Water of Leith Conservation Trust @wolct.bsky.social Working to protect and improve Edinburgh's river, for the benefit of wildlife and our community.
A healthy river cared for by its community
Nigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social Translator specialising in all things Central and East European (other than espionage). Sustainable transport campaigner and former Green councillor.
UKADS @ukads.bsky.social Celebrating UK TV advertisements from 1960s to 2000s
Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social America’s stepdad
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers
TITHE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q6REDKBBVUJLU
Harry Willliams @harryjwilliams.bsky.social Edinburgh mode
Www.city-scope.co.uk
Sam Antics @dsoart.com • Garfield freak
• Patreon, shirts, etc: https://dsoart.carrd.co/
• Portfolio: dsoart.com
• Repped by @ninarichner.bsky.social
Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social the answer to your question is someone thought it would be cheaper to do it that way
Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social Ruth’s husband, Andrew, Harriet & Owen’s dad, Unison member & Newcastle fan
@observethedate.bsky.social @observethedate.bsky.social
Richard Hermer @richardhermer.bsky.social Former Attorney General for England and Wales | Before that, human rights lawyer | Always a Cardiff boy
Bryan Blessed @bryb.bsky.social Lapsed Glaswegian / born again Berliner.
"the go-to drill rap expert"
⭐⭐ Daily Mail
"basically Bilko but with cats"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Financial Times
"Sent from my Blackberry®"
⭐⭐⭐ Pravda
https://mixcloud.com/BryanBlessed
the Trainsatlantic podcast @trainsatlantic.uk Welcome to Trainsatlantic. @garethdennis.uk and @donoteat.bsky.social talk trains. Simple, unmissable, twice a month. Only at trainsatlantic.uk, except when it's elsewhere too.
🥑🗽🏗 Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂•5H₂O @gaylussite.himbonomics.com 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴
supply-side neo-erogenous growth theorist & generously provisioned analytics engineer with big tic energy
essentialist by nature; finding clarity in subtraction
long-form articles on housing, urbanism & progress: www.himbonomics.com
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Tokyo Sexwhale @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social Illustrator. Specimen.
My shop: www.infinitebacon.com
Stickers: https://www.infinitebacon.com/stickers
Tees: https://www.infinitebacon.com/tshirts
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social Scotland's answer to some question nobody was in much of a hurry to ask. Canal photography enthusiast.
John McGinley @johnmcginley.bsky.social Forever talking and writing about Celtic FC, now with @thecelticway.bsky.social!
SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social Always ask yourself, what would Lord Diplock think?
https://spinninghugo.wordpress.com/
Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social 15 years of saved tweets.
@tfederman.bsky.social
Has a Reform MSP been suspended yet? @harmbsy.bsky.social An account which tracks whether a Reform MSP has been suspended yet.
Eurosky Social @eurosky.social Building open social web infrastructure and apps in Europe. Public interest non-profit, part of Modal Foundation.
App: mu.social
Accounts: move.eurosky.tech
Discover: portal.eurosky.tech
Web: eurosky.tech
Help: eurosky.tech/help
Fund: fund.eurosky.tech
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
David Smith @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Sunday Times.
bródnodig | bussy willows, dottie @kweenmedb.bsky.social anarcho-lowryist
embittered runner-up on dutch reality tv show "heel holland baft"
Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social Moodboard of late empire. Friction is foreplay for the strategically inclined.
crgn @crgn.bsky.social Some guy from Embra. No longer does a media thing for money. Proud Scottish Green and lefty Scotpol pipedog gang (sadly depleted) member.
Philip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social Writer, historian, Contrib Ed, FT, Robert Bosch Fellow, Berlin, author These Divided Isles, and Britain Alone (both Faber), British, Irish and European. philipstephens.substack.com, philipstephens.net
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social New book ‘Fanzine’ out Sept 2026. Word churner. Editor of @nutmegmagazine. Host of @WSC_magazine pod. York-grown Boro man living in Scotland.
Links: https://linktr.ee/danielgraywriter
Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social My new book - The Umbrella Man and Other Stories - is out now. A Radio Four pick of the week.
Order details and live events - https://linktr.ee/4hundredblows
Fraser Geesin @frasergeesin.bsky.social Half of DAN AND FRASER'S STARLIGHT ADVENTURES and SILENCE! podcasts. Contributor to LISTEN THROUGH THE BROWN WINDOW. Comics and commissions available from frasergeesin.com. Support me on patreon.com/frasergeesin
STP Guy @stpguy3.bsky.social Reviewing the UK's Sticky Toffee Puddings
70k on Instagram (with full review backlog)
90k on Tiktok
Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social Scottish Green Councillor for Craigentinny & Duddingston, Edinburgh
Non-binary
They/them
Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Alex Staniforth, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
@fu-kung-panda.bsky.social @fu-kung-panda.bsky.social Interested in politics, have a deep desire for us to rejoin the EU and into football. Here for all that alongside science, comedy, engineering, history and art.
Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social For a Scottish Socialist Republic
#AutisticLiberation
https://mohkohn.co.uk
he/him
Grok Of Shit 🚽 @grokofshit.bsky.social I am a bot that creates fascinating new facts, but not using AI.
Nicola McEwen @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social Prof of Public Policy & Governance at Uni of Glasgow. Director @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Research devolution & constitutional politics, multi-level government & public policy.
Fraser Stewart @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social Making clean energy work against poverty, inequality and injustice. Believer in big ideas. Working class bairn at heart.
Scottish/UK, climate, energy, people power, class and justice.
Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk Surface pattern designer and illustrator. Bold, colourful things inspired by brutalist architecture, mid-century graphics and music. Based in Manchester.
https://www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com The Edinburgh Minute newsletter. Read by 30,000+ locals. Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported.
Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
Kavey 😁 @kavey.bsky.social Food, Travel & Life | Greedy Londoner transplanted to Wales – city girl turned country mouse | Writer, Photographer, Potter & Business Analyst | She/her | Lefty Woke Pro-EU | Free 🇵🇸 & 🇺🇦 | 💍@petedrinks.com | Next trip: back to Malta
Writes at kaveyeats.com
Evan @mrapollo.bsky.social Monty the Springer Spaniel/Hilversum/Live subtitler/Dutch Talks & Dog Walks/Lego/Blues Brothers/Monty Python/Bonzo Dog Band/Kilts/Steampunk/Daleks/🖖🏻
Lekker stukje kaas van Pronk, mmm
Neil Atkinson @knoxharrington.bsky.social Turns meetings into pints and pints into meetings. Host of The Anfield Wrap and occasional writer of things. Author of Transformer for the good people at Canongate.
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite.
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
European Greens @europeangreens.eu 💚We bring together Green parties from across Europe for a democratic, feminist, and sustainable Europe.
With financial support of the EU Parliament. Sole liability lies with the author.
Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social Climate and sustainability writing and communications; duck monitor.
Railmaps @railmaps.com.au Publisher of rail maps & public transport timetables. Photographer, public transport advocate, enjoyer of irony and life’s little incongruities.
Ethics matter.
#PantosUp
Star Trek Shots @startrekshots.bsky.social Publicity photos, production stills, and behind-the-scenes shots from across the STAR TREK franchise.
Curated by @paulsutherlin.bsky.social
Stuart Maconie @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com
📖 substack.com/@rutgerbregman
📺 youtube.com/@rutger.bregman
Wolf 359 Project @wolf359project.bsky.social The oral history of the first Borg invasion and Battle of Wolf 359 - A Star Trek Fan Project.
Read it for Free, here: https://linktr.ee/Wolf359project
SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign:
fights for better conditions for everyday journeys by bike, particularly Edinburgh & Lothian. Also lobby Scot Gov.
We also encourage more councils, govt depts, politicians, professionals etc to move to bsky!
Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social | 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
| 🗓️ Open 7 Days a Week
| 🕰️ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| 📍 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Recovering lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Corgi | Host of Psycho Politics pod and contributor, @TheBulwark.com | Crappy pol | Trying to figure out Substack
substack.com/@gtconway
RemembranceWatch @remembrancewatch.bsky.social Showcasing the best in #respecty remembrancing and poppy one-upmanship. Poppy ratings. Poppy Rage.
Wear your poppy/where's your poppy. Check the alt. Poppy.
H/T to giantpoppywatch on the other place. Lest we forget 🫡.
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
www.emmamonk.co.uk
https://monkdebunks.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk-780686190
https://medium.com/@info_28174
Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social Host of the @RGCCeltic podcast and semi-professional miserabilist
@johnelewis.bsky.social @johnelewis.bsky.social
Celtic Fans Collective @celticfcollective.bsky.social
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
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Scott McCready @scottmccready.bsky.social Music Celtic Politics Dugs Pies
London Sheffield Glasgow Greenock
Eulogising Moaning
Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social Hello I used to Tweet but now I only tweet
Extremely Gay, extremely Scottish, mostly angry queerposting, no Yanks in the replies (Nice Americans welcome)
John Duncan @johntheduncan.bsky.social Started in academia at the same time as youtube. Youtube is more stable | SRT, Neoliberalism, human rights | All my links https://linktr.ee/johntheduncan
he/him
Joseph Chouinard @joechoui.bsky.social Comic book writer/artist. I desire no higher than the muck and the mire.
Website: joechouinard.com
Patreon: patreon.com/joechoui
War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.com Join @RobertHutton.co.uk and @DuncanWeldon.bsky.social as they watch classic war films and make a podcast about why they love them. WarMovieTheatre@gmail.com https://warmovietheatre.com
@cosmo-cee.bsky.social @cosmo-cee.bsky.social
Fiery Mark @fierymark.bsky.social Who needs actions when you got words.
Books music beer hills Leith.
Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, and Head of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
Wilbur72 @wilboo72.bsky.social Joker, drinker, bad golfer. Jersey boy living in NC.
If you don’t ’like’ my post, I won’t like your reply.
Malcolm V Tucker @tuckerslaw.bsky.social ‘Unbelievably rude’ - Rupert.
The V is for vitriol, vilification, vendetta and volley of verbal abuse.
Indiana Jones had the right approach to Nazis. Yes, that’s really my cat.
Voice on https://bsky.app/profile/angryscotland.bsky.social
Sean Leahy @thepunningman.bsky.social Call a Bondulance
Union Street FC @unionstreetfc.bsky.social LOVE 💚 PEACE ☮️ FREEDOM 🕊 UNION STREET 🦡
The Minty Badgers. Oxford-based football club. Ragged band of vagrants, ne’er do wells and starry-eyed dreamers. Oxfordshire Senior League Division 3.
William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social Also on the X hellsite, but maybe not for long.
Used to write To September & Beyond, a political blog on Scottish independence that was hilarious, sometimes intentionally.
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
He/Him
https://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk
Wardie Bay Residents Association @wardie-bay.bsky.social Residents association for the 100+ householders along Lower Granton Road overlooking Wardie Bay.
Tom Duffin Photographer @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social Pro photographer in Edinburgh posting landscapes & other work. Regular free newsletter at https://tomduffin.substack.com/ I'd be delighted to be contacted at tom@tomduffin.com to ask about photography work.
Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social Change won’t happen by itself. We need fresh voices, disciplined organising, and a spirit of solidarity. Join us in this crucial effort.
greensorganise.uk/your-green-role/
Pilot @pilotbeer.co.uk Brewery and twitter account. Leith, laugh, love. It’s probably just a joke.
@charliemac2204.bsky.social @charliemac2204.bsky.social
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Tracy Griffen @tracygriffen.bsky.social Edinburgh-based Personal Trainer, cook & author who owns a fitness studio in Leith. Allotmenteer, runner, cyclist, tree hugger, porridge fan.
www.griffenfitness.com
Avalanche Records @avalanche-edin.bsky.social Shop based @ Waverley Market
Blog/shop http://avalancherecords.co.uk
https://discogs.com/seller/AvalancheWaverley/profile
Edinburgh Evening News column every Saturday
Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot 🏳️🌈 activist in 🏴
Views entirely my own
Co-founder @endconversiontherapy.scot
Serial political policy author
(he/they) ↙︎↙︎↙︎
Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social Unofficial Kneecap account that I hope the lads will come and claim. Let's build a following here in advance, folks! GRMA
Twonks @twonks.bsky.social Cartoons and comics by Steve Nelson.
Manager: michael.krell@sixteenth.com
https://linktr.ee/twonkscomics
James T @jst1986.bsky.social Yorkshireman born and bred, proud Dad and performance/project manager in the railway industry. Love F1, Leeds United & Leeds Rhinos. Beer enthusiast. Opinions are mine.
Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social Millennial cliche with strong retired museum curator energy
Lives for the memes. *Mass transit enthusiast*
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social
Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social Just some bloke
Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social Well-meaning liability.
British (derogatory)
Sexual swear words are those of my employers.
Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/samwhytebluesky
Patreon 🔞 https://www.patreon.com/c/girlsamwhyte/posts
@kattsdogma.bsky.social @kattsdogma.bsky.social it me, kd: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bgwoouqx463ponaj5f4wy5y2/feed/aaab3vh6gtzlc
Mark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social
Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social Journalist, parent to two grown-ups, LGBT+ rights campaigner, former night editor of The Times, Scotland. Lives in France. [she/her]
Phil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social Professor of EU Law at the University of Bristol.
On here mainly for inexpert political noodling and discussion, with occasional forays into EU law. And, puns. Sorry.