Local News International @lni.media The official Bluesky of LNI Media. Dave Jorgenson explains the news using his unique brand of short form videos. Become a member at https://lni.media/membership
vortex_egg @vortexegg.com Cyberoccult investigator. Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS.
Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social Film and TV critic. Co-host of the Overinvested movie podcast, co-editor of the Rec Center newsletter.
Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her
Trans-Asian Transcultural Fandom @transasianfan.bsky.social Symposium happening on May 28, 2026
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social Co-founder and journalist at 404media.co
I read every email
University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social Innovative, thoughtful, digitally-forward books in partnership with Michigan Publishing and Fulcrum.
https://press.umich.edu/
James Muldoon @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social Associate Professor Essex Business School, Research Associate Oxford Internet Institute. Author of Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI (2024)
jamesmuldoon.org
chuva fantasma @chuvafantasma.bsky.social media studies scholar from brazil /// against a new cold war, against imperialism
Joel Humphries @joel.queercomputer.com PhD candidate researching queer community online, emerging technologies and digital harms @RMIT
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Areum Jeong 정아름 @areum.bsky.social 👩🏻🏫 Korean film, pop culture, theatre & performance @arizonastateuni.bsky.social
📚 Beyond the Sewol (U of Hawaii Press, Sept 2025) & K-Pop Fandom (@uofmpress.bsky.social, Feb 2026)
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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social The Newcastle Youth Studies Centre is a collaborative group of researchers with expertise in the social, political/economic and cultural dimensions of youth. Based at University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Transcultural Digital Intimacy Research Network @transdi.bsky.social Transcultural Digital Intimacy Research Network (TransDI), Chair: Dr Liang Ge (Univ of Manchester) @liangge11.bsky.social
The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com Independent news from the sharpest academic minds.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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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.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
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Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social West coast editor for New York Mag's Vulture. (Middle-aged) child of television. Allen Ludden superfan. YouTube archaeologist.
DIZH @dizh.bsky.social Digitalisierungsinitiative der Zürcher Hochschulen | Forschung, Innovation und Bildung | www.dizh.ch 
Ankolika De @ankolika.bsky.social PhD candidate, Penn State, Information, HCI, Social Media, STS; On the Job Market.
Laurel P. Rogers @aca-laurel.bsky.social PhD candidate at UT Austin RTF. fans & nostalgia.
samantha floreani @floreani.bsky.social digital rights advocate / writer / PhD candidate researching tech + housing justice 🏠 surveillance isn't safety xoxo
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Hao Zheng @hao-zheng.bsky.social Research Fellow in the Influencer in the Influencer Ethnography Research Lab https://ierlab.com/ | Chinese Queer Female Researcher https://haozheng.website/
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Miles Klee 🦉 @milesklee.bsky.social “senior” “writer” @wired.com
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social Writer: 84th Oscars, Letterman, The Nation, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The Baffler, Air Mail, Emmy nominee, NEH Public Scholar, and author of way too many posts. rep: WME #WGAW letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1lq09
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Vilde Schanke Sundet @vildess.bsky.social Associate professor in media and communication at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet). I study media industries, platforms, creators, fans, and television. Project leader of GLOBAL NATIVES. 
Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social Senior writer at Wired, author of ONE BAD MOTHER, debut essay collection out now. https://www.amazon.com/One-Bad-Mother-Housewives-Momfluencers/dp/1668051117
Media International Australia @mediaintaus.bsky.social 
Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com Maker of stuff that makes you laugh.
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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social 🧢 CEO: Dropout
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Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
Tomey Bones @tomeybones.bsky.social YouTuber @ Smosh & Tomeybones
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demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon.bsky.social no thanks- J @jaboukie.bsky.social @jaboukie.bsky.social
Joel Kim Booster @ihatejoelkim.bsky.social Classically trained gay guy.
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Emily V Gordon @emilyvgordon.bsky.social Current writer. Former comedy booker. Former therapist. Co-writer of The Big Sick et al. She/her. Adamantly from NC. @wintercoatfilms.bsky.social
Comedy Bang! Bang! World! @cbbworld.bsky.social The official account of Comedy Bang! Bang! and CBB World.
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Megan Amram @meganamram.bsky.social it's this weird, sexual, anti-comedy comedy that's 'in' right now. - my mom
Connor Ratliff @connorratliff.bsky.social Webby Award-winning Actor/Comedian/Podcaster • Dead Eyes • The George Lucas Talk Show • CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS • "Deputy Kent" on WIDOW'S BAY • ALSO: Disney's Stitch & DuckTales comics written w/James III!
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Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com Black Monday|The League|Human Giant| NTSF:SD:SUV::
“Joyful Recollections of Trauma” is a NYT Bestseller & 2024 Vulture Book of the Year
Watch Dark Web on Yt
Listen to How Did This Get Made & Unspooled
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Vic Michaelis @vicmmic.bsky.social actor + improviser + sorry about the birds
Broti Gupta @brotigupta.bsky.social Simpsons writer
comedy for and by one mother of color
Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and http://RollingStone.com. Got a tip? Share it here: http://rol.st/tips
Variety @variety.com The business of entertainment.
Lana Swartz @lanalanalana.bsky.social New Money: How Payment Became Social Media (Yale 2020) / Paid: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff (MIT 2017) / Scams / Associate Professor UVA
https://llaannaa.com/
https://digitalculturesandeconomies.com
Rohan Pearce @rohan-p.bsky.social Tech journo and managing editor at Communications Day. I write about telecommunications, critical infrastructure and such things so you don't have to. Also I like cats. In the Blue Mountains (Dharug and Gundungurra country). Recovering Tasmanian.
