mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social Technology and human rights. Associate Director of Technology Threats and Opportunities at @witnessorg.bsky.social | Doctoral Researcher @oii.ox.ac.uk
WITNESS @witnessorg.bsky.social We fight to make sure that video and technology work for, and not against, human rights ✊🏽🤳🏾 Learn more: witness.org
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Mariana Gutiérrez @mgutz.bsky.social Director and Investigator at @find.ngo (views my own).
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Leslie de Freitas @lesliedefreitas.bsky.social I am pretty sure that I no longer "thrive in complex, fast-paced environments"
Laura Vidal @elevidalbe.bsky.social Researcher in DigiRights, FoE & Interculturality. Working as Americas editor for IFEX and Comms lead at Digital Action.
I share ideas that pop during and between projects/readings.
Currently curating analysis and testimonies about Venezuela.
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Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social AI + emerging tech + epistemic resilience; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes, https://www.samgregory.info, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster. Former Executive Director WITNESS.
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Cris Tardaguila @ctardaguila.bsky.social Anti-disinformation journalist and researcher in Washington, DC. Founder of @agencia-lupa.bsky.social (Brazil). Former ICFJ, IFCN/Poynter, revista piauí, O Globo, Folha de S.Paulo. She/her. Portuguese/Spanish/English. Wine and trips. Breaking news ❤️
Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Author of Prophecy ("Witty and surprising...intelligent" - NYT) and Privacy Is Power (An Economist Book of the Year). TED Speaker. Posts about #privacy, #AIethics, #philosophy, #philtech
Claire Wardle @cward1e.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress | 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book) | Board of Directors @benandjerrys
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Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social Research Fellow, @demolaw.bsky.social, Zeppelin Universität
Intra-Party Politics | Candidate Selection | Legislative Politics | PolComm | Primaries
Author: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries https://tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx
www.mikecowburn.com
David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/
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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
Marwa Fatafta | مروة فطافطة @marwasf.bsky.social Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
BostonJoan 🏳️🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University
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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021).
Work @eff.org, teach at College of Europe Natolin, sing and play 🎷 in a band, live in London, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about
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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.
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Gerrit De Vynck @gerritd.bsky.social Washington Post tech reporter
San Francisco
Defense tech and AI
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Brian X. Chen @brianx.bsky.social New York Times tech columnist, dog photographer, recovering bagel addict
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz Editor-at-large at The Verge. I could eat.
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and are worth looking up.
Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social formerly @wired
Steven Levy @stevenlevy.bsky.social Still writing. Editor at Large WIRED. Hackers, Crypto, Facebook: The Inside Story, Insanely Great and other books. Signal: stevenlevy.72
Walt Mossberg @waltmossberg.bsky.social Now: News Literacy Project. Then: WSJ tech columnist, AllThingsD, Recode, D & Code conferences, Verge, CTRL-WALT-DELETE. Opinions are purely personal.
Seth Weintraub @llsethj.bsky.social Publisher: @9to5mac, @Electrekco, @9to5google, @DroneDJ, @9to5toys, @connectthewatts, more... @USC Engineering/🏈fan, @ITP_NYU Alum, VFR🛩️Pilot, ❤️2 sons
Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social Tech Columnist at The Washington Post. Geoffrey.Fowler@washpost.com
Joanna Stern @joannastern.bsky.social 👩🏻💻 Senior personal tech columnist @WSJ
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Troy Wolverton @troywolv.bsky.social Longtime tech and Bay Area journalist. Currently a senior tech correspondent with The San Francisco Examiner. https://www.sfexaminer.com/users/profile/troy_wolverton/
Marques Brownlee @mkbhd.com Video maker
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Richard Nieva @richardnieva.bsky.social Senior Writer at Forbes covering AI. Previously: BuzzFeed News. East Bay native. Tips: rnieva@forbes.com or Signal at username Rnieva.26
Ron Miller @ronmiller.bsky.social Founder and Editor FastForward blog. Former boldstart, TechCrunch; Boston sports fanatic.
Matt Rosoff @mattrosoff.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of The Register
https://www.theregister.com/Author/Matt-Rosoff/
Jessica Bursztynsky @jessicabursz.bsky.social Managing content & messaging at SISU
Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social NYT tech reporter
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social journalist / co-founder @404media.co
signal: sam.404 (sensitive comms)
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social Co-founder and journalist at 404media.co
I read every email
Katharine Schwab @kschwab.bsky.social Tech editor @Forbes
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek and co-host of the new podcast "Everybody's Business." Also co-host of "Elon Inc." and author of “The Contarian: Peter Thiel and the Rise of the Silicon Valley Oligarchs.” Msg me on signal: @chafkin.83
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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
Lance Ulanoff @lanceulanoff.com Journalist. Tech Guy
Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
Jason Snell @snell.zone I write about computers at @sixcolors.com and podcast about lots of stuff at @theincomparable.com and @relay.fm. In the words of Ken Jennings, a "strong player."
Dan Moren @dmoren.com Author, podcaster, inexplicably a two-time Jeopardy! champion. I have the death sentence in 12 systems. He/him.
https://dmoren.com
Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com Freelance book editor and crowdfunding consultant https://glog.glennf.com/editing-services Eisner-nominated How Comics Are Made. hcwm.ink/HCW Two-time Jeopardy! champ. Latest book: That One Matt Bors Comic http://kck.st/4ttpVAQ My store: Aperiodical.net
alex pasternack @pasternack.bsky.social still human in the strange loop • ∆/ ∞ ∆ editor @ Fast Company ⟴ Motherboard // Bandwagon • ¶• / alex.265 on Signal
Mark Wilson @ctrlzee.bsky.social Global Design Editor, Fast Company
Bobbie Gossage @bobbieg.bsky.social West Coast editor at Inc. magazine. Formerly: Fast Company, Fortune, Medium, LearnVest, and Etsy. Fan of the KC Royals and Patrick Mahomes. Views are my own.
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Chosen by god, perfected by science
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang.
Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
Robert Wright @robertwrighter.bsky.social Author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True. Writing a book about AI. Publisher of the Nonzero Newsletter & host of the Nonzero Podcast. https://nonzero.substack.com/ 
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
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Erin Woo @erinkwoo.bsky.social reporting on google/alphabet @ the information! tip me: erin@theinformation.com and erinkwoo.07 on signal
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
Erin Griffith @ering.bsky.social NYT reporter covering startups & venture capital
Writing a book about startups in the 2010s🦄
John Paczkowski @pczki.bsky.social Executive Editor, Tech & Innovation, @forbes. Previously: BuzzFeed News, Recode, AllThingsD. Full salmon, forward into terror.
Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social Immigrant. Tech/movie/podcast 🇬🇾 guy. Engadget Editor and podcast host. Filmcast co-host. ATL Film Critics Circle member. He/Him. devindra@devindra.org
Rose Pastore @rosepastore.bsky.social Senior Staff Editor @quantamagazine.bsky.social
Nathan Edwards @grackle.space Senior reviews editor, @theverge.com.
Previously: Wirecutter, MaximumPC
I have approximate knowledge of many things.
Osage citizen. TX. he/him. 𐓘𐓷𐓘𐓯𐓤𐓘͘. 𐓩𐓪͘𐓘𐓭𐓘𐓨𐓘͘𐓻𐓣.
Séamus Bellamy @seamusb.bsky.social Folklorist. Author of two books (with more on the way).
- Journalist. Folklorist. Author.
- Former senior editor, USA Today
- Took filthy lucre from The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Pathos and The Globe & Mail.
Chris Welch @welch.bsky.social Reporter and photographer at Bloomberg
The Verge for a long time before that
chris-welch.com
Signal: 845.445.8455
@chriswelch elsewhere
Barbara Krasnoff @barb.bsky.social Former reviews editor at The Verge, Computerworld, and other pubs; current science fiction writer (although I write mostly fantasy).
Zoë Schiffer @zoeschiffer.bsky.social Director of Business & Industry at WIRED. Author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. Signal zoeschiffer.87
Jon Phillips @thejonphillips.bsky.social Day job: US editorial director of consumer tech media sites. On BlueSky: personal takes and, yes, some shares from PCWorld, Macworld, Tech Advisor and TechHive.
Mark Hachman @markhachman.bsky.social PCWorld tech reporter, splitting time between PC tech, chips, and Microsoft. Nerd, college football and MLB fan, Domer. I like puns.
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com D.C.-based freelance technology journalist covering, and often vexed by, computers, gadgets, and other things that beep. May or may not be notable. He/him. Read: PCMag, Fast Company, etc. Write: rob@robpegoraro.com
Myriam Joire @tnkgrl.bsky.social Tech & car journalist. Podcaster. Product & media strategy consultant. Speaker. Ex-game developer. Host of the #MobileTechPodcast 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ https://linktr.ee/tnkgrl
iJustine @ijustine.bsky.social I love my dog and new tech
Steven Aquino @stevenaquino.bsky.social Disabled person. Freelance technology reporter covering accessibility and assistive tech at @curbcuts. Bylines at Forbes, TechCrunch, The Verge, MIT Technology Review, and elsewhere.