UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social TCRU researches children, families and social change. Our work focuses on inequality, migration, gender, parenting and diverse families, and on connecting research to policy, practice and public understanding.
Jakub Krupa @jakubkrupa.bsky.social Europe Live, Guardian / Board Member Fulham Supporters Trust, in H5. / One stop shop for all things #PolesinUK.
Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
Prof Mark Maslin @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social #ClimateChange Professor @ucl, author of #HumanPlanet, #CradleOfHumanity, #HowToSaveOurPlanet, member of Climate Crisis Advisory Group, Dad (He/Him)
Brent Finnegan @brentfinnegan.bsky.social Posts about the intersection of transportation, climate, housing, and land use. From Harrisonburg, Virginia ("The Friendly City") currently living in Utrecht, NL. https://brentfinnegan.substack.com/
Annie Mitchell ๐๐๐ @annieingarden.bsky.social Community psychologist; grandmother; educator; facilitator; mentor; ex-director DClinPsy Exeter & Plymouth; Playback actor; XRPsychologist; climate; poetry; childhood; politics,health, death. Roots in NE England; Devon.
Simeon Shtebunaev @shtebunaev.bsky.social PhD | Senior Researcher at Social Life | youth and urban planning | Trustee RTPI | Design Council Expert
Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/simeonshtebunaev
Prof Scarlett McNally @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social Surgeon, BMJ columnist, Deputy Director @CPOC.bsky.social, President @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social. #Exercise. #Electric-cycles. #NHS. Views are my own. See: https://www.bmj.com/search/advanced/mcnally OR: https://www.scarlettmcnally.co.uk
Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels ๐ชง๐ข๏ธโ @parentsforfuture.de Fight fascism. Climate Crisis. Biodiversity Crisis. End fossil fuels.
Aktivist*innen, Eltern, Freunde und engagierte Menschen stellen sich neben #FridaysForFuture & deren Forderungen. ๐ฆฃ @parents4future@climatejustice.global https://linktr.ee/parents4future
Rosie Niven @rosieniven.bsky.social Originally from north east England, now in north east London. I work in comms when not retracing lost ferry routes. Previously a journalist for digital, print & broadcast media. Views all my own.
Work: UCL | Ferry project: www.rosieniven.com
Cllr Owen Burbidge ๐ถ @oburbidge.bsky.social Scientist, Husband, Parent to Crumble the Romanian rescue. Lib Dem councillor for West Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne
๐ถ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ he/him
Motorway Services Online @motorwayservices.uk Actual, real posts about motorway service stations. There's 97, by the way.
Roads.org.uk ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @roads.org.uk I write about UK road infrastructure and history! Join me for updates and other stuff from the UK's favourite roads website, www.roads.org.uk
Dr Kate Cushing @drkatecushing.bsky.social Doctor, scientist, mum, cat slave.
Public Governor Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust
Long Covid & CCH.
Love Northumberland/Newcastle, owls/wildlife/books/art/music/politics/EU
Wrote Little Orange Book 4 parents of babies & small kids.
Green Party member
Geth Rees @gethrees.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University. Interested in understanding the intersection of medicine and criminal justice, but also likely to be talking about Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPGs), running and Star Wars.
Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org Award-winning journalism focused on #climatechange, science, energy and policy. Subscribe to our free newsletters: http://bit.ly/CBnewsletters or visit our website: https://www.carbonbrief.org/
Follow our journalists: https://go.bsky.app/6X95R1T
Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org Editor and director, Carbon Brief
https://bsky.app/profile/carbonbrief.org
North East Child Poverty Commission @nechildpoverty.bsky.social NECPC is a cross-sector regional network which believes child poverty in the North East of England is not inevitable and ending it is worth working for, together. Read more: https://nechildpoverty.org.uk/
Seaside Heritage Network @seasidenetwork.bsky.social Connecting people, groups & businesses who care about the heritage of Britain's seaside resorts.
https://linktr.ee/seasideheritage
Dan Wilson Craw @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social Deputy chief exec at Generation Rent. Geordie. Mostly housing, sometimes other policy stuff and daft observations. Employer doesn't necessarily agree with everything I say.
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
Tyne Kittiwake Partnership @tkp-kittiwake.bsky.social Formed in 2012 to support the kittiwake population along the River Tyne. The partnership works to improve understanding of the birds and their conservation needs, offering advice and support locally: www.tynekittiwakepartnership.com
Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social The campaign for Proportional Representation at UK general elections. Promoted by Make Votes Matter, 27 Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AX.
Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social Author of Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism and founding member of Books From Below
They/them.
Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social Exposing Reform UK.
Adam Badger @adambadger.bsky.social Hey! I'm new here!!
Currently a lecturer in Economic Geography at Newcastle University
At work I'm interested in (among other things) questions around technology and the future of work
Outside of work, music and making some below average art is my jam!
Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social Germanyโs finest neon.
A project of @berlintypography.bsky.social
RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social The latest in geography higher education from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
We're the archives and local studies library for the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, and the home of Buckinghamshire History Festival.
Website: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/
The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social Kay W. Historical geography (PhD) researching housing, local and family history. Edinburgh ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Resources at The Past and other Places (blogs rarely). Takes photos (kaysgeog on Flickr). Pedestrian non-driver.
https://thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/
Sally Kyd @profkyd.bsky.social Professor of Criminal Law; dog lover; road harm reduction enthusiast; steel pan player.
Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social New & vintage stationery from around the world, since 2009. Our shop is at 12 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL. https://www.presentandcorrect.com
Fiona Howie @fionahowie.bsky.social Interested in communities and placemaking.
Play Wales @playwales.bsky.social The national charity for children's play in Wales. For more information visit: www.play.wales
Vicky Smith for Bengeo @vickysmith.bsky.social Lover of birds, books, music, running, and sunsets. Green Party Councillor for Bengeo on EHDC and Hertford Town Council. Views my own.
Promoted by Alex Daar on behalf of Vicky Smith, both at East Herts Green Party, c/o 55 High Street, Ware, SG12 9BA.
Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social Currently doing a PhD on the legacies of resident-led community regeneration (NDC, Big Local) @ Sheffield Hallam
Passionate about seals, sewing and sweet stuff
Opinions own
Beth Kitson @drbethkitson.bsky.social Research Associate, Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge.
Public Policy | Economics and History | Knowledge and Engagement
Nick Gray @path-dependent.bsky.social Political economy & placeโbased policy
Fellow of things at Teesside University
That's not Teesside in the banner photo
https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/nicholas-gray
Matthew Cook @matthew-cook.bsky.social Rotterdam resident, British born. Architecture trained, working in urban design/planning. Interested in architecture, cities, ecology, politics. Ik moet mijn Nederlands meer gebruiken.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social The OG Urbanist Youtuber! Prolific Streets Documentarian since late 1990s. All good things: biking, walking, transit, open streets & LTNs! Visit www.streetfilms.org for more!
All tweets only represent my personal point of view.
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
she/her
Views my own.
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
http://common-wealth.org
linktr.ee/common.wealth
BAPT British Association Of Play Therapists @bapt.info Supporting Mental Health and Well-being, in children and young people. https://linktr.ee/britishplaytherapy https://www.bapt.info/
Rob Hopkins @robintransition.bsky.social Imagination Catalyst & Time Traveller. 'From What Is to What If'. Speaker, podcaster, Transition. 'Field Recordings from the Future'. He/Him. 'How to Fall in Love with the Future' coming soon from Chelsea Green Publishing (May 2025). #imagination #climate
Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
The Old Man at the Fish Quay @normanrides.bsky.social
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | childrenโs books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Chi Onwurah @chionwurah.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West. Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Anthony Slaughter @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social Wales Green Party leader
Arweinydd Plaid Werdd Cymru
He/Him
Promoted by Tony Cooke on behalf of Anthony Slaughter, both at The Gate, Keppoch Street,CF24 3JW.
Garrett Carr @garrettcarr.bsky.social The Boy From the Sea is out now and translated into over a dozen languages. โFull of lightly worn wisdom and wit. It is a joy" โ Sunday Times. www.garrettcarr.net
GreenPartyHan @greenpartyhan.bsky.social Green MP for Gorton and Denton
Plumber, runner, multiple greyhounds ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ง๐พ
Catherine Waite @catherinewaite.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Research on Geographies of Sport & Sport-Led Migration
Jo on Eurostar @trainmanagerjo.bsky.social Eurostar Train Manager ๐จโโ๏ธ- posting about life on board past, present and
Future - happy to offer help in ๐ซ๐ท๐ณ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช ๐ฌ๐ง
Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social Wading around at the confluence of arts / nature / culture since 2007
Regular posts at caughtbytheriver.net ๐ Irregular printed matter, record releases & events via rivertones.bandcamp.com and our Friday newsletter
Jon Worth @jonworth.eu European, originally a Brit, became German, moved to France. Runs #CrossBorderRail project, writes a newsletter about railways. Green, lives happily without a car.
Normally stuck on a train, stuck in a village, or escaping either on a folding bicycle.
Tim Dunn @mrtimdunn.bsky.social Historian, geographer, part of #Railway200 team, presenter @UKTVโs #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt & #SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground, Trainspotter, ๐ณ๏ธโ๐, and always an enthusiast. Own views, obv.
Trains Trams Tracks @trainstramstracks.bsky.social Everything about trains and trams (and subways) and tracks (rail and bicycle tracks) all across the world.
Plus some general transport related stuff.
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/
Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike Telling the stories of the Chicagoans who bike around our city, along with the infrastructure that supports them. Full videos on YouTube, and read all our past interviews at chiwho.bike!
Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social Buildings, signs, and symbols collected by keyword. Original photographic documentation since 2010.
Chicago, IL โ www.ruralindexingproject.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social Research analyst, ASRA. PhD candidate at Cardiff University researching the role of science and scientists in the climate movement. PhD in Ecology. Climate communications.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social Detective Chief Superintendent, Northamptonshire Police (Head of Crime & Criminal Justice portfolio). Gold Commander. Firearms Commander. Road danger reduction advocate.
@van9tot5.bsky.social @van9tot5.bsky.social
Chris Mooiweer @chrismooiweer.bsky.social Interested in climate and energy, pro-cycling and urban mobility and development
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social Northumbrian in the Netherlands | Writes about connections between Britain & its North Sea neighbours | Historical linguist turned writer & editor
Writing: https://northseanexus.substack.com
Website: https://hannahmarybooth.com
Bertโs Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk
Citizens UK @citizensuk.org We are the UK's biggest, most diverse, and most effective people-powered alliance. Bringing everyday people together to win change since 1989.
Politics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike Car culture dominating society is social murder.
Posts are mostly about the US, sometimes focused on parenting.
sometimes writing more at https://politicsofcars.beehiiv.com/
NOS @nieuws.nos.nl Blijf bij. NOS
Volg ons voor al het laatste nieuws.
https://nos.nl/
Local History Hub @localhistoryhub.bsky.social Teacher-led, grassroots, and rooted in belonging.
A grassroots movement sharing ideas, stories & local history.
Join us: localhistoryhub.org.uk
Tom Disney @tdisney85.bsky.social Associate Professor and Social Geographer at Northumbria University. My research applies geographical theory and spatial methods to social work and child welfare.
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/d/tom-disney/
Sherilyn MacGregor @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social Professor of Environmental Politics & Director of the ESRC-funded JUST Centre, University of Manchester. Intersectional justice, just transition, ecofeminism. She/her/immigrant ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง
Dr Harriet Thew @harrietthew.bsky.social Lecturer at the University of Leeds, UK specialising in climate change education, climate politics and climate justice. She/her
Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social Environmental social scientist from University of Leeds
sustainable consumption, community, energy poverty, social relations of retrofit, just transitions, inclusion
JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social ๐ฑ ESRC-funded research centre focused on sustainability transformations that are people-centred, โjoined-upโ and socially just.
๐ https://www.just.ac.uk/
๐ https://www.linkedin.com/company/just-research-centre/
Global Covenant of Mayors @mayors4climate.bsky.social The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy is the largest global alliance of cities transitioning to a climate resilient economy.
RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social Research Committee 21 Urban and Regional Development, International Sociological Association.
Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social Historian of Russia and the Soviet Union. Cyclist, marathon runner, train traveller. Based in Newcastle and York. Osbaldwick cricket club cap no.247
Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social Mild-mannered lecturer by dayโฆmild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politiciansโ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tรก gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
University of Mordor.
Insights North East @insightsnortheast.bsky.social Driving evidence-led policy change - for a better North East
Christine Batchelor @christinebatchelor.bsky.social Head of Physical Geography at Newcastle University. Ice sheets past and present, marine geology and geophysics, glacial geomorphology. ๐ง๐๏ธ๐ข
CatchmentSci @catchmentsci.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography @ Newcastle University, specialising in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, remote sensing
Seb Pitman @coastalscoop.bsky.social Coastal geomorphologist researching how mixed sediment coasts respond to storms | Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Newcastle University
Stuart Dunning @rockavalanches.bsky.social Landslide hazard, risk, monitoring. Sometimes icey things, sometimes GLOF, rarely finish anything on any of it.
Rachel Pain @rachelpain.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography, Newcastle University
Dr Merrill Hopper @pruswieckowska.bsky.social Staring at border walls to think about the geographies of difference and how we can reach across divides.
Currently a Lecturer in Political Geography at Newcastle University
Nick Cutler @ncutler.bsky.social Physical geographer interested in long-term ecological change, particularly in soil and plant communities, and the ecological impacts of volcanic processes. Often in Iceland.
Anoop Nayak @anoop79.bsky.social Chair in Social & Cultural Geography, works on race and ethnicity; geographies of youth; and masculinities and social change.
Newcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social The Official page for Geography at Newcastle University.
RemembranceWatch @remembrancewatch.bsky.social Showcasing the best in #respecty remembrancing and poppy one-upmanship. Poppy ratings. Poppy Rage.
Wear your poppy/where's your poppy. Check the alt. Poppy.
H/T to giantpoppywatch on the other place. Lest we forget ๐ซก.
East Herts Green Party @easthertsgreens.bsky.social ๐ Real hope. Real change. eastherts.greenparty.org.uk
Promoted by Alex Daar on behalf of East Herts Green Party, c/o 55 High Street, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9BA
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Will cycles slower than you ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @williamnb.eurosky.social In a world of disaster capitalism, be a rebel: ride a bicycle and buy your clothes 2ndhand from charity shops.
Also, all the best people have trees in their bio.
Now tell me, where will your next bike ride be?
https://www.WillCycle.com