Here's a sampling of people, orgs and publications I follow on Bluesky.
Accounts to follow to understand what's happening now in US science and politics. NIH. Trump. Musk. NSF. Vought. Remote work. RIF. Grant NoAs. FACA Committees. Senate UC. MAGA, and Project 2025. A lot is happening. Follow this group and send your colleagues here to bluesky to do the same.
A bunch of nerds who like to talk about science, and probably will tell you too much about the mating habits of spiders.
Starter Pack for the Bluesky Science Community
Follow the complexity and network scientists active on BlueSky and stay updated with the feeds about #ComplexSystems and #NetworkScience.
Group of influential scientist and science communicators on Bluesky as of October/November 2024. You can see a description of our method here: https://mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-emerging-as-the-new-platform-for-science/ and here: https://lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanalyses/
People doing real-time disease monitoring/tracking using Statistics, Genetics, Genomics, and/or Bioinformatics toolsets. From the fields of public health & epidemiology, or as interdisciplinary data scientists, or journalists. Including H5N1, COVID, flu, other emerging tropical diseases, and more.
Some of my favorite people & feeds on BlueSky 🖤. Way too many amazing folks to include all, so bit of a random collection.
Here're some accounts to follow. YMMV, but i don't think so.
A list of scientists working on topics such as biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and conservation at a large scale, covering terrestrial, freswater & marine realms. Sounds like Global Ecology ! Vol. 1 full Vol. 2 full : https://go.bsky.app/L37W5uH Vol. 3 open : https://go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU
some of the people who made science twitter what it was (not comprehensive ofc)
Researchers and journalists studying our information environment, rumors, false information, how to correct misbeliefs, and ways to make it easier for people to find accurate information
The first starter pack at https://bsky.app/starter-pack/annamillsoer.bsky.social/3lamsdkq5uk2t reached the 150 people limit, so here is more! A mix of critical, enthusiastic, and moderate voices
Here's a bunch of people who I think do good Science Communication and who I've found over here. Give them a follow (and let me know if there are people over here who I've missed off).
people who know things
Microbiologists and others that help build community. Includes participants, supporters, and more. Certainly incomplete but will help you get comfortable
Individuals and organizations working on reproducibility of research
A wide range of experts, academics, professionals, and activists working on information integrity somehow. Inclusion is not an endorsement but a recognition that the account is relevant to those in this interdisciplinary space.
Science-y / health people I follow on Bluesky
Scientists studying organic evolution, artificially selected by one such scientist. This starter pack is updated intermittently, as the community expands, but it's at the 150-account limit, so I can't take requests to be added or nominations, sorry!
Some news, some politics, some science, some humor, some art, some stuff about Bluesky itself.
Academic economists, quant social science, applied econ from labor to trade. Applied Econometrics. Sorry only 50 slots.
Comment from leading people, media, scientists and organisations who think seriously about the human future
I am a visual artist and teacher with strong interests in social justice and preserving nature.
Top health journalists and sources on Blue sky right now.
A starter pack of people making quality Bluesky posts!
Collection of random and interesting accounts
People trained in various disciplines whose job it is to know their stuff and combat the spread of lies. (I'm not one of the experts. Bluesky put me in the list simply because I created it and I don't know how to remove myself.)
Join me in a new social app😁
Real Scientists and Science Educators involved in activism to halt the worst of the Musk-Trump presidency.
Science writers and writing scientists worth reading
Just some folks who post frequently about their very specific interests or who otherwise have a very specific shtick that intrigues me or cracks me up. Fun follows! Check 'em out!
Notable accounts no longer posting on X (Twitter)
Researchers who use mathematical or logical tools to do philosophy. (Includes people in academic philosophy departments and people from other fields who do philosophical work.)
Just some of the Bluesky users involved in researching, reporting, exposing, mitigating, or combatting pseudoscience, anti-science, denialism, conspiracy theories, paranormal claims, and misinformation and disinformation of all types.