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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
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
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars.
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.
Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social covering organized crime @Bellingcat.com. texan up north. 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
Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social I digitally investigate stuff, somehow my findings travel from spreadsheets to international media and research collectives; views are my own.
Avery Schmitz @averyschmitz.bsky.social Open-source reporting @cnn.com
Views my own | avery.schmitz@cnn.com
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
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev at BBC Africa Eye. Bellingcat contributor.
Timmi Allen @timmi-allen.bsky.social Former member of Bellingcat - Berlin, Germany
Merel Zoet @merelzoet.bsky.social Producer @Bellingcat.com
Dr. Manisha Ganguly @manisha.bsky.social The Guardian's investigations correspondent & visual forensics lead. Currently writing a book. tech x conflict x human rights. friend to cats. manishaganguly.com
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
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Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social For 20 years, ISD has led the way in detecting, exposing and combatting terrorism, extremism, foreign interference and authoritarianism.
Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
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
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.
FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories.
https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
Galen Reich @galen.reich.me.uk Bellingcat | Formerly BBC | PhD in Electrical Engineering | He/Him
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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
Viktorija Ign @viktorija-ign.bsky.social 6Cs Rule: 🙌 Communication, 🌱 Community, 🗺️ Culture, ☕ Coffee, 🍰 Cake, 🐈 Cats | Community Builder & Strategist | bellingcat.com
Johanna Wild @johannawild.bsky.social Open Source Research and Public Interest Technology at Bellingcat | Bellingcat's Online Open Source Investigation Toolkit: https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit
Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social Head of Research at Bellingcat
Visual Investigations
Former Open Source Analyst with BBCAfricaEye.- D Chris Campbell @digitalcampbell.ft.com Visual journalism, data viz and design for @financialtimes.com
Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social OSINT, geolocations, air/sea data. Snarky AvGeek.
Cites: NYT, Мілітарний, Newsweek, The Aviationist, TWZ, A&SF Mag
"Sharp-eyed aviation buff & flight tracker" ~ Brian Williams
https://buymeacoffee.com/vcdgf555
She/her
Xavier Greenwood @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social Senior editor at The Observer. I edit The Sensemaker and report across print and digital. Previously made podcasts for Tortoise.
Sam Rad 🔮 @samradofficial.bsky.social 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧 & 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧
• Technology, Society, Geopolitics
• Keynote Speaker & Author
• Student of Humanity ✨
🌐 http://Sam-Rad.com
Pallabi Munsi @pallabimunsi.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, CNN. Previously: Asia Reporter, CNN As Equals. DEL-CCU girl at heart; in London.
Email: pallabi.munsi@cnn.com
DM for Signal.
Gisela Pérez de Acha @giselilla.bsky.social Open Source Investigative Reporter. Founder and CEO of FactFinder. Formerly teaching OSINT at UC Berkeley. Mexicana. Polyglot. Nerd. More at www.giselaperezdeacha.com
Bora Erden @boraerden.bsky.social space, politics, forensics | spatial investigations @nytimes | previously @situ_research
boraerden.info
Daisy Bata @batadaisy.bsky.social investigative journo & documentary producer @bbc @channel4 @itv @mindhouse @hardcash @keofilms etc.
specialise in OSINT, cyber crimes, crypto, algorithms & tech
also writer/director of scripted shorts ("Bloodbuzz")
Digital Witness @digitalwitness.bsky.social Human Rights/Civil Rights Investigator | #OSINT #DFIR | 🕵🏻♀️
Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social Borders, osint, & digital investigations / investigations @lighthousereports.com , sometimes more
Layla Mashkoor @laylam.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research, @dfrlab.bsky.social.
dOsint-er ^Laura^ @lautie.bsky.social Osint | I click on things | I find stuff | Nerdy | Socmint | Opsec | Digital Investigator | Social media | Infosec | Geek | dOsint
@lautyb on twitter
antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social Exposing troll farms: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 and beyond
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Jana Tauschinski @janatausch.bsky.social graphics editor @FT | prev @BBCNews @the_young_fdn | data viz @LCCLondon
https://www.ft.com/jana-tauschinski
OSINT Techniques @osinttechniques.bsky.social https://www.forensicosint.com/
Christina Lekati @christinalekati.bsky.social #SocialEngineering, #Psychology, #HUMINT & #OSINT intertwined for the sake of security.
Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social Researching on #digitalmethods #osint #fimi #influenceoperations #disinformation.
Investigator515 @investigator515.bsky.social Investigator turned OSINT Analyst | Author | Follow for #OSINT #Defense #Infosec | Memes | NAFO ✅ | Ukraine ✅ | Disinformation 🚫 | investigator515.substack.com | 🐕🦺 > 🐈 | 🐧 > 🪟 and always, 🍍 on 🍕
Sylke Gruhnwald @sylkegruhnwald.bsky.social Reporter and author. To reach me in confidence, write to sylke.gruhnwald@protonmail.com or Signal, other platforms available. Please get in touch!
INPACT - Investigations with Impact @aeowinpact.bsky.social Cyber and analytical investigations
Investigations with Impact.
All Eyes On Wagner: Project on #Wagner mercenaries & GRU upcoming ops in Africa |Tips: tips.aeow@proton.me | Media: contact@investig-impact.org
Jerome @jeromegill.com I build tech for charities and NGOs and the private sector, usually in the sustainability/environmental space
Interested in tech, modern propaganda, and cleaning up information spaces
Cate Brown @catebrown.bsky.social political investigations at @TheGuardian. formerly @WashingtonPost. power over/power to
tips: cate.brown@theguardian.com
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
Olive Enokido-Lineham @oliveelineham.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Sky News doing OSINT things. On Signal: oe_39.73
0x786d @0x786d.bsky.social Pentesting, malware analysis, threat hunting & intelligence, OSINT, AI & ML
Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social Investigations editor @lighthousereports.com, focus on global food systems.
Tools: #OSINT #Data #TalkingToPeople
Board of @ajaracisees.bsky.social
Side gig: www.dictatoralert.org
Awards: Peabody, Frontline Club, EU Press Prize...
Home: #Kenya #France
Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social Open Source Investigator. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
Linh-Lan DAO @linhlandao.bsky.social Journaliste fact-checking spé #OSINT
Retrouvez #VraiOuFaux sur Franceinfo
@AJARacisees
ex-#CJamy ex-RevelateursFTV
Bashar Deeb / بشار ديب @bdeeb.bsky.social Digital investigations @lhreports.bsky.social
Free Syria
He\him
Jillian Stampher @jillianstampher.bsky.social Head of news, Factal. Formerly HuffPost, GeekWire, BreakingNews. Fan of dogs.
Tamara Qiblawi تمارا قبلاوي @tqiblawi.bsky.social Senior investigations writer at CNN international. Aspiring cook of all food Levantine.
Hamsini H @hamsini.bsky.social Now: micro-retired and looking for my next work home.
Previous Avatars: China Expert @LogicallyAI, Consultant at Indian MEA, Yenching Fellow, Thinktanker.
Views all mine.
Alexanders @frenchie-osint.bsky.social CCI, OSINT, Threat Intelligence, Investigations; Got on my dead man's suit and my smilin' skull ring
Research lead at Cyble
Talks about Hacktivism and OSINT
Christo Buschek @christobuschek.net Data, computations and investigations | Pulitzer Prize 2021 | Der SPIEGEL | Mozilla Senior Fellow 2025 | https://christobuschek.net | christo.buschek@proton.me
Intel_Inquirer @intelinquirer.bsky.social I use the internet to find things, and I analyse them (OSINT/SOCMINT)
https://linktr.ee/intel_inquirer
From Syd AU
Doublethink Lab @doublethinklab.bsky.social A Taipei-based CSO investigating disinformation and information operations in order to safeguard democracy globally. Follow us for our latest reports!
tlmn @tlmn.eurosky.social Journalistic Researcher, Trainer, OSINT/Verification-Expert @ DW Innovation. Also into GenerativeAI for media (focus on fighting disinformation).
Jake Creps @jakecreps.bsky.social OSINT researcher
Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social Senior Investigator, Graphika.
Cape Town, South Africa.
Henk van Ess @henkvaness.bsky.social #osint #ai
Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social Researcher on info ops, narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia.
Editor, Security and Defense, Capital.
Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab.
DRM Journal co-founder.
https://bio.link/ruslantrad
Sanjana Varghese @sanjanamv.bsky.social visual investigations @nytimes / sanjana.varghese@nytimes.com
@christogrozev.bsky.social @christogrozev.bsky.social 
Abraxas Spa @abraxasspa.bsky.social All-Source Analyst
Saving the spot here
Justin Seitz @justinseitz.bsky.social Bullshit Hunter. Misidentified beet farmer. Fiery advocate. Neurospicy. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan prairie dweller. He/Him.
Find my work at bullshithunting.com
Riley Mellen @rileymellen.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter for NYT. Let's chat: riley.mellen@nytimes.com, Signal, DMs, etc.
Technisette @technisette.bsky.social OSINT maniac * technisette.com * Trainer @ MyOsintTraining * The OSINTcurious Project
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social Journalist, doing OSINT at Sky News.
Micah Hoffman @webbreacher.com Maker of WhatsMyName OSINT tool | Co-owner @ myosint.training | Finder of things and knower of secrets (IYKYK) | Always #OSINTCurious
mwosint @plosint.com 
Katie Polglase @katiepolglase.bsky.social Investigative reporter @CNN. Specialist in OSINT and visual investigations.
katie.polglase@cnn.com
IG: @katiepolglase
DM for Signal
https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/katie-polglase
Nixintel @nixintel.bsky.social Steven Harris | OSINT & Cyber Security Specialist | Investigator | Teach OSINT @SANS
Blog: www.nixintel.info
Sector035 @sector035.bsky.social Doing #OSINT before it was cool 😎 Just arrived, slowly settling on here.
lokman tsui @lokman.org writer, (recovering) academic, amateur activist. teach at graduate institute of journalism, national taiwan university. fellow @citizenlab.ca.
he/him. writing a personal history of home and authoritarianism.
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
Baptiste Robert @fs0c131y.com CEO @ Predicta Lab | French Security Researcher, Ethical Hacking, OSINT
Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com Privacy Architect/Online Safety Strategist/#OSINT Investigator • 🔞 21+NSFW 🌶 She/Her
All My Links: https://beacons.ai/lockdownyourlife
Paylinks, wishlist, Spicy 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/lockdownyourlife
Dutch_OsintGuy @dutchosintguy.bsky.social Dutch guy with Open Source Intelligence & Analysis skills • OSINT • Certified Instructor @SANSInstitute • SVP of Engineering& Chief Innovator @ shadowdragon.io
Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social @Nrg8000 on twitter. Will fill this out when twitter inevitably burns.
Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social Washington Post investigations reporter
Co-host of Schlock and Awe: https://schlockandawe.substack.com/
Executive Council, Washington-Baltimore News Guild
Chris Dehghanpoor @ckd.sh OSINT reporter, Washington Post investigations • @chrisd9r on twitter • https://ckd.sh
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0.bsky.social Data Scientist/Musician/Participant in the General Confusion.
Oppose autocracy and research/counter disinformation. I serve the realm.
Caution: frequent cat photos.
https://conspirator0.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ItrZiqTLw
Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
Imogen Piper @imogenpiper.bsky.social Visual Forensics Reporter, The Washington Post 
Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social senior visual forensics reporter
@washingtonpost
tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com
usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal