Scott Rose
News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Mostly Russia news & chess. Views are mine
Starter Packs
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Russia news
Journalists, media, academics and analysts focused primarily on Russia, especially what's going on inside Russia. In English and Russian (mostly). Still building, no offense intended if I missed you. Some people are inactive. I'm hoping if you follow, they'll start posting here.
Chess on Bluesky
A starter pack of accounts for top chess players, organizations and fans, primarily in English. For now, mostly folks I remember from the other place. For a bigger community, check out my list "Chess on Bluesky" or the chess feed from Bluesky chess pioneer @cyancat.bsky.social
@elisethomas.bsky.social
Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas
@jimgoodale.bsky.social
Retired, grandfather, deadhead, chess player, and caretaker of Fred, the brindled couch potato.
@weeder.bsky.social
When the going gets tough, the tough get growing feeder: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6ixhocm5tk3fsqbclrbq36mf/feed/aaakauts3eb4m
@neilabrams.bsky.social
Corruption, democracy, rule of law, Eastern Europe, Ukraine. Words in WaPo, Slate, Foreign Policy. PhD, political science. He/him. Subscribe at https://www.readthedetox.com
@captainacab.airbud.website
not really a dog. reposts = official CDC recommendations. he/him CDC style guide: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sdkxyw2r7xlx5kjhsolgagv6/feed/aaamfdxuzasv6
@vghistory.bsky.social
a meditation on videogame history. donate to my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/moshboy/ also find me on mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy nfaq: https://pastebin.com/vUmrYKx6
@sophiafreuden.bsky.social
Counter-info ops girlie, Russianist, OSINT, democracy resilience. Aggressive Oregonian. Views my own 🌲 she/her
@lauranahmias.bsky.social
Senior Reporter covering NYC + state politics for Bloomberg News. Formerly at Daily News Editorial Board, POLITICO, City + State
@tomburgis.bsky.social
Investigations correspondent for The Guardian. Bestselling author of Kleptopia, Cuckooland and The Looting Machine. The truth will out, it just sometimes takes a while. Stories: theguardian.com/profile/tom-burgis Books: tomburgis.com
@clivethompson.bsky.social
Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Journalist with Wired / New York Times Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Built https://weird-old-book-finder.glitch.me
@mironovavera.bsky.social
Author of “From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists. Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups”(OUP). Affiliations @Harvard @MiddleEastInst and @ForeignPolicy.
@dcmayo.bsky.social
I'm a programmer, a Kentuckian, a veteran, and a progressive. I helped send a spaceship to the moon.
@cybintelligence.bsky.social
OSINT, cybercrime, darknet and a lot of other things not cyberz related
@drmehmetismail.bsky.social
Lecturer @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Game Theory, Econ & CS, Pol-Econ, Sport Chess ♟️ Game Theory Corner at Norway Chess Studied in Istanbul -> Paris -> Bielefeld -> Maastricht https://linktr.ee/drmehmetismail Views are my own
@joannalillis.bsky.social
Almaty-based journalist reporting on Central Asia, author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan (2019) and Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan (out in November 2025)
@atomicanalyst.bsky.social
Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • I write primarily about nuclear weapons (including history, costs, accidents, and policy), and the Presidential Emergency Satchel (aka the nuclear “Football”).
@jamesjones.bsky.social
Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, Wanted, On The President’s Orders, Mosul, Children of the Gaza War. New film: Antidote, coming 2025.
@juliaioffe.bsky.social
Washington correspondent and founding partner @ Puck. Tomorrow will be worse. For more inspirational insights, subscribe at https://puck.news/author/julia-ioffe/
@joelw762.bsky.social
In Ukraine since 2018. Please consider supporting my wife's humanitarian work here: https://gofund.me/ad24e4e0
@chessninjaog.bsky.social
Writer, advocate, Garry Kasparov’s aide-de-camp and co-author since 1999. Ex-coder, ex-designer, ex-teacher. Dad, Brooklynite, youth baseball coach.
@404media.co
it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
@iconoclast88.bsky.social
@neofight78.bsky.social
Tweets about chess, code, management, language learning & other stuff.
@threadotweets.bsky.social
All the tweets I love, a few I hate. A few skeets too! Posted individually this time instead of threaded Posting in large batches, pls address complaints to dennisbhooper Alt text added but reply w/ additional description as you see fit. Also bluesky @‘s
@shustry.bsky.social
Staff writer for Time Magazine in New York, by way of Kyiv, Moscow and Berlin, and author of "The Showman," a wartime biography of Volodymyr Zelensky: bit.ly/TheShowmanBook
@gssullivan.bsky.social
Editor, Bloomberg News, focusing on Russia, economics and government. Also a bit of the Middle East. Dubai based. Formerly EEU and DC. Standard caveat.
@leylalatypova.bsky.social
Tatar from Bashqortostan 🐝 | Journalist & political analyst | Changing the way you think of Russia by amplifying voices from ethnic republics and Indigenous communities ✊🏽 | https://linktr.ee/latypovaleyla
@threatologist.com
I talk about Russian security issues. Each issue of my newsletter unpacks a major news story from the world of Russian security — tracing the relationships, trends, and deeper meaning behind it. www.threatologist.com/newsletter
@doxajournal.bsky.social
Independent reportage and analysis from and on Russia. We cover everything from war and rising authoritarianism to inequality, discrimination, and the climate crisis. Subscribe to our English newsletter! https://doxaenglish.substack.com/subscribe
@liliebayer.bsky.social
European Security Correspondent at Reuters, covering NATO, EU defense and foreign policy in Brussels. Signal: lilibayer.24 Follow Reuters’ Europe foreign policy team: @andrewramsaygray.bsky.social, @sasilink.bsky.social & @irishjreuters.bsky.social
@bradqskillman.bsky.social
Data trainer and journalist at Bloomberg News. Opinions my own.
@cfarivar.bsky.social
"suh-ROOS" / سیروس Director, Community Wildfire Resilience Fire Aside (http://fireaside.com) 20+ years in journalism (Forbes, NBC, Ars Technica and more) 🕵️ 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA cyrus@fireaside.com +1-341-758-0888 (mobile/Signal)
@albertonardelli.bsky.social
Reporter at Bloomberg. In Europe, mostly. I have strong opinions about food and football. DM for Signal.
@jchaltiwanger.bsky.social
Staff Reporter at ForeignPolicy.com Send tips/ideas to john.haltiwanger@foreignpolicy.com
@markc-anderson.bsky.social
Asia Technology Editor at Bloomberg News - all views mine / Get in touch: mr.mark.anderson@proton.me
@digitalwitness.bsky.social
Human Rights/Civil Rights Investigator| #OSINT #DFIR | Former PD 🕵🏻♀️ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦
@ponarseurasia.bsky.social
New approaches to research on security, politics, economics, and society in Russia & Eurasia. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of George Washington University https://www.ponarseurasia.org/ IERES @ GWU
@cepa.org
The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) | CEPA’s mission is to ensure a strong and democratic transatlantic alliance for future generations. Media inquiries: press@cepa.org
@tuurone.bsky.social
#Chesspattern watcher, author of 3 practical books on pattern recognition(strategical, middlegame), IM & enjoying pretty much every aspect of the game of chess
@antonialangford.bsky.social
writer at The Draft, freelance international journalist seen in The Guardian, The i Paper, The New European, Prospect magazine etc, eic and founder of SINK magazine
@neilphauer.bsky.social
Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Chechnya), Russia, Ukraine, Syria, heavy metal. Stories @CNN, @CBC, @NYMag, @guardian etc. 🇨🇦 neil.hauer@gmail.com. Eng/рус/հայ.
@nedgarvey.bsky.social
Currently: Moscow Times | Зануда | Formerly: Meduza in English | European champion of ultimate frisbee
@apiln.bsky.social
Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards. Earnest replies will be mocked.