J.M. Berger
Scholar of extremism, dystopia (fictional and otherwise)
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PhD @ Swansea University Law School
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Remember When Twitter Was Cool (2012-ish)
If you know what Twitter Fight Club is, you might just be on this list. Or you might not. Look, we're all getting older, and memory is a fungible thing. I did my best. Don't get mad at me. Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement.
@chekistmonitor.bsky.social
Top expert on #KGB (ops, archives, spy fiction). Book: KGB Literati (tinyurl.com/bp88cy3m). PhD. 25+ years university teaching in Russia/Balkans/US. Now at University of San Francisco.
@johnnephew.bsky.social
Game publisher (www.atlas-games.com), plastic recycler (www.replayworkshop.com), woodworking hobbyist, parent, spouse, container of multitudes. He/him.
@ositanwanevu.com
Contributing Editor | The New Republic Columnist | The Guardian Author | The Right of the People (2025) Newsletter | ositanwanevu.com
@gilmore.bsky.social
You'll probably see posts about Reds baseball, fantasy baseball, Virginia sports, and the occasional riff on foreign policy.
@georgiajcatt.bsky.social
Executive Producer, Narrative Series, BBC Studios The Missing Cryptoqueen, World of Secrets: The Disciples, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine For story ideas or leads: georgia.catt@bbc.com
@mondomascots.bsky.social
My hobby is taking pictures of fun and weird Japanese mascots.
@bartschuurman.bsky.social
Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at Leiden University
@timcarvell.bsky.social
Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals.
@fascismjournal.bsky.social
A peer reviewed diamond open access journal published by Brill (moving to CEU Press & @amsterdamupress.bsky.social in 2025), sponsored by @niodamsterdam.bsky.social and the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies. http://brill.com/fasc
@michelmartinnpr.bsky.social
This is my official account where I'll post about my work and the work of my NPR colleagues and maybe some other news
@johnwlittle.com
Creator: Blogs of War / Covert Contact Podcast Work: AI+Intelligence Tracking: Geopolitics, AI, Intelligence, Robotics, Coding, Defense, Rocket Lab, Music, Writing, Chess Blog: https://johnwlittle.com Support Ukraine: https://u24.gov.ua
@jpict.bsky.social
The Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism is an international forum for new research and analysis of contemporary security issues. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rpic20
@vox-pol.bsky.social
Academic network focused on researching prevalence, contours, functions, & impacts of online violent extremism and terrorism. Website: http://www.voxpol.eu
@psychunseen.bsky.social
Academic psychiatrist at UCSF and author of the Psych Unseen blog at Psychology Today and the book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True (Oxford University Press, 2025) drjoepierre.com
@comicscovers.bsky.social
Covers of comics, duh. I do not own this artwork, and I mostly do not own these pictures.
@alexdecampi.bsky.social
On your bookshelf: SCRAPPER, PARASOCIAL, BAD KARMA, DRACULA MOTHERF**KER!. On your TV: BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS, SCAVENGERS REIGN. Lit agent: Nephele Tempest @ Knight Agency. Film/TV: Sean Berard @ Untitled. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/themagpie
@carlosdiazruiz.com
Associate Professor at Hanken in Finland. I write about the consumer culture and advertising markets that allow disinformation to thrive on social media. Author of the book "Market-Oriented Disinformation Research." https://www.carlosdiazruiz.com
@dancollen.bsky.social
He/him. Extremism researcher in Canada. Sometimes-journalist. Co-creator Hatepedia.ca. Affiliate cifrs.org. Words for gnet-research.org, antihate.ca, insightthreatintel.com, Vice.com, dancollen.medium.com, and elsewhere.
@gilduran.com
California writer. Ida Tarbell stan. Beat: tech fascism, billionaire extremism, meta narratives, network state, crypto cartels. Writes: The Nerd Reich: http://www.thenerdreich.com FrameLab: http://www.theframelab.org “Don't judge a taco by its price.”
@travisbrown.dev
Software developer living in Berlin https://travisbrown.dev for contact info
@nabalkattu.bsky.social
McLeod Chair of Classics, Dalhousie University. "A laid-back country picker with a laid-back country mind" Ancient Semitic languages and religions, Jewish Studies, and Liberation Philology. Nova Scotia and California.
