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Tom Chatfield @tomchatfield.bsky.social Tech philosopher, author, dad. Critical thinking, AI ethics, future skills. Latest book: Wise Animals (Picador) https://tinyurl.com/WiseAnimals Views mine
Alex O’Connor @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social YouTuber. Not sure if I’ll use this.
Annaka Harris @annakaharris.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of "CONSCIOUS", writer / producer of the audio documentary "LIGHTS ON", author of the children's book "I Wonder"
AnnakaHarris.com
John Horgan @jhorganism.bsky.social Battered old science writer, optimist/grouch, peacenik/hockey player, knownothing/knowitall, materialist/mystic. Spouts off at johnhorgan.org.
Monash Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies (M3CS) @monash-m3cs.bsky.social M3CS | A unique interdisciplinary centre at Monash University. Through research and education, we explore consciousness, mindfulness, and our connection to each other and the planet.
Learn more: http://monash.edu/m3cs
Noema Magazine @noemamag.com Longform journalism exploring fresh ideas. Pitch us: edit@noemamag.com
Psyche Magazine @psyche.co A magazine to help you understand yourself and live well.
Big Think @bigthink.com Learn from the world’s biggest thinkers. Curious / Thoughtful / Open / Constructive. Changing media with @freethinkmedia.
Joel Pearson @elethiomel1.bsky.social Random bloke
Oliver Scott Curry @oliverscottcurry.bsky.social Chief Science Officer www.kindness.org | Research Affiliate https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk | www.oliverscottcurry.com
Evolution, cooperation, morality & politics. All posts are hypotheses.
Ed Hagen @edhagen.net Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University.
Faculty page: https://anthro.vancouver.wsu.edu/people/hagen/
Views expressed are my own and do not reflect those of my employer or other organizations I'm affiliated with.
Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social Psychology, evolution, science. Author of "A Billion Years of Sex Differences" (2026), "The Ape That Understood the Universe" (2018), and "Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life" (2010). https://www.stevestewartwilliams.com/
Center for Process Studies @ctr4process.bsky.social The Center for Process Studies (CPS) is a nonprofit think-and-action tank that conducts interdisciplinary research and education to cultivate holistic understanding for human and planetary flourishing.
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com
📖 substack.com/@rutgerbregman
📺 youtube.com/@rutger.bregman
Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Independent journalist covering the rise of corporations over democracy.
Michaelwest.com.au
YouTube.com/thewestreport
Patreon.com/thewestreport
Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social Chief Economist at @australiainstitute.org.au
Columnist on economics and politics for Guardian Australia.
Dollars & Sense podcast https://australiainstitute.org.au/news/category/podcasts/dollars-sense/
Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social #HumanRights #ClimateAction #auspol #USPolitics #journalism #SciFi #history #books #RefugeesWelcome #FreePalestine
Sydney, Australia http://linktr.ee/peterwmurphy1
Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social Journalist & astrophysicist. Host, @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. New book: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about broken futures pushed by tech billionaires. Words in the Atlantic, NPR, NYT, the Guardian, BBC, SciAm, Fortune, etc. He/him. Signal: adambecker.84
PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social Reporting research on human behavior and cognition. #PsychSciSky #Psychology #SciComm
Michael Felz @hombrepajaro.bsky.social Love to photograph birds.
Animal Flix @animalflix.bsky.social Love animals? 🐾 Follow us for your daily dose of adorable! 🐶🐱
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Zandra.Bluesky 420buddy @zandra-b.bsky.social I am Australian, born in India. Pet subjects are the Politics of all countries. All animals, both wild and domestic. I love cats, dogs, sugar gliders, meerkats, raccoons, foxes, wolves and owls the most. I'm a Leo. Anti Trump & Musk. RESIST. NEVER GIVE UP.
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
he/him
YouGov @yougov.co.uk YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviours from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks. Join now: https://account.yougov.com
The Chaser @chaser.com.au By reading these tweets you agree to grant us power of attorney. Way more content over at chaser.com.au
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social Author of MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. A finalist for the National Book Award.
DC correspondent at Puck.
All views my own.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Michael Moore @mmflint.bsky.social Filmmaker. Writer. Citizen. Podcaster. Listen to “The Michael Moore Podcast” on Apple & Spotify. Sign up for my free newsletter at MichaelMoore.com
Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com NY Times bestselling author, America’s #1 progressive talk show host, politics, ADHD, spirituality, science, SiriusXM, FSTV, HartmannReport.com, Pacifica, Thom.tv, ThomHartmann.com, WisdomSchool.com, HunterInAFarmersWorld.com 
Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.
Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social The Countdown with Keith Olbermann Podcast is back: Regular Flavor and, now, Tartar Control all-video on YouTube. Monday, Thursday AM https://link.chtbl.com/countdownwithkeitholbermann
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein- T Professor Toby Walsh FAA FTSE @tobywalsh.bsky.social Reputably an "AI rock star". Though the only rock star'ish thing he's ever done is getting banned indefinitely from Russia.
Nicole Hennig @nic221.bsky.social E-learning dev & AI educator at U of Arizona Libraries. Former head of UX at MIT Libraries. Winner of MIT Excellence Award. nicolehennig.com. Digital nomad from 2013-17, locationflexiblelife.com.
- vegetarian
- car-free
- universal basic income: yes
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
@kylelwiggers.bsky.social @kylelwiggers.bsky.social Ai2 Comms Lead | kylew@allenai.org | Pronouns: he/him
Rowan Cheung @rowancheung.bsky.social Founder of the world’s most read daily AI newsletter:
www.therundown.ai. Sharing the latest developments in the world of artificial intelligence.
Matt Wolfe @mreflow.bsky.social I like tech and AI and I make YouTube videos.
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
Sabine Hossenfelder @hossenfelder.bsky.social German Physicist
Mike Kentz @mikekentz.bsky.social Founder, AI Friction Labs, #EdAI, #EduSky
Adjunct Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University
AI Friction Labs: https://www.aifrictionlabs.com
Substack: https://mikekentz.substack.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-kentz-04b35b1a/
Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social Social philosophy | ethics | philosophy of #mentalhealth | #autotheory I philosophy of self-harm l philosophy of lived experience
Dyspraxia = constant typing mistakes
Social media is the perfect place to let lose my love of non-sequiturs
#philsky- D David Chalmers @davidchalmers.bsky.social
Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social Philosopher, apparently. Working on issues in neuroscience, consciousness, sensory engineering, psychedelics, and pain.
Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα. Friend of @philosynthesis.com
Website: https://keithfrankish.com
Manages Philosophy Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/5aps8sbv
Joscha Bach @joscha.bsky.social 
Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social Neuroscientist: consciousness, perception, and Dreamachines. Author of Being You - A New Science of Consciousness. 
Thomas Metzinger @metzinger.bsky.social https://thomasmetzinger.com
Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social Professor, LSE. Philosophy of science, animal consciousness, animal ethics. Director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience.
Suzi Travis @suzitravis.bsky.social Neuroscientist PhD. I write about neuroscience, consciousness, and AI
⭐️ Newsletter: suzitravis.substack.com 
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
Newsletter (100k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. @jhuartssciences.bsky.social & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social.
Latest books: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe.
https://preposterousuniverse.com/
OLDaily @oldaily.bsky.social 
Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social Philosopher. Educator. Journalist. Programmer. Photographer. Cyclist. Socialist.