Jason Kikta @kikta.net // Making it up as I go
// JHU SAIS @alperovitch.institute adjunct
// @istorg.bsky.social adjunct sr tech advisor
// Former USCYBERCOM/CNMF
// Retired US Marine Corps
// Personal views and invective
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
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
Support us: http://LNI.media/membership
Pitchbot Reply Guy @pitchbotturd02.bsky.social Parody. Fan of the NyTimes Pitchbot.
STP Guy @stpguy3.bsky.social Reviewing the UK's Sticky Toffee Puddings
70k on Instagram (with full review backlog)
90k on Tiktok
Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social waking up everyday in a full sprint. cyber(punk) & counterintelligence. bloody inertia interspersed with bouts of bloody frenzy. i see kanly today in everything.
#FUZZYSNUGGLYDUCK
opinions are my own.
Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social get ready for some bad drawings. he/him
Worf Email @worfemail.bsky.social My email signature is not your concern.
By @JoeSondow.bsky.social
Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social English is weirder than you think. Every week I dig into the hidden history of everyday words: etymology, Old English, and the accidents that shaped how you speak. Linguistics PhD. deadlanguagesociety.com
DefenceGeek @defencegeek.bsky.social Jon.
military & geo-political news. Views my own.
Former Producer & Host @TheOsintBunker Podcast.
Senior Editor with @UKDefJournal.
Used to have 32.2K followers on Twitter/X.
Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com a collection of ass brained posts written by your favorite stupid fucking idiot
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social Top expert on #KGB (ops, archives, spy fiction). Book: KGB Literati (t.co/uWXN1eLc0u). PhD. 25+ years university teaching in Russia/Balkans/US. Now at University of San Francisco.
Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist. Author of “Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation” (Bloomsbury)
onion person @junlper.beer my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer
i am a host on the kill the computer podcast and the ill conceived podcast:
- killthecomputer.com
- illconceivedpodcast.com
social media at @theonion.com
Farida Rustamova @faridaily.bsky.social all about Russian politics | 'Vlast' newsletter about Russian power | ex-BBC Russian, Meduza, RBC
Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Matthew Garrett @mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip Former biologist. Actual PhD in genetics. Security, OS security teaching at https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu.
Blog: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog
Signal: @mjg.59
He/him
Opinions expressed here are mine, not my employer's
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
Support my work at: https://substack.com/@chadbourn
Buy Me A Coffee: coff.ee/chadbourn
Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social The home of terrible maps with a pinch of humour
terriblemaps@gmail.com
Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
https://www.markhertling.com
Schneier on Security @schneier.com An automated feed of posts from Bruce Schneier's blog. https://www.schneier.com/
𝙽𝙴𝚃𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙴𝙲 @netresec.com Experts in Network Forensics and Network Security Monitoring. Creators of #NetworkMiner, #PolarProxy, #FlowCarp, #CapLoader and RawCap.
Website: https://www.netresec.com/
Mastodon: @netresec@infosec.exchange
Baklava Monster, CISSP @ant0i.net can i haz cookies?
Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social Can I stay home and read a book instead? Providing humor and memes about the introverted life.
Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social Author and journalist. THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century and LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-mission-tim-weiner?variant=43465484206114
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.
WithSecure™ @withsecure.bsky.social WithSecure™ is Europe's cybersecurity partner of choice. Built in Europe and designed for mid-market MSPs.
Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social World-class thought center on intelligence & national security | Reposts are not endorsements | hayden@gmu.edu
itamilradar @itamilradar.com Beyond the track
🌐 www.itamilradar.com
Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social Senior Editor, Technology @ NBC News
Signal: beng.38
https://linktr.ee/bengoggin
benjamin.goggin@nbcuni.com bgoggin@protonmail.com
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency @iaeaorg.bsky.social Official account of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the 🌍's centre for cooperation in the nuclear field, promoting the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technology.
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Aaron Bateman @aaronbateman.bsky.social Assist. Prof. of History & Intl Affairs at George Washington U. | Book #1 : "Weapons in Space" | Book #2 "Wiring an Empire" (contracted w/ MIT Press)
Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social classically trained artist.
theartofpants.com
Kenn White @kennwhite.bsky.social cryptography • neuro • cloud • biscuits
ORD-DCA-NYC-BCN ✈️
kennwhite@mastodon.social
Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky.com A leader of the Russian opposition, reformer. Ex-political prisoner (2003–2013). Follow for insights on current events in Russia and beyond.
