Andrew Warkentin @andreww591.bsky.social OS/emulator developer and OS historian. Developer of UX/RT, an open-source QNX-like OS. Curator of the Virtual OS Museum, the world's largest collection of pre-installed emulated OSes: https://virtualosmuseum.org/
XFR Collective @xfrcollective.bsky.social All-volunteer at-risk media crew working toward a mutual donation nation
xfrcollective.org
Jack Orchard @jarona7.bsky.social Content Editor @ Electronic Enlightenment
- Game Studies Events @ Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries
- Researching Video Games and Historical Emotions
- PhD on Reading in C18th Women's Letters @ Swansea
- Editorial Board @ Multiplay
Puzzmo @puzzmo.com puzzles that love you back
a zach gage and orta therox joint
www.puzzmo.com
sextina acab-fina @giltcomplex.bsky.social everyone loves me [citation needed]
she/her ✶ crosstina-aquafina.blogspot.com
💾 SIGCIS Conference @sigcisconf.bsky.social Annual Conference of the Special Interest Group in Computing, Information, and Society of SHOT. SIGCIS 2025: Power Surge will take place virtually on Sept 25-27. See details and CFP here: https://meetings.sigcis.org/
maddy @maddyziegler.bsky.social i make crossword puzzles now?
Sarah Sinclair @sarbearsmiley.bsky.social loves books, puzzles, crosswords, & crafts 💕📚🧩🧶🪡🎨 she/her
rafa @rafaxword.bsky.social 
Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social Writer, reporter, editor, all-around delight. Work lots of places. Author of THE INFLUENCE OF SOROS and BAD JEWS. Working on new book on Holocaust remembrance. Don’t yell at me. emilyctamkin@gmail.com. emilyctamkin.substack.com.
Crosstalk @thecrosstalkpod.bsky.social A crossword construction podcast hosted by Daniel Grinberg
Brian Callahan @oliogrids.bsky.social crossword enjoyer - he/him - owner of the world's cutest dog - oliogrids.com
Nathan Curtis @tshellstudio.bsky.social Autistic puzzle constructor in the Boston area; part-time math teacher and recovering composer. I post variety puzzles at www.patreon.com/nathancurtis, and my latest puzzle hunt is available at verwalds-treasures.tortoiseshellstudio.com. He/him/his
Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. 💜 Philly, video games, and plants.
More at kendraalbert.com.
Never Not Funny @nevernotfunny.com The Jimmy Pardo Podcast
nevernotfunny.com
Jess Rucks @jessbevrucks.bsky.social “But, how do you feel about glitter…?” (and crosswords) she/her https://jessrucks.com/
That Matt @mattsword.bsky.social Crossword hobbyist
Published in: AMU, Defector, LAT, WaPo
clr @clr-xw.bsky.social 
Ryan Judge @rjjudge4.bsky.social he/him | making crosswords | 1x ORCA nominee
https://ryanjudgesxwords.blogspot.com/p/pubs.html
norah sharpe @norahsharpe.bsky.social 2023 acpt e division champion, 2024 westwords beach champion, 2025 lollapuzzoola pairs co-champion, 2026 acpt pairs 2nd place, 2026 westwords pairs 1st place, 2026 lollapalooza 2nd pairs, that's enough dont we think
Evan Birnholz @evanbirnholz.bsky.social I write crosswords for The Washington Post. I also like cereal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/crossword-puzzles/sunday-evan-birnholz/
Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social Game Developer - Spooky Express, Saltsea Chronicles, Team Sonic Racing, EVADER, TV Trouble, Concentric, ████. Crossword constructor. Hobbyist potter. He/him.
zerofifty.one
Ilya Kreymer @ilya.webrecorder.net Web Archiving tools developer @webrecorder.net
Fan of all things accordion 🪗
Archivist Liz 💾 (she/her) @archivist-liz.bsky.social #Archives (and more!) from a #feminist and otherwise critical perspective. Comments are my own. she/her/hers. #archivist #digipres #recordsmanagement
@archivist_Liz@digipres.club
Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social Weekly podcast since 2008 (or 2018, whatever). Mostly crosswords, but also sandwiches, Thor, theater, useless banter. Hosted by Brian Cimmet and Ryan Hecht. https://bemoresmarter.com/fmi
owen @obergs.bsky.social he/him 🏳️🌈
crossword constructor
2025 acpt d division champion
tinyurl.com/bergsteinpubs
dissonantgrids.blogspot.com
Matthew Yang @datatango.bsky.social KE2BRS
digital && media preservationist
@matthew@digipres.club
Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.myatproto.social Trying to stop being the wrong kinds of annoying and to start being the right kinds of annoying.
brianhood
Olivia Mitra @livienna.bsky.social she/her 🌈 crossword constructor and editor✨ free Palestine 🇵🇸
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
Max Carpenter @solexyoghurt.bsky.social film programming (at Museum of the Moving Image, &c.), writing (at Reverse Shot, &c.), crossword editing (at @avcx.bsky.social+), mixing (https://soundcloud.com/solexyoghurt), and math
Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social Crossword tournament on June 14, 2026, in Berkeley, CA, and online. Watch this space!
https://www.westwordsbestwords.com/
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Sid Sivakumar @sidsivakumar.bsky.social crossword puzzles and such | (just refer to me by my name, it’s 3 letters and easy)
Allan Christophersen @duffadash.bsky.social Your local towel-wearing game preservationist librarian. Autisticly obsess over #dkgame, terrible horror movies, adventure games and weeb shit. He/They. Banner and avatar by @vati.bsky.social.
Sarah Barsness @sarahbarsness.bsky.social Digital archivist. Minnesotan. Giant nerd. Fiber artist. Sword fighter. Carb enthusiast.
Alexandra Chassanoff @amchass.bsky.social Information science + infrastructures
bugsinmybackyard.tumblr.com
Angela Puggioni @angelafromdpc.bsky.social Community Engagement Manager for the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
ummm digipres @mutanthumb.bsky.social Digital pres wise-ass — digital preservation at UMich
Raffaele Messuti @atomotic.com 
Kristin MacDonough @krispymac.bsky.social archive and collection manager for all the videos at Video Data Bank 📼 || personal finance enthusiast 🌱 || cat parent 🐈 🐈⬛ || dog sitter 🐕 || Chicago 🚇 || snarky cross-stitch 🪡 || fancy cocktails 🍸 || reading 📚
David Cirella @decirella.bsky.social digital preservation
Aimee lucido @aimeelucido.bsky.social I’m an author and crossword puzzle maker! 
Ross Trudeau @rosstrudeau.bsky.social crosswords, word play, birds, soccer
a ross and down- B John Lieb @boswords.bsky.social Math teacher, coach, crossword tournament organizer (check out Boswords at www.boswords.org)
Paolo Pasco @gppasco.bsky.social Dad of two. Mets fan. Coffee lover. Bibliophile. Unapologetic oddball. #StillWithHer. Randy Rainbow stan. Love people but can't help but snark a little 😜. For your daily dose of sarcasm, methinks you should look no further!
Midwest Crossword Tournament @midwestcrossword.bsky.social October 3, 2026 - Chicago, IL
https://midwestgridfest.com/
Cruciverbology etc. @elisecorbin.bsky.social she/her
university student by day, puzzle person by (very late) night
cruciverbology.com
crosswordr.com/elisecorbin
Robyn Weintraub @robynw414.bsky.social Crossword puzzle constructor for @nytimes.com, @newyorker.com and @people.com; Mom; big fan of truth/science/democracy
Rebecca Goldstein @rebecculous.bsky.social Drug hunter 🧑🏻🔬 | Queer 🏳️🌈 | Crossword constructor ◼️◻️ | Espresso snob ☕️
Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social Linguist, lexicographer, language commentator, all-around word nut.
https://linktr.ee/benzimmer
Will @tlmberwolves.bsky.social Wolves (US), Wolves (UK), Loons, Lynx
Lil AVCX leadership
Puzzles at https://halfbakedpuzzles.blogspot.com/
Tyler Hinman @thatpuzzleguy.bsky.social That kid from Wordplay (2006). I do puzzles and sometimes other stuff.
