Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her 
Adam Whittaker @deluxemixing.com mixing engineer / cliched bald English supervillain
https://deluxemixing.com/links
The Mead Hall Returning Officer @meadhallrofficer.bsky.social Independent verifier of Wülferhampton elections.
Located in the oubliette, behind the dragon.
Music Weeklies Challenge @musicweeklies.bsky.social Compose an original piece in one week. No covers. New theme every Monday since 2018.
🪶 Tag us when you post your music
👾 Join us on Discord
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👥 Feedback to others!
www.musicweeklieschallenge.com
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.
Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy Automated feed with new posts from live music & unusual recording repositories to accompany @LiveMusicArchiveUpdates, instigated by @bourgwick, operated via […]
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Tonalux @tonalux.bsky.social Curated plugin deals, free audio tools, and deep-dive articles on DSP, sound design & plugin development.
Built by professional sound designers for film, games & music production.
tonalux.org
Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social The world's #1 used book store. Come visit us at the edge of eternity.
store:
https://paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/
James McNair @jamesmcnairwrites.bsky.social Slightly under / over word count since 1994. Writes for MOJO, Prog and Classic Rock. Previous stints at The Independent, Q, and as a trainee baker. Whitley Bay transplant via Glasgow, East Kilbride and London.
Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social Flora inspired small-batch textiles, plant-dyeing and landscape wanderings.
redrubyrose.com
Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social Very left republican socialist, No longer party affiliated, Believes in an Independent Scotland🏴 A unified Ireland & Solidarity with Palestine . Disability advocate, Celtic/Liverpool #YNWA
One time chef to the stars, Refused a job with G. Ramsay
Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social classic albums, told by the people who made them.
HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
🔗 https://hopenothate.org.uk
Ben Chasny @6organs.bsky.social Guitar in Six Organs of Admittance, Comets on Fire, Rangda, New Bums, et al.
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Angine de Poitrine @anginedepoitrine.bsky.social 🔼La page pas tout à fait officielle d'Angine de Poitrine 🔼
#AngineDePoitrine 🔼
Rob Collins luthier @tinguitar.bsky.social Luthier and musician in Tyneside, UK
Philosophy Bits @philosophybits.com A collection of fine philosophical and literary quotations. Curated by @suliqyre.com
philosophybits.com
The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism
+
putting a needle on the cultural wax
an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
The Untangled Knot @theuntangledknot.bsky.social Our collaboration began on 2nd April, with 3 months of synchronised writing. Four creative minds. One creative purpose. Follow, subscribe, listen at https://linktr.ee/the_untangledknot
The Occupier @mudwiggler.bsky.social Musician, printmaker, cricketer, socialist, into books, SF and weird art. Music at theoccupier.bandcamp.com and https://www.artcore.com/the-occupier
No DMs, no right wingers, zero posts get blocked. AI;DR
Maree Todd MSP @mareetodd.bsky.social SNP MSP for Caithness Sutherland & Ross. Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy & Sport
Promoted by Maree Todd, 31 High St, Alness, IV17 0PT
Matt McGinn @mattmcginnmusic.bsky.social Song Writer, Singer, Producer & Arranger from Ireland 
weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social Opinionated gobshite, stroke survivor, older gay man, Scottish independence supporter, columnist with @scotnational.bsky.social huge languages and linguistics geek. Blog at https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com Not interested in your crypto investment.
Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social Heritage, archaeology, cooking, art, fashion, Gaelic, Berneray. Ex-librarian, ex Oracle admin. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. 💙 NHS
Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social Grumpy Old Archaeologist/Time Team Pot Monkey/Beer Drinker/Biker/Green Socialist/Gardener/Bird Feeder/Pond botherer/Keeper of Little Fishes/Dancer on the Grave of Capitalism. SaintsRL/LiverpoolFC/ChicagoWhiteSox. Costa Del Wirral
Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social Welcome to Willerby, a village where the supernatural is as everyday as the weather. Free short stories about the weird things that happen in our village on our website and substack.
https://willerby.substack.com
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk
Julianne Regan @julianneregan.bsky.social Songs, book chapters, and journalistic pieces. Nature, 2nd-generation Irishness, melancholy & joy! Survived the great All About Eve miming disaster.
Soccer Guy @usasoccerguy.bsky.social An American slice of the soccer pie. Not Alexi Lalas, he’s just my hero
Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social Professor, Archaeology, University of Glasgow, the Urban Prehistorian, and Keeper of Hookland’s Stones. Glasgow’s Archaeologist in Residence (self-appointed)
Flowergate and Beyond @flowergatebeyond.bsky.social Building community creativity in Whitby through festivals, workshops, maker spaces and shared action.
Grady Booch @booch.com scientist, storyteller, philosopher
computingthehumanexperience.com
Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
Wandering. Wondering. Freelance SFFH editor. Commissioning for The Broken Binding. Living in Edinburgh. Views my own and independent of my employers. Photos my own unless otherwise etc.
Event Horizon Telescope @ehtelescope.bsky.social We are the Event Horizon Telescope: a global collaboration that captured the first-ever image of a black hole using a virtual Earth-sized telescope.
