Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social Writer.Fiery Italian. Defending Democracy.
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mySociety @mysociety.org We create digital services that break down barriers to democratic participation, equipping people to take action and drive meaningful change. Subscribe to our updates at http://eepurl.com/gOEVFj
Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social public interest x journalism x information ecosystems x tech/AI accountability vs information inequality
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#COYS #FRSA
London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social We bring funders together to build a better London by taking action on what matters to our city and our communities.
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Aya Jaff @ayajaff.bsky.social Built businesses, wrote books, made it onto the Forbes list. Sadly no generational wealth. Still no yacht. But at least I have opinions… and a mild allergy to billionaire worship.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
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onpolitics.news @onpolitics.news Dive Deep into Democracy. https://onpolitics.news is a political news and media aggregator with the latest articles, videos, podcasts and social posts. Top new articles posted here every hour.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Eleanor Rylance 🔶🌳🌍🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦 @eleanorrylance.bsky.social Translator, Parish councillor, district councillor, #EastDevonDistrictCouncil, #ALDEParty, #LibDems FIRC. 🔶🌳🌍🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺#FBPE
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
The Spectator @thespectator1828.bsky.social Politics, culture, cartoons and more.
crochetcat @crochetcat.bsky.social Classic movies, animals, yarny stuff 
360Giving @360giving.org UK charity that helps organisations to publish open, standardised grants data, and supports people to use it to make grantmaking more informed, effective and strategic.
#OpenData #Philanthropy
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Pooja Chaudhuri @poojachaudhuri.bsky.social Researcher and trainer @bellingcat.com
Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social Philip McCouat writes in-depth articles on art, history and social change in the Journal of Art in Society at http://artinsociety.com
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk @cser.bsky.social Cambridge University interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilizational collapse.
Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social journalist / co-founder @404media.co
signal: sam.404 (sensitive comms)
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CrownShy @becrownshy.bsky.social We listen carefully at scale - building open tools and processes for meaningful participation. http://crown-shy.com
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
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Opinions my own
Mara Flint @mara.carminerebellion.uk She/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Chrysalis Records @chrysalisrecs.bsky.social One of Britain’s leading independent labels.
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122 Music Management @122musicmanagement.com Thinking. Doing. Different.
We look after Sky Diving Penguins & Still Traffico.
London, UK
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Revolution Software @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social Official account of Revolution Software
🍂 Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
🏝️ Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged
Jah Stobbart (Press Start / Press Select) @jahstobbart.bsky.social Amoureux des jeux physiques et fan absolu des Chevaliers de Baphomet (Broken Sword). Je fais aussi des vidéos sur YouTube et Twitch
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alexander preymak 🐱 @preymak.com Animal Well, Perfect Tides, Return to Monkey Island, Kentucky Route Zero, Hollow Knight, Broken Sword 5, and more 📝 Co-Founder of Warlocs 🧙♂️ глупый кот
Robert Megone @robertmegone.com Game Developer - Worked on: Elroy and the Aliens, Return To Monkey Island, Darkside Detective, Beyond A Steel Sky, Thimbleweed Park, Broken Sword 5. Dad to two wonderful girls.
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@jasonsappy.bsky.social @jasonsappy.bsky.social 
Roshan "fatigue haver" Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social journalist covering land and housing | bylines at WIRED, New York Times, Baffler, etc I Contributing Editor Next City | member @fspnwu.bsky.social
RoshanAbraham.beehiiv.com
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Signal: roshan.150
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
Electoral Commission @electoralcommission.org.uk The independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK.
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
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Al Ghaff @alghaff.bsky.social Board Director @Bigbrotherwatch.bsky.social. ex-Chief Operating Officer @OpenRightsGroup.org. All views my own.
https://www.alghaff.org
Rebecca Vincent @rebeccajvincent.bsky.social Deputy Director of The Citizens. Formerly Reporters Without Borders & Big Brother Watch. Human rights campaigner obsessed with holding power to account.
Global Voices @globalvoices.org The first global community-based newsroom. We build bridges and global understanding. Read our stories here: https://globalvoices.org
Big Brother Watch @bigbrotherwatch.bsky.social Defending civil liberties and protecting privacy.
Fearless campaigning. Real change. Delivered to you.
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JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. Originator of #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. She/they. I hope you like ferrets. 💜
Gaming News @gamingnews-rt.bsky.social Bringing you up-to-date gaming news and helping the community showcase their work!
All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social Game dev collective making All Will Rise, a wild, mysterious & strategic rpg about taking the powerful to court for destroying the planet, set in an alternate reality Kerala, India. Wishlist on Kickstarter/Steam!
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𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨 Love ❤️ @amigalove.com Eric K. Hill: Sharing the ❤️ for the Amiga and all things Commodore. Create and manage design @sporcle by day.
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social Chief Medical Officer of South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Adjunct Professor at the IoPPN, & Honorary Prof at Brunel Med School. Editorial Board at the BJPsych. https://slam.nhs.uk/trust-board/?consultant=737
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
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People's Health Trust @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social People’s Health Trust is a national charity working with local communities across Great Britain to address health inequalities through the building blocks of health. We want to stop people dying too young.
Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk An independent organisation that seeks to bridge the gap between science and public policies to reduce alcohol-related harm.
Website: https://www.ias.org.uk/
Newsletter & Podcast: https://instalcstud.substack.com/
Wes Streeting @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social Labour MP for Ilford North. Former Secretary of State for Health & Social Care.
Una Foye @unafoye.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow at KCL working in mental health, eating disorders and inpatient care. All views my own (she/her)
Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (LSE) @cpeclse.bsky.social Leading research centre in long-term (social) care, mental health, developmental disability & other health issues to inform & influence global policy & practice.
Andy Bell @andybell-centremh.bsky.social Works at Centre for Mental Health 
Centre for Mental Health @centreformh.bsky.social Speaking up for social justice in mental health. Find out more https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/
Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social 
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
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Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
Joe Mitchell @joe-mitchell.com Another day, another microblog! Mainly worrying about democracy. Work on regenerating local news at @publicinterestnews.org.uk. Also @j0e_m@mastodon.social for when the sky inevitably clouds over.
Suzi Gage @soozaphone.bsky.social Mental health and substance use researcher. Author, podcaster and blogger #SayWhyToDrugs
Dr Eleanor Roberts @elbelbumble.bsky.social Neuroscientist, writer, singer, artist, thinker, doer, laugher, unabashed lefty, feminist, ME/CFS absolute warrior, disability campaigner, 100% LGBTQI+ ally (and all-round Q), all from a small flat in noisy South London.
Lilla Porffy @lillaporffy.bsky.social Neuroscience Postdoc Researcher @ IoPPN, King's College London
The Narrator @mostlyobserving.bsky.social NHS Nursing Assistant | Mental Health | BSc (Hons) Psychology (First Class, 2025) | Interests: Gardening, Nature, Photography, History, Art, Gaming, Music ...
NIHR @nihr.bsky.social National Institute for Health and Care Research - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.
Impact, Innovation, Investment, Inclusion
Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co Editor of Tedium (https://tedium.co), freelance writer, search engine maven (https://udm14.com). Just launched https://boxed.news.
See my writing: https://erniesmith.net/
“Life is too short to not say exactly what you mean all the time.” — Jesse Welles
J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social I work with communities on science for safer, fairer digital environments.
Founder: CAT Lab. Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard. Assoc Prof, Communication, Cornell · Guatemalan-American · Ultracyclist
🐘@natematias@social.coop
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citizensandtech.org
Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab. 
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social Draws pictures in exchange for money.
Illustrator, recovering archaeologist, former lecturer and retired technical director of websites.
🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social Connoisseur of cafés, beaches and psychedelic art. Lover of democracy, science, humor, art, music, and octopi. Alarm clocks should be outlawed. DMs=🚫 Be whimsy. linktr.ee/msgrumpybunny
David H @scarfwearer2.bsky.social Part time maths teacher and tutor. Previously Primary school teacher. Sports fan - Football, Cricket then all the others! Vinyl record collector. Likes History, poetry, trash TV! Dislikes right wing selfish shouty people!
