Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school. 
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
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
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com Uses machine learning to study literary imagination, and vice-versa. Likely to share news about AI & computational social science / Sozialwissenschaft / 社会科学
Information Sciences and English, UIUC. Distant Horizons (Chicago, 2019). tedunderwood.com
Marc Watkins @marcwatkins.bsky.social Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric, I founded the Mississippi AI Institute for Teachers, Assistant Director of Innovation at the University of Mississippi, coauthor of the Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching. marcwatkins.org, https://marcwatkins.substack.com/
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.
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
Newsletter (100k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social Data journalist, AI scholar, NYU professor. Author, MORE THAN A GLITCH: CONFRONTING RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY BIAS IN TECH and ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE: HOW COMPUTERS MISUNDERSTAND THE WORLD. meredithbroussard.com
Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/
BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems.
Website: https://melaniemitchell.me
Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
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
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
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🏳️⚧️ she/هي
📸 @willtoft.bsky.social
Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social Professor of Computational Cognitive Science | Dept. of Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence | @Iris@scholar.social on 🦣 | http://irisvanrooijcogsci.com | she/they 🏳️🌈
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social ✍🏽 • RACE AFTER TECHNOLOGY: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code • VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want • IMAGINATION: A Manifesto 📚www.ruhabenjamin.com
Nathan Baschez @nbaschez.bsky.social Building, and writing
Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: Intelligent Machines, AI Inside. Author of Hot Type, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Sarah Rose Cavanagh @sarosecav.bsky.social Psychologist. Sr Assoc Director Teaching & Learning @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social. Author of SPARK OF LEARNING, HIVEMIND, & MIND OVER MONSTERS
Writes about emotions, teaching, brains. Enjoys speculative fiction, Halloween, and the sea. sarahrosecav.com
Talia Ringer @taliaringer.bsky.social 
Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social Situationist Cybernetics. I make films with and against AI to see what isn’t there. Gates Scholar, Cambridge Digital Humanities. Affiliated Researcher, Machine Visual Culture Research Group (Max Planck Institute). Aim to be kind. cyberneticforests.com
Lex Fridman @lexfridman.bsky.social Host of Lex Fridman Podcast.
Interested in robots and humans.
Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Writer, medievalist, co-editor of @creativecritical.bsky.social. Writing a book about medieval imperfection.
irinadumitrescu.com
Derek Silva @derekcrim.bsky.social // prof & writer 🍉
// words in Time, LA Times, The Guardian, etc.
// podcast @endofsportpod.bsky.social
// book link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/
Le Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social Feminist. Rhetoric: science, environment, tech comm, disability. Kentuckian. Really worried about climate change. she/her. Praxis or GTFO.
Yes, it's Cagle. No, please don't call me Lauren.
send dog pics (alt text a must)
nothing here reps my employer
Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
Sayash Kapoor @sayash.bsky.social CS PhD candidate at Princeton. I study the societal impact of AI.
Website: cs.princeton.edu/~sayashk
Book/Substack: aisnakeoil.com
Miles Brundage @milesbrundage.bsky.social AI policy researcher, wife guy, fan of cute animals and sci-fi, executive director of AVERI, Substacker
Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social Researching data, tech, futures, and biological sciences in education | Senior Lecturer and co-director at the Centre for Research in Digital Education | University of Edinburgh | Editor of Learning, Media and Technology @lmt-journal.bsky.social
Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social Currently on organizing committee of FORCE2026, Singapore, 3-5 June 2026.
I'm librarian + blogger from Singapore Management University. Social media, bibliometrics, analytics, academic discovery tech.
Critical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social Critical AI's new issue is out! https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue
Email us at criticalai@sas.rutgers.edu
Our website and blog: https://criticalai.org/
Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com Academe’s most trusted resource for independent journalism, career development, and forward-looking intelligence.
Website: www.chronicle.com
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.
Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social #ActuallyAutistic educator, writer, bibliophile who already loves your dog(s). Opinions are mine. Out now, my book <The Present Professor>! https://www.oupress.com/9780806194691/the-present-professor/
Antonio Byrd @writesantonio.bsky.social He/they and 🏳️🌈. K drama and anime and mostly reposting about whatever I think is interesting. I don’t get any attention here but happy to support others get engagement! 😃
Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social Professor and Chair, Department of English, Appalachian State University.
Cyborg writer and creative coder. Made in 🇵🇷. He/him.