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
olivia stowell @oliviastowell.bsky.social theory bimbo, professional reality tv watcher
tv/film editor @ Mid Theory Collective
phd candidate studying television, race, gender, labor, and industry
Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social Work at intersection of tech and democracy. Fmr Facebook. Newsletter writer: anchorchange.substack.com
🦋 @90sfairydust.bsky.social raised by VHS tapes & fictional characters🍉
✧ she/her ✧ @fairytalecinema ✧ not a fan of the walt disney company
Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org Women-run nonprofit/nonpartisan newsroom reporting causes, solutions, context since 3/20. Mantra: "Do the right thing and wait."
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com Worker-owned, community-oriented intersectional feminist journalism to unfuck your algorithm.
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DAME Magazine @damemagazine.bsky.social Broad-minded media for all. Support independent journalism https://www.damemagazine.com/membership/
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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The Sizzle - Australia's favourite tech newsletter @handle.invalid An Australian daily technology newsletter written by @cameronwilson.bsky.social
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Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website anthropology, algorithms, attention | he/him | The conversation is characterized by Nick's use of language, but the content of the discussion remains unknown.
Simone de Rochefort @doomquasar.bsky.social i’m thinking about cars
Josie @jotorresbarth.bsky.social Asst. prof of TV/media studies. Current book project: US radio + TV horror anthologies 1940s-1960s, gender/domestic space + media technology, the uncanny. #FirstGen. She/her.
Digital & Social Media UTS @utsdsm.bsky.social Digital & Social Media /
School of Communication /
University of Technology Sydney
Jeehyun Jenny Lee @jeehyunjennylee.bsky.social Assistant professor @UIC Department of Communication. Researching and teaching digital culture, AI, creator culture and representation ✨
Elena Maris @elenamaris.bsky.social Asst. Professor: Politics of Platforms & AI at University of Illinois at Chicago | Views mine
Michel Maksimova @michelmaks.bsky.social phd student at uic. they/them. queer game studies, crip theory, digital media, decoloniality, intersectionality & interdisciplinarity.
avatar ID: a mirror selfie of a vaguely masc person in a floral shirt
banner ID: hand-holding photos (also paws)
Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social Scholarly journal about current political, social and economic issues in Asia and the Pacific. Founded and independently published since 1928. Located in the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
@aasasianstudies.bsky.social @aasasianstudies.bsky.social 
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.
Blake Hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Platform Studies at Aarhus University
NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social "Downtown to the World," NYU Press amplifies NYU's leadership in global higher education and research through influential publications that embody the university's core mission and creative identity.
Find us at: nyupress.org
sarah edwards @seedwards.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Studies, North Central College. Feminist media studies // influencer industry // platforms // labor // tech. Formerly: UW-Madison Comm Arts, Social Media Collective. She/her.
https://sarahedwardsphd.com/
Paul Sutherland @pualsuth.bsky.social PhD candidate at Curtin University // visual culture, online extremism and post-truth
Mark Deuze @markdeuze.bsky.social 👨🎓 Professor Media Studies, U of Amsterdam
🎸bass: Skinflower; new music at Bandcamp
📚 latest books: Life in Media (MIT Press), Happiness in Journalism (Routledge)
🔊 🎥 Deuzevlog on YouTube and Spotify
🚴 Ride on!
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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/ 
CDCS: Center on Digital Culture and Society @cdcspenn.bsky.social Promoting critical scholarship on digital culture, technology, and society from Annenberg School for Communication and SAS Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/center-on-digital-culture-and-society
Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social Social Media; Communication Studies; Cyberculture; Sociology; Political Communication; Internet Studies. Published by Routledge. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rics20 
Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org We are an interdisciplinary group of over 700 experts in labor, technology, anti-racism, feminism, and transnationalism.
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social Subscribe:
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
IRTIS @irtis.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society 🦄
We research how tech and social media impact people's well-being, online risks & opportunities for youth, anonymity, digital parenting, and more.
Masaryk University, Brno 🇨🇿
https://irtis.muni.cz
@kristendisegna.bsky.social @kristendisegna.bsky.social Artist & ceramicist researching creative folk online ✨
PhDing at RMIT | RA at IERLab & TCRN
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social Independent and open access journal of peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and communications.
mediatheoryjournal.org
Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia @jceajournal.bsky.social Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (ISSN 2383-9449) is a refereed biannual journal that takes a lead on a new scholarship in Asia. Website: https://jceasia.org/. Post by @dechunzhang.bsky.social
The Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social Official account for the Communication & Technology Division of the International Communication Association, @katypearce
& @commfox & @anneohirsch at the wheel
ICAGames.bsky.social @icagames.bsky.social Official account of the International Communication Association's Game Studies Division. #videogames #avatars #VR #boardgames
https://icagames.org/
Welmoed Wagenaar @wfwagenaar.bsky.social she/her | PhD candidate researching fandom, ritual, and everyday life | Universities of Groningen & Antwerp | fan & religious studies
Brandon Dail @brandondail.com Staff Engineer at Discord working on Design Systems, Accessibility, Other Stuff™️ Collage & generative plotter artist 👋
Lucy Bennett @lucykbennett.bsky.social 🎵 Popular music & media fandom lecturer @ JOMEC, Cardiff University
🏴 From Caerphilly, Wales
🤓 Fan Studies Network board.
✍️ Music writer @Godisinthetv. Lover of music & words 💙🎧
K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social Assistant Prof at ASU. Research/Teach: Media studies, digital culture, and female desire in pop-media. (She/Her.) Views mine and not my employers.
Vulture @vulture.com devouring culture.