Aïsha MacDougall @aishamacd.bsky.social PhD Political Science & Sociology student @sns.it | visual + contentious politics
Emily Fishbein @emilyfishbein11.bsky.social Independent journalist focusing on Myanmar. Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network Fellow 2025
Sebastiaan Brommersma @sebasbrommersma.bsky.social Investigative journalist Digital Affairs at Follow the Money (freelance) | Based in Edinburgh | It goes: Siya Kolisi, Alun Wyn Jones, Johnny Sexton
Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com Radically collaborative journalism. Working with the world’s leading media on deeply reported, public interest investigations. http://bit.ly/LHR-newsletter
Trevor Ball @easybakeovensz.bsky.social Previously Bellingcat, ARES, US Army EOD.
Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social Data and visual journalist, New York Times climate team
https://www.nytimes.com/by/mira-rojanasakul
Miguel Ramalho @msramalho.bsky.social Investigative Technologist @bellingcat.com
Data, Tech, Human Rights, Conflict & Financial Investigations
Signal @miguel.351
https://github.com/msramalho
Mark Millar @mpmillar.bsky.social PhD researcher at SOAS | Former FCDO, UN & NATO practitioner | Exploring how institutions understand and judge conflict | Author of The Peacekeeping Failure in South Sudan
Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi Senior Reporter, Special Projects at TechCrunch. Formerly Bloomberg News and The Verge. Obsessed with public records and LLCs. Bad surfer. Reluctant karaoke participant.
Send tips 🕵️♂️
Signal: okane.01
sean.okane@techcrunch.com
HASTAC @hastac.bsky.social An alliance and open community dedicated to Changing the Way We Teach and Learn. Affiliates of @cuny.edu and @futuresed.bsky.social. Join us! https://hastac.hcommons.org/
Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social 🪬AP news director in Jerusalem; former Mideast editor + correspondent at WaPo. Previously in Cairo, Kabul, Gaza, Istanbul, Baghdad. All the pieces matter.
Tobias Lang @tobiaslang.bsky.social Director Austrian Centre for Peace
ac4p.at
PWard @pishaward.bsky.social Lebanese-American writer and artist.
Read about my new YA novel MERCY here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/patricia-ward/mercy-9/
www.patriciasarrafianward.com
https://www.facebook.com/patriciasarrafianward/
Mateo Nelson @mateonelson.bsky.social Editor & Arabic ➡️ English translator focused on Syria
(Formerly @syriadirect.bsky.social)
Justin White @justinwhite.bsky.social Health economist at Boston University School of Public Health, studying health effects of social policy, tobacco, nutrition, and chronic disease risk. Formerly: UCSF, Stanford, and UC Berkeley
Jan Daniel @horalistani.bsky.social Researcher @IIR_Prague; fellow @prcprague; Lebanon, Syria, critical peace and security studies, security narratives, social theory
Becca Lucas @beccalpaine.bsky.social PhD candidate at KCL studying defence industry through the manufacture of UAVs. Turkish policy wonk in my spare time. Formerly of RAND Europe and RUSI. All opinions my own.
Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social Lawyer & observer of the Middle East / West Asia. فارسی بلدم; biraz Azərbaycanca.
Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.myatproto.social @trustfnd.com cofounder and ceo • board @republik.ch • past: Twitter, FT, SRF, NZZ • he/him • 🏳️🌈🇨🇭🇪🇺🇱🇧 • Berlin • https://trustfnd.com
Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social Professor at the University of Waterloo and Senior Fellow at CIGI, interested in International Affairs and Geopolitics of Technology.
Nilo Tabrizy @ntabrizy.bsky.social Visual Forensics at The Washington Post | Writing a book on Iran for Pantheon Books (US) & Atlantic Books (UK) | یاشاسین تبریز
NorthSec @nsec.io NorthSec — A community-run cybersecurity event offering world-class talks, trainings & a 48-hour, on-site capture-the-flag competition. Every May in Montréal since 2013 🇨🇦 Publications en français et en anglais.
https://nsec.io/
Sebastian Vandermeersch @sebkilli.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Bellingcat focused on conflict & human rights.
Formerly: BBC Verify and CIR. Views are my own.
Enda Maguire @endamaguire.bsky.social 🇱🇾 Libya Desk Editor at Maghrebi.org
FRANCE 24 @france24.com 🌍 La chaîne d'information internationale en français
Suivez toute l'actualité du monde en #Direct :
💻 france24.com/fr/ 📡 f24.my/direct
𝕏 f24.my/Xfr 📷 f24.my/IGfr 🗨️ f24.my/WAfr ✈️ f24.my/TGfr
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social Hey! I'm published in CNBC, Washington Examiner, Voice of America, US Naval Institute Proceedings and as a music journalist in Canadian newspapers. Here to check out the scene!
Alessandra Bergamin @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social Journalist — international environmental violence & human rights
she/her 🌈 🫒 🐡 🧿
Work: In These Times, The Baffler, Atmos, Alta, Harpers, Waging Nonviolence
~~not a social media person ~~
https://campsite.bio/alessandrabergamin
+972 Magazine @972mag.com Independent news and analysis from Israel-Palestine, home to Palestinian and Israeli journalists committed to equity, justice, and freedom of information.
Kiran Kothari @kirankothari.bsky.social Head, Humanitarian Access and Civil-Military /Relations with Armed Actors, Save the Children
• conflicts • humanitarian • human rights • children • displacement • crimes • protection • negotiations • diplomacy • analysis • news • peace • de-escalation
Andrew Buckwell @adeepgreenheart.bsky.social Ecological economist | Landscape lover | Researcher | Endeavouring to be activist | On the banks of the Maiwar at Meanjin | 4101 | australia
Sébastien Martineau @martineauseb.bsky.social Frenchman in Germany. Former projectionist, back in the days when we still used film. Journalist. Posting in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧 Based in Hamburg
Benjamin Krick @benckrick.bsky.social Duke University PhD Candidate studying Security, Peace, and Conflict (IR); forced migration, civil conflict, etc.
Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept
Got a tip? Signal: sambiddle.99 (Make sure you don’t contact me via a work-provided device)
https://sambiddle.com
WhitePhosphorus.info @whitephosphorus.info A spatial archive of 285 verified and geolocated white phosphorus strikes across South Lebanon (2023–2026). Explore the archive on: whitephosphorus.info
Developed as part of the PhD research of @baydoun.nl
Roos Boer @rboer.bsky.social Project leader humanitarian disarmament PAX
Tweets reflect personal views too
Zakeriye @zakeriye.bsky.social East Africa based journalist. DM 4 collaboration.
Jenne Jan Holtland @jjholtland.bsky.social Middle East Correspondent for @volkskrant.nl, based in Amman. Eyes on Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Yemen & the Gulf.
Villages over cities. Blueskies in Dutch.
Author "De Koerier van Maputo" (2021): https://tinyurl.com/3v7ekrah
International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org 100 countries, 1 humanitarian mission: to promote respect for the laws of war #IHL and help people caught up in armed conflicts and violence.
Community guidelines: https://www.icrc.org/en/community-guidelines
hampton. @hampton.bsky.social rhetoric PhD student @ UGA | senior researcher @ Princeton | staring into the abyss at: state violence & paramilitarism + radical memes & graphic media + paranormal realities & haunted presents
Nick Fitzhenry @nickfitzhenry.bsky.social Postdoc at CAMPOP & King's College, Cambridge
PhD in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics & historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
NRC @nrc.nl Onafhankelijke, diepgravende en integere journalistiek. Blijf hier op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws en lees als eerste de nieuwste NRC-artikelen.
Ally Freischmidt @allyfreischmidt.bsky.social journalism student at UoP
local and national politics
Martin Jay @martinrjay.bsky.social Owner of maghrebi.org, ex award winning journalist with big media, loves dogs, lives on the edge of the sahara. Fired by CNN for being a good journalist. The truth really is easier to remember.
I'm not an 'impersonator' as BSK has labelled me ffs
Leon Kouider @leonkouider.bsky.social Journalist at Maghrebi.org specialising in Sudan and Egypt.
Louis Dubar @louisdubar.bsky.social Journaliste
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
Words: @nytimes.com @harpers.bsky.social @latimes.com @rollingstone.com @yahoonews.com @teenvogue.com @vicenews.bsky.social
Leak documents to me at: nick.turse@theintercept.com
Or on Signal: nickturse.01
Bart Thijssen @bartthijssen.bsky.social Master of (Keeping/Stealing) your Secrets | Security Advisor & Intel Analyst | Civil Servant @ BE | Klopjacht-speurder | IT Eng. + Pol. Sci. | Posts my own
Tam Hussein @tamhussein.bsky.social Award winning investigative journo & writer. Curr. ITV News & New Lines Magazine. Usual disc. Substack page: The Blood Rep http://bit.ly/3cAjRoD book: http://amzn.to/3d9mHRC
New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays and informative analysis run daily.
http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
Rana B. Khoury @rbkhoury.bsky.social assistant prof of political science at Illinois researching wartime activism, displacement, humanitarianism, and all things Syria. mama to the greatest second grader. www.ranakhoury.com
Sébastien Bourdon @sebastienbourdon.bsky.social Journaliste indépendant
📖 « Drapeau noir, jeunesses blanches » (2025) - Éditions du Seuil.
📖 « Une vie de lutte plutôt qu’une minute de silence » (2023).
Mesut Akçay @mesutakcay.bsky.social https://independent.academia.edu/AK%C3%87AYMESUT historian | phd |doctor in history | social sciences studies | #ideologies #kemalism #populism
rüzgar mehmet akgün @rmehmetakgun.bsky.social freelance journalist
osint / data
Christy Somos @christysomos.bsky.social Award-winning 🇨🇦 Journalist, Analyst, Producer | Creator+ host of The State of Things | National security, extremism, global affairs, mis/dis-information, OSINT| DM for Signal | @thestateofthings.bsky.social
christysomos.com
Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/kate_ross_
Tips on Hate Groups: katerosstips@proton.me
victoria elms @victoriaelms.bsky.social foreign news editor @ sky news
Jon Gambrell @jongambrell.bsky.social A Middle East-based journalist and geopolitical analyst in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by way of Egypt, Nigeria, Arkansas and elsewhere.
Joey Grostern @joeygrostern.bsky.social Investigative Climate Journalist @desmog.com in Berlin + working with Deutsche Welle and Clean Energy Wire
All my posts are very serious and important
Anne Pellegrino @annepellegrino.bsky.social Media programs at Planet 🛰️
Lover of satellite imagery and admirer of digital investigations
Diana Dombrowski @dianadombrowski.bsky.social Investigative reporter at @bloomberglaw.com 📍NYC
Matteo Moschella @moschella.bsky.social Reporter @nbcnews.com
Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social Equal opportunities verificator of stuff (just don't call it OSINT near me) since 2010. Would rather be riding a bike. Low key Puglian tourism & alcohol free drinks influencer.
Reuters eyewitness @reuterseyewitness.bsky.social Reuters News Agency journalists use this account to monitor breaking news and to contact people who have captured newsworthy pictures and video.
Phoebe Petrovic @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social now: researcher chronicling threats to democracy @ Documented. then: investigative reporter @ Wisconsin Watch & ProPublica fellow. send me tips about the anti-LGBTQ movement or authoritarianism on signal: phoebe.411
Laís Martins @laismartins.com Repórter | tech, direitos humanos e política | em @intercept.com.br e por aí | 25/26 AI Accountability Fellow @pulitzercenter.org |mundus journalism + UvA alumna | dicas? ✉️ laisfm@proton.me e signal laisfm.02 | em PT-BR, sometimes EN
Layla Ferris @laylaferris.bsky.social Verification @ CBS News Confirmed | formerly ABC News, Storyful
Viktorija Ign @viktorija-ign.bsky.social 6Cs Rule: 🙌 Communication, 🌱 Community, 🗺️ Culture, ☕ Coffee, 🍰 Cake, 🐈 Cats | Community Builder & Strategist | bellingcat.com
Paul Bradshaw @paulbradshaw.bsky.social Data journalist and course leader, MA Data Journalism at Birmingham City University 
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Akhil Ranjan @akhilr23.bsky.social Journalist & OSINT enthusiast; via @Twitter 1.0, @AFP Fact-Check & @BBC
फ़ेक न्यूज़, मीडिया और लोकतंत्र (नवारुण प्रकाशन): https://shorturl.at/wL0lm
Etienne - Tek @tek.randhome.io Technologist @ Human Rights Watch (previously Amnesty, Citizen Lab)
Malware, Threats, Online Investigations, Disinformation, Human Rights and silly memes.
On Mastodon: tek@todon.eu
Also on https://maynier.eu/
Antoine Fournier @toitoinef.bsky.social Head of Activation at Euronews. Follower of global events, history buff, drummer.
Brussels-based but often on the move 🏃🏻♂️
Clémence Martin @clewence.bsky.social 💽 journaliste indépendante, investigation et OSINT
📍Lyon
ex-@libe / checknews
Jan Marian @janmarian.bsky.social Permanent Representative of 🇨🇿 to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna | @CZMissionVienna | Private account, usual caveats apply.
Rachel Blundy @rachelblundy.bsky.social Deputy head of digital investigation for Europe at Agence France-Presse, based in London.
Katharina Zwins @zwins.at Journalistin @ Agence France-Presse (@afp.com) l Head of Digital Investigation for Europe l Juristin l opinions expressed are my own
Alastair Tibbs @alastairtibbs.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter at the independent.ie. Previously with maghrebi.org
Youssr Youssef @youssr.bsky.social Journaliste & ingénieure, 🇨🇵 & 🇹🇳 · @forbidden-stories.bsky.social #GazaProject · Réal "René Carmille, un hacker sous l'Occupation" @publicsenat· 🤓 📈 passée par @Fig_Data
Contact: hello@youssr.me
Marie Boëton @marieboeton.bsky.social Grand reporter @LaCroix
Chronique "Regarde le monde" @FranceInter
Membre de la Commission des droits de l'homme @CNCDH
Chroniqueuse aux Midis @FranceCulture
Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me Journalist/technologist, @financialtimes.com Visual Investigations
📍London
✉️ peter.andringa@ft.com
🔏 Signal: @peterandringa.01
ft.com/news-tips
Nikita Khava @nikitakhava.bsky.social Budapest-based freelance journalist, researcher & OSINT practitioner
Becky Dale @beckydale.bsky.social Data journalist with BBC focusing on global storytelling and climate science
Lieth @liethcs.bsky.social Organized crime and corruption researcher.
Barbara Marcolini @babimarcolini.bsky.social Visual Investigator at Amnesty International. Previously NYT
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
David Sewell @davidsewell.bsky.social Native southern Californian, Swarthmore alum, former Tucsonan, retired UVA, live in Charlottesville. Interests include the greater Southwest, Lebanon/MENA, immigration policy/support, Quaker concerns.
Free Reading @jakelehman.bsky.social Independent Journalist
📙 jacoblehman.substack.com
☠️ x.com/_Jake_Lehman
🐘 cyberplace.social/@aldergeshem
🌐 aintnoseagull@protonmail.com
Daniel Ayers ZL1DFA 🇳🇿 🇺🇦 @daniel-ayers.com #infosec #DFIR #IT Architect/Admin/Developer, #hamradio ZL1DFA #CrisisCommunication #AvGeek #OSINT #malware #cybersecurity #DevOps #linux Слава Україні! Stop #IsraelWarCrimes
Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social Writer and journalist who apparently may or may not be notable. Writing on DoD environmental contamination and suing the United States government. I have no hobbies.
Signal: LoriLou.33
Loriloufreshwater@protonmail
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
www.politico.com
Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social senior visual forensics reporter
@washingtonpost
tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com
usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal 
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev at BBC Africa Eye. Bellingcat contributor.
Justin Seitz @justinseitz.bsky.social Bullshit Hunter. Misidentified beet farmer. Fiery advocate. Neurospicy. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan prairie dweller. He/Him.
Find my work at bullshithunting.com
Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social Senior Investigator, Graphika.
Cape Town, South Africa.
Christo Buschek @christobuschek.net Data, computations and investigations | Pulitzer Prize 2021 | Der SPIEGEL | Mozilla Senior Fellow 2025 | https://christobuschek.net | christo.buschek@proton.me
ms noor @afosint.bsky.social OSINT | Afghanistan | Politics and Security
Sarah Stoecklin @sarahstoecklin.bsky.social Technical writing, UX, open source research (DR Congo, misogyny, SGBV).
Extremely Online at http://discord.gg/bellingcat
CongoEye member, Bellingcat contributor. Reds and Tolkien fan. Views my own.
Laura Motet @lamotet.bsky.social Enquête et justice au Monde
Présidente @ajtransparence.bsky.social
Membre @openfacto.bsky.social et @presseju.bsky.social
#politique #opendata #python #osint #cada
https://www.lemonde.fr/signataires/laura-motet/
Critical Threats Project @criticalthreats.bsky.social An AEI project focused on understanding threats and tracking global challenges | Contact us: criticalthreats@aei.org | Media requests: mediaservices@aei.org