Buxton The Red @buxred.uk aka Matt Fowler (he/him). Gay nerd, Brighton and Edinburgh, pun enthusiast. #LGBwithTheT
Occasional programmer and data-wrangler for my hubby @duncanc.bsky.social
Also on Masto, https://tech.lgbt/@buxtonthered
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Sio and Tell @sio-and-tell.bsky.social Kindness is a radical act.
Geriatric millennial, cat parent, linguistics enthusiast. I will write again.
Probably.
Image in profile street art from Osan's "Cat Alley"
International Maritime Organization @imohq.bsky.social News from IMO, the UN agency leading international efforts to promote safer shipping on cleaner oceans. 
British Soldier ⌯ Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @britishsoldier.bsky.social To protect the nation, we step forward and meet every challenge. ⌯ army.mod.uk ⌯ #BritishArmy #MinistryOfDefence
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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk We're the UK's polar research institute 👋 Uncovering the secrets of Earth's frozen places, doing science for a sustainable planet.
Looking for a seriously remote job? https://bas.ac.uk/vacancies
Navy Lookout @navylookout.bsky.social Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
www.navylookout.com
Northern Lighthouse Board @nlb-uk.bsky.social General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man. Our principal concern is for the safety of mariners at sea www.nlb.org.uk
Trinity House @trinityhouseuk.bsky.social Maritime organisation dedicated to safeguarding shipping and seafarers, and General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales and Channel Islands.
RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social Recording ship losses of the Royal Navies of Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand day by day, remembering the fallen and honouring all who served. Corrections and additions welcome. No official affiliations. No AI used here! Also at Twitter/X.
Al Murray @almurray.bsky.social Tickets to my brand new tour on sale NOW via my website!
Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social Author. The Wolf That Chews Rocks, the Erin Callahan thrillers, and some politics nonsense. Wulferhampton interloper. Twat.
Buy direct and save a few quid.
https://russelljonesauthor.com/
@tomjonesman.bsky.social @tomjonesman.bsky.social 
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk www.sussexbylines.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism: contributing to a connected society, combatting political polarisation editor@sussexbylines.co.uk
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
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Simon Varwell @simonvarwell.bsky.social Loves trains, the outdoors, travel, Esperanto, ambient and post-rock music, dystofic, good food and scrontous beer. Hates car-centric societies, late stage capitalism and courgette. He/him. Inverness | 🏴 | 🇪🇺 Work: @hisasimon.bsky.social
Steve 3000 @tangysphere.bsky.social Not a big fan of Tuesdays.
Heulwen @smilewen.bsky.social 
European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk Help us build a future in Europe.
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Holly @pollyheck.bsky.social Northerner living in London. I believe in cake and I’ll bake it. Views absolutely my own.
Kate Jamieson / KJ ⚓️ @kejamieson.bsky.social Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. C18th Naval Ordnance & Personnel Nerd. Rower. Owned by a Greek Dog 🐾
katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com Writer naval/aviation history. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine.
U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org An independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of seapower.
Nick Hewitt @nickhewitt4.bsky.social #naval #historian #Orkney Culture Team Lead @OrkneyCouncil. Author: Firing on Fortress Europe, Coastal Convoys, Kaiser’s Pirates. New book #Normandy: The Sailors’ Story with Yale Books. On TV a bit. Views all mine. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
Chris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social World War 1 & 2 Naval historian, also likes RAF bombers & the Luftwaffe between 1935-45. Working on Bristol Beauforts & WW1 U-boats.
https://linktr.ee/jerijerod14
Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social media + curriculum tool for promoting women & nonbinary historians | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/ #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
#HistoryBeyondTheBinary
Dr Sarah-Louise Miller @sarahloumiller.bsky.social Author, Historian, Presenter, Broadcaster, Lecturer in War Studies, King’s College London
Website: https://www.sarah-louisemiller.com/
Stephen Fisher @seaspitfires.com Author, historian & archaeologist, Lindblad Expeditions guide, National Geographic expert. Has a soft spot for WW2 Coastal Forces, landing craft, LCT 7074 & D-Day. Servant to Flynn. Writes books for Penguin.
www.seaspitfires.com
Beck ⚓ @dockyardtalk.bsky.social My name is Beck
⚓Amateur naval historian mainly looking at the Royal Navy from 1790 to 1815.
📖Dyslexic MA Naval/Maritime history Student in the most landlocked part of the UK. - deferred until Sept 2025
#NavalHistory #SignalHistory
Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social British historian. Author: Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 | Researching c18th-19th shipwrecks, the Royal Navy & coastal communities. #CoastalHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #SussexCoast 
Dr Lee-Jane Giles @lee-jane.bsky.social Historian studying 18th century Marine Corps. Also interested in duelling, mutiny & piracy - there may be a theme!
James Fitzjames @captjamesfitzjames.bsky.social Historian Fabiënne Tetteroo MA researches Capt. James Fitzjames RN, John Barrow, & Rear-Admiral Sherard Osborn / BA Art History+MA Naval History / Collector of ephemera
Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators were at https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/
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Naval News @navalnews.com navalnews.com is updated daily with in-depth features, industry and naval forces news round-ups, event coverage, video reports and more.
Dr Samuel McLean - This Meeting Could Have Been A Fistfight @canadianerrant.bsky.social Maritime Historian. Chief Mate (150 GT). Dad & Husband. Gardener, Cook & Brewer. Ngāi Tahu & McLean of Duart. Toitū te Tiriti. TCEU 416/CUPE L79. Canadian & Kiwi. Go Blue Jays. Cymru am byth. Alba gu brath. Go All Blacks. He/Him. Likes fashion/style
Jacqueline Reiter @latelordchatham.bsky.social Congregational Librarian. Historian researching Napoleonic military/political history. Biographer of the 2nd Lord Chatham. "Quicksilver Captain: The Improbable Life of Sir Home Popham" is out now with Helion. I also have two guinea pigs, Merry and Pippin.
Isaac Land @coastalhistory.bsky.social _The Craft of Historical Research: A Practical Guide from Start to Finish_ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). Professor Emeritus, Indiana State University. Former co-editor, Coastal Studies & Society journal.
Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social Personal account, all opinions my own and not representative of anyone/thing else. Interested in critical thinking, naval history and raising ME/CFS awareness. Also, random nice photos :)
Elaine Murphy @plymprivateer.bsky.social 17th C maritime historian at University of Plymouth. interested in all things early modern and boaty - currently writing about women and the navy
MarineLives @marinelives.bsky.social Lives touched by the marine, 1574-1688. A volunteer led collaboration publishing to the Commons. See also: https://generativelives.substack.com/
History Hack @historyhack.bsky.social Fun history podcast recommended by the BBC.
⚓Luna 🦇"Tiny Witch"🎃 Pixie👻 @redlunapixie.bsky.social Necromancer of time. C18th Naval historian & BCMH MA dissertation winner: Hulks of the Hamoaze. Member of Royal Hist Soc.
Friendly neighbourhood Goth 🖤⚓🖤 🗃️
Graham Moore @mooregraham.bsky.social Sometimes pirate, othertimes historian.
Records Specialist (Early Modern Parliament) at The National Archives UK. Views own &c
Curator of REVOLUTION 250 exhibition - now OPEN at The National Archives!
Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Author FRHistS
WW1/WW2/20thC Royalty
Runs @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
@15minutebook.club 🎧
www.istoriatravel.org ✈️
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social
🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷
https://achurchill.substack.com
Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social History PhD. Pirate expert. ☠🏴☠️⚓️ Author/Editor. Educator.
As seen on TV (History Channel). 📺
Elder Millennial. Forever emo kid. ♉ Tattoo lover. AuDHD. A makeup obsessed LEGO enthusiast & vinyl hoarder.
📸: L_Historienne
Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social Historian of the Anglophone world in the very long seventeenth century, emeritus History prof SUNY-New Paltz: https://go.bsky.app/BtkNcRq. ORCID 0000-0001-8375-0939 #earlymodern
Owen Richards @crennisditic.bsky.social Boring Boat Nerd
Louis Halewood @lmhalewood.bsky.social - P Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social Historian of science, technology, & medicine, especially tech of ocean science. Associate professor of history. Book review editor for H-Sci-Med-Tech & H-Oceans. She/her/hers.
Jared Samuelson @jwsc03.bsky.social RT/Like =/= endorsement; ship =/= boat.
MA Naval History student at Uni Portsmouth. He/Him. Formerly CIMSEC Sea Control: https://sea-control.simplecast.com/
Margaret Schotte @schottemargaret.bsky.social Early modern history, DH & Indian Ocean. Loves all things bookish, maritime, & history-of-science. ☞ she/her 🌈
J. Connell Stryker @jconnellstryker.bsky.social PhD in History, UT Austin; Pratt Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland - Women's Work at Sea, Histories of Maritime, Gender, Labor, Empire, Technology, and the Digital Humanities, etc
Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social Civil War Naval historian examining Confederate ironclad construction and the Federal Blockade off Charleston Harbor. Philly sports fan, PhD, Associate Professor at a community college. Also: metal, foodways. Views are my own, not my employers, etc.
Tim Benbow @timbenbow.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, King's College London
My research focusses on UK naval strategy and naval history in the Second World War and Cold War.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/benbow-dr-tim
Benjamin Redding @benjaminredding.bsky.social Lecturer in Early Modern History at UEA. Researching the Gloucester shipwreck 1654-82. Early modern maritime and naval historian.
https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/benjamin-redding
https://www.gloucestershipwreck.co.uk/
Maxime Morel @maximemorel.bsky.social French PhD Researcher in history at the EUI (Florence)
Early Modern Mediterranean | Naval Ceremony | Diplomatic History
Coordinator of the Diplomatic and International History WG
Alumnus Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/ENS Paris-Saclay
"Intolerant woke warrior"
Andrew Ayton @andrewayton.bsky.social Historian (ret’d Univ of Hull, UK) working on late medieval military, maritime, soc & economic; & Napoleonic. MSS, prosopography, networks. Classical music, wildlife, cinema, coins, postal history, Dorset, France, Hungary. 🦋& #Shugborough Staffs pictures.
Gabrielle Robilliard @gabyrobilliard.bsky.social Historian of early modern food (especially tea and coffee), intoxicants, medicine, material culture, religion (German Pietism), maritime and global history. Also currently researching sailors‘ stuff.
Postdoc, Prize Papers Project, Oldenburg University
Cheryl Fury @tudorwench.bsky.social Historical Gangsta. Aspiring meme queen. Hangs with salty dead English guys from the Tudor-Stuart era & tries to avoid scurvy. 🇨🇦⚓️ early East India co voyages. Holocaust educator. Teaches whatever needs teaching.
Neil M Kennedy @nmkennedy.bsky.social Historian and archaeologist of the early modern Atlantic World, specializing in Bermuda, slavery and the slave trade, maritime history, maritime emancipation, Caribbean history, sensory history. Dept of History, Memorial University, Newfoundland.
Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social Author: Pirates of the Slave Trade
Professor: Communication of Science & Tech
Director: Fort Negley Descendants Project & Builders and Defenders Database
www.buildersanddefenders.org
www.AngelaSutton.info
Old man yells at clouds.
My views are my own.
Michael Romero @mromero.bsky.social Science-Fiction fan, World History teacher, Naval Historian, always something more I need to be writing or reading...
Jim Smithson @jimsmithson.bsky.social Military historian. Great War Group Trustee. Written a couple of Great War books plus articles. Francophile, but also lived 30+ years in Germany so pretty European in outlook. 
Jim Toms @jim09ea63.bsky.social A normal bloke, happy family guy. With a few interests (planes, trains, tanks etc), oh, & an MBA from
@uniofleicester. I was a soldier once. @09EA63 on the bird app if it's still going, and on Insta
Michal J A Paszkiewicz @michalyoudoing.bsky.social History of Science, Astronomy, Cartography, Transport, Software, AI
Translating 17th century Astronomy texts
Author:
-The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it
-Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy
Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social Ship modeler, all-around Canadian boat guy (and gov't goon, so usual caveats apply). PhD'd in Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian naval forces: book version coming Soon™️(Fjords Deep and Oceans Blue - Bloomsbury).
Kanuck34 🇨🇦 @thatsmcintosh.bsky.social Proud Canadian. Over 25 years in IT. Proud Father of an Autistic Person. Amateur historian. Mediocre middle aged cyclist. Go Flames Go!
Andy Hall @maritimetexas.bsky.social Maritime, naval, and military history guy, occasional author. Texas Marine Archaeological Steward. Iconoclastic tendencies. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
Ancient Maritime History @ancientsea.bsky.social - Covering mostly Prehistoric and Ancient Maritime History, though I will post examples of both river and sea vessels
- Cross-section enthusiast 
Jessica S. @rednavy70.bsky.social Full time museum tech, part time history adjunct. Midwestern/EastCoaster. Struggling to find my purpose on this god forsaken planet. ✌🏻
Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social Naval and intelligence historian. Familiar with the Second World War, knows about War Studies and has an amateur understanding of Space. PhD, MA etc. Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies @ King's College London
Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social Posts on (mostly) Second World War aviation and naval history. See ALT text for picture credits and additional information!
Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social Historian. Senior Lecturer. Vice-President and Founder Member of the Second World War Research Group: https://www.swwresearch.com/. Co-Editor of War in History journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH
Philippa Hellawell @pbhellawell.bsky.social Historian | Head of Collections Research at The National Archives (UK) | Maritime & colonial history | History of science & medicine | Currently researching Royal African Company/Company of Merchants.
Jill M @landiejm.bsky.social 
Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social MCUF Chair of Strategic Studies at MCU and Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command. Opinions my own.
ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com C18-19 British/Irish history | RN/polar exploration | Photographer; librarian; independent researcher of life and career of Capt. Francis Crozier. www.thethousandthpart.com
Paul O’Donnell @paodonnell.bsky.social History, Ships, Manufacturing and Trade Policy. Attempting a PhD (the left and the navy in early C20/interwar Britain) twenty years later than is traditional.
Jane Gulliford Lowes @lydiajane13.bsky.social Author/historian. Bomber Command Minelaying, Norwegian Campaign. Co-host nmtdambusters.bsky.social The Invisible Campaign: Bomber Command Gardening Operations 1940-1945 out now. https://www.justcuriousjane.com/about-contact/
Durham UK / Østfold NO
Samuel Helfont @samuelhelfont.bsky.social Middle East/International history. Three books on Iraq w/ Oxford UP. One forthcoming w/ Stanford UP. Naval War College@Naval Postgraduate School. PhD@Princeton. Views my own.
https://www.samuelhelfont.com
Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social Senior Fellow | German Maritime Museum
Gerda Henkel Research Scholarship
Research Coordinator (on leave) | Prize Papers Project
Lecturer Early Modern History & Games | Oldenburg University
Founder Gamelab Oldenburg | Games in School
Semper Gumby @dbfenthusiast.bsky.social DBF but in a preservation sort of way. Maritime historian and museum ship professional. Views my own.
King Ludd @kingludd.bsky.social Historian, wargamer, miniatures painter.
Lego, classic menswear, scale models, vinylcollecting, heavy metal, music, history, art, boardgames, movies, books.
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social Professor of eighteenth-century lit and culture; person who studies pirates; dragon aficionado; proud parliamentarian dork. Opinions are my own and no one else's.
Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War and some football.
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social historian of Cold War social movements and the U.S. military | plant & cat mom | views expressed are mine alone
The Napoleonic Wars Podcast @napwarspod.bsky.social World class podcast covering everything and anything related to the period 1775-1815.
Hosted by award-winning historians Zack White, Luke Reynolds, Liam Telfer & Josh Redden
A. Lynn Evenson @wanderingyeti.bsky.social Historian, Archivist, Photographer. Will happily chat about most things but especially about pirates, folklore, D&D, and weird things you find in boxes full of old stuff. Also find me sharing art & minis on Instagram @wanderingyetistudio. She/Her 🏳️🌈
William D. James @wdjames.bsky.social Asst. Professor in Strategic Studies at NTU Singapore. Author of British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony (OUP, 2024). Research: Alliances, grand strategy, UK defence policy, European security & transatlantic relations.
www.williamdjames.com
Hatch the Tudor Dog @hatchthedog.bsky.social Former ratter on Henry VIII's Mary Rose, these days I live at the Mary Rose Museum. Doggy opinions my own. Woof.
Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social Archivist, researcher, genealogist Interests: History (mainly Great Lakes, Home Front, maritime transport, Naval, Canadian & Indigenous, Ethiopian, Austrian, and general military history) and also archaeology.
The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social Home of Henry VIII's favourite ship, the Mary Rose, which sank off the English coast in 1545 after a 34 year long career.
#Portsmouth's top visitor attraction on TripAdvisor. Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Paul Tavatgis @paultavatgis.bsky.social I can't explain myself, not just like this. I'm a complicated person, sometimes I'm nice, and sometimes I'm nasty. Naval history (BPF) Lego, Arsenal FC. Minor greek deity (salad dressing). Meanjin/Brisbane on Yuggera/Turrbal land. He/Him.
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.