Learn more about me at https://leonardoflores.net/
karpathy @karpathy.bsky.social AI @ OpenAI, Tesla, Stanford
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
alondranelson.com
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Grady Booch @booch.com scientist, storyteller, philosopher
computingthehumanexperience.com
Liz Faber @lizwfab.bsky.social writer, editor, scholar, cat lover
Books:
The Computer’s Voice (U Minn, 2020)
Robot Suicide (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Under the Mistletoe (McFarland, 2024)
Worker Bots (U Minn, in progress)
https://www.lizfaber.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/
Joel Gladd @brehove.bsky.social Department Chair of Integrated Studies; Writing and Rhetoric, American Lit; Higher-Ed Pedagogy; OER advocate
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/
Maha Bali, PhD @mahabali.bsky.social Equity/care. Open connected educator. @bali_maha 🐦. Mahabali@mastodon.social
Blog: https://blog.mahabali.me Dismantle injustice 🇵🇸 #EduSky #highered
Professor of Practice, American Univ in Cairo
Katie (Kathryn) Conrad @kconrad.bsky.social Prof. of English at University of Kansas. Tech and culture. AI ethics. Critical AI literacy. Pandora’s Bot on Substack. Library of Babel Group. Zine publisher. #aiethics #criticalailiteracy
Leon Furze @leonfurze.com PhD candidate and consultant working with and sometimes against AI in education. Leonfurze.com / practicalaistrategies.com
Jon Fila @jonfila.bsky.social Writer | Chicago, IL
https://greueth.com
Pre-order The Return out Oct. 6
Dolorem Issues 1-2 out now.
Education consulting
1986 Mr. Hustle Award (Jim Dutcher B-ball Camp)
Jon Ippolito @jonippolito.net How does tech empower and frustrate creators—writers, programmers, media makers—and how do we keep their work alive in the long run? UMaine Professor of New Media, Director of Digital Curation; former Guggenheim Curator of Media Art https://jonippolito.net
Jason Tham @jasontham.bsky.social 👋 Associate professor at Texas Tech University
⭐️ UX + design thinking + shared leadership
📔 New book: https://linktr.ee/jason.tham
Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social Educational Technology Strategy. Currently: Northeastern U. Previously Woolf, Trinity, CCSU, ProfHacker
edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
Anuj Gupta @mettalrose.bsky.social Asst. Professor @usouthflorida. GenAI in education. AR/VR. Algorithms. Computational Research. Digital Writing Technologies. UI/UX. Rhetoric, writing studies, technical communication.
Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com 💖Assistant prof of English
💜fan studies & digital rhetoric
💙keeper of Team Rhetoric feed
💖Alliance for Refusing Generative AI Discord https://discord.gg/fPpdr2fkBp
💜writing a book on fanfiction
💙”your silence will not protect you “
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Will Oremus @willoremus.com Covering online speech, the information economy and AI weirdness at @theatlantic.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
Signal: willoremus.24
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
Subscribe here: https://www.theverge.com/subscribe
Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social Director, Program in Rhet/Comp, U of Arkansas
English prof
Writing about #WPALife and writing pedagogy
Loves dogs
Before: Sonoma State English & Dartmouth Institute for Writing & Rhetoric
(views only ever mine, obv)
she/her
Dr. Mag 🌿👾 @nobugsnous.bsky.social pissed off, funny, and warm • refusal.blog • views don't represent my employer
Whitney Gegg-Harrison (she/they) @writerethink.bsky.social linguist / cognitive scientist / writing professor obsessed with all things relating to language, learning, and the mind. And knitting and sewing and music (especially violin and ukulele). And cats. Also a UU. neurodivergent. she/they. 🌈💖💜💙 /🖤🤍💜
Gavin Johnson @gavyj.bsky.social A PhD with limited spelling ability.
A guy who loves dogs (esp. long-haired dachshunds).
An account that isn't related to any university.
Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social Writing in the age of AI stuff
Newsletter: writinghacks.substack.com
Also curate theimportantwork.substack.com
Maggie Friend @mfriend1.bsky.social Developmental Scientist interested in (and reasonably informed about) science, nature, languages, cognition, public health, Smart Growth urbanism, transit, and a bunch of other stuff #SciSky #DevSci #AcademicSky #Urbanism+ #aieducation
Aaron Makelky @handle.invalid AI Teacher & Consultant 🤖 Bringing tomorrow’s tech to today’s classrooms & companies 🌟 My content makes AI integration simple for you⤵️
#edusky
🔗 https://aaronmakelky.com/links 👀<--Link in Bio Page
Dr Jane Secker @jsecker.bsky.social Associate Professor in Ed Develop. SFHEA. Online learning, info, digital & copyright literacy. Deputy Chair of CILIP Info Lit Group. Head of MA Academic Practice 🐱
Lennart Nacke, PhD @lennartnacke.com 🧠 Tenured brain, fresh daily takes. Maximum citations but sanity questionable. The prof your prof follows for daily advice. University Research Chair & Tenured Full Professor.
The read that returns your rigour ➜ https://go.lennartnacke.com/newsletter
Dr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social | teaching fellow . university of reading |
| #classics . #buddhism . #centralasia . #criticalAI |
| Reading (PhD), HKU (MBuddhStud), and McGill (BA) alumnus |
edwardasross.wordpress.com
Dr. Joan McGettigan @drmcgettigan.bsky.social Learner. Dreamer. Doer.
