New to Bluesky and used to getting your news from Twitter? Well, stop, collaborate, and listen! Here are a bunch of outstanding accounts that will keep you tuned into the news without having to get Elon's emotional semen on you. Let me know whom I missed!
Researchers, scientists, doctors, veterinarians, journalists, & advocates studying, investigating, and raising awareness about H5N1
🦠🧫🔬 A starter pack of accounts involved in research related to human microbiomes. Happy to add you to the list if you think you fit! 👉🏻 N.B. There are other great microbiome starter packs. This one focusses on human microbiomes to differentiate from environmental/plant microbiomes
We're going into year 6 of an airborne pandemic that leaders ignore. Here are some sources for science updates & advocacy 🦠
Accounts and feeds related to ME/CFS, Long Covid and related conditions and topics. (FAQ: if you are hoping to be listed on a starter pack, unfortunately the format has a cap of 150 accounts and this pack has hit that, so I recommend creating another pack to cover more of the community!)
For the folks working in the health data, privacy, tech, interop, and policy worlds.
List of microbiome scientists, enthusiasts and friends. Hope this helps you connect back into the community. I'm still finding my way around blue sky, let me know if I forgot to include you.
Journalists, GeoPolitics, Tech, Writers, +++
Here are some of my favorite people to follow… Many are in medical and bioinformatics, several others are associated with top-tier journals in our field. If you would like to be added, please let me know. Enjoy!
Our general mix starter pack to help you find others in the community.
Stay current on the latest political news and political opinions on Blue Sky from progressive, dem & liberal Influencers on Blue Sky.
This is a starter pack to collate those involved in scientific Long Covid & ME research.
Folks working in and on Health(care) Transformation
Disabled folks, neurodivergent folks, people who care about accessibility and public health, who write about it and who advocate for a safer and more accessible world. Some might not post a lot, spoons can be scarce.
Health AI champions, entrepreneurs, health tech enthusiasts from around the world 🌎♥️
A bunch of nerds who like to talk about science, and probably will tell you too much about the mating habits of spiders.
Here's a Starter Pack of #RSNA24 of active folks posting here on BlueSky during and around RSNA, and all things #radiology and #RadSky
This starter-pack includes doctors, researchers & allies in the field of #LongCovid #MECFS and other related complex chronic illnesses. Non-comprehensive, but maybe a helpful start. If you wish to be removed, please let me know.
They're trying to warn you but you can't hear them. Some of my must-follows for the best pandemic info and Covid-safe shares.
A starter pack for single-cell/spatial biology community
Just an array of people who I think are worth following, a very subjective view of course, not canonical or exhaustive, but a general focus on news and politics and other things of interest to me.
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.
people who know things
my favorite feeds and people
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).
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.
This is a list of people in biomedical informatics, AMIA, Health AI, and artificial intelligence. There is a mix of people included in here. Let me know if there are others I should add.
People, journals, labs working and posting at the intersection of radiology and AI - non-exhaustive
Starter Pack of Medical Informatics People and Groups
Science-y / health people I follow on Bluesky
Our amazing community of researchers, clinicians, patient partners, advocates, patient leaders, journalists that care, carers, loved ones, PwME and PwLC.
Our favorite AI and tech follows on Bluesky 🦋
This is a starter pack pulling together Pediatric Long Covid researchers, parents/caregivers and advocacy groups. I also include clean air advocates and organizations because #CovidisAirborne. #LongCovidKids #PediatricLongCovid
Comparto algunas de las cuentas que he encontrado de profesionales Sanitarios en español.
I'm a medical historian - and I'm looking for my people! Here's a list of medical and science historians, both popular and academic, as well as STEM writers and journalists. Also, relevant institutes, libraries, and museums. Give me a shout if you want to be added!
What Phil follows (so far)
Cardiology science starter pack, journals, frequent posters, a bit of med/science humor
Find all the meded and FOAMites!
This is a starter pack for #LongCovid folk to follow on Bluesky. Non-exhaustive (this is a start) but I hope you find this helpful. Suggestions welcome.
This is a great starter pack to keep up-to-date with all the latest political news with strong opinions and commentary from progressive, liberal, Dem influencers.
A selection of journos, advocates, researchers and other people who know/talk/write about health policy and politics
Feeds and people of interest to medical toxicologists. Let me know if I’ve missed anyone.