Katie Finlayson @learnwhatyoulive.bsky.social Home educator, data nerd, home ed exams specialist, ex-Chair of Governors and one time computer programmer. Expect eclectic thoughts.
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Mark Robinson @mr.place Chair of Fellows at Radix Big Tent - OSP student @lsepbs.bluesky.app - #ABI survivor - urbanist
Writing about later life learning and being a padawan "pracademic" https://markisalwayslearning.substack.com
Amy Gledhill @amygledhill.bsky.social Comedian from Hull.
Soho Theatre Jan 27th - Feb 7th
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
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Brigantes @brigantes.bsky.social Retired ex-Comms Director in public service sector. Charity Trustee, founding Trustee of academy trust. Writer and book reviewer for sport history publications, family historian. FA referee. Oxfam bookshop volunteer 
Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social Senior politics reporter for HuffPost.
Drop me a tip or a hello: jen.bendery@huffpost.com
Signal: jbendery.41
Crazy Optical Illusions @crazyopticalillusions.net Crazy Optical Illusions: Artbook releases this October.
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Peter O'Toole @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social Microscopist, Flow Cytometrist, Core Facilities, Birdwatching, Running, and Podcasting
Dan Sabbagh @dansabbagh.bsky.social Journalist @guardian - defence and security editor. Based in London, travel to Ukraine and anywhere else when I can.... signal: londoncalling.77
Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social Reporter covering Iowa politics (and sometimes wildflowers) for the progressive website Bleeding Heartland. https://www.bleedingheartland.com
Co-host of "KHOI's Capitol Week" on KHOI Radio in Ames and podcast platforms. https://laurabelin.substack.com
David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social Journalist. Politics and policy. Contributing editor Boston Magazine, bylines Politico Magazine, Atlantic, many more. Formerly of Boston Phoenix. Substack: https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social White House Columnist at The Hill, TV with “Rising,” NewsNation and elsewhere, product of Ireland.
Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk Antiquity is a bimonthly review of world archaeology edited by Professor Robin Skeates. Please be aware that we sometimes share relevant images of human remains. https://antiquity.ac.uk/
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
edu coalition (dm for details)
go bears!
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
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
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.
Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com Editor in chief of @allrisenews.com. Fearless journalism about the law, your rights, and your powers to effect change during the Trump era. www.allrisenews.com/
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
Welfare Benefits Unit @wbuadvice.bsky.social The Welfare Benefits Unit offers specialist welfare benefits advice to those who work with members of the public. Our experienced advisers provide independent support through our advice line, publications, training, consultancy, campaigns and projects.
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
www.emmamonk.co.uk
https://monkdebunks.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk-780686190
https://medium.com/@info_28174
Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social Prof. of Colonialism & Heritage @ University of Leicester UK.
Penguin author of Our Island Stories. 10 Walks through Rural Britain & its Hidden History of Empire (2024) repd by. Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency.
@OnlyinBirmingham podcast
On Substack
Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee. 
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
York Museums Trust @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social An independent charity managing York Castle Museum, the Yorkshire Museum, York Art Gallery and York Museum Gardens. 
Abby Jitendra @abbyabhaya.bsky.social Policy Director at ThinkLabour thinking about how progressives can win. Prev JRF, Citizens Advice, Trussell Trust. Views always my own.
@emilykenway.bsky.social @emilykenway.bsky.social writer and sociologist / Orwell finalist book 'Who Cares' out now / PhD @EdinburghUni / Boards @neon_uk @nationaluglymug / Rep'd @rcwlitagency
Rachael Maskell MP @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social Labour & Co-operative MP for York Central. Working hard for you and York. To contact me Rachael.Maskell.mp@parliament.uk or call 01904 623713
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
https://linktr.ee/katiephang?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck
"One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com
Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social British historian, historian of medicine, & lover of fashion. Author of Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion and Disease & Remembering Anne Beach: Love, Scandal & Sickness in 18th century Britain (forthcoming UTP).
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Yannick Signer @archaeoyannick.bsky.social Archaeologist | PhD Researcher and HRC Doctoral Fellow at the University of York | 🏺 | Research: pottery, rural landscapes and everything medieval Yorkshire
Susanna Rustin @susannajrustin.bsky.social Guardian journalist; author of Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Londoner
Thomas Frere @tomfrereactor.bsky.social York based Actor/Director/Trainer who plays #oboe, makes #labyrinths and grows veg. www.thomasfrere.com
Rep. by https://northernlightsmanagement.co.uk/
Penny-Samantha Butcher @pennysamb.bsky.social VCSE Programme Manager at HNY Integrated Care Board.
But lover of all things art, nature, innovation and community development @loveandpeace
@timeforpositivechange
Ben Vulliamy @bvulliamy.bsky.social Charity trustee, Exec Director (@ahuauk.bsky.social), Dad, husband, day dreamer and optimist. Work in charities, higher education and community building. Geeky about politics, Yorkshire pud’s, ITFC and my log burner.
