EM Simpson
I am not a committee. Defense, lightly eclectic Gen-X interests, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own.
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Reporters and publications focusing on (US) #natsec and #defense
@hurricanexyz.bsky.social
Constitutional scholar, general law nerd, Izzet mage, bear lover, Mets fan. Trans rights are constitutional rights! Uphold Yang Wenli Thought He/him https://www.eveningconstitutional.net
@mtsavill.bsky.social
Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute; recovering former civil servant; all views expressed here are my own.
@vbs.bsky.social
Crash-coursing the Bible, a book we were poorly taught as church kids. For believers/non-believers/whoever! By @jasonkirk.fyi and @its-mle.bsky.social https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vacation-bible-school-podcast/id1511438277
@nuclear-jim.bsky.social
Co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. I spend a lot of time thinking about nuclear weapons, advanced nonnuclear technology, and escalation.
@stereogum.bsky.social
𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌 → stereogum.com Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill. https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
@sirpaintalot.bsky.social
People ask me to draw pictures on Microsoft Paint and sometimes I do
@criminalsimpsons.com
dissin' your fly girl yoinkin' your memes (not the guy from twitter)
@fuggirls.bsky.social
Fashion bloggers at www.GoFugYourself.com, writers of Drinks With Broads on Substack, and authors of The Royal We, The Heir Affair, Spoiled, and Messy wherever books are sold.
@kedseconomist.com
Labor economist, opinion writer, policy consultant, podcaster https://linkin.bio/kathrynanneedwards/
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@lucyfisher.ft.com
Whitehall editor at the Financial Times 🗞️ Host of the FT’s Political Fix podcast 🎙️
@henryjfoy.ft.com
Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times. Past lives in Moscow, Warsaw, London, Delhi and Mumbai. Get in touch henry.foy@ft.com https://www.ft.com/henry-foy
@maxbergmann.bsky.social
Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
@owlsintowels.org
Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls so they can be weighed and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap. The result? Loads of pictures of #owlsintowels https://owlsintowels.org
@blueoddball.bsky.social
Chiefs/Royals, home brewing 🍺 Geology 🏔️ Opinions my own etc.
@democracyforward.org
We use the law to advance a bold, vibrant democracy for all people by defending progress, disrupting extremism, and building for the future. Join us at democracyforward.org
@rockchalkdoc.bsky.social
@felicityinkpen.bsky.social
Optimist. Interested in everything. Asks awkward questions. Artist and nerd. Surprisingly tall. Felicityinkpen.co.uk Instagram.com/felicityinkpen https://substack.com/@felicityinkpen
@nktpnd.bsky.social
Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford) https://panda.substack.com/
@lucasguttenberg.bsky.social
Director 🇪🇺, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin Ex-BMWK, Jacques Delors Centre, ECB
@noahchestnut.bsky.social
👋 build products for people who like to read, listen, watch, and talk about sports. Now: Product @ The Athletic Was: Buzzer, Bleacher Report, BuzzFeed News, and other spots.
@pavisuri.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Government Department, LSE Indian politics, state capacity, status politics, historical political economy www.pavisuri.com Editor at http://broadstreet.blog
@astrezh.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, UChicago Political Science. http://www.antonstrezhnev.com
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Author, filmmaker, book dealer. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. New York Magazine writer.
@simonkuper.bsky.social
Financial Times columnist, football podcaster at Heroes and Humans, and author of books including Chums, Good Chaps, Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century, Soccernomics etc. British and now French, lives in Paris with wife and kids.
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
Pulitzer prize winning Editorial Cartoonist Open Windows at http://anntelnaes.substack.com Archived work at http://anntelnaes.com
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing, The Snakehead. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of a new 9-part FX series based on Say Nothing, available now on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
@capitalweather.bsky.social
D.C.-area and worldwide weather news from The Washington Post. https://cwg.live
@janetilewis.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University www.janetilewis.com
@clparthemore.bsky.social
Mama bear, birder, Buckeye, globalist, native plant guru. Also CEO @ Council on Strategic Risks & nuclear, biosecurity & counter-WMD expert. All views mine alone.
@kingstonareif.bsky.social
Senior International/Defense researcher at the RAND Corporation. Former DASD for Threat Reduction and Arms Control + Arms Control Association. Wisconsin sports fanatic. Personal account.
@tashacarvell.bsky.social
Reporter in Fargo and thereabouts for North Dakota’s newspaper of record: crime, courts, the odd human interest story, and the congressional delegation. Also my dog, my kid, and some sportsball (Celtics, Commanders, Nats, Caps, boxing).
@maustermuhle.bsky.social
Wandering reporter, Switzerland and D.C. Formerly of WAMU 88.5 and DCist.
@51st.news
Information with representation, by and for D.C. residents. Worker-led nonprofit newsroom, funded by readers like YOU. 🌐 https://51st.news
@jonostrower.com
Endlessly fascinated by things in the sky. Editor-in-chief of @theaircurrent.com, co-host of @theairshowpodcast.com and co-founder of @yawmanflight.com. CNN, WSJ & Flightglobal alum. Standby for news...