Coco @cocochan.bsky.social Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her- B Battles @battles.bsky.social I used to be a ballerina but now I'm in cyber
London Centric @londoncentric.media A modern news outlet for London, covering the city in the old-fashioned way. Edited by @jim.londoncentric.media. Subscribe now for a 25% discount: www.londoncentric.media
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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social Join me for a ramble through 2000 years of culture and history at the heart of old London. www.thegentleauthorstours.com
Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social Your Party MP for Coventry South 🌹
coventrysouth@parliament.uk
Promoted by Zarah Sultana at CWU South Midlands, Coventry, CV1 3EG
La War Room @lawarroom.bsky.social Stratégie : Etudes : Guerre informationnelle
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Mark Easton @markeaston1.bsky.social Broadcaster, writer and gooner.
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) @iwf.org.uk Leading tech non-profit working globally to eliminate child sexual abuse images and videos from the worldwide internet. Partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre.
Find out more at iwf.org.uk
Report safely and anonymously at iwf.org.uk/report
Public Interest News Foundation @publicinterestnews.org.uk We believe that everyone in the UK should benefit from public interest news that speaks to them, for them and with them. 🗞️
We're building the capacity of the UK's independent news providers to do that.
Julian @julianlstar.bsky.social CEO of Open Data Manchester, liker of the outside and outsiders, prone to disagreement. Views expressed may change within the space of a few seconds. Optimistic mostly
Open Data Manchester CIC @opendatamcr.bsky.social Helping individuals, organisations and communities understand and use data in responsible and ethical ways since 2010.
https://www.opendatamanchester.org.uk
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int Sharing news on Europe's human and robotic exploration, from astronaut training to the next giant leap to the Moon and Mars.
Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social Lib Dem Life Peer. Party President 2020-5. Author, "Polling UnPacked" / http://www.theweekinpolls.co.uk / https://libdemnewswire.substack.com / imprint + privacy http://markpack.org.uk/legal-privacy / he/him
Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social Co-founder and journalist at 404media.co
I read every email
Alex Parsons @alexparsons.bsky.social Democracy Programme Lead / Senior Researcher - mySociety/TheyWorkForYou. Also for some reason Postman Pat reviews.
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
OTUS Project @otusproject.bsky.social The Observations of Tornadoes by UAV Systems (OTUS) project is an effort to gather reliable measurements of the environment within and surrounding a tornado. www.theotusproject.com
Sam Power @spmontecarlo.bsky.social Lecturer in Maths & Stats at Bristol. Interested in probabilistic + numerical computation, statistical modelling + inference. (he / him).
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/sp-monte-carlo
Seminar: https://sites.google.com/view/monte-carlo-semina
Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk Lib Dem MP for Bath🔶
Energy Security & Net Zero Select Committee🌍
Championing women’s rights by helping criminalise upskirting & making workplaces safer🧑⚖️
👉https://werahobhouse.org.uk/
Published & promoted by Wera Hobhouse at 31 James St. West, BA1 2BT
Tim Davies @timdavies.org.uk Director of Research & Practice at @ConnectedByData.org working on participatory and open governance of tech. Adoptive parent. 
Charles Tallack @charlestallack.bsky.social Ex-director of analysis @HealthFdn,ex-Whitehall civil servant & NHS England.
Love ideas, numbers, analysis, evidence, debate and challenge. Views my own.
Techmeme @techmeme.com Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web.
This account shares top-level Techmeme headlines. Visit https://techmeme.com/ for full context.
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.
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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Democracy Club @democracyclub.org.uk Creating the digital foundations to support everyone's participation in democratic life. We built http://WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk and http://WhereDoIVote.co.uk. 🗳
Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social Demos is a champion of people, ideas and democracy.
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
Tips: matthew@404media.co // signal: 347 762-9212 
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Ben Whitelaw @benwhitelaw.bsky.social Founder and editor of everythinginmoderation.co. Co-host & writer of ctrlaltspeech.com puns. Media consultant by day. #LUFC fan by birthright.