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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com anarchist warlord arbitration consultant. drummer in tragic lovers. writes WORK IS FOUR LETTERS, poster emeritus for NORMAL MEN. don't be a dick.
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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd Assistant professor at Georgetown University in Qatar (formerly GSU, BYU). Study NGOs, human rights, international politics, causal inference, and stats. 6 kids.
#rstats forever.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social Associate Prof at UT Austin. I study political psych & public opinion. I also post about soccer and my cats.
Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. ORDER my book: https://tinyurl.com/2sjcsupd Home cook, foodie.
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
Fran Hirsch @franhirsch.bsky.social Historian. Author of Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg and Empire of Nations. Currently writing and teaching courses about the history of Russian-American entanglement. 
Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social Public policy professor at the Hobby School. Enthusiastic about food, dogs, travel, and research. I write books about many failures of local democracy. Bad opinions my own.
Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com Teacher, researcher, internationalist, republican.
tompepinsky.com
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
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
Katie Scofield @ktscofield.bsky.social Teach Texas and Federal Government at a CC. Living with Chronic Lyme. Love to spoil my Schnauzers. 
Sam Breazeale @sambreazeale.bsky.social Editor of Novaya Gazeta Europe’s international edition. Previously @meduza.io. Based in Riga, Latvia. Contact: s.breazeale@novayagazeta.eu
Felonious Monk @alexqgb.bsky.social I’m not happy about any of this, but thank you for asking
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.
Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social Political Theory and Intellectual History. Politics of Architecture and Iconography. Some Public Affairs Commentary.
Posting in a personal capacity.
Texts mostly in LRB, Guardian, Foreign Policy, Architectural Review.
Representation: Wylie.
C🅰️S Ⓜ️UDDE @casmudde.bsky.social Dutchman 🇳🇱 in South 🇺🇸 | Politologist 🧑🎓 | columnist ✍️ | public speaker 🗣️ | Far-right politics 👌 | Soccer & Politics ⚽ | European politics 🇪🇺 | Defending democracy 👊 | punkrock 🎸 | #groundhopping ⚽🏒🏉 | movies 🎦 | watches ⌚ | no manels ❌ | only MY opinions 👋
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.
The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com Independent news from Russia since 1992.
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Katie Putz @ladyputz.bsky.social Managing to edit at The Diplomat | Central Asia stan | A Real Putz
HR @ Weyland-Yutani @professormusgrave.bsky.social Professor of political science. Willing expat becoming an unwilling emigre. Essentially millennial, analytically millenarian. https://musgrave.substack.com
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Clare Griffin @balalaichnitsa.bsky.social Brit abroad | historian and fiction writer | NA | Assoc Prof @ IUBloomington | Tweets #EarlyModern #Russia #GlobalHistory #MentalHealth | she/her
Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social Legal/Political Anthropology, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Lacan, Arendt
📙Rethinking Community in Myanmar https://manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/rethinking-community-in-myanmar
🖋️: statelessness, expert activism, listening
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Anna Jordanova @jordanovaan.bsky.social On #CentralAsia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. #PhD&memes, mostly. Call sign: Academic kelin. PlovINT, random rants.
Nina Friess @ninafriess.bsky.social Scholar for Slavic Literatures and Cultures, Researcher at ZOiS Berlin, books, books, more books
Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) @zois.bsky.social Independent, int., publicly funded research institute focusing on Eastern Europe & sharing the results with policymakers, media & public.
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Alex Yusupov @alexyus.bsky.social Director @ Russia Programme // Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, previously Myanmar-Afghanistan-Central Asia, со-ведущий «Канцлер и Бергхайн»
TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social Trans-led non-profit for the rights and wellbeing of trans people. Over 200 member organisations across 50 countries in Europe & Central Asia 🏳️⚧️
Co-funded by the EU
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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social Anthropologist. Member of @Allegra_Lab editorial collective. Interested in law, human rights, humanitarianism, global justice.
