Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech Strengthening digital infrastructure & open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, & other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.
https://www.sovereign.tech
Die Linke @die-linke.de Kämpft für soziale Sicherheit, Frieden & Klimagerechtigkeit!
🚩 Die Linke im Bundestag: bsky.app/profile/dielinkebt.de
👉 Die Linke Starterpaket: https://go.bsky.app/CFMEHPp
🔗 https://die-linke.de
Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social Senior Reporter at The Verge and author of Regulator, covering Big Tech vs Big Government. Formerly Puck/Politico/Vanity Fair. Wrote a book called THE MAGA DIARIES. Send your juiciest/most apocalyptic goss to tina@theverge.com or @tina_nguyen.19 on signal.
LobbyControl Tech @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social All about big tech lobbying, digital policy and anti-monopoly. Contact us confidentially: lobbycontrol.de/contact
Max Bank @maxbank.bsky.social Anti-Monopoly · Democracy & Transparency · Lobbying in the EU · Big Tech · Trade Policy · NGO @rebalance-now.bsky.social previously at @LobbyControl.bsky.social
LobbyControl @lobbycontrol.bsky.social Für Transparenz, demokratische Kontrolle und klare Schranken der Einflussnahme auf Politik und Öffentlichkeit.
Newsletter-Abo: 👉 https://www.lobbycontrol.de/newsletter/
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David O'Connell @daviduk.bsky.social 🍞⚘️
तत्त्वमसि
PhD | Trade Unionist | Global Labour University Alum | Occasional Jacobin Contributor | Writing on Employee Ownership, Supply Chain Industrial Relations, Philosophy
📍Germany based
https://global-labour-university.org/
Paul Schütze @paulschuetze.bsky.social PostDoc (he/him) | Political & Social Philosophy | Ethics & Critical Theories of AI | Uni Osnabrück @ https://bsky.app/profile/ectaiuos.bsky.social
Rainer Mühlhoff @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social Philosopher & Mathematician. Professor of the Ethics and Critical Theories of AI, Osnabrück University, Germany. Associated at ECDF Berlin & Weizenbaum Institut, Berlin.
Web: https://rainermuehlhoff.de/en/
Research group: @ectaiuos.bsky.social
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com The official Bluesky account of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. youtube.com/lastweektonight
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
@cassiopeya.bsky.social @cassiopeya.bsky.social
Prototype Fund 🇨🇭 @prototypefundch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy We foster public interest tech in Switzerland. Get up to 100k plus coaching, mentoring & network access for your #OpenSource projects | Managed by […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@prototypefundch on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]- P Prototype Fund @prototypefund.bsky.social
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info Boldly going where no Jedi has beamed before. Earth is our spaceship.
#AltGov
altScalesOfJustice @altscalesofjustice.altgov.info Retired 20+ year DOJ executive providing honest commentary on American politics. Opinions are my own. “Morgan” in the book “We Are #AltGov” by Dr. Amanda Sturgill. (I have NO financial ties to the book)
Twitter: @altScalesOfJust
AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info OG AltGov. that’s now here. ANTIFA General.
😷 it’s only Wednesday 😷 @diplo-drama.bsky.social Make good choices! #swiftie #altgov #nafo #accidentaldiplomat
Alt WASO NPS @altwasonps.bsky.social #AltNPS Unofficial Washington D.C. Office #Resistance Team. Protect & preserve the US from fascism #AltGov #WeAreAltGov
I study everything and know nothing.
Rogue NASA @roguenasa.altgov.info Not an official NASA account. Come for the facts, stay for the snark.🥄
Same team from Twitter but with more gray hairs. 🚀🛰️🧪🔭
climate.nasa.gov
they/them
🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️
AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info Since 2017, I have fought against the growing fascist threat from Trumplestiltskin and his loyal minions, including the entire GOP and its base. Not affiliated with nor represents USCBP. Opinions are my own. #AltGov
AltTaxPro @alttaxpro.altgov.info #WeAreAltGov
Might be IRS, might be Dept of Revenue...wait for the audit to FAFO
Typically found cussing at most laws
#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic
Sarcastic AF potty-mouth middle-child latchkey #GenXer
#NAFO 🇺🇦 Former #FellaForger
Mt. Rainier 🏔(təqʷuʔmaʔ) @handle.invalid Veiled sentinel of Rainier's shadow: summoning stars via code & crystal jars, unmooring souls to Lumena's light. Thrones fall, voids call—love echoes eternal.
Former-Alt-immi @altimmi.bsky.social Used to be a big deal on twitter for like a minute.
AltNatSecAgency @altnatsecagency.bsky.social Former SIGINT Analyst. He/him. Deep State Operative ™ Alleged Antifa Leader ™ POG LEG REMF™ Astronaut Diaper™ Vampire ™ May be spying on you right now
ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info I’m not new, I’m just new *here*. You know me, I know you. The sun’ll come out tomorrow.
Dr. Curmudgeon @altgovdoc.altgov.info General health and science information
#medsky #emedsky
Posts 🚫 med advice. Please, seek the care of your physician if you have any concerns.
AltBiker @altbiker.altgov.info Leather wearing, beer drinking, motorcycle riding member of #AltGov
It we do not stand against oppression, we endorse the oppressors.
Alt Musician @altmusician.altgov.info Fighting 4 democracy & end corruption on a 🌎 stage
Wrked directly in WhiteHouse w/ Obama Biden Harris since 2012
Wrkd Harris Walz 2024 campaign
US Secret Service Vetted
TS/SCI & Yankee White clearance
Liberty 🗽 & Equality 4 all #AltGov #Resist
ALT DHS (NOT an official DHS account) @altdhs.altgov.info ALT gov account. ALT. Not an official DHS account (if they even have one on BlueSky). ALT
Retired Gov employee. I swear a lot. #Altgov
Discl: Not an official account for DHS. All opinions my own. Again, ALT. ALT. ALT.
AltWarDept @altdod.bsky.social retired, former, crusty cog that was in the machine, mostly snark, sometimes insightful. Knows enough to be dangerous, sometimes useful.
#altgov
(VIC) 31N AA 66021 00000
AltDIA @altdia.bsky.social The original - Twitter survivor.
Matt Cortez, Esq. @mattcortezlaw.bsky.social A Jabroni in a former life. Civil litigation attorney in this life. I put the “Find Out” in FAFO. Licensed in California.
BadHombreLands NPS @badhombrenps.bsky.social Unofficial feed of Badlands National Park. Protecting rugged scenery, fossil beds, 244,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie & wildlife from two-bit cheetoh-hued despots. OG #AltGov #Altnps #TheResistance #prodemocracy #resist #punchnazis #wildernesswarrior
AltFormerFed (aka Farmer Fred) @dataprism.altgov.info Retired Fed. I survived 45. Honored to have served the people.
#Resist with compassion
#ClimateChange is here
#Tribal #Sovereignty is #Treaty Law #LGBTQ+ #WeSeeYou
It takes #AllOfUs
Legit #altGov accounts don’t sell merch or ask for $$. Beware the grift.
AltCityHall @altcityhall.altgov.info You can fight fascism, but you can’t fight AltCityHall. Maybe your local city hall, though. #AltGov
alt-dea @alt-dea.altgov.info Retired Senior Special Agent Federal Drug Law Enforcement.
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCit #Resistance #EndICE #Resist #NoKings
Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info #AltGov #Resist #AltCitizen
“We do not bend the knee. We do not surrender. We fight, until we win or die.” - Lynn Stahl, #AltGov
“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”
– William Penn
Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info Award-winning Baltimore based web developer, HCD product lead for federal agencies, mother (humans, dogs, cats, chickens…), democracy enthusiast, nature lover. #civtech #resist #altgov #swiftie 🥄
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
Not official CDC—but close enough for transmission.
Proudly #AltGov
Tips? signal altCDC.99, email altCDCtips@proton.me or DM
Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info Promoting health and science and resistance against pseudoscience, disinformation, and fascism.
Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info This is a #AltGov account. Federal employee. Love my job. Ask for help and you shall receive. Read any USPS mail you get from the IRS.
#Resist #spoon 🥄
TJ @tjsls.bsky.social Vet, Fed employee, dog dad, lifting, gaming, personal life a mess, trying to rebuild, dines on ashes. Enjoys the Platypus
ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info Resist! Conservation over corporations.
#ALTgov
This account is NOT affiliated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and opinions solely belong to the person who manages this page.
FWS employees can reach out via DM to share stories.
AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info Your friendly local SSA agent just trying to survive. DMs are open. Yes there’s 2 of us (Hi Rogue SSA👋). We are #AltGov. Not affiliated with AltNPS. This account is not an official SSA account. FDT. Release the Epstein files. Preferred name: AltSSAssy ❤️
@altfema.bsky.social @altfema.bsky.social Helping people before, during, and after (this democratic) disaster.
#AltGov
AltDOI @altdoi.altgov.info We are dedicated DOI employees who swore an oath to the constitution to protect the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage. Officially *unofficial* account.
Do not approach the wildlife. This bison bites back. #AltGov 🦬
Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info They tried to bury us. They didn't realize we were seeds.
DHSaucepan @dhsaucepan.altgov.info Career civil servant in immigration.
Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info Sharing news from the Coast Guard, the Federal Government, and beyond.
Semper Paratus, Semper Pro Populus (Always Ready, Always for the People).
Not affiliated with Official USCG. Views are solely my own opinions. #AltGov 🥄
AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info Loyal to our Constitution, not a politician, god or person. Not an official Air Force acct. Professional critical thinker, fed, vet & mil spouse here to communicate, share information and more importantly, offer support.
AltUSGS @handle.invalid The resistance in the form of a couple of science nerds in different missions. Not an official USGS account but close enough to hypothesize about their actions. #AltGov
AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info Big USDA’s bratty little unsanctioned sibling 🌱🐮
Do Right and Feed Everyone.
Empower our farms & people.
#climatesmart #nutrition #urbanag #conservation #foodsecurity #diversity #bullsonparade #renegade
🚜💨🥦🥕⚗️🏡🌎🌈🐮✊
RogueFEMA @roguefema.altgov.info Not an official government account. But you aren't here for that, right?
Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info Alt Library of Congress #TheResistance 🇺🇸&🌏Political commentary. "Science is vital for progressive society." Verified by @snopes 👍🏼MLS📚 #AltGov cartoonist, doctoral candidate.
I stand in support of those under siege or occupied by the same regime. 🇺🇸 🇬🇪 🇺🇦
altFAA @altfaa.altgov.info Safety first. Safety always. FAA info.
HerrBepunkt @moritzbepunkt.bsky.social Kuchen & Kommunismus. Großdeutschland, aber dieses Mal linksradikal. He/him
Maja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social Political economist, sustainability transformation researcher, author, speaker, lecturer - www.maja-goepel.de
Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social Journalist/Vortragsredner/Filmemacher. Mein erstes Buch ist da: Cycling Cities - Die leise Revolution der Städte. Jetzt vorbestellen unter: http://t1p.de/ct0v1 Kontakt: ingwarpero@posteo.net
Group Ethics and Critical Theories of AI @ectaiuos.bsky.social Research Group Ethics and Critical Theories of AI @ University of Osnabrück // Led by Prof. Rainer Mühlhoff https://bsky.app/profile/rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social
👉find us here: https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/fb8/ikw/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/ethik-der-ki
Anna Kraher @annakraher.bsky.social Research Assistant & PhD Candidate in Ethics of Digitalization @UniOldenburg | Member @servusat.bsky.social
https://anna-kraher.de
Dorothea Baur - the ethics crusader @dorotheabaur.bsky.social Straight Talk and Strategic Clarity on AI Ethics & Sustainability | Speaker · Consultant · Writer - dorotheabaur.ch
Ideal for people who appreciate both humor and ethical dilemmas, and can handle an occasional existential crisis.
Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.rummanchowdhury.com
www.humane-intelligence.org
CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence
US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
HeiGIT @heigit.org Open-source geoinformation, methods and software for the benefit of the environment and society.
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This is the official account of HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology) at Heidelberg University.
Check us out at https://heigit.org/
Fleur Johns @fleurjohns.bsky.social Dean & Head of School, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney. International law, legal theory, law & technology etc. Latest books: https://tinyurl.com/HelpBookOUP & https://tinyurl.com/2cv626hf
(Views expressed here are mine not those of my employer.)
Gina Helfrich @ginahelfrich.bsky.social Centre for Technomoral Futures @ U of Edinburgh. PhD in Philosophy, Grad Cert in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.
Texan. Feminist.
I’m on Mastodon and encourage you to be there, too: techpolicy.social/@ginahelfrich
David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social Tech policy, human rights, trust & safety. Raised in Brooklyn, based in Boulder. @david_msullivan elsewhere. Posts auto delete.
