ADHD Pathfinding @handle.invalid Working towards a society where ADHD is understood, supported, and never a barrier to thriving
medium.com/adhd-pathfinding
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Chloe Carrington @chloecarrington.bsky.social works in civic tech @ mySociety. Passionate about tech for good. Bookworm.
Rory Scott @rorads.bsky.social Person who does stuff with Data / AI / Tech / Music. Currently on an employment hibernation.
Hoping to scroll through content on LLM-assisted development, Ableton production, and more whilst somehow not looking at endless AI slop article images 🙏
Rory Stewart @rory-stewart.bsky.social Author The Middleland linktr.ee/middleland, PlacesinBetween, Jackson/Yale. PoliticsOnTheEdge. @Restispolitics podcast w Alastair Campbell.
Parody
Dan Barrett @dasbarrett.bsky.social Hello friend it’s sandwiches alright 🥪 Also baking, learning to make guitar effects pedals, shrine to The Incredible Hulk like a normal person, houseplants, and data and AI at Citizens Advice 📊 🤖
He / Him
Mike Rose @mikerose.co.uk I am often found talking about *intellectual property rights* and how they manifest in *digital* and *data* stuff.
I also often share dog and Dorset photos!
John Sheridan @johnlsheridan.bsky.social I’m a Civil Servant, with a keen interest in many things including computers, data, law, digital preservation and archives. You’ll find me at The National Archives, helping to look after the digital archive, web archive, legislation.gov.uk etc.
Matthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk I help people report broken street lights, find out their bin day, plan train travel, manage an orchestra, locate the nearest postbox, research old theatre productions, keep time in a choir, and occasionally play board games | https://dracos.co.uk
Joe Lanman @joelanman.com Design Lead on data.gov.uk at the UK Government Digital Service
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
https://joelanman.com
Stephen Davenport @stephendavenport.bsky.social Global Lead #DigitalTransformation #Anticorruption #OpenGov #GovTech @WorldBank Co-Founder @FeedbackLabs, @OpenGovHub, @AidData, @DGateway Alumni
Marian Avery @madebymarian.bsky.social Content design and #accessibility specialist. Based in Ireland. Disabled. Ex GDS, Scottish Gov, DfE and Defra. Posts about my cat, #A11y and #DigitalInclusion. She/her
Emma Hardy @emmahardymp.bsky.social #Labour MP for #Hull West and Haltemprice. Water and Flooding Minister in DEFRA. Mum of 2. Methodist. Once a teacher…
Daniel Eric Matthews @mrdanielmatthews.bsky.social Actor / Singer / Blogger / Content Creator / Director / Producer / Publicist. Founder of Creative One Media and High Star Records. Leeds/London.
Kat Chirnside (she/her) @katchirnside.bsky.social Design leader and foodie. 🍝
Here for chat on user-centred design, digital transformation, film and culture.
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative @ophioxford.bsky.social OPHI is a global research centre based at the University of Oxford working on multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis.
Center for Global Development @cgdev.org The leading think-and-do tank for #globaldev🌍 Celebrating 20+ years of independent research & ideas for global prosperity.
mediarelations@cgdev.org
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social Bring us together,
make things better.
@janethughes.bsky.social's husband (-:
Senior delivery manager at @tpximpact.com
https://www.cattell.com
Owen Barder @owen.org Economist. ex No10, Treasury, CGD, PxD. Former visiting Professor @ LSE. Development Drums podcast. Team GB triathlete age-grouper. Olympic volunteer. Feminist, internationalist. Set up the first UK Government website. Helped invent AMCs.
@heyyyyitsyong.bsky.social @heyyyyitsyong.bsky.social
Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com B3ta.com, @fesshole.bsky.social, @anonopin.bsky.social
Brian Edwards @brianftang.bsky.social Novelist, playwright, webmonkey, T1 diabetic. Fiction represented by David Grossman Literary Agency.
