Peter Stahel @peterstahel.bsky.social Existing in the context @ essentialmedia.com.au for public affairs, campaigns & politics: owner and MD.
Michelle Scott Tucker @mst-writes.bsky.social Australian biographer, writer, reader, gardener, muse, dirty lefty and terrible cook.
Working on Louisa Lawson biography.
SPIRIT OF THE CROCODILE (A&U, 2025), SO FAR, SO GOOD (Pantera 2022), ELIZABETH MACARTHUR (Text 2018).
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Nigel Kirwan 🇪🇭🇺🇦🇮🇳🇮🇩🇮🇪Niall Cairdubhain - Shiva Hridaya Gaudapada @npkirwan.bsky.social Reject left / right & any other droll myopic dogmatic polarising worldview. Shaivite Advaitan acknowledging Ved Vidya, the Sanatana Dharma & traditional owners globally🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇮🇩🇮🇳
Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie Author of Nature’s Acre. Founder, Gardeningwell.ie — wildlife gardening in Ireland (Stamullen, Co Meath).
Walled garden + school/community projects.
Peat-free, pesticide-free. Native plants, pollinators. Media: gardeningwell.ie/press/media
Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social Guardian columnist, co-hosts The Week on Wednesday podcast, makes theatre, yaps a lot. Contact me: https://linktr.ee/vanbadham You should totally buy my book, QANON & ON: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults. It’s bonkers.
Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social The image that I run from
Only seems to follow me
Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social Lake kayaker. Small-medium mountains OK too.
On Ngunnawal/Ngambri country - #Canberra, Australia.
Household cats are sucked in by progressive media. Views are theirs; sometimes mine. 
S. K. Riley @skriley.bsky.social Writer, PhD, gardener, educator, tree planter, and so forth.
www.skriley-author.com
Lover of Australian wildlife, re-wilding, mythology, music, cinema and democracy. 🇦🇺
ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Posting ABC News stories from the "Just In" page every ten minutes.
🤖 Bot account 🤖 Replies and DMs not monitored.
Not an official ABC account. Still fixing the bugs. Complaints to @francismarkham.work
CPSU - Community and Public Sector Union @cpsu.org.au Our union works collectively to ensure workers are safe at work & have fair rights, pay & conditions.
Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social Palestinian 🇵🇸 | Molecular geneticist 🧬 | Medical student 🩺 | 🏳️🌈 | Opinions here my own
Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social Co-host of @theshot.net.au's The Sunday Shot, 9am AEST on Sundays at https://www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot.
Theatre and film producer. Writer. Literary curator. Avid consumer of news, politics, wine & AFL. And gin.
gabriel @gironda.org forever signing up to terrible social media websites. https://mastodon.social/@gabrielgironda / gironda.org
Edgar Wright @edgarwright.bsky.social Spaced / Shaun Of The Dead / Hot Fuzz / Scott Pilgrim Vs The World / The World’s End / Baby Driver / The Sparks Brothers / Last Night In Soho / The Running Man
Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social Anarchist, cat-lover, & avid reader /// No dms b/c STRAYA : write slackbastard at protonmail dot com or comment on blog https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com /// https://www.patreon.com/slackbastard.
MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social ✡️ MPH, MD, PhD, FRS(med). Dual Citizen 🇦🇺🇵🇱🇪🇺. Child of Holocaust survivors. Support Israel & Palestine's right to peaceful & democratic statehood, but antisemitism disguised as antiZionism=insult+block. Support equality feminism but oppose misandry feminism.
Woke Nora @realnorac.bsky.social *🚫 PORN, DATES, CRYPTO, LOTTO, GO FUND ME, MAGA, & No DM's*.
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eCitizen ⓌⒻⓅⒷ Ⓥ Ⓐ @ecitizen1.bsky.social Healthy WFPB Vegan. Child Advocate. Atheist. LGBTQI friendly. Pro-Democracy. #BlueResisters Anti-MAGA, Anti-Trump.
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Halcyon Days @carolmccall.bsky.social He who dares, wins.
Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social Emeritus Prof. Public Health Former Australian Skeptic/Year. Author, blogger. Bovine excrement detective. EV driver, doting 5x grandpa, Sydney Swans tragic. https://simonchapman6.com/about/
Eoin Ó gCluain Tarbh（アイルランドのイアン） @satorukun0530.bsky.social I post about Japanese literature and the like. And I guess that includes folklore😅
大阪在住の日本文学愛好家、異文化交流（アイルランド文化）イベント企画者。国立ダブリンシティ大学で日本語・翻訳学を専攻して学士。岩手親善大使（元岩手県国際交流員）、松江親善大使（ラフカディオ・ハーンのエッセイコンテスト受賞者）。現在、日愛愛日文芸翻訳家を目指して先祖の言葉アイルランド語を十数年ぶりに学び直そうとしているところの日英翻訳者。
Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social ugh, who invited this guy 
Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social Australo-American. Grumpy rabble rouser. Co-created 30 Days of Night, you know, that became that film. Writer, artist, cephalopod, cat & horror enthusiast. Annoyingly for you, still here.
Zoe Ravenwood @zoeravenwood.bsky.social Musician, actress, firedancer. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸 dual citizen. DC music scene expat presently living in Brighton, UK. New album coming (for really real this time) in 2025.
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Autistic, ADHD and PND. Sociologist. HELLP syndrome survivor. #actuallyautistic Naarm/ Australia
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social Independent Member for Kooyong. Authorised by M. Ryan 145 Camberwell Rd, Hawthorn East, 3123 #Mon4Kooyong
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Dr Verity Cooper for Sturt @drveritycooper.bsky.social Doctor, mum, businesswoman, family with deep roots here in South Australia.
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Dave Graney @davegraney.bsky.social Musician-songwriter-author-Melbourne. Album LABURNUM OF THE MIND out now. On tour from May onwards.
Abul Rizvi @abulrizvi.bsky.social Interested in population and immigration policy. Father of 2 daughters and 2 grandsons. Collingwood supporter since 1968.
Su Dharmapala ස්රම්රද ධර්මපාල @sudharmapala.bsky.social CEO & founder @ polipedia.com.au, writer, startup founder, feminist. Can’t have a democracy without transparency or accountability. #sussexsquad
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Tony Abbott (Not the onion eater) @tonyabb.bsky.social Amazed to have made it into my eighth decade. Resolute cynic of politics and the economy. On the left and supporter of women and minorities. Dark sense of humour. Living on Kabi Kabi country. Anti Zionist
Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social living and working on unceded Dharug lands| BEc| LLB| PhD| ACAB| she/her| abolition feminist| Banner pic: tops of 4 bolted concrete panels against a deep Blue Sky (Apartheid Wall, 2008) Free Palestine🇵🇸
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Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social Academic. Political scientist researching public policy / admin & occasionally foreign policy via auspol + comparative analyses.
Settler living on unceded Dharug country.
Australian Politics 🇦🇺 @auspol.info 🇦🇺 https://linktr.ee/auspol Aussie hoping our democracy can be improved.
Linda@EurekaJustice @lindaeurekajustice.bsky.social Sweary RN & Social Justice warrior.
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Living on Quandamooka Country.
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Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social Was a teacher, a public servant, a business owner living on Ngarigo land in southeast NSW. Alternate now between doom scrolling and attacking the garden with sharp implements. #auspol #ClimateAction #USPolitics
Eddy Jokovich @eddyjokovich.bsky.social Co-presenter New Politics podcast, publisher, journalist. Son of refugee boat people, MEAA member. Don’t argue with me about being biased, because I know I am. #auspol
@ SUBSTACK https://newpolitics.substack.com
Barbara Ryan @disasterbarb.bsky.social Dungibarra/Jarowair land. Ass.Prof disaster behaviour research. Emergency comms/community engagement. RFS volly. Interested in: Renewables. Climate. Creatures. Dogs. Horses. #AusPol. I dont follow ppl without a bio.
Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social Tutor of young journalists, wrangler of two young adults. Special interests include Auspol, the news, social media and feminism.
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Lisa the Leftist @lisatellstruth.bsky.social Support independent journalism
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social ♿ australian living on unceded wadarni noongar land (southwest WA)・she/her・very sweary!
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social Justice, equity, science, peace, LGBTQIA+ ally, dog servant, #Auspol She/her.
Always was, always will be.
On unceded Taungurung Land, Northern Victoria
Dominic Meagher @dom-ma.bsky.social Research fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University |
Non-resident fellow, John Curtin Research Centre
Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social Award-winning academic. Lecturer in AusPol. Research examines the gendered media coverage of women in politics. Also loves craft. #feminist #disabilityactivist #unionist #craftivist TEDx speaker 🏳️🌈
Canberra
Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social Transparency Warrior, small business owner, former Independent Senator for SA and former submariner.
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Worimi Country
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
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Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social Mayor of SIZZLETOWN sizzletownpodcast.com | Half of ARSELESS CHAPS arselesschaps.bandcamp.com | FROM THE HIDEOUT linktr.ee/fromthehideout | AUDIOBOOKS etc https://mrtonymartin.bandcamp.com/
Fry Photography @eattherich13.bsky.social 🦘 Aussie, Father, 📸 Photographer©️, progressive, critical thinker, We are nature, Creative, Music obsessed, accidental personality disorder expert, Go Sea Eagles! Please no DMs to begin with unless you know me personally. 🚫porn🚫crypto🚫ai
Dr Tracy Westerman AM @drtracywesterman.bsky.social Nyamal woman; psychologist, marathoner, founder Westerman Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health, cocker spaniel mum. Author.
Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social ...where to begin
Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social Novelist ‘Lyrebird’ ‘The Mother’, author, columnist, social commentator, feminist, atheist, activist, emcee, public speaker.
💧 simon holmes à court @simonahac.bsky.social energy geek. root striker. trimtab. impatient incrementalist.
#climate200 #OpenElectricity #AEGN #SuperpowerInstitute #NoDickheads
likes≠agreement. DoB: 329.7ppm
https://authory.com/SimonHolmesaCourt
Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social Australian political campaigner, commentator & SpinProof podcaster. Frequently makes good & necessary trouble. TrueNorth weekday substack #auspol
MFWitches @mfwitches.bsky.social Avoid if scared of sweary women, politics & feminism. We run consumer boycotts to stop toxic media (#MurdochFreeWorld, #VileKyle etc). See website at mfw.org.au & let's go.
Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Independent journalist covering the rise of corporations over democracy.
Michaelwest.com.au
YouTube.com/thewestreport
Patreon.com/thewestreport
Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social 👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/ronnisalt
Political-social commentator/sometime-journo. I write books & media articles, sometimes I investigate stuff. Whiny male edgelord's pinup girl. Mostly hilarious most of the time. Likes are acknowledgments only. She/her
David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social http://davidpakman.komi.io/
Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social Harris 2024 Team • Biden 2020 Team •
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Ulrich Janse van Vuuren @ulrichjvv.bsky.social Humanitarian | Environmentalist | 📱 Digital media 👥 Advocacy 🌍 Global development 🎓 University of London ⭕️ UN Global Goals #Goalkeepers2030 🌿 For people and planet.
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Batshit Australia @batshit-auspol.bsky.social Weird and wild moments from Down Under. Smash follow!
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute is a leading think-tank based in Canberra http://australiainstitute.tv | Authorised by E Bennett, The Australia Institute, Canberra 2603
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Mark T. Barnes @marktbarnes.bsky.social Australian author of fantasy, cosmic horror, and steampunk novels and short stories. D&D player since forever.
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Craig Hill @craighill.bsky.social Host of the "Australia Asks" Video Podcast. Author (15 books). Teacher, Business Consultant, Social Justice Campaigner and Journalist. General Manager of the Australian Book and Language Studio.
Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social Chief Economist at @australiainstitute.org.au
Columnist on economics and politics for Guardian Australia.
Dollars & Sense podcast https://australiainstitute.org.au/news/category/podcasts/dollars-sense/
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
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