shelaghstephenson @shelaghs.bsky.social playwright, screen writer, living between London and Southern France. 'The mistress of comic anguish' according to Michael Billington. Also likes cooking, and Bedlington Terriers.
Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social Can I stay home and read a book instead? Providing humor and memes about the introverted life.
mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social oh..... hello
Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social Historian of evolutionary biology and scientific racism who has somehow turned into a historian of the physical sciences. Expect lots of cat pictures and general miscellany. Baltimore.
Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social Foreign correspondent, columnist, campaigner, co-founder Africa Express, citizen of the world and a bit more besides…
Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer 🏳️⚧️, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
I really dislike unsolicited advice.
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social Challenging corruption, strengthening integrity, and fighting for a fair society based on the rule of law.
Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com 2x Nebula, Compton Crook finalist. BSFA-longlisted. SFWA, Codex member.
Left one former empire only to settle in another.
Speaks German by day, Russian by night. Writes in English.
Represented by Ed Wilson @ Johnson & Alcock Ltd.
Luke Turner @luketurner.com artist // writer // defeated crypto billionaire-funded neo-Nazis in "the free speech trial of our age" // hewillnotdivide.us (2017-2021) // the metamodernist manifesto (2011) ✨
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Kaiser of Crisps @kaiserofcrisps.bsky.social It's time for the Butlerian Jihad!
"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."
AL the editor @altheeditor.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader and picture researcher. SFF über-geek. http://bluebamboo.org.uk
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Trade War Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social Krista D. Ball is an award winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social Lefty liberal by temperament, exasperated by experience.
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social 
Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au "Young has nailed it." - Publisher's Weekly
Philosopher & author. Agents: Zeitgeist Agency (nonfiction) & Alex Adsett Literary (fiction)
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social 15 years of saved tweets.
@tfederman.bsky.social
Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me She/her, trans rights are human rights. Legal academic, D&D fanatic. Things I coherently honk about: Brexit & NI, Title IX, sovereignty. President of the Judge Ana Reyes Fanclub. See http://sylviademars.me
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Emma Haslett @emmahaslett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Business, feminism, reproductive rights and lots besides. As seen in: Observer, BBC, Prospect, New Statesman, The Persistent.
Substack: https://bigfatnegative.substack.com/
📍 Coastal Kent
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social Very concerned that right-wing pluto-populists are degrading our lives and our planet (🌱)
Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social Fighting for trans+ rights, together.
https://www.transsolidarityalliance.org.uk/
https://www.transsecretsanta.co.uk/
Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social Always looking for the heat around the corner
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Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader, & developmental editor of TTRPGs, comics, board games, sci-fi, & fantasy. Newbie indexer. Lover of apple cider doughnuts. Knitter. Generative AI sucks. She/her 📚 www.rachellapidow.com
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Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social low flying panic attack
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social the answer to your question is someone thought it would be cheaper to do it that way
Sheena @sarky-sheena.bsky.social Clumsy, underachiever, occasional drunk, goes to pets at home for a cheap day out.
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) IRRESISTIBLE MONSTERS, March 2027 🪶 Posts by N and team.
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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com Researcher of people and technology. AI, trust, and attachment. Wrote: "The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze" & "Culture and Human-Robot Interaction in Militarized Spaces: A War Story." Blog/essays here: jgcarpenter.com
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social But doctor, I replied, bursting into tears, I 𝘢𝘮 universally beloved bluesky personality Microplastics Sommelier
Boston area coffee-milk advocate ⚓️ | Astro PhD 🔭 | he/him | Exact Same Politics As You
Reskeets = Endorsing me as a person
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
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Emma Dabbadoo 🌸🏳️⚧️💚 @emmadabbadoo.eurosky.social Nature loving, dog and cat loving, and a fishergirl- Proudly Woke 💚✊🇪🇺. Habitual liars and fakes are removed from my life.
GTTO. Evertonian. Paid up member of the Savage Green Party and guess I can now call myself a Bristol bird
Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social Twitter escapee. Lecturer and researcher in communication, media and its influence on democracy. Post in my personal capacity.
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Alexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social Scriptwriter and improviser. “Excellent” - Jack Dee. Got a film in development, which is nice. Worth a follow, I reckon.
#ScriptSky #ScriptSkyUK #BookSky #FilmSky
Obverse Books @obversebooks.co.uk www.obversebooks.co.uk
www.blackarchive.co.uk
Only publisher ever to publish books on the Radiophonic Workshop, Edinburgh at night, Gurney Slade and that Typhoo Tea Doctor Who book.
Never published a book in Arial or used any form of AI in one.
Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social Writer/fancy ape
damienowens.com
Latest book, Duffy and Son: https://shorturl.at/6oF6O
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10-days of author talks and book events taking place annually in a Kentish medieval market town
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Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social The home of terrible maps with a pinch of humour
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Stuart Maconie @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
Moonflower Books @moonflowerbooks.bsky.social We're a commercial publisher with an indie heart, sharing brilliant books that break the mould.
Caroline Criado Perez @ccriadoperez.bsky.social Writer, speaker, author of Invisible Women
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
Gareth @cadmarch.bsky.social Still not followed by anyone you’re following.
Matilda Martin @matildamartin.bsky.social Political Reporter for PoliticsHome and writing for The House magazine
🖊️ about education (and a few other things) | prev Reporter @ Tes
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Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls so they can be weighed and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.
The result? Loads of pictures of #owlsintowels
https://owlsintowels.org
Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social President & Chief Correspondent, Feature Story News (www.featurestory.com)
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Podcast: 📻: plinkhq.com/i/1111788303
American Week on LBC: https://shorturl.at/Iw9Nn
The iPaper: https://inews.co.uk/author/simon-marks
Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk A politically independent monthly current affairs, culture & ideas magazine
Established 1995
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
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Paul 🤠 @infinitejest.bsky.social Copywriter. Book lover. Sports keeno. Dog dad. Risen ape. History bore. Culture vulture. Bone-bound island. Has a vague and modest idea of himself as a legendary figure. Kobbie Mainoo FC.
Popular Science @popsci.com Demystifying our weird world since 1872. Learn something new every day.
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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.
Nate Bethea @inthesedeserts.bsky.social before you get mad at me and reply to my posts, please bear in mind that I don't live in America. I am part of @trashfuture.bsky.social @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social and I am 1/2 of secondhomesband.com
Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social Discrimination Barrister, Railway, Car and Flying Nut. Trans woman.
The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com Satirical news by & for autistic people (poor things). Founded by Sara Gibbs & Elsa Williams; run by Sara Gibbs & Sarah Amero
It’s a Superpower?? is out now: https://allmylinks.com/itsasuperpower
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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social Researching antifeminism, conspiracy theories and the far right. PhD from UEA, former postdoc on Everything is Connected project. UK correspondent for QAA Podcast + MAN CLAN and writer of Vaccine: The Human Story. New series TRULY TRADLY DEEPLY out now!
Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Kill the boy, and let the woman be born.
If I detatched your quote, it’s because you annoyed me but I didn’t want you to be dogpiled
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Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of Essex. Trustee, Bishopsgate Institute. Law Student. Historian of tattooing. Podcaster @beneaththeskinpod.history.tattoo. 'Painted People' and 'Tattoos' out now. ADHD.
Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com Holocaust & Genocide Studies/ History prof/ veteran/single dad/ former goalkeeper/ current fiddler/ Grad West Point and UNC/ he/him
Host of The Holocaust History Podcast
TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers
Psalm 109: 7-17
Juliet Brando @sliderulesyou.bsky.social Writer. Artist. Abominatrix.
This is a place of comedy, cats, and silliness, with occasional hand-made imp-based jewellery and oddities.
Mikka editor Everything with Words Books @everywithwords.bsky.social All things books! Everything with Words, prizewinning indie publisher of children's, YA and adult literary fiction. For a browse of our books :
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Nostalgic Things @nostalgicthing.bsky.social Internationally known as Snickers
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.
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Ian Hyland @hylandian.bsky.social UK-based TV critic (most recently at Yahoo Ents UK), interviewer, and media commentator for hire. Previously at Daily Mirror, Mail On Sunday and the other place. Latest work: https://www.yahoo.com/author/ian-hyland/
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social The original & only WomensArt created/ curated by art historian/author PL Henderson to celebrate/promote women in the arts.
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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social Callipygian statues 👍🏛🍑
'Cheeky, Witty, Funny' - The Bookseller;
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
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David Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, journalist, dad, grandpa, heroic Substacker to be found at davidaaronovitch.substack.com. Recovering tweeter
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite. Expect herons.
Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Will 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦 @showerabsolute.bsky.social So shave your face with some mace in the dark
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. USA Today bestselling author of How To Fake It In Society. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. Death to GenAI. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social Screenwriter. Runner. Dog wrangler. Human potato.
Writer on THE CROW GIRL / IN FLIGHT
Also writer of other things which may be coming soon, or may not be, but some secret third thing (development)
Irish/She/Her
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Despises AI
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics. 
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
Jenny Knight @jennyknight.bsky.social Author | Writer | Editor
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
https://klonick.substack.com/
www.kateklonick.com
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Nick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social Chief TV Critic: @theindependent
Podcaster in Chief: @podotpods
Other "chief" roles: tbc