Andrew Cairns @acairns.co.uk Using metaphors and analogies to explain Software Engineering in fun ways: https://youtube.com/@metaphoricallyspeaking
Staff Software Engineer. Passionate about DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing and Distributed Systems.
Kayaking, too.
The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
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Sophia Florence (Swolephia Arc Pt 2) @sophiaflorence.bsky.social ChemEng/data/applied math (pharma formulations + disinformation), writer/comedian (stand-up and horror films), health/science/tech policy consultant, copywriter, host of the Crumbling Podcast (about disinformation), Connecticut enthusiast.
thecrumbling.com
emily ke finch @emilykefinch.bsky.social emily.
liberal leanings.
prone to typos.
most posts about conspiracy theories and/or politics.
loves dogs.
Cornell Courage @cornellcourage.bsky.social Cornellians, join us via the pinned post!
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Check out www. cornellcourage. com
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Ross Thompson @wintermute115.bsky.social Owner of a world-class dice collection.
He/him
Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com Freelance journalist. @ms.now and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host.
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Check if my post is a joke before flaming me please.
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David Buchanan @retr0.id reverse engineering, cryptography, exploits, hardware, file formats, and generally giving computers a hard time
Fedi: @retr0id@retr0.id
Macroblog: https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Gil Durรกn @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling โThe Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.โ https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Sturdy Knight, MLIS, PhD @sturdyknight.bsky.social Educational Technologist and Instructional Designer.
Specializing in gamification but not in creepy crypto-bro way I swear.
Coming at you live from the fairy bower.
Opinions are mine and correct.
He/Him.
The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social The nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper. thecrimson.com
Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social Multimedia artist, maker, potter, painter, creator of Surly-Ramics. Surly.etsy.com is where you can buy my work. patreon.com/SurlyAmy is where you can read about me. Dog is Love.
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shademar @shademar.bsky.social Scientist watching the world burn from Tahoe. PhD in neuro stuff from Cal. NIH alum. Retired I guess. Have MS and at war with my brain in general. Weather obsessed. A goblin.
Creators show me your creations! Alt text if possible plz
#WxSky #FireWx
@quarkwhisperer.bsky.social @quarkwhisperer.bsky.social
Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social some kind of bureaucrat | lots of typos | he/him | if you're confused what Double Victory (DVTL) is look at my pinned | views my own, etc normal disclaimers
Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social I write.
Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net Bible college dropout. Amateur woodworker. Always fighting for trans people to get a fair shake. Director of Communications @hrc.org. Opinions mine. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Alex Hardy @alex-hardy.bsky.social Army Veteran, writer, and proud dog owner.
Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social Founder of the Housing Frame on Substack. Housing, markets, economy. Buc-eeโs fan.
conorsen.substack.com
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
A Stoic Gardener @varied-thrush.bsky.social Vintage liberal lady. Nature is my church. Anti-racist, pro Golden Rule. Enjoy ๐ฎ! I buy from companies that don't kowtow to trump. No DMs pls.โ๏ธโฅ๏ธ
Amalia Sancha @amalias.bsky.social Originally from Madrid, PNWesterner. Wife and mom of girls and dogs. People who pitifully and obsessively whine about democrats are ridiculous. Attack the real enemy, you MFs.
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Grammer @grammer24.bsky.social Bird app refugee. We are in for a bumpy ride!
Pro Roe. LGBTQ and Trans safe here. Grandma who has seen a few things. Fight for your daughters and granddaughters - their lives depend on it!
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Wet system respecter @purdy.bsky.social One must imagine the electron happy.
implausibly, the point mass is smiling
Gigawatt ๐ดโโ ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @gigawattvertigo.bsky.social Alleged musician. Cybernetics appreciator. Noted grouch, leftist. Birdsite refugee. Melburnian. Definitely not a vampire. (he/him if necessary)
Machine Elvis @oatswizard.bsky.social FKA Oats Wizard, Dr. of Skeetology
PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social The worlds most read and watched LGBTQ+ media publisher.
Our mission - to inform, inspire change and empower people to be themselves ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Find us at www.thepinknews.com
dogemperor (PLAY NEO:TWEWY, ZEPTOGRAMS) @dogemperor.bsky.social age 18+/gender is wtf/I write on politics and cults with side helpings of fandom/FUB free/I now have a carrd like real tumblr users! :D
Other socials: tinyurl.com/socials314
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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Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social Hater of Fascists, Irritated Democrat, Agnostic-Christian, Ferret Guy, Gamer, Partner to Kellie, Twitter Escapee, USAF Veteran.
Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com Unemployed and looking for work. Past bylines at @publisherswkly.bsky.social, @comicsjournal.bsky.social, Gizmodo, HITS Magazine.
Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social Observer of #polycrisis; excursions into history, nature, oddments. Degrees: philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer,
editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)
Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social Political science professor. Teacher/researcher of terrorism and extremism with a focus on the far-right. As likely to post about 40k, gaming, hip-hop or football as stuff that actually matters.
#BillsMafia
Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social Official account of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos (she/ella), representing East Portlandโs District 1.
๐ More Info: linktr.ee/counciloravalos
๐ Online Policy: portland.gov/Disclaimer
#LiveFromPDXCouncil26
#LiveFromHH26
Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social Health Equity Scientist, Bethesda Declaration signer, work at NIH, speak in my personal capacity, photo: AP/Jose Luis Magana
Also on:
https://www.instagram.com/jmnorton
https://www.tiktok.com/@jennajmn
https://linktr.ee/declarationsofdissent
Rural Anarchy @ruralanarchy.bsky.social ๐งฑ ๐ฅ
Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social Cosmopolitan, liberal | Catholic | ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐ฆ๐น๐ถ | Mark 8:36 | he/him
Doing an MSc in Environmental Technology
Formerly: Harris-Walz, Kingston Council
Tara Setmayer @tarasetmayer.bsky.social Co-Founder + CEO The Seneca Project Galvanize Women, Save Democracy @Center4Politics UVA Resident Scholar @HarvardIOP Fellow alum
Proud Jersey Girl
Substack โUncompromised w/Taraโ
โIn a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary actโ
Ellen Andersen @politicablue.bsky.social Professing for 25 years and counting! #VT #PoliticalScience #LGBTQ #disability. New book: Making the Case for Equality: 50 Years of Legal Milestones in LGBTQ History.
Mark Histed @markhisted.org Lincoln liberal, 2nd inaugural enthusiast.
Information processing in networks. Brains, models, lasers.
Prev: media policy for democracypolicy.network. Personal views, not speaking for NIH
linktr.ee/markhisted
neuro: ๐ง /๐งช
Peter Magnuson @pmag77.bsky.social
Matthew Blanchette @mattpb.bsky.social He/him. Physically disabled. Canadian-American; fond of rye toast, when he can get it. Dreams a little.
Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at the NIH.
NIH Fellows United/UAW 2750 Steward.
Bethesda Declaration Signer.
All opinions are my own.
Christina Craigo @cicraigo.bsky.social Writer of fiction, student of Buddhism, defender of democracy, somewhat talented Speed Scrabbler. she/her
NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social We commemorate and mourn the losses resulting from cuts to funding, programs, and people that have been both discriminatory and indiscriminate. We gather every Saturday at 10 am at the Medical Center Metro station at NIH in Bethesda. Opinions are our own.
Multi Facet Fables @multifacetfables.bsky.social To hell with PLAN B! / Opinions by THE CANUCK ANTIFA / Work in progress is OMEN TIDE, an APOCALYPTIC MULTIMEDIA PUZZLE set in an alternative reality / The preview is here: https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/117404880500/ Find us on X: https://x.com/MFFables
Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social Rhetoric prof, social movement scholar & author of Prison Power (2016) and Black Feelings (2020); both from @UPMiss. Editor of #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist (Routledge).
JBR @jbred56.bsky.social Retired federal employee (DHHS/NIH/NCI). I document daily walks with our border collie and travel. It is about being: in the moment, capturing images, thoughts and minute scraps of information. I also make things w/glass.
columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social just a little account for a little guy. curated screengrabs, etc. now in bluesky flavor
for more information: http://columboscreens.carrd.co- N Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social Scientist, mentor, activist, explorer.
Blank Jimmy @theblankgeneration.bsky.social GenX, Hiker, Forest Enthusiast, Pothead.
Degrees in Political Science, Russian language & Economics.
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(Now featuring the hyper fixated autism of a thousand suns.)
OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social Comrades, it is still OK to leave me behind. I'm still not as fierce as you but after following you all this long it's mostly because I'm tired.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Academician Prokhor Zakharov @shake1n1bake.bsky.social The first living thing to go through the device was a small white rat. I still have him, in fact. As you can see, the damage was not so great as they say.
Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social Historian @ruhistorydept.bsky.social
Mind of Frankestein @mindoffrankestein.bsky.social I am blind
Ipsita Chatterjea (she/her) @ichatterjea.bsky.social @soraaad.bsky.social "Teaching the Study of Religion w/o a Church: SORAAAD as Punk Pedagogy" https://search.worldcat.org/title/1368270665
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Erich w/ an h @erichwanh.bsky.social My name is Erich w/ an h.
If you're looking for info on Jason Pargin's current work, @oneballinn is my fan feed, solely for that.
Politics of The Times @stickinmymind.bsky.social What better place than here? What better time than now?
#OpStopTrumpNow
Bobby Amour @kunstderfuge.bsky.social Data things @ Q Origins Project (@qop.bsky.social).
Currently building dchan.qorigins.org
Pianoist (derogatory) ๐น
#ActuallyAutistic
Bobby @bobbyspumoni.bsky.social
WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social Semi-retired antifascist activist, southern schmuck, and boogeyman to Nazis.
Not on Twitter currently.
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODYโS DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
Unchained Malady ๐๐ซโธโธ @unchained-malady.bsky.social genX lefty and all-around affable asshole
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ซถ
๐ซ no AI/crypto/NFTs/TERFs/Zionists
I don't post NSFW but I do cuss an awful lot
JayAllTheEms @jayalltheems.bsky.social peering at the world through a magical window.
Roeland van Zeijst ๐ฌ๐ฑ @rovaz.bsky.social Knows a bit about bytes. Centralist bij Team Hoefijzerpreventie. Posts are personal and might contain iRoNy. ๐ฑ Nothing is endorsed, except Dugga Doo!
Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. @jhuartssciences.bsky.social & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social.
Latest books: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe.
https://preposterousuniverse.com/
Femma @femma.bsky.social Lynn, 28. Officially a Master of History studying neo-fascist wizards and syncretism, Type Moon and Project Moon fan, big fighting game player. Please play Undernight In-Birth.
Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social In every time, in every place, the deeds of man remain the same. (He/Him).
WEBSITE: https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/
Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics.
email max@kennerlylaw.com
Filbert's Revenge @kitsappaintedsigns.bsky.social Who are you callin' a psycho?
I'm not the one arguing with a paintbrush, pal.
They/them in Kitsap WA
Queer, flatbed machine knitter & multi-medium artist, nerd, recluse, 'tism, political shitposting.
I paint protest signs and can make one for you!
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender
host of weird little guys on cool zone media
she/her | charlottesville, va
Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com adventurer
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinoisโ 43rd governor.
For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social 11 year old American Bobtail rescue who fought lymphoma bravely. Her family will continue to raise money for rescues and to try to help cats and pups find their forever homes
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social Retired, liberal, married, atheist. Living blue in deep red Arkansas. Hobbies include golf, camping, travel, grandkids, and fantasy football. My DMโs turned off.
Leaders rarely show up announced. They often rise up when you least expect them to.
Sage Deviant ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @trans.bsky.social artist, writer, tech alchemist. goth cyberpunk riot doll.
please use alt text.
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merch๐ฉโ๐ค: transgender.gay
Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social Recovering attorney, former journalist, and lifelong history nerd. I enjoy interrupting the interrupters. Pretty knowledgeable about the car industry. Jewish of Polish/Ukrainian descent. Married to a bona fide civil rights lawyer.
He/him
@theredwoodsman.bsky.social @theredwoodsman.bsky.social
TheSocioPhi @thesociophi.bsky.social Philosopher. Sociologist. Bartender.
Pusher of big red buttons. Writer of profound thoughts. Occasionally witty. Fan of cheese.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ท Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
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Tim Waters @grapehorse.bsky.social Book lover. Comic retailer. High School hoops.
@zeldabizarre.bsky.social @zeldabizarre.bsky.social Married Elder Goth. Frequently seen in San Francisco.๐๐ผ๏ธ ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ถ ๐ค๐โโฌ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ท๏ธ๐ฆ-#Live Deliciously - see you in the shadows. I make dolls & weird stuff. ๐ซ MAGA, extremists of any kind. Donโt be an asshole ok?