Stephen Kearse @kearse.bsky.social Journalist, critic, and author of novels Post, Liquid Snakes, and In the Heat of the Light.
Noreasontopretend.com
Serena Booth @reniebird.bsky.social CS Prof at Brown University, PI of the GIRAFFE lab, former AI Policy Advisor in the US Senate, co-chair of the ACM Tech Policy Subcommittee on AI and Algorithms.
PhD at MIT CSAIL '23, Harvard '16, former Google APM. Dog mom to Ducki.
Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social Books! One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, & a Nabokov bio. Now working on Snowblind: Death on the Polar Ice. Former karateka & record store clerk. Newsletter & podcast: andreapitzer.com.
Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium @pairs.site A space to share research and practice that puts affected communities at the heart of AI development and governance. More at https://pairs.site
Greg Pak @gregpak.net Rhymes with "rock." Comics writer, filmmaker, photojournalist. SUPERNATURAL, PLANET HULK. He/him. @comixaction.com Call your reps (reps.fyi). Stop posting on X.
All my links: gregpak.fyi
(@gregpak.com for work only)
Buy my stuff at gregpakshop.com!
Kaitlyn Zhou @kaitlynzhou.bsky.social Incoming Assistant Professor @cornellbowers.bsky.social
Researcher @togetherai.bsky.social
Previously @stanfordnlp.bsky.social @ai2.bsky.social @msftresearch.bsky.social
https://katezhou.github.io/
National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov Official Bluesky account for NOAA's National Weather Service.
Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author.
Senior Writer, Race and Equity @theguardian.com.
Connie W. Chau @conniewchau.bsky.social 🌸 5th year PhD in Technology & Social Behavior @ Northwestern University, advised by Maia Jacobs (prev. Carnegie Mellon University)
🌱 HCI, community-based design, health, safety, digital literacy + I like lots of things
✨ https://www.conniewchau.me/
Sachin Pendse @sachinpendse.bsky.social I'm passionate about the things that make people unique and bring us joy. Current NIMH T32 Fellow at Northwestern, incoming Assistant Professor at UCSF.
Ammari @tawfiq.bsky.social Assistant Prof @RutgersCommInfo
| PhD @UMSI
| My research focuses on the interplay between technological and social role change.
Bailey 🕸️🕷️🦇 @bkacsmar.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. Amii Fellow. Human-centered privacy enhanced data science e.g., ML, MPC, PSI, etc.
My group is PUPS, Practical Usable Privacy and Security
https://bkacsmar.github.io//
Eran Toch @eranto.bsky.social I invent new technologies and user experiences for privacy & human-AI interaction. Prof of Engineering at TAU.
Jessica Pater @jesspater.bsky.social HCI+health and social computing researcher at Parkview Health. Knitter, dog lover, travel enthusiast.
Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10.bsky.social Researcher studying social media + AI + mental health. Faculty of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. she/her
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of IEng, CS & Eng @ PSU #CogSci, #AI, Critical Black Studies, Hum. Factors. AfAm. 1stGen. THiCC lab PI (https://sites.psu.edu/thicc). Incoming Co-Director @digblk.bsky.social. Co-lead at AI-SDM (https://www.cmu.edu/ai-sdm/). All opinions my own
Dawn Nafus @dawnnafus.bsky.social Trained as an anthropologist, former tech worker, now... who knows?
Oregon Data Center Defiance enthusiast www.ordcd.org
Books--Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World, Quantified, & Self-Tracking.
PDX, Permaculture, fungi, climate justice
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh.
1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
Sarita @saritas.bsky.social 
Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com Technology reporter @cnbc.com in San Francisco. jordan.novet@versantmedia.com
Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com | Assistant Professor, CS @ Georgia Tech |
| Research Scientist @ Google |
| Prev: PhD in EECS from MIT |
| spdr.cc.gatech.edu |
| mikespecter.com |
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
Momchil Tomov @momchiltomov.bsky.social Neuroscience, robotics, video games
Benjamin Toff @benjamintoff.bsky.social Professor at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center. On sabbatical for 2026 with the News and Information team at Pew Research Center. I study trust in news, news avoidance, public opinion, and changing media.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Jevin D. West @jevinwest.bsky.social Professor @UW_iSchool, Co-founder of Center for an Informed Public @uwcip. I study misinformation in science & society. Book: tinyurl.com/y7ekfkhx
Willie Agnew @willie-agnew.bsky.social Queer in AI 🏳️🌈 | postdoc at cmu HCII | ostem |william-agnew.com | views my own | he/they
jane l. e [she/her] @littlejanee.bsky.social stanford hai postdoc, [incoming] nus assistant professor
previously: postdoc at ucsd's design lab, phd at stanford hci, bse at princeton
ejane.me
Virginia Eubanks @virginiaeeubanks.bsky.social Writer working for an abundant, peaceful, and equitable future.
NEW MEMOIR (8/11/26): A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care and Survival. Preorder: bit.ly/4hAFUJb https://virginia-eubanks.com/
Meera Desai @madesai.bsky.social PhD student at University of Michigan School of Information. Data and evaluation practices for language models / language models as cultural technologies.
https://meera-desai.com
Peter Baxter @peterbaxter.bsky.social Clinical & Quantitative Psychology + Human-AI Interaction | Ph.D. student, UNC Chapel Hill | ideally, thoughtful/clinically relevant stats/ML/AI to study human-AI harmony
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.”
Negin Alimohammadi @negin-alim.bsky.social 
Kynnedy Simone Smith @kynnedysimone.bsky.social Bridging AI & Humanity | Researcher | Changemaker | Speaker | Violinist
Incoming PhD Student at Carnegie Mellon HCII. Designing socioculturally aligned AI systems for interpersonal communication, personalization, and accessibility.
evil maid @lenazun.bsky.social not exactly the voice of reason. scaffolding @eff. filosofía zen-troamericana. escribiendo en cartasalabismo.com
Marianna Zhang @mariannazhang.bsky.social developmental cognitive scientist & postdoc @ NYU | social categories, development, language, climbing, caving | 🗽🌬️🌉🗽 | she/她
mariannazhang.github.io
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي
https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed
لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
JS Tan @js-tan.bsky.social Book: AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY, out Sept 15 (pre-order: https://againsttecholigarchy.com)
PhD candidate @ MIT DUSP. Research on labor and the political economy of AI/cloud. https://js-tan.com
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
Veronica Rivera @veronica-rivera.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher @Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
Incoming Assistant Professor @Georgia Tech
HCI, security, digital safety, AI, labor, ethics
https://vrivera2017.github.io/
Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social Canadian critical media studies scholar and podcaster interested in the meanings we make of perpetual tech promises. Bilingue. Focused on the environment. I typo a lot.
😷🏳️🌈
🎙️ thedatafix.net
📝 heliotropejournal.net
Mary L. Gray @marylgray.bsky.social Senior Principal Researcher | teacher | seeker | MacFellow
Emily Bowe @emilyrbowe.bsky.social Urban nerd @bplmaps. @unc & @parsonsdesign alum. Mostly here for talk about cities, maps, libraries, and knitting. She/her
Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website anthropology, algorithms, attention | he/him | The conversation is characterized by Nick's use of language, but the content of the discussion remains unknown.
Roman Lutz @romanlutz.bsky.social Responsible AI | AI Red Teaming at Microsoft
@hawrarabaan.bsky.social @hawrarabaan.bsky.social 
Sunnie S. Y. Kim ☀️ @sunniesuhyoung.bsky.social Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research 👩🏻💻
Responsible AI, Human-AI Interaction, AI Evaluation ✨️
Prev: Apple, Princeton CS PhD, Yale S&DS BSc
https://sunniesuhyoung.github.io/
Anna Kawakami @anna-kawakami.bsky.social PhD candidate in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute @ Carnegie Mellon University. Research, design, and policy for AI-augmented work.
Working across: Human-AI interaction, responsible AI, AI measurement, augmented intelligence.
annakawakami.com
Kelsey Campbell @kelseycampbell.bsky.social Data Scientist and founder of @gaytascience.bsky.social 🌈📈
Digital safety, mis/disinformation, information operations, public interest tech
they/she
Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net We mobilize the fight for science and democracy - because science is for everyone! 🧬🧪🌎
Donate here: https://bit.ly/SUFS_GIVING
Learn more ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/standupforscience_bluesky
Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social I’m not like the other Bayesians. I’m different.
Thinks about philosophy of science, AI ethics, machine learning, models, & metascience. postdoc @ Princeton.
HCIL @hcil-umd.bsky.social Founded in 1983 at the University of Maryland, the HCIL is the oldest HCI lab in the US. We help train the next generation of HCI researchers and publish research across a wide range of topics. Learn more at https://hcil.umd.edu
Florian Schaub @fschaub.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Information & CSE, University of Michigan
Yujie Tao @tao-yujie.bsky.social Ph.D. Student @Stanford.
I study how technology can enhance our senses—helping us see, touch, and experience the world in new ways. https://yujietao.me
amrit kwatra @tansh-kwa.bsky.social I work on computers, machines & their maintenance.
amritkwatra.com
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Center for an Informed Public @cip.uw.edu A multidisciplinary research center at the University of Washington in Seattle helping individuals, communities and institutions navigate our complex information environments.
Website: cip.uw.edu
Sophie Stephenson @sophiestephenson.me PhD candidate at @uwmadison.bsky.social studying interpersonal security & privacy. Website: sophiestephenson.me
Cover photo by neilbat.es
Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social Futures of work. Writing, researching, teaching, lefting. Ruthless everything, existing. http://dmgreene.net
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Hope Schroeder @hopeschroeder.bsky.social Studying NLP, CSS, and Human-AI interaction. PhD student @MIT. Previously at Microsoft FATE + CSS, Oxford Internet Institute, Stanford Symbolic Systems
hopeschroeder.com
Briana Vecchione @briana-v.bsky.social Researcher @datasociety.bsky.social • AI use/evaluation/accountability in mental health + companionship • Cornell IS PhD • brianavecchione.org • 🏳️🌈
Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social Climate/AI/labor/death researcher in Oakland. Luddite
I wrote a book about how techno-solutionism fails us in this life + beyond https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248272/death-glitch/
www.tamarakneese.com
Alexis Shore Ingber @shoreingber.bsky.social Trying to help privacy happen. Media law prof @ Syracuse U
More on me here: www.alexisshoreingber.com
Manny Moss @emoss.bsky.social Senior Research Scientist - Anthropology of AI and Computing
Blakeley H. Payne @blakeley.bsky.social fat liberation and technology
info phd student @ cu boulder | before: math + cs @ UofSC, ai + ethics @ MIT
she/her 🏳️🌈
EunJeong Cheon @echeon.bsky.social Asst Prof in the iSchool & Autonomous Systems Policy Institute at Syracuse University | social/power dynamics around robots | HCI, CSCW, HRI, STS researcher | previously, TT Asst Prof@CompSciAAU 
Kyle Beadle @kylebeadle.bsky.social PhD Researcher @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk Cybersecurity CDT // queer security and privacy // coercive behaviour in online communities // he/him 🏳️🌈
kylebeadle.com
Novia Wong @noviawong.bsky.social (she/her) PhD candidate at UCI Informatics | Product designer | HCI+Digital mental health for Asian American adolescents and families | http://noviawong.com
Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social Sociologist of #AI • University of Virginia Faculty • Series Editor University of California Press • Tech Editor Public Books • Fellow NYU IKP & UVA DTD • Host of Co-Opting AI Series • Director Sloane Lab • monasloane.org
Parker Bach @parkerbach.bsky.social PhD student at UNC. CITAP affiliate.
Studying online political culture - prediction markets, humor, influencers, and more.
