Vanessa Global @vanessaglobal.bsky.social 202K LIBRARY: universities,libraries,politicians,scientists,academics, lawyers,economists,linguists,historians,writers,BLUE, ANTIFA!
Me: brown NA,Oregonian,veteran,globetrotter,critical thinker,linguist,teacher,reader,atheist,constructive,ANTI-TRUMPIST
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.
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
Salma Mousa / سلمى موسى @salmamousa.bsky.social Political science prof at UCLA / Social Cohesion / Social Justice / Field Experiments / 🇪🇬 / 🤘🏽 / ⚽️
Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social Elephant Lover
Yashar.substack.com
Twitter: @yashar
IG/Threads @yasharali
Liam Scott @liamjscott.bsky.social Covering local transportation @ Washington Post. Views my own
Jason Rezaian @rezaian.bsky.social Director of Press Freedom Initiatives at The Washington Post
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
Andrew Friedman @andrewbfriedman.bsky.social director and senior fellow @csis.org, former usaid, lawyer, occasional prof: human rts & democracy, dogs, all views solely mine
IFJ- International Federation of Journalists @ifjglobal.bsky.social The IFJ is the global voice of journalists and represents 600,000 journalists (in 190 affiliates) in 146 countries.
IFJ General Secretary: @abellanger.bsky.social
Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org Journalism and education for the public good.
For more, visit https://pulitzercenter.org
Free Press @freepress.bsky.social We’re a nonpartisan organization fighting for your rights to connect and communicate.
Learn more: FreePress.net
PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
Dr. Gudrun Wacker @gudrun-wacker.bsky.social Research Division Asia, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
trying to make sense of China and the Indo-Pacific or life, the universe and everything
Ariana Hashtrudi @ahashtrudi.bsky.social Middle East News Editor at https://Maghrebi.org, a non-partisan MENA news site
Chiara Zanini @chiarazanini.bsky.social Freelancer (bylines in Rolling Stone, Wired, Jacobin, Left, Africa Express, Elle Decor and other media in Italy) + cultural operator based in Milan.
It’s not my disability, it’s your ableism.
[contact: chiara.zanini@outlook.com]
Roaa Ali @roaa-ali.bsky.social I am a Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Manchester and Programme Director for the Creative and Cultural Industries MA. I research and write on race and diversity within the cultural sector.
The Law, Rights & Religion Project @lawrightsreligion.bsky.social A law and policy center based at Union Theological Seminary promoting freedom of religion, religious pluralism, and social justice.
https://lawrightsreligion.org/
Ahmed Attallah @ahmedattalla.bsky.social Executive Director of the Egyptian Front for Human Rights & MA student in EU Studies at UCLouvain
Mohamed Abdelfattah @mfatta7.bsky.social Director of Communications at Committee to Protect Journalists
Allison West @allisonrwest.bsky.social Senior Legal Advisor @ecchr.bsky.social | Int'l law & human rights politics & praxis, detention & NAWA (MENA), freedom dreams
Kareem Fahim @kareemf.bsky.social Middle East reporter
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social Press freedom is your freedom 🗞️
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes #pressfreedom worldwide.
➡️ Website: cpj.org
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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social PS: Political Science & Politics is the journal of record for the discipline. Email: ps@apsanet.org. Co-editors: Lina Benabdallah, Justin Esarey, Peter Siavelis, Betina Wilkinson. apsanet.org/ps
Siena Anstis @sanstis.bsky.social lawyer | senior legal advisor @ The Citizen Lab | PhD Fellow in Law @ University of Oslo | parent | currently: transnational repression, digital surveillance & international human rights law | EU-based (Geneva, Oslo) | https://sienaanstis.com
Leslie Piquemal @lesliepiquemal.bsky.social European advocacy lead at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Suparna Chaudhry @sch-ir.bsky.social Associate Professor of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR. I research & teach human rights, international law, state repression, and nonprofits during closing civic space
Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa, @HRW.org
Senior Fellow, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
Counsel to Human Rights & Privatization Project, NYU Law
Jacob Weisberg @jacobweisberg.bsky.social Reader, Writer, co-founder of Pushkin Industries & Chair of Committee to Protect Journalists
National Press Club Journalism Institute @npcinstitute.bsky.social Promoting a free press and equipping journalists with the skills & standards to inform the public in ways that inspire a more representative democracy. Non-profit affiliate of @pressclubdc.bsky.social.
Learn more: https://www.pressclubinstitute.org/
Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social A multistakeholder collaboration working to protect & advance freedom of expression and privacy in the tech sector.
Khaled Mansour @k-mansour.bsky.social Writer/Journalist
Seth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social Director of Advocacy @freedom.press
Nick Benequista @benequista.bsky.social Senior director of the Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy. Working to strengthen media development and democracy through research and international cooperation.
Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social Media reporter at The New York Times. Signal: benmullin.13
Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social Chief Global Affairs Officer at Committee to Protect Journalists -
@pressfreedom.bsky.social | Dominican born, New York bred; lover of freedoms & strategizing for good. Views personal.
