Tech people to populate your feed with
By Nicolai (š©š°/šŖšŗ) @[email protected]I reached out for recommendations to populate my feed with cool tech people, these are the results. This starter pack will set fire to your feed. Thanks for alle the help to: JoBlakely, Annie, Bammerlaan, NatureMC, _elena, MsDropbear42 and maiathecyberwitch for suggestions and help coming into the fediverse


Molly White
@[email protected]crypto researcher & critic, software engineer, wikipedian ā¢ @web3isgreat creator ā¢ newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/
she/her ā¢


Sheril Kirshenbaum
@[email protected]CFR fellow in the U.S. Senate. Scientist. Author. Host of PBS Serving Up Science. #HistoryRemix for stories of diverse trailblazers in science & the arts. #SharedPlanet to explore biodiversity
evacide
@[email protected]Director of Cybersecurity
@EFF
/ Co-founder of
@stopstalkerware
/ These are my opinions, not my employersā / I did a TED talk once


Julia Evans
@[email protected]programming and exclamation marks
I have DMs muted from people I donāt follow.


glitch girl


Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
@[email protected]Professor, Linguistics, University of Washington
Faculty Director, Professional MS Program in Computational Linguistics (CLMS)
If we don't know each other, I probably won't reply to your DM. For more, see my contacting me page: http://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/contact/


JA Westenberg
@[email protected]š³ļøāā§ļø Indie journalist and writer at The Index (https://mastodon.social/@theindex)ā©Blogging @ joanwestenberg.com


myrmepropagandist
@[email protected]pro-ant propaganda, building electronics, writing sci-fi teaching mathematics & CS. I live in NYC.šļø(<<Medal Awarded for the time when there were too many people.)
Proverbs 6:6
bug haters DNI


Annalee Newitz š
@[email protected]I write science fiction and science nonfiction. Author: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers. Bylines: NYT, New Scientist, The Atlantic, etc. Pod: Our Opinions Are Correct. Sometimes a professor of media studies. I love noodles.


Prof. Sam Lawler
@[email protected]Professor of astronomy, farmer of goats. Asteroid (42910). She/her.
Has mostly lived in warmer places, now learning to live respectfully on Treaty 4 lands (Saskatchewan, Canada)


Devine Lu Linvega
@[email protected]Itās always night under the ultraviolet sun.
vkc (Veronica Explains)
@[email protected]I make dorky YouTube/PeerTube videos about Linux and vintage tech, and occasionally write about stuff. I'm also a geeky musician and used to be a COBOL dev. Pronouns are she/her.
Proudly supported by viewers like you via Patreon and Ko-Fi. Thank you for your consideration!
(Note: posts here may self destruct, and my notifications are mostly muted- can't reply to everyone. Don't take it personally.)


Jaana Dogan
@[email protected]
Opinions are personal.


Ruth Mottram
@[email protected]Climate scientist at DMI, Danish/British dual national, married Dutch, interested in glaciers, ice sheets, atmosphere and climate in Arctic, Greenland, Antarctic
Live in š©š°, work in š¬š± often
Coordinator of @OCEANICE_EU pics on
@ruth_mottram + fieldwork pics on @IceClimate
#climate #science #openresearch #IceSheets #Greenland #Antarctica #cycling #kayaking #biodiversity #Arctic #Glaciology #Weather #Atmosphere #OA #PolarPortal #HorizonEurope #SeaLevelRise #fedi22 tootfinder


EricaJoy
@[email protected]
she/her | tech blah blah | Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis | Run from whatās comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. -Rumi


ā§ā¦Catherineā¦ā§
@[email protected]catgirl shaped object
"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."
ā§ i have friends, and my purpose is to support them ā§
ā¦ i have enemies, and my purpose is to eliminate them ā¦
ā¶ i have a life, and my purpose is to reach heaven by violence ā¶
ā· nothing else matters ā·


Renee DiResta
@[email protected]š Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into RealityāØāš¼Researches propaganda, pathological information systems, and adversarial abuse at Georgetown (McCourt School of Public Policy)āØš¦¹š»āāļø Recurring Twitter Files supervillain


Laura Helmuth
@[email protected]Editor in Chief of Scientific American. Birder. Previously at Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science.
Elena Rossini ā
@[email protected]Italian filmmaker, photographer and writer based in Paris, France who ā¤ļø #FOSS
š¬ Director of: The Illusionists documentary. Soon: a Fediverse video series
š #TheFutureIsFederated
š©āš» self-hosting newbie: @elena
š· photos: @ele
š½ļø PeerTube: @elena
Note: my posts are set to auto-delete* after 1 month ā³
*unless I bookmark them


your auntifa liza šµš· š¦ š¦¦
@[email protected]am liza sabater (she/they) the og blogdiva & resident afroboricua #antifa #dyslexic #ActuallyAutistic titĆ. surviving breast #cancer and still chronicling #AmericanFascism.
thank you fediverse for #dogs, #cats, #sports, #sewing, #cooking and #Monsterdon. so #fuckCancer #COVID19, mask up, join a #union & fight for #UBI & #Medicare4All
Sy Brand
@[email protected]c++ developer advocate at microsoft ~ poet ~ film/noisemaker ~ mask enthusiast


George Penney
@[email protected]I'm a queer/bi comic crime/SFF author (under the name George Penney) and I'm also a best-selling Rom Com writer (under Evie Snow) and a PhD escapee.
I have two podcasts called Bohemiana and My Favourite Monster.
I also travel continuously and house sit around the world because I can, and I'm a cultural omnivore who is interested in everything all at once.
I GM 2-5 shot DnD 5e games that are fun, silly and set in my OverLondon universe.
I like tea and cats, not necessarily in that order.
Mia (web luddite)
@[email protected]š³ļøāā§ļø Queer Art & Code (she/her) š³ļøāš Co-Founder of @OddBird
Working on CSS in A (@w3c) Group
š¤š¼ Art with teacupgorilla.com & grapefruitlab.com Server admin (see @mods)
What are we building here? Is it a world we want to live in?


Sophie
@[email protected]š Staff Eng at Monzo
š Dog botherer
š§ Web1 enthusiast and fan of pointless websites
š #LGBWithTheT
Header: florian.photo


emily freeman
@[email protected]The Emily formerly known as EditingEmily.


Valerie Aurora šŗš¦
@[email protected]Systems software consultant solving complex problems in networking, file systems, and operating systems. American relocated to the Netherlands in 2023. Sadly not owned by a cat.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Profile pic: middle-aged white woman with short blue hair, smiling
Banner image: Ukraine flag


Ashe Dryden
@[email protected]Programmer & community organizer now studying the impact of tech on the most marginalized peoples, informed by history, abolition, & my oversized heart. I made AlterConf & Fund Club. I still mask and you should, too.
āThe machine conceals the machinations.ā - Ursula K. Le Guin
#STS #Sociology #PublicInterestTech #Tech #SocialJustice #Inequality #AntiRacism #AntiFascism #AntiCapitalism #Abolition #FeministKilljoy
Critiques #Surveillance #TechnoDeterminism #TechnoSolutionism #AI #Policing


Jenniferplusplus
@[email protected]trans lesbian
staff software engineer
devops, reliability, resilience, sociotechnical systems
also, that gay shit
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Ada Rose Cannon
@[email protected]I do web stuff and VR stuff. I like HTML. š³ļøāš
Jess Rose
@[email protected]She's a little intense about open source computer things, cats and languages.
She's sorry, but not as sorry as she should be.


Trisha Gee
@[email protected]Engineer, author, keynote speaker, developer champion, catalyst. Developer Advocate @ Gradle.
She/her.


dillyd
@[email protected]#Ally i.e., not Native/Indigenous like many of the other users on this instance.
Just somebody with a phone camera and a boring job.
I came for the photos and I stayed for the community. "You all are like each other's cheerleaders on here." -my husband aka coffeemaker. ā©Photos my own, CC BY-NC.
Follow requests welcome. Not welcome: racism, ableism, sexism, transmisia, fatmisia, etc.
Avatar: tired-looking white woman with short brown hair.
Banner: red and orange moss sporophytes


Emelia šøš»
@[email protected]Tech Princess šøš» Feminist Politicker šš»āāļø Fashionable Woman š Tooling Witch š
š Founder of https://unobvious.technology
Pro-Unions šŖš» Trans & Queer š³ļøāā§ļøš³ļøāš
I currently work on Moderation and Trust & Safety tooling for the Fediverse.
Contributor to #Mastodon & other projects. You've probably used code Iāve written. Worked on the Fedi in 2018.
Berliner on New York time.
Advisor to IFTAS (https://about.iftas.org)


Dona Sarkar
@[email protected]šDirector of Tech @microsoft #Accessibility
ā”ļø#EthicalMetaverse #PowerPlatform #HybridWork & #MentalHealth fan
š¤·š½āāļø @fastcompany Most Productive People
š§ #Dyslexic and Dealing
šDesigner & Biz Owner #PrimaDonaStudios


