Meredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social poetry and data. prosody.princeton.edu & this cdh.princeton.edu
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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org How the administration is breaking the government and what that means for all of us. All of our content is free to republish and remix. https://unbreaking.org/
Popular Science @popsci.com Demystifying our weird world since 1872. Learn something new every day.
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Darren Mark Skilton @darrenmarkskilton.bsky.social Collective Action Brighton & Hove. Left/Green. Solidarity RPM. Give Street Project. Vegan. Gooner. LGBTQIA ally. He/Him.
NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) @npquarterly.bsky.social Journalism for civil society. Reporting on leadership, climate justice, racial justice, health justice, economic justice, philanthropy, and equity issues.
Building Movement Project @buildingmovement.bsky.social BMP develops research, tools, & training materials that help nonprofits support the voice & power of the people they serve.
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Peter Merholz @peterme.com Oakland, CA.
professional: http://petermerholz.com/
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upma @upmasingh.com I have a Punjabi name, I'm not named after food. I do UXey things for my day job. Otherwise I'm a home cook, TV watcher, podcast listener, and a slow knitter. Child-free cat lady. Jaded optimist. Philadelphia.
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David Dylan Thomas @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social Writer/Director “White Meat” whitemeatmovie.com Author, Design for Cognitive Bias Oh, also I give talks. Daviddylanthomas.com
Antoine Valot @antoine-valot.bsky.social Just plain weird
Minneapolitan goblin (they/she) @mosscloud.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Trans rights = human rights 🏳️🌈
♊ Twin Cities ♾️
designer/researcher
former librarian
aspiring bog druid /|\
#PWHL fan (Victoire & Charge)
Scott Pierce @goodatbingo.bsky.social Content Strategy and Content Design. Former Disney, Razorfish, POP, Amazon. Feeder at the information zoo. Nothing to be smug about.
Shannon Leahy (she, her, hers) @shannonleahy.bsky.social Mum, wifey, snuggler of Ginger Snap and Muffin. Content design, UX, and asking questions are my jam. Leopard print is the best neutral.
Kristen Evans @paperalphabet.bsky.social Culture writer: buzzfeed, new republic, la times, boston globe, etc. | content strategist for hire | still writing that novel! | newsletter: https://interior-castles.ghost.io/ | hello@kristen-evans.com
The Content Practice Architect @tcpa.bsky.social Founder and CEO of The Content Practice Architect, a consultancy helping brands establish and scale UX content practices.
Speaker, Consultant and Author of From Solo to Scaled: Building a Sustainable Content Strategy Practice (Rosenfeld Media)
Indi Young @indiyoung.bsky.social Data Science that Listens - indiyoung.com
Book - Time to Listen indiyoung.com/books/
Systems thinking research for solutions that support human variety. (Fully human made posts & illustrations; no use of AI)
Gail Swanson @joyinthecenter.bsky.social Trauma-informed technologist | Writer | Artist | Motorcyclist
I ask a lot of questions.
I think a LOT.
I make things.
Jane Ruffino @janeruffino.bsky.social Content/UX and contemporary archaeology. Human/dog mom. She/her.
Allergic to unwanted advice.
Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social Former academic, current UX research lead focused on how people communicate online, forever a sociolinguist. Small and loud. She/her
Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me National Reporter for Religion News Service. "Workaday writer." — The New Yorker. Author of "American Prophets," a book on the religious left. Tips? Try me on Signal: jackmjenkins.60 Website: jackjenkins.me
Rob Michlowitz @arvrrob.bsky.social AR & VR for Learning and Training
LiDAR for Preservation and Model Creation,
Occam's Razor Adherent,
Intolerant of Intolerance,
I put ideas together.
Oh, and I love cats!
Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
SF Boswell @sfboswell.bsky.social Researcher, nerd, fan of niche sports (gymnastics, climbing). Immigration court accompanier.
I always flip to the back of the book.
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Hands Off NYC @handsoffnyc.bsky.social We are 250+ unions, faith leaders, and community groups standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.
Sign up to get involved:
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More trainings and community events coming soon. Stay tuned.
Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social Translating Czech -> English: linktr.ee/AlexZucker
Organizing: New York Dignity Not Detention | Immigration Justice Working Group, SURJ NYC | Literary Translators Division, NWU | #StopArmingIsrael #FreePalestine
New Disabled South @newdisabledsouth.org Working to achieve liberation and justice for all disabled people in the South.
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social Rhetoric prof, social movement scholar & author of Prison Power (2016) and Black Feelings (2020); both from @UPMiss. Editor of #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist (Routledge).
Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social Nonprofit Marketing Strategist + Activator | Journalist • Comms, @joindayenu.bsky.social | Writer, @unicornriot.bsky.social | Board, @crushcolonialism.bsky.social | Co-Founder, @tendemands.bsky.social • aka @awkword.bsky.social • philmandelbaum.com
Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social Darren Mark Skilton - Brighton & Hove. Left. Supporting activism, social action, and activist organisations. Collective Action.
Socialist. LGBTQIA+. Anti-facism. Anti-racism. Climate activism. Free Palestine. NHS. Love and Solidarity.
OCE Lab @ocelab.bsky.social Our research seeks to uncover how people interact within civil society organizations and how those interactions can strengthen organizations, promote civic engagement, and improve the quality of life in communities.
Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Rubén Campos @rubencampos.eurosky.social South Asia, Democracy & Nonviolent Movements Scholar.
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social Programs Director @rielcano.bsky.social Senior Fellow. Proud father-29 years in love with my wife. https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/campos-ruben/
Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social Asst Prof, Berkeley, Political Science: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of 3/ Text as Behavior https://cup.org/4cUmoXi 4/ Plutopopulism http://cup.org/4cfm0Az
Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.
Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
Transaidency e.V. @transaidency.bsky.social
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Maria J. Stephan @mariajstephan.bsky.social Civil resistance, nonviolent action, social movements, democracy, authoritarianism, political violence, peacebuilding.
Luca Gervasoni Vila @lucagervasoni.bsky.social Director @novact.bsky.social, professor @uocuniversitat.bsky.social and member of the Democracy and Belonging Forum of the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
"La loi interdit aux riches comme aux pauvres de coucher sous les ponts”
Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social Senior researcher in Political Science Department, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Technopolitics, Geopolitics, Political Parties and Public Opinion.
Sharon Erickson Nepstad @snepstad.bsky.social Sociologist, University of New Mexico (USA), studying social movements, revolutions, religion, civil resistance. Guardian of way too many pets and plants.
Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social Works in & around conflict grappling. (Local peacebuilding • Nonviolence • Peace practice & thinking.)
Worries in the valley, dreams on the moors. Personal account.
Xavier Marquez @marquezxavier.bsky.social Associate Professor in Political Science at Victoria University of Wellington | Author of "Non-Democratic Politics: Authoritarianism, Dictatorship, and Democratization"
Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social Professor @au-spa.bsky.social
Pol Violence | Pol Psychology
New Book: “NO OPTION BUT SABOTAGE”
Substack: https://zeitzoff.substack.com
1st Book: "Nasty Politics"
Website: www.zeitzoff.com
Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se Associate Professor at the Dep. of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University (@uupeace.bsky.social). Researching dynamics of civil war, rebel governance, civil resistance, electoral violence, postwar violence, Côte d’Ivoire.
www.sebastianvanbaalen.se
Marie Berry @marieberry.bsky.social Associate Prof at https://korbel.du.edu/sie
Director: https://www.theinclusivegloballeadershipinitiative.org/
Research: https://www.wrawproject.org/
Marianne Dahl @mariannedahl.bsky.social Senior researcher @PRIOresearch and deputy editor @JPR_journal, Non-violence, security force behavior, democratization & peace processes. Opinions are my own. Webpage: www.mariannedahl.com
Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social Reader in Politics & International Relations. Editor of Journal of Pacifism & Nonviolence (@jpacnv.bsky.social). Consumer/sharer of politics. Foreigner everywhere. Views my own.
Desirée Nilsson @desireenilsson.bsky.social Professor in Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. Studying civil war, conflict resolution, civil society, inclusion.
