Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social Campaigner to support the BBC (not a BBC employee). It’s affected by savage UK govt cuts: c40% 2010-2024. BBC costs >49 pence/around 65 US cents a day per UK household. It’s a national public service broadcaster, respected worldwide for accurate reporting.
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
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Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social Heritage, archaeology, cooking, art, fashion, Gaelic, Berneray. Ex-librarian, ex Oracle admin. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. 💙 NHS
Simon Paris Tours Cemeteries @simonparistours.bsky.social Simon Paris Tours is here to connect you with the incredible stories of Paris.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social Enterprise News - 365 days a year
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Roger Watt @rjwatt42.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Psych at
Stirling University
Trumpet player
Statistic-ist
Grandpa
BA PhD FRSE
https://wattstuff.wordpress.com/
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
ProfAFinlayson @profafinlayson.bsky.social Prof of Political & Social Theory @ UEA: regularly a political theorist, often a political analyst, always a rhetorician. Sometimes I teach people how to make political speeches; usually they are happy about it. Mostly I study Reactionary Digital Politics.
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University
Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace
Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
Tuatha @tuatha.ie Explore Ireland with us! Visitor guides, itineraries, courses, events — created by archaeologists for people who really want to get under the skin of Ireland.
Start your Irish archaeological adventure:
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UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social Reporting the latest updates from Downing Street and Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Here until Downing Street setup an official account. I also run @royalfamilyuk.bsky.social.
Isaac Cates @drisaac.bsky.social “Senior Lecturer” (UVM English) in poetry, comics, writing, etc.; sometime drawer of comics, sometime writer of poems; trying to return to the world
Some projects here:
#DailyKrazyDetail
#FourActorFactor
#OrwellVsChatGPT
#WILtVG
Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social Archaeologist | Neolithic Britain & Ireland | Heritage interpretation | Lecturer at University of Exeter | Editor of Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
Historian1661 @historian1661.bsky.social Independent scholar. I'm not in academia.
Comparativist.
Former staff member, Princeton U. Library.
250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica250
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social Covering the Supreme Court etc at TPM & co-hosting the TPM Show; Philly-born Mystics diehard 🚴♀️🏃♀️Call me/beep me: kateriga.24/ kate@talkingpointsmemo.com 📸 Leah Miessler, Anna Moneymaker
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social Writer and PhD researcher interested in oral history, migration and methodology. Also radical history walking tours, books, social history, Glasgow kmackinnon.org radicalglasgowtours.com she/her
Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social Democratic strategist. Formerly Long Island Campaign Chair for Barack Obama; Majority Leader of the Suffolk County Legislature. Gay dad of five terrific kids. Writer and producer of echoesoftheunknownpodcast.com. Coffee addict. New York/Florida. 🌴
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join
The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social Independent. Intelligent. Influential. Send tips to tips@thedailybeast.com
David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
The Contrarian @contrariannews.org Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. https://contrarian.substack.com/
Rhona Brown @rhonabrown.bsky.social Professor of Scottish Textual Cultures, University of Glasgow
18th-century Scottish poetry, early Scottish periodicals, textual editing.
Working on a new edition of the poetry of Robert Fergusson (1750-74). 🏴📚📖🗞️📰
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver.
Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of Democracy-Ish; Author of a Memoir and a Play; @YouTubeWajahatAli
wajali.com
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social Immigrant. Citizen. Mouthy advocate. NYT bestseller of A RETURN TO COMMON SENSE. Official account💙
https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl
National Folklore Survey for England @nfsengland.bsky.social UKRI AHRC funded project based at the Centre for Contemporary Legend, Sheffield Hallam University nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk
elizabeth is apparently a witchy vamp? @thatelizabeth.bsky.social Oh, so now it’s a research masters? Queer as all hell and massivly into music, movies and difficult theory. Really enjoying rediscovering reading for pleasure. She/ her and sometimes they/ them. Autism? Hell yea.
The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.
Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social Welcome to Legal AF, as part of the MeidasTouch Network, we curate breaking news stories combined with in-depth analysis and interviews, and package it in an informative yet entertaining way to allow our audience to make sense of it all.
Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social This is the bot for TrumpActionTracker.info - a website that documents the actions, statements, and plans of President Trump and his administration that echo those of authoritarian regimes.
This bot automatically posts the latest actions.
Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Editor at large, The Bulwark.
Director, Defending Democracy Together.
Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
Never Trump.
Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social Editor of The Bulwark
https://www.thebulwark.com/
Host of a Secret Podcast.
Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social Your source for all things Heather Cox Richardson.
Managed by Team HCR.
The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social Autistic, prob AuDHD. LGBTQ+ ally because obviously. Routine goblin. She/her. Sweary, sorry. Lecturer (UK), researcher in language development, psycholinguistics, autism. ♾️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Parallel Histories @parallelhistories.bsky.social
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association @pssatweets.bsky.social Charity advancing understanding & appreciation of public statues & sculpture. Webinars, talks, books, statues of women & sculptors' lives databases, forthcoming sculpture residency & Marsh Awards for Public Sculpture, Conservation & Fountains. pssauk.org
Building Conservation @cathedralcomms.bsky.social BCD is the UK's definitive free guide to resources for the conservation and repair of the historic built environment.
Created by Cathedral Communications. Find Historic Churches and the BCD here: www.buildingconservation.com
Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 2026 @rannsachadh2026.bsky.social Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 11 (2026) aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu: 14–16 Iuchar 2026
Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 11 (2026) at the University of Glasgow: 14–16 July 2026
Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com Editor & founder, @comicsgrid.com. Senior Lecturer @hcid.city. Sharing and reposting are not endorsement. I am human; I have critical views. Absolutely personal capacity. Mexican British. DMs are not monitored. https://linktr.ee/ernestopriego
Canadians For Disclosure @cfcd.bsky.social Canadians ██ For
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#DisclosureNOW #UAP#UFO
#NotABalloon #WorstKeptSecret
Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
Adam Cain @adamcain.bsky.social 🇱🇧🔶 QPR FC (God help me)
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social media + curriculum tool for promoting women & nonbinary historians | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/ #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
#HistoryBeyondTheBinary
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/
#histmed
History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social Creating a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics in England, then the UK, from the thirteenth century to the present day.
You can find us at other places, here: https://linktr.ee/historyofparliament
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social The membership body for recordkeeping professionals in the UK & Ireland.
Posts are by Deborah Mason, Head of Communications for ARA. You can reach her on deborah.mason@archives.org.uk (quicker than a DM).
Find our more about ARA here www.archives.org.uk
Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social SRS, the main academic organisation in UK & Ireland dedicated to the promotion of the study of the Renaissance. Hatched in 1967. 🐥 🔥 🐣 🐦🔥 https://rensoc.org.uk/
The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social Based in @ihr.bsky.social, @sasnews.bsky.social. Engaged, outward-facing and co-produced research into place and history: rural to urban & parish to metropolis. Home to Victoria County History & Layers of London. Posts by team.
Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social The home of Political Studies since 1950. We advance, support & promote the global study of Politics & International Relations. psa.ac.uk
Become a PSA member http://psa.ac.uk/members
Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people.
https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org We are the UK’s learned society and professional body for geography, supporting geography and geographers across the world.
The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian Built Heritage. Join us!
linktr.ee/victoriansociety
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social History Lab is the UK's national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines. https://linktr.ee/ihrhistorylab
@ihr.bsky.social
Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social Your go-to place for women’s history!
The Women’s History Network is an inclusive UK association for those passionate about women’s & gender history. Also on LinkedIn.
Learn more about our values: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/about-page/
German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social The GHI London is a research centre supporting and connecting history students and scholars from Britain and Germany. One of 11 independent research institutes of the @maxweberstiftung.de.
Open Mo-Fri, 9.30am-5pm
https://www.ghil.ac.uk
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
Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social The Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has been promoting research into women's history in Ireland since 1989.
The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
Oxford Bibliographical Society @obs1922.bsky.social Founded 104 years ago, the OBS celebrates the collection, care, and enjoyment of libraries, books, and archives of all sizes📚
Oxford, England
oxbibsoc.wordpress.com
Cambridge Group for the History of Population & Social Structure @camunicampop.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research group at the University of Cambridge.
https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/
Follow our blog: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog
Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social We are a UK-wide educational charity that helps champion and promote participation in archaeology. We run the Young Archaeologists’ Clubs and the annual Festival of Archaeology. Join us to help shape the future of archaeology.
https://www.archaeologyuk.org
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought @biapt.bsky.social Our aim is to promote the study of all branches of political thought, including analytical political philosophy, continental and post-structuralist theory, and the history of political thought.
LGBTQ+ History Association @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social The LGBTQ+ History Association (formally the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History) founded in 1979, is an affiliate of the American Historical Association. Learn more at clgbthistory.org
Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social www.one-place-studies.org – For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday!
The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social The Bibliographical Society exists to promote the study of the history of the book, for librarians, collectors, historians and book lovers everywhere.
SHNH @sochistnathist.bsky.social The Society for the History of Natural History | https://shnh.org.uk/
Archives of Natural History published by Edinburgh University Press | https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/ANH
British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social BAIS is the national network for those with an interest in the study of Ireland. Posts by our comms team and council members.
https://irishstudies.co.uk/
Society for Reformation Research (SRR) @socrefresearch.bsky.social Organization promoting the study of the Reformation and early modern religion.
Sponsor of the Archive for Reformation History (ARH)
Social Media: @kkaelin.bsky.social
Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society @whitchurchhospital.bsky.social Whitchurch Hospital is a closed Mental Health Hospital in Cardiff 🏴
1908-2016
Used as a military hospital during both World Wars.
Originally known as the Cardiff City Mental Hospital.
Account run by Whitchurch Hospital Historcial Society (Est. 2009)
Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social We provide leadership for the archives and records management sector in Scotland. Lead. Inform. Inspire.
Website: https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/
RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk RLUK's vision is that the UK should have the best research library support in the world. #RLUK26 #RLUKICIL #RLUKDSF #RLUKSPACE #RLUKRSP #librariesXresearch
Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary international group promoting the study of women and gender in the early modern period and long eighteenth century.
https://womensstudiesgroup.org/
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