Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards. Regret to report that people are still taking this account seriously. Avatar image by @tpneenan.bsky.social.
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
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Rebecca Vincent @rebeccajvincent.bsky.social Deputy Director of The Citizens. Formerly Reporters Without Borders & Big Brother Watch. Human rights campaigner obsessed with holding power to account.
@annasophiegross.bsky.social @annasophiegross.bsky.social 
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
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
People Vs Big Tech @peoplevsbigtech.eurosky.social Algorithm, we’re onto you. Let’s build a better digital world.
👾 Linktree linktr.ee/peoplevsbigtech
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
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📬 https://disconnect.blog
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Manasa @manasanarayanan.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University
Previously journalist. Bylines in The Citizens, The Observer, Byline Times, VICE World News, Tech Policy Press, The Lead, New Internationalist.
Sabrina Provenzani @sabrinaprovenzani.bsky.social London-based journalist. Correspondent @Italian newspaper Il Fatto quotidiano. Politics, Current affairs, Tech-(justice/politics/harm) https://the-citizens.com.
Platforms were always a front-page issue for me.
VP, Foreign Press Association in London.
Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social Freelance journo/researcher.
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, DeSmog, Byline Times, The Nerve, Computer Weekly, Democracy for Sale, AOAV, Citizens, Good Law Project, Dawn etc.
Email:mcfoiareturns@proton.me
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
Digital Rights Watch @drwaus.bsky.social We fight for human rights in the digital age.
www.digitalrightswatch.org.au 
noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu Visit our website 👉 http://noyb.eu
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#MakingPrivacyReality #InvestInPrivacy
Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com International nonprofit protecting human rights online by tackling the spread of online harms. US 501(c)(3) non-profit. Media: media@counterhate.com
Daisy Bata @batadaisy.bsky.social investigative journo & documentary producer @bbc @channel4 @itv @mindhouse @hardcash @keofilms etc.
specialise in OSINT, cyber crimes, crypto, algorithms & tech
also writer/director of scripted shorts ("Bloodbuzz")
Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
Oliver Hayes @olliehayes.bsky.social Head of policy & campaigns at Global Action Plan. Working on big tech’s climate harms. 
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
Sarah Murphy Madia @sarahmurphymadia.bsky.social Currently thinking about how money and information intersect in social media @whattofix.tech. Reflecting on knowledge, truths and how best to get there since oh my gosh probably 2003.
📍Brussels
Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com I publish thebriefing.ie, & founded organisations working on tech & democracy. Tech Policy Press fellow. Political scientist, advocate, writer, knitter. DMs open
Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com Political technologist, bringing democracy to the internet. Brussels, 🇪🇺.
• tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
• DASL, Eurosky/Mu, Modal
• ex W3C, NYT
• Signal robin.77
Statewatch @statewatch.bsky.social We are activists, researchers, lawyers and journalists exposing state power across Europe and its borders.
Our work has supported debates, movements and campaigns since 1991.
Access our latest articles: https://linktr.ee/statewatch
Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social We #DefendDemocracy against hybrid & technological threats. Nonpartisan, nonprofit, Transatlantic. Founder & Director: Alice @Stollmeyer
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social Founder of https://DefendDemocracy.EU/
Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats.
Open for new opportunities.
🏆Politico’s #Power40
@EU_Dempsey @eudempsey.bsky.social Irish. EU Advocacy for @article19.bsky.social in Brussels. Prior - international dev/affairs in Mumbai and MENA - Beirut, Baghdad, Amman, Berlin, London. #humanrights #foreignaffairs #techpolicy #EUaffairs #mediafreedom Views mine.
ARTICLE 19 @article19.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information around the world. 🔴 Support our work: http://article19.org/donate/
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ARTICLE 19 Law and Policy @article19law.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information through legal & policy reforms. Everywhere
ARTICLE 19 Europe @article19europe.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information in Europe and Central Asia.
#FoE #MediaFreedom #InformationIntegrity #SoJ
Fair Vote UK @fairvoteuk.bsky.social We are committed to fighting against the forces that seek to erode and undermine UK democracy.
APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections. Parliament's largest APPG.
Chair: @alexsobel.co.uk
Secretariat: @makevotesmatter.bsky.social & @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social
🔗 https://fairelections.org.uk
Open Britain @openbritain.bsky.social Not-for-profit movement campaigning to make democracy work for everyone. www.open-britain.co.uk
Our Substack: https://uglypolitix.substack.com
Kyle Taylor @kyletaylor.bsky.social Author, activist, digital rights and social media expert. 