TayFoNayšæšŗš¦
@[email protected]āWeāve reached DEFCON fuckā
Academic Maleficent. Once an NIH-funded Associate Professor at a fancy Midwest university, now excommunicado. I assume because I wouldnāt participate in the āreputation and brandingā committee.
Navigating the great enshittification.
Location: Chicago
Novemberist: part of the November 2022 Twitter migration. (h/t @TheEddieShow)
Posts auto-delete after 2 weeks. Under his eye. She/Her.
#teamOrca
Slava Ukraini šŗš¦
Amy Renee
@[email protected]All things networking and security.
Community contributor, sharer of knowledge, purveyor of puns, curator of amusement. Wielder of snark & sparkly bats.
Amįµįµanda š FOSSGIS
@[email protected]#Trans #Queer #OpenStreetMap #Hacker
š³ļøāšš³ļøāā§ļøš®šŖšŖšŗā¶āāš²š¦āļøļæ½ļæ½
āopinionsā mine.


Tess Rinearson
@[email protected]former crypto lead @ twitter, current pizza lead @ my couch


Jo-stands on guard, elbows up.
@[email protected]šØš¦Artist, Intersectional Feminist, Spiritual, Nerdy. #art #portraits
Masks are visible expressions of solidarity, truth, & love.
Mottos: Love all, take shit from none.
Don't become what you hate.
She/Her #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #cPTSD #metoo
No racists, misogynists, TERFS, AI, Blockchain #nobot
Header: āwrong doesnāt cease to be wrong, bc majority share in it.ā Tolstoy
Profile pic is self portrait painting in oil. A white woman with red hair looking down.
tech ethics nerd. creator. solarpunk. anarchist. feminist. prison abolitionist. queer. aesthete. reader. maximalist. writer. foodie. technopagan. disabled. mad. always learning. black. extremely online. lover of lists. javascripter. weightlifter-in-training. amateur sewist. cute. smart.


Sisi Wei
@[email protected]Editor-in-chief at The Markup (@themarkup)


psychopomp disaster
@[email protected]Adult Human Nuisance
Afro-Boricua / Ashkenazi mash-up šµš·ā”ļø
Mom to all š©āš§āš¦
Urban gardener šŖ“
Community Organizer/Solidarity Enjoyer āš¼
Queer Liberation March Organizer š³ļøāš
Dyke on a bike š“š¼āāļø
Elder tran š³ļøāā§ļø
Aging street agitator ā¶
Animal Liberationist āš¼š¾š±ā
Hard of hearing š¦»
AI Trickster š¤


Ellane Ā·š§š¤š±šÆ
@[email protected]Australian designer, writer, and plain text advocate. Educational publisher for more than 30 years. I enjoy planning and note-making without using shiny gatekeeper apps. Using less paper, sustainably. Christian. Spell/say my name as in the word āmiscellaneousā.ā©Swearing and politics filtered out. #productivity #technology #pkm #obsidian #plainText #plainTextAccounting #writing #analog #franƧais #šš±šš¾šÆ #christian #accessibility #barefootShoes #nvc


Charlie OāHara
@[email protected]Iām not disappointed with you, just angry.
GenX pessimist (wannabe optimist). British by birth, citizen of nowhere by nature. Boringly socialist. ADHD as hell. Always not finishing something. Accompanied by a black dog.
Most posts are followers-only.
š³ļøāš
ashley williams
@[email protected]a mess like this is easily five to ten years ahead of its time. former Rust core team. working on something new, @axodotdev. she/they


cygnoir
@[email protected]
I kill misinformation vibes. Fountain pen ink is my weather. My favorite color is oilslick and no you cannot touch my purple sparkly liquid core d20.
Toots expire in one month. Embrace ephemera.
._.-.
Header image alt: Blue and white ocean waves with "resist despair" in white lettering over them.
Avatar image alt: A black and white portrait of a person with long hair, a nose ring, and hypnotic spirals in their irises. Custom avatar by Mike Jeung.
āļø https://proven.lol/b7eed5


Tomomi I
@[email protected]SFO ā HNL
š±-as-a-Service
HTTP Status Cats original creator.
Works at Microsoft.
Post mostly about šš¦š¢ if not about tech. I used to code full-time but in the past decade, I focus on developer experience & advocacy, and technical content & docs. Occasionally, I work as an illustrator.
All šļøāšØļøs are my own!
Rachel Lawson
@[email protected]Fitting life around riding my motorbike - rode in 28 countries so far ā where next?
Expect posts on #Drupal, #OpenSource, #Motorcycles, #Travel, #SustainableDevelopmentGoals and the content is searchable
Media licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0


BinaryDigit šŖš½
@[email protected]Iām Liz, aka B (she/her), an artist, streamer, and tech director. I love the small web, retro tech, photography, travel, and live streaming on Twitch!
#Tech #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #noAI #Gaming #Twitch #Latina #Boricua #RetroWeb #Wellness #Fitness