Arguably too much hair.
www.parkerbach.com
Annabel Rothschild @threatstovalidity.bsky.social assistant prof in computer science @ Bard College; opinions mine only
interested in everything to do with data work and data workers (esp w.r.t. ai) and old & aging computer systems
Kevin Feng @kjfeng.me PhD student at the University of Washington in social computing + human-AI interaction @socialfutureslab.bsky.social. 🌐 kjfeng.me
Solon Barocas @s010n.bsky.social Researcher, Microsoft Research
logan koepke @jlkoepke.bsky.social senior project director @upturn.org. research and advocacy on the material harms of AI systems, with a specific focus on civil rights. personal views.
we have it in our power to begin the world over again.
www.jlkoepke.com
L.F. Domingo @lovelydomingo.com recovering cybersecurity consultant, now PhD candidate at UMD College of INFO. #LahainaStrong #MālamaMaui
Amina Abdu @aminaabdu.bsky.social PhD candidate @ University of Michigan School of Information
https://aminaxabdu.github.io/
Shreya Chowdhary @shreyachowdhary.bsky.social phd student at university of michigan school of information - she/her - data, public interest technology, social justice
Tianqi Kou @koutianqi.bsky.social phd candidate at penn state ist, feminist science studies, ai ethics. 🌈he/him. perpetually busy reading things I don’t understand.
koutianqi.info
Justine Morris @jstnmrrs.bsky.social lawyer consulting on cybersec policy, writer at heart.
📍 Dzidzilalich
Sarah Alamdari @sarahalamdari.bsky.social Senior Applied Scientist @ MSR // AI, molecular dynamics, protein design, and some sillyness 🧬
(she/her)
Alexander Hoyle @alexanderhoyle.bsky.social Currently a postdoctoral fellow at ETH AI Center, working on Computational Social Science + NLP.
Following the postdoc, will join TU Wien and Complexity Science Hub Vienna as an Assistant Professor.
PhD in CS from UMD.
alexanderhoyle.com
Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee @hankhplee.bsky.social PhD student @CMU HCII | Prev: IBM Research, Microsoft Research, Brave
I develop tools that assist AI practitioners in identifying, reasoning about, and mitigating privacy risks during the development of AI products.
https://hankhplee.com/
Pamela Wisniewski @pamwis.bsky.social (She/Mom/Dr.) HCI researcher focused on digital resilience and adolescent online safety. My opinions are my own.
JennyLDavis @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social Sociologist of emergent tech. Dog content enthusiast. https://www.jennyldavis.com/
Agathe Balayn @amabalayn.bsky.social Postdoc researcher @MicrosoftResearch, previously @TUDelft.
Interested in the intricacies of AI production and their social and political economical impacts; gap policies-practices (AI fairness, explainability, transparency, assessments)
Chris Tokita @christokita.bsky.social 👨💻 data scientist for good—working for better online + natural ecosystems, cities, government
🌇 board: AbundantHousingLA.org
🎓 alum: LAUSD, Yale, Princeton PhD
🌴 LA roots 🏄
more about me: ctokita.com
Sarah Fox @perhaxis.bsky.social Assistant Professor at CMU HCII | Director of https://techsolidaritylab.com/
Meryl Alper @merylalper.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ Northeastern. Technology, kids, disability, mental health. BOOKS: Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT 2014) Giving Voice (MIT 2017), Kids Across the Spectrums (MIT 2023) https://bit.ly/kidsacrossthespectrums
Amy Pavel @amypavel.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UT Austin CS | Human-AI Interaction, Accessibility, Creativity | https://amypavel.com/
Matt Bui @mnbui.bsky.social professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, focusing on racial justice as data justice. interests: critical data x urban comm
working on a book, Appetite for Data, about foodie platforms & race / class / solidarity.
radjusticelab.com
UW Human Centered Design & Engineering @hcde.uw.edu UW HCDE: We build possibility.
We advance systems and technologies for people and communities to create accessible, sustainable, and prosperous futures. Offering undergraduate, master's, and PhD programs in Human Centered Design & Engineering.
hcde.uw.edu
justine zhang @tisjune.bsky.social assistant professor in information, university of michigan. i have big intellectual feelings about language and technology.
https://tisjune.github.io/
she/her
Hanna Wallach @hannawallach.bsky.social VP and Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research NYC. AI evaluation and measurement, responsible AI, computational social science, machine learning. She/her.
One photo a day since January 2018: https://www.instagram.com/logisticaggression/
Michelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social researcher/organizer critically investigating how AI systems impact communities. cs phd @ brown cntr. she/her.
🌷 https://michelle-ding.github.io/
💭 https://michellelding.substack.com/