Nick Brumfield
Researcher on Yemen, MENA, Maritime Domain | Posts about MENA, Appalachia, Rivers | Words in Daily Beast, FPRI, Amwaj, Al-Jazeera, 100 Days in Appalachia | DM for media inquiries | Check out @waterways-project.bsky.social | he/him
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Middle East News and Commentary - Part 3/3
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@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@haidhaid22.bsky.social
Senior Consulting Associate Fellow, Chatham House @CH_MENAP | PhD from @warstudies | a Syrian who writes about Syria among other things. RT ≠ endorsements.
@colmpm.bsky.social
Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
@wakerevolt.bsky.social
JD, PhD. Author of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts 2021 Best Book NPR, Washington Post.https://rebhallphd.org/contact/
@arnesa.bsky.social
Genocide Researcher & Scholar | Organiser | Writer | Lecturer & Educator | Scholars of Genocide Expert Group @GenocideExperts | Sociology & Social Criticism | Bosnian Genocide Survivor | “the worst bitch on twitter” | l https://substack.com/@arnesakustura
@gregconvertito.bsky.social
Philosophy Adjunct. Political philosophy, Marx, Latin America, and some other stuff. he/him https://gregoryconvertito.wordpress.com/ Series editor of the APA Blog’s Teaching and Learning Video Series. Not expressing the views of my employer.
@alastairtibbs.bsky.social
Editor at MENA site Maghrebi.org & Scotland-based freelance journalist
@davedicello.bsky.social
Pittsburgh. The Steel City. Home. And I’m just trying to capture it the best that I can. prints.davedicello.com
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
@davdrangel.bsky.social
David. (Formerly Adobe Creative Clout Services on Twitter) he/him Proud angry bloodthirsty Mechica warrior. #freepalestine #fuckcops #fuckphobes #sexworkiswork #fucknazis Discord: internetRefugee
@jconley.bsky.social
Author of Environmentalism Contained: The Origins of Corporate Anti-Environmentalism, https://a.co/d/hva78CJ | lawyer; historian| past: PhD, hist. of science, Princeton; JD, Univ. of Texas School of Law; law clerk to J. KN Moore, CA6; Susman Godfrey alum
@emilyesfraser.bsky.social
Former doc filmmaker/cinematographer/teacher, current full-time sick person, occasional poet
@someforeignfield.bsky.social
Former USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, former International Rescue Committee. Humanitarian professional, missile and tank weirdo, posts stuff about missiles, the Middle East, and why it matters at https://substack.com/@someforeignfield
@mercoglianos.bsky.social
Mariner, Historian, Firefighter, Host of What's Going on With Shipping
@cbrl.bsky.social
A learned society working with the countries, peoples and societies of the Levant to advance public education through promoting and disseminating research in the humanities, social sciences and related subjects. https://www.cbrl.ac.uk
@rachelcoyleohio.bsky.social
Want to save America? Take back your state 🇺🇸 Co-founder of "How Things Work at the #Ohio Statehouse" Linktr.ee/RachelCoyleOhio
@databyler.bsky.social
I do polling. I used to be a journalist. https://davidbyler.substack.com/subscribe
@ecomethius.bsky.social
Aerospace engineer & clean energy engineer. German-Jewish & Egyptian-Canadian. Anti-fascist & rugby referee. Lifetime ban from LinkedIn. Living on the unceded territory of the Musqeum, the Squamish, and the Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. She/they
@dissidentelizabeth.bsky.social
Loves cats, food, ancient history, film noir, left politics, and unions. Capitalism, not so much. #ActuallyAutistic and do not suffer fools gladly. Denial of anyone’s humanity = instant block
@sarahebond.bsky.social
Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/ Pasts Imperfect: https://pastsimperfect.substack.com
@tutusntinyhats.bsky.social
Trying to put the fun in fundraising for mutual aid, sometimes making jewelry. Self-loving Jew for a free Palestine. Climate justice, degrowth, fat liberation, also obsessed with dogs. She/her
@meghanleonard.bsky.social
Associate Professor - Political Science @ Illinois State University: judicial politics & state supreme courts. cats. women's sports. basketball. she/her
@paulachak.bsky.social
Prof in New York, studies broken media, capitalism and anti-colonial futures.
