Denys Howard @denyshoward.bsky.social I’m a comics fan and lapsed SF&F fan; was in SDS and still disgusted by racism and imperialism. Had careers in healthcare and as a technical writer, now retired. I’m a Microsoft Word maven but respect and recommend Libre Office.
Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social Born human, more cyborg every year. Queer, poly, and kinky.
I love books, music, landscape, God, and my partners. Intellectually omnivorous. Pennsylvanian transplanted to California.
Debbie N @kith51.bsky.social Joined with the mass influx, but for slightly different reasons. I left Xhitter many months ago when the anti-Semitism went public; joined after 11/5 in need of better communication lines.
Economic justice, science fiction, community, books.
John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social I write for food and shelter.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
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Snarky Gherkin @snarkygherkin.bsky.social Alcohol-fermented. Roguishly handsome. Part-time menace.
Serving cold facts and dank memes with a wink and a sigh.
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Kelly Smith 🍁 @kellymjsmith.bsky.social Proud Canadian. 🇨🇦 Quilter, writer, tea and chocolate lover, and amateur genealogist. Feminist, atheist, flaming progressive. Reader of SF, spec fic, and non-fiction. Member of ACES and DRII. Work in business continuity and disaster recovery. She/her.
Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social Come to Worldcon (the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) in Brisbane, Australia in 2028! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇵🇬 🇫🇯 🇼🇸 🇸🇧 🇻🇺 🇳🇨 🇹🇴 🇨🇰 🇫🇲
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Aurealis Awards @aurealisawards.bsky.social Australia’s premier speculative fiction literature awards.
https://aurealisawards.org
Lydy @lydy.bsky.social Sff, knitting, cats, sleep tech, e-bike devotee,
permanently confused about time and space. No one let go of anyone's hand. No gods, no masters, no bed time! she/her
Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social Historian @ruhistorydept.bsky.social
Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au The CSFG is an incorporated association for Canberra-based creators of science fiction, fantasy and horror in all mediums.
Keith Soltys @ksoltys.bsky.social Husband, parent, grandparent, retired technical writer, science fiction fan, amateur photographer, Deadhead. Blogger at https://coredump3.blogspot.com/
Extinction Rebellion Australia @xrebellionaus.bsky.social In rebellion. Right now. www.ausrebellion.earth
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social Epic Fantasy Author & poet on Wurundjeri Country.
Living my best -identities in 📌- & well managed chronic illness life!
Human rights fan. Gen ai should die.
🌐 https://elisecarlson.com/
See my 📌🧵for my ✍️Writers & Authors Discord and to request a link!
Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social Co-CEO at The Australia Institute
Economist, Author of books and writer of columns often for Saturday Paper, The Monthly & The New Daily (previously The Guardian, Australian Financial Review)
ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social We want to invite the SFF fandom world to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), also known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 2030… www.edmontonin2030.org
Jaym Gates @jaymgates.bsky.social Wearer of many hats. TTRPG, video game, and fiction writer & editor. Co-editor of Strategy Strikes Back, War Stories, co-founder of Falstaff Books & Project Lodestar, etc. No kings. Abolish ICE.
Alexandra Almond @alexandraalmond.bsky.social Writer, designer, would-be footballer. she/her. On Bunurong land, voted YES. Debut novel THOROUGHLY DISENCHANTED won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2024. 
Kiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social SFFH writer, reader, tea drinker. Aurealis award winner. AHWA. Codex. Words in: Nightmare, Andromeda Spaceways, Factor Four etc.
Naarm/Melbourne
KieraLesley.com
Nicole Wayland 🦋🧚🏼♀️ @nicolewayland.bsky.social Owner of Nicole Wayland Editing 💛
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ACES board member at-large ✨
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Kayla Allen 🏳️⚧️ @kaylaallen1965.bsky.social She/Her. Proof that it’s never too late to become yourself. I started at 59.
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Janet Swisher @jmswisher.bsky.social Dir. of Info Dev at Here.io. Ex MDN Web Docs. Opinions my own. She/her. See also @jmswisher@mastodon.social
Pauli Kidd @pauli-kidd.bsky.social Author, games designer, dancer, transgender activist.
An avid player of role playing games and miniatures. Check out my games review channel on YouTube:
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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social Home of Truth
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
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Susan (NeonNurse) Crites @neonnurse.bsky.social Causing wrinkled brows and perplexed looks since 1953.
Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
@torontocrockett.bsky.social @torontocrockett.bsky.social Antifascist, Movement Offence Committee, IWW-GDC28, Community Anarcho-Horticulturist Network, they/them, PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
EdinburghEye @edinburgheye.bsky.social I live in Edinburgh. I love (in no particular order) cats, tea, science fiction, Marie, writing, equality and human rights. Pronouns: she/her.
@aileenforman.bsky.social @aileenforman.bsky.social 
SciEditor—Adrienne Montgomerie @scieditor.ca Awesomer of hard words, teacher of tech and editors, sea-kayaker, SciEditor.ca, eiw365.com
Erin Brenner (she/her) @ebrenner.bsky.social Author of "The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors." 📘
2024 winner of the Robinson Prize. 🏆
Builder of editing teams for small and growing organizations. 💪
Advocate for conscious language. 💬
Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social Editor, baker, modern quilter, pluviophile, pasta enthusiast, rhubarb lover. Retroflex r. Short and mighty.
She/her
Vonda N. McIntyre @vondanmcintyre.bsky.social This is the official account for the Literary Estate of Vonda N. McIntyre, award-winning SFF author, instructor, and mentor. Managed by @clarionwest | Rights managed by @jenniegoloboy | Send inquiries to rights@maassagency.com. 
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social Promoting a clean, safe, and renewable future for the kiddies.
https://knittingnannas.org/
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
Climate 200 @climate200.bsky.social We're climate-proofing politics for good 👉 climate200.com.au/links
Authorised by B. Fay, Climate 200, Potts Point.
The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute is a leading think-tank based in Canberra http://australiainstitute.tv | Authorised by E Bennett, The Australia Institute, Canberra 2603
GetUp Australia @getup.org.au An independent movement working to build a progressive Australia and put people back into politics.
All content authorised by D. Loasby, GetUp, Sydney.
Petitions link - https://linktr.ee/getup_au
- C Cathy Doyle @cathydoyle.bsky.social
Women's Electoral Lobby Australia @welaus.bsky.social The Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) is a national, independent, non-party political, feminist lobby group that has worked tirelessly for over 50 years to improve the position of women in society. Find us at - wel.org.au
SAB @mortonhall.bsky.social LEGO, 3D Photography, View-masters, stuff
Saahlinda Naay (Haida Gwaii Museum) @haidagwaiimuseum.bsky.social Skidegate, Haida Gwaii
Suuda Gan unsid ad gina ‘waadluxan gan yahguudang Xaayda Gwaay.yaay iijii. To inspire understanding and respect for all that Haida Gwaii is.
www.haidagwaiimuseum.ca | www.haidagwaiimuseumgiftshop.ca
#haida #haidagwaii- H Hank Graham @hankgraham.bsky.social curmudgeon, film freak, woodworker, voracious reader, piper
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
@karenschaffer.bsky.social @karenschaffer.bsky.social 
Pat V @patvirzi.bsky.social Intermittent transmission issues: creativity in "PARK" mode, can't defrag.
not a parody account @asfi.bsky.social 
Joseph Nicholas @larklander.bsky.social Mostly human. Also a gardener.
Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social The first openly French-Canadian author to be banned in Texas. 🏳️⚧️
Patreon : www.patreon.com/assignedmale
Tipjar : www.ko-fi.com/sophielabelle 
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social Editor & typographer
Kate Schaefer @kateschaefer.bsky.social She/her. Everything is more complicated than that. I volunteer with Carl Brandon Society, Clarion West, Otherwise. I walked Hadrian's Wall a few years ago. I read a lot. I sew a lot. I garden a little. My grandchildren are old enough to vote. I digress.
David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com Hugo- and Nebula-winning writer of THE KUIPER BELT JOB, the ARABELLA OF MARS trilogy, and over 60 science fiction and fantasy stories. He/him.
Eileen Gunn * Keep hovering to play. * @eileengunn.bsky.social "You can dream the American Dream, but you sleep with the lights on and wake up with a scream...."
–– Warren Zevon
Science fiction writer, radarangel, apophenista.
www.eileengunn.com
Tracy Benton @tigerb.bsky.social Cat lover. Book reader. Sarcasm & QA my services. Repartee over rapiers.
Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social Award-winning Writer. Freelance Editor. Introvert with an Attitude. Nominal head of a multi-species household. Olam Chesed Yibaneh, but Han shot first.
New Book: UNCANNY LIES coming 2026
and yes, it's Laura Anne, please and thank you.
Pat Murphy @pat-murphy.bsky.social Writer, scientist, and troublemaker. Winner of Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon Awards. My latest novel, The Adventures of Mary Darling, is coming out from Tachyon Publications in May 2025. 
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Bruce Byfield @byfield.bsky.social Some time writer about free and open source software and would-be novelist. Companion to parrots, collector of First Nations art, and ergonomic keyboard advocate. Now actively querying my novel "The Bone Ransom," a post-colonial fantasy.
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Bill Bodden (he/him) @b1llz1lla.bsky.social Author, birdwatcher, baseball fan, gamer, steampunk, reader, incurable romantic, old enough to know better, and celebrates Hallowe'en year-round. I blog occasionally at billbodden.com. I don't follow back if you don't have a thumbnail and/or don't post.
Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social Mediocre photos of very fine creatures.
From Chicago; in Wisconsin. She/her. Reader. Science fiction fan. For human rights, books, art, health care for all, etc. Trans rights are human rights. Voting is a right.
Against fascism. 
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Lucy Sussex @lucysussex.bsky.social Writer, researcher, historian and editor. Also dispenser of weird facts and snarky comments
Carol Ryles @carolryles.bsky.social Reader and writer of SF, Fantasy, Horror. Quilter, gardener, and keeper of frogs.
Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social Dutch resident, Australian novelist with earlier careers in criminal law & biology.
Green 💚
Human Author. ✍️ Death to genAI.
🚫DM
https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/margaret-morgan
https://www.margaretmorgan.info/
Linda Blanchard @nowheat.bsky.social Buddhist with an interest in the earliest texts. Author of "Dependent Arising In Context" and a few papers in the OCBS Journal. Also: progressive, celiac, parent of two grown kids, owned by three cats, a dog & a horse. Buddhist writings: @skepticalbuddhism
David Grigg @davidrgrigg.bsky.social I’m a retired software developer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. I worked in the field of interactive multimedia for over two decades, and have also worked in public relations and as a journalist and sub-editor.
Elizabeth Lynn @aikilizzy.bsky.social Martial artist. Teacher, writer (retired.) Yoga practitioner. Walker. Introvert. Reader. Anti-fascist since 1946.
Jeanne Gomoll @jgomoll.bsky.social Electronic artist, feminist, organizer, politically left, reader, science fiction/fantasy fan, storyteller, lap swimmer, atheist, news junkie, at home in Madison Wisconsin.
she/her/hers
Banner artist: Triangulador
Luke McGuff @lukemcguff.bsky.social Science fiction and fantasy fan. 3 season bike rider. Like writing, but not a writer. Like taking pictures, but not a photographer. Love prairies and birds and some people. Also like postcards!
@joehaldeman.bsky.social @joehaldeman.bsky.social 
Morning Arrived @morningarrived.bsky.social Morning Arrived by @kellydmcc.bsky.social
Just Being Silly
Dragon Diaries @dragondiaries.bsky.social Dragon was born in a fever haze and has grown into an illustrated collaboration. A very hungry collaboration.
Text by @kellydmcc.bsky.social. Art by @crowquill.bsky.social.
You can follow our progress at https://www.patreon.com/DragonsDiaries
TVining @tamiam.bsky.social 
Sue Mason @sue-mason.bsky.social Fan artist, cat wrangler, not always safe for work
@aozanne.bsky.social @aozanne.bsky.social Just an Aussie guy looking for stimulating conversation with ambition to debate coherently.
Baba Mia @babamia.bsky.social Ukrainian crone-witch, autistic, multiple sclerosis, queer and disabled, mother to small dog of excessive personality, too old and tired to suffer fools and evil people
Rhonda Bracey @rhondabraceyaus.bsky.social Western Australian, freelance tech editor, owner of CyberText Consulting, occasional speaker at editing conferences (usually on Microsoft Word), sometime quilter and lover of fabric.
Blog: https://cybertext.wordpress.com/
Website: https://cybertext.com.au
Don Griffiths @gryphyn59.bsky.social IT Geek, SF Fan
Sally (MAGG) @maggdesigns.bsky.social Creator, YouTuber, Gamer, Geek, Wife, Cat Mum, Tattoo Enthusiast, Neurodivergent (AuDHD).
Check out my YouTube channel: Middle Aged Geek Grrrl
The Driven @thedriven.io Your best source for electric vehicle news & analysis.
JuliefaithmcmurrayArt @juliefaithmcmurray.bsky.social Artist, long term sick, campervan adventurer, adopted Pomskies and married to a wonderful Hubby.
Ko-Hi
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Mastadon
https://wandering.shop/@juliefaithmcmurrayart
Linktree
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Patrick McMurray @pcmcmurray.bsky.social Married to artist, family includes three huskies and three cats - some of whom are ghosts, read a lot, still not retired. 
David Langford (Ansible) @ansiblemag.bsky.social Writer, editor of sf newsletter Ansible, co-editor with John Clute of the SF Encyclopedia, publisher as Ansible Editions. See https://ansible.uk/ -- Ansible Editions, https://ae.ansible.uk/ -- Ansible website with all back issues, https://news.ansible.uk.
Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. 🏳️🌈
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
Adrian Bedford @kabedford.bsky.social Western Australian writer.
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no a… @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy 🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://pluralistic.net/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/pluralistic.net
Alison Scott @bohemiancoast.bsky.social Podcaster, GUFF delegate, Hugo winner, avid idler. 
Chrys Stevenson @chrysstevenson.bsky.social Professional researcher, writer. Special interests include: women’s issues, church/state separation, dominionism, voluntary assisted dying, AI bias and evidenced-based research. BA (Hons I) cultural studies, literature, history, social science.
Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au Reporting the future of energy, independently.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/