Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social Dad/husband. Public servant. Broadband and digital inclusion leader. Advocate for ethics in AI. Basement rockstar. Opinions are my own.
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Mike Melanson @mikethemelanson.bsky.social Writer/editor, cyclist, open source and outdoor aficionado. Formerly with GitHub, The New Stack, ReadWriteWeb, and more.
Ian Cull @iancull.bsky.social Asst. News Director at @kxly.com. 2-time national award-winning journalist. Gonzaga alum.
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Trish Deitch @trishdeitch.bsky.social Deputy editor at Variety. New Yorker magazine diaspora. Writer. Mama. All my views are my own, and are unrelated to my work.
Jonathan Bloom @bloomtv.bsky.social Reporter, photographer, editor, graphic artist and sometimes engineer, fused into one body. No wonder the X-rays look so funny. Digital storyteller at NBC Bay Area.
Daryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social Author and Chief Economist at Redfin. Get my book Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work out now!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
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Ina Fried @inafried.bsky.social Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios. Huge fan of the sportsball. Also Lego. She/her
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Sergio Quintana @svqjournalist.bsky.social San Francisco based reporter for NBC Bay Area News.
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Evan DeSimone @mediaevan.bsky.social Media Writer/Complainer
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Justin Sullivan @sullyfoto.bsky.social Los Angeles-based Getty Images staff photojournalist.
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Erin Griffith @ering.bsky.social NYT reporter covering startups & venture capital
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Stephen Ellison @sj-ellison65.bsky.social Journalist, writer, San Jose native
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Scott McGrew @scottmcgrew.bsky.social Reporter @nbcbayarea, host of podcast Sand Hill Road, father and angel investor to two sons in uniform: United States Navy and San Jose Fire.
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Joshua Smith @jlredd.bsky.social Counsel. Privacy. Adtech. Dolphins. F1. Not saying nothing about anything - 1 character at a time. צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף Opinions are my own.
Daphne Zohar @daphnezohar.bsky.social I don’t check this account often. Founder & CEO of www.SeaportTx.com developing new medicines for neuropsychiatric disorders. Co-founder Karuna Tx (KarXt/Cobenfy now at BMS). Founding CEO & Senior Advisor PureTech. Co founder/host @BiotechCH. Board of BIO
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress | 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book) | Board of Directors @benandjerrys
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Brendan Weber @brendannweber.bsky.social Digital editor at NBC Bay Area
Bijan Salehizadeh @bijans.bsky.social Healthcare investor. Howard Stern. Arcade Fire. Bowie. U2. California dreamin'
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Evan DeSimone @smorgasboredom.bsky.social Media writer/ennui enthusiast: Digiday, IntegralAds, Tubefilter, DCNorg
📍 NYC
Earthling @ziyatong.bsky.social Science broadcaster
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New documentary: Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
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Ask a Manager @askamanager.org Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work.
Tara Lemméy @taralemmey.com Inventor. Podcast host of Invent w Tara Lemméy on Apple Podcasts. Fast Company Most Creative. Board member. Entrepreneur. CEO LENS. San Francisco. 🌉 Optimist. First Responder.
taralemmey.com
lensventures.com
Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social 15 year Googler: Data Cloud Marketing. Dad to 3 teenagers. Baseball, puppies, analytics. In that order.
David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social Tech reporter at NBC News. Based in San Francisco. I write a lot about Elon Musk. Read my latest work here: https://www.nbcnews.com/author/david-ingram-ncpn890161
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Barton John Bishoff • Filmmaker @bartonbishoff.bsky.social Producer of Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents
SXSW Official Selection
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Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com Antarctic Explorer + Filmmaker.
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🔬 Often filming tardigrades
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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social News junkie, editor, faculty spouse, author of “Book Collecting Now.”
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/robin/
Nick Frandsen @nickfrandsen.bsky.social Web Developer in Minneapolis. 🏳️🌈
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Anshel Sag @anshelsag.bsky.social Tech Industry Analyst