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
DuckRabbit @duckrabbitpro.bsky.social Activism & thinking too much about stuff…
He/Him/His #Gutmensch & proud of it
Occasional Comic/Art/Teacher
Anonymous because neonazis end up threatening my family. From Belgium.
AuDHD / Chronic Backpain
Zionists & MAGAts can fuck off!
Free Palestine
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social Stay alive another week
patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Emma Heaney @riislover667.bsky.social
matt @mattxiv.bsky.social no elon! yippee
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Johan Terryn @johanterryn.bsky.social Psychonaut op Podium Podcast en papier. Lachen waar het jeukt.
Coach en Spreker
Schrijf je in op de nieuwsbrief: www.johanterryn.com
https://linktr.ee/johanterryn
Steven Van de Walle @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social Professor, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute. Public services, public management, public sector reform, public sector innovation http://www.instituutvoordeoverheid.be
https://pioneer-master.eu/ - MSc Public Sector Innovation & eGovernance
Ben Derudder @bdrudder.bsky.social Professor Urban Studies KU Leuven, Director KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute, Special Issues Editor Regional Studies, 🏔️🚵🏻
Marc Hooghe @marchooghe.bsky.social Molokai
Dieter Stiers @dieterstiers.bsky.social Post-doctoral researcher in political science at KU Leuven (Belgium). Studying voters, parties, and public opinion.
Giselinde Kuipers @giselinde.bsky.social Sociologist studying frivolous things and their serious consequences
Work: KU Leuven(BE)
Home: Utrecht(NL)
If you don't understand what I write it's probably Dutch.
More on my ERC project: sociologyofbeauty.eu
Meer over Lelijke Mooie Wereld: dasmag.nl
Thomas Balbach @balbach.bsky.social Science fiction & coffee lover. PhD candidate at KU Leuven researching public procurement.
Evrim Tan @evrimtan.bsky.social Political scientist- public administration, emerging technologies, blockchain, AI, decentralization- E Ellen Claes @ellclaes.bsky.social
Michaël Opgenhaffen @michaelopgenhaffen.bsky.social Professor at University of Leuven (KU Leuven) // Digital news and journalism // Affiliated U. of Leiden // supporter of SK Beveren.
Tim Smits @timsmitstim.bsky.social Full professor of persuasion and marketing communication, Leuven university @miplab.bsky.social Research on food communication. Vice dean of education
Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social Socio-Cultural Anthropologist, Critical Thinker/Teacher/Speaker, Creative Writer, Problem Solver
Polycrisis/global challenges/planetary health/environmental humanities/endurance/wisdom/imaginaries/mobility/anthropology
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-2977
Dr. Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher @HIVA @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
Working on Trust | Social Policy | Inequality | Democratic Engagement 🤿
Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social PhD’ing @KU Leuven // Cleavage theory, voting behaviour & political sociology // 🇧🇪 politics
Kiflie W. Angaw @kiflie.bsky.social KU Leuven | Public Governance Institute | Researcher
#PublicAdmnPolicyTraining #PolicyCapacity #PolicyAdvisory #ExecutivePolitics
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2GVZxaAAAAAJ&hl=en
Laura @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social Professor @ Media Psychology Lab KU Leuven 🧑🎓
Gilles Pittoors @gillespittoors.bsky.social Lecturer @ KU Leuven | Research Fellow @ GASPAR UGent | formerly EPRS, RUG & ULB | working on multi-level & transnational politics in the EU | history enthusiast | active in teaching politics & qualitative methods | 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social Postdoc at KU Leuven @mediapsychologylab • Affiliated Harvard @weatherheadcenter • media, youth, mental health, social inequalities, CSS www.lucacarbone.com
Janne Petroons @jannepetroons.bsky.social PhD researcher @KU Leuven | AI & algorithmic systems in the welfare state | Empirical legal studies | Digital Public Policy
Luuc Brans @luuc.bsky.social Fulbright Scholar at Columbia / FWO Postdoc sociology KU Leuven
Researching politics of climate crisis in culture, esp in fashion
🏡NYC - Bruxelles - Amsterdam
🔗www.luucbrans.eu
Steven Van Wolputte @stevenvanwolputte.bsky.social Social and cultural anthropologist with a focus on southern Africa, anthropology of life emerging, graphic anthropology. And comics.
