Gunnar Havsteen-Mikkelsen @gunnarhavsteen.bsky.social Special advisor on cyber security and risk management
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Dalindyebo Shabalala (he/him) @dyebo.bsky.social Prof of Law @Suffolk University Law School. Climate, IP, Indigenous Rights. Blog and Publications - https://dalishabalala.com
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Guy Lane: founder Vita Sapien Philosophy @guylane.bsky.social Guy LaneโAustralian environmental scientist & author asks: are you Vitan? Someone who loves nature, trusts science, and takes action?
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African Initiative Of Women Human Rights Defenders @whrdinitiative.bsky.social We exist because WHRDs exist.
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Geno Teofilo @genoteofilo.bsky.social NGO Aid Watch Founder and NGO Communications Professional. Former Oxfam, Norwegian Refugee Council & others. Coffee please!
Constitutional Court Art Collection @concourt-art.bsky.social A unique collection of art that speaks to freedom, dignity and equality. Owned, managed and cared for by the @ConcourtTrust.
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Nick Fitzhenry @nickfitzhenry.bsky.social Postdoc at CAMPOP & King's College, Cambridge
PhD in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics & historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering @pickeringrobyn.bsky.social Assoc. Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ Co-director Human Evolution Research Institute | geology, isotopes, U-Pb dating carbonates, human evolution, southern African palaeoclimates | equitable fieldwork | decolonisation |she/her
Sameer Kankali โโฎโ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ท๐๐โ๏ธโ๐ผ @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS ๐๐ฆ
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social ๐๐๐๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐GO BLUE DEMOCRACY! Fighting for the rights of ALL people. Join us as we cut through the noise of the latest news stories, information and a little bit of humor. FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social ๐ธ Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera ๐ธ
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Constantine Lignos @lignos.bsky.social Asst. prof. of computational linguistics, Brandeis University. I focus on natural language processing resources and models for less-resourced and minoritized languages, with a specialization in named entity recognition. #NLProc #NLP https://lignos.org/
Siobhan Mackenzie Hall @smhall97.bsky.social ๐ฟ๐ฆ | Fairness in AI | University of Oxford | Deep Learning Indaba | Internships: Google DeepMind || Microsoft Research
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James Allingham @jamesallingham.bsky.social Research Scientist @GoogleDeepMind | Organiser @DeepIndaba | Machine Learning PhD @CambridgeMLG | ๐ฟ๐ฆ
ReCreate South Africa @recreateza.bsky.social An umbrella advocacy movement of Users and Creators of Copyright, based in South Africa.
https://www.re-createza.org/
Kendall Powell @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social Senior editor @Nature.com's Careers team. Word nerd and chronicler of the geekosphere. Flip-turner at 5am. Opinions are just mine. she/her
Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social GM @reveliolabs.bsky.social, MIT Researcher, he/him, Senior Visiting Researcher @ Ritsumeikan, Co-Founder of Humanyze, former Senior Researcher @ HBS, author of People Analytics
IT for Change @itforchange.bsky.social We work on #InternetGovernance, #Gender, #Education & #DigitalJustice.
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Doug Parry @dougaparry.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Media Psychology in the Department of Communication Science at VU Amsterdam (๐ณ๐ฑ) researching media effects, digital well-being, attention, mental health. Open Science, Computational Methods
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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own.
Jules @julesrotich.bsky.social Tech in service of humanity. Fintech, AI, Entrepreneurship, Transformational Leadership
Hugh Shanahan @hughshanahan.bsky.social Professor of Open Science at Royal Holloway, University of London. He/Him/Hugh. Co-chair of CODATA-RDA schools. Dad. Irish agus รณ Chiarraรญ. More details at orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-6015. Also at @HughShanahan@mastodon.ie
I am very much under renovation.
Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social LSE journalism professor
I run the LSE Polis Journalism and AI project
Hammer
Partnership on AI @partnershipai.bsky.social A non-profit bringing together academic, civil society, industry, & media organizations to address the most important and difficult questions concerning AI.
Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social Chair of Data Science at University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Co-Founder LelapaAI. #NLProc
PhDCS Rutgers, BScEE-MsEE Wits University.
Changing the World @DeepIndaba @MasakhaneNLP.
Made with โค๏ธ Tshwane
Lab Data Science for Social Impact 
Ethiopia Beyond @talksmart.bsky.social Exploring the untold beauty, culture, history, innovation, and spirit of Ethiopia.
Sharing authentic stories, breathtaking places, people, traditions, and the new face of Africaโs rising destination.
