Ayo Ra @irian26.bsky.social PhD International Relations (IR).
European Research Center for Social Development @social.npo.one We do Research and Policy Recommendation on the Future of Work, Sustainable Agriculture, Economic Development, and Sustainable Building
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social Prof of Media and Communication at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, Univ of Cambridge
Founder & Chair, Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Research: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social DDC Professor of Digital Communication and DIAS Chair at the University of Southern Denmark | Modern Kilogirl 👩💻 | Computational Linguistics & Global/US PolComm
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
Heidi Tworek @heiditworek.bsky.social Prof @ UBC. Canada Research Chair in history and policy of communications. Director @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social Co-editor of Journal of Global History. Senior fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation
Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology. Computational communication, social theory. Interests: Propaganda, dark political communication, the relationship between technology, truth, and knowledge
Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social Associate Fellow, Center for Security & Defense / Zentrum für Sicherheit & Verteidigung, @dgap.org
Postdoc, Durham University.
Remote war, armed drones, OSINT / guerre à distance, drones armés, enquêtes OSINT.
Personal account, EN/FR/DE
Carlos Diaz Ruiz @carlosdiazruiz.com Associate Professor at Hanken in Finland. I write about the consumer culture and advertising markets that allow disinformation to thrive on social media.
Author of the book "Market-Oriented Disinformation Research."
https://www.carlosdiazruiz.com
Luca Luceri @luceriluc.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor @USC-ISI
🤖 I investigate malicious activity on social media networks 🕵🏼
Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist —- Public speaker via London Speakers Bureau --- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottlucasworldview
Stéphane Prud’homme Msc, MBA, PhDc, C.Adm @stepru.com CEO Whisperer & Adjunct Professor in YUL, YOW 🇨🇦 & HKG 🇭🇰 • PhD Candidate 🇲🇴 Influential narrative, Disinformation, Propaganda, Democracy; MBA Marketing, Economics 🇨🇳🇺🇸; MA Credibility, Crisis Mgmt 🇨🇦 • Founder @CredibilityInstitute.com • Eng Fra 中文
Matt Schrader @mattschrader.bsky.social Taco Bell stan account, Phoenician by choice. Mostly tweets about China stuff, with some occasional bleating about sport or sci-fi. Opinions are not my employer's.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social sci-fi goth civil rights free speech tech law /
now: senior counsel @freepress & @bellagio resident working on my first book /
past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU
www.norabenavidez.com
Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social Prof. of IR. Director, New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway | Co-Editor: Media, War and Conflict journal | Co-author: Strategic Narratives | Book series editor: AI Politics
Matthew Sussex @matthewsussex.bsky.social Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, SDSC @ANU. Russia / info ops / hybrid / Aus security policy / Indo-Pac. Usual disclaimers.
Magda Long @magslong.bsky.social Researching intelligence, all things covert 🕵️👀, and hybrid warfare.
Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.
Jayson Harsin @jaysonharsin.bsky.social Professor, American U. Paris. Dir., Ctr 4 Media, Comm, & Global Change. @ topical x-roads of Political Deception, Persuasion, Influence, gender,Economic Rights. For my recent publications, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1gK3IjoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi
Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com PhD UCL SSEES, visiting professor at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist for EUObserver @euobserver.bsky.social, outdoor research fellow
Mike Jensen @mikejjensen.bsky.social Political Science, Information Warfare, Political Communication
Mark Jacobson @drmarkjacobson.bsky.social Historian of political and psychological warfare; Senior Fellow, The Pell Center at Salve Regina University; co-host of the Active Measures Newsletter Podcast and host of “You May Have Heard,” Army and Navy vet, and proud University of 〽️ichigan grad.
Joe McReynolds @joemcreynolds.bsky.social Japan urbanism: Emergent Tokyo (2022). China-US NatSec: China's Evolving Military Strategy (2016), China's Evolving Information Warfare (2025). 摸着石头过河, learning as I go.
James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social Historian of UK-Israel relations, British decline, and propaganda. Hittites. Blues harmonica. Aberystwyth Cricket Club. Just posting stuff that interests me really.
A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.social Historian of Media, Fake News, and Propaganda. Author/Co-Author of BROADCAST HYSTERIA; SCARFACE AND THE UNTOUCHABLE; ELIOT NESS AND THE MAD BUTCHER. Michigan Wolverine with a Princeton PhD.
Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com Counterterrorism | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Facta Non Verba
My Books:
QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement
Contemporary Far-Right Culture
Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social Dr Paul Lashmar, Investigative Journalist, author and Emeritus Fellow at CityStGs UoL, retired Associate Professor. Book: Drax of Drax Hall: Landed Gentry, Sugar and Slavery (Pluto March 2025). I RT when interested not necessarily because I agree.
Rūta Kazlauskaitė @rutakazlauskaite.bsky.social Researcher, PhD, University of Helsinki. Memory politics, VR/XR, emotions, propaganda, populism.
Paul McGarr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social Intelligence History | Published first book on Cold War South Asia, published another on Spying in India, writing a third on Indira Gandhi & Margaret Thatcher
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social Studying confluence of influence operations, disinfo, truth decay, information integrity & policies addressing online harms. Many thoughts, sometimes prayers.
Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations, Lancaster University.
Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com Sr. Researcher @citizenlab.ca, Disinformation & Harassment. Fmr. Meta. Trainer: find & expose covert influence. I like doers. Opinions my own.
Thomas Rid @ridt.bsky.social @ridt on X
Trevor Hugh Davis @trevordavis-usa.bsky.social Exploring the forces shaping misinformation and institutional trust: uncovering the incentives, disincentives, and impacts driving systemic challenges. Notre Dame research scientist.
Göran Bolin @goranbolin.eurosky.social Media & Communications professor who teaches and writes on digital culture, information management, AI and data value at Södertörn University
sh.se/mkv
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
Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social Personal account
Head of Threat Analysis @viginum.bsky.social
PhD in Geopolitics @univ-paris8.fr
Researcher @ifgeopolitique.bsky.social
Russian FP, IOs, OSINT investigations
Maxime Audinet @maudinet.bsky.social Assistant Professor of International Relations & International Communication @inalco.fr
▪️Russian Politics & Media
▪️Influence, Foreign Policy & Authoritarianism
Co-founder @coruscant-eu.bsky.social
Previously Research Fellow @irsem.bsky.social
Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social Head of the School of Politics and Economics at KCL. Researching conspiracy theories and democracy. Former 🚒🚑
Andrew Hoskins @andrewhoskins.bsky.social PROF. of AI, MEMORY & WAR
University of Edinburgh
AI & MEMORY
https://doi.org/10.1017/mem.2024.16
https://www.andrewhoskins.net/about
ERC/UKRI Digital Participation in War
5 year project
https://tinyurl.com/yjem9a4w
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/ 
Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social Head of the School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Lincoln. Research on propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy & soft power. Lover of all things literary. Living with Crohn’s Disease. Views expressed here are mine alone.
Whitney Phillips @whitneyphillips.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Information Politics and Ethics at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication. I write about quasi-religion & politics at http://populardemonology.substack.com
Rosie Arroyo @rosiearroyo.bsky.social Assistant Professor | Posdoctoral Researcher | UNAM-Mx 🇲🇽
Dis and Misinformation / Public Communication / Sociopolitical Sniffer & Avocado Fan 🥑
Dorian Quelle @dorianquelle.bsky.social PhD Candidate Quantitative Network Science @ UZH, Research Associate @ Oxford Internet Institute, Data Scientist & Disinformation Researcher @ http://Pattrn.AI
Matthias Schulze @percepticon.bsky.social PhD in political science, studying infosec, cyber conflict & information war. Blue Team at SRLabs in Berlin.
Blog and podcast about my work over at https://percepticon.de or https://ioc.exchange/@percepticon
David Hendy @davidhendy.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster, Prof. Emeritus University of Sussex. The BBC: A People's History, Noise: A Human History, Radio 4.
Writer-in-residence 2026, Gladstone’s Library
Rep: United Agents
https://societyofauthors.org/soa-member/david-hendy/
Evan H. Potter @evanhpotter.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of Communication
University of Ottawa
Art & science of persuasion: Strategic Coms, PR, Information Warfare, Government Coms, Political Coms, Place Branding, Public Diplomacy, Cultural Statecraft.
Erik Underwood @erikunderwood.bsky.social I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at McGill University with research interests in great power politics, information warfare, and cyber security. My current research on Chinese and Russian foreign propaganda strategies.
James Crossland @jamescrossland.bsky.social Professor of History. Writer of books.
Host of "History's Devils" ⬇️
https://historysdevils.buzzsprout.com/
https://youtube.com/@historysdevils
#history #spies, #extremism, fake news, weird stories, terrible people and things that are not real 🗃️ 📚
Babak Bahador @babak9.bsky.social Research media/coms and peacebuilding at George Washington University (GWU). Direct, Institute for Public Diplomacy & Global Communication (GWU), Media & Peacebuilding Project (GWU), Peace News Network: https://bsky.app/profile/peacenewsnet.bsky.social
Steven Livingston @stevenlivingston.bsky.social Son of a union organizer and a professor of political science/communication at GWU - in that order.
PsyWar.Org @psywarorg.bsky.social Documenting the history and techniques of political warfare, propaganda, and disinformation. Also on Substack under the same handle. Legacy TwiX will remain for now.
Massimo Flore @massif.bsky.social Exploring how information environments reshape power, legitimacy, and collective decision-making.
Weekly insights → https://massimoflore.substack.com/
Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social Counter Disinformation Project, Former NEU and ATL union executive
Freelance journalist & researcher @bylinetimes @whowhatwhy
Educator
Counterdisinformationproject.substack.com
Andreas J Önnerfors @andreasonnerfors.bsky.social Swedish intellectual historian passionate about combatting disinformation and conspiracy theories. Languages 🇸🇪🇩🇪🇬🇧
Affiliation: Fojo Media Institute, Linnaeus University, Sweden
See more here: https://linnaeus.academia.edu/Andreas%C3%96nnerfors
Anja Lächner @anjalaechner.bsky.social Researcher
In Media, Communication and Politics.
Interests: Political Communication, Propaganda, Digital Well-Being, Problematic Internet Use, Framing. Also graphic designer who loves photography & art
Geoffrey Supran @geoffreysupran.bsky.social Professor of Environmental Science & Policy and Director of Climate Accountability Lab at University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.
Investigating Big Oil's climate propaganda. Formerly Harvard, MIT, Cambridge.
Dr Gerald Kutney | Climate Politics @geraldkutney.bsky.social PhD | Fellow RCGS
Author: Climate Denial in American Politics (Routledge) http://bit.ly/4tFJKGA
Politics | Disinformation | Science
ClimateBrawl
Emil Stjernholm @emilstjernholm.bsky.social Media scholar | Associate Professor @ Lund University | Propaganda | Visual Communication | Media History | Digital Methods | Preparedness and Civil Defence
Kristofer Goldsmith @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social Host On Offense Pod. Cohost Find Out Podcast. CEO Task Force Butler + Veterans Fighting Fascism. Research: disinfo+extremism among vets+military (http://vva.org/trollreport). Yes, the Nazi hunter you’ve been looking for. linktr.ee/krisgoldsmith
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC, Editor of the @vaultofculture.bsky.social (https://www.vaultofculture.com/), Executive Secretary of the Comics Studies Society, NTFC Local #6546 steward, comics scholar, and a ton of other stuff. Views own.
@pr-rosa.bsky.social @pr-rosa.bsky.social 
European Centre for the Study of Hate @ecsh-research.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Research Centre Addressing Group-Based Hate and Hostility. Values-driven impact-focused research. Advancing Europe's values of human dignity, equality and the rule of law from its Western edge.
www.ul.ie/ecsh
Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Except the serious things, don’t take life too seriously. Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
Co-founder @UnraveledPress.com.
Got a tip? Signal is @sheld.01. Email:steve@unraveledpress.com
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence. Occasionally: hate movements and conspiracism.
Support us: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/
📧 info@unraveledpress.com
📱 Signal: unraveled.66
Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social I research and create educational videos about misinformation, propaganda, climate change, and sometimes (unfortunately) AI
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com Uses machine learning to study literary imagination, and vice-versa. Likely to share news about AI & computational social science / Sozialwissenschaft / 社会科学
Information Sciences and English, UIUC. Distant Horizons (Chicago, 2019). tedunderwood.com
Steve Nesbitt @70dbz.bsky.social Professor and Head, Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois. AMS Fellow; I'm a meteorologist that brakes for interesting cloud formations. Opinions mine. #BillsMafia swnesbitt.github.io
National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov Official Bluesky account for NOAA's National Weather Service.
Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social Research on the right-wing and religion.
Podcast: Fifteen Minutes of Fascism:
https://soundcloud.com/user-627234964
Author, How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism: https://shorturl.at/jjwZz
Newsletter: https://shorturl.at/dINAA
DMs open. Opinions my own.
Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info The resistance team for the U.S. Department of Labor. Not an official government account. #resist #AltGov #NoKings ❌👑
UCSB Media Skill Lab @mediaskill.bsky.social The media skill lab, led by Dr. Kristy Hamilton, uses empirical research to understand how aspects of our digital environment enable & alter strategic decision-making surrounding our media use
https://www.kristyahamilton.comm.ucsb.edu/media-skill-lab/ 
The 305 || Second Life RP Community @the305sl.bsky.social 🔗 http://the305s.im is a gritty, immersive dark urban fantasy roleplay community set in a post-apocalyptic Miami, brought to life within Second Life || 3DS Dice System 💬 https://305.City 📍 http://tinyurl.com/The305SLURL 
Eyepatch Wolf @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social professional youtube disaster
Support me here: https://eyepatchwolves.com
Moss - IL Public @mossilpubmedia.bsky.social Fav stations: PBS - NPR - WILL TV - WILL AM - WILL FM - IPM Newsroom - The 21st Talk Show - Prairie Fire - 217 Today - Reel Midwest- Illinois Soul - The Middle
Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social Feminist science professor at the University of Illinois. Labor organizer. Author of PERIOD. Out 8/26: PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End. Settler, queer. 🍉
Pre-order here! http://bit.ly/4y4DMkB
renegade cut @renegadecut.bsky.social youtube video weirdo. movies. games. vibes. support me on patreon for sandwiches/rent. baltimore born, boston now.
youtube.com/@renegadecut
patreon.com/renegadecut
linktr.ee/renegadecut
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Hannah Overbye-Thompson @overbye.bsky.social Incoming Assistant Professor at MSU ComArtSci AD + PR | I study how people detect, perceive & respond to AI/algorithmic bias
https://www.hannahoverbye.com/
Kylie (Woodman) Falcione @kyliefalcione.bsky.social Media mental health researcher at the intersection of Neuroscience 🧠, Developmental Psychology 👧, & Media Communication 📱🎮
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple
https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social Middle Aged (48) AuDHD plus size trans sapphic gearhead lumberjane gamer. Tomboy butch. She/They ⚧ I like tinkering with radios, electronics, and cars. I have degrees in CompSci & Film. PNW based. I like pews & drive for a living. Fan of all things Spoopy
Elgin Pride 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @elginpride.bsky.social Free monthly events plus an annual parade & festival. A 501(c)(3) cultivating celebration, education, visibility & safe spaces in the Chicago, Illinois suburbs. ElginPride.org 🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
Subscribe to support my journalism www.erininthemorning.com
Jamie Lynn @impishenby.bsky.social 
Bertis Downs @bertisdowns.bsky.social Good schools for all kids, public education Warrior, Davidson Wildcat and GSW fan. Democracy isn’t a spectator sport. bertisdowns.com
Mike Mills ✌️🇺🇦🐶🇨🇦 @millsish.bsky.social We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files.
Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social Hello👍Bluesky
happy to be here!
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FYI👋I zombied IG👎
Chamee Yang @chamee22.bsky.social I write about media/urban history, environment, and technology in Asia. Assistant Professor of Communication at Seoul National University.
✨Author: City in a Future Tense (UCPress, 2026) https://www.ucpress.edu/books/city-in-a-future-tense/paper
Kurtreznor @kurtreznor.bsky.social 
Anita Chan @anitachan.bsky.social Scholar, Speaker, Educator
Author, Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech & Our Fight for an Independent Future
Director, Community Data Clinic, communitydata.illinois.edu
anitachan.org
@dzurick.bsky.social @dzurick.bsky.social