Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc
Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social ehs.org.uk
JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social Associate professor of economics, John Jay College-CUNY; senior fellow, Groundwork Collaborative. Writing at jwmason.org. Study economics with me: https://johnjayeconomics.org. Anti-war Keynesian, liberal socialist, Brooklyn dad. From the river to the sea.
Joel Budd @joelbudd.bsky.social Journalist at the Economist, writing about life in Britain. Author of "Underdogs".
Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk Transport and urban planning stuff. I run sustainable transport and environmental justice non-profits: @transportgood.org @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Can also be found:
βοΈ mastodon.cloud/@respros
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End Political Homelessness Now @raaleh.bsky.social Board Game Entrepreneur. Hosts @trashfuture.bsky.social, @nogodsnomayors.com, @gluefactory.bsky.social
NJ @nojusticemtg.bsky.social
SirKidStarverIsGone @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social Free Palestine π΅πΈ βοΈ Proud Muslim βͺοΈ
London π§π©, ITSec Architect, π Voter
RT are not always endorsements
Archive of Palestinian Genocide: WARNING https://archivegenocide.com/
Hate politicians who are strong against the weak and weak against the strong
onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social goose was not valued, eggs do not lay eggs
Richard Parker @richardparkerwm.bsky.social Labour & Co-op Mayor of the West Midlands
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social A podcast on radical politics, critical theory, and history. Hosted by @redandinexpert.bsky.social
Listen: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social Data, business & product analyst in my day job, coder in the evenings (Ruby on Rails, Typescript, AstroJs). Interested in federated charities, theories of change and tech for good.
Has a lot to say about Druids Heath and Birmingham.
Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA @stevebakerfrsa.stevebaker.info Chairman, Fighting for a Free Future | Chief Provocation Officer, The Provocation People | Adviser to Glintpay + Axiombtc | more to follow...
Eleanor @eleanorturney.co.uk Writer, editor and arts consultant. Theatre, editing, poetry, intersectional feminism, politics, writing, food and owls, mostly. Mum of two. New resident of Birmingham. She/her.
Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Economics, Oxford University.
John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social Pedestrian Historian.
Imperialism Syllabus: http://tinyurl.com/ev4psh98
The Anticolonial Front: http://tinyurl.com/33d3exca.
Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/ykp7r5a9.
Lewis Warner @lewiswarner.bsky.social Political Reporter, ITV News Central
Read more: https://www.itv.com/news/meet-the-team/lewis-warner
@kateknowles.bsky.social @kateknowles.bsky.social
We Own It @weownit.org.uk After 40 years, privatisation of our public services has failed. It's time for public ownership. We use it, we pay for it, We Own It.
https://weownit.org.uk/people-not-profit
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/donate
Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social Transport specialist. Writer and broadcaster. Author of 20 books on railways & transport. Host Calling All Stations, transport podcast. Parkrunner, QPR, cyclist, driverless car sceptic. christianwolmar.co.uk My substack https://transportnews.substack.com/
David Morgan @davidmorgan100.bsky.social Retired headteacher. Contributor to Inside Croydon. Volunteer Education Officer for Croydon Minster. Bass singer in Minster choir. Enjoy gardening, theatre.
Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social Founder/director of @weownit.org.uk
Loves public services. Campaigning for public ownership, against privatisation.
Julian Jessop @julianhjessop.bsky.social Independent economist. Likes charts. IEA Economics Fellow. Schools speaker. Diploma in Law. FRSA. COYG. Views here mine only. More on website at www.julianhjessop.com. Also on substack at https://substack.com/@julianhjessop
Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social Subverter of the dominant paradigm
Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social Green Party councillor for Billesley, Birmingham. Promoted by C. Charles, both at Unit 3 Block 2, Wednesbury Trading Estate, WS10 7JN. He/him
Post-Keynesian Economics Society @pkes.bsky.social Supporting and promoting research, teaching and collaboration in Post-Keynesian Economics and Political Economy.
postkeynesian.net
Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social π Making hope normal again in Birmingham.
Promoted by C. Busuttil at Unit 3 Block 2, Wednesbury Trading Estate, WS10 7JN.
https://birmingham.greenparty.org.uk/
Gareth Hooper @garethhooper.bsky.social Advocate for active travel and clean air. Cyclist. Rower. Runner. Quantitative analyst in healthcare
π Birmingham
Better Streets for Edgbaston @betterstreetshq.bsky.social Campaign group for safe streets outside of a car.
Edgbaston constituency in Birmingham, UK.
Edgbaston, Harborne, Quinton, Bartley Green
https://betterstreetshq.com
https://betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
Paul Manzotti @manzanotti.bsky.social Infrastructure lead ar Better Streets for Birmingham. Write software for a living. Used to produce music and run a record label in my spare time. Love good food and exercising.
Kirsten de Vos πΆπ»ββοΈππ²π @kirstendevos.bsky.social Birmingham Spokesperson for Mums for Lungs
Mum of 3 π©βπ§βπ¦ | Clean air & safe streets advocate
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org π±
#ActiveTravel πΆββοΈπ² | #SafeStreets
π Birmingham
Martin Price @mrmjprice.bsky.social I design public services. Doctoral researcher: design thinking x urban transport delivery. Former @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org.
Letβs rebalance our streets for safe and equitable trips from A to B. π³οΈβππ’
π Birmingham, UK
π https://linktr.ee/martinprice
Ruth Cumming @ruthcumming.bsky.social Mum of 4 | π§π» 2011 π§πΌ 2012 π§π»π§πΌ 2017 |
Living in Birmingham UK
Getting around byπΆπ»ββοΈπ² π π| own no car
Trying to minimise our impact on planet π
Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org We want streets where everyone gets home safely and where there are genuine alternatives to driving.
Account semi-monitored by volunteers trying to cover all bases!
π Birmingham, UK
π betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
Izzy Knowles πΆ @izzyknowles.bsky.social Councillor in Moseley, Birmingham. Pro EU. Lib Dem. Retired WMP. Mostly get around on a π²
P&P I.Knowles 78, Alcester Rd, B13 8BB
Kevin Carmody @skinofstars.bsky.social Green councillor for Harborne, Birmingham, UK
Work in technology and political ad transparency.
Interested in climate justice and urbanism.
Former host of Better Streets for Birmingham podcast - https://betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/podcast/
Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk Be sure to subscribe to the finest satirical newsletter on the internet at the link below. Nothing is more effective at correcting your thoughts.
Substack newsletter: https://www.normalisland.co.uk
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Pawel Swidlicki @pswidlicki.bsky.social Probably the only WisΕa KrakΓ³w fan on bluesky.
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
Sally Hardy @sallyhardy.bsky.social Cyclist, sewist and embroiderer, very bad knitter, great at lunching (and βdinneringβ), enthusiastically early retired, independent consultant and former CEO of the Regional Studies Association :-)
Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, trade unionist and socialist
https://inews.co.uk/author/andrew-fisher
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
π³οΈβπ
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
h 0 r 5 e @hooved-mammal.bsky.social you'll see me in hindsight
tangled up with you all night
burning
it
down
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
James Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social Writer, London
Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social Active travel advocate. Founder Fusion Media, co-host Streets Ahead Podcast. Was West Midlands Cycling & Walking Commissioner. Views all mine. Substack: https://www.bikeis.best/
Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979.
Buy the Profanisaurus or Subscribe here: https://lnk.bio/vizcomicofficial
Tony π¦ @fmgrasshopper.coffeehousefm.com Football Manager player and Arsenal supporter.
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Tim Egan @timegan1995.bsky.social #rovers #brfc #family #blackburn #birmingham #activetravel #halesowenacademy #halesowencyclingclub #walking #cycling #transport #highspeedrail
Dale Turley @daleturley.bsky.social West Midlands, UK. Amateur writer, SQL Server DBA, software developer, physics and mathematics enthusiast, Doctor Who fan and Wolverhampton Wanderers season ticket holder. Green Party member.
@mattwolves.bsky.social @mattwolves.bsky.social
Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social
Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social FT Alphaville reporter. Ex-βveteranβ fund manager. Resolution Foundation Assoc. Baring Foundation Trustee.
The Content Apologist @contentapologist.bsky.social #Bins #Cans #Shitposting #Prog #Other #AvocadoBathroomsWillReturn
Live your best life, but don't give me your pronouns.
Accidental Partridge @accidentalp.bsky.social π Stuff Magazineβs βtweeter of the yearβ - 2013
Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/subscribe
Your Party @thisisyourparty.bsky.social We're building a new kind of political party. One that belongs to you - join us! π€ yourparty.uk
Promoted by Your Party, The Atrium, 89-93 Fonthill Road, London, N4 3JH
James Huw Dyson @jamesdyson.bsky.social Clean heat and warm homes campaigner for climate thinktank E3G.
Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social Investigating the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. By @cmmonwealth.bsky.social and @cplusc.bsky.social.
Mathew Lawrence @mathewlawrence.bsky.social Founder & Director @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
https://www.common-wealth.org/
Co-author of Planet on Fire & Owning the Future
https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/authors/lawrence-mathew
FMAddict @footballmanageraddict.com I like managing little men on a computer screen. I get angry when they don't do what I want them to do. Read our FM stories here: https://footballmanageraddict.com
Fanatics/Kitbag affiliate.
Shrewnaldo @shrewnaldo.bsky.social Gaming addict, mostly Football Manager, some other games at which I'm absolutely awful.
Football, Football Manager and books. That's about it really.
Misanthrope. "... to read without joy is stupid", John Williams
Passion4FM @passion4fm.com Passion4FM is your go-to resource for everything #footballmanager : In-Depth Guides, Wonderkids & Tactics for #FM25 & #FM24. @footballmanager fansite since 2012
www.passion4fm.com
FM Rensie | Ondrej @fmrensie.coffeehousefm.com β½οΈ #FootballManager | FM Rensie skin πΌοΈ
π Addicted to books and sports ππ»ββοΈπ΄π»ββοΈ
πΆπ» Family
π΅βͺοΈ Following #ReadingFC from π¨πΏ
π http://coffeehousefm.com/#/fmrensie/
(not always in this order)
MustermannFM @mustermannfm.bsky.social FM Player, Skinner and Content Creator
Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social The History of Ideas Podcast. Every Wednesday and Sunday with David Runciman. Wherever you get your podcasts.
Find us at π www.ppfideas.com
Department of Economics @UniversitΓ€t ZΓΌrich π¨π @econ.uzh.ch We are the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich and our mission is to #pioneeringeconomics.
www.econ.uzh.ch
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
http://common-wealth.org
linktr.ee/common.wealth
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social We are the UK's national academy of academics, learned societies & practitioners in social science & the founder of the Campaign for Social Science. We exist to promote social sciences in the UK for public benefit: www.acss.org.uk
Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Jordan @jordanbhx.bsky.social Citadin & nuisance. West Midlands, Birmingham, urban vitality, town planning, placemaking & sustainable transport. Same as the rest of you, a Twitter refugee.
Philip Barnes @pbarnes.bsky.social Housing, Land, Planning, Economics, Boro.
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social Investigations Editor: ITV News. Author: Left to Rot (2026) out now.
Presenter: The Trapped (podcast). Make documentaries, including Surviving Squalor (ITV). West Brom fan.
Bec Riley @rileyresearch.bsky.social #Impact #place #policy #data #innovation #research & #relationships. Professor/DPVC West Midlands @City-REDI.bsky.social @lpiphub.bsky.social @uob views my own, sharing not endorsement - sometimes Birmingham and sometimes Manchester (UK) hate the M6.
City-REDI @city-redi.bsky.social The City-Region Economic Development Institute at the University of Birmingham. Supporting inclusive economic growth in the West Midlands and the UK.
https://tinyurl.com/Find-out-more-about-City-REDI
Eddie Millar @emillar.bsky.social Policy Adviser at the Royal Town Planning Institute | planning, housing, nature, govt | socialism or barbarism | Pompey fan | All views my own
Graeme Brown @graeme-b.bsky.social Dad, editor, Birmingham Mail and BirminghamLive, #wba and #YouBears fan, worried about the world, passionate about the West Midlands
Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social #industrialstrategy Birmingham Business School, UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow, Contemporary Social Science Editor in Chief, Editor Regional Studies, βactivist academicβ (Goveβs πͺman Max Caller), media commentator, Likes EVs. Baggies fan.
Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social Charity lawyer; charity trustee; transport campaigner.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab @uomspal.bsky.social Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab | Department of Planning, Property & Environmental Management | University of @Manchester.ac.uk
https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/planning/research/groups/spatial-policy-and-analysis-laboratory/
Rob Richardson @drrobrichardson.bsky.social Lecturer in Urban Planning & Placemaking at University of @Manchester.ac.uk Department of Planning, Property & Environmental Management | MRTPI | Urban design, planning, place & policy | Own views
Royal Town Planning Institute @rtpiplanners.bsky.social The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), with over 27,000 members worldwide, champions the value of planning in building thriving places and communities.
Visit www.rtpi.org.uk for more information
Hannah Keilloh @hannahhannahk.bsky.social Particularly interested in housing, planning, homelessness and domestic abuse.
Personal account, views my own and all that.
Mike Best @bestlaidplan.bsky.social Planning, placemaking, music, politics and general wokeness. Birmingham
Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring.
Personal account.
Sanitary Naptime @sanitarynaptime.bsky.social Forever miserable Co-host of @praxiscast.bsky.social, PASOK accelerationist, tank appreciator, noted gameshow producer, he/him