Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com Connect with a rapidly-growing Local-First community. Join us for our third edition 12-14th of July 2026 in Berlin. www.localfirstconf.com
Ale @alepresser.com Comics Artist. Hugo Awards finalist. Mother. Tired. She/her.
SideQuested Book1: sidequested.com/book/
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
π§βπ» Niels @mokkenstorm.dev π± level 32 carbon-based lifeform
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πͺπΊ eurosky netizen, practically dutch
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"we were born to inherit the stars"
Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social Author of John Dies at the End, formerly David Wong of Cracked.com fame 
Micahdahikah @hffmn.us Micah (β οΈπ€¬) (he/him/his), nerd π», hiker of long trails ποΈ (PCTβ23, ATβ18, CDTβπ€·ββοΈ), fueled by plants π±, driven by justice βοΈ, informed by empathy β₯οΈ and the collective knowledge π of scientists, intellectuals, and journalists, π³οΈβπ intersectional feminist ally πββ¬.
Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social Law Professor, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa
www.michaelgeist.ca
Law Bytes Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5iDUCcDrkzGai0OdTgoucv
http://mgeist.substack.com
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalistβ¨
Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! π
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K.A Nicholls @kanicholls.bsky.social Canadian from Northern Ontario. Democratic socialist. All views are my own. Powered by coffee and human creativity; AI art and those that spread it get the block.
I repost cute cats.
My shitty little site: thegroundbreaker.ca
Matthew Green @matthewgreen.bsky.social Member of Parliament proudly representing Hamilton Centre fighting for climate & social justice, the working class, dignified housing for all, healthcare, and a more democratic economy for everyday Canadians.
https://www.matthewgreen.ca/
TW @twesq.bsky.social Roll Tide/Wave, Who Dat. Donate money to your local food bank. Expect typos. βAlways well-meaning, occasionally boneheaded, but does accept feedbackβ
7 News Detroit @wxyzdetroit.bsky.social WXYZ 7 News Detroit is your breaking news and weather leader. Channel 7 - on-air, online at http://WXYZ.com and on your favorite streaming devices.
Hazel @hazie.uk british tech weirdo
i like making computers do things
~ support engineer @tailscale.com
~ find me at @ hazie.uk
shenetworks @shenet.works Networking β’ Hacking β’ Hacking Networks (she/her)
shenet.works
Andree Toonk @atoonk.bsky.social I like Internet infrastructure engineering π³π± in Vancouverπ¨π¦ https://toonk.io/
Kevin R Free @kevinrfree.bsky.social Multi-hyphenate artist. Mostly Audiobooks and Theatre. Leader. Animal Lover. Have a love/hate relationship with social media.
Raj Samani @rajsamani.bsky.social Chief Scientist @Rapid7 (ex @McAfee) | @cloudsa | Co-author of @CyberGridBook & CSA Guide to Cloud | Advisor
@EC3Europol
https://bsky.app/profile/rajsamani.bsky.social
Graham Cluley @grahamcluley.com Award-winning #cybersecurity keynote speaker, writer, podcaster | Host of multi-award-winning @smashingsecurity.com podcast.
β€οΈ #DoctorWho, #Beatles, #Chess
He/him
π https://grahamcluley.com
ποΈ https://www.smashingsecurity.com
shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social crows can hold grudges for 17 years. amateurs.
Amal Bansode @amalbansode.com importer-exporter
nrc @ncameron.org 
26,930 words (I'm back writing!) @legalminimum.bsky.social Now shamelessly employed but not telling you where (yet).No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of PokΓ©mon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Tim Walters @timdwalters.com 
Dan Hon @danhon.com Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc
me: https://about.danhon.com
i make: https://donotreply.cards
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my hallway track: https://verylittlegravitas.com/hallwaytrack
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Ryan Slobojan @straxus.bsky.social Managing Director at RoundTrip Networks, Ukraine support volunteer, general problem-solver and opinion-provider
Courtney βCJβ Campbell @calcourtky.bsky.social In the in-between. Excited for whatβs next.