Matt Gallagher @mattmgallagher.bsky.social writing / comms @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Mark Kieran @mkieran.com 💥 Determined to make democracy work for EVERYONE
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- @openbritain.bsky.social
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Alice McCool @mccoolingtons.bsky.social ❌ On sick leave ❌ Journalist + feminist. Investigative reporter at The Nerve. Formerly Good Law Project. Other bylines inc The Guardian, CNN, Dazed, TIME Magazine. They/them.
www.alicemccool.com
DeSmog @desmog.com Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science.
Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social Web publication & idea forum based in Brussels, discussing the future of the internet from a broad perspective on society's digital evolution ➡ Web: https://netopia.eu | https://x.com/NetopiaEU | LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/netopia-eu/
Tijs Sikma @tijssikma.bsky.social Political Historian | PhD Radboud University: history of the Dutch public debate surrounding digitalisation | Researcher Rathenau Institute (parliamentary technology assessment institute): project about Planetary Health | Computational methods in history 
Ellen Judson @ellenejudson.bsky.social Disinformation investigator, tech policy nerd, philosophy, human rights, climate. Views my own. She/her
Also on https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-judson-75918241/
Bram Vranken @bramvranken.bsky.social Big Tech campaigner and researcher at @corporateeurope.org. Fighting corporate power ✊
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) challenges the influence of Big Business and corporate lobby groups in EU policy-making.
🐘 @corporateeurope@mstdn.social
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👉 linktr.ee/corporateeurope
Superbloom @superbloom.design Superbloom is committed to changing who technology serves.
Always using design to shift power in the tech ecosystem. Formerly known as Simply Secure.
https://superbloom.design
@iirrmmaa.bsky.social @iirrmmaa.bsky.social 
Marleen Stikker @marleenstikker.eurosky.social The internet is broken … but we can fix it. Waag Futurelab - waag.org - Professor of Practice at Applied University of Amsterdam. Mastodon: marleenstikker@waag.social
Sander van der Waal @sander.eurosky.social Strategy Director at Waag Futurelab, Amsterdam
Marc Faddoul @marcfaddoul.com Director at @aiforensics.org - Algorithmic Audit and Platform Accountability non-profit
Also with @freeourfeeds.com to expand ATproto infra and ecosystem!
AI Forensics @aiforensics.org European non-profit
Algorithmic investigations and platform accountability
Nádia Guerlenda Cabral @pululante.bsky.social Activist @Avaaz, human rights and tech. Memes. PT-BR and EN.
Pat de Brún @patdebrun.bsky.social Head of Big Tech Accountability @ Amnesty International | Deputy Director @ Amnesty Tech | Lawyer | PhD student @ SOAS | he/him | views mine 
SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social 🔎 Non-profit investigating multinationals.
🎯 Critical, independent, and factual.
🌍 Mission: a world where people & planet > profit!
💻 More info at https://www.somo.nl/
Cagri Cavus @antitrustcc.bsky.social Tech Researcher (Competition Policy) at @somoamsterdam.bsky.social ~Interested in antitrust, innovation and economic power beyond market power
Margarida Silva @margaridasilva.bsky.social I research Big Tech's power and campaign to limit it at @somoamsterdam.bsky.social
Eduardo Santos @edsantos.eu Lawyer • #DigitalRights: #Copyright, #Privacy et al. • @knowledgerights21.org Coordinator in 🇵🇹 • doing stuff @direitosdigitais.pt • EN/PT •
High Tech, Law Life
https://edsantos.eu/
Fediverse: @edsantos@ciberlandia.pt
D3 – Defesa dos Direitos Digitais @direitosdigitais.pt Associação D3 - Defesa dos Direitos Digitais.
Junta-te a nós em http://direitosdigitais.pt.
Membro da rede EDRi.org.
Fediverso: http://ciberlandia.pt
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NEVER AGAIN/NIGDY WIĘCEJ @neveragainnw.bsky.social Stowarzyszenie NIGDY WIĘCEJ przeciwdziała rasizmowi i dyskryminacji.
The NEVER AGAIN Association has campaigned for human rights in Poland and internationally.
www.nigdywiecej.org
https://linktr.ee/neveragainassociation
Foundation DAHRD @dahrd.bsky.social Diaspora led non-profit, works on democracy, human rights, and rule of law. Born in cafe London hence the name!
Dr Ritumbra Manuvie @ritumbra.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of Groningen. Founder Director of @foundationtls.bsky.social
Talks about human rights, tech, politics and India
AlgorithmWatch @algorithmwatch.org We ensure that the use of algorithms & AI benefits the many, not just the few!
