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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
✍️ http://hauntologies.net
Pascal @pascallth.bsky.social Political analyst
Right makes might
Substack: https://pascallth.substack.com/
The Midas Project @themidasproject.bsky.social We are a watchdog nonprofit that monitors and reports on the practices of leading AI companies.
www.themidasproject.com
Hugh Lovatt @hlovatt.bsky.social Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations.
Middle East analysis and European foreign policy, with focus on Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara. Mountain runner. Usual caveats.
Torsti Luotonén @torstil.eurosky.social
Matias-possu
So it goes
Yhteiskunta-alan korkeakoulutetut @yhteiskuntaala.bsky.social Yhteiskuntaosaajien ammattiliitto.
YKAn jäsenyys on kannanotto kestävämmän työelämän puolesta. Liity omiesi joukkoon: https://yka.fi/liity
Tieteentekijät @tieteentekijat.bsky.social Tieteentekijät on tieteen, tutkimuksen ja korkeakoulutuksen parissa työskentelevien ammattiliitto. Science rules!
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@riiahenriikka.bsky.social @riiahenriikka.bsky.social Kirjatoukka korvessa. Hehtaariensa biodiversiteettipuurtaja. Rescuekoirain kotihoitotätsy. Hevi maistuu. * "Miksi olisimme muiden yläpuolella? Koska olemme keksineet polkupyörän ja ydinaseen? Sokeritoukka pärjää ilman kumpaakin." (Allu "Rölli" Tuppurainen)
Pekka Isotalus @pisotalus.bsky.social Professor of Communication Studies, Tampere University. Home at Helsinki.
Finland 🇫🇮
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Maria Bäck @iaback77.bsky.social PhD, title of docent (political science).
Noora Sirkka @noorasirkka.bsky.social Political science, history, religion, teaching, humanrights, activism, antirasism, animalrights. Hoping and fighting for a better world💪🏻🩷 Lehtori/UTU,TNK
Anna Salmivaara @annasalmivaara.bsky.social Asiantuntija / @Ihmisoikeusliitto.bsky.social
Advisor / Finnish League for Human Rights
VTT / PhD in Social Sciences
Ihmisoikeudet, eriarvoisuus, yritykset & ihmisoikeudet, demokratia, oikeusvaltio, kansalaisyhteiskunta... 
Kari Haakana @karihaakana.net Kehityspäällikkö, podcastaaja, kirjailija. Kirjat: Välitön uhka (2022), Tapa hänet ensin (2023), Tämä on ryöstö (2023), Kunnian hinta (2024), Kirvesmies (2025) Podcast: #vikasietotila. https://linktr.ee/karihaakana
Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social Fellow in Human Rights at LSE Sociology. Blogs at Opinio Juris. Follow me on Twitch/Youtube. Views Personal. Peruvian. English / Español / Português
Sami Syrjämäki @samisyrjamaki.bsky.social Tieteiden,tutkimuksen ja sivistyksen puolesta! Julkaisupäällikkö, Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta.
Itamar Mann @itamann.bsky.social Academic and lawyer ⏳
Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social Law & Criminology Professor, University of Haifa.
Critical Race Theory, Antidiscrimination, Prisons, Mizrahi Legal Theory (it's a thing).
Robert Döscher @robffo83.bsky.social 
Minna Holopainen @minnaholopainen.bsky.social Päätoimittaja / Editor-in-Chief at the Finnish News Agency STT Kuva: Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva.
Theodora Helimäki @theodorahelimaki.bsky.social Grant Researcher at @helsinki.fi / @koneensaatio.fi
VAAs, voting behaviour, elections
Communication Coordinator for FNES.
Science Communication Coordinator EUPopLink.
Teacher at Avoin yliopisto.
Veera Vehkasalo @veevehka.bsky.social Editor-in-chief at street paper Iso Numero (@isonumero.bsky.social). Human rights, homelessness, equality, sustainable development, politics, media, journalism, anthropology et al! Helsinki/Finland.
Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/vvehka
Iikka Kivi @koomikkokivi.bsky.social Stand up -koomikko. Tuottaja. Käsikirjoittaja. Luonnonsuojelija. Videopelinörtti.
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Commission
Outi Huovinen @huovisenouti.bsky.social Viestintä, osallisuus ja vuorovaikutus ovat leipälajejani. Tasa-arvo, Jyväskylä ja kahvi ovat lähellä sydäntäin. Duuni @luke.fi
Ville Niinistö @villeniinisto.vihreat.fi Luonnon, ihmisten ja jalkapallon ystävä.
Europarlamentaarikko.
Entinen ympäristöministeri, vihreiden puheenjohtaja ja kansanedustaja.
Turkulaislähtöinen espoolainen.
#vihreät
Gabrielius Landsbergis @glandsbergis.bsky.social Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Landsbergis.com Bookings: agent@championsukplc.com
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Alexander Stubb @alexstubb.bsky.social Tasavallan presidentti • Republikens president • President of the Republic of Finland I Presidentin kanslia @TPKanslia
Jeremy Konyndyk @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social President of @refugeesintl.bsky.social
Humanitarianism, baking, biking. Former lead for COVID (46) and disaster response (44) at USAID.
Personal account.🏊♂️🚴♂️🏃♂️
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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social A scholar of language, culture, education and social justice. A poet: https://sidhe-press.eu/books/keep-telling-of-gaza/
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Hanna Nikkanen @hannanik.bsky.social 🪐 Co-founder, environment editor, investigative journalist at Long Play, Finland's leading publisher of slow journalism
🪐 Nonfiction author
🪐 Smalltown person
🪐 Climate, forests, food systems, tech, sea, gardening
🪐 MSc
🪐 Taalintehdas, 🇫🇮
🪐 She/her
Heikki Aittokoski @heikkiaitto.bsky.social Kirjoitan kaikenlaista, sekä työkseni että huvikseni.
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com Extremism expert by day, novelist by night
THE POPE'S HITMAN (Oct. 27, 2026)
EXTREMISM (MIT Press, 2018)
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Ingrid Rodrick Beiler @ingrid-rb.bsky.social Associate Professor of English @oslomet | applied linguist researching multilingualism, language ideologies, and language learning | views my own | she/hun etc. | #stopthegenocide
Marco Siddi @marcosiddi.bsky.social Leading researcher @fiia-upi.bsky.social, Associate professor at Cagliari University and Docent at Helsinki and Tampere universities focusing on International Relations, European politics and energy politics
Elina Sinkkonen @elinasinkkonen.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at http://fiia.fi. Oxford DPhil. Writes about China, authoritarian resilience, great power politics, Asian security. Views my own.
Jussi Lassila @jplassila.bsky.social Russia expert, Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Views are my own.
Eoin McNamara @mcnamara-eoin.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) 🇫🇮. All things foreign policy, security & transatlantic. From Waterford 🇮🇪. Work info: https://www.fiia.fi/en/expert/eoin-mcnamara 
Emma Hakala @ezhakala.bsky.social 
Katariina Mustasilta @katariinamustasilt.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at @fiia-upi.bsky.social, focusing on the EU’s foreign and security policies, conflict prevention and crisis management, EU-Africa relations in the shifting world order
@annafredrika.bsky.social @annafredrika.bsky.social 
Ville Sinkkonen @sinkkonenville.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at FIIA (https://fiia.fi/en/expert/ville-sinkkonen): IR, great-power politics, US foreign policy. LL.D. (International Law) from University of Turku. 
Saila Heinikoski @heinikoskisaila.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @fiia.fi Author of History and Politics of Free Movement: European Borders of Justice (2020). Opinions my own. #EU #migration #borders
Finnish Institute of International Affairs @fiia.fi FIIA produces topical research and analysis on international relations, Finnish foreign policy and the EU. 🌍👉 fiia.fi
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
Hussein Ibish @ibishblog.bsky.social Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI), weekly columnist for The National, and writer and speaker at large. Former Bloomberg columnist and New York Times regular contributor, now writing a lot for The Atlantic.
Ville Mäkipelto @villemakipelto.fi Tubettaja, teologian tohtori, psykologi, tietokirjailija. Maailman ihmettelijä ja vähän kaikesta kiinnostunut. Valtuutettu (Jäke, Keusote, vihr.). Muualla ➡️ linktr.ee/villemakipelto
Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺 Commissioner for Defence and Space, former Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Lithuania 🇱🇹
Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social Geopolitical and security analyst, Views are my own.
The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop.
https://publicdomainreview.org
Emile Hokayem اميل الحكيّم @emile-hokayem.bsky.social Geopolitics and Middle East at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Just because you have an opinion does not mean you should express it.
Ihab Hassan @ihabhassan.bsky.social Palestinian Christian | Human rights activist | Human Rights Master's student at @catholicuniv
Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social palestinian-american raised on a steady diet of hummus and fried chicken. editor-in-chief, the key (a palfest production)
www.sarayasin.com
Aziz Abu Sarah @azizabusarah.bsky.social Co-Author of bestseller, The Future is Peace, co-founder of Mejdi Tours &InterAct International , Nat Geo Explorer, TED fellow.
Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social CUNY, Jewish Currents, New York Times, MSNBC. Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow.
Oren Ziv @orenziv.bsky.social 
Dimi Reider @dimireider.bsky.social Senior fellow @obi-belonging.bsky.social Berkeley. Founding ed at The Lead, co-founder +972 Magazine. Bylines NYT, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Haaretz etc. Exploring long-term future of Israel-Palestine. Dimireider.substack.com.
Khalil Sayegh @khalilsayegh.bsky.social Political analyst | Palestinian politics |Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Co-founder & President of Agora (ἀγορά) Initiative
Khaled Elgindy @elgindy.bsky.social Middle East analyst | author, ‘Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump’ http://tinyurl.com/y5qpl6bb 
Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social EVP at @cipolicy.bsky.social.
Noa Landau @noalandau.bsky.social Haaretz Deputy Editor in Chief
Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social Political activists across the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Co-Head, Alliance for Two States, Middle East Director, International Communities Organisation
Santiago Slabodsky @santiagoslabodsky.bsky.social Sociologist of Knowledge; Global South Barbarian; FRK Chair at Hofstra-NY; Cronopio; Inorganic Intellectual; Non-Jewish Jew; ; Carry-on Traveler.
Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, AL-MONITOR | Professor, GWU
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/china-middle-east-briefing-7305587918826319872/
@haggaim.bsky.social @haggaim.bsky.social 
Allison Kaplan Sommer @allisonksommer.bsky.social Haaretz Podcast host and journalist at Haaretz, Promised Podcast co-host
Al-Ma`ari @jidaralsawt.bsky.social Middle East (esp. 🇵🇸/🇮🇱), US politics, and economics.
טל שלו Tal Shalev @talshalev.bsky.social Political junkie, reporter and analyst for #walla
Maoz Inon @maozinon.bsky.social Maoz Inon, TED2024 speaker, an Israeli entrepreneur, has initiated multiple projects in Israel and the Middle East, fostering hope and promoting peace
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
@omerbartov.bsky.social @omerbartov.bsky.social 
Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.com 
Fiona B. Adamson @fionaadamson.bsky.social Professor of International Relations @SOAS.
Simone Zimmerman @simonerzim.bsky.social proud anti-Zionist Jew
co-founder of @ifnotnowmovement.org
protagonist of @israelismfilm.com
Yeshayahu Leibowitz Stan Account @leibowitzadak.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Jew and DC lawyer
Not actually Yeshayahu Leibowitz (duh)
He/him
Der (europäische) Föderalist @foederalist.eu On democracy beyond the nation state | Blog and skytweets by
@manuelmueller.foederalist.eu
www.foederalist.eu
Ulkopolitiikka @ulkopolitiikka.bsky.social UP-lehti | Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs
1961-2025
Ulkopolitiikka-lehden toiminta on päättynyt.
https://ulkopolitiikka.fi/
Helmi Räisänen @helmiraisanen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow @FIIA; Visiting Researcher @Uni Helsinki | A professional pessimist into crisis management; environmental security; critical minerals, fertiliser, and pharmaceutical supply chains; pandemic preparedness; AMOC collapse
Hiski Haukkala @haukkala.bsky.social Processor of international politics. Director, Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
Frank Johansson @frankdj.bsky.social Director of AI Finland.
Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social Running EuMEP (European Middle East Project) in Brussels, promoting just & fact-based EU policy on Israel/Palestine. www.eumep.org
Heljä Ossa @heljaossa.bsky.social Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, investigating non-nuclear deterrence. PhD in Military Sciences. Managing Editor at the Ulkopolitist online media. Passionate about IR, security and defence, EU and transatlantic relations.
Tuomas Äystö @tuomasaysto.eurosky.social Yhteiskunnalliset ilmiöthän ne aina mielessä on. Uskontotieteen dosentti ja yliopistonlehtori, Helsingin yliopisto.
Kuva: Tinksu Wessman/Sapfograf.
Minna Pärssinen @minnaparssinen.bsky.social Kärkäs jokapaikanhöylä, innostettavissa melkein mihin aiheeseen tahansa. Mielipiteet itsekeksittyjä.
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
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Raakel @raakelkoittola.bsky.social Upouusi yrittäjä, jonka ei koskaan pitänyt alkaa yrittäjäksi. Rakastan tapahtumia, tekemistä ja yhteisöä. Ja kahvia! 🩷
TM(uskonnon ja politiikan suhde tutkimuskohde), urheilussa töissä viimeiset 10v.
Hyvä elämä tavoitteena - yllätyskyykyistä huolimatta!
Matti Koskinen @mattikoskinen.bsky.social Currently doing the journalism at Uusi Juttu. Forever DM.
Edward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social Political and Strategic Affairs
Former NATO official
PhD VUB & Royal Military Academy of Belgium
Views my own
Kaarina Vainio @kaarinava.bsky.social Journalist, editor | doctoral researcher ~ IR & tech
Currently news at STT news agency, formerly features at Ulkopolitiikka-lehti
Joel Linnainmäki @linnainmaki.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Foreign policy, NATO and Northern European security. Hamilton nerd in search of cute dogs. 
Tyyne Karjalainen @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social Researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, doctoral researcher at the University of Turku. EU foreign & security policies, EU enlargement, Eastern neighborhood & crisis management.
Kukka-Maria Kovsky @kukkakovsky.bsky.social Head of Partnerships at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, and Conference Director of Helsinki Security Forum. 
Anni Lindgren @annilindgren.bsky.social Specialist at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs & Helsinki Security Forum
@kristiinasilvan.bsky.social @kristiinasilvan.bsky.social