Irrelephant
Aggressively, zealously centrist. Authoritarianism and disinformation, in all its forms, can get stuffed. #ElbowsUp and #SlavaUkraini 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
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Key voices on Ukraine
These are the people I trust to provide excellent updates and analysis on the developments in Ukraine specifically and with Russia's geopolitical moves generally.
@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Former national security analyst, Associate Professor. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
@codeblackamerica.bsky.social
physician, public health researcher, pissed off more than you know. Americans must lead. the institutional leaders that failed you won’t save you recently moved 🇺🇸 ➡️ 🇨🇦. now practicing in Canada & love it here. #Doxit #ElbowsUp
@chenoweth.bsky.social
Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
@youranoncentral.bsky.social
#Anonymous: Actions Not Nouns. All that exists is interaction. #BindingChaos #3E https://spookyconnections.com/
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
@yougov.co.uk
YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviours from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks. Join now: https://account.yougov.com
@lizcheney.bsky.social
Proud rodeo mom, soccer mom, baseball mom, hockey mom, constitutional conservative.
@profgalloway.com
Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
@ebharrington.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words @washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian. All at brookeharrington.com
@thetyee.ca
Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
@therickwilson.bsky.social
Lincoln Project and Resolute Square founder. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated pilot. Beechcraft driver. TheRickWilson.Substack.com
@asharangappa.bsky.social
Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine. https://asharangappa.substack.com
@cossackgundi.bsky.social
Aiden Aslin British national. Ukrainian marine 2018-2022 Currently in GUR International legion. https://www.paypal.me/cossackgundi
@crampell.bsky.social
MSNBC anchor/co-host of The Weekend: Primetime, Sat/Sun 6-9pm. Washington Post syndicated op-ed columnist. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
@alanderminna.bsky.social
Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.org | @cepa.org Fellow | Senior Fellow Frivärld. Nordic-Baltic-Arctic security, NATO, European affairs. Plot twist: not from Åland. 📸 Arno Mikkor/ICDS ✍️ Northern Flank Notes: https://open.substack.com/pub/minnalander
@popovaprof.bsky.social
Polisci prof at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️ Democracy, rule of law, (anti)corruption in Eastern Europe 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺; post-Communism; Russo-Ukrainian war and its impact on European democracies; #UkraineIsEurope #DefendDemocracy https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
@yarotrof.bsky.social
Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. 📕Author of No Country for Love, Our Enemies Will Vanish, Siege of Mecca and Faith at War 📕 Yarotrof.com
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@ivanastradner.bsky.social
Research Fellow @FDD, Special Correspondent @KyivPost || Russia’s information warfare. Epictetus. Views my own.
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
@338canada.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief 338Canada丨Rédacteur en chef Qc125丨Chroniqueur @ L'actualité, The Walrus & Politico Canada丨Co-host The Numbers podcast丨Prof astronomy & astrophysics丨Occasional cat pictures🤍丨📍Montréal
@robertsspaceind.bsky.social
The official account for Star Citizen. Explore the 'verse, fight, trade, and more when you play Star Citizen on PC today!
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
@nicolegrajewski.bsky.social
Fellow with Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program and Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | PhD from Oxford | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
@efinkel.bsky.social
Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Historian of WWIII. Study horrible things that happen to good people, write books, despair. Lviv-Haifa-Jerusalem-Madison-New Haven-Washington-Bologna. Intent to Destroy is out: https://tinyurl.com/ybfn7
@xkcd.com
@liveuamap.com
https://liveuamap.com is platform that change the way you receive news. Latest news on the map. Contact us info@liveuamap.com. Posts sometimes op-ed
@andersaslund.bsky.social
Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
@davidpakman.bsky.social
@mexic0la.bsky.social
I got hot sauce in my bag. Kyrylo Budanov stan account. 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹. NATO expansion is non-negotiable. 💄✨
@themoscowtimes.com
Independent news from Russia since 1992. https://linktr.ee/moscowtimes Photo: Sergei Kiselev / Moskva News Agency
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
@thewalrus.ca
Canada's Conversation. Award-winning independent journalism, fact checking, and national ideas-focused events. Stay connected: http://thewalrus.ca/newsletters
@sonaar.bsky.social
🌏 I forecast water & climate risks. AMA☔️ 🌱Senior TED Fellow, Truman Fellow, RAND Pardee fellow, Harvard adjunct🦫 ☀️SoCal-based, MN-born, 1st gen Punjabi🥁 💧Water Canary Founder🐤 Climate is the message but #water is the medium: go.ted.com/sonaarluthra
@realjakebroe.bsky.social
Fmr. Nuclear & Missile Operations Officer US Air Force 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 ~ YouTuber ~ 500,000+ Subscribers ~ Keep Defending the Truth ~ Keep Defending Democracy https://www.youtube.com/@JakeBroe https://www.patreon.com/c/JakeBroe
@aaron.bsky.team
Canadian wanderer in Ireland. Trying to make the internet a better place. Bluesky Head of Trust and Safety. Email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz for more complex issues. Priority notifications active, so I don't see mentions. abuse = block
@auonsson.bsky.social
Pseudonymous osint. Enjoy data, ships, planes, maps, simplicity, connectedness. Also, Baltics. Judge me by my tweets. http://mastodon.world/@auonsson backup 🇸🇪
@hamsini.bsky.social
Now: micro-retired and looking for my next work home. Previous Avatars: China Expert @LogicallyAI, Consultant at Indian MEA, Yenching Fellow, Thinktanker. Views all mine.
@allegragoodwin.bsky.social
Investigative journo @cnn.com specialising in #osint went into journalism after watching the devil wears prada, now mostly write about bombs allegra.goodwin@cnn.com
@wartranslated.bsky.social
🇪🇪 Estonian blogger focusing on Russia/Ukraine | 18+ version: https://t.me/wartranslated | Glory to #Ukraine!
@ianbassin.bsky.social
Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
@olddogua.bsky.social
Former British Soldier🇬🇧Ukrainian Marine🇺🇦author of Live.Fight.Survive, Public Speaker, Husband & Dad - Ambassador and Board Member at Prevail Humanitarian Aid
@bonitobistro.com
bonita springs, fl | gm @ bonitobistro.com | president @ naplesjet.org | founder @ culinarysg.org