sz3Mar 5
Tim Mak

Trying to spend more time on Mastadon. Who do I need to follow to better track US politics, Ukraine and The Middle East/Iran?

Repost for better signal boost?

I’m Tim, I run The Counteroffensive, on Ukraine, and Iran War Dispatches, which launched on Saturday!

www.iranwar.news

Mar 2 at 7:12pmWeb
Show threadaxel.Mar 2
@timkmak @Nonilex
@noelreports
@ennolenze
Show threadFediThing Mar 2

@timkmak

For European geopolitics @anderspuck who has also just started posting videos at @[email protected]

For US politics, many accounts listed at https://fedi.directory/tag/us-politics/ (copy-paste an account's Fedi address into the search box in Mastodon and then click follow to follow them).

US Politics | Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse

Interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse

Show threadnotsoloudMar 2

@FediThing
Anders Puck recently moved his account to @anderspuck

You should also follow @kravietz

@timkmak

Show threadValerie Aurora 🇺🇦Mar 2
@FediThing @timkmak I second @anderspuck and @[email protected]
Show threadЖафстелцеMar 3
@FediThing @timkmak @anderspuck @[email protected] I didn't know Anders is here. Thanks.
Show thread<insert name here>Mar 2
@timkmak See @nullagent for updates
Show threadJohn BreenMar 2
@timkmak One I follow here is @SeanCasten a US Congressman from IL-06
Show threadJames M.Mar 2

@timkmak

@Nonilex for US politics
@wdlindsy for US politics
@Sherifazuhur for MENA
@newsguyusa for US politics

I wish I had more Iranian sources myself....

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 2
@jamesmarshall @timkmak @Nonilex @Sherifazuhur @newsguyusa Thank you very much.
Show thread*|FNAME|*Mar 2

@timkmak

@EuromaidanPress

Show threadChris HaynesMar 2
@timkmak You could also follow hashtags like #ukrane , #iran for a while so you can see who is posting stuff of use to you.
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Mar 2
@clfh @timkmak …or more correctly #ukraine …
Show threadJames M.Mar 2
@timkmak oh, and FYI you can make URLs clickable in Mastodon by starting them with "https://".
Show threadTim MakMar 2
@jamesmarshall oh nooooo
Show threadJames M.Mar 2
@timkmak but you can also edit your posts!
Show threadLenoraMar 2
@timkmak @thetnholler.bsky.social @the-downballot.com @lolgop @adamparkhomenko @TexasObserver
Show threadMove forward or die!Mar 2
@timkmak @jasonjaysmart@[email protected]
Show threadBuca Chow ChowMar 2
@timkmak you may be interested in @Bellingcat and @anneapplebaum
Show threadFluffgar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mar 2
@timkmak Perhaps @anderspuck for Ukraine stuff.
Show threadErfMar 2

@timkmak @emptywheel
@atrupar (posts more on threads)
Plus you can follow various people on threads & bluesky from here too.

Edit: also @chrisgeidner on Supreme Court/law stuff.
@juddlegum Too
also: @mattblaze who also posts great photos.
@heidilifeldman

Show threadClark Breyman (he/him)Mar 2
@timkmak - get followed/reposted by @cdarwin
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Mar 2
@clark @timkmak @cdarwin or @georgetakei
Show threadWalt BaldwinMar 2

@timkmak

@jaykuo

Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Mar 2
@timkmak @EugeneMcParland has been posting a lot on the matter.
Show threadGrantMar 2

@timkmak

Follow the hashtags, or put them in your account 'description'.

Show threadSteggyMar 2
@timkmak @nullagent For ME/Iran
Show threadMikkel Selsøe SørensenMar 2
@timkmak @layoutSubviews check out @anderspuck
Show threadDavid Penfold Mar 2
@timkmak @noelreports is always good value
Show threadMastodon MigrationMar 2

@timkmak

Welcome back to public social media Tim!

Short list...