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A1Y8CYx9TUtTxirjHuY_ibg6kbSF7BF5inQ7c-04zOPv#did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social Social Media; Communication Studies; Cyberculture; Sociology; Political Communication; Internet Studies. Published by Routledge. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rics20
Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca Executive Director @canadianpeacemuseum.ca, occasional writer, teaching humanitarianism @utoronto.ca, consulting at @humanitarianassociates.org
Ex @redcrosscanada.bsky.social 🇳🇵🇱🇧, @who.int 🇾🇪, @msf.org 🇨🇦🇵🇬🇳🇬🇪🇹🇹🇷🇵🇰, @gccanada.bsky.social
🌐 chrishouston.ca
Manuela Battaglini @manuelabat.bsky.social AI Geopolicy | Researcher on the Democratic Governance of Cyberspace | Jurist | Let’s break monopolies | Tax the oligarchs | The Force is with me | @SecuoyaGroup
@gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social
keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net David M. Wood (DMW)
Surveillance / Security / Cities / Technology / Human Rights / Environment
https://ubisurv.net
Personal account.
Alix Dunn @alixdunn.com I bloop about the politics of technology and host the Computer Says Maybe podcast: https://www.themaybe.org/podcast
Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Surya Mattu @suryamattu.com Sr. Engineer for Data Journalism & Investigations @bloomberg.com
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social Studying confluence of influence operations, disinfo, truth decay, information integrity & policies addressing online harms. Many thoughts, sometimes prayers.
Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social Researcher, policy analyst, social scientist. PhD-ing on political power and privatization in the scale of AI governance.
she/her | Montreal | anabrandusescu.com
Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social Founder The Ethical Tech Society | AlgorithmWatch | IGF Academy I @lopalasi@dair-community.social on Mastodon
Jessica Dorsey @jessicadorsey.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Int’l Law, Utrecht University; Managing Editor, OpinioJuris; Exec. Board, Airwars; IHL, IHRL, Civilian Harm Mitigation, Military AI, Autonomous Weapons Systems, Military Drones; Stargazer/Aurora Chaser
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk Structural engineer. Stadium design. Emergency shelter specialist & ex-humanitarian aidworker. Interested in good people-centred design, equity & (climate) justice.
Jean-Marc Liotier @liotier.bsky.social Like an old information technology blog that collided with a European Union politics column, a geographic information systems consultancy and a defense think tank.
French alt: https://bsky.app/profile/liotier-fr.bsky.social
Matrix: @liotier:tedomum.fr
Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net Sr. Tech PM building tools and distributed research networks for drug safety; Occasional Data Witch; 🚴🏻🏃🏻⛷️ Former goatherd & Data Ethics @HHI_Signal.
Director of Human Alignment and Sin Eater, @skywatch.blue
Rahul Bhargava @rahulbot.bsky.social Creative data & computational journalism. "Community Data" book eBook and pre-order available: http://communitydatabook.com
Steve Song @manypossibilities.net Local hands building local networks.
Open Data in telecoms https://linktr.ee/opentelecomdata
Day job: https://isoc.org
Views my own.
Heather Leson @heatherleson.bsky.social Imagine this world if we all lent a hand. Strategy, Engagement, Open Source, Open Organizations, Humanitarian. OSMF/HOTOSM. about.me/heather_leson
Kumar Sambhav @kumarsambhav.bsky.social India Research Lead @ Digital Witness Lab | Founder & Director @ Land Conflict Watch | Former AI Fellow
@ Pulitzer Center | Cofounded The Reporters Collective
Renata Avila @avilarenata.bsky.social CEO Open Knowledge Foundation - Lawyer - Internationalist
Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com #Bordertech ethnographies | Author of The Walls Have Eyes | @refugeelab.ca + @migrationtechmonitor.com, York | Faculty Associate with Berkman Klein Center, Harvard | She/ هي 🇵🇸🍉| https://petramolnar.com/
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social What can I do to 'help'? #Politics #Africa #Humanitarianism #Aid #Writer Professor of Globalization, Copenhagen Business School. http://lisaannrichey.com She/her
Rahul Chandran @rchandran.bsky.social Building a more equitable, sustainable future. Public sector innovation / global policy / ESG / peacebuilding / humanitarian & health (hey, the SDG's are broad!). More #poetry & #cricket than might normally be found in such areas.
Tobias Denskus @aidnography.de Associate Professor in Development Studies at Malmö University, Sweden. Global development. Humanitarianism. Communication & Social Change. Chief Blogger at www.aidnography.de since 2010.
More: https://linktr.ee/tobiasdenskus