Eldiyar Arykbaev @eldiyar.bsky.social Journalist | Editor | Trainer | 🇰🇬 🇺🇿 🇰🇿 🇹🇯 | OCCRP and ICIJ | Formerly: Editor-in-Chief at Kloop
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org We are a network of journalists exposing crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account.
Our journalism has so far helped return $10+ billion to the public sphere and led to 700+ arrests, indictments, and sentences.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis @stlouisfed.bsky.social We are committed to a strong and resilient economy for all.
Open access to the U.S. economy through economic analysis, scholarly research, educational explainers, and data storytelling with FRED®.
https://www.stlouisfed.org/
Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social ‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ (the MAP MEN BOOK) is available now: https://lnk.to/mapmen 🗺️ 📕
Claret & Blue Podcast @claretbluepod.bsky.social Discover the award-winning Claret & Blue Podcast. 🎙️ Find us on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
https://linktr.ee/claretandblue
Avi Scharf @avischarf.bsky.social NatSec/cyber/OSINT editor @ Haaretz ➡ http://htz.li/natsec
■ Prev: editor-in-chief @haaretzcom
■ I also follow planes
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/
Timothy Simons @timothycsimons.bsky.social Actor. Golfer. Doesn't like cocaine but likes songs about cocaine.
https://linktr.ee/timothycsimons
Becca Wasser @beccawasser.bsky.social Defense Lead, Bloomberg Economics; Senior Fellow for Defense, CNAS. Not a journalist. Views are my own.
David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social Prof. National Security and International Relations. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregon at heart! Personal views ONLY; no govt resources used. Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
Alex Horton @alexhorton.bsky.social Military reporter at The Washington Post. Iraq veteran. Signal: alexhorton.85
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
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/
Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social Washington Post National Security Reporter. Past features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House.
It’s always Berlin 1989 somewhere. Signal: zsd.19
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
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
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
Kruggsmash @kruggsmash.bsky.social I make Youtube videos n' stuff allegedly:
https://www.youtube.com/@kruggsmash
If you want to help me do what I do:
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Springtime for Hegseth @schroedinger.bsky.social 2022 Diplomat of the Year
📍 Manhattan
Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com Senior Reporter at @theaircurrent.com. Flies airplanes. Writes about airplanes. Former Vertical Magazine. Signal: willguisbond.11
reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social Russian Military Analyst. 46 years Russian airplane chaser. Cold War mentality. Можно по Русский. 8000+ hours RC-135.
The Siècle history podcast @thesiecle.com A history podcast by @dhmontgomery.com covering France's overlooked century between Napoleon and World War I. Annotated transcripts at thesiecle.com!
Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk 🗳️ Mapping UK Elections & Collating Polling Data
nowcast / posters / much more @ electionmaps.uk
support my work @ https://ko-fi.com/electionmapsuk
Aging Wheels @agingwheels.bsky.social 
David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com Words, data, code. Senior data journalist with @today.yougov.com. Host of the French history podcast The Siècle (@thesiecle.com). 
Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social Retired former US Ambassador, NSC Director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, NSC Director for Nuclear Materials Security, and Deputy Exec. Dir. of the International Energy Agency
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social Writing. Comedy. Podcasts.
Book: http://bit.ly/4uban5W
🎙️: Realms Unknown; The Gargle; The Bugle; Tea With Alice
Join my Writers Meetings: http://buff.ly/3eFIs8x
Enquiries:
Writing: john.ash@caa.com
Comedy: Info@gagreflex.co.uk
Weird Spy Satellite @weirdsatellite.bsky.social Weird Spy Satellite Imagery. A speculative surveillance bot by @samplereality.bsky.social. Posts self-destruct for security reasons.
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/
Bundle: https://trustfnd.com/davejorgenson/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Battle Order @battleorder.org ⚔️ Posting military unit graphics, fictional art, and quirky vehicles. #ORBATBoys
https://www.youtube.com/@battleorder
https://www.battleorder.org/
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
Ad astra per aspera
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social cnn senior pop culture writer/reporter. noted idiot
Ex-BuzzFeed News + ABC News (Australia)
Writing in Slate, Rolling Stone, NY Mag, NY Times, Bustle, The Daily Beast. Yahoo, MSNBC.
Signal: davidmackau.07
Thomas Nilsen @thomasnilsen.bsky.social Editor of the Barents Observer.
Freedom to write - Freedom to publish!
#Arctic #Environment #Security #Russia #Nuclear #FSB #OSINT #InfoOps
St. Louis Urbanists @stlurbanists.bsky.social Fighting to make St Louis more walkable, bikeable, and accessible by transit for all.
Join us at http://stlurbanist.org/discord or http://meetup.com/stlurbanists
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
AuldDragon @aulddragon.bsky.social YouTube Content Creator, fan of AD&D, history, mythology, and Lego. Connoisseur of ham.
YouTube: http://youtube.com/aulddragon/
AD&D Blog: http://blog.aulddragon.com
@uesp.net @uesp.net 
Joe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social Cohost of The Odd Lots Podcast
Singer and guitarist in Light Sweet Crude
Jacob Barker @jacobbarker27.bsky.social St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter covering local politics, development, etc. Rooting for the Rust Belt, particularly the River City. https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jbarker/
Monica Obradovic @monicaobradovic.bsky.social Education reporter covering St. Louis and St. Charles counties for @stltoday.com
Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social Husband to a Boliviana. Daddy. Emperor of the Renaud Empire. Lover of Atari, BBSes, retro tech, and Tolkien. Journalist at stltoday.com. The guy behind breakintochat.com.
John Townley @johntownley.bsky.social Aston Villa correspondent for Birmingham Live | @claretbluepod.bsky.social
#AVFC
Lyme @lymerpg.bsky.social TTRPG Writer & Game Designer. Known for Dawn of the Orcs, Fear and Panic.
https://lymetime.itch.io/
https://brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/blog/
https://linktr.ee/lymerpg
Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov Proudly serving the people of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. 
Cory Booker @corybooker.com U.S. Senator from New Jersey. 
Jeremy Morris @jeremymorris.bsky.social Write and research on Russia. Work at Aarhus University, but opinions my own, not those of employer.
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
Avery Schmitz @averyschmitz.bsky.social Open-source reporting @cnn.com
Views my own | avery.schmitz@cnn.com
Chris Dehghanpoor @ckd.sh OSINT reporter, Washington Post investigations • @chrisd9r on twitter • https://ckd.sh
Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social senior visual forensics reporter
@washingtonpost
tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com
usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal 
Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social Creative Director at the Financial Times. I lead visual journalism strategy and oversee visual investigations, visual stories, design and pictures.
Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me Journalist/technologist, @financialtimes.com Visual Investigations
📍London
✉️ peter.andringa@ft.com
🔏 Signal: @peterandringa.01
ft.com/news-tips
Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social Washington Post investigations reporter
Co-host of Schlock and Awe: https://schlockandawe.substack.com/
Executive Council, Washington-Baltimore News Guild
Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social 
Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social Dictators are a cowardly and superstitious lot. | Head of Combating Kleptocracy Program at Human Rights Foundation | Author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY and FOREIGN AGENTS | Posts in personal capacity
Andy Richter @andyrichter.co Insta: @richtercommaandy
TikTok: @AndyRichterTikTok
Podcast: The Three Questions
Call In Show on Sirius XM
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Francis Fukuyama @frankfukuyama.bsky.social Drone pilot, cabinetmaker, and fan of classic social theory.
Owner of @americanpurpose.bsky.social
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
Igor Bobic @igorbobic.bsky.social Senior politics reporter / Senate basement dweller for HuffPost
Ben Jacobs @benjacobs.bsky.social 
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
@faisalislam.bsky.social @faisalislam.bsky.social 
Lucian Kim @luciankim.bsky.social Senior Ukraine Analyst @crisisgroup.org, former correspondent based in Berlin and Moscow, author of @columbiaup.bsky.social book on why Russia invaded Ukraine, soon in paperback. Rarely seen on social media.
Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev CIR, BBC, Bellingcat.
François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social Senior adviser (Europe), IISS,
Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social Author of MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. A finalist for the National Book Award.
DC correspondent at Puck.
All views my own.
Congressman Wesley Bell @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social Official House BlueSky Account for Representative Wesley Bell (MO-1).
Proud Representative of Missouri’s First District.
Native St. Louisan.
https://bell.house.gov
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social Doing a year for space contempt.
Qualifications: Vanderbilt J.D.
Official Capacity: Just Some Guy
Admissions: only when in a contemplative mood.
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
@bjgzz.bsky.social @bjgzz.bsky.social 
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
/r/NonCredibleDefense @officialncd.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense.
We'll be posting some of the best posts from the subreddit to here.
ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 He/him.
Armchair parliamentarian.
I type at 140 wpm.
Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social Austrian 🇦🇹
Economist 📈
Not an Austrian Economist
Allen & Kelli Questrom Professor
BU Questrom, NBER, ECGI & NBER
https://florianederer.github.io/
Martha Bellisle @marthabellisle.bsky.social AP Reporter. 2025 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Investigative Journalism for the Lethal Restraint project. Frontline documentary a finalist for two Emmy Awards.
Covering Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Stories: https://apnews.com/author/martha-bellisle
Andrew Solender @andrewsolender.bsky.social @Axios.com congressional reporter. All the news not fit to tweet
Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social political reporter @ The 19th. new englander, bad speller, hot sauce enthusiast. 
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford CISAC & Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI. Member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board & National Academies Committee on Int’l Security and Arms Control.
Danny Wicentowski @dtowski.bsky.social Coincidence chaser. Producer STLPR "St Louis on the Air" @stlonair.bsky.social, "We Live Here," host "America Skyjacker", ex-staff writer Riverfront Times (RIP). Wi-sen-tau-skee. He/him.
email: dwicentowski@stlpr.org
stlpr.org/people/danny-wicentowski
Jeremy Kohler @jeremykohler.bsky.social Investigative reporter for @Propublica.org covering Missouri and the Midwest. You have got to show me. Call/Text/Signal: 708-967-5731
Will Bauer @will-bauer.bsky.social Metro East reporter at St. Louis Public Radio. Northern Minnesota native & University of Nebraska grad. Sarcasm is my own. Email: wbauer@stlpr.org.
Jonathan Ahl @jonathanahl.bsky.social Newscast Editor, STLPR
Kelsey Landis @kelseylandis.bsky.social Government accountability reporter for @stltoday.bsky.social • Past: Belleville News-Democrat, The Alton Telegraph • je parle français • SLPS mom • 🏳️🌈
Robert Cohen @kodacohen.bsky.social Kinda retired. Formerly @stltoday, @memphisnews and another newspaper that is now a Holiday Inn. WhoDat faithful. Pulitzer Prizer.
www.kodacohen.com
@jomannies.bsky.social @jomannies.bsky.social Semi-retired journalist based in St. Louis. Formerly worked for St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Public Radio.