Ben Bleything @bleything.net pacific northwestern computerist. you may know me from such as
he/him
Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social be inspired or be DESTROYED
@skeletor@mas.to
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social Website, Podcast, Radio Show. Left politics & culture, useable pasts. http://africasacountry.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 
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
Signal: gbrockell.44
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
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
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
Order of the Good Death @ordergooddeath.bsky.social Building a meaningful, eco-friendly, & equitable end-of-life through education, resources, & legislative advocacy
https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com
Jake Hanrahan @hanrahan.tv Journalist and filmmaker. Anti-censorship.
Popular Front / Away Days / Gargoyle
www.jakehanrahan.com
Matt Gorecki @goreckis.co Working class solidarity. We can do things ourselves.
Independent IT is important. Shop local counts for us, too.
AI is for huge dorks. The Luddites did nothing wrong.
Montana and Minnesota with @retroition.bsky.social
https://goreckis.co
megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social freelance journalist | previously wired, axios, the verge | seen in nyt, 404 media | nyc | signal meganfarokhmanesh.76 | face god and walk backwards into hell
dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social Author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. Former Guardian, Village Voice & SciAm. He/him
Sara @dotsara.bsky.social 
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com
Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT
"I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov Congresswoman, lifelong organizer, mom. Proudly serving WA-7. Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Member of Judiciary Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Budget Committee. She/her.
MX MORGAN @mxmorgan.com Portfolio: mxmorgan.com
Dudewife to @lezdez.bsky.social.
Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/mxmorgan
Art feed: https://t.me/mxmorgart
No AI/NFT
Abstract Tesseract @abstracttesseract.bsky.social (sometimes-computational) linguist, AI/ML unenthusiast, Luddite, they/he
I periodically auto-delete my old posts and likes
https://linktr.ee/abstract_tesseract
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
🇪🇬Ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
🏳️⚧️ she/هي
📸 @willtoft.bsky.social
Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social AI is not inevitable. We DAIR to imagine, build & use AI deliberately.
Website: http://dair-institute.org
Mastodon: @DAIR@dair-community.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/
Decca Muldowney @deccamuldowney.bsky.social managing editor @bayareacurrent.bsky.social | alum of New Internationalist, The Daily Beast, ProPublica, The Real Deal | here to burden the conscience of the affluent
www.deccamuldowney.com
Nathan Proctor @nathanproctor.bsky.social Heads Right to Repair campaign w/ U.S. PIRG. Just let us fix our stuff #RightToRepair Member #Grist50
Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com I write about tech + humans + philosophy
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios — onthemedia.org
Hosted by @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social
The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com Independent news from the sharpest academic minds.
📰 Read: http://theconversation.com/au
🤳 Subscribe for free: https://shorturl.at/Xp6g8
💸 Donate: http://bit.ly/3JKj16a
Digital Rights Watch @drwaus.bsky.social We fight for human rights in the digital age.
www.digitalrightswatch.org.au 
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
support my work: citationneeded.news/signup
links: mollywhite.net/linktree
💗💜💙
Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com ARC Future Fellow – Monash University /// co-host – This Machine Kills /// critical insurance tech + climate risk governance /// political economy of technology and capitalism: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite
Victorian Trades Hall Council @vthc.org.au Victorian Trades Hall Council - the voice of working Victorians. Authorised by L Hilakari, 54 Victoria Street Carlton VIC 3053.
Dave Lee @davelee.me US technology columnist, Bloomberg Opinion. Based in New York. Previously FT and BBC. Watching Cambridge United from afar. dlee1285@bloomberg.net / Signal: davelee.01 / www.davelee.me
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social Climate/AI/labor/death researcher in Oakland. Luddite
I wrote a book about how techno-solutionism fails us in this life + beyond https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248272/death-glitch/
www.tamarakneese.com
Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.
Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social Co-Host of You Are Good and The OC, Again. Manager for folks in the arts. Bewildered person. Picture taker. Zine-maker (High Occulture). Activist. Into being.
Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
WSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov Official Washington State Department of Transportation Bluesky account. For road hazards and emergencies, please call 911.
Dropout @dropout.tv a comedy streamer with all of your favorite shows
🧔♂️ Game Changer
📢 Make Some Noise
🎲 Dimension 20
🫂 Very Important People
🐷 Smartypants
dropout.tv
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
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
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “COVID lady/Pink Terror”. Microbiologist & science communicator, lover of bioluminescence & Lego. Becoming slightly obsessed with reusable period products despite being perimenopausal. She/her.
@ktsydney.bsky.social @ktsydney.bsky.social 
1Password @1password.bsky.social The best way to keep you, your family, and business safe online. Go ahead. Forget your passwords.
Freckles Kelly @freckles.bsky.social Forgot I’d have to come up with a bio. Rethinking my life choices…
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
Real Change 🗞️ @realchangenews.org JOBS / JOURNALISM / JUSTICE
https://www.realchangenews.org/
📰 Our award-winning paper is sold by people who are houseless and low-income.
The views expressed here DO NOT reflect the newsroom.
WSDOT Traffic @traffic.wsdot.wa.gov Official WSDOT Bluesky account for traffic in King & Snohomish counties, including Seattle. Monitored 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon-Fri. Call 911 to report road hazards.
Gordon Diggs @gdiggs.bsky.social Record Collector, Home Cook, Organizer of NYC Mechanical Keyboard Meetup
Meetups: https://nyckeyboardmeetup.com
DJ stuff: https://resistance-frequencies.com/
Steve Wozniak @stevewozniak.bsky.social FEST app guy. Chilluminati. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater hall of famer. That’s my real name. I’m not changing it and your comments about it are all bad. 🇰🇷
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Edward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel
thetechbubble.substack.com
Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social journalist / co-founder @404media.co
signal: sam.404 (sensitive comms)
sam@404media.co (everything else)
complain about the paywall, catch a block
Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social ProPublica reporter | Email me at joshua.kaplan@propublica.org | Contact info & stories here: propublica.org/people/joshua-kaplan
Will Westmoreland @westmoreland-pops.bsky.social Executive Director of Back Forty Action. Father, Grandfather, and Rural Advocate. Political Strategist, Agroforestry Farmer, and Humorist.
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social information science professor (tech ethics + internet stuff)
kind of a content creator (elsewhere also @professorcasey)
though not influencing anyone to do anything except maybe learn things
she/her
more: casey.prof
Ashley Nerbovig @ashleynerbovig.bsky.social 
Megan Burbank @meganburbank.bsky.social reporting on culture, politics, & post-Roe abortion policy. bylines at Slate, The Nation, NPR, The New Republic, Axios. girl about town at Burbank Industries. previously Crosscut, Seattle Times, Portland Mercury, The Stranger.
meganburbank.substack.com
jseattle @jseattle.bsky.social publisher, CHS Capitol Hill Seattle capitolhillseattle.com community news
South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social Amplifying authentic narratives of the South End.
🌐 Read online: southseattleemerald.org
💸 Support our work: southseattleemerald.org/donate
📧 Sign up for our newsletter: https://soseaem.org/WeeklyRoundup
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Sister Spreadsheet
Hannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social reporter in seattle without a boss https://linktr.ee/theburnerseattle?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadnj-uuZRKaBUoh58Etx74tPokr6rPYXnmszZEV4mih3Z_WJKAGaQxRgsMDmw_aem_uVjoe869tDWKeyk02FLVKg
Heels @heels.bsky.social Events cryptid & enthusiast enabler
The town
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social Defector.com. SFGate.com. Six books. I’m just here for a good time.
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.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
dame judy dench press @mygiantrobot.bsky.social support manager & pop culture degenerate | i miss one direction