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Ian Kearns @ianpkearns.bsky.social Former Advisor to UK Parliament on National Security Strategy. Co-Founder, European Leadership Network. Author, Collapse: Europe After the European Union, published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/iankearns1
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TechEthics @techethicsltd.bsky.social We believe technology should unite humanity, not cause division. At TechEthics, our interdisciplinary team of experts combines their specialist knowledge of AI, peacebuilding, democracy, and academia to create innovative and ethical solutions.
Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning journalist, historian..."Golden State," my new history of California (the resistance state) is now out in paperback! Details at michaelhiltzik.com. And find my columns at www.latimes.com/hiltzik
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Whitney Phillips @whitneyphillips.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Information Politics and Ethics at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication. I write about quasi-religion & politics at http://populardemonology.substack.com
Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk Content lead for Chrome Web Developer Relations. Opinions (and cats) my own.
Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html
Victoria Cooper @victoria-cooper.bsky.social A recovering US politics expert (2021-24)
Researcher and political analyst focused on trends in the US & Australia. Writes Dinner Table Politics on Substack: https://dinnertablepolitics.substack.com
Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com threads.com/@malwaretech
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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social Anti-Fascist. Anthropocene Pepys. Gen AI Cassandra. Journalist taking names on the fossil fuel industry and its role in the climate, energy, and cost of greed crises.
Other than that, mainly dogs and cycling
Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social European security & defence, global order, EU in US-China competition.
Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zürich. PhD Defence Studies, King’s College London. Into running, matcha, 中文. Views my own.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Host of Galaxy Brain, the podcast. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson @jendn.bsky.social Journalist, author, Hard Quiz winner, and Bluesky n00b from Brisbane, Australia.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
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Knitting Cult Lady @knittingcultlady.bsky.social Daniella Mestyanek Young; Scholar of cults, extreme groups, and extremely bad leadership. Author of UNCULTURED. Combat veteran; TEDx Speaker; Organizational psychologist, Harvard MA
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
ANU National Security College @nscanu.bsky.social A joint initiative of the Australian Government and ANU. Post-grad studies | Executive & professional development | Public policy. CRICOS provider 00120C.
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
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Dr Zena Assaad @zenaassaad.bsky.social Host Responsible Bytes Podcast 🎙
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social Emmy-winning journalist and
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Helena Malikova @helenamalikova.bsky.social Fellow Harvard Kennedy School ‘24-25, fellow Hertie School Berlin. Day job at European Commission. Views are not any employer’s.
Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social I teach cryptography at Johns Hopkins. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
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Fago Milfoy @dia.bsky.social they/them/he; it's good to be back
thoughts on human rights, content moderation, tech policy, and politics.
Lot of writing on Tech Policy Press, though my articles are all over! https://www.techpolicy.press/author/dia-kayyali/
Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021).
Work @eff.org, teach at College of Europe Natolin, sing and play 🎷 in a band, live in London, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about
Views are mine alone.
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com (also available in German: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts) - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com Political technologist, bringing democracy to the internet. Brussels, 🇪🇺.
• tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
• DASL, Eurosky/Mu, Modal
• ex W3C, NYT
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Lucy Hooberman @lucyh.bsky.social Recovering Academic. Prof. Digital Media & Innovation. Former TV and Film Producer ( BBC, Channel 4 UK) and BBC Exec Producer. Moved to Digital in 1999! Londoner and mum to a US citizen daughter.
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social @kylegriffin1 from that Twitter thing
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Andrew Defty @adefty.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics, University of Lincoln. Parliament, the intelligence services, a little bit of social policy.
Jamie Metzl @jamiemetzl.bsky.social technology and healthcare futurist | bestselling author | keynote speaker on implications of AI, genetics, and biotechnology revolutions | OneShared.World Founder and Chair |
jamiemetzl.com
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47
Popular.info
Dylan Freedman @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com Machine-learning engineer and journalist, A.I. Initiatives @nytimes.com
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social Hoosier, Political Analyst, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, author The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, adviser The Change Campaign / American Institute For Change
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social Chief economist @ Centre for European Reform. Eurozone macroeconomic policies | Role of 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 in EU. Formerly @ECB, @IMF, @Worldbank.
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Inequality and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen
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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
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
Tips: matthew@404media.co // signal: 347 762-9212 
Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social Trump White House newsletter anchor @WIRED.com. hugo_lowell@condenast.com
Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social War is bad. Books are good. He/him. STL. Go Cards. Let’s Go Blues. AllForCity
Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social Senior digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum • “The internet folks” - Stephen Colbert
https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
rakkasantea.com
@rakkasantea.bsky.social
Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power
https://www.wired.com/author/vittoria-elliott/
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elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com
Ariel Kennan @arielmai.bsky.social Building @axiom.org
Ask me about service design, public benefits, product, digital identity, Rules as Code, and civic tech / gov tech.
📍NYC
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social Co-founder of the https://www.aitechprivacy.com (1,500+ participants). Author of https://www.luizasnewsletter.com (100,000+ subscribers). Mother of 3.
Ed Husic @edhusicmp.bsky.social I’m the Federal MP for Chifley and Minister for Industry and Science 🛠️🔬
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.
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
@cmitchnews.bsky.social @cmitchnews.bsky.social Freelance broadcast journalist based in Sydney, Australia.
Former BBC/ABC.
Holder of the original invisible iPad
CAMitchellNews@proton.me
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social Engineering professor. Author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS (on Riverhead in the US+, on Torva in the UK+). Interested in embodiment, materiality, metacognition, and systems. All enthusiasm is 100% genuine. debcha.org
Soraya Chemaly @sorayachemaly.bsky.social Journalist, activist, and reluctant expert on online harassment and free speech • I write about politics, tech, education, religion, and media. Pick up a copy of All We Want is Everything if you want to think about male supremacy and what we do about it!
Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Sometimes teach at Emory. The Church Committee Report is out now! My views are not my employers.
MatthewGuariglia.com
Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski Bluesky literacy crisis actor. Opinions mine.
📍Charlottesville
en / de / es
Posts autodelete after 2 days or if viral. Some posts automated.
Web:
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EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist.
Executive Director, Home Screen.
Co-Curator of an oral history of the origins of the U.S. Digital Service.
Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social Life’s a bitch, then you die | NY Daily News ed board, @newrepublic.com contributing editor, NYU lecturer, @flaminghydra.com member, immigration wonk. Work in @slate.com, @thenation.com, @boltsmag.org, etc | Personal photography at Instagram.com/nycfelipe
Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff, landscapes and sanity.
Views own.
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social Senior Editor, Technology @ NBC News
Signal: beng.38
https://linktr.ee/bengoggin
benjamin.goggin@nbcuni.com bgoggin@protonmail.com
Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law
Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social "The shitposting will escalate as the deadline encroaches".
Researcher & Analyst with @edmoireland.bsky.social.
Internet Governance, Tech Policy & Human Rights.
Would honestly rather be talking about movies.
(He/Him)
Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept
Got a tip? Signal: sambiddle.99 (Make sure you don’t contact me via a work-provided device)
https://sambiddle.com
Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social Co-Founder at Zentropi. Formerly Head of Trust & Safety at OpenAI, of Community Policy at Airbnb, and of Content Policy Facebook. Strictly cold takes.
Evelyn Leary @neoneve.bsky.social She/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
ABC News producer 🇦🇺 Opinions own
Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social Snr Lecturer digital media Swinburne Uni, chicken whisperer, researcher. Smells books. Maybe we can build a new thing here 🌱
The Upside Down: https://twitter.com/manjusrii
Yaël Eisenstat @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social Been called alarmist, Cassandra & “someone with the resume of a 70 yr old man”. Pro-dog & pro-democracy. Working on tech accountability to safeguard democracy in the digital age at Cybersafety Research Center (NYU).
Personal website: www.yaeleisenstat.com
Michael C. Horowitz @mchorowitz.bsky.social Professor @Penn @perryworldhouse. Senior Fellow @CFR. Former DASD for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities. Defense, #AI, and innovation. Always Boston. Views my own.
Cait Kelly @caitkelly.bsky.social Posting from Naarm. Inequality Reporter at Guardian Australia.
She/ her.
Send me your tips - cait.kelly@theguardian.com or message me on signal
Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com Word-whore • Write 'em, Talk 'em • Cybers, politics, media • I have a podcast, obviously • Signal +61407623600 • All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! • Based in Sydney NSW AU.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, psychology, etc.
Been called “brilliant but out there.”
Smith College BA, MSW | LSE
#AuDHD #LGBTQ #MECFS
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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Justin Warren @jpwarren.pivotnine.com Principal analyst and managing director at PivotNine.
Jake Snow @snowjake.bsky.social Tech, privacy, surveillance, ACLU NorCal. On Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@snowjake/. He/him. Views mine.
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Tobias Bach @tobiasbach.bsky.social Professor & Deputy Head of Department, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway. Bureaucratic politics, political-administrative relations, comparative public administration. www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/people/aca/tobibac/index.html
Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social Political science professor, University of Oslo; Research group leader, CIR group; Researcher, PRIO; co-PI, V-Dem
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
Tom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social tech/cybersecurity reporter. also known as "Dopus Tom". my credentials are clear: I never given $50k in a shoebox to fake CIA guys.
Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social We publish books on current affairs, history, conflict and religion in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. And much else besides.