António Sanches @ajfreiresanches.bsky.social PhD Candidate in History, Security Studies and Defense at ISCTE-IUL (Portugal)
Nuclear Strategy|Military Operations & Innovation|Grand Strategy|Neoclassical Realism
Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social International political economy, politics, sports, and vibes. MSP local.
Sam Lair @slair.bsky.social Fellow at FPRI | MIIS NPTS '24 | RTs/views my own etc. Also @sam_lair on Twitter
Dr. Tara Drozdenko @tdrozdenko.bsky.social Director, Global Security Program @Union of Concerned Scientists. Working to reduce the risk of nuclear war, address the injustice and harm done by nuclear weapons, and move us closer to a world free from nuclear weapons. Oxford Comma enthusiast.
Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social Research centre based within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Formerly International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) & Centre for Grand Strategy (CGS). RTs ≠ endorsements.
Pei-Yu Wei @peiyuwei.bsky.social Post-Doc (Dickey Center, Dartmouth College) | Duke PhD | economic sanctions, security, foreign policy, methods and gender
peiyuwei.com
Lori Wallach @wallachlori.bsky.social Director @ Rethink Trade | #WTO #NAFTA #ISDS #supplychainmess 💗 trade justice 🚫 hyperglobalization, corporate-rigged trade deals, Big Tech monopolies | www.rethinktrade.org
Attorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us Official Bluesky account of the Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Helping people afford their lives and live with dignity, safety & respect. | ag.state.mn.us
Sign up for our Substack: affordingyourlife.substack.com
Commissioner Marion Greene @hennepin3.bsky.social Representing Downtown, Southwest Minneapolis and Saint Louis Park on the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill.
Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
Political liberal, hoop reactionary.
Posting goodreads reviews regularly.
Regime Mechanics: The Authoritarian Playbook @regimemechanics.bsky.social Political scientist specializing in hybrid regimes and democratic backsliding. PhD, postdoc at University of Cologne, — writing at Regime Mechanics. https://regimemechanics.substack.com/
ECFR @ecfr.eu European Council on Foreign Relations: the only pan-European think-tank. We foster coalitions for change and promote debate on Europe's global role.
Erin Dumbacher @dumbacher.bsky.social International security & technology | Views are just mine and are often about defense tech, nuclear weapons, space policy, NATO, and good design.
Centre for Nuclear Strategy and Security @kclcnss.bsky.social The Centre for Nuclear Strategy and Security (CNSS) is an interdisciplinary research & teaching group focusing on nuclear weapons and international security. Part of @WarStudies @KingsCollegeLondon
Foreign Policy Research Institute @fpri.bsky.social Nonpartisan foreign policy think tank. Join the conversation: https://fpriinsights.substack.com/
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
Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social Once inspired the NYT Science Times to "try harder.” Now I post about my cats from my perch in the Witch District of Minneapolis. she/her
Stop an ICE-inflicted eviction: https://givebutter.com/corcoran-neighbor-fund-2026
Salena @salena.bsky.social Minnesotan, mom of 3, Senate DFL staff.
Metro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social Metro Transit is a leading transportation resource for the Twin Cities, offering an integrated network of buses, light rail, microtransit, and carpool resources. https://www.metrotransit.org
Sebastian Brixey-Williams @sebbw.bsky.social Executive Director, BASIC | The British American Security Information Council
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
Omer F. Orsun @omerorsun.bsky.social Political Scientist at NYU Abu Dhabi | Interested in international security and machine learning
Ryan Evans @ryanevans.bsky.social Founder, War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com) and Bedrock Knowledge (thebedrock.co). Opinions are my own. I'm not a journalist so please don't mistake me for one.
Malik @thediscostew.bsky.social Minnesota. Hotdish socialism proponent. I’m designer.
#HigherEd
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social Armchair phrenologist. Self-certified body language expert. MENSA member. Former Never-Ending Pasta Pass Owner. Intellectual. Gifted kid —> Gifted adult. RIP Seattle Sea Dragons. Vai Corinthians. Bluesky’s premier Seven Mary Three poster.
Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social PhD in literature
Owner of Black Hart of St Paul
Cofounder Minnesota Aurora
St Pauli Peace Prize Award Winner
Chris Hine @christopherhine.bsky.social 76ers writer for Philadelphia Inquirer. Author of “Ant,” a biography of Anthony Edwards, out NOW via HarperCollins. Previous: 8 seasons as Timberwolves writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune.
Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press proprietor, Soraya [dot] Press | subscribe 👉🏽 soraya.press
📍Brooklyn
Sam Ratner @samratner.bsky.social Policy director at Win Without War, working to enact a more just and progressive US foreign policy. Formerly @ACLEDINFO and @ZitamarNews. He/him. Views my own.
Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
Tips: matthew@404media.co // signal: 347 762-9212 
Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said.
