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METR @metr.org METR is a research nonprofit that builds evaluations to empirically test AI systems for capabilities that could threaten catastrophic harm to society.
Stella Biderman @stellaathena.bsky.social I make sure that OpenAI et al. aren't the only people who are able to study large scale AI systems.
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/
Nathan Lambert @natolambert.bsky.social A LLN - large language Nathan - (RL, RLHF, society, robotics), athlete, yogi, chef Writes http://interconnects.ai Prev Ai2/Olmo, HuggingFace, Berkeley, and normal places
John David Pressman @jdp.extropian.net Machine learning researcher, alignment-accelerationist, Fedorovist ancestor simulator, Dreamtime enjoyer. All posts public domain under CC0 1.0.
Doll @dollspace.gay It/Its Senior Agent Engineer at fieldleveltech.org Its name is doll. The system is an adult. Creating ethical and safe AI systems. EGL Fashion posts!
angela zhou @angelamczhou.bsky.social assistant prof at USC Data Sciences and Operations and Computer Science; phd Cornell ORIE. data-driven decision-making, operations research/management, causal inference, algorithmic fairness/equity bureaucratic justice warrior angelamzhou.github.io
Aaron Mueller @amuuueller.bsky.social Postdoc at Northeastern and incoming Asst. Prof. at Boston U. Working on NLP, interpretability, causality. Previously: JHU, Meta, AWS
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
Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social Waiting on a robot body. All opinions are universal and held by both employers and family. ML/NLP professor. nsaphra.net
Charles Foster @cfoster.bsky.social Twitter: @CFGeek Mastodon: @cfoster0@sigmoid.social When I choose to speak, I speak for myself. 🪄 Tensor-enjoyer 🧪
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
Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social Political scientist @ Texas A&M Bush School of Government. Interests: business politics/corruption, Middle East, measurement, Bayesian statistics The Bayesian Hitman: https://a.co/d/e4QmtKo Website: www.robertkubinec.com
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks. Normal Man. oh and one more thing you aren’t going to like what comes after America
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
Lizzy Lawrence @lizzylawrence.bsky.social Journalist @wsj.com writing about the pharmaceutical industry. Tips welcome! Signal is lizzylaw.53
Plz be patient with me @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com A researcher who writes about #FOIA, policing and technology. I help run @lucyparsonslabs.com & give advice to @ddosecrets.com & @MuckRock.com
Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social Once a Reverend of the Avocado kind. The General Secretary is dead, long live the General Secretary.
Pascal Sabino @pascalsabino.bsky.social Chicago ➡️ LA Writer for Bolts Magazine. Policing & Criminal Justice. Democracy. Data.
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
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social Brighton-based journalist, historian , writer etc — but mostly her dad. Words in @derspekter.org, @972mag.com, Shado etc 🎙️ @thefirethesetimes.com & @thestartrekpod.bsky.social ✍️ http://hauntologies.net
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Dr. Raymond Kuo | 郭泓均 @kuorum.bsky.social Expert on international order and Asian security. VP of Research, Chicago Council on Global Affairs 🇹🇼🇺🇸 Website: https://www.raymondkuo.com/
War Mapper @warmapper.org Mapping conflicts If you would like to support me: https://buymeacoffee.com/warmapper
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News. Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News. Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com Signal: janelytv.74 Currently based in New York.
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6 Ad astra per aspera
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
Manoel Horta Ribeiro @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Princeton Previously: EPFL 🇨🇭, UFMG 🇧🇷 Interests: Computational Social Science, Platforms, GenAI, Moderation
vortex_egg @vortexegg.com Cyberoccult investigator. Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge. Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS.
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️ https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social W/Henry Farrell, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt 2023/Penguin); Georgetown; This is a private account.
Candy @beautifulduckweed.bsky.social Three goblins stacked in a trenchcoat.
Deb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley.
Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social she/her. southern geek feminist, genre critic, and scholar of boning. bylines at NYT Book Review, Booklist, Strange Horizons, Lady Business, Reactor. author of SFF romance column Ships in the Night for Reactor.
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social mobilizedbyinjustice.com Political Scientist UT Austin
Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com Chicago-based collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that sheds light on the intersection of digital rights and on-the-streets issues. https://linktr.ee/lucyparsonslabs
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
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
Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social Senior Research Analyst @PRAEyesRight. I write and train on antisemitism, white Christian nationalism, the MAGA Right, Israel/Palestine, Christian Zionism. Co-author Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. benlorber.com
Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social After practicing law for 20+ years, I now write about elections and political extremism. You can find my most recent work at the Bucks County Beacon. Donate: Ko-fi https://share.google/x92w1Me217PImRaIl
Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy & Management, Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Director, The People Lab ElizabethLinos.com peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Dave Troy @davetroy.com Publisher and Editor, America 2.0. Baltimore/Washington. Pilot, chef, coder. america2.news Signal: davetroy.69
William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University. I wrote a book: https://www.pennpress.org/9780812253481/
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt (Secondary appts: Poli Sci, SPIA). Cal bear, Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MS NOW. Writing on health insurance and admin burden. Author of Coverage Denied (CUP): https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social god created him and demanded that he die
Abby Wood @yesthatabbywood.bsky.social Law & politics, campaign finance, bureaucracy, transparency. Writing a book about government allocation of risk. Here in my personal capacity.
Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
Jessica Chen Weiss @jessicacweiss.bsky.social David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies SAIS Johns Hopkins, senior fellow Asia Society Center for China Analysis, previously Cornell, State Dept, Yale
David Dagan @daviddagan.bsky.social Director of editorial and academic affairs at Niskanen Center. Read Hypertext: hypertext.niskanencenter.org. Read The Liberal Fortress: daviddagan.substack.com. Book: http://amzn.to/29rrt90.
Kirsten Eddy, Ph.D. @kirstenaeddy.bsky.social Senior researcher in news & information at Pew Research Center • Research associate at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford • Affiliate/PhD-ed at UNC CITAP • Lover of ☕🐶📖
Greg Smith @gregsmithpolls.bsky.social Associate Director, Religion Research @pewresearch.org Posting about issues at the intersection of religion and public life
Kiana C. @kianacoxphd.myatproto.social Long-suffering Chicago sports fan, sociologist, evolutionary astrologer 🩷💚
Richard Wike @richardwike.bsky.social Director of the Global Attitudes team at the Pew Research Center
Jacob Liedke @jacobliedke.bsky.social Researching how Americans get news and information at @pewresearch.org. Fan of physical media. COYB 🐝 (he/him)
Jacob Poushter @japoushter.bsky.social Associate Director, Pew Research Center
Chip Rotolo @chiprotolo.bsky.social Senior Researcher at Pew Research Center Exploring religion, spirituality & public life
Jens Manuel Krogstad @jensmanuel.bsky.social Telling stories with data.
Kelsey Starr @madeofstarrstuff.bsky.social Writer and researcher based in DC. Re...skies? Are not Endors...skies? Officially a Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon stan account.
Sono Shah @sshah.bsky.social Data Labs At Pew Research PoliSci PhD
Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social MIT-trained economist & Harvard prof | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts in a Boston accent | 1st career: union organizer NYT Columns https://www.nytimes.com/by/susan-dynarski https://linktr.ee/susan.dynarski www.susandynarski.com
Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social Ass. Prof. Public Policy @ UC Riverside | Better Cities Through Better Government | 1st Gen 🇺🇸: 🇷🇸/ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa | 躺平 | Ham chơi stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/ 📍: The Inland Empire, California.
Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social Chief Economics Correspondent for The New York Times. Adjunct at CUNY Newmark. Ex: FiveThirtyEight, WSJ. He/him. Email: ben.casselman@nytimes.com Signal: @bencasselman.96 📸: Earl Wilson/NYT
Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social Romance critic & freelance editor. Half of Fated Mates. Chicagoan. She/her. www.jenreadsromance.com
KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. USA Today bestselling author of How To Fake It In Society. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. Death to GenAI. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social the money stuff guy
Abby Fisher Williamson @abbyfwilliamson.bsky.social Associate Professor, Political Science & Public Policy. Immigration, health equity, urban politics, civic engagement. Twin mom. She/her.
Abraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social A civil courts reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. PACER obsessed docket sleuth. Send me gossip to agutman(at)inquirer.com and Agutman.96 on Signal.
Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social PhD, political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff. I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking! (she/her)
Nadia E. Brown @brownphdgirl.bsky.social Professor of Government and Director of Women's & Gender Studies @ Georgetown University. Giving this a try www.nadiaebrownphd.com
Kevin Banda @kevinkbanda.bsky.social Senior Researcher at @statesunited.org. Quantitative researcher and political scientist. Spiritual weapon is pizza. Opinions are my own. https://sites.google.com/view/kevinkbanda
Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social Professional Dilettante. Co-founder, VA data center resistance org https://swvadcta.org (pronounced, "suava dicta"). Co-host, Mise en Screen https://miseenscreen.libsyn.com. Writes film and other media criticism at http://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io
Billy @billyidles.bsky.social Vancouver. Local Politics. Less Local Politics. Tech stuff.
Eric Giannella @giannella.bsky.social Associate Research Professor at Georgetown Better Gov Lab & Massive Data Institute: 1) Evidence-based implementation for safety net programs 2) Open source tools for data sharing in public services. Founded and led Data Science team at Code for America.
Dr. Laura Sockol @laurasockol.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist. Davidson College associate professor. Dinosaur enthusiast. I would like to hold your baby.
tomato tart @sodaoccultist.bsky.social hedge witch on the land and in the terminal.
Christina Fattore @christinafattore.bsky.social Political science professor, tweets about motherhood, romance novels, ADHD, and sometimes political science.
Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
PUREKIMMINESS @purekimminess.bsky.social True to the Kimminess Conflict/methods/pol econ teaching and rocking research methods I don't know about this living in interesting times...feels exhausting "I'm incredible....cuz I does what I do." -Craig Mack
Aaron 🏗️🚲🌲🏀 @aceckhouse.bsky.social Sixplex enthusiast. Redwood irredentist. Lake Merritt booster. Erstwhile Prince of Prosciutto, now Policy Director at California YIMBY. Cities are for people not cars. California is not full. he etc
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised historian, not surprised eels. Doctor of medieval things. Talkin’ eels, history, and maps. Spaniel mourner. Alt-text artist. I draw custom maps and artwork on commission: https://surprisedeelmaps.com/ Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches” New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication It’s always Free Palestine 🍉
Colette @csmarcellin.bsky.social Political science PhD candidate at Vanderbilt; UVA and Urban Institute justice policy research alum. colettemarcellin.com
William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social Endowed chair of the Tocqueville-Rand Freedom Enterprise Markets Innovation Center (disputed). Bound but not protected, I lie but I do not pretend. 🚰 🏗 only thing I'll tell you about my employer is that these aren't their views
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩 newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
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.