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics @ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Researching political violence & the inner workings of dictatorships
https://felixhaass.de/
Felix S. Bethke @felixbethke.bsky.social Political Scientist at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF, @priforg.bsky.social)
Tweets on DataScience, Econometrics and African Politics
Website: fbethke.netlify.app
Kai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social Global Studies prof at UC Santa Barbara, views own. Proud Mainer. Conflict, violence, statebuilding, protest, democracy & authoritarianism. COYS. kaithaler.com. Author of When Rebels Win https://tinyurl.com/whenrebelswin
Deborah Avant @deborahavant.bsky.social Professor @josefkorble @UofDenver | global politics | climate | technology | security | human rights | democracy | pragmatism. I know, it's a lot. Also ISA, hiking, baking, travel, and #roseistoocute she/her deborahavant.com
Alex Braithwaite @thebraith.bsky.social Political scientist, School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona. Research on concentration camps, refugees and forced migration, violent and nonviolent conflict.
Isak Svensson @isaksvensson.bsky.social Dag Hammarskjöld Professor in peace and conflict research, Uppsala University. Research on mediation, religion and conflict, civil resistance.
Oliver Kaplan @oliverkaplan.bsky.social Prof @JosefKorbelSchool.bsky.social @UofDenver
📚Books:
RESISTING WAR (2017)
SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER (2024) Nonviolent action | Research + Policymaking Ethics | @KorbelAsylum ⛷️🚵♂️🖖
linktr.ee/oliverkaplan
Rana B. Khoury @rbkhoury.bsky.social assistant prof of political science at Illinois researching wartime activism, displacement, humanitarianism, and all things Syria. mama to the greatest second grader. www.ranakhoury.com
Berghof Foundation @berghoffnd.bsky.social We believe violent conflict is not inevitable. We’re an independent, non-profit organisation creating space for peace around the world.
Farida Bemba Nabourema @faridabemba.bsky.social Writer, Pan-African Activist, Human Rights Defender
@diegodlamancha.bsky.social @diegodlamancha.bsky.social
Belen Gonzalez @belengonzalez.bsky.social Head of Research for International Security, Peace, and Conflict at the Department of Political Science, University of Zurich | https://belengonzalezsimon.weebly.com
Guest Professor, University of Konstanz | DFG Project: The Dynamics of Mass Protest Event
Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social Sociologist. Religion, culture, politics | Director Meanings of Democracy Lab | 📚 MY TAX DOLLARS, PROPHETS & PATRIOTS, RELIGION & PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM | 🎧 WHEN THE WOLVES CAME
Hardy Merriman @hardymerriman.bsky.social Independent consultant focused on nonviolent civil resistance, human rights, democracy, and countering political violence.
Formerly led the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC).
Contact via my website: hardymerriman.com
Ivan Marović @ivanmarovic.bsky.social Veni, Vidi, Zbriši
I came, I saw, I scrammed.
Stephen Zunes @szunes.bsky.social professor, parent, interests in peace, human rights, U.S. foreign policy
Bryan M. Sims @simsbry.bsky.social Director at Humanity United. Philanthropy and Non-Profit Leader I Peacebuilder I Systems Navigator
Matthew Cebul @matthewcebul.bsky.social Political scientist studying civil resistance, democratic erosion, and US foreign policy in MENA. Lead Research Fellow at HKS Nonviolent Action Lab; formerly USIP. Manservant to Korra the cat.
Lives for Alcaraz highlights, epic fantasy, and "draw a card."
Erica De Bruin @edebruin.bsky.social Associate Professor, Hamilton College. Studying civil-military relations, civil war, policing. Author of HOW TO PREVENT COUPS (Cornell UP). www.ericadebruin.com.
William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social Organizer, coalition-builder & Democratic Nominee in #MI07.
YES to Good Housing and Healthcare for All.
NO to Billionaires, Bullies, and Endless Wars.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/william-lawrence-1
Salil Tripathi @saliltripathi.bsky.social Writer of books / drinker of coffee / hater of cilantro /
Senior advisor - @ihrb.bsky.social / Senior associate - @cisl.cam.ac.uk / Contributing editor - @indexoncensorship.org, Singapore Unbound / Board member - PENinternational.bsky.social
Biff Parker-Magyar @biffpm.bsky.social Assistant Prof. in Political Science
@Yale. Formerly @MITPoliSci @HarvardWCFIA. Contentious politics in Jordan & Syria. peripatetic product of the garden state.
https://biffpm.github.io/
PUREKIMMINESS @purekimminess.bsky.social True to the Kimminess
Conflict/methods/pol econ
teaching and rocking research methods
I don't know about this living in interesting times...feels exhausting
"I'm incredible....cuz I does what I do."
-Craig Mack
Ilker Kalin @ilkerkalin.bsky.social Researcher, Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) & democracy.umb.sk | Interested in nonviolent resistance, state repression, gender, and military
Alex Hinton @alexhinton.bsky.social Distinguished Prof. of #Anthropology at Rutgers & UNESCO Chair in #Genocide #Prevention / mass violence, Cambodia, #law & society, #extremism, (de)polarization,
https://alexhinton.com / https://sasn.rutgers.edu/alex-hinton
Twitter @AlexLHinton
Efe Tokdemir @efetokdemir.bsky.social Assoc. Prof @bilkentuniv.bsky.social, PI @counster.bsky.social, Director of Research @cfppr.bsky.social
Research on peace&conflict processes, strategic use of force, foreign policy & public opinion, Türkiye
www.efetokdemir.com
Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social staff writer @ The New Republic
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com 🇸🇬 Writer and activist. Author of 'The Singapore I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope'. Editor-in-Chief of @mekongreview.com. Everything Elf at https://wethecitizens.net.
L.A. Kauffman @lakauffman.bsky.social Veteran organizer, writer. She/her. Books: DIRECT ACTION and HOW TO READ A PROTEST. Occasional newsletter: DETOUR AMERICA lakauffman.substack.com
Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social Professor of Comparative & Ukrainian Pols UoM
Democracy in Wartime/GeoPol/EU/DisInfo/Elections/Protest/Identity/Surveys 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇦🇷🇪🇺
📚Zelensky Effect
📚Mapping Mass Mobilization
VProf College D’Europe
Prev @ox.ac.uk Nuffield/StAntonys @harvard.edu @uoft.bsky.social
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict @civilresistance.bsky.social We support research, develop educational resources, & share knowledge about how nonviolent civil resistance movements win rights, freedom, & justice.
Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social Social Change Strategist. Movement-Builder. Story Changer. Leadership Coach. Co-founder Center for Story-based Strategy, Co-author Re:Imagining Change (PM Press 2017) Fighting for a Just Future on a Livable Planet
Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social Director of @SNFAgoraJHU, Professor of PolSci, Director of P3 Lab @JohnsHopkins. Studying organizing, movements, civic engagement, democracy. All views my own.
J. D. Meyers @jdmeyers.bsky.social Theologian, nonviolence theorist, adjunct professor.
Nonviolent resistance, Christianity, Christian Nationalism, labor, teaching, academic libraries, and U.S. higher education.
Lynette Ong @onglynette.bsky.social http://LynetteOng.com Distinguished Prof of Chinese Politics, University of Toronto. Senior Fellow, Asia Society. Author of “Outsourcing Repression” https://shorturl.at/qtNj8. Autocracies. Repression. Violence. Protests. Development. Also Southeast Asia.
Mark Engler @markengler.bsky.social Writer based in Philly, author of This Is An Uprising, co-director of Whirlwind Institute, editorial board at Dissent. He/him. Sign up for new writings at: https://whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/
LaGina Gause @laginagause.bsky.social Political science, Associate professor. Research: race and class inequality, political representation and protesting in the United States. Howard University and University of Michigan alumna.
christian davenport (aka "science", "bittah ninja" [wutang]) @christiandavenport.bsky.social charles tilly distinguished prof of conflict/violence, peace & (soon) love at the university of michigan but more broadly a thinker, writer, human, lover of life/freedom/power & artist (not necessarily in that order). for more: www.christiandavenport.com