Sebastian Vandermeersch @sebkilli.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Bellingcat focused on conflict & human rights.
Formerly: BBC Verify and CIR. Views are my own.
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.
Decoherence Media @decoherence.media Decoherence Media investigates authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.
Website: https://decoherence.media/
FashyLeaks: https://fashyleaks.com/
Epstein Network: https://epstein.photos/
Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social An ordinary Ukrainian. Soldier of Ukrainian Armed Forces, callsign Liber🫡. @dzygaspaw.com founder - we bring tech to 🇺🇦 Defenders. Former Software guy. Fun dude.
Just a Ukrainian dude fighting Russian invasion.
dzygaspaw.com
Carlos Gonzales @mabl2k.bsky.social Head of Research at Bellingcat
Visual Investigations
Former Open Source Analyst with BBCAfricaEye.
IStories Media @istories.bsky.social Independent newsroom focused on Russia.
Investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine, corruption, and life in the country.
Install our app: onelink.to/istoriesapp
Support our journalism: https://istories.media/en/donations/?utm_source=blsk
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
DanielR @danielr-phd.bsky.social Imaging Physicist
substack.com/@danielrphd
Evident @evidentmedia.org Evident is an Emmy-winning nonprofit news organization for investigative visual journalism. We combine evidence-based research with on-the-ground reporting to shed light on conflict, technology, corruption, and other global issues. | evidentmedia.org
Zach Toombs @zachtoombs.bsky.social Executive Director of @EvidentMedia.org | Documentary producer
Conflict Intelligence Team @cit.ngo https://twitter.com/CITeam_en
https://notes.citeam.org/+dispatches
https://notes.citeam.org/+mobilization-briefs
@ruslanleviev.cit.ngo @ruslanleviev.cit.ngo
Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War and some football.
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
@kriegsforscher.bsky.social @kriegsforscher.bsky.social Private entrepreneur before the full-scale invasion. Ukrainian Marine Corps. UAV company. PP for support: osint4ua@gmail.com
SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social We spread the truth, counter fakes and hostile propaganda, and amplify the voice of society.
Center for Strategic Communications - SPRAVDI.
Centre for Information Resilience @cen4infores.bsky.social Non-profit that exposes human rights & war crimes, counters disinformation, & combats online harms targeting women & minorities.
www.info-res.org
Nezar Jamal @nezarjamal.bsky.social 🗣: knee-czarr. Californian in DC by way of many places; foodie, traveler, and lover of recession pop
Anne Pellegrino @annepellegrino.bsky.social Media programs at Planet 🛰️
Lover of satellite imagery and admirer of digital investigations
Lou @capteurso.bsky.social Investigating things - obsessed with Dimitri Sytyi, Russian pmc, cyber & io, Iran, networks circumventing sanctions
Team 🇫🇷
Research, Investigate and Disrupt with @aeowinpact
Tim Foxley🇺🇦 @timfoxley.bsky.social Independent political/military analyst: mainly Afghanistan. A Brit in Sweden. Keen punk rock guitarist, much less keen marathon runner.
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Сергей Смирнов @sssmirnov.bsky.social Главный редактор "Медиазоны" https://zona.media/ В конце концов ведь мы профессионалы
GeoConfirmed @geoconfirmed.org Map and Investigations = https://geoconfirmed.org/
Managed by volunteers.
You can help us: http://buymeacoffee.com/geoconfirmed
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
ваят @denbib.bsky.social Digital investigator & observer
Human rights | maritime & environmental issues | conflict & arms
Unihemispheric slow-wave sleeper. Orophile. Gscheid & tüchtig. In the good ol' Twitter days aka @bibken.
Black Bird Group @blackbirdgroup.bsky.social @Black_BirdGroup
Finnish OSINT group. Currently following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Don't DM, Email us:
contact@blackbirdgroup.fi
Map:
https://tinyurl.com/BlackbirdMap
Our site:
https://blackbirdgroup.fi/
Travis View @travisview.bsky.social Father. Husband. Tap water goblin. QAnon Anonymous podcast host.
QAnon, conspiracy theories, disinfo, and other signs of the dystopia.
Email: travis @ Qanonanonymous.com
NAFO_trinzu @trinzu.bsky.social A-BOSS at the @defcontribe 🦉/I help KORD.DIU, @luhanskdpsu, 3rd SABr, @GostriKartuzy ,63rd,/ social media manager Fromtline Medics /http://paypal.me/TriinuP
https://linktr.ee/trinzu
Cossackgundi @cossackgundi.bsky.social Aiden Aslin
British national.
Ukrainian marine 2018-2022
Currently in GUR International legion.
https://www.paypal.me/cossackgundi
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev CIR, BBC, Bellingcat.
@subtleknife.bsky.social @subtleknife.bsky.social I'm Subtle Knife / SubtleKnife / subtleknife00 almost everywhere.
The Bellingcat Discord is at http://discord.gg/bellingcat
Use the pronoun picker.
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Gabòr Friesen @gaborfriesen.bsky.social Freelance Open Source Researcher.
Studying Research Architecture @Goldsmiths
Geo-&Chronolocation/3D Modeling/CNNs/Social Media Analysis and Remote Sensing
Previous collaborations: Al Haq, Al Jazeera, Airwars/AFP, Bellingcat, CIR, CNN, The Washington Post.
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com
Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT
"I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social @bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers. Signal: michaelcolborne.01
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Hisham Almiraat @almiraat.bsky.social
Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social Mountains and websites; maps and birds; context collapse. Projects: https://subject.space/. Work: Data, research and technology for investigations @bellingcat.com. Personal account, posts/opinions are my own. New York via Amsterdam and Oregon.
Faine Greenwood @faineg.com civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Necro Mancer @mancer.bsky.social Necromancer (666_mancer) from Twitter official account
a dog with no idea @strannik-1981.bsky.social on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog (c)
Jennifer Smart @jaesmart.bsky.social ✨ she/her 🎥 video editor & animator at Evident Media
👻 horror & fantasy illustrator
👹 this is an ANTI-gen AI zone
👽 portfolio, art accounts & commissions info: bio.site/jennifersmart
✏️ main tags: #art / #fantasyart / #artcommissions
Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social Researcher on info ops, narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia.
Editor, Security and Defense, Capital.
Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab.
DRM Journal co-founder.
https://bio.link/ruslantrad
OSINT Techniques | Ritu Gill @osinttechniques.bsky.social https://www.forensicosint.com/
Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social Former UA officer
Founder of the Frontelligence Insight: https://frontelligence.substack.com
To support my work: http://buymeacoffee.com/frontelligence
surpher @surpher.eurosky.social
FKA Yeah Buddy @angstymcgee.bsky.social Hanging out on the border of introversion and extroversion. Views my own.
Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social covering organized crime @Bellingcat.com. texan up north. views my own.
Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social Sci fi and Fantasy Author. Holocaust and Genocide Historian. Host of the Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Charlie Hancock @hancock2001.bsky.social Opinion Editor at The Moscow Times – Pitch to c.hancock@themoscowtimes.com | Also studying MA IR&War at KCL and writing "Crisis Europa" Substack on European security | Ex-Bloomberg | My Views | Also on bird app, trying to post here more
Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here.
All coordinates are at http://russianforces.org/podvig
Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Still one eye on Russia. Chess fan. Views are mine
Медиазона @zona.media Независимое новостное медиа
Помогите нам выжить: donate.zona.media
Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Live straight out of Bucha 🇺🇦
Pre-order my new book "The Land of Tears and Hope": https://geni.us/tearsandhope
Nikolaus von Twickel @niktwick.bsky.social Editor with @libmod.de in Berlin, responsible for @russlandverstehen.eu; Longtime Journalist and Russia watcher. Formerly with the OSCE SMM in Donetsk 🇺🇦, @dpa.com Moscow and @themoscowtimes.com 📧 n.vontwickel@greyfriars.oxon.org; @niktwick.69 on Signal
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
Alexander St. Leger @alexstleger.bsky.social Analyst. ex-FDD, C4ADS, Fulbright in 🇲🇩/🇷🇴. Ohio State alum. Eyes on Moldova, Transnistria, geoecon. Иногда на русском. // Opinions mine.
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia.
Brady Africk @bradyafr.bsky.social Data, maps, and satellite imagery 🛰🌻🔭
viewsfromabove.bradyafrick.com
Liveuamap @liveuamap.com https://liveuamap.com is platform that change the way you receive news. Latest news on the map. Contact us info@liveuamap.com.
Posts sometimes op-ed
COUPSURE @coupsure.bsky.social Open source and geospatial data | @GeoConfirmed | Worked with @Cen4infoRes & @lemondefr
Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
@DAlperovitch elsewhere
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social Open Source Investigator. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
Riley Mellen @rileymellen.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter for NYT. Let's chat: riley.mellen@nytimes.com, Signal, DMs, etc.
Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social @Nrg8000 on twitter. Will fill this out when twitter inevitably burns.
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
Fabrice Deprez @fabricedeprez.bsky.social Journalist covering #Ukraine with the Financial Times / Also seen in La Croix, Les Jours, Foreign Policy & others
Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social Mostly in Finglish. Yes, we have few chickens | #fella of sorts | Mainly #russia related | #fuckcancer | RTs, following≠endorsements | @akihheikkinen at X | ❤️ @katiheikkinen.bsky.social
Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) @olyaoliker.bsky.social Director, European Security @crisisgroup.org / Feminist / Migrant / ❤️ punk rock (but not only) / Opinions own / Endorsements clearly marked / podcast: https://www.crisisgroup.org/pod/europe/war-peace
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/.
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Defmon3 @defmon3.bsky.social
Brenna Smith @brennasmith.bsky.social WSJ visual investigative reporter.
Past: Baltimore Banner, New York Times, & Bellingcat.
Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee Journalist @decoherence.media using open sources to expose far-right networks
Other bylines @bellingcat.com @texasobserver.org
Jakub Janovsky @rebel44cz.bsky.social Military history, SCW, OSINT, space, electric cars. NATO/EU/Ukraine supporter. Oryx Blog Administrator.
http://ko-fi.com/rebel44cz
Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
Sayyara Mammadova @sayyara.bsky.social Associate Director, Capacity Building @DFRLab | Assessor @IFCN & @EFCSN
#OSINT #disinformation #DigitalSherlocks
Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social Geospatial analyst, OSINT investigator, and journalist. Investigating the intersection of climate resilience and human systems, and sometimes writing fiction. From 🇦🇺, now in 🇪🇺.
📍Berlin, Germany
https://www.michaelcruickshank.me/
Attacks on Civilians with Small Drones: A Global Picture @littleflyingrobots.bsky.social Documenting, analyzing, and mapping the growing global problem of attacks on civilians with small drones, from @faineg.bsky.social. View the map of global attacks here: https://map.faineg.com/public/index.html
Samuel Oakford (WaPo) @samueloakford.bsky.social @washingtonpost visual forensics | samuel.oakford@washpost.com | signal: 771-200-7508
Andy Carvin @acarv.in Director of investigations, @weareoversight.bsky.social. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social Dog shepherd.
Veli-Pekka Kivimäki @vpkivimaki.bsky.social Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
John Marquee @johnmarquee.bsky.social Observer. OSINT/IMINT. Geolocation. GIS. Usual caveats.
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller
Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer.
Sarah Stoecklin @sarahstoecklin.bsky.social Technical writing, UX, open source research (DR Congo, misogyny, SGBV).
Extremely Online at http://discord.gg/bellingcat
CongoEye member, Bellingcat contributor. Reds and Tolkien fan. Views my own.
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.
Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Annique @annique.bsky.social Just me..
Foeke Postma @foeke.bsky.social Investigator & trainer at Bellingcat