Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo. Sometimes I write comics too. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
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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/
Universal Dalchico @dalchico.bsky.social Former Marylander, once Chicagoan, current Evanstonian, always Coloradan, but every now and then you can catch my original Texas drawl. Discovering joy in a new place.
Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com NYC journalist and other words; co-owner of The New York Groove. (Subscribe today! https://nygroove.nyc).
Co-founder of Vocabaret.
Formerly NY Post, Lifehacker, Brokelyn and so forth.
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Gerald C Brown @geraldcbrown.bsky.social China, PLA, Taiwan, defense, & nukes | Liberal natsec-type | Opinions mine
Adam @adam35.bsky.social I'm mean because I grew up in New England. Angletonian acolyte spreading the counterintelligence gospel. “There are tigers roaming this world, and we must recognize them or perish.” -Peer de Silva
Carmen Wunderlich @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social Senior Researcher at Institute for Development and Peace | University of Duisburg-Essen | Peace & Conflict studies | norms | norm clusters | contestation | arms control & disarmament | nuclear weapons | FirstGen | she/her
Martin Senn @msenn.bsky.social Prof. of Political Science @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social | Director, https://foreignpolicylab.at/ | Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy Vienna | Co-Director, MSc Digital International Affairs | interests: internat.order, Austrian foreign policy, communication & nukes
egg16z 🥚 @notlikewe.bsky.social Director of the Institute for Ending the Cherry-Picking and Misinterpreting of FRED Charts on Bluesky.
“Bad jokes” - Sallah
I do legal and business stuff.
Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social Creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, co creator of Solar Opposites. My mom tells people I still write Rick & Morty. Golden Axe and Odd Jobs are both coming soon.
Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker.bsky.social Historian at Harvard, senior editor at The Drift, contributing writer at Jewish Currents, author of Make Your Own Job
madeleineebaker.com
rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org | NYU Law RCLS Sr. Fellow | Berkeley Law | Former National Security Council Deputy Legal Adviser, White House Associate Counsel & Special Assistant to the President (Obama) | Former State Department
Richard Nephew @richardmnephew.bsky.social Senior Research Scholar at Columbia U. Former Anti-Corruption Coordinator at Dept of State (among other things), White House and Dept of Energy. Personal acct. Author of "The Art of Sanctions" (2018)
Ariane Tabatabai @atabatabai.bsky.social Vice President of Research for Security & Defense at Chicago Council on Global Affairs • Contributing Editor at Lawfare • Ex Pentagon & State Department • Author of No Conquest, No Defeat (Oxford University Press) & co-author of Triple Axis (Bloomsbury)
John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social I cover diplomacy and national security for The Washington Post
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Alagai 🇺🇲🇺🇦 @alagai.bsky.social Burkburnett to the Bronx to Buffalo.
Preserve democracy.
Patriot. Retired microelectronics engineer. Grandmother. USAF Brat.
Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im 🏢: Atmospheric scientist and educator. 😀: Sports, computer ratings, and rain. ☕️: Just happy to be here. 🌎: Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Grant W. Trent @grantwtrent.bsky.social Interested in all things nuclear or high voltage — our attendant histories of research and engineering.
Industrially hygienic.
All posts here do not represent my employer.
Templeton Peck @templetonpeck.bsky.social Retired Helicopter Mech. WOD 1.0 > GWOT. Shameless Degenerate. Undisputed Gay Chicken Champion 1999-2012. Record holder for most unsuccessful Article 91s (203). If you can't DIY poorly, don't do it.
All opinions are my own unless I steal them.
Shower Cat @shower-cat.bsky.social A cat who took showers. 💔 Kittens who romp. 😻 My hooman is interested in cats, politics, Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia, and nuclear weapons and nonproliferation but mostly cats
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Anna Hughes @annaghughes.bsky.social 🌊 Ocean conservation research 🪸
Mapping human activity at sea
🇨🇦 BC mountains and ocean dweller 🥾🏄♀️🏂
ja yritän joskus puhua suomea.
Center for International Policy @cipolicy.bsky.social Advancing a more peaceful, just & sustainable world by centering people & the planet in US foreign policy.
Home of International Policy Journal and UnDiplomatic Pod, The Iran Podcast and Black Diplomats.
Learn more at internationalpolicy.org
Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
Monica Achen @monicaachen.bsky.social Editor, project manager, Midwesterner in exile 
Sebastian Brixey-Williams @sebbw.bsky.social Executive Director, BASIC | The British American Security Information Council
audrey bowler @audbowler.bsky.social libra moon. digitally directing @ media matters
Danielle Welch for Congress (NY-03) @votewelch.bsky.social Former (and maybe future) candidate for Congress, NY-03.
First-generation college graduate, mom of a very cool kid, union member, public defender.
votewelch.com
She/her
Logo: @sarahgiffrow.bsky.social
Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com Researcher, Computer Security @ ICSI
Chief Mad Scientist @ Skerry Technologies
Putting the Science in "Mad Science"
Digital, Explainable, and (usually) Adversarial Systems
Looking for employment: CV is here https://skerry-tech.com/cv.html
he/him
Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social Military Historian. Writing a book on Economic Statecraft and Money as a Weapon of War (OUP, 2027). Strategy. Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
skyking @jkachmar.com sounding rockets & bad computer programming
formerly Groq, WeWork, NASA Wallops, among others
Graham Webster @gwbstr.com Chinese tech policy and US-China relations at Stanford
Newsletter: herecomes.transpacifica.net
Basics: gwbstr.com
Also: #filmphotography
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
Kenzie Bok 白凱欣 @kenziebok.bsky.social Houser. #Wutrain. Former Boston City Councilor (D.8). Lifelong Bostonian, Dem, Episcopalian, Sox fan. Marshall Scholar / History PhD / Rawlsian. For housing justice & public good. (She).
@sammellins.bsky.social @sammellins.bsky.social Senior Reporter at New York Focus
Tips/praise/rants: Sam(at)nysfocus.com
Signal: mellins.613
Vox @vox.com Making sense of it all. Become a member today. 👇
https://voxdotcom.visitlink.me/z3EPda
New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social Connecting Brooklynites to transform local politics and advocate for transparency, accountability, and inclusion in Brooklyn’s Democratic Party.
linktr.ee/newkingsdems
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
@bigdawgsocialism.bsky.social @bigdawgsocialism.bsky.social Silly socialist stuff
Uma Karmarkar @umakarma.bsky.social Decision (neuro)scientist. Joint faculty between business and policy at UCSD. Neuroeconomics, psych, marketing, policy, snark, etc. 
darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social not the darth u are looking for
Lukas Neville @lukasneville.com Assoc prof, organizational behaviour, Asper School, UManitoba. Personal butler to Kiwi and Waffles 🇨🇦
CRS Report Bot @crsbot.bsky.social Unofficial bot run by @gigansprogress.bsky.social posting new CRS reports
https://www.congress.gov/crs-products
https://www.everycrsreport.com/
Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social Co-founder @hellgatenyc.com. Writing about cops, courts, jails, prisons and NYC. You may have known me on Twitter as @macfathom. On Signal at NickPinto.11
Sarah M. @sarahofswords.bsky.social Miniature painting, foreign languages, and travel photos
A record of joys between our daily indignities
Ben Bradford @jbenbradford.bsky.social Audio journalist covering where we've been and where we're going. Creator/host of Are We Doomed?, Landslide (NPR Network) and Of The People (Audible).
小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp ゲームクリエイター：僕の体の70%は映画でできている
Game Creator: 70% of my body is made of movies.
Hoosier Homer is reading Crucible of War by Fred Anderson @hoosierhomer.bsky.social The donuts and beers one. Certified Barracks Lawyer. Guardian of the Thermostat. Consumer of Food and Drink. Actually forklift certified. Semper Gumpy. Drunken BBX Advocate. Writing at: https://inconvenientwarstudies.net/
LeonRampant @leonrampant.bsky.social Here to observe and occasionally share.
Conor @ernekid.bsky.social Irishman in Maryland.
https://boxd.it/5ozfJ
Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
Victor Cha @victordcha.bsky.social Georgetown Professor, author, former USG, CSIS Geopolitics President, long-suffering Giants and hopeful Knicks aficionado.
New York State of Good Repair @ludmirdevotee.bsky.social 💙🤍🧡
דרכיה דרכי נועם וכל נתיבותיה שלום
(That means please don't be mean)
#mission #values
Barb, she/her
Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist
The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social The nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper. thecrimson.com
Greg Mitchell @gregmitch.bsky.social Author of more than a dozen books, director of 4 PBS films since 2021 with latest award winners "The Atomic Bowl" and "Atomic Cover-up." Film site for "The Atomic Bowl": https://gregmitchphoto.com/atomicbowl/
Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social believe in a better future for it is all that you can do - @jael.bsky.social
park ranger-bureaucrat in Darkest Nevada, pushing papers for our public lands. EMT, PIO, Draymond stan, erstwhile racing flack. opinions are mine, and so is Clayton. 🏳️🌈
Dan Lewis @jetguy58.bsky.social Weather Enthusiast, Love to Smoke BBQ, WOKE AF. USAF Disabled Veteran, F-22 F-119 Jet Engine 192D ANG Propulsion Flight Chief Retired. Cat Dad and a frenchie named Hank. Dallas Cowboys and Kentucky Wildcats fan. Hampton Roads,VA
Liam @orbital080.bsky.social I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up…
Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
Tips: matthew@404media.co // signal: 347 762-9212 
Tammy Smith 🏳️🌈 🐸 @smitht1986.bsky.social Soldier for Life. The most lethal weapon on the battlefield is your brain. Trust your instincts. I’m probably not what you were expecting. Nice IRL. signal @SmithT1986.56
Gregory Koblentz @gregkoblentz.bsky.social I research, teach, and write about about the causes and consequences of the proliferation of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological (CBRN) weapons to states and terrorists. Views are my own.
