Dr. Dave Venable @davevenable.com Focused on building resilience in democracies | Former U.S. intelligence officer | Chair, @ISRS.ngo | Board director & CISO | TheCipherBrief
👻 @0x0.sigint.team Security. People matter most. Get off X, fool.
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
DFRLab @dfrlab.bsky.social The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social Founder & CEO LutaSecurity @payequitynow MIT&Harvard visiting scholar, @MasonNatSec fellow, 1/2 Chamoru, 1/2 Greek all-American hacker
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
INTERPOL @interpol.int Connecting police & catching criminals in 196 countries for more than a century. 🕵️
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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social NPR Correspondent covering technology and national security.
Send me a tip: Text JennaMcLaughlin.54 on Signal from personal (nonwork) devices.
War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
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the grugq @thegrugq.bsky.social 
Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social Unsuccessfully retired ex-prez, ex-MEP, ex-foreign minister, ex-ambassador, ex-director of RFE-RL Estonian service, etc, ex cetera.
Except for @darthputinkgb.bsky.social, I take seriously only those who post here under his or her own name.
Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com Senior reporter at @CybersecurityDive.bsky.social covering all things digital security. I also co-host @hothtakes.bsky.social. | Send me tips: https://ericjgeller.com/contact.html
Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social Technology & emerging threats | Research Fellow, Atlantic Council. Views my own. 🇺🇦
Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social Breaker of software, responder of incidents, IANS Faculty, VP R&D Hunter Strategy.
Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org 🌏 CFR is a resource for foreign policy news and analysis.
CFR takes no institutional positions on policy. Follows, reposts, likes ≠ endorsements.
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The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
Hexadecim8 @hexadecim8.com Author | spooky trans athlete | Linux behavioral threat researcher | never hacked nobody
https://hexadecim8.com
Nicole Perlroth @nicoleperlroth.bsky.social cyber raconteur | author THIS IS HOW THEY TELL ME THE WORLD ENDS | former @nytimes | now betting on heroes @ Silver Buckshot Ventures + Venture Partner at Ballistic Ventures.
Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social Former CIA, author of the Victor Caro series, watcher of yachts, alexzfinley.com
alexzfinley.substack.com
Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social @erratarob on the hellscape site
Blogs of War @blogsofwar.com 
Clint Watts @clintwatts.bsky.social Current: Microsoft
Former: US Army, FBI
Clintwatts.substack.com
Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social Journalist, author, thinktanker, baker, swimmer, politician. Lifelong Kremlin-basher.
Gen Michael Hayden @genmhayden.bsky.social Personal account. Retired USAF, former Director of CIA & NSA, author, husband, father, granddad. Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
Munich Security Conference @munsecconf.bsky.social The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is the world’s leading forum for debate on international security.
#MSC2027: February 12-14, 2027
Dr Alina Polyakova @apolyakova.bsky.social President & CEO @cepa.org; Prof Johns Hopkins SAIS; former Brookings Institution; Berkeley PhD, Russia, Europe, democracy, tech policy.
Views my own. Media requests: press@cepa.org
Thomas Drake @thomasdrake.bsky.social Living Life Outside of Pandora’s ‘Deep State’ Box. Defending Inalienable Rights. Abhor Authoritarianism & Abuse of Power. Incongruent Divergent. NatSec Whistleblower on Gov’t Violations of Law & Public Trust. Nurturing New Seeds of Democracy & Freedom. 🌱
Ryan Lackey @octal.bsky.social Cypherpunk and CSO at Evertas Insurance. Angel investor in crypto/security, Puerto Rico resident.
Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social A blog and podcast about Russian and post-Soviet politics.
Andrew A. Michta @andrewmichta.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council of the United States. All views my own. Reposting doesn’t imply endorsement.
CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org A bipartisan research institution, CSIS is recognized as the top defense and national security think tank in the world.
https://www.csis.org 
Dr. Bilyana Lilly 🦋🌻 @bilyanalilly.bsky.social Author of “Russian Information Warfare” | Cyber chair, WSF | Randite | Oxonian | Bear huntress
Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
The Insider @theins.press The Insider is a Russia-focused, independent media outlet. We're fully committed to investigative journalism and to debunking fake news.
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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social Vice Chair,The Carlyle Group; Chair, Rockefeller Foundation Board; PhD; ADM, USN(Ret.) fmr Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Website: AdmiralStav.com
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G20 Brasil @g20org.bsky.social Official Account of Brasil’s G20 Presidency.
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Sven Sakkov @sakkov.bsky.social 🇪🇪 ambassador to 🇫🇮. Formerly at ICDS, CCDCoE, MoD
Silverado Policy Accelerator @silverado.org A bipartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing American prosperity and global competitiveness in the 21st century.
https://silverado.org
Podcast: GeopoliticsDecanted.com
New Eastern Europe @neweasterneurope.eu New Eastern Europe is the exclusive bimonthly news and opinion magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern Europe.
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Adam Reichardt @areichardt.bsky.social Editor of @neweasterneurope.eu, co-host of the Talk Eastern Europe podcast.
Web: www.neweasterneurope.eu
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkEasternEurope
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/areichardt/
Zbigniew Pisarski @pisarski.bsky.social Founder & CEO @FundPulaskiego ◇ Founder @WarsawForum & @EAD_DIPLOMATS ◇ social entrepreneur, defence & foreign affairs. ◇ Sanctioned by Russia. I support 🇺🇦
Dan Fried @ambdanfried.bsky.social Veteran diplomat now with the Atlantic Council. America’s values & interests are indivisible, as Lincoln taught us. Believer in a Free World strategy, informed by tactical realism and strategic determination.
Prof. Katarzyna Pisarska @kpisarska.bsky.social Founder & Chair at @WarsawForum, Co-Founder & Chair of Board of Directors @FundPulaskiego & @EAD_Diplomats, Professor @SGHWarsaw
Peter Doran @peteredoran.bsky.social 
Alex Blackwell @alexblackwell.bsky.social b9a45e5942ca3940f7a811fc93e4ffd0
Elliot @journalizer.bsky.social Director for Microsoft Threat Intelligence. I only post about cybersecurity and raising chickens.
Sean Gallagher @thepacketrat.net Birb stalker. Cat tree. Cyber Threat Researcher. Recovering cyber and natsec reporter. Meme war and US Navy veteran.
@thepacketrat everywhere since 1994. These posts are not my employers’. https://falling-anvil.com
The Cipher Brief @thecipherbrief.bsky.social The Cipher Brief is the only media outlet focused exclusively on bringing you a higher level of confidence around national security events via news, analysis, and interviews with government and private sector leaders.
emma best 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🏳️⚧️ Mxy @emma.best Journalist, historian, and whistleblower. Leaking at @DDoSecrets.org. Бáба-Ягá Antifa. (she/they)
Wife of @brazenqueer.bsky.social
Follow me on Mastodon https://kolektiva.social/@Mxy
P.S. Abolish ICE
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
Jonathan Guiffard @joeguiffard.bsky.social 🇨🇵 in 🇬🇧
Researching strategic competition on
1. 🇺🇸 Cyber & SIGINT
2. 🌾W-African rivalries
🔬PhD in Geopolitics @ GEODE (IFG/Paris 8 Uni.)
🪔 Teaching @ Sciences Po Paris (intel&cyber)
🏖 Fmr 🇨🇵 gov
Ollie Whitehouse @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social CTO at the UK's National Cyber Security Center 
Clément Renault @clementrenault.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in Intelligence, War & Strategy @irsem.bsky.social 🕵️🛰️📡 · Visiting Fellow @kcsi.uk · Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po - Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) 📚
Website: https://clementrenault.com
@cgshrink.bsky.social @cgshrink.bsky.social 
Lichess @lichess.org https://lichess.org The free chess server. No paywall, no tracking, no ads. Just the good stuff. User support requests should be directed to https://lichess.org/contact
Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social Aspiring poet, growing problem. My books POYUMS, and POYUMS ANNAW are available to order now. https://buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social He/him. Appa. Cat dad. Former infantry person, current food/wine person. Ally. Equality for all, no exceptions. LFC Reds. Oxford comma. 2 spaces. Confederates = traitors. Punch Nazis. Trump/Putin/ICE Delenda Est
Techni-Calli @illleavenow.bsky.social Privacy, law, tech fights, memes. Got locked out of the @ Iwillleavenow account, so recreated.
Vivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social She/Her 🍉
Bsky is my spam acct basically
Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social America’s only art crime professor, studying theft, repatriation, and general museum shenanigans. Forthcoming book: The Styrofoam Mummy (Norton), on fraud and forgery on the market for ancient treasures. She/her; queer.
www.artcrimeprof.com
Definitely Danny @semperwry.bsky.social That one guy from that video
Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social Tan Smith.
Political Commentary.
Pisstaking.
Satire.
Dystopia Warner.
Writer.
Hate Tories? You’ll love me.
Woke as fuck.
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Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social #1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
Dr Ally Louks @drallylouks.bsky.social ✍🏻 Author 📚Literary Scholar 👩🏻🏫 Public Academic👃🏻Smell Expert 📖 UNDER YOUR NOSE: Spring 2027
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
WUNC News @wunc.org Your source for local news and community connections that reflect NC’s Triangle region and offer a unique perspective on the place we call home. More at wunc.org.
D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social Won journalism awards at ancient places called "newspapers" | Author | Columnist Raw Story, Alternet, Elsewhere | Navy Vet | Former Managing Editor Stars & Stripes | Animal-lover | https://dearlstephens.substack.com for my latest ...
Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social 1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.
State Democracy Research Initiative @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social Research hub at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Shining a spotlight on democracy, government, and public law in states across the USA.
Miriam Seifter @miriamseifter.bsky.social Law Professor at Wisconsin Law; Faculty Co-Director @UWLawDemocracy
Rob Yablon @robyablon.bsky.social Wisconsin Law Prof; Faculty Co-Director, State Democracy Research Initiative
Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social Rutgers Law prof. Into democracy, dogs, and cheese. Knows about LGBTQ+ rights, public interest lawyering, legal ethics, state constitutions, LRW. Too insubordinate for autocracy. 🏳️🌈
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1120939
Daniel B. Rodriguez @dbrodriguez.bsky.social Harold Washington Prof., Northwestern. Former dean (NU & USD). New book: Good Governing: The Police Power in the American States (Cambridge 2024). Public law, state/local, constitutionalism & democracy, legal ed & higher ed, law-tech, regulation.
Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social Law professor @TempleLaw, suburban gardener, avid reader. Happy to nerd out about legal writing anytime. 
Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social Associate professor of law at University of Oklahoma College of Law. Researching constitutional law, criminal law, and legal oddities.
https://law.ou.edu/node/716
Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social Constitutional law prof, historical political scientist, FRHistS studying:
The United States Supreme Court
American Political Development
Anglo-American Constitutionalism
📍ATL
Author, Rot and Revival:
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper
Dan Friedman @judgedanfriedman.bsky.social Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland. State Constitutional Law. Ravens. Orioles. Terps.
(he/him/his)
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2682084 
Chad Oldfather @oldfatherc.bsky.social Marquette lawprof / State & fed con law, judicial process / Deeply Minnesotan / Out now: Judges, Judging, & Judgment (Cambridge U Press 2025) / Soon: Originalism, Methodolatry, and the Only Guarantee of Wisdom (Fla. L. Rev.)
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social Dad to school kids, professor to law students. Focused on education rights
SchooLawCracy: https://edlawprof.substack.com
Homepage: joshuaweishart.com
Carissa Byrne Hessick @cbhessick.bsky.social Criminal law professor at the University of North Carolina
Director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project
Author of Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining is a Bad Deal
Evan Zoldan @eczoldan.bsky.social Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Stoepler Professor of Law, UT Law, researching administrative law, legislation, separation of powers, and state and local government.
Articles here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1449563
Alicia Bannon @aliciabannon.bsky.social Senior Director of the Judiciary Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and the Kohlberg Center on the U.S. Supreme Court. Editor-in-chief of State Court Report. All opinions are my own.
State Court Report @statecourtreport.org State Court Report is a nonpartisan news source, resource, and commentary hub covering state constitutional developments in high courts across the 50 states. Visit StateCourtReport.org.
Kyle Barry @kylecbarry.bsky.social Executive Director, State Law Research Initiative (SLRI) http://state-law-research.org & adjunct, USF Law; formerly @theappeal.bsky.social, NAACP LDF. I write about state courts & dismantling mass incarceration. https://open.substack.com/pub/slri
Manoj Mate @manojmate.bsky.social Law prof | Constitutional Law, Election Law and Voting Rights, Democracy and Governance, Comparative Con Law. Posts and opinions my own.
Josh Douglas @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social Election law and voting rights professor at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law (views are my own). Associate Dean for Research. The Court v The Voters, published in May 2024! Award winning podcast: Democracy Optimist. Taco lover.
Bree Grossi Wilde @breewilde.bsky.social Executive Director of State Democracy Research Initiative, @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social. 
Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com Professor @ Harvard Law writing on property institutions, land use, private law, and eminent domain. Section 3 for life. Always half-joking. (AKA Maureen.)
Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social was @5thCircAppeals at The Bad Place • former English Prof & practicing appellate lawyer, now Assist Law Prof @ UToledo Law • he/him • all the disclaimers
Caroline Orr Bueno @rvawonk.bsky.social Yep, it’s me! Mother, Wife, Asst. Research Scientist. Studying cyberpsychology, cognitive security, disinformation. “Epistemic Superpredator.” I write things here: https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com
Kiersten Warren @kierstenwarren.bsky.social Actor, author, dedicated poetic observer.
Buys clothes I can’t afford for parties I’m not invited to.
And Ripley. She’s frisky and risky. A furry purry time-bomb.
Preet Bharara @preetbharara.bsky.social Patriotic American. Former US Attorney, SDNY. Banned by Putin. Fired by Trump.
Pulp Librarian @pulplibrarian.bsky.social Curator of the art, history and fiction of old dreams.
Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social Epidemiologist and science communicator | newsletter: epiellie.substack.com | cohost @casualinfer podcast | Causal inference for public health #epitwitter | Canadian in US 🇨🇦 | she/her/Dr