Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
@laragreaves.bsky.social @laragreaves.bsky.social
Stephen Hughes @stephenhues.bsky.social Associate Professor in STS at University College London | Emotional dynamics in science/technology/society relationships (Fantasy, Denial, Ambivalence, Trust) | NEW BOOK: Affect, Emotion & Feeling in Science Communication 2027 with Bristol University Press
Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social Lecturer in public policy, STS sociologist, tangata tiriti, feminist, geek, coffee-addict, lesbian, urbanist, electric motorcyclist, ex-Chicago, half Dutch, wannabe Carol Danvers/Clarke Griffin/Kate Kane. She/her 🇳🇿🇳🇱
https://about.me/sarahhendricabickerton/
Science as Culture @sciasculture.bsky.social Science and Technology Studies journal exploring how (arte)facts, processes, products shape & are shaped by society, since 1987!
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/csac20
Public Interest @publicinterestnz.bsky.social An independent media outlet covering politics, culture and the economy.
publicinterest.nz
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social Where do we go from here? The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
There is, however, such a thing as society
Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com "Leftwing professor" - in other words, researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Publications etc 👇🏻
https://aurelmondon.com/
FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz We help you request official information from public agencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, and publish it online. Search past requests or send one yourself at https://fyi.org.nz/
IIML @modernletters.bsky.social The home of creative writing at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Undergraduate courses, MA and PhD. Also: harbour views and baking.
Marcus @utf9k.net I use computers for work during the day and to write letters to the government at night
https://utf9k.net
Rosie Overell @rosieoverell.bsky.social ⛧°。⋆༺ rosie ༻⋆。°⛧
Media / Film / Comms @ Otago Aotearoa NZ
Lacan | ikebana | grindcore | feminism
Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social Podcaster and newsletter writer about housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa. Free and paid versions here: https://open.substack.com/pub/thekaka?r=akd4&utm_medium=ios
Slideshare Gems @goodslides.bsky.social est. 2015 by @neilcic.com
Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social Online magazine editor, @overlandjournal.bsky.social. Bylines at New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Popula, Sport. Translator. He/him.
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
dinithi bowatte @dbowatte.bsky.social phd student at te kunenga ki pūrehuroa (zoonosis, global health, ecofeminism)
Sean Phelan @sean-phelan.bsky.social Teaches media and communication studies at Massey University.
Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com Video game marathons featuring high-level play by speedrunners raising money for charity. #AGDQ2027 January 3-10
Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social IYKYK
Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social Bespoke critical deep dives. SHELVED BY GENRE. JUST KING THINGS. HOMESTUCK MADE THIS WORLD. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social and Danni too. www.rangedtouch.com
Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social "Chi ha compagni non morirà."
(Franco Fortini)
Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social I think and know about open government and freedom of information. All posts in a personal capacity, RTs ≠ endorsement.
Born at 323 ppm
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
Danya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social STS and Medical Anthropology, cyborgs, care, feminist theories of tech, she/her
CYBORG: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547550/cyborg/
Food Allergy Advocacy: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517910563/food-allergy-advoca
Edward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel
thetechbubble.substack.com
Bridget Williams Books @bwbnz.bsky.social Bridget Williams Books is an independent publisher focusing on history, Māori experience, contemporary issues and women's studies. Publisher of BWB Texts.
www.bwb.co.nz
Pitch Perfect Pod @pitchperfectpod.bsky.social Pitch Perfect is a Flesh and Blood podcast hosted by Elaine, Kiki, & Melody. We aspire to support, empower & build our gender minority community. #fabtcg
Find us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@PitchPerfectPod
And also on Spotify under the same name
Andrew Chen @andrewtychen.bsky.social Digital technology and AI ethics, early-stage science and deep tech start-ups, cats. Always learning, opinions own.
🇵🇸 Bouba's Delivery Service 🇵🇸 @johnnyfilmo.bsky.social he/him, pākehā, writer, unionist, filmo, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
interested in history, the public sector, Pokémon and animal psychology
https://one-for-them-one-for-me.ghost.io/
Dr Karly Burch (she/her) @karlyburch.bsky.social lecturer in sociology, feminist & anticolonial STS, agrifood, nuclear, AI, robotics, co-design, social theory, sustainability, livable futures
Three Floating @threefloating.bsky.social The ‘Flesh and Blood TCG’ trio of Jacob, Sam, and Aidan — we make gameplay videos on YouTube and love all things #fabtcg ⚔️
Courtney Addison @courtneyaddison.bsky.social STS + Anthropology @ Te Herenga Waka's School of Science in Society | Editor of Science, Technology, & Human Values
@sthv.bsky.social
Ana @anthrotechana.bsky.social anthropologist currently a postdoc at @datasociety.bsky.social & co-chair at @castac.bsky.social | views my own
[contain typos]
🏳️🌈 she/her
niki grayson @nikigrayson.com vgbees, if you're driving
Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social Am a Dr. Not the useful kind. Teach Evidence Law, International Human Rights, Gender & the Law at UC.
Researching online abuse, human rights, law. ASD-Dyspraxia 🌈
Instagram: @legally.feminist
Views are my own.
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
André "Normal" Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social Philosophy PhD student at the University of Waikato (working on how regular people figure out when to trust experts) but I mainly joke about tech and cats. Former telco product manager, data guy and financial crime analyst.
https://ko-fi.com/andrealessi
Chris McMillan @itschrismcmillan.bsky.social Sociologist of sport at the University of Auckland, working at the intersection of sport, climate change and capitalism
Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social ⟦ law + govt ⟧ ⟦ coffee + kai ⟧ ⟦ critic + conscience ⟧ ⟦ rugby + rugby ⟧ ⟦ rainbows + unicorns ⟧ — usual disclaimers apply
Rhys Jones 🇵🇸 @rgjones.bsky.social Ngāti Kahungunu. He/him/ia. Public health doc. A/Prof at Waipapa Taumata Rau.
Mai i te awa ki te moana #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
Counterfutures @counterfutures.bsky.social Peer reviewed & published biannually. Seeks connections with the work of labour, trade union, Māori, Pasifika, global indigenous, anti-racist, feminist, queer, environmental, & other social movements in Aotearoa & internationally
https://counterfutures.nz
Ana McAllister @nope-thank-u.bsky.social All my opinions are my own, not my employers.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor @keeanga.bsky.social historian, co-founder of Hammer & Hope, @NewYorker, DEI hire
https://www.keeangataylor.com/
Hazel Godfrey @drhazelgodfrey.bsky.social She/her | Science, education and lived experience of pain, and many other aspects of the mind | Writing weaving academic and personal experience of chronic pain at pinchesofpain.com
Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social Human Rights Defender / Founder of Rights Aotearoa @rightsaotearoa.bsky.social || he/him || Proud alumnus of London Business School || ❤️Food & Wine || Trans rights are human rights || paul@rightsaotearoa.nz
Divjot Tuli (Di) @ditnz.bsky.social Punjabi girl studying in Aotearoa New Zealand (Tāmaki Makaurau). International Relations and Political Science.
Hope one day to work for the UN.
The Manaaki Collective @manaakicollective.bsky.social A community of support for marginalised voices working in the pursuit of human rights, equality and Tiriti justice in Aotearoa.
#AkinaTeMana
https://themanaakicollective.wordpress.com/
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Georgia Carson @thebibliophile.bsky.social Ngāti Whakaue. Wellingtonian post-doc navigating Guangzhou, China. Trying this out.
Mark @maetl.bsky.social Lecturer in Product Design at UCNZ. Narrative systems, graph computing and geoscience research. Tech industry dropout. Old school web sectary. Frankenbike curator. Waste stream wrangler.
Kieran Kelly - TOITŪ TE TIRITI @krkelly.bsky.social Anti-empire, anti-war, anti-genocide, anti-inequality, anti-deception, anti-ignorance, and proudly pro-anti
Pākehā He/him
Toitū te Tiriti
Blog: ongenocide.com
Support: http://ko-fi.com/krkelly
Donna ☕📚🌸 @ctpuzzlepieces.bsky.social 🎓Security Ph.D. Hostage AGAA📚 Extremism, VE, Terrorism #NatSec Pracademic MA#Female extremism. 📚 | Interested in iconography, lexicons, 'patriots', sovereigns, apocalypticism, accelerationalism🚓
Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social Posting human made Sci-Fi art
My band 👉 All India Radio https://linktr.ee/allindiaradioband
https://linktr.ee/Scifiart
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Cushla Donaldson @cushla-donaldson.bsky.social PhD socio-legal studies @Leiden Law School NL. Border justice. Artist protecting her practice from obvious perils of privatisation.
University Workers for Palestine @uwp-aotearoa.bsky.social University workers across Aotearoa in active support of a Free Palestine.
Urge UniSaver to divest.
linktr.ee/uw4p
Te Kuaka @tekuaka.bsky.social Te Kuaka, formerly known as New Zealand Alternative, is an independent organisation promoting a progressive role for Aotearoa in the world.
Leon Salter @islates.bsky.social Researcher on precarious work
platform capitalism and unions. Try and teach leadership communication @ University of Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand
Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social Indigenous studies, information studies, justice studies, professor at School of Social Transformation, yoem hamut, xicanx. "En el país de los ciegos el tuerto es rey."
Alex Beattie @drlxbt.bsky.social Media academic 📱 📚 | Dad👨👧| Gardener 🍀🌸🌴 | Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka
Sean Sturm @seansturm.bsky.social Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa me Tangata Tiriti, philosopher of education, musician, unionist. Toitū te whenua; toitū te Tiriti.
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
Erik Kennedy @erikkennedy.com Poet behind beloved classics like 'Sick Power Trip' (2025) and 'Another Beautiful Day Indoors' (2022), @thwupbooks.bsky.social. Leading voice of millennial vegan socialist cat-fancying indie pop kids.
📍 Ōtautahi Christchurch
http://www.erikkennedy.com
Chrissie Painting @cpaintingnz.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @Uni Waikato, Behavioural Ecologist, Bug lover, Pākeha, Mama to 2 kiddos, Senior Ed for NZJZ, Prez of ASSAB, She/her 🏳️🌈
We Are The University @wearetheuniversity.bsky.social Students and staff are the heart of the university comprised of education, research, and service; it should be led by the staff and students who make that happen. We reclaim the identity that management steals from us. We are the university.
Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com ARC Future Fellow – Monash University /// co-host – This Machine Kills /// critical insurance tech + climate risk governance /// political economy of technology and capitalism: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite
Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com MUSKISM with @bentarnoff.com: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530
HAYEK’S BASTARDS won the NBCC award for criticism. quinnslobodian.com
kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social over-explainer for fame & fortune, analog enthusiast, 9-5 academic.
informatics PhD (computer/networking histories, LGBTQ+ activism, STS & HIV/AIDS). you might know me from video games
once: uc irvine
now: u of michigan
💾🌿💽 kb.place 💽🌿💾
Rational_Geographic @ritodhi.bsky.social Feminist father, wannabe farmer, itinerant scholar interested in masculinity, political ecology, climate justice, STS, Agrarian Futures in South Asia, Pacific and Latin America
CallieV @calliev.bsky.social Just a Barbie girl living in an Oppenheimer world.
Alice Te Punga Somerville @alicetps.bsky.social Scholar Poet Irredentist Māmā | Māori on Musqueam whenua
Victoria Louise @victorialouisesm.bsky.social Research manager, science buff, psychology nerd. Seeker of knowledge. Long time social media lurker.
Any views expressed are my own.
kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social Critical view from the imperial periphery
Co-founder and Executive Producer for https://www.1of200.nz/podcast
Described as "NZ's Early Edition"
Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/1of200
Avery Smith @averysmith.bsky.social Academic, educator, rabble-rouser.
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Ally C @altnamackin.bsky.social Politics-nerdy and proud. Work in words and pictures. Now Hawke's Bay. Ex-Armagh in the north of Ireland.
Kyle Matthews @kylermatthews.bsky.social I research violent extremism, state security, the Atlas network, free speech/hate speech, and radical social movements across the political spectrum. Currently seeking a teaching or research role. He/him.
Inso Faras @timsoar.bsky.social Mediocre but really good at it.
Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Crawford Award finalist. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social
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kelly pendergrast @kellypendergrast.bsky.social technology // aesthetics // labor // shapes
writing: kellypendergrast.com
working: antistaticpartners.com
Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social Historical Materialism is the leading journal of critical Marxist theory and research. Based at the University of London, published by De Gruyter Brill, appearing quarterly.
https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
Keith J Carberry @carberry.deals Run Button, Friends at the Table and Media Club Plus
Art Martinez-Tebbel @amtebbel.bsky.social You might know me from Friends at the Table, you might know me from real life, you might not know me at all but weird that you ended up here.
Janet 🔜 PAX West @gameonysus.bsky.social Critic, Video Game Consultant, Host ✨ Words at @PenToPixels.com. Convos at @minnmax.com, @pewpewbang.bsky.social, @remapradio.bsky.social, @TheIndieCouncil.com, & @GamesAndNotGames.com. Streams on Twitch.tv/Gameonysus.
Email: janet@pentopixels.com
LA 📍
xX💖🌹Xx_dolly_Angelic_xX🌹💖Xx @dollyangelic.bsky.social dolly -- lower-case 'd' is an intentional orthographic choice. please use it.
ethnomethodological conversation analyst; recovering angel; frustrated autist; horny mystic.
https://www.dolly-net.com
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elle-Henderson-2
Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social PAPAROA researches the far right in Aotearoa and works with journalists, academics and activists to counteract their hate. paparoa3@protonmail.com
Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community We are a community of people working together for a better collective future using research, advocacy, and capability building. We are based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Come join us. https://te-ara-paerangi.community
Posts are my own opinions - not of any org
Julie Spray @juliespray.bsky.social Childhood & medical anthropologist, child health researcher, Lecturer at University of Galway Ireland, Pākehā New Zealander, she/her, never enough cats. I study people because they fascinate & confuse me. Children make most sense though. We like to draw.
Erin Burrell says protect trans kids @erinkb.bsky.social Social researcher and consultant. Writes about equity, pop culture, and storytelling.
Protect trans kids.
Tax billionaires out of existence
Dog valet
Canadian settler colonist in Aotearoa/ tauiwi
Te reo Māori ākonga
Chaotic Good
Whakatū
She/her/ia
Hamish @haminoon.bsky.social A believer in heliocentric world theory.
Location: Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu
Alex Navarro @alexnavarro.bsky.social part of the new cruelty / current: exactly one third of nextlander / previously: giant bomb, harmonix, gamespot, screened
Brad Shoemaker @bradshoemaker.bsky.social 1/3 of @nextlander.com, 1/2 of @techpod.content.town. Formerly Giant Bomb, GameSpot