Welcome CARD readers to Bluesky. Here's a list of good accounts to follow if you want a deeper understanding of the topics I write about.
it's a collection of news outlets, journalists, people, and other people
A great mix of different subjects and interests from people who are active on Bluesky. Dive in! Bluesky has "the juice."
If you want to understand the far right, violent extremists, White Supremacists, and Christian nationalists, these are the journalists, researchers, academics, and other experts that monitor, research, and provide analysis on all the flavors of the far right and extremist movements.
Scientists, journalists, lawyers, organizations, and others sharing data and information on sexual and reproductive health - particularly contraception, abortion, infertility, and STIs/HIV - in the US and globally.
Our personal, business, and hobby accounts! Please follow them all. :) Plus (because you have to have at least 6 accounts in a Starter Pack) a few Mystery Science Theatre and some cybersecurity/INFOSEC accounts. Now's a good time to really lock down your communications.
Study Hall is a community of freelance journalists, writers, and other media professionals
academics, researchers, journalists and subject matter experts focusing on conspiracy theories.
This starter pack is a self curated guide of accounts, orgs, info, and groups active in Nashville Tennessee on the Anti-Fascist side of things. It also includes noteworthy figures who've have had significant contributions to the cause and network. Choose "follow all"
A wide range of experts, academics, professionals, and activists working on information integrity somehow. Inclusion is not an endorsement but a recognition that the account is relevant to those in this interdisciplinary space.
Scholars and authors who study white Christian nationalism in the U.S.
If you want to support the organizations that provide the resources to respond to the current moment, these are the publications, research collectives, and nonprofit organizations that monitor, research, and provide analysis on the far right and extremist movements.
Extremism Prevention, Former Extremists, Deradicalization, Fighting Hate, Extremism Research, Risk Assessment, Counter-Extremism, Journalists, Social Advocacy, Academics, Exit Programs, Nazi/Fash Hunters, Historians, Cult Experts, Pro-Democracy
Starter Pack for The Muckrake Political Podcast listener community. Jared and Nick, community members, and guests from over the years. Let me know if you want to be added so people can find each other!
A starter pack on elections, voting, information integrity, and the stakes for democracy — not political horse races. Please DM me with additional suggestions. There are many more worthy candidates, but I am only including those authors that are regularly active on Bluesky.
Good follows in the terrorism & political violence space. I'm curating this based on academics, researchers, and journalists whose work I know.
Throughout the last 25 years, I’ve met many awe-inspiring anti-fascist and anti-racist organizers, activists, strategists, authors, journalists, artists, professors and community defense providers who’ve dedicated their lives to fighting for justice and equality. These are some. Non exhaustive.
Academics, journalists, activists, and other smart people who post about extremism, mis- and disinformation, conspiracy beliefs, technology, and other issues important to democracy. People I've worked with or interact with frequently.
A list of scholars and journalists who research right wing politics. This is an in-process starter pack. Will add more as I get my bearings and find folks.
Connections Matter. Insiders that know me, have had my back, cheered my voice —They're the very best of Antifa!
My favorite journalists and content creators in SoCal. From freelancers to staffers to independent journalists. Different beats to broaden your understanding of SoCal.
Want to replace Twitter for news? Here's ANOTHER list—the first is Politics is My Passion—filled with exactly the kind of great accounts you used to get on Twitter before Elon tried to impregnate it.
Ella's favorite people
USAF Veteran who was a technician for ECM/EW on A7 and F16s. Grandson of an OG antifa. Not perfect but learning everyday to trust who people are, not what they look like. Gay and trans ally. A little geek, outcast, old punk, and perfectly happy with it.
Fact checkers, and folks you don’t need to fact check *fact check everybody
Hoping to spread truth thru Bluesky social. 💙
National Security starter pack for American, NATO, and other democracy-friendly national security voices. Information security *is* national security, so I'll be adding some natsec-aware infosec voices here, too.