Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social Fighting for human rights across UK & the world 🌍 follow for activism & news. Amnesty UK (Charitable Trust & Section).
http://amnesty.org.uk/
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Ben Moor @benmoor.bsky.social When expressed as a fraction I'm an Actor/Writer. Elastic Planet, Undone, More Trees to Climb, A Three Thing Day etc.
linktr.ee/benmoor
Limmy @limmy.com Streams: twitch.tv/Limmy | Clips: youtube.com/@DaftLimmy
Harry Shearer @harryshearer.bsky.social Simpsons, Tap, Derek, Le Show.
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Lucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social 
Roz Kidd @rozkidd.bsky.social Scottish feminist film freak with a wide range of interests, including music, art, green beauty, Labour & football. Anti-LTN & Spiteful Class Warrior. Married.
Dan Henshaw @danhenshaw.bsky.social Mancunian filmmaker in London working in commercials and music videos. Here for politics (left), culture, science and that.
Sarfraz Manzoor @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social I am a screenwriter (Blinded by the Light), author (Greetings from Bury Park, They), journalist (Guardian, Times and lots of others), I teach at UCL and am working on my first stage play. Mostly though I am a husband and father of two young children.
Robbie Griffiths @robbieegrif.bsky.social Journalist | @privateeyenews.bsky.social | @npr.org
Natalie Steed @natalie-steed.bsky.social Audio maker at Rhubarb Rhubarb of podcasts (Folk on Foot, The Cockney Yiddish Podcast, Voices of British Ballet, The Sound of Anger) and radio. Black hearted in Battersea.
Nicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social Interested in journalism, literature, freedom of expression and human rights. Born in Jo’burg, now in London.
Lee Simpson @leesimpson.bsky.social Improbable Co-artistic director, member of @comedystoreplayers.com, real name Len.
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Mark Espiner @soundnfurymark.bsky.social Directing theatre with Sound&Fury and writing and living in Berlin. Represented by Giles Smart at United Agents: http://unitedagents.co.uk/soundfury
www.soundandfury.co.uk
Diamond Geezer Blog @diamondgeezerblog.bsky.social Announcing new posts on
@diamondgeezer.bsky.social's blog
Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and just finished making ROGUE TROOPER, out in 2026!
Also made the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie.
Stephan Schlecht @sw7com.bsky.social Software developer, mainly iOS and macOS.
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Bruce Springsteen @bruceoyugi.bsky.social
🚀 Laravel Backend Wizard | Software Developer crafting elegant solutions
💻 Building scalable web apps & transforming complex challenges into clean code
website: https://procvapp.com
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
—
To read all its wit and wisdom, get a copy from a local bookstore or library.
Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social My new book #MinuteSix available for pre-order! http://bit.ly/4vLOhHx Doctor/Anaesthetics/PHEM/Broadcaster. Likes to know how systems tick & what we can do to improve them. Interested in just about everything. #13MinutestotheMoon #16Sunsets
Pax Lowey @pxlwy.bsky.social Founder & Festival Director, @argcomfest.com
Vice Chair, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society @edfringe.bsky.social
Member of Feral Sett, organising @feralvector.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️
Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social 
The Old Vic @oldvictheatre.bsky.social We believe that theatre makes the world better.
The Old Vic is an independent creative powerhouse for entertainment and education. A not-for-profit theatre, proud to be a charity.
Aeronaut @aeronautapp.com A Bluesky app designed and built for Mac.
Now available in the Mac App Store.
https://apple.co/4qHQW2Q
Theatre Wilde & Vogel @wildexvogel.bsky.social Figuren - Musik - Theater
at.tension Festival : 3.9.-6.9. ANIMAL
Leipzig : 11.9.-13.9. : TOCCATA
Hamburg : 15.10.-16.10. TOCCATA
https://figurentheater-wildevogel.de
People Selling Mirrors @sellingamirror.bsky.social Sometimes when people sell mirrors online, they can't figure out how to get out of the way.
If you've found a good pic @ me if you'd like the credit; or DM to remain anon. Happy hunting!
Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
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Stefan Blos @stefanblos.com iOS #DevRel 🥑 @getstream_io. Mainly working with mobile📱 and web 🕸. Interested in the cloud ☁️, ML 🤖, and AR 🤳🏻. Love sports 🏀🏈🏂🏃🏼♂️🚴🏻♂️🧘🏼♂️. (he/him)
@pme-art.bsky.social @pme-art.bsky.social Groupe interdisciplinaire de Montréal à géométrie variable, sans personnage.
Loosely defined Montréal interdisciplinary group, performing as ourselves.
https://www.pme-art.ca
Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social Indie developer in Greater Manchester.
Made Hike Maker, Slow Ways Makers, GeoSort, Star Hordes, SoloTime and others.
#indiedev #swift #custard #walking #gardening #environment
https://www.goodbinary.com
Jan Armbrust @n0rthk1n9.eurosky.social 👨💻 Jan | 33
🇩🇪 iOS Engineer
💻 Junior Mentor Coding at Apple Developer Academy @Unina Federico II
⚓️ 🚢 🌊 📍Hamburg
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Jay Wilson @hey.jaywilson.zip (he/him) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | Highly caffeinated iOS developer that usually posts about tech, setup, and life.
Find me everywhere at jaywilson.zip
Try Tobi at gettobi.com
📍Washington
Kathy Tafel @kathytafel.bsky.social iOS dev | conference speaker | Mac addict
App:
https://www.therecipeboxapp.com
Thoughts:
https://ktlog.corpuscollusion.net/
Leave the world better than you found it, and have fun
SF—>Bkln—>Berlin
Retweets ≠ 👍🏻
She/her
We all breathe the same air.
Anna Beltrami @acbdev.bsky.social hockey player, mad scientist & software engineer ✨ she/her ✨thoughts, UIViews, and opinions are my own ⛷️🏒
bento.me/acbdev
Nick Lockwood @nicklockwood.com iOS. 3D graphics. Retro games. He/Him.
Adrian Eves @swifteves.bsky.social Dad. iOS, Game Developer. Prev @Marvel / @WaltDisneyCo, @Apple. Ironman finisher. Voice Actor. Cartoonist. 🧩
Shantini @shantini.bsky.social she/her
Notes software engineer.
www.shantini.co/about
Daniel Saidi @danielsaidi.bsky.social Building apps & SDKs for the stack, using Swift & SwiftUI.
Dave Lightbeam @lightbeaminsight.bsky.social Indie dev founder of Lightbeam Apps 🌟
Co-host of Waiting for Review with Daniel Jilg 🎙️
Lately:
- Available for freelance/contract work from June 🤙
- Making my own GUI for Swift (hopefully going cross platform)
https://feed.lightbeamapps.com
Lena @gans.lena.fancygoose.dev 🪿👩🏼💻🖌️ (used to be _tea_lena_)
Fancygoose.dev
3x Swift Student Challenge winner
‘The Assembler’ on the AppStore
CS Student
Prev: Intern at the LEGO Group, Student at VW
Tom Rademaker @radmakr.com #Swift dev 👨💻
Building cool stuff @SparrowTek.com
https://tangled.org/@radmakr.com
📍 Jersey City, NJ
Matthias Gansrigler-Hrad @eternalstorms.at I'm an Austrian 🇦🇹 indie app developer, responsible for the #Mac, #iPhone, #iPad #AppleWatch and #AppleTV apps Yoink, ScreenFloat, Transloader, Tameno, DeskMat, Glimpses, flickery, SiriMote and more!
https://eternalstorms.at
Christopher Jr Riley @cjrriley.ca Resilient Autistic that loves solving problems with Swift. Make the world more accessible. 🇨🇦 Currently working on ATProtoKit. #atdev
(Profile pic drawn by kaylee_acnh on Twitter.)
Konrad ‘ktoso’ Malawski @kto.so “Life is Study!”; Swift Actors, Concurrency & Distributed Systems @ Previously: Reactive Streams (TCK), @akkateam Actors, HTTP & Streams, @geecon Conference, Java Champion. he/him.
Honza Dvorsky @czechboy0.dev Swift Server Engineer at Apple 🍎🇨🇿🇺🇸 he/him
Check out and follow @swift.org
This is my dev account, @honzadvorsky.com is my personal alt account. I only speak for myself.
https://github.com/czechboy0
https://honzadvorsky.com
Signal: honzadvorsky.99
Vincent Pradeilles @v-pradeilles.bsky.social 
Public Service Broadcasting HQ @psbhq.bsky.social https://publicservicebroadcasting.os.fan/
London-based musical entity. Informing, educating & entertaining since 2009.
Management: matthew@eastcitymanagement.com
Improbable @improbable1.bsky.social World-renowned company of pioneering improvisers, makers & conversation facilitators. We make remarkable theatre.
Next: My Neighbour Totoro West End (from 8 March)
https://www.improbable.co.uk
D&D20 tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/devotedanddisgruntled
Devoted & Disgruntled @dandd-improbable.bsky.social Devoted & Disgruntled is a nationwide conversation about the future of Theatre. Run by @improbable1, supported by @ace_national
✉ office@improbable.co.uk
SAVE THE DATE: D&D 20, London, 12-14 April
Laura Hope @drsidhe.bsky.social Theatre director, dramaturg, educator.
Loves: Theatre, live music, travel, cats, gardening, Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, new play and musical development, Ancient Greek plays and culture. Not always in that order.
Rough Magic @roughmagictheatre.bsky.social Rough Magic Theatre Company is a multi-award-winning independent Irish theatre company. #40YearsofMagic
@ladieswhotheatreni.bsky.social @ladieswhotheatreni.bsky.social 
Michael Broussard @michaelbroussard.myatproto.social Playwright, poet, storyteller, and performing artist. Democratic Socialist. He/Him/They/Them.
Patreon.com/MichaelBroussardArts
https://ko-fi.com/MichaelBroussardArts
michaelbroussardarts.com
superhackers @superhackers.bsky.social The Cool Shenanigans of Tech Nerds
Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
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Barrie Hunter @barriehunter.bsky.social Nature loving, birdwatching, cycling Scottish actor/director/writer. He/Him/That Fud.
Stellar Quines @stellarquines.bsky.social Stellar Quines creates theatre, supports creatives and engages communities, all with the aim of achieving greater equality.
RAW Material Arts @rawmaterialarts.bsky.social Producing and touring theatre.
Led by Gillian Garrity and Margaret-Anne O’Donnell.
Next Up Death of a Salesman, Spring 25, UK
www.rawmaterialarts.com
Lung Ha Theatre Company @lunghatheatre.bsky.social Scotland's leading theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism.
https://www.lungha.com/
https://linktr.ee/lunghatheatre
Mhari Robinson (she/her) @mhari79.bsky.social Independent arts Producer in Edinburgh. She/her. Exec Producer, Independent Arts Projects (IAP). From a long line of gorgeous, nervous, north-east wifies.
Fraser Lappin @frazzyfrufru.bsky.social Set and Costume Designer // Glasgow
fraserlappin.com
André Agius @andreagius.bsky.social 📍Edinburgh-based Maltese Director & Theatre-Maker
🌟 "One To Watch" - The Stage
💡 Recent Work: CHEF by Sabrina Mahfouz, National Scottish Tour - Producer: The Gaiety Theatre
📧 Rep'd by Nr1creatives
🌐 Want to know more? Visit www.andreagius.com
@debbiehannan.bsky.social @debbiehannan.bsky.social 
Hannah Lavery @hannahlavery.bsky.social Poet. Playwright. Performer. Director. Dancing in my kitchen. hannahlavery.com
Alasdair Hunter - Theatre Director @alasdairhunter.bsky.social theatre director
direct shakespeare plays
often at royal conservatoire of scotland and prague shakespeare company
David Wood @bandavenamco.bsky.social Theatre director, facilitator and lecturer. Lover of video games, tea and gossip. He/him
Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social Theatre journalist and critic. Scotland correspondent for The Stage. Words in FT, Standard, Scotsman and elsewhere. The Crush Bar on Substack: thecrushbar.substack.com
Robert Softley Gale @robert-s-gale.bsky.social Theatre maker, Artistic Director of BOP Theatre (www.boptheatre.co.uk) and dad of twins living in Glasgow
softley.co.uk
Janette Foggo @lafogster.bsky.social Actor, writer, director, cook. Brings cake to rehearsals. The older I get the more I enjoy things I don't quite understand.
