Nayantara Narayanan @nayantaran.bsky.social Associate editor, @himalmag.bsky.social
Podcast: State of Southasia https://open.spotify.com/show/5sqrilJhOSzsFuhKbwR8cM
Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk Author, parliamentary sketchwriter and co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. Books about chaotic detectives, sneaky spies, and misleading words.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
Guy Walters @guywalters.bsky.social Historian, hack, presenter, runner.
Sometimes wears dodgy trousers.
guy@guywalters.com
Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social Oh God What Now & More Jam Tomorrow; writer, reviewer (TV & books), editor; author, The Future of Trust (Melville House)
‘The most calming voice in the podcast world’
https://rostaylor.me
https://morejamtomorrow.com
https://rostaylor240051.substack.com
Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social The real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics. A podcast with Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt.
http://patreon.com/originstorypod
https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
Produced by Podmasters
Tom Holland @holland-tom.bsky.social New translation of Suetonius out in February! Dinosaur enthusiast. ‘A leading English cricketer’ - The Times. Podcast: theresthistory.bsky.social
The Rest Is History @theresthistory.bsky.social History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
From Goalhanger Podcasts
Raj Rana @rajrana.bsky.social | Peace + Human Rights Advisor | Swiss Embassy Myanmar | @SwissMFA + @SwissPeaceHR | Eclectic views all mine |
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social 🏴 Race nerd, rights bore, writer (various). Read something here: www.tzemingmok.com
Opinions only my own, you can't have them
Auckland, City of Fails
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Poppy McPherson @poppymcp.bsky.social Southeast Asia investigative and enterprise reporter @Reuters.com. Formerly Yangon, Phnom Penh, London. DMs open for tips, cat pix.
@sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social @sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Dominique D-Lefebvre @domlefebvre.com
@rebeccalroot.bsky.social @rebeccalroot.bsky.social
Dan Carlin @dancarlin.bsky.social Host of Hardcore History. I do other stuff too. Find our (free) irregularity updated newsletter at https://dancarlin.substack.com
Website: www.dancarlin.com
Rodion Ebbighausen @rebbighausen.bsky.social Heading DW's Asia Desk. Focus area mainland Southeast Asia. Trained philosopher. Biết rồi, khổ lắm, nói mãi!
CSIS Southeast Asia Program @seasia.csis.org The Southeast Asia Program at CSIS is the premier forum for sustained elevated policy dialogue on Southeast Asia and US interests in the region.
Hannah Beech @hkbeech.bsky.social Asia reporter at The New York Times. Noodles, pickles, spice.
@irrawaddynews.bsky.social @irrawaddynews.bsky.social
Ben Small @benjaminsmall.bsky.social Photographer and researcher.
Myanmar.
www.bensmallphoto.com
Joseph Young @josephyoung.bsky.social Journalist who is keeping up to date about what is happening in Myanmar.
Thompson Chau @thomchau.bsky.social Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club Chair | Nikkei Asia Correspondent | Formerly Myanmar, Thailand | Usual caveats
European Union in Myanmar @eumyanmar.bsky.social The European Union Delegation to Myanmar manages this account. linktr.ee/euinmyanmar
Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social A Karen activist. Programme Director at Burma Campaign UK. Author of Little Daughter and Undaunted. Director at Phan Foundation. TED Fellow 2009/ YGL 2010
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) @karenhrg.bsky.social Locally led grassroots human rights organization, established in 1992 & operating in Southeast Burma.
Ward Berenschot @wardb.bsky.social Political anthropologist - studies politics of Indonesia and India - writes about land conflicts between palm oil companies and rural Indonesians. KITLV & University of Amsterdam
Matthew Brunwasser @mbrunwasser.bsky.social Independent journalist based in Southeast Asia covering Myanmar and the region.
https://matthewbrunwasser.com/
Mratt @mrattkthu.bsky.social An exile.
Stephen Campbell @stephen-campbell.bsky.social
Justine Chambers @drjchambers.bsky.social Senior Researcher, anthropologist, at @diisdk exploring revolutionary politics, conflict & climate change in Myanmar. Author of ‘Pursuing Morality’ (2024)
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social The Human Rights Foundation of Monland is a local human rights organization aiming to restore democracy, human rights & genuine peace in Burma.
Gerry Flynn @geraldrflynn.bsky.social Journalist for Mongabay in Bangkok covering SEA
No longer welcome in Cambodia
Proud cat-dad, sucker for lost causes, keen to know all the fresh hell happening in Southeast Asia and beyond
Matteo Piasentini @matpiasentini.bsky.social Senior Lecturer | PhD student in International Relations @UP Diliman | Indo-Pacific | SEAsia | 🇵🇭 Foreign Policy
C4ADS @c4ads.org We're a nonprofit organization with a mission to defeat the illicit networks that threaten global peace and security. RT ≠ endorsement. Learn more at https://c4ads.org/.
Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social Global health security correspondent @telglobalhealth.bsky.social, based in Bangkok, formerly London.
Contact me: sarah.newey@telegraph.co.uk. Or find me elsewhere - @sneweyy
My work: https://sneweyy.squarespace.com/ / https://linktr.ee/neweysnews- D Damon Wake @damonwake.bsky.social Southeast Asia news editor at AFP. Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Formerly Brussels, Paris, Islamabad and Hong Kong.
Blake 🍗 @bldmoo.bsky.social Founding Editor of Ipoh Review, a new quarterly magazine on Asia's transformation. Landing May 2025. Tokyo-based via Singapore and Sydney. Interested in Asia’s foreign policy, defense, history, and politics.
Lucas Stewart @lucastewart.bsky.social Author, editor, short stories. Former literature advisor to the British Council in Myanmar. The People Elsewhere: Unbound Journey's with the Storytellers of Myanmar out with Penguin/Viking. www.sadaik.com
Samuel Spisiak @samuelspisiak.bsky.social Interested in Human Rights & IHRL | Views are my own | Ex OHCHR & Asia Centre | based in Amman
Myanmar in Focus @tnimyanmar.bsky.social Transnational Institute's Myanmar Project.
International research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable planet.
Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social An independent group of international human rights experts working for peace, genuine democracy, justice and accountability in Myanmar.
Billy Ford @billyford.bsky.social Myanmar Program Officer at USIP | Studied Buddhism at Hamilton College and Policy @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social || formerly The Asia Foundation and Myanmar Country Rep @freedomhouse.bsky.social
Hanna Hindstrom @hanna-hindstrom.bsky.social Senior Investigator at Global Witness, focusing on human rights, environmental crimes and climate justice. Previously based in Myanmar and Southeast Asia.
Helen Regan @hcregan.bsky.social Senior reporter for CNN in Hong Kong. Writes about Asia
Oliver Slow @oliver-slow.bsky.social BBC Wales Journalist | Author of Return of the Junta, on #Myanmar military
Jakarta-Yangon-Bangkok-London-Bristol
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/return-of-the-junta-9781350289628/
Yasmin Ullah @yasminjullah.bsky.social Rohingya 🇲🇲, 🇨🇦, poet & activist for human rights, FemiList100-2021, UN Minority Fellow 2023 & Founder of Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network
Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social Public Information Officer with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Views expressed are my own.
Sean Gleeson @seanjgleeson.bsky.social Fiji 🇫🇯. Previously New Delhi, Hong Kong, Yangon, Phnom Penh and Melbourne.
International Campaign for the Rohingya @icrhq.bsky.social Our mission is to advocate and amplify the voice of Rohingya with international organizations, governments, corporations, and civil society.
Tom Allard @tomallard.bsky.social Asia Editor at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.bsky.social. Formerly @reuters.com and @smh. Whippet fancier. Email - tom.allard@occrp.org.
Milk Tea Alliance Myanmar @milkteaalliance.bsky.social
Myanmar Labour News @myanmarlabournews.bsky.social Myanmar Labor News policy is -
To uphold the rule of law needed to improve the social-economic life of the working class in Myanmar.
https://www.myanmarlabournews.com
https://www.facebook.com/myanmarlabournews
Global Witness @globalwitness.org We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back.
Khin Ohmar @khinohmar.bsky.social Founder and Chairperson, Advisory Board @pvamplify.bsky.social, Myanmar human rights research and advocacy organization. progressivevoicemyanmar.org
kohmar.substack.com
Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social A digital archive of Myanmar's hidden stories. We highlight the voices of ordinary people to celebrate diversity and promote heritage preservation. Find us at kite-tales.org.
Cyber Scam Monitor @cyberscammonitor.bsky.social Tracking online scam & gambling operations in Southeast Asia and beyond. Documenting human trafficking & other human rights abuses. Exposing perpetrators. https://cyberscammonitor.net/ / https://cyberscammonitor.substack.com/
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.
Dateline Bangkok @fcctpodcast.bsky.social Welcome to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand Dateline Bangkok podcast 🎥🎙️
Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts 🎧
https://linktr.ee/fcctpodcast
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Making sense of our political hell every Tues and Fri. From Podmasters UK.
Listen: https://linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
Back us: http://patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow
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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social Leading the way in Myanmar news. Sign up for our membership programme at https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/
MoMoXi @moximo.bsky.social Media & Comms | Centering local voices | Views my own |
Clare Hammond @clarammond.bsky.social Critical minerals investigations at Global Witness // Formerly Frontier Myanmar // Book: On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar 📚 out now with Penguin Press
Worst of the New York Times @nytimes.wtf Not affiliated with the New York Times, just a collection of missteps and facepalms. email submissions to nytimeswtf@gmail.com
Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley
repped by Carrie Plitt @FBA
views are all mine 💫
Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social Sitting on the sidelines is for Waldorf and Statler. Promoted by Tim Dexter on behalf of Labour both at 23 Orford Rd E17 9NL.
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
Nihal Arthanayake @therealnihal.bsky.social I wrote a book about the art conversation and I host a podcast for the BBC where I have amazing conversations with fascinating guests.
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.
Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod
Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com
Laurent Bègue Shankland @lbegueshankland.bsky.social Chercheur et professeur d’université en psychologie sociale, directeur de la Maison des Sciences Humaines Alpes (CNRS/Université Grenoble Alpes), auteur ✍️, chargé de la rubrique « un psy au cinéma » pour le magazine Cerveau et Psycho.
Jordan @gordonalexhamptor.bsky.social Burma and Buffalo musings.
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
Wai Wai Nu @waiwainu.bsky.social
Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social Food Systems nut who also happens to be a foodie. Writes Thin Ink, Lead Reporter for Lighthouse Reports, co-founder of Kite Tales Myanmar, founder of Myanmar Now, & former correspondent with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social One of the “coolest women in food” - Stylist magazine (no, they really did say this).
Also writer, author of MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen, tired af.
https://linktr.ee/meemalee
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MandalayBook
Humanitarian Policy Group @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) is dedicated to improving humanitarian policy and practice through a combination of high-quality analysis, dialogue and debate. HPG is part of @odi.global, a leading global affairs think tank.
Website: www.odi.org/hpg
Steve Sandford @sandfordsteve.bsky.social Filming, writing, mostly in Thailand & SE Asia for 2 decades. Co-author - Witness to Genocide : Chasing the Rohingya Crisis in S.E. Asia. (Amazon)
Our worksite - www.tropicalfixer.com
Nasir Uddin @nucubd.bsky.social Anthropologist I Refugee Expert I Author
https://nasiruddinbd.wordpress.com
Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social Now published by the @asianaffairs.bsky.social Royal Society for Asian Affairs, the Asian Review of Books is a dedicated pan-Asia book review publication. Read us at asianreviewofbooks.com
Al Cook @adbcook.bsky.social Welshman. HADR Research Programme Coordinator & Senior Fellow, NTS Centre | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) | Nanyang Technological University | 🇸🇬 | Non-Traditional Security, Humanitarianism, Disasters, Myanmar, ASEAN, Asia-Pacific
The Border Consortium @borderconsortium.bsky.social TBC is the main provider of food, shelter and other forms of support to over 100,000 refugees from Burma/Myanmar living in nine camps in Thailand. TBC also supports recovery and community-driven development in southeastern Myanmar
Noan Sereiboth 🦋 @noansereiboth.bsky.social Freelance Researcher | Specializing in desk-based research | Email me for work: noan.sereiboth@gmail.com | Signal: +855 89 867 556
Buy me a coffee ☕: https://tinyurl.com/2ywmp682
📍Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Focus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social Activist think tank in Asia providing analysis and building alternatives for just social, economic, and political change.
#FOCUSDispatch: http://focusweb.org/subscribe
Lawrence Moss @lawrence-moss.bsky.social International human rights advocate, lawyer, college prof, political leader, adventure traveler, cyclist, art fan.
HRW, Amnesty, PHR alum. NYC Bar rule of law task force, Int’l Affairs Council.
Mark S. Cogan @markscogan.bsky.social - Associate Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies at Kansai Gaidai University
- Senior Associated Research Fellow at @isdp-sweden.bsky.social
- Former #UN in SE Asia, Africa, Middle East
- #Lakers 🏀, #Yankees ⚾️, #ManchesterCity ⚽️
www.markscogan.com
Tan Hui Yee @tanhuiyee.bsky.social Managing editor, Lighthouse Reports
Co-founder, The Gender Beat. Former Indochina Bureau Chief, The Straits Times
https://sg.linkedin.com/in/tan-hui-yee-57296242
Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org Founded by @waiwainu.bsky.social, WPN is a civil society organization working for peace, justice and inclusion of all communities in Myanmar, including women and ethnic and religious minorities.
https://www.womenspeacenetwork.org/
Mongabay @mongabay.com Award-winning nonprofit media outlet publishing global environmental science & news in 8 languages via bureaus in India, Brazil, Africa, Latin America, Indonesia & US: https://mongabay.com
ACLED @acleddata.bsky.social Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) is an independent, impartial, international NGO collecting data on violent conflict and protests globally.