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Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social.
Author: The View from Somewhere, a memoir & manifesto arguing for a technological future that serves our communities (to be published by One Signal / Atria
protoimsg.com
protoimsg.app
peer-to-peer private, ephemeral video chat + instant messaging
community list visibility - you decide who can IM you
public chat rooms - meet your people and grow your feed
auto translate feed
OSS github.com/grishaLR/protoimsg
Folk Tech is a movement among developers, designers, and people in communities who want digital technology for communities without extraction, exploitation, or surveillance.
Website: https://folktechnology.org
Events: https://luma.com/folktech
decentralist, turtle stacker, cycle carpenter
oscilloscopes, cycling, snow, big cities, wiki. I like speculating about found objects.
protocol engineer @bsky.app. formerly archive.org
elsewhere: bnewbold.net / @bnewbold@social.coop
Open standards for long-form & site lexicons. We build reusable schemas so the ecosystem can grow together.
To start, view definitions โ https://standard.site
Docs โ https://standard.site/docs
software you can touch
i have a lot of domains
๐ https://spencer.place
๐ฅ https://internetsculptures.com
โ๏ธ https://news.spencer.place
๐ https://playhtml.fun
๐ฑ https://shrine.computer
@modalfoundation.bsky.social and @freeourfeeds.com, also information, media and journalism, rights, arts. Former ED @globalvoices.org
BlueYard backs founders at the earliest stages building the interconnected elements that can become the fabric of our future.
journalist / co-founder @404media.co
signal: sam.404 (sensitive comms)
sam@404media.co (everything else)
complain about the paywall catch a block
Investing in the open web
interaction designer & amateur game maker ~ nostalgic for 4:3 ratios and tape hiss. all views are personal. I make videos about design at https://www.youtube.com/@interfacestudies
https://meri.garden
pure-hearted baddie
building @roomy.space
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iterationโฆor something like that.
Open Source Practitioner, bullish on kindness.
https://erlend.sh โ about me
@roomy.space โ make space
๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป Head of Platform at a startup
๐ต๐พ In tech since before the cloud
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ Part of NorthSky Social
Skeeting about Platforms and Cloud stuff.
https://chipnick.com
๐ฉ๐ช๐ธ๐ฉ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://ger.mx/A1d8oFPnDYkqdZCH1_mHnZxX5s8qizjfSIr83sCg-xTr#did:plc:lrphxvv25aibthe7xoc2eeyy
Citizen of the web. Making stuff @ https://telepath.computer
https://ger.mx/A_Q8b_Y4vK7A9y6rkOgKMeO2T7sFl10rlRCFFoJZvext#did:plc:sayzq5w7jzdk37zpymik474f
not exactly the voice of reason. scaffolding @eff. centroamericana. escribiendo en https://www.cartasalabismo.com/
AT Protocol ecosystem community. AT Community Fund, Tech Talks, and other social & community events content.
#ATmosphereConf โข Vancouver, Canada โข March 26th - 29th, 2026 https://news.atmosphereconf.org
Not a Bluesky official account.
Corruptress of protocols; trust & safety tech; open-source contributor; Independent Contractor; Chronic Illness
You've probably used tech I've contributed to. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ฉ๐ช
I'm on the Fediverse: https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem (this account is bridged too!)
ะตััั ัะฒะตัะพะบ ะธ ะตััั ะฟะตัะพะบ
Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
https://chanda.science
First book:
https://tinyurl.com/DisorderedCosmos
PREORDER MY NEXT BOOK:
https://tinyurl.com/EdgeOfSpaceTime
Blog:
news.chanda.science
all Black/all Jewish. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐/agender/woman.
Posts by/for me๐๐ฝ
Bringing democracy to the internet. Brussels, ๐ช๐บ.
โข tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
โข blog: https://berjon.com/
โข fmr W3C, NYT, ScienceAI, Protocol Labs
โข he/him/Ishmael
โข Signal robin.77
Rudy Fraser
building the intercommunal net [ @blackskyweb.xyz ][ blacksky.community ]
Organizer [ wethepeople.nyc ]
prev. Fellow @ Harvard BKC
Board Chair [ pactcollective.xyz ]
TSC @lexicon.community
move fast & break chains; Black crypto-anarchy
Start the conversation, faster.
End-to-end encrypted DMs right from your AT Protocol handle, in public beta now. Drop in.
Learn more at germnetwork.com/blog
Anti-majoritarian; atheist; interested in science, history, politics and linguistics; former AI researcher; and a chilli nerd. No DMs. Satyameva Jayate!
Researcher & entrepreneur | Co-founder @cosmik.network | Building @semble.so | collective sensemaking | https://ronentk.me/ | Ecosystem building @atproto.science @cairos.network | Prev- Open Science Fellow @asterainstitute.bsky.social
Senior Director of Liberal Projects and @Liberalism.org at the Institute for Humane Studies. Host of ReImagining Liberty and The Liberalism.org Show. Views my own.
https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/
aspirational service top. scorpio sun, taurus rising, virgo moon.
assistant prof at USC Data Sciences and Operations and Computer Science; phd Cornell ORIE.
data-driven decision-making, operations research/management, causal inference, algorithmic fairness/equity
bureaucratic justice warrior
angelamzhou.github.io
engineer, 16, brooklyn
macrodata refinement @sprk.so, prev. lsd.so
๐ฃ building @bomb.sh
๐ hacking on atproto community tooling
๐ co-creator of @astro.build
๐ฅ design engineer at @sentry.io
โจ they/them
berkeley rapid response: +1 510-777-6648
text or call
https://roberto-rodriguez.com
the human condition, sustainability, people not platforms, open social web, democracy, paneuropa, geopolitics, posts in en + de
She/Her
๐ Director at northsky social ๐
Also me @chipnick.com
recalculating...
๐ผ pop.pe
๐ณ oakland, ca
some lady.
she/her | sorayanadiamcdonald.com
experiments in online gardening
permacomputing, mycology, queer poetry
they/them
https://mfowler.info
https://sunbeam.city/@notplants
A pilot program to facilitate cooperative, research-led innovation in the AT Protocol ecosystem.
ecosystemaction.com
Incubated by @atprotocol.dev
another weekend warrior trying to save the world
shaping reality, one myth at a time
be free, curious and kind
๐ฃ๏ธ People, Not Platforms
๐ Building: @anew.social
โ๐ผ Writing: augment.ink
๐ธ๐งโ: @pixels.quillmatiq.com
Experience designer for the decentralized web
๐ป @atproto.boston
๐ @ecosystemaction.com
๐ https://tynanpurdy.com
๐ https://links.tynanpurdy.com
๐ฌ Signal @tynanpurdy.95
Action research. Research design. Complex adaptive systems. Critical AI. Cybersystemics. Information architect at heart. Hopeful.
๐ Seattle or Maine ยท Signal: christian.611
๐ caj.io ยท @ecosystemaction.com
Readying: @strategytheory.com
Political correspondent @zeteo.com
Any tips or info youโd like to share?
Signal premthakker.35
Prem@zeteonews.com
https://linktr.ee/premthakker
We're building the next generation of decentralized network tech!
https://spritely.institute
Co-author/co-editor of ActivityPub (what connects together the fediverse, including Mastodon, etc). Executive Director of the Spritely Institute. Lisp/scheme enthusiast, chaos transfem, sketcher of tiny creature drawings.
https://dustycloud.org
๐จ๐ฆ Vancouver
๐ @katiewilde.com
๐ข @inkandswitch.com
๐๏ธ @ucan.xyz
๐ฐ Always learning
๐ก Woke AF
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Heckin' sapphic
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Protect trans kids
โ BLM/Land Back/Antifa
๐ notes.brooklynzelenka.com
๐ types.pl/@expede
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ป github.com/expede
๐๏ธ codeberg.org/expede
Engineer, organizer, policy wonk. Running for Congress to represent San Francisco (CA-11). We need solutions as big as the problems we face.
Previously Chief of Staff to @AOC, Director of Technology at Bernie 2016, founding engineer @Stripe.
A radical yet peaceful interface for Bluesky and ATmosphere-based social media.
Contains moths, drafts, an edit button, and many other features you wonโt find anywhere else.
Step inside: anisota.net
Made by @dame.is & @atpota.to in Appalachia โ๏ธ
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.
I care about an ethical internet.
I write about Bluesky and the ATmosphere at connectedplaces.online
๐ณ๐ฑ
https://nichoth.com/
https://github.com/nichoth/
https://github.com/substrate-system/
The future of computing
- Berlin, October 2024 https://berlin.causalislands.com/
- San Francisco, Tiny Talks, Aug 2024
- LA Community Edition, March 2024
- Toronto, April 2023
โAdvocating widespread dissatisfaction with computingโ
Associate Professor at @cst.cam.ac.uk, researching decentralised systems and security protocols. Advisor to the Bluesky team. Wrote โDesigning Data-Intensive Applicationsโ (OโReilly). he/him
40smth solo mom and frontend engineer living in #pdx. longhorn. usaf 2e251 '02-06. i'm here for empathy, kindness, puns, and shitposts ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ญโจ๐
i liek to make computer go brrrr
Car enthusiast, software enthusiast, software on cars enthusiast
you're in her DMs, I made her Germ DM ๐
ceo and cofounder of @germnetwork.com ๐ฑ san franciscan today, chicagoan 4eva
lately writing at https://rhosf.leaflet.pub
these skeets delete
seeding discontent in present-day computing
libcomp.org โข @folkjs.org
foraging the web: https://semble.so/profile/chrisshank.com
https://essentialrandomness.com
Software engineer (and more) on a mission to bring community back to the web. Founder of @fujoweb.dev, https://fujocoded.com/ and https://bobaboard.com/. Loves building random, chaotically-delightful stuff. ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ธ
ATProto Community Fund; ATmosphereconf Coorganizer
DocumentCloud, Mozilla Rally and Mozilla.Social. Former AAJA board member.
An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought.
We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
CEO of Bluesky, steward of AT Protocol.
dec/acc ๐ฑ ๐ชด ๐ณ
dreaming of protocol level sovereignty
head of protocol @ bsky ๐
Want to know the 411 & keep up with all the hot gossip? Look no further. ATP/WTA news, history & memes.
200K+ on X.
Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2363472
Free Weekly Newsletter:
https://thetennisletter.substack.com/
Cofounder @basic.tech - building a shared memory for all your digital interactions
coding & stuffs for the user-owned web ~ cofounder @basic.tech
the one and only @dellsystem
anthropologist of disruption / writing jasmi.news / san francisco
Bay Area Current covers working-class life and culture across the Bay Area. Support working-class journalism: https://bayareacurrent.com/about/#/portal/signup
Experimental school supporting study in art, code, hardware + critical theory. A place for unlearning and learning.
Spring 2026: Applications open โโ
โ https://sfpc.study/links
A working group to create community ATProtocol Lexicons.
https://lexicon.community/
Web tinkerer. Pooling capital and collaboration.
What if we made things a little bit better?
#Vancouver #cooking #restaurant #atproto
Previous 18F/GSA. Friendly neighborhood ops engineer.
author n founder @crit.works
President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
[bridged from https://pluralistic.net/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/pluralistic.net ]
he/him; Protocols, platforms, and machine learning
https://blento.ngerakines.me/
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
Privacy at DuckDuckGo. Formerly Mozilla, PrincetonCITP. CS PhD. He/him.
senglehardt.com
Sociotechnologist, activist. First employee @ Twitter, built that and pioneered social decentralization, created OAuth. Shy cloud-observer, mostly. Building Roundabout for local communities at @newpublic.org.
Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, building at Unbreaking.org.
Cofounded the Covid Tracking Project, previously OpenNews, old web nonsense.
https://blebbit.app Community Spaces on ATProtocol
Working on @leaflet.pub in specific and tools for learners and education in general
cloud, data, mostly jokes
Building at @tailscale.com
Friend of @offline.arushibandi.com
