Ben Plouviez @benplouviez.bsky.social Retired and now tender of donkeys (2) and minder of cats (2) as well as reader of books (lots) and thinker of great thoughts (none really). Also maker of irritating jokes, so sorry (not sorry) about that.
Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
National Energy System Operator @neso-energy.bsky.social Creating a world where everyone has access to reliable, clean and affordable energy.
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Ethics and Integrity Commission @ethicsandintegrity.bsky.social Independent Commission that promotes high standards in public life, reports to the Prime Minister on ethics matters and advises public authorities on codes of conduct.
https://eic.independent-commission.uk/
Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social Working on surveillance technology, migration, welfare.
Collaborating with public interest newsrooms and human rights orgs.
Bridging and connecting.
Previously at Privacy International, Open Migration, TechPresident.
Anna Isaac @annaisaac.bsky.social City Editor, The Guardian - aka poking about in the money/power mix
Get in touch with tips: trucker3@pm.me
Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social Journalist/Writer at https://firewalledmedia.com. Past bylines: Rolling Stone, Politico, TNR, The Nation, Slate, etc. Does not work for ICE
Email: laura.jedeed@gmail.com
Links: https://linktr.ee/laurajedeed
Derek Healey @derekhealey.bsky.social Politics and investigations editor @sundaypost.com
James MacKessack-Leitch @jamesmackl.bsky.social Policy & Practice Lead at the Scottish Land Commission - land rights, law, philosophy, and governance. Farmers loon and foodie!
linkedin.com/in/james-mackessack-leitch/
Mark Ruskell @markruskell.bsky.social Scottish Green Party MSP Mid Scotland and Fife
Spokesperson Climate Action & Nature - he/him
Promoted by Mark Ruskell, Scottish Green Party, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN
Andy Philip @andydphilip.bsky.social Head of politics at DC Thomson, Scotland | Writes across the Press and Journal, and The Courier | Hosts The Stooshie podcast https://thestooshie.podbean.com/ | Plays along with Ardentjohn band
Paul Hutcheon @paulhutcheon.bsky.social Political Editor, Daily Record✍🏻
Host, Planet Holyrood 🎙️
Aberdeen fan ⚽️
Tip offs: paul.hutcheon@reachplc.com
Richard Dixon @r-dixon.bsky.social Environmental consultant http://rdixon.scot. Former Director FoE Scotland & WWF Scotland, Chair of Environmental Standards Scotland, Trustee Postcode Innovation Trust
Andrew Quinn @andrewjquinn97.bsky.social Daily Record Westminster Reporter
Suffering St Mirren fan
Any stories? andrew.quinn@reachplc.com
Ariane Burgess MSP @ariane-burgess.bsky.social Scottish Green MSP for Highlands and Islands
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social Left wing journalist. Dad of Léa, Saoirse and Raven. Book ‘Abolish Westminster’ due out with Faber in November. Pre-order at: https://linktr.ee/abolishwestminster. Also at: www.abolishwestminster.substack.com
Ipsos in Scotland @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social Social researchers with a passion for understanding the world. Part of the @ipsosgroup.bsky.social based in Scotland.
Hanna Wheatley @hannawheatley.bsky.social Senior Economist at Future Economy Scotland
@futureeconscot.bsky.social
Lucy Jackson @lucyajackson.bsky.social Journalist @scotnational.bsky.social 📰 // ✍️ lucy.jackson@newsquest.co.uk
ourpower.bsky.social @ourpower.scot Campaigning to make sure people in Scotland get a fair share of our renewable energy wealth.
https://www.ourpower.scot/
CharityComms @charitycomms.bsky.social CharityComms is the membership network for communications professionals working in and with UK charities. Find out more about us and our membership at www.charitycomms.org.uk 
Dylan Spielman @dylanspielman.bsky.social Co-founder of http://convergent-opinion.com. Previously managed data science and polling for the Labour Party.
Fintan Smith (Mac Gabhann) @fintan-smith.bsky.social Previously: Polling things at YouGov, Labour
Now: Founder of polling and market research company @convergent-opinion.bsky.social
Often confused with a dog called Fenton https://youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
Zeteo UK @zeteo.uk Disrupting Britain’s broken media. A new journalistic force from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @Zeteo.com.
https://zeteo.uk/
Social Market Foundation @smfthinktank.bsky.social Britain’s leading cross-party think tank, with a mission to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society.
https://www.smf.co.uk/ | Also on LinkedIn, X and TikTok
Olivier Hoedeman @olivierhoedeman.bsky.social Corporate Europe Observatory @corporateeurope
- exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU.
Streamplace @stream.place Solving video for everybody forever. Starting with live video on the AT Protocol. Check us out at https://stream.place
Get the app for iOS and Android! https://app.stream.place
Follow @iame.li for dev streams almost every day!
Andy Dudfield @mrdudders.bsky.social We are beautiful. We are doomed
Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social - Senior climate reporter, Bloomberg News
- Newsletter http://bit.ly/bbg-zero
- Podcast http://bloomberg.com/zero-podcast
- Book https://akshatrathi.com/book
- akshat.rathi@pm.me
Iain Hepburn @iainhepburn.me Failed former award-winning journalist, and general waste of space. 🏴
He/him.
https://linktr.ee/iainhepburn
Gillian Mackay - Scottish Greens @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens.
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland and Lothians West.
Charity costumer. Star Wars enthusiast.
Posts sometimes by staff.
Gavin Corbett @gavincorbett.bsky.social Mountain-going, biking, kayaker with two sons and a pathetic but charming vegetable garden. Former councillor, former SpAd. Working in an outdoor access charity. Current chair of Water of Leith Conservation Trust.
Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, and such. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool (thanks Hampshire College). I use threads like a public filing cabinet. Personal account.
Jenny Gilruth @jennygilruth.bsky.social MSP for Mid Fife & Glenrothes // Deputy First Minister & Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Local Government in @scotgov // jenny.gilruth.msp@parliament.scot for constituents
Promoted by Jenny Gilruth MSP, 12 Commercial Street, Markinch, KY7 6DE
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations.
Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4.
Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk
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Substack: https://channel4news.substack.com
Website: www.channel4.com/news
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Channel4News
Kagi HQ @kagi.com Privacy-respecting search, browser and products that put you first. No ads. No trackers. Ever. https://kagi.com/
ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au News and analysis from Australia’s most trusted news organisation.
Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social Campaigner to support the BBC (not a BBC employee). It’s affected by savage UK govt cuts: c40% 2010-2024. BBC costs >49 pence/around 65 US cents a day per UK household. It’s a national public service broadcaster, respected worldwide for accurate reporting.
John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social 🏴 First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP.
Promoted by John Swinney, 17-19 Leslie St, Blairgowrie, PH10 6AH
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
Donald MacKinnon @donaldlabour.bsky.social Scottish Labour candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar in the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election.
Promoted by Donald MacKinnon, 11 Arnol, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9DB
Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social SNP MSP for Glasgow Central
Promoted by Angus Millar on behalf of Alison Thewliss, both at 68 St Vincent Terrace, Glasgow, G3 8DX
Eurosky Social @eurosky.social Building open social web infrastructure and apps in Europe. Public interest non-profit, part of Modal Foundation.
App: mu.social
Accounts: move.eurosky.tech
Discover: portal.eurosky.tech
Web: eurosky.tech
Help: eurosky.tech/help
Fund: fund.eurosky.tech
Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture.
Ampersands on beaches.
Occasional photography all over the place.
Pithy commentary best left here, I expect.
Edinburgh, Scotland
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.scot/@daveybot, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social Hello I used to Tweet but now I only tweet
Extremely Gay, extremely Scottish, mostly angry queerposting, no Yanks in the replies (Nice Americans welcome)
PeatWorrier @peatworrier.bsky.social Prolixity from Dr Andrew Tickell. Law & Scottish politics. Senior lecturer in law at GCU Law, Jacobin scribbler, Sunday National columnist, and jaded flâneur.
Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now 
Has a Reform MSP been suspended yet? @harmbsy.bsky.social An account which tracks whether a Reform MSP has been suspended yet.
Dr Ian Cockburn @icscot.bsky.social Retired SNP Cllr for Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh.
Historian and Engineer. All views my own.
Highland & Island, SNP NEC member.
Liz Kraft @highlandicy.bsky.social Highland Councillor
SNP
Scotland in Europe
Independence is Normal
Life is better with dogs and horses!
Maree Todd MSP @mareetodd.bsky.social SNP MSP for Caithness Sutherland & Ross. Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy & Sport
Promoted by Maree Todd, 31 High St, Alness, IV17 0PT
Katherine Sangster @kathsangster.bsky.social National Director @scottishfabians | Jo Cox Women in Leadership Graduate
Emma Roddick MSP @emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social SNP candidate for Inverness and Nairn 💛 | she/her | ♿️🏳️🌈 | Caley Thistle fan, Whovian & feminist | Owned by a cat 🐈 | Some posts by staff
David Green MSP @davidgreen4csr.bsky.social @scotlibdems.org.uk MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross. For constituency casework, please email david.green.msp@parliament.scot
Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things" • dylan.difford@yougov.com
Green Elects @greenelects.world Reporting on green parties around the world. 🌍 Founded by daniellaycock.bsky.social
Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social Working for a fascism-free, habitable Earth and for Scottish independence. #MECFS #BasicIncome WGB'er
I spend more time on Mastodon, the ethical platform. You can follow my bridge from there at: @LillyHerself.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
BlueSky broke DMs.
Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social Fighting the UK’s harsh family immigration rules: the Government can't dictate who we can love in the UK
Join us to say:
Families Belong Together!
www.reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk
hello@reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk
Cathy Newman @cathynewman.bsky.social Presenter, The Cathy Newman Show, Sky News; Presenter, Times Radio; Insta cathynewmanc4 Agent http://bit.ly/2m6VRis
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social An idiot, but not one of the useful kind.
Richard Webb @fasgadh.bsky.social Knackered ex orienteer and map collector- now on a bike much of the time. Hill bagger.
East Lothian.
Unfortunately due to some authoritarian overreach from our neighbours and overlords and over enthusiastic compliance, I am unable to easily access DMs.
Satbir Singh @satbirsingh.bsky.social Campaigner, consultant, carer. Londoner via Delhi & NYC. I spend my time thinking about rights, justice & authoritarianism.
Former CEO of openDemocracy, JCWI. Ex UN/World Bank/Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. Trustee @PraxisProjects.bsky.social
Stiles @lakesstiles.bsky.social 'That bloke that does stiles'; also clouds and general nonsense.
'gradually the sense of disappointment wears away'
Shap, this account, etc
'Diplomatically tight-lipped about fluvial processes'
Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social Exec Director @ukevaluation.bsky.social Evidence based decision-making and action. V pro #NetZero and #renewables. Chief of Staff to two Lurchers. Love Cymru, where I'm lucky to live. Pessimistic about the world, but hoping hope does spring eternal!
Free Representation Unit @freerepunit.bsky.social Relieving poverty by training aspiring lawyers to represent clients in tribunal hearings for free. Please support us at https://www.thefru.org.uk/donate
Stevenough @stevenough.bsky.social 
Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social Mixed Scottish-Chinese (Hakka) Comic creator, writer and illustrator based in Glasgow. 🏴🇭🇰🎨📝 He/Him/佢
📧: hello@chrislaumanson.co.uk
#comic | #art | #illustration
www.chrislaumanson.co.uk
Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London office, Eurasia Group. Formerly HM Treasury and European Commission. Senior Research Fellow, LSE European Institute. ECFR Council Member. My views. Seeking analytical truth
https://www.eurasiagroup.net
Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social Cyber War. Huh. What is it good for?
Edinburgh Trams @edinburghtrams.bsky.social The official home of Edinburgh’s tramway 🚉
Donald Campbell @dncampbell.bsky.social 
Water of Leith Conservation Trust @wolct.bsky.social Working to protect and improve Edinburgh's river, for the benefit of wildlife and our community.
A healthy river cared for by its community
John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social Mostly a photographer: https://www.john-macpherson-photography.com
I sometimes write: https://www.duckrabbit.info/blog/author/j-macpherson/
Scottish Highlander, left-coast, interested in all sorts of things. I make stuff, some of it even works.
Sherwood News @sherwood.news News for the next generation about markets, business, technology, and the culture of money.
