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Sarah Rainsford @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social BBC Eastern Europe correspondent. Expelled from Moscow. Now in Warsaw. In Ukraine when I can. My book on all that & more is "Goodbye to Russia" (online & in good book shops). I may also be a little bit obsessed with a certain spaniel
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."
Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social #Anonymous: Actions Not Nouns. All that exists is interaction. #BindingChaos #3E https://yacnews.com/
Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social Lift the pedosadist / trafficking networks and the entire global oligarchy will be in the net. - Heather Marsh, 2014 #OpDeathEaters #Anonymous
Anonymous @opcanary.bsky.social Optimism is a political act. #OpCanary #Anonymous
Spooky Connections @spookyconnections.bsky.social An independent international open source and social media investigation to probe transnational organized crime and human trafficking. https://spookyconnections.com/
Binding Chaos @bindingchaos.bsky.social Hi all, we aren't Heather Marsh but we are big fans of her work! We are here to build community and start conversations around #BindingChaos, available here: mustread.press/books/
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SCZ @spartazc.bsky.social Anonymous. Founder of @YourAnonCentral. Irregular Safety Director. "This account has been a suspect for a long time" Researcher.
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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social Armed with poison-tipped pens, we slash through the golden shroud of power, twirling over the tomb of oligarchy. #Anonymous
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca 🚑 Providing medical care where & when it’s needed.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social Journalist etc. Currently Irish Times correspondent in Beirut/Damascus & author of ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ (Orwell Prize, Terzani Prize, Inge Feltrinelli Prize, Michel Deon Prize, Irish Book of the Year) & new book 'This is Also a Love Story'.
Seth J. Frantzman @sfrantzman.bsky.social Middle East security, defense analysis. War correspondent @Jerusalem Post; Adjunct Fellow FDD. Breaking Defense.
#ChezFrantzman Author of 'The October 7 War' and 'Drone Wars.'
Skipper. Maine. Phi Psi.
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social Global Affairs Correspondent for Axios. CNN analyst. Washington correspondent for Walla. Author of Trump's Peace
Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social News director for Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Turkey at the Associated Press. Contact asewell @ap.org
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Yousef Hammash @yousefh.bsky.social Award-winning filmmaker from Jabalia Camp (EMMY, BAFTA, RTS, FPA). Dedicated to storytelling and capturing the human experience.
Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social Award-winning foreign correspondent. Former @washingtonpost.com staff writer. Now: London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. Email me: louisaloveluck@gmail.com.
Olivier Knox @oknox.bsky.social Senior national political correspondent, US News & World Report. Not “Oliver.” Something retweets something something. Views here are my own, not my employer's. Duh.
Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social propublica national security reporter
formers: ap, wsj, politico, notus. author of 'means of control,' a book on big data and big government. buy: https://bit.ly/buyMoC
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, Premier League and tennis fan, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book and travel recommendations welcomed.
Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown Law: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/josh-chafetz/
Author, most recently, of _Congress's Constitution_: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248333/congresss-constitution/
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth!
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
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Senior Fellow, Brookings
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Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Jason Campbell @jasonscampbell.bsky.social Senior Researcher at Media Matters; Recovering Philosopher; “An evil piece of garbage” - Ben Shapiro
Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social Deputy Director of rapid response at Media Matters, views here are my own
Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social New York Times opinion columnist; MSNOW contributor; author.
Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Columnist at GuardianUS. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack: https://substack.com/@sulliview?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios)
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
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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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
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Alex Ward @alexward.bsky.social National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Author, “The Internationalists.” Fan, F.C. Barcelona.
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Brady Africk @bradyafr.bsky.social Data, maps, and satellite imagery 🛰🌻🔭
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Matthew Levitt @mattlevitt.bsky.social Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University
Critical Threats Project @criticalthreats.bsky.social An AEI project focused on understanding threats and tracking global challenges | Contact us: criticalthreats@aei.org | Media requests: mediaservices@aei.org
Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.
Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social Researcher.
Polish voice on terror, conflicts, crime networks, Islamic State, al-Qaeda.
Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel.
Writing for hire. DM.
@saladinaldronni on X/Twitter
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social Historian & Arabist
Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social Reporter at The New York Times writing about the intersection of health and politics, especially in marginalized communities. NYT Guild steward. No, not one of those Astors.
Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. Repost ≠ endorsement. maxboot.net.
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
The New Republic @newrepublic.com Ideas. Influence. Impact.
TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today.
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Sarah Jones @sarahjones.bsky.social Senior writer, Intelligencer/New York Magazine. Bible Bonkers professional
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
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Recovering lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Corgi | Host of Psycho Politics pod and contributor, @TheBulwark.com | Crappy pol | Trying to figure out Substack
substack.com/@gtconway
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social Politics, politics, politics
dylan matthews @dylanmatt.bsky.social i write for vox
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social
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
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com computer security person. former helpdesk
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
Ben Smith @semaforben.bsky.social Semafor EIC, author of "Traffic" out May 2
Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Host of Galaxy Brain, the podcast. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
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)
Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social Blogger at Business Insider, covering tech, business, culture. knotopoulos@businessinsider.com
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept
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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"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social Jersey guy in VA. Have done a lot of political news
Beware: lots of sports posts. Especially baseball & soccer. Opinions are mine.
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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
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
Nathaniel Reed @reedreports.bsky.social Senior Congressional Correspondent for @scrippsnews.bsky.social / RTCA Capitol Hill 2026 Chair / Vermont enthusiast / nathaniel.reed@scripps.com
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
Dutch_OsintGuy @dutchosintguy.bsky.social Dutch guy with Open Source Intelligence & Analysis skills • OSINT • Principal Instructor @SANSInstitute • SVP of Engineering& Chief Innovator @ shadowdragon.io
Sam Lisker @slisker.com Senior Congressional Producer @scrippsnews.bsky.social, usually listening to Yacht Rock.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford)
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social Brighton-based journalist, historian , writer etc — but mostly her dad.
Words in @derspekter.org, @972mag.com, Shado etc
🎙️ @thefirethesetimes.com & @thestartrekpod.bsky.social
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com Independent news on politics and war. No paywall - subscribe for free.
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ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social Columnist at The Intercept; editing Public Seminar; professor of critical journalism at The New School; author - “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life” and "On Un/Certainty" (Verso); antifascism, abolition, Wittgenstein from the left.
David Clinch ☘️ 🍀 @davidclinch.bsky.social Former CNN and Storyful.
Media Revenue Consultant - MGP #MediaRevenue
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Aurora Intel @auroraintel.bsky.social @auroraintel from Twitter.
The War Monitor @warmonitor.net Questioning questionable political and geopolitical events. OSINT. Fact checker. Exposing corruption. Anti-fascist. Pro Ukraine. The original War Monitor (Twitter 2013).
Maya Rodriguez @mayarodriguez.bsky.social News Correspondent based in Washington, D.C. Multilingual globetrotter. New Wave = best wave. Retweets ≠ endorsements.