From ancient civilizations to modern transformation โ E
Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability @westerncapeforum.bsky.social NGO | Social justice for persons with disabilities | Human rights | Disability rights | Education rights | Children's rights 
Haroon Bhorat @haroonbhorat.bsky.social Professor of Economics
University of Cape Town
South Africa 
Andries du Toit - School of Government, UWC @andriesdutoit-uwc.bsky.social Postcolonial statecraft; contentious politics; political belonging, deliberative practice. All this, and the polycrisis. Views not my own.
@sherylle.bsky.social @sherylle.bsky.social 
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Exploring Evaluation @evalexpl.bsky.social Programme & policy #Evaluation, #MandE, #MeasuringImpact, #Eval #Conferences & more; for evaluators & orgs
On Twitter: @EvalExpl https://x.com/EvalExpl
Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation @mandelasmf.bsky.social Charity set up to inform and educate about the links between Scotland, Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle, and Mandela's lessons for all who work for racial and social justice.A statue of Mandela in Mandela Place Glasgow is an early objective.
Hashtag Nonprofit @hashtagnonprofit.bsky.social A news magazine website for the South African nonprofit sector.
We aim to amplify the positive impact of SA's great nonprofit organisations. https://hashtagnonprofit.org/
Mals @malsofficial.bsky.social 
Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social Our organization examines how media and emerging technologies shape democracy. Weโre housed at McGill Universityโs Max Bell School of Public Policy, and led by Taylor Owen.
Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
Ronรฉ McFarlane @rownsterr.bsky.social Education PhD candidate King's College London | Education activist | Policy nerd | Teacher at heart | Undercover journo | Astrant | Ronรฉ not Rone
Chris @chrismumbeck.bsky.social 99% ethically sourced.
Megan Gill @alteditdelete.bsky.social Film editor. Arsenal and Lewis Hamilton. Johannesburg.
Sara L @sazzypants.bsky.social A South African professional game master (D&D 2014, Pathfinder 2e and Blades in The Dark) living life with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Jaco Brill ๐ฟ๐ฆ @jacobrill.bsky.social South African ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Cape Town
Music lover ๐ถ
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Gig/festival organizer in previous life
Manchester United โฝ
Springboks ๐
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Job : Landscape contracts manager
CGT @cgtrsa.bsky.social Work in finance, Saffa living in Switzerland, still not competent in French after 12 years. Home cook, make Biltong, Boerewors and Chilli sauces. Braai a lot and use recipes from Nagi, Kenji and Nigella.
Absolutely adore my wife of 33 years.
Tax the rich
Caryn Gootkin @caryng.bsky.social SA-based book lover, justice seeker, puzzle doer
Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social Radiant ambiguity/unclassified residuum/ enigmatic relief/seasoned harridan (historian of age, gender, reproduction, opinions my own and not my employerโs etc.)
https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/sarah-duff/
John Aerni-Flessner @lesothojohn.bsky.social Prof African History MSU
White Gold: https://tinyurl.com/ymt64kfz
Dreams for Lesotho: http://undpress.nd.edu/9780
Publications here: https://tinyurl.com/ynvwp6c5
MSU FS Chair 2026-27
Lesotho, development, borders, running, Michigan
Views my own
@nabeelseedat.bsky.social @nabeelseedat.bsky.social 
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SibbyAru @sibbyaru.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธTrans Woman | โ๏ธShe/Her | ๐ฎGamer | ๐ฅAnime | ๐Manga | ๐ญAspiring Content Creator | ๐ปFinal Fantasy XIV | ๐ปGraphics Designer | โฏ๏ธWhelm | ๐ผAspiring Business Woman
https://www.youtube.com/@SibbyAru
Geoff ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ @geoffvh.bsky.social Really canโt stand Twitter anymore, and I think Elon Musk is a twat.
The Canadian @xestex.bsky.social Immigrant. Founder. Social Liberal. Fiscal conservative. Pro-Choice. Pro-Ukraine. Ardent Supporter of Two-State solution to resolve Middle East conflict.
Love to read. Love Tech and AI.
MambaOnline.Com @mambaonline.bsky.social Southern Africa's leading LGBTQ+ news and community platform. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ #LGBTQ
TalkTeaV @talkteav.bsky.social From one great episode to the next, and one Bronx story at a time. TalkTeaV covers TV and movie news along with Bronx arts and culture.
Antoine Galindo @antoinegalindo.bsky.social Chef adjoint, service international de @liberation.fr | Un ลil sur lโAfrique & MENA |๐Paris | EN & FR
Jana Marais @janamarais.bsky.social Mining, mountains, and a few things in between
MyANC @myanc.bsky.social African National Corruption #Parody
Here for a good time. Not a long time.
Celebrating 30 Years of Corruption.
120 Years of Gaslighting.
Chief Albert Luthuli House
Johannesburg, South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com SVP, Strategy & Operations. Building products, growing audiences and driving revenue. Previously TIME and VICE News. Posting about media, technology and AI.
Website: https://tylerborchers.com/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tylerborchers/
News in the world @news-international.bsky.social ๐ World news at a glance.
๐ฐ Stay updated with international news: Politics, Economy, Environment, Culture, Tech, and more.
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Andrew Newdigate @suprememoocow.bsky.social Distinguished Engineer at GitLab, Inc ๐ฆ Application Infrastructure, Scalability, Resilience, Reliability, Observability, Platforms.
Love spending time outdoors, and with my fam. Based in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Views are entirely my own.
Julie Patchouly @juliepatchouly.bsky.social Psychologist, Clinical Therapist, Writer, Avid Reader and Lover of Humanity. I am salt and light.
Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social Scientific center for Transregional, Reciprocal African Studies and Societal Exchange at the University of Freiburg. https://act.uni-freiburg.de/en
Matthew de Gale @mdegale.bsky.social Joburg guy who travels a bit, cooks a bit, swims sometimes. I work in sustainable development type stuff mostly in Southern and East Africa. ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐ฅ๐บ
African Centre for Media Excellence @acme-africa.bsky.social ACME is a Kampala-based independent organisation committed to equipping journalists and communicators across Africa to seek and achieve professional excellence.
Marchรฉ Arends @marche.bsky.social Investigative Journalist ๐ฟ๐ฆ
2025 Pulitzer Center AI Accountabilty Fellow
Read my work here: www.marchearends.com
Danie @gadgeteer.co.za Tech blogger - https://gadgeteer.co.za/blog
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GadgeteerZA
Technology, South Africa, Cape Town, FOSS, Open Source Software, Linux, Open Standards, Health Tech, Ham Radio ZS1OSS, Privacy, and Green Tech
Engrossed AI @engrossedai.bsky.social We use several different tools to create entertaining content. Music Videos, YouTube shorts, etc. ๐ค๐ค๐ป๐ค๐พ๐ค๐ฟ๐ฆ youtube.com/@engrossedai ๐
The Current Focus @thecurrentfocus.bsky.social Unbiased fact based content. We present information, you can interpret it and use it as you wish. ๐ youtube.com/@thecurrentfocus ๐
Charl Blignaut @poptartology.bsky.social Writer, reader, editor, poptart, flaming queer. 
Etienne Goudreau-Lajeunesse @etiennegl.bsky.social Auteur, prof
Children's Institute, University of Cape Town @childrensinstitute.bsky.social Advancing #ChildrensRights through interdisciplinary and child-centred research, evidence-based advocacy, and education. An applied research unit of the University of Cape Town. ci.uct.ac.za | uct.ac.za
Tamara Oh @tamara0h.bsky.social Independent writer, editor, and communications consultant.
Word Chef. Mom to Noogie. Grammar grumpypants. F1 nut. Here for the cat pics and puns.
Pamela Power @pamelapower.bsky.social Author of both fiction and non-fiction. Screenwriter & Script Editor. Loves coffee, cats, books & rugby. Has two children & one husband and lives in Johannesburg #SoberCurious #Springboks #ReadSA ๐ฟ๐ฆโค๏ธ๐ฟ๐ฆโค๏ธ๐ฟ๐ฆโค๏ธ
R. Maxwell Bone @maxbone55.bsky.social Eyes on all things Africa, Human Rights and Democracy. Recovering Democracy & Governance Practitioner. MPhil from the University of Cambridge. Words in @foreignpolicy.com @wpr.bsky.social @newhumanitarian.bsky.social & elsewhere
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT โ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
Dhanaraj Thakur @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social Director, Fair Technology Initiative, George Washington University Law School.
Board Member: Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition; Friends of Global Voices.
Ingrid Weideman @ingcapetown.bsky.social Dogs, podcasts, environment, social justice, sanity. 
The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com Weeknights 11/10c on Comedy Central and Paramount+
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Adam Aboobaker @adamaboobaker.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Development Economics at the University of Manchester researching growth, structural transformation, and class conflict.
Erin Bates @ermbates.bsky.social Award-winning freelance journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. @carteblanche.co.za anchor and presenter. Shares โ endorsements. Views โ those of my employers.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Lester Kiewit @lesterkk.bsky.social 
Grant Jansen @granjansen.bsky.social Talk Radio producer for #GoodMorningCapeTown with @LesterKK.bsky.social on @capetalk.bsky.social - South Africa & on the PrimediaPlus App world wide
Show podcasts available here: https://bit.ly/3ZoWzIl
Winston Eaton @commandton.bsky.social Hunter, Farmer, Purveyor of Puns, Human, Until I figure out who I am, Hi