Ryan Hunn @ryanhunn.bsky.social stadio / wrighty's house
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
John Myers @johnrmyers.bsky.social Director @yimbyalliance.org • Housing and other infrastructure • yimbyalliance.org
@pedroserodio.com @pedroserodio.com
Jack Hardinges @jackhardinges.bsky.social Data optimist.
Data, infrastructures, governance, platforms, AI, the commons, etc.
Director of Research & Policy @ OpenMined.
John Fingleton @jfingleton.bsky.social Interested in economics, regulation, cycling, food, and dogs called Maynard.
Ben Burtenshaw @benburtenshaw.bsky.social Building tools for AI datasets. 😽
Looking in AI datasets. 🙀
Sharing clean open AI datasets. 😻
at https://bsky.app/profile/hf.co
Tom Westgarth @tomwestgarth.bsky.social Head of Growth at AI hardware startup @Fractile-ai.bsky.social. Ex policy in Sovereign AI Unit and TBI. Bridging tech and policy worlds at TxP.
Kevin Allison @kevinallison.bsky.social Founder and President, Minerva Technology Futures, a geopolitical and policy advisory firm focused on #AI, #semiconductors, #data, #supplychains. #techpolicy
Julia Willemyns @jujulemons.bsky.social Founder @ukdayone.bsky.social, working to put the UK at frontier of progress + achieve the highest living standards in the world
Matthew Feeney @matthewfeeney.bsky.social @re-state.bsky.social research manager
"I'm a liberal and I'm against this sort of thing."
https://re-state.co.uk/people/matthew-feeney/
Signal: mfeeney.63
Sasjkia Otto @sasjkia.bsky.social Lead on work and tech at Fabian Society. Prev data, digital, tech in what's now DSIT. Civic tech founder. 2024 Parliamentary candidate.
"That's a powerful and forward-thinking proposal"
"You are showing strength and softness in the same breath"
- ChatGPT
Amanda Brock @amandabrock.bsky.social CEO @OpenUK, open source stuff - Advisory, Policy, Keynote, Writer, Exec Producer State of Open Con. Slave to #kittendundee AuDHD
Areeq Chowdhury @areeq.bsky.social Policy, politics, artificial intelligence.
Jakob Mökander @jakobmokander.bsky.social Director of science & tech policy at the Tony Blair Institute. International research fellow at Yale Digital Ethics Center. Views my own
Oscar Hornstein @oscarhornstein.bsky.social Journalist. Senior Reporter at UKTN (@uktn.bsky.social)
Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com Corp affairs at @Synthesia.io, advisor at MBZUAI
Guns N' Roses, basketball, Philip K. Dick, intelligent machines, peanut butter + maple syrup are a few of my favorite things.
https://linktr.ee/alexvoica
Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social DPhil (/PhD) Researcher @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social working on podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Former Research Lead for Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D and Senior Tech Policy Researcher, Demos
Alexander Iosad @iosad.fyi Progress, policy, practice. Past: TBI, edtech VC, history of science DPhil.
AI & tech optimist, not solutionist. Fan of universities, state capacity, 🏏. School governor, occasionally. Diasporan ✡️.
Deniz Celikkaya @denizcelikkaya.bsky.social AI Governance, Tech Policy, Startups
Luke Kosky @lkosky.bsky.social Fintech Policy Lead at Startup Coalition. Follow for Fintech, Football and Folitical Filosophy
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @itif.org The leading think tank for science & tech policy. Covering the intersection of technology, innovation, and public policy since 2006: https://itif.org/
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social Flower fan and AI expert. Professor of Responsible AI, QMUL; Director Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge and fellow Magdalene College. Deputy CEO Responsible AI UK. https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Leah Friedlander @lfriedlander.bsky.social Head of Engagement @ Startup Coalition
Just trying to figure out how this app works 🤷♀️
Bella Rhodes @bells.bsky.social
Ian Silvera @iansilvera.bsky.social Edit Tech, Power & Media 🤖📰, looking at innovation in technology, its impact on media and politics, and how policy-makers deal with it all. news-future.com
Drew Smith @drewsmithuk.bsky.social Government Affairs & Policy at Zoom
Stephen Tulip @stephentulip.bsky.social Tech, Politics, Small Businesses, and Membership.
Keeping an eye on the UK for ACT | The App Association.
Cynthia Wong @cynthiaw.bsky.social
FieldHouse Associates @fieldhouseassoc.bsky.social The world's leading PR agency helping businesses from all corners of the innovation and investment ecosystem to achieve their strategic and commercial goals.
Joseph Bradley @josephcbradley.bsky.social Science and Tech at TBI. Former PGR Student @ King's College London. Econophysics, Complex Networks, Fractals. All views my own.
Ayesha @ayeshab.bsky.social Hot off the press
Maxim @maximharper.bsky.social
Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org The Centre for British Progress is a non-partisan think tank on a mission to accelerate and shape an era of British growth and progress; evolved from @ukdayone.bsky.social.
Website: https://britishprogress.org/
Charlie Harris @harrisbio.bsky.social PhD @ Cambridge in AI for Bio | Interested in generative modelling for drug discovery and science policy 🇬🇧
Website: cch1999.github.io
Blog: harrisbio.substack.com
Database: harrisbio.notion.site
Shakeel @shakeelhashim.com Writing about AI policy at Transformer. Supporting AI journalism with grants at Tarbell. Prev: AI safety and EA comms; journalist at The Economist, Protocol, Finimize. London.
https://transformernews.ai
Sanjush Dalmia @sanjushdalmia.bsky.social Science, Innovation and AI Policy | Committee @labourcid.bsky.social and Labour Digital | Fellow @britishprogress.org | NHS Doctor and Medical Researcher
Former Science Policy Advisor to Labour
Manchester / Leeds
sanjushdalmia.com
Anastasia Bektimirova @anastasiabekt.bsky.social science & tech policy, government innovation
https://x.com/anastasiabekt
@kmeinnes.bsky.social @kmeinnes.bsky.social
David Lawrence @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social Shooting for UK growth & progress with @britishprogress.org
Previously: Chatham House research fellow and Labour parliamentary candidate.
Britain could have the highest living standards in the world!
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
Joe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social Cohost of The Odd Lots Podcast
Singer and guitarist in Light Sweet Crude
Chris Hemsley @chrishemsley.bsky.social Former UK economic regulator and now adviser (payments, aviation, rail & energy). Persistently optimistic rugby fan and coach. Not a very good cyclist.
Seb Krier @sebkrier.com friendly deep sea dweller
Theo Bertram @theobertram.bsky.social Director of the Social Market Foundation
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social Futurist, Managing Partner: changeist.com.
Project Lead: https://10fconsortium.org
Author: “How to Future” (2020) and “Future Cultures” (2023)
Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com
Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Swansea West- B bad internet @badinternet.oracularhades.com run by @oracularhades.com | @ or DM this account with suggestions
Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social — Founder of Our World in Data
— Professor at the University of Oxford
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com Economics Commentator, Financial Times; Honorary Professor of Practice, UCL Policy Lab
Sign up to my central banks newsletter here https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/subscribe?newsletterIds=6501cc9ec6e3c91c18b0b9e6
Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/peter-foster
Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and are worth looking up.
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
Dan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social Designer, urbanist &c. Director, Melbourne School of Design + Professor, University of Melbourne + Visiting Prof of Practice, UCL IIPP. Prev.: Vinnova (Swedish Gov), Arup, Future Cities Catapult, SITRA (Finnish Innovation Fund), BBC. FRSA.
Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk Same as @thomasforth on X. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com FT columnist, writing about work, technology & economics.
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)
@azeem.bsky.social @azeem.bsky.social
Bill Bishop @billbishop.bsky.social Writes Sinocism, @niubi on Twitter, https://sinocism.com
Tom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social China/economics etc, fmr Bloomberg/FT etc. still posting charts on LinkedIn
Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social IT and internet lawyer. Sceptical tech enthusiast. Reposts and links are not endorsements. All views my own. No posts are legal advice. www.cyberleagle.com
rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social normal guy
https://linktr.ee/MikeIsaac
Miles Brundage @milesbrundage.bsky.social AI policy researcher, wife guy, fan of cute animals and sci-fi, executive director of AVERI, Substacker
Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social Author, deputy editor at The Economist, maker of pizzas, drummer, gamer, history nerd
Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social Unsuccessfully retired ex-prez, ex-MEP, ex-foreign minister, ex-ambassador, ex-director of RFE-RL Estonian service, etc, ex cetera.
Except for @darthputinkgb.bsky.social, I take seriously only those who post here under his or her own name.
Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social CEO of The Atlantic. Going out of business soon, since 1857.
Author of “The Running Ground: A father, a son, and the simplest of sports.”
Wong Joon Ian @joonian.bsky.social @joonian on that other blue app
hal👾 @halhod.bsky.social Americas editor at The Economist
Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social Technologist, writer, composer. Government advisor. FIET & WGGB. London & Lerwick. Blogging at https://ntouk.wordpress.com. Latest book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F23N7WSS
michael veale @michae.lv prof @laws.ucl.ac.uk, technology, law, policy, society, whimsical latvian top level domain names. michae.lv and fediverse https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv 🏳️🌈
Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House |Author of "Deep Connections: the hidden battles to control undersea cables" (Polity, Sep 26) | Europe, geoeconomics of tech, tech sovereignty | Amsterdammer in London 🇪🇺
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School LST Program. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues.
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
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
Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
Techmeme @techmeme.com Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web.
This account shares top-level Techmeme headlines. Visit https://techmeme.com/ for full context.
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
New Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social We're an independent think tank and network of councils with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power.
Find out more: https://www.newlocal.org.uk
Paul Maltby @maltbyps.bsky.social I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer
Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament, Bristol North West
Edward Saperia @edsaperia.bsky.social Dean of The London College of Political Technology https://newspeak.house
Chris Cook @chriscook.news FT enterprise editor. South London nationalist. Articles with my byline get posted automagically on @cook.report
David Eaves @eaves.ca Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital.
Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
Alix Dunn @alixdunn.com I bloop about the politics of technology and host the Computer Says Maybe podcast: https://www.themaybe.org/podcast
Paul Swinney @paulswinney.bsky.social Chief Economist at The Data City. Formerly of Centre for Cities. Posting mainly about economics.
Anna Powell-Smith @annapowellsmith.bsky.social nerd / https://anna.ps
Rosie @rosiecampbell.xyz Forever expanding my nerd/bimbo Pareto frontier. Ex-OpenAI, AGI safety and governance, fellow @rootsofprogress.
Sarah Gold 🇵🇸 ✊🏼 🕊️ @sarahtgold.bsky.social CEO @projectsbyif.bsky.social founder, designer, advisor, Mum, “rebel with the right cause”, expecting more from computers…
https://projectsbyif.com
https://sarah.gold
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.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies.
Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware.
☎️ Signal: +1 917 257 1382
Tim Bradshaw @tim.fo Global tech correspondent at the Financial Times
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
Mario Klingemann @quasimondo.bsky.social Artist, Neurographer, AI Prompteur, Purveyor of Systems, Data Dumpster Diver, Information Recycler
Jennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social Author: Recoding America, Founder: Code for America, Co-founder: USDS and USDR.