Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social Cartographer, author, railway historian, former train driver, current transport manager, LGBTQ+ network leader 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Visit Crecy Publishing for my titles
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
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Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social Professor, Archaeology, University of Glasgow, the Urban Prehistorian, and Keeper of Hookland’s Stones. Glasgow’s Archaeologist in Residence (self-appointed)
Heather Clark @heatherjc.bsky.social Concerned and curious citizen of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Ex-teacher of English to Speakers of other languages.
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
Keith Harrison @keithharrison.bsky.social Charity CEO. Songwriter. Hill-walker (flat-landscapes also good!)
Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social We give out almost £1million in funding each year to help people in Glasgow protect, repair and promote the city's historic buildings and places.
@edinburgher.eurosky.social @edinburgher.eurosky.social
madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Abi @sir-sheep.bsky.social Train driver, traveller, crafter, piper.
Library of Mistakes @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social A free public library in Edinburgh for the study of financial and business history. Our aim is to improve understanding, one mistake at a time.
www.libraryofmistakes.com
Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social
🌳 The Scotland arm of the UK's largest woodland conservation charity.
💚 We create, protect & restore native woods & trees for people & wildlife, to combat climate change & build a greener future.
🌐 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/scotland/
National Trust for Scotland @n-t-s.bsky.social We think places that make people smile are worth caring for – support our charity so we can keep sharing them with everyone, #ForTheLoveOfScotland https://www.nts.org.uk/
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.
Dr Laura Harrison @lauraharrison.bsky.social Historian | Knitter | Senior Heritage Engagement Officer at Historic Environment Scotland | Canadian in Scotland | Often outside | She/her | Views my own
Chas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social Green councillor for Leith, City of Edinburgh Council. Transport spokesperson, Edinburgh Green Group.
https://chasbooth1.wordpress.com/
Promoted by Chas Booth on behalf of Scottish Green Party, both of 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN
Typewronger Books @typewronger.bsky.social A bookshop, events space, and risograph print studio in the heart of Edinburgh, run as a not-for-profit company 📚
Find us here 👉 www.typewronger.com
Cyndee Emm (she/her) @cynshineonleith.bsky.social Serial Volunteer: Organiser, Little Libraries Restocker, Teacup Washer, Death & Dying Event Holder, Campaigner and more. (Aye, I'm exhausted.) Also into cinema, animals, veganism, music and neurodivergence.
Edinburgh. 46% Scottish.
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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social Loudmouth, queer, feminist, mother, Green, mental health worker, compulsive volunteer. Fan of public transport infrastructure. She/her. In Scotland.
mona @mkrndt.bsky.social german in scotland, bridge engineer, cyclist. she/her
The Forth Bridges @theforthbridges.bsky.social Three bridges spanning three centuries. See them all on the Forth Bridges Trail!
Forth Rivers Trust @forthriverstrust.bsky.social Conserving and enhancing freshwater habitats for wildlife and communities within the Forth.
linktr.ee/Forthriverstrust
forthriverstrust.org
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
Represented by Pew Literary
Links:
https://linktr.ee/OttoEnglish
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Nick von Behr @nicoursman.bsky.social Lover of historic buildings www.buildingpassions.co.uk
Corstorphine and Clermiston Community Council @cor-clem.bsky.social We are one of three community councils covering the Corstorphine area in West #Edinburgh.
We meet monthly on the third Tuesday of each month except August and December.
https://corstorphineclermistoncc.wordpress.com/
Chamferfillet @gavvin.bsky.social Cornish banker mason and fixer mason. Missing Scotland.
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
Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com Béton brut for bluesky — by @spice.bsky.social
🇮🇷#NoWar
🇻🇪#HandsOffVenezuela
🇨🇺#EndTheBlockade
🇵🇸#FreePalestine
Hypocriticaldog @hypocriticaldog.bsky.social He's just some guy, you know.
Liam Hedley @liamhedley.bsky.social Typical (northern) Englishman in Edinburgh 🏴. Pasta fiend and bit of an Italophile; gardening and city cycling enthusiast; and ADHD whirlwind of chaos. He/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Clara @pacerclara.insanity.tube She/Her | Gay but also Scottish. Thinks about transport a bit too much. Overhead wire enjoyer. | Pfp 📸 @coastwaywill.me
OpenStreetMap @openstreetmap.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the OpenStreetMap foundation
Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social UK-based rail electrification engineer with AtkinsRéalis | Electrification Junkie, Catenary Shagger | #electrifyAllTheThings | Want to know how overhead line electrification works? Get my FREE book at http://ocs4rail.com/downloads
Deadline News @deadline-news.bsky.social Deadline News is the leading independent news agency in Scotland, supplying content to print, broadcast and online colleagues. Our team covers news of all kinds all over Scotland. Story tips: info@deadlinenews.co.uk
Jamie @jamien89.bsky.social 37. Loves books, films, walking and travelling. He/Him.
Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social Award-winning political journalism from Holyrood magazine. https://www.holyrood.com/
Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social Writes audio drama and sometimes novels. Stories may involve a blue box. Likes books, dogs, tea and vinyl 🏳️🌈
https://roygill.wordpress.com
Hugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.social Retired from Sch. of GeoSciences, Uni. of Edinburgh, UK. Still works a bit on https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/ . Walking, singing, Linux, bellringing, astronomy, geology, geophysics and meteorology. Dislikes extreme right or leftwing politics and nationalism.
Nick Le Huray @nickleh.bsky.social 🇬🇬 Warro! IC member #158. Blog about Occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War http://island-fortress.com. Find me on http://linktr.ee/nicklehuray
Calton Hill Conservation Trust @caltonhill.bsky.social Working to make Calton Hill a cleaner, safer & more beautiful place through conservation, volunteering & community action | Join us as a member or volunteer: caltonhilltrust.org
The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social A highway engineer's adventures in time & space. The street is not too narrow your imagination is too narrow | Independent sustainable mobility design specialist | Better streets & places | Runs @cityinfinity.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/rantyhighwayman
Cold War Cinema @coldwarcinema.com A podcast about the historical context and politics of movies made during the Cold War. Hosts: @jasonachristian.bsky.social, @tonyjballas.bsky.social, and @ptklein.com
🎧 http://coldwarcinema.com
Edinburgh Reviews @edinburghreviews.bsky.social 🙊 Not an 'Influencer', happy to pay
🏴 An Edinburgh blog for locals & visitors
🧑💻 By Andrew Girdwood / marketer
🎨 By Bronwen Winter Phoenix / artist
https://edinburgh-reviews.co.uk/
Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social Film producer. Book 10 Scotland Street - an opinionated history of one house over two centuries now out in paperback
Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social Chief Executive of Total Politics Group. Writer, broadcaster, media CEO. Publisher of PoliticsHome, The House magazine, Holyrood magazine, The Parliament magazine, Civil Service World, ConservativeHome and more. Columnist for the i paper. Never a dull day.
CynInEmbra | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social Cinéaste cat-sitter into nostalgia. Pesky vegan, breast cancer-er, ADHDr, dyspraxic, tofu wokerati, volunteer, humanist. Wanderer & wonderer. Edinburgh via Brussels/Brighton/Hitchin/NRW/London/LA/OC. Fix your heart or die 🇺🇦🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🕊️🟢 https://ko-fi.com/cyninbxl
the Trainsatlantic podcast @trainsatlantic.uk Welcome to Trainsatlantic. @garethdennis.uk and @donoteat.bsky.social talk trains. Simple, unmissable, twice a month. Only at trainsatlantic.uk, except when it's elsewhere too.
LordWoolamaloo @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler
https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/
https://linktr.ee/WoolamalooGazette
NHS Lothian @nhslothian.bsky.social Scotland’s second largest health board investing £1.6B a year to protect & improve health in Lothians
Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects.
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
Larp: strandfall.com
Video: youtube.com/adrianhon
World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
Wandering. Wondering. Freelance SFFH editor. Commissioning for The Broken Binding. Living in Edinburgh. Views my own and independent of my employers. Photos my own unless otherwise etc.
Roman Scotland @romanscotland.bsky.social All about Roman Scotland and beyond. Run by AndrewTibbs.bsky.social | formerly @RomanScotland and @AndrewTibbs | Hon Research Fellow at Aberdeen Uni
Calder @calderwook.bsky.social Disabled and mostly found bumbling about Edinburgh on a cargo bike or walking my dogs
Trees make things better.
He/Him
Roads.org.uk 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @roads.org.uk I write about UK road infrastructure and history! Join me for updates and other stuff from the UK's favourite roads website, www.roads.org.uk
This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social 'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future.' All images are my own.
Brian Liddy @brian-liddy.bsky.social Erstwhile museum fella.
Scotland to regain independence.
If you seek a reliable source of Scottish and international news, ye canny beat www.BroadcastingScotland.scot/ 🏴 @BroadcastScot.bsky.social 🏴
Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press is an independent nonprofit publisher. Our books spark engaging discussions and present bold ideas from leading experts worldwide.
Inglis Valentine 🏴 @bigvally.bsky.social Engineer of almost anything, intrested in geology, physics, nature, and how it's all intertwined.
David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social Manager of Isle of May National Nature Reserve since 2015 having been on Farne Island 2001-2014. Also Scottish Birds Records Committee (SBRC) Chair
@gophertea.bsky.social @gophertea.bsky.social
RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social RailMapOnline.com contains interactive maps showing past and present UK, Irish and US railways. Now with historic canals, trams, trolleybus and military airfields too.
Iain Nicol @iainnicol.com Today, I own six houses, five cars and six boats.
he/him
Bryan @elwick70.bsky.social Yorkshireman. Train Driver. Coffee
Mostly photos of trains I’ve driven and the railway I work on, especially the old bits that really should be in a museum. And other things.
