Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social Science- & nature-loving writer, dad, & fitness buff in ATX. ❤️🔥 of a hype man. Happily partnered. Intersectional feminist & LGBTQ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. ⚽️. (he/him)
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
David Karol @davidkarol.bsky.social Govt & Politics prof, UMD.
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Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social She/Her. I Love LA. Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man, Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River, & Viviana Valentine & the Ticking Clock. The NYT says I "write with flair." I podcast about movie sleuths. New Haven Pizza Evangelist. More: linktr.ee/msemilyedwards
Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social I post about public education, school integration, cultural theory, media literacy, sex ed, parenting, and random thoughts from my ADHD brain. Proud co-editor of uncoveringpossible.com out now from Vernon Press! CFC166871CD4B 24% off
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Away for a while. Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @standupforscience.net
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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social Romance/mystery book blogger, Sierra Nevada dweller, history nerd, & whiner about late season snow storms. Music belongs in public schools. Same User Id everywhere
Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social Author of books, lover of HEA, dog person, happily-married mom of 2, disabled, Fibro, EDS, agoraphobia, PTSD, OCD. Bi She/her
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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social Detroiter. Spartan. Writer. NAACP IMAGE AWARD nominee. Lifetime Achievement Award Romance Fiction. Slayer of Words.
Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://emmabarry.carrd.co/
Cathy Pegau 📚🌈🥊 - I should be writing! @cathypegau.bsky.social Author. Spouse. Parent. Critter wrangler. Coffee lover.
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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social I read, I craft, I rabblerouse, I don't blindly follow back. I block with abandon.
I don't look like Rita Hayworth.
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Eric Zanconato @ericzanconato.bsky.social Proud dad of two boys, educator, keyboardist, drummer, music theory tutor, voracious reader, book club member, kayaker, hiker, cyclist, runner (when it doesn’t hurt my poor knees!), walker, beach lover, liberal, NPR listener, and proud New Englander.
Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social I write sometimes
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com Nomad & Print Artist since 1998: Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling. Traveling along my German grandmother’s roots. Mover: Strong voice against Trumpism. Linktree: linktr.ee/Strandjunker
Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social Alaskan poet, teacher, parent. Books: Text Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth 2024), Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025)
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View from Argus @viewfromargus.bsky.social I love LA. Fight for #justice. Music is life. #Filmnoir #Dodgers
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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social Historian of imperialism, mass violence and atrocity photography.
Current book-project on the My Lai Massacre of 1968 - the final instalment in my massacre trilogy that also includes Amritsar 1919 and Bud Dajo 1906.
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed
danaelkurd.com to contact
King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social Ex-Interim Chair. Free puns. Historian. Books: Slave Country, Beyond Freedom's Reach. More: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXHCAA4/adam-rothman
Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social Professor, NYU Law; scholar of Congress, the Constitution, and American colonialism; she/her/kwe.
Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE.
History | Political Theory | Race | Colonialism | Resistance | MENA
Teach on Colonialism & Israel-Palestine
Repost/Like usually = bookmark or endorsement
jasminekgani.wordpress.com
Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social Associate Professor at Georgetown University.
Washington, DC.
More here: https://www.africanistperspective.com/
Jermaine Thibodeaux @drconvictsandcane.bsky.social Historian of convict labor/prisons, Black Texas, U.S. History! Assistant professor in a red state. 🥴 Writing a book that explores the significance of sugar and Black convict labor and the shaping of the Texas prison farm model. The House that Cane Built!!
Dcat @dcatty.bsky.social Historian, writer, professor. I work on race, politics, sports, & pop culture in the US and South(ern) Africa. Go Sox/Pats/Cs/B's/Boks! Part-time sports broadcaster. Author of 5 books, editor of another. [All opinions my own.] Will talk or write for food.
Audie Klotz @audieklotz.bsky.social Expertise on International Relations especially norms and migration
I mute excessive self-promoters (including humble braggers) and mansplainers
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social Historian, curator, walker, player of antique French horns. Photography, music, South Africa. UVA Professor Emeritus.
Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
Timothy Burke @timothyburke.bsky.social Professor of History at Swarthmore College. Writes at timothyburke.substack.com, continuing from his old blog Easily Distracted. Remembers when there was no Internet, and stays up late because someone is wrong on it. 
Gareth Knapman @garethknapman.bsky.social Historian of C18th & C19th Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia. Research Fellow at ANU. Main research - provenance reports for repatriation. Quaker.
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/gareth-knapman
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-6659
Jonathan Botes 🗃 @butcallmenate.bsky.social PhD candidate. Historian of gender & sexuality.- P Pamela Scully @pamelascully.bsky.social Historian of gender/biography/transnational history. And of sexual violence in conflict and after.