Natan Last @natanlast.bsky.social i write: crosswords, poetry, policy research, nonfiction.
i study: migration, economics, law & literature.
i work on making humanitarian migration easier from a policy & tech perspective.
kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social crosswords n stuff
kateschmate.fun
Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social Chemistry teacher. PhD. Crossword constructor. Co-editor at AVCX Cryptics. Relentless homosexual. 🏳️🌈 Winner! (Wheel of Fortune + The 1% Club) Loser! (Trogdor burninated my village 🏡🔥🐉)
Laura Braunstein @laurabrarian.bsky.social Digital librarian. Crossword person. Cross wordperson.
I reskeet your puzzles
Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social Professor of music and sound in Asia. Editor of @avcx.bsky.social crosswords. Posts about pop music, sound, Thailand, NYC, anthropology, puzzles, TNG.
Author of “Bangkok after Dark” (Duke 2025) and “Bangkok Is Ringing” (Oxford 2019).
Orta Therox @orta.io Somewhat indie games dev/founder on @puzzmo.com with @stfj.net and friends - always thinking about dev tooling
Prior work on @typescriptlang.org and @artsy.net
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social Knows the alphabet (in order) Aaronson.org
Francis Heaney @francisheaney.bsky.social Puzzles, ties, music, frivolity. Puzzlewright Press in the streets, AVCX in the singly-printed sheets. He/they.
ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social crossword puzzle girl. jokes woman. (she/her)
banner art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
erik @e-a-rly.bsky.social anserine machine
brooke husic @xws.bsky.social a. ladee (she/her) solved/wrote/edited yr crossword
catch me at @puzzmo.com
bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social Crossword constructor, he/him. Indie puzzles at http://blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/, and others at the New Yorker, Vox, Maclean's Magazine, Crossword Club, and more
Lil AVCX @lilavcx.bsky.social Midi crosswords every Sunday night and some Mondays. Mentorship for emerging constructors and editors.
https://avxwords.com/sample-puzzles/
Stephen McConnachie @mcnatch.bsky.social Head of Data and Digital Preservation at #BFINationalArchive @BFI
#digipres #digitalpreservation #avarchiving
Opinions my own
joshuatj @joshuatj.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy Co-admin of digipres.club.
Digital Preservation #DigiPres
Audiovisual Preservation #AVPres
Toots are my own.
#digipres #digitalpreservation #longtermaccess #avpres […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://digipres.club/@joshuatj, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
AVCX Trivia @avcxtrivia.bsky.social Five(ish) trivia questions with a meta answer. Published every other week(ish)
Part of the avxwords.com team.
AVCX Classic @avcx.bsky.social The best indie crosswords since 2008. Avxwords.com. Owned by no one but us; supported by no one but our solvers. Fair pay for creators always.
Alex @alex.bsky.team the passive pasadena thrill | bsky devrel
book a meeting: https://calendar.app.google/rNeqWSx2uMfzhQYV6
Matthew Burgess @matthewpburgess.bsky.social Lead Digital Archivist at the State Library of NSW.
Also posting on matthewpburgess@digipres.club
All views, posts and opinions shared are my own. He/Him.
https://blog.matthewburgess.net
Travis Wagner (they/them) @drtlwagner.bsky.social Cyborg academic in a world of robot academics. Assistant Professor in the iSchool at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Preserving queer history and obsolete technology one VHS tape at a time.
http://travislwagner.com
Andrew Borman @borman.bsky.social Director of Digital Preservation at The Strong National Museum of Play. Video games. "They are going for the Physical Challenge!"
Nathaniel Lockhart @ Save the Games! @nathaniellockhart.bsky.social Lover of old stuff, primarily ancient tech and old movies. Things like the Commodore 64, reel to reel tape players, and silent film. I talk about all that stuff on my podcast, the Memory Machine. He/him
www.memorymachinepod.com
parker higgins @xor.blue computer person, dancing animal
Meredith Rose @mrose.ink Grumpy feminist lawyer. Writer with ADHD. Senior Policy Counsel, @publicknowledge.bsky.social . Copyright, tech, music, AI, fandom. I talk about stuff.
Negate the gods -- raise rocks.
She/her 🏳️🌈
Brian E. Davis @tvc15brian.bsky.social Former archivist, former projectionist, & current musician @tvc15@digipres.club
https://linktr.ee/signal_path
Jon Ippolito @jonippolito.net How does tech empower and frustrate creators—writers, programmers, media makers—and how do we keep their work alive in the long run? UMaine Professor of New Media, Director of Digital Curation; former Guggenheim Curator of Media Art https://jonippolito.net
Alice Prael @prael.bsky.social Artist and digital archivist, they/she
💾💜 Digital ⚓️ Vagabond 💜💾 @b33tk33p3r.bsky.social Digital preservation consultant. Systems analyst, software architect, domain specialist. Leipzig.
https://linktr.ee/ross.spencer
David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social Data Engineer at The National Archives. Digital Preservation/Digital Archiving. Also cycling, bellringing, photography, choral singing, promming and much more
Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
we here®️ @wehere.bsky.social community for BIPOC library workers first. 🌿 community school + community study + we here press + we reads + we together.
Emily Higgs Kopin @ehkopin.bsky.social texpat in philly, librarian/archivist working in digital collections and preservation. 20% professional, 80% nonsense. she/her 🐶🐱🎮📖🧶💾 emilyhiggs.github.io
William Kilbride @williamkilbride.bsky.social ... mostly about digital preservation but also everything else too. Works for the Digital Preservation Coalition. Occasionally Professor at Glasgow Univ. Personal opinions.- K @kieranjol.bsky.social @kieranjol.bsky.social
Miriam @miri5000.bsky.social 
Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social 💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU
🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org
🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal
https://linktr.ee/lainenooney
they/them
Fletcher Durant @fletcherdurant.bsky.social Preservation : Conservation : Academic Libraries : Archives : Stuff
Brenna ✨ @foreverbren.bsky.social Manager for Digital Archives 💾 Probably wearing a funky dress at a conference 👗
✨ fall off the earth & watch as the stars collide
Embrace the void and have the courage to exist
🏳️🌈 she/her
Margo Padilla @margopadilla.bsky.social Digital Archivist, Librarian, Preservationist, etc. Birds, books, movies enthusiast. NYC ↔️ L.A.
farrell @laissezfarrell.bsky.social bikes good; ban cars
the best X-Men are Women
wingspan
end billionaires, end cops
crossword puzzles
archives and digital preservation by day
Elizabeth E @elizabethe.bsky.social Doing digital preservation at a national archive 💿💾 I have mostly run out of things to say on the internet
Andy Jackson @anjacks0n.bsky.social Mostly at https://digipres.club/@anj
Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social Library Director @ Video Game History Foundation. Tea, birds, and weird old stuff. Maxis history expert, as seen on TV. ☕🐦📚 he/him
Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca programming and exclamation marks
blog: jvns.ca
zines: wizardzines.com
tessa @bitarchivist.net digital preservationist, archivist, and open source dev
senior applications and tools engineer @ webrecorder.net
she/they
Rick Prelinger W6XBE @footage.bsky.social Experimental archivist and librarian. Writes about useful radio. Makes archival events for noisy audiences. No film left unscanned. Lives and works in San Francisco, on Ohlone land.