Andy Kostrub's Starter Pack
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@andrewkostrub.bsky.social
@prchovanec.bsky.social
Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com
@liberalcurrents.com
A community of mere liberals. Discussing, defending, and applying the many varieties of liberalism. patreon.com/LiberalCurrents liberalcurrents.com
@levesque-chris.bsky.social
"Loquacious history bastard." PhD in military history, adjunct professor of history, archivist. Focus on atrocities in Vietnam, Cold War culture, & religion.
@risabrooks12.bsky.social
Marquette Prof studying U.S. and comparative civil-military relations, political violence & armed forces in democracies and non-democracies.
@hofrench.bsky.social
Author, most recently of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, journalist, professor, columnist at Foreign Policy. Coming soon, "The Second Emancipation." See here: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com
@51st.news
Information with representation, by and for D.C. residents. Worker-led nonprofit newsroom, funded by readers like YOU. 🌐 https://51st.news
@dburbach.bsky.social
Prof. International Relations & National Security. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregonian at heart. Posts, RTs are personal ONLY. Teach at NWC but dont represent US Navy | Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
@irhottakes.bsky.social
Political science PhD student. World’s third best Bigfoot colonial governance simulation expert.
@smsaideman.bsky.social
#CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
@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=
@saletan.bsky.social
Writer, @thebulwark.bsky.social. Email: saletan@thebulwark.com. You can also find me at https://www.threads.net/@wsaletan and http://substack.com/@saletan
@bdherzinger.bsky.social
I like big navies and I cannot lie. Navy Reservist | CIMSEC | Asian Security | ex-AEI, USSC, Twitter, Pacific Forum, US Pacific Fleet | Proud Idahoan | Opinions mine, but you're welcome to adopt them
@drrobthompson.com
Bluesky’s resident Vietnam War historian. Army University Press historian and documentary maker. Author of _Clear, Hold, and Destroy_—a book about pacification in Phú Yên. All views my own. Слава Україні! Web: https://www.drrobthompson.com
@exum.bsky.social
Enthusiastic about Appalachia, bird dogs, a solid majority of my children, and 28-gauge shotguns. I sometimes write things here: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/andrew-exum/
@clintsmithiii.bsky.social
Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
@bafriedman.bsky.social
Amphibious Warfare, Strategy, and Clausewitz. CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
@jlynch13.bsky.social
🌻Poli sci, inequality, health/social policy, methods, Europe. Teaching & learning, dogs, mezzo-alto, ME/CFS. New book out May 27: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better
@jimgoldgeier.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow, Brookings; prof/ex-dean, American University SIS; senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Research Affiliate, Stanford. New book: Foreign Policy Careers for PhDs: A Practical Guide to a World of Possibilities www.jamesgoldgeier.com
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
Political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff. I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking! (she/her)
@profsaunders.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Columbia; editor, Good Authority; non-res Senior Fellow, Brookings. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace (preorder: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game)
@davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social
Historian. Academic Advisor @ University of Virginia. Columnist @ Boston Review. Book: TAKING AMERICA BACK: THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AND THE FAR RIGHT // Yale Press // April 2024
@lethalityjane.bsky.social
Figuring out post-Army life in the PNW. Lots of Mom-Posting. She/Her. Play it fucking loud.
@rasmansa.bsky.social
Pseudonym. Rastafari. Computer Science PhD. Chess Master. Dad jokes. Arsenal FC. Science. Parenting. Anti-racism.
@emilyzfeng.bsky.social
NPR correspondent. 10 years in China and Taiwan. Now DC-based. My book "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom" is now out: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724947/let-only-red-flowers-bloom-by-emily-feng/
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Sen-Anderson tradition. Writer/editor for Liberal Currents. "Wokest Ayn Rand fan you will ever meet." Star Wars and Wheel of Time fan. He/him.
@sarahhashemi.bsky.social
I do mograph at washingtonpost.com but my friends like me because I cook good
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNBC Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
@dhnexon.bsky.social
"'A man without a plan is not a man.' Nietzsche." Professor in the Department of Government and SFS @ Georgetown. I study international order, power politics, & empires. dhnexon.net | https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | duckofminerva.com |
@mcopelov.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, UW - Madison. Jean Monnet Chair, 🇪🇺 & the Global Economy. International political economy, IR, & global finance. Politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
@joshuafoust.com
Made the CommSky Starter Pack https://go.bsky.app/QkcgePD Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military esports, video games, and gender theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
@pptsapper.bsky.social
History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
@assignedmedia.org
An independent news website about trans issues, by trans journalists. assignedmedia.org Support our work: https://www.assignedmedia.org/support
@bellwak.bsky.social
Chronically tardy yet somehow…Breaking news + bummer beats for @washingtonpost Why are you booing me? I’m right.
@shannonosaka.bsky.social
climate *zeitgeist* reporter for @washingtonpost.com past: proudly @grist, @UniofOxford.
@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.
@mford.bsky.social
Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.
@wordsofsarah.bsky.social
Washington Post Video + all things ice cream Happy to talk to you about your pets and books
@caitjgibson.bsky.social
Feature writer at The Washington Post, focused on families and children | caitlin.gibson@washpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/caitlin-gibson/
@machete.gay
doctor of sociology at inst. nastro azzurro podcast guest complains a lot about admin stuff in counterextremism https://nocellara.beehiiv.com/ 🧙♂️🚫 suffer in the tension between my serious opinions and d&d character pfp
@sharonk.bsky.social
political theologian at the ministry for the future interests: classics, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics, foreign policy, climate change, east asia (korea + japan) words: Foreign Policy + LiberalCurrents
@shiraovide.bsky.social
Washington Post technology writer. New Yorker. Bird watcher. Grumpy. Sign up for my (free) Tech Friend newsletter: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/the-tech-friend/
@jaconi.bsky.social
Fan of the curious. Director, News Talent & Community Development @washingtonpost.
@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Liberal Currents liberalcurrents.com
@jmberger.com
Scholar of extremism, dystopia (fictional and otherwise) ► EXTREMISM @mitpress http://amzn.to/2BKXLgU ► OPTIMAL: A dystopian novel http://amzn.to/3aKYZ99 ► https://www.jmberger.com/ Commission on AMZ links PhD @ Swansea University Law School
@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought. https://othermeans.substack.com/
@daralind.bsky.social
Former journalist, currently employed at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), forever immigration explainer. Committed to the bit. Signal: daralind.18
@jeetheer.bsky.social
Columnist, The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/ Podcast: The Time of Monsters: https://www.thenation.com/content/time-of-monsters/
@scottjshapiro.bsky.social
Southmayd Prof @YaleLawSch + Philosophy @Yale. Ed, @LegalTheory + Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil. Content creator. Author, “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing"
@pgourevitch.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
@emgusk.bsky.social
Half of Post Polling, journalist, pollster, feminist, library fan, BRCA mutant. Nats! Caps! Terps! Kill them with kindness and methodological rigor. she/her signal: emgusk.04
@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
Reuters Global News Desk editor, Asia. Defense, other stuff. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6 Ad astra per aspera
@jfallows.bsky.social
Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
@cherylrofer.bsky.social
Retired nuclear scientist. Worked in Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Los Alamos. Posting on nuclear issues, war, nature, science, and women's issues. Also cats. She/her. Blogs at Nuclear Diner and Lawyers, Guns & Money Banner: The invincible summer within
@elienyc.bsky.social
Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law. Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
@heatherkelly.bsky.social
Washington Post technology reporter, hopscotch enthusiast. heather.kelly@washpost.com. Signal: @hkelly.11
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
@proptermalone.bsky.social
mostly politics. some Seahawks. oh and one more thing you aren’t going to like what comes after America
@rachelmcohen.bsky.social
Vox reporter - covering family policy + politics trying to prod productively
@rauchway.bsky.social
Historian. Florida man. Keep Bluesky weird. http://ericrauchway.com pfp by Daniel Mackie
@diplomatofnight.com
"A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare." Unfortunately I try to write sometimes
@owillis.bsky.social
Reporter, DailyKos.com, Previously Media Matters. Subscribe to http://oliverwillis.substack.com
@hannahgais.bsky.social
Senior researcher & journalist. @splcunion.bsky.social steward. Former internet person at @thebaffler.com. hannahgais@proton.me Signal: 334-315-8634 http://seedisclaimer.com. Newsletter: https://postsfromunderground.ghost.io/
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@fleerultra.bsky.social
History's most successful legal podcaster, co-host of 5-4 pod. He/Him @fivefourpod.bsky.social
@brianbeutler.bsky.social
Off Message, Politix.fm; Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
@katzish.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent.
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/
@aywarhiannon.bsky.social
free palestine. former public defender. 5-4 podcast. popular cradle podcast. seen some shit.
@jdcmedlock.bsky.social
More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
@josephpolitano.bsky.social
Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io Nuance? In this Economy Perpetually awaiting that “trade deal” with Japan |
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Chair of Political Science, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center.
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
What noisy cats are we. Author of THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024). He/him. Author site: armoxon.com Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
@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.
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
contributing writer at Rolling Stone // contributing editor at Wired // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
@swin24.bsky.social
senior politics reporter @ Rolling Stone magazine // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (go Bearcats 🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
@himself.bsky.social
http://www.henryfarrell.net Now out with Abe Newman, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554
@davidklion.bsky.social
Working on a book about the legacy of neoconservatism. Columnist for The Nation, contributing editor at Jewish Currents, writer for many lefty mags. KLEE-on
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@swolecialism.bsky.social
i lost the ability to read in a freak clean and jerk accident in 1989. please be gentle. he/him
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@wagatwe.com
antirape activist turned theorist and educator. I make and analyze media. proud bunny mama. she/hers 🇰🇪🇧🇸 twitter.com/wagatwe wagatwe.com