Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Send me news tips on Signal: HBranswell.01
History of Vaccines @historyvaccines.bsky.social A project by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, documenting the history and science of vaccination from before Jenner and after mRNA.
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@HistoryVaccines <- Elsewhere
Emily R Smith, ScD, MPH @dremilyrsmith.bsky.social Associate Professor @GWPublicHealth. Epidemiologist. #GlobalHealth. I study infection & nutrition in pregnancy. Advocate for evidence. Alumna @HarvardChanSPH @EmoryRollins. Lover of coffee, crosswords, & cooking with friends.
CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota.
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Laura Johansen (she/her) @laurajohansen.bsky.social Clinical research in Med Device industry.
UNC SPH '21. JMU '15.
#VaccinesWork #CoolMillenialAunt
I'm an introvert on social media, what could go wrong?
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Taking a break from social media. Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh.
Banner quote by @amandagorman
1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
Not official CDC—but close enough for transmission.
Proudly #AltGov
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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social An organization of thousands of public health professionals dedicated to defending evidence-based public health.
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social Pro-democracy conservatives Republicans fighting Trump & Trumpism.
Join our growing community on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/republicansagainsttrumpism/p/im-his-lawyer?r=9qjst&utm_medium=ios
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
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 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 CEO Whisperer & Adjunct Professor in YUL, YOW 🇨🇦 & HKG 🇭🇰 • PhD Candidate 🇲🇴 Influential narrative, Disinformation, Propaganda, Democracy; MBA Marketing, Economics 🇨🇳🇺🇸; MA Credibility, Crisis Mgmt 🇨🇦 • Founder @CredibilityInstitute.com • Eng Fra 中文
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 sci-fi goth civil rights free speech tech law /
now: senior counsel @freepress & @bellagio resident working on my first book /
past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU
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 professor at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist for EUObserver @euobserver.bsky.social, 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 prof of comparative 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
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.
Mohsen Mosleh @mmosleh.bsky.social Prof @Oxford, Affiliate @MIT www.MohsenMosleh.com
Jana Lasser @janalasser.eurosky.social Professor for Data Analysis @UniGraz | Computational Social Science, Data Science, complex systems, computational modelling | #OpenScience, #coder | she/her
Philipp Schmid @philippschmid.bsky.social Research about #misinformation #healthcommunication Asst. Prof. @Radboud_Uni
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Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social Heading the Computational Social Science group within SynoSys & ScaDS.AI at TU Dresden, where we study how online information environments impact public discourse and develop alternatives that benefit democracy.
CSS-Group: https://css-synosys.github.io/
Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social Political Science Prof at University of Southampton. I study misperceptions, fact-checking, and foreign policy attitudes. American in the UK. he/his (y'all whenever possible). Spurs #COYS. 
David Garcia @dgarcia.eu Professor for Social and Behavioral Data Science at the University of Konstanz. Also at CSH Vienna, ETH Zurich and TU Graz. 
Stefan Herzog @stefanherzog.bsky.social Senior Researcher @arc-mpib.bsky.social MaxPlanck @mpib-berlin.bsky.social, group leader #BOOSTING decisions: cognitive science, AI/collective intelligence, behavioral public policy, comput. social science, misinfo; stefanherzog.org scienceofboosting.org
Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S), Goethe University Frankfurt | prev. postdoc at Center for Adaptive Rationality, MPIB Berlin | PhD Hertie School
Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game.
www.sandervanderlinden.com
Apeksha Shetty @apeksha.bsky.social She/her | PhD Candidate at Complexity Science Hub & University of Vienna's @compcommlab.bsky.social | Currently studying misinformation & social identity on social media | Mundus Journalism alumna
Jula Luehring @julaluehring.bsky.social Senior researcher (she/her) @gesis.org | occasionally still hanging around at @compcommlab.bsky.social & @csh.ac.at ✨
https://julaluehring.github.io/
Hannah May (née Metzler) @hannahmetzler.bsky.social Clinical psychologist in training & scientist. Psychology, emotions, social media, misinformation & mental health. #EffectiveAltruism 🔸10% Pledge #5226 with @GivingWhatWeCan.bsky.social
Michael Geers @michaelgeers.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Marketing at University College Dublin. Research: Consumer Psychology of Technology.
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
Kilian Buehling @buehling.bsky.social Information ecosystems & far-right political communication | IRex Tübingen |Weizenbaum Institute
Passionate poster 🦭
Eva Wackenreuther @evapunkt.bsky.social Journalistin | berichtet über Desinformation | Verifikation für ORF defacto | davor Ressortleiterin AFP Faktencheck
Patricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social Senior lecturer (assoc. prof) in Communication, Media & Democracy, University of Glasgow. Studies digital threats to democracy 🇧🇷🏴
Daniel Effron @danieleffron.bsky.social I’m a social-psychology trained professor of organizational behavior at London Business School. I study behavioral ethics, moral psychology, and why people condone misinformation.
danieleffron.com
SciBeh.org @scibeh.bsky.social Official account of SciBeh.org - we are an academic volunteer organisation drawing on behavioral science to build better digital tools for science and foster a collective intelligence approach to science communication with policy makers and the public.
Siri Christiansen @sirichr.bsky.social Frilansjournalist och faktagranskare 🤖
Tobia Spampatti, PhD @tspampatti.bsky.social PhD in Neuroscience, Guest Researcher at the Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
I study why people care and discuss about societal, systemic issues like climate change, technology, and disinformation.
❤️=bookmarks
Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics, Cardiff University. Political Psychology. Polarization. Political Communication.
Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research.
Free to read, without paywalls or ads.
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
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. 
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
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
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Literal News @literal.bsky.social The news that matters, in bite-sized posts.
Straight info.
#newaccount #voteblue
Thanks for your support.
https://literal.press
Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social Collector of social media sites. Infectious disease epidemiologist. Writes about vaccine hesitancy, science misinfo, zombies. Probably somewhere on a trail. Views own etc.
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH, FCPP @epiren.bsky.social Father. Husband. Epidemiologist. Instructor at GMU and JHBSPH. Fellow at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Believer in Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow. All opinions, my own.
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/rene.najera
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social Studying confluence of influence operations, disinfo, truth decay, information integrity & policies addressing online harms. Many thoughts, sometimes prayers.
Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social Iraq War vet. Former secret 🐿️ on Russia, counterterrorism issues.
MI —> MT —> WA. Still wanting to Occupy Wall Street.
Opinions, quirks mine.
Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera
♥️🔒♾️: @jokar.bsky.social
Monique Camarra @moniquecamarra.bsky.social Researcher/analyst non-kinetic warfare (RU/CN/IR), and practitioner in training at the Institute of World Politics. Co-host Kremlin File. 
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
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
CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social Professor studying origins of concepts @CarnegieMellon; Brain development, cognition, evolution, math & logic; Primate Portal
@TIME 2017 Silence Breakers; she
Science Homecoming
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social Infectious Disease Epidemiologist & Science Communicator
Tracking Pandemics & Infodemics @bsph-chs
DrPH student @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Prev COVID Tracking Project #SciComm Lead & Podcast Host
#MakingScienceMakeSense on @instagram
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Senior Vice President of Woke 5
Debbie Jakubowski, PhD @debjakubowski.bsky.social Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Leader in molecular diagnostics with emphasis on clinical development. Mom to 👶🏼🐱🐶 Hudson Valley, NY
Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social Epidemiologist and science communicator | newsletter: epiellie.substack.com | cohost @casualinfer podcast | Causal inference for public health #epitwitter | Canadian in US 🇨🇦 | she/her/Dr
Michael S. Pollard @sociologian.bsky.social Sociologist and Demographer at RAND. Research mostly on social connection, substance use (alcohol and cannabis), and migration, but with many tangents. Opinions = my own, RTs ≠ endorsements.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iRep51wAAAAJ&hl=en
Molly M. King @mollymking.bsky.social Sociologist of knowledge, science, inequality. Researcher. Wheelchair basketball player. ♿️ Personal citizen account.
Carmen Drahl @carmendrahl.bsky.social DC-based freelance journalist and editor | science, health, food | ✍️ DCist, Knowable, NPR, Science News | NASW Freelance Committee | Chemistry Ph.D. 🧪 | Inglés y Español | she/her
Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social Infectious disease epidemiologist & global heath security strategist | GHSN CEO |UMB Asst Prof working in pandemic prep, biosurveillance, One Health, AMR, BW & biosecurity. ELBI & CFR ☣️
Biopreparedness & biothreat guru - movie aficionado. Views=my own
Shauna Bobyqa @shaunaheron.bsky.social Grad student. Psych/Datascience. photographer in a previous life. wielder of snark that is entirely my own. Героям слава.
Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com Sociologist and demographer, U. of Maryland; SocArXiv director.
Latest book: Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418
Website: philipncohen.com
Blog: familyinequality.com
Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social Prof of Cognitive Neuroscience & Vice Dean at UCL, Fellow of the Royal Inst. of Navigation. I study how we remember, navigate & imagine space
Photo: Our upcoming field research in the Marshall Islands
https://spierslab.wixsite.com/wavesandwayfinding