Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
Xylitol / DJ Bunnyhausen @bunnyhausen.bsky.social DJ, producer, wine mum, Josip Broz Tito stan, recording for @planetmurecords.bsky.social, my views are my own and not those of my employer / agent / record label / mum / etc
Ben Byerly, PhD @benbyerly.bsky.social Depth coaching, spiritual accompaniment. Interests: Africa, social identity, integral theory, Bowen family systems theory, internal family systems, depth psychology, causal layered analysis, cross-cultural teams, neurodiversity.
Libby Nugent @libbynugent.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist. Workshops. Fairytales, Greek Myths, Reflective Spaces. Blog. Love of Group and Jungian Psychoanalysis. The body as faithful companion.
Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social Public policy editor based in the Britain section at The Economist
Pynchon Names @pynchonnames.bsky.social Tweeting Thomas Pynchon's character names (both real and imagined)
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Kemper Norton @kempernorton.bsky.social Slurtronic
Sarah Good @sarahgood1692-ma.bsky.social Born in Wenham, MA. Wrongfully hanged in Salem, 1692. Death hasn't dampened my love for this district one bit. Still here. Still watching. Still not a witch. 🕯️ #MA06
Joe Grassby @joegrassby.bsky.social Film and music dork in Birmingham, UK. Big fan of compact discs. Dreaming of building a home cinema.
Also made bsky.app/profile/btfstills.bsky.social
Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright. Retired wanderer.
Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin, (Little Toller)
Renomed @renomed.bsky.social Has the BBC repeated something old and potentially interesting? I'll try and let you know. @edjefferson.com made me.
Porous Collective @porouscollective.bsky.social Experimental musics.
Posts by Jaime Rodríguez. 🇵🇷
https://porouscollective1.bandcamp.com/
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
VSA-TOE @bluetrain5.bsky.social Vector Synthesis Algorithm
Dedicated to the Cherished❤️
#VSA-TOE #7Dancers #TPL
Matt Brignall @mattbrignall.bsky.social Record collector, jazz student, primary care provider. Think I am funnier than I am.
A STATE PENSIONER @statepensioner.bsky.social If you're under 60, fuck off.
Stagger Lee @staggerlee68.bsky.social Just drinking margaritas at the mall
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social Mostly watching films.
Bloomsday Festival @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social Celebrate Bloomsday, June 16th 1904, as immortalised in James Joyce's "Ulysses" on 11-16 June 2026 in Dublin. Organised by @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social #Bloomsday2026
Visit our website at www.bloomsdayfestival.ie
Shit Planning @planningshit.bsky.social A celebration of all the Shit Stuff imposed on our environment. Perpetrated by Architects, Planners, Surveyors, Engineers & other environmental ne’er do wells.
Michael Tanner @michaeltanner.bsky.social Mostly antiques, occasional sounds, always messing.
https://linktr.ee/MichaelTanner
Marshall Bood @marshallbood.bsky.social poet and author of Spring Cleaning(Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021)
Order here:
https://uglyducklingpresse.org/publications/spring-cleaning/
@harrysword.bsky.social @harrysword.bsky.social Writer.
Guardian. The Quietus. Vice. Record Collector.
Author of Monolithic Undertow.
Stewart Smith @drstewartsmith.bsky.social Writer: jazz, improvised, experimental, Scotland & the avant-garde @ The Wire, Bandcamp, The Quietus, We Jazz, Guardian. Associate lecturer Newcastle University. Musician. He/him. 🇵🇸
RootWyrm @rootwyrm.com Hi. Views are mine and not those of anybody else.
Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Any mockery of real persons, living or dead, is intentional.
Preserved to present impersonation. Don't expect interaction.
Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social Space archaeologist | Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activity | Asteroid 551014 Gorman | Dr Space Junk vs the Universe. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539654/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe/ | Blog https://zoharesque.blogspot.com/
Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards. Regret to report that people are still taking this account seriously. Avatar image by @tpneenan.bsky.social.
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
Harriet Fitch Little @harrietfl.ft.com FT Magazine Food and Drink editor 
Carlo Apostoli @carloapostoli.ft.com Art director @financialtimes.com
London 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Work 👉 instagram.com/carloapostoli
Here mostly Minnesota Timberwolves 🐺
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
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.
UKCP @ukcp.org.uk A #charity and #membership body that upholds the highest standards in #psychotherapy and #psychotherapeutic #counselling
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Eliza Carthy @elizacarthy.bsky.social Queen of the Whirl! Trad/prog singer, violinist, writer & stage/film composer, available for radio/TV presenting/arts curation. Pres. EFDSS. Feminist. LGBTQ+ ally.
Caralyn Bains @caralyn-b.bsky.social 
Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci.bsky.social Human ecologist and Quaker, I share on social justice, environment, land reform, nonviolence and spirituality. Books include Soil and Soul, Poacher's Pilgrimage & Riders on the Storm. Honorary prof Glasgow Uni.
Hebrides and Govan.
www.AlastairMcIntosh.com
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Adrian Chills @adrianchills.bsky.social Short horror stories written for Bluesky directly inspired by the Guardian columns of Adrian Chiles. Created by @scsheil.bsky.social
@kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social American poet residing in India / Corbel Stone Press
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
NancyKay Shapiro 📖🎸🎶🐶🗽🧶 @nancykay-alt-acct.bsky.social NancyKay or NK. New Yorker, lady of a certain age, ever curious, queer, flaneuse.
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Books, pop music(s), fine art, humor, history, cities, TV, dogs, Star Trek, #Spirk, etc.
Fic: archiveofourown.org/users/Herself_nyc/
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Fix your heart, or die.
The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism
+
putting a needle on the cultural wax
an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social Designer, Illustrator, Curiouser
https://linktr.ee/ColemanDesign
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social Writer
The Earth Thy Great Exchequer Ready Lies (UK)
Something Wonderful (US)
Winner BBC National Short Story Award #bbcnssa
O Henry
Stories in Zoetrope, Southern Review, Ploughshares, BBSS, &&
She/her
Ally
Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social Novelist (Byron Easy, Jacob's Advice, Time Being @saltpublishing.com Sept 2026) & critic. Words Guardian, TLS, Literary Review. Radio plays BBC R3. Associate lecturer in Creative Writing Westminster University. judecook.com
https://judecook.substack.com/
Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social A website, a newsletter, a record label. All posts by Phil Freeman, co-founder/co-owner. BUY PHYSICAL MUSIC.
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
Ghostcards @ghostcards.bsky.social We're all ghosts now. Curated by @pastpostcard.bsky.social. Represented by http://morgangreencreatives.com
Nick Jonah Davis @njd.bsky.social guitar/audio
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
National Folklore Survey for England @nfsengland.bsky.social UKRI AHRC funded project based at the Centre for Contemporary Legend, Sheffield Hallam University nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk
Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social Historian, artist, tour guide and FSAScot. A lover of legend and folklore.
Buy my art and my books here: https://linktr.ee/classicalalan
World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldofTelly
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/world-of-telly/id1806155021
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WorldofTelly
John: @worldoftelly.bsky.social
Neil: @neilperryman.bsky.social
Christopher B. Zeichmann @cbzeichmann.bsky.social biblical scholar and comic book enthusiast (he/they)
https://torontomu.academia.edu/ChristopherZeichmann
Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social Writer, archaeologist, wild swimmer, wild gardener. New book ECHOLANDS -A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF BOUDICA out now from @Hodderbooks.bsky.social https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/duncan-mackay/echolands/9781399714143/ Rep. Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates
VIII- @achtminus.bsky.social Je reconnais la futilité de mes tâches et la certitude de mon sort. Vivo en BCN. Född i Sverige.
Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social Mostly grumpy.
Quite likes climbing rocks.
London.
James Dalrymple @jamesewand.bsky.social Teaching/lecturing in France. Occasional academic.
Cinema, books, music, vintage television, podcasts (usually while cooking for the family), teaching, life in France etc.
Film reviews at: letterboxd.com/jamesewand/
TheParisAngel @theparisangel.bsky.social “Have you got any Gauhaus? Have you got any Gauhaus?”
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
Marina O'Loughlin @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social Fingers in many pies
Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social London depicted by artists past and present.
“By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.” Samuel Johnson.
Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/paintingsoflondon
Richard Norris @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social Musician, Writer, Producer. Jack The Tab, The Grid, The Time and Space Machine, Oracle Sound, Music For Healing, BTWS, etc. Lewes, England. Memoir 'Strange Things Are Happening' (White Rabbit) out now. www.richardnorris.bandcamp.com
Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social This iconic 1934 apartment block was once home to emigré Bauhaus masters, Agatha Christie, Soviet spies, and more. Open from March to the end of November, 11 am - 4 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, and on the last Friday of each month. https://isokongallery.org/
The Blake Society @blakesociety.bsky.social The Blake Society celebrates the life and work of William Blake (1757-1827) poet, artist & visionary. We hold regular meetings (online and in real locations), organise Blakean events and publish our journal, VALA.
https://blakesociety.org
Tania Hershman 🏳️🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social Queer writer of odd things. 10th book, "It's Time", a hybrid chronomemoir, out now. Permissioner, founder of Unbox Your Words. She/they 🏳️🌈 www.taniahershman.com; https://taniahershman.substack.com/; https://www.instagram.com/tania_hershman_writes
John Riordan @johnnyriordan.bsky.social Comic artist, illustrator, co-creator of Hitsville UK and trustee of the Blake Society, currently creating a graphic novel about Blake
Richard Watkins LRPS @losbirder.bsky.social Lydd on Sea resident, now happily Retired, enthusiastic observer of Birds, Moths, Butterflies, Dragonflies & some plants plus photography, usually found in the Dungeness area or close by.
William Alberque @walberque.bsky.social The Pacific Forum Senior Adjunct Fellow
Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social US Financial Commentator, Financial Times. Opinions mine, unfortunately. The pursuit of pleasure is hard work. 
⤵️ @bryce.lol 🪑
Harehunterfield @harehunterfield.bsky.social Lover of the North Wind. Former DJ at WZBC. Interests in all things
More to follow 
Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com Corporate Finance Editor at the Financial Times.
Have a tip? Email: robert.smith@ft.com / robert.smith.ft@proton.me | Signal: robert_smith_ft.55
Isabel Berwick @isabelberwick.ft.com I head up the FT's Working It brand - we do audio, newsletters, video and events. All the non-trad things. All things workplace, management and leadership, for a broad audience. Author, The Future-Proof Career. Often found @LinkedIn - DM me here or there
Financial Times @financialtimes.com The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis.
https://www.ft.com
The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Vittles Magazine @vittles.bsky.social A food and culture magazine.
https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/
Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social 'dust in the air suspended,
marks the place where a story ended'
Find me at http://www.simonknott.co.uk
Also available on X/Twitter. All photos mine unless otherwise stated.
EdKarshner @edkarshner.bsky.social Homesick Hillican. Writer. Weird and dark folklore aficionado. Professor of English & Department Head of English and Media Arts at Robert Morris University.
Philip Hoare @philiphoare.bsky.social www.philiphoare.co.uk
contact:
irene@georginacapel.com
Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social ‘The view from the column is ever distant’
Guy Halsall @realhistoryguy.bsky.social Recovering academic historian. Late antiquity/early middle ages. History purist/puritan. Brexile living in the Veneto. #ActuallyAutistic
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social London's new quality newspaper. Join our free mailing list - all our journalism comes via ✉️
www.the-londoner.co.uk
Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social Financial Times columnist and writer.
👩🏼💻 https://www.ft.com/jemima-kelly
Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social Former GOP Congressman. Ex‑Tea Partier turned relentless anti‑Trump truth‑teller. Want the unfiltered takes the cable shows won’t touch? Read & spar with me on Substack 👉 https://substack.com/@socialcontractwithjoewalsh
Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com Wealth editor, Financial Times. I like swimming, classical music and cryptic crosswords. Working on a memoir about my earlier life at a magazine for the very rich. he/him 🏳️🌈 josh.spero@ft.com