War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social I make things, including bike rides, state housing laws, bread, and trouble. Quality varies with rainfall, political winds, and tire pressure. Run comms at @cayimby for the love of cities.
Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me Iโm pretty.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEIโs foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
Zed @zed.dev A next-generation code editor that enables high-performance collaboration with AI and your team.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
George Pearkes @peark.es No longer Blueskyโs only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | #ForTheCrown, #COYG | ๐บ๐ธ via ๐จ๐ฆ. Not ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. | Normal man, one of the Normal Men
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๐ Brian Bucklew ๐ โอค๏ผโฟ๏ผโอค โ๐ฎ @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. ๐IGF Narrative. ๐Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
Scoiattolo @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz Sr. Tech PM building tools and distributed research networks for drug safety; Occasional Data Witch; ๐ด๐ป๐๐ปโท๏ธ Former goatherd & Data Ethics @HHI_Signal.
Director of Human Alignment and Sin Eater, @skywatch.blue
onion person @junlper.beer my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer
i am a host on the kill the computer podcast and the ill conceived podcast:
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Fred Hebert @ferd.ca Principal SRE @ honeycomb.io, Tech Book Author, Resilience in Software Foundation board member, Erlang Ecosystem Foundation co-founder, Resilience Engineering fan. SRE-not-sorry.
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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social Open and composable observability.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social Long-time production artist/illustrator, horse fancier and animation history buff
Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me Ideal city: โ๏ธ nuclear-powered, ๐๏ธ dense housing, ๐ฐ affordable, ๐ transit. Aka Chicago.
Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social Writer (on science, travel & curiosity), Yorkshireman, tedious enthusiast, professional overthinker, Megathreader. Now: Scotland.
Writes Everything Is Amazing: https://everythingisamazing.substack.com/
Overlook InfraTech @overlookinfratech.com Open Source infrastructure management with ethics. https://overlookinfratech.com/
@binford2k.bsky.social @binford2k.bsky.social 
Yama Uba @yamaubamusic.bsky.social Melodic Post-Punk / Darkwave from the Bay Area, California
Flatiron Books @flatironbooks.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/flatironbooks
John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social Writer of books, scripts, lyrics. Bram Stoker Award for Black Butterflies; Spur Award for Gunmetal Mountain. Newest sf novels: SubOrbital 7, Stormland. New novel: The Silver Revolver. Writer: The Crow. Deep Space 9 et al. Science! https://john-shirley.com
Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social Writer, singer, marine biologist. Enjoys making smartarse remarks and quips, getting the laughs, explaining things with nerdy enthusiasm, and ranting, but tries to make the rants entertaining as penance.
I am back in my house in the woods.
(she/her)
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account
Josh @joshmlabelle.bsky.social Narrative Designer & Writer || Creative Director on Disney Dreamlight Valley ||"Hunter: The Reckoning - Day for Night" coming Sept 2026 || "A Crown of Sorcery & Steel" out now || tied 1st place IFComp 2020๐|| Opinions my own || www.joshlabelle.com
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We are a band.
ON TOUR THIS SUMMER!
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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com. More or less updates-only on here.
Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires.
ICS DFIR at Dragos, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts my own. Enby. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Janel Comeau ๐ @verybadllama.bsky.social Writer, comedian, illustrator, blogger and international woman of mystery. Sworn enemy of the Swedish Yule Goat. Writer of jokes in The Beaverton and Cracked. ๐จ๐ฆ
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com
I'm self-employed so my opinions do in fact represent my company's.
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios.
Svengoolie Rich Koz @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social Iโm the real Sven- seen every Saturday night on MeTV!
Barb Natividad ๐ต๐ญ๐บ๐ธ @barbnatividad.bsky.social Iโm always write! | Chicago Buckeye ๐ฐ | MFA - Poetry | Currently writing micro memoirs and revising my novel. | Mini book reviews. | Find me at: https://barbnatividad.substack.com where I write about my mental health, writing, reading, and random stuff.
Lesley Cochran @cochasian.bsky.social 
smr @essemmarr.com using a field of half-seized sprats and brass-fitted nickel slits, our bracketed caps and splay-flexed brace columns vent dampers to dampening hatch depths of one-half meter from the damper crown to the spurv plinth
Zachary Cochran @elcochrano.bsky.social 
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Masked Republic @maskedrepublic.bsky.social Dedicated to expanding lucha libre beyond the borders of Mexico and representing the icons, legends & superstars of lucha libre. 
@dancehallcrashers.bsky.social @dancehallcrashers.bsky.social 
Jaana Dogan ใคใ ใใฌใณ @rakyll.org Principal Engineer at Google. Simplicity and optimism. Personal opinions.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
paris. @parisinbmore.bsky.social open source stuff
pedestrian
sea/sjc/bwi
was parisinbmore on fka twitter
fix your hearts or die. drum and bass saves lives.
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Ruth Malan @ruthmalan.bsky.social Systems. Design.
she/her
Robert Smith @robert.thecure.com The Cure : founder & writer & singer & guitarist & : shake me up
Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
djjohnrichards @djjohnrichards.bsky.social Host of the Morning Show on KEXP (90.3 in Seattle, 92.7 in the Bay, kexp.org worldwide). Owner of Life On Mars (bar). Head of the DJ John Richards Vinyl Club (djjohnrichards.com) and here to remind you, You Are Not Alone.
Chris Collingwood @lookparkmusic.com Singer/songwriter of Fountains of Wayne (@fountainsofwayne.bsky.social). Inquire of Everything
Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com Very short science fiction/fantasy stories by O. Westin.
Please repost any you like.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
cyber professional @permadeath.com if you die in the game, you feel sad in real life
post about co-ops, roguelikes, Battletech, guitar, cooking, gardening
work in AI/ML infrastructure, python, security, SRE, k8s, robotics
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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social Fantasy writer, history geek, dark chocolate addict! Writes sparkling fantasy rom-coms for adults and fun MG fantasy adventures. She/her.
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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social Music, writing, teaching: http://linktr.ee/franznicolay ||| PianoFighter.substack.com ||| To us, the beautiful!
Channing Walton @channingwalton.bsky.social Scala software developer, unison-lang wannabe dev, amateur pianist, dad, husband, and keeper of six small furry beasts.
Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social Retired librarian, sometime artist, vegetable gardener, #BannedBookSkyClub instigator
Posts are original or properly attributed.
Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social Fine artist of Imaginative Realism. Retired illustrator of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Winner of 15 Hugo Awards. Inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2009.
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:
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austin @aparker.io the only thing worse than my code are my jokes
governance @opentelemetry.io
director of ai strategy @honeycomb.io
av by @extinctinks.net
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
field medic @fieldmedic.bsky.social www.fieldmedic.net
Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.
Simon Bisson @sbisson.com ๐จโ๐ป Used to write code, now writes words about code ๐ Azure AI Services At Scale๐ฆO'Reilly ๐ป Beats: enterprise, dev, cloud ๐โโ๏ธ Vrai Jerri, bird photos, SFF writer, reader, ally, he/him/they ๐โโฌ calico floofs ๐ง simon@sandm.co.uk ๐ sbisson.com
Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
Kimya Dawson @kimyadawson.bsky.social Songwriter. Doodler. Parent. Buoyant. https://linktr.ee/kimyadawson
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social Worldโs greatest author
Matt Klein @mattklein123.dev CTO @bitdrift.io. Software engineer and creator of Envoy Proxy. 
Cassidy @cassidoo.co Making memes, dreams, & software!
Sr. Director of Dev Advocacy at GitHub. Married to a dweeb and mom to a nerdy toddler + baby combo. She/Her โ๏ธ CHI ๐
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The Specials @thespecials.bsky.social The Specials + 2-Tone Fan Page
The Selecter @theselecter.bsky.social Est 1979 featuring Pauline Black OBE DL, Gaps Hendrickson and Charley 'Aitch' Bembridge
New album HUMAN ALGEBRA out now! Fan page
Bite Me Bambi @bitemebambi.bsky.social Ska Band from Anaheim, Ca
Stream our album EAT THIS ๐ง
Booking: dave@covertbooking.com
Management: pablo@civilizedartistmgmt.com
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Jesus Jones @jesusjonesband.bsky.social Our new album "Twilight" will be released 18th September 2026 - pre-order now! https://store.jesusjones.com/
Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.bsky.social Book reviewer at angryalgonquin.com. Lover and supporter of independent bookstores; Starter Packs have 200+ indies! Nordic/Scandi Noir, Iceland, polar history & exploration. Libraries. Cats. Fan of #uglydogs. Sworn enemy of AI.
Madelyn Olson @reconditerose.bsky.social Avid hiker, maintainer of the Valkey project, and engineer at AWS. Thoughts are my own.
@cliffdiver.bsky.social @cliffdiver.bsky.social oklahoma bongo rock
Flying Raccoon Suit @flyingraccoonsuit.bsky.social The only ska band in Mississippi. Merch, shows, and more at https://linktr.ee/flyingraccoonsuit !
we are the union @wearetheunion.bsky.social a band. some say the greatest band of all time. booking inquiries to brent@exponentialbooking.com.
Devon Kay & the Solutions @devonkaysolutions.bsky.social Bluesky Home of Award Wanting Band Devon Kay & the Solutions!
World's Greatest Album drops 10/9/26 on Bad Time Records!
We are a better band than you.
Booking: Brent@badtimebooking.com
winterisstrange @reade.bsky.social she/her // songwriter, producer, mixer
CATBITE @catbiteband.bsky.social SKA and more from Philadelphia
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YoavCodes @yoav.codes Technical founder. Building new stuff at my startup lab https://blackboard.sh | 20+ years in early startups | prev: 7 years at webflow
You might have met me as Jeff, Joab, or Larry.
#startups #ziglang #typescript #bun #electrobun #webflow
Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com I make websites and maybe games?
Blogging at http://joshwcomeau.com.
He/Him ๐
Sky Sentry @skysentry.bsky.social Moderation Lists
Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
D r e a m k i d @dreamkid83.com โInnocent Runawayโ out now! ๐งธ | 80s Retro Synthwave Artist ๐น | Creator of #blinkwave ๐น | management@dreamkid83.com | https://linktr.ee/dreamkid83
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nycโs libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, ๐จ, cities, ๐, infrastructure, libraries, ๐บ๏ธ, sound++
nyc + upstate
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