Semaphoria @semaphoria.co.uk Just posting my photos of old signals in the modern world. I put more detailed descriptions in the alt text.
Ru @maruneoptics.bsky.social Marine Optics PhD Student, public transport enjoyer, Jags loyal, plankton botherer.
(He/him)
🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🏴
https://ruwall-web.co.uk
University of Stirling Archives @unistirarchives.bsky.social News, events and activities related to the collections held in the University of Stirling Archives.
Find out more at:
https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/archives
Jenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social Historian, writer, re-enactor. Interested in Scots clothing and sometimes battles from 1450-1750.
https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/the-men-of-warre-the-clothes-weapons-and-accoutrements-of-the-scots-at-war-1460-1600.php
Elaine Hutton @elainehutton.bsky.social Humanist, Skeptic, living in Edinburgh
Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social A semi-retired architectural illustrator, drawing buildings & old stuff to relieve stress. Illustration, art, archaeology, conservation, reading. FSA, Fellow Society of Architectural Illustrators (FSAI). No NFTs.
James Aithie 🏴 @jamesaithie.bsky.social "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards"- Soren Kierkagaard
Dumfries and Galloway / Isle of Lewis 🏴
I'd mute #ScottishIndependence if that's not your bag, as I bang on about it a lot.
Chris Williams (dink) @chriswilliams-dink.bsky.social Award winning (no honest) Cartoonist. Also an Illustrator, Designer... depending on what day it is.
Recently emigrated from Liverpool to Edinburgh.
https://linktr.ee/dinktoons
Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social Social Historian | Glasgow dweller | Humanist | Writes about sex, religion, queer lives, oral histories, moral panics. And public history in a newspaper.
Edinburgh Bus Users Group @edinburghbug.bsky.social Looking out for Edinburgh's bus passengers and services. Independent of operators, Councils, Government, political parties etc.
Website https://edinburghbususers.group/
@eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social The art of the East London Group. Also on Instagram:- http://instagram.com/eastlondongroup/ & Facebook http://facebook.com/EastLondonGroup. All images: copyrighted. Find out more about the Group here:- https://www.eastlondongroup.co.uk/
The List @thelistuk.bsky.social Monthly Scottish arts and culture magazine covering #Glasgow & #Edinburgh since 1985.
list.co.uk
Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social Hourly images - 3 minutes early - of Scotland's capital city (and beyond) in all seasons, all sorts of weather & even its foulest mood. Run by Tom Duffin, @TomDuffinPhotos.bsky.social, www.tomduffin.com, and weekly newsletter tomduffin.substack.com
Glenys Norquay @glenisilla.bsky.social Curious about wildlife and nature, but also photography, books, art, language... all kinds of stuff.
Edinburgh, Scotland
UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social Archive Sector Leadership department at The National Archives UK. We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Find out more about the support we offer: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social The home of science, research and archives at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🌿🔬📚
Find out more about what we do: https://www.rbge.org.uk/
Amy @amzomac.bsky.social I'm Amy. I spend time running, protesting, asking questions, finding beauty in the mundane and refusing to be neutral in situations of injustice. Socialist.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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ReelStreets @reelstreets.bsky.social ReelStreets brings together more than 53,000 comparison images of #filmlocations appearing in over 3500 productions from the last 125 years of #cinema
Meshtastic @meshtastic.org Meshtastic is an open-source project enabling off-grid, decentralized communication using low-cost, low-power devices. Perfect for adventurers, makers, and communities looking for resilient mesh networks without having to rely on traditional infrastructure
Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk Glasgow then and now
AtomCentral @atomcentral.bsky.social Preserving and restoring the nuclear testing era.
Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social Editor of The National 🏴
Sidestone Press @sidestone.bsky.social We are a publisher of academic books. We believe our books should be freely available to every one. Buy our printed books, or access them online for free!
UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social Collecting since 1451, Archives and Special Collections @UofGlasgow, part of @UofGLibrary. Always inspiring people with our collections. #UofGASC
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social Military History/Defence and Security/Leadership/Organisational Culture. PhD equipped. Book in early 2026, Tanks in Unexpected Places.
Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, recipe books, and the fine grain detail of Scottish royal revenue.
Website: https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
Robbie Ainsworth @robbieainsworth.bsky.social A civil engineer in Edinburgh. Cycle path closures and a bit of history.
Jim Hunter @jimhunter.bsky.social Interested in current affairs. Does a bit of cooking. Golfer, gym rat and E-bike rider. Wordle fan. World traveller. Social democrat and federalist. Co-owner Heart of Midlothian FC.
PeteTheFree @petethefree.bsky.social President, seemingly for life, of the coolest motorcycle club in the world. When not biking am walking, some of which is here :- www.thebod.co.uk
Ipsos in Scotland @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social Social researchers with a passion for understanding the world. Part of the @ipsosgroup.bsky.social based in Scotland.