Fmr Sr Technical Recruiter
(@Mezmo @Snap @Zoom @Apple)
Interests: InfoPrivacy, reading, and UK Basketball.
Ed/Certs: MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP, Security+, Azure Fundamentals
TN, KY, OH, CA
@investigatorchic.bsky.social @investigatorchic.bsky.social 
josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social not real
boreal
Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social Science communicator, scientist, public health enthusiast, book nerd. Host and producer of @tpwky.bsky.social.
Here to share new and ongoing projects, tidbits from the history of medicine, and thoughts on books. Send me your recommendations!
Matt Dean @trabianmatt.bsky.social CEO of Trabian
Simon Bisson @sbisson.com π¨βπ» Used to write code, now writes words about code π Azure AI Services At Scaleπ¦O'Reilly π» Beats: enterprise, dev, cloud πββοΈ Vrai Jerri, bird photos, SFF writer, reader, ally, he/him/they πββ¬ calico floofs π§ simon@sandm.co.uk π sbisson.com
Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev Mid-20s, CS grad, unemployed. The world is a trashfire. π³οΈβπ
I've had this username for ages and I still don't know much of anything.
Alessandro Crimi @alecrimi.bsky.social Prof.@AGH_Krakow. Intersecting #neuroscience/#AI and #impact #social development.
#innovation #globalhealth All links: http://linktr.ee/alecrimi
@steve-kinney.bsky.social @steve-kinney.bsky.social 
(Jason) Gedge @gedge.ca Mental health break from social media (somewhat here, but mostly not)
π© De-enshittifying software by giving users back complete agency
π
ββοΈ Not singularly focused on "winning"
π« Anti corporate capitalism
π Be a little better each and every day
Whitney Champion πͺ @whit.zip security architect / co-founder @digitaldefenseinstitute.com / co-founder Recon InfoSec
β₯β₯β₯ == @eric.zip, nerdery, rainbows, sweatpants
she/her | mama of 3 | π€ππΏππ
unicorns.lol
https://short-stack.net
whitneychampion.com/portfolio
Noel O'Brien @noelob.bsky.social Software, Music, Woodworking
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders π³οΈββ§ @charliejane.bsky.social Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic βΒ and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. Writing Star Trek: Zero Point for IDW Comics.
#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
Jamie Levy π¦ @gleeda.bsky.social @volatilityfoundation.org Core Dev | Art of Memory Forensics co-author | DFIR trainer and enthusiast | Director of Adversary Tactics @huntress.com
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
ZoΓ« βBaddie Proctorβ Quinn @unburntwitch.com Game Dev, alleged writer, kind of comics person, former internet boogeyman. Please donβt tell anyone Iβm here, Iβm just trying to exist π€« they/them
Get free 3d printed community protection whistles here: https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
chloe π @sapphic.moe bunny plush tech girlie it/she ΞΞ ππΈ
πΈ https://sapphic.moe
π https://sapphic.moe/guestbook
Patricia Aas π’π³οΈβπ @patigallardo.bsky.social Programmer, infosec, co-founder of TurtleSec, parent, bi π³οΈβπ, NB, she/they, Norwegian π³π΄ dyslexic with no edit
Former browser dev.
Anti-Fascist β
Trans rights are human rights π³οΈββ§οΈ
π: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Patricia
π‘: https://patricia.no
Alex Glow (merlin) @alexglow.bsky.social Sustainable electronics, robots, PCBs, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, open-source DIY hardware... + music, languages, art β’ Masto: @alexglow@chaos.social β’ Was @glowascii on bird site β’ she/her β’ thoughts & feels my own.
Andrew Cairns @acairns.co.uk Using metaphors and analogies to explain Software Engineering in fun ways: https://youtube.com/@metaphoricallyspeaking
Staff Software Engineer. Passionate about DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing and Distributed Systems.
Kayaking, too.
@exe.dev @exe.dev 
Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com Irishman in San Francisco. Amateur photographer, musician, artist and electronics tinkerer. Professional security computer comrade. Security @tailscale.com Only together can we defeat the computers.
v01d ma1n() @v01dma1n.bsky.social Vintage electronics, contraptions, Python, data, ESP32, mobile robots, ROS and so on...
Jimmy @thebirchfieldguide.bsky.social Ecologist in Northern Ontario. He/him- J Josef Prusa @josefprusa.bsky.social
Lacey π§Ώ @koronkowy.bsky.social π OSINT/InfoSec nerd raised in Portland, OR. Seattle dweller.
Prior: GreyNoise, Atredis Partners, some other random cyber companies
Conference wrangling: current HushCon & prior BSides PDX, SeaGL, etc.
Tim @timd.bsky.social 
julie niesen @julieniesen.bsky.social hurt a copβs feelings & he paid my legal bills. police accountability advocate, former food writer (Gannett, NPR, Scripps) & tech marketer (Cisco, Zebra). Now: 3L, event pro, consultant & biz owner. formerly winemedineme.
Glitch @thatglitchtho.bsky.social DFIR/Security Engineer
Blue Team Village Contest Curator
Support your local DEF CON group [DCG909]
Secure all the things
Amateur astrophotographer
Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social nerd with narrative disorder β’ humanitarian β’ sociopunk β’ evidence-based creativity β’ speculative resistance β’ predictive fictions β’ INFOMOCRACY β’ THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES β’ β¦AND OTHER DISASTERS β’ GlobalVoices.org β’ opinions my own
Bianca 'BiaSciLab' Lewis @biascilab.bsky.social 18 Year old hacker π©βπ» Founder and CEO of Girls Who Hack π International speaker π cDc Member π
www.BiaSciLab.com
www.Spawn-Camp.com
www.GirlsWhoHack.com
www.SecureOpenVote.com
BSides Toronto @www.bsidesto.ca Official Bluesky account for the BSides Toronto Security conference. See https://www.bsidesto.ca for additional details
Chuck D @chuckdpe.bsky.social RapARTivist GET OUR Culture APPS at RsTVapp.com RapCentralStation.net
Nome @nome.bsky.social Please don't use unroller bots on my threads.
ADHD, TTRPGs, Queer Shit, Nerd Shit, History, Animals. Will yell about Star Trek on demand.
Queer, Disabled, He/Him
π¦@NomeDaBarbarian
π° https://ko-fi.com/nomedabarbarian
π Denver
jack @j4ck.xyz 17 - posting everything into the void - follow for a mix of daily life/tech/atproto posts
Jake Howard π @theorangeone.net Part Developer, Part SysAdmin, Part InfoSec. Avid self-hoster.
- All things Systems @torchbox.com.
- Core & Security Teams @wagtail.org.
- @djangoproject.com Security Team and Foundation Member.
Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Viα»t (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. π³οΈβπ Loves tea. Profile:
@yendraws
@readatmidnight
This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social Disease + podcast = so much good dinner party conversation. Hosted by @erinwelsh.bsky.social and Erin Allmann Updyke.
YouTube Premiere of Pregnancy Act One on March 11, 5pm PT:
https://youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
Debbie Elliott-Fisk @debbieef.bsky.social UC Davis Professor Emeritus, biogeography, climate change, restoration ecology, coastal ecosystems, montane, alpine and Arctic systems, terroir, AVAs, former athlete, food and cooking, ponies and dogs
Mark Crowley @compthink.bsky.social Assoc Prof @UWaterloo
Research:
#ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ReinforcementLearning
#casual-learning, dimensionality reduction, #ethicalAI #aimorality #aialignment
Domains: wildfires, driving, medical, lidar
Diversity is Strength.
Ali @endingwithali.com software engineer @ fintech- content creator @ http://links.ali.dev - threatwire host @hak5 - @breakingthepod - nyc - ex @miteecs - jewish
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social Chinese-Italian Scallion β’ Correspondent, comedian β’ Host of The Bitchuation Room Podcast on YouTube and Twitch β’ Newsbroke on @ajplusβ’ IG: @franifio
Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
Order THE PAYBACK here ππΎ https://kashanacauley.com
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Dave Maass π¦ @maassive.bsky.social Investigations at EFF, researching border and police tech. Scholar in res. at UNR Reynolds School of Journalism. I also wrote the graphic novel Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis (https://a.co/d/gHsJzAa). New Insta: maassinpublic
Mirella Stroink @mirella-s.bsky.social 
K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com Writer, cartoonist, editor. Hugo finalist. Very sweary. Half politics, half dog pics. She/her.
πΌοΈ kbspangler.com
π¨ agirlandherfed.com
π² sidequested.com
π patreon.com/KBSpangler
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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social Retired. Formerly IGNβs Director of Reviews, EIC of GameSpy, and Reviews Editor at PC Gamer. Dad (so expect dad jokes). Careful: you might hear some opinions.
Puzzmo @puzzmo.com puzzles that love you back
a zach gage and orta therox joint
www.puzzmo.com
Yishan Wong @yishan.bsky.social Opinions expressed are mine, but also yours if I do my job right.
just Wes @justwes.info βSysadminβ is the day job or at least thatβs my title.
polyamorous -ENM
Boyfriend to Emily
bi/pan π³οΈβπ he/him
https://linktr.ee/wesleytb13
Inclusive Little Unicorn π
@emmie.bsky.social Pansexual polyamorous lover, not fighter (usually). I am me. Deal with it. (I may also be a unicornπ¦)
π³οΈββ§οΈally, I stand with π΅πΈ
Wife to @Kimmy.zip
Partner to @deviantollam.bsky.social
Girlfriend to @justwes.info
https://linktr.ee/InclusiveLittleUnicorn
LocalAreaKnitwork π§Ά @handle.invalid Cofounder, Defense In Orbit
Threat hunter/intel/IR | Writer | Yapper| TOOOL Maine | DC207 | Ham | Hacker | Parental unit
My opinions are mine, not my employer's.
killrbunn3.com
@killrbunn3 on twitter, defcon.social, tiktok, and other stuff
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
π naomiklein.org
π¬ news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
Oblique @oblique.security Scale access securely and automatically
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Adam Ragusea @aragusea.bsky.social Fading youtube starlet
Space Rogue @spacerog.bsky.social I fight for the user. | L0pht Heavy Industries - ATStake - Whacked Mac Archives - Hacker News Network - Cyber Squirrel 1 | Semgrep
Chris Wysopal @weld.bsky.social Gray haired gray hat. Co-founder Veracode. Former L0pht security researcher. Builds tools to find and fix vulnerabilities in code at scale.
Jason Scott @textfiles.com Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employersβ
I did a TED talk once
Oleg Vakarev @vkrv.bsky.social Gentle soul, wearing out his noble strength in a perpetual unequal struggle with petty obstacles.
Go, Zig
wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social Startup CISO. BSidesLV Lockpick. Hacker lawyer. Amzn & Google alum, USCG wife, Wellesley, GMU Law. IAAL but IANYL.
Jake McKnight @jake.sooscreek.productions Photographer, filmmaker, and cornball. Two decades in tech and gaming security (Xbox/PokΓ©mon/Microsoft Enterprise) now I tell stories that bring people together. Also streaming birding every Tuesday
Signal @JakeMcKnight.75
sol @evan.sooscreek.productions πPNW
photography, baking and cooking, animals, queer shit, computers, horror movies, outdoorsy things, WFR
occasional infosec posting | frequent neurodivergent posting
any pronoun
Lina @d0rkph0enix.bsky.social Infosec dork, boxer, poker player, dog owner/operator, spiller of things. Cars, vidya games, general cooking are my jam. Chiefs and Royals devotee. #SecKC
Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
Taras Glek @taras.glek.net LLMs, system programming
https://taras.glek.net 
Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net Craven Dingus Data Hermit (he/him)
Living on Unceded Whadjuk Land (Perth, Western Australia)
π
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Masto: https://mastodon.social/@pileofgarbage
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