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Justin Brower @naturespoisons.bsky.social Forensic Toxicologist, PhD Organic Chemist & Prince of Poisons. Writing NATURE'S POISONS, the science & history of nature's most vicious creations (WW Norton, 2025). Also into gardening, fountain pens, photography, and 3D printing. NaturesPoisons.com
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Swimlittlefish @lisavanwyk.bsky.social From the edge of the deep green sea.
Ex @webfoundation,@amnesty,@MSF.
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Rupert Koopman @rkct.bsky.social Botanist, plant conservation in the fynbos, husband, dad
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Andrew Feinstein @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social Former ANC MP; Stood against Keir Starmer in Holborn & St. Pancras; Author of ‘Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade’ amongst others. Anti-racist, anti-genocide, anti-corruption. Views my own
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Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social Editor of The Progress Playbook: https://theprogressplaybook.com
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Sipho @comradesipho.bsky.social please i am just a normal man
manwhohasitall @manwhohasitall.bsky.social Satirizing the patriarchy since 2015.
New book Flipping Patriarchy out now!
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RevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social Jesus, Justice and a side of Jazz Hands.
Canadian Anglican priest. Husband to James. Dogdad to Chester. (He /Him/His)
This is my only account.
Backup accounts are fake.
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social Nothing much to say that hasn’t been said long ago: I’m a doofus and a terrible follow
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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, columnist. My new novel 'A Second Shot' is now available at all good bookshops. Penguin Random House SA.
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Monique Weits @moniqueweits.bsky.social Still not prone to laborious endeavors.
Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social Human Doctor • Toxicology • Addiction • Emergency • #WTFentanyl & more often just WTF • drugs are misunderstood but people are misunderstood more • he/him • YouTube.com/@RyanMD • #MedSky
Josh Budlender @joshbudlender.bsky.social Postdoc at SALDRU, University of Cape Town: Labour & Development Economics.
Firms and wages and structural transformation; programme evaluation; a bit of econ history & social policy.
And some 🇿🇦 politics :)
https://www.joshbudlender.co.za
Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering @pickeringrobyn.bsky.social Assoc. Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 Co-director Human Evolution Research Institute | geology, isotopes, U-Pb dating carbonates, human evolution, southern African palaeoclimates | equitable fieldwork | decolonisation |she/her
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Natasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social A latke that cannot stop screaming // Recovering news editor // 🇿🇦 // Somehow both jaded and awed by the world // (she, they, helluva gay).
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Angel Campey @angelcampey.bsky.social 🇿🇦 Comedian, radio presenter and garden enthusiast. Former twitter lover just looking for a new place to share thoughts without an overlord.
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Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social Opinions. Comms. OSINT. Analysis. Marketing strat. Some snark. Radical apanthropist.
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Mr D 🏳️🌈✌️ @darrondiesel.bsky.social Aged in South African oke for 39 years. Food & wine. Travel. F1. Good vibes.
Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social Posting the worst medical takes. Have a submission? DM or @ me. #MedSky https://ko-fi.com/badmedicaltakes
Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social
Alastair McAlpine, MD @alastairmca30.bsky.social Pediatric infectious disease physician, author, runner, metal fan. Dislikes Pseudoscience and bigotry. Views ≠ my employer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
Rob Forbes @robforbes.bsky.social Humanist. Cultural architect.
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"Gives the best hugs".
Other interests available on request.
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Chris Roper @chrisroper.bsky.social Deputy CEO at @Code4Africa, Former Ed-in-Chief: Mail & Guardian and 24. com. Knight Fellow at ICFJ 2015-2019. He/him
Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com Novelist, scriptwriter, imaginative futurist, recovering journalist. Winner of the Arthur C Clarke and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Author of The Shining Girls (now on Apple TV), Zoo City and Bridge.
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social Senior Investigator, Graphika.
Cape Town, South Africa.
Wandile Sihlobo @wandilesihlobo.bsky.social Agricultural economist from South Africa.
Craig @handle.invalid I live in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, with my wife Tessa, our daughters Kitt & Farrah, our dog Rafferty and our cat Matilda.
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Dr Nechama Brodie @brodiegal.bsky.social South African journalist & academic. teach/research/publish on media, journalism, archives, public health, data & research methods. Strong sideline in homicide studies + forensic pathology. Writes books and sings songs. It’s not AI it’s automation
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Leah Jazz Live @leahjazzlive.bsky.social Mostly nocturnal radio babe.
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Robyn Porteous @robynporteous.bsky.social Intersectional Feminist. Writer. Runner. Bibliophile. Anti-Racist. She/Her. Disinformation destroys democracy. #BlackLivesMatter. Views my own.
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HellaTamaryn @hellatamaryn.bsky.social Poes for life.
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BatCAt @batcatca.bsky.social The hero that Got-ham deserves, but not the one it needs. Will fight crime for just-mice. Sophisticat. Catfather. Annoyed. I mention infosec stuff sometimes. 🇿🇦 in 🇨🇦
Ami Kapilevich @biobot.bsky.social Mainly music. Maybe also books.
matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social Everything is epilogue now.
Darren Olivier @darren.africandefence.net Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence)
Covering African conflicts with a specific focus on Southern Africa.
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6000 @6000coza.bsky.social south africa's best loved blogger | cape town's foremost ex-bacterium wrangler | son of sheffield | forged in steel | manx roots
Oom Rugby @oomrugby.bsky.social 🇿🇦 A rugby view from South Africa. I tweet a lot about the game but please do not tell my wife , she thinks I am checking the weather app!
Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social Epidemiologist. Research Fellow. Doctor of Spreadsheets. Writer (Slate, TIME, Guardian, etc). PhD, MPH. Host of senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him. Find my writing on Substack and Medium.
Tom Moultrie @tom-moultrie.bsky.social Professor of demography at UCapeTown; CRVS systems; cricket; politics. Analyst of South African Covid testing data and excess deaths (2020-) 
Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk Digital chemist & chemistry automation nerd | Lives in a historical canalside cottage | Learner of comp chem and Swedish | Views are mine | She/they. Macclesfield, UK
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