Aijan Sharshenova @aijanco.bsky.social Political analyst
Academic tamada
Research: political populism, foreign policy analysis, political risk analysis, occasionally sustainable energy
Umay_Aryk @umayfm.bsky.social Свобода это процесс в ходе которого вы развиваете привычку быть недоступным для рабства. 🇰🇬
alga Kyrgyzstan glory to Ukraine
Robert Kindler @robertkindler.bsky.social Historian @FU Berlin
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com Made the CommSky Starter Pack https://go.bsky.app/QkcgePD
Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military policy, video games, and queer theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
Fay Webster @fayweb.bsky.social Postdoc @ZSL working on wildlife disease surveillance in Central Asia | Veterinarian exploring One Health at the wildlife-livestock-human interface | Rodents, pathogens & pandemic prevention | Perpetually curious | she/her 🏳️🌈
Angelika Markowska @angelikamarkowska.bsky.social Trainee in Research Communication (#Wisskomm) at @zois.bsky.social | Slavist & Political Scientist
Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social Keweenaw born and raised; Michigan alum x 2; historian of the Russian Empire at UC Davis. Happiest in the kitchen or on a trail. Personal account; opinions my own.
Siobhán Hearne @siobhanhearne.bsky.social Historian of the Russian Empire & Soviet Union. Currently working on the history of the Soviet Red Cross, 1953-1991. Co-editor of @conteurohistory.bsky.social and @peripheralhist.bsky.social. Author of 'Policing Prostitution' (OUP, 2021).
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.
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"
Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social Philosopher / global (health) justice, critical perspectives on East-West hierarchies of knowledge / decolonial, antifascist and CEE feminisms and art / she/they/Dr
RUTA Association (Board Member), CEE Feminist Research Network, IRG-GHJ
Emily L @laskin.bsky.social At the moment I'm a professional translator, somehow. Also I'm a former former academic and current high-level sage. All of my opinions belong to you. https://www.emilylaskin.com/
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Sister Spreadsheet
Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social Almaty-based journalist reporting on Central Asia, author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan (2019) and Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan (out in November 2025)
Wei-chieh Tsai @weictsai.bsky.social Assistant Professor of History at National Chung Cheng University | Inner Asia, Central Eurasia, Central Asia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet & Xinjiang | President of Taiwan Society for Inner Eurasian Studies
https://ccu-tw.academia.edu/WeichiehTsai
LGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social Profile for the LGR YouTube channel. Covering vintage computer hardware, software, and various retro tech oddities. https://youtube.com/@LGR
Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social Father · Husband · Son · Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky · Committed to setting a positive tone and fighting for all our families.
John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
@fsgbooks
https://www.unpopularfront.news/
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social The RUTA Association for Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern European, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and Northern Asia Studies in Global Conversation
Theoted @mungomortimer.bsky.social Ohioan (but I have come to accept it). MAGA hater. Hard core liberal. Retired newspaper writer. Sober 20 years. Trusts no one, suspects everyone. Follows Ravens and Orioles. Towson State Class of 1976. YOU DM ME, I BLOCK YOU!
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Leanne C. Powner @leannecpowner.bsky.social Coach/Developmental Editor for social science academics, including dissertators. Sometimes methods prof; author of _Empirical Research & Writing: A Pol Sci Student's Practical Guide_. Accepting manuscripts for summer & coaching clients year round.
Jeff @jeffbell.bsky.social Into Central Asia, democracy, (anti-)kleptocracy, bikes, urbanism, and a touch of tech.
He/Him/Он/El
English/Russian/working on Spanish
Not here to take myself too seriously. Opinions are my own.
John M. Romero @romerojohnm.bsky.social Former bus driver, recovering punk rocker.
Historian and dad.
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Mihra Rittmann @mihrarittmann.bsky.social Senior Central Asia Researcher / Human Rights Watch
Казмонавт @kazmonaut.kzstan.com following my dream of someday making the world's largest манты
Owner of an orange #cat. In Colorado, dreaming of the Eurasian Steppe.
Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press.
Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
hakeemjefferson.com
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com Associate Prof Political Science. Current project: labor solidarity after trade liberalization. Cases and texts, international and domestic institutions, qualitative data. Part-time rancher, with one head of (cat)tle. VP of NFA-UNR. Join your union!
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Sandrine Catris ❌👑 @drcatfrommars.bsky.social Former academic historian. Based in Colorado and the Marseille region. I don't like kings.
Donnacha Ó Beacháin @donnachadcu.bsky.social Professor of Politics, Dublin City University (DCU)
Ukraine | Russian imperialism | South Caucasus | Central Asia | Belarus | Moldova | unrecognised states | Irish history, politics and foreign policy
Aigerim Turgunbaeva @aigiturgunbaeva.bsky.social Journalist focusing on Central Asia
Words: The Guardian, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Eurasianet, The Diplomat, CABAR asia
Nargis Kassenova @nargiskassenova.bsky.social A Central Asian/Central Asianist currently living in Cambridge, MA.
Dr Frank Maracchione - 马峰澜 @frankmaracchione.bsky.social Postdoc SOAS University of London - Global Political Economy, South-South development, China, Central Asia, Uzbekistan. With SPERI - Sheffield Pol Economy Inst and Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. (he/him)
Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social Writer of books and games. One half of @cascadecascade.com.
International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social International Studies Association - A community of international studies scholars.
https://linktr.ee/intlstudiesassociation
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
Dimitry Mak | Photographer @dimitrymakphoto.bsky.social NYC
Music | Portrait | Lifestyle
www.dimitrymak.co
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky @vhtroyansky.bsky.social Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara. Historian of migration, refugees, Middle East, Caucasus. Author of Empire of Refugees (Stanford UP, 2024)
Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social Human first, comedian second.
Text STEVE to 484.214.0743 (USA or Canada) to get show updates
Steve Sando and the Rancho Gordo staff @ranchogordo.bsky.social Heirloom beans, etc
www.ranchogordo.com
Official member: Leguminati 🫘
Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social Widely somewhat respected. Co-editor, Dissent Magazine. Teach history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. New book coming at end of 2026: Poverty of the Imagination: The Cold War and the Social Science of Development in Latin America.
Europe-Asia Studies @europe-asia.bsky.social Since 1949, the principal academic journal in the world focusing on history + current political-social-economic affairs in Russia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia.
Marc Bernstein @marcbernstein261.bsky.social MSc Politics & BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy & History Birkbeck University of London, Civil Servant From & live in London Uk. politics History & intl affairs, Culture, Jewish life, Soccer. Also on here to make friends. Straight Single & Jewish
Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com Central Asia wanderer 🇰🇿🇸🇱🇰🇬 | Cricket writer 🏏 | Also Norfolk, Eurasia and Ukraine 🇺🇦
🌏 jonathancampion.com
🏏 jonathancampion.com/cricket
📷 lifeincentralasia.picfair.com
📲 youtube.com/@20SecondTravels
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Michelangelo Landgrave @landgravephd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science at CU Boulder. Director of the Barney Ford Lab. UC Riverside PhD. Princeton Postdoc. Dodgers fan. ⚾
Alexander Etkind @sashaetkind.bsky.social Professor of CEU in Vienna. A historian who teaches IR and the Anthropocene, but mostly thinks and comments about the current war. I am writing for the New Statesman.- N Natalie H. @nhall.bsky.social Central Asianist. Tea lover. Views my own.
Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) @cessnews.bsky.social Central Eurasia in Focus: Advancing Research, Building Community
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Katie Stewart @profklstewart.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science & International Relations at Knox College
Interests: Russian and East European politics, nationalism, authoritarianism, soccer, hiking, food & science podcasts, my dog
https://klstewart.wordpress.com/
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺. Opinions mine.
https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
Dr. Lisa Gaufman @lisares.bsky.social Assistant professor @ University of Groningen.
📚"The Trump Carnival: Populism, Transgression and the Far Right" https://rb.gy/493gts
📚 "Everyday foreign policy: Performing and consuming the Russian nation" https://rb.gy/8yyzy4
Kyle Marquardt @kailmarkvart.bsky.social Professor, @sampol.bsky.social; Project Manager, @vdeminstitute.bsky.social; Iowan; klmarquardt.com
Jade McGlynn @drjademcglynn.bsky.social Researches and writes on Russia, Ukraine, memory, propaganda 
William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social Endowed chair of the Tocqueville-Rand Freedom Enterprise Markets Innovation Center (disputed). Bound but not protected, I lie but I do not pretend. 🚰 🏗 only thing I'll tell you about my employer is that these aren't their views