Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
@kenkahn.bsky.social @kenkahn.bsky.social
Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app Assistant Prof Philosophy & Data Sci.
PhD Sci., Technology, & Society
MA Philosophy & Religious Studies
"AI" Criticality; Centering Marginalized Exp. in Tech; Magic; Knowledge, Values, Beliefs
He/Him
Unless explicitly stated, not speaking for my employer
Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social Chief of da autism police and boss of the Irish Mob at the same time. Cousin, I’m a union man.
Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social All pookleblinky know is play music, lift weight, eat hot chip, write unsettling threads. You are now aware of the taste of your own mouth. Gendered in the way a peat bog is.
Trumpet, saxophone, guitar, banjo, bass, and squats
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social a new show that’s all about the people. anchored by @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social on @ms.now.
CONNECT with us! 🤝
Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social Mood & Memory researcher with a computational bent. https://www.nicolecrust.com. Science advocate. Prof (UPenn Psych) - Author: Elusive Cures. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243054/elusive-cures
John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social Persistent sousveiller. Walt Disney R&D Imagineer. Runs GPSJAM.org. Signal: wiseman.04 https://heavymeta.org
Ali Velshi @velshi.com Host of The 11th Hour and Chief Data Reporter at MSNOW
#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
Eric Linus Kaplan @ericlinuskaplan.bsky.social Podcast "Terrifying Questions and How not to be Terrified by Them" -- book"Does Santa Exist?" -- tv shows-- Flight of the Conchords, Futurama, Big Bang Theory, Malcom in the Middle, Krapopolis &c.! blog ericlinuskaplan.wordpress.com He/Him
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
shanley @shanley.com The forbidden tech critic.
Venture capital, tech fascism, the Network State, crypto.
Welcome to my studio.
www.vcinfodocs.com
Kevin Kelly @kevinkelly.bsky.social Senior Maverick, Wired. Author, maker, artist, father. Cool tool maven, true film buff, and fan of Asia. Radical optimist.
elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog a guy with a poodle and a blog. philly sports fan. jew-ish. typeos.
https://www.necessaryfictions.blog/ / https://letterboxd.com/eisquith
Bret Victor @worrydream.com worrydream.com
dynamicland.org
Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social Bioconductor: Free, open-source software for rigorous, reproducible biological data analysis with R. Join our diverse community of developers and data scientists.
https://bioconductor.org/
Chris Mungall @cmungall.bsky.social Berkeley Lab, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology division. #GeneOntology #MonarchInitiative #AllianceGenome #NationalMicrobiomeDataCollaborative #OBOFoundry.
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
sam @samthielman.com Sam Thielman | Graphic novels at NYT Book Review, seen NYer, Flaming Hydra, foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE w/Sean Howe forthcoming | I know I can come off a little proactive, and for that I’m sorry.
Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org he+him / Writing about software craft and quality: unsung.aresluna.org / Wrote a book about the history of keyboards: shifthappens.site / Designer / Typographer / Occasional speaker / Chicagoan in training
OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social OR Books is a new type of publishing company. It embraces progressive change in politics, culture, and the way we do business.
linktr.ee/or_books
Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social He/him. TV Critic, author. Now searchable on Tubi. I am not Alan Sepinwall III.
https://whatsalanwatching.com
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social Knowledge based biomedical data science, artificial intelligence for discovery in molecular biomedicine, computational bioethics, theory of mattering. University of Chicago / Big Island HI
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Blaise Agüera y Arcas @blaiseaguera.bsky.social CTO of Technology & Society at Google, working on fundamental AI research and exploring the nature and origins of intelligence.
Sherry Turkle @sturkle.bsky.social Writer, thinker, mom, MIT prof & humanistic voice of caution about tech. My new book, Artificial Intimacy, is out in Sept 2026, available for preorder now.
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
Wallenstein Appreciator @marbleliberal.bsky.social Wallensteinposting on main
Non fascist marble av guy
John David Pressman @jdp.extropian.net Machine learning researcher, alignment-accelerationist, Fedorovist ancestor simulator, Dreamtime enjoyer.
All posts public domain under CC0 1.0.
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling.
hikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social haskell/rust/art/shitposting/assyrian
she/her (like a ship, not like a person)
blog: recursion.wtf
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social
Principia Discordia @principiadiscordia.bsky.social OR How I Found Goddess And What I Did To Her When I Found Her, Wherein is Explained Absolutely Everything Worth Knowing About Absolutely Anything
https://www.principiadiscordia.com
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/PrincipiaDiscordia
SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social Como todos los hombres de Babilonia, he sido procónsul; como todos, esclavo; también he conocido la omnipotencia, el oprobio, las cárceles.
very sane ai newsletter: verysane.ai
all writing: https://segyges.github.io/
also @antiantiai.bsky.social
Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
Mart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social Virus origins/diversity/evolution; mobilome; Archaea.
Head of the Cell Biology and Virology of Archaea Unit at Institut Pasteur:
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/archaeal-virology/
ANTS 2026 @ants2026.bsky.social 15th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
8 - 10 June 2026, Darmstadt, Germany
http://ants2026.org
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems.
Website: https://melaniemitchell.me
Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social Science writer and author of books including Bright Earth, The Music Instinct, Beyond Weird, How Life Works.
Jakob Hohwy @hohwy.bsky.social philosopher: consciousness, rationality, self-evidencing, contemplation
https://www.monash.edu/m3cs
Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social Programmer. Trying to enjoy arguing on the Internet less. He/Him.
Sometimes post pictures of food or thoughts on books I read.
Karl Bode @karlbode.com Seattle-based writer focused on tech, media, politics, and consumer rights.
Subscribe to my newsletter The Fine Print*: karlbode.com
Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social "O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social Writer of books (latest one is END TIMES FASCISM with Naomi Klein), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
"A hugely influential figure on the modern Left" — City Journal
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
Ismar Volić @ismarvolic.bsky.social Professor at Wellesley College Mathematics Department
Director of Institute for Mathematics and Democracy
Author of Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation
https://ivolic.wellesley.edu/
Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social Medicinal chemist / chemical biologist, author of “In the Pipeline” at http://science.org/blogs/pipeline. derekb.lowe@gmail.com and on Signal at Dblowe.18
All opinions are mine; I don’t speak for my employer in any way.
Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org 👊 Battling techno-fascism with our Internet-savvy blend of attention-grabbing activism and mass mobilization.
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/2026
Cosma Shalizi @cshalizi.bsky.social This is an automated new-posts account. Messages sent to it will go unread; attempts to converse with it will be fruitless. We would all be better off if Twitter and all its clones disappeared immediately.
Joscha Bach @joscha.bsky.social
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Indivisible SF @indivisiblesf.bsky.social San Franciscans standing indivisible for a progressive agenda in CA-11 and -15. Also at http://sfba.social/@IndivisibleSF. Website: https://indivisiblesf.org/ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cHlx6r
Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social Superb user research consultant; author of Doorbells, Danger and Dead Batteries & Interviewing Users (http://portigal.com/books), Host
Dollars To Donuts podcast
Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social A baddie with big mommy milkers. Host of the podcast I Hate Bill Maher.
Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social Poet & NYT bestselling author of A SUIT OR A SUITCASE, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, DEAR WRITER, GOOD BONES +📚 Host of @slowdownshow.org
mr. TIM @timkellogg.me AI Architect | North Carolina | AI/ML, IoT, science
WARNING: I talk about kids sometimes
Doll @dollspace.gay It/Its
Senior Agent Engineer at fieldleveltech.org
Its name is doll. The system is an adult.
Creating ethical and safe AI systems.
EGL Fashion posts!
B🍩b Ⓜ️ @reasonablysmart.bsky.social
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh.
1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com We are a rebel alliance—a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action—a breakout from the prisons of our age. We strive to reinvent our lives and world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid. 🏴
crimethinc.com
Dan Tappan @dantappan.net Engineer, Songwriter, Musician, Photographer, Music Fan - https://dantappan.net
I block cryto-bros, anti-vaxers, climate change deniers, thread spammers, and Russian trolls.
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Atrios @eschatonblog.com I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog.
https://eschatonblog.com
Currently near Toon
ACID HORIZON 👁️ @acidhorizon.bsky.social Welcome to Acid Horizon, the theory podcast. Home of the Acid Horizon Research Commons. acidhorizonpodcast.com
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, psychology, misc.
Been called “brilliant but out there.”
Smith College BA, MSW | LSE
#AuDHD #LGBTQ #MECFS
Patreon: patreon.com/leahmcelrath
Raccoons Hourly @raccoonhourly.bsky.social All images belong to their respective owners, for problems/concerns/submissions contact @stonesec.dev
Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social Political theorist studying democracy, ethics, & institutions. Author of Democracy for Busy People (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo194847654.html); more at kevinjelliott.net. Generally poasting my way through this thing
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
Signal: attackerman.81
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com A community of mere liberals. Discussing, defending, and applying the many varieties of liberalism. liberalcurrents.com
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com executive editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers
TITHE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q6REDKBBVUJLU
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick.
https://kieranhealy.org /
https://theordinalsociety.com
Matthew N. Hannah @tinkeringhuman.bsky.social Studying the political economy of digital platforms and conspiracy theories.
"Conspiracy, one is tempted to say, is the poor person's cognitive mapping in the postmodern age." - F. Jameson
Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things.
https://linktr.ee/mckenziewark
Gyrus @gyrus.bsky.social Dreamflesh czar
Ben Fry @benfry.com Running https://fathom.info since 2010 / spent 22 years building https://processing.org and supporting its community / sometimes seen teaching at https://mit.edu
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social Climate change, global health security, science diplomacy, and good bad futures • Yale • carlsonlab.bio • viralemergence.org • he/they
rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social god created him and demanded that he die
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social Journalist & astrophysicist. Host, @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. New book: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about broken futures pushed by tech billionaires and AI bros. Words in the Atlantic, NPR, NYT, the Guardian, BBC, SciAm, Fortune, etc. He/him.
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID.
hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social Senior researcher & journalist. @splcunion.bsky.social. Former internet person at @thebaffler.com. hannahgais@proton.me Signal: 334-315-8634 http://seedisclaimer.com. Newsletter: https://postsfromunderground.ghost.io/
TESLA TAKEDOWN @tesla-takedown.bsky.social https://tesla-takedown.com
Join a #TeslaTakedown protest, organize your own, grab some protest gear, and help spread the word.
Sell your Tesla, dump your stock, and join the #TeslaTakedown.
Let's stop Musk!
Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social Pissing off billionaires one small action at a time. Get involved ⬇️
https://bio.link/everyonehateselon
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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