Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social Author of the newly released, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, and previously of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World. See: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com
BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social Biothreats Emergence, Analytics & Communications Network (BEACON): open source surveillance program based at @buceid.bsky.social in partnership with @bostonu.bsky.social @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social & @bostonchildrens.bsky.social Healthmap
beaconbio.org- B Umar Ahmad @babasaraki.bsky.social PhD | Genomicist | global health, NGS, genomics, diagnostics, R&D, policy | bioinformatics-trained |Founder @OpenSciNigeria, @BioSeqc | @PLOSONE Editor
Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social Strategic center, University of Bern.
Mission: study and mitigation of risks from infectious diseases
Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social Washington, D.C.
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Chadi Saad-Roy @chadisaadroy.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Interested in disease ecology and evolution, mathematical biology
https://chadisaadroy.wordpress.com
Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social Global health reporter, The New York Times. Former correspondent in South Asia, Africa, Latin America and the MidEast. Author, 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa; Promised the Moon. Baker. Canoe tripper. Disease nerd. Lover of a fat novel and Earl Grey tea.
Russ Corbett-Detig @russcd.bsky.social I like my data small.
corbett.ucsc.edu
Jessica Pickett @pickettjessica.bsky.social Pittsburgh-based health economist in the vaccine industry. Interested in everything; knowledgeable about demand for medical care & politics of service delivery.
Sarah Cobey @cobey.bsky.social Professor at U. Chicago. Computational epidemiology, evolution, influenza, SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, and B cells. Infectious disease dynamics across scales.
Jemma Geoghegan @jemmageoghegan.bsky.social Professor at University of Otago, NZ; Webster Chair in Virology; Rutherford Discovery Fellow. I like viruses and evolution.
Aris Katzourakis @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social Viruses, Evolution, Education, Trade Unions, things like that. Prof at Uni of Oxford, NEC member for UCU. Posts mine, reposts not.
Samir Bhatt @sjbhatt.bsky.social Professor at Imperial College London and University of Copenhagen. Academic council of Schmidt Science Fellows. Loves maths, biology and health!
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation @sloanfoundation.bsky.social We fund research, engagement and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics. Based in NYC. More here: https://sloan.org/
Save America Movement @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social https://www.thesaveamericamovement.org/
Mónica García @monicagarciag.bsky.social Ministra de Sanidad. Portavoz de Más Madrid. Médica y madre de tres hijos. Con la mirada puesta en la sanidad pública y el bien común.
Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social Aerobiologist, epidemiologist, physician, bicycle commuter
Distinguished University Professor, Dept of Global Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health
Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social He/Him. Dad. Journo tracking dark money and attacks on public health. JD, ADHD, occasional cartoonist.
Co-founder of Accountability Journalism Institute. Accountabilityjournalism.org
Signal: walkerbragman.44
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org Lincoln liberal, 2nd inaugural enthusiast.
Information processing in networks. Brains, models, lasers.
Prev: media policy for democracypolicy.network. Personal views, not speaking for NIH
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Lucas Boeck @lucboeck.bsky.social Group leader and pulmonologist @DBM Basel / University of Basel / University Hospital Basel; studying mechanisms underlying antibiotic treatment failures #genomics #imaging #automation #clinical studies
Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social Narrative enterprise reporter at The Washington Post. Email: hannah.natanson2@washpost.com and Signal
@HannahNatanson.2026.
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov Proud to represent San Diego and a new generation of leaders in Congress.
Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social Associate professor of political science, Virginia Commonwealth University. Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy. Assoc. Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies. Formerly The Guardian & Latin America advisor, Bernie Sanders. 교포
michaelpaarlberg.org
Natalie Linton @nlintonepi.bsky.social Infectious disease epidemiologist and modeler, AIxBio researcher.
Mongabay Latam @mongabaylatam.bsky.social En Mongabay Latam llevamos 10 años cubriendo las historias sobre medioambiente más importantes de Latinoamérica con rigor e independencia. #MongabayLatam10Años
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Mongabay @mongabay.com Award-winning nonprofit media outlet publishing global environmental science & news in 8 languages via bureaus in India, Brazil, Africa, Latin America, Indonesia & US: https://mongabay.com
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social 🧬 Genomics PhD & science communicator
🧑🔬 Founder of @beyondxandy.bsky.social
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).
IDDjobs @iddjobs.org A site for positions in infectious disease dynamics (broadly defined).
This is an autoposter for jobs at IDDjobs.org. Occasionally a human is here.
Darren Martin @darrenmartin.bsky.social
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Sophia Koch @sophia-koch.bsky.social Epidemiologist and Data Scientist in Wastewater Surveillance @ California Department of Public Health
Lance Gable @lancegable.bsky.social Professor and Interim Dean at Wayne State University Law School, public health lawyer and ethicist, bass player
Rahil Ryder @rahilryder.bsky.social Genomic Data Scientist at CDPH,
Environmental Science Masters Graduate at CSUMB, (she/her). All opinions are my own.
@tcalvertjoshua.bsky.social @tcalvertjoshua.bsky.social
@pha4ge.bsky.social @pha4ge.bsky.social
Emma Harding @emma-harding.bsky.social Postdoc at Oxford University researching paleovirology, virus evolution and the global virome 🇦🇺 🇬🇧
Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @standupforscience.net
Standupforscience.net substack.com/@sciencefightclub
PhD in Clinical Psychology
"Colette is brass knuckles...w/ spikes tipped in poison"
“Delusional broad”
"Lady Switchblade"
“Ditsy socialist liberal”
We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social We are a collective of academics who believe that higher education is vital to a functioning democracy--and we will fight for it. https://www.wearehighered.org
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh.
1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people.
Join us: https://linktr.ee/moreperfectunion - M M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
Xin Jin @xinjin.bsky.social Building neurotech to study how genes and physiology impact brain function 🧬 🧠 Associate Professor, Scripps Research | Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, HHMI
Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social Collector of social media sites. Infectious disease epidemiologist. Writes about vaccine hesitancy, science misinfo, zombies. Probably somewhere on a trail. Views own etc.
Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social Editor-at-large, World Politics Review. Spent more than a year in Provence. Used to be an American in Paris. Currently bringing coal to Newcastle.
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/
@wpr.bsky.social
The Global Health Report @globalhealthreport.bsky.social Daily news on the global health industry. Read more here - www.globalhealthreport.org
Jurre Y. Siegers @jsiegers.bsky.social Emerging zoonotic (respiratory) viruses in birds, bats and pigs. Surveillance, (meta)genomics, pathogenesis, virus ecology, evolution. Opinions are my own.
@sandiegocounty.bsky.social @sandiegocounty.bsky.social
Stefan Pöhlmann @snpoehlm.bsky.social Viruses & Proteases, Head of Infection Biology Unit, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, Decoding viral entry, Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants, https://linktr.ee/snpoehlm, Views are my own
Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/
BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social Astronomer, writer and zookeeper. Oxford, Gresham and the Zooniverse. The human half of the Dog Stars podcast. New book: 'Our Accidental Universe' (UK/rest of world) and 'Accidental Astronomy (US) now out.
Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social @Penn Prof, deep learning, brains, #causality, rigor, http://neuromatch.io, Transdisciplinary optimist, Dad, Loves outdoors, 🦖 , c4r.io
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | duckofminerva.com
Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com adventurer
Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social She/her. Award-winning health and science journalist. Investigative reporter at CIDRAP News. LizSzabo.30 on Signal. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/all-news
@saveaidsresearch.bsky.social @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social Join our 24 hour livestream on September 16 as scientists, researchers and advocates from around the world share their work and answer questions from viewers!
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social Mood & Memory researcher with a computational bent. https://www.nicolecrust.com. Science advocate. Prof (UPenn Psych) - Author: Elusive Cures. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243054/elusive-cures
Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social An organization of scientists and allies, incl @ NIH NSF affected by the Great Science Collapse of 2025.
We work to chart a new course for vibrant US science and academia, backed by democracy and supported by the public.
www.scienceandfreedomalliance.org
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social economist. Posts Reflect Me Only! collects/analyzes: poll, market, social media/online data, to study: news, public opinion, ads, market design
Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org We’re America’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. We proudly fight for a world where equality wins at home, school, work, and every community.
Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social Infectious disease physician, co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine, author and grandfather. Author of "Tell Me When it's Over". Commentaries can be found on Pauloffit.substack.com.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Inês Mendes @inesmendes.bsky.social Senior Bioinformatics Scientist @ Theiagen Genomics
PhD in Microbial Bioinformatics
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Andrew Tan @andrewtanyongyi.bsky.social - M PaulaW microIDDoc.bsky.social @microiddoc.bsky.social Microbiologist, drosophila genetics, gut-microbe interactions, immuno metabolism, ID Physician
Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social Associate Professor of public health at Muhlenberg College. History, ethics, epidemiology, sports, injury prevention.
Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social Husband, Father, Grandfather, Datahound, Dog lover, Fan of Celtic music, Former NIGMS director, Former EiC of Science, Stand Up for Science advisor, Shananigator, Pittsburgh, PA
NIH Dashboard: https://jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.github.io/index.html
Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social An organization of thousands of public health professionals dedicated to defending evidence-based public health.
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org A national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues; a core program of @KFF.org.
If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.
Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod
Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com
Theiagen Genomics @theiagen.bsky.social Transforming public health and infectious disease surveillance through the innovative implementation of #NGS and #bioinformatics technologies.
Simon Dellicour @sdellicour.bsky.social F.R.S.-FNRS Research Associate at the University of Brussels (Spatial Epidemiology Lab - SpELL, https://spell.ulb.be/) and Visiting Professor at the University of Leuven (Evolutionary & Computational Virology lab, https://rega.kuleuven.be/cev/ecv)- D Dhwani Govil Batra @dbtara.bsky.social
Connor G G Bamford @connorggbamford.bsky.social Scientist and educator interested in viruses, immunity and evolution. Currently group leader and lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast. Member of MicroSoc Virus Division, and Young Academy Ireland.
Bede Constantinides @bede.im Research fellow at the University of Birmingham interested in infectious disease informatics. Also cycling, photography, active travel. https://bede.im
Joon Klaps @joon-klaps.bsky.social PhD FWO fellow on Evolutionary and Computational Virology at KU Leuven
Mera L🪬 @mlicc1701.bsky.social Virologist in progress. Duke University 💙😈 alumn, current Regional Biocontainment Lab research analyst. Forever repping the Sheahan Lab at CVRG (y'know, at that other blue 🩵🐏 school). Pop punk millennial. she/they. ✡️•🏳️🌈•🖖 Views are my own, not Duke's.
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Christopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social Prof & Curator @UNM, Museum of Southwestern Biology
NM Wildlife Commissioner
Studies: bird ecology, evolution, genetics, physiology, biogeography, & toxicology
Enjoys: Birding, hunting, running
Personal account, not representing UNM or State of NM
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int Director-General of the World Health Organization. Reposts are not endorsements.
Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social Health Equity Scientist, Bethesda Declaration signer, work at NIH, speak in my personal capacity, photo: AP/Jose Luis Magana
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https://linktr.ee/declarationsofdissent
Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social MicrobeTV is an independent podcast network for people who are interested in the life sciences. Our shows are about viruses, bacteria, parasites, evolution, immunology and neuroscience.
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