Max Woolf @minimaxir.bsky.social (former) Senior Data Scientist at BuzzFeed in San Francisco // AI content generation ethics and R&D // plotter of pretty charts
https://minimaxir.com
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social Inventor of WWW
Co-founder & CTO Inrupt.com | Lead, Solidproject.org
Co-founder WebFoundation.org & theODI.org
Founder w3.org
My memoir ‘This is for Everyone’ https://thisisforeveryone.timbl.com/
Follow me on Mastodon https://w3c.social/@timbl
Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social Professor, LSE. Philosophy of science, animal consciousness, animal ethics. Director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience.
Alison Gopnik @alisongopnik.bsky.social Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and psychologist at Berkeley, author of The Scientist in the Crib, The Philosophical Baby and The Gardener and the Carpenter and grandmother of six.
rands @rands.bsky.social Writer of leadership things. Keynote enthusiast. I don’t tweet about my current gig. https://randsinrepose.com
Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Bruce Sterling, an #author, #journalist, editor, #critic in #Turin, #Austin and #Ibiza #sciencefiction #fantascienza #BruceSterling
https://medium.com/@bruces
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Simon Willison @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy Open source developer building tools to help journalists, archivists, librarians and others analyze, explore and publish their data. https://datasette.io […]
[bridged from https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Sarah Gold 🇵🇸 ✊🏼 🕊️ @sarahtgold.bsky.social CEO @projectsbyif.bsky.social founder, designer, advisor, Mum, “rebel with the right cause”, expecting more from computers…
https://projectsbyif.com
https://sarah.gold
Jess Morley @jessrmorley.bsky.social 100% health data nerd & OG swiftie. PhD Oxford Internet Institute. Previously Director of Policy Oxford Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science. Currently Associate Research Scientist, Yale Digital Ethics Center.
Gaia Marcus @gaiamarcus.bsky.social - Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society
- Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG
- Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
Helen Toner @hlntnr.bsky.social AI, national security, China. Part of the founding team at @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social (opinions my own). Author of Rising Tide on substack: helentoner.substack.com
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Neal Stephenson @nealstephenson.bsky.social Maker of books and other things
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
clarkeaward.com
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Scarfolk @scarfolk.bsky.social Scarfolk is a town called Scarfolk. For more information please re-read.
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Nebula, Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary.
Out now: THE INCANDESCENT - https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
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.
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/
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
Pentagon Pizza Report @pizzareport.bsky.social Pentagon Pizza Report: Open-source tracking of pizza spot activity around the Pentagon. Updates on where the lines are long.
Bram De Buyser @chton.bsky.social Founder Arcology (arcology.io), tech for human problems.
Building goblin.tools, smart tools for the neurospicy.
Also wourdle.com, the British spelling word guessing game.
He/Him.
pvh @pvh.ca just this guy, you know? (director of research @ ink & switch, coined "local-first", contributor to automerge, former postgres guy, heroku staff, ex-game developer, arctic oceanographer.)
Daniel Burka @dburka.bsky.social Designer and product manager. Founder of simple.org, healthicons.org, hardproblems.com. Working on public health tech at Resolve to Save Lives: rtsl.org
Ben Sauer @bensauer.net Author of https://deathbyscreens.co / Speaker / Product+Design Leader / ex-Clearleft, Babylon Health.
Current mission: helping designers tell better stories about their work. https://bensauer.net
Geoffrey Litt @geoffreylitt.com Malleable software @inkandswitch.com
prev PhD @csail.mit.edu
geoffreylitt.com
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Amelia Wattenberger @wattenberger.com web dev, design, LLMs, data viz, tools for thought
✨ Design @ SHV
🌸 wattenberger.com
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Quentin Stafford-Fraser @quentinsf.com https://quentinsf.com
arseblog @arseblog.com Arsenal blogger, podcaster. Fan of Bourbon, Bowie, German Shepherds, and Pires (not in that order). Creating Arsenal content with real people.
https://linktr.ee/arseblog
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.
