Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social I share beautiful words from beautiful books. Mostly poetry. Some prose. Always attributed, always pro-author, and generative AI is theft.
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Big Bearded Bookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com Expert Waterstones bookseller with a very big beard
Books read: 87/100
📚 Twisted Pike
📺 Lanterns
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://www.ephemeral.co.uk
Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) @gfrancie.bsky.social I make dinner & swear too much. I think that's all you need to know. 'Chocolate Cake for Imaginary Lives' published by Deixis Press is available now She/her
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Lola Keeley @lolakeeley.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, professional lesbian. Edinburgh based, for my sins. Kitty mama to four fluffy idiots. #LFC fan and theatre nerd
Richard Gadz, horror writer @frankenwriter.bsky.social Award-winning author, ace neurodivergent and keen amateur idiot. Lives in Bristol but spends most of his time in a world of his own.
Also at www.richardgadz.co.uk + Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
Standing for All @arleenb.bsky.social Take a stand. 💙
I. HAVE. NOT. SWITCHED. SIDES.
Slavi Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
Long live the USA
Matt Armstrong @mattarmstrong.uk Brit in Australia complains about stuff. Mostly typos and Everton.
@richmurkin.bsky.social @richmurkin.bsky.social 
Feathers McGraw @feathersmcgraw.bsky.social A librarian of the South, vinyl records enthusiast, posting from my remote wooded compound. Ad hoc Committee on Accountability. Practicing Resurrection.
Alice Roberts @positivethinking.bsky.social 
Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social Writer, walker, Who and Wolves fan. Lives in Whitehaven. Lots of other things that don't begin with W. https://linktr.ee/nickbarlow He/him
Avatar: Me (50ish man with greying hair and beard) on a mountain top with my dog Dougal
Abigail Brady @morwen.net software engineer • musician (guitar and vocals in @bcosrsns.com) • writer • post-punk and cider enthusiast
see morwen.net
WholesomeMemes @wholesomememes.bsky.social We post memes, comics, wholesome stuff & anything we like.
Area Man @areamancm.bsky.social I’ve never been wrong. I used to work in a record store.
Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stats.
Oxford, UK
Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Literary Agency.
Cleanskies @cleanskies.bsky.social Two cats mad, audio-video band means of production, comics-arts-photo-video
Mr. ‘Teasy Weasy’ Raymond, Stylist to the Stars @bisonfish.bsky.social "As I said," Merrier took up again, "I have too little faith to be an anarchist, but I have too much to believe in religion."
jinty comixminx wildebeest the third @comixminx.bsky.social sewing and comics, comix and sewing. Reading and silliness.
Getting more hair-trigger at blocking transphobes and reporting hate
she/her by the way in case it matters
j4 @jaffa.bsky.social Mostly badger, occasionally mermaid. Terminally online. 
Linzk425 @linzk425.bsky.social Gen X knitter, mother, wife, friend, retired. Not in order of importance.
You may know me from original social media such as bulletin boards, Usenet, LiveJournal. All of them moribund now, but I don’t think that’s my fault…
Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social the littl shynin man the Addom, he runs in the wud
Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social /'əʊɪn 'mæsiː/
librarian・pedestrian・own views・they/them・Net Zero・Vision Zero・pro-trans・pro-trains・not my king・no gods・no masters・no borders・no statues・no heroes・❄️
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social 
David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social Travel writer. Nerd. General annoyance.
I never met a joke I liked that I didn't want to drill into the ground.
Writes quizzes at https://geograquiz.com/ . Shares unsolicited thoughts at https://planetwhitley.com/ .
Mike Wallis @nalsa.bsky.social Purveyors of rambling stories with no point. 55.95N, 3.18W, ish.
Melanie Rimmer @melanierimmer.bsky.social Woman of a certain age. PhD researcher exploring discourse around learning disabilities. Open University Associate Lecturer passionate about inclusion and lifelong learning. Building knowledge & advocating for respectful representation
Dave Budd @davebudd.bsky.social Retired
Sr133 @sr133.bsky.social Forget it, Jake (he/him)
Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com That writer guy you like. Bi, trans, polyamorous, slutty, neurodivergent, hot. Buy my book that explains why politics has gone weird. I live in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. https://linktr.ee/iheartpolitics
Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social Oh god not again (📺🎬: ITG, 📚: Curtis Brown)
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social "Natalie, HR is just concerned. We can't have a renegade jumping into bins and trying to solve crimes."
Currently working in research & scholarly technology.
I write things sometimes. https://substack.com/@unfortunatalie
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, multi-faceted musical human. Perform with Scritti Politti, Cardiacs, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, others. More info at rhodri.biz
RickyT @boyofbadgers.bsky.social The uselessness of all things
CarsmileSteve @carsmilesteve.bsky.social Beer, wrestling, socialism, trying to avoid doing too much harrumphing about the world in general.
ANY joke/punne that makes me actually groan out loud will be reposted. He/him.
Hazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social pub manager at The Queen's Head, Stratford (E15 not upon Avon) 🏳️🌈 alewife, she/they, gay. used to write about cars https://buttondown.com/behind-the-bar/archive/
Ktee @grocottone.bsky.social Mostly cat stuff I guess. She/her
Kate @dansette.bsky.social Home of OnlyOneOf in band t shirts thread.
"Love has no borders, nationalities or genders. Do it!"
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social Sex blogger, audio porn producer, collection of atoms and stories.
Love me or leave me alone.
https://www.girlonthenet.com
Beth @bethmccoll.bsky.social 1/3 of Everything Is Content pod. Author of Romanticise Your Life (2024) & How To Come Alive Again (2019). 🖊️ for hire.
Sarah Everett @goddammitsarah.bsky.social wayward harridan who speaks to plants and animals. everything stays right where you left it
📍Salt Lake City, UT
https://linktr.ee/sarahmarvelous
Kathryn @shermarama.bsky.social Design engineer, drummer, general maker of stuff. Keen on finding good solutions to complex problems. She/her. Hamiltron 🇳🇿innit.
Cat Woodward @operadiv.bsky.social Singer, fool.
Ran away from Brexit to Berlin.
Quite loud.
Juliet Brando @sliderulesyou.bsky.social Writer. Artist. Abominatrix.
This is a place of comedy, cats, and silliness, with occasional hand-made imp-based jewellery and oddities.
Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social But what is Chatteris if you're not there?
@mippy on twitter
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social 36hrs of TV stand-up on youtube: https://youtube.com/@davegorman235/ I also set crosswords. Bluth in the Indy, Fed in the Graun, Django in the Telegraph
Davegorman.com
Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social Half Man, Half Bookshop.
Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family.
Not the inventor of the word "brainbow"
https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/
Sali Hughes @salihughes.bsky.social Journalist & Author.
Bang in to clothes, films, cults.
St. Scandalbags @alfaguru.bsky.social Collector of strange books. In an inexplicable relationship with the late Frank Harris. He/him.
James Ward @iamjamesward.bsky.social I am James Ward. That’s all you need to know.
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social Author of John Dies at the End, formerly David Wong of Cracked.com fame 
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Stephanie @stephknee.bsky.social Planning to be much nicer on here
Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social London. Book-related (sells, reads, hoards, writes). Macaroni cheese. Trans rights are human rights. Fix your hearts or die. Redhaired stepchild. Proud slop despiser. Punch up.
https://www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk/news
https://www.thebksagency.com/lucyfisher
Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social He/Him
https://mastodon.social/@happybusman if it comes to that
Andrew Norman @ajnorman.bsky.social Going to and fro and walking up and down. 
Marcus Houlden @mhoulden.uk Biker, software engineer, not into right wing culture wars. He/him/oi you
Sara Jane Potter @sarajanebooks.bsky.social Writer
Obsessive
About furry things
And wild swimming
Can play Amazing Grace on the recorder through my nose
https://shorturl.at/LWbQ2
https://novel-by-sjs.blogspot.com/?m=1
A Monitor Lizard @monitorlizard.bsky.social Reptile.
Socialist. Green Party voter.
Marathon Runner
How strange it is to be anything at all. 
Here Be Dragons @sharag234.bsky.social Pre-WGA screenwriter/author. Latina, Native American, ace, disabled. Writing historical fiction and fantasy. (she/her)🏳️🌈🌈
https://m.twitch.tv/shara_g
Victoria Redfern @victoriaredfern.bsky.social Current location: Plymouth, England
Made in Scotland from girders.
Any pronouns. Gender is a spectrum.
Blocklists are for Nazis.
https://toriaredfern.wordpress.com
(photo: me & Foz Foster @ the 100 Club by Isabelle Adam)
Iain AF Fleming 🐧 @legalweasel.uk Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines
Computer scientist (compilers & networks), lawyer, urban geographer, bassist, and beer drinker.
Francophile/phone.
Quoad ultra denied
[Clackmannan, Scotland]
TayterTot @taytertot9.bsky.social Font of useless knowledge, Geekly, he/him
Alan @alan.cool Alan. "liquidindian" elsewhere. (he/him)
📍Liverpool
@daniella6633.bsky.social @daniella6633.bsky.social 
glenysmw @glenysmw.bsky.social Egypt was robbed. Never forget.
This is the way.
Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com Professional Internet nerd and part time political cat herder. Internationalist, localist, communitarian, democrat (in the English sense), pro-freedom, pro-science, pro-responsibility. Sometimes these conflict. Grown-ups can handle that.
Dinsdale Piranha @heptaglemious.bsky.social Engineer. Recovering Xitter user.
Old enough to remember elections where there was hope for change.
Posts may contain traces of withering scorn.
Slava Ukraini!
Iain Mackay @philtrum.bsky.social Person. Relative. Employee.
Nomme @nomme1.bsky.social Err... Been around a bit. Likes beer, comedy and having a laugh.
Shatner's Bass @shatnersbass.bsky.social Old School
Simon Gray @simongray.bsky.social I'm the real simon gray - you may know me from places such as Twitter, Facebook, and Usenet. I make post-jazz-rock-dub-persian-indian-techno with a santur, a trumpet, and Ableton Live. And things for the internet.
LNR @lnr.bsky.social Geek, Cyclist, Parent, UCU, Goth, Knitter, Cis, Bi, Fat, Queer, she/her. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Other places you may know me from: https://lnr.dreamwidth.org/650568.html
Trans rights are human rights.
Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social It was the charliebrownhadhoesest of times, it was the nohedidntthatisnttruest of times
In the words of Upton Sinclair, It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when he is a colossal dumbass.
Marc Wilson @znep.uk Tech geek. Bibliophile.
Like mountains, but doesn't have one at home.
Robbie Irvine @robbieirvine.bsky.social Just a bloke who likes movies, computers and isn't keen on watching sport
@vermisstpfarrer @vermisstpfarrer.bsky.social 18th century citizen of nowhere.
Expert in pedantry and nothing.
Interests in Medieval & Electronic musics, Christian Theology, International Trade, EU Pols.
"Ah, the good old days when they were dropping bombs on us and we were all half starving"
Stephen Gower @sjgower.eurosky.social Oxford. Mostly gets around by bike.
Huge @zumbruk.bsky.social Grumpy retired atheist. Ex biochemist and IT Security geek. Speed freak. SF fan. Radical centrist.
Sonia T 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 @soniaandree.bsky.social Ecologically-minded teacher in France, possesses a lefty mind, with a penchant for gardening, cooking and regular boardgaming sessions with friends.
Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social Classical double bassist - lots of chamber music, orchestral, and operatic experience - always looking for more musical fun; occasional oboist & cellist ditto.
SQL Server DBA, working for Coeo.com supporting many clients and the team.
Leeds, UK
Stephen Firth @dromozoan.bsky.social Ex Scientist, Ex Sailor, Ex Pharma 
Charles Anthony @spoonrefuter.bsky.social Software developer, actor and shortarse
Ann Laabs 🩷💜💙 🏳️🌈 @annlaabs.bsky.social Horror, History, Art & Photography
MST3K ALIEN aSoIaF
Catholic Bi/Queer She/Her
Rarely/Never checks DMs
Princess Leia kitten pfp-Wendy McKee
Tom Carlisle @tjcarlisle.bsky.social author of horrible things. One part John Steinbeck, two parts R.L. Stine.
my latest book is MARGINAL (Titan Books)... think of it like THE SUBSTANCE for people who read too many productivity books