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Lehlomela Tente 🇱🇸💙 @lehlomela.bsky.social Creative Entrepreneur | Choir Manager | Cultural Advocate from Lesotho | Passionate about African Music, Performing Arts, Branding & Digital Business. Conductor of @serumula.bsky.social | https://www.serumula.online | www.linkedin.com/in/serumula-academy/
#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com يقتل القتيل ويمشي في جنازته https://buymeacoffee.com/emissaryofnight
Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com Writer, political analyst, comms consultant. UK, Israeli, US. Politics, current affairs and technology. arieh@ariehkovler.com. https://linktr.ee/ariehkovler
Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social Dir of Philanthropy @Ethinvest, Founder, Aus @ClimateCapitalForum, contributor @ClimateCapMedia. Interested in climate, solving the crisis & building a strong global democracy.
Tess from South Africa @satess.bsky.social Married old cat lady who's also into data, plants, nature, wildlife, books, art, kindness and genuine curiosity. 💚 Human rights belong to all humans, not just the ones you approve of ♿✊🏾✊🏿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ Be an Ally. She/her
Tiah Marie Beautement @mstiahmarie.bsky.social Writer, She/her, Bookworm, Lives w/dogs, cat(s), hens & humans, Rides horses & motorcycles
Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com I speak about climate futures, mitigation and adaptation in the face of the climate crisis. 🇿🇦 Fan of ephemeral social media Posts delete after 60 days. Signal: https://peterdutoit.com/signal Website: https://peterdutoit.com
Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social New York Times columnist, author, backpacker and Oregon farmer. Always reporting on the ground. Trying to help democracy prevail and distracting myself by making great wine and cider at KristofFarms.com.
Vintage Bookkeeper @vintagebookkeeper.bsky.social 25 year old stuck in 1949. I post about the past, collect vintage books and watch vintage films, with a particular interest in the 1940s.
Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social i have approximate knowledge of many things (except blacksmithing, i know quite a bit about that. hmu if you want pointers) | Asexual, he/him
leischa.bsky.social @leischa.bsky.social ✊️🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇭 Trade unionist. South African via Scotland. Based in Geneva.
Andrew 🇿🇦 Davis @thrownintosol.bsky.social Tired and barely functional. Autistic et al. [Long Covid] Profile Pic; @failnaut on Twitter/Bluesky! Alt Text for Header and Profile Pic = https://shorturl.at/DFMN9. They/He. 30s. South African in ZA / 🇿🇦 . WARNING: I typo (bad hand) and repost A LOT.
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social Professor. Author of Talking Back to the West. ICA & NCA Best Book Award recipient.
Angelo Zack @oldmanzack.bsky.social Trying to leave the world in better shape than I found it I must not fight with anyone I must not fight with anyone I must not fight with anyone
Dave Couto - podcast editing and production @brightvoxaudio.com 🇿🇦 Not your typical podcast bro, but I would say that right? Podcast editing, admin and production. http://linktr.ee/davecouto https://brightvoxaudio.com/ 🇵🇸 Rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Rights
Michael F. DuBois @michaelfdubois.bsky.social writer/artist/filmmaker/poet dreamofthewoods.com
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social Lover of music and art. Servant to a rescue cat and dog. Mostly Cape Town. Occasional Istanbul. Flâneur. Crafty person. Warning - Posts might contain typos.
@anotherhuman.bsky.social @anotherhuman.bsky.social Mortal She / her
@erikapotgieter.bsky.social @erikapotgieter.bsky.social Proudly South African... don't judge us, the racist autocRATS all fled (apologies America) Sports lover (Spurs , Barca, German football, Warriors, Eagles, Flyers, Springboks) EcoWarrior🌐 Craft beer lover 🍻 Explorer 👣 This place is an oasis.💙
Gentriwitch @waatlemoen.bsky.social Lapsed yogi. Misguided gardener. Books to be read. ŉ Lewe in prentjies.
Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com Author 'Why Politicians Lie About Trade' | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM. 🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based. Substack: substack.com/@dmitryopines Media and training: explaintrade.com Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
Duncan Dean @dunxen.dev South African 🇿🇦 soloing @nexed.works • barking up 🌲 @second.tech physics ☢️, maths 🧮, ham radio 📻, 한국어 🇰🇷, coffee ☕️, pucciniales 🍂 header: h/t nasa landsat dunxen.dev tangled.sh/dunxen.dev
Emily K. M. Scott @emilykmscott.bsky.social Associate Professor, researcher, writer, advisor | humanitarianism, conflict, protection, IHL, health, migration & the Middle East | mostly 🇸🇾🇱🇧 🇯🇴 | podcast co-host | #fulbright | emilykmscott.org Previously MSF, Carter Center, UNDP, GAC,…
Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social Professor at Yale Law School & Professor of Political Science at Yale University; President, American Society of International Law; Executive Editor at Just Security; former Special Counsel at U.S. Department of Defense. Website: oonahathaway.com.
Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents Khaleeji - خليجية
marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au Law, done differently.
David Meyer @superglaze.eurosky.social Technology journalist and host of Tech Gets Real, singer and guitarist in The Board. Desperately trying to focus on nice things. However… Homepage: https://dmeyer.eu/ / TGR: https://www.youtube.com/@TechGetsReal / The Board: https://theboardmusic.com/
Zuri Linetsky @zurilinetsky.bsky.social Was a social scientist. Worked in humanitarian assistance & international development in war zones. Now doing something new. Occasionally writing stuff about foreign & military affairs.
Andrew Farrand @afarrand.bsky.social MENA energy analyst | American abroad | author of The Algerian Dream, translator of Inside the Battle of Algiers
Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social Political and media researcher. Just trying to make the world safe for democracy. All views are my own. Book learnin' –– OSU, GU, KCL
Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social Reporter for Drop Site News, co-host of Counter Points
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
𝓢𝓽𝓾𝓭𝓭𝔂𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻 🐻 🇿🇦 @studdybear.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈🇿🇦 Just a GenX Bear 🐻 and his HuzBear of 20 years. | 🏕 Camping |☕ Coffee | ⛱️ Beach |🐻 Bear |👬HuzBear | ⛵Sailing | 🚫Not a gamer | ♨️ Braai | The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. #KZNSouthCoast
Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org Women-run nonprofit/nonpartisan newsroom reporting causes, solutions, context since 3/20. Mantra: "Do the right thing and wait." Give: mfp.ms/donate Props: mfp.ms/impact
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs @500songspodcast.bsky.social The official podcast account. Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre. https://500songs.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewHickey Merch: https://500-songs.teemill.com
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University. Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) Focused on Turkey and the Middle East. Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk Geopolitics • Armed Politics/Political Violence • Philosophy • Political Geographies • Palestine —— Host of BLOOD WORK: An economy of violence. @bloodwork.show // bloodwork.show
Hartmut Winkler @hwinkler.bsky.social Energy analyst and astrophysicist at the University of Johannesburg Comments, news and info sharing on: Renewables🌞, nuclear☢️, electricity💡 Focus: South Africa🇿🇦
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social never log off, never surrender host of weird little guys on cool zone media she/her | charlottesville, va
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
Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social Editor-at-large, World Politics Review. Spent more than a year in Provence. Used to be an American in Paris. Currently bringing coal to Newcastle. https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/ @wpr.bsky.social
Tulio de Oliveira @tuliodna.bsky.social Professor of medical research leading global genomics surveillance. Director CERI at Stellenbosch University and KRISP at UKZN, South Africa. Views my own.
Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social Journalist, writer, uncertain Afro-futurist, curator, podcaster with The Bad Natives. Nairobi-KENYA/Tororo-UGANDA
Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social Work in human rights, international criminal law, and accountability for mass atrocities - in Canada and around the world. Professor and advocate. Based in Vancouver. www.markkersten.com
Laurence - highest score ever in the Neasden Cognitive Test!! @laurenceineu.bsky.social #FBPE Native of Neasden from the wrong side of the North Circular 'Effluencer' & not in Dubai Overeats awokados in Islington Former nuclear physicist Black belt in Judaism Devout atheist Born-aghast Jew Failed bacon-dodger Thickose intolerant Brexophobic
James Hough @hough-like-cough.bsky.social A random South African software developer 🇿🇦. Sci-fi nerd. The world needs less hate right now. End Apartheid everywhere 🇵🇸
Chantell @chantellc.bsky.social Bookworm. Introvert. Nature. Random. Sleep is my friend.
Nico Du Toit @closebutnocigar.bsky.social Move words around for a living. It's my opinion and you're entitled to it.🇿🇦
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
Sismrnoth @sismrnoth.bsky.social Video games, art, books, linguistics, etc. Generally unable to Pick A Lane. Working on PhD in genre studies. She/her 🇿🇦 🇫🇷
@mhendrikse.bsky.social @mhendrikse.bsky.social South African
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com
Alecia Samuels🇿🇦🕯️🇵🇸 @wheresalecia.bsky.social Proudly South African, Early Childhood and disability researcher. Speech Language Therapist & Audiologist. Digital Accessibility advocate #antigenocide
Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social Academic. Writing/complaining mostly about women’s inequality in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia!
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
JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com I write about tech + humans + philosophy https://www.joanwestenberg.com/
David Augustyn Art @davidaug.bsky.social 28 Visual storyteller Artist, cartoonist and illustrator from Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 I have many hyperfixations and will yap about them. #davidaugart Free Palestine and all oppressed peoples 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 🇻🇪 🇹🇼
Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za I'm Keegan Leech! Researcher @africacheck.org. South African. You can follow me on some of the other websites too. Mutuals please feel free to DM me for Signal username/to chat anytime. ✌🏻 Personal site: https://keeganleech.co.za/ he/him
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social Award-winning investigative/data journalist. Senior editor @MiddleEastEye, former MENA editor @AlJazeera, Global Authentication Project member @Bellingcat, meganotoole.ca
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions. Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org. Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social Senior international correspondent at The Guardian. Author of the Secret Life of War. Orwell Prize winner.
System Working As Intended @systemnotbroken.bsky.social One day I'll share stories with my grandchildren about the twisted reality of end-stage capitalism. This collection will help me remember.
The Listening Post @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social The political media programme on Al Jazeera English.
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns. zoegardner.net
Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies, Sarah Lawrence College. PhD in Religious Studies, University of Chicago. Globalist Elite, Ruthless Cosmopolitan, and Thing-in-Itself-hating Jew. Husband of @petticoatshrink.bsky.social‬. He/Him/הוא/ער
Jungle George 🌬️🍃🐉 @junglgeorg.bsky.social "I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions." - Augusten Burroughs
Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP @quincyinst. Author of Losing an Enemy, Single Roll of the Dice & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
The Body Serve @thebodyserve.bsky.social Awful. Woke. Full of bias. Hatching and Snatching since 2015 Hosted by @elliottjmr.bsky.social and @tennisjon.bsky.social
Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social We unite, organize, and mobilize progressive forces. Join us. https://progressive.international/
The Athletic | Tennis @theathletictennis.bsky.social Every tennis story that matters. Breaking news. In-depth analysis.
Sophie @sofiainlondon09.bsky.social Elon's sewer self-exile. Nerd engineer, entrepreneur, world traveler, book worm, languages enthusiast, sports fan. Tennis addict. Trilingual. Wokerati blob disciple. No tofu, thanks. I ignore/block rude, small-minded keyboard warriors. My heart is 🇪🇸 + 🇬🇧.
Yeah, no… @bronxboyjoy.bsky.social “It’s just a lot going on right now…” - An African American proverb. “Words mean things.” - Crissle West
Nick Carter @nickcartertennis.bsky.social Posting and Podcasting about tennis mainly
Nathan S. French @innesseff.bsky.social Researching & Teaching -- Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Religion & Law, Jihadi-Salafi Studies, 9/11 Baseball spectator.
Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. Throttled by Bluesky algorithms. https://jonathancook.substack.com
David Law @davidlawtennis.bsky.social Co-host of The Tennis Podcast. BBC Radio tennis commentator. WBA fan.
Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social Senior tennis writer at The Athletic. Previously Spurs correspondent. Football Cliches man, also seen/heard on Totally Football Show. Link to first book below https://geni.us/BeautifulPoetryFC
Catherine Whitaker @cawhitaker.bsky.social I talk about tennis
Simon Briggs @simonbriggs.bsky.social Tennis correspondent and senior feature writer at Telegraph Media Group. Keen on crosswords, salsa dancing and shonky piano-playing
Served with Andy Roddick @servedpodcast.bsky.social The official Bluesky of Served with Andy Roddick. A weekly adjacent podcast with the former World No. 1 for all things tennis and more Linktr.ee/servedpodcast
WTA @wtatour.bsky.social Serving up the latest from everything WTA 🎾
The Tennis Podcast @tennispodcast.bsky.social Catherine Whitaker, Matt Roberts and David Law talk tennis weekly, and daily during the Grand Slams - https://podfollow.com/the-tennis-podcast
Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social Aspiring interdisciplinary international affairs scholar-practitioner R. Assoc. @stimsoncenter.bksy.social Analyst Jamestown Foundation Bylines include RUSI, The Diplomat, Eurasia Daily Monitor Shares, articles etc ≠ endorsement/reflect employer
Acute Cosmography @pieterdirects.bsky.social Filmmaker, writer, devil's advocate
Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social Poli Sci and IR prof at BU. Posts on Africa, human rights, US politics, LGBTQ+, religion & politics. Progressive, Christian, proud gay dad. 2 books on Rwanda. Currently writing book on church and state across Africa and another on LGBTQ backlash in Africa
HollandaiseSauce 🇿🇦 @hollandaisesauce.bsky.social Wanderer… going where the wind leads me All posts are my opinion… Everything is horrifying and I wanna get off this planet There should be a license to vote the same way there is a license to drive… so the village idiots stop electing other idiots
Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social Journo at Deutsche Welle dw.com, Chevening alumnus, traveller, interested in some art and most history, wannabe baker, drinker of coffee. 🇿🇦 in 🇩🇪
Gwen T🇿🇦🇿🇦 @gwen-t.bsky.social Curious about the world around me. Passionate about human right and mutual prosperity. I am here to exhale.
FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social A neobohemian sans dole. Fallen artist. Duolingo streak breaker. Not a fan of corporations, banks, techbros or CEOs. Anti Ai evangelicals.
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com 📖 substack.com/@rutgerbregman 📺 youtube.com/@rutger.bregman
Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social I've already been sent to The Hague. Tell me things: mollyquell@proton.me
Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social United Nations Humanitarian Chief. Ex Principal, Hertford College, Oxford; Ambassador, No 10, NYU Prof. Diplomat, writer, educator, humanitarian.
BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social Painter, Printmaker, Illustrator, Creative Director & Sculptor. Posting personal work, experiments & weak jokes. Bad ideas man. He/Him www.badmanifesto.co.za www.inprnt.com/profile/brucemackay