KU Leuven Instituut voor de Overheid-Public Governance Institute @io-pgi-kuleuven.bsky.social Public Governance Institute (PGI) // Instituut voor de Overheid (IO) //
Faculty of Social Sciences at KU Leuven, Belgium
👉 Research, education, lifelong learning & public governance advice
🌍 www.instituutvoordeoverheid.be
Lien Jansen @lienjansen.bsky.social PhD Researcher European Politics, European Parliament & Enlargement @KULeuven
https://soc.kuleuven.be/io/personeel/staf/00157921
Karin Hannes @karinhannes.bsky.social Karin Hannes, (pr)academic, always seeking for answers, seldom pleased with the ones found. Chaotic in nature, smart enough to hide it. Creative methodologist. Walks the thin line between art and science, most of her time with significant others.
Steven Van Hecke @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social Europe | Politics | KU Leuven
→ https://soc.kuleuven.be/io/stevenvanhecke
→ https://shop.acco.be/nl-be/items/9789033402074/Het-kantelende-continent
Ria Laenen @rialaenen.bsky.social Area studies expertise on Russia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia | International Relations & Geopolitics | Academic internationalisation @kuleuven Social Sciences | Alumna @kuleuven @UCL SSEES
Auteur van Een heel klein beetje vrede (2025) @owlpress
Baldwin Van Gorp @baldwinvangorp.bsky.social Full professor journalism & communication; director Media, Information & Persuasion Lab KU Leuven; comics lover; TEDx speaker; book author
Leen d’Haenens @leendhaenens.bsky.social Professor Communication Science KU Leuven, Head Media Culture & Policy Lab, editor Communications.The European J of Communication Research, member Euromedia Research Group
Ans De Nolf @ansdenolf.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Media Culture & Policy Lab, KU Leuven
📚 Dissertation on Islamophobia in Belgium Loading ...
Kristof Vrancken @kristofvrancken.bsky.social Researcher, Visual Artist and Assistant Professor @ LUCA School of Arts and KU Leuven (Communication Sciences: Media Culture & Policy Lab)
Lise-Lore Steeman @lise-loresteeman.bsky.social PhD researcher Communication Science, KU Leuven I Interested in media portrayal of underrepresented groups and communication campaigns
Cato Waeterloos @catowaeterloos.bsky.social Assistant Professor Digitalization and Communication Sciences at School of Social Sciences UHasselt | Researching digital and social media, political engagement, democracy, youth | she/her
Bieke Zaman @biekezaman.bsky.social Professor of Digital Media + Human-Computer Interaction | Director of the KU Leuven Digital Society Institute
Researching how we shape digital media & how digital media shape us. | Interests: video gaming, gambling, children, participatory design, art
Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social Communication scientist investigating digitalization in youth's development 📱
✔️Guest Professor @University of Antwerp
✔️Postdoc @SEA Lab of UNC, Dep of Psych & Neuroscience
✔️Affiliated to Media Psychology Lab of KU Leuven
https://chellymaes.com
Jolien Trekels @jolientrekels.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Literacy @univie.ac.at ; previously postdoc @DSNLab @UNCPsych 🧠🔗 | research: adolescent development and well-being in a digitalized society 📱✨ | she/her | #AcademicMom
Anaëlle Gonzalez @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social French Political psychologist + Postdoctoral researcher at the @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social (KU Leuven) | Teens, (social) media use, influencers, politics and morality | Poetry lover & dog mom
www.anaellegonzalez.com
@sabinevandenplas.bsky.social @sabinevandenplas.bsky.social
Brahim Zarouali @bzar.bsky.social Assistant Professor at KU Leuven // Communication, Digital Media & Society // Associate Editor BIT // Member of The Young Academy of Belgium
@sofiemarien.bsky.social @sofiemarien.bsky.social
Hanne Luyten @hanneluyten.bsky.social 📒 auteur & uitgever bij Uitgeverij Het Hannekesnest
⚡️ altijd overprikkeld, altijd op zoek naar prikkels
❌ treuzelen, met sokken in iets nat stappen en alle wiskunde boven het getal 10
📍 Lierlover
Nina Mouton @ninamouton.bsky.social Impactvolle inzichten
No-nonsense MILDHEID
Warme ZELFZORG
Auteur bestsellers ‘mild ouderschap’ en ‘zelfzorg is het begin van alles’.
