Larry Bud Melman
Libertarianism is bunk. Enviro law person. Used to study philosophy. An unseemly amount of my brainspace is filled by 80s action flicks - my enjoyment of Schwarzenegger films rivals Al Bundy's appreciation of John Wayne's oeuvre. Die Hard is the Xmas film.
@jvl.bsky.social
Editor of The Bulwark https://www.thebulwark.com/ Host of a Secret Podcast. Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. subscribe: http://status.news/subscribe inbox: oliver@status.news
@brianstelter.bsky.social
Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
@brianklaas.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
@brianros1.bsky.social
Scholar, Editor, Commentator. Lots of politics, lots of sports, & some dog pics too. brianrosenwald.com
@thomastell.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Engineer. Marathoner. Stage 4 cancer beater. Top redshirt in the RFT Bluesky Fam.
@opheliasmarbles.bsky.social
The girl your mom liked better. Politics junkie & just a step to the left. Probably too nice for this.
@atomicanalyst.bsky.social
Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • I write primarily about nuclear weapons (including history, costs, accidents, and policy), and the Presidential Emergency Satchel (aka the nuclear “Football”).
@nukestrat.bsky.social
Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists. Tracking nuclear arsenals, co-author of Nuclear Notebook, SIPRI Yearbook. Opinions my own. Website: https://fas.org/initiative/nuclear-information-project/
@smsaideman.bsky.social
#CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
@dburbach.bsky.social
Prof. International Relations & National Security. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregonian at heart. Posts, RTs are personal ONLY. Teach at NWC but dont represent US Navy | Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
@stevemetz.bsky.social
Writing on national security policy and strategy. Working on a book about the future of insurgency.
@pgharley56.bsky.social
8th gen Californian, 2nd gen retired Navy. Sailor, son of a sailor & grandson of a hard hat diver. I get salty. #LFC #YNWA I make typos bcuz my eyesight is shit! If I didn't have a family to feed a lifetime ago, I would have become a History professor. 😎
@jimswift.bsky.social
Senior Editor and Cincinnati Bureau Chief at The Bulwark, Kentucky Colonel, Opinion Leader™, former hill staffer, Cleveland, Ohio, Cincy, DC and STL sports fan, cheap watch aficionado. 🫡 thebulwark.com, itscasualtime.com, MountWarshington.com
@phyllindablank.bsky.social
Mildly hilarious Gen X Blerd. #TCMParty Person. Music Lover. 420 & Western #FilmNoir Enthusiast. #SaveTCM 🎬 #FightOn✌🏾
@legionbobo.bsky.social
Dad, grandpa, husband, son & brother Librarian, HR, bibliophile, comic books, movies, cartoons, true crime Rock-a-Chaw, Who Dat & Gator Veteran, Friend of Bill
@mirandayaver.bsky.social
Political scientist. Health policy prof at University of Pittsburgh. Roosevelt Institute Author-in-Residence. Cal bear/Columbia PhD. Bylines at NYT, WaPo & The Guardian. Writing on health insurance woes & administrative burden. Coverage Denied (CUP 2026).
@haydencenter.bsky.social
World-class thought center on intelligence & national security | Reposts are not endorsements | hayden@gmu.edu
@intelhistorian.bsky.social
Director Nat. Cryptologic Museum, NSA. Formerly IntlSpyMuseum; Miami native living in DMV; Author - Nuking the Moon, The Nuclear Spies, and Covert City; has “Grave Lack of Discretionary Judgment”-The Catholic Church; lesser half to @jordanspeak.bsky.social
@kschake.bsky.social
Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of Safe Passage, contributing writer at The Atlantic. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
@queenofthinair.bsky.social
Montanan in exile. Philosopher Queen. Diva. Foodie. Shoes. Not my first rodeo. Learning, charitible discussion, interesting ideas. No BS. Every day is Ethics Day! Military Ethicist. Books #OnObedience #RethinkingMilitaryHonor #Broicism My views only.
@general-ben.bsky.social
Former CG USArmyEurope, loves the Army Team, FSU football, and Braves baseball.
@warinthefuture.bsky.social
Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
@brma64.bsky.social
Four star Ret US Army General. MSNBC/NBC 23 years. Council Foreign Relations. Joint Commander Latin America. JCS strategic plans. NATO Brussels. 4 combat tours. 3 Purple Hearts. 14 years overseas. West Point. MA Pol Sci. Army Brat.
@markhertling.bsky.social
Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security. Now a teacher, author, speaker & analyst. Always looking for civility…and new adventures. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hertling-dba-57987066
@ellenbraaten.bsky.social
Child Psychologist; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Author; New Book -Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less: How to Rekindle You Child’s Motivation @guilford www.ellenbraatenphd.com
@smurp31.bsky.social
Emmy Award Winning Features Reporter/Traffic Anchor Formerly of NBC4-Los Angeles & CW57/CBS3, CSN-Philadelphia, In-Arena Host-Phila Flyers
@danlamothe.bsky.social
Military affairs reporter with The Washington Post. State-school alum. Beer-league softball enthusiast. Dog guy. Signal for encrypted tips: danlamothe.30
@eamondolan.bsky.social
Editor (Simon & Schuster). Photographer (subway & skyline). Author (THE POWER OF PARTING, Putnam, 2025). He/him
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.bsky.social / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@ericholder.bsky.social
*82nd U.S. Attorney General *Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee *Author of “Our Unfinished March”
@edburmila.bsky.social
Ex- lots of things. Podcast is Mass for Shut-ins. Subscribe for good stuff on Patreon.com/ginandtacos.
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
History & Italian Professor, NYU; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
@thegodpodcast.com
Creator of the Universe aka “Bluesky God.” Daily free newsletter & animated podcast here: https://www.thegodpodcast.com
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@votevets.org
Since 2006, over 1.5M Veterans, Families, & supporters have been electing Veterans to office and fighting for progressive values. VoteVets.org
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@rexchapman.bsky.social
Team game https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Its-Hard-for-Me-to-Live-with-Me/Rex-Chapman/9781982197773
@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
books, beauty, history, folklore. Dickens lover. married to @littleseamstress. gets dressed up like a pillow so she's always in bed. patreon.com/sketchesbyboze, https://linktr.ee/sketchesbyboze
@bigjoel.bsky.social
@jdcmedlock.bsky.social
More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.