Gillian Rightford @gillianrightford.bsky.social Founder: Adtherapy (help marketers & agencies work better together to make better work), The School of Thought (mktng/advertising online community).
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/GillianRightford
Mkting Water-Cooler Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/71ejy
Lynley @lynley.bsky.social Eh. Accountant, geek and too old for a lot of this sh*t. Hereโs a picture of my dog.
Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social Skeet about markets and political corruption
Discord: http://bit.ly/3Bf2pNJ
Links: http://bit.ly/3V8D6Gb
Get $50-$5000 to trade: http://bit.ly/4ayctTD
Jaco Brill ๐ฟ๐ฆ @jacobrill.bsky.social South African ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Cape Town
Music lover ๐ถ
Gig attendee ๐ธ
Gig/festival organizer in previous life
Manchester United โฝ
Springboks ๐
Proteas ๐
Job : Landscape contracts manager
Katherine Sproule @katherinesproule.bsky.social
CapeTownSue @capetownsue.bsky.social Scatterling of Africa, proud Capetonian, bubbles drinker, good food eater, animal lover, adventurous traveller (been to 71 countries so far), scuba diver (dived in 36) , wannabe mermaid and sports fan.
P1zza Face @p1zzaface.bsky.social Will do underpants stuff for soup money
Adrian Frielinghaus @blauhaustechnology.com Rugby, programming, and Oxford commas ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Marthelize @konfytbekkie.bsky.social Don't let the winged eyeliner fool you. I have no idea what I'm doing.
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social Opinions. Comms. OSINT. Analysis. Marketing strat. Some snark. Radical apanthropist.
NB: It's probably more complicated than you think - whatever it is.
Melissa Attree @melattree.bsky.social Marketing & Branding Consultant.
๐๐ปCorny Joke Fridays
Nico Du Toit @closebutnocigar.bsky.social Move words around for a living. It's my opinion and you're entitled to it.๐ฟ๐ฆ
Cathal @wcathal.bsky.social ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Placeholder-ing for now
Chace @chaceface.bsky.social It takes an ocean not to break
West Ham x Birds of Prey x Cape Town
El Hammerano on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chaceface
Karen Dunlop @kambabe.bsky.social The world can be cruel & harsh. You don't have to be. Capetonian living in Sunny Malta.
Kindness always.
Tams @bookwolftams.bsky.social A Book Wolf called Tams.
Obsessed with bunnies and cats.
She/Her ๐ฉท๐๐ ๐
ME/CFS person
No HP content.
Em @fruityphobias.tifosi.social She/her. Of the soil๐ฟ๐ฆ, F1 obsessed, Econ wonk.
Be the bear.
F.E.A
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ต๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ
The Earl of Samdwich @samspiller.bsky.social PR Writer - Part-time film critic - Transformers fan - Disciple of the Church of Miata
Cape Town ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Peter Bruce @psb29.bsky.social Former South African print editor now columnist and fumbling podcaster. Ex FT, ex Financial Mail, ex Business Day. Springboks, Tottenham Hotspur ๐, Real Madrid. Liberal. Homeboy.
Jonathan Hau-Yoon @techartjon.com artist ๐ tech artist ๐ game developer @ Free Lives ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Working on Dressmaker, previously Terra Nil, Fortnite, Broforce, GORN, Genital Jousting
Jenty @jenty.bsky.social Photographer ๐ท financial services junkie ๐ Coffee and chocolate loving โ๏ธ ๐ซ wine drinking ๐ท running ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ dog and human mom ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ
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Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social Humanist. Cultural architect.
Award-winning broadcaster of 20+ years.
"Gives the best hugs".
Other interests available on request.
(He/Him) ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐
6000 @6000coza.bsky.social south africa's best loved blogger | cape town's foremost ex-bacterium wrangler | son of sheffield | forged in steel | manx roots
Shameez Patel @shameezwrites.bsky.social Author of Playing Flirty (romcom) & The Selene Trilogy (fantasy), lover of cozy games, LOTR, board games & cosplay.
www.shameezwrites.com
Rhywle @jozzf.bsky.social Kinked dustball, stuck on a pale blue dot.
Is it 42, or ''just some beans, sire''?
baie nuuskierig @baienuuskierig.bsky.social me and the cat
Debbie C @debbiec.bsky.social Cat mom of 2 , rat mom of one . From Durban South Africa . Loving wife to Travis
HFX @hfx.bsky.social Sci-fi reader. Digital art lover. Anti-racist.
Anti-Crypto. Anti-AI-art theft.
๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ
timmie @taahira.bsky.social dance like your pussy is on fire
TeamLH | Books | Autism | Cats
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Owl Arcana ๐ฟ๐ฆ @owlarcana.bsky.social Editor at @carteblanche.co.za and relentless news junkie. Often staring at the ceiling at 3 in the morning. Owns two cats but wants to own them all. Perpetually playing catch-up on TV series from a decade ago.
Leah Jazz Live @leahjazzlive.bsky.social Mostly nocturnal radio babe.
Bipedal, bisexual, biodegradable ๐
Founder of Eden #EatTheFruit
Tamsyn with a Why? @tamsynwithawhy.bsky.social Question everything. Optimistic realist. Attempted adult. A tempted adult. Views are my own. GO BESS!
Jon Keevy @jonkeevy.bsky.social Writer of games, film & fiction.
IGF nominated Narrative Excellence.
Father of Coco.
The Unwoven Warrior out now in South Africa. (Seeking reps in N America)
Open for consulting & commissions
Caryn Gootkin @caryng.bsky.social SA-based book lover, justice seeker, puzzle doer
Rae @konstantlyrae.bsky.social I bet you think about me when you hear a Taylor Swift song
@gselser.bsky.social @gselser.bsky.social
@jeanbarker.bsky.social @jeanbarker.bsky.social Filmmaker. South African. Afropositive. Determined and tenacious - don't tell me I can't 'cause yes I will. Looking for smart people who aren't dicks, collaborators, friends, and funny things. Aluta continua.
Just Jess is fine @jessicakramer.bsky.social Queer, feminist, wife, parent to various pets, digital advertiser, living in Cape Town ๐คทโโ๏ธ
#FreePalestine ๐ต๐ธ
fesshole ๐งป @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
LouisinSweden @louisinsweden.bsky.social ๐ฟ๐ฆ born and raised. Living in ๐ธ๐ช. Optimist. Cares about: climate, farming, urbanism. Involved in: AI & ML, transport, science & engineering. Interested in: music, history, cooking.
David ๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ @zidhiva.bsky.social Views owe more to Methodism, looks owe more to Marx
Environmental geochemist
(I use the same handle or my real name on other platforms)
Francois @thomasfrancoism.bsky.social Dad of human twins, Frenchies and English Bulldogs. Springbok and WP fan. Long suffering Man Utd supporter patiently waiting for the new Eric Cantona to arrive.
Dr Poobie Pillay @poobiepillay.bsky.social Alaraโs grandpa and butler to HRH Prince Oreo
@nicolam65.bsky.social @nicolam65.bsky.social Anxious optimist.
Olwethu @kemangolwethu.bsky.social Philosophy Politics and Economics Student
Gym Broer
Graphic Designer
https://www.instagram.com/kemangolwethu?igsh=bW4xaDY5d3E0ZGlx
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Nomad๐ฟ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐งโ๐ณ๐ @cosmopolitanrdw.bsky.social Nomadic Cosmopolitan Afrikaner tannie living, working and studying in Canada. Lover of books, biltong, and afternoon naps. Kept entertained by my GenZ students. I have opinions. Interested in so much more than politics. ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ
Ulrich Janse van Vuuren @ulrichjvv.bsky.social Humanitarian | Environmentalist | ๐ฑ Digital media ๐ฅ Advocacy ๐ Global development ๐ University of London โญ๏ธ UN Global Goals #Goalkeepers2030 ๐ฟ For people and planet.
๐ Johannesburg, South Africa
Darren Olivier @darren.africandefence.net Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence)
Covering African conflicts with a specific focus on Southern Africa.
Email: dolivier@africandefence.net
Signal: darren.13
Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฟ๐บ๐ธNeuroscientist/amateur virologist. Professor and Director of the Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Utah. Molecular mechanisms of memory, repurposed transposons, and virus-like intercellular signaling. Personal views.
www.shepherdlab.org
Duncan Dean @dunxen.dev South African ๐ฟ๐ฆ
soloing @nexed.works โข barking up ๐ฒ @second.tech
physics โข๏ธ, maths ๐งฎ, ham radio ๐ป, ํ๊ตญ์ด ๐ฐ๐ท, coffee โ๏ธ, pucciniales ๐
header: h/t nasa landsat
dunxen.dev
tangled.sh/dunxen.dev
Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering @pickeringrobyn.bsky.social Assoc. Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ Co-director Human Evolution Research Institute | geology, isotopes, U-Pb dating carbonates, human evolution, southern African palaeoclimates | equitable fieldwork | decolonisation |she/her
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Angel Campey @angelcampey.bsky.social ๐ฟ๐ฆ Comedian, radio presenter and garden enthusiast. Former twitter lover just looking for a new place to share thoughts without an overlord.
https://t.crdtg2.com/331727/5165?aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Gina C. Pieters, PhD @ginapieters.bsky.social I was an academic economist for over 10 yrs (UMinn, TrinityU, UChicago) now I work as a researcher specializing in macro-system impacts of digital assets, money, & payments (crypto/stablecoins/CBDCs). #EconSky #Chicago
www.digitaleconomyconsulting.com
Samantha Perry @sjp63.bsky.social Walker, writer, vegan, humanist.
Random DMs will be blocked.
Nick @ WhatsGood-Gaming (YouTube) @nickdebruyne.bsky.social ๐ฎ Follow me if you love video games (I also love memes and cars) Watch my gaming review and feature videos at https://www.youtube.com/@whatsgood-gaming. Design Specialist & UX writer by day.
Kervyn @thekervynator.bsky.social IT Infrastructure Engineer | Geek extraordinaire | Identify as punsexual (bad jokes turn me on)
Movie/series reviews over on pfangirl.com and dailymaverick.com. Random movie talk on the @ignafrica podcast
LiezelTee @mselletee.bsky.social Ex Twitter Baddie
Intrd @dann.com.br
Ian Graham-Parker @onegreenparker.bsky.social Open Source Software | VICIdial | Raspberry Pi | South African ๐ฟ๐ฆ | cxcalling.co.za | DM's are seldom answered
Natasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social A latke that cannot stop screaming // Recovering news editor // ๐ฟ๐ฆ // Somehow both jaded and awed by the world // (she, they, helluva gay).
Profile pic: NJ, smirking, sipping a cocktail
Matthew McLeod @vai.noetic.work Recovering misanthrope, practicing anthropomorph, neurodeviant
( โขฬ .ฬซ โขฬ )โง tech / oss / personal / bad jokes / repetition
https://github.com/vai
PaikinAndEggs @paikinandeggs.bsky.social Click here to view my profile on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/paikinandeggs.bsky.social
Emma Heffernan @freakyfur.bsky.social Anthropologist & nurse. Equality, health, social justice, public health, poverty, SDoH, clinical research, clinical trials, research ethics #SciComm #Bioethics #FBPE
Liam Beeton @liambeeton.com I'm a tinkerer, a lifelong learner and a collector of hobbies.
Find all my stuff at https://liambeeton.com.
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Kitten In The City๐๐ @thekitteninthecity.bsky.social Neurodivergent Data Diva. AWS Data Architect. Mom of 3 adults, grandmother of 3 grandbabies. Wife of 1 Hot Scot. Permanent Resident in 3 countries, resulting in over 50 moves. LGBTQI+ ally. Georgia Peach who escaped to beautiful Cape Town โค๏ธ
Naomi Roux @gnomeyroo.bsky.social Maker of words, art, and other things. Aspiring forest witch.
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Bellamy @groenbloed.bsky.social 62 winters by 9th Dec. Have awesome 9yrs twin granddaughters and their cutest 3yr old sister. Love all things South African from sports to arts, music, and tech achievements on the int stage. Lifelong Liverpool supporter. Dog lover. Have 2 rescues.
Marius Loots @mariusloots.bsky.social eat:sleep:exercise| live learn http://chaos.co.za he/him
university of pretoria
Histology, 3D printing, photography, anthropology
For what it's worth - my data is not allowed to train AI.
Petru Viljoen @petruviljoen.bsky.social Artist, writer, animal lover, yogi
pro_artist21 -instagram
https://pviljoen.wordpress.com
@pro_artist2021
Quite egregious. @saegregious.bsky.social "Based on our AI agent's analysis of your tweets, you are a politically engaged 30-year-old male activist with a keen interest in international affairs."
Anne Schlebusch @anneschlebusch.bsky.social ๐ฟ๐ฆ Author of "Bloomer", various YA titles, text books, articles and short stories. Retired educator. Language activist. Choose your battles and fight hard. A bit addicted to DATA and such jolly stuff. Optimist.
Stefano Zanero @raistolo.bsky.social Tinkerer, security geek, recovering entrepreneur, full professor at www.polimi.it, frequent flyer, private pilot, and generic pundit. He/Him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โฉ
For aviation follow me on Instagram, same id!
Nick Fitzhenry @nickfitzhenry.bsky.social Postdoc at CAMPOP & King's College, Cambridge
PhD in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics & historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
Sismrnoth @sismrnoth.bsky.social Video games, art, books, linguistics, etc. Generally unable to Pick A Lane. Working on PhD in genre studies.
She/her ๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ท
Joao Cabrita @joaocabrita.bsky.social Portuguese๐ต๐น Prompt engineer ๐คช part-time Surfer๐โโ๏ธ living in Basel, Switzerland๐จ๐ญMissing the Ocean but improving my Snowboarding๐ riding skills๐ท 4x๐
Laurie @nomenomy.bsky.social Cyber security and some bits and pieces. London
Hypn @hypn.bsky.social #Hackers #HackThePlanet
Dominic White @singe.bsky.social Hacker at Orange Cyberdefense's SensePost Team
https://hello.singe.za.net/
Salty @chocmilk.bsky.social Sometimes insightful, mostly nonsense.
Herman du Preez @algoritmies.bsky.social Video games, infosec and memes
Wesley @catalysmza.bsky.social Sixteen YouTube adverts was the canary in the coal mine. Professional idiot. Opinions are my own. He/Him. Catalog Specialist, Editor @ Wootware
Ant Stanley @iamstan.dev Tell us a bit about yourself
Clive Simpkins @clivesimpkins.bsky.social Anti Trump-Musk-MAGA
๐ฟ๐ฆ SouthAfrican veteran strategic communications coach. Still helping folks make the most of their best. Whether interpersonally, in any media, presenting, or public speaking.
Love what I do, do what I love.
#RescueCatDadx3
Kate Thompson Davy @katetd.bsky.social โPam Shorttโs broken both her legs and I want to dance with youโ. Chock full of hoot, just a ๐ค bit of nanny... Professional word nerd. Cape Town, South Africa. She/her
Cath Jenkin @cathjenkin.bsky.social Mama. Dog Person. WordWoman. Committed to Joy.๐คฉ
Gareth @justgareth.bsky.social Attempting self sustainability and regenerative agriculture near the bottom of Africa. We're doing our little bit to help the planet for our children.
Mental health matters!!!
Kat McSnatch @katmcsnatch.bsky.social Iโm on YouTube, Spotify, Instagram, Facebook, X, Wikipedia, iTunes, TikTok, Cocaine & Mushrooms. ๐ฅด
Nick Jackson @nickjackson.bsky.social While everyone deserves a voice, not everyone has earned a microphone.
US news junkie from SA๐ฟ๐ฆ. I also (re)skeet about advertising, film & TV, HIV, WWW, comedy & Lady Gaga. Agency guy in Digital\Strat\Prod\etc
dom @domzor.bsky.social terminally online. they/any
Cavie @cavie.bsky.social I'm only here to lurk and read game devs sharing their experiences, sorry!
Jungle George ๐ฌ๏ธ๐๐ @junglgeorg.bsky.social "I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions." - Augusten Burroughs
Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit.bsky.social The labor market is a mess. Here to show you why. Highlighting workers conflict with poor management, corporate greed, bad business, and the economy.
Threads.net/@fuckyouiquit
Instagram.com/fuckyouiquit
SevenOfWine @jenofwine.bsky.social If you put your wine down, itโs mine. #swiftie ๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ง
Darryn Bonthuys @darranged.bsky.social Writer at GameSpot. Also seen (or read) on IGN, VGC, and PlayStation.
Loves Tuesdays.
Felicia Von Zombie @feliciavonzombie.bsky.social Dead but delicious ๐ค๐ฆ
Bumfluffski @bumfluffski.bsky.social Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2006