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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Starre Vartan @starrevartan.bsky.social Science Journalist & Author: The Stronger Sex (Seal/Hachette) Regular Bylines: Nat Geo, WashPo, SciAm, New Scientist, Science Alert And: Weightlifter, Ceramicist, Wildswimmer, Ecstatic Dancer 🇦🇺🇺🇸 dual citizen my book 👇 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ye7nrwp7
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32 FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else). New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
Max Slinger @promptslinger.bsky.social I write one prompt. Whole galaxies fall out. Bridging the gap between prompts and real work. AI Educator. Absurdist. Builder. Stick around, I'll teach you.
Amos Toh @amostoh.bsky.social senior counsel, Brennan Center for Justice. interested in all the ways money in tech helps and hurts. he/him, 🇸🇬 in 🇺🇸
Josh Petri (he/him) @joshpetri.bsky.team Head of Communications, Bluesky Social. former journalist and outdoor industry person. always an organic life form.
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
defendthe612.bsky.social @defendthe612.bsky.social Supporting community resistance to the current ICE occupation in Minnesota by connecting neighbors, sharing resources, and documenting.
Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.
Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social Director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Raised in Austin TX; in DC for last 20+ years; MA/WA/IL/CA/NZ in between. Owner of extremely cute dog.
Imran Ahmed @imranahmed.bsky.social CEO & Founder of Center for Countering Digital Hate
Karen Yourish @karenyourish.bsky.social Data and visual investigations at The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/by/karen-yourish
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social New York Times reporter on the investigations desk, focusing on technology and data journalism. Reach me on Signal at jenval.06 https://www.nytimes.com/by/jennifer-valentino-devries
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
profmarkwilson.bsky.social @profmarkwilson.bsky.social History professor; author of American War Machine: The US Military-Industrial Complex from Eisenhower to Trump (Princeton University Press, 2027), as well as Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II (2016).
Margarita @margarita.bsky.social Popular with friends. Sharing videos I like at @youtubesilike.bsky.social
Scot Gallaher @scotgallaher.bsky.social Texan. Fmr Congressional candidate. Fmr Harris County Dem Precinct Chair. alum: U Texas Mechanical Engineering, U Texas IC2/McCombs Tech Commercialization, Harvard Kennedy MPA/ID, McKinsey. Fmr Scout Lifeguard. Eagle Scout. Alief Pony League Baseball Champ
Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis.bsky.social NYT economics reporter. Just checking things out over here.
Dan Vogt✨ @danvogt.bsky.social Creator of DATA WING and Skyward Journey. Formerly co-founded Halfbrick. 😊✨ he/him 📍 Brisbane, Australia 🌐 danvogt.info
Sergio olmos @sergioolmos.bsky.social Investigative reporter @CalMatters | Winner of no awards | sergio@calmatters.org | dm for Signal | 🇲🇽
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Emily Shugerman @eshugs.bsky.social wealth and power reporter @sfstandard.com // previously @thedailybeast.bsky.social @the-independent.com. email me: eshugerman@sfstandard.com
@rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social
Nancy Youssef @nancyayoussef.bsky.social Journalist. Egyptian-American. And according to one reliable source, "a much better stepmom than Cinderella’s.” http://WSJ.com #autismstepmom
Keith Chu @keithchu.bsky.social Comms for Sen. Wyden of Oregon but takes are my own. Guinea pig friend, kid dad, soccer enthusiast, seattle sports, KTBFFH. Gravity always wins
Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk. senatefinance.bsky.social wydenpress.bsky.social
Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social reporter @WIRED.com caroline_haskins@wired.com 785-813-1084 https://www.wired.com/author/caroline-haskins/
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social Author of The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland. Writing in Architectural Digest, NYT, Antiques, and elsewhere. https://www.sarah-archer.com/
Ernesto Londoño @londonoe.bsky.social Newspaper journalist. Author of Trippy: the Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics. St. Paul, MN is home.
Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer.bsky.social I write about billionaires and their impact on the world for The New York Times. MSNBC contributor. Proud Puck, Recode alum. Get my stories at this link: https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/theodore-schleifer
Catherine Bracy @catherinebracy.com Founder + CEO of TechEquity (techequity.us). Author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy. Long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social NPR Correspondent covering technology and national security. Send me a tip: Text JennaMcLaughlin.54 on Signal from personal (nonwork) devices.
Lam Thuy Vo @lamthuyvo.bsky.social Reporter who tinkers with data Documented NY Teach: Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY Past: The Markup, BuzzFeed News, WSJ, NPR, Al Jazeera America lam.vo@documentedny.com lamthuyvo.com
Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social New York Times journalist covering cities and urban policy for The Upshot. emily.badger@nytimes.com, ebadger.21 on Signal
Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social Journalist covering the F.D.A. for The New York Times. Loves: The outdoors, a juicy investigation, spicy food & my most of all, my boys.
Declan Walsh @declanwalsh.bsky.social Chief Africa correspondent, The New York Times
Andrew Ross Sorkin @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social @NYTimes Columnist/Editor & @SquawkCNBC Co-Anchor. Author, Too Big To Fail. Founder, @DealBook. Co-Creator, BILLIONS @Showtime.
Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social “There is a true person of no rank who is always coming and going through the portals of your face.” — Linji Yixuan Writer, reader, watcher, cyclist, walker, meditator, enjoyer of things, ex-nyt, he/him http://palafo.org. Signal: Palafo.38
SueJeanne Koh (she/her) @sjkoh.bsky.social Assistant Director of Graduate Futures and Research Engagement at UC Irvine's Humanities Center; scholar and teacher of Christian theology and ethics.
Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social Teaches history at UCI, writes on China for the TLS, LARB, Dissent, WSJ, & other venues, 1st book on East AND Southeast Asia came out in June from Columbia Global Reports https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-milk-tea-alliance
Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social Global climate justice reporter @DrilledMedia.bsky.com Before: Guardian, Independent Author: Who killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads & an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet Contributor: Gaza. The story of a genocide Ex-mental health nurse.
Katie Stallard @katiestallard.bsky.social Writing about Russia, China and authoritarian politics for the New Statesman. Author of Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea (OUP). Former Wilson Center fellow. Based in DC. Previously Beijing and Moscow.
Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social Journalist
Angilee Shah @angshah.bsky.social Just looking around. angileeshah.com @cvilletomorrow.bsky.social
Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power https://www.wired.com/author/vittoria-elliott/ Signal: velliott88.18/vittoria89.82 elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com
dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Sr. writer @wired.com: Surveillance & coptech Signal: dell.3030
Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social Reporter and Computer Guy at WIRED. Previously: Bloomberg News, Center for Investigative Reporting, Gizmodo, eyebeamnyc. Tips: dhruv_mehrotra@wired.com /@dmehro.89 on Signal
Lily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social Security reporter for WIRED Magazine. she/her/my man. Signal +1 (347) 722-1347
Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social Now: Making Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor for Protocol; reporter for Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.
@hanmeeshee.bsky.social @hanmeeshee.bsky.social
S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @stopspyingny.bsky.social Fighting to abolish local & state surveillance.
Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social It's pronounced Boo-Yah. Senior tech reporter/editor at The Guardian US covering surveillance of marginalized groups. Tips: Johana.Bhuiyan@theguardian.com Signal: @johanabhuiyan.47 https://www.theguardian.com/profile/johana-bhuiyan
Josh Chin @joshchin.bsky.social Senior correspondent for WSJ covering collisions of geopolitics, tech, and power. 15+ yrs in Asia, mostly China. Co-author of SURVEILLANCE STATE: https://www.josh-chin.com/books Signal: joshchin.86. Also: josh.l.chin@protonmail.com
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies. Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware. ☎️ Signal: +1 917 257 1382
Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social Security writer @wired.com Cybercrime, privacy, surveillance, and more. Signal: mattburgess.20 | Email: matt_burgess@wired.com
Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. New album "AMAB/ACAB" out 9/19/25 on Get Better Records. $5 ft. Eve 6 out now on your fav surveillance capitalist streaming platform she/her/they/them
Markus Reuter @markus.reuter.netzpolitik.org Journalist at netzpolitik.org | Digital & Tech | Surveillance | Censorship | Human Rights | Social Movements | https://netzpolitik.org/author/markusr | Mastodon: https://23.social/@markusreuter ❤️ = Bookmark
Amanda Levendowski Tepski @tepski.tech writing Good Technologies: A Practical Primer for Lawyers (coming 2027 @ucpress.bsky.social) teaching intellectual property, cyberlaw, privacy + technology @georgetownlaw.bsky.social making prints, perfumes, + poems @ tepski.tech/art
Todd Feathers @toddfeathers.bsky.social Freelance investigative data journalist. Writing about technology, education, and privacy. toddfeathers.com
Alex Kingsbury @alexkingsbury.bsky.social Writer, journalist. New York Times contributing writer. Formerly New York Times editorial board, Boston Globe, US News&World Report, WBUR.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Rebecca Yarros @rebeccayarros.bsky.social #1 New York Times bestselling author
Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social Guardian senior reporter, based in Los Angeles. Sam.Levin@theguardian [dot] com. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sam-levin
Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social At the intersection of culture, diversity & inclusion LGBTQ+ inclusion expert 🏳️‍🌈 CEO Out Now https://outnowconsulting.com/podcast/ Award-winning content+research—All posts are my personal opinions Work covered by FT, Fortune, TIME, The Economist, CNBC, BBC
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋 moryan.com 💚 linktr.ee/maureenryan 🚀 I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept Got a tip? Signal: sambiddle.99 (Make sure you don’t contact me via a work-provided device) https://sambiddle.com
latimesphotos @latimesphotos.bsky.social Photography staff of the Los Angeles Times
Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social UK journalist in SF covering security, space, and science, and stuff that looks fun. Into sailing, F1, F5, the Oxford comma, and Marmite. All views my own. Signal: iainthomson.60 if you want to talk. Reluctantly siliconlimey on Insta & iainthomson on X.
Amanda Chicago Lewis @amandachicagolewis.bsky.social journalist
Mark Mazzetti @markmazzetti.bsky.social Washington Correspondent, The New York Times. Author, "The Way of the Knife: the CIA, a Secret Army and a War at the Ends of the Earth," and currently writing a book about the Middle East. Adjunct professor, Duke University.
Ginger @wildcats4ginger.bsky.social Retired workaholic-investigated & followed the $. •Now I fact ☑️ to substantiate & write about events, Congressional Bills & court cases 💕people of all faiths, I’m a sculptor & writer 🦋A Southern gal now AZ cowgirl I enjoy life w Hubby.🚫NO PORN & NO DM
Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct) https://mattdpearce.substack.com
Katie Schwarz @craziesthawk.bsky.social Writer from Oakland. Grants and copywriting and creative nonfiction. On the 5th draft of a memoir about growing up with Crohn's. That 6th draft is gonna be lit.
Stephanie Saldaña @stephsaldana.bsky.social Writer, reader, impatient chronicler of that which vanishes and remains. I write about migration, religious diversity, cultural heritage, and beauty in terrible times. Middle East, France, Texas. Latest book: WHAT WE REMEMBER WILL BE SAVED.
Michaela Román @michaela.bsky.social social @nytimes.com
jake grovum @jgrovum.bsky.social i post @nytimes.com
@kateconger.bsky.social @kateconger.bsky.social hello i'm @kateconger.com now! please follow me there.
Vindu Goel @vindugoel.bsky.social Director of community engagement @nytimes. Former Mumbai and Silicon Valley correspondent
Sam Felix @1312sam.bsky.social BD, Platforms, AI, Partnerships @cnn
Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump, his administration and circle of friends -- without fear or favor. I write about people and power. My contact on Signal: EricLiptonNYT.01
Peter Eavis @eavis.com New York Times reporter, covering logistics/supply chains and the companies and people in those industries. Got any tips? Send to my Signal ( @peteavis.08 ) or use this link: https://www.nytimes.com/tips "IT'S NOT LIGUE 1, BRO." - VvD
Jonah M. Kessel @jkessel.bsky.social Opinion Video, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/opinion-video https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonah-m-kessel
Becca Foley @beccapfoley.bsky.social techy things @nytimes.com
Lazaro Gamio @lazarogamio.bsky.social I make charts at the NYT. Sometimes they're good... https://www.nytimes.com/by/lazaro-gamio https://lazarogamio.com/
Rubina Fillion @rubinafillion.nytimes.com Working on A.I. Initiatives @nytimes; formerly @WSJ, @theintercept, @columbiajournalism; avid consumer of coffee and novels
Ryan Venezia @ryanvenezia.bsky.social Senior comment moderator at The New York Times
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social Journalist. Beat reporter covering the court, prison and other aspects of life at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay. Former Miami Herald Middle East correspondent.
@nicolestock.bsky.social @nicolestock.bsky.social audience editor & reporter @nytimes.com. ex-chicago tribune.
Dylan Freedman @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com Machine-learning engineer and journalist, A.I. Initiatives @nytimes.com My work: https://www.nytimes.com/by/dylan-freedman Contact: dylan.freedman@nytimes.com, dylanfreedman.39 (Signal) 🏃🏻 🎹
Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Jacob Ward @byjacobward.bsky.social CNN contributor and founder of TheRipCurrent.com covering AI, surveillance, disinformation, platforms, the whole shebang. My book "The Loop" about AI mania is out in paperback. Former NBC, Al Jazeera, PBS.