Mick Ryan’s PME & writing starter pack
Some of my favorite feeds & awesome people of the professional military education (PME) and writing world.
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@warinthefuture.bsky.social
@emilkastehelmi.bsky.social
Military analyst, military history expert. Co-founder of Black Bird Group. Focusing on Ukraine, Russia and northern Europe. Contact: +358 407388158 emil.kastehelmi@gmail.com
@ldfreedman.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
@bafriedman.bsky.social
Amphibious Warfare, Strategy, and Clausewitz. CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
@tdhj.bsky.social
Welcome to The Defence Horizon Journal, the information platform promoting security- and defence-related topics. TDHJ - YOUR VOICE ON SECURITY AND DEFENCE!
@ericmmurphy.bsky.social
Birds, Math, Literature, & Airpower. BoD Member @Strategy_Bridge, #Strategy, #Development, #NationalSecurity, #MilitaryAffairs. Repost is not endorsement. Nothing interesting to say.
@milwritersguild.bsky.social
The Military Writers Guild (MWG) is a global non-profit network of service members, veterans, civilian analysts, and writers dedicated to advocating for, collaborating on, and promoting military affairs and security-related writing.
@fobhaiku.bsky.social
Read my books: http://amzn.to/36pzbf9 Freelance editor, writer, poet, humorist. OEF veteran by way of BFE. Admin: The Aiming Circle. Opinions & jokes my own. https://linktr.ee/randysherpabrown
@elenawicker.bsky.social
Military jargon, terminology, dictionaries, and documents. Georgetown PhD. Buzzword enthusiast.
@17thline.bsky.social
Historian, novelist, not enrolled in a political party since 1994, #StarTrek, Contributing editor warontherocks.com, retired USNA prof & retired USNR Bio https://go.authorsguild.org/members/6264 https://open.substack.com/pub/claudeberube
@iantb.bsky.social
Retired #Marine, scribbler, #wargame analyst, podcast co-host, geek. Author of “A New Conception of War” on #USMC reading list. All views my own.
@mickcook.bsky.social
Australian digital producer, #writer and PhD Candidate #GameDesign. Producer and host of The Dead Prussian #podcast, producer of Generals podcast. All My Links: https://linktr.ee/MickCook
@richganske.bsky.social
Supporter and Defender of the Constitution of the United States. Husband, father, strategist, Airman, fallibilist, and pragmatic idealist. I am a proud board member of @thestrategybridge.bsky.social.
@doctrineman.bsky.social
Aging college prof and all-around nice guy. Views may be askew.
@jemh.bsky.social
Still working on a witty tag line. 🇦🇺 in 🇺🇸 studying all things strategy & security. Lover of wine, hiking & cricket.
@joshuachuminski.bsky.social
SVP of natsec & intel @ CSPC, policy for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI, ret.), book reviewer for the Diplomatic Courier, GMU NSI Senior Fellow & host of ‘Coffee & Conflict’.
@nathankfinney.com
Servant of the Republic on the Edge of Empires | Fellow, Duke Program on American Grand Strategy & @AtlanticCouncil.bsky.social | Ed., @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social | Pres, @milwritersguild.bsky.social | Historian of WWI (book @cornellupress.bsky.social)
@irehman.bsky.social
Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Applied history, grand strategy and Asian security.
@peterdombrowski.bsky.social
Strategy, grand and otherwise, cyber and military innovation. Snark, but less than on Twitter. Cranky. And, yes, angry. Retweets ≠ endorsements. Personal views only. He/him/his.
@motheroftanks.bsky.social
Opinions are my own. Likes, RTs, Follows do not equal endorsement.
@teaandtactics.bsky.social
@thestrategybridge.bsky.social
Official account for The Bridge, an org focused on the development of people in #Strategy, #NationalSecurity, & #MilitaryAffairs. Publishing & funding leaders. https://thestrategybridge.org/
@jessicascott.net
Writer of spicy military romances, among other things. Writing again after a 5 year drought. Sociologist studying privacy, surveillance, and narrative warfare. https://jessicascottbooks.com
@kejamieson.bsky.social
Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. PhD Student @ Exeter Uni. Day Job in Offshore Security. Rower. Owned by a Dog 🐾 katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
@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
@mazjovanovich.bsky.social
Aussie military aviatrix, test pilot, lapsed physicist, occasional writer. Come for the aeroplanes, stay for the snark.
@usni.org
An independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of seapower.
@ukdefencejournal.org.uk
One of the UK's largest independent defence and technology news websites. ukdefencejournal.org.uk
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
@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. agreenberg@wired.com. Andy.01 on Signal.
@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
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare | lead writer of greatpower.us
@brynntannehill.bsky.social
Parent, husky-mom, doomsayer, aviator, general PITA. Views are my own.
@foreignaffairs.com
A magazine of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, founded in 1922. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ Sign up for our newsletters here: http://foreignaffairs.com/newsletter
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@warinthefuture.bsky.social
Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia