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oliver @oliverbates.co.uk design researcher. he/him
researching through making games, zines and critical tea towels about climate futures, tech, and systems.
Links to my stuff: https://oliverbates.co.uk
https://fractals.coop/ and research fellow @ lancaster uni
Trackotheday @trackotheday.bsky.social Track of the Day, as selected by the fine folks at Cratedigger. Just sharing nice things, here, no ulterior motive. 
Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social Technologist, writer, composer. Government advisor. FIET & WGGB. London & Lerwick. Blogging at https://ntouk.wordpress.com. Latest book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F23N7WSS
Michael Mitchell @michaelmitchell.bsky.social I'm running for City Council in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth. https://toronto-danforth.ca
Quick, whatโs the longest word you can find โ> https://bsky.app/profile/michaelmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mvadd2s4ic2l
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
I Think You Should Read Podcast @itysrpod.bsky.social A podcast where hosts รine O'Connell and Rachel O'Neill discuss books our guests think everyone should read. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. ๐๐
Annie Heath @annieheath.bsky.social Head of Tech, Data, Experience Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. Public Sector Endurance Medallist. Wife to music writer Harold Heath. Daughter of a loop da loop era.
Euan Taylor Author @euantaylorauthor.bsky.social The Hard Times: Prison Diaries: A book about crime, punishment, rehabilitation, greed, and putting a newspaper to bed before the editorial team gets locked up: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Times-Prison-Diaries-ebook/dp/B0DPVH8HFF/
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social ๐ธ Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera ๐ธ
๐ https://rupertrivett.photoshelter.com ๐
#RealStreetPhotography #Photojournalism|
Skilled in unobtrusive, authentic #storytelling
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https://rupephoto.substack.com/
Care City @carecityuk.bsky.social A social enterprise working with communities, health and care partners to create innovative change of local benefit and national significance.
Find out more www.carecity.org
DadMovie Dad @dadmovie-dad.bsky.social Hey Kids, Dad here.
Every movie is a dad movie if I watch it, and once I figure out this danged DVD player, thereโs something to learn from each and every one of them.
Follow me here and on letterboxd for movie wisdom!
https://boxd.it/gh5pp
Benjy Stanton @benjystanton.co.uk Contract interaction and service designer. User-centred design in gov. Accessibility. Music fan. https://www.benjystanton.co.uk/ He/him
Dr Farah Nada | ูุฑุญ @farahanada.bsky.social Mostly Egyptian
Reader | Writer | Editor
Space | Movement | Modernism
Phd from @exeter.ac.uk
Secretary of @bowensociety.bsky.social
Part-time Professor @uottawa.ca
Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social Working class history, photography, railways, skiing, cats, corvids and goats! A sense of humour is essential. Cat butler. Reluctant intellectual. Rare disease survivor. Born at 314.3ppm.
https://railthing.blogspot.com/?m=1
Cpaphil @cpaphil.bsky.social www.cpaphil.com : Vintage postcards shop, Cartes Postales, Ansichtskarten. More than 1.2 million items online.
www.cpaphil.com๏ผใดใฃใณใใผใธใในใใซใผใใทใงใใใใซใซใใปใในใใปใซใซใใใขใณในใทใฅใใซใผใ
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In English, Francais, und Deutsch
Fiction Horizon @fictionhorizon.bsky.social Fiction Horizon is your go-to place for everything movies, tv shows, comics
https://fictionhorizon.com/
Andy Jones ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @andyjones.bsky.social Head of Design (Content, Service and Interaction Design) - Dept for Education.
Ex-Dog dad, plant dad. Lover of coffee, cake, all things Scandinavian, design and architecture. Neurospicy, ADHD and colourblind.
Canโt get messages.
dxw @dxw.com We design, build and run digital public services that make people's lives better.
dxw is employee owned.
Find out more about us ๐ https://linktr.ee/_dxw
matthew zeitoun | filmmaker / comedian @zeitounpictures.bsky.social ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ/๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ watch my short plz๐๐
๐Paterson, NJ
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๐ฅ๐ญSpending my life making truthful work.
๐ฒ YouTube.com/@open.streaming
Not a ๐ค just marketing with ๐ซ budget
Des @desdelboy.bsky.social basic (L) eu 43.
โArt is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time.โ
Jean-Michel Basquiat.
โThis groove is out of fashion, These beats are 20 years oldโ
David Byrne.
#MDANT
Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social Writer of short stories, novels, plays.
http://www.elizabethbaines.co.uk
Latest publication: Five Different Stories About One Thing (Confingo). https://www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page/five-different-stories-about-one-thing-by-elizabeth-baines
German Shepherd @germanshepherdus.bsky.social ๐พ Welcome to our German Shepherd fan page! ๐โ๐ฆบ Dedicated to celebrating the loyalty, strength, and beauty of this majestic breed. Join us for tips, stories, photos, and fun facts about GSDs. Perfect for owners, fans, or anyone who loves these amazing do
design curation @designcuration.bsky.social art, graphic design, typography, architecture, craft, etc.
Max Cairnduff @maxcairnduff.bsky.social Repairer of Reputations.
William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social Civics. Psychology. The intersection between the two. https://will-cooper.com/
David Gaffney @ggaffa.bsky.social Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
Alex White @alexwhitewrites.bsky.social Award-winning writer and editor, passionate about books, accessibility, disability rights and oral history. Fan of Norwich City, Sussex and England cricket. Views personal. www.AlexWhiteWrites.com
๐ฉ Poodle - Miniature @johnsonpham.bsky.social The Miniature Poodle is a small, intelligent, and energetic dog breed known for its curly coat and friendly nature. They are highly trainable, affectionate, and make excellent companions for families.
Ben Unsworth @benunsworth.co.uk User centred design in government. parkrun tourist A4418. Director of Digital and Tech for Kingston and Sutton councils.
Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social DPhil (/PhD) Researcher @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social working on podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Former Research Lead at the Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D
The Elizabeth Bowen Society @bowensociety.bsky.social http://www.bowensociety.com/
Nicholas Korn | The Wild Sonnets @wildsonnets.bsky.social For The Wild Sonnets books & downloads: www.wildsonnets.com
For The Wild Sonnets YouTube Channel (150+ videos): https://www.youtube.com/@wildsonnets
Heledd Quaeck @helivans.bsky.social Dyfal Donc a Dyr y Garreg.
Persistent tapping will break the stone.
#IStillBelieveInDigitalTransformation
Own views - mostly about:
Cymraeg / Welsh ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
User-centred services for public good
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social CEO at Care City CIC supporting innovation across health and social care #ageing #localgov #socialcare #health #opendata #digital #design #tech ๐ https://www.carecity.org/
Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social New book coming next year. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Reading: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/meandmybigmouth
Writing: https://meandmybigmouth.medium.com/
Selling: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/meandmybigmouth
He/him.
Adam Walther @adamwalther.bsky.social Head of Transformation, Digital and Customer Services and Woking Borough Council - Englandโs most indebted | ex FutureGov | #cpfc 
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
@senordustin.bsky.social @senordustin.bsky.social 
Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
spydergrrl @spydergrrl.bsky.social Outdoorsy UXer. Workshop design coach & consultant. Lives with anxiety. Runs on espresso and Star Wars. She/her. ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Founder of CanUX. Best known for popularizing the phrase "UX Theatre". https://spydergrrl.com
Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social THE BENEFACTORS Sceptre. Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. Shortlisted Irish Novel of the Year, Best British Audio Book. Itโs out now. dance move/sweet home/stinging fly/picador/well I just kind of like it/PVA Books
Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social Cats, history, seaside, games, books, fanfic (๐๐) and healthcare because life is a mosaic.
Kate Levey @brophylevey.bsky.social Daughter of writer and activist Brigid Brophy (1929-1995)
Owen 'that beersoft chap' Smith @beersoft.bsky.social The same poorly spelt thoughts, with a different hat
Neil Williams @neillyneil.bsky.social Digital and tech exec at the BFI. Previously GOV.UK, and a tough but edifying stint in local gov. Alcohol free. Fun facts: I can't form mental images and have no inner monologue (aphantasia) nor remember my own life (SDAM). https://neilojwilliams.net
Trevor Berrett @mookse.bsky.social Books and Film | The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast with @bibliopaul.bsky.social | 2017 Best Translated Book Award Judge
Mobeena @mobeena.bsky.social "I don't know if this is a race thing or a lady thing but I'm mad as hell" Libraries, vampires and Sherlock Holmes. Very good bad influence. She/Her.
Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk Surface pattern designer and illustrator. Bold, colourful things inspired by brutalist architecture, mid-century graphics and music. Based in Manchester.
https://www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Rob Whiting ๐ @whitingx.bsky.social #Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social โน Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ใ
peterkwells @peterkwells.com BlackpoolFC, books, tech, people, policy & delivery, realist. Hopes to make stuff work for everyone.
https://peterkwells.com
James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social Writer from Manchester. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, out now! ๐โโฌ
https://lnk.to/LikeaCatLovesaBird
Instagram.com/drjamesbailey
Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social A mix of stuff: mainly #opendata, #FOI, #dataprotection, #geospatial, #openweb, #genAI, #techpolicy. Half-formed thoughts posted for my own amusement. Still on X/Twitter at @owenboswarva. Sites www.owenboswarva.com (with blog) + www.datadaptive.com. He/him
Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social Leabharlannaรญ
Ireland, Canada, Etc.
MLIS and migraines.
Pronouns in bio just in case someone feels a need to shoot me on the street.
CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology @techforgoodcast.bsky.social UK charity. Providing free courses, resources and networking opportunities to help charities and social impact organisations harness the full power of digital and AI. Also working with funders to create an environment of support. See www.wearecast.org.uk.
shedsue @suelawson.bsky.social Sue. BIPC librarian. Is this Bob's last tour? North. Folkestone.
Heidi @heidi2o.bsky.social data, policy, and feelings
hobby collector
@kayla001.bsky.social @kayla001.bsky.social 
David McMenemy @dmcmenemy.bsky.social Professor of Information Ethics and Policy at the University of Glasgow - Interests include information ethics and law, and public libraries. All views mine, etc.
Mark Picken @picken.bsky.social Founder at Proven Studio. Humanity. Equality. Possibility.
CEDA trustee,
Dad to 2 girls,
Runner: 7 x marathon; 4 x ultra,
WBA.
Live in Cornwall, work globally.
Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
Luke Burton @biblioluke.bsky.social Director, Libraries at Arts Council England. Data, emerging tech, literacies, reading for pleasure and the joy of libraries. โLibraries gave us power.โ Personal views only.
Nia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social Work: NHS Wales App. Member: @transform.wales
Eternal optimist. Goofball. Cymraes. She/her.
Check your boobs. Views mine.
https://medium.com/@niacampbell
James Green @jamesgreen.bsky.social Content Designer in local government.
Interested in digital accessibility.
Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans.
he / him
Dan Rhodes @danrhodes.bsky.social Anthropology, Timoleon Vieta, Sour Grapes, etc..
Standards have fallen; my value has dropped.
https://danrhodes.co.uk
LCC municipal @lccmunicipal.bsky.social London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc.
lccmunicipal.com