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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse.
Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Internal Tech Emails @techemails.bsky.social Internal tech industry emails that surface in public records. 🔍 https://techemails.com
Will Oremus @willoremus.com Covering online speech, the information economy and AI weirdness at @theatlantic.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
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These opinions are my own, not my employer's
I did a TED talk once
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latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
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Ellen Pao @ekp.bsky.social CEO of Project Include
early investor, ex-reddit, ex-VC, ex-lawyer
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Delia Catalina Ramirez @delia.bsky.social Community organizer, daughter of immigrants, wife, golden retriever mom & Congresswoman of #IL03
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social First Black Congressman for NY16 2020-2024. Life long educator. Fighting for jobs and education not bombs and incarceration. Author. Unlocking our unlimited potential.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
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Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
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Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Adriana Porter Felt @apf.bsky.social I like writing silly skeets, but that doesn't pay so I also make Google Chrome. mamá, Eng Director, volunteer at Second Harvest. 🇺🇲🇨🇷
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Brian Schatz @schatz.bsky.social United States Senator for Hawaii. Climate hawk. Chief Deputy Whip. 
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. 
Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. New album "AMAB/ACAB" out 9/19/25 on Get Better Records. $5 ft. Eve 6 out now on your fav surveillance capitalist streaming platform she/her/they/them
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Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social Author: Every Screen On The Planet: The War Over TikTok. Researcher, former lawyer, investigative reporter, trust & safety. Founder, Plain View Project.
Christopher Soghoian @christopher.soghoian.net Previously: Senior Advisor for Privacy and Cybersecurity, Office of Senator Ron Wyden.
Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, progressive & proud American 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social Organizer, Musician, Floridian, and Congressman (FL10).
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov Representing Northern Virginia in the U.S. House.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
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paul nivin @nivin.org sf resident and former tweet mine worker
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April King @april.social Staff Security Engineer at some random tech company, previously Mozilla, Dropbox, LinkedIn, and (pre-Elon) Twitter. Has read @kateconger.bsky.social’s autobiography.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Jane Manchun Wong @wongmjane.com 
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