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Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala @carlomasala1.bsky.social IR Scholar. Universität der Bundeswehr München. Private account
James @wearejames.bsky.social Official channel of the band James ❁ Est 1982, Manchester
🎟️ 2026 live dates >>> https://linktr.ee/jamesisnotaperson
Documentary >>> https://jamesgettingawaywithit.com
ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki 
Guntram Wolff @guntramwolff.bsky.social Professor of economics at Free University Brussels (ULB) and Bruegel fellow. European integration, climate, defence- and geoeconomics, macro; Frmr Director @dgap.org & @bruegel.org
RT ≠ endorsement
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
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social Prof of Media and Communication at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
Johan Farkas @jfarkas.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Author of 'Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy' (https://t.ly/1JHye), University of Copenhagen, Firstgen 🎓. he/him. Free access to my work: http://www.johanfarkas.com/research
Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, Univ of Cambridge
Founder & Chair, Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Research: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social DDC Professor of Digital Communication and DIAS Chair at the University of Southern Denmark | Modern Kilogirl 👩💻 | Computational Linguistics & Global/US PolComm
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
Heidi Tworek @heiditworek.bsky.social Prof @ UBC. Canada Research Chair in history and policy of communications. Director @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social Co-editor of Journal of Global History. Senior fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation
Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology. Computational communication, social theory. Interests: Propaganda, dark political communication, the relationship between technology, truth, and knowledge
Francesca Tripodi @ftripodi.bsky.social Dr. Tripodi is a sociologist who studies the internet and how information flows online
www.spillab.com
Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social Associate Fellow, Center for Security & Defense / Zentrum für Sicherheit & Verteidigung, @dgap.org
Postdoc, Durham University.
Remote war, armed drones, OSINT / guerre à distance, drones armés, enquêtes OSINT.
Personal account, EN/FR/DE
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
Carlos Diaz Ruiz @carlosdiazruiz.com Associate Professor at Hanken in Finland. I write about the consumer culture and advertising markets that allow disinformation to thrive on social media.
Author of the book "Market-Oriented Disinformation Research."
https://www.carlosdiazruiz.com
Luca Luceri @luceriluc.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor @USC-ISI
🤖 I investigate malicious activity on social media networks 🕵🏼
Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist —- Public speaker via London Speakers Bureau --- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottlucasworldview
Stéphane Prud’homme Msc, MBA, PhDc, C.Adm @stepru.com Adjunct Professor in YUL, YOW 🇨🇦 & HKG 🇭🇰 • PhD Candidate 🇲🇴 Influential narrative, Propaganda & Slopaganda, Reputation, Credibility, Legitimacy, Trustworthiness; MBA Marketing, Economics 🇨🇳🇺🇸; MA Credibility, Crisis Mgmt 🇨🇦 • Founder @CredibilityInstitute.com
Matt Schrader @mattschrader.bsky.social Taco Bell stan account, Phoenician by choice. Mostly tweets about China stuff, with some occasional bleating about sport or sci-fi. Opinions are not my employer's.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress | 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book) | Board of Directors @benandjerrys
www.norabenavidez.com
Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social Prof. of IR. Director, New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway | Co-Editor: Media, War and Conflict journal | Co-author: Strategic Narratives | Book series editor: AI Politics
Matthew Sussex @matthewsussex.bsky.social Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, SDSC @ANU. Russia / info ops / hybrid / Aus security policy / Indo-Pac. Usual disclaimers.
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.
Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.
Jayson Harsin @jaysonharsin.bsky.social Professor, American U. Paris. Dir., Ctr 4 Media, Comm, & Global Change. @ topical x-roads of Political Deception, Persuasion, Influence, gender,Economic Rights. For my recent publications, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1gK3IjoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi
Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com PhD UCL SSEES, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist at EUObserver, outdoor research fellow.
Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social Political Science, Information Warfare, Political Communication
Mark Jacobson @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social Historian of political and psychological warfare; Senior Fellow, The Pell Center at Salve Regina University; co-host of the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast and host of “You May Have Heard,” Army and Navy vet, and proud University of 〽️ichigan grad.
Joe McReynolds @joemcreynolds.bsky.social Japan urbanism: Emergent Tokyo (2022). China-US NatSec: China's Evolving Military Strategy (2016), China's Evolving Information Warfare (2025). 摸着石头过河, learning as I go.
James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social Historian of UK-Israel relations, British decline, and propaganda. Hittites. Blues harmonica. Aberystwyth Cricket Club. Just posting stuff that interests me really.
A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.social Historian of Media, Fake News, and Propaganda. Author/Co-Author of BROADCAST HYSTERIA; SCARFACE AND THE UNTOUCHABLE; ELIOT NESS AND THE MAD BUTCHER. Michigan Wolverine with a Princeton PhD.
Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com Counterterrorism | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Facta Non Verba
My Books:
QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement
Contemporary Far-Right Culture
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social Dr Paul Lashmar, Investigative Journalist, author and Emeritus Fellow at CityStGs UoL, retired Associate Professor. Book: Drax of Drax Hall: Landed Gentry, Sugar and Slavery (Pluto March 2025). I RT when interested not necessarily because I agree.
Rūta Kazlauskaitė @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social Researcher, PhD, University of Helsinki. Memory politics, VR/XR, emotions, propaganda, populism.
Paul McGarr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social Intelligence History | Published first book on Cold War South Asia, published another on Spying in India, writing a third on Indira Gandhi & Margaret Thatcher
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social Studying confluence of influence operations, disinfo, truth decay, information integrity & policies addressing online harms. Many thoughts, sometimes prayers.
Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations, Lancaster University.
Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com Sr. Researcher @citizenlab.ca, Disinformation & Harassment. Fmr. Meta. Trainer: find & expose covert influence. I like doers. Opinions my own.
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
Trevor Hugh Davis @trevordavis-usa.bsky.social Exploring the forces shaping misinformation and institutional trust: uncovering the incentives, disincentives, and impacts driving systemic challenges. Notre Dame research scientist.
Göran Bolin @goranbolin.eurosky.social Media & Communications professor who teaches and writes on digital culture, information management, AI and data value at Södertörn University
sh.se/mkv
Clément Renault @clementrenault.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in Intelligence, War & Strategy @irsem.bsky.social 🕵️🛰️📡 · Visiting Fellow @kcsi.uk · Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po - Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) 📚
Website: https://clementrenault.com
Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social Personal account
Head of Threat Analysis @viginum.bsky.social
PhD in Geopolitics @univ-paris8.fr
Researcher @ifgeopolitique.bsky.social
Russian FP, IOs, OSINT investigations
Maxime Audinet @maudinet.bsky.social Assistant Professor of International Relations & International Communication @inalco.fr
▪️Russian Politics & Media
▪️Influence, Foreign Policy & Authoritarianism
Co-founder @coruscant-eu.bsky.social
Previously Research Fellow @irsem.bsky.social
Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social Head of the School of Politics and Economics at KCL. Researching conspiracy theories and democracy. Former 🚒🚑
Andrew Hoskins @andrewhoskins.bsky.social PROF. of AI, MEMORY & WAR
University of Edinburgh
AI & MEMORY
https://doi.org/10.1017/mem.2024.16
https://www.andrewhoskins.net/about
ERC/UKRI Digital Participation in War
5 year project
https://tinyurl.com/yjem9a4w
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/ 
Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social Head of the School of Law, Politics, & Society, University of Lincoln. Research on propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy & soft power. Lover of all things literary. Living with Crohn’s Disease. Views expressed here are mine alone.
ChiefGyk3D @chiefgyk3d.com #Cybersecurity and #InfoSec by Trade and content creator by night for #Tech, Cybersecurity, #IT, #Linux, #AmateurRadio, and #GamingonLinux
Twitch | YouTube | TikTok | Mastodon
CISSP
Socials and Tipping: https://links.chiefgyk3d.com/socials
#OpenSource
Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com threads.com/@malwaretech
https://linkedin.com/in/malwaretech
https://marcushutchins.com
Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social Breaker of software, responder of incidents, IANS Faculty, VP R&D Hunter Strategy.
Malware Unicorn @malwareunicorn.bsky.social @Straiker. Ex-Microsoft. Ex-Meta RedTeam, Ex-Endgame, Ex Fireeye. malwareunicorn.org
Myrtus @malwareindepth.com Malware Researcher | Developer | @Cryptolaemus1
| @NVIDIA
Will happily talk about malware with anyone.
Nanobyte 👾💾PARTNER PUSHING @nanobyte.vtubers.social ✖️ Sentient Malware Demon
✖️ Warframe Streamer
✖️ Web: https://solo.to/malwarenano
🎨 @sheishii.bsky.social
⚙ @artemizpro.com
💜 @hyliastar.bsky.social
✉️nanobytevt@gmail.com
// MALWARE 🍉 @malwarehazzard.bsky.social My sword: https://ia600102.us.archive.org/6/items/linked-sword-without-background/Linked_Sword_without_background.png
\\ minor
ic: me
malware @dogycel.bsky.social she/xyr/it θ∆ | 21 | computer virus border collie with unbelievable swag and drip | 🔞
telegram -> dogymutt
MalwareHunterTeam @malwrhunterteam.bsky.social https://x.com/malwrhunterteam | https://id-ransomware.malwarehunterteam.com/
Avery @malware-girl.bsky.social IT'S A FUCKING TREE! DO YOU KNOW WHAT A TREE IS?! ITS A PLANT.. THAT YOU PUT ON THE GROUND!!
🏳️⚧️ 26 she/her 🏳️⚧️
❤️ @elaine.dog ❤️
Occasionally 🔞
Chris Hackney @ Nostalgia Con @chrishackneyggk.bsky.social Dad. Voice Actor at @voxusa . Superman #DCHeroesUnited Rauru #TearsOfTheKingdom Rusty #ArmoredCore6 Jin #Persona3Reload Ayato #GenshinImpact Yuito #ScarletNexus Dimitri #FireEmblem Illumi #HunterXHunter #TowerOfGod
Stephen Hackett @ismh86.net iPod Sock & PowerPC enthusiast.
hackerling @hackerling.space streamer, hackerling.space for all your hackerling requirements
Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires.
ICS DFIR at Dragos, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts my own. Enby. 🏳️🌈
Alyssa Miller 🦄👩✈️ @alyssam-infosec.com Hacker, CISO, and commercial pilot. Certified Bluesky Elder. Author and International Speaker, Chief advocate of #DoBetterBeBetter
Compassion and empathy are traits in short supply but necessary to make this world a better place.
alyssasec.com
Infosecsie (ツンデレ) @myraccoonhands.com ⬅️🏳️🌈🏋️♂️💪🎨💻🔒🎮🦝🧠🌶️♾️🐈⬛🐕🦐
(She/They) That one purple raccoon who makes art, enjoys video games and comic books, lifts heavy weights, and sometimes talks about infosec, strategy, and leadership.
https://ko-fi.com/myraccoonhands
@infosec.bsky.social @infosec.bsky.social 
Infosec.blog @infosec.blog Security engineer
Breaker of things
Eventually I’ll start the blog
Hack3r Runway is going to Defcon 34 @hack3rrunway.bsky.social I make & sell stuff hackers like. 3d printing and design #blacktech #geekwear #defcon #contest #cyberfasion #3dfashion #techwear #cheatsheet
Policy @ DEF CON @defconpolicy.bsky.social https://forum.defcon.org/node/244260
http://defcon.org/policy
https://linkedin.com/company/policy-def-con
https://x.com/DEFCONPolicy
Defcon @defcon3dart.bsky.social 3D Game Art:
http://howelganuchaud.carrd.co
http://artstation.com/howelg
DCPunks @dcpunks.computer we make stickers and badgelife for haxxors :P
run by @neonplaidpants.bsky.social and @kaykidoutai.bsky.social
BILLIONAIRES SUCK TELL EM TO GET BENT
https://linktr.ee/dcpunks
Defcon Switzerland @defconch.bsky.social DC4131
DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social The world’s premier hacker conference. Serving the global hacker community since 1993.
Defcon.org
Forum.defcon.org
Defcon.social
Debian @debian.bsky.social The Universal Operating System; items posted automatically from https://micronews.debian.org and https://bits.debian.org.
https://www.debian.org
Linux debian @linux-debian.bsky.social Dunno man
̄ ̄ \ ( ツ ) / ̄ ̄
Ubuntu @ubuntu-ls.bsky.social 
Fedora @fedora-ora.bsky.social Escribiendo aventuras llenas de Monstruos Ibéricos.
#MonstruosIbéricos el juego de rol
Darren Laur @whitehatterdarren.bsky.social Award Winning #onlinesafety Educator, lic'd online investigator. Principles - Enlighten Not Frighten, Facts Not Fear, Evidence-Based “KNOW Tech" not "NO Tech"
shellsharks @shellsharks.com Infosec researcher | more about me @ https://shellsharks.com
@shellsharks@shellsharks.social on Mastodon
Richard MacManus @ricmac.org Head of Editorial at Latent Space, a leading AI engineering publication · Internet historian at cybercultural.com · Founded ReadWriteWeb (2003–2012) · 🥝 in 🇬🇧
Classic Web: https://bsky.app/profile/classicweb.site
Leaflet: https://ricmac.leaflet.pub
𓆩 ELEX 𓆪 @cyberpyunk.bsky.social 𓆩 horror menhera denpa catboy! 𓆪
♡ ﹔oshi marks﹔ 🐈⬛🥩🔪
♡ ﹔they
♡ ﹔professional artist! the cat who sketches in blue!
♡ ﹔studying my art is OK. do not heavy ref/steal/AI/trace.
♡ ﹔https://cybercoms.carrd.co/
♡ ﹔https://www.twitch.tv/cyberpyunk
nixCraft @cyberciti.biz Enjoy Linux & Unix-like systems, open-source software, and programming/compsci? Into Sysadmin & DevOps? Follow us to make the most of your IT career! Discover new tools and apps daily, plus a dose of humor ⤵️
https://www.cyberciti.biz
Joe Slowik @pylos.co Threat Intel / CTI / OT / ICS / Critical Infra stuff along with other things. I genuinely care, and wish others did too.
Website: pylos.co
Training/Consulting: paralus.co
The Shadowserver Foundation @shadowserver.bsky.social Our mission is to make the Internet more secure by bringing to light vulnerabilities, malicious activity and emerging threats. Join our Alliance!
https://shadowserver.org/partner
TomNomNom @tomnomnom.com Computer booper and food enthusiast. He/him.
Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social Philadelphian in Cascadia. Vociferous champion for Oxford commas, two spaces after a period, and ellipses. I break into buildings. 🔓
"Even if the world were ending tomorrow, I would still plant a tree." 🌲
(he/they)
UK_Daniel_Card @mrr3b00t.bsky.social 
Phillip Wylie @phillipwylie.bsky.social Offensive Security Professional | Phillip Wylie Show Podcast Host | The Pentester Blueprint coauthor | TribeOfHackers Red Team | https://linktr.ee/phillipwylie
garethr @garethr.bsky.social VP Product @snyksec. @openpolicyagent Conftest maintainer. Developer, designer, product. Open source geek. Devops Weekly. @gdsteam alum. he/him.
d0nut @d0nut.dev 🦀 Rust + Security 🔑
LiveOverflow 🔴 @liveoverflow.bsky.social wannabe hacker... he/him
🌱 grow your hacking skills https://hextree.io
Sam Rad 🔮 @samradofficial.bsky.social 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧 & 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧
• Technology, Society, Geopolitics
• Keynote Speaker & Author
• Student of Humanity ✨
🌐 http://Sam-Rad.com