Simon Hedlin @simonhedlin.bsky.social AI policy researcher and lawyer focusing on open-weight models and the First Amendment. MA Columbia & JD/MPP Harvard. simon.hedlin@post.harvard.edu
Deepa Seetharaman @deepa.bsky.social tech reporter covering A.I.
Ping me on Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/SX-5fAfwgTQcgsbLtDC8E47LII_kSHE0PhkJgq-IdcaAZZvn4jxF67TNs80HUW4f
Raphael Satter @raphae.li Say hi: https://raphae.li or on Signal: raphaelsatter.01
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.
Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social AI slop cannon
Simon Evans @sevans.bsky.social Scientific & Technology Lead for ARIA's Accelerated Adaptation programme, and co-founder of BES Evolutionary Ecology Group. Views my own.
Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social Creative Director in audio. Ex telly.
Made things like KILL LIST, HARSH REALITY and THE GIRLFRIENDS happen (and many others!). Won Ambie, BPA, Aria, Signal, RTS, Grierson and Ed Murrow Awards.
Toy soldier enthusiast.
mark little @marklittlenews.wsocial.eu Journalist entrepreneur. Talking media/tech/democracy. Founded Storyful. Co-founded Kinzen. Worked Spotify & Twitter. Ex-foreign correspondent
Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social People ask me to draw pictures on Microsoft Paint and sometimes I do
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics. 
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social I make roleplaying games, toy soldiers, and bad decisions.
rrdgames.com
Zach Elsbury @zachelsbury.eurosky.social 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺 - transport - politics - flying
Sprues & Brews @spruesandbrews.bsky.social Warhammer and Hobby website, YouTube and Podcast based in Crewe www.spruesandbrews.com for business enquiries contact spruesbrews@gmail.com
Felix @sksksksk.sk Queer vibes specialist 🏳️🌈
Jim Bourg @jimbourg.bsky.social Founder & journalist @ “Public Impact News” on Substack: https://publicimpactnews.substack.com/ - Award winning Washington, D.C. editor & freelance journalist / photojournalist - after being a longtime wire service ‘Editor In Charge’ of Washington.
Respec @respec.net Respec.net is a no BS website about video games from games media veterans. Independently owned and operated with pride.
Oliver Kemp @deepcutswrites.substack.com Head of Audience @ Transformer / creator of Deep Cuts
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, multi-faceted musical human. Perform with Scritti Politti, Cardiacs, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, others. More info at rhodri.biz
Paresh Dave @peard33.bsky.social Senior writer at @WIRED.com, covering tech. Signal: peard33.24
WhatsApp: +1-415-565-1302
pareshdave.com
https://www.wired.com/author/paresh-dave/
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social The perfect mix of Saturday night and the rest of your life
He/Him
https://www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Warlach @warlach.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Queer, Polyam, Pan, He/Him
✍️ Alright writer
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🧚 Amateur folklorist
💰 MarComms + Digi Strat for NFPs
💜: Film, sumo, politics, musicals, Batman
🚫: TERFs, racists, Nazis, Steve, *phobes
Invented 'Don't @ me'! Proof: https://linktr.ee/warlach
Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social The Thick of It. The Death of Stalin. Veep. The Hartlepool Spy. Epic Space. Broken English. Avenue 5. Unhinged, and other books. Guardian, Architects' Journal, iPaper, Observer, whatever. Grandpa. STATE PENSIONER.
Mikhail Drozdov @casinokrisa.com AI Search & Indexing Systems Researcher. Founder of Casinokrisa.
Herman Fostvedt @hpfos.eurosky.social Trying to create a better internet | Currently building @skylike.social
Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social Writer. Rogue One, The Book of Eli, Star Wars Rebels, Batman, The Walking Dead, Gundog etc #COYS
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney. Previously lived in Munich, New York, Moscow and London, now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Husband of Carol, groomer of Aisha.
Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social senior tech editor, the verge
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite.
Treblig 🇺🇦 @camtreblig.bsky.social Immigration lawyer & cat dad
Facts care about my feelings.
Sarah Ebner @sarahjebner.bsky.social Award-winning journalist, newsletter expert and media consultant. Former executive editor at the FT. Long-suffering Spurs fan (it's a family thing).
Noam Cohen @noamcohen.bsky.social Journalist who’s interested in what’s true on the Internet and who decides, which means I like to write stories about @Wikipedia. Author of The Know-It-Alls, on Silicon Valley's libertarian politics: http://thenewpress.com/books/know-it-alls. 
Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social Senior Research Analyst @PRAEyesRight. I write and train on antisemitism, white Christian nationalism, the MAGA Right, Israel/Palestine, Christian Zionism. Co-author Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. benlorber.com
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Matthew Gooding @mattgooding.bsky.social Tech journalist and football bore.
Work: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/profile/matthew-gooding
Occasional Cambridge United hot takes: https://substack.com/@mattgooding
Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social I'm going on tour in 2026.
Listen to my show 'No Room' on BBC Radio 4 if you like.
https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/michael-spicer-hope-alls-well/
James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
Alex Turner @turntrout.bsky.social Research scientist at Google DeepMind. All opinions are my own. Vegan, 10% of my income pledged to effective charities (GWWC)
https://turntrout.com
Rob L @roblavine.bsky.social I write The AV Chamber: https://avchamber.substack.com. Too crazy for Boystown, not enough of a boy for Crazy Town
Kat Christensen @katchristensen.bsky.social Historical fiction author and reviewer, Gamer, Tech Professional
Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social Commissioning editor and journalist at Prospect Magazine. Writer for The Week, The Guardian, The i paper etc
https://authory.com/SarahCollins
Agent: @annapallai.bsky.social
Signal: sarahcollinswrites.94
Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me Russia watcher supreme at @meduza.io. (All skeets here are my views alone.) Ugly American based in Portland, Oregon. Signal: @KevinRothrock.01 / Find all my junk here: https://linktr.ee/kevinrothrock
Charlotte Morgan @cornwallchar.bsky.social Head of communications for BBC News
I like all of the usual things
Alumna of Richard Lander School, Truro 
Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social Digital News editor for @bloomberg.com in London. Former NBC News, BuzzFeed News and was psmith on Twitter. SWFC and St Albans City fan. Mancunian. Likes memes.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Recovering lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Corgi | Host of Psycho Politics pod and contributor, @TheBulwark.com | Crappy pol | Trying to figure out Substack
substack.com/@gtconway
Who Targets Me Bot @wtmadupdates.bsky.social Automated updates about new digital political ads as they appear as well as data from https://trends.whotargets.me. Our main account is @whotargets.me.
Anthony Dhanendran @dhanendran.co.uk I’m a product manager and sometime coach
Product and software development, photography, music, food, cricket, London - was @phowax on Twitter
Involved with @hopeful.technology
https://sixthings.dhanendran.com/about
Simon Jeffrey @simonjeffrey.bsky.social Personal opinions about transport and devolution policy.
Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com Writer, political analyst, comms consultant. UK, Israeli, US. Politics, current affairs and technology. arieh@ariehkovler.com. https://linktr.ee/ariehkovler
⤵️ @bryce.lol 🪑
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev CIR, BBC, Bellingcat.
Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team COO of Bluesky 🦋 - hiring https://bsky.social/about/join!
Adam Hollowell @aehollowell.bsky.social Applied ethics for emergent AI. Thinking about character, wisdom, and formation in frontier models. PhD, theological ethics. Ex-Duke prof. http://ethicsconsulting.ai
Chris King @northernwrites.bsky.social Former knife swallower
Unlikely to be the Chris King you are looking for. Unless I am. Then I am currently unable to take your call. 
Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social engagement + crowdsourcing products ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, philly, carrboro north carolina, learning asl!
🌈 melodykramer.github.io
Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team Canadian wanderer in Ireland. Trying to make the internet a better place. Bluesky Head of Trust and Safety.
File a report in the app or via moderation@blueskyweb.xyz - not via mentions/replies.
https://aaronrodericks.com
Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Guardian and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society.
Words: madness.ghost.io
Video: youtube.com/@readmadness
Veronica 💫 @vronirwin.bsky.social Senior AI Policy Reporter at Transformer. Previous: Unchained, Forbes, Protocol, SF Examiner. Freelance: Fast Company, The Frisc, The Nation, etc. Views my own. rt =/= endorsement
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social Co-Creator of HALT AND CATCH FIRE.
Showrunner of THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER, full season now on AMC+ and SHUDDER.
LANTERNS Season 2.
And I write comic books.
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Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social Comedian/award-winning game maker/writer/voice artist #AuDHD (he/him)
Photos: http://hyperfocus.photography
Stream: http://Twitch.tv/brainmage
Tips: http://ko-fi.com/guy
VO reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04UiLVl6n0I
https://www.guykelly.co.uk
Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social CEO UK Opera Association.
Cellist. Various boards.
Labour Member, House of Lords.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thangamdebbonaire
Nathan Lambert @natolambert.bsky.social A LLN - large language Nathan - (RL, RLHF, society, robotics), athlete, yogi, chef
Writes http://interconnects.ai
Prev Ai2/Olmo, HuggingFace, Berkeley, and normal places
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Terence Eden @edent.tel Longer hair than you.
Chaotic Good.
Doesn't work for The Man™ any more.
If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight.
All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent.
Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team CEO of Bluesky, partner @trueventures.com, more at toni.org
Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social STREAM NOW: Everyoneislying.com/watch
Or on Prime Video in US and UK
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social Procurement and life sciences correspondent at HSJ, formerly natsec/GWOT geek.
Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social law professor / other things
Jmiers@uakron.edu
Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social Editorial Director and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (@ecfr.eu)
https://ecfr.eu/
Kirked Up White Boy @hoovybaby.bsky.social Bustin it down arterial style
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social Former internet celebrity. Former journalist. Current human author and @apiln.bsky.social Supreme Leader. Ally. fizzandnonsense.bsky.social completes me.
Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social Guardian correspondent covering international trade from European perspective, also post Brexit affairs and Ireland Former Brussels corr, Brexit corr + former media corr. Find me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com
Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Progressive Economy Forum council member. Interested in macro, finance, banking, climate change, inequality, demographics.
https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/JoMichell
cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social Increasingly part-time comic printer (still the best tho). Increasingly full time dad/carer. S-tier trash talker. If you followed for the printing stuff get ready to see a lot about how society fails SEN kids instead. rich@comicprintinguk.com
Erin Hale @erin-hale.bsky.social A journalist and noted cat person based in Taiwan.
Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social On your bookshelf: THE SCOTTISH BOY, REVERSAL, PARASOCIAL, BAD KARMA. On your TV: BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS, SCAVENGERS REIGN. Lit: Paula Weiman at Ash Literary. Film/TV: Sean Berard @ Untitled. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/themagpie . She/her/Mother
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
GrowlingVarla @growlingvarla.bsky.social ✨ VFX artist at @Creative Assembly
🔥 enjoyer of Warhammer, Conquest, MTG, FFXIV, fantasy books, manga and anime, film photography
More links - https://growlingvarla.carrd.co/
she/her
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social • Senior audience associate @axios.com
• Previous: Washington Post, Deseret News, Soccer Newsday
• Self-published author of 'Not Afraid Of You,' The Pen Saga
Sean O hEigeartaigh @sean-o-h.bsky.social Academic, AI nerd and science nerd more broadly. Currently obsessed with stravinsky (not sure how that happened).
Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com Uses machine learning to study literary imagination, and vice-versa. Likely to share news about AI & computational social science / Sozialwissenschaft / 社会科学
Information Sciences and English, UIUC. Distant Horizons (Chicago, 2019). tedunderwood.com
Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and just finished making ROGUE TROOPER, out in 2026!
Also made the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie.
Katie Stallard @katiestallard.bsky.social Writing about Russia, China and authoritarian politics for the New Statesman. Author of Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea (OUP). Former Wilson Center fellow. Based in DC. Previously Beijing and Moscow.
Peter Scott Reid @peterscottreid.eurosky.social user researcher
Cambridge, UK
he | him
banner is Composition 8: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1924
Samuel Larreal @bueninvierno.bsky.social Covering tech policy at NOTUS | Let’s chat on signal: samuellarreal.09
Cool people read notus.org
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
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Tom Pickard @oddtwang.bsky.social PhD in NLP @ Sheffield | Tell me your favourite idioms! | Occasional crossword puzzles.
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land Chronically ill public health JD writing to make sense of the policy hellscape so you don't have to do it alone. Actionable analysis & trustworthy guidance for people the system wasn't built to protect. Free & paid: ShouldntNeed.com
Sr. Fellow DFP. 🏳️⚧️nb
Imran Ahmed @imranahmed.bsky.social CEO & Founder of Center for Countering Digital Hate
Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
Matt Taylor @matt-taylor.bsky.social Writer. Recording engineer.
MPG Breakthrough Engineer of The Year 2022
A Writing Chance Substacker with @jonnelledge.bsky.social
Board member of UK Music | Midlands Area Council member (ACE) | Exec Director of Music Producers Guild. 
Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67