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Timandra Harkness @timandraharkness.bsky.social Writer, presenter, student of philosophy, lapsed comedian.
Author: ‘Technology is Not the Problem’ & ‘Big Data: does size matter?’
Bayesian in the streets, Kantian in the sheets.
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
John Naughton @jjn1.bsky.social Academic,newspaper columnist (Observer), blogger (johnnaughton.substack.com), photographer, optimist (despite current state of world), author, co-founder of Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy (mctd.ac.uk) at Cambridge
Christoffer Dithmer @christofferdithmer.bsky.social Digitalization and AI Consultant @KL | Technology, Policy, AI, Education
#ArtificialIntelligence #KunstigIntelligens #AI #Education #Tech #EDUsky #TechEdu #Skolechat #DKpol
Dr Sara Ratner @sararatner.bsky.social University of Oxford
AI in Education | Policy | Pedagogy
LinkedIn @sara-ratner
Christine Stoltz @edudigital.bsky.social Dozentin am Zentrum Medien & Informatik PH Luzern | KI in der Bildung| AIEOU AI in education at the university of Oxford
#CAS Fachkarriere Schule in der Digitalität
Lance Eaton @leaton01.bsky.social Educator? Writer? PhD! Learner! Runner! Bi! #OpenAccess #EdTech #OpenPedagogy #AcademicPiracy #AIEducation posts=my own. Follow me at https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/
Joel Gladd @brehove.bsky.social Department Chair of Integrated Studies; Writing and Rhetoric, American Lit; Higher-Ed Pedagogy; OER advocate
Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social ✍🏽 • RACE AFTER TECHNOLOGY: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code • VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want • IMAGINATION: A Manifesto 📚www.ruhabenjamin.com
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems.
Website: https://melaniemitchell.me
Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
Newsletter (100k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
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
Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse.
Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Rita Raley @ritaraley.bsky.social Professor of English, UC Santa Barbara
https://english.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/raley-rita/
// Like everyone, working on critical AI/machine learning; more unusually, focusing on GPT-2- P Dr. Joy Buolamwini @poetofcode.bsky.social
Jeff Clune @jeffclune.com Professor, Computer Science, University of British Columbia. CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute. Senior Advisor, DeepMind. ML, AI, deep RL, deep learning, AI-Generating Algorithms (AI-GAs), open-endedness.
Mike Hogan @michaelhogan.bsky.social Psychology, Neuroscience, Systems Science, Education, Collaboration, Graphicacy, Creativity, Pragmatism, Human Development, Cultural Evolution; Dad :)
webpage: michaelhoganpsychology.com
Melissa Nadia Viviana @thebeatphilosopher.com Author. Activist. Existentialist. Humanist. Beat Philosopher. Philosophy Of Mind. Dog Mom.
Writing About Philosophy Here: https://melissanadiaviviana.com/
Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social LSE prof @MediaLSE | Director of #DigitalFutures4Children | Researches children's digital experiences and rights | Interested in evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at http://eepurl.com/cEUi05
David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social Philosopher (Uehiro Oxford), Author (Wittgenstein's Poker, Would You Kill The Fat Man, Parfit, etc.), Podcaster (Philosophy Bites, Social Science Bites). Journalist. Latest book, Death In A Shallow Pond.
George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social “No, not that one”- Politico | Creator of Video Games Industry Memo | MD, Half-Space Consulting | Author of Power Play (June 2026) | Pun Appreciator
Order my book 👉 https://linktr.ee/Power_play_book
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Robert Colvile @rcolvile.bsky.social Former boss of CPS think tank and CapX, Sunday columnist for The Times, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting.
lmsacasas.bsky.social @lmsacasas.bsky.social Author of The Convivial Society, a newsletter about technology, culture, and the moral life.
theconvivialsociety.substack.com
David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social A platform for projects related to David Graeber’s legacy, developing his ideas and projects that will take on a life of their own, continuing and contributing to his work.
https://davidgraeber.institute
Ziyad Marar @ziyadmarar.bsky.social President of Global Publishing at Sage
Author of Judged: The Value of Being Misunderstood, Intimacy: On the Subtle Power of Human Connection, Deception and The Happiness Paradox
Board member of The Big House and Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. www.stevenstrogatz.com
Christian Jarrett @christianjarrett.bsky.social Editor, Psyche Magazine https://psyche.co/ | SPSP award-winning author of BE WHO YOU WANT | Contributor to BBC Science Focus | http://www.christianjarrett.com
Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press is an independent nonprofit publisher. Our books spark engaging discussions and present bold ideas from leading experts worldwide.
