Virtual Bayonet @virtualbayonet.bsky.social Former US Marine, Navalist (in a positive sense), free world military enthusiast, history enthusiast. I occasionally attend naval conferences and comment on US military budget items
S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social Award-winning author. Film and music enthusiast. Capable of holding two opposing ideas in my mind at the same time. Neither a tough guy nor a fool.
Rarely TwitterX; mostly Bluesky and Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/swbfolsom
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
Front takes towards enemies.
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu 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
Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social Dog shepherd.
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
Rob Joyce @rgblights.bsky.social Cyber guy. Former NSA cybersecurity director and chief of TAO. Lover of memes. Warning - occasional outrageous Christmas light content.
Pete Strzok @petestrzok.bsky.social 26 year FBI and Army veteran. Georgetown School of Foreign Service adjunct professor and alum. NYT/WP bestseller: Compromised
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
Dr. Raymond Kuo | 郭泓均 @kuorum.bsky.social Expert on international order and Asian security. VP of Research, Chicago Council on Global Affairs 🇹🇼🇺🇸
Website: https://www.raymondkuo.com/
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
John Hultquist @hultquist.bsky.social Mandiant Intelligence at Google. CYBERWARCON and SLEUTHCON founder. Johns Hopkins professor. Army vet.
Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com Senior reporter at @CybersecurityDive.bsky.social covering all things digital security. I also co-host @hothtakes.bsky.social. | Send me tips: https://ericjgeller.com/contact.html
Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦 @nataliaantonova.bsky.social Ukrainian-American. Writer. President, Concerned MILFs for America. Safer Dating Now creator. OSINT, but making it girly. Advocate for the glorious Normie Restoration ☀️
Alex Horton @alexhorton.bsky.social Military reporter at The Washington Post. Iraq veteran. Signal: alexhorton.85
Alex Ward @alexward.bsky.social National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social Political science PhD student. Former starfish. World’s third best Bigfoot colonial governance simulation expert. Trans. She/her
Not actually a Teen Titan or neocon.
Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social Former CIA attorney, addressing all things relating to national security, secrecy, classification, FOIA, climate change, and bird law.
Rob Person @rtperson3.bsky.social Prof. of International Relations at West Point, CFR Member. Specialist on Russian and post-Soviet politics, Eurasian foodie, partisan of tweed. Views & плов recipe my own.
Mike Nelson @mikenelson586.bsky.social Citizen. Legionnaire.
2 x Time person of the year (2003/2006)
2 x Iranian designated terrorist (2019/2020).
ASR Recipient.
Michael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to know...Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. This is enough
Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
Posts mine, but if you see something you think you can use to get me in trouble I did it on my own time and my own device, so good luck
Dr. Jacqueline E. Whitt @notabattlechick.bsky.social Purple-haired civil servant. Public Diplomacy person. Historian. Author. Educator. Leader. Tar Heel. COVID Long-hauler. Doodler. Procedural-drama obsessed smart lady. Cat servant. 2x speed audiobook aficionado. Occasional trouble maker. All views my own.
Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan
Author of THE HARDEST PLACE (2021)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/
Signal: https://tinyurl.com/kzmejtaw
Steve Metz @stevemetz.bsky.social Writing on national security policy and strategy. Working on a book about the future of insurgency. An unknown unknown. A plumber's son from Elk Hills WV.
Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social
He/Him/His
Cav(R), Gentleman Rogue @combatcavscout.bsky.social AKA Dubanka. Military, IR, FP, dumb jokes, superheroes, spirited flirt, bigot smasher, retired soldier, field grade hater, DYLF. “Dangerous devil.” “Oozes sensuality.” He/him.
Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Candidate @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
Dr. Jonathan Schroden @jjschroden.bsky.social 23 years as a military ops analyst. Lots on DOD, especially special ops & irregular warfare. Author of a forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan (https://a.co/d/00ChSA82). All views my own, RT not endorsement. Be droll, not a troll.
Eric Robinson @ericrobinson.bsky.social associate director @ RAND | defense strategy | data science | special operations | former OSD policy | usual caveats
Jeff Meiser @jwmeiser.bsky.social Former war college professor NDU now UPortland. Posts on politics, IR, strategy, hip hop. Book: Power and Restraint. My views rep only me.
Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social www.deadcarl.com
Writer on Clausewitz, international relations, and German history. Words in American Purpose and Liberal Currents.
Kiran Pfitzner
Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican - classical social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, E. Asia
Matt Eminem @legalleadtheway.bsky.social | Law of War | LOAC | Int’l Humanitarian Law |
The steel of freedom does not stain.
Personal opinions, no employer endorsement, nothing here is legal advice.
RLTW!
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
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | duckofminerva.com
Alan @aevansaun.gobirds.online Philly fan in Jersey. Interests a mile wide but an inch deep, so apologies if you found me on a specific starter pack.
David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social Prof. National Security and International Relations. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregon at heart! Personal views ONLY; no govt resources used. Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
Russell “RPG” Ziskey @rpg-volley.bsky.social We’re in the shit now, somebody’s gotta shovel it.
Kathleen J. McInnis @kjmcinnis1.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Defense & Security Department & Director, SWSP @CSIS. Priors: Capitol Hill, Pentagon, Chatham House, Kings College London. PhD War Studies. Author. Mom. Herder of cats. NATO nerd.
@mach91photo.bsky.social @mach91photo.bsky.social 
Hunter Stires @hunterstires.bsky.social History, Strategy, Seapower, Statecraft. Proudly served as the Maritime Strategist to the 78th Secretary of the Navy. Personal Account. Be curious; when you can, be kind.
Like/RT/Follow ≠ Endorsement
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterstires/
William “Balloon Guy” Kim @thekimulation.bsky.social NatSec, memes, and NatSec memes. High-altitude balloon enthusiast and Air Power Metamorphosis enjoyer. Views/memes are my own
Trevor Phillips @tlevine85.bsky.social Aviator / Writer / Advocate of a strong DoD / Automation Advocate
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Air Command and Staff College @theairpowerschool.bsky.social The premier military institution for preparing airpower leaders who solve problems at the operational level of war
Tyson Wetzel @gorillawetzel.bsky.social US Air Force officer, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Dodgers, Lakers, & Max Verstappen superfan
Dan Sukman @dansukman.bsky.social Author, Soldier, Hockey Player, Daler, Strategist, JPME, JAWS, Essayons!
Travis Hord @magtravf.bsky.social Make Marines - Win Battles
CavRTK 🇲🇨 @cavrtk.bsky.social I help others in their #RelentlessPursuitForBetter
NDKirsch 🌻 @ndkirschmann.bsky.social Over-educated cat lady / NATO nerd & NAFO fan / All opinions are my own / Not official and definitely not serious / was @ndkirschmann at the old hangout
Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social Once a Soldier; NATO & Allies matter. History, Food and Typos. CivMil & Professional Ethic. Government is Serious Business for Serious People. Tanks. Decency. St. Francis and Leo stan account. Delete and block liberally.
Not Stanley Tucci.
All views own.
Eliot A. Cohen @eliotacohen.bsky.social Emeritus Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, former Counselor of the Department of State, writer at the Atlantic. New book: The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. (Basic Books). Book in progress: The Strategist's Catechism.
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
Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social The Ween Of American Rock Critics. Author of six books. My book on The Strokes is out 9/8/26. Indiecast dude. Writing at Evil Speakers: https://stevenhyden.substack.com
Dave, Aspiring Peasant @aspiringpeasant.com "fundamentally too earnest" Wendell-Berry-Pilled father+husband. Compoasting, gardening, Christopher Alexander and Antoine de Saint-Exupery. SOF veteran.
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com- G Gaetano @gaetano-aught1.bsky.social (Views are my own ≠ USGovt/DoD)
Kelly Grieco @kellygrieco.bsky.social Senior Fellow StimsonCenter, Adjunct GeorgetownCSS, Non-Res Fellow The Krulak Center
Foreign/defense policy, alliances, airpower, and mil ops. Proud Bostonian
Battle Machines @battlemachines.bsky.social Aviation Adorer, Submarine Lover, Naval History Buff. Defense Analyst Turned Writer.
battlemachines.org
Military Times @militarytimes.bsky.social Your trusted, independent source for news on issues affecting U.S. military members & families. Sign up for our newsletters: http://militarytimes.com/newsletters
@thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social Not an official account of anything or anyone other than a guy who never learned when to shut his mouth.
You'll Never Walk Alone.
Hope Seck @hopeseck.bsky.social Freelance journalist, full-time mom of 3, BQ marathoner. Formers: Managing editor @Militarydotcom, VP @MilReporters, @IrregWarfare Ed. Director.
Rich Ganske @richganske.bsky.social Supporter and Defender of the Constitution of the United States. Husband, father, strategist, Airman, fallibilist, and pragmatic idealist. I am a proud board member of @thestrategybridge.bsky.social.
SleepyNeutrons @sleepyneutrons.bsky.social Former Navy nuke & Senior Reactor Operator.
Proud father of a trans kid.
Blog at sleepyneutrons.com
Pat Donahoe @patdonahoearmy.bsky.social Retired Army guy. Owner of a small dog. - H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social Former Naval Officer (Surface Snipe). Engineer who likes all STEAM+Humanities. Memes, gifs, and willingness to listen. Views don't reflect employer. He/him.
Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social museum work • KU PhD student • WWI history and Interwar diplomacy • mil doctrine advocate • retired pilot • adventuress • rescue dog mom • cocktail drinker
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Puff, that lightsaber Airman @puffrolsen.bsky.social Leader of Airmen/Lifter of heavy objects/Lightsaber aficionado/mediocre author (KR Paul)
Awesomely dorky
Follow/💜/RT≠endorsement Views my own
David Reynolds @aubiexiii.bsky.social Former Naval Aviator, SWA bubba, History & Archaeology nerd. Freelance philosopher. Vive la résistance!
Sam LaGrone @samlagrone.bsky.social Lester Bangs, but for like the ocean.
*stab, look, stab, stab*
Signal: SamLaGrone.13
Andrew Strasberg @andrewstrasberg.bsky.social PhDing @ WUSTL Poli Sci, running around a soccer field @ who-knows-where
Bob Schulhof @bob-schulhof.bsky.social Semi-sentient carbon based life form
Oregon. Retired Navy, recovering attorney.
Views are my own (who’d want them)
Karl Sander @karlsander.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Content Manager |Travel Advisor
Navy Vet | Aspiring bon vivant
muckrack.com/karl-sander
authory.com/KarlSander
Arsenio @missileman.bsky.social Internet Missileman, Hardware Wizard
Memes, missiles and microcontrollers.
Some guy, doing stuff... Ya know
Views are my own.
David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social Airman + consultant + aero engineer interested in national strategy, domestic policy, environmentalism, good food, and all things aviation. Views = mine alone and not representative of anyone I work for. #airpower
Angie @boatsandswos.bsky.social Emo kid disguised as a Naval Officer. CPA isn't a verb. Clear your bridgewings. Do your cyber awareness.
(All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer)
PoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social Name is aspirational 
Strategic Trends @strategictrends.bsky.social US foreign policy and national security interests in the Indo-Pacific | Maritime minded | | Learning every day | Views my own. | Always humble
Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Fistmeet @4thandeleven.bsky.social Professional mover of metal. If you like planes and dogs and dad jokes this is your account. Once did cool stuff on ships. 
IndefiniteLieutenant @indefinitelt.bsky.social Recovering submariner engaged in “other operations”
Nuclear Capable
Social neutrino
Wagon Enthusiast
Not great, not terrible
Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social Witticism 1. Witticism 2. Finale.
JEC_WA @jecwa.bsky.social Flew from the sea, lover of deep forests and big trees, sometimes writer, full-time AGM-88 fanboy. #flynavy
Miss A @allyb99.bsky.social Baking, reading, lawyering.
Toro @t0r0.bsky.social I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast planes, whiskey, and you...what else you need to know? RIO/WSO • attorney • dread pirate • opinions own #AnytimeBaby
Scott Peterson @meatfarley.bsky.social I want a girl with a short skirt and a loooooong range anti-materiel rifle.