qntm @qntm.org There Is No Antimemetics Division (https://qntm.org/antimemetics) ~ "Lena" ~ Absurdle ~ HATETRIS ~ many other cool things
Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social Fantasy webcomics. NSFW
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social PhD candidate at Georgetown | Researching nukes, IR, Japan, East Asia | Also posting photos of my cat and food.
Wondermark Comics @wondermark.com Comics made from vintage images AKA "a collaboration with the dead"
⏪ archives now go back several years! browse!!
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writer about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
About lore and culture at The Busy Town.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
(Account sometimes deactivated when not in use.)
Knowledge @edgeknowledge.bsky.social Knowledge: the videogame industry newsletter from the creators of Edge. Sign up here for the new edition every Friday: bit.ly/knowledgenewsletter
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social Japan. ALife & Astrobiology researcher https://lanasina.github.io/
Research @ Sony CSL, Associate Prof. National Institute for Basic Biology.
talking dog insta @iikocookie
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
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Chosen by god, perfected by science
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TinyBaer @tinybaer.bsky.social Comic doodler, writer, idiot. 🏳️🌈
@tinybaer on Instagram, too.
Support my comics on Patreon.com/tinybaer 🤘🏻
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social One of the people who makes People Make Games.
chris@peoplemakegames.com
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Hannah Dahlberg❄️Dodd, PhD @hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social Sociocultural linguist and digital/popular media studies human | 📍Tohoku University | 社会言語学・デジタル社会・メディア表象・役割語/キャラクター言語 | J-E translation 日英翻訳 | they/she | (発言は個人の見解です)
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Nathaniel M. Smith @nathanielmsmith.bsky.social Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 立命館大学国際関係学部准教授。Writing/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
Matthieu Bühler @mattdreamsneon.bsky.social I dream neon
Hikosaemon @hikosaemon.bsky.social Tokyo based Vlog/Video podcaster & bilingual news geek 東京在住外国人ブロガーです♪ Livestream 10:30pm JST on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/hikosaemon
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:
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Michal Kolmaš @michelpoiccard.bsky.social Associate Professor of IR, editor of CJIR (cjir.iir.cz) and @jird-jour.bsky.social. Environmental/climate politics, Asia, EU. Prague.
Shinju Fujihira, PhD. 藤平新樹 @sfujihira.bsky.social Executive Director, Program on US-Japan Relations @harvardusjapan.bsky.social. Political science research, Asia/Europe, theory/practice. #JPOSS co-organizer.
Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social Director of Research + Deputy Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Fellow of Green Templeton College. Lead researcher of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me
Kazuto Suzuki @kazutosuzuki.bsky.social Teaching and learning space policy, economic security, sanctions, export control, geoeconomics etc. Professor of the University of Tokyo and Director of the Institute of Geoeconomics. All tweets are in Japanese.
Anoma van der Veere @anomav.bsky.social Correspondent NOS & NRC, senior (Japan) researcher Leiden Asia Centre. In Tokyo.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social Covering Northeast Asia at The Washington Post. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
Gill Steel @gillsteel.bsky.social Researching young people, gender, public opinion.
@Oxford (Visiting Academic at the Nissan Institute) & @ Waseda
(Visiting Researcher at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies)
Morgan Pitelka @mpitelka.bsky.social Historian of Japan, distinguished professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, specialist in material culture, urban history, environmental history; coeditor, Journal of Japanese Studies
Fintan Hoey @fintanhoey.bsky.social Historian of U.S.-Japanese relations at Franklin University Switzerland. 🇮🇪🏳️🌈
James D.J. Brown @jamesdjbrown.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. Currently working on: “Spy Paradise: Russian Espionage against Japan, from the Cold War to Cyber Warfare.” This book is the sequel to “Cracking the Crab”.
Dr Luke Mansillo @lukemansillo.com Political scientist: public opinion, political behaviour, survey research methods, advanced democracy elections, Australian politics and racial politics. Penchant for Bayesian statistics.
https://www.lukemansillo.com
Dean Isaac @gelangenie.bsky.social What's there to say? I'm just a typical guy: working, eating, sleeping, consistently aleatory and severely aloof.
Jon Mitchell 🏴 ジョン・ミッチェル @jonmitchell.bsky.social Author, journalist with Okinawa Times. "Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026). 沖縄タイムス特約通信員。米国環境ジャーナリスト協会 出版賞。石橋湛山記念 早稲田ジャーナリズム大賞。著書「『情報自由法』で社会を変える！」岩波書店, etc https://www.jonmitchellinjapan.com
John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social ハチノヨンとスパデラのジョンです。Tokyo-based game lover/gatherer and 8-4 & SDX co-founder. EGM alum. 集まり屋。(He/Him) くわしいことは本をみて下さい。
James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social Botanist. Talks about plants and food way too much.
Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social Prof. of Research on Far-Right Extremism @IRex/UniTübingen; researching far-right political actors & ideologies; PhD from @Cambridge_Uni; member of DeJongeAkademie @KNAW 📚
Richard @mcrummy.bsky.social All the colors of the bow, man. 🌈
I live in Tokyo, play video games, snowboard, drink, travel, eat and do visual design.
Kristi Govella @kristigovella.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Japan Chair, CSIS
economics x security x governance in the Indo-Pacific and beyond
all views my own | RT ≠ endorsement
www.kristigovella.com
Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド @gearoidreidy.bsky.social Bloomberg Opinion columnist on Japan/the Koreas. “Final Boss of the Japan finance bro dungeon.” ｊａｐａｎｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ. Retweets ≠ endorsements, opinions are mine.
Sebastian Jungkunz @sjungkunz.bsky.social Post-Doc at Uni Bonn and Uni Bamberg. Political Behavior | Populism | Extremism | Quantitative Methods
https://sites.google.com/view/sebastianjungkunz/
The History Master @myhistorymaster.bsky.social Just a historian & political analyst for East Asia with a pretentious social media handle. Clio, give me strength...
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
Hisanori Tamura @hisanoritamura.bsky.social 🥈Runner-Up of Mr. Ours (Mr. Bear) 2024 🇫🇷🥈
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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social Long-term Australian resident of Japan. Mum. Grandmother of three! Non executive director, Chair Emeritus of ANZCCJ, senior advisor for several amazing companies active in 🇦🇺🇯🇵
Kiyo Yamauchi @kiyotoshi.bsky.social UXR, Market Research: Culture enthusiast 
David McNeill @davidamcneill.bsky.social Professor of Communications at Sacred Heart Uni, Tokyo. Ex-correspondent with The Economist, Independent, Chronicle of Higher Ed., Irish Times etc. I post mainly about the media and politics. Hoping to escape Twitter/X.
Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social Covering defense and diplomacy for @japantimes.co.jp • Signal: jljzen.18 • views my own • Japan resident since 2002 • グリーン車 aficionado
Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social Tokyo-based writer, localizer, cultural consultant. Author of Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, and more.
https://www.mattalt.com/
https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/
https://linktr.ee/mattalt
Japan Distilled Podcast @japandistilled.bsky.social A podcast about Japanese spirits (the kind you drink) brought to you by our hosts Christopher Pellegrini & Stephen Lyman. Please enjoy responsibly. Kanpai!
Alex @thehappyzan.bsky.social Tokyo dude, co-host of The Land of the Rising Fun Podcast, 20 year Tokyo Disney Resort hobbyist photographer. Happy to answer any TDR planning questions 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/thehappyzan
Carlos @qarloscuiapo.com tokyo based filipino engineer. into theatre and photography. capricorn, among other things. he/him/gurl/sis/私/あたし
Ben Ascione @benasci1.bsky.social International Relations in the Asia-Pacific, Japanese foreign and security policy. Lecturer at GSAPS, Waseda University. Editorial board at East Asia Forum.
Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social Professor of Japanese Studies and Director of the Halle Institute for Global Research and Learning at Emory University. Modern Japanese literature, history, gender and sexuality studies, film and media, translation. Beauvoir in Japan! Opinions mine.
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social Heading the Computational Social Science group within SynoSys & ScaDS.AI at TU Dresden, where we study how online information environments impact public discourse and develop alternatives that benefit democracy.
CSS-Group: https://css-synosys.github.io/
Rocky Swift @rockyswift.bsky.social Reuters correspondent. Ex State Dept., Bloomberg News. Economics, FX and pro wrestling enthusiast. Opinions own. @swiftrocky on Twitter
https://www.reuters.com/authors/rocky-swift/
Cormacaroni @cormacaroni.bsky.social books, comics, NBA, guitars, cooking, cocktails, pizza, Neko Master, Japan life, Netrunner 🇮🇪🇯🇵
永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social MIT historian of Modern Japan
MIT教員・近代日本史
https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/
Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles
Public transit-appreciator and photo-taker
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. Writing Star Trek: Zero Point for IDW Comics.
slashhearts @slashhearts.bsky.social all-around nerd
writer/designer & translator
fka @tokome on twt
#SideM の信玄P
he/him 👨❤️👨
Richard Medhurst📚️🇯🇵 @richardmedh.bsky.social Brit in Yokohama, translator at https://www.nippon.com/en/
Translator of The Essential Akutagawa (Sep 2025)
Interested in Japanese language, literature, and history.
Ryotaro Takahashi @ryotarot.bsky.social Associate Professor at Keio university.
Fiscal sociology, history of public finance in postwar Japan.
HP: https://researchmap.jp/RyotaroTakahashi?lang=en
Robert Nordström (PhD) @rnords.bsky.social Research Associate at Waseda University. Discussing politics and social issues in Japan. Posts are my own views. He/him🌈 EN/日本語/SWE/FI
website: robertnordstrom.jp
Mutantfrog @mutantfrog.bsky.social Mutantfrog.com. Researched Japan colonial history at Kyoto U. Formerly lived in New Jersey, Kyoto, Taipei, Brooklyn. Love games. Now resident in Tokyo, working in a job unrelated to any of the above things I prefer to talk about.
ジェイサン･パックマン @packman.me アメリカ生まれ日本で暮らして、クリケット大ファン、寅さんYOU,日本語が頑張っている。
A collection of rough drafts of my actual thoughts.
www.jasonpackman.com
Rich @richardsmart.bsky.social Lifer in Japan. Here to talk and record random thoughts. Opinions and all that stuff are my own and whatever the equivalent is of a retweet is not an endorsement.
猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social Briton in Japan
🗣️🇬🇧🇯🇵🇷🇺🆗, learning 🇺🇦
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ally
Sharon 🪳 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, east asia
words: Foreign Policy/LiberalCurrents
Krystal @krystalsim.bsky.social Writer, fountain of useless trivia and queen of the raised eyebrow. Gobby Scottish Mum. She/her/hers.
Jodie Azhar @jodieazhar.bsky.social Technical Art Director -> Solo Indie Game Developer @ Teazelcat Games making a wholesome, magical, narrative game
GameDev; Freelance Technical Artist; ex-AAA
BAFTA Breakthrough
Gardener; bibliophile; flautist
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Jevin D. West @jevinwest.bsky.social Professor @UW_iSchool, Co-founder of Center for an Informed Public @uwcip. I study misinformation in science & society. Book: tinyurl.com/y7ekfkhx
Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social Prof at Cornell studying how human-AI dialogues can correct inaccurate beliefs, why people share falsehoods, and ways to reduce political polarization and promote cooperation. Computational social science + cognitive psychology.
https://www.DaveRand.org/
Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.
Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social History is for everyone. Every way of doing history is worthwhile. Historians should be paid for their work. www.contingentmagazine.org
Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social Professor of Psychology at NYU (jayvanbavel.com) | Author of The Power of Us Book (powerofus.online) | Director of NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation | trying to write a new book about collective decisions
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Tokyo Review @tokyoreview.net A publishing platform for academics, journalists and researchers writing in-depth, evidence-based work on issues related to Japan and its place in the world.
David Nemer @davidnemer.com Assoc Prof of Media Studies & Anthropology at the University of Virginia. Faculty Associate at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center. Anthropology of Tech/STS Books: Technology of the Oppressed (MIT Press); Favela Digital (GSA)🇧🇷🇺🇸
https://linktr.ee/davidnemer
The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com Britain’s oldest social survey. We provide non-partisan and independent data and research on elections in Britain.
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social Words for sale.
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Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social goblin • he/him • patreon.com/adamtots • Let Me In Your Window: https://amzn.to/4l2oOFw
Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic
Send me a secure message on Signal: hunter.07
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Deen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. + Presidential Prof. + Director: Politics, Identities, & Communication Lab (PICL) @asc.upenn.edu. More fun than I look.
Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social It’s okay, I’m in incognito mode.
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Lt Cdr. Bull (Starfleet Pilot AMA) @catboycdr.bsky.social Chief Shuttlecraft Officer on the USS Enterprise NCC 1701-E. Yes, I'm half Caitian. No, you can't touch my ears.
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Two books published this year - Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal and poetry collection Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth
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.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social Professor @au-spa.bsky.social
Pol Violence | Pol Psychology
New Book: “NO OPTION BUT SABOTAGE”
Substack: https://zeitzoff.substack.com
1st Book: "Nasty Politics"
Website: www.zeitzoff.com
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education @UVA.
I share social science.
EPOP @psaepop.bsky.social Political Studies Association Specialist Group on Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
Website: https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/epop
Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com political scientist @ University of Zürich
platforms, political violence, social media, computing
research & writing:
henryhenryhenry.com
sometimes land of enchantment, sometimes land of Helvetia
Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social Asst Prof of Japanese. SF, discourse, and subjectivity. Nerd for games of all stripes. He/him/あいつ. Do not quote the old skeets at me, witch. I was there when they were written. 🚫AI 日本SF、言説、主体性を研究している教師。TTRPG、ボードゲーム好き。投稿はほぼ英語で。