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Bethesda @bethesda.net The official home for games published by Bethesda: Starfield, DOOM, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Wolfenstein, & more!
Jack Moore @jfxm.bsky.social @afp.com editor, Middle East and North Africa desk
Callum Paton @callumpaton.bsky.social Journalist for AFP in Qatar. Opinions own. Email: callum.paton@afp.com
Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social Middle East correspondent at The Economist.
Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com Observer Middle East correspondent based in Turkey.
Bylines @theobserveruk.bsky.social & seen in @theguardian.com, sometimes others.
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Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social BBC’s International Correspondent
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Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social Award-winning foreign correspondent. Former @washingtonpost.com staff writer. Now: London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. Email me: louisaloveluck@gmail.com.
Jared Malsin @jmalsin.bsky.social WSJ journalist based in Istanbul. Former Middle East bureau chief for TIME. Turning and turning in the widening gyre.
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jared-malsin
Jack Hewson @jackhewson.com Al Jazeera English Correspondent reporting from Iraq | Past lives in: Ukraine, Africa, South-East Asia | RTS '26 | DuPont '23 | http://jackhewson.com/showreel
Hala Gorani @halagorani.bsky.social NBC News International Correspondent. Former CNN. Author "But You Don't Look Arab."
Liz Sly @lizsly.bsky.social Journalist. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.
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.
Abbie Cheeseman @cheesemanab.bsky.social Middle East for @washingtonpost.com in Beirut. Before: 2024 Stern fellow in DC, freelance Mid East corro/investigative reporter. Previous life at @airwars.bsky.social. Not the one on TikTok. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58
Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social Journalist for Al Jazeera English. Covering Sudan and Palestine.
Mohamad El Chamaa @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social reporter @WashingtonPost.com
📫 mohamad.elchamaa@washpost.com
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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social Ras Beiruti journalist & writer
Senior Reporter in Beirut, Al Jazeera English
Non resident fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy '25-'26
Journalist-in-residence, Orient-Institut Beirut '25
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
Kareem Fahim @kareemf.bsky.social Middle East reporter
Sarah El Deeb @seldeeb.bsky.social Investigative journalist, Associated Press; Beirut-Cairo. Two cats: Drake & Smudge.
William Armstrong @williamarmstrong.bsky.social Istanbul-based with BBC Monitoring. Founder, presenter, hype-man with Turkey Book Talk (@turkeybooktalk.bsky.social). I have no views.
https://turkeybooktalk.com
https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/
Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social News director for Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Turkey at the Associated Press. Contact asewell @ap.org
William Christou @willchristou.bsky.social Writing for the Guardian in Beirut.
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.
Nataliya Vasilyeva @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social Freelance reporter @nytimes.com Past: Jerusalem and Moscow, ex-Telegraph, AP survivor. Shortlisted for 2024 UK Press Awards Foreign Correspondent of the Year.
Matthew Doran @matthewdoran1.bsky.social Middle East correspondent for ABC News Australia, based in Jerusalem. Former federal politics reporter. Proud South Australian. Wine and cheese fan. All views etc my own. No one else would want them anyway.
Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social Journalist etc. Currently Irish Times correspondent in Beirut/Damascus & author of ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ (Orwell Prize, Terzani Prize, Inge Feltrinelli Prize, Michel Deon Prize, Irish Book of the Year) & new book 'This is Also a Love Story'.
Clotilde Bigot @clobigot.bsky.social Journaliste basée a Beyrouth
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social PBS Newshour Special Correspondent traversing the wider Middle East & Africa. Ex-TheEconomist. Mother of hounds, proud daughter of immigrants.
leilamolanaallen.com
Sune Engel Rasmussen @suneengel.bsky.social Security correspondent for WSJ and author of "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation". Eyes on war, the Arctic, organized crime and terror. He/him.
Roba El Husseini ربى @robahus.bsky.social AFP Baghdad deputy bureau chief
Former Syria /Lebanon correspondent- in love with Syria
Yale World Fellow
Imtiaz Tyab CBS @imtiaztyab.bsky.social CBS News Senior Foreign Correspondent
Raf Sanchez @rafsanchez.bsky.social Foreign correspondent NBC News. Covering the Middle East + beyond. IG: http://instagram.com/rafsanchez.nbc
Ceren İskit @ceren-iskit.bsky.social Journalist/producer
Shares stories from Turkey.
Featured in Fayn, bianet, Turkey Recap & more.
Mostly on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@cereniskit
Alexander Christie-Miller @achristiemiller.bsky.social Journalist/writer, formerly in Istanbul, now Norfolk. ‘To the City’ (William Collins/Pegasus). All posts have grammar/spelling errors. Retweets usually = endorsements. Opinions not my own unless stated otherwise, and even then probably still not my own.
Jennifer Hattam @jenhattam.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Istanbul covering enviro, social, urban issues + art/culture/food/travel: https://www.jenniferhattam.com
(You may know me as TheTurkishLife on Twitter)
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Liz Cookman @lizcookman.bsky.social 🖋️Correspondent: Ukraine, Turkey, Middle East
📍 Kyiv and Istanbul
🏆Best Print & Best Specialist Journalist, Freelance Journalism Awards 2024
🏆Amnesty Gaby Rado award 2023
@beltrew.bsky.social @beltrew.bsky.social 
Mohammed R. Mhawish @mohamhawish.bsky.social Writer and journalist from Gaza City.
Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.com 
Kareem Shaheen @kshaheen.bsky.social Middle East Editor, Newsletters Editor @newlinesmag. Former Guardian Mideast correspondent. Gamer dad.
Abdirahim Saeed @abdirahims.bsky.social BBC journalist. Open-source investigations (OSINT) editor at BBC Arabic. Posting on verification, visual investigations, disinformation, AI, data, Middle East, global affairs.
Brian Whitaker @brianwhitaker.bsky.social Journalist, former Middle East editor of the Guardian newspaper. Author of 'Arabs Without God: Atheism and Freedom of Belief in the Middle East', plus several other books about the region. Website: al-bab.com
John Bowker @johnhbowker.bsky.social Bloomberg Editor - covering Middle East and North Africa politics and economics. Also johnhbowker on Letterboxd if you like films.
Previously in Johannesburg, Moscow 
Chris El-kholy 🧿 @chriselkholy.bsky.social journalist by training/ media critic by necessity⠀
online editor @newlinesmag.bsky.social
toronto by way of cairo
[@chrysographer on the platform formerly known as twitter]
@sebusher.bsky.social @sebusher.bsky.social Bbc middle east reporter/analyst/editor
Ingrid Woudwijk @ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social 📰📻📸 freelance journalist in Istanbul for @trouw.nl and others
Mitra Nazar @mitrala.bsky.social Journalist, Turkey correspondent (Dutch Public Broadcaster NOS), Feminist
Isaac J. Martín @isaacjmartin.bsky.social Middle East deputy bureau chief for EFE Spanish News Agency. Now Cairo, before Beirut. Former reporter in Morocco for El Mundo. All views mine. IG: isaacjmartin_
Mohamed Samir Khedr @mohsamir.bsky.social Cairo based journalist and analyst, MENA & HOA focused. Executive Editor @ Daily News Egypt Opinions are my own, RT+ ❤️ ≠ endorsement
Åse Marit Befring @asembefring.bsky.social Middle East correspondent for Norwegian TV&Radio (NRK), based in Istanbul. Let’s fight polarization and base the news on facts instead of rumors
Ben Ashraf @ashrafzeneca.bsky.social Editor, The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social
submissions: benjamin.ashraf@newarab.com
Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן @istanbultelaviv.bsky.social Associate Prof Brooklyn College; Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era: Turkish, Israeli/Palestinian affairs; working on a book focusing on a post-Oct 7 historical narrative of Palestine/Israel. Haaretz and more; Website: https://louisfishman.com/
Matthew Teller @matthewteller.com Author: FINDING ALADDIN, out Nov 2026 • DAYBREAK IN GAZA • NINE QUARTERS OF JERUSALEM • QUITE ALONE • https://linktr.ee/matthewteller • He/him
Alex Milan Durie @amkdurie.bsky.social Senior Journalist for Al Jazeera English
Words & photos also in The Guardian, TIME Magazine, The Financial Times, The Economist, Reuters, Rolling Stone & more
👁 on MENA, Mediterranean, culture, migration, and human rights 🌐
www.alexdurie.com
Ami Kaufman @amikaufman.bsky.social Producer/Writer @CNN 'Amanpour.'; Former Chief Night Editor @haaretz; co-founder @972mag. Opinions are my own.
Willy Lowry @willylowry.bsky.social Senior correspondent for The National covering the US State Department, foreign policy and the Middle East. Host of The Interview with Willy Lowry.
Iona Craig @handle.invalid Journalist + OSINT airstrikes data @yemendataproject.org
Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula since 2010. Once-upon-a-time I trained racehorses.
www.ionacraig.com
www.patreon.com/ionacraig
https://linktr.ee/ionacraig
Andy Wilks @andywilks61.bsky.social Turkey-based hack. Posting on anything that catches my eye or gets my goat. Views arbitrary
Puk Damsgård @pukdamsgaard.bsky.social Middle East correspondent, Danish TV and author. Also roaming Afghanistan. Latest books Drageland, Arabica, Den Sorte Kat i Mosul, The ISIS Hostage.
Campbell MacDiarmid @cammacd.bsky.social Journalist from Aotearoa New Zealand. Now in Ottawa after a long stint in the Middle East
Cities: Skylines @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com Take part in the revolutionary city-builder game that gives you the freedom to create whatever you want!
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social Hi! I'm Tim Schafer!
Founder, Double Fine Productions
Official DF account: @doublefine.com
Please report bugs to http://support.doublefine.com
Press: pr@doublefine.com
Peter McConnell @petermcconnell.bsky.social Composer of music for video games and film, electric violinist and kazoo virtuoso 
Khris Brown @voxpointkhris.bsky.social Narrative talent, Casting & VO Director. BAFTA, Peabody, AIAS, Emmy, Oscar winning projects. Pioneer, future-maker. Rooting for you. voxpointllc.com
The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar @scummbar.com The venerable Monkey Island SCUMM Bar—undead since 1996. Scenes, news, trivia, and quotes from the Monkey Island games are posted here daily!
🐵 https://scummbar.com
💌 https://www.theadventurer.news
Rex @rexbox.bsky.social Art/Creative Director. Mostly of Video games. Return To Monkey Island, Knights And Bikes, Tearaway, Tearaway Unfolded, helped create LittleBigPlanet 1 & 2.
Dominic Armato @darmato.bsky.social Voice of Guybrush Threepwood. Homeless dining critic. Old-school community food guy. Influencer culture can get bent. Defender of pears. Cubs devotee. On the path of devolution back to Web 1.0.
Dave Grossman likes pizza @thatdave.bsky.social Gamedev designer/writer/director - Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Pajama Sam, Sam & Max, Wolf Among Us, etc. Most recently, Return to Monkey Island! Currently fiddling around with a game about paper. Halloween-liker, food-maker, dad.
Double Fine @doublefine.com Official source of Action Posts from Double Fine Productions, creators of Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, Broken Age, RAD, and Keeper
https://www.doublefine.com
Ron Gilbert @grumpygamer.com Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.
jake rodkin @rodkin.online Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
🐘 idlethumbs.social/@ja2ke
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David Fox💙🫘🇺🇦 @davidbfox.com Lead game programmer: ThimbleweedPark2 ReturnToMonkeyIsland
Designer/Project Lead at LucasfilmGames/LucasArts: Fractalus Labyrinth ZakMcKracken Indy3
ManiacMansion
VR XR EV GameDev
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❤️ @anniefox.com
@RubeWorks.com
https://linktr.ee/davidbfox
Laserschwert @laserschwert.bsky.social 3D artist, media designer, restorer of artwork.
LucasArts Posters: https://poster.mixnmojo.com
Bandcamp: https://laserschwert.bandcamp.com/
If you like my stuff and want to show some support, feel free to tip me:
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Benny @bennyb0y.bsky.social https://quickandeasysoftware.net
@huzbo.bsky.social @huzbo.bsky.social Human who exists
Thrik @thrik.mixnmojo.com Creative sort. Grim Fandango and Monkey Island aficionado. https://linktr.ee/thrik
See also: @mixnmojo.com, @mapcore.org, @grimfandango.network
Marius @mariuswinter.games ♡ Co-Founder @wunderfax.com
♡ Directed Say No! More
♡ Prev Studio Fizbin, Double Fine, Major Bueno, Telltale Games
♡ He/They
♡ Ask me about Monkey Island
The Legend of Monkey Island @legendofmi.com 🏴☠️ Account of the The Legend of Monkey Island fan page.
Website: legendofmi.com
Remi Olsen @remiolsen.fun Purveyor of quality writing:
👌 https://awesomenessdigest.com (weekly-ish)
🤷 https://mixnmojo.com (“generation x ironic” writer)
Grim Fandango Network @handle.invalid Serving your never-ending Grim Fandango needs since 1998. Now revamped for the 25th anniversary! See also: @mixnmojo.com
https://grimfandango.network/
Skunkape @skunkapegames.com A handful of early Telltale developers, now the owners and caretakers of the episodic Sam & Max adventure games! (And Poker Night!)
For video games: http://skunkapegames.com
For support: http://support.skunkapegames.com
Spaff @spaff.bsky.social 🧡 Double Fine Productions // @doublefine.com
💀 Day of the Devs // @dayofthedevs.org
Formerly: ⚛️ Media Molecule & 👍Idle Thumbs
A hollowed out husk peeking dubiously at the world outside from the safety of a blanket fort 👀
Aaron Giles @aarongiles.com Author of DREAMM, JPEGView, and Connectix Virtual Game Station. Former MAME maintainer/contributer. Ex-LucasArts, ex-Microsoft. AI sucks.
Brad P. Taylor @lardratboy.bsky.social Past lives include, LucasArts, Humongous Entertainment, SillyBytes, Beep Industries, iWin. I like tinkering and playing games. Husband, Father, Nerd and Game Programmer
Robert Megone @robertmegone.com Game Developer - Worked on: Elroy and the Aliens, Return To Monkey Island, Darkside Detective, Beyond A Steel Sky, Thimbleweed Park, Broken Sword 5. Dad to two wonderful girls.
http://www.robertmegone.com
Kee Chi @keescheese.bsky.social Gameplay Programmer at Double Fine, Lead Programmer on Psychonauts 2, Keeper.
Nicolas Deneschau @nicozilla.bsky.social Plume d’occasion pour Metal Hurlant | L'Ecran Fantastique | Jeux Video Magazine | Third Editions | PixnLove
LucasArts Memory @lucasartsmemory.bsky.social Unofficial account.
From artworks to fun facts: 4 decades of LucasArts & Star Wars games. 
Octavi Navarro @octavinavarro.bsky.social Pixel artist and ½ of @whiteblanketgames.bsky.social.
Developer of horror adventure games: Midnight Scenes, The Supper.
Artist on #ThimbleweedPark 1 & 2.
Adventure Game Hotspot @aghotspot.bsky.social The home of adventure games. News, reviews, interviews, original videos and unapologetic opinions. Follow us into your next great story.
Lee Petty @leepetty.bsky.social Artist, Art Director, and Project Lead working in video games. At Double Fine Productions, leading Keeper! Past: Art Director of Brütal Legend & Broken Age, Project Lead of Stacking, Headlander, and RAD. Worked on Psychonauts 2!
https://leepetty.com/
Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com Known for Old Skies, Blackwell, Technobabylon, Primordia, Unavowed, Hob's Barrow, and more! Working on: Nighthawks, Gilt, [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Discord: http://discord.com/invite/kj2mkWs
Scott Campbell @heyscottcampbell.bsky.social (Also Scott C) I am a painter and a creator of comics and children's picture books. Hug Machine and Zombie in Love. Also, video games at Double Fine Productions. linktr.ee/heyscottcampbell
Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social A Canadian cartoonist/filmmaker, Mr. Annable is the creator of the Grickle Channel, and co-director of Laika’s The Boxtrolls. Represented by Hansen Literary.