Josh Specht @joshspecht.bsky.social Historian at the University of Notre Dame, author of Red Meat Republic, a book about ๐. Almost done with another book, still not sure what it's about.
Julia Sizek @jsizek.bsky.social Environmental historian and legal geographer of California desert's landownership checkerboards, Native American land trusts, groundwater, dirt bikes, and vacation homes. Also projects on the Northwest Forest Plan and cervid Chronic Wasting Disease.
Marthine Satris @msatris.bsky.social Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
https://bit.ly/MDShomepage
Eva Rosen @evarosen.bsky.social Sociologist, urbanist, ethnographer, prof of public policy at Georgetown, author of The Voucher Promise https://bit.ly/2Bz1EoA
Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social Shareholder value = 3 eggs
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
Lizzie.oleary@slate.com
Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
Frank Popper @fpopper.bsky.social Land-use planner. From Chicago, now in Manhattan. BA (psychology), Haverford; MPA, PhD (political science), Harvard. Taught at Rutgers, 1983-2019, teaching at Princeton with my wife Deborah Popper, 2001-present. Look up the woowoo details.
Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social Hosting Slateโs daily news podcast What Next. Getting closer to God in a tight situation. Alum: WNYC Always: therealness.org
Jovanna Rosen @jovannarosen.bsky.social Associate Prof at Rutgers. community development, urban inequality + social innovation. Book: Community Benefits
Katie Brennan @katiebrennan.bsky.social Candidate for NJ Assembly- 32nd District. Housing is a human right. Wonk making it work. Theater nerd. ๐โโฌ ๐
https://www.katiebrennanfornj.com/
Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social Political Scientist, Providence College
Strategic Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute
Author / Resource Radicals (Duke UP 2020)
Co-Author / A Planet to Win (Verso 2019)
Forthcoming / Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (WW Norton)
Amanda Kass @akass.bsky.social Research Director, Good Jobs First
deep in the public finance weeds, grammar + typo offender, stata frenemy. opinions are my own. She/her
Personal site: https://amandakass.blog/
Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Host of Galaxy Brain, the podcast. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios โ onthemedia.org
Hosted by @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social
alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social Dir of Research, Data & Society. Academic. Studies tech & society, far-right disinfo. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme ๐
๐ป tiara.org
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
Rep. Frank Pallone @pallone.house.gov NJ06 Congressman. Top Dem on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Fighting to lower Rx costs, protect our shore, and hold corporate polluters accountable. Long Branch born and bred.
Fill out my survey: https://palloneforms.house.gov/forms/form/?ID=36
National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov Official Bluesky account for NOAA's National Weather Service.
Jan รblacker @januebl.bsky.social Sociologist interested in neighborhood change, housing, gentrification & digitalization | Professor for Human-Context Interaction @THWS | Cologne / Wรผrzburg | www.janueblacker.com
Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social Open access peer-reviewed journal connecting debates on emerging Big Data practices & how they reconfigure academic, social, industry, & government relations.
John Stehlin @jstehlin.bsky.social Urban/economic geographer focused on the political economy of urban sustainability and transportation, Department of Earth Science and Geography, Vassar College
RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social Union of graduate workers, faculty, postdocs and EOF counsellors at Rutgers University since 1970 | http://linktr.ee/ruaaup
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social Carceral geographer, California apologist, valued customer.
Read @oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org he+him / Writing about software craft and quality: unsung.aresluna.org / Wrote a book about the history of keyboards: shifthappens.site / Designer / Typographer / Occasional speaker / Chicagoan in training
Dylan Gottlieb @dygottlieb.bsky.social Historian of cities and capitalism || Author of YUPPIES (@harvardpress.bsky.social) II Co-host of @whomakescents.bsky.social II Rep'd by Alia Hanna Habib @thegernertco.bsky.social
brian pillion @anaphoristand.bsky.social writer | antiantiantifa | (mostly philly) sports fan | he/him
Landlord Mapper @landlordmapper.bsky.social The national landlord database initiative. We're using data science to uncover and expose urban property ownership networks.
https://landlordmapper.org/chi/home
Roman Mars @romanmars.bsky.social Creator of 99% Invisible, Trump Con Law, A History of the US in 100 Objects, Power Broker Breakdown- http://99pi.org
TEDTalk on flags w/ over 7M views
NYT Bestseller The 99% Invisible City: http://99pi.org/book
East Bay, CA
Alum: Oberlin, Simon's Rock, UGA
Ben Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social CTO, Nomic. former history professor/digital humanist.
https://benschmidt.org
Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social Iโm the founding executive editor of Heatmap News, a contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times, and the cohost of the Shift Key podcast.
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๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ. ๐ผ๐๐๐ @charlescmann.bsky.social Author of "1491, "1493," and, most recently, "The Wizard and the Prophet." Podcast, co-hosted w/ Virginia Postrel, about the history of things you didn't know even *have* a history: http://bit.ly/4unQNCY
Sophia Fox-Dichter @sewfox.bsky.social Asking questions about rental housing and social policies | Dissertating @ Bloustein School, Rutgers
RutgersEagleton Poll @eagletonpoll.bsky.social
@heldrichcenter.bsky.social @heldrichcenter.bsky.social
Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center @vtc.rutgers.edu ๐ National leader in the research and development of innovative transportation policy. https://vtc.rutgers.edu/
New Jersey-Philadelphia SSN @ssn-njphilly.bsky.social The New Jersey-Philadelphia chapter of @scholars.org connects researchers in the Garden State and the Philadelphia area with journalists, policymakers, and civic leaders to improve policy and strengthen democracy.
New Jersey State Policy Lab @policylab.rutgers.edu New Jersey Policy Lab conducts rigorous evidence-based research to raise the quality of data used by state policymakers to address the needs of NJ communities.
https://policylab.rutgers.edu/
Julia Sass Rubin @juliasassrubin.bsky.social Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Director of Public Policy Program & Assoc. Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University - New Brunswick
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Steven Fulop @stevenfulop.bsky.social Mayor of Jersey City, U.S. Marine, former Ironman triathlete, husband to Jaclyn, dad to Jaxon, Stassi & Sage.
@andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social New Jersey Senator, public servant, and dad to two troublemaking little boys. Whether you voted for me or not, youโre my boss, Iโm here to serve you.
Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of CA, Irvine School of Law โข Technology & Society โข Work Law โข Democracy & Inequality
General Counsel AAUP
Sam's sister โค๏ธ
Personal Account, Views My Own
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nycโs libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, ๐จ, cities, ๐, infrastructure, libraries, ๐บ๏ธ, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social Ex-liontamer, writer/editor/strategist.
I used to work for Wired, The Verge, The Atlantic, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles.
I also host sometimes at Kottke.org.
Call me he/him.
PHL.
Everything changes; donโt be afraid.
https://timcarmody.com
Francesca Mari @francescamari.bsky.social Contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and Assistant Professor of the Practice at Brown University | Also published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, +
www.francescamari.com- S Sarah Knuth @saraheknuth.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK
Jim Fingal @kraid.bsky.social Books and computers. Used to do Logic mag. New print joint @sfreviewofwhatever.bsky.social
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone NYT-bestselling, US-born immigrant living in Portugal. Books: RINGMASTER; TRUE BELIEVER; and on Oct. 6, @beckbook.com. Married to @sirosenbaum.bsky.social. Co-hostess of @herecomestomorrow.net. PFP is Nomi Sunrider as drawn by David Roach.
Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social Prof at the Oxford Internet Institute
Director of @towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Publications: www.markgraham.space
Studies: Digital Economies, Digital Geographies, Economic Geography, Gig Economy, Data Work, AI Production Networks, Cities
Eat the rich
Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social Associate Professor @ UBC
computational sociology
machine learning is feminist
You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And sheโs not deadly. Sheโs beautiful and sheโs laughing.
www.lauraknelson.com
Tony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social B+ dad, NE MPLS resident, and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Sports: Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Marquette
Aharon deGrassi @adegrassi.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Geography, political economy of food, ag, rural development, Angola, DRC, California.
Jason Hackworth @jasonhackworth.bsky.social Urban studies professor, Ohio State football fan, neurodivergent
http://individual.utoronto.ca/hackworth/index.html
Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social Dean of Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Obsessed with baseball, basketball, regulation, TV
Sara M. Watson @smwat.bsky.social saramwatson.com
Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social Reader in Media and Geography at Birkbeck, University of London. Into cities, publics, politics, social media, podcasts & journalism. https://linktr.ee/rodgers_scott
Geoff Boeing @geoffboeing.com Assoc Professor & Department Chair @USC
Nonresident Senior Fellow @Brookings
Web: https://geoffboeing.com
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gboeing
Garrett Dash Nelson @en-dash.bsky.social a polity is a place
Wonyoung So, PhD @wonyoungso.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Urban Technology at University of Michigan | Studying #race #equity #data #tech #housing | PhD at MIT | he/him.
@stewpay.bsky.social @stewpay.bsky.social
Jon Van Lare @mortyvl.bsky.social Midnight Run is criminally underrated and I often make bad choices with food
Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net #Climate & sea level science + policy. Rutgers University. All views my own. www.bobkopp.net
kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net Unheil-bringer. lithium prince. architecture critic @thenation.com
my blogs are https://late-review.com, https://wehwalt.net and mcmansionhell.com
she/they
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Kelly @kaypaypay.bsky.social Always saying yes to fries
Gavin Rozzi @gavroz.bsky.social Public servant and NJ civic tech leader.
Kyle Chayka @chaykak.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker, writing a weekly column on tech & culture. Author of Filterworld (2024) & The Longing for Less (2020). Newsletter fan. Email: kyle_chayka@newyorker.com. Ava is a sloth cake.
Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things.
https://linktr.ee/mckenziewark
Tim Hwang @timhwang.bsky.social five out of eight computers on a scale of computers
David Nemer @davidnemer.com Assoc Prof of Media Studies & Anthropology at the University of Virginia. Faculty Associate at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center. Anthropology of Tech/STS Books: Technology of the Oppressed (MIT Press); Favela Digital (GSA)๐ง๐ท๐บ๐ธ
https://linktr.ee/davidnemer
Fenna Imara Hoefsloot @fennaimara.bsky.social Research fellow at UCL Geography researching the digitising state, urban infrastructure, and data justice. Currently working on Regional Futures and Digitalising Commons in Nairobi, Mumbai, and Guadalajara. (she/her)
www.fennahoefsloot.com
Aditya Ray @adiray.bsky.social Academic (Dr.), Geographer, Tinkerer, Blabberer, Writer. Testing this space. Interests: Tech | Work | Political Economies | Cities | Global Dev | Dissident Cultures | Friends and Community | Neurodivergence | Will block faceless bioless follows
Prince Guma @princeguma.bsky.social Researcher | geographies, infrastructures, technologies, politics, lifeworlds
Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social Economic Geography Professor: global commodity chains | financialization/agriculture | race-economy-inequality | African economic futures |
Wrote a book on global money, farming & institutional landscapes
Carwyn Morris @carwynmorris.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital Society and Geography, SOAS
Digital and China things, Xiaohongshu and more
Wanghong, digital territory, and contentious politics
PI of ERC Project CHINA.EU
Fashion https://www.instagram.com/seventyfivelondon
Nishant Shah @latelyontime.bsky.social Feminist. Humanist. Technologist. Professor Global Media (CUHK), Director (Digital Narratives Studio), all-around rambler and general purpose story-teller. Trying to find reticence in battles of things that can and cannot be said.
Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social Prof. Critical Data & Technology Studies @ Goethe University Frankfurt / digital authoritarianism, surveillance, smart cities/
Co-Director @Survstudiesnet.bsky.social /
Founder @surveillancemw.bsky.social
*personal account*
Sophia Maalsen @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social Urban and digital geographer interested in all things urbanism, digital, gender, housing and โsmartโ.
Jonathan Cinnamon @joncinnamon.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of British Columbia Okanagan. digital geographies, visual methods, data studies, GIS, cities. Check out my visual geography and digital image research tools @ www.jonathancinnamon.com
Julien Migozzi @jmigozzi.bsky.social Economic geographer.
Assistant Professor, Cambridge University.
I research how digital capitalism transforms markets, cities, and inequalities.
https://jmigozzi.github.io
Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social Professor, Faculty Director UCSD Labor Center, author Chasing Innovation and Redacted, co-founder and supporter of Turkopticon, ex-Google worker. @local6741.bsky.social & @cucfa.org These are my personal opinions, not those of my employer.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR ๐๏ธ
Taylor Shelton @jtsphd.bsky.social kentuckian in ATL, making maps @ mappingatlanta.org, etc. etc.
Daniel Cockayne @dcockayne.bsky.social Assoc. Professor, GEM, University of Waterloo. Economic and cultural geography of work through Marxist, feminist, queer, and affect theory. Mostly I'll post about books and stuff. (he/him) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=6HzsgfsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=
Matt Wilson @wilsonism.bsky.social Professor at Kentucky Geography, Associate at Harvard CGA, Editor at cultural geographies, Director at Mapshop
Scott Markley @snmarkley.bsky.social Studying racially uneven sub/urban development with GIS, maps, #rstats, #rspatial
https://scottnmarkley.github.io
Luis F. Alvarez Leon @lfalvarezleon.bsky.social Dartmouth Geog | tech&space | chilango in the wild
Dillon Mahmoudi @marxist.af At โ of software/tech, cities, political economy, uneven dev, labor. Data centers, AI, climate. Obsidian/QGIS/R/LaTeX. (he/him)
Geography Prof at UMBC; Chair Urban Geography SG of AAG.
SEA/THR/ATL/DUB/ATX/PDX/BWI/MTL.
Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social Prof of Human Geography, FAcSS, University College London, UK
PI: ERC Adv Grant https://www.regionalfutures.org
Researching #digitalisation #urbanisation #futures #globalsouth
Editor: urbangeography.bsky.social
Web: https://ayonadatta.com
Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant.bsky.social Historian, opinions my own. Hand upon the dollar, eye upon the scale. He/him.
Environment and Planning D: Society & Space @societyandspace.bsky.social We publish articles, essays, interviews, forums, and book reviews that examine social struggles over access to and control of space, place, territory, region, and resources.
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/EPD/current
Rutgers Bloustein School @bloustein.rutgers.edu The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Creating just, socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and healthy local, national and global communities.
Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org We provide grant funding for innovative research projects that advance the frontiers of urban knowledge. Follow for news & updates. Read more on our website: https://urbanstudiesfoundation.org
American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social AAG brings together members of the global geographic community. We are an academic & professional organization representing educators, researchers, & practitioners in geography. https://www.aag.org/membership/
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirensโ Call: How Attention Became the Worldโs Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social "Zeitgeistprofessor". Cultural history, gender research at Stanford. Books: WHAT TECH CALLS THINKING (2020); THE CANCEL CULTURE PANIC (2024). WHAT TECH CALLS GOVERNING and PROJECT 1933 (2026). Pod: In Bed With the Right. Newsletter: adriandaub.substack.com
Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social Researcher, policy analyst, social scientist. PhD-ing on political power and privatization in the scale of AI governance.
she/her | Montreal | anabrandusescu.com
Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social Futures of work. Writing, researching, teaching, lefting. Ruthless everything, existing. http://dmgreene.net