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Lady Queet @ladyqueet.bsky.social Lady Queet is a music producer, singer, songwriter and rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Owner of Picture Perfect Entertainment. #MusicSky #WhoIsYourFavoriteFemaleRapper
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social Senior politics reporter for HuffPost.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Jeff Weddle @jeffweddle.bsky.social State of Alabama Beat Poet Laureate (2024-2026). I also write fiction and nonfiction.
I do not speak for my employer in any way. No one speaks for me.
General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social THE Decentralized General Strike Network โ Uniting 3.5% (11 million Americans!) to actively participate in a STRIKE for economic & political reconstruction.
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Lenny Henry @lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social Actor, writer, comedian and producer
Little Red Book Club @lrbcmain.bsky.social Marxist-Leninist group based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Open to members across Britain, with regular in person and online meetings.
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Liza Donnelly @lizadonnelly.bsky.social New Yorker cartoonist and writer, Substack called Seeing Things. substack.com/lizadonnelly Director: Women Laughing documentary. womenlaughingfilm.com Gonna change world with humor.
Robin Anil @robinanil.bsky.social Technology Builder
Mark Hayward @themarkhayward.bsky.social Full time professional comedy yo-yo man, automaton maker, dog-haver
BKE @bke613.bsky.social Performance Artist, Musician, Teacher, Designer, Traveller, Adventurer of Life 
Gabrielle Lyon @ghlyon1.bsky.social Desert born, midwest rooted
JD Pirtle @jdpirtle.bsky.social Artist, educator, and researcher - currently: Electronic Visualization Lab @ UIC.
PhD student in Education Policy Studies @ UIC: critical pedagogy, maker ed, art, technology, and politics.
jdpirtle.com
Clare Sammells @csammells.bsky.social Anthropologist of Food, Tourism, and Latin America (Bolivia, Argentina, Antarctica). Lover of plants AND zombies. Barbershop singer. Assoc Prof at Bucknell U but all opinions are my own.
John Tolva @johntolva.bsky.social Cities, humanities, constellations, and reefs. http://ascentstage.com
Frank Wiles @fwiles.bsky.social Expert in building, scaling and maintaining complex web applications - Founder of REVSYS, PSF Fellow, Django Steering Council and Former President of the Django Software Foundation.
Into Python, Django, React, Rust, Kubernetes and cooking
Big Data Energy @jmochicago.bsky.social Multidisciplinary nerd. Use Qual+Quant data for sensemaking. Wrangle data & skip trace for fun. Business & organizational ethnographer. Tweets = my own. Will always be up for talking about public ed and nonfiction. Fueled by Ethiopian coffee. 
Adelle lin @adellelin.bsky.social Artist, technologist, indie games, working on the resistance @newinc @onx @nycresistor
Faculty at Parsons and helping out at the Math Museum in NYC
adelleninja.com
jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social i make robots and test automation tools. (started the selenium & appium open source projects, now vibium.) living at the intersection of software, electronics, mechanics, and the occasional kinetic art project. and baking.
๐: chicagoland
Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org Sometime verb, real person, lover of 8-bit computers, husband & father, trying to be a kind person. #blacklivesmatter; trans rights are human rights.
he/him
Kristen Marhaver @coralsci.bsky.social Coral scientist running a gene bank-IVF clinic-NICU-daycare for baby endangered corals, so of course it's super easy and nothing ever goes wrong. Fighting for baby corals because they have very short arms. www.marhaverlab.com
Ken Norton @kennorton.com Romantic bird facts
Eric Lunt @elunt.com I live near Chicago and I love tech. More at elunt.com
DJ Patil @djpatil.bsky.social Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist
GP Great Point Ventures
Devoted Health, RelateIQ, LinkedIn
I build things 
CL @cllantz.bsky.social โข Neuroscientist โข Development โข Visual Circuits โข Plasticity โข BRAIN
Backpacking, fly fishing, quilting.
Skeets are my own. she/her/hers
Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com Professor of Internet Use & Society, University of Zurich
William Allan Neilson Professor, Smith College (Fall 2024)
Formerly: Northwestern U, Princeton U
eszter.com
Karthik Ram @karthik.io Accelerating science https://bsky.app/profile/valency.io
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Ted Hanโ
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Russell Shilling @shilling.bsky.social โ๏ธ Experimental Psychologist | Navy CAPT (ret) | DARPA alum | Tech innovation in education and behavioral health | Autism parent | Views expressed are my own| ๐พ https://russ-shilling.com/ideas
m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere.
enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press
writing - https://oddletters.com/
stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch
i curse a lot
he/they
Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social Professor: Northwestern, Kellogg School โข Director: Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement โข Schapiro Fellow: Institute for Policy Research โข Book: The All-Or-Nothing Marriage โข Podcast: Love Factually
kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT!
signal: kateconger.11
buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social Primum non nocere
Research & Teaching @ Columbia Journalism School
Willful & premeditated emdash & serial comma user; verber of nouns
Often staring down both barrels of Brandolini's law
Recovering tech, business, and design journo
Weniger, aber besser.
Hilary Mason @hilarymason.com Co-founder & CEO of Hidden Door. I <3 cheeseburgers and making beautiful things. I know a thing or two about AI, but it's people who matter. I am interested in many things.
NYC
Erin Drain (she/her) @erinoia.bsky.social Dot connector, west sider, haunted bungalower, thread winder, unlikely womenโs basketball super fan.
Used to do/still happy to talk about.
Julia Mossbridge, PhD @gocerp.bsky.social science & tech for unconditional love, hope, and future preparedness
Paul Smith @smith.dev Program the computers. Gov tech founder, dad, and Oโs fan in the US Midwest. I enjoy weightlifting. I collect spores, molds, and fungus. Making my mind a sunless place
Co-founder of Ad Hoc
Megan Stielstra @meganstielstra.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher, axe-thrower ๐ช
meganstielstra.com
๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Zoรซ Keating @zoekeating.com Cellist, Composer, Charismatic Musical Microfauna in Vermont
music.zoekeating.com
she/her
Yael Hochberg @yhochber.bsky.social 
J. Gordon Wright @jgordonwright.com Digital director for @norc.org by day, singer with @chicagojazzdads.com by night. Luckiest dad and husband in the world. Opinions my own.
www.jgordonwright.com
(Shy-lee) Shaily Hakimian @hakimian45.bsky.social Reduce Anxiety, Overwhelm, & Ambiguity when you Juggle Multiple Roles. 2X Your Creative Capacity. Unbox Yourself & Feel Empowered Beyond Social Media @ YourSocialMediaSherpa.com
Ytasha @ysolstar.bsky.social Afrofuturist. Writing in words and pixels. Author. Dancing always. Drinking tea. Champion for humanity. Next: The Afrofuturist Evolution
Brandon Fischer @imprblcnstrct.bsky.social Farmer, Brewer, Woodworker, Artist, Enthusiast
Dan Bornstein @danfuzz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Virtual Machinist. Loves coffee and noise. May or may not be working on an operating system.
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Jacqueline Ros Amable @jackieros.bsky.social 
Anna Galland @annagalland.bsky.social Democracy enthusiast. Midwest is best.
David Altenburg @gensym.bsky.social Chicagoan in SoCal.
Programming, rock climbing, mountain rescue.
@dougbradbury.bsky.social @dougbradbury.bsky.social 
Peter Tsai @petetsai.bsky.social Technologist, Photographer, & finder of things old and new... 
Ben H Kram @benhkram.bsky.social infrastructure diplomat and hot-glue gun
Lenifaye @andreafaye.bsky.social Director of Resource Organizing at Access Reproductive Care-Southeast. Queer & Quaker Chaplain in-the-making.
Durham now, Chicago forever.
https://andreafayehartrt.substack.com/
Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social Domestic Extremism Correspondent at NPR. 
Jamie Sanchez @spacedragon.bsky.social โถโถโถโถ she/her
Curiouser.design makinโ websites
JamieSanchez.com blog
AnimeChicago.com founder
BebopBeat.com pod co-host
BitBashChicago.com co-founder
Doctor B. Popular @docpop.org Yo-yoer, artist, musician, and host of the Fediverse Files.
San Francisco
DocPop.org
He/Him
Mastodon is still my main account, but you can follow my Masto account here on bsky via here: bsky.app/profile/docpop.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Amanda Walker @aw90.bsky.social security & privacy geek by day, decorative artist by night.
Not interested in cryptocurrency or gofundme scams, sorry.
Bitsy Joy @bitsyjoy.bsky.social 
Lorena Nicole @lorenanicole.bsky.social #Chicago #Latinx #technologist ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป cat mama to 3 floofy ๐โโฌ๐๐โโฌ Maine Coons, lover of #Python ๐, #educator ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ซ & public speaker, #Fitness buff ๐ฅ๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ, #OrdCamp nerd, Champion of #EthicalTech, down with the left. Forget the rest.
๐๐ฝ lorenamesa.com
Saya (Sigh-Uh, like Maya) Hillman @sayahillman.bsky.social Keynote Speaker | Facilitator | Product & Community Creator โก๏ธ Transforms adulting from ๐๐๐คฎ๐ณ๐ซฃ to ๐ฅฐ๐๐ค๐๐ฅณ๐๐พ. Personal life, โ
. Professional life, โ
. Life of Yesโ spreader via Mac & Cheese Productionsโ ๐ง- S Sasha Laundy @sashalaundy.bsky.social
Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org he+him / Writing about software craft and quality: unsung.aresluna.org / Wrote a book about the history of keyboards: shifthappens.site / Designer / Typographer / Occasional speaker / Chicagoan in training
Aaron U. Salmon @aaronsalmon.com UX & Design leader in Eau Claire, Wis. Jovial lad, coffee/bike shop co-owner.
Standing up my own PDS. Excited about public squares that work for everyone.
Past: Obama '12 HQ, Pentagon, Northwestern Knight Lab, and a bedroom BBS in '91.
aaronsalmon.com
Corey Haines @coreyhaines.bsky.social cats, but you can send me pictures of all animals
Sara Hudson @saratexas.bsky.social Interim CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Nonprofit Quarterly. Writer. Auntie. Children's books stan. Pro-Black, pro-justice, pro-libraries, pro-kindness. she/her/ella
@theadpolancic.bsky.social @theadpolancic.bsky.social 
Rebeca Mojica @rebecamojica.bsky.social ๐ต๐ท ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ช๐๐ฒ๐ธ
Chainmaille artisan, instructor & author.
she/her
We can chose words and actions to build people up or tear them down. Our choices are contagious.
https://linktr.ee/rebecamojica
jenniferathome @jenniferathome.bsky.social Proud museum person. Trying to be a good human and make the world lovelier in all the ways. Mom, partner, knitter, Italophile. Pro-peace, pro-choice. No effs left.
Joe Walnes @waln.es Building new stuff at Stripe.
Previously: Apple, Google, Thoughtworks, trading, founder.
Open source: websocketd, xstream, hamcrest, and othersโฆ
github.com/joewalnes
linkedin.com/in/joewalnes
x.com/joewalnes
@natmas.bsky.social @natmas.bsky.social 
@joeborn.bsky.social @joeborn.bsky.social 
Andrew McLaughlin @andrewmcl.bsky.social Nerd. @mcandrew from the Other Place.
Andrew @andrewkruger.bsky.social 
Aaron Silvers Lining Playbook @cut.buzz Barber. Previously: IEEE-type/Fed/Tech/Teacher.
I'm a yes-and kinda dude.
Look, Feel, and Do Better๐๐ช
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social Iโm not in James Thurberโs attic any more! right now Iโm home yay ! Iโm the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la southern roots, oakland blossoms ๐ธ
tech blah blah
@b.astrel.laโs weirder half
Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis
probably on threads https://www.threads.com/@theericajoy
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social โZizek if he was a woman and loved sandwichesโ
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
Itโs always Free Palestine ๐
Adam Savage @asavage.bsky.social Maker. Science Communicator. Connector. 
๐ฌ๐พ๐ฝSydette The Dreaded Gorgon๐ฝ๐ฌ๐พ @blackamazon.bsky.social Here to hold my name . She/her / yourgorgoness
- Far Rockโs finest
- expert of miscellany
- writer
- Senior Fellow
- Oracle at Dead ass
@unbreaking.org
Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com Chasing Wonder, Engineer, Author, ORD Camp Instigator, Feminist. Potter. Recovering technologist. Would like to pet your dog.
Previously: Founder & CTO of Tock, Xoogler, Ex-Apple. He/Him.
Optimizing for kindness
wonder.voyage
debuggingteams.com
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast โBeforecastโ
Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social Raze & Rebuild Studio Founder | BAFTA US Member | Ex-Monolith Prod. | Twitch Partner | LogitechG Partner | Rivals of Waterdeep & Black Dice Society Alum |TakeThis Board Chair| She/They
https://linktr.ee/cypheroftyr
twitch.tv/cypheroftyr
Harper ๐คฏ @harper.lol post-normal person
harper.lol / harper.blog
Leigh Honeywell @hypatia.bsky.social Security, diversity, housing, Canadian stuff ๐จ๐ฆ. Cofounder and CEO of @tallpoppy.bsky.social; more at leighhoneywell.com
Will โAvailable for Contractsโ Smith @willsmith.fun (he/him) I make podcasts and help people build and launch their indie games. https://techpod.content.town | Cohost of the Dual Boot Diaries and The Full Nerd @PCWorld.com
I've never slapped anyone / not the actor
Signal:willsmith.01
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Dr. Lucian Walkowicz @notnotrocketscience.com Astronomer, movement artist, & educator based in Chicago ๐ธ Founder, Not Not Rocket Science โจCo-founder, the JustSpace Alliance ๐they/them causing mayhem
notnotrocketscience.com
shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social Award-winning (2x Indiecade, Eisner, Ignatz, National Book Award finalist, etc) game designer, cartoonist, and puppet filmmaker in the practice of marionettes, fortune cabinets, kind rabblerousing, and Paul Bunyan facts. Little guy enjoyer. (they/them)
BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social Bryan William Jones
Neuroscientist
Vision Neuroscientist
Connectomics / VolumeEM
Photographer / #Leica
Professing at Pitt
In the data
bryanwjones.com
ORCID 0000-0001-5527-6643
Liz Fong-Jones (ๆน็ฆฎ็) @lizthegrey.com ๐บ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ป in ๐ฆ๐บ๐จ๐ฆ working on ๐ฏโฌข๐ญ
she/it
Byron Woodfork @byronwoodfork.bsky.social Software engineering topics, mentorship advice & movie nerd hot takes โบ๏ธ
Latest YouTube video link below ๐๐พ
https://youtu.be/Jlk93rV8tws
Jesse Vincent @s.ly Doing AI stuff at Prime Radiant. Past lives include: keyboard.io, VaccinateCA, K-9 Mail, Request Tracker & Perl.
I can usually be found in #Berkeley
jesse@fsck.com
jesse@primeradiant.com
@jesse@metasocial.com
was @obra on Twitter