Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social Mathematician at UCLA. My primary social media account is https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao . I also have a blog at https://terrytao.wordpress.com/ and a home page at https://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/
Emily Riederer @emilyriederer.bsky.social Here for data, data science, analytics engineering, rstats, books
Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Demography at University of California Santa Barbara.
Book coming from UC Press in Aug/26. How Economics Discovered Women.
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/how-economics-discovered-women/hardcover
sjlundberg.weebly.com
Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social Comics by Reza Farazmand (official account!)
Courtney Shupert @courtneyshupert.bsky.social Economist @ macropolicyperspectives.com, OKC Thunder Fan, dog mom, musician, Presbyterian
Austin Slaughter @austinslaughter.bsky.social Higher ed researcher at a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization focused on economic mobility. East Texan.
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
🏰 Ben Paites 🏛️ @benpaites.bsky.social Senior Curator at Colchester Museums. Mainly Roman archaeology and LGBTQ+ history. Also cat dad to Artemis and enthusiastic Gaymer. He/Him
Author of 50 LGBTQ+ Finds: https://www.amberley-books.com/50-lgbtq-finds.html
Website: www.benpaites.uk
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com Professor of Empirical Economics & Data Science at TU Munich | Heilbronn Data Science Center (HDSC) | Co-founder of causalscience.org
http://www.p-hunermund.com
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Jehiah @jehiah.cz Dedicated to Data + Safe Streets + Sustainable Transportation.
🗽 NYC
https://reports.jehiah.cz/
John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social Mathematical physicist
Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Politics at @hsph.harvard.edu
I study how administrative burdens impede health insurance coverage, strategies to reduce these barriers, and the politics of health reform
she/her/Michigander
adriannamcintyre.com
ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social A project powered by a network of aviation enthusiasts hunting for interesting cleartext ACARS messages. All posted messages are delayed & have identifying information removed. Most messages are very undramatic.
acarsdrama.com | jumpseat.acarsdrama.com
Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social Ideas editor at Chalkbeat
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/ideas/
mbarnum@chalkbeat.org
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Miser @misernyc.bsky.social Organized many of the marches for congestion pricing in NYC. Started the daylighting movement, run MicromobilityNYC, and advised Zohran from day 1 of his campaign. (Was also the template for his own video strategy.) We're building a movement here
Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher
tip me: liz@theverge.com
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Luke Farrell @lukef.bsky.social Building for working people in NYC nyc.gov/pitcrew | Solved crises @WhiteHouse @USDS 🚀 writing about it occasionally itslukefarrell.substack.com
Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling.
Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social Space archaeologist | Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activity | Asteroid 551014 Gorman | Dr Space Junk vs the Universe. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539654/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe/ | Blog https://zoharesque.blogspot.com/
Prof Keith Marzilli Ericson @profericson.bsky.social Professor, Boston University Questrom School of Business. Applied micro, health and behavioral economics.
Doug Webber @dougwebberecon.bsky.social Section Chief, @federalreserve. Opinions are my own. I have many dogs.
Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls so they can be weighed and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.
The result? Loads of pictures of #owlsintowels
https://owlsintowels.org
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender
host of weird little guys on cool zone media
she/her | charlottesville, va
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
Signal: attackerman.81
Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social Economic Historian at Università di Torino. I aspire to a Plinian mind. From Palermo, Sicily.
Substack: https://andreamatranga.substack.com
James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social Sometimes I write slow, sometimes I write quick. Mostly about college stuff. Weak on crime.
Email: jstephenmurphy@gmail.com
Website: www.jamessmurphy.com
Mark G. Sheppard @markgsheppard.com Inequality/Mobility/Design.
Econ PhD Candidate, The Graduate Center.
Researcher @NBER.org.
2nd Lt., U.S. National Guard.
Former Congressional Staff.
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social English is weirder than you think. Every week I dig into the hidden history of everyday words: etymology, Old English, and the accidents that shaped how you speak. Linguistics PhD. deadlanguagesociety.com
Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social SFF author (Planetfall sequence, Split Worlds series, The Vengeance), audiobook narrator, podcaster, tea drinker. Loves LARP, dressmaking and nerdery. Co-host of the Starship Alexandria podcast. www.linktr.ee/emma_newman
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social
Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social Historian. Pods: Past Lives. Tides of History. Books: "The Verge." "Lost Worlds." pwymanusc at gmail. Enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/patrickwyman
ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social Uncool adult. From the other site.
📍Toronto
Gary the Cat @greatgramsofgary.bsky.social The cat, the myth, the legend: Gary
Also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatgramsofgary
Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social To get my top 10 Brilliant Maps for free please join my newsletter here: https://brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social Chasing wealth and income, present and past, onshore and offshore.
https://gabriel-zucman.eu
https://www.taxobservatory.eu
Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social Experienced community college administrator. Writer. Dad of two. Pursuing justice, wisdom, and good pizza.
The Sadie Collective @sadiecollective.bsky.social Developing the next generation of leaders in economics + related fields and furthering the legacy of Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander. Reposts are not endorsements.
https://linktr.ee/sadiecollective
Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social Let's hope this one works out better...
Chair/CIO of RWM; Masters-in-Business podcast/radio host
Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social Writer (on science, travel & curiosity), Yorkshireman, tedious enthusiast, professional overthinker, Megathreader. Now: Scotland.
Writes Everything Is Amazing: https://everythingisamazing.substack.com/
Adam Posen @adamposen.bsky.social President, PIIE. Globalist. Former central banker. Political economy with a policy purpose. Writes on macroeconomic policy, G7/China relations, globalization, and economies of US, UK, Germany, Japan, and PRC.
John Conzelmann @johnconz.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Denison Econ. I study labor economics and higher education policy. www.johnconzelmann.com
Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social macro, fiscal, Fed. creator of the Sahm rule recession indicator. Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM) Substack.
Allegra Rosenberg @tchotchke.bsky.social fandom + media + tech + history + polar exploration + the libidinal pleasures of obsession. book out in 2027!!!!!!
newsletter: tchotchke.substack.com
website: allegrarosenberg.com
Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social Physicist and Professor at a university in Chicago. I study black holes, quantum gravity, and cosmology. Rocky Top, Tar Heel. Reposts are spooky action at a distance.
My views, not my employer's.
https://jacobi.luc.edu
https://mcnees.github.io
Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com Real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches.
Wednesday, 2025-09-24
https://databsconf.com/
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posts: @qethanm.bsky.social
Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social My market design blog: https://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/ Forthcoming in May: Moral Economics https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Economics-Prostitution-Controversial-Transactions/dp/1541702018
Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
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.
Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social Founder MPP (yeah you know me), UT Austin Prof, former chief economist various financial firms, Fed economist, Prez NABE. Passionate about family, macro, cats and freedom
Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social & @fritinancy.bsky.social
c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social Molecular biologist from Texas, here to share my meanderings on nature, science, history, politics, and zombies. Long threads a specialty.
Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social Economist
Erica Groshen @ericagroshen.bsky.social Economist, Sr. Econ Advisor at Cornell -ILR.
14th Commissioner of BLS.
Formerly at NY & Cleveland Federal Reserve Banks. Now in Seattle!
Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette @pennyvixen.bsky.social TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL
She/her
Gen X
Breast cancer survivor '23, OCD since '01, ME/CFS/FM, etc.
Horror/fantasy writer best known for THE GOBLIN EMPEROR (Tor, 2014)
Geek about everything
Childless cat lady by choice
Bike New York @bikenewyork.bsky.social New York City nonprofit organization providing free bike education, community programming & advocacy for safe and inclusive cycling.
We also produce the USA's largest bike ride: the TD Five Boro Bike Tour
www.bike.nyc
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social Professor @Harvard, Director @HarvardBizGov, Senior Fellow @PIIE, teaches Ec10, words @nytopinion, was Chair of President Obama's CEA. Some posts may be educational.
Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social Professor at EHESS & PSE
Co-Director, World Inequality Lab
inequalitylab.world | WID.world
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/
Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social Professional economist, amateur bassoonist, and 26x half-marathon runner.
Betsey Stevenson @betseystevenson.bsky.social Former Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers & Chief Economist at Labor. Current academic economist at Michigan. Always an economist at home.
Misty Heggeness @mlheggeness.bsky.social Author of SWIFTYNOMICS: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy 📚 Order here: https://a.co/d/dDydwxe. Currently: co-director Kansas Pop Center & associate professor, KU. Formerly: Census|NIH|USDOL.
Rajiv Sethi @rajivsethi.bsky.social Economics | Barnard | Columbia | Santa Fe Institute | http://www.columbia.edu/~rs328/ | https://rajivsethi.substack.com/ | https://tinyurl.com/shadowsofdoubt
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Jed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social Senior fellow @piie.com. Was Under Secretary Econ Affairs at Commerce Dept and chief economist at Indeed and Trulia. Contact at http://jedkolko.com
fotos la sirena @fotoslasirena.bsky.social Abstract & creative photography artist
Living in Imniza Ska Saint Paul, Mnisota Makoce
fotoslasirena.com
CCNY Sustainability in the Urban Environment @ccnysustainability.bsky.social The Official Bluesky Account for the Sustainability in the Urban Environment Graduate Programs at The City College of New York (CUNY).
Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org The only website devoted to covering all the livable streets and public space news you need. Visit us at http://nyc.streetsblog.org. Retweets/posts are NOT endorsements.
Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Our World in Data
Senior Researcher, University of Oxford
Climate, energy, environment, all things data.
Justin Sandefur @justsand.bsky.social Development economist, worrying about economic growth these days. https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/justin-sandefur/
Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social Epidemiologist and science communicator | newsletter: epiellie.substack.com | cohost @casualinfer podcast | Causal inference for public health #epitwitter | Canadian in US 🇨🇦 | she/her/Dr
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet.
My book 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
Pedro Sant’Anna @pedrosantanna.bsky.social Associate Professor at Emory University.
Causal Inference | Difference-in-Differences | Econometrics. Dad x4
John Arnold @johnarnoldfndtn.bsky.social Co-Chair, Arnold Ventures
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold.
Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop
Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Send me news tips on Signal: HBranswell.01
Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and Former Member of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, animal-lover. Health Insurance is a human right. Poverty is a policy choice.
Darrick Hamilton @darrickhamilton.bsky.social University and Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Policy, and Founding Director of @RacePowerPolicy @TheNewSchool; and @AFLCIO Chief Economist
Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social economics and computer science professor at Northwestern
bengolub.net
social and economic networks
originally from Ukraine
Zach Bleemer @zbleemer.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Economics at Princeton and NBER | Education and Economic Mobility
Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social Scottish comic/writer/actor with confusing accent, absolutely not insecure about it. She/her. My book out now! Show for '26: The Mermaid https://linktr.ee/eleanormorton
Eleanor & Alasdair Read That on Spotify
support me: https://ko-fi.com/eleanormorton
Jesse Anttila-Hughes @jessexjesse.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics
University of San Francisco
Climate, health, physics, systems bio, econometrics, music, casual machine yearning. 🗣️ FR/ES/РУ/中/日
#SF4ALL #BX4LIFE
https://anttilahughes.org/
Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org Our World in Data is a free, nonprofit website with a mission to increase understanding of the world’s largest problems and drive informed action to solve them. Based out of Oxford University (@ox.ac.uk), founded by @maxroser.bsky.social.