Graham Lally @scribe6.bsky.social Longer-term tech: Software systems health and sustainability. Games and society. Rituals and mysteries.
ex @6loss on x.
https://groundlake.org
https://exmosis.net
@jkeserue.bsky.social @jkeserue.bsky.social
Tania Cohen @tanias.london She/her.
Londoner, historian, guide, baker, volunteer, community choir singer, charity manager.
Passionate about history, charities, philanthropy & changing the world.
Views my own - except shares
360Giving @360giving.org UK charity that helps organisations to publish open, standardised grants data, and supports people to use it to make grantmaking more informed, effective and strategic.
#OpenData #Philanthropy
Find out more at www.360giving.org
Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk Man of many talents—some of them useful. Multiple monomaniac. Author, 'Pink Floyd: The Music & The Mystery'.
Also Wikipedia, Wikidata &c. OpenStreetMap. Birds. Birmingham. Open data. FoI. Art. Architecture. History. FRSA.
Everything is interesting.
Ross McCulloch @thirdsectorlab.co.uk Tech for good insights, digital activism and occasional photos of Scotland.
Founder at Third Sector Lab - Helping charities deliver more impact with digital, data & design ⚡️
https://thirdsectorlab.co.uk/
36k Twitter followers - starting from 0 here.
Jonathon Colman @jonathoncolman.org Coffee first, AI content right after that. Leading UX content design at HubSpot. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
Partner to Marja, walker of Lola, Ireland immigrant, global migrant.
👉 https://bio.link/jcolman 👈
UK Parliament @ukparliament.parliament.uk Where the House of Commons and the House of Lords scrutinise the work of the Government. Learn more about Parliament, its people and our unique heritage.
linktr.ee/ukparliament
House of Commons Speaker @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk Sir Lindsay Hoyle | 158th Speaker of the UK House of Commons. Father, grandfather and animal lover.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Where elected MPs represent the public, legislate, and scrutinise the Government. Find out more about their work and how Parliament happens.
House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk News & information from the UK Parliament’s second chamber. Produced by its staff to show how the Lords checks and challenges the UK government.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/
Prof Alexander Betts @alexanderbetts.bsky.social Professor & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement, Sport, & Community) at Oxford University, football coach, runner, & dad of 3.
Lucas Batt @lbatt.bsky.social Independent media consultant: membership, community, comms, product, fundraising, org dev.
Co-founder greatercommunitymedia.com
Former: @thebristolcable.bsky.social, @referencecircle.bsky.social
Marion Galley @mariongalley.bsky.social Product Manager at 360Giving
Tommy Palmer @tommyp.org 👨💻 I'm a computery guy
🇮🇪 Belfast/London Irish Internet Hallion
🕸️ Coding #Javascript + #Elixir https://github.com/tommyp
🎛️ DJ as Syntax Terror https://soundcloud.com/syntax-terror-exe
✏️ Writing stuff at https://www.tommyp.org
Chris @songschris.bsky.social Service designer, consultant, songwriter, fairly nerdy.
Blanche @blancheleathers.bsky.social Inept at social media - but you gotta love a trier, right?
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
Louise Crow @itscrowbot.bsky.social Chief Exec for @mysociety.org. We run TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, FixMyStreet and a host of other projects reimagining people power.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Tim Hughes @timjhughes.bsky.social All things democracy, open gov & participation, with a sprinkling of climbing, photography & Ipswich Town.
Democracy & Participation Lead at Open Government Partnership, trustee at MySociety, & former exec director at Involve.
Chamfered Tetrahedron @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy Things are:
* White or "political"
* Straight or "political"
* Male or "political"
* Cis or "political"
* Able-bodied or "political"
* Neurotypical or "political"
* […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Richard Stirling @rchards.bsky.social Helping government harness technology.
Ed Parkes @edtparkes.bsky.social Contractor and freelancer. Strategy, research, service design, UXR, data.
Currently - user centred design in humanitarian data.
www.edparkes.co.uk
🏳️🌈
Tracey @tgyateng.bsky.social ❤️social sector, research, responsible data, stats. Forever a volunteer - with DTBC, @opendatamcr; trustee @AccessSocialCare; @TSC_London
Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social Responsible strategy, data & innovation consultant
Loves teaching
Founding partner, Corrick Wales & Partners
External lecturer, Grenoble Ecole de Management
Member, Society of Hopeful Technologists
#opendata #netzero
France
https://kathryncorrick.fr
Jess Morley @jessrmorley.bsky.social 100% health data nerd & OG swiftie. PhD Oxford Internet Institute. Previously Director of Policy Oxford Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science. Currently Associate Research Scientist, Yale Digital Ethics Center.
NPC @thinknpc.bsky.social We are the think tank and consultancy for the impact sector. Sign up to our newsletter: https://www.thinknpc.org/newsletter-signup/
Sam @smithsam.bsky.social Believes in better data with informed privacy for all. Day job @medconfidential amongst other things. he/him http://is.gd/samblog 🧘♂️ #FILDI
Cambridge
Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social Researcher, policy analyst, social scientist. PhD-ing on political power and privatization in the scale of AI governance.
she/her | Montreal | anabrandusescu.com
Jonathan @vangeuns.bsky.social Somewhat of a humanitarian lawyer in tech
doing some of that long 🏔️ running 🌱 based
The-most-moral-runner taking the high ground (obviously) - help 🍉
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
Sarah Gold 🇵🇸 ✊🏼 🕊️ @sarahtgold.bsky.social CEO @projectsbyif.bsky.social founder, designer, advisor, Mum, “rebel with the right cause”, expecting more from computers…
https://projectsbyif.com
https://sarah.gold
Digital Action @digitalaction.bsky.social We build coalitions for Big Tech accountability, protecting democracy and human rights from digital threats. Subscribe to our newsletter!
digitalaction.co
Mor @morchickit.bsky.social I do data, sociology and parenting in between
Hera Hussain @herahussain.bsky.social Founder of Chayn - fight gender-based violence with tech. Feminist technologist. Living trauma-informed design. Forbes & MIT U35. EYL40. Ashoka Fellow.🇵🇰🇬🇧
Margot Mollat @margotmollat.bsky.social Senior Research & Policy Manager at Transparency International UK. Previously APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax, and investigator at Global Witness. All things corruption and dirty money. Views my own
K @chaoxian.bsky.social Tofu-eating wokerati 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 he/him
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
molly ☺ @mollyyy.bsky.social UX//UI Designer in civic tech
I love pizza 🍕 and cats 😻
@jenny-taylor.bsky.social @jenny-taylor.bsky.social
Marcelo Calbucci @calbucci.com Founder of @seattleflow.org Author of "The PRFAQ Framework" (www.theprfaq.com). 18yrs of startups. MSFT, Amazon. Runner. Cook. Geek.
Tech, software, AI/ML, UX, product, innovation, startups, leadership.
📍 Seattle
🇧🇷🇺🇸
https://calbucci.com/link
Simon Everest @simoneverest.bsky.social Head of Product and Experience at @DCMS . Trying to do less better. All views my own, not my employer's. RT and likes not endorsements.
xirclebox @xirclebox.com Front-end Dev / Recording Artist / Speaker / Certified A11y Professional (CPACC) / Scuba Diver / Psychologist / Muso Shinden Ryu / PHA F&AM / rightbadcode.com / spotcheck.tools
James Green @jamesgreen.bsky.social Content Designer in local government.
Interested in digital accessibility.
Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans.
he / him
Coco @cocochan.bsky.social Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her
Josef Davies-Coates @josef.is Community & Digital Engagement at @communityenergyengland.org
#CommunityEnergy Starter Pack:
https://go.bsky.app/LpqEmbM
All my links here: https://ud.coop/jdaviescoates
Build #community, develop #coops, create #commons.
#TogetherWeHaveEverything
Martin Gilbraith @martingilbraith.com IAF Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF|M), ICA:UK Associate, #FacPower author, GOC Trustee, FRSA. He/him. London, Brussels & Barcelona. #facilitation #LGBToutdoors | martingilbraith.com | http://ica-uk.org.uk | facpower.org | goc.org.uk 🏳️🌈
Peter Scott Reid @peterscottreid.eurosky.social user researcher
Cambridge, UK
he | him
banner is Composition 8: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1924
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social #Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ
Laura Parker @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social Senior content designer in UK government. Creator of accessiblenumbers.com. Dyscalculia Network adult advisor. Writes and talks about living with #dyscalculia and maths anxiety.
Work with me. lauraparker.design
Farrah Nazir @farrah-nazir.bsky.social 📊 EDI Insights & Learning Lead at @wellcometrust.bsky.social
🔥 Cofounder New Fables Collective https://newfablescollective.com
✨ “What we cannot imagine cannot come into being” bell hooks
✍🏽 https://farrah-nazir.medium.com/
LSE British Politics and Policy @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social Evidence-based social science commentary on UK politics and policy. Part of
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@lol-valentine.bsky.social @lol-valentine.bsky.social
Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social Filmmaker / Directing #section28film
Founder: anthrobricolage.com
Director: good.services @theschoolofgood
DR of Design, once ran
@wearesnook
Made cycling easier with @cycle_hack
GOOD Magazine #100
Board member at @lomondtrossachs
She/they
Eliot Fineberg @eliotf.bsky.social Co-founder of https://www.ff.studio/
I find LinkedIn a bit inhumane, so lets try this place. All my thinking out loud is my own.
Tom Gerken @twgerken.bsky.social Your favourite disabled journalist who bangs on about tech, rabbits, gaming and his dead dad https://linktr.ee/ourdadsdied
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc
Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy.bsky.social Cyber Correspondent, BBC News. Author of Ctrl+Alt+Chaos. I cover cyber security, online safety, crypto, AI, social networks and everything 💻📱📡. Global news mainly. DMs always open for tips/ feedback.
Zoe Kleinman @zsk.bsky.social BBC Technology Editor 🤖
Christine at Crocstar @crocstar.bsky.social I head up Crocstar: a brilliant agency if you need content design, content strategy and training. Join my content community! 🤩 Ex- Yahoo!, BBC and GDS. She/her.
Jane McFadyen @janemcfadyen.bsky.social Senior Content Designer working on government services, fighting the good UX fight.
Sarah Winters @escmum.bsky.social Founder and CEO of Content Design London
Cat person with a dog. (And a cat, horse, hamster and fish.)
Really hoping this takes over from the other place.
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
Ben Unsworth @benunsworth.co.uk User centred design in government. parkrun tourist A4418. Director of Digital and Tech for Kingston and Sutton councils.
Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
Hadley Beeman @hadleybeeman.bsky.social Architect for #openstandards, the Web and barcodes of all types. Tech policy. Ex-UK gov. Active in GS1, NHS & W3C. @hadleybeeman@w3c.social
Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social Design leadership and human-centred stuff in general. Previously lead designer at NHS Digital and lots of other things. He/Him.
Will Oremus @willoremus.com Covering online speech, the information economy and AI weirdness at @theatlantic.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
Signal: willoremus.24
Alix Dunn @alixdunn.com I bloop about the politics of technology and host the Computer Says Maybe podcast: https://www.themaybe.org/podcast
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Matt Davies @halcyene.bsky.social Data/AI policy @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
(Political) philosophy of tech @lsegovernment.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
Views my own 🔮✨
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Gaia Marcus @gaiamarcus.bsky.social - Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society
- Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG
- Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
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ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social An ESRC-funded, £4 million research network building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there.
digitalgood.net
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