Simon Willmetts
Cultural historian with an interest in secrecy, intelligence agencies, and their impact upon wider culture and society. I work at Leiden University, but my views here are my own.
@bartthijssen.bsky.social
Master of (Keeping/Stealing) your Secrets | Security Advisor & Intel Analyst | Civil Servant @ BE | Klopjacht-speurder | IT Eng. + Pol. Sci. | Posts my own
@ronanmainprize.bsky.social
Ax:son Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication Research on intelligence, statecraft, and strategy • Writing a book on Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, and the Global Cold War • University of Warwick PhD
@matthewleggatt.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer English and Amrican Literature @ Winchester Uni: Lit & Film, nostalgia, utopia/dystopia, apocalypse, terror. D&D. Dog pics. Views own. He/Him
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social
A podcast about utopia and dystopia hosted by @matthewleggatt.bsky.social and @dystopiajunkie.bsky.social. Each episode we interview a different thinker in the field of Utopian and Dystopian studies. You can follow the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
@proflb.bsky.social
Sociologue, prof agrégée, Univ. Toronto. Studying the social organization of medical, legal and bureaucratic knowledge. Author: Screening Out. Coprésidente https://csn-rec.ca/
@bartschuurman.bsky.social
Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at Leiden University
@dr-ct-security.bsky.social
PhD in Counter-Terrorism Protective Security from Loughborough University. Specialist in the Protection of Crowded Places from Terrorist Threats.
@mguariglia.bsky.social
Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Visiting Professor at Emory. Book on race and the origins of modern policing out now! MatthewGuariglia.com
@ckhillebrand.bsky.social
👋 I mainly share posts about contemporary intelligence 🕵🏼♀️🕵️♂️, state secrecy 🤫, politics 🌍, and cats 🐈⬛ 🐈.
@jamesteitelbaumjj.bsky.social
Writer, communicator, consultant, strategist, mental health campaigner. Does podcast The Rest is Politics with ex Tory minister Rory Stewart.
@rory-stewart.bsky.social
@therestpolitics.bsky.social
A view on politics at home & abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably with Rory Stewart & Campbell Claret. Powered by Fuse Energy⚡ https://linktr.ee/RestIsPolitics
@bennetthuw.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations, writing on British defence since 1945. In south Wales, an archive or a military museum. Permanently grateful to archivists and librarians.
@vfnewby.bsky.social
Asst Prof | Leiden University | Author of ‘Peacekeeping in South Lebanon’ | International Relations | UN | Gender | WPS | Middle East | Peacekeeping | WIIS Netherlands | CCL | Imm Joudeh | She/Her | Website: vfnewby.com
@tcgriffin.bsky.social
Author of State-Private Networks and Intelligence Theory (Routledge 2022). Writing on intelligence history on substack. https://intelligencehistory.substack.com
@intnatsecjournal.bsky.social
Intelligence and National Security is a leading journal focused on the role of intelligence and secretive agencies in international relations and politics. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
@malteriemann.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in War, Peace, and Justice at Leiden University https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/malte-riemann#tab-1 https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/security-studies/book277843
@atasoyemrah.bsky.social
Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. Assoc Prof of Anglophone Literature and Culture. Former researcher at Harvard, Oxford, Penn State, and Hacettepe Universities. Utopia, dystopia, futuristic narratives. RTs/likes not endorsements.
@secretsandspies.bsky.social
A transatlantic podcast exploring the world of espionage, terrorism, geopolitics, and intrigue | Co-hosted by @chriscarrfilm.bsky.social and @mattfulton.net | linktr.ee/secretsandspies
@janeijking.com
International Relations Theory & History. Junior Research Fellow at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. Oxford Martin Fellow, Changing Global Orders. www.janeijking.com
@susih.bsky.social
The official Society for U.S. Intellectual History Account at Bluesky! #USIH
@aaronbateman.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of History & Intl Affairs at George Washington U. | Book#1 : Weapons in Space: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547369/weapons-in-s | Now writing a book on the politics/security of global information networks
@fightforthefuture.org
Digital rights are human rights. There's hardly anything as important as ensuring that our shared future has freedom of expression and creativity at its core. https://www.fightforthefuture.org
@rahaworth.bsky.social
Historian of Italian pop music, media, culture. Podcast: https://tvitalianstyle.wordpress.com Author, Many Meanings Mina w/ Intellect Books. Educational Developer at University of Leeds. SFHEA. FRHistS.
@ceciliabrioni.bsky.social
Lecturer in Modern European History @AberdeenHistory. 20th-21stc. Italy, youth, identity, gender, style, popular culture, (social) media. She/her. Views my own.
@alexmartin.bsky.social
Journalist covering cybersecurity and intelligence. UK Editor at The Record from Recorded Future News. Dad of two. 🏠 Sheffield 📧 [email protected] 📱 Ask for Signal/PGP
@sophieduroy.bsky.social
Lecturer at @universityofessex.bsky.social | Formerly @kfgintlaw.bsky.social & @eui-law.bsky.social Public International Law - Intelligence & Security - Human Rights. Book: http://shorturl.at/itU19
@chekistmonitor.bsky.social
Top expert on #KGB (ops, archives, spy fiction). Book: KGB Literati (t.co/uWXN1eLc0u). PhD. 25+ years university teaching in Russia/Balkans/US. Now at University of San Francisco.
@radchenko.bsky.social
Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. The author of “To Run the World.”
@histoftech.bsky.social
Historian of technology and dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit. www.marhicks.com for writing & syllabi
@warmatters.bsky.social
Saarf-Londoner. Cat Dad. Associate Professor in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University. PhD from KCL. Associate, IWM Institute. Senior fellow at Global & National Security Institute, University of South Florida. ex-West Point fellow. FRHistS.
@unileiden.bsky.social
Officieel Bluesky account van de Universiteit Leiden. Over wetenschap, opleidingen, evenementen en studentenleven. http://universiteitleiden.nl
@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"
@engelsbergideas.bsky.social
Engelsberg Ideas is home to great writing from leading thinkers on history, culture and geopolitics, featuring essays as well as regular podcasts. https://engelsbergideas.com/
@socintelhist.bsky.social
@nsarchive.bsky.social
An independent research institution that advocates for open government and uses FOIA to collect and publish declassified documents - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu
@sarabcastro.bsky.social
Historian and strategic thinker focused on China, global security, intel studies; author, Mission to Mao; all views my own -- personal account
@jeaninervz.bsky.social
Knowledge coordinator @ Dutch House of Representatives - security & international relations | Dr. | Assistant Prof terrorism studies @ Leiden Uni. Personal account
@secretstrugglepod.bsky.social
A award-winning narrative-centred podcast covering historical and contemporary intelligence and international security issues. Focus: #newfindings #globalintelligence #smallpowers #storytelling
@agreenberg.bsky.social
Writer for WIRED. Author of SANDWORM. New book, TRACERS IN THE DARK: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, out now. [email protected]. Andy.01 on Signal.
@robdover.bsky.social
Academic researcher in intelligence and security, currently Dean of Faculty, but posting in a personal capacity. Poor standard runner. Excitable cricketer. Prone to crunchy deductions....