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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social Coalition of parents, teachers, and activists calling for a two-year moratorium on AI in NYC schools. https://parentsforaicaution.com/aim-coalition/
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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social bestselling, award nominated comics person. teaching artist via AAWW.
MOONCAKES, TIDESONG, INFINITY PARTICLE. more tk. agent: Linda Camacho. opinions my own. she/they
no crypto, no nfts, no ai
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
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
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
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NYC DSA Tech Action @nycdsatech.bsky.social Working Group of the NYC Democratic Socialists of America investigating the political, social, and economic effects of new technology.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor of AI & Society at Binghamton University (SUNY) - Civics of Technology Board Member - Luddite Praxis - Dad Life - he/him
Lila Byock @lbyock.bsky.social Writer of television, hater of Big Tech in schools. Please watch my shows and please also join SchoolsBeyondScreens.com!
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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social AI is not inevitable. We DAIR to imagine, build & use AI deliberately.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz Professor, researcher, author. Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), gay lady into synths, computers, music, film.
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (YUP 19), and Meta stole it to train its LLM.
AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
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Arte es Ética @arteesetica.bsky.social • En defensa de las Autorías de habla hispana frente a la irrupción de la IA generativa - Manifiesto: https://arteesetica.org
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Kaliris Salas-Ramírez, PhD @drkysr.bsky.social Borikua, Neuroscientist, Medical Educator, Community organizer 🇵🇷✊🏾🫶🏾
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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social A curious speculative fiction magazine.
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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social Science fiction writer, poet, essayist, Minnesota. She/her. A DUBIOUS CLAMOR from Horned Lark Press 15 SEPTEMBER 2026! THAT FATAL DISCONTENT from Union Square Books Summer 2027! Repped by Kurestin Armada.
www.marissalingen.com
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J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social She/They. The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (Tor, 2025). The First Bright Thing (Tor, 2023). Nebula, Sturgeon, and Hugo finalist. Goldie award winner. ✡️🏳️🌈🍉Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jrdawsonwriter Rep: Stevie Finegan
mike 📚 @mguajardowrites.bsky.social sff writer, cinema enjoyer, nancy boy.
nyc/arlington, tx
Benjamin C. Kinney @benjaminckinney.com SFF writer, neuroscientist, Hugo finalist. Escape Pod 2017-2023. Codex, VP, SFWA. Short stories in Analog, Lightspeed, Sunday Morning Transport, etc.
Neuroscience (not under pen name): rehabilitation, neuroimaging, movement control, handedness
Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social SFF Author (she/her) of NY Times best-selling book Dreadful, The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, and Startup Hell. AKA Catherine Beck, author of Leah's Perfect Christmas.
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Cameron McCrorie (Meat Popsicle) @mccroriebooks.bsky.social Scottish Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comic Book Author (At least, one day I will be 👍👊)
#fuckai
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Third Man Books @thirdmanbooks.bsky.social Located in Nashville, Tennessee, TMB publishes fiction, poetry, music history, history, speculative fiction, and more. Visit thirdmanbooks.com to view our full catalog and also for submission guidelines.
🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Proud to be Canadian🇨🇦
Vancouver, BritishColumbia,
Liberal
Liz Argall @lizargall.bsky.social Co-founder of Ngombor. A community owned and operated organization in NW Uganda, in an Ebola high risk zone. ngombor.org, https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ngombors-sustainable-future
I’m also a cartoonist and author.
E.W. Doc Parris @ewdocparris.com He, Him, Y'all.
SCIENCE FICTION | DOUBLE FEATURE
Sci Fi Author | SFWA |
Wokey McFuckYou | Neuro-Vanilla |
THE DENT IN THE UNIVERSE |
THE AURORA'S PALE LIGHT |
THE KINGDOM OF NOD (APRIL 2027) |
https://www.ewdocparris.com/novels/
Oh, and Fuck ICE.