My book 'How to Slay a Dragon: Building a New Russia After Putin' is available here — https://a.co/d/ai95jkW
PondHQ @pondhq.bsky.social a shop run by one person 💕/ I like frogs✨/ Call me Nico! / ✨ please do not claim my art ✨/ shop pondhq.shop ♥️/ all business inquiries: pondhqshop@gmail.com
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
Black Bird Group @blackbirdgroup.bsky.social @Black_BirdGroup
Finnish OSINT group. Currently following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Don't DM, Email us:
contact@blackbirdgroup.fi
Map:
https://tinyurl.com/BlackbirdMap
Our site:
https://blackbirdgroup.fi/
GeoConfirmed @geoconfirmed.org Map and Investigations = https://geoconfirmed.org/
Managed by volunteers.
You can help us: http://buymeacoffee.com/geoconfirmed
SkyFi @skyfi.bsky.social We post satellite images… and yes, we take requests.
SkyFi.com
Massimo Frantarelli @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social Military observer. (Mostly Ru.)
https://x.com/MrFrantarelli
Centre for Information Resilience @cen4infores.bsky.social Non-profit that exposes human rights & war crimes, counters disinformation, & combats online harms targeting women & minorities.
www.info-res.org
Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social Formerly with Dutch military intelligence (MoD) and counter-terrorism (MoJ)
Former optimist
(Opinions are mine, usual caveats apply, etc.)
Re-posting is not by definition endorsement
Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social
Fabian Hoffmann, PhD @frhoffmann.bsky.social Doctoral Research Fellow at the Oslo Nuclear Project, University of Oslo. Defense policy, missile technology, and nuclear strategy.
Weekly analysis of missile tech, nuclear strategy, and European deterrence 👇
https://missilematters.substack.com/subscribe
WarshipCam @warshipcam.bsky.social Watching webcams & social media for views of combat ships - happy to share photos with full credit given.
### NO POLITICS PLEASE ###
@saturnax1.bsky.social @saturnax1.bsky.social Pensate Profunde. All things submarines!
Digital Naval Photo Collection | Naval News
- Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/matussmutnb
- My TWZ articles: https://www.twz.com/authors/matus-smutny
- My AstroBin: https://app.astrobin.com/u/Saturnax#gallery
Michael Sheldon @michaelsheldon.bsky.social Senior Investigator @ CIR
Formerly: Bellingcat, DFRLab
Conradin Zellweger @conradinz.bsky.social Journalist bei @srfinvestigativ, OSINT Recherchen
conradinzellweger.ch
Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social A tool for researchers, journalists and practitioners to learn about munitions, their uses and impact in conflicts. Joint project by @airwars.bsky.social and Armament Research Services (ARES).
Daisy Bata @batadaisy.bsky.social investigative journo & documentary producer @bbc @channel4 @itv @mindhouse @hardcash @keofilms etc.
specialise in OSINT, cyber crimes, crypto, algorithms & tech
also writer/director of scripted shorts ("Bloodbuzz")
Digital Witness @digitalwitness.bsky.social Human Rights/Civil Rights Investigator | #OSINT #DFIR | 🕵🏻♀️
NZZ Visuals @visuals.nzz.ch Visual Journalism | DDJ | EdTech | OSINT
Das Visuals-Team der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung @nzz.ch
NZZ @nzz.ch Das Weltgeschehen in deinem Feed. #nofilter
Viktorija Ign @viktorija-ign.bsky.social 6Cs Rule: 🙌 Communication, 🌱 Community, 🗺️ Culture, ☕ Coffee, 🍰 Cake, 🐈 Cats | Community Builder & Strategist | bellingcat.com
Beau Donelly @beaudonelly.bsky.social Editor @bellingcat.com. Previously @thetimes.com, The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald. Author: The Woman Who Fooled The World.
beaudonelly.com
Unredacted @unredacteduk.bsky.social Unredacted is a research unit at the University of Westminster that investigates and documents secretive UK state and corporate practices in the context of national security. Visit https://unredacted.uk/
60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social Skeets from the most successful news magazine in TV history, offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news ⏱️
Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social Official Gov Description: Flight challenged colony of biracial nudists.
Status: Tariff & Human Free. Sovereign; yet protected by AU. “Flippers Up”
SIGN to protect our Island’s Marine Reserve https://wwf.org.au/get-involved/an-antarctic-safe-haven/
Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian
shaun.walker@theguardian.com
Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social Double dumb-ass on you. (And so fourth)
#AltText enthusiast. Also on mastodon, formerly on twitter. Other similar accounts are not me.
Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social It’s okay, I’m in incognito mode.
By @joesondow.bsky.social
Kelly Shortridge @shortridge.bsky.social software resilience, cybersecurity, complex systems | chief product officer @fastly.com | nyc
“In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought.”
kellyshortridge.com
@swagitda_ on Twitter
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social Politics, Music and Sports
Framework @frame.work Remaking consumer electronics to respect people and the planet. 💻🪛
For support visit http://support.frame.work
𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social my hearts as full as a baked potatah
i post sci-fi/fantasy/retro/weird art and images mostly
cashapp: $thatsgoodweb if you wanna help me pay bills
🚨this is a no AI zone🚨
Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social Security & Investigations Director at @WIRED.com. Send tips and/or dog pics.
Signal: couts.01
Twonks @twonks.bsky.social Cartoons and comics by Steve Nelson.
Manager: michael.krell@sixteenth.com
https://linktr.ee/twonkscomics
Insomni'hack @1ns0mn1h4ck.bsky.social Security conference and hacking contest founded and organized by
@orangecyberch since 2008 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Defcon Switzerland @defconch.bsky.social DC4131
Cooper @ministraitor.bsky.social Dutch software dev who spends his free time travelling all over the place to film a whole bunch of (mostly) security conferences.
Signal @signal.org Signal is a nonprofit end-to-end encrypted communications app. Privacy isn’t an optional mode, it’s the way Signal works. Every message, every call, every time. https://signal.org/donate/
Rundradion @rundradion.bsky.social VHF, UHF, AIS, ADSB, WWW.
Tracking military traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia via ATC comms.
Tracking data here https://pastebin.com/m57symM8
Just_Another_Hack @coffeecupambush.bsky.social Expired cough syrup aficionado.
G8TPX @g8tpx.bsky.social Amateur "Ham" Radio enthusiast.
Licensed since 1981.
Interested in technology, communications
GTMO Watch @gtmowatch.bsky.social Aircraft landing at and leaving the US navy base and detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Data from public ADS-B signals that military planes don't always send. Most flights are routine cargo/troop transport. False positives possible. By @bellingcat.com
Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social mountains, books, bikes, intelligence history, modernism. Formerly, threat intel @ GitHub.
Bill Robinson @billrobinson.bsky.social Researcher focused on Canadian SIGINT activities past and present. Also FVEY and other countries. Citizen Lab Research Fellow. Occasionally compared to a hedgehog. He/him.
Blog: https://luxexumbra.blogspot.com/
Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
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
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social Chinese Military. Bundeswehr/NATO. MA Pol Sci/History. Cats, dogs, motorcycles. Überbringer schlechter Nachrichten. Analysis@ NavalNews.com. Contributor@ hartpunkt.de. Previous articles at FPRI.org.
MT Anderson @mtanderson.bsky.social 🇺🇸 husband, girl dad, son, brother 🇺🇸
••• Opinions are my own •••
U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org An independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of seapower.
Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social Modern Warfare | Defense & Military Analyst | Author of ‚How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory‘ Link: https://www.gady-consulting.com/
Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk Military analyst, naval officer, based in Denmark, mostly #Russia and the war in #Ukraine.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@anderspuck
Newsletter: https://www.logicofwar.com
Author of The Logic of War: https://a.co/d/01Ep6RtI
Tayfun Ozberk @tayfunozberk.bsky.social Defence Analyst | Navy Veteran | Analyses of emerging technologies from naval warfare perspective | Correspondent at Defense News, Naval News & Shephard News ⚓️
What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social Mariner, Historian, Firefighter, Host of What's Going on With Shipping
Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav.bsky.social Naval reporter, @navalnews.com founder and chief editor. Interest in Defense⚔️, Navy⚓, F1🏎️, Sci-Fi👽. Born in 🇼🇫, 🇫🇷🤝🇺🇸
Dr. Rachel Pawling 🌈 @r-p-one.bsky.social Sometimes I design ships. Most times I design how to design ships. Skeets not representative of employer or client policy. She/Her/Hers.
Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com Robin Häggblom, Finnish defence and national security analyst, Senior Advisor at Risk Intelligence. My business card preaches the value of Knowing Risk.
DanielR @danielr-phd.bsky.social Imaging Physicist
substack.com/@danielrphd
TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @tankertrackers.com Trusted by maritime insurers, oil producers & traders, finance, governments and top news orgs to track down oil shipments. Vessel pronouns are she/her. Got it?