🇪🇺 We’re the EU/German part
🇨🇭 For Switzerland: @algorithmwatchch.bsky.social
🌐 https://algorithmwatch.org/
AlgorithmWatch CH @algorithmwatchch.bsky.social We ensure that the use of algorithms & AI benefits the many, not just the few! Join us 🤍
🇨🇭 We’re the Swiss part.
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DE: https://algorithmwatch.ch | FR: https://algorithmwatch.ch/fr
FC St. Pauli EN @en.fcstpauli.com Official English account of FC St. Pauli 🏴☠️
sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Alistair Green @mralistairgreen.bsky.social 
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
The Citizens Trust @mcfctrust.bsky.social Established in 2026, we represent the views of our members and act as a democratic, accountable voice promoting the interests of Manchester City supporters.
https://thecitizenstrust.org/
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk Ex Merchant Navy officer and now Merchant Navy teacher and creator of online training courses.
Author of the Series "The Hormuz Crisis" - Volume 1 The Illusion of Open Seas e-book on Amazon now.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-oro
https://ashoro.co.uk/
@unioncity.bsky.social @unioncity.bsky.social Fashion conscious pseudo idealist
MCFC, Trade Unions, music lover, gig goer, book reader and bad dancer. MD ANT🏅
Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health; #NIHRECOVER adult PI; general internist; quality/safety/healthcare delivery; mom of 3 boys. Posts are my own. @medsky.social
Tom Foley @tomfoley.bsky.social Policy Enthusiast. Psychiatrist. Runner. PI on Learning Healthcare Project https://learninghealthcareproject.org
The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social We are an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK.
www.health.org.uk
THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk We are The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute. We're strengthening the evidence base for healthcare improvement.
Based at the University of Cambridge and made possible by the Health Foundation.
thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social physician-scientist, author, editor
https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
Not in the Epstein Files, but in Alan Bennett's Diaries
Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com
Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
This account mutes killjoys.
Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social Immunologist & science communicator based at UoM fascinated by our immune response to threats (pathogens, pollution) & microbiome & how this exposome affects health. Also quite likely to share random dog and nature pics 🧪👩🔬 #AcademicSky #SciCom
Paul Banks @paulbscenestories.bsky.social Mancunian storyteller capturing the history of music and club culture. Sharing untold stories from the Acid House era and beyond. This is my YouTube https://youtube.com/@mcrscenestories?si=576BZW93VyZpZ79U
Paul Parcellin @paulpar.bsky.social crimeonfilm.com
Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social Est. 2021. #FilmNoirUK is a dedicated film org in the UK celebrating the ever influential world of #FilmNoir. Hosts of #FilmNoirFest
Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social Physics, bubbles, oceans, hot chocolate and curiosity. Professor at UCL, writer, broadcaster. Author of Storm in a Teacup and Blue Machine https://linktr.ee/helenczerski Co-host of BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth
maki @maki-kim.bsky.social 
Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
Mike Irving @mikeirvingweb.bsky.social Cross-platform Software Developer, Speaker. Microsoft MVP. Co-organiser of Dot Net North and Macc Tech. Based in Macclesfield, often in Manchester #MVPBuzz
Macc Tech @macctech.bsky.social A regular meetup for the digital and technology folk of Macclesfield #MaccTech - Inclusive of designers, developers, IT professionals, makers & more
https://www.macctech.co.uk
Disappointing Lego Flags @legoflags.bsky.social I make flags out of Lego, but they’re not very good
Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social Author, online safety campaigner, journalist, hater of tech bros.
https://www.adelesnotes.co.uk/
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
barry novibes @iaindowie.bsky.social bone idle. clippercard truther. sarnie voyeur.
Thomas @tomdedelta.bsky.social TV’s north London, work in hospitality & fashion, friend to Robbie the cat. Still do a bit of music, enjoy racquet sports, big walks & big dinners, sometimes tired but usually happy. Sporadic poster. Using alt text is fun and good. Using AI imagery is not.
Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Bellingcat. Previously at Scripps News. 
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) IRRESISTIBLE MONSTERS, March 2027 🪶 Posts by N and team.
https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov Mom, wife, daughter, and loving but distracted friend. U.S. Senator for Minnesota. Prefers window seats, donuts and MN beer (all together when possible) ✈️ 🍩🍺
Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
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Shappi Khorsandi @shappikhorsandi.bsky.social My favourite colour is purple. My favourite spoon is a teaspoon.