Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social Professor of Strategy at SPRU - the Science Policy Research Unit
Teaches SPRU 1.01
Research Policy.
HSP.
Views mine, not my employer.
Politics unfashionable since 1654
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social Historian at the University of Chicago. Co-editor of The Journal of Modern History. New projects: Infinite Coal: How Britain Became the First Fossil Fuel Economy (Princeton UP, 2027). And with Moritz von Brescius, The Long Acceleration 1500-1950.- P Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social Historian of science, technology, & medicine, especially tech of ocean science. Associate professor of history. Book review editor for H-Sci-Med-Tech & H-Oceans. She/her/hers.
Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social planetary astronomer | nearly famous | jwst interdisciplinary scientist | looks just like an ordinary mom | oboist (thoughts expressed here are my own)
The New Quantum Era @newquantumera.com The New Quantum Era Podcast features interviews with researchers.
https://newquantumera.com/
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org The best thinking on existential threats since 1945. Nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. We set the #DoomsdayClock. thebulletin.org
The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop.
https://publicdomainreview.org
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge @hpscambridge.bsky.social A renowned institute at the University of Cambridge, focused on the history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine.
Sharad Pandian @sharadpandian.bsky.social Graduate student at Princeton's History of Science program. Interested in heat, quantification, & standardization
Tom Kelsey @tomkelsey.bsky.social Lecturer in Defence Studies at the UK Defence Academy, King’s College, London. Writes on industrial strategy, British politics, and the history of technology.
Patchen Barss @patchenbarss.bsky.social Journalist and author. Science, mathematics. "Smarter Than Us" coming March 2027 “The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius” available now: https://shorturl.at/ixUY9
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
Scientific Instrument Society @sis-instrument-soc.bsky.social International society promoting the study and preservation of scientific instruments; publisher of the Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society
https://scientificinstrumentsociety.org/
ERC project RESCALE @erc-rescale.bsky.social Our team investigates the historical development and philosophical implications of scale-based theoretical practice in contemporary physics (https://erc-rescale.com)
PI: Sébastien Rivat (sebastienrivat.com)
Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com News from Minnesota and beyond. startribune.com
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social science journalist | good physics, bad physics, and sometimes ugly physics
Signal: dgaristo.72
Email: digaristo@gmail.com
King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine at King's History.
More about research and what’s on ➡️ www.kingschostm.com
About the Hans Rausing Scholarship ➡️ www.kingschostm.com/funding-opportunities
#histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm
Bernadette Lessel @bernalessel.bsky.social Historian of physics, Postdoc @unibonn.bsky.social. Working on the history of general relativity and unified field theory, 📍Berlin
Phillip H. Roth @preprintculture.bsky.social Postdoc @core-rwth.bsky.social / media sociology / science studies / interested in the socio-cultural history of communication infrastructures / currently writing a history of preprints in physics: https://preprint-culture.net / also: modular synthesis
Dan Cohen @dancohen.org Vice Provost/Dean of the Library, Professor of History at Northeastern University
Posts originate at social.dancohen.org, but I'll hear you if you reply
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PhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social An archive for preprints in philosophy of science. This is an automated feed of new uploads. More info & contact: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/
Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social Cultural and environmental historian of northern and western Canada. Associate professor @ SFU. Author: *A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North.* New research: oil & queer histories🛢️👩❤️👩 More @ tinaadcock.com
Paul L. Franco @loadofbunk.bsky.social Philosophy Professor // New Mexican 🛸 🌶️ in Washington ⛰️ 🌲
International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) @ingsa.org www.INGSA.org | The world's largest network of practitioners at the Evidence/Policy/Society interface. Capacity building and resources for #ScienceAdvice, #ScienceDiplomacy & capacity development at the #SciPol interface.
Join for free.
Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) @clpskuleuven.bsky.social The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) at the Institute of Philosophy (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social) focuses on #logic and #philsci, with a concentration on the philosophies of the special sciences • https://hiw.kuleuven.be/clps #philsky
Chad Orzel @orzelc.bsky.social Physicist, professor, author of books about science for non-scientists. Longer-form stuff at https://chadorzel.substack.com/
@jhetjournal.bsky.social @jhetjournal.bsky.social
Paul Voosen @voosen.me Dad of two. Earth, climate, and planetary science reporter @Science.org magazine. Mistrusts narratives; still writes them.
https://www.science.org/content/author/paul-voosen
https://sciencemastodon.com/@voooos
voosen@protonmail.com
Signal: @voosen.01
Gernot Münster @gernot-muenster.bsky.social Professor for Theoretical Physics, retired, University of Münster, Center for Philosophy of Science, #WeStandWithUkraine
https://www.uni-muenster.de/Physik.TP/~munsteg/
Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social Professor of Philosophy, UBC
Faculty Member, Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program, UBC
Philosophy of Science
History of Philosophy of Science
Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social science, philosophy, history, politics, art and so much else
Kieron Flanagan @kieronflanagan.bsky.social Prof of Science & Tech Policy @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @mioir.bsky.social. Views own, RTs not. 🐝🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺
Mauricio Suárez @msuarez.bsky.social Professor UCMadrid, educated Edinburgh & LSE, now often @Cambridge. Author of Inference and Representation (Chicago 24): https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo207912978.html
More about me: https://sites.google.com/ucm.es/mauriciosuarez
Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social Philosopher of Science, Musician, Programmer
https://michaelcuffaro.com/
Matthew L. Jones @nescioquid.bsky.social “How Data Happened” with Chris Wiggins available now! Historian of science, AI/ML computing, sigint, and technology, Princeton
David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social Now: Lead Editor, Science's AI in Science Reporting Initiative (@science.org). Then: Freelance journalist, NPR Science Desk, river conservationist, College of the Atlantic (1986). Birder. Whitewater kayaker. Proud dad of 3 kids. Signal: DMalakoff.
Miguel Ohnesorge @miguelohn.bsky.social History & Philosophy of Science @ University of Toronto
mohnesorgehps.com
Kenji Ito 伊藤憲二 @kenjiito.bsky.social Historian of Science. Posts are mostly in Japanese. 科学史家.『励起:仁科芳雄と日本の現代物理学』の著者.マッシミアーノ・ブッキ『科学社会学への招待』の訳者の一人.重要なことは印刷物に書くので,ここには書きません.Xユーザーのアカウントは気がつき次第リムーブ,ミュート,ブロックすることがあります.
Michael Barany @mbarany.com Historical and cultural theories about maths and science theories. Fields Medal killjoy. Scotland enjoyer. formerly @mbarany on birdsite and intermittently @mjb@mathstodon.xyz on fediverse
Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social Journalist & astrophysicist. Host, @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. New book: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about broken futures pushed by tech billionaires. Words in the Atlantic, NPR, NYT, the Guardian, BBC, SciAm, Fortune, etc. He/him. Signal: adambecker.84
Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social I'm a senior correspondent for Science, trying to explain to scientists how government works.
Ivan Boldyrev @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social philosopher, historian of ideas,
asst prof at Radboud University,
co-editor, Hegel Bulletin @universitypress.cambridge.org
history and philosophy of (recent) economics
performativity
Hegel and German intellectual history
https://ivanboldyrev.net/
Lautaro Vergara-Cofré @vergaralautaro.bsky.social Chilean physicist.
Posting mainly about history of physics.
Too many interesting things to learn, too few time.
Born at 316.91 ppm
Chris Burk @crburk916.bsky.social All Things Nuclear ⚛️ | Energy, Climate, Science | International Affairs & Diplomacy | Globetrotter | favorite color: #APECblue 🔌💡 ⚡️ 🌐
Arlington, Virginia, USA 🇺🇸
@jacobktaylor.bsky.social @jacobktaylor.bsky.social
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
History of Social Science @histsocialscience.bsky.social The official—and just-launched—journal of the Society for the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS), published by Penn Press: hss.pennpress.org
Cailin O’Connor @cailinmeister.bsky.social Philosopher and applied mathematician at UC Irvine. Author of The Misinformation Age and Origins of Unfairness. Irish dancer. Mother. Mother of Chickens.
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org AMS is a professional organization that advances the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences in service to society.
https://www.ametsoc.org/- M Mitch @mitchambrose.bsky.social
Catherine Herfeld @cherfeld.bsky.social Professor of Philosophy and History of Economics at Leibniz University Hannover; ERC project (2023-29) on MODEL TRANSFER in Science (#ERCStGr; @ERC_research), co-editor-in-chief of EJPS and of JHET.
Roger Turner @rogerturner.bsky.social Museum curator, nature watcher, often intrigued. Likes three item lists.
Jim Baggott @jimbaggott.bsky.social Science writer based in Cape Town. Author of 'Discordance', 'Atomic', ‘The Quantum Story’, ‘Quantum Drama’ (with John Heilbron), and lots more. Migrant from symbol-formerly-known-as-Twitter. Also on Substack: jimbaggott.substack.com. www.jimbaggott.com.
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.
Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society @illneutrons.bsky.social World's leading facility in neutron science & tech for +50 years with
our associate countries 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
and scientific member countries 🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇸🇮 🇨🇭
We are based in Grenoble, FRANCE
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social Maryland's Governor. On a mission to #LeaveNoOneBehind.- D David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social Historian, at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, King's College London @kingschostm.bsky.social
https://www.davidedgerton.org/
European Space Agency @esa.int Elevating the future of Europe through space.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
Floris Winckel @fwinckel.bsky.social Postdoc | History of the Physical Sciences | University of Copenhagen & Niels Bohr Archive | Cryosphere and Cryospheric Science | Snowflakes ❄️
🔗 www.floriswinckel.com
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Kathleen Bolter, PhD @kathleenbolter.bsky.social Political scientist & data viz creator passionate about simplifying complex ideas for leaders & policymakers. I study place-based policy, labor markets, & workforce development.
Portfolio: https://kathleenbolter.com
Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social Director of Science Policy and Advocacy, Stand Up for Science Foundation. Former White House OSTP, Federation of American Scientists, NOAA Office of Space Commerce, National Academies, State Department.
