Elizabeth Plantan @eplantan.bsky.social Associate professor of political science at Stetson University, views own. Research interests: civil society and social movements, authoritarianism, environmental politics, China, Russia. elizabethplantan.com
Isabel Funk @isabeldfunk.bsky.social Reporter for The Oregonian • Formerly the Statesman Journal • Northwestern ’24 💜
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social Philosophy of science, methodology of social sciences, wellbeing, evidence based policy, measurement.
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social Deep diving, original analysis and reporting on the Russian Navy and related maritime topics. Views expressed do not reflect those of my current or past employers, nor do they reflect the views of Vova (you know which one).
John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social writer and researcher, covering books, films, and psychoactivity, in no particular order. a pocket full of spare change and anger unlimited.
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
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Steven Lee Myers @stevenleemyers.bsky.social New York Times in California. Previously in Beijing, Moscow, Baghdad and DC. Author of "The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin" http://bit.ly/3bbpinS
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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social Writer. Former lawyer. Progressive rabble rouser. Baseball guru. Travel junkie. San Francisco apologist.
Harry C. Merritt @harrymerritt.bsky.social Historian working on the social history of war in 🇱🇻🇷🇺🇩🇪. Book: Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service (Oxford University Press, 2026). Opinions my own, not those of my employer.
Laura K Field @lkatfield.bsky.social Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center in DC. Author of Furious Minds, about the MAGA New Right. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico, NYT, The Atlantic.
www.lkfield.com
Also with American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW.
The Bell @thebellio.bsky.social The Bell is the leading independent media covering Russia's economy. Founded in 2017 by a team of experienced editors, The Bell's experts write two newsletters per week with analysis of the most important economic news out of Russia: https://en.thebell.io/
Nathan Williams @nathanmwilliams.bsky.social Making a movie about democracy: https://peoplestownhall.org/democracyfilm
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
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social I write and report at the intersection of the environment, human rights, and geopolitics. Current @icwa.org fellow in Amman/Cairo/Beirut. Writing in @thebaffler.com, @newlinesmag.bsky.social, @jewishcurrents.bsky.social & etc. Californian at large. She/her
Scott Aukerman @scottaukerman.bsky.social Host of Comedy Bang! Bang!
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Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab. 
Pebble @repebble.com www.repebble.com
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William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social Historian of Britain, its animals, pollution, energy, climate, nature, and people. Author of The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City. Living in St Paul, MN.
Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social Associate Prof & Head of History @YSJ. Early Soviet history and Stalinism. The Red Army and the Great Terror (2015); The Soviet-Polish War and its Legacy (2023). Working on POWs and the Soviet Red Cross. Occasional drummer https://shorturl.at/LRaWz
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social No kings
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Calum MacKenzie @calummackenzie.bsky.social Korrespondent für Russland, Kaukasus, Zentralasien, Belarus bei Schweizer Radio SRF. Tbilissi/Moskau. Aberdeen FC
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Irina Roldugina 🦔 @mozzgi.bsky.social Queer history (imperial and soviet).
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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de Russia & Economics
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social Writer, editor, newsletterer. Pro-clarity, accuracy, peace, love, understanding. Inveterate reader, traveler, listener, walker.
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Drew Sullivan - OCCRP @drewoccrp.bsky.social Publisher and Co-Founder OCCRP. Creating a global space where reporters can cover corruption and organized crime.
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies at SOAS, University of London | international political sociology of human rights struggles | writing a book on human rights elites at the UN
Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social History Professor
Comparative study of nationalism
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Movie Madness @moviemadness.org Portland’s iconic independent video store, with 90,000+ rental titles and counting. Plus beer & wine, a film prop museum, a Miniplex, merch, & more! moviemadness.org/links
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social Lecturer at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews
Manohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social Old hippie, tree hugger, childless cat lady, lover of animals and some humans, I write about movies for the New York Times. Member of the Times Guild, which is represented by the NewsGuild of New York. Trolls, haters and bigots blocked.
Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social Creator of Like Stories of Old
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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social Historian. Coffee drinker
Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book. - A @amzin.bsky.social @amzin.bsky.social
Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social Journalist covering environment and education @oregoncapitalchronicle.com, part of @statesnewsroom.com
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Tina Kotek @tinakotek.bsky.social Oregon Governor. Committed to building a better future for all Oregonians.
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Mikhail Komin @kominmo.bsky.social Political analyst, Russia expert (elites, bureaucracy, government data, policy-making process). Editor at Novaya Gazeta Europe; Research Fellow at CEPA
Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. Politics. Education. FT columns, Political Fix podcast and videos here https://www.ft.com/miranda-green - please check out Not Another One https://open.spotify.com/show/7u4nlhVNmzzZrLjmB7z137?si=dcf00d7580444ccb
Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social Writer of books and games. One half of @cascadecascade.com.- L Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick @lizwish.bsky.social Researcher on China, Russia, Sino-Russian relations, Central Asia, Arctic, resources, non-traditional security.
Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social Europe Correspondent Euronews. Based in Brussels. Edward R. Murrow alum. Euronews.com
Emily Hoge @emilyehoge.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Soviet History. Studying Russian organized crime, veterans, disability, and gender. Kluge Fellow 2025-2026
Lukas Wahden @wahden.bsky.social PhD in IR at SciencesPo Paris & Associate Fellow with the Russia Program at George Washington University. Author of the Arctic security newsletter 66° North on Substack. Writing about Russia, China, the polar regions, sometimes the seas and space.
Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social Reporter at the Dossier Center
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social Historian. Assistant Prof. at University of Warwick. Aid, Forced Migration, Modern Europe. Currently researching and writing on refugees, Central Europe, WWI (& beyond).
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Lucy @fragileweb.bsky.social 
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Institution, all at Stanford University. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014.
Stephen Herzog @herzogsm.bsky.social Professor of the Practice, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies | Associate, Harvard Project on Managing the Atom | nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, disarmament, technology
SFGiants @sfgiants.com The official account of the San Francisco Giants
Mikhail Zelenskiy @mzelenskiy.bsky.social 
Friends of Preschool for All @friendsofpfa.bsky.social We are dedicated to preserving Preschool for All, Multnomah County’s landmark universal preschool program. https://friendsofpfa.org/
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford CISAC & Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI. Member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board & National Academies Committee on Int’l Security and Arms Control.
Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker.bsky.social Historian at Harvard, senior editor at The Drift, contributing writer at Jewish Currents, author of Make Your Own Job
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Amanda Chicago Lewis @amandachicagolewis.bsky.social journalist
Oxana Schmies @oxanaschmies.bsky.social Eternal Heart Projekt | Architect of Industrial Autonomy & Sustainable Energy Systems
Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social Shareholder value = 3 eggs
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Masha Cerovic @mcerovic.bsky.social Associate Professor, History, CERCEC - EHESS (Paris) / Russian empire, Soviet Union, war history, borderlands, military occupations, partisan warfare, Soviet-Nazi war
Ivan Sigal @ivansigal.eurosky.social
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Clare Malone @claremalone.bsky.social Writer at The New Yorker. (Currently on leave working on a book about MAHA.)
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Stephen Bittner @russianhistoryprof.bsky.social Author and professor of Russian and Soviet esoterica | Michigander turned Californian | posts about Russia, Ukraine, NHL, wine, higher ed | Special Topics Editor at Kritika
Bear Market Brief @bearmarketbrief.bsky.social Russia's Economy and Politics. In Brief. 
Maria Simeonova @mariasimeonova.bsky.social Head of Sofia office, European Council on Foreign Relations - ECFR
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Ivan Fomin @fomin-i.bsky.social Russian politics expert, semiotician, discourse analyst, head of @ideasforrussia.bsky.social at the Boris Nemtsov Foundation, teaching at Nemtsov program at Charles University, Democracy Fellow @cepa.bsky.social
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Allyson Edwards @allysonedwards1.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Global Histories and IR 👩🎓 Interested in Russia, youth militarisation and memory politics 💭 love travelling & food 🍜
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