ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social A project powered by a network of aviation enthusiasts hunting for interesting cleartext ACARS messages. All posted messages are delayed & have identifying information removed. Most messages are very undramatic.
acarsdrama.com | jumpseat.acarsdrama.com
Tanker Watch IE @galwaybaywatch.bsky.social Tracker of ships from the russia's shadow fleet that approach or transit Irish waters.
Not A Foreign Operative
alumina21.com
12tone @12tone.nebula.tv Something something music theory.
they/them
Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social Benn Jordan / The Flashbulb
••Recording artist | YouTuber | Researcher••
https://linktr.ee/BennJordan
bjmacke @strangelove.net Third party risk day job, roller derby jobs the rest of the time. Chances are that I'm fact checking or researching some obscure point right now. Home is Minneapolis. He/him
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Josh Junon @bad-at-computer.bsky.social Coding @ github.com/qix-, making an operating system @ github.com/oro-os
@prusaguy.bsky.social @prusaguy.bsky.social
@prusa3d.com @prusa3d.com The largest maker of 3D printers in Europe and the United States, founded by Josef Prusa.
Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com Science communicator, video maker, author, podcast creator. PhD in theoretical atmospheric physics. Born at 354 ppm.
Ambassador for @coolearthaction
https://linktr.ee/simonoxfphys
Emily Tripp @emilytripp.bsky.social Director @airwars.bsky.social
airwars.org
Captain Disillusion @captaindisillusion.bsky.social Videos. Educational? Not really. Funny? Eh.
"the Chappell Roan of educational YouTube"
youtube.com/@captaindisillusion
patreon.com/captaindisillusion
https://go.nebula.tv/captaindisillusion
Tomi McCluskey @tomi-mcc.bsky.social Conflict researcher at Airwars · Bylines in Bellingcat, DropSite News, The Intercept & CLIP · OSINT trainer · US Military veteran
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
Congo Eye @congoeye.com The Democratic Republic of Congo through an open-source lens.
congoeye.com
Robert Picardo @robertpicardo.bsky.social Actor, collectible, Planetary Society Board Member and AI since the 90s .
GeoConfirmed @geoconfirmed.org Map and Investigations = https://geoconfirmed.org/
Managed by volunteers.
You can help us: http://buymeacoffee.com/geoconfirmed
Espen R (Zewensec) @zewensec.bsky.social OSINT Analyst ⌁ Co-founder and owner @kasescenarios ⌁ Former Community Manager @osintcurious ⌁ Honorary Sensei @osintdojo
@Zewensec on Twitter
Sofia Santos @gralhix.bsky.social 🇵🇹 Senior OSINT Analyst & Lead Investigator ~ Addicted to finding stuff & explaining things ~ Occasionally funny ~ https://gralhix.com & http://youtube.com/@gralhix
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
COUPSURE @coupsure.bsky.social Open source and geospatial data | @GeoConfirmed | Worked with @Cen4infoRes & @lemondefr
Abraxas Spa @abraxasspa.bsky.social All-Source Analyst
Saving the spot here
Troy Hunt @troyhunt.com Founder & CEO of @haveibeenpwned.com, the most trusted name in data breach intelligence. Speaker, blogger, Microsoft Regional Director. Gold Coast, Australia.
Wondersmith_rae @raebaker.net OSINT Analyst | Maritime OSINT SME 🚢 | AI-Augmented Intel 🤖 | Speaker | Author of Deep Dive | Co-owner @KaseScenarios | Order: raebaker.net/book
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Aurora Intel @auroraintel.bsky.social @auroraintel from Twitter.
Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com The world’s most trusted flight tracker.
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Steam @steampowered.com Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform.
For support: http://help.steampowered.com/en/
Aer @megalemeter.bsky.social
I look at the world from above
Global Authentication Project Bellingcat
Viktorija Ign @viktorija-ign.bsky.social 6Cs Rule: 🙌 Communication, 🌱 Community, 🗺️ Culture, ☕ Coffee, 🍰 Cake, 🐈 Cats | Community Builder & Strategist | bellingcat.com
Pooja Chaudhuri @poojachaudhuri.bsky.social Researcher and trainer @bellingcat.com
Beau Donelly @beaudonelly.bsky.social Editor @bellingcat.com. Previously @thetimes.com, The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald. Author: The Woman Who Fooled The World.
beaudonelly.com
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Riccardo Giannardi @jonnyghizmo.bsky.social OSINT analyst - Disinfo - Geolocation -
Love digging into pretty much everything -
My blog: https://medium.com/@JonnyGhizmo
Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social Senior digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum • “The internet folks” - Stephen Colbert
https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
support my work: citationneeded.news/signup
links: mollywhite.net/linktree
💗💜💙
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
AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com Social networking technology created by Bluesky.
Developer-focused account. Follow @bsky.app for general announcements!
Bluesky API docs: docs.bsky.app
AT Protocol specs: atproto.com
Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app Sharing updates about trust and safety on Bluesky.
This account’s mentions are not actively monitored. To report a post or account, use the in-app reporting feature.
Community Guidelines: https://bsky.social/about/support/community-guidelines
ca-dmv-bot @ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social Real personalized license plate applications that the California DMV received from 2015-2017. Posts hourly. Not the CA DMV. (22.96% complete)
INTERPOL @interpol.int Connecting police & catching criminals in 196 countries for more than a century. 🕵️
Follow our success stories here. 👮♂️🚔👮♀️
✍️ Report crimes to your local police.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com computer security person. former helpdesk
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
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"
Michelle Wiese Bockmann @michellewb.bsky.social Michelle Wiese Bockmann, London-based maritime intelligence analyst & writer. Tanker tracker & subject matter expert in deceptive shipping practices, the 'dark fleet' & global trade with experience spanning 25 years across 3 continents. Views my own.
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Dan Smith @rosa-noctis.bsky.social Open source investigator: disinformation, influence operations, political action, etc. Currently China/UK-focused.
rosa.noctis@proton.me
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Connor Plunkett @conplnk.bsky.social Investigator @bellingcat.com
Signal username: conp.123
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Thomas Bordeaux @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social Visual Investigations Reporter @CNN.com
Previously: Member @bellingcat.com Global Authentication Project
DM's open, Signal: thomas.411
Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social Wishing for a thing does not make it so.
By @JoeSondow.bsky.social
Belouve @belouve.bsky.social InfoSec nerd. OSINT lover, stays curious, loves to educate. Evangelizes 𝙁𝙊𝙍 cool infosec things 😃
Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social Premier Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 🇵🇱
Prime Minister of Poland 🇵🇱
@subtleknife.bsky.social @subtleknife.bsky.social I'm Subtle Knife / SubtleKnife / subtleknife00 almost everywhere.
The Bellingcat Discord is at http://discord.gg/bellingcat
Use the pronoun picker.
Annique @annique.bsky.social Just me..
Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social Mountains and websites; maps and birds; context collapse. Projects: https://subject.space/. Work: Data, research and technology for investigations @bellingcat.com. Personal account, posts/opinions are my own. New York via Amsterdam and Oregon.
Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee Journalist @decoherence.media using open sources to expose far-right networks
Other bylines @bellingcat.com @texasobserver.org
Foeke Postma @foeke.bsky.social Investigator & trainer at Bellingcat
Hisham Almiraat @almiraat.bsky.social
Nick Waters @nickwaters.bsky.social Award winning journalist, still interested in using open source information for accountability.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Michael Sheldon @michaelsheldon.bsky.social Senior Investigator @ CIR
Formerly: Bellingcat, DFRLab
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Miguel Ramalho @msramalho.bsky.social Investigative Technologist @bellingcat.com
Data, Tech, Human Rights, Conflict & Financial Investigations
Signal @miguel.351
https://github.com/msramalho
Attacks on Civilians with Small Drones: A Global Picture @littleflyingrobots.bsky.social Documenting, analyzing, and mapping the growing global problem of attacks on civilians with small drones, from @faineg.bsky.social. View the map of global attacks here: https://map.faineg.com/public/index.html
Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social War Crimes Investigator focused on the Russian War in Ukraine
Perhaps the real watch list was the friends we made along the way. Keyboard Inghimasi. Sic semper tyrannosaurus rex. --Dire Straits Appreciation Zone-- #Flowers4Qanon
Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social @bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers. Signal: michaelcolborne.01
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com
Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT
"I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Gabòr Friesen @gaborfriesen.bsky.social Freelance Open Source Researcher.
Studying Research Architecture @Goldsmiths
Geo-&Chronolocation/3D Modeling/CNNs/Social Media Analysis and Remote Sensing
Previous collaborations: Al Haq, Al Jazeera, Airwars/AFP, Bellingcat, CIR, CNN, The Washington Post.
Sarah Stoecklin @sarahstoecklin.bsky.social Technical writing, UX, open source research (DR Congo, misogyny, SGBV).
Extremely Online at http://discord.gg/bellingcat
CongoEye member, Bellingcat contributor. Reds and Tolkien fan. Views my own.
Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social covering organized crime @Bellingcat.com. texan up north. views my own.
Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer.
Dave Brookes @tehuringa.bsky.social Digital flâneur | Open Source Researcher| GEOINT| Bellingcat GAP Project | Research 中国 & Central Africa | drinks wine & writes stuff |Views are my own |RSs ≠ endorsements
Brenna Smith @brennasmith.bsky.social WSJ visual investigative reporter.
Past: Baltimore Banner, New York Times, & Bellingcat.
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
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social Open source investigations consultant @ICC. Former @ICRC.org @Bellingcat.com @Lighthouse Reports, @Cen4InfoRes & @Sudanese_archive overarching #osint chronically online http://emanel-sherbiny.com/ 📍 The Hague
Teemu Nieminen @niemisentee.bsky.social Doctoral researcher focusing on right-wing extremism @helsinki.fi | ex-Bellingcat Volunteer
Avery Schmitz @averyschmitz.bsky.social Open-source reporting @cnn.com
Views my own | avery.schmitz@cnn.com
Merel Zoet @merelzoet.bsky.social Producer @Bellingcat.com
Veli-Pekka Kivimäki @vpkivimaki.bsky.social Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
Eoghan @eoghanmacguire.bsky.social Journalist. Editor @Bellingcat.com. @jskstanford.bsky.social alum
Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
Galen Reich @galen.reich.me.uk Bellingcat | Formerly BBC | PhD in Electrical Engineering | He/Him
🌐 https://galen.reich.me.uk
Brianne McGonigle Leyh @bmcg-leyh.bsky.social Professor of Global Justice Studies at Utrecht University's School of Law
legal scholar who loves OSI and documentation work; inter and transdisciplinary education; rugby, women's soccer, and country music
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
Jennifer Smart @jaesmart.bsky.social ✨ she/her 🎥 video editor & animator at Evident Media
👻 horror & fantasy illustrator
👹 this is an ANTI-gen AI zone
👽 portfolio, art accounts & commissions info: bio.site/jennifersmart
✏️ main tags: #art / #fantasyart / #artcommissions
Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Bellingcat. Previously at Scripps News.