Benjamin Laufer @laufer.bsky.social PhD student at Cornell Tech.
bendlaufer.github.io
Leaflet @leaflet.pub The easiest way to make a blog, newsletter, or website on the open social web!
📝 powerful publishing tools 🛠️
🌱 for new writers & pros 🌿
🗣️ to connect & grow 👯
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Lab Notes: lab.leaflet.pub
Code: tangled.org/leaflet.pub/leaflet
Offprint @offprint.app Publishing infrastructure for the open web. Easily build your audience, monetize your work (soon™), and take it all with you if you ever move.
Get your first 3 months of your annual Pro plan paid by Bluesky!
🏖️ Start your summer → https://offprint.app
euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com Brussels' premier independent news media on EU affairs. EUobserver is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what's really going on in Europe. Your support keeps us going: https://euobserver.com/memberships
@greenearth-social.bsky.social @greenearth-social.bsky.social
Anisota @anisota.net A peaceful social media interface that helps you be offline more and online better. For Bluesky & the Atmosphere. Made by @dame.is in Appalachia.
Enter the forest: anisota.net
Waxing Gibbous, 65% Lit 🌔
W Social @wsocial.eu We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.
https://wsocial.eu/
Society for Hopeful Technologists @hopeful.technology We are a solidarity network that: strengthens and activates Hopeful Technologists, demystifies tech, and makes it easy for more technologists to be hopeful
Find out more: https://societyforhopefultechnologists.org/
Waag Futurelab @waag.org Making technology & society more open, fair & inclusive | mastodon: waag@waag.social
Jess Miers 🦝🦞 @jmiers230.bsky.social Law Prof @AkronLaw | Computer Scientist | bot psychologist 🤖 | 1A 💬 / tech expert
Priors: Google, Twitter (no, not X), Chamber of Progress
jmiers@uakron.edu | Signal: j230.95
Currently writing about chatbots, speech, and suicide.
Nick Gerakines @ngerakines.me he/him; Protocols, platforms, and machine learning; @lexicon.garden @lexicon.community @ohcraphey.app
mu @mu.social A mew social thing by @eurosky.social, try for yourself: mu.social
Come visit us on the information superhighway: hello.mu.social
Feedback https://userinput.app/#/s/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/3mnwmwn7sn22u
Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social The premier research center for #ComplexSystems #science.
santafe.edu
linktr.ee/sfiscience
J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer digital environments. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assoc Prof, Communication, Cornell · Guatemalan-American · Ultracyclist
🐘@natematias@social.coop
natematias.com
citizensandtech.org
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
AlgoSoc @algosoc.org 'Public Values in the Algorithmic Society' (AlgoSoc) is an interdisciplinary research program dedicated to a societal perspective on automated decision making
AlgoSoc.org
Adam Wiggins @adamwiggins.com Working to make computers better. Cofounder of Ink & Switch, Heroku, and Local-First Conf.
Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/
Papers at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
"Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.”
Laurens @laurenshof.online I care about an ethical internet.
I write about Bluesky, the atmosphere and open social protocols at connectedplaces.online
🇳🇱
ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au News and analysis from Australia’s most trusted news organisation.
Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social Irish writer and speaker: let's rewild the internet!
Dog lady. Forest bather. She/her
http://www.mariafarrell.com
Rep: https://greeneheaton.co.uk/agents/antony-topping/
No DMs
Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social I cover science and culture at Ars Technica. Former science editor, Gizmodo. Ex-vangelical. Rodeo fan. Married to @seanmcarroll, servant to two cats: Ariel and Caliban. Baltimore, MD. She/her.
Corbin Barthold @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social Just 'cause you're hungry doesn't mean that you're lean.
Decifer Studio @decifer.tech Research & creative studio dedicated to critically demystifying emerging tech for broad audiences. decifer.tech
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies.
Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware.
☎️ Signal: +1 917 257 1382
Jeff Kosseff @jkosseff.bsky.social Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Law, US Naval Academy. Views my own and do not represent DOD, Navy, or USNA. jeffkosseff.com
Jana Lasser @janalasser.eurosky.social Professor for Data Analysis @UniGraz | Computational Social Science, Data Science, complex systems, computational modelling | #OpenScience, #coder | she/her
Blake C. Stacey @blakestacey.myatproto.social physicist, they/them, www.sunclipse.org
Human Rights Law Centre @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social Fearless human rights action for a fairer Australia.
Judy Hanwen Shen @heyyjudes.bsky.social CS PhD Student @ Stanford
Data, Diversity, and Downstream Impacts
https://heyyjudes.github.io
Simon van Teutem @simonvanteutem.bsky.social PhD candidate @politicsoxford.bsky.social | Columnist @decorrespondent.nl | Rower @ox.ac.uk | views my own
Matthew Prince @eastdakota.com A little bit geek, wonk, and nerd. Repeat entrepreneur, recovering lawyer, and former ski instructor. Co-founder & CEO of Cloudflare (NYSE: NET).- F Alex Feerst @feerst.bsky.social Tech lawyer. Trust & Safety gadfly. Three memes in a trench coat. Knowhow is fine, but what about Knowwhy...
Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social Professor, Berkeley Law School, who writes about challenges that new information technologies pose for intellectual property & other laws. Past Chair & member of Electronic Frontier Foundation Board & of Authors Alliance Board. Gardening is my best hobby
Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social W/Henry Farrell, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt 2023/Penguin); Georgetown; This is a private account.
Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press is an independent nonprofit publisher. Our books spark engaging discussions and present bold ideas from leading experts worldwide.
Marcus Michaelsen @mmichae1sen.bsky.social Researching digital tech, human rights & authoritarian politics @citizenlab.ca. https://marcusmichaelsen.eu/
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.
Siena Anstis @sanstis.bsky.social lawyer | senior legal advisor @ The Citizen Lab | PhD Fellow in Law @ University of Oslo | parent | currently: transnational repression, digital surveillance & international human rights law | EU-based (Geneva, Oslo) | https://sienaanstis.com
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/
AI & Democracy Foundation @ai-democracy.org Ensuring that democratic systems are fit for a world with advanced AI.
Graze Social @graze.social Own your algorithm.
👉 https://graze.social/
⚙️ Need product support? Skip the DMs: https://tinyurl.com/3hcabn8v
✨ Building something cool? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Y6UkgsFx4D
Boris @bmann.ca Web tinkerer. Pooling capital and collaboration.
What if we made things a little bit better?
Block Party @blockpartyapp.com Deep clean your social media, notifications, settings and more in just one click. The Washington Post’s tech columnist calls Block Party “one of the most useful tech tools I’ve come across in years”.
www.blockpartyapp.com
DeleteMe @joindeleteme.bsky.social Check your exposure on data broker sites: joindeleteme.com/scan
Standard.site @standard.site Open standards for long-form & site lexicons. We build reusable schemas so the ecosystem can grow together.
To start, view definitions → https://standard.site
Docs → https://standard.site/docs
Tiziano Piccardi @tiziano.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Johns Hopkins University | Prev: Stanford & EPFL | https://piccardi.me/
@benjamincerigo.bsky.social @benjamincerigo.bsky.social
Jenny Allen @jennyallen.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics @ NYU Stern
Interested in Computational Social Science, Digital Persuasion, and Wisdom of Crowds
Elinor @elinorpd.bsky.social incoming PhD @ MIT CSAIL // researching LLM societal impacts & alignment
previously @ MIT media lab, mila quebec / mcgill
i like language and dogs and plants and ultimate frisbee and baking and sunsets. she/her
https://elinorp-d.github.io
D64 @d-64.org D64 – Zentrum für digitalen Fortschritt. Als gemeinnütziger Verein liefern wir Impulse zur positiven Gestaltung der Digitalen Transformation.
Auf Mastodon unter https://d-64.social/@D64eV erreichbar. Alle Infos zu uns gibt es auf https://d-64.org.
Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social The History of Ideas Podcast. Every Wednesday and Sunday with David Runciman. Wherever you get your podcasts.
Find us at 🔗 www.ppfideas.com
Catalina Goanta @cgoanta.bsky.social Associate prof in private law & tech (Utrecht University) & PI ERC Research Stg HUMANads '22-'27 @goanta@someone.elses.computer
@awo.agency @awo.agency
Institute for Information Law (IViR) @ivir-uva.bsky.social Academic research institute | Faculty of Law | University of Amsterdam
www.ivir.nl
Pull The Plug @pulltheplug-ai.bsky.social We're pulling the plug on Big Tech's undemocratic control of AI in the UK. Join the movement!
https://linktr.ee/pulltheplug
Puja Ohlhaver @pujaohlhaver.bsky.social Law, economics, computation www.pujaohlhaver.com
Democratic Tech Alliance @democratic.technology Bringing democracy to technology.
🔗 https://democratic.technology/
✉️ hello@democratic.technology
Aurore Lalucq @aurorelalucq.bsky.social Présidente de la Commission des affaires économiques et monétaires du Parlement européen 🇪🇺
Co-présidente de Place publique avec Raphaël Glucksmann
Taylor Sorensen @taylor-sorensen.bsky.social NLP PhD Candidate at UW
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
XOF Research @xofresearch.bsky.social We are an OSINT research organization focused on political technology.
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
https://xof-research.org/
Modal Foundation @modalfoundation.eurosky.social Open social tech in the public interest
https://www.modalfoundation.org/
Eurosky Social @eurosky.social Building open social web infrastructure and apps in Europe. Public interest non-profit, part of Modal Foundation.
App: mu.social
Accounts: move.eurosky.tech
Discover: portal.eurosky.tech
Web: eurosky.tech
Help: eurosky.tech/help
Fund: fund.eurosky.tech
Connected Places @bluesky.fediversereport.com News blog dedicated to everyting about the fediverse. Read at fediversereport.com
Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought.
We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social Tech reporter @euractiv.com | AI, startups, digital administration | maximilian.henning@euractiv.com
Felix Sieker @felice.bsky.social Project Manager reframe[Tech] at Bertelsmann Stiftung | Interested in platforms, inequality, digital infrastructures & cinema
adalya @adalya.bsky.social editor/reader/writer
Kobi Hackenburg @kobihackenburg.bsky.social data science + political communication @oiioxford @uniofoxford
Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social Engineering professor. Author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS (on Riverhead in the US+, on Torva in the UK+). Interested in embodiment, materiality, metacognition, and systems. All enthusiasm is 100% genuine. debcha.org
Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S), Goethe University Frankfurt | prev. postdoc at Center for Adaptive Rationality, MPIB Berlin | PhD Hertie School
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social sci-fi goth civil rights free speech tech law /
now: senior counsel @freepress & @bellagio resident working on my first book /
past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU
www.norabenavidez.com
@unlibrarian.bsky.social @unlibrarian.bsky.social Views my own, not those of my employer etc. RT does not imply endorsement.
Hans Peter Lehofer @hplehofer.bsky.social blog.lehofer.at
law / media / telecoms / whatever
TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com I'm an associate professor of law at University College Dublin specialising in technology law (mostly privacy/data protection/cybercrime/fundamental rights), consultant solicitor with FP Logue LLP, and chair of Digital Rights Ireland.
Joris van Hoboken @jvh.bsky.social (he/him) antifascist, law prof in Amsterdam (IViR); platform regulation, law and digital infrastructure, quantum technology, fundamental rights.
@ivir-uva.bsky.social
Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna @gzf.bsky.social Data Protection Geek. Co-author of the big GDPR OUP Commentary🇷🇴🇪🇺🇺🇸 US-based, former Brussels bubbler. Writes about data protection law and policy, AI governance through a Global lens (& sometimes democracy) Strictly personal views.
www.pdpecho.com.
Martin Husovec @hutko.bsky.social
Beltsazar Krisetya @krisetya.com PhD student at UCL and a Dunning-Kruger thrill rider.
Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social Columnist and writer at the Financial Times.
👩🏼💻 https://www.ft.com/jemima-kelly
Sarah Fisher @sarahafisher.bsky.social Trying to make sense of the chaos. Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Tangled @tangled.org https://tangled.org is the next-generation social coding platform.
→ Docs: https://docs.tangled.org
→ Discord: chat.tangled.org
→ IRC: #tangled @ libera.chat
Institut Català Internacional per la Pau @icipeace.bsky.social L'ICIP promou la cultura de pau en la societat catalana i en l'àmbit internacional http://linktr.ee/ICIP
Frederike Kaltheuner @frederike.bsky.social Global tech policy & geopolitics advisor ✨
Also: @ainowinstitute.bsky.social
frederikekaltheuner.com
Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity
Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
https://gateklons.substack.com/
🐘 @gateklons@eupolicy.social
🐦 @gateklons
Rachit Dubey @rachitdubey.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UCLA | Alum @MIT @Princeton @UC Berkeley | AI+Cognitive Science+Climate Policy | https://ucla-cocopol.github.io/
Domingos Farinho @domingosmiguel.bsky.social "I'm Winston Wolf. I solve problems".
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, præparet bellum)
Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/ (daily reading list and more)
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 naomiklein.org
📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social i'm on the verge of tears by the time we arrive at espace, since i'm positive we won't have a decent table http://rachaelmeager.com http://rottenandgood.substack.com
Signal @signal.org Signal is a nonprofit end-to-end encrypted communications app. Privacy isn’t an optional mode, it’s the way Signal works. Every message, every call, every time. https://signal.org/donate/
Luca @lucab.phd ML Ethics, Tech Policy, Italian food, Typos
Benjamin Mako Hill @mako.cc
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social Heading the Computational Social Science group within SynoSys & ScaDS.AI at TU Dresden, where we study how online information environments impact public discourse and develop alternatives that benefit democracy.
CSS-Group: https://css-synosys.github.io/
mikes barnes @mikesbarnes.bsky.social philosophy of words & the world wide web & the work behind it all. associate professor at the university of oslo. michaelrandallbarnes.com