Psycholoog, psychotherapeut, docent, Keynote spreker.
Siggie San @siggiesan.bsky.social
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Hanne Lemmens @hannelemmens.bsky.social Auteur van ‘Saus is de beste saus’ en ‘Oost west saus best’ en copywriter 📷 Miette L. Thieren
Hafsa Hopsasa @hafsahopsasa.bsky.social 💚 Schepen in #Gent
✒️ Schrijft wel eens met ironische pen
☕️ Heeft iets met goeie koffie
Dany Neudt @danyneudt.bsky.social Historicus. Gewone mensen in buitengewoon verzet. Oprichter vzw #heldenvanhetverzet en co-coördinator leerstoel #sporenvanhetverzet aan VUB.
www.heldenvanhetverzet.be
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Sarah Bracke @antigonesdream.bsky.social Professor of Sociology of Gender and Sexuality, University of Amsterdam | NWO VICI EnGendering Europe's 'Muslim Question' | Latest book: The Politics of Replacement https://tinyurl.com/5y6f6cbd
Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social Historicus - docent Universiteit Leiden & NIMAR
“This will end in tears” - Violet Crawley
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Nathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com Social media networks and social norms, freshly minted PhD from Brussels University (VUB). Belgian living in Barcelona, internet night crawler, STS
Annelien de Dijn @adedijn.bsky.social Intellectual historian. Author of FREEDOM: AN UNRULY HISTORY (HUP, 2020) and RETHINKING LIBERTY BEFORE LIBERALISM (ed. with Hannah Dawson) (CUP, 2022).
Daniel Zamora @dzamorav.bsky.social Professor of sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Work on intellectual history, inequality, poverty and economic thought.
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
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 👋
Jacobin Nederland @jacobinnl.bsky.social Een andere wereld is mogelijk. Zelfs in Nederland.
Jacobin is hét socialistische tijdschrift van het linker halfrond - online en op papier.
Lees op: http://jacobin.nl
Word abonnee: https://jacobin.nl/abonneer/
New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social Left-wing journal of ideas covering world politics, global economy, movements, theory, history, culture and more.
Website: https://newleftreview.org
Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social Professor of Dutch Politics at Leiden University | Extremism, populism, radicalism scholar | Board member IISG Amsterdam and Wiardi Beckman Foundation | Allotmenteer | Zeeuws meisje |
Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social Historical Materialism is the leading journal of critical Marxist theory and research. Based at the University of London, published by De Gruyter Brill, appearing quarterly.
https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
haymarketbooks.org
Follow the Money @ftm.nl Follow the Money is een platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek met een glashelder doel: waarheidsvinding in dienst van de samenleving. https://ftm.nl
Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the world.
plutobooks.com
Merijn Oudenampsen @merijnoudenampsen.org Politicoloog at UvA. Book on Dutch neoliberal turn out now with Verso. Columns @DeGroene. Boek ‘De aanval op de linkse elite’, verschijnt binnenkort bij Boom. ‘Oh god, deze man, hou op! Deze Oudenampsen is een dwaas.’ - Frits Bolkestein
Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social Al Quds News Network (AQNN) — Independent, credible, and comprehensive news coverage from Jerusalem, Palestine, the Middle East, and the world.
‼️Join us: https://t.me/AlQudsNewsNetwork
Democracy Now! @democracynow.org Independent, daily global news hour.
Support our work: http://democracynow.org/donate
Daily News Digest: http://democracynow.org/subscribe
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
Tivadar Vervoort @tivadarvervoort.net Critical theory and political philosophy
Now: DAAD visiting postdoc @ FU Berlin
Berlin ˘ Brussels ˘ Amsterdam
Managing editor @krisisjournal.bsky.social
Website: tivadarvervoort.net
¡No pasarán!
Ruben G.L. Wissing-Blauwblomme @belgianrefugee.bsky.social refugee protection, international law, critical legal studies, migration, multidisciplinarity @MigrationLawResearchGroup UGent (BE) / father of daughters, BXL, Vorstenaar uit Kortrijk, Union & KVK / NANSEN, Globe Aroma, Needcompany, Brutopia
Maarten Hermans @mhermans.net Sociologist, researcher, member @denktankminerva.be & @brispo-vub.bsky.social: labour relations, quality of work & open source data analysis.
Vincent Scheltiens Ortigosa @vschelti.bsky.social Contemporary history. Belgium /Spain
omnia sunt communia @dcrsthms.bsky.social
Leo Lucassen @leol.bsky.social Research Fellow (and former Director) of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. Emeritus professor in Global Labour and Migration History at Leiden University. My main interest is social and migration history.
Minister van Agitatie @minvanagitatie.bsky.social • art & politics, preferably at the same time and place
• working at:
- SAAMO (community building)
- Het Groot Ongelijk (coöperatief weikcafé)
- bedenkelijke zelfstandige
website: www.ministerievanagitatie.be
blog: www.antistaatsblad.wordpress.com
Matthias Lievens @matthiaslievens.bsky.social Associate professor, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven. Working on Sartre's social and political philosophy.
An Van Raemdonck @anvanraemdonck.bsky.social Anthropologist/Arabist, Postdoc Ghent University, Islam/religion/secularism
Islam, Ethics and Diversity (IED Network)
DiGeSt Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies
Wim Weymans @wimweymans.bsky.social Political theorist & intellectual historian | Democracy, French theory (esp. Lefort and his circle), European values | Visiting Lecturer (UCLouvain) | Former @values4eu.bsky.social |🎵| En | De | Nl | Fr | https://sites.google.com/site/wimweym/
Ben Van Alboom @fakerholic.bsky.social Freelance Arts & Pleasure Administrator. He/him. Inspirational quote: “My favorite sport is cheerleading.” (Miley Cyrus)
Ilse Hackethal @hackethalilse.bsky.social Strijdvaardig tegen structureel onrecht. Gepassioneerd bezig met de stedelijke samenleving.
Politiek is van ons allemaal.
Thomas Willekens @thomaswillekens.bsky.social Beleidsmedewerker bij Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen - posts in eigen naam
De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl De Groene Amsterdammer is sinds 1877 baken van vrijzinnige meningsvorming op het gebied van politiek, maatschappij, cultuur en literatuur. Lees verder op groene.nl
@marnixbeyen.bsky.social @marnixbeyen.bsky.social Teaches modern political history at University of Antwerp. Studies the history of nationalism, parliamentary culture, reactions to occupations during the First and Second World Wars, colonialism, etc. Keen interest in the Balkans.
Bas Heijne @basheijne.bsky.social Schrijver. Versch: Voor de democratie, een essay van mij over liefde voor de democratie in barre tijden, nav de beroemde rede van Pericles over de Atheense democratie. En: inleiding Huxleys De tijd van de oligarchen (Prometheus, 2026)
Denktank Minerva @denktankminerva.be Denktank Minerva | Progressief & onafhankelijk onderzoeksinstituut
📊 Onderzoek voor een rechtvaardige toekomst
🤝 Wetenschappers, beleidsmakers, journalisten & meer
📢 Onderbouwde analyses, scherpe opinies & actuele inzichten
🌐 Meer op denktankminerva.be
Naima Charkaoui @naimacharkaoui.bsky.social Rechtvaardigheid - gelijkheid - mensenrechten
auteur #racisme en #opengrenzenmanifest
directeur beleid bij 11.11.11
(posts in eigen naam)
Pieter Van Maele @pvmaele.bsky.social Journalist De Standaard | http://standaard.be | #Suriname #Brussel
Kris Peeters @deanderekris.bsky.social Lector verkeerskunde Hogeschool PXL, auteur van o.m. 'Weg van het systeem" en "De file voorbij". Politicoloog, antropoloog, verkeerskundige.
Mobiliteitsblog deanderekris
Boubout Yassine @bouboutyassine.bsky.social Humanitarian based in Yemen
MA in Law
Trolls troller
@aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social Follow @aljazeera.com for Al Jazeera English content. This account is affiliated with Al Jazeera English but is not yet active.
Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net For 20 years, Mondoweiss has covered the powers that sustain Israeli apartheid – and how people resist it, from Palestine to the U.S.
Banner: Palestinian children with a donkey cart on the beach in Gaza before the Israeli genocide.
https://mondoweiss.net