Brian Scheid @brianscheid.bsky.social S&P Global Market Intelligence
Senior Reporter, Global Markets
Vox @vox.com Making sense of it all. Become a member today. 👇
https://voxdotcom.visitlink.me/z3EPda
Andy Twelves @twelves.bsky.social writer, drinker, limebiker. views my own and not ChatGPT’s.
stated.news @statednews.substack.com UK politics. For the news the MSM can’t or won’t report check stated.news - saying the quiet bits out loud. No opinions, just a fact hunt.
Free at the point of delivery.
N8 Research Partnership @n8research.bsky.social A collaboration of the 8 most research-intensive universities in Northern England: Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield & York
n8research.org.uk
Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social PoliSci PhD student @ Harvard / 🇬🇧🏳️🌈 / Creator of MyLittleCrony.com
Signal: @sehill.11
Open Newswire @opennewswire.org The free newswire available in more than 90 languages!
Check it out here: https://www.opennewswire.org/
Open Newswire is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Open Journalism Bot @openjournalism.bsky.social I tweet when a newsroom opens a new repo on GitHub. More at https://www.openjournalism.news | Created by @kleinmatic | List of orgs: https://github.com/silva-shih/open-journalism/blob/master/orgs.csv
Formerly a Twitter bot called newsnerdrepos.
Chitra Ramaswamy @chitgrrl.bsky.social Author: Homelands, Expecting. Journalist: The Guardian. Restaurant critic: The Times Scotland. Used to be a person whose profile said only 'don't conclude anything without cheese'. Still am, on the inside.
How To Read This Chart @howtoreadthisch.art A weekly newsletter about data, data visualizations and the aggregated weirdness of the world around us. A pbump.com project.
https://howtoreadthisch.art
Chiarra Sue @chiarra.bsky.social Data Engineer. #AI Smart Policies. Dev. Digital Artist. Writing about the future.
Good Ethical AI believer.
https://medium.com/@chiarrasue
https://taxtheshorties.substack.com
Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com Political technologist, bringing democracy to the internet. Brussels, 🇪🇺.
• tech, governance, science, politics, philosophy, infrastructure, cats, terrible puns
• DASL, Eurosky/Mu, Modal
• ex W3C, NYT
• Signal robin.77
Rosimac @rosimac.bsky.social News Junkie, watching Trump with alarm. Brit who hates Brexit and all it stands for. Enjoy humour, empathy, a good debate. Love walking with my woof.
opinion.scot @opinion.scot A dedicated platform for Scotland to share opinions and ideas.
Commentary posts are by the editor.
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
Germ Network @germnetwork.com Drop into a private conversation, faster.
End-to-end encrypted DMs right from your Bluesky/Blacksky/atproto handle.
Start here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/germ-dm/id6446882771
Learn: germnetwork.com/blog
Find out: germnetwork.com/android-waitlist
James Ingram @ingyingram.bsky.social Increasingly bionic 🦾🦿 Vice Chair, Patients' Voices Royal College Anaesthetists + Faculty of Pain Medicine | Former int'l civil servant + NGOs on human rights etc | ייד
https://linktr.ee/jamesingram
Stephen Abbott Pugh @stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social Beneficial ownership transparency, UBO data and standardisation expert.
Technical consultancy support https://www.beneficialownership.co.uk/
Talk to me about the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard https://www.beneficialownership.co.uk/data-standard
Ofgem @ofgem.gov.uk We are Britain’s independent energy regulator.
Our role is to protect consumers now and in the future by working to deliver a greener, fairer energy system. https://linktr.ee/ofgem
NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk We are the National Cyber Security Centre – part of the UK’s intelligence & cyber agency GCHQ. We help to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.
Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social No wealthy ❌ No poor ❌ Just everyone living comfortably ✅
For all things #inequality related, plus a bit of politics and current affairs. #TaxTheRich #VoteTacticallyToStopReform
Find us also @radicalscribe.bsky.social
Supporting the charity #MissingPeople
M@ @mattfromlondon.bsky.social London explorer. Chief pilot of Londonist: Time Machine, a Substack about London History. Follow for lots of geeky observations about London.