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Paul Hayward @paulhayward.bsky.social Sportswriter at The Observer.
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Author of 'England Football - The Biography.'
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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social The Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity at the University of Birmingham, UK. Director: Prof @nandosigona.bsky.social
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Jon Holmes @jonholmes.bsky.social Fiddling on this place while the other place burns.
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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Prof) @BhamPolsis | Researching WPS, NGOs, gender, race, (in)security, FFP & visual global politics | Feminist Killjoy | Anti-war | She/her | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gov/achilleos-saril-columba.aspx
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TechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social Author, Writer etc
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social Writer/editor. Past lives: The A.V. Club, Chron, Time Out Chicago. He/him/his. https://letterboxd.com/AADowd/
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
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Paul Mason @paulmason.bsky.social 📖 Writer 🌏 Security & Resilience 🚩Labour 🏭 Industrial strategist 🐾 Wheaten Terrier owner 📖 https://t.co/BjHB4lzjMG
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Bryan’s Gunn @bryansgunn.bsky.social A football man
Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social I write the Guardian’s Politics Live blog
Ed Solomon @edsolomon.bsky.social Writer/co-writer: The Christophers (2026 - now), The Spot (early 2027), Full Circle, No Sudden Move, Men in Black, the 3 Bill&Ted movies, Mosaic, Now You See Me 1&2, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Laverne&Shirley. Fiction: Vanity Fair, The New Yorker
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Richard Williams @rmwilliams.bsky.social Brighton- based consultant specialising in refugees and migration in UK and EU, evaluations etc.
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
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@rainbowmigration.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social We support LGBTQI+ people through the UK asylum and immigration system.
Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social We're one of the largest providers of free immigration advice in London. We give advice, provide support, and campaign so that migrants & refugees in the UK can live with safety, dignity & respect.
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social Professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, FAcSS
Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity
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https://www.i-claim.eu
podcast https://whodowethinkweare.org/
#runner
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social I do refugee and asylum policy at the Refugee Council, so most likely a lot of the posts will be about that.
ENMISA – International Studies Association @enmisa.bsky.social Official account of the Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Studies section of the International Studies Association
May Darwich @maydarwich.bsky.social Associate Professor, IR of the Middle East, University of Birmingham Author of Threats and Alliances in the Middle East (CUP).
Ayşe Zarakol @aysezarakol.bsky.social IR & Historical Sociology. Prof of IR, Cambridge POLIS. Author of Before the West & After Defeat. Current AE at International Organization. A 'citizen of nowhere' with three passports...
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.
Geeky Brummie @geekybrummie.com All that's #Geek in #Brum since 2016
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Imandeep Kaur @immykaur.bsky.social Co - Founder @CIVIC_SQUARE, prev aka Impact Hub Birmingham || @TEDxBrum 2012 - 2017 || Hon Doc. @AstonUniversity ||
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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social AV Club writer with 200+ Random Roles to my name. Onetime senior editor/writer, Q Magazine. Helped ZAZ write a book about Airplane! (Surely You Can't Be Serious). Happily married w/ child. Venmo: @WillHarrisInVA
Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social Senior reporter at The Bulwark. Email: sommer - at- thebulwark.com. Signal: willsommer.38
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, @ArguablyMag.bsky.social
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Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
Bearwood Parish Council @bearwoodcouncil.bsky.social Official account for Bearwood Parish Council. Not in Birmingham.
Neal Stephenson @nealstephenson.bsky.social Maker of books and other things
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com Author 'Why Politicians Lie About Trade' | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM.
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Edgar Wright @edgarwright.bsky.social Spaced / Shaun Of The Dead / Hot Fuzz / Scott Pilgrim Vs The World / The World’s End / Baby Driver / The Sparks Brothers / Last Night In Soho / The Running Man
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Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social Gentleman Sleuth
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social Life's a big banana sandwich
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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media