Karen Buck @queensparkkaren.bsky.social Chair, Generation Rent. Play England. Paddington, South Kilburn and OPDC. Former MP for Westminster North. Labour. Housing, Sondheim, Springsteen and other passions. Views entirely personal..
York CVS @yorkcvs.bsky.social We are a independent charity supporting and championing York's Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector with training, events, funding, development and representation.
Julian Gravatt @juliangravatt.bsky.social Work: Deputy chief exec, Association of Colleges. Interests: education systems, public money, local politics and why people do the things they do
Good Organisation @goodorgcic.bsky.social tourism with a difference…that makes a difference
Yorkshire Philosophical Society @ypsyork.bsky.social Promoting public understanding of science and civilisation since 1822. Based in York, UK. Find us at ypsyork.org
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations.
Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4.
Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk
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Website: www.channel4.com/news
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Channel4News
Nic Sampson @nicsampson.bsky.social I am a comedian and writer and actor like you wouldn’t believe.
Alice @aliceharbourne.bsky.social A place where I no longer yearn for the urn ⚱️
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
Neil Henderson @hendopolis.bsky.social Cat slave and journalist 
Darren Hankey @darrenhankey.bsky.social Principal of the underfunded, overlooked, undervalued yet marvellous Hartlepool College of FE. Raised on a council estate & FSM throughout school.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social Sitting on the sidelines is for Waldorf and Statler. Promoted by Tim Dexter on behalf of Labour both at 23 Orford Rd E17 9NL.
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social Political sketch-writer for the Guardian. Author. Latest book out now 'Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10'.
The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond.
With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player.
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social Husband to Renee. Father to Andrew and Eleanor. Grandfather to Winnie and Indy. Founder. Writer. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated Beechcraft pilot. AgainstAllEnemies.net
Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds, The Rangers), former CNN & BBC analyst, retired journalism prof.
👤: sethabramson.net/bio
⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com
🕹: retrostack.substack.com
🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Paul Johnson @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social From August, Provost, The Queen’s College, Oxford. Previously director, Institute for Fiscal Studies. Author “Follow the Money”
Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social Contributing writer, TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarahposner
Host, Reign of Error podcast: https://www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-error
Author, Unholy
More: https://www.sarahposner.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social Science journalist writing for Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic, Guardian Books, BBC Future, Washington Post Opinions, Prospect Magazine.
Passionate reader. #PoetryIsMedicine #ClimateCrisis She/Her
Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705 
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social Award-winning freelance financial journalist & writer. Likes politics, policy & personal finance 🌻 Ⓥ https://www.laurapurkess.co.uk
Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now 
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University. Accusations of bad faith or lying = block.
Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social Prof of European Public Health LSHTM
Co-Director European Observatory on Health Systems & Policy
Member Independent SAGE
Past President BMA & EUPHA
Committed to 🇬🇧 rejoining 🇪🇺
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/mckee.martin
Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social School leaders’ favourite newspaper. Multi-award winning journalism, determined to get past the bluster and explain the facts. Published by EducationScape
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Tim Shipman @shippersunbound.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War, Fall Out and Out (coming soon)
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Susan Major @suemajor.bsky.social Railway historian, living in York UK. https://susanmajorhistory.wordpress.com. Working class railway excursions mid-19c Britain, inc women's leisure mobility. Women railway workers WWII. FellowRHS. Local history for www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
Liam Herringshaw @fossiliam.bsky.social Palaeontologist for hire, based in York, UK. One half of York's Hidden History (https://yorkshiddenhistory.co.uk/) and co-founder of the Yorkshire Fossil Festival.
Fiona Aldridge @fionaaldridge.bsky.social Employment and skills; industry and sectors; people and places. CEO at Skills Federation, the voice of employer-led sector skills bodies (aka FISSS). NED at Youth Futures Foundation. Formerly at WMCA and Learning & Work Institute.
FE Week @feweek.bsky.social Leading the way in further education, skills & apprenticeships news, views and investigations. Published by EducationScape
Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com Director, ResearchPlus
Also: CEO, PushTalks | Author (The Human Script and other works) | Speaker | #HigherEd Specialist
Personal account - any views are all my own fault.
Web: johnnyrich.com
Neil Carberry @recneil.bsky.social Chief Executive of the REC, supporting the UK’s fabulous recruitment, staffing and talent advisory sector. Acas Council member. RFU coach and ref. Co-owner of the famous Heart of Midlothian.
Stephen Evans @stephenevans.bsky.social Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute.
Ex HMT, SMF and London government.
Learning, skills, labour markets & public policy.
Views my own.
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.
George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social KC (E&W) BL (Irl): public/constitutional law, competition, subsidies, tax, trade. Chair of the Society of Labour Lawyers. Views mine and not those of Monckton Chambers.
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.