Chris Merkel @chrismerkel.bsky.social cyber leader, teller of cautionary tales, career dev helper
Professional alt, unprofessional posts.
Masto: @chrismerkel@infosec.exchange
Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social SNAP/WIC/Child Nutrition at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Come for the corgi pictures, stay for the food assistance policy.
Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social NY Dem. ๐Author, composer, musician, cyber-security expert. Wrote 10 cyber-security books, some best-selling. Author of โComposing Digital Music For Dummiesโ. Former bassist with the Rat Pack, George Benson, MGM, etc. No fascists! #resist
PoPville @popville.bsky.social Chronicling the happenings in Washington D.C.โs neighborhoods since 2006. Founder: Dan Silverman princeofpetworth@gmail.com
Charles @allthespills.bsky.social Twitter 1.0 T&S alum
Cybersecurity Researcher
Former Cyber Command and <2> Ranger
Dad, mountain bikes, guitar
David Schutz @david-schutz.bsky.social A fish out of water in South Florida. Journalist of 30+ years. Managing Editor @sun-sentinel.com. Northeastern U. alumn. Voice behind @feloniousflorida.com podcast.
Gordon Hundley @drgoon.bsky.social Old school hacker, amateur astronomer and photographer. Woke AF. Ally.
"Work as if you live in the early days of a better world." - Alasdair Gray.
Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov Mom, Teacher, Vermonter, Writer & Congresswoman for Vermont, fighting for working families. House Judiciary Committee and House Budget Committee. She/Her. Official. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐
balint.house.gov
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
Just Giulio @giuliowolfe.bsky.social Humanitarian tech and stuff @Access Now. Also, random shitpoasting
Decipher @deciphersec.bsky.social Security without fear since 2018.
https://decipher.sc
https://www.youtube.com/@DecipherSec
https://www.buzzsprout.com/228511/supporters/new
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
Ad astra per aspera
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social Attorney, creator, and idealist. So much to learn, so little time.
Tempt me with a good time: digital civil rights, futurism with a positive twist, mutual aid, anything history or science-related, deeply-invested brainiacs, drawing, & yapping
internet freds ๐ฆโ ๏ธ๐พโจ๏ธ @esquiring.bsky.social 21st century digital attorney. cybersecurity & data counsel, privacy & compliance, FOSS, sometimes litigation; probably not your lawyer.
~~โ~~
@dismayedcanadian.bsky.social @dismayedcanadian.bsky.social "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." -Hubert Humphrey
Augusta Enterprises @augustafund.bsky.social Tech, Social Impact, and Social Impact Tech
http://www.augustaenterprise.com/
Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
TIMxAI @timxai.ai An AI company that runs itself โ live, in public. An AI board scouts real problems, decides, builds, and ships. One human outside the loop. Watch it happen โ timxai.ai
Jory Heckman @jheckman.bsky.social @FederalNewsNet reporter covering the federal workforce, USPS, tech & data ๐ง: JHeckman@federalnewsnetwork.com | Signal: jheckman.29
Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social Resistance Radio!
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team Head of Trust and Safety @blackskyweb.xyz
Non-binary (they/them)
Always community minded, still think Magneto was right.
jen @thejenlife.bsky.social cybersecurity & privacy lawyer. dog butler.
feral club rat turned runner. always hungry.
this is a collection of my fleeting thoughts.
Renee Dudley @reneedudley.bsky.social Reporter at ProPublica. Co-author of "The Ransomware Hunting Team" (published 2022 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Ralf Ladner @ralf-ladner.bsky.social Fundierte News und Artikel zu den Themen #Cloud, #Datacenter, #Sicherheit #Infrastruktur und #Telekommunikation sowie #disruptive Technologien.
Dennis D. McDonald @ddmcd.bsky.social Va based consultant on research, writing, & proposals. Writing: hands-on AI, tech, books, media, movies. Interests: voting, data, history, nature, letter writing, anime, grandkids, science fiction, cursive, fountain pens. Web: www.ddmcd.com.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic โ How QAnon Contaminated The World. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Gary Longsine ๐ฑ @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social Liberal science is how we discover what's true, and what's not. Information security *is* national security. Free Birdseed podcast, for people who make software. InfoSec NatSec
feedle @feedle.world feedle is a search engine for blogs and podcasts, where every search has its own RSS feed.
Discover creators you may not know about, all from a single RSS feed based on your interests.
https://feedle.world
Prabhat Kumar @prbhtkumr.bsky.social Cybersecurity Enthusiast
Red Teamer Wannabe | Open Source Dev Trynabe
Part-Time Student | Full-Time Play Pretend
(he/any)
RuneStrum @runestrum.bsky.social cat dad // computer scientist // phd student // autoimmune // ๐บ๐ธ ๐
Banner description: an iconic screenshot from Strong Bad Email #50, showing Homestar viewing a BSoD computer screen with a funny message about a flagrant system error.
Denice @fullofche3se.bsky.social infosec and football. CITY.
she/her/lisa simpson
Quinn Norton @quinn.yoyodyne-it.eu Journalist and essayist. USian in the EU. Migrated before it was cool.
One of the very early terminally online. Long time internet punching bag.
Background image from Occupy Oakland.
In dark times one must carry a candle.
Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social MSU Spartan from birth, Detroit Lions fan for life. #USWNT & woso, baby!
Women's rights are human rights. #BLM ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Abolish ICE. Woke up in 2014 when Michael Brown was murdered by a cop, now can't sleep.
@oxffff.bsky.social @oxffff.bsky.social 
./coldwarkiid @coldwarkiid.bsky.social 15+ years in enterprise security across finance, tech, and sports. SOC ops, GRC, incident response, threat intel. US Army veteran 19K.
L.A. Baseball
Miami football
@robnewall.bsky.social @robnewall.bsky.social 
@web3privacy.info @web3privacy.info Research project & community about privacy in Web3 industry
#privacy #decentralization #freesoftware | web3privacy.info
@geekshirt.io @geekshirt.io Cybersecurity, homelab, and networking. Love indie tech and sci-fi movies. Run a small apparel side project for the community.
Tempus abolere ICE (time to abolish ICE) @tempus.bsky.social Ut scandis, alios subleva. Pro-EV
Retired software/security tester now doing occasional Digital Forensics work.
aka ChuckvdL from the defunct bird place.
Follows with empty profiles get blocked, post before you follow, I donโt care about your onlyfans.
Bon John @bonjohnson.bsky.social I STAND WITH UKRAINE ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ
photographer and infosec nerd
#FreeChicago #FreeMinnesota #FDT #ImpeachTheRapist
loud advocate, 'What we do in life echos in eternity'
Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
Infosecjen @infosecjen.bsky.social Mostly nonsense, sometimes about security and/or policy. Often innuendo.
Policy @ DEF CON @defconpolicy.bsky.social https://forum.defcon.org/node/244260
http://defcon.org/policy
https://linkedin.com/company/policy-def-con
https://x.com/DEFCONPolicy
๐จ๐ฆJOY ๐จ๐ฆ @joycomes.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆ Canadian Liberal
Vancouver, BritishColumbia,
I respect our democracy and love our freedom
Passionate about nature especially Birds
photography and the arts
Happily married
With a mini schnauzer
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social WSJ tech columnist. Author of How to AI, a bullshit-free guide to what AI is actually good for -- and also how our overestimation of its abilities can lead us astray.
#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social Detroit area lawyer. Michigan stan. Personally (as opposed to professionally) interested in China.
Open borders YIMBY. Billionaires are black holes that warp the fabric of society and should be taxed to oblivion to save democracy.
Johannes Ullrich, Ph.D. @jullrich.bsky.social Collector of logs, packets, and malware. Dean of Research at SANS.edu. Go Sentinels!
SANS.edu Internet Storm Center @sansisc.bsky.social http://isc.sans.edu - Global Network Security Information Sharing Community - Daily blogs and cyber security news podcast.
Deirdre @dask24.bsky.social I like to read the bills in the US House and NC House myself rather than rely on the media to tell me what to think about them. It has been revelatory.
No DM's, porn, crypto, or gofundme.
Alyssa Miller ๐ฆ๐ฉโโ๏ธ @alyssam-infosec.com Hacker, CISO, and commercial pilot. Certified Bluesky Elder. Author and International Speaker, Chief advocate of #DoBetterBeBetter
Compassion and empathy are traits in short supply but necessary to make this world a better place.
alyssasec.com
Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com I work on movies and talk about movies. http://www.tvaziri.com
Pedro Gonnet @pedrogonnet.bsky.social Software Engineer at #GoogleResearch, he/him/that guy. My views are my own. ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐พ @PedroGonnet@mastodon.green
@nodpisigma.bsky.social @nodpisigma.bsky.social Sorry, no DMโs.
NoTheOtherNick @notheothernick.bsky.social IT Security guy, dad, tries to be funny on the internet but fails most of the time. I'm here to boost people up, celebrate wins, and just try for a little less suffering in the world. All posts/replies are my own and do not represent employers. he/him
IFIN @ifin-intel.org The Independent Federated Intelligence Network.
Our mission: Empower organizations to independently collect, analyze, and disseminate relevant cyber threat intelligence through training, open source tools, and a decentralized intelligence sharing network.
Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social Marketing for Nonprofits and Thought Leaders | Board: @crushcolonialism.bsky.social | Work: AP, Stand Up For Science, National Writers Union, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Maya Rupert, Pantea Javidan, etc โข philmandelbaum.com โข aka @awkword.bsky.social
Gate 15 @gate15.bsky.social Risk Management: Threat Intel & Analysis, Operations, Preparedness & Critical Infrastructure Security/Cybersecurity & Resilience
Censys @censys.bsky.social Censys is the trusted source for real-time Internet intelligence and actionable threat insights for global governments, Fortune 500 companies, and leading threat intelligence providers worldwide.
Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social Threat researcher, rights supporter, obsessive reader, marathon runner, eternal traveler, serial migrant, music blogger, lapsed mathematician.
https://lapsedordinary.net/
Signal: martijngrooten.37
Claroty @claroty.bsky.social Securing mission-critical infrastructure https://claroty.com
Ron Gula @rongula.bsky.social I invest in solutions that protect the nation's cyberspace. President Gula Tech Adventures, Co-founder Tenable, Former NSA and amateur animator.
Prism @prismreports.org An independent, nonprofit newsroom that goes where justice requires.
๐๏ธ Visit: prismreports.org
๐ซ Donate: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/support-independent-nonprofit-news-led-by-journalists-of-color
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
Wessel van Rensburg @wildebees.bsky.social The digital policy strategist you didnโt know you neededโusing terms like 'sovereign data assets' as casually as most would say 'hello'.
Also geopolitics, innovation, industrial policy.
Location: Den Haag ๐ณ๐ฑ From: ๐ฟ๐ฆ
NetAskari @netaskari.bsky.social www.netaskari.online, cyber operations from China, the world and other stuff
Playboy @playboy.com Welcome to Playboy's official Bluesky page, and yes, we have articles too. Find us at www.Playboy.com.
Ryan Naraine @ryanaraine.bsky.social Three Buddy Problem
https://securityconversations.com
Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social Antifa goat farm and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We used to make cheese and trouble, but we no longer make cheese.
Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com Cofounder @autonomynews.co. Investigative reporter and researcher: abortion, reproductive justice, disinformation.
Seen in The Nation, ELLE, Scientific American, WIRED, and more. Wyoming-born New Yorker.
Signal: garnethenderson.12
garnethenderson.com
Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social #Geriatrician #hospitalist at Michigan Medicine. Faculty Senate. #healthpolicy Fellow, U.S. House #WaysandMeans. Immigrant. INTJ. Wanderer. #finance #music. Cleveland Native, unwilling #Buckeye sister, Michigan Wolverine for life #GoBlue. Views my own.
David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social Prof at Cornell studying how human-AI dialogues can correct inaccurate beliefs, why people share falsehoods, and ways to reduce political polarization and promote cooperation. Computational social science + cognitive psychology.
https://www.DaveRand.org/
Danny Weitzner @djweitzner.bsky.social MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Founder, MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative
Privacy, Cybersecurity, Free Speech, Surveillance, Computer Science & Law
https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/daniel-weitzner/
Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social Tech Columnist at The Washington Post. Geoffrey.Fowler@washpost.com
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Marc Maron @marcmaron.bsky.social I do the thing
Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social NYTimes Tech Policy Reporter, co-author "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" with @sheeraf.bsky.social
Also tree, moss, boulder hugger from PNW, transplant to the Potomac
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliakang
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. 
cje @cje.io founder @bugcrowd && co-founder @disclose_io || hacker, entrepreneur, executive, advisor || ุนุตุง ู
ูุณู || #w00w00
Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social Writer of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social He/him. INTJ. I blog 4-5 times a week about vintage and retro computers. Day job in information security, specifically vulnerability management. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. You can find my blog, The Silicon Underground, at https://dfarq.homeip.net
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social physician-scientist, author, editor
https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social This space would like me to place a short sentence here, but short sentences are contrary to my nature.
Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
Jessica Knurick, PhD, RDN @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social Evidence-based nutrition & public health ๐ฑ
๐งโ๐PhD Nutrition Science | Dietitian | Mom of 2
Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social Freelance information & #privacy professional in Halifax, NS. Geek, history & caffeine enthusiast. MLIS, CIPT. I work hard so my pets live the good life. @vmcntosh on the old bird site. Skeets on a little bit of everything.
VirtualizedEd @virtualizeded.bsky.social I like cheeses. I try to lift weights and do burpees and stuff. Lots of useless knowledge. My cat is old, fat and clingy. Cyber this-n-that.
https://christianonsecurity.com
Patagonia @patagonia.com We're in business to save our home planet.
patagonia.com
AltSpaceForce ๐๐บ๐ฒ @altspaceforce.altgov.info Boldly going where no Jedi has beamed before. Earth is our spaceship.
#AltGov
Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com CTO at Bluesky. Not a nerd.
Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
https://www.projectsaltbox.com/
Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. โซ๏ธ๐ก๐ฆ๐ดโช๏ธ
Track ICE warehouses: https://tracker.projectsaltbox.com
The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social Non-partisan civic advocacy group working to improve our media and defend our democracy ๐บ๐ธ #PressFreedom
mediaanddemocracyproject.org
All our links: linktr.ee/FixMediaNow
Patrick Duggan @hakksaww.bsky.social Co-founder, DugganUSA LLC. Building Butterbot โ threat intel + agentic AI. STIX feed serving 275+ orgs in 46 countries. Claude Code power user. Minneapolis. I do stupid data tricks.
https://medium.com/@hacksawduggan
Justin Doubleday @jdoubledaywfed.bsky.social Reporter at Federal News Network. Email me: jdoubleday@federalnewsnetwork.com. DM for Signal. 
@crypto-sec.bsky.social @crypto-sec.bsky.social 
ESET Research @esetresearch.bsky.social Security research and breaking news straight from ESET Research Labs.
welivesecurity.com/research/
O'Reilly @oreilly.bsky.social The premier learning platform for technology professionals.
Sign up for your free 10-day trial now.
www.oreilly.com
Big Olโ Mush @chadstanton.blacksky.app Ask around boy Iโm hotter than Picante