Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginia—
—but speaking for myself and in my own capacity here.
Be rude and you’ll be blocked.
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Claudio Gnoli @gnoli.eu knowledge organization #KO; theory of classification; informational ontology; philosophy of science; folk traditions of NW Italy; local life; degrowth; non-violence; xenophilia
To appear in 2026: Introduction to Knowledge Organization, 2nd ed.
Rob Montoya @robdmontoya.bsky.social Breslauer Endowed Professor of Bibliography at UCLA | Director, California Rare Book School (CalRBS) | Book History, Libraries, Knowledge Organization | Fulbright
Jutta Haider @juttahaider.bsky.social Social Study of Information & Environmental Communication | SSLIS, Swedish School of Library & Information Science | Posts in English, Swedish, German- D Dan Brickley @danbri.bsky.social data standards technologist. w3c, schema.org etc.
Fabien Gandon @fabien-gandon.bsky.social Senior Researcher at INRIA, Ph.D. and HDR in Informatics and Computer Science, personal quote : He who controls metadata, controls the web. http://fabien.info
Gene Ontology @geneontology.bsky.social The Gene Ontology (GO, geneontology.org) knowledgebase is the world’s largest source of information on gene function. Our mission is to develop a comprehensive, computational model of biological systems, ranging from the molecular to organism level.
John S. Wilkins @jswilkins.bsky.social Historian and Philosopher of Biology, focusing on species and taxonomy. Blog: https:/evolvingthoughts.net, Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/deck/@jswilkins, Substack: https://substack.com/@johnwilkins.
Julia Bullard @julzbullard.bsky.social Associate Professor at the UBC iSchool. knowledge organization, thinking too hard about subject terms. She/her.
davidbawden.bsky.social @davidbawden.bsky.social Occasional informationist. Academic. Londoner.
Website and blog at www.theoccasionalinformationist.com.
CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social A @cilip.bsky.social Special Interest Group.
The UK information profession's voice in #metadata #cataloguing and #discovery. Create, Share, Enrich, Maintain. #MetadataMatters
https://www.cilip.org.uk/mdg
Angelo Salatino @angelosalatino.bsky.social Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer - @kmiou.bsky.social from The Open University.
Research interests: #AI #KnowledgeGraphs #MetaScience #NetworkScience & #SemanticWeb.
JuveFC fan. wd:Q58225772
🌐 https://salatino.org
📍 Bletchley, Milton Keynes, UK
The Ontologist: Michael Airhart @kgraph.pro Semantic Data Modeler connecting ontologies, taxonomies, and knowledge graphs into scalable, human-centered data solutions. Bridge-builder (he/him), ally for equity and inclusive tech. Making data and knowledge work for everyone.
🌍📊🤝📚🧩
Taxobob @taxobob.bsky.social Recovering academic (music theory). Information architect. American gamelan. #taxonomy #ontology #informationarchitecture
Francesco Osborne @fosborne.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at the KMi (The Open University) working on AI, Knowledge Graphs, Neuro-Symbolic Systems, and Science of Science.
Lyn Robinson @lynrobinson.bsky.social Academic, Londoner
lynrobinson.info
Dr Karen F. Pierce @darklecat.bsky.social Cataloguing librarian, author, independent researcher, artist, pagan; lover of stone circles, folklore, myth, cats, books & European social dance.
Currently writing a book on the folklore of burial chambers/cromlechs in Wales.
@obofoundry.bsky.social @obofoundry.bsky.social 
Dr. Linda Freyberg @dielindada.bsky.social Researcher @BBF.DIPF
Editor @LIBREAS.Library ideas
Enthusiastic about:
Charles Sanders Peirce, Visualization, Imagery, Semiotics, Digital Humanities, Information Theory, Knowledge Organization, Open Access and Schalke04 💙🤍
Jeanette Tang 🦋 @jeanettetang.bsky.social I live at the intersection of ontologies and librarianship. #taxonomy #ontology www.linkedin.com/in/jeanette-t-9841ab23
SEMANTiCS Conference @semantics-conf.bsky.social SEMANTiCS conference is the meeting place for professionals who make semantic computing work, and understand its benefits and know its limitations.
SEMANTiCS 2026, 15-17 Sept 2026, Ghent, Belgium
https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/
Bartłomiej Włodarczyk @bartekwlodarczyk.bsky.social PL/EN • Assistant prof. UW | LIS | knowledge organization & AI | Chinese social media.
Adiunkt UW | INiB | organizacja wiedzy & AI | chińskie media społecznościowe.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9229-4656
Private opinions | Prywatne opinie.
Marcin Trzmielewski @badtaxonomist.bsky.social Assoc prof in Information & Documentation Science at the University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry
Knowledge organization (Allergy Ontology #ALLERGIDOC) | Information practices
David Haynes @jdavidhaynes.bsky.social Teacher, researcher, information scientist
Taxonomy Boot Camp London @taxonomybootcamp.bsky.social Everything you need to know about taxonomies & knowledge management, and we're back in person in London 2026. www.taxonomybootcamp.com/London/2026
Tanja Svarre @drsvarre.bsky.social 
@enricomotta.bsky.social @enricomotta.bsky.social 
ahrenlehnert.bsky.social @ahrenlehnert.bsky.social Semantic architect and swimmer.
Robert Hoehndorf @leechuck.bsky.social Associate Professor in Computer Science at KAUST. Editor in Chief for the Journal of Biomedical Semantics. Interested in knowledge representation, bioinformatics, neuro-symbolic AI. 
Aaron Bradley @aaranged.bsky.social Structured content architect serving up content models with a side of semantics. Cat dad. I like to cook!
Jessica Talisman @jtalisman.bsky.social Information architecture • systems thinking •
Katie Kendig @katiekendig.bsky.social Philosophy & history of science, especially of classification• agriculture• synthetic biology• ethnobiology. Associate Professor, Michigan State University•runner•gastronaut
Denny Vrandečić @vrandecic.bsky.social Husband. Dad. Abstract Wikipedia at WMF. Founder Wikidata. Previously: ontologist at Google, Wikimedia Trustee, RPG author. Q18618629. Views mine.- A ASIS&T SIG/MCR @asistsigmcr.bsky.social The SIG formerly known as "CR." Information, metadata, classification, ontologies, and organizing things.
Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social Higher Education. All of it. All around the world. Also: snark, sumo, Winnipeg Jets triumphalism and bitching about Toronto FC.
I blog here: https://higheredstrategy.com/blog/
I podcast here: https://worlded.transistor.fm/
Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social Representing professors, instructors, librarians and counsellors at Dalhousie University since 1978
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity
Sharon Farnel @sfarnel.bsky.social Librarian, Reader, Walker, Lover of all things ships and pirates
Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social Author of Barack Obama’s summer 2026 reading pick DATA EMPIRE, Chair of Film & Media Studies at Dartmouth 💚, equestrian🐴, https://roopikarisam.com
John Kausch (杰克口述) @realcharacterlanguage.world Real Character Language: http://realcharacterlanguage.world
Knowledge Organization #KO Volvelle artist. Ontologist looking for work seeking to serve Wikidata. Hieroglyphs, ontologies, AI, history of universal languages 🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
Alison Hitchens @aehitchens.bsky.social librarian, amateur photographer, cat mum
CRKN - RCDR @crkn-rcdr.bsky.social Together, we empower Canada by creating pathways to trusted knowledge. / Ensemble, nous renforçons l’autonomie du Canada en créant des voies d’accès à un savoir fiable.
https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/
Dani Donovan 👩🏻🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com ✨ ALL THE LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/danidonovan
🎨 ADHD comic artist + TikTok creator
https://adhddd.com
📚 Author of “The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don’t Feel Like It”
https://anti-planner.com
Sarah Polkinghorne @sarahpolk.bsky.social Libraries, info sci, qual research, science, film, art. Knit fast; lift heavy.
https://www.sarahpolkinghorne.ca/
Programming Historian @proghist.bsky.social Award-winning Diamond Open Access journals of digital methods for the humanities.
https://programminghistorian.org • https://tinyurl.com/support-PH • https://linkedin.com/company/prog-hist
David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com Editor, McClelland & Stewart. Author. Writer. General purpose factotum. Lego enthusiast. PhD in political science, just in case.
Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social Copyright & Access 📚🗝️🔸Libraries 🔸Policy 🔸 Technology Law 🔸WikiLove 🦊 EU-DSM 🇪🇺🛠️
🪄 Emerging Formats/Media
⚖️ Public Domain & Digital Common Goods
🪟 Transparency & Governance
#PoetryIsResistance
ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse.com Creator, Writer
Creating:
📲 Flux • Bluesky client app @fluxapp.blue
👋 Wavepal • friend CRM @wavepal.app
🌐 SkyLink • Bluesky ext. skylink.blue
Writing:
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Ryan Randall @ryanpatrickrandall.com A better world is possible, together.
Instructional design, humanities/Cultural Studies, pedagogy, open ed (OER/OA), library work, accessibility, ADHD.
https://www.ryanpatrickrandall.com/
https://hcommons.social/@ryanrandall
Marika Cifor @marikac4.bsky.social Asst Prof @ UW iSchool | archives, digital studies, HIV/AIDS, gender and sexuality studies | she/her 
West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social A home-delivered, periodical local newspaper with city news + art featuring the finest writers and photographers from Toronto and beyond. Subscribe today!
www.westendphoenix.com
The Local Magazine @thelocal.to In-depth, non-profit journalism from corners of Toronto too often overlooked.
Read: https://thelocal.to/
Subscribe: http://thelocal.to/subscribe/
Tips: http://thelocal.to/tips/
Mark Swartz @mark-swartz.bsky.social Scholarly Publishing Librarian at Queen’s University. Visiting Program Officer for Open Science at the Canadian Association of Research Libraries.
Robin Desmeules @robindesmeules.bsky.social Cataloguing and metadata librarian currently serving as scholarly communications librarian. Very into scifi, knittting, video games, and sometimes libraries. Always antifascist.
Ali Versluis @aliversluis.bsky.social The Kyle Lowry of libraries. Last name sounds like a volcano. I do open stuff. Libraries, labour, politics, feminism, basketball, and feelings found here.
Donna Lowe @loweeda.bsky.social Music, basketball (go Raptors), trail running, theatre, libraries. Avid pedestrian, em dash-using human. She/her 🇨🇦
BiblioPhilous @bibliophilous.bsky.social He/him. Bookish, bikeish, brewish, bluish. Kjipuktuk. Burgeoning #DalhousieU Digipres/Archives person, former tome-slinger & metadataist. Coffee crusher. #Critcat, #Critarch, #digipres.
Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social Scholarly Publishing and Platforms Librarian from Brock U. Also PhD candidate. Big fan of computational notebooks and academic labour issues.
You can get me at the other place with: @elibtronic@code4lib.social
Scholars Portal @scholarsportal.bsky.social Scholars Portal is the service arm of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). We provide shared technology and digital collections to university libraries in Ontario and beyond.
Also at mstdn.ca/@scholarsportal
Mita Williams @copystar.bsky.social Law Librarian at Windsor Law.
https://copystar.neocities.org/
Krista Godfrey @weelibrarian.bsky.social I'm a librarian (Head, Advanced Research Services @UVic), tech wannabe, UX enthusiast, instructor, chocoholic, tea lover, bluenoser at heart. Also at mastodon.social/@weelibrarian
Adam Lauder @adamlauder.bsky.social I'm happy healthy and alive
Jane Schmidt @janeschmidt.bsky.social I'm on Team Cat, but I play for Team Dog occasionally. Librarian at TMU.
Politicians will not save us. 
Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc