Sean of the Electromagnetic Field @sheepbop.bsky.social Nothing pithy
he/him
"There's something political about it but nobody knows what it is"
Indy @indy.bsky.social Coach. Strategy, AI-Human and more.
Politics Somewhat Meta
(if you know, you know)
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.
Cubicgarden | @cubicgarden@mas.to @cubicgarden.eurosky.social Futurologist and founder of cubicgarden.ltd. Previously senior firestarter at BBC RD,.
Emergent technology expert, public service supporter, defender of human scale flourishing, city dweller, European at heart and social geek event organiser.
GraceAndJustice @acsnet.bsky.social No one is free until everyone is free
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
Julia Higginbottom @gabysslave.bsky.social You can find me @croft_22 on TikTok
or on Signal 
MJ Lira @mjlira.bsky.social Digital rights advocacy and research | Decolonial | Digital sociology MSc from @uoe-sps.bsky.social | Peruvian in London
hopeful.technology
Subvert @subvert.fm Subvert is a music platform owned and controlled by a co-op of over 25,000 members. We are now LIVE.
www.subvert.fm
Paul Johnston @pdj.bsky.social Multi CTO, Climate, Data, Governance, Government, NED, advisor, strategist, ex AWS and GDS
Other: Green Party/ADHD/Leadership/Christianity
M: @pauldjohnston@mastodon.green
X: @pauldjohnston
@robcartwright.bsky.social @robcartwright.bsky.social 
Michael Bishop @michaelbishop.me civic minded technologist who likes to build things on the web. enjoys practicing Gyotaku. used to have people line up for his cooking.
I operate @tampamonitor.com
Tampa, FL
https://michaelbishop.me
he/him @miklb on Twitter/GitHub
revdancatt @revdancatt.com Contemporary printmaker 🇬🇧 pen plotters & algorithms.
Videos: https://youtube.com/revdancatt
Newsletter: https://newsletter.revdancatt.com
Website: https://revdancatt.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/revdancatt
Richard Stirling @rchards.bsky.social Helping government harness technology. 
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Tom Scott @tomscott.com I make things. They’ll probably come back to haunt me in a few years’ time. https://www.tomscott.com/
Tim O'Reilly @timoreilly.bsky.social Founder & CEO, O'Reilly Media. Doing my best to help good futures happen.
@tonyageh.bsky.social @tonyageh.bsky.social 
Hadley Beeman @hadleybeeman.bsky.social Architect for #openstandards, the Web and barcodes of all types. Tech policy. Ex-UK gov. Active in GS1, NHS & W3C. @hadleybeeman@w3c.social
Jo Roach @joroach.bsky.social C-Level operations, tech and data. Emergent wild thing.
Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
Professor Sue Black OBE @drblack.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science and Tech Evangelist at Durham University; International Keynote Speaker; #womenintech, #100moments tech #podcast host and so much more… https://linktr.ee/drsueblack
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania- D Dan Brickley @danbri.bsky.social data standards technologist. w3c, schema.org etc.
Edward Saperia @edsaperia.bsky.social Dean of The London College of Political Technology https://newspeak.house
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
Jennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social Author: Recoding America, Founder: Code for America, Co-founder: USDS and USDR.
Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social Founder @OpenInnovates non-profit, mission-led, innovation with data. Co-founder @TheDataCity mapping the world's economy with data.
Also #MDANT
Life is for living - let's get on with it.- M @mtbracken.bsky.social @mtbracken.bsky.social
Simon Wardley. @swardley.bsky.social Mapper. I like ducks, they're fowl but not through choice.
Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social Director General Reform and Efficiency, UK Cabinet Office
Allotmenteer, reader, over-enthusiast.
Here to learn and make things work better.- I Dominic Cameron @imagic.bsky.social CovertSwarm Track24 Sub(x) Moteefe Legacy of Lives Moonpig BeData BBC ITV lastminute.com PropertyFinder IntentHQ Harvard Edinburgh Cambridge http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagician/
- M Manar Hussain @manar.bsky.social London
Anna Powell-Smith @annapowellsmith.bsky.social nerd / https://anna.ps- B Ben Laurie @benlaurie.bsky.social Exploring the foundations of trust.
Paul Miller @paulnmiller.bsky.social Dad. Data. Books. Notre Dame Alum
Nick Ludlam @nick.recoil.org I’m a broad technologist/developer in games, video, vfx, web & mobile. Previously founder @ Playdeo, CTO @ BERG, Tech at Framestore & The Mill.
Dan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social Designer, urbanist &c. Director, Melbourne School of Design and Professor, University of Melbourne + Visiting Prof of Practice, UCL IIPP. Prev.: Vinnova (Swedish Gov innovation agency), Arup, Future Cities Catapult, SITRA (Finnish Innovation Fund), BBC
Kim Plowright @mildlydiverting.bsky.social Artist, drawing tutor, digital producer. Not entirely sure who she is any more.
Matt Webb 🌸🌼🌸 @genmon.fyi building inanimate.tech / blogger at interconnected.org
Francis Davey @francisdavey.bsky.social 
Tom Scott @tomscott.name Chief Digital Officer @PLOS.org. Previously responsible for Wellcome Collection’s digital transformation, Director of Product at Springer Nature, BBC /nature, /programmes /music &c. Oenophile and Type 1 Diabetic.
https://tomscott.name
Lisa Allen @lisaallen.bsky.social Work in data, love the environment (especially finding mushrooms) Interested in tech, open data, open source || Views are mine only
Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social Sustainable homes, resilient communities, strategic #retrofit, data geekery, policy wonkery and the good life. #ukhousing #energyefficiency #proptech
William Heath @williamheath.bsky.social Semi-retired social entrepreneur based in Bath, England. Current projects include Kelston Roundhill farm, Fairfield House (former home of HIM Haile Selassie I), Bath inter-faith work. Residual interest in digital public services. 
Emercoleman @emercoleman.bsky.social Used to do tech and government and society. Now interior design. There's a reason. Go figure
Fiona Romeo @foeromeo.bsky.social Museum curious, working towards universal access to knowledge at the Wikimedia Foundation. Views my own. 
Emrys Schoemaker @emryss.bsky.social digital, social & political transformation; research & policy @ Caribou Digital & fellow @ LSE & Graduate Institute, Geneva; RT ≠ endorsement
X: @emrys_s
Chi Onwurah @chionwurah.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West. Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social Columnist and writer at the Financial Times.
👩🏼💻 https://www.ft.com/jemima-kelly
Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Culture, politics, coffee.
ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social Loves art, culture, creative industries, politics, climate-action, equity, feminism, sunsets, London, Paris, Adelaide, Director Arts (Global) @BritishCouncil
Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social Journalist at the Financial Times, ex London Centric. Not the chancellor. Email me on rachel.rees@ft.com
Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk Queer political geek; proud social justice warrior, proud trans ally. Queering Wikipedia as chair of @wmlgbt.org; trustee @fasttrackcymru.bsky.social. ex-ORG & mySociety. Dysgwr. My opinions, not my employer’s. he/him
t.me/owenblacker
owen.blacker.me.uk
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
ModernDayNTK @modernday.ntk.net via http://NTK.net : premier lifestyle destination for '90s dotcom burnouts and has-beens
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Tristan Ferne @tristanfe.bsky.social Foresight, futuring and researching the internet at BBC R&D. Taking pictures of trees and clouds in England. Also found on Mastodon at https://assemblag.es/@tristanf
Joana Chicau @joanachicau.bsky.social joanachicau.com | joana.art
｡*: designer ｡*: researcher in data ethics ｡*: lecturer on computational arts & design ｡*: live coder ｡*: tango y nada mas ☆⌒.
Andy Newsam @astroandyn.bsky.social Astronomer, enthusiast and manic hand-waver. All views my own, etc.
He/Him/His
Patricia Alessandrini @alessandrini.bsky.social Composer/Sound Artist/Researcher/Performer of interactive electronic music
inclusive intermedial practice, designing/augmenting instruments
https://patriciaalessandrini.com/
@Palessandrini on Twitter patricia.alessandrini on Insta
photo by Michael Zerban
Wendy M. Grossman @wendyg.bsky.social Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy. New net.wars posting every Friday at https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net. Based London. Folksinger. 2024 CD: https://www.pelicancrossing.net/lasttriphome.htm. Not age-verified here; no DMs.
Sycamore Collective @sycamore-collective.org https://sycamore-collective.org
Sherry Turkle @sturkle.bsky.social Writer, thinker, mom, MIT prof & humanistic voice of caution about tech. My new book, Artificial Intimacy, is out in Sept 2026, available for preorder now.
Freerange_in @freerange-inc.bsky.social She/her. Part of the boring revolution at Dark Matter Labs. Recovered artist. Futures and research geek. Won’t tolerate transphobes.
David Bent @davidbent.bsky.social Founder: Atelier of What’s Next, a studio for initiatives at the frontier of generating a better future.
Edmund Hillary Fellow. Hon Lecturer: UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. Views own.
https://linktr.ee/davidbent
Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
https://royalsociety.org/
@mukul.works @mukul.works 
Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Imogen Parker @imogen-parker.bsky.social Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute. Mainly posting about AI, society and social policy.
Previously IPPR, Citizens Advice, 5Rights, Fabian Society.
image cred: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Talking to AI 2.0 / CC-BY 
James Hetherington @jamespjh.bsky.social Data and computers and code and people.
Lucy Hooberman @lucyh.bsky.social Recovering Academic. Prof. Digital Media & Innovation. Former TV and Film Producer ( BBC, Channel 4 UK) and BBC Exec Producer. Moved to Digital in 1999! Londoner and mum to a US citizen daughter.
Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social Engineering professor. Author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS (on Riverhead in the US+, on Torva in the UK+). Interested in embodiment, materiality, metacognition, and systems. All enthusiasm is 100% genuine. debcha.org
@lfcp.bsky.social @lfcp.bsky.social Accelerating climate and environmental action in cultural heritage.
James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: abundancepod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
Peter Hicks @poggs.com Director of OpenTrainTimes, vaccinator, phlebotomist, vegan, considerate cyclist, Open Data advocate, Dad-joke teller, cat and Italian Greyhound lap provider. Probably contains Java.
As seen on TV. Also not a goose. Or pipe smoker.
Sam @smithsam.bsky.social Believes in better data with informed privacy for all. Day job @medconfidential amongst other things. he/him http://is.gd/samblog 🧘♂️ #FILDI
Cambridge
Hannah Redler-Hawes she / her🕷️ @hannahredlerhawes.bsky.social Independent Curator / Museum bod. Own views.
Specialising in Contemporary and Interdisciplinary Arts (Digital / Media Art; Art + Science, Data, AI)
Director, Data as Culture at Open Data Institute (Associate)
Curator Oxford Cultural Programme (External)
Wendy Coello @wendycoello.bsky.social Director at dxw. Most things public sector digital and comms. Sheffielder.
Muki Haklay @mhaklay.bsky.social Professor at UCL, London; Team Lead at the Learning Planet Institute. Interested in public access, use, and creation of environmental information; citizen science, community science, scientific crowdsourcing or whatever you like to call it. 
Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social Responsible strategy, data & innovation consultant
Loves teaching
Founding partner, Corrick Wales & Partners
External lecturer, Grenoble Ecole de Management
Member, Society of Hopeful Technologists
#opendata #netzero
France
https://kathryncorrick.fr
Iain Buchan @profbuchan.bsky.social W.H. Duncan Chair in Public Health Systems, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Innovation, University of Liverpool @LivUni; public health physician; data scientist; social impact seeker; views own
Stephen Passmore @stephenpassmore.bsky.social Artist artpassmore.art mountains, music, green, sustainable, resilient, healthy cities https://www.futureoflondon.org.uk/ volunteer https://nationalparkcity.london/
Anna Starkey @imaginaryastronaut.xyz orbiting art and science | tall ish | they/them 🏳️🌈
imaginaryastronaut.xyz
Albert Wenger @albertwenger.bsky.social VC at usv.com, blog at continuations.com, book at worldaftercapital.org
Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social English technologist, founder and product designer living in San Francisco. Prev: BBC, Yahoo, Time Out, Nokia, Jawbone, Wired & Eero. Founded things too. Currently trying to find something to get excited rather than angry about. http://www.plasticbag.org
Electromagnetic Field @emfcamp.bsky.social A weekend of geekery in an internet-connected field. Returning in summer 2024.
Website: emfcamp.org
Fediverse: @emf@emfcamp.org
Twitter: twitter.com/emfcamp
Simon Pearson @simonpearson.bsky.social No valley too deep, no mountain too high
🌈 🏴
Composing / product / LGBTQ chat
Tom Taylor @tomtaylor.co.uk Co-founder & CPTO at https://breakroom.cc. Helps run @edinburghgravel.cc. Pushing the bees where they want to go.
Tom Insam @tom.movieos.org 
Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com He of the eponymous law. FRSA. Good at writing and sums. Degrowther, and not a fan of capitalism. Your pal. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines. Made by socialism and immigration, which seems to annoy people. Come for the headlines, stay for the Gramsci.
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social \o/
https://gilest.org • https://usethehumanvoice.com 
Matt Locke @matlock.bsky.social Founder of Storythings.com
Ben Terrett @benterrett.bsky.social CEO of Public Digital. Former Deputy Chair of UAL. .
/benterrett everywhere else.
www.benterrett.com
Phil Gyford @phil.gyford.com More active on Mastodon. Can't read DMs on here, but you can email me at phil@gyford.com
At https://www.gyford.com
In Herefordshire, UK.
Also runs @samuelpepys.bsky.social and @ooh.directory- W Stefan Magdalinski @whitelabel.org cats, tech, UX, Underworld
unordered lists.
Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🇪🇺 @zoonie.bsky.social I am me.
Roo Reynolds @rooreynolds.bsky.social Quite tall. Social justice worrier.