Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social I don’t post often, so I try to make every one count. I’ve worked for 45 years in government, think tanks, Georgetown U. and philanthropy. I write, lecture and do media interviews. On Substack at: joecirincione.substack.com
Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community 🟦 Analyst and writer focusing on cognition, politics, religion, technology, and media
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social Arkie. Anti-Dirtbagist. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Columnist & Contrib. Editor, @LiberalCurrents.com
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Writing a book (Broadleaf)
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Panther Raccoon @pantherraccoon.bsky.social DC statehood, now!
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Matthew Collette @a2navarc.bsky.social Naval architect turned educator
Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Political scientist. IR. International security. RT=not endorsement. Author of award-winning book "Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare" from Cornell. She/her.
juliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social Public Service Fellow - Lawfare
Adjunct Professor - GWU
Former Senior Analyst - CIA
Former Director - NSC
RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
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Jason Lee Byas @jasonleebyas.bsky.social There is no authority but yourself. Anarchist with plenty of adjectives. Still straight edge in 2026.
Philosophy & Political Economy at the Tulane University of Louisiana, but spiritually an Oklahoman forever. <http://jasonleebyas.com>
Zach Dembo @zachdembo.bsky.social Navy JAG. Prosecutor. 9th Generation Kentuckian. Running to represent every Central Kentucky family.
Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social Associate professor of political science, Virginia Commonwealth University. Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy. Assoc. Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies. Formerly The Guardian & Latin America advisor, Bernie Sanders. 교포
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OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social OR Books is a new type of publishing company. It embraces progressive change in politics, culture, and the way we do business.
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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com Composer-Ringleader • darcyjamesargue.com • With Every Breath I Take out now on Nonesuch Records
Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, and such. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool (thanks Hampshire College). I use threads like a public filing cabinet. Personal account.
John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social @flaminghydra.com // john.m.saward@gmail.com // ig: johnsaward
Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Designer of the "Littoral Commander" wargame series. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
olivia krauth @oliviakrauth.bsky.social raising hell @ hellbender. 🦎
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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social Keweenaw born and raised; Michigan alum x 2; historian of the Russian Empire at UC Davis. Happiest in the kitchen or on a trail. Personal account; opinions my own.
Lee Brimmicombe-Wood @leebwood.bsky.social Game Designer. Softography: Far Cry 3; Killzone Mercenary; Dark Pictures: House of Ashes; Classified: France '44, Fangtopia. Author of Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual. Based Cambs, UK.
Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social Views from across the spectrum, with a focus on KY; the impacts our legislators have had on the nation and the KY press apparatus' abject failure to adequately inform their readers on critical issues. Welcome to the house that Mitch McConnell built.
McKenna Horsley @mckennahorsley.bsky.social Covering politics for @kentuckylantern.com.
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Charles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social KY’s Democratic Candidate & 1st Black Nominee for US Senate
Father | Son | Former State Rep | Author | Founder @hoodtotheholler
📣 Election Day: 11/3
Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social The class politics of geopolitics. Newsletter, http://Un-Diplomatic.com. Co-host, https://www.BangBangPod.com; https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com. 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇳🇿. https://www.vanjackson.org
Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. MPM @Carleton; parent; gardener & sometime tradesperson; social & tax policy; worried about details
Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org KPR is a network of stations covering Kentucky state government & all 120 counties.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Emma Ashford @emmamashford.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Stimson Center, Columnist at Foreign Policy, and Adjunct Prof at Georgetown CSS.
Research on US grand strategy and energy security. Working on a book about US foreign policy in a multipolar world.
All views mine! 
Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social Birds, Math, Literature, & Airpower. BoD Member @Strategy_Bridge, #Strategy, #Development, #NationalSecurity, #MilitaryAffairs. Repost is not endorsement. Nothing interesting to say.
Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social || Pathfinding in a Brave New World || Former Minor Spear Carrier || Redefining the Modern Military || Writing a Kabul Memoir || Loyal Servant of the Republic || No Official Statements || BoD at @thestrategybridge.sky.social ||
CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org A bipartisan research institution, CSIS is recognized as the top defense and national security think tank in the world.
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
John Garth @johngarthwriter.bsky.social Writer, speaker, award-winner. Books in 18 languages on Tolkien’s life and work. Contact me via http://linktr.ee/johngarth. Support my work via Steady: http://bit.ly/3N191bi
Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social Fact writer. Biographer of Ernie Pyle, John Bartlow Martin, Richard Tregaskis, Malcolm Browne, and Robert Sherrod, among others. Bio about journalist Wallace H. Terry available October 2026: https://www.unmpress.com/9780826370150/wallace-terry/
Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Military Technology at RUSI, London. Associate Professor II at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy. Pilot. Views are my own.
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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/
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Columnist MSNBC, Senior Fellow @CSSfletcher NOT Trump’s lawyer, Proud Zionist
Justin Bathon @jbathon.bsky.social Chair & Professor, Ed. Leadership, Univ. of KY.
Fac. Director, Center for Next Gen Leadership
J.D./Ph.D.
Into Upgrading School & Surviving Adulthood
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Ghost of Starscream @starscreamsghost.bsky.social Robot ghost that turns into a jet.
Coping via Skeets.
Will get back at Galvatron, one day, maybe.
The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social Ukrainian perspective on the media worldwide 🌎
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Erin Petrey @erinpetrey.bsky.social 🇬🇧 On hiatus until October
🇺🇸Former Candidate KY-06, Progressive Democrat, Proud Kentuckian
💚Founder, Demanding Data Center Accountability (demanddca.org)
Substack: https://bit.ly/3Kn7yNC
Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. ORDER my book: https://tinyurl.com/2sjcsupd Home cook, foodie.
John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social I cover diplomacy and national security for The Washington Post
My Old Kentucky Podcast @myoldkypod.bsky.social Two life long Kentuckians discussing Kentucky government and politics from a progressive perspective.
ProfKakie @profkakie.bsky.social Professor of Multimedia. Practitioner of multiple media. WRFL alum. LPFM enthusiast. Kentucky-Penn State-Clemson (NOT for football) ("Khaki" like the fabric.)
Allison Wiseman @alwiseman.bsky.social Advocate. Organizer. UL Cards fan. President of KY Young Dems & a big ole yapper🤠
Kentucky Historical Society @kyhistsoc.bsky.social 🏛️ The guardian and voice of Kentucky’s past – documenting, clarifying, and preserving the stories that define our Commonwealth.
Morgan McGarvey @morganmcgarvey.bsky.social Proud dad, occasional guitarist, & Congressman for KY-03
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Rob Fenton @refenton.bsky.social Co-founder, Kestrel Consulting | Policy Advocacy and Analysis | Fmr Conway for KY, Gregg for IN, etc. | Butler U & UK Martin School of Public Policy and Administration alum
www.kestrelconsultingky.com/
KyPolicy @kypolicy.bsky.social Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KyPolicy for short): research, analysis, and education on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.
Fayette County Democratic Party @fayettedemocrats.org We're blue! On BlueSky!
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Faulkner Morgan Archive @faulknermorgan.bsky.social 📁🗄📜 A Community-Based Non-Profit Archive
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💚 We Share Kentucky’s LGBTQ History
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Third Street Stuff & Coffee @thirdststuff.bsky.social Coffee shop in Lexington, KY. We are a safe space. ☕ 🌈 #EveryoneWelcome
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Local breads, pastries, coffee. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY!
Flip The Sixth | 2026 @flipthesixth.bsky.social A grassroots group on a mission to elect a Kentucky Democrat to fill the 6th congressional seat in 2026.
Bode Brooks @bodebrooks.bsky.social 
Cherlynn Stevenson @cherlynnforky.bsky.social 
Herbert Lynn @herbert4lex.bsky.social Running for At Large City Council to build a more livable Lexington.
Herbert4lex.com
Emma Curtis @emmacurtis.bsky.social Councilwoman 🏛️
Trans Kentuckian 🏳️⚧️
Punk/Metalhead/Elder Emo 🤘
Running for re-election to continue serving the people of Lexington’s 4th District 💙
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Adrian Paul Bryant @adrianpbryant.bsky.social Currently: Lexington Government Reporter @kentucky.com 🗞️ Formerly: CivicLex 🏛️ Always: Proud Kentuckian and Lexingtonian 🐎 (he/him)
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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social Not Laconic
Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
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Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Dr. Haris A. Durrani @hdernity.bsky.social Prize Fellow, Harvard.
Law, tech, history. Space. PhD Princeton, JD/BS Columbia. Author, Technologies of the Self.
https://histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ehppf/Haris_Durrani.html
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com executive editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
Geoffrey Williams @geoffreyfw.bsky.social Associate professor of economics at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. NB: Not actually a crested macaque.
Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social Military and defense issues, as seen from NATOs northern flank.
Special interest: The Russian Navy.
Independent Defense Analyst, all analysis and opinions are my own
Ryan Evans @ryanevans.bsky.social Founder, War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com) and Bedrock Knowledge (thebedrock.co). Opinions are my own. I'm not a journalist so please don't mistake me for one.
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE FIREARM REVOLUTION out now. Previous books include THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR; ROADS TO ROME.
Rich Burlew @rich-burlew.giantitp.com Cartoonist. Creator of The Order of the Stick comic strip. New comics at random intervals.
Owner of Giant in the Playground - giantitp.com
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
🏳️⚧️Critical Kate Willært @katewillaert.bsky.social (Pronounced WILL-ert) | Investigating forgotten gaming history | Creator of the greatest Metroid video on Youtube | Asexual, autistic, artistic, 🏳️⚧️(she/her) | Linktree: https://katewillaert.com/link-tree
Armchair Dragoons @armchairdragoons.bsky.social The Essay Length Answer to a Multiple-Choice Attention-Span World ~
Wargaming is our jam & we're here to spread it
Next event? The Fall Assembly 9-11 October, Cary NC
https://tinyurl.com/acdfa26
Volko @volko.bsky.social Historical boardgame designer. Ⓥegan.
https://phalanx.co.uk/1943-race-to-rabaul-a-new-game-by-volko-ruhnke/
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1162-drachen.aspx
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1102-coast-watchers.aspx
https://www.fortcircle.com/the-hunt-for-blackbeard/
Mark @smarkg52.bsky.social Teach simulations and wargames at US Army CGSC. Opinions mine. Not an official account. “AI doesn’t do that…that’s not how AI works.” Mark Twain.
Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social War is bad. Books are good. He/him. STL. Go Cards. Let’s Go Blues. AllForCity
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
Michael Bérubé @michael-berube.bsky.social Writer, teacher, ex-hockey player, occasional golfer, drummer, actor. All the opinions here are mine. Mine, I say!
Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 @centrismfanacct.bsky.social I'm just here so I won't get fined.
John @johnlk.bsky.social @johnlk_80 on twitter. Comics, history, politics and such.
Luis Cabrera / Unthoughtthrough @luiscabrera-prof.bsky.social Prof Poli Sci, Griffith Uni, Brisbane (democracy, migration, global citizenship. Pubs: https://griffith.academia.edu/LuisCabrera) Former Seattle rock guy aghast and singing again: 'No Kings/No Tyrants,' https://youtu.be/UqEI3NZmjJ4?si=qzUNxJCDAlG_sqo4
John F Sullivan @johnfsullivan.bsky.social Former U.S. Army China Foreign Area Officer currently studying ancient Chinese military & strategic texts and arguing for the need to study and debate them more broadly within our own military PME and academic institutions.- D Drew Gibson @drewgibson.bsky.social Independent Scholar: Chinese Dynastic Histories, Zizhi Tongjian, Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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Just Security @justsecurity.org Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
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Author of Invisible Countries
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Wayne E. Lee @milhistlee.bsky.social World military historian at UNC. Veteran. Archaeologist. Blacksmith. Traveler. Archer. I try to limit my posts to military history/security policy. Mostly. Current President of the Soc. for Military History. Officially here: https://waynelee.web.unc.edu/
GMT Games @gmtgames.bsky.social GMT Games is celebrating 35+ years of creating and publishing a broad line of Wargames, Strategy games, Eurogames, and Family games.
Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social Father · Husband · Son · Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky · Committed to setting a positive tone and fighting for all our families.
Kentucky Educators for Role Playing Games @kyedrpg.bsky.social Sharing how TTRPGs are positively impacting learning in the Bluegrass and beyond! Ran by @watsonedtech.bsky.social. Check out the website at kyedrpg.com. My book is now in print! #kyedrpg #TTRPGsky #LevelUpEDU
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
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social Deep-sea ecologist investigating how humans shape and reshape the sea floor. Conservation technologist developing open-source tools to understand our changing oceans. Ocean educator creating novel programs to help students interact with marine ecosystems.
WRFL @wrfl.fm Student-run, community-powered radio from the University of Kentucky since 1988. Tune in at 88.1 FM in Lexington or on our website at wrfl.fm!
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