Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS @piratebeckalex.bsky.social Historian: pirates/public executions 🏴☠️☠️
Author: Pirates’ Code, Pirate Queens, Why We Love Pirates 📚
Written for History Today, BBC History Extra, Routledge
See me on: History Channel, NatGeo, Discovery, BBC
https://rebecca-simon.com
Tom Duffin Photographer @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social Pro photographer in Edinburgh posting landscapes & other work. Regular free newsletter at https://tomduffin.substack.com/ I'd be delighted to be contacted at tom@tomduffin.com to ask about photography work.
The B1M @theb1m.bsky.social The world’s largest, most subscribed-to (and best) video channel for construction.
TheB1M.com
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Content providers added with permission.
Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski Bluesky literacy crisis actor. Opinions mine.
📍Charlottesville
en / de / es
Posts autodelete after 2 days or if viral. Some posts automated.
Web:
- emilygorcenski.com
- registry.blue
Rob Watts (RobWords) @robwords.com YouTube word nerd. Host of RobWords and Words Unravelled.
Tim Cooper @timcooper61.bsky.social People before profit. Against capitalism and imperialism and all its attendant violence and injustice.
Author of "The Story of Sheffield".
Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social Sci fi and Fantasy Author. Holocaust and Genocide Historian. Host of the Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Alison @alisondennison.bsky.social @AlisonDennison on twitter (with the tree pic)
art history, TV, Sparks, film history, Marx Brothers
Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social Co-leader of the @scottishgreens.org 🍉
West of Scotland MSP
'Windmill-worshipping eco-communist'
he/him ✝️🏳️🌈
Promoted by the Scottish Green Party, 19b Graham St, Edinburgh
Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social We're a membership body for statisticians and data professionals, promoting a world with data at the heart of understanding and decision-making.
Cllr Stephen Jenkinson @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social Edinburgh’s Transport & Environment Convener and Labour’s Councillor for the Pentland Hills Ward 🌹
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social Journalist, author of Potholes and Pavements, cohost of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social
https://lauralaker.substack.com
Muted live on Julia Hartley-Brewer's Talk show
Pippy V. @pippyinatophat.bsky.social A sentient top hat someone left on their keyboard.
Speedrunner and speedrun event host.
Skyward Sword I guess.
She/her.
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
📍#Edinburgh
Positive, sustainable changes. Live well locally. #streetsNOTroads
🚲FREE e-bike & e-cargobike hire: sw20.info
🛠️Tool Library: @sw20etl
🏃♀️Helped setup: Kids Park Run @ Hailes Quarry Park
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets
Arthur Webber 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social Children’s author, mediocre footballer, internet transgender || he/him #COYG
Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com New book out now! A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE END OF THE F*CKING WORLD – https://linktr.ee/endofthefckingworld Previous books: Humans; Truth; Conspiracy. Formerly BuzzFeed & Full Fact.
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Water of Leith Conservation Trust @wolct.bsky.social Working to protect and improve Edinburgh's river, for the benefit of wildlife and our community.
A healthy river cared for by its community
Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com Editorial Director, GamesIndustry.biz; co-founder, Jank.cool. Formerly: Editorial Director at Gamer Network, stage stuff at Rezzed/EGX, EIC OXM, words in lots of places.
Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social 📖 GRAVE EXPECTATIONS, DISPLEASURE ISLAND & THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH out now!
◦ good books ◦ murder ◦ swearing ◦
Recovering games journalist
#BWithTheT
Rep Stevie Finegan at Zeno
@totalplaytime.com
https://alicebellauthor.com/
Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social Actor, comedian and entire Indie Band.
Derry Girls, No Worries If Not!, Lunchtime with Michael Fry
https://linktr.ee/bigdirtyfry
Seán Burke @seanburkeshow.bsky.social Sketch comedian etc
Bob Gooday @bobgooday.bsky.social Rock ponderer.
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
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com The Edinburgh Minute newsletter. Read by 30,000+ locals. Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported.
Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social Additional obscure Mario content for http://suppermariobroth.com.
Now on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/suppermariobroth
The Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social The events of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, tweeted at the date and time they occurred, using Oxford, England local time. The complete archive of entries, with commentary, can be found at https://shire-reckoning.com/
EldritchSophie 🏳️⚧️ - Perturabo's discord kitten @eldritchsophie.bsky.social Lvl 34 Brush Witch | She/Her | Pan/Poly | 18+ 🔞
✨ Miniature painter ✨
✨ Trans fem menace ✨
✨ Tabletop gamer ✨
Twitch.tv/eldritch_sophie
https://ko-fi.com/eldritchsophie
A-475 (iykyk)
@thechromatroid.bsky.social 💕
@latexpuppy.bsky.social 💕
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social I make comics
Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social People ask me to draw pictures on Microsoft Paint and sometimes I do
Abbiistabbii @abbiistabbii.bsky.social God has let me live another day and I am going to make them regret it. Caledonian Gremlin. 🏴🏳️⚧️ Also on http://mastodon.abbii.gay | Pixelfed on https://pixelfed.social/abbiistabbii
Loremen Podcast @loremen.bsky.social Loremen is a funny podcast about local legends and forgotten folklore. Support us on patreon.com/loremenpod. Watch stuff on youtube.com/loremenpodcast.
Dr Beth Greenwood @drbethang.bsky.social Data scientist for the Dogs Trust National Dog Survey 🐕📊
Former marine biologist 🪸🧬
I take photos for fun 📸
Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
she/her
@frogcroakley.bsky.social @frogcroakley.bsky.social Nate Crowley - SFF author (Twice dead king series, notes from small planets, ghazghkull, schneider wrack, 100 best video games that never existed), podcaster (Total Playtime), agent Jamie Cowen with ampersand
The Culture Tutor @culturaltutor.bsky.social Always learning
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Geography facts @geographyfacts.bsky.social Exploring the world through flags and maps🌍 Your daily dose of geography, one post at a time!
