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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk Legal researcher, writer, journalist | Trans Rights Lead @ Good Law Project | PhD student @ University of Leeds
Views my own. Not your lawyer; not legal advice.
They/them
hello@jessothomson.co.uk
Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social Actress, Writer, Creator of Philosophy Tube ⚔️
Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; also @KillJamesBond ✨👑
Cameron @cameronaverwhy.bsky.social 🦇🦝Worm enthusiast 🪱🍄
Clean Clothes Campaign @cleanclothes.bsky.social 📢 A worker-led network of unions and labour orgs fighting to change the working conditions in the fashion industry cleanclothes.org
Action Books @actionbooks.bsky.social "In an Emergency, Break Forms" We publish transnational, interlingual, radical, visionary, feminist, futurist, future-less writing"
www.actionbooks.org
August Myfanwy @me-e-heaps.bsky.social Circus Theatre Dance
Existing for life
@mrfunbles.bsky.social
Shev @soundslikeshevek.bsky.social they/them | Newcastle upon Tyne
sounds like...
Alternative Comedy?! | Writing/Performing | Sound Design | Techie things | Badges n zines
{creating with @mrfunbles}
[Norman Jonson 🤝]
Alphabetti Theatre @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social Open Wed - Sat 11am - 10pm.
Award winning, artist-led studio theatre with a banging bar.
St. James Boulevard, Newcastle.
linktr.ee/alphabettitheatre
Mr Funbles' Sunday Portal @mrfunbles.bsky.social Funbles’ classic alternative comedy variety show keeps returning!
https://linktr.ee/mrfunbles
Doughnut Economics Action Lab @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social Turning #DoughnutEconomics from a radical idea into transformative action, together.
Joey Grostern @joeygrostern.bsky.social Investigative Climate Journalist @desmog.com in Berlin + working with Deutsche Welle and Clean Energy Wire
All my posts are very serious and important
Clare Carlile @clarecarlile.bsky.social Investigative Journalist at DeSmog - climate, food and farming | Work covered by the BBC, Guardian, FT, Al Jazeera | She/her
DeSmog @desmog.com Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science.
Act Build Change @actbuildchange.com Training the next generation of community organisers to act collectively, build power and change the world.
https://actbuildchange.start.page/
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
Alex Niven @alexniven.bsky.social 
The Scotsman @scotsman.com Subscribe to The Scotsman for news, opinion and expert analysis from Scotland’s national newspaper: http://scotsman.com/subscriptions/
Harriet Fitch Little @harrietfl.ft.com FT Magazine Food and Drink editor 
Freelance Writing Network @freelancewnn.bsky.social Sharing paid, freelance & remote writing opportunities to 12,000+ subscribers, every single week✍️ https://thefreelancewritingnetwork.com/welcome
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Edge Fund 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️📢 @edgefund.bsky.social Participatory grant-making body in the UK working to end the imbalances of wealth and power. Run for and by grassroots organisers! https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/edge-funds-root-funding-round
Mark Ferguson MP @markfergusonmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham.
Email: mark.ferguson.mp@parliament.uk
Kate Osborne MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social Labour MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East.
Proud Trade Unionist, fighting for socialism, equality, LGBTQ+ rights
UNISON @unison.org.uk UNISON - the UK's largest union, representing 1.3 million public service workers. Need support? Call 0800 0857 857 or
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@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social The National Education Union represents the majority of teachers and education professionals in the UK. It's time to #ValueEducation.
Equity @equityuk.bsky.social We are the UK performing arts and entertainment trade union, made up of 50,000 performers and creative practitioners. Together we push for better pay, terms and conditions in the workplace.
www.equity.org.uk
RMT Newcastle & Rail Catering Branch @rmtnrc.bsky.social Disclaimer: posts may not represent those of the RMT Union or any individual member or its policies. http://rmtnrc.org.uk
ASLEF @aslefunion.bsky.social The UK train drivers' union.
Promoted by ASLEF, 77 St John Street, London EC1M 4NN.
Stop the Money Pipeline @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social We are a coalition of 200+ organizations working to hold the financial sector accountable for its role in fueling climate chaos & environmental racism. We challenge corporations & billionaires driving the climate crisis and the rise of authoritarianism.
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social Political economist and writer. https://fernandabalata.substack.com/ Associate Fellow (honorary) with @neweconomics.bsky.social but views here are my own. 🌎🌍🌏
Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social Millionaires fighting inequality. To move money from the rich & create political economies where wealth does not mean power. UK sister of Patriotic Millionaires
patrioticmillionaires.uk
Aaron Bastani @aaronjbastani.bsky.social Co-Founder @novaramedia / Author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Next book on politics and economics of an ageing planet.
Mike Bankole @mikebankole.bsky.social I research and write about race, racism and British politics
Usually on @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social
https://substack.com/@mikebankole
Rivkah Brown @rivkahbrown.bsky.social commissioning editor & reporter @novaramedia.com
Clare Hymer @clarehymer.bsky.social Head of Articles @novaramedia.com. Omnia sunt communia.
Women Against Fascism @wafeurope.bsky.social https://womenagainstfascism.com/
Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social Author, online safety campaigner, journalist, hater of tech bros.
https://www.adelesnotes.co.uk/
Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social I'm the programme lead for the UK energy team at E3G and an advisory board member for the Autonomy Institute. Personal account - random thoughts with a quarterly post about energy policy.
Ellie Broughton @elliebroughton.bsky.social Freelance writer @the-independent.com @inews.co.uk @theguardian.com @theleaduk.bsky.social @therevealer.bsky.social @literaryhub.bsky.social @newhumanist.bsky.social
✉️ elliebroughton@gmail.com
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
Ed Walker @edwalker86.bsky.social Journalist. Editor. Audience development & editorial consultant. Director of Alma. Founder & editor of @blogpreston
Precious Adesina @preciousadesina.bsky.social writer of sorts. (NYTimes, BBC, Guardian, etc)
Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social Speaking for myself here-so all the problems are my own. And in my day job, I am Director of Community Engagement and Professor of Politics at Ulster University.
Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social Investigative journalist, author, and Yorkshireman. DeSmog’s UK deputy editor.
writesbright.substack.com
Leah Borromeo @borromeo.bsky.social [She/They]
Grierson-nominated, Oscar long-listed documentary filmmaker & journalist
Climate Symphony originator
Co-founder, Disobedient Films
Course Convenor, MA Filmmaking, Goldsmiths
Ex Sky News, Channel 4 News, APTN, Index on Censorship
I like your dog.
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Luke Beardsworth @lukebeardsworth.bsky.social Blog Preston co-editor / The Lead’s senior editor (North) posting our best from Blackpool, Lancashire, Southport, Teesside and Calderdale / sometimes lecturer / journalist / consumer of pretentious food
Dimi Reider @dimireider.bsky.social Senior fellow @obi-belonging.bsky.social Berkeley. Founding ed at The Lead, co-founder +972 Magazine. Bylines NYT, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Haaretz etc. Exploring long-term future of Israel-Palestine. Dimireider.substack.com.
Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc
Editor, The Teesside Lead
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Moby-Dick podcast:
🐳 @thewhale1851.bsky.social
Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com
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
sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
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/
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social
Eve Livingston @everebecca.bsky.social Journalist mostly covering inequalities for Guardian, Observer, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC & more.
Author of Make Bosses Pay. 2x Orwell Prize nominee. She/her.
📧 evelivingstonjournalist@gmail.com
🔗 everebeccalivingston.com
📸 eve__rebecca
Emma Szewczak @emmaszewczak.bsky.social Writing on medical misogyny for Chatto and Windus (she/her) - Cambridge UK
Jo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social General Secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) https://bsky.app/profile/ucu.org.uk | she/her | unrepentant dyslexic
The BMJ @bmj.com The BMJ is patient centred, evidence based, and independent. Help us improve the health of our world with the best science, journalism, education, and comment. 
Idiots Assembled! @idiotsassembled.bsky.social The #1 fanpage of the writer-performers of #BBCGhosts, #Yonderland, #BillTheFilm & #HorribleHistories.
Est. 2016.
👻 Stream Ghosts now on BBC iPlayer
📕 #GhostsBroughtToLife - links below👇
🔗 idiotsassembled.carrd.co
Ben Willbond @benwillbond.bsky.social Yes it’s The Captain off of Ghosts. Screenwriter and you know the rest.
www.benwillbond.com
https://instagram.com/benjaminwillbond
Big Issue @bigissue.com The UK’s number one street paper and social enterprise. 📰
Follow us for news, culture, and to support our mission to dismantle poverty in the UK.
Patsy Stevenson @patsystevenson.bsky.social Award winning Gender Equality and Ethical Tech Campaigner. Harper’s Bazaar Woman of the Year 2023. Ambassador for PTES. Contact; p.stevenson.phy@gmail.com
The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social Disrupting power since 2015
Rachael Healy @rachaelhealy.bsky.social Journalist/lapsed mackem | Features/reviews/investigations. Mostly on culture. Currently reporter @theobserveruk.bsky.social (plus bits in @theguardian.com) | British Journalism Awards winner 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rachael-healy
sasha baker @sasha98.bsky.social freelance investigative journalist, 2024 British Journalism Awards shortlist
fact-checker & subeditor @tbij.bsky.social
they/them
Alice Hewson - Author @alicehewson.bsky.social 📚Author of "Neurodiversity in the Workplace."
👩💻Charity comms person
🌱 Youth Worker
✍️Writer
🧠 Neurodivergent
🌈 she/her
📖 Buy my book here: https://amzn.eu/d/09hx9ks8
#dyspraxia #ADHD #inclusion
alicehewson.com https://linktr.ee/alicehewson
Charli Clement @charliclement.bsky.social disabled, ND & queer speaker, writer, creative ♾️
imperfect capitalism hater + arts & culture enjoyer 🎞️ author of ALL TANGLED UP IN AUTISM & CHRONIC ILLNESS 📖 views own, they/them. mostly random thoughts - work elsewhere!
https://linktr.ee/charliclement_
Rob Parsons @robparsonsna.bsky.social Executive Editor - Local Democracy Reporting Service for Reach Plc
The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social The Lead is a lean, mean mag on politics, culture and everything in between.
Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk Lifting the lid on journalism's secrets since 2016 🕵️♀️ Giving you the real deal on pay, freelancing, jobs and insider tips. Everything's free, all opps paid.
Diyora Shadijanova @thediyora.bsky.social work in progressive comms, occasional journalist and writer 🌿
hothouse bookclub co-organiser
email: diyora.shadijanova@gmail.com
website: diyorashadijanova.xyz
she/they
Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk News about the world of news.
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Stories and tips: pged@pressgazette.co.uk
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust) @z2ktrust.bsky.social Anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty together with people who experience it. Join us: https://bit.ly/Z2K-mailing-list
https://linktr.ee/z2k.trust
JournalismUK @journalismnews.bsky.social News, digital tools and tips for journalists and publishers from https://www.journalism.co.uk.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Mathilda Mallinson @mathildamall.bsky.social Middle East Eye Journalist. I write columns & record podcasts critiquing news and platforming the voices missing from the mainstream. Can talk all things immigration.
📝 @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎙️Media Storm podcast
Caitlin Parr @caitlinparr.bsky.social BBC Wales News Journalist and Bulletin Reader based in Cardiff / Pembrokeshire 🏴 writing about women’s health and safety, sexual health, endometriosis, and all things Welsh gigs 🗞️
Previously with Global 📻
Got a story? 📮 caitlin.parr@bbc.co.uk
Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, Lego builder. I’m @emmakennedy from the Bird Place.
Polari Press @polari.press Queer publishing and design studio. Not affiliated with any other Polari-named things.
polari.press | polari.com
betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social editor/co-founder @thesicktimes.org | journalist covering Long COVID & related crises | she/her/🏳️🌈
email: betsy@thesicktimes.org | signal: betsyladyzhets.25 | https://thesicktimes.org/
Long COVID Justice @longcovidjustice.org We are leading grassroots efforts to confront the Long COVID crisis, while centering racial, social, economic & disability justice. Our work is done by and for chronically ill & disabled people, our families and communities. linktr.ee/longcovidjustice
Left Book Club @leftbookclub.bsky.social ⏳ Est. 1936
📬 A not-for-profit book club for everyone on the Left
📚 Reading groups, events + community
🤜 Join us today! www.leftbookclub.com/join
shit you should care about @shityoushould.bsky.social 
Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social I have opinions and bylines and plenty of snacks.
Georgia Gallant @georgiagallant.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor and content producer | Previously: Flo Health, The Lowdown, Beavertown Beer | Prose before Bros 🪩 | she/her
QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com Understand the LGBTQIA+ world and support queer creatives to change the media with our free weekly newsletter 🏳️🌈
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
Lauren Bravo @laurenbravo.bsky.social Writer, of books, articles and late replies.
Probably Nothing 🚑
Preloved ❤️🩹
How To Break Up With Fast Fashion ♻️
What Would The Spice Girls Do? ✌️
Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social Sex Historian. Writer. Presenter. Columnist. Host of (award winning) Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure, Out Now https://linktr.ee/drkatelister
Stevie Martin @5teviem.bsky.social I’m a comedian and writer and hello hi hello
Come see me live March 3-5 in london. Tickets and everything else I do here: https://linkin.bio/5teviem
Dayna McAlpine @daynamcalpine.bsky.social what am i like x
deputy editor @huffpostuk
dayna.mcalpine@id.huffpost.co.uk
Tatty Devine @tattydevine.bsky.social Your favourite original art jewellers
Created by Rosie Wolfenden MBE & Harriet Vine MBE
Handmade in the UK, since 1999
Shop in-store or online 🔗 www.tattydevine.com
Sofie Hagen @sofiehagen.bsky.social Comedian. Author. Podcaster.
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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social Oh god not again (📺🎬: ITG, 📚: Curtis Brown)
Vintage Books @vintagebooks.bsky.social Read boldly. Think differently.