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
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Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social We are a GFAS-accredited farm sanctuary & donor supported 501c3 nonprofit located in Charlotte, Vermont. We provide healthy, happy, permanent homes and lifelong care to 100+ rescue farm animals & humane education programs. https://linktr.ee/merrymacfarm
Sara Tantlinger @saratantlinger.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil’s Dreamland. Collector of sea glass. Enthusiast of cats. 🐈⬛
saratantlinger.com
Alex Hofelich, PseudoPod @pseudopodalex.bsky.social Co-Editor of PseudoPod, Jury Coordinator and Co-Chair of the Bram Stoker Awards, former Co-Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of HWA
Charm City Spec Official @charmcityspec.bsky.social Come hear rising authors speak their truths at Baltimore's premier reading series in speculative fiction! Always free, and everyone is welcome.
Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social Our mission is to elevate the voices of women and other underrepresented gender identity authors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror; to highlight stories featuring strong female and non-binary characters; and to share these stories with readers of all
Kaia Vintr @kaiavintr.bsky.social Art college drop-out who became a software developer.
they/them will do
GigaNotoSaurus Magazine @giganotosaurus.bsky.social 
biomespec.bsky.social @biomespec.bsky.social TOP TEN Fiction Podcast
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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.
Mercedes M. Yardley @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-Winning author, dark fantasist, family girl, artist, cupcake baker.
Lauren C. Johnson @laurencjohnson.bsky.social 🦉🦜Writer of words, lover of birds
📖THE WEST FAÇADE (SFWP '26)
Co-host @babylonsalonsf & @clubchicxulub
CA 🌊 & 🐊 FL
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Ravn J. Silver @ravn-j-silver.bsky.social Writer |she/her
🗡️Speculative Fiction🪐
Short stories, poetry, zines, collages
Words in Apex And Clarkesworld
Clarion Writing Workshop '26!
Never AI, obviously.
Catherine Buck @catherinebuck.bsky.social Stories in CRAFT Literary, Vestal Review, Bending Genres, more. 🐈⬛ Learned from Rutgers-Camden MFA '18, Tin House '22, and Lambda Literary '25. Fiction reader for Okay Donkey. catherinebuck.com
Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social Read Issue 8! Epistemiclit.com
Digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
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Publishing Scotland @publishingscotland.bsky.social Trade assoc & charity supporting book publishing.
Foillseachadh Alba in Gaelic.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social Journalist, storyteller, and lifelong reader
A Texan by birth and by choice
HIGNFY US @hignfyus.bsky.social Season 5 Premieres Saturday, September 12 at 9p ET on CNN
Stream HIGNFY on the CNN app.
Posts by Hat Trick, not CNN. CNN wants you to know they have nothing to do with this. The posts, not the TV show, which is on CNN.
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com Humorist, urbanist, satirist, sartorialist, minimalist, soloist, bicyclist, mid-century modernist on no one’s to-do list.
Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Away for a while. Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org.
Previously: Covid Tracking Project, OpenNews, old web nonsense.
Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social Author of THE WICKER KING,THE WEIGHT OF THE STARS and ICARUS! Rep: @ericsmithrocks,
Justina Robson @justinarobson.bsky.social I write Science Fiction; AI, transhumanism, economics, space opera and cyberpunk. I also sometimes write Fantasy and a variety of short stories. All opinions my own. She/her. Autistic (self-diagnosed).
Peter Adrian Behravesh @behravesh.bsky.social Miller Award-winning writer of Persian monstrosities and naftpunk. BFA-winning and Hugo/Ignyte-nominated audio producer. Co-editor of IRAN+100. ایرانی He/him.
Story game designer for MTG at Wizards of the Coast. Opinions are my own. #WotCStaff
Larissa Glasser @larissaglasser.bsky.social I wrote F4. I like bunnies, heavy metal, medieval history, Clark Ashton Smith. My dad was an anti-Franco spy during the Spanish Civil War, a mafia lawyer, and told Nixon where to stick it. Antifa4Life, Trans rights now, DeathToMAGA
Tyler Hayes @bytylerhayes.bsky.social Bisexual Author and Forger of Feels. THE IMAGINARY CORPSE available from Angry Robot Books. He/him, they/them. Living and working on Narragansett land.
https://tyler-hayes.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bytylerhayes?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com Science & Fiction editor/writer. Krawalloger. Chemistry PhD ⚛️ Co-Editor at PseudoPod 🦑 Writer: The Crash Course Organic Chemistry & various DK science books 🧪 Short fiction ✒️ thefictionphial.wordpress.com
Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social I tell lies for fun and profit. Author of the Frontlines and Palladium Wars SF series, Wild Cards writer, contributor to Love Death + Robots.
Simone Snaith @simonesnaith.bsky.social Author of Fantasy novels "The Quavering Air," "Between The Water & The Woods," and more. Querying THE FALL OF THE FINAL NIGHT.
simonesnaith.com
Singer in the band @TurningVioletband.bsky.social
NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social Hello everyone! I'm NC Sayers, an autistic science fiction and fantasy writer who likes writing about strong autistic heroines. I'll be sharing inspiration, writing events, and trying not to go nuts getting story ideas from the news. Excited to connecting!
Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social "Swear to god you're like a Fox Fire book set in hell." - Ursula Vernon
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself. 
Mary G. Thompson @marygthompson.bsky.social Author of MG, YA, Sci-fi. New sci-fi: One Level Down (Tachyon). New YA: The Word (Page Street). Law librarian. Opinions my own. marygthompson.com
Andrew Hiller @andrewintheclouds.bsky.social Create. Investigate. Celebrate.
Writer, Producer, & friend of Muppets
Pitter Patty Finds Another Day, 2022 Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest Winner,2019 BFF Author of the Year, #ViableParadise 23
Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social reader, critic, fan, he/him
Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social 👩🏻🔬 Simplifying public health with data-driven insights
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Omair Ahmad @omairahmad.bsky.social Books at: https://speakingtigerbooks.com/authors-name/omair-ahmad/
One at: https://www.alephbookcompany.com/book/the-kingdom-at-the-centre-of-the-world/
British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Latest news updates and reviews from the British Fantasy Society Community. Home to readers, writers, artists and gamers. Love SFFH? Come join us! www.britishfantasysociety.org
First Ten Pages Programme: https://british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
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Nicholas Perez @zephonsacriel.bsky.social Blanco Cuban Writer of SFF. To Root Somewhere Beautiful: An Anthology of Reclamation and The Vanisher on Chain Letter Substack, both are OUT NOW! ¡Palestina Libre! No AI.
Unagented. Seeking representation.
Erica Ruppert @renfestklingon.bsky.social Writer of weirdness, reader of everything
Power to the people #resist
BrightFlame (she/they) * hope & magic * @brightflame.bsky.social I write, teach, make magic for bright futures. THE WORKING: feminist #Witch #solarpunk novel. Short #CliFi in noted anthologies & mags.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SpecLit #SFF CliFiWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #LGBTQ+ #justice #resist
brightflame.com
Nina AKA Nivair @nivair.com Writer, editor, aerospace engineer, dragon-lover 🇦🇲🇮🇪💖
Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social She/her. PhD in Egyptology, now I write fiction. The Night Library of Sternendach is my novella in sonnets. The Glass Garden is space horror and family drama.
Will boost almost anything with a bat in it.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
The Shirley Jackson Awards @sjacksonawards.bsky.social For outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the fantastic.
N.S. Dolkart sans nap @nsdolkart.bsky.social Author of cool fantasy stuff. Hebrew school teacher. Dad. Town meeting rep. Local access host and producer of “Stoughton Politics with…This Guy.” Not a security guard, but I played one in an opera.
Gareth Penn @garethpenn.bsky.social Reads a bit and eclectic music listener
Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social Writer. Artist. Colorist. Making new Solomon Kane adventures and Savage Sword of Conan stories for Heroic Signature & Titan Comics!
Professional mooncalf.
Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social Elderly trans novelist and poet living in London.