Find me here
https://www.spotlight.com/3011-7868-3826
Kate Taylor @ktproducing.bsky.social Award-winning producer of music-led theatre. Based in Edinburgh. Made in Cumbria.
ktproducing.co.uk
balladlines.com
whenmountainsmeet.com
Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social Guardian theatre critic and presenter of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast https://www.xtclimelight.com/ All kinds of stuff here: https://linktr.ee/markffisher
Joyce McMillan @joycemcm.bsky.social Theatre critic, social and political columnist, campaigner for democracy and human rights, based in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland.
Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social Theatre critic of Edinburgh's stages. Owner and editor of All @alledintheatre.bsky.social. Cyclist. Wearer of loud shirts.
Born at 317.73 ppm.
Caitlin Skinner @caitskin.bsky.social Theatre director. Scotland. AD/CEO Stellar Quines, director Jordan&Skinner. Sometimes freelance.
Dominic Corr @dominiccorr.bsky.social Film and Theatre Critic 🎭
Sarcasm is the default setting.
Editor of https://corrblimey.uk freelance writer and critic for The List, BBC Radio Scotland, Reviews Hub, In Their Own League. Film Critics UK and Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland judge
Corinne Salisbury @cjsalisbury.bsky.social Playwright. Theatre Producer. Geek. Multi-brained small-child-juggler. Exec Producer @Fifth Word, Producer @Company of Wolves. Playwrights Studio Scotland awardee. Often found writing feminist/speculative/humanist sci-fi/horror. Derby- and Sheffield-made
James Ley @jley.bsky.social Glasgow-based. Playwright. Screenwriter. Director. Sleazy Tiger (coming soon…) Ode to Joy, Wilf and more (…) Rep’d by Sayle Screen.
Theresa @theatrespoonie.bsky.social Theatre maker, mathematician, producer, researcher, Edinburgh Horror Festival Trustee, feminist, perpetual student (she/her)
Nicholas Bone @nicholasbone.bsky.social Theatre director, parent, coffee-drinker. Artistic Director magneticnorth.org.uk
Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social playwright, director, highlander / messages from the deep (they/them)
represented by Brennan Artists, IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship 2026
Ewan Downie @ewandownie.com Theatre-maker, writer, dad;
joint artistic director of @companywolves.org
Strange Town @strangetownco.bsky.social Creating opportunities for young people: Youth Theatre (5-18) | Young Company (18-25) | Agency | Touring Company | New Writing | Free/discounted places available
Pitlochry Festival Theatre @pitlochryft.bsky.social Scotland's Theatre in the Hills ⛰️
Sleeping Warrior Theatre Co @sleepingwarriortc.bsky.social A Scottish theatre company making new theatre with music at its heart.
www.sleepingwarriortheatre.com
Manipulate Arts @manipulatearts.bsky.social We champion, develop and present animated film, puppetry and visual theatre in Scotland and internationally.
Producers of Manipulate Festival: 12 - 15 Feb 2025 🌙
linktr.ee/ManipulateArts
Creative Scotland @creativescots.bsky.social Hi 👋🏻 We’re Creative Scotland, the national agency for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland.
🔎 www.creativescotland.com
📸 Tiree Music Festival, image by Kevin Kerr
A Play, A Pie and A Pint @playpiepint.bsky.social Glasgow's iconic lunchtime theatre company. UK’s most prolific producer of new writing, 600+ plays and counting 🎭🥧🍻
Speak the Speech @speakthespeech.bsky.social Theatre criticism & thoughts from rcmahar.bsky.social in Edinburgh and beyond
Also writing at alledintheatre.bsky.social