The New Sentinel @thenewsentinel.bsky.social Your trusted source for comprehensive, human-generated news coverage and insightful commentary on the events shaping our world.
Dr Gaz J Johnson @legionofllama.bsky.social Hiking YouTuber, sometime voice-actor, university press supremo & former chief editor. Loves gaming, woodworking, renovation, scifi, Eurovision, comic books, nature, weasels & gooses. Frequently sardonic, occasionally witty. (https://linktr.ee/llordllama)
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social Your morning primer on news, politics, economics, culture and current affairs – five days a week.
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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social SUP is a fully open access and not-for-profit university press coordinated through SCURL and managed by 20 university libraries across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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HebWeb @hebweb.bsky.social Website for Hebden Bridge since 1995
Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social Professor of Political Geography & Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social
Algorithms, politics, technology, biometrics, AI, ethics
Author Cloud Ethics http://dukeupress.edu/cloud-ethics
The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data...
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Michael Pollan @michaelpollan.bsky.social Author of ten books, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma, How to Change Your Mind and A World Appears. Website: https://michaelpollan.com/books/a-world-appears/
Andy Twelves @twelves.bsky.social writer, drinker, limebiker. views my own and not ChatGPT’s.
Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social Open Book Collective, #ebookSOS, WikimediaUK, NLISN. Easily swayed by rainbows, cupcakes, cats, Cheetos, unicorns, and all things sparkly and fabulous.
Masud Khokhar @masudk.com Higher Education, Libraries, IT, Leadership, Digital, and Inclusion. Chief Digital and Information Officer at @universityofleeds.bsky.social. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masudkhokhar/ All views are mine. Love Cats & Coffee!
Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social Head of Publishing @lsepress.bsky.social. Non profit open access publishing for the social sciences. Find out more about publishing with us at https://press.lse.ac.uk.
Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social A community of practice for open institutional publishers in the UK, driving change in academic publishing. Visit https://oipauk.org/
Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of Edinburgh Futures Institute: A futures-focused space for learning, research, and innovation at the University of Edinburgh.
Liz Jolly @lizjolly.bsky.social University Librarian, University College Cork. Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde. Hon. Professor, Teesside University. CILIP Trustee. PFHEA. FRSA. Views personal. She/.
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)
Stephen Mangan @stephenmangan.bsky.social Insta: @realstephenmangan Twitter: @stephenmangan and nowhere else!
Charles Watkinson @charleswatkinson.bsky.social Associate University Librarian for Publishing at University of Michigan and Director of University of Michigan Press. Opinions my own. Cats shown also their own animals.
Sarah Arens @saraharens.bsky.social Far-flung euro-🇩🇿 researching and teaching (hi)stories of science, animals, empire, and antifascist movements (FR and BEL) | my own views 🌱 | no dms
White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social We work collaboratively across the universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York, to enable individuals from all backgrounds to thrive within our institutions.
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Dr Henry Clarke @henryhbclarke.bsky.social Lecturer in Roman History & Culture, University of Leeds | Identity, culture and landscape in Ancient Iberia | Editor at Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal | Coach and cox at Leeds Rowing Club
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/665/dr-henry-clarke
Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social University of St Andrews; Executive Chair, Arts & Humanities Research Council; International Champion and Creative Industries Sector Champion UK Research and Innovation
All views my own, but none of the poetry.
ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers - an International trade body which supports and represents not-for-profit organizations and institutions that publish scholarly and professional content.
James @nonzerosum.games Join a bleeding-heart liberal and compulsive speculator rambling about saving the world with win-win games at nonzerosum.games! #Philosophy #Ethics #Morality #Science #GameTheory #Economics #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Making sense of our political hell every Tues and Fri. From Podmasters UK.
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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social Autistic ADHDer autism, neurodiversity researcher. Disability rights advocate. Developmental psychologist; Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Portsmouth.
He/him. Views my own.
Tanya Williamson @tanyalibrarian.bsky.social Manage the Open Research team in the University of Salford Library. Chartered librarian. Creative thinker. Views are my own, obviously. Might post about libraries, open research, HE, knowledge equity, world of work, graphics. NW England.
Simon Bains @simonjbains.bsky.social University Librarian, University of Aberdeen
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/simon.bains
Open research, digital preservation, library spaces, running
Views my own. "Woke grandstanding" (conference feedback) a speciality.
Siân Harris @sianharris.bsky.social Communications about research, international development, publishing, inequity, climate change, politics.
Works for @uob-ieu.bsky.social & others
Opinions mine. Bristol, UK. (she)
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social Proud Girl Dad, TV Producer, Filmmaker, Vedic Meditation Practitioner, Kitesurfer, Human Rights & Racial Justice Advocate and an Abolitionist!
And I don't act! 😆😆😆👻👻👻
The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research.
Free to read, without paywalls or ads.
Janneke Adema @openreflections.bsky.social Cultural and media theorist ~ books, open access, critical theory, experimental publishing. She/her
https://www.openreflections.org/
Galway Death Cafe @galway-death-cafe.bsky.social A conversation on death, dying and loss in a friendly setting. We talk informally about something that affects us all in an open, respectful and confidential space with tea and cake.
Copim @copim.bsky.social An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing.
Find us at https://www.copim.ac.uk/
#OAbooks
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Open Book Publishers @openbookpublish.bsky.social Leading Open Access publisher of high-quality academic books. Non-profit, scholar-led. Part of @copim.bsky.social and @openbookcollective.bsky.social. Find us here: https://lnk.bio/openbookpublishers
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
UKSG @uksg.bsky.social UKSG members include scholarly and academic publishers and libraries, along with companies and people who supply them with technology and services. We bring these different organisations together to share experiences and work together on shared challenges.
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
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/
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
@emmet0424.bsky.social @emmet0424.bsky.social 
Teresa Firmino @teresafirmino.bsky.social Science journalist and science editor at newspaper Público. Sousel (Alentejo). Lisbon. Portugal
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
@thinkchecksub.bsky.social @thinkchecksub.bsky.social 
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Rebecca Wojturska @beckywojturska.bsky.social Open Access Publishing Officer for Edinburgh Diamond. All things Diamond OA, Gothic and horror literature and films, and board games.
Dagmar Meyer (aka @dagmarmichaela@nrw.social) @dagmarmichaela.bsky.social Policy Adviser at the European Research Council Executive Agency, dealing in particular with issues related to Open Science - all views expressed are my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-0230
Lou Peck @loupeck.bsky.social CEO - The International Bunch. Expert in turning coffee into strategy and chaos into productivity ☕✨. My hobbies include pretending to know how to pronounce “entrepreneur” and counting how many times I can use the word “synergy” in a meeting.
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
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social Co-founder, #DefendResearch (https://defendresearch.org); librarian (ret). Some things I care about: social justice; defending libraries, education, & research; information equity. All posts/thoughts my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-2981
The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond.
With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player.
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Society for Scholarly Publishing @scholarlypub.bsky.social Innovative People Advancing Scholarly Communication
SSP's mission is to advance scholarly publishing and communication, and the professional development of its members through education, collaboration, and networking.
Ian Mulvany @ianmulvany.bsky.social CTO BMJ. Based in Hackney. Irish. Climber. Parent. Make myself laugh.
Jean-Claude @jcdrg.bsky.social Open Access and Open Science advocate. Retired professor.
Alicia Wise @wisealic.bsky.social Keen on accessibility, archaeology, digital preservation, goats, libraries, open access, open science, publishing, and running
@damianpattinson.bsky.social @damianpattinson.bsky.social 
Séan N16 Gooner @encroute.bsky.social Food, France, friends, The Arsenal, technology and pets. Who needs more, bar an oddly placed fada?
Used to live in N16, still drinks coffee in W1A as an International Snr. Technical Project Manager.
En_croute elsewhere...
Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social We are a not-for-profit collective of academics, libraries and university-based publishers changing the way that academic research is supported and disseminated. Launching in Jan. 2026.
Join the movement: https://www.openjournalscollective.org/
Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net Philosopher writing on science, religion, SFF, SFWA, Codex, lute music.
newsletter: http://helendecruz.substack.com
website: https://helendecruz.net/
My book Wonderstruck - https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691232126/wonderstruck
Graham Stone @graham-stone.bsky.social Head of International Projects @oapenbooks.bsky.social | European | Hill wanderer | Geocacher | Beer & wine drinker | Vegetarian Librarian | All views my own
Emma Molls @emmamolls.bsky.social The Muppet Movie is the greatest movie of all time. Academic Librarian, scholcomm, crabby for good. U of Minnesota
Ben Mudrak @benmudrak.bsky.social Senior Product Manager at ChemRxiv (@chemrxiv.org)/American Chemical Society (@acs.org). Recovering microbiologist. All opinions are my own. He/him/his
Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social Director of Business @icaew.bsky.social, supporting our 65/170k+ members working across businesses of all shapes, sizes, and sectors https://www.icaew.com/
Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social Portfolio growth/ #openscience @AIP Publishing; PhD dropout; co-author of DefendResearch.org declaration 👊#censorship;#openscience advocate #PostsAreMyOwn #DefendResearch
Basta YA!
ORCiD: 0000-0003-1803-6186
Keith Webster @cmkeithw.bsky.social Dean of Libraries at Carnegie Mellon. Professional futurist. Speaker. Facilitator. Coach. Librarian. Running. Classical music.
British-American
@cmulibraries.bsky.social
@carnegiemellon.bsky.social
https://www.library.cmu.edu/
Esther Fagelson (she/her) @estfagelson.bsky.social Open access manager at Bloomsbury. Big fan of cats, equity in publishing, unions, and independent cinema. All views my own.
Lindsay Flook @lindsayflook.bsky.social Journal Development Manager at Applied Microbiology International. All opinions my own. Interested in publishing ethics, journal marketing & content commissioning. Proud Mum, love cooking & all things equestrian. She/her/hers.
Kira Hopkins @kirahopkins.bsky.social LSE library, formerly of the Copim project, OA enthusiast, publisher (sometimes!) - all views expressed are personal
@heidi98110.bsky.social @heidi98110.bsky.social 
Jill Folan @jill60637.bsky.social Mom - Writer - Traveler - Textile Artist - Budding Activist
Visit Hebden Bridge @visithebdenbridge.bsky.social Official account of the visithebdenbridge.com website.
Rodrigo Silva @carreganocaju.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/quintasdasilva/
Chris Bourg @mchris4duke.bsky.social Director of Libraries, MIT.
All things open science, plus hiking, birds, Jiffy and Sunny. Maybe other stuff - who knows?
Todd A. Carpenter @9thprime.bsky.social Executive Director of NISO - Facilitating information exchange through standards. And wine. And photographs. And maybe some other stuff too. Otherwise, it’s turtles all the way down. @TAC_NISO elsewhere on the web. Thoughts and opinions are my own, because
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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Toby Green @tobyabgreen.bsky.social Publisher, Policy Commons @policycommons.bsky.social and Applied Science Commons. Co-Founder Coherent Digital. Formerly Publisher, OECD. 🇬🇧 in 🇫🇷. ALAW (if you know, you know).
Phill Jones, PhD @phillbjones.bsky.social Commercial operator supporting deep tech and life science startups from idea to Series A | Advisor to founders and investors
Alison Mudditt @amudditt.bsky.social CEO, PLOS. Open science. Scholarly communication. Hoping it's better here than at The Other One.
The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. All Creative Commons licensed.
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TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social Author and podcaster #ActuallyAutistic
Scholarly Social @scholarlysocial.bsky.social Scholarly Social is an open and collaborative social gathering to share ideas and make connections with anyone involved in scholarly communication and to catch up with old friends. Everyone connected to scholarly communication is welcome.
Euan Adie @mrstew.bsky.social Ex-bioinformatician, ex-@nature, founded @altmetric (until 2018) and now CEO @Overtonio (analyzing v large databases of public policy). Part nerd
@helenhopelouise.bsky.social @helenhopelouise.bsky.social 
Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd Assoc. Project Director @ Knowledge Commons, MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd
Jan Erik Frantsvåg @jefrantsvag.bsky.social Open Access activist, book lover, curious about most things. Work at the University Library at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. 
Johan Rooryck @johanrooryck.bsky.social Linguist | Editor | Co-coordinator, European Diamond Capacity Hub at OPERAS Research Infrastructure @operaseu.bsky.social, @eudch.bsky.social
Anna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social Development and engagement manager @jisc.bsky.social
Outreach & Engagement committee @uksg.bsky.social
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7210-3199
Researcher to Reader Conference @r2rconf.bsky.social The premier meeting for discussion of the international scholarly communications ecosystem — bringing knowledge from the Researcher to the Reader. In London every February.
Brenna McLaughlin @thebmcg.bsky.social Abandoned the same handle at the once-bird site in October 2022. My posting style is desultory bullshitting. 
Eloquenti 🧪✍️📚 @eloquenti.com Supporting researchers and authors with professional editing 📝 grant writing 💰 manuscript proofreading👩💻 book editing📚 medical writing✍️ scientific consulting👩🏻🔬 author services 📖
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Emma Burridge @emmalburridge.bsky.social Journals & Online Manager and EDIB Lead at @livunipress.bsky.social | @aupresses.bsky.social Faculty Outreach Committee 25-26 | @r4lpartnership.bsky.social Executive Council - Publisher Representative | EvenUP Co-Chair | Views own | she/her
Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social Uni business librarian, Mum, Researcher. #SystematicReview, searching. Books & reading, esp. scifi (& on tv). Hashtag obsessive. Blogger: https://researcherlibrarian.wordpress.com #AliceWrites
Past focuses: left wing politics, aphantasia, gentle parenting
Sara Fan @sarabeefan.bsky.social Poetry. Nonfiction. Maybe fiction? Dreaming in landscapes.