@wdlindsy
@Nonilex
@petergleick
@heidilifeldman
@nullagent
@BruceMirken
@servelan
@KimPerales
@jaykuo
@newsguyusa
@bolts

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 3
@mastodonmigration Thank you!
Show threadJess👾Mar 2
@timkmak Flipboard does have a lot of feeds of regular news sources you can follow.
Show threadJess👾Mar 2
@timkmak if you just search for users with Flipboard it's basically just the rss feeds of those companies
Show threadLionelBMar 2

@timkmak

@anderspuck

Not sure whether this account is verified.

[done by linking to the relevant official website]

Show threadBodhipaksaMar 2
@timkmak Others have mentioned Anders Puck. There's also @randahl, who often posts about Ukraine.
Show threadBarbara SliwinskaMar 2
@timkmak ukraine: @kravietz 👍
Show threadDelaney 🇨🇦 ✊🇺🇦Mar 2
@timkmak I highly recommend @noelreports
Show threadWalt BaldwinMar 2

@timkmak

@lawfare

Show threadWalt BaldwinMar 2

@timkmak

@mattblaze

Show threadWalt BaldwinMar 2

@timkmak

@FAIR

Show threadJohn AppelMar 3
@timkmak Tim, meet Dr. Malka Older @older, executive director of Global Voices, an idependent international news organization (among other things). Dr. Older, meet Tim, a US Army vet who runs an idependent news organization on the ground in Ukraine (and is now has reporters covering Iran from the region). I expect you two have a lot to talk about. 😁
Show threadolderMar 3
@jappel @timkmak nice to meet you Tim! I'm not on here as much as on bluesky, but happy to chat if you like, and you can also follow @globalvoices
Show threadChris WalterMar 3
@timkmak For Russia /Ukraine @kevinrothrock.
Show threadЖафстелцеMar 3

@timkmak for Ukraine, a voice from inside: @dim0kq

@kravietz is worth reading most of the time (I would totally disagree with him about nuclear energy, but he's not riding that horse too hard, so, doesn't matter for me now)

Show threadchrysnMar 3
@timkmak What @harkank posts can be relevant to you, esp. regarding SIGINT. Usually posts in German, but I think worth translating.
Show threadEarthworm 🐌Mar 3

@timkmak

https://kolektiva.social/@earthworm/116156032810517448

Show threadMarcos DioneMar 3
@timkmak oh, don't worry too much, you'll get news about US anything whether you want it or not.
Show threadJasper TalemakerMar 3
@timkmak @bolts is really good for a wide scala of US politics
Show threadBodhipaksaMar 4
@timkmak Has anyone mentioned @EugeneMcParland? He’s a must-follow on Ukraine.
Show threadFrank HeijkampMar 5
@timkmak
It looks like most relevant accounts have already been mentioned. Well done all!
Show threadKenneth P MittonMar 5
@timkmak Professor Timothy Snyder of U Toronto and Yale Univ is an expert scholar on authoritarian methods and is an expert on Eastern Europe and the Ukraine. He has predicted the activities of Russia and Putin before they went into Ukraine in 2012 and 2022, and he also has a substack newsletter. I have other sources in my posting here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/kpmitton/p/the-democracy-list-april-2025?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
The Democracy List: 2026

from a science guy navigating the 21st Century

Eyes Open - Kenneth Mitton
Show threadLIPSERVANTMar 5
@timkmak
John Quiggan, maybe.
Show threadVero B (Veroluna)Mar 5
@timkmak I find @EuromaidanPress worth following for Ukraine news.
Show threadPatrick GeorgiMar 5

@timkmak Standard recommendation for questions like this: start by following hashtags. They propagate reasonably well across the network and will expose you to people talking about the things you care about. That will give you people to follow.

Also of note: unfollowing isn't a hostile act - so follow folks, see what happens, pick up some of the people they interact with and unfollow anybody who's ending up being more noise than signal in your feed.