Renate Samson @renatesamson.bsky.social Longtime policy wonk, consultant, researcher and speaker about the impact of data driven tech and AI.
immersed in researching young people’s digital lives and AI in education. Previously biometrics, online harms, digital ID, online privacy
The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Read: TheNewWorld.co.uk
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com Author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social Elderly trans novelist and poet living in London.
Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social Conspiracy theory journalist, expert witness, TPM contributor, author of JEWISH SPACE LASERS, THE STORM IS UPON US, and ZERO CONTAINMENT (Fall 2027). rothschildmd@protonmail.com for tips, speaking opportunities. Not related to the Rothschilds of Frankfurt.
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dhunterbell @dhunterbell.bsky.social Permanently stuck in the days between
YouGov @yougov.co.uk YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviours from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks. Join now: https://account.yougov.com
Sue Dawson @piperade.bsky.social Champagne socialist, digital marketer. Would like to think I'm middle aged but am actually old. Likes dancing and science fiction. Social media and comms person at various conventions, most recently on newsletter team at 2026 Eastercon. She/her.
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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ALT North West England Members Group @altnwemg.bsky.social An ALT network for the exchange of ideas and practices in relation to current issues in educational technology with the aim of supporting the informed use of Learning Technologies in North West England.
#altc #altnewmg
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org Evidence. Action. Hope.
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Val C @vcol87.bsky.social Love photography, fitness, friend’s & family
Kari Sperring @karisperring.bsky.social Writer, and mediaeval historian (the latter as Kari Maund). With cats. Sometimes political (on the Left). Sometimes musketeers. Cis, demi, she/her. Draws sheep, badly.
Essjayeff @essjayeff.bsky.social Food, wine, gin. 
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writer about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
About lore and culture at The Busy Town.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
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(Account sometimes deactivated when not in use.)
Paul Abbott @pablovich.bsky.social Musician/writer/podcaster/idiot. Sitting in Liverpool, arrived here via Boro/Scarborough/Stoke.
*** Good Grief (bass/vocals) ***
Big Beatles & Sixties Sort Out Podcast, Hark! The 87th Precinct Podcast (Ed McBain). "Pro Good Things, Anti Bad Things".
Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social MP for Birmingham Yardley
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social Comedian, Cricket Statistician, Podcaster. Host of The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. Taskmaster champion. Test Match Special statsmonger. Live shows: andyzaltzman.co.uk
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, multi-faceted musical human. Perform with Scritti Politti, Cardiacs, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, others. More info at rhodri.biz
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) 📗 NO FRIEND TO THIS HOUSE: OUT NOW. Posts by N and team.
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social SFF Author, games designer, cat-mum.
I like nature, honesty and cake.
I dislike liars, bigots and dickheads.
Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social #Author Titan, Black Library, Aconyte, Rebellion. 25yrs commercial geek marketing, now #bookseller, #Manga and #comics. Re-enactor, gamer, #cat mom. #NoAI. Views my own.
Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Cardassia’s resident anarchist. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981. Chiefest and greatest of calamities.
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Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social Sci-fi and fantasy author, writer of The Dex Legacy BSFA Award-winning audio drama, Social Media Officer @BSFA, gamer, bi, proud epileptic and aspiring grown-up 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social Queen of Lasers, Mother of Storms, & NYT/USAToday bestselling author of Fairyland, Space Opera, Deathless, & many more. Any/All
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TipJar: https://venmo.com/u/cat-valente
Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social Writer, FRSL. Prof, RHUL. Literature and science fiction.
https://profadamroberts.substack.com/
"Frankenstein Rex" coming in October:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Rex-Adam-Roberts/dp/1399617729/
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social Writer of SFF in TV, books, comics, audio and games! (Doctor Who, I Walk With Monsters, Lychford.) Editor-in-Chief: Cosmic Lighthouse Comics. https://www.cosmiclighthouse.co.uk/ He/him. #comics #sciencefiction #doctorwho
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile:
@yendraws
@readatmidnight
Sue Mason @sue-mason.bsky.social Fan artist, cat wrangler, not always safe for work
Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com That writer guy you like. Bi, trans, polyamorous, slutty, neurodivergent, hot. Buy my book that explains why politics has gone weird. I live in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. https://linktr.ee/iheartpolitics
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AmplifyFE @amplifyfe.bsky.social We work to connect & amplify communities of practice for digital learning, teaching & assessment across Vocational Education #AmplifyFE
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ALTUK.bsky.social @altuk.bsky.social Association for Learning Technology is the leading professional body for Learning Technology in the UK. Visit alt.ac.uk to learn more. #altc #CMALT
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Deirdre @ephiriel.bsky.social Definitely middling- middle aged, middle of the road etc.
Keen on books, photography, crafts, languages. Always learning, always curious.
John Medany @unpolishedmoments.bsky.social Evolving Photographer, Geek Tech, SFF Fan and Gamer.
Studying is for life.
All photos I post are my own, though I may 'repost' links to others
No unsolicited DMs if I don't know you
Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social The real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics. A podcast with Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt.
http://patreon.com/originstorypod
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Produced by Podmasters
American Friction @americanfric.bsky.social The award-winning best US politics podcast in the world, out every Friday and Monday.
linktr.ee/americanfriction
Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: Intelligent Machines, AI Inside. Author of Hot Type, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social Communications Lead, Persuasion UK/ Co-editor, Renewal Journal/ Author, "No Second Chances: The Inside Story of the Campaign for a Second EU Referendum"
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social Your morning primer on news, politics, economics, culture and current affairs – five days a week.
Listen here 📳 https://linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent.
Find me in The i Paper, The New World, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods
https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social Not an MP.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/460169/why-we-were-right-by-holt-rosie/9781529924558
Jacob Jarvis @jacobjarvis.bsky.social Presenter of American Friction @americanfric.bsky.social and The Bunker. Excited to be on Cockwomble MySpace.
Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social Comedian'n'writer'n'podcaster. TED Speaker. Take my coffee like I take my power.
SophieChapmanTalent / SueTerryVoices
👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/athenakugblenu
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🎧 Bust or Trust or PROcrastinate
📺 youtube.com/@innitfactory
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
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https://ko-fi.com/snellarthur
Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, Lego builder. I’m @emmakennedy from the Bird Place.
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social politics reporter @ Rolling Stone • host of @americanfric.bsky.social • clipping with @snapstream.com • siempre jodiendo 🇲🇽
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signal: Nikkimcr.70
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social Historian, writer, immigrant, FRHistS, podcaster, right eyebrow raiser; UK political finance & global private members’ clubs; http://linktr.ee/sathevoz; Latest book: ‘London Clubland: A Companion for the Curious'. clubland.substack.com
Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social CEO @bestforbritain.org
Podcaster @quietriotpod.bsky.social
NED @RoSPA
Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com Comedian, satirist, writer, actor
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social Oh God What Now & More Jam Tomorrow; writer, reviewer (TV & books), editor; author, The Future of Trust (Melville House)
‘The most calming voice in the podcast world’
https://rostaylor.me
https://morejamtomorrow.com
https://rostaylor240051.substack.com
Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social Political journalist & broadcaster |
Westminster Editor at the Lead UK |
Presenter on Fubar Radio |
Chatting on Oh God What Now |
Find my work and commission me here: https://www.zoegrunewald.com/
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
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Making sense of our political hell every Tues and Fri. From Podmasters UK.
Listen: https://linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
Back us: http://patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social More passion. Less shouting.
A Cooler Heads podcast by Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social, Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social, and Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social.
Support us on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
https://quietriotpod.com
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
Support me on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond.
With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Fiona Moore (Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings) @drfionamoore.bsky.social BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones (2022).
https://drfionamoore.com
https://www.fiona-moore.com
Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social reader, critic, fan, he/him
Bridget B @bugshaw.bsky.social Science fiction, movies, robots, Cambridge-UK based, don't eat nearly as much chocolate as when I first wrote my profile but I do much more sewing.
SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk SFF author, trans-inclusive feminist, gay, non-binary, autistic. BEM.
Website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk - includes links to all my publications.
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sjgroenewegen - new posts so often on politics and/or writing.
Steve @notadric.bsky.social 
Tammy Coxen @tammylc.bsky.social 2026 Hugo Awards administrator. Booze and cocktail history nerd. I host the My Tiny Bottles podcast & YouTube series (mytinybottles.com), and teach cocktail classes online and in-person as Tammy's Tastings (tammystastings.com).
Ali Baker @alisonbaker01.bsky.social BA Primary lecturer at UEL. Children's fantasy literature researcher. Podcast host at Fantasy Book Swap. Trans rights are human rights.
No DMs without asking first. I am a prolific blocker.
John Coxon @johncoxon.bsky.social Hugo Award winner for @octothorpecast.bsky.social and @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fowler Award winner for solar-terrestrial science. I play games, read and watch SF, volunteer at conventions, and communicate science. Based in North East England. He/him.
Johnny Eponymous @johnnyeponymous.bsky.social Hugo winner for Best Fanzine, I wrote the book Food & Crime, Podcasts, painting, True Crime, art history, and movie stuff! 
Iridescence - The 2026 Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social Iridescence 2026 is the UK's next Eastercon, the UK's longest running sci-fi convention. At the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, 3-6 April 2026.
https://eastercon2026.org/
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Award-winning author. Writes science fiction as Gareth L Powell and horror and mystery as GL Powell. Reads voraciously. Repped by Lucienne Diver.
🔗 Mystery and Horror - https://www.glpowell.com
🔗 Science Fiction - https://www.garethlpowell.com
Alex Ingram @nutty.bsky.social Free range nerd in Sydenham, Lewisham, London, England, Earth. (He/Him)
Trying to fix climate, environment, streets, housing and harvest tomatoes.
The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
clarkeaward.com