Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social Dad/husband. Public servant. Broadband and digital inclusion leader. Advocate for ethics in AI. Basement rockstar. Opinions are my own.
Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social We provide services, tools and training to build a world open by design where all knowledge is accessible to everyone.
#TheTechWeWant #OpenDataEditor #OpenDataCommons #SchoolOfData #CKAN
Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com Genetically overexposed. Human-human hybrid. Firecracker factory in a blender.
Huge, cold, and covered in corpses.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Peter Cunliffe-Jones @pcunliffejones.bsky.social Information effects at Facts Matter Research | visiting researcher at Uni Westminster | founder africacheck.org | new book: “Fake news - what’s the harm?” available in print or as free e-book https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/3197xq21t?locale=en
ResearchEquals @researchequals.com Official Bluesky account. Experimental publishing platform for the entire research process. Posts by Chris Hartgerink.
Daniel Lombraña @teleyinex.xyz 🌷💀⏳
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@moderation.blacksky.app - moderation
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science 👁️ https://olivia.science
🍃 https://metatheory.space
associate professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
Gurshabad Grover @gurshabad.bsky.social research on network security, censorship, surveillance • views here are personal, views here are mine, but feel free to make them yours too :(){:|:& };:
https://azad.gg/
Kettle @kittenstrudel.bsky.social An art loving Nova Scotian kitty cat who shares works of art daily.
Follow for #somethingbeautiful every day.
Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social Geographer
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
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📸 @willtoft.bsky.social
Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
@andyclyde.com @andyclyde.com I don't know what I'm talking about.
If you find me, I may well be ranting about software development, sports-ball (ITFC, cricket, cycling, "Go Bears!" etc). I'm probably harmless but you might want to walk away slowly backwards just in case.
Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social Since 1974 the Review of African Political Economy has provided radical analysis of trends, issues and social processes in Africa, adopting a broadly materialist interpretation of change. Check out our longer bio at https://roape.net/about-roape/
Katey Grant @kgrantwrites.bsky.social (she/her) I write romcoms about women with good intentions and noble ideas, who inevitably screw up before saving the day and getting the guy.
REP: Kiya Evans at Paper Literary
Reading and writing in Vancouver 🇨🇦
Follow me on Instagram @kgrantwrites
Nathalia Foditsch @foditsch.bsky.social International Connectivity Policy and Regulation | Digital Inclusion | Impact Finance | Social Impact
Work: US/LAC/EMEA/APAC.
www.foditsch.com
Eric Mill @konklone.com What is me? Who are I going?? The answers and more!!
Currently making Wikipedia safer. Been around the block a time or two: https://konklone.com (This is a personal account.)
Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social Website, Podcast, Radio Show. Left politics & culture, useable pasts. http://africasacountry.com
Orbital Policy Group @druidorbital.bsky.social Viewpoints and opinions on policy issues relating to Low Earth Orbit, including policy, science, governance, and cybersecurity.
Dhanaraj Thakur @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social Director, Emerging Technologies Initiative, George Washington University Law School.
Board Member: Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition and Friends of Global Voices.
IODA (Internet Outage Detection and Analysis) @ioda.live Internet Outage Detection & Analysis (https://ioda.live) project @ Georgia Tech's Internet Intelligence Lab (https://inetintel.org). We post about Internet outages worldwide. ioda-info@cc.gatech.edu
OpenMedia @openmedia.org Fighting for your digital privacy, democracy, and freedom of expression. High speed Internet is a universal human right.
Learn more and take action at www.openmedia.org.
Luca Belli @1lucabelli.bsky.social Prof at FGV Law School, heading CTS.FGV.br and CyberBRICS.info
Director of CPDP.lat
Personal Views
Open Infrastructure Map @openinframap.org Visualising the world's infrastructure.
https://openinframap.org
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Vera Franz @vera-franz.bsky.social tech, social justice, inclusive markets | philanthropic advisor + honorary senior research fellow UCL Laws | ex OSF global tech & society director
Tomas Lamanauskas @tlamanauskas.bsky.social Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union
BeaconDB @beacondb.net https://beacondb.net/
Kentik @kentik.bsky.social Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams. Unlike traditional monitoring and observability tools, we demystify complex network operations, enabling organizations to deliver applications and innovation at scale.
Doug Madory @eldomador.bsky.social Internet Analysis (BGP/NetFlow) at @kentik.bsky.social (formerly of Dyn Research and Renesys).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougmadory/
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Vanessa McKiel @vanessamckiel.bsky.social Inspired by wildflowers
Printmaker & writer in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Artwork available locally at the Lunenburg Art Gallery and Jenny Jib
or contact me through my website vanessamckiel.com
CIRA @cira.ca CIRA is the non-profit that manages the .CA domain and works hard to build a trusted internet for Canadians.
cira.ca
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant prof of comparative media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social Agrarian political economist (PhD)
I reasearch eastern-Canadian land grabs
Kespukwitk, Mi'kma'ki
https://christykellybisson.com/
Jesse Ward @lbjw.bsky.social Lunenburg, NS
Lunenburg Bound Books @lunenburgbound.bsky.social We are a family owned and operated independent bookshop in E'se'katik (lunenburg) Mi'kma'ki (nova scotia) We are working towards social justice and inclusivity, and trying to make a positive contribution to our community.
Jennifer Harrison @houseputty.bsky.social Visual Artist in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia ,
very obsessed with old painted houses.
www.jenniferharrison.org
she/her
@samanthasong.bsky.social @samanthasong.bsky.social 
Bastian Gruber @bastiangruber.bsky.social Software Engineer @mozilla, Author of "Rust Web Development". Ultra runner living on the East Coast of Canada.- R Steve Olshansky @real-steveo.bsky.social Internet Trust & Safety - Technology, Policy, & Strategy. Principal @ LuminaGroup.com
Duncan Edwards @duncan-edwards.bsky.social Governance, Open Government, Accountability, Participation, Innovation, Learning, Tech, M&E. Anti-Corruption
Director - The TAP Room
SOAS Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOAS-ACE)
Ex IDS, MAVC, PWYP
Running, diving, trekking, cricket, football, photography
Preseem @preseem.com Proactive Growth, Customer Support, and Network Operations for Regional ISPs.
https://www.preseem.com
Laura Walker McDonald @techladylaura.bsky.social Principal, http://BetterLab.io; creator of BetterBox. Senior Advisor on Tech & Conflict at ICRC, but these views are my own. Feminist, migrant, mum. http://laurawalkermcdonald.com
@westerntanager.bsky.social @westerntanager.bsky.social 
Ivo Vegter @ivovegter.bsky.social South African. Columnist at The Daily Friend (http://dailyfriend.co.za/author/ivo/).
I advocate classical liberalism, free markets, individualism, science and reason. I oppose authoritarianism, socialism, conservatism, identity politics and prejudice.
Larry Press @lpress.bsky.social Internet applications, implications, and technology, developing nations, satellite Internet. Many previous tweets as @lpress on Twitter/X and longer posts at https://circleid.com/members/7705
Prepaid Africa @prepaid-africa.bsky.social A 60 year old student in Helsinki.
@cenicnews.bsky.social @cenicnews.bsky.social 
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.
Bill Marczak @billmarczak.org senior researcher at @citizenlab.ca
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Police Constable Load Letter @ivortossell.bsky.social Stop! Hammer time
Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture - free ebook download - https://walledculture.org/the-book/), journalist, blogger. On #DigitalRights, #privacy, #surveillance, #openness, #copyright, and #patents. email: glyn.moody@gmail.com
Sascha Meinrath @saschameinrath.bsky.social Feisty professor, open tech champion, civil liberties maven, tinkerer, gardener, biker, hiker. Founder: Open Technology Institute, X-Lab; Co-Founder: Open Technology Fund, M-Lab; President: Defending Rights and Dissent 
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Marco Zennaro @marcozennaro.bsky.social Software Engineering Tech Lead Manager in YouTube Trust & Safety, working in the counter abuse space. I am also an avid reader, enthusiastic runner, and nature lover.
Arthur Attwell @arthurattwell.bsky.social Co-founder of https://electricbookworks.com, https://bookdash.org, and https://bettercare.co.za. Host of the https://howbooksaremade.com podcast. Hobbyist creator at https://leagueofmasks.com.
Rachel Strohm @rachelstrohm.bsky.social 👩💻Head of Strategic Initiatives @ Lead Exposure Elimination Project
📍London / Chicago / Nairobi
🌐 http://rachelstrohm.com
meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social Responsible data, digital ethics, safeguarding, trust + safety, privacy. Human rights, global dev, humanitarian work. MERL Tech, NLP-CoP, NYC Tech Salon. CIPP-E/CIPM certified. Brooklyn, cats, gardening, biking. She/her. 
Sarah Earl @searl241.bsky.social Championing social change, evaluation and the Raptors! (She/Her) Views expressed are my own.
Lars P. Reichelt @nowires.bsky.social wireless & wired warrior, change catalyst, innovation instigator, brand builder, fledgling funder, happy husband, dad to a duo
Elektra Wagenrad @elektra42.bsky.social Philosopher of Non-Thinking. Unicameral consciousness sweeping like a virus through the digital world. Modern day nam-shubs. Born at 322.39 ppm atmospheric CO² level.
Abi Jagun @abijagun.bsky.social global development | inclusive financial systems | technology for equitable development
plant mom | art enthusiast
‘Gbenga Sesan @gbengasesan.bsky.social Tèmíladés best friend. ‘Ládi’s daddy. ‘Tìmí’s daddy. Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative
@gbengasesan everywhere 🌍
Andrew Blum @ajblum.bsky.social Journalist and author of THE WEATHER MACHINE and TUBES. Working on a new book about power (mostly electric).
Aaron Martin @sixfouronea.net Assistant Professor of Data Governance at UVA
About me: https://sixfouronea.net/
Project: http://digitalsovereigntyobservatory.org
Peter Micek @lawyerpants.bsky.social Tinker, lawyer, rocker, talker. New York based. California state of mind. Work at @accessnow teach @Columbia play @ironichipsters
Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social Emeritus Fellow of Digital Rights. Editor of book series on all aspects of digital citizenship and digital authoritarianism. Free typo with every post.
Carly Kind @carlykind.bsky.social Australian Privacy Commissioner
Previously @adalovelaceinst @privacyint
Tim Davies @timdavies.org.uk Director of Research & Practice at @ConnectedByData.org working on participatory and open governance of tech. Adoptive parent. 
John Wilbanks @wilbanks.bsky.social Probably off thinking about scientific data or college sports. Boston-ish.
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/ 
David Eaves @eaves.ca Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital.
Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
ARTICLE 19 Law and Policy @article19law.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information through legal & policy reforms. Everywhere
Siyanda 🐼 @siyandawrites.bsky.social Woefully ungovernable and pathologically optimistic. Writer, Satirist & Sociologist. I used to be big on Twitter but I refuse to tango with the devil so here I am! Let’s dance 💃🏾
Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social Professor, researcher, maker of things
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
Lori McGlinchey @macvie.bsky.social Technology+Society - Ford Foundation
genug shoyn
Neal Stephenson @nealstephenson.bsky.social Maker of books and other things
John Robb @johnrobb.bsky.social Global Guerrilla 
Andrew Zolli @andrewzolli.bsky.social Chief Impact Officer at Planet | Planetary Stewardship, Resilience, Foresight, Climate, Nature, Human Rights | http://andrewzolli.com | Board @HRW
Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social Advocate for privacy and broader human rights impacted by data.
Love nothing better than a hike in the hills. Embracing Yutori ゆとり over on @yutoriwalking.bsky.social
Renata Avila @avilarenata.bsky.social CEO Open Knowledge Foundation - Lawyer - Internationalist 
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
@mikko @mikko.bsky.social Fighting malicious use of technology.
The Intercept @theintercept.com Fearless, adversarial journalism. Join our newsletter to get our best investigative reporting delivered to you: https://theintercept.com/newsletter/
Dean Bubley @disruptivedean.bsky.social Telecom Futurist & 5G / 6G / WiFi / FTTX / spectrum / policy analyst, advisor & public speaker. Analogy sharpshooter. Contact via LinkedIn
Phil Regnauld @regnauld.bsky.social French/Danish living in CPH. Dad & husband, multicultural family 🇫🇷🇩🇰🇰🇪 🇰🇷 - also on 🦣 - http://x0.dk/@regnauld
Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social Author of the newly released, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, and previously of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World. See: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com
Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social Law professor; author (The Black Box Society; New Laws of Robotics).
Interested in law & technology, AI, political economy, art, and social theory.
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. www.stevenstrogatz.com
Ross Mounce @rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Open knowledge enthusiast. Creates and maintains. Director of Open Access Programmes at Arcadia Fund.
Recognises that access to knowledge is a human right […]
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social Awarded author, journalist: cybersecurity, privacy, Covid. WIRED, PopSci, Spinoff, Engadget, FT, IFJ. Visiting Scholar at Stout Research Centre, NZ. Black Hat keynote. S/her.
Bio: about.me/violetblue
More: linktr.ee/viblue
News: patreon.com/violetblue
Yaw Anokwa @yanokwa.social Founder and CEO at ODK (@getodk). We make offline data collection software that researchers, field teams, and other professionals use to build a better world.
Evan Selinger @evanselinger.bsky.social Prof. Philosophy at RIT. Contributing writer at Boston Globe Ideas. Tech (yes, AI), ethics, privacy, policy, and power. http://www.eselinger.org/
Cesar A. Hidalgo @cesifoti.bsky.social @cesifoti