Trying to spend more time on Mastadon.

[timkmak@journa.host]

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

[axeln@norden.social]

@timkmak @Nonilex
@noelreports
@ennolenze

[curt_nordgaard@mstdn.social]

@timkmak See @nullagent for updates

[vansice@infosec.exchange]

@timkmak
@404mediaco
@GottaLaff
@newsguyusa

[jab01701mid@mastodon.social]

@timkmak One I follow here is @SeanCasten a US Congressman from IL-06

[jamesmarshall@sfba.social]

@timkmak

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

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

[fname@kamloops.social]

@timkmak

@EuromaidanPress

[clfh@mastodon.green]

@timkmak You could also follow hashtags like #ukrane , #iran for a while so you can see who is posting stuff of use to you.

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@FediThing
Anders Puck recently moved his account to @anderspuck

You should also follow @kravietz

@timkmak

[vaurora@mstdn.social]

@FediThing @timkmak I second @anderspuck@krigskunst.social and @anderspuck@muku.dk

[jamesmarshall@sfba.social]

@timkmak oh, and FYI you can make URLs clickable in Mastodon by starting them with "https://".

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jamesmarshall @timkmak @Nonilex @Sherifazuhur @newsguyusa Thank you very much.

[timkmak@journa.host]

@jamesmarshall oh nooooo

[faithinbones@mastodon.social]

@timkmak @thetnholler.bsky.social @the-downballot.com @lolgop @adamparkhomenko @TexasObserver

[lrreynolds@mstdn.social]

@timkmak @jasonjaysmart@jasonjaysmart@securitybrief.jasonjaysmart.com

[jamesmarshall@sfba.social]

@timkmak but you can also edit your posts!

[bucachowchow@mstdn.party]

@timkmak you may be interested in @Bellingcat and @anneapplebaum

[fluffgar@mastodon.scot]

@timkmak Perhaps @anderspuck for Ukraine stuff.

[nuvicks@indieweb.social]

@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

[clark@hachyderm.io]

@timkmak - get followed/reposted by @cdarwin