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Will Sebag-Montefiore @wsebag.bsky.social Actor & Comedian | he/him | http://patreon.com/wsebag
Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring.
Personal account.
Barbara Dunkelman @bimmy.bsky.social Voice of Yang in RWBY •Tales from the Stinky Dragon cast • Person on the Internet • she/her
Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social Sex Historian. Writer. Presenter. Columnist. Host of (award winning) Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure, Out Now https://linktr.ee/drkatelister
Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social 🖥️ Gaming Youtuber, Media Critic, Philosopher King 🤴
💙 Patreon.com/Hbomb
📩 Enquiries to contact@hbomb.zone
Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social I have opinions and bylines and plenty of snacks.
Charlotte @spriteacus.bsky.social Chronic lurker, people at work message and ask me for ‘a hammer and sickle chat’ when they want to check something or get info on our policy. I’m in a union, byline times subscriber for years, my social media is very angry politics and some hobbies.
Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social 1. Scottish Labour MP for Edinburgh South West.
2. Civil Engineer
3. Parkrunner.
Newsletter Sign-Up: http://tinyurl.com/EdSWNewsletter
Andrew Rodger @andrewrodger.bsky.social 
Joseph Cooper @josephcooper.bsky.social 
Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social I'm going on tour in 2026.
Listen to my show 'No Room' on BBC Radio 4 if you like.
https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/michael-spicer-hope-alls-well/
Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social Comedian and maker of nonsense.
Cara Thompson @cararthompson.bsky.social Data visualisation consultant with an academic background, helping others maximise the impact of their expertise
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Go Jauntly: walks & nature trails @gojauntly.bsky.social Your app encyclopaedia of local walks.
🚶♀️the best walks and wheels
🌳 explore urban nature
📲 download the free app
👟 enjoy daily adventures
🕸️ www.gojauntly.com
Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com Comedian, satirist, writer, actor
Mark @shotgunkelp.bsky.social MS Alumnus from the Three Seas program at Northeastern University. Crab enthusiast.
#scicomm and #advocacy. Opinions are mine. Ask me about BIMS (Black in Marine Science) 🦀🏳️🌈
Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com Maker of stuff that makes you laugh.
www.ifycomedy.com
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
Annique @annique.bsky.social Just me..
Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Bellingcat. Previously at Scripps News. 
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social Mountains and websites; maps and birds; context collapse. Projects: https://subject.space/. Work: Data, research and technology for investigations @bellingcat.com. Personal account, posts/opinions are my own. New York via Amsterdam and Oregon.
Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee Journalist @decoherence.media using open sources to expose far-right networks
Other bylines @bellingcat.com @texasobserver.org
Foeke Postma @foeke.bsky.social Investigator & trainer at Bellingcat
Hisham Almiraat @almiraat.bsky.social 
Nick Waters @nickwaters.bsky.social Award winning journalist, still interested in using open source information for accountability.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Michael Sheldon @michaelsheldon.bsky.social Senior Investigator @ CIR
Formerly: Bellingcat, DFRLab
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Miguel Ramalho @msramalho.bsky.social Investigative Technologist @bellingcat.com
Data, Tech, Human Rights, Conflict & Financial Investigations
Signal @miguel.351
https://github.com/msramalho
Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social War Crimes Investigator focused on the Russian War in Ukraine
Perhaps the real watch list was the friends we made along the way. Keyboard Inghimasi. Sic semper tyrannosaurus rex. --Dire Straits Appreciation Zone-- #Flowers4Qanon
Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social @bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers. Signal: michaelcolborne.01
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com
Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT
"I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring 
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Gabòr Friesen @gaborfriesen.bsky.social Freelance Open Source Researcher.
Studying Research Architecture @Goldsmiths
Geo-&Chronolocation/3D Modeling/CNNs/Social Media Analysis and Remote Sensing
Previous collaborations: Al Haq, Al Jazeera, Airwars/AFP, Bellingcat, CIR, CNN, The Washington Post.
Sarah Stoecklin @sarahstoecklin.bsky.social Technical writing, UX, open source research (DR Congo, misogyny, SGBV).
Extremely Online at http://discord.gg/bellingcat
CongoEye member, Bellingcat contributor. Reds and Tolkien fan. Views my own.
Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer. 
Dave Brookes @tehuringa.bsky.social Digital flâneur | Open Source Researcher| GEOINT| Bellingcat GAP Project | Research 中国 & Central Africa | drinks wine & writes stuff |Views are my own |RSs ≠ endorsements
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev CIR, BBC, Bellingcat.
Brenna Smith @brennasmith.bsky.social WSJ visual investigative reporter.
Past: Baltimore Banner, New York Times, & Bellingcat.
Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social Award-winning investigative/data journalist. Senior editor @MiddleEastEye, former MENA editor @AlJazeera, Global Authentication Project member @Bellingcat, meganotoole.ca
Teemu Nieminen @niemisentee.bsky.social Doctoral researcher focusing on right-wing extremism @helsinki.fi | ex-Bellingcat Volunteer
Avery Schmitz @averyschmitz.bsky.social Open-source reporting @cnn.com
Views my own | avery.schmitz@cnn.com
ʟɪɴᴇꜱ @lines.ink The survivors, brought to their senses by the disaster, gave chase to the woman: she, laughing in mockery, changed herself into a wren and flew away.
Theo Barnes @brewtheo.bsky.social Edinburgh. Brewer at Otherworld Brewing. Prints of my oil paintings of pubs -
http://paintingpubs.bigcartel.com