David Noll @david.noll.org Vigilante Nation:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235
Updates on the meritocracy:
https://tinyurl.com/56u9n6zc
Matt Schrader @mattschrader.bsky.social Taco Bell stan account, Phoenician by choice. Mostly tweets about China stuff, with some occasional bleating about sport or sci-fi. Opinions are not my employer's.
A. Stefansky @astefansky.bsky.social Former brewer. Occasional reprobate. Nonproliferation geek.
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
Drew FitzGerald @drewfitzgerald.bsky.social Wall Street Journal reporter covering all things aerospace and defense. Before that, telecom. Have a tip? Ping me on Signal at drewfitzgerald.87
Stories: https://www.wsj.com/news/author/drew-fitzgerald
Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social Professor at the University of Waterloo and Senior Fellow at CIGI, interested in International Affairs and Geopolitics of Technology.
Ali Alkis @alialkis.bsky.social WINS Ambassador to Türkiye #NuclearSecurity #NuclearPiracy
Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan
Author of THE HARDEST PLACE (2021)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/
Signal: https://tinyurl.com/kzmejtaw
Scoville Fellowship @scovillepf.bsky.social Highly selective fellowship for recent grads to work with NGOs in DC on international peace and security.
scoville.org
Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social Fired by the Trump admin for doing my job. Forever CFPB Union proud: @nteu335.bsky.social
Previously: Candidate for the U.S. House in Maryland’s 6th district @ElectAlexis.bsky.social | ElectAlexis.org
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
Joshua Keating @joshuakeating.bsky.social Senior correspondent at Vox
Author of Invisible Countries
Here, there, everywhere
Robocop (1987) @robocop1987.bsky.social Posts a line from Robocop every 30 mins
made by @cheersderek.com
Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social Enthusiastic about Appalachia, bird dogs, a solid majority of my children, and 28-gauge shotguns. I sometimes write things here: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/andrew-exum/
Ithacan Succession Poster Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social Cyber space chicken
M Hunter Nebula (thereabouts)
Carol Cohn is Always Right
Views own
He/Him
Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social Author of Early Warning with Juliette Kayyem on Substack. Harvard Professor. Author. CNN Senior National Security Analyst. The Atlantic Contributing Writer.
Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social Political and media researcher. Just trying to make the world safe for democracy. All views are my own.
Book learnin' –– OSU, GU, KCL
🌈 Megs ✨ @megshensley.bsky.social disaster researcher, financial sector business resiliency manager | keeper of two orange tabbies | 6th generation in my town | anything can become a three month rabbit hole research project
https://www.zazzle.com/store/megsmerch
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
g0wanus @g0wanus.bsky.social 
Mars Ikeda @marsikeda.bsky.social Data guy. Healthcare career training over summer 2026 (CMAA). Goal: Medical coding. Today: Watching Dimension 20 & celebrating Pride 🏳️⚧️ with El Corazón 🐈⬛
Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill.
Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
Political liberal, hoop reactionary.
Posting goodreads reviews regularly.
Riley Mellen @rileymellen.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter for NYT. Let's chat: riley.mellen@nytimes.com, Signal, DMs, etc.
Pantéa Javidan, JD, PhD @pjavidan.bsky.social Faculty & Research Fellow @ Stanford University Center for Human Rights & International Justice + Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Lab. Views mine.
Susan Kraemer @susankraemer.bsky.social Science reporter covering R&D in concentrated solar energy for solar fuels, CSP, and thermal storage for the IEA at SolarPACES.org
Kiwi obsessing over my adopted nation going fascist but trying to let it go. I like finding out ways to make things better
The Nonproliferation Review @thenonproreview.bsky.social Flagship peer-reviewed journal of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Run out of our Vermont office at Middlebury College. All things weapons of mass destruction: chemical, biological, nuclear arms, more.
Editor: @herzogsm.bsky.social.
Steven J. Gibbons @stevenjgibbons.bsky.social Geoscientist (Computational Fluid Dynamics, Seismology, Tsunami++). Norgesvenn, Internationalist, European. Nor/Eng. Works for NGI but views here strictly mine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7822-0244
Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social EVP at @cipolicy.bsky.social.
Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social Director, Converging Risks Lab, within the Council on Strategic Risks.
Former DASD(FE&T) and RAND policy wonk.
Come for the foresight, stay for the fun.
Yes, I took that photo. It was even cooler than you think.
https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/crl/
David E. Sanger @sangernyt.bsky.social White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times. CNN contributor. Adjunct lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social Researcher on urban planning and public transportation.
https://marcochitti.substack.com/
Azby Brown @azby.bsky.social Artist, designer, author. Lead researcher for SAFECAST, promoting openness and citizen science for environmental monitoring.