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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social The TV listings you never did know that you didn't not need, in glorious teletext several times a day. GSOH. Non-smoker preferred. Ring top bell. Your home is at risk if you store dynamite in it.
WhatDoesGodNeedWith @wdgnw.bsky.social 🏴🇵🇹🇪🇸🇧🇪🇲🇽🇨🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇻🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸🇵🇦
Atheist-Humanist,Scottish Independence, ANTIFA
Photos: Nikon D5300/Iphone
Dad Puns/Bad Puns.Terrible bassist,learned to play by ear,I really should use my fingers
🚫No Bio/DMs/Crypto/Maga/Porn/AI/GoFundMe/Some can Reply
Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social Sitting quietly in the corner with a book. Occasionally writing in Nutmeg Magazine. 'Partick Thistle: A People's History' is available now. Get it while you can. https://ptfc.co.uk/product/150th-anniversary-book/
Catherine West MP @catherinewestmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Friern Barnet | UK's Trade Envoy to Pakistan | Mum of two
Annu Mayor @annumayor.bsky.social Previously Stonewall and Amnesty International. Now @bloodysundaytrust.bsky.social, @museumfreederry.bsky.social & @finucanecentre.bsky.social. Part-owner of football club @claptoncfc.co.uk. Trustee @oldspotteddog.bsky.social & Article 11 Trust. She/her
KittyQueen @animal-lovr24.bsky.social 🇺🇦 Animal lover, Liberal, political junkie; Hobbies include RESISTING MAGA, rescuing animals, Cooking, lounging, gardening, laughing and positive thoughts; Pro-Choice; 🚫DM Pls;
🏳️🌈 🕉️ 🇺🇦 ☯️ 🇵🇸 ☮️ 🏳️⚧️💙 🇨🇦
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
#PETA
#SeniorDog
#AdoptDontShop
#DEI
Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social Emeritus Prof (criminology) @open-university.bsky.social, trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social, love @gmhazardscentre.bsky.social Justice after Grenfell? Marx, Spurs, Reggae, Gramsci, The Clash, Social Harm, Luxemburg (Rosa)- not necessarily in that order
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.
Jake Phillips @jakephillips.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Researches criminal justice/probation/penology. Editor of Probation Journal. Enjoys running, playing the piano (badly), reading and generally being outdoors.
Helen Mort @helenmort.bsky.social Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Russell Webster @russellwebster.com Researcher, evaluator, consultant & writer in drugs, alcohol & criminal justice. My blog keeps you up-to-date on the latest policy, practice and research.
David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. AND OTHER STORIES collection: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc. IMAGINE A FRIEND:
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social One of those @thedailytism.com gals. Truly evil. Suspected inauthentic behaviour. Head bee guy at It’s A Superpower?? Out now wherever you get podcasts!
She / Her
Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
Instagram.com/nigelslater 
Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social Award-winning writer. 39 years incarcerated, 23 at San Quentin. PEN America recognized. Published by Joyce Carol Oates. I write about prison, redemption, loss, humor & hope—and the humanity found where most people never look.
Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social Pro-Europe #socialist #RefugeesWelcome. Warning - I swear a lot because the world is on fire!
Steve B @stevebasnett.bsky.social Post other people's funny, gags from pro comedians, my own tat, and support the work of outstanding investigative journalists.
The Celtic Way @thecelticway.bsky.social 🍀 Dedicated daily Celtic coverage
🟢 http://celticway.co.uk/subscribe
📽️ YouTube: https://shorturl.at/Evj8l
📥 Newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/bdxk62tr
Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social Entrepreneur, investor, board member & advisor on communications, sustainability & geopolitics to firms across the world. Pragmatist.
Found mainly in London & SE Asia.
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Mothers Uncovered @mothersuncovered.bsky.social Award-winning #Brighton charity supports mothers in #matrescence (becoming a mum) with peer-led creative groups.
‘Mothers Uncovered saved me. There’s no other way of putting it.’
https://mothersuncovered.com/
Founded 2008 @maggiegordonwalker.bsky.social.
Maggie Gordon-Walker @maggiegordonwalker.bsky.social Writer | Speaker | Performer | Advocate | fond of a bon mot. #TheArchers grumbler.
#SecretLifeOfMothers 📕 & 🎙️
Big Issue Changemaker & Social Enterprise UK Women’s Champion.
https://maggiegordon-walker.com/
Founder
@mothersuncovered.bsky.social
Prisoners' Education Trust @prisonersed.bsky.social Prisoners' Education Trust (PET) offers distance learning courses and advice and guidance to people in prison. We use our policy and advocacy work to improve prison education.
Support us here: prisonerseducation.org.uk/donate
Prisoners' Advice Service @prisonersadvice.bsky.social Providing access to justice for adult prisoners throughout England and Wales, by offering free and independent advice, support, and representation.
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Lloyds Bank Foundation @lbfew.bsky.social We partner with small and local charities, people, and communities working towards a more just and compassionate society.
Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk The UK's leading title for the voluntary and not-for-profit sector. Home of the Third Sector Podcast: https://podfollow.com/thirdsector/view
The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data...
Become a subscriber: https://newstatesman.com/subscribe
Philippa Budgen @philippabudgen.bsky.social Freelance Media Consultant for charities & campaigns.
Loves justice. Hates injustice. Reformed journalist. Sometimes found in cold water. 
Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social Charity amplifying lived experience stories and expertise to address social inequalities. Championing the #SDMNetwork and #VODWFutureVoices
RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social The voices of RogerEbert.com
Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. #Empireworld #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #MarriageMaterial. New book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador, out now. https://shorturl.at/qhPlJ
Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social Trans kiln witch™
Ceramics artist based in London
www.roseschmits.com
she/her
Pinar Aksu @pinaraksu.bsky.social Human Rights for All |PhD researcher @UofGlasgow Art & Law in Migration| Theatre | Human Rights & Advocacy Coordinator @Maryhill_IN | Personal views
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social Guardian First Edition writer
contact: libby.brooks@theguardian.com
insta: @libbyjbrooks
extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Guardian NUJ @gonuj.org The NUJ chapel for the Guardian
Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social Author, book http://Amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KR127TN?
Preview here https://archiveofourown.org/works/47902108/chapters/120770212
I #followback
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Crystal Palace Football Club @officialcpfc.bsky.social The Official Bluesky handle of Crystal Palace ❤️💙
Pride of South London.
The Independent @the-independent.com News, comment and features from The Independent, the world's most free-thinking newspaper.
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.'
Own views; Adult language
Rugby columnist, author & therapist
Trustee of charity Women in Sport.
Current affairs, culture, sport, & sarcasm
Pre-order The Second Half https://linktr.ee/TheSecondHalfBrianMoore 
Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social Oglala Lakota — Enrolled at Pine Ridge, S.D. — “The earth sings her revolution, she calls brave men and women to her defense.” — The only easy day was yesterday.
Police Spies Out Of Lives @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social Campaign & support group for women deceived into intimate relationships by undercover police officers.
#spycops
www.policespiesoutoflives.org.uk
Instagram: policespiesoutoflives_
COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, an alliance of people spied on by the #spycops of Britain's political secret police.
Janey Starling @janeystarling.bsky.social Co-director of Level Up. Abolitionist, feminist, trade unionist and writer on a mission to end imprisonment of pregnant women and mothers.
welevelup.org
Centre for Justice Innovation @cjinnovation.bsky.social Putting practitioners and the evidence at the heart of justice reform.
Prison Reform Trust @prtuk.bsky.social The Prison Reform Trust is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Links and retweets are not endorsements.
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social KC (hon). UK's most experienced full-time legal commentator. Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn. Former solicitor (non-practising). Writes at https://rozenberg.substack.com
Lost Mothers Project @lostmothers.bsky.social Exploring how women and professionals involved with the criminal justice system experience enforced separation of newborn babies 
Vicki Cardwell @vickihcardwell.bsky.social CEO at Spark Inside.
Focused on unlocking potential and talent in prisons.
Formerly Criminal Justice Alliance, Revolving Doors Agency & T2A Alliance.
Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social Associate director in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime.
Laura Janes @laurajanes.bsky.social Lawyer, writer, lecturer etc: laurakjanes.co.uk
Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social National charity working to end the revolving door of crisis & crime. Posts from the team.
Website: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/
Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/4fnnrcns
Work with us: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/work-with-us/
Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social We are bold, ambitious feminists, working to end the cycle of harm so all women and girls can thrive.
Our mission is to change systems and services to better support women and girls at the sharpest edge of adversity.
https://www.agendaalliance.org
Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social We fight for children's rights in institutional settings. Executive Director - Jodie Wickers.
Brought as much as we could when we left the other platform. More on our website: https://article39.org.uk
The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social Building a more humane and effective response to crime.
Join: https://howardleague.org/membership/
Give: http://PayPal.Me/howardleague
Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice.
https://linktr.ee/sccjr
Chris Stacey @chrisstacey.bsky.social Proud chief executive of Prisoners Abroad. Trustee YMCA Lincolnshire. Ex director at Clinks and Unlock. Churchill fellow. Husband. Dad of 2. Views my own.
Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, open, and compassionate justice system.
🎙️ Podcast | 👁️ Insights | 👥 Community
Criminal Justice Alliance @cjalliance.bsky.social We are a network of 200+ organisations and academics working towards a fair and effective criminal justice system.
