Secure Justice @securejustice.bsky.social Secure Justice advocates against state abuse of power, and government/corporate practices that are inconsistent with human rights - primarily in the privacy/surveillance tech space.
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
http://secure-justice.org
Jey @jeyausten.com designer & creative director for the girls and the gays ✦ tech, music, film, alt brands ✦ fine artist ✦ husband and mother to design systems ✦ Austin TX ✦ #DesignSky
Sushmita @sushmitaw.bsky.social Journalist, Researcher, Engineer
Pulitzer Center AI accountability network fellow 24-25
https://linktr.ee/Sushmitaw
DTBC @dtbc.bsky.social Data, Tech and Black Communities (DTBC) is a community-based, member-run organisation dedicated to ensuring that data-driven technologies benefit Black communities. www.dtbc.org.uk
Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social Building an economy that works for all of us. #WeAreTheEconomy
Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social Anti-fascist, author, journalist, consumer & human rights advocate, ally to youth liberation, bicyclist, consultant to the Identity Project.
https://hasbrouck.org
edward@hasbrouck.org
Signal +1-415-824-0214
Mastodon: https://urbanists.social/@ehasbrouck
Chinese for Affirmative Action @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social Chinese for Affirmative Action is a progressive voice for AAPI communities, advocating for immigrant rights, language access, and racial justice.
caasf.org
Upturn @upturn.org Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.
https://www.upturn.org
Mike Katz-Lacabe @mlacabe.bsky.social Director of Research at Oakland Privacy focused on law enforcement surveillance technologies (ALPR, StingRay, etc) and public records requests. Parent. Spouse. Card-carrying Antifa member. Posts are just me.
Celia Ford @celiaford.bsky.social she/her/dr • trying to make the future better ✨
AI reporter @ transformernews.ai
also: thereplacement.substack.com
previously: @vox.com, @wired.com,
@theopennotebook.bsky.social
signal: @celia.08
portfolio: drceliaford.com
Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com NYT Bestselling Author – ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins/Mariner) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
Fmr White House Sr Policy Advisor | Fmr Sr Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Contact: fieldsmeyer.com
More: amifieldsmeyer.substack.com
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
Nick @nrempel.com Software Person. Dad and Husband.
West Coast 🇨🇦
Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social Deputy Director of Advocacy @freedom.press
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🤓 Fellow at Starling Lab (Stanford+USC)
🗞️ Board of Directors @lapressclub.bsky.social
🆕 Anchor on Medlines
Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social Sociologist, UIowa Associate Professor. Author of On Critical Race Theory. Past Vice President, American Sociological Association. AAUP/Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Fellow & Alliance for Higher Education Fellow. Speaking only for myself.
Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social Helping people in AI/tech keep the public informed. Concerned about something you're seeing at work? You don't have to go public:
🔐 Save it in the Psst Safe
👀 We'll help you take it from there
www.psst.org
Mary Inman @maryinman.bsky.social Founding Partner, Whistleblower Partners LLP @whistleblower.law
Founding Board Member, Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social
Whistleblower Lawyer and Champion
Miranda Bogen @mbogen.bsky.social Director of the AI Governance Lab @cendemtech.bsky.social / responsible AI + policy
CalMatters/The Markup Guild @calmattersguild.bsky.social We're the journalists, product and development staff of CalMatters and The Markup.
meron thee siren 🧜🏽♀️ @meronunfiltered.com writer
the jewel of Africa
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice @amzn4climate.bsky.social Amazon employees demanding climate leadership. Views ≠ Amazon. Reach out if you’re an employee! Dm or aecj.info/get-involved?ms=bb
Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press proprietor, Soraya [dot] Press | subscribe 👉🏽 soraya.press
📍Brooklyn
Rika⁷ @commanderrika.blacksky.app Writer+Illustrator. She/Her.
Stories in Lightspeed, FIYAH, Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (2026)
Portfolio: commanderrika.com
Commissions: marikawrites589@gmail.com
Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@cnbc.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla & spacex (some climate tech). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
The LA Reporter @thelareporter.bsky.social LA politics newsletter by @reporterliz.bsky.social | 👩🏻💻 thelareporter.la | Your financial support will keep The LA Reporter in the field: https://ko-fi.com/thelareporter
JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com I write about tech + humans + philosophy
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/
Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com Member of technical staff @anthropic.com. Law professor (on leave) @umnlawschool.bsky.social. Contributing editor @lawfaremedia.org. Former DOJ. alanrozenshtein.com
The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social Pro science, education, the rule of law, Ukraine, institutions, liberalism, Pax Americana, defense & natsec, social services, liberty, justice, infrastructure, progressive taxation, single-payer healthcare, reindustrialization, carbon-neutral. Democrat. 🇺🇸
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
ARTICLE 19 México y Centroamérica @article19mxca.bsky.social Organización internacional de derechos humanos por la defensa de la libertad de expresión y el derecho a la información.
articulo19.org
Aarian Marshall @aarianmarshall.bsky.social Writing about stuff w/wheels (mostly) @wired.com
Bread Is Life @breadnbougie.bsky.social I like baking, writing and being Black. Dats it.
Nicole Carr @nicolefcarr.bsky.social Digital Expat. Author. Journalist. Speaker. Morehouse College Assistant Professor. 🌎trotting+ Searching for the ancestors with my own legacies 👧🏽👧🏽👦🏾
Order 📚: The Price of Exclusion (June 2026): https://bit.ly/4qcHeV5
B.A. Parker @baparker.bsky.social co-host of code switch on npr (she/her)
Yamiche Alcindor @yamiche.bsky.social White House Correspondent for @NBCNews. Tips? Email: Yamiche.Alcindor@nbcuni.com.
Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social News we need. Join us at http://capitalbnews.org. Local newsrooms in Gary and Atlanta:
@capitalbgary.bsky.social & @capitalbatl.bsky.social
Kat Stafford @katstafford.bsky.social Journalist
Global Race and Justice Editor
Detroit girl
TIPS: Kat.Stafford@thomsonreuters.com
Gillian White @gillianbwhite.bsky.social Journalist, CRO @CapitalB previously: The Atlantic. Long suffering Knicks fan
Javonte Anderson @javonte.bsky.social Editor
@CapitalBNewsGary | Former reporter: USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Toledo Blade & Post-Tribune | 📩 Javonte.Anderson@CapitalBNews.org
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
Garrison Hayes @garrisonhayes.bsky.social Storyteller | Video Correspondent @MotherJones.com; race, history + progress.
NAACP Image Award Nominee
Webby Award-winner, Best Creator.
NABJ Salute to Excellence Winner.
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social Caltech/IPAC Planet Hunter | Chief Scientist, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute | @TEDFellow | Science consultant | SHERA PI | My views are not the views of NASA | She/her
East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social https://eastbayforeveryone.org 
Justin M @justinm.one Working on security in tech. Opinions are my own :)
If you have a large audience, please do not RT me
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app Martial artist, motorcyclist, pragmatist, comics philosopher, queer phenomenologist.
Assistant Prof @CSUN. Japanese philosophy, race, gender, disability, tech/AI. Inquiries: johnathan.flowers@csun.edu
IRON LORD. Rider of the mind shaitan. He/Him/His 🏳️🌈
Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social Political scientist in a public health school. Health policy and politics, especially in Europe. Recent books on EU health policy, federalism and social policy, co-benefits. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Opinions personal. 🚲. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-0471
Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app 
Cassandra Garibay @cgaribay.bsky.social Engagement Reporter @propublica.org | Central Valley | Interested in emergency management, housing, environmental health, pottery, baking, running, etc.
Got tips? https://www.propublica.org/tips/
Amy Pavel @amypavel.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UT Austin CS | Human-AI Interaction, Accessibility, Creativity | https://amypavel.com/
Rachael Myrow @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social @KQEDNews | @NPRNews | Experts: "Formidable Provenance"+"The Queen of Succinct" 
victoria @vashetc.blacksky.app † doktora | research+policy | perpetually horizontal
ID’s: Brown skin grl w/ curly hair wearing shirt that says hot girls arent ableist. Banner: Sepia picture of a couple married w/ family around.
vashetc.com | restandmecfs.com | survivorsandallies.com
The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education @maynardinstitute.bsky.social Furthering Diversity, Equity, and Belonging in the news since 1977. mije.org
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
Virginia Eubanks @virginiaeeubanks.bsky.social Writer working for an abundant, peaceful, and equitable future.
NEW MEMOIR (8/11/26): A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care and Survival. Preorder: bit.ly/4hAFUJb https://virginia-eubanks.com/
Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social Political theorist studying democracy, ethics, & institutions. Author of Democracy for Busy People (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo194847654.html); more at kevinjelliott.net. Generally poasting my way through this thing
Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Sometimes teach at Emory. The Church Committee Report is out now! My views are not my employers.
MatthewGuariglia.com
Anirvan Chatterjee @chatterjee.net Techie, public historian, and activist from Berkeley, California.
I curate the monthly Berkeley South Asian radical history walking tour — now celebrating its 12th year.
Pronouns: he/him/ও/সে
https://www.chatterjee.net/
Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social NPR's Energy and Climate Solutions Correspondent
SF by way of Nigeria, Indonesia, and Egypt • 🇳🇬🇮🇩🇪🇬
For tips my Signal juliaradio.33
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social Writer and editor. Host of the newsletter Porch Party (sign up! porchpartynews.com). Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent. Bostonian by birth, New Yorker by disposition, currently in DC.
Willie Agnew @willie-agnew.bsky.social Queer in AI 🏳️🌈 | postdoc at cmu HCII | ostem |william-agnew.com | views my own | he/they
Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan @bauerkahan.bsky.social Assemblymember to the 16th District covering parts of Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Chair of the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and the Select Committee on Reproductive Health.
Juliet Williams @jwilliamsjourno.bsky.social Politics Editor, CalMatters. First Amendment champion. Former @AP. 
Mo A @modata.dev sometimes data 📝, often 🚲
reporting using computers @themarkup.org / @calmatters.org
signal: @mali.21
Jennifer Urban @jenniferurban.bsky.social Personal account. Law prof @Berkeley Law. Board Chairperson, California Privacy Protection Agency. Statements are solely my own views; reposts/follows/links are not endorsements. Ask me about my clinic students!
Alexis Madrigal @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social Book: The Pacific Circuit
Job: Co-Host, KQED Forum
Life: Local Economy, Oakland Garden Club
Bärí A. Williams, Esq. @bariawilliams.bsky.social Tech Esq. + Ops | DEI/Ethics advocate | Asker of “why” | Around the way etiquette lover | Oakland’s own #TownBusiness | Cal Alum | ex-Meta
Local Progress @localprogress.bsky.social We are local elected officials fighting for racial and economic justice. We build power with community to reshape what's possible in our localities.
Rohini Lakshané @aldebaran14.bsky.social Engineer, interdisciplinary researcher, Wikimedian, polyglot. Neurodiversity. Writing. Teaching. Gaia is god. Personal views. The personal is political. https://about.me/rohini (She/ her)
Jess Hamrick @jhamrick.bsky.social Building open models @ Reflection AI. Previously: Google DeepMind, UC Berkeley, MIT. I post about: AI 🤖, flowers 🌷, parenting 👶, public transit 🚆. She/her.
Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67
M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Human Values at Princeton | Cognitive scientist curious about technology, narratives, & epistemic (in)justice | They/She 🏳️🌈
www.crockettlab.org
Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social Special Projects Editor & reporter at Mother Jones focused on business investigations. Spreadsheets are my love language. hlevintova@motherjones.com, DM for Signal.
Marthine Satris @msatris.bsky.social Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
https://bit.ly/MDShomepage
jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social jamie alert
Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social Chair of Data Science at University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Co-Founder LelapaAI. #NLProc
PhDCS Rutgers, BScEE-MsEE Wits University.
Changing the World @DeepIndaba @MasakhaneNLP.
Made with ❤️ Tshwane
Lab Data Science for Social Impact 
PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
Partnership on AI @partnershipai.bsky.social A non-profit bringing together academic, civil society, industry, & media organizations to address the most important and difficult questions concerning AI.
Technology & Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org An issue area of New America made up of programs, projects, and initiatives dedicated to shaping a digital ecosystem that is safer, open, and inclusive.
Caitlin Dickerson @caitlindickerson.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter and feature writer at
@theatlantic via @nytimes & @npr. Cdickerson@theatlantic.com.
Paromania @paromitashah.bsky.social Executive Director, Co-Founder, movement lawyer at Just Futures Law. Find us at www.justfutureslaw.org or @justfutureslaw.bsky.social
Just Futures Law @justfutureslaw.bsky.social We're a movement lawyering org working with grassroot organizers to dismantle the deportation machine with innovative legal and policy strategies. Learn more: www.justfutureslaw.org
Garance Burke @garanceburke.bsky.social Global investigative journalist @AP.
Pulitzer finalist, Emmy winner.
'20 @JSKStanford-@StanfordHAI Fellow
✉️: garanceburke@protonmail, Signal: GaranceBurke.33
Mario D'Arco @mariodarco.bsky.social Senior software engineer at @Workday, polyglot programmer, part time geek, full time dad.
Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social LA-based investigative journalist covering policing, injustice, and inequality. I create job security for public records custodian’s in California.
Signal: joeyscott.05
Venmo: @joeyneverjoe
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/joeyneverjoe
www.joeyscott.xyz/bylines/
Electronic Frontiers Georgia @ef-georgia.bsky.social Protecting and promoting online civil liberties in the state of Georgia, U.S.A.
Andy Donohue @addonohue.bsky.social investigative editor, CalMatters
Researcher and activist. Author of Science in Resistance. @ferracimo.bsky.social 
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Arianna Smith @ariannasmith.bsky.social I love California!
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
California Assembly Republicans @asmrepublicans.bsky.social The Official Bluesky of the California Assembly Republicans.
#CADeservesBetter #CALeg
Jason Sisney 🏳️🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social #CABudget advisor. Views=my own. | #CALeg | Olympic history and finance | he/him/his
Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social White House correspondent, @reuters.com. Ex-Washington Post. Bad golfer. Signal: jacobbogage.87. The newsletter: jacobbogage.com.