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. On PBS September 14. notaidoc.com
Knowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social Formerly Humanities Commons. Discover the latest open-access scholarship and teaching materials, make interdisciplinary connections, build a WordPress website, and increase the impact of your work by sharing it in KCWorks.
jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social 📗 public data cultures https://jonathangray.org/publicdatacultures
🌱 codirector @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social
🫧 feminist STS, internet studies, poetic computation
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Kasandra O'Connell @kazzikat.bsky.social Lover of films, flora and fauna. Usually Head of IFI Irish Film Archive.
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social Campaigning on and off the water to end the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza and for freedom of movement for all Palestinians.
https://linktr.ee/freedomflotillacoalition
Liam Scott @liamjscott.bsky.social Covering local transportation @ Washington Post. Views my own
Miranda L. Barnes @mirandab-oa.bsky.social Research Associate, Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences (MORPHSS), Uni. of Cambridge (Cambridge Digital Humanities & Cambridge University Library). Views my own.
[Find my poetry account at @luminousjune.bsky.social]
Not the RTÉ News @notthertenews.bsky.social Raidió Teilifís Éireann but 𝓼𝓮𝔁𝔂.
Surprisingly, no affiliation with the actual RTÉ News.
Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social Unofficial Kneecap account that I hope the lads will come and claim. Let's build a following here in advance, folks! GRMA
QueerThe Marly @queerthemarly.bsky.social Please help us fundraise to reach our goal of purchasing the building fondly known as ‘the Marly’, to be a community-owned asset. For 60 years the Marly (currently, The Actors) remains central to the Brighton LGBTQIA+ community. Granted ACV (2022).
Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social All things #AnimalRights since 2016.
We exist to end exploitation & achieve total liberation, a world where "treating someone like an animal" is a GOOD THING.
Check out: www.herbivore.club
Support at: https://ko-fi.com/herbivore
Webrecorder @webrecorder.net Web Archiving for All!
https://webrecorder.net
Gizmodo @gizmodo.com The future is here.
@niamhmoore.bsky.social @niamhmoore.bsky.social
Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com Belfast writer. He/him. NUJ. I mostly moan about the media, politics & Arsenal. "Big beast transgender activist" [The Telegraph].
The Trans Agenda reports on anti-trans media coverage in UK papers, subscribe here transagenda.info
AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
The Spectator @thespectator1828.bsky.social Politics, culture, cartoons and more.
Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social https://danmcquillan.org/
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Jacque(line) Wernimont @wernimont.bsky.social Northern Woods dwelling nerd who thinks about how we turn people into numbers. Currently working on history of eugenics, health data, and death certificates. Into fibers, sports, and not falling over. Wrote Numbered Lives (MIT)
Women in AI Ethics official account @womeninaiethics.bsky.social champion of equity and ethics, advocate for diversity in AI and tech, lover of cats and coffee (and occasionally tea)
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...😜
Emma Frankland @notyetarobot.bsky.social She/Xyr
Artist
Writer
Skater
New Writing South @newwritingsouth.bsky.social New Writing South is dedicated to inspiring, nurturing and connecting all kinds of creative writers in southeast England.
Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social We collaborate and engage UK-wide to advance understanding of arts, culture, heritage and screen. Based at the University of Leeds.
Queer Amusements @queeramusements.bsky.social Producers and Presenters of exquisite and exciting queer art in Blackpool🗼♥️
Est.2024
Commissioners: Marlborough Productions, Aunty Social, Arts Council England.
queeramusements.com
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
The Coast is Queer Festival @coastisqueerfest.bsky.social 🛟🏳️🌈The Coast is Queer is the UK's biggest and brightest festival of LGBTQ+ literature🏳️🌈 🛟
Attenborough Centre Brighton 9 – 12 October 2025
Boogaloo Stu @boogaloo-stu.bsky.social Hi!
boogaloostu.co.uk
Dr. Elly Clarke @digitalb0dy.bsky.social pursuing the blur over the binary / ecology over extraction / PhD in the Drag of Physicality in the Digital Age from Goldsmiths / teaching in various places / 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 / any pronouns
ellyclarke.com / @serg1na.bsky.social / https://linktr.ee/digitalb0dy
@brightonfringe.bsky.social @brightonfringe.bsky.social
LGBTQIA+ Archives @archivelgbt.bsky.social 📜 LGBTQIA+ history, searchable & shareable. 🏳️🌈 Explore archives, uncover resources, and help preserve queer stories. Visit https://archive.lgbt
LGBTQ+ Journalism Network @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk The LGBTQ+ Journalism Network is a first-of-its-kind network and community for LGBTQ+ journalists in the UK 🏳️🌈
https://lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk
DH_Age @digitalheritageage.bsky.social Digital Heritage Age explore the intersection of technology, heritage, and community. Our mission is to utilize innovative digital tools to preserve, protect, and promote our shared cultural heritage - https://linktr.ee/dh_age
Nadejda Jahi Webb @nadejdajahi.bsky.social “My work is an extension of my altars."-Brenda Torres-Figueroa✊🏽🇯🇲🇬🇾 | Black. Lit + DH scholar | We Live Language Lab | AD @ LifexCode + VAP @ Hopkins
Jessica Marie Johnson @jessicamariejohnson.com books: Wicked Flesh (Penn Press, 2020); Computational Humanities (UMinn, 2024). Mostly on IG these days: @jessicamariejohnson_
@historybrookeshelf.bsky.social @historybrookeshelf.bsky.social history - social justice - intersectional feminist - decolonizing
Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy.
Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/
Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
Donate: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/donate
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social Open access peer-reviewed journal connecting debates on emerging Big Data practices & how they reconfigure academic, social, industry, & government relations.
Sara @saraheitlinger.bsky.social UKRI Future Leaders Fellow/
Co-Director, Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design/
Reader in Computer Science at City St George's, University of London.
PI on Mosaic: More-than-Human Sustainable and Inclusive Smart Cities. morethanhuman.net
Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social Literary scholar/digital humanities/Black studies, sheep herder, owner of big fluffy Pyrenees who guard said sheep. Descended from a long line of dissenters-Quakers, Mennonites, Bretherns. Current project is uncovering the Millican Massacres of 1868 (tx).
@traceylauriault.bsky.social @traceylauriault.bsky.social https://www.datalibre.ca/
https://carleton.ca/sjc/profile/lauriault-tracey/
Evgeny Morozov @evgenymorozov.bsky.social Hater of solutionism. Books: The Net Delusion; To Save Everything Click Here. Podcasts: The Santiago Boys. A Sense of Rebellion. Founder: The Syllabus.
Eoin O’Dell @cearta.bsky.social Inefficient academic lawyer @tcddublin.bsky.social
Trying to write about Free Speech.
Also GDPR, IP, IT, Privacy, Private Law.
Thinking about Bach, books, chess, coffee, movies, music, screenplays, sport, theatre, whiskey
http://www.cearta.ie
Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social Professor of Political Geography & Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social
Algorithms, politics, technology, biometrics, AI, ethics
Author Cloud Ethics http://dukeupress.edu/cloud-ethics
Juno Dawson @junodawson.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, dog lady.
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
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social 🌎 Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader @greenparty.org.uk Professor of Practice, University of Sussex. Author of 'Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story'. Writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎 linktr.ee/carolinelucasbrighton
TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social Author and podcaster #ActuallyAutistic
DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in 18th-century Studies (Queer & Disability Studies). Author of *Effeminate Years* (2017); co-editor of *The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading* (2025). Views my own, not employer’s.
History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk // Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ //
|| enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ ||
\\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Research Data Alliance (RDA) @researchdataall.bsky.social The Research Data Alliance builds the social and technical bridges that enable the global, open sharing and re-use of data.
Become a member today: https://www.rd-alliance.org/
Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) Scotland @cahgscotland.bsky.social - A self-sustaining network of community archive groups within Scotland
- Collaboration and mutual support
- Celebrating and highlighting its diversity
https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/community-archives/community-archives-and-heritage-group-scotland
ARIADNE Research Infrastructure @ariadne-ri.bsky.social The ARIADNE Research Infrastructure AISBL is a non-profit membership organisation set up to continue the work on integrating archaeology data and services.
Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social They/them. Manchester, England. Freelance designer of playful learning experiences.
Museums - Exhibit Design - Social Justice - Queer Possibility - Power of Play - Children's Museums
margaretmiddleton.com
Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social Irish 🇮🇪 Historian, feminist, academic (UCD) - #EYA Ambassador 2024-25 / Research-gendered & sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
Dermot Frost @astarmain.bsky.social I do stuff with computers and like loud music. Talk a lot about politics especially when #vinb is on. Also @astarmain@mastodon.ie and @astarmain on the fail whale.
Lisa Griffith @lisagriffith.bsky.social Director @dri.ie, #DigiPres, historian, author, PhD, Dublin
#DigiPres #Archives #ResearchData #OpenResearch
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators were at https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/
We're not age verified (!) so we can't see DMs.
Relayed from Mastodon by Skymoth
Aileen O’Carroll @aaocarroll.bsky.social Sociology (#work, #class, #time & #tech). Policy geek at the Digital Repository of Ireland (#archive #data #privacy #gdpr ). @ Maynooth University. She, her. Also cats, jokes & typos
The ADAPT Centre @adaptcentre.bsky.social Research centre focused on AI-Driven Digital Media Technology. Supported by Research Ireland, ADAPT has 8 partner universities and over 400 leading academics across Ireland.
To discuss research collaboration or business partnership, email info@adaptcentre
IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social International Image Interoperability Framework #iiif
www.iiif.io
Joan of Archives 🏳️🌈🇮🇪 @joanofarchives.bsky.social Metadata nerd. Out and Proud. Particularly about being a metadata nerd.
iPRES 2025 International Conference on Digital Preservation @ipres2025.bsky.social iPRES 2025 is in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 3-7 November 2025
Follow us for news and updates on the premiere international digital preservation conference.
All the details are at ipres2025.nz
Cork LGBT Archive @corklgbtarchive.bsky.social Gathering, digitizating, and sharing the rich history of Cork's LGBTQ+ communities 🏳️🌈
https://CorkLGBTArchive.com
Dr Kathryn Cassidy @kathryncassidy.bsky.social
Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social Founder Cork LGBT Archive http://corklgbtarchive.com
Author: Diary Of An Activist http://diaryofanactivist.com
and Queer Republic of Cork Books
Director: LOAFERS Documentary and I'm Here, I'm Home, I'm Happy documentary
Explore Your Archive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Carol Quinn @cqcork.bsky.social Archivist. Here for cats, conversation and craic!
Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social The Home of Film in Ireland.
A historic 3-screen cinema in the heart of Temple Bar, with Ireland's only 70mm projector 🎞
Visit http://ifi.ie + watch online via http://ifiarchiveplayer.ie and https://www.ifihome.ie
Charity Number: 20021429
Dr Laura Molloy @lmhatii.bsky.social FRSA. Artist. Senior research lead @CODATA-ISC, Paris. PhD @OIIOxford & @TheRuskin; visual art, archives, open research data, digital preservation & curation. Opinions mine. 🏴🇪🇺 Also on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@LM_HATII
Europeana @europeana.bsky.social - Europe’s cultural heritage online http://europeana.eu
- European data space for cultural heritage https://dataspace-culturalheritage.eu
Funded by the European Union
Cambridge Digital Humanities @camdighum.bsky.social An interdisciplinary digital humanities research and teaching centre at the University of Cambridge.
Visit our website: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk
Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/NewsCDH
Beck Taylor-Grant @becktaylorgrant.bsky.social Director of Open Science Strategy & Innovation, Taylor & Francis. Open Science & Open Data person with a Humanities twist!
Arts & Humanities Research at TU Dublin @fahresearch.bsky.social Research in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities TU Dublin
https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/faculties-and-schools/arts-humanities/
MU - School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures @smllc.bsky.social Maynooth University SMLLC offers various Undergraduate & Postgraduate degree pathways in Chinese, French, German, Spanish and Latin American Studies.
smllc@mu.ie
Rye Hall Building, Block D
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/school-modern-languages
Mel Farrell @melfarrell.bsky.social Historian, mostly of Ireland,1912-37. New book, 'Vying for Victory', on the 1923 election, co-edited with Elaine Callinan & Thomas Tormey https://tinyurl.com/4jtm4ndb . Also a big Villa fan & music lover. Any views, are my own.
Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a CoreTrustSeal-certified digital repository, or online archive, for the long-term preservation of Ireland's social and cultural digital legacy. Explore the Repository: https://repository.dri.ie/
Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social Art and Literature ✨🌻
Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social
Archives, DH, Museums, African American studies, C19 and early C20.
all opinions my own, not my employer's
https://www.dorothy-berry.com
Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc Head of Research at OneProject.org. Author, Design Justice (https://design-justice.pubpub.org) + Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets. #FreePalestine. Trans agenda. She/they/ella/elle. More: https://www.schock.cc
Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co 👊🏾💥 critical technologist // design researcher // writer // speaker // 📨 First and Fifteenth // 🦆 birdwatcher // 🍽️ collects menus (no, really) // 🔗 https://linktr.ee/uxmichaelco // 🌐 uxmichael.co
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
Visit https://techpolicy.press
Join our newsletter: https://techpolicy.press/newsletter
Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Read my work at thedissident.news
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
Pete the Vet @petethevet.bsky.social I'm a companion animal veterinarian with a mission to talk about pets and pet health, sharing information via http://PeteTheVet.com website, newspapers,television & radio. #XDissenter
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/
AI Accountability Lab @aial.ie Trinity College Dublin’s Artificial Intelligence Accountability Lab (https://aial.ie/) is founded & led by Dr Abeba Birhane. The lab studies AI technologies & their downstream societal impact with the aim of fostering a greater ecology of AI accountability
Internet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu Internet Archive Europe, a Dutch non-profit research library, is building collections and tools to bring them to life. Working with libraries, museums, and archives, we share these tools and collections to further everyone’s services.
Malcolm Noble @malcolmjnoble.bsky.social Bibliographer & historian with broad interests, incl. business and economic hisotry, queer print, oral history, co-operative HE. he/him www.malcolmnoble.co.uk
Sarah Pyke @sarahpyke.bsky.social teaching children's and YA literature at the University of Münster
london.ac.uk/seized-books | #QueerBibliography
researching and writing various things
close reading forever
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social Nonprofit, movement-based, and worker-run publisher of books that provide timely reflections, clear critiques, and inspiring strategies that amplify movements for social justice.
📍Philadelphia
📍NYC
www.commonnotions.org
Andy Woggle @andywoggle.bsky.social Live-aboard boater and dog person. Loves football, feeds ducks. Crown Prince of Uzbekistan. Occasional liar in biographies
PACT Dogs @pactdogs.bsky.social Professional Association of Canine Trainers. Is an ABTC Recognised organisation, a Pending B-Corp a truly ethical professional accreditation body for Dog Trainers. The Canine Instructor Training Course is the only ABTC Recognised Hybrid ATI Programme.