Ayesha Omar 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 @ayeshaomardr.bsky.social British Academy International Fellow• SOAS University of London• Senior Lecturer•University of the Witwatersrand•Intellectual History• Comparative Political Theory•Africa/ South Africa• M&G 200 YSA• Gardening• Calligraphy
Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social Historian-in-public focusing on African anti-colonialism and the global media. Editorial fellow at @historyworkshop.org.uk, freelance everywhere else!
Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa.
More on https://duncan.money
Contact: duncanmoneyhistory@proton.me
Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident @gabriellehecht.bsky.social writer/prof📍🇫🇷🇿🇦
Gouvernance résiduelle. Histoire sud-africaine du monde à venir• https://sl1nk.com/vw4jv4w
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social Radiant ambiguity/unclassified residuum/ enigmatic relief/seasoned harridan (historian of age, gender, reproduction, opinions my own and not my employer’s etc.)
https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/sarah-duff/
Emma Elinor Lundin @emmaelinor.bsky.social Journalist-turned-historian of 20th-century political activism. I write/rant about political women, liberation movements, feminisms, borders; Tomorrow Never Knows; she/her; London/Malmö.
http://www.emmalundin.co.uk
https://www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com
Malcolm MacLean @malcomaxx.bsky.social UK-based settler scholar grappling with colonialism, sport, culture & activism; irredeemable Tsundoku; penchant for sardonic détournement https://labourbehindthelabel.org/; https://malcolmkmaclean.net/
@bmarmon.bsky.social @bmarmon.bsky.social 
Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social indigenous writer. historian. lecturer & poet.
phd in african american history.
i write about culture, identity, empire and books.
author of: child of a stolen homeland
for more: https://linktr.ee/karimwafa
Tatenda Mashanda @samaita.bsky.social Ph.D. Rhetoric & Political Culture, @UofMaryland, SADC Geopolitics, African Rhetoric, Foreign Policy.@WakeForest, @WaterfordUWCSA alumnus.@ChelseaFC fan,🦓 🇿🇼
Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social Freelance writer with a PhD in history. Ex-academic; studied the anti-apartheid movement. Emeritus adjunct. Became a software engineer in 2020. Words in Dame, Liberal Currents, Smithsonian, Jacobin, BBC.
He/Him
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social Sociologist, UIowa Associate Professor. Author of On Critical Race Theory. Past Vice President, American Sociological Association. AAUP/Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Fellow & Alliance for Higher Education Fellow. Speaking only for myself.
Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social Media studies and communications professor
Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social Pen name for an autistic/ace indie writer & digital artist, introvert, worried soul, they/she. 🚫NO A/I!
Links to all my books, art, and book reviews can be found at https://www.helenwhistberry.com/
Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social Pulitzer prize winning Editorial Cartoonist
Open Windows at http://anntelnaes.substack.com
Archived work at http://anntelnaes.com
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
Carol ❄️ @carolcdt.bsky.social Freelance copy/developmental editor, mostly academic, mostly retired. Former reference librarian, newspaper librarian. On Salish land. “she/her” , 📖🚲🐈🎶🌍👊🏾🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🐸🇬🇱
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought.
https://othermeans.substack.com/
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller
Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
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Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
War Mapper @warmapper.org Mapping conflicts
If you would like to support me: https://buymeacoffee.com/warmapper
Dr. Raymond Kuo | 郭泓均 @kuorum.bsky.social Expert on international order and Asian security. VP of Research, Chicago Council on Global Affairs 🇹🇼🇺🇸
Website: https://www.raymondkuo.com/
Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social Former UA officer
Founder of the Frontelligence Insight: https://frontelligence.substack.com
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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Adjunct Professor at Georgetown. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
@kylejglen.bsky.social @kylejglen.bsky.social 
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social Geospatial analyst, OSINT investigator, and journalist. Investigating the intersection of climate resilience and human systems, and sometimes writing fiction. From 🇦🇺, now in 🇪🇺.
📍Berlin, Germany
https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/
Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader.
For defense-related stuff
Site: https://defensearchives.com/news
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Brady Africk @bradyafr.bsky.social Data, maps, and satellite imagery 🛰🌻🔭
viewsfromabove.bradyafrick.com
Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425596/ujamaas-army
Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social Researcher.
Polish voice on terror, conflicts, crime networks, Islamic State, al-Qaeda.
Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel.
Writing for hire. DM.
@saladinaldronni on X/Twitter
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David B Larter @davidblarter.bsky.social Navy vet. Tweets on Navy, space, watches, scotch, history & other random unserious musings. All opinions mine, not employer's. Formerly Defense News, Navy Times
brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social Not Laconic
Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social || Pathfinding in a Brave New World || Former Minor Spear Carrier || Redefining the Modern Military || Writing a Kabul Memoir || Loyal Servant of the Republic || No Official Statements || BoD at @thestrategybridge.sky.social ||