Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Jeremy @sysfail.bsky.social Navigating the Cognitive Warfare Epoch | Former Los Alamos National Laboratory Cyber | Researcher in Cyber Operations, AI, Information Warfare/Information Operations (IW/IO), and Statecraft.
All opinions are my own
Montani Semper Liberi
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Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Intelligence and National Security @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Intelligence and National Security is a leading journal focused on the role of intelligence and secretive agencies in international relations and politics.
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Ellen Nakashima @ellenwapo.bsky.social Intelligence and national security reporter at The Washington Post. Reach me securely on Signal at Ellen.626.
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
emma best 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🏳️⚧️ Mxy @emma.best Journalist, historian, and whistleblower. "Shadowy patron of openness" leaking at @DDoSecrets.org. Бáба-Ягá Antifa. (she/they)
Wife of @brazenqueer.bsky.social
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P.S. Abolish ICE
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.
Elliot @journalizer.bsky.social Director for Microsoft Threat Intelligence. I only post about cybersecurity and raising chickens.
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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
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
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.
Dr Alina Polyakova @apolyakova.bsky.social President & CEO @cepa.org; Prof Johns Hopkins SAIS; former Brookings Institution; Berkeley PhD, Russia, Europe, democracy, tech policy.
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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
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social Journalist, author, thinktanker, baker, swimmer, politician. Lifelong Kremlin-basher.
Clint Watts @clintwatts.bsky.social Current: Microsoft
Former: US Army, FBI
Clintwatts.substack.com
Blogs of War @blogsofwar.com
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.
Lisa Forte @lisaforte.bsky.social Cyber security, climbing, caving and diving! 💜
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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
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.
the grugq @thegrugq.bsky.social
War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
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Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social NPR Correspondent covering technology and national security.
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Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
INTERPOL @interpol.int Connecting police & catching criminals in 196 countries for more than a century. 🕵️
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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
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
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
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Dr. Dave Venable @davevenable.com Focused on building resilience in democracies | Former U.S. intelligence officer | Chair, @ISRS.ngo | Board director & CISO | TheCipherBrief
Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social Associate Professor at Indiana University. Faculty Affiliations: BKC Harvard, ISP Yale, & HUJI Cyber Law.
Writes and Teaches about International Law 🇺🇳, National Security 🪖, Cybersecurity 👾, Law and Tech 🤖, Espionage & Intelligence🕵️♂️, Torts 🏛️.
🏳️🌈
Jake Creps @jakecreps.bsky.social OSINT researcher
tlmn @tlmn.eurosky.social Journalistic Researcher, Trainer, OSINT/Verification-Expert @ DW Innovation. Also into GenerativeAI for media (focus on fighting disinformation).
Doublethink Lab @doublethinklab.bsky.social A Taipei-based CSO investigating disinformation and information operations in order to safeguard democracy globally. Follow us for our latest reports!
Intel_Inquirer @intelinquirer.bsky.social I use the internet to find things, and I analyse them (OSINT/SOCMINT)
https://linktr.ee/intel_inquirer
From Syd AU
Rawan Shaif @rawanssa18.bsky.social Ex @Amnesty @UN @TheSentry_Org @Bellingcat | Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen | Open-source and IHL/Human Rights | views my own
Christo Buschek @christobuschek.net Data, computations and investigations | Pulitzer Prize 2021 | Der SPIEGEL | Mozilla Senior Fellow 2025 | https://christobuschek.net | christo.buschek@proton.me
Alexanders @frenchie-osint.bsky.social CCI, OSINT, Threat Intelligence, Investigations; Got on my dead man's suit and my smilin' skull ring
Research lead at Cyble
Talks about Hacktivism and OSINT
Hamsini H @hamsini.bsky.social Now: micro-retired and looking for my next work home.
Previous Avatars: China Expert @LogicallyAI, Consultant at Indian MEA, Yenching Fellow, Thinktanker.
Views all mine.
Tamara Qiblawi تمارا قبلاوي @tqiblawi.bsky.social Senior investigations writer at CNN international. Aspiring cook of all food Levantine.
Brenna Smith @brennasmith.bsky.social WSJ visual investigative reporter.
Past: Baltimore Banner, New York Times, & Bellingcat.
Jillian Stampher @jillianstampher.bsky.social Head of news, Factal. Formerly HuffPost, GeekWire, BreakingNews. Fan of dogs.
Bashar Deeb / بشار ديب @bdeeb.bsky.social Digital investigations @lhreports.bsky.social
Free Syria
He\him
Linh-Lan DAO @linhlandao.bsky.social Journaliste fact-checking spé #OSINT
Retrouvez #VraiOuFaux sur Franceinfo
@AJARacisees
ex-#CJamy ex-RevelateursFTV
Deepak Adhikari @deepakadk.bsky.social Collector of anecdotes, teller of tales and interpreter of social maladies.
Freelance Journalist | Former Editor: South Asia Check | Former reporter: AFP, Anadolu Agency, DPA | Fact-checking and OSINT | https://muckrack.com/DeepakAdk
Tom Mukhwana @tommukhwana.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Africa Uncensored. Part time coach potato.
Nairobi, Kenya.
Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social Open Source Investigator. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social Investigations editor @lighthousereports.com, focus on global food systems.
Tools: #OSINT #Data #TalkingToPeople
Board of @ajaracisees.bsky.social
Side gig: www.dictatoralert.org
Awards: Peabody, Frontline Club, EU Press Prize...
Home: #Kenya #France
0x786d @0x786d.bsky.social Pentesting, malware analysis, threat hunting & intelligence, OSINT, AI & ML
Olive Enokido-Lineham @oliveelineham.bsky.social Investigative journalist at Sky News doing OSINT things. On Signal: oe_39.73
Dave Brookes @tehuringa.bsky.social Digital flâneur | Open Source Researcher| GEOINT| Bellingcat GAP Project | Research 中国 & Central Africa | drinks wine & writes stuff |Views are my own |RSs ≠ endorsements
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
Cate Brown @catebrown.bsky.social political investigations at @TheGuardian. formerly @WashingtonPost. power over/power to
tips: cate.brown@theguardian.com
Jerome @jeromegill.com I build tech for charities and NGOs and the private sector, usually in the sustainability/environmental space
Interested in tech, modern propaganda, and cleaning up information spaces
INPACT - Investigations with Impact @aeowinpact.bsky.social Cyber and analytical investigations
Investigations with Impact.
All Eyes On Wagner: Project on #Wagner mercenaries & GRU upcoming ops in Africa |Tips: tips.aeow@proton.me | Media: contact@investig-impact.org
Kai Greet @kaigreet.bsky.social Photographer, plane nerd, history geek.
Contributor for @theaviationist.com.
Based in Cornwall, UK.
Opinions my own.
they/them
www.kaigreet.co.uk
Sylke Gruhnwald @sylkegruhnwald.bsky.social Reporter and author. To reach me in confidence, write to sylke.gruhnwald@protonmail.com or Signal, other platforms available. Please get in touch!
ms noor @afosint.bsky.social OSINT | Afghanistan | Politics and Security
Investigator515 @investigator515.bsky.social Investigator turned OSINT Analyst | Author | Follow for #OSINT #Defense #Infosec | Memes | NAFO ✅ | Ukraine ✅ | Disinformation 🚫 | investigator515.substack.com | 🐕🦺 > 🐈 | 🐧 > 🪟 and always, 🍍 on 🍕
Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social Researching on #digitalmethods #osint #fimi #influenceoperations #disinformation.
Christina Lekati @christinalekati.bsky.social #SocialEngineering, #Psychology, #HUMINT & #OSINT intertwined for the sake of security.
Wondersmith_rae @raebaker.net OSINT Analyst | Maritime OSINT SME 🚢 | AI-Augmented Intel 🤖 | Speaker | Author of Deep Dive | Co-owner @KaseScenarios | Order: raebaker.net/book
OSINT Techniques | Ritu Gill @osinttechniques.bsky.social https://www.forensicosint.com/
Jana Tauschinski @janatausch.bsky.social graphics editor @FT | prev @BBCNews @the_young_fdn | data viz @LCCLondon
https://www.ft.com/jana-tauschinski
antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social Exposing troll farms: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 and beyond
Cited by: @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @financialtimes.com @CNN.com @Wired.com @afpfactuel.bsky.social @LeMonde.fr @SZde.bsky.social @TheTimes.com @NBCnews.com @EFE.com
𝕏 / 🐦: antibot4navalny
Layla Mashkoor @laylam.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research, @dfrlab.bsky.social.
Emma Smith @ameliairheart.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ she/her
dOsint-er ^Laura^ @lautie.bsky.social Osint | I click on things | I find stuff | Nerdy | Socmint | Opsec | Digital Investigator | Social media | Infosec | Geek | dOsint
@lautyb on twitter
Shayoni Lynn @shayonislynn.bsky.social CEO @ lynn.global #BehaviouralScience & fighting #Misinformation. Chair, Co-founder Asian Communications Network. PowerBook; Most Influential Women in UK PR; Top 10 Agency Leaders outside London; Mark Mellor; #innovator25 EMEA; Global 15; IoD #DOTYA
Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social Borders, osint, & digital investigations / investigations @lighthousereports.com , sometimes more
Cat Rainsford @cat-rainsford.bsky.social Transition minerals investigator for Global Witness | Formerly InSight Crime | Views my own.
Covers crime, corruption and environment, focus on LatAm and West Africa.
Sam Rad 🔮 @samradofficial.bsky.social 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧 & 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧
• Technology, Society, Geopolitics
• Keynote Speaker & Author
• Student of Humanity ✨
🌐 http://Sam-Rad.com
Pallabi Munsi @pallabimunsi.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, CNN. Previously: Asia Reporter, CNN As Equals. DEL-CCU girl at heart; in London.
Email: pallabi.munsi@cnn.com
DM for Signal.
Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social Award-winning investigative/data journalist. Senior editor @MiddleEastEye, former MENA editor @AlJazeera, Global Authentication Project member @Bellingcat, meganotoole.ca
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.
Fadah Jassem / فداء جاسم @fadahjassem.bsky.social Head of Data Visualisation 📊@TheNationalNews.com in #AbuDhabi. Recent UK expat. Syrian/Iraqi
#Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists)
(Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
Xavier Greenwood @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social Senior editor at The Observer. I edit The Sensemaker and report across print and digital. Previously made podcasts for Tortoise.
Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social OSINT, geolocations, air/sea data. Snarky AvGeek.
Cites: NYT, Мілітарний, Newsweek, The Aviationist, TWZ, A&SF Mag
"Sharp-eyed aviation buff & flight tracker" ~ Brian Williams
https://buymeacoffee.com/vcdgf555
She/her
Ahmad Baydoun @baydoun.nl Senior Investigator @cen4infores.bsky.social | PhD candidate at TUDelft: whitephosphorus.info | Portfolio: baydoun.nl | Amsterdam, Beirut | weatherwar@pm.me- A AnnoNemo @annonemo.bsky.social
Laura Motet @lamotet.bsky.social Enquête et justice au Monde
Présidente @ajtransparence.bsky.social
Membre @openfacto.bsky.social et @presseju.bsky.social
#politique #opendata #python #osint #cada
https://www.lemonde.fr/signataires/laura-motet/- D Chris Campbell @digitalcampbell.ft.com Visual journalism, data viz and design for @financialtimes.com
Gisela Pérez de Acha @giselilla.bsky.social Open Source Investigative Reporter. Founder and CEO of FactFinder. Formerly teaching OSINT at UC Berkeley. Mexicana. Polyglot. Nerd. More at www.giselaperezdeacha.com
Bora Erden @boraerden.bsky.social space, politics, forensics | spatial investigations @nytimes | previously @situ_research
boraerden.info
Jessica Eberhart @jeberhart.bsky.social Journalist at Neue Zürcher Zeitung, NZZ | Open Source Intelligence | Security Politics & Humanitarian Affairs
Daisy Bata @batadaisy.bsky.social investigative journo & documentary producer @bbc @channel4 @itv @mindhouse @hardcash @keofilms etc.
specialise in OSINT, cyber crimes, crypto, algorithms & tech
also writer/director of scripted shorts ("Bloodbuzz")
Digital Witness @digitalwitness.bsky.social Human Rights/Civil Rights Investigator | #OSINT #DFIR | 🕵🏻♀️
Exit266 @exit266.bsky.social It is possible to converse, disagree, and still be respectful and friendly. I urge you to try it sometime, you may even find you like it.
Hossam Elhendy @hossamhendy.bsky.social Factchecking بالعربي
Arabiya التحقق بالعربي
Fact Checker MENA
حسام الهندي صحفي أو صحافي/ مدقق حقائق وعلى الله حكايتي
Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social Senior Investigator, Graphika.
Cape Town, South Africa.
Henk van Ess @henkvaness.bsky.social #osint #ai