Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
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Kingston Reif @kingstonareif.bsky.social Senior International/Defense researcher at the RAND Corporation. Former DASD for Threat Reduction and Arms Control + Arms Control Association. Wisconsin sports fanatic. Personal account.
James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social Professor of Modern North American History at the University of Oslo, Norway. Nuclear strategy and arms control.
David Teter @dtc94133.bsky.social Engineering PhD. Professional Civil Engineer. Former nuclear strike advisor and intelligence analyst. Likes to chat about cars (JDM and Porsche), motorcycles, horology, and shooting film. Loves cats, hates facists.
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Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social foreign policy, international peace and security, nuclear weapons, antiquity
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social #CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social Co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. I spend a lot of time thinking about nuclear weapons, advanced nonnuclear technology, and escalation.
Gwen @goudabreeze.bsky.social professional game designer and amateur girlypop. she/they
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Christopher Dring @dringo.bsky.social Games Business Journalist and Analyst. Editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Game Business. As seen on: GamesIndustry.biz. MCV. BBC. The Guardian. Sky. Doctor Who Magazine.
Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social Founder of the Housing Frame on Substack. Housing, markets, economy. Buc-ee’s fan.
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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social pers acct. fmr NSC46, State Dept. nukes, nonpro, arms control. Husband + suburban dad. All tweets/rt are my views alone.
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Gabriela I. Rosa @gabrielairosa.bsky.social Bori de Toa Alta - Analyst @CNA_org Russia Studies Program - I write about Russia + European Security for the military-intellectual complex - Opinions my own
Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social OSINT, geolocations, air/sea data. Snarky AvGeek.
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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com Senior Fellow, @councilonstrategicrisks.org working on nuclear weapons policy. Teaching and such at Harvard Extension. Views my own.
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Krakek @krakek.bsky.social a Quasi-NEET interested in all things military.
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Katie Mummah @nuclearkatie.com Nuclear engineer. nuclear: reactors, history, waste, nonproliferation, space, humor. "Tells uranium's life story". Lives in New Mexico. UW-Madison, UIUC alum. Outdoors when I'm not working. Views mine alone, like/rt not endorsements. she/her
Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
natalie watson @nataliewatson.bsky.social coo & producer @halfmermaid.co ~ host on @morecivilized.bsky.social ~ formerly of waypoint [RIP]
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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social video editor and then some
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Gene Park @gene.meme Washington Post culture critic | Pacific Roots | DC Rock
Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social ✊🏾 formerly & forever Vox Union | 📝 past life: @polygon.com, next thing: TBD | ⁉️ proud @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social loser | reading, writing, playing, watching, sleeping | he/him
Russ Frushtick @russfrushtick.bsky.social now: partnerships @ kinda funny & the besties podcast - previously: co-founder of polygon
Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social Writer, editor, and journalist.
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | 2 Weeks | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social Larian Studios Storytelling Lead. Creator of Axe of the Blood God. Past: IGN News Director, USgamer Editor-in-Chief. #coyi #skol
tim rogers @108.bsky.social youtube.com/actionbutton
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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social Expert in horror and video games
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pronounced stee-bur, she/her
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megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social freelance journalist | previously wired, axios, the verge | seen in nyt, 404 media | nyc | signal meganfarokhmanesh.76 | face god and walk backwards into hell
Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social I made GameHistory.org and you can too 
Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social A river to my people.
Pat @pizzasuplex.bsky.social Computer Fool
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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
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Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social reporter covering video games and digital culture for Bloomberg News
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Simone de Rochefort @doomquasar.bsky.social i’m thinking about cars
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
karen han @karenhan.bsky.social 🍒 screenwriter and culture writer
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Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com Editor-In-Chief of @mothership.blog // email: team-at-mothership-dot-blog. Podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. Formerly of Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. she/her.
Julia Alexander @loudmouthjulia.bsky.social i do words at puck. i sometimes blog at posting nexus on substack. i think about how attention is a disease. a lot.
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Ashley Oh @ashleyoh.bsky.social looking for social/mktg/writing work! previously seen at null games, inverse, gamespot, polygon. champion for animals who love trash, 6 ft skeleton enjoyer.
Three Moves Ahead @3ma.bsky.social Three Moves Ahead is an independent, ad-free, listener-supported podcast deep diving into strategy, tactics, and management games with passionate genre experts since 2009.
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Alex Battaglia @dachsjaeger.bsky.social Ray Tracing Radical, Turok Technophile, Crysis Cultist, Motion Blur Menace and PC Police Officer for @Digitalfoundry. Wird auch Hermann genannt.
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Petrana 冰冰 Radulovic (she/her) @petrana.bsky.social writer of all things but especially cartoons and crushes || ex polygon || officially a milf || #amquerying a YA sci-fi about aliens and messy family dynamics || Tin House YA '25
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners.
I analyze the video games market in Asia & MENA.
I post insights about the video games industry, as well as thoughts on tech, politics, history, science and public transit.
allegra frank @legsfrank.bsky.social lost on the first question of who wants to be a millionaire. i work for The Atlantic or the weekend, depending on when you ask. (twt @legsfrank)
Remap Radio @remapradio.bsky.social A new adventure from the people who brought you Waypoint Radio, funded by you.
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
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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.- M Mark Hibbs @mark88.bsky.social Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. They are in Washington, D.C. I'm in Berlin.
Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists. Tracking nuclear arsenals, co-author of Nuclear Notebook, SIPRI Yearbook. Opinions my own.
Website: https://fas.org/initiative/nuclear-information-project/
Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here.
All coordinates are at http://russianforces.org/podvig
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Mark Fitzpatrick @marktfitz.bsky.social Grandpa. Ex-expat in UK. Former State Dept.
Steven Aftergood @saftergood.bsky.social 
Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • Nonresident Senior Fellow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists • Nuclear weapons expert (history, policy, costs, accidents) and tracker of the nuclear “Football.”
Andreas Persbo @persbo.bsky.social Programme Director at the One Earth Future Foundation, formerly with UNIDIR, European Leadership Network, and VERTIC.
PatriciaMary @patriciamary.bsky.social Physicist Disarmament Flamenco dancer War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength
Taylor Fravel @fravel.bsky.social Studying China's foreign and security policies and director of MIT's Security Studies Program
Aaron Stein @aaronstein1.bsky.social President/CEO @fpri.bsky.social; Podcast w/ blogfather @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social; Recent Substacker; Author: US War Against ISIS. Views are all my own
Gregory Kulacki @gkucs.bsky.social Director, East Asia, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists. Non-Resident Fellow, Research Center for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons at Nagasaki University. Cross-cultural sojourner.
Bill Bishop @billbishop.bsky.social Writes Sinocism, @niubi on Twitter, https://sinocism.com 
K.Flay @kflay.bsky.social 
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Dmitry Gorenburg @russmil.bsky.social 
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Joshua @desafinado.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy The world stands on three pillars. 📙+ ☕️ + 🐈
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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Power Politics | Empires | International Order
dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | duckofminerva.com
Alexander Cooley @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Barnard College. Global authoritarianism, Kleptocracy, Eurasia, International Order, and Geopolitics & the Academy.
Joshua Kucera @joshuakucera.bsky.social Iowan in Tbilisi. Senior analyst, South Caucasus, International Crisis Group. https://t.co/5NNXBYA2ec
Matthew Bodner @bodner.bsky.social NBC News international reporter. Moscow bureau exile. Now in London. Tweets on Russia, etc. Former Space Camp shuttle commander. Sailor.
Jonathan Caverley @jcaverley.bsky.social Political scientist who studies defence (with a “c”) strategy and industrial policy.
www.jonathancaverley.com
Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social 
Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science, University at Albany; Nonresident Fellow, Stimson Center
Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social The class politics of geopolitics. Newsletter, http://Un-Diplomatic.com. Co-host, https://www.BangBangPod.com; https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com. 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇳🇿. https://www.vanjackson.org
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany @chassnews.bsky.social FT Berlin bureau chief, former Companies editor, World editor and Paris bureau chief
Mathieu Duchâtel @mtdtl.bsky.social Following mostly economic security issues in East Asia and Europe, from Taipei and Paris. An eye for all things maritime. Director of International Studies at Institut Montaigne. 
Jennifer Lind @proflind.bsky.social Dartmouth prof. IR, East Asia, US foreign policy. Writes at Blueblaze.substack.com. Ask me about my dogs.
Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social Economist, political scientist & writer @UChicago @HarrisPolicy. See my book Why We Fight: http://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/636263
Andrew Small @ajwsmall.bsky.social Asia Director at ECFR. Formerly: European Commission, German Marshall Fund. Posting on China / US / Europe Books, articles: andrewsmall.org
🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social Anthro PhD Candidate
nukes, cats, semiotics, FOIA, existential threat, heritage, nationalism, secrecy, etc
Queer & multiply neurodivergent
RP/Fave/etc ≠agree
he/him
patreon.com/nuclearanthro
paypal.me/nuclearanthro
https://OSF.io/46sfd/
Nathan J Hunt @isnjh.bsky.social GEOINT and 3D reconstruction
Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social Nuclear historian. Prof@Stevens Institute of Technology. Visiting researcher@Nuclear Knowledges, Sciences Po, Paris. Senior Fellow@thebulletin.org. Author: THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY (2025). Creator of NUKEMAP. Blogging @ https://doomsdaymachines.net.
Tom Z. Collina @tomcollina.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor, Ploughshares Fund. Coauthor, THE BUTTON. Proud husband, father, dog-person.
Brian Weeden @brianweeden.bsky.social Space policy wonk, former engineer, husband, father, Dungeon Master, and all around geek. I post things I find insightful, informative, or provocative
Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Specializing in sovereignty, armed conflict, international law, and military medicine. Plus LEGOs & chocolate.
Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford)
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Jen Judson @jenjudson.bsky.social Defense reporter at Bloomberg News, 115th National Press Club president, Military Reporters & Editors VP, boy mom, Colorado native
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
T. Greer @scholarsstage.bsky.social • Director https://www.strategictranslation.org/
• Essayist http://scholars-stage.org
• Long takes on 🇨🇳 politics, 🇺🇸 conservatism, ancient history
Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social Catalan American; Yale educated political scientist; Georgetown professor. Mother of two. Views here are personal. Reskeets are not endorsements.
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
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Nadège Rolland @rollandnadege.bsky.social Distinguished Fellow, China Studies, National Bureau of Asian Research
| China’s grand strategy |
Current research project: https://strategicspace.nbr.org