RainSec - PDX InfoSec Meetup @rainsec.org RainSec is an informal meetup of PDX based security professionals. Meeting in person every last Tuesday of the month at Lucky Lab SE, 6:30-10:00pm
Hosted by @sanitybit.com & @redmuninn.com
Cat Blackard 🌈🌴💗✨ @catblackard.bsky.social Multimedia storyteller ✍️🎨🎙️✨ Omniverse Mother Brain. Showrunner: The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program, & “MOTHER,” She Wrote. VA: Midnight Burger, Conversations with Ghosts, Moonbase Theta, & more. She/They #BlackLivesMatter 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
https://linktr.ee/catblackard
Yasmine @lishi-ya.bsky.social I am from Beijing, China. I graduated from Peking University and obtained my MBA from INSEAD. I successfully graduated with a Master's degree.
Micah Lee @micahflee.com Doing what I can to keep activists, journalists, and researchers safe and productive — writing at https://micahflee.com — author of HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS https://hacksandleaks.com — signal: micah.01
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.”
Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social music ∙ geekery ∙ media and comms ∙ more random musings than you can handle ∙ DC vibe checks & street photography ∙ somehow has a PhD ∙ opinions all mine ∙ once called "the bus passenger" by People Magazine
Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires.
ICS DFIR at Dragos, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts my own. Enby. 🏳️🌈
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
edu coalition (dm for details)
go bears!
Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com Genetically overexposed. Human-human hybrid. Firecracker factory in a blender.
Huge, cold, and covered in corpses.
92
6.622⨉10¹
rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social Benn Jordan / The Flashbulb
••Recording artist | YouTuber | Researcher••
https://linktr.ee/BennJordan
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Simon Theakston @simontheakston.bsky.social From tech co-founder to 4-hour workdays | Stroke survivor building differently | Sharing what limitations teach us about better systems
Newsletter: https://fourhourfreedom.substack.com
Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com Funny award-winning weekly podcast about hacking, cybercrime, and privacy with @grahamcluley.com.
https://www.smashingsecurity.com
👕 Merch https://www.smashingsecurity.com/store
Patreon: https://www.smashingsecurity.com/plus
Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social A coalition of over 100 labor, community, faith, and student groups fighting for Workers' Rights and Economic Justice!
jwjpdx.org
Subscribe to our Newsletter Here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-mailing-list?source=direct_link&
Olaf Moriarty Solstrand @olafmoriarty.no Han/honom, 44, Bærum. Bibliotekar, hobbykodar, eks-teikneserieforfattar.
Lager og driver https://nettserier.no.
Andre prosjekt: https://olafmoriarty.com
Blue Bots, Done Quick! @bluebotsdonequick.com Information and updates about Blue Bots, Done Quick! - a free tool that allows you to easily build your own Bluesky bot using Tracery code.
Make your own at https://bluebotsdonequick.com!
(Created by @olafmoriarty.no)
Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr.bsky.social I do comedy on a stage. Sometimes on TV.
Debut book out NOW. Bury me in Alabama. FAMU Forever.
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Read my work at thedissident.news
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
support my work: citationneeded.news/signup
links: mollywhite.net/linktree
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Senator Alex Padilla @padilla.senate.gov U.S. Senator for California. Devoted husband and proud dad. Dodgers diehard. EngiNERD. 
Anne Ortelee, Astrologer @anneortelee.bsky.social Sharing real-time astrology updates since 2010. If it's in your heart, it's in your chart! | www.anneortelee.com | www.patreon.com/anneortelee |
The Mindful Business Security Show @mindfulsmbshow.com The Mindful Business Security Show is a call-in radio style podcast for small business leaders! Hosted by @AccidentalCISO.net, produced by @Focivity.com.
https://www.mindfulsmbshow.com
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
DEVONtechnologies @devontechnologies.bsky.social The makers of DEVONthink and DEVONagent, apps that tame the information flood. We all are Mac users by heart and are writing on the Mac and for macOS and iOS.
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
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/
Jack @knapjack.bsky.social Just some rando from the frozen north. I like cameras more than they like me.
Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski Bluesky literary crisis actor. Opinions mine.
📍Charlottesville
en / de / es
Posts autodelete after 2 days or if viral. Some posts automated.
Web:
- emilygorcenski.com
- registry.blue
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
Leo Laporte @leolaporte.me Podcaster, tech pundit. Founder TWiT podcast network.
Discö Fränkënstëin @bobjanke.bsky.social Gruff but lovable rogue
I know who DB Cooper is
Not FDIC insured
Past performance does not guarantee future results
Non-Attorney spokesperson
https://x.com/search?q=from%3A%40bob_janke(Exclude%3Areplies)&s=09
Steph @snort516.bsky.social I post articles I read that I think should be read.
Gift article sharer, awkward moment creator and enthusiast, midiochre debater, public school mom, twin mom, atheist, liberal, emotional support human, trying to keep up.
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press Protecting, defending public interest journalism in the 21st century.
Donate: freedom.press/donate
Subscribe to our ne🦋sletters: https://freedom.press/newsletters/
Staff, board members and allies in our Starter Packs.
More: linktr.ee/freedomofpress
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
Sign up for our newsletters: https://wrd.cm/newsletters
Find our WIRED journalists here: https://go.bsky.app/Boj9b5E
Robert Eujean Ogden @tatteredscroll.bsky.social ✍🏼FireWriter Lore🧙🏼♂️Inspirateur Galore🦄Music Connoisseur🪩Artíste Aurorean🕶️Flicker Historian📽️Get in my DeLorean🛸
Writer in LA. New book Eclipse of the Mourning Star out now everywhere. Sign up for my newsletter @ eclipseofthemourningstar.com
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Ezra Klein @ezraklein.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times, host of "The Ezra Klein Show" podcast. 
Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com Dragon Slayer,bandit,play cousin,not✌🏿good✌🏿, necessary, leader faith community, Beautiful Mess, problem, $smissouri https://www.solomonrmissouri.com/
jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social jamie alert
arcadus @weshould.killice.baby they/them 🖤💜🤍💛
free link
I add 1 ☭ to my profile every time some fascist tells me to remove it from my profile
☭ ☭ ☭
aka @weshoulddefinitely.killice.baby (when I’m suspended)
Penelope @blackbird-wings.bsky.social Queer, writer
ACAB
Free 🇵🇸
Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social Co-Host of You Are Good and The OC, Again. Manager for folks in the arts. Bewildered person. Picture taker. Zine-maker (High Occulture). Activist. Into being.
Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social by @nora.zone, huge thanks to @jewel.andraia.xyz, @bluebotsdonequick.com. it/its
dennis lam @computing.bsky.social i live in the bay area and work in fintech. stream of consciousness account. here for a fun time
Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social UPenn. MBA. Books 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Cooking & Gardening 🌱 Photos my own 📸 Married. From California ☀️ Got a Wacko Immune System 😅 Connecting here 🤗 https://substack.com/@archartem
Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social Official account of Science Vs!
We're a science podcast that pits facts against everything else.
Made by Wendy Zukerman, Rose Rimler, Meryl Horn, Michelle Dang, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, Blythe Terrell, Bobby Lord & independent fact checkers
Oregon Football @oregonduckfootball.bsky.social All Oregon, B1G football! 2024 B1G Champions. This is a forum for civility and for fanatics to express all things Oregon Football! Also, a reminder that fans come in all sizes, from ducklings to Scrooges, so please keep it appropriate. 
Gemma Geary @ggeary.bsky.social Arts lover, reader, writer, learner, and St. John's College alum. She/her.
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
Adeleine Kaye @adeleinekaye.bsky.social 🌹🃏🪐
Actor & Musician
Culture Enthusiast
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social Post-Brexit Brit, now also Belgian. Pianist, singer, percussionist & accordionist, occasional pretend Scotsman. Cats, music, gardening, science, birds, etc.
C-TRAN @ctranvancouver.c-tran.com C-TRAN provides Clark County with safe, reliable and efficient public transportation. View C-TRAN's social media policy and more at http://c-tran.com/social.
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Sarah Franklin @sarahefranklin.bsky.social Writer (SHELTER, HOW TO BELONG, other shorter things). Teach publishing & storytelling at Oxford Brookes Uni. Sometime event host, book reviewer, general enthusiast. 
Carmen Marcus Loves Stones @carmenmarcus.bsky.social Writer! Stone lover! Daughter of Yorkshire fisherman and Irish Chef. Writes new mythologies! #Faber #Vintage #GeorginaCapel
Nicki💗 @awkwardandodd.bsky.social Cat lady. Book nerd. Hobbit. Edinburgh 🏴
(All photos my own)
Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social Organising Supremo - Virtual Assistant. My job is to make your job easier.
PA to @kitdewaal.com & @simonjamesgreen
Life support to @PaulBelmonte.bsky.social 😉
http://www.hbva.co.uk
💙Edinburgh
💜Books
🧡Cake
💛Travel
Paul Belmonte @paulbelmonte.bsky.social BSL/English interpreter, trainer, theatre lover, muppet
🍉🍉🍉
Brian Ward @brian222ward.bsky.social Prof Emeritus in American Studies; wrote some books on US history and culture; writing ‘She Loves Y’all’ a book on the Beatles and the US South; Come on You Irons!
Natascha McElhone @nataschamcelhone.bsky.social Oldish actor newish podcaster
'I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore...’👠👠
Andy Hockley @adhoc.bsky.social Inhabitant of deepest Transylvania (honest); academic management "expert" (of sorts); anti-apartheid activist; lapsed football fan; interested in Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Palestine, and beyond. He/him. Oh, and Sheffield Wednesday
Lisa @numberslady.bsky.social Ink Drinker, Wine Drinker, Overthinker...
Find me on Instagram where I take better photos and wax lyrical about the books that I love:
https://www.instagram.com/numberslady_reads/
Dr Annetta Mallon PhD @gdepau.bsky.social "The Grief Whisperer of Bluesky"*
Writer, grief / trauma recovery psychotherapist, dogs, humour, death literacy, EOL doula, atheist, SocSci research. Ally and safe space. Pallitorre Country lutruwita/Tasmania
*Bluesky Roast does not lie!
Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social Hold fast and make things.
Culture ship name: GSV Oh No, Not Again
MEA ALTERA ROTA TVRBO EST
Kari @karimelody.bsky.social Labradors, travel, books, champagne. Here for the fun. #chog 🇬🇬
Tony Williams @tonywilliams.bsky.social Novelist & poet. Latest novel COLE THE MAGNIFICENT
https://linktr.ee/tonywilliamswriter
Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social Travel. Green. Fair. 🖌 📷 Ethical Social Media. The Touristin https://www.thetouristin.com
Prof. Dr Beth Singler @bvlsingler.bsky.social Anthropologist/Geek thinking about how you think about AI & robots. Assistant Professor in Digital Religions at UZH. Bvlsingler.com. She/her. 🌈 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003256113/religion-artificial-intelligence-beth-singler
Carl Rosman @carlrosman.bsky.social Unquestionably one of the clarinettists of his generation. Suddenly father of two. As surprised as you are.
www.carlrosman.com
Alicia @foodycatalicia.bsky.social I like books, and people who like books.
Food, flowers, cat
I've not done the age verification thing yet so I may not be able to DM you even if I know you.
rabagast @rabagast.bsky.social not a people person
Saba Salman @sabasalman.com Journalist|editor|author
📚NEW BOOK Double Discrimination 2026
📚Made Possible 2020
👩🏽💻 https://sabasalman.com
✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Ed. Community Living
💜Chair @sibs.org.uk|Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social
🏛️FRSA @thersaorg.bsky.social
RN Mahli @rafiamahli.com “I don’t decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory.”
— Mahmoud Darwish
🧿🧿🧿
Read me at: www.rafiamahli.com
Siobhan Hoffmann Sønderborg @siobhanhoffmann.bsky.social Freelance creative/project originator/business developer. Previously in academia. Now, elsewhere.
Lover of literature, creative endeavours, silliness, exploring, language, visual/material culture. (Also sometimes hospitality & humanitarianism.)
No DMs.
Miranda Dickinson @wurdsmyth.bsky.social Writer, singer songwriter and sparkly little optimist in a dark, dark world... Six-times Sunday Times Bestseller, vlogger, podcaster and million-copy-seller. Also daft!
KW Thomas - author and editor @kwthomasbooks.bsky.social Very niche combination of steamy contemporary romance author and plain language health editor. North East England till I die. She/her.
mybook.to/TheScoop
Dave G ~ espressococo book blog @dakegra.bsky.social Book tempter at espresso coco. Stationery geek. UX guy. Easily distractible with a hot beverage and cake. He/him.
https://linktr.ee/dakegra
Jane Bicknell @janebi1.bsky.social Tofu eating, menopausal, woke, F1 fanatic, love The Killers, art, sewing, gym rat. Be kind.
marklawrence @marklawrence.bsky.social Be brave. Be kind.
Solo dad. Cat dad. Plant dad. Bad Asian. Anti racist. Some interests: food, cooking, cats, ceramics, tea, plants, social and climate justice, anti-racism, the beautiful in everyday life. Join your union.
Melbourne, Australia
Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social 🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
Jini Reddy @jinireddy.bsky.social Writer of books & features. WANDERLAND (Bloomsbury) shortlisted for Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year& Wainwright Prize.
Royal Literary Fund Advisory Fellow/ @DHHLiterary
www.jinireddy.co.uk
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social Author/Software Developer/Husband, passable at 2 out of 3. Cov Kid, freelance writer for Ginger Nuts of Horror, presenter at NoiseBoxRadioUK, ex Slash film. RPG'er, gamer, poet, playwright, voice actor (+ official silly old weasel).
www.davidjcourt.co.uk
Just Jo @justjmw.bsky.social Writer/artist
Late 20s. Ace/aro/agender. Jo/they pronouns. #ActuallyAutistic and disabled
No AI
In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social 🎧Twice-weekly podcast episodes with authors & book lovers
📚Book reviews & recommendations
🏴Scotland
🙋🏻♀️Susie - She/her
Links to listen: https://linktr.ee/inmygoodbookspod
Quick Book Reviews Podcast @quickbookreviews.bsky.social I’m Philippa, I love books & biscuits. I host the CHART-TOPPING Quick Book Reviews Podcast, with author interviews & honest book reviews - no spoilers.
Email: quickbookreviews@outlook.com
Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor, bookseller. Collector of oddities.
Words in various places, including Smokelong, Lost Balloon, Ellipsis, Best Microfiction & Ambit.
Amanda Jennings @amandajennings.bsky.social Author, mother of girls. Gimme snow, mountains, beaches and travel. Keep your raw tomatoes to yourself, you crazy kid.
KE Salisbury @kesalisbury.eurosky.social Author of twisty YA page-turner The Face That Pins You. Also school librarian, English teacher, IB EE Coordinator and former BBC broadcaster, choir leader and songwriter. She/her
https://www.kesalisbury.com/