Puting the Foe in Misinfo
A starter pack of interesting researchers, journalists, activists and nerds with an axe to grind against the misinformation ecosystems thriving in the digital millennium.
Created by
@bensmash.rocks
@mikefrompa.bsky.social
Twitch Partner. Leftist former campaign staffer and I now yell about politics and history. http://twitch.tv/central_committee
@hanrahan.tv
Journalist and filmmaker. Anti-censorship. Popular Front / Away Days / Gargoyle www.jakehanrahan.com
@alexmendela.bsky.social
Analyst at Alethea | Interested in Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, International Affairs |
@henryhenryhenry.com
political scientist, PhD via Vanderbilt // researcher @ UZH Zürich // studying the unfolding dystopia // platforms, political violence, extremism, etc. research & writing: henryhenryhenry.com land of enchantment
@medus4.com
Activist, Hacker cosplayer, Artist. Data economy abolitionist. @cdc_pulpit Sinfluencer, Head of Humanity @ Veilid, designer of weird shirts at hack.xxx I love gross terrifying things. Because I am one
@kaleighrogers.bsky.social
Reporter focused on elections, polls, and dabbling in science stories. Past @nytimes @fivethirtyeight et al. 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇲
@jsmirnova.bsky.social
Senior researcher for @cemas.io. Disinfo, extremism, technology. Previously, @isdglobal and journalist writing for @spiegel, @zeit, @welt. Alumna @warstudies
@regularpete.bsky.social
Extremism, Democracy, Peace | PERIL at American University | Punk Stuff and Cats
@tristanl.ee
Data scientist @bellingcat.com, interested in far-right networks and conspiracy theories
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/ Got a tip? Get in touch • Email: david.gilbert@wired.com • Signal: @DavidGilbert.01
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press). Researcher, infolit/misinfo/rhetoric/civic reasoning. Currently researching AI as tool for critical thinking.
@discomedusa.bsky.social
@ckd.sh
OSINT reporter, Washington Post investigations • @chrisd9r on twitter • https://ckd.sh
@pialamberty.bsky.social
Psychologin | PhD | Autorin | CeMAS | Forscht & berät zu Verschwörungserzählungen, Desinformation, Rechtsextremismus & Antisemitismus sowie psychologischem Umgang mit globalen Krisen und Konflikten
@tessowen.bsky.social
Words in New Yorker, NY Mag, WIRED, Guardian & more. VICE News alum. Reporting on extremism, disinfo, subcultures etc. more fun than I sound. send tips/ say hello at tessalexandraowen@gmail.com or DM for signal
@reportbywilson.bsky.social
Journalist and Researcher | Reporting and Research on the U.S. Radical Right | Publisher of Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social | Subscribe: https://www.radicalreports.org | Support My Work: https://linktr.ee/reportbywilson
@drsarteschi.bsky.social
Full Professor of SW & Criminology | Extreme violence researcher. Books about #Sovereigncitizens | Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/drsarteschi | Opinions own & RPs not endorsements
@quacksanonymous.bsky.social
Mapping the folklore and history of the borderland sciences. Conspiracism Taxonomist. Not a satanic sex-cult leader, but I play one in the conspiracy theory blogs. Generally cranky & mildly paranoid. patreon.com/QuacksAnonymous
@karma2023.bsky.social
Michael Protzman aka -48 cult researcher. Conspiracy theories/QAnon researcher.
@alkapdc.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at Media Matters, focusing on social media misinformation, disinformation, & online extremism. Statements are mine, not employer's. Send tips to akaplan@mediamatters.org.
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
@rothschildmd.bsky.social
Conspiracy theory journalist, expert witness, author of JEWISH SPACE LASERS and THE STORM IS UPON US. "Little chicken-neck guy" - Alex Jones. Contact: rothschildmd@protonmail.com. Website: TheMikeRothschild.com.
@qop.bsky.social
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@melbuer.bsky.social
Reporter Writing and podcasting about labor, media, and progressive politics. Currently living in Chicago. https://linktr.ee/mel_buer
@jtischauser.bsky.social
I research the white power movement and far right media; member @splcunion.bsky.social; @uwsjmc.bsky.social PhD; tips at jtischauser@protonmail.com Chicago-style always and forever https://wisc.academia.edu/JeffTischauserPhD
@maiamcdonald.me
chicago journo 📝 | doing reporting/audience engagement for the @raceandequityproject.org 🔎 | board member for the Chicago Journalists Association | Mizzou J-School Alum 🎓🐯 | funky fashion enthusiast 🛍 | maiamcdonald.me | @maia.pink 🎪 | she/her
@unraveledpress.com
Reader supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing, state violence and corruption. Occasionally: hate movements and conspiracism. 🩷 SUPPORT US: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/ 📧 Contact: info@unraveledpress.com 🌐 unraveledpress.com
@jennyhozier.bsky.social
bikes, transit, housing, chicago. bureaucrat in training
@jakewittich.bsky.social
🌈 Managing Editor and LGBTQ+ news reporter for @windycitytimes.com 📧 Sign up for our newsletters! https://windycitytimes.com/newsletters/ 📍: Chicago
@jmochicago.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary nerd. Use Qual+Quant data for sensemaking. Wrangle data & skip trace for fun. Business & organizational ethnographer. Tweets = my own. Will always be up for talking about public ed and nonfiction. Fueled by Ethiopian coffee.
@adquig.bsky.social
Cook County, Chicago City Hall and Obama Presidential Center reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Hoosier. aquig@chicagotribune.com
@injusticewatch.org
Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. https://linktr.ee/injusticewatch
@anthonymoser.com
(He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com/ • quick network graphs bit.ly/qng • http://deseguys.com • bit.ly/IneffectiveByChoice
@royalpratt.bsky.social
Chicago Tribune investigative reporter, City Hall. Little Village raised. Proud Tribune Guild. I'm just trying to make my city a better place. Author: "The City is Up for Grabs."
@teescdf.uk
Senior Lecturer @ Teesside University in Computer and Digital Forensics. Previously @ North Yorkshire Police Digital Forensic Unit. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8747-3772 #digitalforensics #cybercrime #ukpolicing I use Arch BTW
@nlgjaofficial.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ journalists and communicators on a mission to improve coverage. linktr.ee/NLGJA
@ehundman.bsky.social
China analyst and research director at BluePath Labs, scholar, sometime artist. 中文通（非中国通), sci-fi geek, ex-STEM. Security, tech, and foreign policy in China + Taiwan. Views my own. 🏳️🌈 http://www.erichundman.com/ Chicago is home.
@jballew.bsky.social
Journalist turned Defense Attorney. Criminal Defense Trial Attorney. Public Defender in Illinois. Bodéwadmi Ndaw (I am Potawatomi)
@mdoukmas.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips. Headshot: Danielle Scruggs Cover photo: Brian Cassella
@dlknowles.bsky.social
Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC. Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV Reach me on Signal: dlknowles.12
@jesawyer.bsky.social
Director of Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas. Studio Design Director @ Obsidian Entertainment. ♂
@web3isgoinggreat.com
tracking only some of the many disasters happening in crypto, defi, NFTs, and other blockchain-based projects since 2021 • created by @molly.wiki web3isgoinggreat.com
@bengoggin.bsky.social
deputy tech editor, NBC News — online investigations, internet culture, extremism, child safety Signal: bengoggin.01 My newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/bgoggin https://linktr.ee/bengoggin benjamin.goggin@nbcuni.com bgoggin@protonmail.com
@justinwhang.bsky.social
Not Steve Aoki. YouTube videos about pee and poo. I play guitar in a numetal band Jynx Beacons.page/whang
@travisview.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Tap water goblin. QAnon Anonymous podcast host. QAnon, conspiracy theories, disinfo, and other signs of the dystopia. Email: travis @ Qanonanonymous.com
@chadloder.bsky.social
Community activist, cybersecurity expert, citizen journalist based in Los Angeles. 🌴☀️ they/them
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social
Independent journalist. Send tips via Signal: 202-510-1268. Join my newsletter 👇👇👇 kenklippenstein.substack.com
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@bensmash.rocks
Security Weirdo, CISSP and Chicago Apologist. Social media is a misery engine that we feed our vulnerabilities and get torment in return. Treasure the good-faith connections you make, skip the rest.