Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social “Lesbian consultant.” “Your favorite poster’s favorite poster.” “A good argument, just miles outside the scope.” Union girlie powered by iced tea and Carly Rae. I will never watch a video. Please be normal in my mentions.
DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social Pushing back against mass surveillance. Based in Redmond, WA.
Cancel Flock! 🚫
Ban ALPRs! 🚫
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pennica @pennica.bsky.social Maturely antifascist.
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Five Boro Defenders @5borodefenders.bsky.social NYC public defenders, attorneys & advocates organizing around the systemic injustices of the criminal legal system.
Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social Cool Zone Media is a podcast network that doesn’t mince words: we are living through the collapse of the known, and the birth of a new unknown.
https://www.coolzonemedia.com/
Yup, it's Dave posting mostly Thorin and Pacha! @daverankin.bsky.social Their names are Thorin Oakenshield GPR and Pachacuti GPR. NYC based pops, husband, cat dad, and civil rights attorney. 🚲🗽🌃🎸 (he/him) https://www.blhny.com/david-rankin
@apronnotebooks.bsky.social @apronnotebooks.bsky.social
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social Producers of radical culture
Podcasts:
Live Like the World is Dying, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, The Spectacle
https://www.tangledwilderness.org/
https://www.patreon.com/c/strangersinatangledwilderness/
Jane Fox @janefox.bsky.social Now: UAW 2325, representing Legal Aid Attorneys in NYC
Then: public defender
Always: GBM widow, fighting to cancel student debt | she/her
Adam M. Elewa @adamelewa.bsky.social Criminal Defense. Adjunct Professor.
Wilder Maker // Gabriel Birnbaum @wildermaker.bsky.social
pluto 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @plutosmoons.bsky.social manufactured despondency is one our oppressor’s primary tactics of abuse. free them all. Labor 4 Palestine 🇵🇸
Elizabeth Bailey @elizabethbailey.bsky.social Trial Lawyer. Tweets (and typos) mine/not legal advice! Certified to operate a forklift, but pretty terrible at it.
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Ryan The Terrible @ryantheterrible.bsky.social Punk dad, music booker, pizza freak, drinking enthusiast, wrestling guy.
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Elbert Mets @elbertjmets.bsky.social turning the pedals with TBD
Elizabeth Marcello @lizlikesbikes.bsky.social bikes, cities, public authorities, good government. NYC. She/Her.
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David @dpll.bsky.social Cycling. Photography. Coffee. COYS.
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LAS Attys United @lasattysunited.bsky.social Organizing for justice since 1969 | Unionized Attorneys of The Legal Aid Society | Representing NYers across 5 boroughs | Part of @alaa2325 & the fighting @uaw
Kyle Schnitzer @kyleschnitzer.bsky.social a reporter covering courts! Was a sportswriter in another life. Bylines: Vanity Fair, Vice, Robb Report, artnet and others
@kthrns.bsky.social @kthrns.bsky.social
@cyclocrosss.bsky.social @cyclocrosss.bsky.social
Esther Wang @estherxlwang.bsky.social Freelance writer and editor | Formerly: @hellgatenyc.com senior editor
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Gustaue Flavbert @cataribartok.bsky.social Man, just some dude
https://hiddenfountain.bandcamp.com
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social Co-founder and journalist at 404media.co
I read every email
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social journalist / co-founder @404media.co
signal: sam.404 (sensitive comms)
sam@404media.co (everything else)
complain about the paywall, catch a block
It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social In search of new forms of life. Sharing news, podcasts, and opinion about autonomous social movements across so-called North America.
Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social Here for some skeets!
I rarely see @s because Bluesky notifications are broken!
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Thanks!
Boedi Boedi @landsoftly.bsky.social 🎙️📹📸about bikes; mostly racing.
Caley Fretz @caleyfretz.bsky.social Building Escape Collective and also a few sets of Legos
Jonny Long @jonnylong.bsky.social journalist @escapecollective.bsky.social + purveyor of the Spin Cycle podcast and newsletter 📩
Escape Collective @escapecollective.bsky.social Member-funded cycling media, brought to you by you.
Signal @signal.org Signal is a nonprofit end-to-end encrypted communications app. Privacy isn’t an optional mode, it’s the way Signal works. Every message, every call, every time. https://signal.org/donate/
משה האָלעב @mishaholleb.bsky.social מחבר און טראנססעקסואלער פרומער יידישער אנארכיסט (ער/אים)
Author and transsexual orthodox Jewish anarchist (he/him)
Founder of the Pink Peacock @dirozevepave.bsky.social
www.mishaholleb.com
Athena Mae @athenamae.bsky.social I feel that it’s important we consider all dimensions like, oh I don’t know, maybe it’s a trap?- G @gideonoliver.bsky.social @gideonoliver.bsky.social
Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @stopspyingny.bsky.social Fighting to abolish local & state surveillance.
Yael Grauer @yaelwrites.com Pulitzer-winning investigative tech reporter. Looking for TPM roles supporting cybersecurity teams. 💕
📣 https://yaelwrites.com
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Nina Loshkajian @ninalosh.bsky.social
The Intercept @theintercept.com Fearless, adversarial journalism. Join our newsletter to get our best investigative reporting delivered to you: https://theintercept.com/newsletter/
Albert Fox Cahn 🦊 @foxcahn.bsky.social @STOPSpyingNY founder; @CarrCenter @yaleisp, @ashoka, & @TEDTalks fellow; 100+ bylines in NYTimes, Guardian, Wired, etc. Was @WeilGotshal & @Harvard_Law. He/him
Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept
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MJ Knefel @mjknefel.bsky.social I’m a cohost of the Page 7 podcast and the parent of several children and cats
Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social inside fishsticks outside tarter sauce
Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social Artist. Author of NY Times bestseller HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND
my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/
Mollycrabapple.com
Mollycrabapple.substack.com
Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social Co-founder @hellgatenyc.com. Writing about cops, courts, jails, prisons and NYC. You may have known me on Twitter as @macfathom. nick [at] hellgatenyc dot com. On Signal at NickPinto.11
Public Defendering @foddery.bsky.social Public defender ⚖️ Criminal Defense Attorney 🆘 Don’t talk to cops 🐽 Cajun/Creole to the marrow⚜️Louisiana vs all y’all🦞
Maggie Mayhem @maggiemayhem.bsky.social SWer Rights • Harm Reduction • Repro Justice • Thanatology • Anarchist • Fiber Art • Hacker Groupie • MaggieMayhem.Com
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Hackers On Planet Earth 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @hope.net HOPE Conference
The New Yorker Hotel
August 14-16, 2026
NY, NY
https://hope.net
2600 - The Hacker Quarterly @2600.com Since 1984, 2600 Magazine has published the hacker perspective and documented the development of the hacking community. In addition to the magazine, we have a weekly radio show ("Off The Hook") and a biennial conference (Hackers On Planet Earth - HOPE).
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404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
NYC Mesh @nycmesh.bsky.social Community Internet- nycmesh.net
We are a diverse group of volunteers dedicated to ending the digital divide and extending high-speed, reliable internet to all New Yorkers.
Crypto & Privacy Village @cryptovillage.bsky.social We help bring cryptography & privacy knowledge to the hacker community.
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
ifwhenhow @ifwhenhow.bsky.social Defending the right to choose if, when, and how we build our families. Home to both the Repro Legal Helpline (reprolegalhelpline.org) and the Repro Legal Defense Fund (reprolegaldefensefund.org)
Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
BostonJoan 🏳️🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University
www.criticalinternet.org
Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social linktr.ee/deanspade
jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociologist.
https://jbenmenachem.com/
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
civil rights lawyer
author of usual cruelty (2019) and
copaganda (2025)
any views expressed here are my own, and not those of civil rights corps
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social Building a vibrant Jewish Left in NY, fighting arm-in-arm with our neighbors for care not cops. Extremely pro-glitter. https://www.jfrej.org/
Dr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social 📝 ‘Migrants in the Digital Periphery’ for Uni. Of California Press, ‘Resisting Borders+Tech’ @haymarketbooks. Assistant Professor @Cambridge Digital Humanities. Research/advice @Amnesty Tech. Views=own
Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center. Coordinator Policing and Social Justice Project. Author The End of Policing.
Alan Kessler @alankessler.bsky.social Attorney. Activist. Public records, transit, bikes, and abundant housing.
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
The Appeal @theappeal.org We are a worker-run newsroom reporting on the harms of the criminal legal system.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social Reporter covering legal affairs for ProPublica. Have a tip? molly.redden@propublica.org or find me on Signal at mollyredden.14
Ziva Branstetter @zivabranstetter.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winner (2025) & finalist (2015). Editing roles @propublica.org, @washingtonpost.com, @Revealnews.org, @Tulsaworld.com. Proud co-founder of @readfrontier.bsky.social. Native Arkansan. Now an Okie. Let’s go OKC Thunder!
Kirsten Berg @kirstenberg.bsky.social Research Reporter at @ProPublica.org
Anthony Kava @anthonykava.forensic.coffee hacker ║ speaker ║ chaotic good ║ LE but EFF ➡️ cyber crime, infosec, digital forensics ║ not my employer’s ║ (he|him) 🕵️⚖ https://forensic.coffee
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Tara @tmseplavy.bsky.social Bikes, ska music, and carbohydrates.
danielle @dkosecki.bsky.social Former journalist now working the content mines in this late-capitalist hellscape. (she/her)
📍Morrison, CO
Elena @elc111.bsky.social
Amanda Jack @ajjack.bsky.social she/her CUNY Law alum fighting the racist crim punishment system first as a public defender and now as director of policy at the nation's oldest and largest public defender office. NYC mom to 2 public school kids/cyclist who wants more protected bike lanes
This Is a Bills Stan Account @malarkeymags.bsky.social Be good, do good, god bless, go bills (she/her)
Ohio State alumna, public defender, never met a sports doc, beach, or cat I didn't like.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
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Georgia @stitchedinsound.bsky.social I do climate stuff and music stuff in the Ocean State
I write about climate stuff, books, and more here: https://moss-news.ghost.io/
Born at 340 ppm
Matthew Nefstead @mnefstead.bsky.social Canadian lawyer, plant-eater, troublemaker. Victoria, BC / lək̓ʷəŋən territory.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Week 1 Pigskin @buffalopigskin.bsky.social Rory's dad. #BillsMafia. #StihlsMafia. #CricketAus.
MTA Subway Alerts 🤖 @subwayalerts.bsky.social Unofficial feed derived from the MTA Subway Alerts API by @turtlekiosk.bsky.social
Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social Writer, dog lover, cat lover, and human rights advocate. My personal takes. Read my stories on race, law, and human rights: https://www.salon.com/writer/jonathan-hutson
NACDL @nacdl.org The nation’s criminal defense bar association & liberty's last champion since 1958. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) envisions a society where all accused of crimes receive fair, rational, and humane treatment. linktr.ee/NACDL
mansamus @mansam.us low-res lurker, computer scientist, researcher, tinkerer, big hair energy- P @photorhetoric.bsky.social @photorhetoric.bsky.social