Science advocate. Geeky painter. Views own.
John Preskill @preskill.bsky.social Caltech theoretical physicist
I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social Philosopher of science in a previous life, short story writer in this one and comics and music lover in both.
Maria Rentetzi @mrentetzi.bsky.social Professor of Science, Technology, and Gender Studies @FAU; history of nuclear science; science diplomacy; author of children's book https://rentetzi.de
Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social Historian of the intelligentsia. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Deputy Editor @NoemaMag.com. Check out "Children of a Modest Star": https://www.sup.org/books/politics/children-modest-star. Posts my own
Sarah Rovito @sarahrovito.bsky.social Spunky engineer engaging in policy
Alessandra Zimmermann @alesszimm.bsky.social Federal R&D Budget Policy at AAAS | Biochem PhD | views are my own | she/her
David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social Works at the Computer History Museum, but everything here is solely my fault.
Random Jetship @randomjetship.bsky.social Mostly incognito.
Eos @eos.org Eos is a leading source for trustworthy news and perspectives about the Earth and space sciences and their impact. Published by the American Geophysical Union (@agu.org).
Eóin Phillips @ephillipshist.bsky.social Computation, infrastructures, economics, 18thc-present.
Observatory of Quantum Technologies (La Salle-URL): https://quantumtechobservatory.com
From Wales.
IHPST | University of Toronto @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | Director Edward Jones-Imhotep @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social
Acting Director Rebeca J H Woods @professorbopeep.bsky.social
Visit our website: https://ihpst.utoronto.ca/
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social An institute of the Max Planck Society, dedicated to the study of the history of science and of scientific thinking and practice as historical phenomena.
📍 Berlin, Germany
🔗 https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/data-protection-social-media
@ertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social she/they • professor • person • MEDIEVAL ROBOTS & NECESSARY INVENTIONS (coming out soon)
Robots & AI • Roger Bacon • Medieval Science • Medievalisms • “Unbearably scholarly”
Issues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social
Bhaven N. Sampat @sampat.bsky.social Johns Hopkins University and NBER. Current research focuses on the history and political economy of U.S. S&T policy, the economics of the NIH, and pharmaceutical patent policy. Website: bhavensampat.github.io
Christine Wenc @clearwing3.bsky.social Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire. Say Wenc like sense. Agent: Daniel Greenberg@lgrliterary. The House on the Rock shaped my brain.
ICSSI @icssi.org 2026 International Conference on the Science of Science & Innovation
June 29-July 1, 2026 in Boulder, Colorado, USA #ICSSI2026
👉 www.icssi.org 👈
Tobin L. Smith @scipolguy.bsky.social Interested in #scipol #highered #STEMEd #scicomm.
Graeme Gooday @graemegooday.bsky.social Historian of Science & Technology, University of Leeds. Intermittent singer & viola player (and a secretly disreputable blues pianist).
@cookdeegan.bsky.social @cookdeegan.bsky.social
Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social Interdisciplinary scholar studying the history of science in China and US-China relations | Particle physicist by training | Writer at various places | Editor at the Made in China Journal and Host of Gateway to Global China
Heather Douglas @heatherdouglas.bsky.social Philosopher of science, gardener, swimmer in cold waters
Chris Anderson @andoc.bsky.social Director Policy and International @scienceacademy.bsky.social working on initiatives in science advice at the global and Australian science-policy interface to advance evidence-informed decision making
Shalin Jyotishi @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social Science, Workforce, & Industrial Policy + Implementation. Founding Director Future of Work & Innovation Economy @New America Writer @Forbes. Visiting Scholar @ASU. Occasional musician.
#SciPol #EduSky #STS #EconSky
https://linktr.ee/shalinjyotishi
Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social Center for advanced studies in the history of business, technology, and society at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware. Grants and Fellowships. Public programs. Scholarly community. Tune in to the Hagley History Hangout podcast!
Christian Joas @christianjoas.bsky.social Historian of science, director of the Niels Bohr Archive, and Associate Professor of History of Science at the Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen. Main research interest: history of quantum physics. #histsci #histphys #histSTM
Science History Institute @sciencehistory.org Sharing the stories of science! 🧬 🔬
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Rudi Eliott Lockhart @thisisrudi.bsky.social CEO of the Independent Schools Association. Former CEO of the Religious Education Council. Current Board member & former Deputy General Secretary of the Independent Schools Council. All views my own.
Charlotte Abney @abney.bsky.social Historian of chemistry, technology, Sweden; director of fellowships at the Science History Institute & teaching STS at Penn & writing about rare earths
Jim Weatherall @jamesowenweatherall.com Philosopher, physicist, mathematician / Chair of LPS @ UC Irvine / EiC of Philosophy of Science / Poultry enthusiast fancier / Irish Step Dancer
Kenny Evans @kennethmevans.bsky.social Fellow in science, technology, and innovation policy at @BakerInstitute.bsky.social @stpolicy.bsky.social
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0725-8402
Marc Aidinoff @maidino.bsky.social Historian of technology, science, and the welfare state. Occasional maker of policy about those things.