Director of Ed Tech
#curriculum #libraries
#ISTECommunityLeader
#ISTECertified #MIEE
#AppleDistinguishedEducator
#BookCreatorAmbassador
#EDUsky #EdTech
@bankhoferedu.com @aliciabankhofer.bsky.social I teach English & Digital Literacy in Vienna, Austria | Teacher Trainer | born+raised in Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 | German & English | E-Learning, Digitale Grundbildung, KI/AI, Geek, SciFi | #EduPnx #ADE2017 #AppleEduSky #LearningWithAI #LernenMitKI #EdTech
Eric Curts @ericcurts.bsky.social EdTech Coach, Year 34 in education, AI Strategist, Author, Blogger, Speaker, Google Champion, Grandpa, Boardgamer, NYT Crossword fanatic, Nerd, all resources at https://www.controlaltachieve.com #EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU
Stephanie Sandifer (she/her) @stephaniesandifer.bsky.social Educator, leader, once-upon-a-time artist/designer working @ intersection of #HigherEd, #EdTech, #AIinEdu #AIEdu, & #WorkforceSkills | AVP of Academic Product @SNHU | Obsessed w/ breathtaking skyscapes | Feral Blue GenXer #edusky #htx
Tonya Coats @teachercoats.bsky.social Project Specialist for Digital Learning and Computer Science at SBCSS • Featured on CBS Mission Unstoppable • ISTE presenter • micro:bit champion, • #CSTA Award Winner • CSTA Equity Fellow • 30 K–12 IT Influencers to Follow in 2024
Eamon Costello @eam0.bsky.social (Post)Digital Learning. Critical Pedagogy. Post-AI futures. Creative methods. Speculative design. Pedagogies of kindness. Teacher education and fac dev.
Assoc Prof, Dublin City University - He/Him).
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eamoncostello
MikeSharples @sharplem.bsky.social Emeritus Professor, Educational Technology, The Open University. AI & education, open science, AI and creativity. #EduSky #AcademicSky. Sailing on seascamp.org.uk
Christine Stoltz @edudigital.bsky.social Dozentin am Zentrum Medien & Informatik PH Luzern | KI in der Bildung| AIEOU AI in education at the university of Oxford
#CAS Fachkarriere Schule in der Digitalität
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 Tricia Bertram Gallant @tbertramgallant.bsky.social Experienced higher Ed ethics consultant & practitioner. All posts are my opinion & not my employer's. Co-Author of The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI (3/11/25). #Leguminati #integritymatters
Leslie Allison @leslieallison.bsky.social Associate Teaching Professor of Writing Arts, Rowan University. Ph.D. Critical information and AI literacy. Fan of cats, coffee shops, and Philly sports. Not a fan of crafts.
Paul McAfee @drpaulmcafee.bsky.social 
Irene Stone @irenestone.bsky.social CS and Maths Teacher - St Mark's CS |
EdD student - DCU | Research interests Generative AI and Programming
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irenestonecs
Becky Keene 🦋 @beckykeene.com CEO | MS Ed - Literacy | author, speaker, rogue educator | #AIEdu #EduSky #ISTEcert #esports #Minecraft #PD #NBCT #AIOptimism #PhygitalLabs
Marcelo Sabbatini @marsabbatini.bsky.social Tecnologia educacional, educação e divulgação científica. Educador físico (CREF 015825-G/PE) Professor UFPE. IA na Educação:
https://iaedpraxis101.substack.com/
Prof Simon Lancaster @sjlancaster.bsky.social Woke European educator (Chemistry and Higher Education) he/him
Dileep George @dileeplearning @dileeplearning.bsky.social AGI research @DeepMind.
Ex cofounder & CTO Vicarious AI (acqd by Alphabet),
Cofounder Numenta
Triply EE (BTech IIT-Mumbai, MS&PhD Stanford). #AGIComics
blog.dileeplearning.com
@teachwiseai.bsky.social @teachwiseai.bsky.social 
Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social Digital Initiatives Librarian, Copyright Agent, Archivist, Instructional Designer, Pianist, AI Consultant. #mormonsky #musicsky #aisky #edusky #frasier #infolit #skybrarian #tolkien
reedhepler.substack.com heplerconsulting.com
Dan Ryan @djjrjr.bsky.social Multidisciplinarian thinking about technology, democracy, AI, institutions, fiction and art. Teaching professor at JHU CS. Baltimore/Toronto/Oakland.
Daniel Hutchinson @dhutchinson.bsky.social Historian and digital humanist. Researches WWII, exploring historical applications of AI. http://danielhutchinson.org
David Wiley @opencontent.bsky.social #studentsuccess, #openeducation, #generativeAI, #entrepreneurship, #datascience, #music, #hiking, #nationalparks. WV8O on #amateurradio. more at davidwiley.org
Deborah Lee @debmsu.bsky.social Librarian, Writer, Philatelist
Professor/Director of Research Impact and AI Strategy, Mississippi State University Libraries