Jason Lee @jlsync.bsky.social https://shiftapp.com/
https://rotaville.com/
https://workroster.com/
https://big.first.name/
@elmuchacho.bsky.social @elmuchacho.bsky.social 
Duncan Robertson @dunc2008.bsky.social Getting auld in Dundee, Scotland. DUFC. Independentista
Nico Macdonald @nicomacdonald.net How do we make Progress? How do we know, learn together and share our learning? How can we be better at what we do? And how can we civilise debate?
Jonathan @jonathanhowell.bsky.social "The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is perpetuated by quotation." - Benjamin Disraeli
PinguCol.bsky.social @pingucol.bsky.social Social kakistocrat. Spinning tunes and sipping drams. Mediocre patter.
I'm new here. What's the score?
Simon Lambert @simonlambert.lesjours.fr Directeur photo https://lesjours.fr (@lesjoursfr.bsky.social)
Team AJLGBT et EMI
Aime beaucoup (beaucoup) la plongée sous-marine
It's graza @graza.bsky.social It's still graza
Leeds, UK
Lynne Featherstone @lynnefeatherstone.bsky.social Former LibDem MP. Minister in Coalition. Originator and architect of the same sex marriage law. Peer. Book:Equal Ever After.
Ian Jindal @ianjindal.com www.ianjindal.com | www.retailx.net | www.customerx.net
Host of the RetailCraft podcast.
Existentialist Flaneur. D2C, eCommerce, sustainability and public policy. In no particular order.
Karen Coates @karencoates.bsky.social Journalist with quite big hair. Rarely shares an opinion. Occasionally muses on parenting a toddler, or shares pictures of pretty things.
@mtanzi.bsky.social @mtanzi.bsky.social 
Helen Flatley @helenflatley.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval History, Somerville College, University of Oxford; Formerly QMUL; Medieval Iberia, Christian-Muslim-Jewish relations in the medieval Mediterranean, medieval Islamic history
Steve Evans @steve-evans-2.bsky.social I'm just some guy. I take photos and started a blog and a nonprofit press. All photos are mine unless otherwise marked.
Roland Harwood 🌍 @rolandharwood.bsky.social Compulsive Connector | Climate Tech | Responsible AI | Smart Cities | Physics PhD | Piano Player | Failed Astronaut | Runner | Dad of Three | On The Edge 🌍- M @manumarchal.bsky.social @manumarchal.bsky.social
Bret Victor @worrydream.com worrydream.com
dynamicland.org
Shawn Simister @narphorium.com Building AI powered tools to augment human creativity and problem solving in San Francisco. atelier.dev Previously @GitHub Copilot, @Google, 🇨🇦
narphorium.com
Paul Kane @pkcapitol.bsky.social Covering the Capitol & its occupants for decades. Love all things Philly sports, Springsteen & Delaware Blue Hens.
Spencer Kelly @spencermountain.dev Floor and ground enjoyer
@danharvey.bsky.social @danharvey.bsky.social 
@kleto.bsky.social @kleto.bsky.social 
@timbernerslee.bsky.social @timbernerslee.bsky.social 
mischat @mischat.bsky.social Dad, Atheist, Computer https://mmt.me.uk/
Patrick Towell @ Creative Innovation 4 Good @patricktowell.bsky.social Executive, consultant, researcher, thought leader
Creative Economy, Culture, Innovation
Rio, London, Cornwall
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricktowell/
@shauncob.bsky.social @shauncob.bsky.social 
John Bevan @bevangelist.bsky.social Now, I'm not an expert but...
Founding Member We Are Open Coop
http://weareopen.coop
or perhaps know you from dotcomrades, mozilla, bbc, rewiredstate, guardian, human made
@ildev.bsky.social @ildev.bsky.social 
Design Council @designcouncil.bsky.social The UK’s national strategic advisor for design. Making life better by design.
linktr.ee/designcouncil 
Superbloom @superbloom.design Superbloom is committed to changing who technology serves.
Always using design to shift power in the tech ecosystem. Formerly known as Simply Secure.
https://superbloom.design
Margaret Gold @mobilemaggie.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 #CitizenScience and #OpenScience are my jam. I run the Citizen Science Lab at Leiden University, and co-lead the CS-NL network.
Ian Kershaw @ikershaw.bsky.social CTO @ Artlogic - previously @ Cazoo | Photobox | Moonpig
Passionate about solving our climate crisis. Love tech, science, cycling, rowing, astronomy, LEGO, DIY and solving challenging problems.
London, UK. 🇬🇧
Northern roots.🐝
European values 🇪🇺
Ally Pally parkrun @allypallyparkrun.bsky.social Free, weekly, timed 5k walk/jog/run for all. 9am each Saturday below Alexandra Palace. Organised by volunteers. Register on our website, print your barcode & join us!
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/allypally/
Dynamicland @dynamicland.org Nonprofit research organization incubating a humane dynamic medium.
dynamicland.org
Sean O'Neill @oneillss22.bsky.social Policy Director & Deputy CEO @ChildreninWales, ex-board member @Eurochild_org.
Children's rights, music, being outdoors, campervaning & what gives life fun, meaning & purpose. Views mine.
🏴 🇮🇪
#MOT #ALAW #LUFC
PRELOADED @preloaded-studio.bsky.social LATEST: 🚀 LEGO® Smoothie Odyssey #UEFN | A BAFTA-winning games studio inventing new ways to play for everyone. We make Play with Purpose®.
The Restart Project @therestartproject.org Fixing our relationship with electronics. Pro #RighttoRepair. Founding member of @r2reurope.bsky.social
https://therestartproject.org/
Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social 
Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social Yep, that one.
Bob Sutton @bobsutton.net Organizational psychologist, NYT bestelling author, and Professor Emeritus at Stanford. My 8 books include Good Boss Bad Boss, Scaling Up Excellence, The No Asshole Rule, The Knowing-Doing Gap, and now, The Friction Project. https://www.bobsutton.net
Pundamentalism @pundamentalism.bsky.social 
Whittington Health NHS Trust @whithealth.bsky.social Helping local people live longer, healthier lives across Islington, Haringey, Camden, Barnet and beyond.
Charlie Brooker @charliebrooker.bsky.social Underwhelmist.
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social A view on politics at home & abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably with Rory Stewart & Alastair Campbell. Powered by Fuse Energy⚡
https://linktr.ee/RestIsPolitics
Justin Blau @justinblau.bsky.social Neurobiologist studying plasticity and circadian rhythms at NYU. Meditator. Arsenal. I think this site should be pronounced "blue-ski". 🚫 fascism
Tom Fishburne @marketoonist.bsky.social Creator of Marketoonist
Rodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social Primarily Robotics and AI. Distinguishing hype-notism from plausibility one press release at a time. rodneybrooks.com/blog people.csail.mit.edu/brooks
Rory Stewart @rory-stewart.bsky.social Author The Middleland linktr.ee/middleland, PlacesinBetween, Jackson/Yale. PoliticsOnTheEdge. @Restispolitics podcast w Alastair Campbell.
Parody
Big Boys Don't Cry @bigboysdontpod.bsky.social Two buffoons talking about films.
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
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
karpathy @karpathy.bsky.social AI @ OpenAI, Tesla, Stanford
Matt Muir @mattmuir.bsky.social Huge pupils, tiny value
webcurios.co.uk
Jeremy phoward parody @jeremyphoward.bsky.social Dm's are Open for any inquiry
Murray Shanahan @mpshanahan.bsky.social Professor at Imperial College London and Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind. Posting in a personal capacity. To send me a message please use email.
Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London. Author: Entrepreneurial State, Value of Everything, Mission Economy, Big Con. Founding Director UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
www.marianamazzucato.com