Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
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Aliya Bhatia @aliyabhatia.bsky.social Tech & human rights @cdt.org
Posts, thoughts, dreams my own.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info Tech policy, civics, art.
Privacy @ACLU.org · Board @MuckRock.com · Teaching @Pratt.edu
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Dr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social 📝 ‘Migrants in the Digital Periphery’ for Uni. Of California Press, ‘Resisting Borders+Tech’ @haymarketbooks. Assistant Professor @Cambridge Digital Humanities. Research/advice @Amnesty Tech. Views=own
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No government is beyond scrutiny, no situation is beyond hope.
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Alix Dunn @alixdunn.com I bloop about the politics of technology and host the Computer Says Maybe podcast: https://www.themaybe.org/podcast
Ghost in the Machine: documentary film, 2026 @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social The untold origins of artificial intelligence lie not in machines but in power. We're revealing the fantasies behind the hype that got us here, and where we go next. Mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI. notaidoc.com
Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social Professor of Psychology at NYU (jayvanbavel.com) | Author of The Power of Us Book (powerofus.online) | Director of NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation | trying to write a new book about collective decisions
Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com International nonprofit protecting human rights online by tackling the spread of online harms. US 501(c)(3) non-profit. Media: media@counterhate.com
Quantian @quantian.bsky.social Locked in and posting regularly on here now
Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social Senior digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum • “The internet folks” - Stephen Colbert
https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social Off Message, Politix.fm;
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
Ossoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov Official updates from Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's office
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social Finnish PhD candidate and geopolitical analyst. Trying to help Ukraine with the 69th Sniffing Brigade
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Ola Innset @olainnset.bsky.social Writer and postal doctor
Fintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com Philosopher at Durham University. fintanmallory.com
Attie @attie.ai The future of social, built by you. https://attie.ai/feeds
Matt Kane @mk.gg 🚀 Astro core team 🧡 Frameworks and dev tools at Cloudflare
Building EmDash, Unpic, Cirrus. @ascorbic in most other places
AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com Social networking technology created by Bluesky.
Developer-focused account. Follow @bsky.app for general announcements!
Bluesky API docs: docs.bsky.app
AT Protocol specs: atproto.com
John Patrick Pullen @jppullen.com Founding editor of @longlead.com, an award winning journalism studio publishing features that make an impact. Formerly: @Fortune.com, and @TIME.com. Yup, they call me JPP.
Long Lead @longlead.com A story studio publishing in-depth journalism without compromise. Latest feature: TITLE WAVES: https://title-waves.longlead.com/
Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and Council Member for Online Media @wgaeast.bsky.social. words also in NYT, LARB, Complex, and POW Mag. he/him. nitishpahwa.73 on Signal. if it's major, hit me on my pager.
Karl Bode @karlbode.com Seattle-based writer focused on tech, media, politics, and consumer rights.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com Managing Editor at Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org
Signal - tylermcbrien.97
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Yeganeh Torbati @yjtorbati.bsky.social Reporter at The Washington Post; co-author of forthcoming book on Iran for Doubleday
Nilo Tabrizy @ntabrizy.bsky.social Visual Forensics at The Washington Post | Writing a book on Iran for Pantheon Books (US) & Atlantic Books (UK) | یاشاسین تبریز
Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team CEO of Bluesky, partner @trueventures.com, personal site: https://toni.org
Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social Longtime journalist
OMNISHAMBLES
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/omnishambles/id1787176282
MAGIC + LOSS
https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Truthdig @truthdig.com Drilling beneath the headlines since 2005.
https://linktr.ee/truthdig
nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social technology mother @ the washington post. baddie in the digital badlands. signal: nitasha.10 
The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social Military analyst, economist, historian, enemy of dictators everywhere. Advisor to governments. ‘Devils Advocate Services’. 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria and the Middle East.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. 
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon.
Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov Defending freedoms. Advancing equality. Ensuring justice for all. News from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member @durbin.senate.gov.
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
Thomas Germain @thomasgermain.bsky.social Tech correspondent for the BBC and host of The Interface podcast. I write about how we use technology, and how technology uses us. Contact me on tomgermain.com
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Ben Welsh @palewi.re 🧮 Data journalist · 🟠 Reuters editor · 🤖 Computer programmer · 🗣️ Send tips to ben.welsh@thomsonreuters.com
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social Washington Post alum covering hacking, disinformation and what’s left of privacy. Author of books on the Cult of the Dead Cow, organized criminal hacking, and Napster. Pulitzer co-finalist 2024. Signal joemenn.01
Gene Park @gene.meme Washington Post culture critic | Pacific Roots | DC Rock
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com I miss you when you’re around.
https://www.todayontrail.com
https://www.todayintabs.com
IGN @ign.com We're all about movies, TV, and video games!
ign.com
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
Stiftelsen Fritt Ord @frittord.bsky.social Fritt Ord er en allmennyttig privat stiftelse som arbeider for å fremme ytringsfrihet, offentlig debatt, kunst og kultur.
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 
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social Writer for WIRED. Author of SANDWORM. Latest book, TRACERS IN THE DARK: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, out now. agreenberg@wired.com. Andy.01 on Signal.
Graham Cluley @grahamcluley.com Award-winning #cybersecurity keynote speaker, writer, podcaster | Host of multi-award-winning @smashingsecurity.com podcast.
❤️ #DoctorWho, #Beatles, #Chess
He/him
🌐 https://grahamcluley.com
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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
@devonlum.bsky.social @devonlum.bsky.social @nytimes Visual Investigations
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social Professor Emeritus (University of Manchester), writes on biology, history of science & French Resistance. Most recent book: a biography of Francis Crick. Now writing THE IDEA OF HEREDITY.
Link to publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8258-4913
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social This space would like me to place a short sentence here, but short sentences are contrary to my nature.
Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
@christogrozev.bsky.social @christogrozev.bsky.social 
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.
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social Politics, politics, politics
Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social I write mostly about the intersection of tech & art/culture which these days means I spend nearly all my time trying to address the exploitation underlying current AI models. A secular humanist interrogating modern religions.
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Mads Korsager @madskorsager.bsky.social Defence correspondent | Danmarks Radio - Danish Broadcasting Corp. | Afghanistan veteran | 👉 mkor@dr.dk
Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social Co-Director at Center for Digital Narrative, Univ of Bergen. Lead research project AI STORIES (ERC Advanced Grant). Australian and Norwegian. Blogging at jilltxt.net since 2000.
Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social Narrative enterprise reporter at The Washington Post. Email: hannah.natanson2@washpost.com and Signal
@HannahNatanson.2026.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
Open Journalism Bot @openjournalism.bsky.social I tweet when a newsroom opens a new repo on GitHub. More at https://www.openjournalism.news | Created by @kleinmatic | List of orgs: https://github.com/silva-shih/open-journalism/blob/master/orgs.csv
Formerly a Twitter bot called newsnerdrepos.
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Read my work at thedissident.news
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social Science journalist writing for Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic, Guardian Books, BBC Future, Washington Post Opinions, Prospect Magazine.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer @newrepublic.com / author A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
// melissagiragrant.com
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Scott Klein @kleinmatic.bsky.social Already living in the future of news at Newspack. Board at @muckrock. Former @propublica. Hoping for the best.
Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Sarah Scott Scire @sarahscire.com sounds like “skeery.” @niemanlab.org deputy editor. following digital journalism, political science, books, the NBA ☘️
on maternity leave until fall 2026! 🔗 sarahscire.com 📥 sarah_scire@harvard.edu 📱 scire.99 (Signal)
Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social Digital Journalism is an international, peer-reviewed, top-ranked journal that publishes cutting-edge research and concepts. Editor-in-Chief: Oscar Westlund.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rdij20
Reponytt @reponytt.bsky.social Norsk versjon av bot'en @openjournalism.bsky.social
Oppdateres når nyhetsorganisasjoner lager et nytt åpent repo på GitHub.
James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social I wanna be your Joey Ramone
Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com tech & society @washingtonpost.com
stories: https://drewharwell.com/
videos: tiktok.com/@drewharwell
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social reporter covering video games and digital culture for Bloomberg News
www.cecianasta.com
Discord: ehvee
Signal: Cecilia.01
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Bart Groothuis @bartgroothuis.bsky.social Member of European Parliament. All things cyber, defence, foreign interference, digital, trade, geopolitics.
David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
Newsletter & contact info: www.davidzipper.com
Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social Retired former US Ambassador, NSC Director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, NSC Director for Nuclear Materials Security, and Deputy Exec. Dir. of the International Energy Agency
Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
Critical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social Critical AI's new issue is out! https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.