Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
David Kuszmar @davidkuszmar.com Black-box Adversarial AI Researcher. Discoverer of a whole mess of exploits.
Lead for AI Research at Gazzetta.xyz
Part of Organizing Group for tbdcon.ai
Spoke at HOPE_16 and IACS-6.
Newsletter: https://emergent-problems.ghost.io/
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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).
Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan @bauerkahan.bsky.social Assemblymember to the 16th District covering parts of Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Chair of the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and the Select Committee on Reproductive Health.
Pussy Riot @pussyriot.bsky.social 
Internet Society @internetsociety.bsky.social 
Maria Xynou @agrabeli6.bsky.social Director @ooni.org | Board @torproject.org
IODA (Internet Outage Detection and Analysis) @ioda.live Internet Outage Detection & Analysis (https://ioda.live) project @ Georgia Tech's Internet Intelligence Lab (https://inetintel.org). We post about Internet outages worldwide. ioda-info@cc.gatech.edu
the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com We make Honest Government Ads
You can support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/TheJuiceMedia
Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) @oslofreedomforum.com @hrf.org's annual global conference series brings together human rights defenders worldwide to speak truth to power.
🗓️ May 31-June 2, 2027
🎟️ Register to attend: https://oslofreedomforum.com/event/oslo-freedom-forum-2027/off-2027-attendance-application/
Cyd @cyd.social Hi, my name is Cyd! I can help you claw back your data from Big Tech, starting with deleting all your tweets for free. https://cyd.social
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org We are a network of journalists exposing crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account.
Our journalism has so far helped return $10+ billion to the public sphere and led to 700+ arrests, indictments, and sentences.
Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social Open Source Investigator. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
DOXA Journal in English @doxajournal.bsky.social Independent reportage and analysis from and on Russia. We cover everything from war and rising authoritarianism to inequality, discrimination, and the climate crisis. Subscribe to our English newsletter! https://doxaenglish.substack.com/subscribe
🥩himbo discourse🥩 @internetmaggie.com Porn & Platform Research 💦📚☕💻 PhD Candidate @UofT Faculty of Information + Advisory board to ECP Canada / Pornhub (2023-2026) | #1 Animorphs Fan
www.internetmaggie.com
Automattic @automattic.com Fully distributed since 2005. We’re passionate about making the web a better place.
Distributed Press @dwebpress.bsky.social An open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb. We automate publishing and hosting content to the WWW that seeds to Hypercore and IPFS. https://distributed.press/
Maarten Balliauw @maartenballiauw.be Head of Customer Success at @DuendeSoftware.com. Founded https://speaker.travel. Frequent speaker. Opinions are my own.
Brett Solomon @brettsolomon.bsky.social Fellow, Human Rights Center, Berkeley |
Founder RightsCon | Co-founder Access Now
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Human Rights Foundation (HRF) @hrf.org We promote and protect democracy & human rights around the world, with a focus on authoritarian regimes.
👉 Join our human rights conference: @oslofreedomforum.com
✊ Together, we can beat tyranny: https://hrf.org/?form=donate
RightsCon @rightscon.org 💫The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age
📆 Taipei and online, Feb 24-27, 2025
Openvibe @openvibe.social The App for Connecting Open Social Web
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads in ONE app, in ONE feed ✨
https://openvibe.social
Laura Schwartz-Henderson @oncethought.bsky.social Part of the endangered human rights species- communications, research & mobilization around censorship, shutdowns, surveillance. 🔥 Righteous anger is always sexy 🔥
OpenArchive @openarchive.bsky.social Working with communities worldwide to preserve records for resilience.
We create secure, decentralized tools that easily safeguard media evidence.
Securely archive, verify, and encrypt your mobile media with Save.
https://linktr.ee/openarchive
Electronics Notes by Ian Poole @elecnotes.bsky.social My aim is to provide clear summaries & information about electronics, radio & connectivity.
I’ve had a fantastic career in electronics - now I’d like to help others into it.