Jonathan Rosenthal @journalistjon.bsky.social International Editor at The Economist
Previously covered Africa, banking, European business & finance
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/
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
Euan Adie @mrstew.bsky.social Ex-bioinformatician, ex-@nature, founded @altmetric (until 2018) and now CEO @Overtonio (analyzing v large databases of public policy). Part nerd
Zion Lights @zionlights.bsky.social Award-winning Science Communicator. Content creator at Science with Zi. Author of “Energy is Life.”
David Rowan @irowan.bsky.social Tech and stories
Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com AI governance research @ Safe AI Forum
Fellow @ Yale Digital Ethics Center
Interests: AI, XR, most other tech, China, climbing, baking.
ex-Oxford, ex-SWE
My tech newsletter: https://www.techreckoner.substack.com
Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social Philosopher (Yale/Bologna), digital ethics, AI ethics, philosophy of information, philosophy of technology,
http://tinyurl.com/ywku22yr
Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social Senior Editor @TheUnPopulist.net. Executive Director @ismapolicy.bsky.social. Views my own.
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Prof. Dr Beth Singler @bvlsingler.bsky.social Anthropologist/Geek thinking about how you think about AI & robots. Assistant Professor in Digital Religions at UZH. Bvlsingler.com. She/her. 🌈 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003256113/religion-artificial-intelligence-beth-singler
Henry Newman @henrynewman.bsky.social Runs TheWhitehallProject on Substack, former Uk Government adviser, ran think tank Open Europe
Sign up at https://whitehallproject.substack.com/
hailey @hailey.at spreadsheet pusher.
agents, safety, and atproto.
opinions are my own, especially the bad ones.
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Catherine Fieschi @cfieschi.bsky.social Comparative political analyst. Populism, authoritarianism, social and political identities. Fellow @EUI_Schuman
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Abi Stephenson @abistephenson.bsky.social Writer (Guardian, Aeon, The Monthly, Australian Book Review, Lascaux Review)| Producer of books & ideas events, Webby award-winning animations (RSA Animates & Shorts)
Alzbeta Hajkova @alzbetahajkova.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Technological politics. From Slovakia, in Atlanta. she/her. Views expressed are my own.
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social Lecturer in Ethics, Society and Professionalism in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Proud associate of the Centre for Technomoral Futures.
James Swallow @jmswallow.bsky.social Writer of Fortune; BAFTA-nominated, award-winning New York Times & Sunday Times bestselling author of novels, scripts, games, new thriller Dark Horizon, the Marc Dane series, tie-in fiction & much more!
https://jswallow.com/
https://linktr.ee/jmswallow
Dan Nixon @dannixon.bsky.social Author of The Perpetual Beginner (Substack) inspired by Merleau-Ponty, Zen & Taoism. Mindfulness teacher, leadership development facilitator (Potential Project) and editor (LSE blogs)
Richard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social Senior Editor, Aeon | Author of non-fiction book The Long View | Honorary professor in science communication, UCL | Formerly: BBC Future, MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow, New Scientist | https://richardfisher.carrd.co
Gaia Marcus @gaiamarcus.bsky.social - Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society
- Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG
- Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social South Asia bureau chief at The Economist
Emily Andrews @emilyishness.bsky.social Director of Policy and Research @ Learning and Work. Previously @ Ageing Better, IfG. Very ex-teacher. PhD Victorian dementia. Views informed by my job, but my own.
Paul Smith @schmiff.bsky.social Senior Educational Technologist, gamer, (ex?) blogger, reader, cat ownee, pointer out of things. @torallion on the Other Place
http://torallion.blogspot.com for nerdy gamebook playthroughs
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
Tom Lean @reggitsti.bsky.social Curator of misc, historian of tech, author of Electronic Dreams (Bloomsbury2016), Welshman in Mancunia, listener to old scientists, 8-bit geek, views own
Francesco Teopini @drfingerstyle.bsky.social Classical guitarist, recording artist, music educator, musicologist (PhD), Classical/Pop Int. Examiner 🎸💿🔎🎶
Follow me on 👇
YouTube: youtube.com/@FrancescoTeopini
IG: instagram.com/francesco_teopini
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3mOYZ1urMzWb
Critical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social Critical AI's new issue is out! https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue
Email us at criticalai@sas.rutgers.edu
Our website and blog: https://criticalai.org/
Aisling Crean @aislingcrean.bsky.social
Paul Maltby @maltbyps.bsky.social I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer
Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series
Ian Glendinning @psybertronian.psybertron.org Systems-Based Epistemological Researcher
Mainly active at https://www.psybertron.org/ and https://twitter.com/psybertron
If you're looking for an "argument" I have rules.
http://psybertron.org/rules-of-rhetorical-engagement
3 strikes and you're out.
Will Francis @zcosini.bsky.social Literary Agent with Janklow & Nesbit. Awaiting Silent Tristero’s Empire
Annica Ryng @annicaryng.bsky.social Brussels-based European. 🌍🏳️🌈👊🏽 I EU Public Affairs & Communication Director at @saabrussels I 🎨🎶📖 Arts, culture and travel are the answer to most questions.
Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social Author of the Magnus crime novels set in Iceland and thrillers mostly set in the 1930s.
https://linktr.ee/michaelridpath
Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social Lecturer Education Futures & Digital Education based at Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. Own views.
Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social Research Fellow in AI, Information & News, Reuters Institute, Oxford University | Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute | Junior Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College | AI, (mis)info, news, democracy | My views etc…
https://www.felixsimon.net/
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social Writer & editor, past lives in science policy, sci-comm etc. Retirement pastimes include managing climate anxieties. New writing at UKjazznews.com and @theartsdesk.bsky.social
jonturney.wordpress.com
See also https://bristoljazzlive.co.uk
Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE https://bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science https://WanderingGaia.com
Ted Lechterman @tlechtable.bsky.social Political philosopher. Holder of the UNESCO Chair in AI Ethics & Governance at IE University. Opinions my own.
Anna Mills @annamillsoer.bsky.social Writer, community college writing teacher, obsessed with AI in education, #OER advocate, author of HowArgumentsWork.org.
annarmills.com
Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com A/Prof of Philosophy at Deakin Uni (all views mine). Writer, does radio stuff, half of The Fake McCoys. Works on digital death, personal identity, Kierkegaard, moral phil. Has more hobbies than advisable. Melbourne + Werona
https://linktr.ee/patstokes
Dr Julia Molinari PhD SFHEA - INTIFADA against all #Colonialism @serenissimaj.bsky.social PERSONAL GenAI-free ACCOUNT
Free 🇵🇸
#BDS #BoycottAmazon
#AcademicLiteracies
Authored https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/what-makes-writing-academic-9781350243927/
veneta-sicula-scozzese
#OpenAccess #AcademicWriting #CriticalRealism #HigherEducation
James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie Art with machines; design at Publicis; enthusiastic cat herder.
www.pilcrow.ie
Stella Wisdom @stellawisdom.bsky.social Curator interested in electronic literature, interactive narratives, comics, web archiving and digital preservation - C Clive Parry @cliveparry.bsky.social Politics and publishing.
Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects.
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
Larp: strandfall.com
Video: youtube.com/adrianhon
Tony Walsh @tonywalsh.fyi Phantomcompass.com studio head. 30+ yrs in the #gamedev biz & still learning. He/him/ratboy.
✍️ #art #writing #design #leadership
👾 #videogames + #tech
🎲 #ttrpg + #minipainting
🎤 #karaoke
🦝 #Toronto
David Hendy @davidhendy.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster, Prof. Emeritus University of Sussex. The BBC: A People's History, Noise: A Human History, Radio 4.
Writer-in-residence 2026, Gladstone’s Library
Rep: United Agents
https://societyofauthors.org/soa-member/david-hendy/
Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social Nature writer & science journalist
New Zealand Geographic
Www.Kateevans.org
Words also in Scientific American, the New York Times, bioGraphic, among others. Author of FEIJOA: A STORY OF OBSESSION AND BELONGING
Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com Freelance science & technology journalist. 12+ years experience. Irish/Polish. Writes for the BBC, Wired, The Guardian and others!
Portfolio: chrisbaraniuk.com
Newsletter: thereengineer.pro
Coaching: chrisbaraniuk.com/coaching
HQ: Belfast, N. Ireland
Dr Sophie Cormack @sophiecormack.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, Uni. of Sunderland. Perception of time, procrastination, learning analytics, online learning, cats, travel & happiness.
Oli Franklin-Wallis @olifranklinwallis.bsky.social Writer. Words in the Guardian, GQ, NYT, WIRED, etc. Author of Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, And Why It Matters
Tom Rachman @tomrachman.bsky.social Writer/A.I. researcher. Now: Google DeepMind. Before: intl edition of NY Times; the AP; novels ("The Imperfectionists" etc.); ghostwrote "We Are Bellingcat"; behavioural science @ LSE; journalism @ Columbia; cinema @Univ of Toronto.
John Amaechi @johnamaechi.apsintel.com You can buy my new book "It's Not Magic: The Ordinary Skills of Exceptional Leaders" here: https://bit.ly/44yW7JZ
Founder of APS Intelligence
Media enquiries: media.enquiries@apsintel.com
Matt Muir @mattmuir.bsky.social Huge pupils, tiny value
webcurios.co.uk
Oliver Mantell @olivermantell.bsky.social Cultural audience researcher. Interested in everything, including poetry.
From Reading, living in Sheffield.
[Header from Tara Bergin’s Savage Tales]
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social Philosopher, writer, podcaster. Co-founder of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Author of A Little History of Philosophy and many other books. Weekly column Everyday Philosophy in The New World magazine. Consultant editor Aeon.co and Five Books.