Ella Watson (formerly Botting) @ellabottywatty.bsky.social Hello world. My old account got hacked (?) so I'm starting again. I currently do user research on a contractual basis, typically for the UK government (ok always for the UK government). I love Crystal Palace, my cat bubu & Lebanese food in particular
Citizens' Track on AI @ai.citizens-track.org Working for a future of AI shaped by us all: through public engagement and policy impact.
Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social Retired video game programmer. 40+ years developing videogames and software.
Creator of games for the BBC Micro, Electron, NES, SNES, PC, XBox, PS3/4, Mobile, Vita, 3DS.
Former LEGO Developer
I also rescue and archive old game development disks, DM me!
bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social lol
prints :: http://www.oliverleach.com/contactpurchase-inquiry
secret base :: https://discord.gg/Mr8qUDgtZp
Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social Women working towards a kinder world. Join our campaign against the active discrimination of trans & non-binary people. Over 110,000 signatures of support, and counting 🙏
🔗 https://notinourname.org.uk
👏 https://www.gofundme.com/f/notinourname-fundraiser
The Fucking Town Crier (UK) @profane-crier-uk.bsky.social Fuck off, no I don't know what the fucking time is. Get a fucking watch. London/UK fucking time. Blame me on @danhon.com and check out my shitty older Pacific Coast sibling @profanetowncrier.bsky.social.
State of the Future @sotf.org.uk A new think tank for public servants & others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services & better outcomes for people. Established by @gavinfreeguard.com. Associate: @aliceolilly.bsky.social
sotf.org.uk
Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social Bleep bloop! I am a bot that shares art from the Guggenheim collection. Not associated with the Guggenheim Museum.
The Fucking Town Crier (Pacific) @profanetowncrier.bsky.social Fuck off, no I don't know what the fucking time is. Get a fucking watch. Pacific fucking time. Blame me on @danhon.com. If you're in the UK, my fucking condolences, and you can follow @profane-crier-uk.bsky.social.
Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London. Author: Entrepreneurial State, Value of Everything, Mission Economy, Big Con. Founding Director UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
www.marianamazzucato.com
Society for Hopeful Technologists @hopeful.technology We are a solidarity network that: strengthens and activates Hopeful Technologists, demystifies tech, and makes it easy for more technologists to be hopeful
Find out more: https://societyforhopefultechnologists.org/
PD 🍉 @palakd.bsky.social hybrid designer+researcher working with #systems & #futures. Trying to figure out renewables at an energy company. atm, ai risk, disaster mitigation.
🏳️🌈 😷 clean air advocate; board: systemic design association, prev fjord, aho_oslo.
Eddie Rich @eddierich.bsky.social Product / Strategy / UX
Friendly Skeleton @jonathan.eylerwerve.com I post art, art process, some trash. Reskeets mean you fucking crushed it, good job.
Chicago. Trying to make the Internet a nice place for humans at https://civicworkbench.com
Joey Gurney @joeygurney.bsky.social Internationalist currently working in Local Gov strategy. Former think tanker. School governor and charity trustee. Many hats, even more interests.
Adam Coulson @coulson.bsky.social Product and user centred design at Research Data Scotland. #Weeknotes at https://medium.com/@adam.coulson
Rob Finch @finchwrites.bsky.social Involuntary Frankfurt widower.
Voluntary guitarist and korfballer.
Glorified mercenary typist.
Gillian @gilliandy.bsky.social Product Manager in central government. Not a dog.
James Cox @ciaojames.sdg4.net Now: Founder of Public Goods, building SDG4.net & the Society for Hopeful Technologists.
Before: Head of Global Education Policy & Advocacy, Save the Children & Theirworld; advocacy at White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood.
Philby Lu @philbylu.bsky.social 
Will McDonald @wmcdonald404.co.uk Only here for the cheese course.
Harry Bailey @harrybailey.com I increase organisations’ capacity to think clearly, make better decisions and create more value.
Ex-agency founder. Dad. Mancunian 🐝
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/harrybailey
Suzi Gage @soozaphone.bsky.social Mental health and substance use researcher. Author, podcaster and blogger #SayWhyToDrugs
Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium @pairs.site A space to share research and practice that puts affected communities at the heart of AI development and governance. More at https://pairs.site
Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social Writer, beachcomber, all at sea. Founder of the award-winning Lego Lost At Sea project. Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year. Author of Adrift, The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost At Sea. Cornwall. MD ANT.
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Darren Hayman @darrenhayman.bandcamp.com Music & Events: linktr.ee/darrenhaymancatalogue | Mail order = hefnet.com | Art = darrenhaymanart.com | Patreon = patreon.com/darrenhayman | YouTube (updates weekly) = https://youtube.com/@darren.hayman
Jonathan Surratt @beerinator.com I plan sandwich adventures. I bake bread. Then put everything together to create and share recipes, tactics and strategies. Check out my blog and subscribe for free weekly sandwiches in your inbox.
Chicago
https://boundedbybuns.com/bio
Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social BPS Chartered Psychologist & Senior Lecturer in Psychology (stress, burnout & well-being). Host of the EightyPercentMental Podcast. Occasionally writes things. Sometimes smiles.
Some stuff here, innit: https://linktr.ee/PeteOlusoga
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
Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social Trans kiln witch™
Ceramics artist based in London
www.roseschmits.com
she/her
Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com The Best Movie House on Leicester Place.
Please contact us here if you have any questions: boxofficemanager@princecharlescinema.com
https://princecharlescinema.com
Anna Hirschfeld @annahirschfeld.bsky.social Senior Director at @PublicDigitalHQ Formerly @DWPDigital. Expect a lot of digital transformation, politics and West Wing. She/her.
Cat Cutmore @catcutmore.bsky.social Marketing & Events Manager at @Nexer_Digital
We run #CampDigital
https://www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital/2026/
Edinburgh-based
Nexer_Digital @nexerdigital.com Designing digital products and inclusive services that help people to live and work better. Health, research, charity, public and education. We run #CampDigital
Anthony Dhanendran @dhanendran.co.uk I’m a product manager and sometime coach
Product and software development, photography, music, food, cricket, London - was @phowax on Twitter
Involved with @hopeful.technology
https://sixthings.dhanendran.com/about
Rob Fry @fryford.bsky.social Data viz, and all that jazz
Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social Things are terrible
(we follow our contributors)
Dr Amy Roberts @ar387.bsky.social Daphne Jackson Trust Research Fellow at Uni of Edinburgh, PhD Biosciences (ecological systematic reviews & statistics), macro & astro photo, maker, live off grid, natural history (esp. Lepidoptera & Odonata)
From 🏴 Live 🏴. She/her 🏳️⚧️
Emma Lewis @emmalewis.ft.com Senior newsroom developer @data.ft.com / avid reader / closet writer / covert musician / unfortunate dancer. #pwME http://ft.com/emma-lewis
Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social Hello👍Bluesky
happy to be here!
🐙🐙🐙🐙🪨🪨🪨
FYI👋I zombied IG👎
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
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.
Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social Culture Editor at Defector
Olu Niyi-Awosusi @olu.online web developer, writer, video maker, mad/disabled + audhd, queer, luddite, black innit | they/them | elsewhere: https://olu.online/contact
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
https://chanda.science
First book:
https://tinyurl.com/DisorderedCosmos
BUY MY NEW BOOK:
https://tinyurl.com/EdgeOfSpaceTime
Blog:
news.chanda.science
all Black/all Jewish. 🏳️🌈/agender/woman.
Posts by/for me🖖🏽
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social Comedy, Music, Improv, Writing.
Latest book “Introducing Mrs Collins” out Nov 6 / available to pre-order now
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Sian Murray Huynh @sianmurrayhuynh.bsky.social Product coach, founder of Radically Good Products ✊🏻🌍✨ Eastender, Mama, Franco-Vietphile. Living with chronic illness. Turns out I was neurodivergent all along.
#FreePalestine🕊️🇵🇸 #AuDHD #CFSME #DS9rules🖖🏻
Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social Writer, sub-editor, pizza-maker. The Guardian, MOJO, Loose Lips Sink Ships. Books. The good shit. steviechick.com
Polly Thompson @pollyrt.bsky.social "surprisingly people focussed for a tech person" | "stronger than you look" | "so embarrassing"
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social Immunology/bioinformatics. Working towards higher fidelity models of MHC:peptide complexes/tools for immunologists/equity in data
EMBL / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ARISE fellow.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4341-0320
https://www.histo.fyi/
Nat Buckley 🏳️⚧️ @natbuckley.bsky.social Designer, they/them
YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@natbuckley
Old school website: https://natbuckley.co.uk
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social A husband, father, actor, director, & a climate justice advocate with an eye out for a better, brighter, cleaner, & more hopeful future for all of us.
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Ahmad Barclay @bothness.bsky.social Architect // #DataViz storyteller // tech wrangler. Making useful stuff with #OpenData at the ONS. Occasionally #PalOpenMaps. Views my own. Portfolio @ ahmadbarclay.com
Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, Biden administration, GSA, and Treasury. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social Green MP for Bristol Central.
Former Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Engineer. Bi 🏳🌈. She/Her.
Need to get in touch?
📧 carla.denyer.mp@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/carladenyer
Wrexham AFC @wrexhamafc.co.uk The world's third oldest professional football club.
Clwb pêl-droed proffesiynol trydydd hynaf y byd 🏴
Ryan Reynolds @vancityreynolds.bsky.social owner: Aviation Gin - Mint Mobile - Maximum Effort - Wrexham AFC
Houseplant Keepers ✳️🪴❇️ @houseplant-keepers.bsky.social I've really grown to love #houseplants. #bluesky has been a great place to share'em, track their growth, & learn more. Let's see your #plantfamily &, please, share what works for you.
Ohio, U.S.
#houseplantkeeper! #greenthumb #plantcare #plants #plantsky
Jamie Jamieson @jamiejamieson.bsky.social Studying Data Science. Work in SEO. Love stats, graphs, python, economics & related geekery. Want less suffering, polarisation & CO2 in the world.
Jules Suzdaltsev @jules.su mom close the door im doing journalism
Weeknotes bot @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social Hello! I'm a bot by @jonodrew. I retweet weeknotes
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
Harold Heath @haroldheath.bsky.social Writes words about music
AuDHD
My first book 'Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ to Smalltime DJ' is out now
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social
A safe, fun space for pop enthusiasts to celebrate anniversaries of fucking records.
Any unnecessary abuse results in a block.
Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social Head of data journalism at The Economist
Alex Gadsby @alexgadsbydesign.bsky.social Service and garden design
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
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🏳️⚧️ she/هي
📸 @willtoft.bsky.social
Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social I try to be helpful. Bike-riding dog butler and mold connoisseur.
Use your employer's money to buy Just Enough Research: www.mulebooks.com/just-enough-research.
Enjoy clickens.chicken.pics when you need a break.
San Francisco. She/They/Friend/Sir
Hilary Hall @hilaryhall.bsky.social Creativity and operations ✨working at DCMS on creative industries policy 🪇 Ex / always digital 💿
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Howard Davies @howdavies.bsky.social Husband, father, archivist, information manager, cricket umpire, sunny optimist. Not necessarily in that order...
Elspeth Body @elspethb3.bsky.social Nature, science, doing good things for people, born at 347ppm
Working for @ukceh.bsky.social 💧🌳🌍
🎙️ Counting The Earth podcast: tinyurl.com/CTEarthpodcast
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social Founder @OpenInnovates non-profit, mission-led, innovation with data. Co-founder @TheDataCity mapping the world's economy with data.
Also #MDANT
Life is for living - let's get on with it.
Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent.
Find me in The i Paper, The New World, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods
https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
Rich Blake @richblake.bsky.social Agile, public service, facilitation. He/him. 
Allen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social Author, international speaker, consultant, software architect, kitchen-sink wrangler.
Aaron Snow @aaronsnow.net Led 18F/TTS and the Canadian Digital Service. Presidential Innovation Fellow, Georgetown's Beeck Center, VoProPartners. Unlikely to shut up about the Cavs. https://aaronsnow.net/hi
Send somebody a groaner on a postcard: https://dadjokepostcards.com
Katy Armstrong @katyarmstrong.bsky.social Deputy Director of Digital Services at MHCLG.
Liz Dobson @lizdobsonuk.bsky.social Director, CEO. Strategic change and innovation in the NHS and health-related real world data & tech landscape. Human centric systems thinking, data & AI, ethics, risk & governance. Alternatively cyclist, biodiversist and mum. Likes making things happen
Anna Powell-Smith @annapowellsmith.bsky.social nerd / https://anna.ps
Register Dynamics @register-dynamics.co.uk Our team of #data, #digital and #technology specialists help the UK Government and startups to get ahead with #data.
https://register-dynamics.co.uk/
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Tony Bowden @tmtm.com International political data (peppercat.org) + 🇪🇪 car-free travel (current project: cycling to every public library in Harjumaa)
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Abisola @abisola.bsky.social Aspiring human
dum spiro spero @adamamyl.bsky.social technologist, privacy, cyber, digirights, music, politics, civil libs. one of them.
Clearleft @clearleft.com We are Clearleft – strategic design partners.
https://clearleft.com/
Proud to be #EmployeeOwned 🫶 Also, proudly responsible for
https://uxlondon.com and https://leadingdesign.com/
/dev/mash @mash85.bsky.social Principal Software Developer. Civil Servant. Drummer. Gamer. Runner. Cyclist. Humanist. Dopamine enthusiast. Views my own.
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Angela Hilton @ange2.bsky.social Doing Product things in the wild.
Currently working on joining up public services, making data better and probably a slide deck.
Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social GP, Digital health. Living in the Mournes in Co. Down with Chris and Bonny the sprocker. Working for a sustainable, equitable society. Always learning. Previously 20 years in lovely Wales :-)