G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.
Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social Sociologist, UIowa Associate Professor. Author of On Critical Race Theory. Past Vice President, American Sociological Association. AAUP/Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Fellow & Alliance for Higher Education Fellow. Speaking only for myself.
Brit Williams, Ph.D. @drbritwilliams.bsky.social Yes, that one. PhD-I study Black Women @ work, health/HIV, & class via EDU | 1stGen | Solo | Childfree by choice | 🌱 based | CiteASista & SisterPhD | 🩷💚 | 5’11 | 1 of 1 | LLM HATER
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Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social A civic news cooperative in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC. We are funny people who care about civics and North Carolina.
triangleblogblog.com
Chris M. Hughes, MD @cmhughesmd.bsky.social Founder, Moral Healthcare; former Hospice & ICU Doc; cognitive psych and contrarian Econ enthusiast. OG @Drsforamerica; https://christopherhughes.substack.com/
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3fYQiw0
All opinions my own!
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
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. LA Podcast co-host, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la 🔥
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/
Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz Professor, researcher, author. Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), gay lady into synths, computers, music, film.
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (YUP 19), and Meta stole it to train its LLM.
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
She/Her
Personal account
https://www.dominiquebaker.com/
(I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
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.”
Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social Associate professor of political communication @ddc-sdu.bsky.social, University of Southern Denmark.
Focus on digital & right-wing media + parties.
Associate Editor @ International Journal of Press/Politics
Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
https://klonick.substack.com/
www.kateklonick.com
W.W.D.D.
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
Lauren LeBlanc @laurenleblanc.bsky.social Writer, critic, National Book Critics Circle board member
She/Her
Formerly: Alfred A. Knopf, Atlas & Co, Penguin Random House Digital, Times-Picayune, Guernica, Brooklyn Book Festival
Chapel Hill, NC
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
https://aoir.org/aoir2026/
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Human Values at Princeton | Cognitive scientist curious about technology, narratives, & epistemic (in)justice | They/She 🏳️🌈
www.crockettlab.org
Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Critical Internet Studies Institute (@criticalinternet.bsky.social, criticalinternet.org). He/him. Views my own; shares, likes, etc. =\= endorsements.
Trying to devote my time to matters of concern to others or to no one in particular.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Jennifer Mittelstadt @jenmittelstadt.bsky.social Historian of politics, the state and movements in the US.
@RUHistoryDept, @SFNDHE, series editor Power, Politics and the World @PennPress
Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social Studying, researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian. Overly helpful
Warning: high volume of reposts and posts. If I follow you, I won't be offended if you don't follow back.
Yiping Xia 夏逸平 @xiayp.bsky.social Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
Past: UNC CITAP, UW-Madison SJMC
The New Press @thenewpress.bsky.social An independent publisher. Changing minds about justice since 1992.
lnk.bio/thenewpress
SheBlue @shesoblue.bsky.social Activist for Democracy Justice🗽⚖️
the planet human rights & Critters proud wife mom & gma 4MDB💙 4EAS❤️ #LGBTQ+ Ally #ACLU #HRC #GoodTrouble #FBR #DumpedMyX #Resist #BadassFeminists #NoKings #Resistance #StayWoke #TeslaTakedown #8647
#AbolishICE
Science Magazine @science.org Cutting-edge research, news, commentary, and visuals from the Science family of journals. https://www.science.org
Stevie Chancellor @schancellor.bsky.social Assistant prof at UMN CS. Human-centered AI, online communities, risky mental health behaviors. Mom, lifter, nerd, haver of opinions. 
Phil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social Assoc professor @Baylor. Studies: digitalization of/in education; how science/tech shape the ways we practice, teach, and talk about literacy. [he/him]
Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life @citap.bsky.social We research the intersection of technology platforms and democratic society.
Our work produces insights that inform a digital future rooted in equality and justice.
https://linktr.ee/unc_citap
Anna Beers @beeeeeers.bsky.social Postdoc @unituebingen.bsky.social, on the job market, studying social media, influencers, far-right politics, conspiracy science, disinformation, and monetization. six e's.
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk Lecturer (Asst Prof) in Communications and AI at the University of Exeter
Prev. LSE Methodology, PhD Oxford Internet Institute
Wikipedia, News, Attention
he/him
🔗🌳 linktr.ee/gildersleve
🌐 https://gildersleve.uk
Zane Griffin Talley Cooper @zgtcooper.bsky.social I write, talk, and make media about the environmental impacts of data centers, chip manufacturing, energy, rare earth mining, and digital infrastructure in the Arctic. Stay tuned for some new film projects! https://youtube.com/@zanegtcooper
Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social Bloomberg tech reporter / Google, Big Tech, misinfo / https://daveyalba.com / ask for my Signal 
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh.
1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social The Civics of Technology (CoT) project aims to empower students and educators to critically inquire into the effects of technologies on their individual and collective lives. Find updates here or by subscribing to our newsletter at civicsoftechnology.org.
Allie Thrall @alliethrall.bsky.social Humanities educator and doctoral researcher @Baylor interested in how digital technologies impact civic possibilities
Protect Democracy @guarddemocracy.bsky.social Democracy - Social Justice - Human Rights - Free Independent Press
International commitment - Separation of church and state - Peaceful transitions
Fight Evil - Support Victims
#RussiaIsATerroistState
#SlavaUkraini 💛💙
#TrumpIsACriminal
Samuel C. Spitale @samuelcspitale.bsky.social Author of How to Win the War on Truth
Sarah Sobieraj @sobieraj.bsky.social Sociologist @ Tufts University
political culture & communication • digital abuse and harassment • social inequalities • media/society • democracy
Margy MacMillan @margymaclibrary.bsky.social Retired librarian with time on her hands, interested in pretty much everything, but especially wildlife/ecology, SoTL, Indigenous matters/decolonization, science, medieval literature…
Settler on unceded Songhees, Esquimalt & WSÁNEĆ territory.
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social National political analyst/forecaster/strategist. Read election analysis from a real expert at The Cycle on Substack 🦆🏈
“The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.” -Winston Churchill
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Claire Wardle @cward1e.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
Crystal Lee @handle.invalid Writing about tech, power, data visualization, social media, disability. Assistant prof of computational media @ MIT. 🇹🇼
crystaljjlee.com
Leon Yin @leonyin.org Investigative data journalist
Bloomberg News
"CTRL + F" and find out
https://inspectelement.org
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
Josh Braun @joshbraun.bsky.social Associate Professor at UMass Amherst studying the civic impacts of media distribution. I work in our Journalism Department and also co-edit the Distribution Matters series for The MIT Press.
Mastodon: @josh@sciences.social
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Maggie Melo @maggie-melo.bsky.social Assoc. Prof | Director of the Equity in the Making Lab (eitm.unc.edu) 🛠️✨ | Reimagining community-centered makerspaces and STEM environments | Co-author: Remaking the Library Makerspace (2020) | Amateur pumpkin grower 🎃
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.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
Jessica Bateman @jessicabateman.bsky.social Berlin-based journalist focused on gender, faith and extremism | Bylines Wash Post, BBC, Guardian, 1843 etc | European Press Prize winner 2025 | Covering Germany for Hyphen
Martin Gerlach @martingerlach.bsky.social Senior Research Scientist @Wikimedia Foundation https://martingerlach.github.io
Wikipedia, Computational Social Science, ML/AI, Complex Networks.
Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social Full Professor @ FLACSO Mexico. I study comparative public policy, water governance, waste management, public administration, environmental politics, homelessness, eldercare and care work, mixed/experimental methods.
A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social Researching conservative news and right-wing media. PhD in American Studies from NYU. I teach at but don't speak for the University of Alabama.
News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX).
Making the Liberal Media (https://shorturl.at/e31nU)
Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
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.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Brandi Collins-Dexter @brandicd.bsky.social Author of Black Skinhead: Reflections in Blackness & Our Political Future. Cat mom (Ella & Satchel). Researcher. Techno optimist in an antitrust goth phase. Chicago is my ❤️, Baltimore is my 🏡.
https://linktr.ee/BrandingBrandi
Lauren E Bridges @laurenebridges.bsky.social Assistant Prof in Media Studies at UVA |Faculty Associate @BKCHarvard | Affiliate @UNC_CITAP | PhD from @AnnenbergPenn | environmental politics of the cloud + digital labor + surveillance infrastructures
Briony Swire-Thompson @brionyswire.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, Psychology of Misinformation Lab
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: Intelligent Machines, AI Inside. Author of Hot Type, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social Dir of Research, Data & Society. Academic. Studies tech & society, far-right disinfo. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
Aashka Dave @aashkadave.bsky.social Postdoc at UVA, researching how we find and understand information about risk and change.
aashkadave.com
Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
Order THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America🏳️🌈
Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.rummanchowdhury.com
www.humane-intelligence.org
CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence
US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
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
Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social 30+ years of digital media research. Wrote a few books. Dog, lake, and mountain lover, embroiderer, taker of nature snapshots, campervan enthusiast, sweet on music. She/her.
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com Sociologist and demographer, U. of Maryland; SocArXiv director.
Latest book: Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418
Website: philipncohen.com
Blog: familyinequality.com
Jon Green @jongreen.bsky.social Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, Duke University
jgreen4919.github.io- D David Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social computational social scientist
Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of Wisconsin-Madison. Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Inflated sense of karaoke ability. 10/10 Room Rater. 
Deen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. + Presidential Prof. + Director: Politics, Identities, & Communication Lab (PICL) @asc.upenn.edu. More fun than I look.
Talia Stroud @taliastroud.bsky.social Prof UT-Austin, Director Center for Media Engagement
Shannon McGregor, PhD @shannimcg.bsky.social Professor at UNC. PI at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, news - all "depressing & timely" BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533