Charity No. 1143038 / Company No. 06331413
Penelope Gibbs @penelopegibbs.bsky.social My passion is to improve UK justice. Lead charity www.transformjustice.org.uk (email there). Also visiting fellow
https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/ and chair www.appropriateadult.org.uk
Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk “Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour
Kirsty Brimelow KC @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social Human rights, criminal & international law barrister Doughty Street Chambers. Chair Bar Council 2026. Chair Criminal Bar Association 2022-2023. Chair Bar Human Rights Committee 2012-2018. Bencher Gray’s Inn. Trustee of WWF-UK.
Nacro @nacro.bsky.social Our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to help them succeed. And we campaign together to create lasting change.
Find us online at nacro.org.uk
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @sangitamyska.bsky.social Journalist & Presenter | 📻 Formerly LBC ‘Sangita Myska 1-4pm Weekends ’, BBC @Radio4 Documentaries & 📺@BBCNews TV | @JSchofieldTrust | RTs not an endorsement
Bharat Malkani @bmalkani.bsky.social Law academic @CardiffLaw. Racial justice; miscarriages of justice; criminal justice. With a smattering of human rights
Latest book: "Racial justice and the limits of law" https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/racial-justice-and-the-limits-of-law 
Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social UPenn. MBA. Books 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Cooking & Gardening 🌱 Photos my own 📸 Married. From California ☀️ Got a Wacko Immune System 😅 Connecting here 🤗 https://substack.com/@archartem
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
He/Him
https://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk
Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
Linktree and contact details: https://linktr.ee/bbcdomc
Clapton CFC @claptoncfc.co.uk Clapton Community FC
East London's 100% fan-owned and fan-run football club
Women's First Team play at Tier 6 and Men's First Team at Tier 9
Our home: @oldspotteddog.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/claptoncfc
Netpol @netpol.org Network for Police Monitoring monitors and resists excessive, discriminatory and violent policing in England, Wales and Scotland
https://linktr.ee/netpol
Secure 📩: NetpolAdmin@protonmail.com
JENGbA 🦋 @jengba.bsky.social Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association. Common Law used against common people that makes no common sense. Official website www.jengba.co.uk
JanJengba 🦋 @janjengba.bsky.social JENGbA Co Founder fighting against the injustice of #jointenterprise #socialist (UK) @jengba.bsky.social www.jengba.com
No DM’s please …I don’t like being pestered by strangers 🤬
Sue Roberts @suerobo14.bsky.social Hillsborough Law Now
Cochlear implant wearer
parkrun lover
Foodbank volunteer
JUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
https://linktr.ee/JUSTICEuk
Monish Bhatia (He/Him🌈) @monish.bsky.social #Migration #Asylum #State #Race #Violence #Surveillance #CriminalLegalSystem
Academic. University of York, Sociology. Personal account (and views are mine).
Lucy Brisbane Mckay @lucybrisbane.bsky.social 📢 Interested in story telling for social change
💼 Community & impact @tbij.bsky.social
🪧 Freelance campaigns & media - trainer & facilitator
🎙️ Co-creator of @inquest-org.bsky.social Unlawful Killing podcast
⚧️ she/her
🏳️🌈 Queer as in 🍉 ✊❤️🏳️⚧️
Gemma Abbott @gemabbott.bsky.social Legal Director @thehowardleague.bsky.social. Trustee @dignityindying.org.uk. Views my own. She/her 🏴
UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social UNGRIPP campaigns on behalf of everyone affected by the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) in England and Wales.
Tory Fibs @toryfibs.bsky.social Fact Checking account established in 2010 initially to hold the Tories to account. The team is now holding all governments to account.
Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer
Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social Journalist, specialising in policing, crime, justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent & former adviser to Yvette Cooper MP. These are all my views! 
Jon Collins @jonbcollins.bsky.social Chief Executive of Prisoners’ Education Trust (@prisonersed.bsky.social) and criminal justice nerd.
Jane Finnis @finnisj.bsky.social Lefty Lawyer apparently. Works at Prisoners' Advice Service
Simon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social Guardian interviewer/features writer, with a thing for prison and miscarriages of justice (well not a thing for them as such, a thing for writing about them). Proud Mancunian/Salfordian. City fan of some vintage
Jinky @ynwa1888.bsky.social done pretending it’s acceptable people continue to vote for most self serving fkrs and expect things to change.
fact we have Americans openly stating they are fascists, appeasing right wing is over.
No DMs please, they are deleted without reading.
HMI Prisons @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social Independent inspectorate reporting on conditions for and treatment of those in prisons, young offender institutions and immigration detention facilities.
Learn more at: https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/
@HaringeyWelcome @haringeywelcome.bsky.social Campaigning for a #welcome borough for migrant, refugee, and all residents
Web: haringeywelcome.org
Pod: nosmallvictories.buzzsprout.com
Linktree: linktr.ee/haringeywelcome
Gordon Allison @gordya49.bsky.social Displaced Scot balancing quiet living with football, music , family and the dug not necessarily in that order. MDANT