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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
An Van Raemdonck @anvanraemdonck.bsky.social Anthropologist/Arabist, Postdoc Ghent University, Islam/religion/secularism
Islam, Ethics and Diversity (IED Network)
DiGeSt Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies
Okke Ornstein @ornstein.org Journalism
ornstein.org
Bieke Machiels 💙 @bieke.bsky.social Personal account
Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Monocle, host of Monocle Radio's The Foreign Desk and The Daily. Author of four scandalously under-rated books.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
Elke Pattyn @elkenumber1.bsky.social Cat- and coffee addict. Zelden serieus.
Feministenkalifaat.
Pensioenspook @pensioenspook666.bsky.social Ex-toptrol.
Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social Writer. Amsterdam.
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 naomiklein.org
📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social Political philosopher and inequality economist. Prof @ Utrecht University | Public values (social justice, democracy, sustainability, quality of life). Fair economies, caring societies. #limitarianism
Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social Financial Times columnist, and author of books including Chums, Good Chaps, Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century, Soccernomics and out in late 2025, World Cup Fever. British and now French too, lives in Paris with wife and kids.
Saskia Dekkers @saskiadekkers.bsky.social European correspondent
Dutch public TV Nieuwsuur
Working in Europe
Living on water
Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social Historian, author, commentator. Author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, The File etc. See www.timothygartonash.com
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
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
https://nixons.substack.com/
Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social Vice Dean and Professor at the IE School of Economics, Politics and Global Affairs at IE University, Madrid (she/her)
www.catherinedevries.eu
Respect the Marble Substack: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
Steven Van Hecke @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social Europe | Politics | KU Leuven
→ https://soc.kuleuven.be/io/stevenvanhecke
→ https://shop.acco.be/nl-be/items/9789033402074/Het-kantelende-continent
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social Retired @EU_Commission, PhD CAU Kiel #EUI #EconomicHistory #sustainability #FarRight #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate #SmartCities #FutureOfEurope #cycling
Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social French citizen in Brexitlandia.
Married to a Brit, 2 great daughters.
Left of centre.
Dislike the right.
SQL specialist
Eric Aeschimann @ericaeschimann.bsky.social Journaliste au @NouvelObs, écologiste partout. Ecologie=égalité. Auteur de "Les vipères ne tombent pas du ciel. Ecologie et classes populaires", sortie le 9 septembre aux Liens qui libèrent.
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.
Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
Rem Korteweg @remkorteweg.bsky.social Senior Fellow Clingendael Institute, PhD.
Associate Fellow Chatham House
Foreign Policy - Trade - Security
Europe - US - UK/EU
Warning, may post in Dutch!
All posts personal, ofcourse
Zsuzsanna Vegh @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social Political analyst | Hungary | Radical right + intl affairs & democracy | Working with GMF, ECFR | Views are my own
OneWorld @oneworld.nl https://www.oneworld.nl/
OneWorld | Magazine 🌍
🌿 Het magazine zonder blad voor de mond
🦾 Mensenrechten ☔️ Klimaatrechtvaardigheid 🏳️🌈 Identiteit
🗣 Abonneer & #LeesJeBewust
Ilse @ilsebtsl.bsky.social Pretpedagoog.
Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social A global multimedia newsroom reporting on climate accountability across borders. Podcasts, newsletter, investigations, features, documents at Drilled.media.
Voxeurop – Independent European journalism @voxeurop.bsky.social The first European media co-operative. Bringing the best news, investigations & views on migration, democracy, inequalities, climate and Eastern Europe. In 5 languages.
🔗 voxeurop.eu
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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
Le Monde diplomatique in English @mondediplo.com English-language edition of @monde-diplomatique.fr.
Subscribe: https://mondediplo.com/subscribe
Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam 🇳🇱 || Journalism, AI, Tech & innovation 👨💻 || Fellow Digital Democracy Centre 🇩🇰 & Marie Curie Scholar 🇪🇺 || Occasional Photographer || #FirstGen
🌐 https://hannescools.com/
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Els Hertogen @elshertogen.bsky.social Directeur 11.11.11, @11.be
Ward Bogaert @wardbogaert.bsky.social Ziet overal verhalen. Vertelt ze in De Wereld van Sofie (VRT Radio1) en de podcasts Iemand en Radio Bahamontes (www.radiobahamontes.be)
Is groot, ja.
Mist teletekst, maar klaagt er nog slechts wekelijks over.
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
Try the LRB for just £6: lrb.me/social
Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Columnist at GuardianUS. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack: https://substack.com/@sulliview?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios) 
Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social Latin America expert and aficionado. Retired Dutch diplomat and UN expert, postings in Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Barbados, Suriname, Bangladesh, the Netherlands. Fan of Feyenoord, Rotterdam, music. Home is Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social Hoosier, Political Analyst, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, author The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, adviser The Change Campaign / American Institute For Change
Mattias De Backer @mattiasdebacker.bsky.social Research professor and researcher VUB Spatial and Urban Criminology. Editor @crimencounters
Father of two.
And musician in the Belgian postpunk band KORINTHIANS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3434-4800
Matthias @mvgenechten.bsky.social Schrijft voor www.vremdemirror.com - auteur 'Ik heb altijd mijn eigen koers gereden' en 'Hoe word je een wielerfan (en blijf je er een)?' - op dat andere platform @vremdetweet - heeft geen geld voor een betere bioschrijver
@osintbear.bsky.social @osintbear.bsky.social 
Pieter @pstaelens.bsky.social Koers. Lopen. Leuven. Vader van 2. Europese Commissie.
Pensioenspook @caraforever.bsky.social Voormalige toptrol.
Bureau Buitenland @bureaubuitenland.bsky.social Meer grip op de wereld. Op NPO 2, NPO Radio 1, NPO Start, en als podcast.
Latin America ¡Sin Filtro! @sinfiltroya.substack.com Your Intel Service on Latin America: regional power plays, security crises & state failure, institutional fragility, economy & extraction logic -- by Prof Nicolas Forsans
🔗 https://sinfiltroya.substack.com
📍Com. Valenciana 🇪🇸
Wendy Kroy @wendykroy.bsky.social Eeuwige student
@ecardinael.bsky.social @ecardinael.bsky.social 
Karl van den Broeck @kvdb.apache.be Chief editor @ Apache.be
Programmer @ Bozar
Belgium - Brussels
Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.- B Bruno Struys @brunostruys.bsky.social
Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social Ex-CIA Africa analyst. PhD historian. Author of The Missionary Kids (Runner up for RNA Book of the Year).
https://hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com
@TheBulwark @Lawfare @liberalcurrents @goodfaithmedia
Co-Host @DogShirtTV
Art For Democracy @ Etsy
Evident @evidentmedia.org Evident is an Emmy-winning nonprofit news organization for investigative visual journalism. We combine evidence-based research with on-the-ground reporting to shed light on conflict, technology, corruption, and other global issues. | evidentmedia.org
Stad Gent @stad-gent.bsky.social Welkom bij het officiële Bluesky-account van de Stad Gent. #stadgent
www.stad.gent
Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social Journalist, Writer, Podcaster, PhD, Analyst and Public Speaker: longtime Brit in Colombia.
Host of the Colombia Calling podcast and the LatinNews podcast. Words in Globe and Mail, Foreign Policy, BBC, CNN, WSJ, Daily Beast...
https://colombiacalling.co
Vincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social International politics i/t ´Brussels Bubble´. Historian (16th c. diplomacy). Also Teaching Assistant @VUBrussel (UK history). Belgian. My views are my own.
Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Radicalized by discotheque music.
Marc Van Ranst @vanranstmarc.bsky.social Viroloog, arts, columnist bij De Morgen
Jarron Kamphorst @jarronkamphorst.bsky.social Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia correspondent Dutch daily Trouw and Bureau Buitenland NPO Radio 1. Based in Tbilisi.
Artikelen in Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/auteur/jarron-kamphorst
John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree
Founding board member
@Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress
@johncusack on twiiter
Liesbet De Weder @liesbetdw.bsky.social Gent. Gemeenteraadslid Groen. Lid BCSD.
Miet Ooms (die van noncha vogala, Buurtaal en de leestekens) @taalmiet.bsky.social Taalnerd en kersverse student logopedie.
Boeken: Buurtaal, Tot in de puntjes, Eerste hulp bij taalkwesties, Van vogala tot noncha.
Podcast: Kinderen van het ABN (De lage landen).
Heeft het over taal, taal en euh ... taal.
francis van werde @werdef.bsky.social Laten we 1 ding afspreken: we houden het gezellig.
A bee doesn't waste his energy to convince a fly that honey is more delicious than shit.
Michel Baeten @michelbaeten.bsky.social That's it! Back to Winnipeg!
Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Research fellow International Institute of Social History | Labour and social historian | History of labor, socialism, and internationalism | Latin America |
https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lucas-poy
Ori Goldberg @origoldberg.bsky.social I am an Israeli. That means all sorts of things now. I write about the genocide, about politics and also, one hopes, about other things some day.
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Theo Jacobs @theojacobs.bsky.social 
Jonathan Janssens @jonathanjanssens.bsky.social Coordinator Gent Fair Trade @Oxfam, for City of Ghent (Belgium).
Working on lifestyle change, corporate sustainability and sustainable public procurement.
#humanrights #labourrights #ethicalsourcing #extractivism #advocacy #fairtrade #fashionrevolution
Ben Van Alboom @fakerholic.bsky.social Freelance Arts & Pleasure Administrator. He/him. Inspirational quote: “My favorite sport is cheerleading.” (Miley Cyrus)
Dave Sinardet @davesinardet.bsky.social Professor of Political Science (VUB/UCLouvain)
Working on (sub state) nationalism, federalism, diverse democracies, …
A columnist too.
A melomaniac and dj as well.
And some other stuff …
www.instagram.com/DaveSinardet
Gert Huskens @gerthuskens.bsky.social Historian | Belgian Expatriates in Egypt, 1882-1936 | Postdoc at Ghent University | PhD at Université libre de Bruxelles and Ghent University | Diplomacy, Egypt & Levant, Global Belgium | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6879-2823
Ward Schouppe @wardschouppe.bsky.social Stadsjournalist Gent @vrtnws
Meld nieuws: ward.schouppe@vrt.be
ukcameraman @ukcameraman.bsky.social Paul Martin. Freelance TV News Cameraman. Will film stuff for cold, hard cash or tea and biscuits. “Idiot with a lens.” - Mrs ukcameraman.
Underwater rat throttling champion 1997.
Tom Simoens @tomsimoens.bsky.social Professor of History. This is my personal account where I share my own views.
Following the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine and (not longer) commenting on it in 🇧🇪 media.
Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social Latin America correspondent for the @guardian based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 via London 🇬🇧, Beijing 🇨🇳 and Mexico City 🇲🇽 Say hello: tom.phillips@theguardian.com
Micha Peters @michapeters.bsky.social Journalist en historicus. Eigenaar Sportgeschiedenis.nl. Specialist sporterfgoed en drugsgeschiedenis. Auteur 'De Centrale', een boek over de allereerste Nederlandse narcoticabrigade.
Peter Vanderheyden @petervdheyden.bsky.social Mijn motto :
Laar ze. Lass sie. Laisse-les. Déjalos. Lasciali. Let them.
JogchumV @jogchumv.bsky.social Professor UCLouvain Saint-Louis & KU Leuven: discrimination law, law & religion, free speech and all things (il)legal | (Nature) photography | Dad (jokes) | (Exiled) in Belgium since 1999 🇳🇱 | (Brackets)
Maartje Luif @zezunja.bsky.social Eindredacteur @OneWorld.nl, Amsterdamse schrijver en docent journalistiek op trot in Kerkrade. Moet elke dag lachen om @wannes.bsky.social. Slordigste telefoontikker van het universum. (zij/haar)
Bart Schols @bartschols.bsky.social Presentator / moderator De afspraak @vrtcanvas en desgewenst van al uw debatten, vieringen, ceremonies, bedrijfsfeesten en familiequizzen.
@alexteerlinck.bsky.social @alexteerlinck.bsky.social World watcher, therefore depressed. Call me left wing. 
Olaf Koens @handle.invalid Correspondent, schrijver, journalist. 'When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.'
https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/nijgh-van-ditmar/auteur/olaf-koens/
Petra De Sutter @petradesutter.bsky.social Federaal parlementslid Groen
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium 🇧🇪🇪🇺
C🅰️S Ⓜ️UDDE @casmudde.bsky.social Dutchman 🇳🇱 in South 🇺🇸 | Politologist 🧑🎓 | columnist ✍️ | public speaker 🗣️ | Far-right politics 👌 | Soccer & Politics ⚽ | European politics 🇪🇺 | Defending democracy 👊 | punkrock 🎸 | #groundhopping ⚽🏒🏉 | movies 🎦 | watches ⌚ | no manels ❌ | only MY opinions 👋
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Eva Cukier @evacukier.bsky.social All things Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Caucasus, Central Asia. Nomadic linguïst. Author of 'RuZland. Land in oorlog met zichzelf en met de wereld' (2024) Dutch in France www.nrc.nl/auteur/eva-cukier/
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
Jan-Albert Hootsen @jahootsen.bsky.social Mexico Representative @ Committee to Protect Journalists | Journalist @ Trouw, Het Laatste Nieuws et al. | Opinions are my own | All will be settled | Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/jan_albert.hootsen?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=5e014c24-b6fc-
Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social Computer scientist, comedian, engineer, keynote speaker, @nerdland.be podcaster.
Kom kijken naar m'n nieuwe show!
Tickets & booking info: https://www.jeroen-baert.be
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@jbaert
Github: https://github.com/Forceflow
Foo Yat Chong @fooyatchong.bsky.social HLN Fan Account
Thomas Goorden @goorden.be Investigative Journalist, Writer, Bag of Real Meat, etc
Spiegel, Mediapart, Le Soir, De Standaard, De Morgen, Knack, FTM, Apache, ...
e/slopp/acc >> /dev/null
Ex-X: @tgoorden
Minister van Agitatie @minvanagitatie.bsky.social • art & politics, preferably at the same time and place
• working at:
- SAAMO (community building)
- Het Groot Ongelijk (coöperatief weikcafé)
- bedenkelijke zelfstandige
website: www.ministerievanagitatie.be
blog: www.antistaatsblad.wordpress.com
Michaël Merrigan @michaelmerrigan.bsky.social jurist Belgisch federaal mensenrechteninstituut FIRM-IFDH | docent mediarecht Thomas More Hogeschool | research fellow KU Leuven | rechten & plichten, vrije meningsuiting, SLAPP, democratie, civic space | interesse in theologie | in eigen naam | NL-EN-FR
Maarten Hermans @mhermans.net Sociologist, researcher, member @denktankminerva.be & @brispo-vub.bsky.social: labour relations, quality of work & open source data analysis.
Pascal Debruyne @pdbruyne.bsky.social PhD Political Science, Moral Philosophy, researcher Odisee University for Applied Sciences. Migration & asylum, superdiversity & social work. Twitter: Pdbruyne