@this-is-mallory.bsky.social
Let’s talk the✨Wellness✨industry, marketing, misinformation, influencers & MLMs shall we? 🎙️ Conspirituality Podcast correspondent 💁🏻♀️ Views are mine
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic — available for purchase now! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/zack-beauchamp/the-reactionary-spirit/9781541704411/?lens=
@commscholar.bsky.social
Associate Dean, Research, College of Communication Associate Professor of #MassCommunication, Director, #Communication Research Center, #BostonUniversity Studying #persuasion, #misinformation, & blurred lines between #advertising, #journalism & #politics
@jameskhalil.bsky.social
PCVE, Disengagement & Deradicalization Expert ~ The ABC Model of Violent Extremism: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2019.1699793 ~ The 'Off-Ramp' from al-Shabaab: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376521289_The_Off-Ramp_from_a
@perkinskeighley.bsky.social
#Linguist, lecturer & researcher at Swansea University. Interested in #ForensicLinguistics, #Identity, #OnlineHarms & the #RadicalRight. All views are my own. https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
@johnchu.bsky.social
The writer who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Not the movie director. (He/him/his) Mastodon: @john_chu@wandering.shop
@adamhadley.bsky.social
CEO at QuantSpark.com and Executive Director of TechAgainstTerrorism.org
@dia.bsky.social
they/them/he; it's good to be back thoughts on human rights, content moderation, tech policy, and politics I'd rather be happy than right, but my worst predictions are usually correct
@kevintmorris.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow and Voting Policy Scholar at the Brennan Center. Democracy is good, prisons are bad. Usually on a bike, beach, or backpacking trip. kevintmorris.com Posts regularly deleted using https://bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup.
@dkimmage.bsky.social
@jordicalbad.bsky.social
Sr. Fellow, The Future of Free Speech @ Vanderbilt University | Fmr. OECD Official & Internet Society Fellow | Harvard MPA & College of Europe LLM Reposts are not endorsements
@farahpandith.bsky.social
Former: served at NSC, State, USAID Current: Council on Foreign Relations Book: How We Win Also: Muhammad Ali Global Peace Laureate Posts mine/RT not endorsement farahpandith.com
@bildoperationen.bsky.social
Digital Cultures and Arts | UZH & ZHdK | operative images, synthetic media and visual culture @digitalculturesandarts.ch https://linktr.ee/bildoperationen
@beatrizlbuarque.bsky.social
LSE Fellow interested in the intersection between digital capitalism and issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and truth. https://www.beatrizbuarque.com Expertise: conspiracy theories | far-right digital politics of truth | racist and sexist fantasies
@brianfung.me
Tech policy reporter. Previously CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic & National Journal. A few things I enjoy: 🎮 🚴🏕️🍳🖖 Streaming Mon-Wed-Fri mornings US Eastern time on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/brainfungi
@stick631.bsky.social
VP of Intelligence at TorchStone Global. Former Stratfor VP/Tactical Analysis, Diplomatic Security Service special agent and PI coordinator for Dell. torchstoneglobal.com
@heiditworek.bsky.social
Prof @ UBC. Canada Research Chair in history and policy of communications. Director @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social Co-editor of Journal of Global History. Senior fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation
@markpitcavage.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow & Policy Adviser, ADL Center on Extremism. Historian, long-time expert on right-wing extremism & terrorism. Long-lost scion of Sidney Greenstreet. My own views only.
@alondra.bsky.social
Scholar, author, policy advisor alondranelson.com Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
@socialmedialab.ca
Academic Research Lab in Toronto: SocialMediaLab.ca |Skeets by @philipmai.com re: the politics of technology, social media, democracy, mis/disinfo, conspiracies & propaganda | PoliDashboard.org, DeepfakesTracker.org, ConflictMisinfo.org & Communalytic.org.
@matthewfacciani.bsky.social
Social Scientist @NotreDame. Studies misinformation, media literacy, & AI. Author of Misguided: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/misguided/9780231555814/ https://matthewfacciani.substack.com www.matthewfacciani.com
@nationalsecuritylaw.org
Public interest 501(c)(3) law firm for natsec & info/privacy law. Website https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org. Charitable tax-exempt donations always welcome; details on website front page. Media email Media@NationalSecurityLaw.org, others email Kel there.
@daviddunning6.bsky.social
Studying the psychology underlying human misbelief. Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen, Jr., Professor of the Study of Human Understanding, University of Michigan. (PS. Neither Justin nor I named it that. Best career move we never made.) he/him/his
@jfisherbirch.bsky.social
Researcher interested in terrorism, extremism, technology, and political violence. Got lost on the internet while looking for cat photos. Views my own.
@dafnoukos.bsky.social
Chair in Comparative Politics, University of York Research on far right, populism, nationalism and European Politics Joint Editor-In-Chief of Nations and Nationalism, Political Studies Steering Committee ECPR Extremism&Democracy LSE PhD
@loganmacnair.bsky.social
Criminology prof/researcher specializing in terrorism, extremism, and radicalization; fiction writer specializing in weird - Troll (2023), Panegyric (2020). www.loganmacnair.com/troll