaoftherose.com A TTRPG nerd who multiclassed into pretty much everything else.
Creator, Twitch/YouTube Partner, host, panelist, performer, Twitch Advisor, model.
https://linktr.ee/dianaoftherose
Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. 🇺🇸EN/🇩🇪DE ♂
Interview/conference inquiries to pr@obsidian.net
Meghan O'Rourke @meghanor.bsky.social Writer and poet | Editor of The Yale Review | Professor of Creative Writing at Yale | playing with a Substack about writing
Most recent book: THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM: REIMAGINING CHRONIC ILLNESS, which was a finalist for the nonfiction National Book Award.
Almost Bedtime Theater @almostbedtime.bsky.social 🎲Dad & creator of all-ages TTRPGs
📚CRIT Award winner: The Librarian's Apprentice solo RPG
🦋ENNIE-nominated: Song of the Scryptwyrm solo RPG
🎙️Family-friendly podcast of kids playing and reviewing role-playing games
🔗 http://bio.link/AlmostBedtimeTheater
Fazl Barez @fbarez.bsky.social Let's build AI's we can trust!
https://fazlbarez.com
Annie K. Lamar @aklamar.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Computational Classics at UC Santa Barbara
Patrick Fessenbecker @pfessenbecker.bsky.social Teaching writing and ethics to engineers, writing a book on George Eliot. Deactivate frequently/whenever I'm annoyed by notifications.
Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social Founder, WAYE
Futurist
🇨🇦
Very Sane AI Newsletter @verysane.ai Ideas in AI, preferably in English. Mostly what and why, a little how.
@eleutherai.bsky.social @eleutherai.bsky.social 
Liz Cable 🎲 👾 🔜 UKGE @lizcable.bsky.social Game-based learning & community-building
Educator, Author, Experience Designer
ARGs, LARPs, Escape Games
Convener of #GamesInEdu26 at #UKGamesExpo
CfP: https://bit.ly/UKGECFP
web: www.Linktr.ee/lizcable
Start here: https://bit.ly/GamesinEdu
Amba Kak @ambakak.bsky.social I co-direct @AINowInstitute; @Signalapp board. Cover art by my mother https://shoumabanerjeekak.com/about-the-artist/
Sarah Myers West @smw.bsky.social Current: Co-Executive Director @AINowInstitute | Former: Senior Advisor on AI @FTC | She/her