Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman

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Followers
89.7K
Account age
3 yrs

📊 Post engagement

150
Avg engagement / post
0.2%
Engagement vs followers
Apr 2023
On Bluesky since

🔥 Top post: It’s also not “ideological diversity,” it’s lack of rigor. Lower · 583 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
20.3 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
59×
Follows 1.5K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post It’s also not “ideological diversity,” it’s lack of rigor. Lowered standards to accommodate subpar thinkers who launder their prejudices and, when encountering objection, claim persecution to a media apparatus they know will be receptive ★ 583
An excellent point by @vanjackson.bsky.social: red scares are features, not bugs ★ 120 This goes so extremely hard if by coincidence you’re reading the third volume of Steven Runciman’s history of the Crusades when you encounter it ★ 37 @francescahongwi.bsky.social is talking about defense conversion in Oshkosh factories, ending 287(g)s and disallowing cooperation with the JTTF in Wisconsin. I have never remotely heard a candidate talk this way — this concretely, this cre… ★ 200 Very grateful to @davidsterman.bsky.social for lending me his insights for this piece. ★ 36 Look what AFRICOM is already doing on the other side of the continent: ★ 78 Not only is this my full Somalia column for paid subscribers, but I had to talk about the Dirk-Diggler-in-the-mirror limpness of Marco Rubio’s attempt to discredit American socialism by linking it to Cuba. ★ 61 I want to fuck you like an ANIMAL ★ 73 Today @zeteo.com, a piece I hope you'll read, about the shocking growth in US strikes on Somalia under Trump – which @davidsterman.bsky.social told me should be understood not as an escalation but a whole new war. That war is layered on to… ★ 216 "We know that he is being tortured. We know that he is being held in an underground prison. We know that he is being held without any charges... I do not understand how people who speak about law and human rights can allow my father to be … ★ 178 Last week I wrote about the War on Terror approaching its final form: Here you can watch me and my friends talk about that expansively and informally. ★ 75 One of the biggest reasons why Iran’s missile and drone strikes have caused as much damage to U.S. bases in the Middle East may have to do with a GPS alternative courtesy of the Chinese. If so, it’s one of the most important tactical devel… ★ 142

🦋 Handle & authenticity

Bluesky handle
@attackerman.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
Apr 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 150 views per post.
📤Posts about 20.3× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

72/100 Good
  • Est. 94% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Engagement (~0.2% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
94%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo. Sometimes I write comics too. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com Signal: attackerman.81

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