Balaclava Street

@balaclavastreet.bsky.social

Exploring the Northern Ireland Troubles, focusing on the loyalist paramilitaries - the UVF, UDA, RHC, and others. All posts are by Iain Turner.

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Gareth Mulvenna

@gmulvenna.bsky.social

Researcher, author, listener. Co-host of Shrapnel podcast. Good listener. Trying to figure out this place we call home.

I write about the Franklin Expedition and other parts of history heavy on the “doomed” and “ill-fated” side of things. I also enjoy petting cats in Victorian cemeteries. Humanitarian. She/They. #MDANT. #NUJ. #NoTerfs. https://finger-post.blog

David C. Woodman

@aglukaq.bsky.social

Husband, father, grandfather. Ex-Navy. Retired professional mariner - deep sea, submarines, ferries. Author of non-fiction books on Arctic exploration history. Sometime expedition member to Arctic. Old fart. www.aglooka.ca

illuminator ⚓️Franklin Expedition

@illuminator.bsky.social

Franklin Expedition news+research. Erebus & Terror dive season is Aug/Sept. I write a monthly-ish newsletter for this stuff. www.illuminator.blog

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

Best of Dying Twitter

@bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social

Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social

Carole Cadwalladr

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy

Stephen R. Millar

@stephenrmillar.bsky.social

Anthropologist working on music, power, and conflict. Author of ‘Sounding Dissent: Rebel Songs, Resistance, and Irish Republicanism’. New book on loyalist songs and the cultural politics of conflict in Northern Ireland out soon.

Edward Burke

@edwardburke.bsky.social

Assistant Professor, History of War, University College Dublin Author: Ghosts of a Family (Merrion) / Ulster’s Lost Counties (Cambridge) / An Army of Tribes (Liverpool) https://edward-burke.com/

Pekka Kallioniemi

@vatniksoup.bsky.social

Creator of Vatnik Soup (www.vatniksoup.com) and The Soup Central (https://youtube.com/@TheSoupCentral)

ChrisO_wiki

@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki

Alien vs. Predator Galaxy

@avpgalaxy.bsky.social

The latest on all things #Alien, #Predator, #AlienRomulus, #AlienEarth, #PredatorBadlands, #PreyMovie & #AlienRogueIncursion Website: www.avpgalaxy.net YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlienvsPredatorGalaxy

Julia Davis

@juliadavisnews.bsky.social

Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia, member of @TheEmmys. I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to. Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."

Timothy Snyder

@timothysnyder.bsky.social

Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"

KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine

@killedinukraine.bsky.social

Czech-based international team, tracking confirmed Russian officers killed in the war against Ukraine. Confirmations are made via funeral notices, obituaries, news platforms, monuments and memorial plaques. Names and sources: https://tinyurl.com/mpvx7snn