Daniel van Strien @danielvanstrien.bsky.social Machine Learning Librarian at @hf.co
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
Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. @jhuartssciences.bsky.social & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social.
Latest books: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe.
https://preposterousuniverse.com/
Mary Dixon @maryldixon.bsky.social Host of Say More w/Mary Dixon & Patrick Smith on WBEZ.
Former Morning Edition host, former 93XRT
Irish memory ☘️
Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
Ken Morales @kbmorales.bsky.social Data reporter fellow, @propublica.org
Interests include fighting bad guys with math.
Signal: kbmorales.02
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social ✨I'm a former local TV news exec, reporter & producer with a few opinions about the news✨
⚡️Past: @KING5Seattle @WGNMorningNews @WGNNews @WCIA3 @NBC5Chicago @ABC7Chicago
🔥Now: Indistinct Chatter https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social I’m the founding executive editor of Heatmap News, a contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times, and the cohost of the Shift Key podcast.
📍NYC
Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: @ucscscicomm.bsky.social. Current: Nonprofit newsrooms including @insideclimatenews.org. Ex: BuzzFeed News, berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @newscientist.com, @nature.com, @science.org.
https://peteraldhous.com/
Maggie Dougherty @maggiedough.bsky.social Chicago energy + investigative reporter for @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
@medillschool.bsky.social grad • professionally nosy • she/her • on signal at maggie_dough.26 • opinions my own etc etc
Beautiful Public Data @beautifulpublicdata.com A curated selection of visually interesting datasets collected by local, state and federal government agencies. By @Jonkeegan.com
Free newsletter:
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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
union member @cstguild.bsky.social
drummer, mediocre catcher
prev: Daily Herald | she/her 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
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michael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social nytimes reporter | tech, special projects | mhkeller@{nytimes,protonmail}.com, github/mhkeller | adjunct at CUJ | mhkeller.01 on Signal
Institute for Housing Studies @housingstudies.bsky.social The Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) is a research center at DePaul University that provides analysis and data to inform housing policy and practice.
housingstudies.org
Doug MacMillan @douglasmac.bsky.social biz + tech investigations @washingtonpost
douglas.macmillan@washpost.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/douglas-macmillan/
Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social Reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
Justin Myers @justinmyers.net Journalist, tinkerer, crocheter, parent.
Married to @juliajrh.bsky.social.
Graphics editor, @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org.
🏳️⚧️⚧🟨⬜🟪⬛, any pronouns.
Also active on fediverse/Mastodon:
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@myersjustinc
Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social Photojournalist for the @chicagotribune. Born in ATX. Still getting used to the cold. Breakfast taco enthusiast. No such thing as bad light or small stories.
Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org
Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com journo second, dog lover first
currently: graphics intern @ NBC News | CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.
Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social Reporter! Still watchdogging for the Chicago Sun-Times. Happy grower of: some food, bee buffets, #TheHeir. Same @bylaurenfitz over on Instagram, too. Read my work: https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/lauren-fitzpatrick Haters will be blocked.
Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social Dad, husband, journalist at 9News Denver. Helping the community raise $18M via 300+ weekly microgiving campaigns. Next with Kyle Clark 6p weeknights + 9NEWS at 9/10p on-air/streaming on 9NEWS+. Signal tips: 303-871-1841.
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
Signal: gbrockell.44
Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social
chicago area data journalist/scientist/wrangler, duolingo vietnamese language learner. the best chicago banh mi is at nhu lan on lawrence st
Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social Sr. Host, Colorado Matters on CPR News & KRCC
Francophone • Jew • Sartorial • AvGeek • Gay AF
Whiskey drinker • Catdad • Too many bikes • Mountain Time exists • You don’t have to keep up, just keep open (Maupin) • Insta: oddryhepburn
Tom Schuba @schuba.bsky.social WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times public safety editor
tschuba@suntimes.com
Signal: TSCST.40
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things.
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
Cassi Feldman @cassifeldman.bsky.social Managing editor, New York Focus
@SZReports @szreports.bsky.social *Investigative journalist at Chicago Sun-Times
*Expert in consumer issues; also have reported extensively on the intersection of mental health and criminal legal system
*Previously with ABC News Investigative Unit
*Medill School of Journalism
Chicago Sun-Times Guild @cstguild.bsky.social Safeguarding the future of the Chicago Sun-Times. Loud and proud members of @ChicagoNewsGuild.bsky.social.
Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com The hardest-working paper in America.
Sophie Chou @sophiechou.bsky.social Data reporter & researcher. Pulitzer winner 🏆 Jersey girl 🏖️ formerly: Your Local Epidemiologist| ProPublica | Pew Research | MIT media lab • ➡️open to opportunities ⬅️
Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social James Beard winning WaPo columnist writing about food & science, author of TO BOLDLY GROW, gentleman oyster farmer.
Chris Greene @christophergreene.bsky.social Lapsed corporate lawyer.
Now litigate on behalf of cyclists and pedestrians in NYC with Vaccaro Law
Meghan Hoyer @meghanhoyer.bsky.social Data Reporting Director, The Washington Post
she/her
Svelte @svelte.dev Web development for the rest of us. See also:
- community: @sveltesociety.dev
- starter pack: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:nlvjelw3dy3pddq7qoglleko/3l6ucetngs423
- feed: https://bsky.app/profile/paolo.ricciuti.me/feed/svelte-feed
Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org Catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements.
splcenter.org
Open Journalism Bot @openjournalism.bsky.social I tweet when a newsroom opens a new repo on GitHub. More at https://www.openjournalism.news | Created by @kleinmatic | List of orgs: https://github.com/silva-shih/open-journalism/blob/master/orgs.csv
Formerly a Twitter bot called newsnerdrepos.
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law We are the non-profit host of RECAP, CourtListener, and the Big Cases bots. We use technology and advocacy to make the legal sector better.
https://free.law | https://free.law/recap/ | https://courtlistener.com | https://bots.law
Al Shaw @shaw.al developer / reporter / map maker at ProPublica • dm me on signal: ashaw.01 • also at: @a_l@mastodon.social • he/him
🔗 https://shaw.al
Washington Post Data Team @wpdatateam.bsky.social Stories, news and asides from the Washington Post's Data Team. We crunch the numbers to make sense of the news.
New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of New York Attorney General Letitia James' Office
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com Managing Editor, @denverpost.com | Host of "Dark Wave" on SiriusXM's 1st Wave, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday night | "There's a bit of magic in everything, and then some loss to even things out" — Lou Reed
Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social managing editor at The City Reporter (@thecity.nyc) • news if I must, local joy where I can find it • bird enjoyer • tell me something good: rsmith@thecityreporter.nyc // @rachelholliday.77 on Signal
📍 queens / fun hell
Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social Chief reporter at Canary Media, energy transition believer, holder of faith in truth, justice, and the inherent goodness of my fellow human beings. Parent of Lily the Corgi.
Alyssa Fowers @alyssafowers.bsky.social Graphics and data at the Washington Post, yarn and dogs at home. Sometimes also dogs at WaPo.
David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social Prof at Cornell studying how human-AI dialogues can correct inaccurate beliefs, why people share falsehoods, and ways to reduce political polarization and promote cooperation. Computational social science + cognitive psychology.
https://www.DaveRand.org/
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com Cartography and graphics @postgraphics.bsky.social | Big ol' fan of @wfmu.bsky.social
https://moriartymaps.com/
Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com Canary Media is an independent, nonprofit newsroom covering the transition to clean energy and solutions to the climate crisis.
🔗 https://www.canarymedia.com/subscribe-to-our-newsletters
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Lucia Walinchus @walinchus.bsky.social Managing Data Editor, NBC owned stations. Public records attorney, journalist, ice hockey player/coach. Former bylines: NY Times , Washington Post, Eye on Ohio, etc.
Hearts= likes OR bookmarks
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
🦹🏻♀️Twitter Files supervillain
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Jason Scott @textfiles.com Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.
Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social Host: Government That Doesn't Suck
PoliSci Prof. Official Congress e-news DB: DCinbox.com & CB8 member. Book on Parenting, Politics and Civic Ed (HowtoRaiseaCitizen.com), Political Communications & Electoral Systems.
https://dcinboxinsights.substack.com/
Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own.
Ence Morse @ence.bsky.social data & politics @washingtonpost.com
texan in dc 🕯️
Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org A nonprofit organization devoted to governmental transparency. The records of government are the property of the people. It's time we reclaim them. https://propertyofthepeople.org/
Andrew Ba Tran @abtran.bsky.social Washington Post Investigative Data Reporter
data for @washingtonpost.com
email: andrew.tran@washpost.com
signal: @abtran.202
Nat Lash @natlash.bsky.social Reporter and developer on ProPublica’s news applications team. Tracking disease on the molecular level 🧬 and land use from outer space 🛰️
NathanielLash.com
hal @harold.bsky.social part-time poster | researching privacy in/and/of public data @ cornell tech and wikimedia | writing for joinreboot.org
More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people.
Join us: https://linktr.ee/moreperfectunion
Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social Reporter covering Meta, social media and other topics (hopefully) for Reuters' investigative Team.
Chinanu Okoli @chinanu.bsky.social He/Him. Twin. Reposts/likes/follows ≠ endorsements.
Journalist. Musician. Swiftie. Plantain Lover.
Different ≠ Deficient.
DM for Signal.
chinanuokoli.com
Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social Director, CUNY Mapping Service at the Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center. More here: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/steven-romalewski Some posts are work-related, some are personal.
Photo credit: Alex Irklievski
Reuters @reuters.com
Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com Tech, facts, and carbonara.
mantzarlis.com
Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org Public Access to Public Data is a Public Good. We want to ensure our data are not gone forever. Read more about our efforts: https://www.datarescueproject.org/press/
Ari Cohn @aricohn.com First Amendment & defamation lawyer.
Free Speech Counsel @TechFreedom.org (x2)
Illini/music junkie/oofnik.
“A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.”
Posts are my own.
https://linktr.ee/aricohn
Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social Borders, osint, & digital investigations / investigations @lighthousereports.com , sometimes more
Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com Radically collaborative journalism. Working with the world’s leading media on deeply reported, public interest investigations. http://bit.ly/LHR-newsletter
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
Nathan Yau @flowingdata.com Playing with data, visualizing it for humans at flowingdata.com
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com The first word in business news.
Newsletters: http://bloom.bg/newsletters
Podcasts: http://bloom.bg/podcasts
The Big Take podcast: http://trib.al/jtoXfuT
Blake Montgomery @montgomery.bsky.social Tech editor at the Guardian US, science fiction writer, and a tale told by an idiot. Email me: blake.montgomery@theguardian.com
Florent Daudens @fdaudens.bsky.social Passionate about AI & Journalism / Previously @hf.co @radiocanadainfo @ledevoir & others
Lydia Morrish @lydmorrish.bsky.social Investigative journalist focusing on tech, disinfo, OSINT, culture, inequality. Currently editing & fact checking at @tbij.bsky.social. Formerly Reuters, WIRED, CNN, Sky News Data & Forensics etc ✨
Max Harlow @maxharlow.bsky.social Data reporter @bloomberg.com. Previously @financialtimes.com. I also run @journocoders.bsky.social. Views are my own. mharlow4@bloomberg.net
Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com the econ side of everything. @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social, @BoulderProgressives.org, Better Boulder. he/him.
I run Boulder Colorado Election Voter Guide https://bouldercoloradovoterguide.com and @didtherockieslose.com
Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social Colorado Sun political reporter/editor/cofounder. Searching for the strangest datelines and best ski lines. coloradosun.com
Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social Anti-fascist research on the night shift.
This account is dedicated to the victims of hate and far-right radicalization.
https://latenightafa.tngl.io/about
Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social New York Times journalist covering cities and urban policy for The Upshot. emily.badger@nytimes.com, ebadger.21 on Signal
Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social Executive Director @opennewyork.city / former city worker
Illinois Answers Project @illinoisanswers.bsky.social Working every day to uncover waste and wrongdoing in government, hold public officials accountable and lift up solutions to Illinois’ most pressing problems.
Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social Data and Graphics Editor at the Guardian US, used to be words and sounds on In The Dark, Sent Away, APM Reports, and your local public radio station.
Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social Climate change social scientist. Collaborator, determined dreamer, dad. Director, @ClimateSSN.bsky.social And @climatedevlab.bsky.social
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu CSSN.org personal account; reskeets NE endorsement
Observable @observablehq.com The data visualization company
deck.blue @deck.blue 3rd-party TweetDeck for the Atmosphere! Featuring columns, multi-account, scheduling and inline translations!
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