Website: https://www.electronics-notes.com
#electronics #RFdesign #antennas
SparkFun Electronics @sparkfun.bsky.social Start Something.
www.sparkfun.com
Etienne - Tek @tek.randhome.io Technologist @ Human Rights Watch (previously Amnesty, Citizen Lab)
Malware, Threats, Online Investigations, Disinformation, Human Rights and silly memes.
On Mastodon: tek@todon.eu
Also on https://maynier.eu/
Sarah A | ساره @xsa.bsky.social hacker | infosec + human rights + anti-surveillance丨past VP Security @OpenTechFund, @internetFF, @HRW丨past fellow @mozilla @NewAmerica丨Beirut ➝ Brooklyn
h ◈ r l ◉ @harloholm.es i'm with the press.
digital security @freedom.press, but all opinions are my own
Open Technology Fund @opentechfund.bsky.social We advance internet freedom by supporting research, development, & implementation projects that fight censorship, increase privacy, and improve security online.
opentech.fund
Alice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com Mad Scientist and Necromancer, she/her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
AuADHD creature of elemental internet
collector of keysmashes
used to be called Foone, before the war
Home Assistant Devs @home-assistant.dev Follow us for the latest news around developing for Home Assistant. Follow the main account at @home_assistant.io
Sandy | Organizer of Glitter, Collaboration, and Community @collaboracion.bsky.social Dedicated to spreading glitter and collaboration to create communities that are equitable and impactful.
#Santiguadora #Goddess #DigitalRights #InternetFreedom #Organizer #CommunityBuilding #DigitalOrganizing 
Peter Micek @lawyerpants.bsky.social Tinker, lawyer, rocker, talker. New York based. California state of mind. Work at @accessnow teach @Columbia play @ironichipsters
Unredacted 🗽 @unredacted.org A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that builds Internet infrastructure and services to help people access the open Internet and protect their right to #privacy
https://unredacted.org/
Hackers On Planet Earth 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @hope.net HOPE Conference
The New Yorker Hotel
August 14-16, 2026
NY, NY
https://hope.net
Home Assistant @home-assistant.io Open source home automation that puts local control & privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers & DIY enthusiasts.
alice @alice.mosphere.at 📍 london | building @bluepy.social
Łukasz @lukasz.bsky.social Breaking bad UTF-8 implementations since 1991. I secure cybers and run trails. If I’m posting, I’m hopefully not on a trail. Views own. He/him
Patrick Boehler @pboehler.net Media & autocrats / pug kahu
https://www.gazzetta.xyz
Abir Ghattas @abirghattas.bsky.social CIO & Director of Information Security @HRW • Feminist • @abirghattas@infosec.exchange •
Conexión Segura y Libre @conexionsegura.bsky.social ¡Internet seguro y sin censura para todos! Conexión Segura y Libre es una ONG que defiende los DDHH y la seguridad de usuarios en internet | @vesinfiltro.bsky.social @notisinfiltro.bsky.social
Micah Lee @micahflee.com Doing what I can to keep activists, journalists, and researchers safe and productive — writing at https://micahflee.com — author of HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS https://hacksandleaks.com — signal: micah.01
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employers’
I did a TED talk once
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
Natalia Krapiva 🕊️👩🏻💻 @natynettle.bsky.social Lawyer working on human rights, technology, spyware, litigation, Russia and Eastern Europe.
Currently Senior Tech-Legal Counsel at Access Now. Formerly OSINT investigator and prosecutor.
Alp Toker @atoker.bsky.social Founder, director @netblocks • technologist, writer and rights defender • https://mastodon.social/@atoker
Alberto Dainotti @albertodainotti.bsky.social Associate Professor @ Georgia Tech working on Internet monitoring and security. He/him.
Director of https://inetintel.org
Father of https://ioda.live — Bsky: @ioda.live
http://mastodon.online/@dainotti
Isabela @1s4.bsky.social Brazuka / Diretora Executiva do torproject.org / O que é importante: Software Livre + Democratização da Informação + Privacidade + Futebol + Praia + Dança
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Dan Blah @blahs.life Partner & Dad (blahs.life). Chief Technologist / co-founder (reset.tech). Former lots of things.
Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social Threat researcher, rights supporter, obsessive reader, marathon runner, eternal traveler, serial migrant, music blogger, lapsed mathematician.
https://lapsedordinary.net/
Signal: martijngrooten.37
✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social TCU is a community network gathering #DigitalRights defenders working on tech and security issues impacting human rights, journalism, civil society & social justice. Check out our job board, events and knowledge center. https://www.digitalrights.community
Nandini Jammi @nandoodles.checkmyads.org Now: Co-founder @CheckMyAdsHQ, Your Friendly Neighborhood Watchdog / Previously: Co-Founder @slpng_giants
Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org Co-founder of Check My Ads, the adtech watchdog. Please send me protopian fiction.
Check My Ads @checkmyads.org We're the independent digital advertising watchdog. We are building a transparent and fair digital advertising market.
Marianne Díaz Hernández @mariannedh.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, digital rights activist, migrant. Cat person. PDF hoarder. Coffee addict. Swiftie. / she/ella / http://the-far-away.com
Mohammed Al-Maskati @mohdmaskati.bsky.social Digital Security Helpline Director at Access Now
https://www.accessnow.org/profile/mohammed/
Bill Marczak @billmarczak.org senior researcher at @citizenlab.ca
Nima Fatemi نیما فاطمی @mrphs.bsky.social Privacy x Security x Social Impact
Abolitionist x Intersectional
Free Palestine 🍉 Free Iran ✌🏽
mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social Technology and human rights. Associate Director of Technology Threats and Opportunities at @witnessorg.bsky.social | Doctoral Researcher @oii.ox.ac.uk
Greenhost @greenhost.net Official Greenhost social media account - testing
Amir Rashidi @ammir.bsky.social Security and Internet Access Researcher focusing on Infosec, privacy, cencorship and surveillance
Jon Camfield @joncamfield.com Find me at https://mastodon.social/@joncamfield , or my bridged account here: https://bsky.app/profile/joncamfield.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Dan York @danyork.bsky.social All things Internet | Emerging tech | AI | LEO satellites | Security | Privacy | Wikipedia|Rotary|ITDRC|Vermont|Author|Speaker|Podcaster
Senior Director, Online Trust & Safety, Internet Society
More: danyork.me and https://mastodon.social/@danyork
Doug Madory @eldomador.bsky.social Internet Analysis (BGP/NetFlow) at @kentik.bsky.social (formerly of Dyn Research and Renesys).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougmadory/
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
NetBlocks @netblocks.org The Internet's Observatory: Tracking cybersecurity and digital governance • connectivity and democracy • tools and policy for change • https://netblocks.org
Gus Narea @gus.engineer Fighting Internet censorship with @awala.app, @letro.app, @veraid.net and @ddos.report. Host of the Inside Awala podcast. Founder of @relaycorp.tech. Ex Auth0. Oxford alumnus. Either optimist or naive. More on https://gus.engineer.
Giorgio Maone @ma1.bsky.social Hacker, atheist, humanist, socialist, dad, mozillian, security breaker and builder, creator of NoScript, casting spells at the Tor Browser. He/him.
🐘 @ma1@todon.eu
Gus 🧅 @0xggus.bsky.social Community Team Lead @torproject.org.
Nathan Freitas @nathan.freitas.net There are so many essential problems to solve in the world, why limit yourself to smart juicers and photo filters?
mastodon @n8fr8@ohai.social
Also me: https://nathan.freitas.net https://guardianproject.info
https://tibetaction.net
Tor Project @torproject.org We're a nonprofit defending your privacy and freedom online. Download Tor Browser for protection against surveillance and censorship. http://t.me/TorProject
Awala @handle.invalid Awala is the app to bypass Internet censorship caused by repressive governments, foreign militaries, and civil wars. Powers @letro.app. Led by @relaycorp.tech. Learn more on https://awala.app/en.
Isik Mater @isik5.bsky.social Director of Research @netblocks, #infosec, Internet activist, Developer, OSINT enthusiast, NewsKitten, Nerd, HDR photographer. GPG:0x0EB41110
https://twitter.com/isik5
David Belson @dbelson.com I stared at data about the Internet for Cloudflare.
https://radar.cloudflare.com/
https://mastodon.social/@dbelson
https://x.com/dbelson
https://internetdisruption.report/ (on hiatus)
Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com Internet trends, as seen by the Cloudflare global network.
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
IODA @ Georgia Tech @ioda.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Internet Outage Detection & Analysis (https://ioda.live) project @ Georgia Tech's Internet Intelligence Lab (https://inetintel.org). We post about Internet […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@IODA on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Freedom House @freedomhouse.bsky.social A prodemocracy organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
adafruit @adafruit.com Engineer - Founder of Adafruit - Brooklyn, NY USA - Manufacturer, open-source hardware, certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) https://adafruit.com - support https://forums.adafruit.com & order/customer help support@adafruit.com
Internet Engineering Task Force @ietf.org The overall goal of the IETF is to make the Internet work better by producing open technical standards.
Meduza in English @meduza.io Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. https://meduza.io/en
MakerSpace @makerspace-online.com MakerSpace is about technology you can use to build your own stuff. Turn your ideas into reality with hands-on projects for makers.
https://makerspace-online.com
Michael Andersen @mjandersen.bsky.social Stares at numbers at Simon and Schuster, runs ARGN.com - more ARGs, escape rooms, immersive theater, and puzzle stuff than you probably want to hear
Ddubya @ddubya.bsky.social CEO & Cofounder of Kinetic Energy Ent.
https://kineticenergyent.com/
PS: Been here for over a year. When are y'all coming over?
PPS: formerly @silkyd67 on the bluebird
Sara Thacher @thacher.bsky.social Experience Designer, Social Practitioner, Imagineer, Explainer of Jokes, Adventurer, erstwhile Jejune Institute Co-creator, and former Vacation Surrogate
Nick Tierce @nicktierce.com Writer. Designer. Rabbithole cartographer. Immersive & interactive adventures.
nicktierce.com
UploadVR @uploadvr.com VR & AR news, reviews, and industry analysis.
https://www.uploadvr.com/
David Liu @thedak.bsky.social He/Him
Musings: noteveryth.ing
Work Stuff: davidshiyang.com
Alex Coulombe @ibrews.bsky.social architect turned XR-chitect crafting virtual spaces and the spectacles within | CEO, Agile Lens: Immersive Design, XR strike force | Unreal Engine Authorized Instructor & Toolmaker | Theatre is cool
Joey Sims @joeysims.bsky.social he/him. writing about theater. https://joeysims.substack.com/
Estella Tse @estellatse.com VR/AR Creative Director & Artist — among many other things. she/her.
🌲Oakland grown
🌸 Portland livin
Clients: Google, Oxford University, Adobe, AMD, Intel, Snapchat, Cartoon Network, Netherlands, more
https://estellatse.com/?utm_source=bsky
Brooke McDonald @brookegmcdonald.bsky.social Writer/editor covering Disney, Star Wars, Marvel, Universal, theme parks, travel • she/her
Ben Lang @ben.roadtovr.com Reporting on XR for a decade+, Co-founder of leading independent VR news pub RoadtoVR.com. Journalist & analyst, not evangelist.
Twitter https://twitter.com/benz145
Dave Cobb 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐻 @davecobb.com Immersive Experience Design +30yrs -- theme parks, museum exhibits, attractions, MR/AR -- I connect people and stories in physical places.
Not the famous music producer.
GenX🤘
Queer & married 🇨🇦
Husky dad.
Stay kind & curious.
http://www.davecobb.com/
Jay Bushman @jaybushman.bsky.social Writer of interactive entertainments