Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Kate Ellis @kellis00.bsky.social autistic phd student in coms @ carleton university studying gender, autism, & popular culture. axolotl enthusiast.
Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social some kind of bureaucrat | lots of typos | he/him | if you're confused what Double Victory (DVTL) is look at my pinned | views my own, etc normal disclaimers
On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios — onthemedia.org
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EPF Media @epfmedia.bsky.social EPF Media is a distributor and producer of innovative documentaries from around the world that educate and raise awareness of social issues, cultures and the arts.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social Contributing writer, TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarahposner
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Del LeMond @delemond.bsky.social 
Caris Adel @carisadel.bsky.social american & religious studies. UVA. local history, local politics. teaching high school history. Michigander living in VA. elected official 👋🏻. personal account, personal opinions. rt≠agreement
NYU Center for Disability Studies @center4ds.bsky.social https://disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/
Amy A. Hasinoff @amy-adele.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication
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Myles Mason, PhD @mylesphd.bsky.social lecturer and course director at thee Georgia State University. proponent of DEI.
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V.E. Johnson @vejohnson.bsky.social TV Doctor and Author, Sports Nerd, Springsteen Disciple, Left Coaster, Dog Guardian, Cyclist, Philly Fan
Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social Big Honking Dyke
Karen Wolf @marcelle42.bsky.social Activist, queer, feminist, mom. Here to imagine a better world, and then make it happen.
Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social Sociologist of #AI • University of Virginia Faculty • Series Editor University of California Press • Tech Editor Public Books • Fellow NYU IKP & UVA DTD • Host of Co-Opting AI Series • Director Sloane Lab • monasloane.org
Alice Robison Daer @daersay.bsky.social Recovered academic and indie rock snob now retired and doing nonprofit work for chamber music organizations.
kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social over-explainer for fame & fortune, analog enthusiast, 9-5 academic.
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now: u of michigan
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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social Assistant Prof at ASU. Research/Teach: Media studies, digital culture, and female desire in pop-media. (She/Her.) Views mine and not my employers.
Parker Bach @parkerbach.bsky.social PhD student at UNC. CITAP affiliate.
Studying online political culture - prediction markets, humor, influencers, and more.
Arguably too much hair.
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Klint Kanopka @klint.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics at NYU ASH
Psychometrician and sandwich lover
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Caroline N. Bayne @fkaponytail.bsky.social phd in critical media/media history of the american south; currently researching local television history in mississippi; assistant prof at millsaps college; televangelist (i worship tv)
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social Cross-disciplinary social & behavioral science research & fellowship in service of generating knowledge, illuminating understandings, building fields, informing policy discourse, & creating an enduring scholarly community like no other | casbs.stanford.edu
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/
Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com A reader-supported online film journal, offering a different lens on movies.
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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com Ali “with an i”
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Claudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social Nonbinary hobbit 🫖 and data person 📉
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social University Professor, School of Communication, American University; Editor Emerita, In These Times; Author of books about documentary film, Kartemquin Films, the copyright doctrine of fair use and creativity, "political correctness," and more
Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social Social media strategist and accessibility advocate. Creator of Accessible Social. Wealthy dragonfruit farmer in the Sims.
TheRealAlexa.com/hello
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋
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I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
Melissa Adler @murmz.bsky.social Prof, FIMS-Western-Ontario. American-Canadian. Cruising the Library (Fordham), Peculiar Satisfaction: Jefferson in the History of Libraries, Archives & Museums (Fordham 2026) Surveillance in the Empire of Liberty Bloomsbury 2026) She/her 🌈
Ethan Thompson @swigzine.bsky.social media historian, artist, writer, professor @ tamucc and weekend rancher in south texas
Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social Researcher-activist, Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social #DisabilityStudies
Member, Neurodiversity Working Group of the Church of England
Co-author, At the Gates: Disability, Justice & the Churches https://bit.ly/3YMoUaE
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H-Material Culture @h-materialculture.bsky.social 3000+ member H-Net academic network about the study of objects, the built environment, and materiality. @ us about your *things*, pubs, CFPs, syllabi, etc. #MaterialCulture Posts by @daniellekinsey.bsky.social
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Derek Kompare @dkompare.bsky.social Media scholar/eulogist, higher ed administrator, teacher, spouse, parent, child, procrastinator, physical media stan, music omnivore, flâneur. Disappointed with the internet since 1995.
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Slava Greenberg 🩼🏳️⚧️✡️🇺🇦🧶 in 🇳🇱 for 🍉 @slavagreenberg.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Film, University of Amsterdam. Author of ANIMATED FILM & DISABILITY: CRIPPING SPECTATORSHIP (2023). Coeditor of TSQ Issue TOWARD A TRANS[]CRIP THEORY (2025). Newbie crocheter. Dog dad to 17yo Sasha.
Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social We advocate for policies to build an inclusive Charlottesville area with affordable housing, sustainable transportation & healthy neighborhoods welcoming to all
https://livablecville.org/
CJ Reynolds @reynoldscj.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. Researching finfluencers, gamblers, and general troublemakers. Still missing GeoCities.
Laura Ip (she/her) @lauraip.bsky.social Intersectional feminist, mother, boxer. Underdogs Boxing Club Founder/Head Coach. Niagara Regional Councillor representing St. Catharines. Niagara Regional Police Services Board member. Views my own.
The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org Award-winning nonprofit news site chronicling the #LongCOVID crisis. Founded by @BetsyLadyzhets.bsky.social & @MilesWGriffis.bsky.social
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Craig Robertson @craigrobertson.bsky.social thinking about the work needed to make paper work as paperwork; histories of the passport and filing cabinet https://bit.ly/2RMo1Qa; from Aotearoa; part-time Chris Knox biographer
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
Anna Pendergrast @annapendergrast.bsky.social Writing about tech, data and infrastructure + their impacts on people and planet. Occasional posts about buildings and food. I live in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Jordi Sánchez-Navarro @jordisancheznav.bsky.social Researcher on Film and Screen Media Cultures | Full professor @ UOC | Cinema around the World • Cult TV • Animation • Popular Music • Comic • Illustration • Design | Curator of the animation section (Anima't) @ Sitges Film Festival
Dieuwertje Luitse @dluitse.bsky.social PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam on Data Bodies, Critical AI in Health Decision-making | Ethics & Politics of AI systems, Platforms, Political Economy | she/her | 🔗 https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/l/u/d.luitse/d.luitse.html
Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
Sky Sentry @skysentry.bsky.social Moderation Lists
Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher
tip me: liz@theverge.com
Danya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social STS and Medical Anthropology, cyborgs, care, feminist theories of tech, she/her
CYBORG: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547550/cyborg/
Food Allergy Advocacy: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517910563/food-allergy-advoca- A Anthony Rafferty @arafferty.bsky.social Professor and Director of the Work and Equalities Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester University.
robin manley @robinmanley.bsky.social phd candidate @ berkeley rhetoric // editor @ qui parle // cybernetics in intellectual history, philosophy of technology, & media theory
Sun-ha Hong @sunhahong.bsky.social Wrote Technologies of Speculation (NYUP, 2020). Writing Predictions Without Futures. right now: Stanford Humanities Centre Fellow, soon: UNC Chapel Hill. 
Leah Houseman, MA @leah-houseman.bsky.social Sociology PhD Candidate at USask researching the intersection between emerging adulthood and disability. All views are my own.
SSHRC CDS-D Scholar | CAnD3 Fellow | Teaching Assistant | Programs Officer
Caitlin E. Lawson, PhD @caitlinlawson.bsky.social Assoc Prof of Comm & Media Studies @ Emmanuel College | researching religion, gender, & digital culture | she/her/hers | bio.site/caitlinlawson
Shane Denson @shanedenson.bsky.social Media theorist | Stanford Art & Art History | Modern Thought & Literature | shanedenson.com | Author: Postnaturalism (https://tinyurl.com/3pxpatav); Discorrelated Images (https://tinyurl.com/44mp6kxy); & Post-Cinematic Bodies (https://tinyurl.com/mr2u5spk)
beth semel @bethmsemel.bsky.social AI killjoy, prednisone hater, writing about voice analysis AI and the labor of technosolutionist listening in American mental healthcare | bethmsemel.com
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. @drs.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Teaching; Art, Justice, and Digital Media & Core Faculty in Creative Technologies @ UCSC | Research in Voice Recognition, Assistive Technologies, Emergency Infrastructures | Co-founder of 5️⃣ & 9️⃣
UVA Media Studies @mediastudies.bsky.social 
Kayti Lausch @kaytilausch.bsky.social TV scholar of conservative media industries, identity, culture and politics. Asst Professor of Film Studies at Montana State. Prepare for random tennis and figure skating likes/posts
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social Film critic at Vulture, co-host of the Critical Darlings podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-darlings/id1885681327
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
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Do Own (Donna) Kim @doowndonnakim.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago. Digital cultures & technologies. PhD, USC Annenberg. KFAS & Korea University alum. She/her. https://www.doowndonnakim.com/
Helen Wood @tellynelly.bsky.social professor of media and cultural studies, researcher ReCARETV. reality TV, class, politics, care. Mum and diplomat.
Lisa Henderson @lissahen.bsky.social Cats, dogs, books, nature, democracy, spiritual life, peace.
Catherine Martin, PhD @flyingmooncat.bsky.social Professional book pusher, freelance writer, recovering academic. Media history, feminism, cats, and crafts.
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social Writer and independent feminist scholar
Queer person of colour
#FreePalestine
Colleen Montgomery @colleenm.bsky.social Associate Professor, Rowan University Dept. of Radio, TV, & Film. PhD, UT Austin. Film sound & animation scholar. Japanese Canadian. She/her.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-the-disney-musical-9780197633496?cc=us&lang=en&
Nedda Ahmed @neddaahmed.bsky.social Unrepentant Book Pusher. Film & Media Studies Librarian. Food enthusiast. Nerd.
Jessica Ringrose @jessicaringrose.bsky.social Prof University College London, UK. Canadian Feminist Sociologist studying youth, social media, digital activism, tech facilitated harms and educational interventions
New books: Teens, Social Media, & Image Based Abuse; and Postdigital Intimacies
Stefanie Duguay @dugstef.bsky.social Assoc. Prof in Communication Studies at Concordia University. Director of the Digital Intimacy, Gender and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab (digslab.net). Posts and opinions are my own.
PB Berge 💖 @persephone.blue 🔥 ludoarsonist
🕹️ media scholar
🎮 game breaker
𝐇𝐎𝐖'𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 is out!!!
Assistant Professor of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. 🔍 trans play 🏳️⚧️ TTRPGs 🎲 extremism 💀 & the ✨unplayable✨
🌐 https://persephone.blue 🎲 https://gravesnail.itch.io/next-week
Cait Mckinney @caitmckinney.bsky.social Assistant Prof at SFU Communication Studies working on queer media history.
Sara M. Grimes, PhD @smgrimes.bsky.social Wolfe Chair in Scientific + Technological Literacy & Professor at McGill University. I research kids + tech + play/games/creativity, advocate for children’s rights in policy/design. Author of Digital Playgrounds (2021) and Kidfluenced (underway).
Meryl Alper @merylalper.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ Northeastern. Technology, kids, disability, mental health. BOOKS: Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT 2014) Giving Voice (MIT 2017), Kids Across the Spectrums (MIT 2023) https://bit.ly/kidsacrossthespectrums
Alex Gates @complexgates.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Data Science @UVA. Network Science, human behavior and the emergent constraints of the organizations and ecosystems we build.
Melanie “Lemony” Gregg she/her @lemonylemons.bsky.social Health humanist ◆ Intersecting Minds: A NeuroHumanities Collective (neurohumanism.com) ◆ 🦻🏳️🌈♿️ #Neuroqueer #crip ◆ #communicationequity & #disabilityjustice advocate ◆ literary scholar/translator ◆ professor of humanities & #narrativemedicine ◆ happy weirdo🦖
Gary Kafer @gkafer.bsky.social Teaching Fellow, Cinema & Media Studies, UChicago • researching surveillance technology and digital culture
https://chicago.academia.edu/GaryKafer
Rachel Plotnick @rachelplotnick.bsky.social Associate Prof, IU Media School. Hist of tech, interfaces, wearables, media tech and everyday life. Books: Power Button (MIT) bit.ly/2xMlmsr and License to Spill (MIT, out now!) https://shorturl.at/Yl1DP
Mike Ananny 🇨🇦 @mikeananny.bsky.social ananny.org
- Media technologies & production cultures
- How sociotechnical systems enact theories of press freedom & “the public”
- GenAI as a public problem
Associate Professor of Communication & Journalism, USC Annenberg
Always 🇨🇦
radicalized worm gf @jaecy.bsky.social Miss Frizzle meets Daria — eccentric, witty, & emotionally unavailable
Musician/designer/educator. Doing a master’s in pop music & gender studies. Podcast enthusiast. She/her 🏳️🌈
Trevor Owens @tjowens.bsky.social Chief Research Officer at the American Institute of Physics. Working on the history of science, libraries and archives, and social science research. Fan of bike rides, small dogs, and vegetarian cuisine. 
Kiah Bennett @offscreenphd.bsky.social big fan of the Bravo Televisual Universe.
PhD in media studies. Hollywood production cultures, media industries, TV, race, disability, + comedy. learning to sew, bake, and crochet.
International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social International peer-reviewed journal dedicated to global research on cultural practices, processes, texts, infrastructures, and identities.
journals.sagepub.com/home/ics
The History on Film Podcast @historyonfilm.bsky.social The History on Film Podcast is an award-winning series that looks at the intersections of history, film and media studies, and more. Our goal is to make the educational parts entertaining and the entertaining parts educational. New episodes Mondays!
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America🏳️🌈
Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack. 
Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social Author, critic, historian | 🖋 Guardian S&S BBC Criterion Empire | 📕 The Curse of Queen Kelly | 📕 The Red Shoes | 📕 Pandora’s Box | ✉️ Weekly Film Bulletin | 💻 silentlondon.co.uk | https://linktr.ee/PamHutch | she/her
Kyle Stine @kylestine.bsky.social Film and Media Studies at Johns Hopkins University | Critical Hardware, Nonhuman Cinema, Hardwired Temporalities | All opinions and fandoms my own
Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social Film/Media/Comm/Sound
MAKING STEREO FIT
www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/
Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, The Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, Calvino, and Taylor Swift.
"The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
Academic Audio Transcription Ltd @aat-transcribes.bsky.social Specialist transcription services with a social impact
Supporting research, improving access, and creating fairly-paid, flexible, accessible work for disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent freelancers
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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social social epistemology & political philosophy | mama to small people | disabled, chronically ill and audhd | professionally tired | founder and director of disabled-majority transcription and closed captioning social biz @aat-transcribes.bsky.social | goof
Julia Leyda (she/her) @julia-leyda.northsky.social jaded academic | new Norwegian | chronically ill | ace woke pinko SJW | surviving mainly on film, TV, SFF novels
- doesn't suffer fools
- gleefully uses block function
- mastodon https://hcommons.social/@julia
- movies https://letterboxd.com/jleyda