Stefanie Molin @stefaniemolin.com Author of Hands-On Data Analysis with #Pandas. Full-stack software engineer, international speaker, and open source contributor. Opinions are my own.
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Deb Nicholson @eximious.bsky.social I like to talk about cooking, Python, sci-fi and creating a nice world for everyone. (she/her)
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Emma @emmatyping.dev Python Core Dev & Rust for CPython co-lead. mypy core team. Former quantum compiler engineer, now at NVIDIA working on Python & packaging. Opinions my own.
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Azusa Kage @azusakage.bsky.social Gravitational biologist, 助教 (PI) in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. Studying motility and behavior of microorganisms.
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Gudrun Lotze @gudrunlotze.bsky.social X-ray physicist and scientific software developer with a love for in situ experiments with nano beams at synchrotrons.
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Luciana Abud @luabud.bsky.social Senior Product Manager @ Microsoft working on Python in Visual Studio Code 🐍
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Sangeeta Jadoonanan @sjbitcode.bsky.social Python/Django software dev ✨ ☕️
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Jade @jade0x.com “essentially a website”
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Savannah Ostrowski @savannah.dev Python 3.16 & 3.17 Release Manager. Python Steering Council. Python Core Developer. Building @fastapicloud.com. Likes compilers, open source, film, physical computing + cats.
savannah.dev
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Running thelearning.dev community
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Marlene @marlene.bsky.social Pythonista, explorer living in London atm, AI & Python at Microsoft🐍✝️✨
Jenny Lin @jhylin.bsky.social Enthusiast in using Python for drug data. Occasionally uses R. Used to be a pharmacist and happened to have a comp/med chem PhD.
Emily Riederer @emilyriederer.bsky.social Here for data, data science, analytics engineering, rstats, books
Ian McNamara @ianmcnamara.bsky.social Galway, Ireland. Music, travel, nature and bike lover who longs for a caring society where people are willing to listen a little more. I'm not buying or looking for anything.
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#creativity
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Bas Terwijn | Python memory_graph @bterwijn.bsky.social Software Engineer and Educator at University of Amsterdam. Developer of memory_graph, a Python execution visualizer: https://github.com/bterwijn/memory_graph#readme
newweirdgames.bsky.social @newweirdgames.bsky.social New Weird Games Club is a quarterly get together for folks in Dublin making small, personal and/or weird games, because we LOVE THEM.
https://newweirdgames.itch.io/
DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social The world’s premier hacker conference. Serving the global hacker community since 1993.
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40++ @40plusplus.org A global community for career changers who started coding after 40.
Seb Lee-Delisle @seblee.me Speaker, coder, artist, laser specialist, intermittent YouTuber
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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Research Ireland @researchireland.ie Ireland’s new competitive research and innovation funding agency
Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social He/Him. Novel THE DUNGEON BOOK out August '26. Currently writing: Black Iron 4, The Dreadful Heir, Terraforming Mars rpg, Metadungeon!, Tunnels & Trolls, too much tbh
LÖVE Game Framework @love-framework.bsky.social LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. https://love2d.org/
Voskip @voskip.com Game studio from the Netherlands | We are making Your Painting, Sir. A game about crafting paintings out of newspaper cutouts.
🔸 Your Painting, Sir (wishlist!): s.team/a/4117830/
🔹 Discord: discord.gg/P5y3GyS4Kb
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Tog Hackerspace @togdublin.bsky.social A community hackerspace and makerspace in Dublin. Coding, electronics, crafts, radio and making. Weekly free events. Need to get in touch? Email info@tog.ie
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Shaka6331 @shaka6331.bsky.social Autistic/ADHD - Cat obsessed enby - 🏳️🌈 - Game Development Student - Twitch Affiliate - games and general chaos at the link below!
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Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social Awarded author, journalist: cybersecurity, privacy, Covid. WIRED, PopSci, Spinoff, Engadget, FT, IFJ. Visiting Scholar at Stout Research Centre, NZ. Black Hat keynote. S/her.
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Mr John Robertson @robbotron.bsky.social Comic/Cult Leader/THE DARK ROOM 🍍
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Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
Helen Greetham 🐝 @jabbage.bsky.social Library services by day; indie game maker at thewonderroom.uk by night (🐝 cosy mystery The Beekeeper’s Picnic out now!).
I'm also an amateur bookbinder and 19th‑century weird speculative fiction aficionado.
Tall Story Games @tallstorygames.bsky.social UK indie adventure game developer, creator of Lucy Dreaming and Director of AdventureX - https://tallstorygames.com
Khan @dreadpiratekhan.bsky.social Looking for my next opportunity ☆ GDC speaker 2025 & 2019 ☆ Dead Island 2, Gears: Tactics, LotRO, f2p games ☆ sasspot, ethnic mutt, tired, bi, adhd, she/her ☆ back on my Tumblr word nerditry as jetsetnarrative
⭐️ Najmah Salam ⭐️ @najmahsalam.bsky.social ★ Creative Artificer 🪄 & Marketing Alchemist 🧪
★ Producer @ Panda Cat Games
★ Brand Manager @ Team17
★ Women in Games Ambassador
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Tom Hughes @tomhughesdesign.bsky.social Lead Narrative Designer at Great Ape Games | Prev. Senior Games Designer at Supermassive Games | Beard Enthusiast | Views my own | He/Him
Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social BAFTA Breakthrough
British VA & Game Writer
Voice: Old Skies | Hob’s Barrow | Harold Halibut | Dread Delusion | Nighthawks | Rogue Trader| Blake Manor | El Paso 2
She/Her 😷
info/sallybeaumont.com
https://www.youtube.com/@sallybeaumont8775
AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social AdventureX brings together devs & gamers with a passion for interactive storytelling: Nov 7th & 8th 2026 in London
https://adventurexpo.org
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Robin Johnson @robinjohnson.bsky.social Interactive fiction/gamedev/writer, audiodramatist, cat haver, bicycle centaur
Producer/writer/HPL in @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast
🏆 IFComp, Spring Thing, Xyzzys
versificator.itch.io
🌈ADHAu
covid still exists
nazis bad, trans rights good
he/him
Kirsty Gillmore @soundswilde.bsky.social Director • Casting Director • #TheFirstDescendant #Valorant #BaldursGate3 #Fortnite #SplinterCellDeathwatch #TheQuietThings #CallOfDuty • Dialogue Producer • Games + Animation + Audio • #BAFTABreakthrough • Kiwi • She/Her www.soundswilde.com
Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com Known for Old Skies, Blackwell, Technobabylon, Primordia, Unavowed, Hob's Barrow, and more! Working on: Nighthawks, Gilt, [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Discord: http://discord.com/invite/kj2mkWs
Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!!! @mcdoogleh.bsky.social Game Developer/Electromagician/Cat Master 😹
Epic Megagrant 2022 Recipient
BAFTAConnect 22/23/24
IGDA Foundation Next-Gen Leader 2022
Currently working on Rogue Eclipse!
Wishlist Here!
https://bit.ly/4bRLumD
Views expressed here are my own 👍
Mairi Spaceship Nolan 🚀✨ (she/her) @mairispaceship.com 🕹️ Puzzle Game Designer #boardgames #videogames
✍️ Escape Industry News & The Escape Roomer
🧩 TERPECA & ER Champ UK Ambassador
🏢 Studio Manager @ Draknek, Director @ HEFT & others
mairispaceship.com
Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social Making quirky little games with a lot of heart.
🖊 Senior Game Writer / Narrative Designer @ Frontier
🌟 Portfolio: https://gameswriting.coffee
🌎 https://rebeccam.carrd.co
🌟 Previously: Dirty Bomb / Gears Tactics / Yooka-Replaylee
Robin Ward @eviltrout.com "The Incident at Galley House" is out now on Steam! You might also enjoy our previous game, “The Roottrees are Dead”.
Previously: co-founder of Discourse
https://galley.house
https://roottrees.com
https://eviltrout.com
Romero Games @romerogames.bsky.social Galway-based studio, passionate about FPS games.
romerogames.com
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
proxy hue @proxy-hue.bsky.social they/them weirdo
Dane will return at Urban Bird Fest! @monkeyminion.com Space/Science/Pop Culture #Artist. Pro Con Artist. Creator: BORBS & more. He/him. Clients: Netflix/Disney/AppleTV. Monkeyminion.com
#art
NO AI
I vet all follows. I block liberally. I cuss a LOT.
Cons.ie @consdotie.bsky.social cons.ie is a free listing service for conventions and conferences of all types. Check out our handy Cons Starter Pack:
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Spirit Swap ON SWITCH/2 NOW✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social
Worker-owned co-op! We make games.
Fuck off with that genAI garbage! Handmade degen only.
✨“Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to” is OUT NOW!✨
Play Spirit Swap: https://t.co/tr0q2UW1HV
✉️: contact@softnotweak.com
Gina Häußge @foosel.net 🐒 Passionate code monkey 👩💻 Geek 🎮 Gamer 🧗♀️ Bouldering apprentice 💡 Problem solver 🐍 Python wrangler 🐙 Creator & maintainer of OctoPrint
Morgan Ainsley 🎧 @morgan-ars.bsky.social Composer for video games, full time nerd 🎶🎮🐉 currently working on Insignia
Aussie 🇦🇺
https://linktr.ee/morganainsleymusic
morganainsleymusic.com
NIDC @nidc.bsky.social Event of the year for the tech community!
#NIDC2025 coming back soon...
Debug Magazine @debugmag.com The indie games magazine // Available in print and digital // Order support: help@teamdebug.com
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The Digital Hub @thedigitalhub.bsky.social The Digital Hub is a vibrant cluster of tech, creative, internet & digital media enterprises. Also home to digital learning & industry organisations.
https://linktr.ee/thedigitalhub_dublin
Irish Video Game Orchestra 🎮♥️ @ivgorchestra.com 🎮 Charity focused on video game music
🫂 Organised by volunteers
💵 Unfunded
🎵 Arranging music
🔊 Producing concerts
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ welcoming
🎮 Celebrating #VGM composers
Northern Ireland Charity No NIC108928
https://linktr.ee/ivgo | 日本語OK
Cult.Repo @cultrepo.bsky.social Making documentaries about open source
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raffy.fm ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ @rafinomiguel.bsky.social 🌿 hi
📍 🇵🇭/🇮🇪 crossover episode
🎹 composer | sound designer | game audio person
StoryToys | @howlinghamster.bsky.social | Bad Juice
Currently: Lego Bluey, Lego Marvel, Sub Species, Hibera: RFTF
https://soundcloud.com/raffyknowsnothing
Mark Aherne @wiredmark.bsky.social
Indie developer, creating Persevere, a survival management strategy game (https://perseveregame.com)
Technical Director #NoesisGUI (https://noesisengine.com)
Dr Kieran Nolan @kierannolan.bsky.social Artist, Researcher & Lecturer | Co-Director, Creative Arts Research Centre, DkIT | WG1 Lead, Grassroots of Digital Europe (COST) | Co-President, History of Games International Conference (@historyofgames.bsky.social) - kierannolan.com
VC Games @violentcandle.bsky.social Dylan - Irish solo dev. Gamer/Creator/Dreamer.
Itch:
https://violentcandlestudios.itch.io/
Discord:
http://discord.gg/Bm4awSQpT3
Ben Doherty @spongeonmaster.bsky.social He/Him
Irish TTRPG Writer/Editor
#1 Bestselling DM's Guild Contributor
Co-Founder of @emeraldcollective.bsky.social
Portfolio: https://bendohertyttrpg.com/
Mairéad "Maisie" Ó Dorchaidhe @modorchaidhe.bsky.social Game developer.
Previous credits incl SSE @ Diablo 4, Destiny 2, EA Sports, Frostbite. Now micro-indie (@odorchaidhe.games)
Tá mé i mo chónaí i mBéal Feirste.
🟢 Gaeilge, English, 日本語
🟡 Magyarul, Español, Français
🔴 everything else
Levels & Lives @levelsandlives.com ✍️ Tony Colton - Games Writer at PlayStation Universe
https://www.psu.com/author/tonyc/
Born of Sega Mega Drive & SNES
Educated by PlayStation
Flirted with Xbox
Permanent member of #VitaIsland - Long Live the Vita
Daragh Carroll @dkc1011.bsky.social Full Time Software Developer, Part Time Pixel Artist and Games Developer.
Currently working on Castle Dornstein with Digital Mosaic Games 🏰 @digitalmosaicgames.bsky.social
He / Him 🇮🇪
Dr Abby Rekas (she/her) @letsopenculture.bsky.social Copyright and access law and policy scholar. Current research focused on digital games preservation. Interest in disruptive technologies and their impact on society, particularly legal tech. Lecturer in Law & Innovation. U.S. Attorney (Massachusetts Bar)
Brent Mitchell @brentthemitch.bsky.social Canadian technical game designer building cool games in Ireland. Made star warses, far crys, splinter cells, boardgames and a bunch more. Now helping Romero make a wild new shooter!
bunny | comms & games consulting @wingedlioness.bsky.social Lioness, winged. She, her. Ireland. Ace.
Professionally: communications, production, community/marketing, operations, art, writing ➡️ https://www.aossiproductions.ie/
Unprofessionally: mum, dog mum, witch, Commander Shepard, Rook, benevolent Game Master.
astralCastoff 🇮🇪 @astralcastoff.itch.io http://astralcastoff.itch.io
http://steampowered.com/dev/astralCastoff
Kevin @gamedevkevin.bsky.social Irish C/C++ programmer. He/him
Games, Coding, Art
Gaeilge agus fáilte! ☘
AoifeG @aoifeglee.bsky.social I make video games & I’m tired of the internet | Narrative Designer @ INTERIOR/NIGHT | She/Her | Irish | 🇵🇸
Eyeriss 🏳️🌈 @eyerissk.eurosky.social The mad ramblings of a trans girl wishing character creators were in real life.
I'm a Irish game dev, character modeller and character creator enthusiast.
Working on a Magica Riot N64 Fan Game!
No AI!!
jstocks, online @jstocks.online 
lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz | EIC at startmenu.co.uk | Gay Idiot | (she/they) | Might have seen me on: Giant Bomb, ShackNews, GamerGuides, Restart, Waypoint, Fanbyte, PLAY Magazine, TheGamer, and PushSquare | Signal Username: BasicalliLexi.57
Miles | Hibera Demo out NOW @milesthemighty.bsky.social Developer of Hibera, Requiem for the Forgotten, Nerd Person, Miniature Enjoyer, Award-winning Tracksuit designer, He/Him, 🍉 linktr.ee/badjuicegames
Sadbh ✨ SwordsandSpectacles @swordsandspecs.bsky.social 28 / she/they
Illustrator, Animator, Spaniel-Wangler. 🇮🇪
Follow me on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/swordsandspectacles
Séamus Ó Buadhacháin @sdob.bsky.social Senior Programmer at Failbetter Games. He/him.
IODINE 👁️ @iodinex64.bsky.social WEIRD CREATURE
I made Burden Street Station: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3126340/
Brian - Another Ocean @anotherocean.bsky.social Hi! Musician, game jam organizer, and software engineer based in Ireland.
Newest instrumental & emotional ep here:
https://anotherocean.bandcamp.com
Letterboxd:
https://letterboxd.com/emptystomach/
Backlogged:
https://www.backloggd.com/u/PocketOcean
Echoing STEM @echoingstem.com A mashup of content from a leftist STEMinist
Brett Cannon @snarky.ca #Python core developer who also works on packaging; works on Python stuff at #Microsoft (although this is a personal account). Proudly #Canadian.
PyCon US @pycon.us PyCon US is a community-focused conference for Python users and developers. Join us in Long Beach, CA from May 13 - May 19, 2026!
A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social Label for Games and Playful Media.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 - 16th edition - May 5-8
A MAZE. Shop-Gallery - Summer break - Greifswalder Str. 14, Berlin
#arthousegames #indiegames #space #positivechaos #berlin #playfulmedia #AMaze2026
GiLgAmEzH 💚 @gilgamezh.me Yo pensé que había que ir a https://fosstodon.org/@gilgamezh
De Todo Un Poco | he/him/él
🇦🇷@🇳🇱
🐍 @pythonargentina | @europython | @pyamsterdam | EPS/PSF fellow 🙂
Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org Seattle wants to invite the Worldcon community to our city (Aug 13-17, 2025) to experience Pacific Northwest fan culture and to continue to build upon and engage with our fandom community of learners, readers, doers, makers, and creators.
Tim/foamyguy @foamyguy.bsky.social Husband, software developer, tinkerer.
Creative engineer working for Adafruit on CircuitPython & related projects, libraries, guides, and more.
Always on the lookout for cool things and cool people.
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Jeannette Ng 吳志麗 @ngjeannette.bsky.social Novelist. Won: Astounding, BFA Newcomer. Dabbles: history, poetry, costumes, live roleplay. She/they. Mostly photos of my dog. Repped by @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social
STARBURST MAGAZINE @starburst.bsky.social The World's Longest Running Magazine of Fantastic Films & Television. First published in 1977, our 495th issue is in shops now, or can be ordered directly from us over at www.starburstmagazine.store
Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Cardassia’s resident anarchist. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981. Chiefest and greatest of calamities.
https://linktr.ee/unamccormack
Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social Independent bookshop and art gallery in Galway, Ireland. Free delivery in Ireland and we ship worldwide. New, used and rare books.
www.kennys.ie | www.thekennygallery.ie
Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
Robert | Yellowbyte Games @yellowbytegames.com Irish Indie Game Developer 🎮
Based in Galway 🇮🇪
Programmer: Unity | Godot | Java | React
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2744520/Swing_Boy
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
Kelpana @kelpana.bsky.social Code Monkey with too many hobbies. Retrocomputing, Game Development, 3D Printing and Electronics. Trying to muddle my way through life. Founded @galwaygamejam 2013. Hoarder of old tech and model trains.
🇮🇪 (Plus some 🏴🏴) 🕹️🎮🚆🛼🚲🏃♀️