Dem Soc Nerd
Disassociated political nerd living in Sydney | DemSoc 🌹| Interested in world politics from Latin America to Africa and Asia
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Elections and international news
An attempt to round up as many accounts that follow elections across the world and the English news feeds in countries outside the US.
@drclimate.bsky.social
Climate scientist. Data science educator. Tasmanian. Interested in Green politics. https://damienirving.github.io/
@guypeterson.bsky.social
Freelance photojournalist based in Dakar covering West and Central Africa represented by Panos Pictures shooting mainly for De Volkskrant, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Telegraph, Courrier International, NPR, The FT and stringing for AFP.
@barrymalone.bsky.social
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Reuters Foundation. Past: EP The Stream / Digital Editor Al Jazeera English / Reuters in Africa and Middle East. Jackeen.
@georgios-moutsios.bsky.social
Civil Engineer 🇬🇷🇩🇪🇺🇸 lover of politics and news science, boy of brain drain back-Greece 2023
@jeansouliotis.bsky.social
Journalist in Greek newspaper Kathimerini & private news broadcaster SKAI. Stringer @Thompson Reuters
@timmarchman.bsky.social
I’m an editor at WIRED and have previously written and edited for a number of places, including my tinned fish newsletter Popping Tins. Timothy_marchman@wired.com. Signal me at timmarchman.01.
@maxwalden.bsky.social
Journalist with the ABC’s Asia Pacific Newsroom. PhD from Melbourne Law School. Bad opinions are my own
@ketrinjochecova.bsky.social
Breaking news reporter at @politico.eu Tips @ kjochecova@politico.eu
@benmunster.bsky.social
POLITICO central banking, Southern Mediterranean correspondent, https://www.politico.eu/author/ben-munster/ Former freelancer with NYer, Foreign Policy, Esquire & author of Decrypt's pseudo-award-winning Zero Knowledge Column
@jilllawless.bsky.social
London-based journalist covering U.K. politics, culture and more for The Associated Press. Author of Wild East: Travels in the New Mongolia.
@priyankashankar.bsky.social
Independent journalist with a keen interest in human rights & scuba diving. Work seen in Al Jazeera English, El Pais, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, Deutsche Welle, Lighthouse Reports, BBC Travel, The World, etc. https://priyankashankar.pressfolios.com/
@michelrose.bsky.social
Senior Reporter Covering French President Emmanuel Macron and politics in France for Reuters. Also writes about Europe, Diplomacy and Geopolitics
@r-tb.bsky.social
correspondent with AFP, based in Nairobi and covering East Africa
@kenlmathis.bsky.social
Political Science Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Michigan. Thailand/Southeast Asia analyst. Studying parties in emerging democracies and the politics of development. kenlmathis.com
@fabsenbln.bsky.social
Aviation, politics, terrorism, military stuff and OSINT from West Africa 🇧🇫 🇳🇪 🇲🇱 🇹🇩 🇧🇯 🇹🇬 🇨🇮 Find me on Twitter: https://x.com/fabsenbln https://fabsenbln.substack.com/
@beverlyochieng.bsky.social
Books | Sahel coup watcher | Wagner Group stalker | Senior Analyst, Francophone Africa, Control Risks | Senior Associate, CSIS Africa | occasional typos, usual disclaimers Dakar/Nairobi/Bookshelf
@pmfrowd.bsky.social
Researching security politics | Borders, migration, data, intl. interventions, Sahel & West Africa | prof @ University of Ottawa
@tomgardner18.bsky.social
Africa correspondent @TheEconomist Author, "The Abiy Project: God, Power and War in the New Ethiopia” Retweet ≠ endorsement / views my own Still on X (for now) @tomgardner18
@miketatarski.bsky.social
Creator of the Vietnam Weekly: thevietnamweekly.substack.com/subscribe
@gearoidreidy.bsky.social
Bloomberg Opinion columnist on Japan/the Koreas. “Final Boss of the Japan finance bro dungeon.” ｊａｐａｎｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ. Retweets ≠ endorsements, opinions are mine.
@davidpocock.bsky.social
Independent Senator for the ACT. Insta: davidpocock Authorised by David Pocock for David Pocock, Canberra
@sahilkapur.bsky.social
NBC News Senior National Political Reporter covering Capitol Hill and elections 🏛️🗳️ Part-time Formula 1 correspondent. 🏁🏎️ https://x.com/sahilkapur
@rgcruz.bsky.social
ABS-CBN Political Correspondent for the Senate of the Philippines + Travel FB: RG Cruz Email: rg.cruz.abscbn@icloud.com ; IG: rg_cruz12479;
@connellyal.bsky.social
Asia diplomatic editor and senior Asia correspondent at the Economist. Former think tanker. Author, with Shona Loong, of New Answers to Old Questions, on Myanmar.
@michelawrong.bsky.social
Journalist and writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa, ex-Reuters, ex-FT, author of five books, including one novel.
@neilmunshi.bsky.social
Africa Editor for Bloomberg in Nairobi. Ex- @FT. OPC winner. Orwell Prize shortlist. Ex-Lagos, BKLN, CHI, BOM (Meri Jaan), DEL, MPLS. Born in MKE.
@briticoyemo.bsky.social
Twitter immigrant. Senior Reporter at BBC News. Investigations, features and podcasts. Reality TV afficando
@ikushkush.bsky.social
Journalist @ColumbiaJournMA WORDS IN @NewYorker @TheAtlantic@nytimes@thenation @SmithsonianMag @Granta @GuernicaMag @ForeignPolicy others
@profpaulpoast.bsky.social
International Relations and Foreign Policy. UChicago Prof. Chicago Council Fellow. WPReview Columnist. Still on Twitter/X, but now here too. https://www.paulpoast.com/
@pjotrsauer.bsky.social
Reporter covering Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia for The Guardian. Write to me: pjotr.sauer@theguardian.com
@simonromero.bsky.social
NYT Correspondent in Mexico City. Previous postings: Caracas, Rio, Houston, Albuquerque, São Paulo. New Mexico born & raised
@jacknicas.bsky.social
Brazil Bureau Chief for The New York Times. O correspondente do New York Times no Brasil. I post free-to-read links. https://www.nytimes.com/by/jack-nicas
@glaeldys.bsky.social
Analyst, South Andes @crisisgroup.org I Bolivia, Ecuador, Perú
@akmckeever.bsky.social
Amman-based New Yorker obsessed with Cape Breton (and Syria) This week in northern Syria newsletter👇 https://akmckeever.substack.com
@idgordon.bsky.social
Editorial director for teams and coverage, @MotherJones.com. Immigration, Latin America, sports, and serial commas. Dadfluencer. Work: igordon@motherjones.com Signal: idgordon.325 Proton Mail: idgordon@proton.me
@michaelpooler.ft.com
Brazil correspondent for the Financial Times newspaper in São Paulo
@naomiohreally.bsky.social
Irish Times Europe Correspondent. Host of the Irish Passport podcast. Previously with Reuters, Politico, AFP. Keep calm and report the facts.
@wartranslated.bsky.social
🇪🇪 Estonian blogger focusing on Russia/Ukraine | 18+ version: https://t.me/wartranslated | Glory to #Ukraine!
@barakravid.bsky.social
Global Affairs Correspondent for Axios. CNN analyst. Washington correspondent for Walla. Author of Trump's Peace
@deborahcole.bsky.social
Berlin correspondent, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/deborah-cole deborah.cole(at)theguardian.com