James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social Executive Director, Middle East Research and Information Project (www.merip.org | @merip.bsky.social). Adjuncting at Rowan University. Historian interested in Turkey, Prodigal Son of Philadelphia. Usual caveats.
Owen Exie Hurcum 💜🤍💙🍉 @owenexiehurcum.com PhD Researcher in Transgender Archaeology at the Uni of York. Former Mayor of Bangor, Author, Activist, Board Gamer, Welsh, Queer, Non-Binary (they/nhw)
William Lane @williamjtlane.bsky.social Policy, Public Affairs and Electoral Analysis (and occasionally Photography)
'Political Analyst' - Aaron H. Ellis
Views my own
Writes at https://thepartyanimal.substack.com/
David Bol @davidbol.bsky.social ✍️Journalist - Deputy Political Editor
📰The Scotsman @scotsman.com
🌍Climate & energy nerd
🔵Falkirk FC fan
📍Scotland 🏴
Curb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social Artist formerly known as ManuclearBomb || wallowing in my own crapulence || he/they || Chicago, Greatest City in da World || @notacast.bsky.social
Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social Green Party Member. NHS Worker. Wells. Somerset. Green Runner. Late Rosette Adopter. Hot Fuzz Superfan.
RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social Sometime writer interested in
-Devolution and Celtic nationalism
-Empire and anti-colonialism
-International Relations
-Climate change and biodiversity
-Gàidhlig
-Palaeontology
All views are my own | he/him 🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱
Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co Hey, I'm a climate and energy writer / data analyst who focuses on corporate + govt accountability
Creator + curator of the Greensky feed: https://ketanjoshi.co/greensky/
Based in Oslo but write about US, Europe, Aus too - ketan.joshi85@gmail.com
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social Just a journalist, actor, broadcaster, singer, dreamer (in no particular order)… rep Red Talent Management. AuDHer 🧠 Views my own 💭 ✨
Magic Money Tree @magicmoneytree.bsky.social Maxing out credit cards and neglecting roofs
Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social “commsy wonk”
she/her 🏳️⚧️
ashley (valhalla) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social baltimore. industrial metal. politics & elections.
queer + Black AF. 26. she/they. DSA.
love your neighbor.
nnamdi madubuike stan account. 🇳🇬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Kieran🏳️🌈 @diptripping.eurosky.social He/him. 26. PhD student. Very gayyyyy. Gamer. Lover of pop music. Unfortunately very interested in politics. AuDHD. 🏳️🌈
🏳️⚧️ Protect trans youth
IMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social In Congress and at the ballot box, we fight for Palestinian freedom and human rights for all. Affiliated organization of @theimeu.bsky.social
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Richard @richd028.bsky.social 
Valet Parker * Las Vegas @valetparker.bsky.social An acquired taste. Very complicated. Delightfully shitty. Surprisingly nerdy and introverted.
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doctor eep (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social a political scientist but not your political scientist (methods x ir); jewess, gemini, chaös muppet.
do the readings or we all die
snacklight snakekeep snirlboss (snail girlboss)
Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social Trade union economist. Views my own, and not of some defunct economist.
Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social Fighting for trans+ rights, together.
https://www.transsolidarityalliance.org.uk/
https://www.transsecretsanta.co.uk/
Emile Hokayem اميل الحكيّم @emile-hokayem.bsky.social Geopolitics and Middle East at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Just because you have an opinion does not mean you should express it.
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
John C @badsocialism.bsky.social PGR at QMUL 2025-29 researching Political Identity,Decolonisation, "Caribbean-ness" and the World Crisis 1935-1960
Poetry in Motion, Like a Pathe Newsreel" -@tomblack.uk 🏳️🌈//🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇪🇹🇹
Will sometimes write things of consequence here:
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Helen Belcher @helenbelcherobe.bsky.social Former Lib Dem parliamentary candidate, current Lib Dem councillor, head of TransActual, Leveson witness, former company founder, looking for a quieter life.
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
Elin McCready @elinm.bsky.social collaborator WAIFU & MOM & NEON // associate editor S&P // prof ICREA/UAB // linguistics:semantics/pragmatics/philosophyoflanguage/etc // trans // she/her // easycat // 異界愛者 // 移民
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redrichie @larichierouge.bsky.social Oh no, not again. He/him
Esse House UK @essehouse.bsky.social For the community, by the community 🏳️⚧️
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The Newromancer @tehsamantha.bsky.social I call up the dead
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https://ko-fi.com/thenewromancer
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social here are some drawings of helpful small robots for you #SmallRobotsRemastered
Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16161865
Some writing and illustration for @thedailytism.com
Nonbinary. Pronoun agnostic. 🏳️⚧️
Rebecca @beccauk.bsky.social SFF fan, trans woman, sometimes dances
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀🩰💃
Ella Baron @ellabaron.bsky.social Political cartoonist for The Guardian.
You can read more abt the process behind my cartoons on insta: @ella_baron
Smazak 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 she/her @smazak.bsky.social Mixed race trans woman. I can't see DMs.
Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social Stand-up special, Hit Me With Your Autistic, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BppE9bM74E Follow me on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/cIGKR Any/All Pronouns
River @riverofdiversity.bsky.social Genocide is a red line - how far over it they are is irrelevant. 🤷
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Labour for Trans Rights @labour4transrights.bsky.social Fighting for the trans community in and out of The Labour Party 🏳️⚧️💪
https://www.labourfortransrights.co.uk
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Sue @suekbates.bsky.social I'm a history loving lefty in the UK who will do what it takes to rid our country of the far right. I also love my cat Boudicca and I'm a suicide survivor.
Dr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social Research Facilitator, ASU| Astrobiologist | Trans Lesbian | SFF Writer | Lukewarm Ecosocialist | Union Woman | One Half of @asabpod.bsky.social | She/Her| 🌹
www.tessafisher.com
Words and opinions are my own.
Luke Stronach @lukestronach.bsky.social At a public meeting near you 🙋• Glasgow from Norwich, via Aberdeen 🏴• OTBC 🔰/StandFree 🔴
Iris Duane MSP 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @irisduane.bsky.social Green MSP for the Glasgow Region 💚
Socialist, feminist and trade unionist ✊🏾
Let’s make hope normal again!
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
Virgíl Al-Hawkíns @crymsondawn.bsky.social Orcanizer • 29 • Lapsed Political Scientist •🌙
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Nicola McEwen @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social Prof of Public Policy & Governance at Uni of Glasgow. Director @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Research devolution & constitutional politics, multi-level government & public policy.
Robert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com Yr blowsy goth auntie. Life without buildings, Whin, Even Sisters & solo. He/him | https://robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com | https://whin.bandcamp.com | https://musicians.today/@rdg_music | header Martin Henry, pfp Stuart Reidman
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social finance, energy, climate, geopolitics, industrial policy
@thepolycrisis.bsky.social
in Australia -> DMs hard to retrieve, best to email
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot Head of Policy & Research at Common Weal
Wrote a book: tinyurl.com/AllofOurFutures
Main social media at Mastodon: @thecommongreen@mastodon.scot
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ido @ido.bsky.social European cybersecurity editor, Ingeniøren; before that at the BBC and New Statesman.
Hannes Baumann @hannesbaumann.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool, Arab states' political economy. Views my own, not my employer's. Author "Citizen Hariri: Lebanon's neoliberal reconstruction". He/him
Jules Scheele @julesscheele.bsky.social Illustration, comics, scribing ✏️ Known for illustrating Queer: A Graphic History & more: www.julesscheele.com
My debut book Orlando - A Graphic Novel Biography is out NOW: https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/orlando-by-jules-scheele-preorder
Out for Independence @outforindy.bsky.social The official LGBTQIA+ wing of @snp.org 🎗️💛
Campaigning for a fair, equal, independent Scotland 🏴
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Jesz✨ @jyoolz.bsky.social your da is a pure ride
Glesga
she/her
James The Good @sirjamesdouglas.bsky.social Occupied Scotland! Detest anything British!
Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social Reuters Journalist of the Year 2025: 'Scoop of the Year'
Senior correspondent, UK economy and north of England.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social Real time comments about UK politics, media & news.
https://politicsintheuk.substack.com/profile/posts
Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social Woke Aristotelian
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford
Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social Professor, Wharton School, and Senior Fellow, Lauder Inst (both at UPenn). Allianz Chief Economic Advisor. Chair, UnderArmour Board of Directors. Board member, NBER. CFR. Former co-CIO/CEO PIMCO and President, Queens' College, Cambridge University.
rak @raksky.bsky.social “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears."
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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social USAID, refugee resettlement, and humanitarian assistance veteran.
Missile and tank weirdo, posts stuff about missiles, the Middle East, and why it matters at https://substack.com/@someforeignfield
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk Ex Merchant Navy officer and now Merchant Navy teacher and creator of online training courses.
Author of the Series "The Hormuz Crisis" - Volume 1 The Illusion of Open Seas e-book on Amazon now.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-oro
https://ashoro.co.uk/
Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social Diplomatic Correspondent at NOTUS // CROSSING THE RED LINE on Biden/Gaza (W. W. Norton, fall 2026) // he/him
Say hi: akbar.58 on Signal or akbarshahidahmed@notus.com
Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social Passionately Egalitarian. Professor, University of Maryland; Director, Critical Issues Poll; NR Senior Fellow, Brookings. Views are my Own. RT≠Endorsement
Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social Historian & curator at the Imperial War Museum in the UK - history of war, conflict and IWM collections, with digressions into #judo and #videogames. 日本語を勉強している。Posts are personal views.
The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social “Breaking Rommel” is now available for purchase.
“That's an impressive array of sources, but what are your credentials?"
Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
www.rommelsriposte.com
Ziad Daoud @ziaddaoud.bsky.social Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg. Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. Views are mine. 
Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social Fmr. Ambassador, Consul General of Israel in NY.
Chief of Staff/Foreign Policy Advisor to 2 PMs & 4 of Israel's best Foreign Ministers since 70CE.
Played for The Arsenal, 1979 FA Cup Final.
Writes, but not enough.
Does TV, but too much.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Georgia Meadows @georgiameadows.bsky.social Councillor in Witney | LGBT Rep - Co-op Party NEC | National Trans Officer - LGBT Labour | Secretary - Witney Labour | CEO - West Oxon Trans & Non-Binary Support | Studying Computing & IT at the Open University
Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social Scottish Labour has in the past been a great champion of LGBT+ rights. It can be again. Transphobia has no place in the Labour Party. We need to root out the bigotry that has taken hold.
Signal: slabcampaign.38
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/
Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social Edinburgh. Newfoundland. Canada. Political Scientist. African Politics; Authoritarianism. Maybe some cycle campaigning. "low waffle threshold". Previously @srdorman and @afr_pol
Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social @theunpopulist.net
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social Bi, Heat Transferer and Supercritical Fluid Enjoyer
Tech, culture, war, and war by other means
Supplying you with feelings via an efficient band
Ballistic missile maximalist
土法炼钢 manufacturing engineer
Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social Associate Professor (Reader), soas @soasuni.bsky.social, researching Palestine/Israel history. Race, migration, material culture, Antisemitism. "City in Fragments" (Stanford 2020) Currently working on Ashkenazi integration in the Arab Levant
Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds, The Rangers), former CNN & BBC analyst, retired journalism prof.
👤: sethabramson.net/bio
⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com
🕹: retrostack.substack.com
🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver.
Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of Democracy-Ish; Author of a Memoir and a Play; @YouTubeWajahatAli
wajali.com
wajahatmali@protonmail.com
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Equator @equatormag.bsky.social A magazine of politics, culture and art
equator.org
Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.com 
John FitzGiraffe Kennedy @jgiraffekennedy.bsky.social Giraffe. Not the President. Autistic. Survivor of coercive control/domestic violence. SARS-CoV-2 is not over. Proud #AnimalCaucus member. Collapse‑positive anti‑civilisational structuralist. Luddite. Love and kindness for nature.
Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social Journalist, non-resident fellow at CIP @cipolicy.bsky.social, editor of @Hidden-Cities.com
Previously: Founding executive editor, Democracy in Exile @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social; managing editor @wpr.bsky.social; staff editor @foreignaffairs.com
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
Pierre Charbonnier @picharbonnier.bsky.social Climate politics
Researcher CNRS, prof SciencesPo, writer (Affluence and Freedom, Polity books, 2021, War Ecology).
Co-founder @construirecolo.bsky.social
Views my own
ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki 
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
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player. 
@quokkafella.bsky.social @quokkafella.bsky.social I read history and tell people to fuck off.
#NAFO expansion is non-negotiable.
🇦🇺🇺🇦
MAGA can fuck off, so can god botherers, cryptocurrency, blockchain and techbro fans.
Mama, weer all #Antifa now!
Kirked Up White Boy @hoovybaby.bsky.social Bustin it down arterial style
@drbarbarajane.bsky.social @drbarbarajane.bsky.social Economic historian (rural, agricultural, mass housing), mother, grandmother, owned by working cocker spaniels, parish councillor, never vote Tory, NO dms!
Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social I enjoy history, economics, politics, foreign policy and technology. I’m actually fairly knowledgeable about some of it.
Over educated but under-credentialed.
I have a fondness for Existentialism and Judaism.
Alasdair @ralasdair.bsky.social Left politics, football (Spurs, Union Berlin, Scotland), rugby (Scotland), cycling, history, occasional rant.
📍Berlin
@leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social USNA Navy SEAL Trial Lawyer (ret)
“A republic, if you can keep it”- Ben Franklin Sept 17, 1787
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com
Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Progressive Economy Forum council member. Interested in macro, finance, banking, climate change, inequality, demographics.
https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/JoMichell
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com Geoeconomics & tech @ecfr.eu • Prof. @collegeofeurope.bsky.social
Columnist @foreignpolicy.com • Author, Backfire @columbiaup.bsky.social
Global economy, trade wars, economic statecraft, geopolitics of AI
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