@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.”
@ashwinrodrigues.com
I've written. bylines at Defector, GQ, The New York Times, Wired, and other places. work + email available at ashwinrodrigues.com
@kreighbaum.bsky.social
Immigration and labor reporter at Bloomberg Law. Covering the legal and policy landscape affecting immigrant workers in the US. Member of Washington-Baltimore News Guild. Email: akreighbaum@bloombergindustry.com Signal: kreighbaum.85
@sabrinamkarim.bsky.social
Cornell Assistant Professor specializing in security sector reform, policing, peacekeeping, and gender. Director of the Gender and Security Sector Lab sabrinamkarim.com
@annedeighton.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof European International Politics, Oxford University. International History. European security
@falo2.bsky.social
War Studies PhD KCL, MA War in the Modern World, African Leadership Centre King's College London and Nairobi & consultant on governance of security. German and French citizen, resident in Spain.
@drmehmetyegin.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at APAC | Former SWP & USAK Researcher| Bilkent & UofCincinnati Alumni |Turkey, NATO, American Politics, https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KxZyXu0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate, www.youtube.com/@drmehmetyegin
@shilohgreensoto.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. History, WA State Uni | 20th-century US West, labor & segregation, ethnic studies, community archives, critical university studies | mom, gardener, perpetually online | shilohgreensoto.com
@roaa-ali.bsky.social
I am a Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Manchester and Programme Director for the Creative and Cultural Industries MA. I research and write on race and diversity within the cultural sector.
@theohioangle.bsky.social
The Ohio Angle is an independent platform exploring the politics, power, and people shaping our state - with care, clarity, and curiosity.
@bashareport.bsky.social
Communication Manager and Senior Middle East Analyst at Navanti Group🇺🇸 | #SME #RiskAnalysis #Iraq #Syria #Yemen #Maritime #FoodSecurity #Africa | Communication Co-chair at the Small Business Association for International Companies (SBAIC)
@shabana.bsky.social
Associate professor 🧿 Author, 'Muslim American Women on Campus' Views are always mine only, not those of my employer Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Free Kashmir 🍁
@zyxia.bsky.social
PhD student in Computational Biology at Cornell University. PopGen | EvoBio | spatial simulation | demographic history. Amateur in linguistics & calligraphy. he/his/him/هُوَ/ـهُ/他
@bettieblowtorch.bsky.social
DGK ♥️ • On the road to find out • Made in #Detroit • seasoned in Ferg • I stand for what I’m about • audiophile • bibliophile • cinephile • #riotgrrrl • No Lists #YNWA #Yemen #FreePalestine • she/her
@allisonrwest.bsky.social
Senior Legal Advisor @ecchr.bsky.social | Int'l law & human rights politics & praxis, detention & NAWA (MENA), freedom dreams
@ishaantharoor.bsky.social
Global affairs columnist @WashingtonPost.com, anchor of The Post's WorldView column and newsletter on int'l politics. Dad. New Yorker. Victoria concordia crescit. New to BlueSky!
@rileydotdee.bsky.social
Law student. Formerly a grad student in Disability Studies and even more formerly a publishing underling. Disabled/chronically ill. Here for books, knitting & convos re: disability. She/her.
@buttonsandbiscuit.bsky.social
personal account. it’s an alt. all opinions my own except for the wrong ones
@roopikarisam.bsky.social
Chair of Film & Media Studies at Dartmouth, does data & digital humanities things, edits #ReviewsInDH, rides horses 🐴 https://roopikarisam.com
@onofftherecord.bsky.social
Reporter, writer, editor. Sp./Eng. He/him. Stories: NYT, Guardian, Atlantic, Esquire, TIME, LAT, Reuters, AP, Scalawag, more. Website: https://authory.com/TimothyPratt