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr
https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
Sara Plana @saraplana.bsky.social Defense strategy, security cooperation, conduct of warfare, proxy war, & civil-military relations. Past: Biden-Harris admin | @perryworldhouse.bsky.social | @belfercenter.bsky.social. PhD @ssp-mit.bsky.social. Usually on Cuban time. Personal account.
Christina Ewig @christinaewig.bsky.social Professor of Public Affairs and Director of Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy at the University of MN. Gender and Politics. Latin American Politics. 
Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social Minneapolitan. Occasionally lawyerly. Union member and supporter. LGBTQIA+ supporter. She/her.
PFP alt text: a pale woman with red hair sips from a straw in a cup. Her hair is in a high side pony, and she’s wearing goldy gopher sunglasses.
Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social 
madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social reporter @ minnesota reformer covering immigration and more. posting about sports sometimes too. texan in st. paul. eng/esp
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
Support my work at: https://substack.com/@chadbourn
Buy Me A Coffee: coff.ee/chadbourn
Mike Tierney @miketierneyir.bsky.social Director William & Mary's Global Research Institute | Prof. of International Relations | TRIP Survey (Bridging Academic-Policy Gap) | AidData (China's Development Finance) | International Organizations | Beer | Miami Dolphins https://mjtierney.weebly.com
Thomas Diez @thomasdiez.bsky.social University of Tübingen professor interested in EU, Cyprus, Turkey, climate change, security, discourse, and all things IR. Love travel, nice hotels and good food. 
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) | CEPA’s mission is to ensure a strong and democratic transatlantic alliance for future generations. Media inquiries: press@cepa.org
Ali A. Isse @issemehdi.bsky.social 𝕻𝖍.𝕯. 𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊 | 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚢 & 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 @Princeton.edu | 𝐍𝐒𝐏 𝕱𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜 @Yale.edu|𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜: 𝚆𝚊𝚛 • 𝚆𝙼𝙳 • 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚖 • 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 |
𝖂𝖊𝖇𝖘𝖎𝖙𝖊: https://𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖊.𝖈𝖔𝖒/
Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social Editor-at-large, World Politics Review. Spent more than a year in Provence. Used to be an American in Paris. Currently bringing coal to Newcastle.
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/
@wpr.bsky.social
Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social The Centre for European Reform (CER) is an award winning think-tank, devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU.
London, Brussels, Berlin
Website: www.cer.eu
Podcast: soundcloud.com/cer_london/ Spotify: https://buff.ly/7aKvyUs
Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
Senior Fellow, National Security Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
Signal: gbrockell.44
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Richard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social now consulting at Gallatin Advisory, instructor @HarvardChanSPH, author of Second Rough Draft on Substack; former president of ProPublica
meshm @meshm.bsky.social Minneapolis-based tinkerer. Making computers do science at the University of Minnesota. Into bikes, city infrastructure, and local politics
Michael Allen @ma-allen.com IR Scholar Professor• War, US Foreign Policy, Basing, Troop Deployments, Data, and Political Economy • @boisestate • International Relations • SciFi • Gaming • www.ma-allen.com • https://tinyurl.com/GoogleScholarAllen
CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program @erep.csis.org The CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program produces forward-looking analyses on transatlantic relations & political developments across Europe, Russia, & Eurasia.
Scott Wolford @thescottwolford.bsky.social Professor of Government, UT Austin // Co-director, Correlates of War Project @correlatesofwar.bsky.social // IR, war, game theory, beer snobbery, rock music, Dune references
Tom Scotto @tjscotto.bsky.social A political scientist and Head of the Department of Government and Public Policy at Strathclyde focused on public opinion and foreign policy and when he's not academicing, golf!
PRIF @prif.org PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt //
PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Impressum: http://bit.ly/2zfZdpm
CNTR | Arms Control Research @cntrarmscontrol.org This is the Cluster for Natural and Technical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR) | Based @prif.org, @tuda.bsky.social and @jlugiessen.bsky.social | With funding from @diplo.de
https://www.cntrarmscontrol.org/
Sheila Regan @sheilaregan.bsky.social Freelance writer. Arts columnist at MinnPost and classical music critic at the Pioneer Press. Based in Minneapolis. linktr.ee/sheilaregan
Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com Parent & safe streets advocate 🚲🚶🏻🚌
Founder of the @mcbl.bike
League Certified Cycling Instructor
Minneapolis, MN
lauragmitchell.com
Nick Benson @ottergoose.net Currently: hyper-fixated on the aviation angle of ICE’s mass detention apparatus.
Generally: nerding out over geography, weather, politics, and photography of Minnesota's railroad and aviation scene. Chief AvGeek at @JetTip.net.
📍 Burnsville, Minnesota
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Mikhail Farhath-Kupriyanov @mikkupriyanov.bsky.social PhD student - Russia, identity, nukes and irreversibility. Associate teaching fellow & GTA @uniyorkpolitics. 1/2 Russian, 1/2 Ukrainian. he/him
Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social A leading institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, located in the heart of International Geneva.
🌍️ www.graduateinstitute.ch
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Tony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social B+ dad, NE MPLS resident, and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Sports: Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Marquette
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social Antifascist. Midwesterner. Minneapolis/St. Paul. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth. Abolish ICE.
Minnesota Aurora FC @mnaurorafc.bsky.social Minnesota's community-owned women's soccer team. 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 Heartland Division Champions.
2025 & 2026 Central Conference Champions.
bit.ly/m/mnaurorafc
Mischief Toy Store @mischieftoy.com Saint Paul’s Toy Store. Find us in the real world at 818 Grand Ave or http://MischiefToy.com. Play & be ungovernable.
Moon Palace Books @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social more books than before
Armed Forces & Society Journal @afssage.bsky.social Armed Forces & Society, a quarterly international journal #CivMil, #War & #Peace #Veterans
Follow for latest publications!
journals.sagepub.com/home/afs
Peter DiCampo @peterdicampo.bsky.social Visuals Editor @ProPublica.org working mostly on our collaborations with local newsrooms across the country.
Cofounder of The Everyday Projects.
@jskstanford.bsky.social alum.
Journalism, photography, metal, comic books, etc.
MSP based.
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social Prof of English, Washington State U. Narrative theory, psychoanalysis, environmental humanities, humanism in a dehumanizing age. Minor character in Baseball Prospectus extended universe. Yes, that is a moose in my backyard.
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV
Isaac Stanley-Becker @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social Staff writer at the Atlantic and author of Europe without Borders: A History.
Contact me at isaac@theatlantic.com or on Signal at isaacstanleybecker.48
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security.
Tips? Signal: NickMiroff.78
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
@laurayuen.bsky.social @laurayuen.bsky.social 
Nancy Yang @nyang.bsky.social Senior editor for audience engagement at @startribune.com. Nap advocate. Send me your k-drama recs. Always looking for spicy food. She/her.
David Brauer @dbrauer.net Former journalist, long-time Minneapolitan, curator of Uptown’s borders and chief rememberer, Halloween Blizzard of 1991. Amplifier & participant in the Minnesota Resistance.
Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social Professor, sociologist, criminologist, TheSocietyPages editor. Nerdy but sturdy. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8c95RVAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Mara Abolish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social Umbraphile. Vaccine enthusiast. Mpls. Interested in police abolition, immigrants rights, MPS and mutual aid.
She/her.
Trans rights are human rights.
Xer Mom to 2.
Free Palestine.
Bluesky joiner #442,075
Canadian.
Posting my way through it.
Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social Infectious Disease doc and clinical researcher; runner, biker, liberal, gardener, hiker, and canoer. Professor @U of MN; Minneapolis __ ID. All posts my own. #BLM #abolishbillionaires
Joy Summers @joysummers.bsky.social Food reporter for the Star Tribune. Sporter of mondo sassy pants.
Abby Simons @abbysimons.bsky.social Public Safety Editor, Minnesota Star Tribune
Star Tribune Going Out @stribgoingout.startribune.com We are Going Out, the Minnesota Star Tribune's guide to the best food, drink, concerts, theater and culture 🕺 we have fun here
Walker Orenstein @walkerorenstein.bsky.social Reporter for the Star Tribune covering energy. From St. Paul, but a Washington Husky. Email: walker.orenstein@startribune.com
Katy Read @katyread.bsky.social journalist of some kind @startribune.com, also essayist @salon.com, @riverteeth.bsky.social, @dintywmoore.bsky.social etc.
Chris Riemenschneider @chrisrstrib.bsky.social Minnesota Star Tribune music scribe
Chloe Johnson @chloeajohnson.bsky.social I write about health and the environment at the Minnesota Star Tribune. DM for signal or tell me your story at: chloe.johnson@startribune.com
Emily Hood @emilyhood.bsky.social analytics, search and news product things for @startribune.com
Josie Albertson-Grove @josieagrove.bsky.social Decorator of fish wrap and birdcage liner. Writing about St. Paul for the Star Tribune. Questions and complaints to josie.grove@startribune.com
Christa Lawler @christalawler.bsky.social Duluth based reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune, writing about the Duluthiest place I've ever lived. I might write about the Blatnik Bridge; I might write about hockey. WHO KNOWS. 
amanda anderson @itsamanada.bsky.social 📹 video journalist ➡️ @startribune.com | putting gopro's on people's heads since 2006.
Ashley Miller @amreports.bsky.social Professional Minneapolis enthusiast. Won a Pulitzer once. She/her.
Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social Probably down a research rabbit hole.
📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy