Extremist understanders
A few people who I follow and read routinely that understand the unique threat we are faced with from the far right and others.
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@brainnotonyet.bsky.social
@bostonjoan.bsky.social
I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University www.criticalinternet.org
@davidneiwert.bsky.social
Journalist/author based in the Pacific Northwest. Enemy of fascists, friend of whales. Author of ‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s War on American Democracy’ and nine other books. Subscribe to my work at https://davidneiwert.substack.com/.
@alissaazar.bsky.social
أليسا 🧿 Syria📍PDX Journalist• Antifascist • Covering police & right wing violence in the PNW • She/They r3volutiondaddy@protonmail.com• Support my work: https://linktr.ee/r3volutiondaddy بذور الجنة تنتظر نيران الثورة
@benlorber8.bsky.social
Senior Research Analyst @PRAEyesRight. I write and train on antisemitism, white Christian nationalism, the MAGA Right, Israel/Palestine, Christian Zionism. Co-author Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. benlorber.com
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨ Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅 SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
@mikesenters.bsky.social
PhD Student at Virginia Tech researching the rhetoric and aesthetics of far-right online subcultures. MILR from Cornell. LGBTQ+ Ally. Former weeb. Militant defender of Democracy. The collapse of democratic rule is the sin of every citizen!
@iwriteok.bsky.social
I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
@feolski.bsky.social
Dad. Political Theorist. Writes on white nationalism, the far right, critical theory. Author: The Rage of Replacement (2024, UMN Press). Words at The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian.
@goad.bsky.social
Provide Legal Expertise, not legal advice. https://linktr.ee/goadgatsby
@xriskology.bsky.social
Philosopher and historian of human extinction (sadly, an increasingly relevant topic). Coined the term “TESCREAL” w/ Timnit Gebru. Salon, Truthdig, WaPo, Aeon, etc.
@andrewlseidel.bsky.social
Attorney. Fighting Christian Nationalism. Defending the 1st Amendment. Author. 📖The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is un-American 📖American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom Life is too good to waste on bad ideas.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@katz.theracket.news
Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | a.k.a. @KatzOnEarth | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
@lcrw.bsky.social
Coverin' extremism PODCAST: http://bit.ly/3BGThEI NEWS TIPS: leftcoastrightwatch@Proton.me PATREON: http://patreon.com/lcrw DONATE: http://cash.me/$LCRW
@katerqburns.bsky.social
Christofascism and Extremism researcher Fluent in Sean Feucht Breast cancer community organizer and survivor. Taungurung [-o-] on Tongva/kizh land 📍LA ✍🏼 https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/authors/kate-burns/ More https://linktr.ee/kateburnschad
@dburghart.bsky.social
Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.
@noellecook.com
Forthcoming book: The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (Broadleaf Books, Jan 2026) | Associate Producer, TheConspiracistsFilm.com (2024)
@jesspish.bsky.social
she/her Book on sheriffs & democracy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/ Repped by @rhaliterary DM for Signal or email jesspish@gmail.com “Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
@kathleenbelew.bsky.social
Historian of the white power movement, gun violence, the apocalypse. Coloradan. kathleenbelew.com Book coming soon! Home, at the End of the World (Random House) Posts reflect my own views only.
@skywitches.net
🔞 | She/Her/Hers Die Himmel in dir, wie kann ich sie wissen, kann sie seh'n? Wir tanzen im Fluge, wie Sterne, die ihrer Wege zieh'n ❤️🔥Kira❤️🔥Potzer❤️🔥 0001101 |x) Fix your hearts or die https://ko-fi.com/pennyoaken
@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/
@grza.bsky.social
Host of the Did Nothing Wrong Podcast/Politics at the intersection of extremists, propaganda and Cold War 2.0 BJJ Faixa Preta 1 Grau Griff@didnothingwrongpod.com grzabjj on Discord www.didnothingwrongpod.com
@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
@wizardafa.bsky.social
@malmer.com
PhD student at UNC-Chapel Hill, studying online extremism, radicalization, and conspiracy beliefs, aka the US government. Software developer turned computational social scientist.
@laurajedeed.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist, allegedly. She/her. Bylines: Politico, New Republic, NYMag, Rolling Stone. I have a newsletter and you should read it: https://bannedinyourstate.com/ laura.jedeed@gmail.com Signal: laurajedeed.55
@rejectionking.bsky.social
Bonsai Wolf. Tiny and Mighty™️. Adorkable chihuahua. Tradecraft analyst focused on cloudsec. Dogged and rigorous. Bit of a weirdo. Feral historian focusing on extremism. he/they Email: theloopcast@gmail.com
@stevierea.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, Critical Internet Studies Institute (@criticalinternet.bsky.social, criticalinternet.org). He/him/his. Views my own; shares, likes, etc. =\= endorsements.
@azrww.bsky.social
Hi. Unprofessional + independent. Local. Tired. Writes about AZ hate politix + far-right losers for LeftCoastRightWatch.org & more |🎙️ HellwQrld | linktr.ee/az_rww 🏜️🌵 ⓘ Rude This label was applied by Bluesky Moderation Service.
@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
@travisbrown.dev
Software developer living in Berlin https://travisbrown.dev for contact info
@jysexton.bsky.social
Hoosier, Political Analyst, The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, Co-Host Muckrake Podcast, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, Board: The Change Campaign
@antheabutler.bsky.social
Professor, Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker. Comedic truth teller.
@jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
@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
@taliajane.bsky.social
indie reporter (@taliaotg on hellsite) • support: patreon.com/taliajane • tips: taliajane@protonmail.com 💸: paypal.me/taliajane 🌻 be good; i love you 🖤❤️🔥
@eladn.bsky.social
Ex-Hasid now fighting for a true pluralistic democracy | Writer: democracy, peace, extremism, antisemitism, & marketing | MSNBC, DailyBeast, HuffPo, the Forward & more | Founder: justicemarketing.io | Newsletter: eladnehorai.substack.com
@wagatwe.com
antirape activist turned theorist and educator. I make and analyze media. proud bunny mama. she/hers 🇰🇪🇧🇸 twitter.com/wagatwe wagatwe.com
@edwardongwesojr.com
writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel thetechbubble.substack.com
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Tlönista. Shitposting merrily downward. Weird plant, cat, books lady. Sci-fi, fantasy, art, jazz, etc. Profile photo is a selfie with the bottom half of my face hilariously covered by my cat's. Banner pic is of crows in a tree.
@edzitron.com
British, But In Las Vegas and NYC ezitron.76 Sig Newsletter - wheresyoured.at https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio Columnist at Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/author/ed-zitron CEO at EZPR.com - Award-Winning Tech PR
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ cohost, System Crash: https://systemcrash.info/
@nick-martin.bsky.social
I run The Informant, a publication covering hate and extremism in the US. Returning soon. Living with Long Covid. Profile photo by Victor G Jeffreys II. The Informant: https://www.informant.news Other places to find me: https://linktr.ee/nick_martin
@brainnotonyet.bsky.social
Freelance Writer, Academic, anti fascism, authoritarianism,modern propaganda, weaponized unreality whisperer on the dystopia beat. iwwfju member bylines: splinternews Www.instituteofunreality.com Unreality.institute