Adam Casals @adamcasals.bsky.social 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇪🇸🇦🇹 CEO, Senior Global Affairs & Strategy Advisor, Int’l Columnist, Author. Former Reg Gov Envoy to Austria & Central Europe.
👉 Europe, Complexity, Geopolitics, Defence.
🌍 VIE • GVA • MAD • BCN
📌 https://linktr.ee/adamcasals
Callum Paton @callumpaton.bsky.social Journalist for AFP in Qatar. Opinions own. Email: callum.paton@afp.com
Jennifer Gnana @jcgnana.bsky.social Gulf Correspondent @al-monitor.bsky.social. Interested in politics, energy & the switch to a net-zero future. Tweets in EN/TA (தமிழ்). All views own. Oh and it’s /nyā-nuh/
Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard’s Center of Middle Eastern Studies • Nation-Building • Technology • Arabian Peninsula • @doaiji.bsky.social • بريدة
Iona Craig @ionacraig.com Journalist + OSINT airstrikes data @yemendataproject.org
Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula since 2010. Once-upon-a-time I trained racehorses.
www.ionacraig.com
www.patreon.com/ionacraig
https://linktr.ee/ionacraig- K Kristin Diwan @kdiwan.bsky.social
Ahmed Al Omran @alomran.me Saudi correspondent for @financialtimes.com. @ahmed on Twitter and Instagram.
Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social Ireland and Britain Editor,
The Irish Times
Leading The Irish Times’ Common Ground project exploring relationships on the island of Ireland, and between Ireland and Great Britain
https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/
FC Garvey @fcgarv.bsky.social UK Advocacy for Reporters Without Borders.
Posting about politics, press freedoms & human rights - powered by an excessive amount of coffee. Former Caabu, former OSINT-er, former Cantab. Views are mine alone.
Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social Global Expression, FIRE. Book: Authoritarians in the Academy, @hopkinspress.bsky.social (August 2025). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53835/authoritarians-academy
Signal: sarahemclaugh.01. Go birds.
Tineke Strik @tinekestrik.bsky.social Member of European Parliament @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu • Asylum, migration, rule of law, human rights, rapporteur Hungary • professor Citizenship and Migration Law
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org SWP is a Berlin-based research institute advising political decision-makers on foreign and security policy. http://bit.ly/SWP_PrivPol / Netiquette: http://bit.ly/SWP_Net_en
Thomas Müller-Färber @tmuefae.bsky.social Lead Intl. Affairs Protestant Academy LOCCUM Dialogues on security/peace issues (#ArmsControl #MENA #EastEurope) Ex: @diplo.de @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social @swp-berlin.org
https://www.loccum.de/profil/thomas-mueller-faerber
Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social Eastern Mediterranean Energy & Geopolitics | Maker of Soup | PhD, VTSPIA | Husband, Father, Jerusalemite, Veteran (not exclusively in that order) | Substack: https://gabimitchell.substack.com/
German Marshall Fund @gmfus.bsky.social The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan organization that advances the transatlantic partnership to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
Learn more: www.gmfus.org
PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.
Laura Vidal @elevidalbe.bsky.social Researcher in DigiRights, FoE & Interculturality. Working as Americas editor for IFEX and Comms lead at Digital Action.
I share ideas that pop during and between projects/readings.
Currently curating analysis and testimonies about Venezuela.
SP/EN/FR
Leslie de Freitas @lesliedefreitas.bsky.social I am pretty sure that I no longer "thrive in complex, fast-paced environments"
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
https://linktr.ee/briantylercohen
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
Broderick James McDonald @broderickjames.bsky.social NatSec x Online Harms | Director at Oxford Advisory | Research Fellow at Kings College London XCEPT | The Alan Turing Institute CETaS Fellow | ex-GOV, UN
PRISME @prismeorg.bsky.social Pathways to Renewed and Inclusive Security in the Middle East - Initiative directed by Emma Soubrier with the the World Peace Foundation (Tufts University in Boston, US) and the Institute for Peace and Development (Université Côte d'Azur in Nice, France).
Emma Soubrier @esoubrier.bsky.social Director of the PRISME Initiative; Associate Researcher at the Institute for Peace and Development at the Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France); also associated with the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University (Boston, U.S.A).
Julia Neumann @julianeumann.bsky.social journalist based in beirut__ covering west asia & north africa,
focus on gender, politics, urban culture & society
__correspondent @taz__
Amr Magdi @amrmagdi.bsky.social Every act of telling the truth is a stride towards the collective healing of a society, oppressed and oppressors.
أحلامُنا أحلى مِنْ أحلامِهم
Researcher & writer: MENA, Human Rights, Policy.
Magdi.Amr@proton.me
with @HRW.org
Nathalie Janne @natjanne.bsky.social Chargée de plaidoyer / Advocacy officer at @amnesty.be
Tweets are my own.
Juergen Stryjak – يورجن شترياك @stryjak.bsky.social باب الشعرية Journalist, correspondent, author | @ARDKairo, @Weltreporter | Private Account. Reposts not always endorsed
Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org | NYU Law RCLS Sr. Fellow | Berkeley Law | Former National Security Council Deputy Legal Adviser, White House Associate Counsel & Special Assistant to the President (Obama) | Former State Department
Tech for Palestine @techforpalestine.org We are an incubator for pro-Palestine advocacy projects. Completely free mentorship, volunteer pool, and marketing support to help you scale.
https://linktr.ee/techforpalestine
Yahia Shawkat @abubatatis.bsky.social Housing strategist and policy analyst :: Built Environment Observatory :: Egypt's Housing Crisis (AUC Press 2020)
marsadomran.info/en
Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social AI + emerging tech + epistemic resilience; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes, https://www.samgregory.info, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster. Former Executive Director WITNESS.
Dr Brianna Rosen @briannarosen.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director, AI and Emerging Tech Initiative at Just Security | Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford | Formerly White House NSC
Website: www.drbriannarosen.com
Lindsay Palmer @lindsaypalmer.bsky.social Professor at UW-Madison. I’m an antiracist, white cis woman who’s pansexual and a trans ally. I study press freedom and international news from a decolonial and feminist perspective. Author of The Fixers: the Underground Labor of International Reporting.
Ahmed Naji @ahmednaji.bsky.social Writer, Novelist, Documentary Filmmakers, Criminal, ex-journalist. More about his crimes:
http://linktr.ee/anaji
ahmednaji.net
Summer Lopez @selopez.bsky.social Chief Program Officer, Free Expression @PENAmerica | Former USAID | she/her | Views my own.
Maja Sever @majasever.bsky.social Journalist, trade unionist, president of the European Federation of Journalists.
Ilaria Fevola @ilariafevola.bsky.social Lawyer working on #frespeech #transparency #ATI #mediafreedom #environment. LL.M #HumanRights. #Italian in #London. Yogini
Free Press Unlimited (FPU) @freepressunlimited.bsky.social We protect #pressfreedom and the safety of #journalists with over 300 in-country and regional media partners worldwide. Together we make independent news and information available to everyone. Because people deserve to know.
freepressunlimited.org
Forbidden Stories @forbidden-stories.bsky.social We are a collaborative journalism network devoted to pursuing the work of silenced reporters around the world.
https://forbiddenstories.org/
Nieman Reports @niemanreports.org A publication of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nieman Reports covers thought leadership in journalism—winner of the Bart Richards Media Criticism Award and Mirror Awards.
https://niemanreports.org/
Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press Protecting, defending public interest journalism in the 21st century.
Donate: freedom.press/donate
Subscribe to our ne🦋sletters: https://freedom.press/newsletters/
Staff, board members and allies in our Starter Packs.
More: linktr.ee/freedomofpress
Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social Monitoring the press, tracking the evolving media business & encouraging excellence in journalism since 1961.
Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Silvia Chocarro @silviachocarro.bsky.social #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom #JournoSafe #HRDsProtection #InfoIntegrity. Now, Head of Civic Space at UN Human Rights office - Sudan.
Previously, ARTICLE 19, IFEX, UNESCO, MFC-CN cochair & RFI. Univ Sheffield’s CFOM member. #PhD in Journalism
David Pettinicchio @dnpetti.bsky.social Associate Professor/Associate Grad Chair Sociology/ Munk School @University of Toronto. Instagram @dn.petti
Kaoutar Ghilani @kaoutarghi.bsky.social Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
Language politics | Nation-building | Public sphere | Knowledge production
Maghreb | Middle East
PhD @ox.ac.uk | Former EUME Fellow
Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.com 
Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social Ras Beiruti journalist & writer
Senior Reporter in Beirut, Al Jazeera English
Non resident fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy '25-'26
Journalist-in-residence, Orient-Institut Beirut '25
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com SVP, Strategy & Operations. Building products, growing audiences and driving revenue. Previously TIME and VICE News. Posting about media, technology and AI.
Website: https://tylerborchers.com/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tylerborchers/
Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social Politics Editor @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Osama Al-sayyad @alsayyad.bsky.social Investigative Journalist among other things. Operations Manager @arabifactshub.bsky.social
CO-founder& Editor-in-Chief @path14official.bsky.social💡✍️
Halem Henish @halemhenish.bsky.social 
Mike Amitay @mikeamitay.bsky.social On this rock for shits, giggles and fighting fascism
DrDrewMikhael @drdrewmikhael.bsky.social Practitioner, writer & commentator on conflict, displacement & peacebuilding.
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din @ezz-eldin.bsky.social Urban researcher, founder of Diwan Al-Omran for Urban Studies, and a student at Sorbonne University.
Mohamed El Baqer محمد الباقر @mohamedelbaqer.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer / Consultant
Mostafa Al-A'sar | مصطفى الأعصر @mostafaalasar.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @REDWORD.ca | JHR/The Walrus contributing writer | journalist | Writer | Researcher | Filmmaker | HRD | Ex-Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE)/MasseyCollege Journalism Fellow | Ex-Fellow @TimepDC
Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW • she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea