Remember When Twitter Was Cool (2012-ish)
If you know what Twitter Fight Club is, you might just be on this list. Or you might not. Look, we're all getting older, and memory is a fungible thing. I did my best. Don't get mad at me. Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement.
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@stick631.bsky.social
VP of Intelligence at TorchStone Global. Former Stratfor VP/Tactical Analysis, Diplomatic Security Service special agent and PI coordinator for Dell. torchstoneglobal.com
@jeremyscahill.com
Journalist at @DropSiteNews.com. Author of Blackwater and Dirty Wars. Former twitter combatant. Proton: jeremy@dropsitenews.com
@p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social
Historian & Arabist Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
@newnarrative.bsky.social
Former DoD, VA and FEMA senior official. Defender of the Constitution of the United States and the Rule of Law.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social
Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
@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/
@nadabakos.bsky.social
Former CIA analyst and social media alum. Now I mainly focus on being outdoors.
@allisonwgood.bsky.social
Platts senior energy finance reporter in the DC area covering power and renewables. Opinions mine. 🐈: Tipitina Tips? Message me on Signal at allison.823 https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence
@jjfforest.bsky.social
Professor & Director of Security Studies, UMass Lowell; Editor-in-Chief, Terrorism & Political Violence; Editor-in-Chief, Perspectives on Terrorism; Visiting Professor Fletcher School; published 22 books (http://amzn.to/2zW8brk)
@andrewlebovich.bsky.social
Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute. Post-doc with with the Danish Institute for International Studies. PhD in African History from Columbia University. Learning and writing about the Sahel, North Africa, and France.
@tmcdermott.bsky.social
Writer, native Iowan, author of books on baseball, terrorism and the brain, veteran of too many newspapers. https://tmcdermott.com
@twsisu.bsky.social
Three decades (😱) as an intelligence analyst with portfolios ranging from the 8th Guards Army to the Bloods street gang to domestic terrorism of various stripes. Pro 🇺🇸, NATO, 🇺🇦 and the US Postal Service.
@dinahussein.bsky.social
@dianawueger.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Political Science at UChicago and Faculty Associate for Research at Naval Postgrad School. I study conventional weapons, nuclear strategy, South Asia, and ships. Typically spotted wearing pink and talking loud about birds.
@kgpetrich.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at MIIS. Deputy Editor Global Policy Next Generation. Truman Security Fellow. I’d rather be on a boat
@andrewzammit.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Victoria University. Interested in terrorism, security and human rights.
@dcgomez1.bsky.social
Soon to possibly be arrested retired FBI executive. Former FBI/BSU profiler. NPS M.A. in Security Studies. Newly minted PhD student researching dystopic and authoritarian leadership. Colorful raconteur and cranky old man.
@intelgirl111.bsky.social
Analyst studying emerging trends in violent extremism and terrorist use of social media. Opinions expressed are my own.
@galwaygrrl.bsky.social
Moriarty Prof. of Gov & Int’l Studies, Dublin City University; Prof. Cyber Threats, CYTREC, Swansea University; initiator of VOX-Pol. Major research interests = online extremism and terrorism, online radicalisation, regulation, research ethics.
@lobindner.bsky.social
Digital / media strategy of extremist groups. IHEDN 72è SN Politique de Défense
@milaficent.bsky.social
Terrorism researcher/analyst, WACDTF clinic escort, displaced Baltimore gal, Mom to trans son. #Iran #Jewish #EDS #ActuallyAutistic #Deaf/HOH #PNGmafia, she/her
@osto.bsky.social
Historian of the recent past | Naval Postgraduate School | FPRI | Opinions are mine & don't reflect any org. New Book: Wars of Ambition https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Ambition-United-States-Struggle/dp/0190940980/
@rethinkintel.bsky.social
Author: "Policing White Supremacy,” "Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide." Brennan Center for Justice fellow, former FBI Special Agent, former ACLU. Opinions my own, re-posts are not endorsements.
@mrsmithap.bsky.social
Reporter AP Investigations. Based in Providence, Rhode Island ⚓️ Reach me at mrsmith@ap.org On Signal: mrsmith.123 https://linktr.ee/mrsmithap
@vidhya.bsky.social
Founder & CEO Moonshot www.moonshotteam.com Our mission is to end online harms, applying evidence ethics & human rights.
@craigwhiteside.bsky.social
teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo
@theloopcast.bsky.social
Official account of the podcast hosted by Chelsea Daymon & @rejectionking.bsky.social | Contact us: theloopcast@gmail.com | Join us: https://theloopcast.substack.com
@wjrue.bsky.social
Nat sec, defense, and Dawgs. Then: DASD Force Development & Emerging Capabilities, Sen Warren NSA, OSD CAPE. Always: Girl Dad. Marine. Bulldawg. ATLien. Once and future fly fisher.
@allthingsct.bsky.social
@allthingsct on Twitter | OSINT, counterterrorism, financial crime, cyber enabled crime, security | Author, http://goo.gl/9tTfsn | Views = personal | Likes for collation only |
@marybethaltier.bsky.social
New York University's Center for Global Affairs professor; researching & teaching transnational security, political violence, political behavior, nationalism, ethnic conflict, foreign policy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-beth-altier-5795459/
@tcambanis.bsky.social
Director of @CenturyIntl, senior fellow @TCFdotorg. Books: Iraq war (forthcoming), Once Upon a Revolution, Shia Power, Hezbollah, Hybrid Actors, Citizenship & Discontents.
@mattlevitt.bsky.social
Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
@aysed.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Studies at Boston University; Political Com & Computational Methods. Middle Easterner, she/her
@caidid.bsky.social
Artist; writer; work: publishing, higher ed, theatre; volunteer w marine animals; curious about everything. Children's Illustrated Clausewitz: helios.house/books/childrens-clausewitz Lists: limulus.ghost.io Is it OK if I bring my dog?
@herbcarmen.bsky.social
Landed big planes on boats, played E-Ring Ding Dong Ditch. USNA'90, Georgetown MSB'13. Proud husband of Dr. Debbie and swim dad of Dash-1 (JMU'22) & Dash-2 (Drexel'27)
@lizzypearson.bsky.social
Programme lead MSc Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Studies Royal Holloway, UoL. Assoc Fellow ICCT, RUSI. Author: Extreme Britain https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/extreme-britain/
@shahed.com
Founder @ Zabihah | Digital PM | Managing Partner Elian Capital | Investor | Mentor | Past: Sr Tech Advisor State Dept, SVP Frost & Sullivan
@queenofthinair.bsky.social
Montanan in exile. Philosopher Queen. Diva. Foodie. Shoes. Not my first rodeo. Learning, charitible discussion, interesting ideas. No BS. Every day is Ethics Day! Military Ethicist. Books #OnObedience #RethinkingMilitaryHonor #Broicism My views only.
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
@lorenraeds.bsky.social
Dedicated here to the unfinished work. - 16 Messy is the work, and the work can be joyful— Shepard Fairey. Former, future.
@ionacraig.com
Journalist. Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula. Sometimes @yemendataproject.org. Board member: @tcij.org, @declassifieduk.org. Once upon a time I trained racehorses Subscribe for Yemen-related things 👇 www.patreon.com/ionacraig https://linktr.ee/ionacraig
@rosabrooks.bsky.social
Writer, law prof at Georgetown, Democracy Futures Project www.rosabrooks.com
@yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social
Prof. Royal Military College of Canada Expert on tech, far-right extremism & terrorism tactics | Ph.D. in International Relations | Author of 'How Terror Evolves' and currently working on 'Uniformed Threats.' Views = Mine
@thomasjuneau.bsky.social
Professor, GSPIA, University of Ottawa. Middle East (Iran, Yemen), intelligence and national security. Former Defence analyst.
@drjchernov.bsky.social
Professor. #PSC #IR. Author. Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia @ oxfordacademic. Why Terrorists Quit @Cornellpress. Terrorist Behavior. CVE. How Terror Cells are Constructed. Repatriation. SE Asia. Equality for all.
@jessmarindavis.bsky.social
PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant. Working to stop bad people from doing bad things with money. Co-host of Secure Line podcast.
@stevemetz.bsky.social
Writing on national security policy and strategy. Working on a book about the future of insurgency.
@joyner.bsky.social
Security studies professor. Defense policy, civ-mil, interservice rivalry, and conflict intervention. Blogging at OutsideTheBeltway.com.
@clintwatts.bsky.social
Current: Microsoft, NBC/MSNBC Former: US Army, FBI Clintwatts.substack.com
@abujamajem.com
Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Century International Fellow. Former Crisis Group. "Jamajem" means ☠️. www.abujamajem.com
@grahammacklin.bsky.social
Historian @crexuio.bluesky.social University of Oslo. Interested in the far right, fascism & terrorism. I co-edit Routledge’s Fascism & the Far Right book series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Fascism-and-the-Far-Right/book-series/FFR
@ryanscrivens.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University; a criminologist mostly studying on- and offline behaviors and patterns of the extreme right. ryanscrivens.com
@grahamj.bsky.social
Defense, space, intel | trains, cities, pugs, warhammer | learning 廣東話 | at least as tall as Fetterman but not nearly as shitty Old site: @grahamwjenkins, @lowheadways about.me/grahamjenkins LA via DC via Boston
@naunihal.bsky.social
Professor, writer, magpie, bad at introducing myself. Author of "Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups" All views my own and not those of my employer or anybody else.
@mkguliford.bsky.social
Philadelphia Liaison for the Kansas Board of Tourism Jayhawk Born; Quaker Educated; Jumbo Trained, Dragon Employed
@johnhorgan.bsky.social
Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, school safety, and a few other things📍Atlanta, GA. Personal account. All views my own. TERRORIST MINDS is now available https://cup.columbia.edu/book/terrorist-minds/9780231198394
@hegghammer.net
Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
@alymay.bsky.social
Public transit lover, community-based mom, aspiring geographer, occasional sexuality educator, @atherton.bsky.social spouse, and lover of leaving. They/them
@markstout.bsky.social
Intelligence historian, former intelligence officer. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. University educator. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea.
@victorasal.bsky.social
UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.
@brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • MSNBC columnist • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • BJJ • Once a soldier Dallas, Texas rakkasantea.com @rakkasantea.bsky.social
@emsetc.bsky.social
I am not a committee. Defense, lightly eclectic Gen-X interests, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own. What are you reading?
@mararevkin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Nonresident @carnegiedcg.bsky.social. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
@azelin.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” jihadology.net jihadologyplus.com
@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
@ffrafaction.bsky.social
News, scholarship, publications, activism, & anti-disinformation for anti-fascists.
@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 |
@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.
@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Former national security analyst, Associate Professor. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
@sjacks26.bsky.social
Researching right-wing extremism in the U.S, conspiracy theories, extremist language, etc. Professing in Albany, NY Black Lives Matter he/him My Oath Keepers book: bit.ly/2DOUuh7 CV: https://tinyurl.com/meyy6xpd
@seva.bsky.social
Seva Gunitsky, associate professor of political science, University of Toronto. book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG
@jasonaw.bsky.social
I'm a reporter covering the far right. jason.a.wilson@protonmail.com Formerly @jason_a_w on twitter
@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 🏳️🌈.
@dfreelon.bsky.social
Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. & Presidential Prof. of Communication @AnnenbergPenn. If you can't tell the difference between what's true and what you wish were true, take your business elsewhere.
@jjmacnab.bsky.social
Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism. UC Berkeley alumna. Cats are badass.
@abuaardvark.bsky.social
Marc Lynch. GW Professor, on leave AY24-25 and hopefully hard to find. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST (Hurst) on the way! Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
@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)
@maargentino.com
Counterterrorism | Esotericism | Conspiracy Theories | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Wehret den Anfängen A mix of a caffeinated conspiracy theorist and a wise owl, perched atop a mountain of esotericism.
@dansolomon.com
senior writer at Texas Monthly. wrote the YA novel The Fight For Midnight (it’s about abortion bans). i’m really a very complicated kinda guy. he/him
@shaneharris.bsky.social
Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/shaneharris @washingtonpost alum. Signal: shaneharris.64
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
@thegrugq.bsky.social
@chrisalbon.com
Director of Machine Learning at the Wikimedia Foundation. We host Wikipedia.
@vermontgmg.bsky.social
Journalist & Historian. Director, @aspencyber. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Doomsdayscenario.co
@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
@seamushughes.bsky.social
I read a lot of court records because I like a good story. Won a Pulitzer that one time. “A well-known PACER watcher” - Justice Department
@dustinvolz.bsky.social
National security reporter for The Wall Street Journal focused on cyber conflict, digital espionage and intelligence. Based in DC, with past bylines from SF, London and Berlin. It can happen here. https://www.wsj.com/news/author/dustin-volz
@melissaryan.bsky.social
I want to help build a world where we can all do our work, share our stories, and live our lives free from hate, harassment, and harm. Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/ Work with me: hello@inviolablegroup.com
@smotus.bsky.social
"A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg Subscribe to my newsletter "Tusk" about US parties, campaigns, and politics: http://smotus.substack.com
@ridt.bsky.social
Author of ACTIVE MEASURES, RISE OF THE MACHINES, CYBER WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, "Attributing Cyber Attacks," more. Johns Hopkins, Alperovitch Institute.