Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com Leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Whistleblower Aid @wbaidlaw.bsky.social Report government and corporate lawbreaking, without breaking the law.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
emma best 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🏳️⚧️ Mxy @emma.best Journalist, historian, and whistleblower. Leaking at @DDoSecrets.org. Бáба-Ягá Antifa. (she/they)
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Adam Fitzgerald @adamfitzgerald.bsky.social Geopolitical scientist regarding the events of September 11th 2001. Co-host of The Darkened Hour podcast.
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Norman Solomon @normansolomon.bsky.social Progressive journalist, author, activist
Raw Story @rawstory.com Like, share and read stories from America’s #1 independent news and politics source. https://www.rawstory.com
Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author. Former All Things Considered, NPR, LA Times, NME, McSweeney’s, Stanford University. Singer in this one band.
Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social Former United States Court of Appeals Judge (1991-2006)
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social Attorney - Professor - Views are my own, not my employer. she/her
Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site.
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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
Naomi Pitcairn @naomipitcairn.bsky.social
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social President of @crisesnotes.bsky.social (https://www.crisesnotes.com/)
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social Professor of political science at Stanford. State formation, religion, political parties, Europe, etc. Amateur electrician.
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social Political scientist @ Northwestern. American political development and political economy. Politics of housing, credit, and debt. New Book: The Political Development of American Debt Relief.
Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social Professor @ a large Midwestern U
Author of Thinking like an Economist, Creating the Market University
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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social Professor @Cornell studying: people power, organizing, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing)|Builder|Leader|Believer
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com Teacher, researcher, internationalist, republican.
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R. Daniel Kelemen @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy @Georgetown University. Non-resident Senior Associate @CSIS. EU politics, policy & law.
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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Law and Political Science at U. of Minnesota. AdLaw, Admin. Capacity, and the Federal Workforce. Contributing Editor for Lawfare; Nonresident Fellow at Brookings. Signal: Nbednar.46
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Bill Resh @billresh.bsky.social Chair & Professor of Public Management and Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University;
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Anne Joseph O’Connell @ajosephoconnell.bsky.social Administrative law & bureaucracy obsessed Stanford Law School professor; former ACUS council member (fired by Trump); writing book, Stand-Ins (on temporary leaders in government, business, & religion); mom of two
Jess Blankshain @profjessblankshain.bsky.social Professor, mom, triathlete, dog person, Swiftie. US foreign policy, civil-military relations, & bureaucratic politics. Personal views only. Posts before 9/23/23 are imports from the other place.
Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social Prof. National Security and International Relations. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregon at heart! Personal views ONLY; no govt resources used. Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Inequality and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen
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Jennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social Author: Recoding America, Founder: Code for America, Co-founder: USDS and USDR.
Dave Guarino @allafarce.bsky.social Software and complex (not complicated) systems. Pursuing the public good, sometimes with technology.
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social Screaming rage demon of light and justice. Sci-fi Author, pundit, and Co-Founder of #nonalcoholic drink finder and review app https://mocktaleapp.com/.
Heather Marsh @heathermarsh.bsky.social Still trying to change the world
We still need Getgee https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/code-will-rule/
Author of the Binding Chaos series https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B089JXZ8RB?binding=kindle
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John Kiriakou @johnkiriakou.bsky.social I exposed the CIA and went to prison for it. Bestselling author. COO at @IvyCyber.com 👉 https://ivycyber.com
John W Dean @johnwdean.bsky.social Still active as an Author and Lecturer! Former CNN contributor, former Justia’s VERDICT columnist, former Nixon White House Counsel, former Goldwater Chair at Az State Un., but remain a Senior Fellow, CCLP, Annenberg USC. Just can’t retire. :-)
Lisa Rubin @lawofruby.bsky.social @ms.now senior legal reporter & recovering litigator; former off-air legal analyst @maddow.msnbc.com.
Don’t let the pearls fool ya.
Lisa Ling @aretvet.bsky.social OEF/OIF Vet. War will not be made shorter or safer by adding remote connectivity, AI, or autonomous weapons. A Western net-centric #KillCloud won’t bring us peace. Fellow at Disruption Institute 2024
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press Protecting, defending public interest journalism in the 21st century.
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Stefania Maurizi @smaurizi.bsky.social Investigative journalist @fattoquotidiano.bsky.social, ex Repubblica ex Espresso, has worked on all WikiLeaks releases+Snowden files.
PGP +Secure Drop: https://stefaniamaurizi.it/en-idx.html
Kathleen McClellan @kmcclellan.bsky.social Attorney, DC Native, UW Badger Fan
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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social Law professor focusing on constitutional law, especially free speech, the separation of powers, and government secrecy. Friend to all dogs and cats. Champion procrastinator.
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social Editor of The Bulwark
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
Nicolle Wallace @nicollewallace.bsky.social
Whistleblower Network News @whistleblowernn.bsky.social An independent newspaper dedicated to providing timely information on whistleblowers around the world. https://whistleblowersblog.org/
Quinn Norton @quinn.social.circl.lu.ap.brid.gy Writer, migrant, surprisingly nice in person. I write, these days mostly explainers. Old queer. I would rather be blocked than tone policed. It's all warnable content […]
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Markus Pössel @mpoessel.de Astronomy and relativity outreach (Tweets in German & English) | personal account | he/his | managing scientist @hausderastronomie.bsky.social | director @astro4edu.bsky.social |outreach @mpi-astro.bsky.social | Seestar enthusiast
Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social Journalist, writer, musician, DC since 1982. Living with grief since losing my daughter Roxanne in March 2024. Writing on Korea, Japan, Cold War, Capitalism. Crazy Bob Dylan fan. Author of SPIES FOR HIRE. Was just exiled from X by vengeful hacker-thieves.
Democracy Now! @democracynow.org Independent, daily global news hour.
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William Hogeland @williamhogeland.bsky.social Author of "The Hamilton Scheme" and other works. Blog at HOGELAND'S BAD HISTORY: william.hogeland@substack.com. Liberal--so I mostly criticize liberal discourse. Also, "roots" music.
Zen Moments @zenmoments.bsky.social
Tails @tails92.bsky.social UK, Midlands, early 30's and bisexual. I enjoy everything and will try anything once.
Just a person who tries to live life each day.
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Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.
The Intercept @theintercept.com Fearless, adversarial journalism. Join our newsletter to get our best investigative reporting delivered to you: https://theintercept.com/newsletter/
Duncan Campbell @duncanc.bsky.social Investigative Journalist, Computer Forensic Expert, 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ equality campaigner 🏳️🌈 Also http://tech.lgbt/@duncaned Слава Україні!
Martina Renner @martinarenner.bsky.social Autorin und Referentin zur extremen Rechten, Rechtsterror, Demokratie und Geheimdienste. www.martinarenner.de
Ahmed Ghappour @ghappour.bsky.social GC @espressosys.
Formerly: @nymproject, Prof @BU_Law, @uchastings, @utexaslaw, crim defender, digital rights @eipr, gitmo @reprieve, litigation @orrick, engineer @sunmicrosystems & @sgi
Andrei Soldatov @andreisoldatov.bsky.social Author of The Compatriots, The Red Web, The New Nobility, Senior Fellow at CEPA, King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence, editor of http://Agentura.ru telegram: http://t.me/agenturaru
Olivier Tesquet @oliviertesquet.bsky.social Journaliste pour le service enquêtes de @telerama.bsky.social. Essayiste. Dernier livre : "Apocalypse Nerds" chez @divergences.bsky.social.
☎️ Signal : tesq.37
https://linktr.ee/oliviertesquet
Privacy International @privacyinternational.org For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power.
https://privacyinternational.org
EPIC @epic.org The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age.
Find us at epic.org.
Markus Beckedahl @beckedahl.eurosky.social Fighting for your digital rights. Co-Founder & Head of Curation @re-publica.com. Now Founder of @digitalrechte.bsky.social. Berlin. In a past life Founder of netzpolitik.org. Newsletter @ digitalpolitik.de
chrisphilipov @chrisphilipov.bsky.social Do all the cloud stuff
Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social Artist. Author of NY Times bestseller HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND
my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/
Mollycrabapple.com
Mollycrabapple.substack.com
Joseph Hickman @jhglobal.bsky.social
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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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social Journalism, media, politics, culture, technology…and other stuff.
Laurie Penny @pennyred.bsky.social
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social Co-host of “The Rest is Classified” podcast
https://linktr.ee/gordoncorera
2600 - The Hacker Quarterly @2600.com Since 1984, 2600 Magazine has published the hacker perspective and documented the development of the hacking community. In addition to the magazine, we have a weekly radio show ("Off The Hook") and a biennial conference (Hackers On Planet Earth - HOPE).- N @nothintohide.bsky.social @nothintohide.bsky.social
Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
Haggard Hawks @haggardhawks.bsky.social The bird with the words. // Obscure words, etymology & language facts // New book A WINTER DICTIONARY, a collection of obscure words for the festive season, is OUT NOW! // New look website haggardhawks.com launching soon...
Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com
Nicholas Merrill @nickcalyx.bsky.social Founder, @Phreeli.com; Founder, Calyx Institute; Plaintiff in Doe v. Ashcroft; Founder, CalyxOS;
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
The Marginalian [Unofficial] @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy Marginalia on our search for meaning.
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@fsecure.bsky.social @fsecure.bsky.social
U.S. Office of Special Counsel @us-osc.bsky.social Independent fed. watchdog agency. Works with whistleblowers, protects feds from prohibited personnel practices, enforces Hatch Act & USERRA.
Gabriella "Biella" Coleman @biella.bsky.social Professor of Anthropology @Harvard, Hacker Studies & More https://gabriellacoleman.org/
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Zach Drake @zachdrake.bsky.social I build databases to build models to build communities.
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.
https://cdt.org
Namrata Kolachalam @namratakolachalam.bsky.social Journalist in Mumbai. Bylines: @TheAtlantic, @Slate, @Citylab, @RoadsKingdoms, @AtlasObscura, @FiftyTwoDotIn, @TheWorld, @NPR, etc