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Mastodon: ehtelescope
eventhorizontelescope.org
Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social Writer and Art Historian. Old Fox stories. Edward M.Bannister catalogue raisonne and research. Reynard the Fox and Fox for All Seasons published by Bodleian Publishing. Oxford & Dorset. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social Here's to spread the Wyrd - join us for a different theme every #WyrdWednesday! Please don't post anything AI generated, we will not share these 🚫🤖
Carrie plays guitar 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @carriem.co.uk Writer, parent and guitar wrangler from Glasgow. Author of Small Town Joy and Carrie Kills A Man, singer in Unquiet Mind. Trans, she/her. https://linktr.ee/carrieplaysguitar. Pic: Omar Salam
@cultauthor.bsky.social @cultauthor.bsky.social 
@raveloe.bsky.social @raveloe.bsky.social 
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com I’ve got a beard, I sell books
Books read: 90/100
📚 The Wax Child
📺
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
Mark Cooper-Jones @markcooperjones.bsky.social Map Men Mark
Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social ‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ (the MAP MEN BOOK) is available now: https://lnk.to/mapmen 🗺️ 📕
Cloudland Blue Quartet @misterquartet.bsky.social Music/Art/Podcasts
Listens/writes/records/podcasts/photographs/performs/paints
Bandcamp (songs/soundscapes) https://cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com
Podcasts https://www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlueQuartet
Website crispycat.co.uk
@musicdocumentaries.bsky.social @musicdocumentaries.bsky.social Posting links to music documentaries online whenever the hell I feel like it.
Operated by @purelava.bsky.social
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social “Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. “Not humerus at all.” - Amazon reviewer. https://www.tom-cox.com/
Sound Roots @soundrootsuk.bsky.social Sound Roots helps people to build independent music careers 🌱
As a registered charity, we support the sector through offering opportunities for artists via festivals, events, industry showcasing, mentoring and more.
mirlo @mirlo.space Mirlo is an online music and merch store where artists can connect with their audience and get direct support from their community.
Join Mirlo: https://mirlo.space
Read our docs: https://docs.mirlo.space
Support our work: https://mirlo.space/team/tip
MEANS Magazine @meansmagazine.bsky.social SUBS OPEN FOR MEANS #6 'DARKLIGHT'
https://www.curatorspace.com/opportunities/detail/darklight-illumination-imagination-and-the-zoetrope-of-spiritual-apperception/10563
Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel.bsky.social 'Looking For The Happy' is out now.
Ether Diver @etherdiver.bsky.social Weird music, esoteric sound design, music reviews/promo. I want to write about yr music! Give me a follow & ask.
Anti fascist. Nazi/TERF/GOP belong at the bottom of the ocean.
Anti GenAI/LLM
https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/
https://www.etherdiver.com/
The Elders @theelders.bsky.social Founded by Nelson Mandela, we are independent global leaders working together for peace, justice, human rights and a sustainable planet.
linktr.ee/theelders_org
Blue Pisces @piscesbluepisces.bsky.social 
sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social cymraes. transexual. sex-critical feminist. classical libertarian. abertawe. 🌹🏴🏴🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸
Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social tebūna mūs polėkiai kilnūs.
he/him
THE NERVE @thenerve.news NEW Fearless, independent journalism covering culture, politics and tech
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Photography and Art Gallery @u42.co La vie en France, always Laughing. Embracing Imperfections. What you see here is my own work. I repost friends on @Montberte and @B-W-Photography
All rights reserved #©stevec = Steve Cushing
🚫 AI, NFT
Free Photography Website: https://u42.co
Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social Writes books. In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk out now.
Also: Under The Ivy; Small Hours; Themes For Great Cities &tc.
Web: www.graemethomson.net
Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social London based artist printmaker, mostly #linocuts #prints #London
www.gailbrodholt.com
VenueCMS @venuecms.com Digital infrastructure for culture. Available now for venues and artists. https://www.venuecms.com Developed by @scazan.bsky.social and John Chantler (@inventingzero.net)
Ghostcards @ghostcards.bsky.social We're all ghosts now. Curated by @pastpostcard.bsky.social. Represented by http://morgangreencreatives.com
Moonbuilding @moonbuilding.bsky.social A5 zine + weekly newsletter covering independent, electronic DIY labels/artists. Edited by @neilmason.bsky.social, a @castlesinspace.bsky.social publication. moonbuilding.substack.com / moonbuildingmag@gmail.com 
Scholars of the Peak @scholarspeak.bsky.social District Synth Bureau. High Peak Broadcast Unit. Album: March 2026. If you blip, bleep or beep then lace up your hiking boots 🥾
https://thescholarsofthepeak.bandcamp.com
Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social Author of Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland. Also, Steeple Chasing: Around Britain By Church, & A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards. Substack: https://smallfinds.substack.com
John Reed Music 🎼 and Radio 📻 @johnreed.bandcamp.com Independent progressive folk musician. FASCIST FREE ZONE.
www.johnreedmusic.com /\ https://johnreed.bandcamp.com/
Radio Show: The Compendium Weds 8pm < UK > Berwick upon Tweed
www.folkfridayradio.com \/ https://www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBreathe/
Pisces Horoscope @pisces.astrolis.com ♓ Daily, weekly, and monthly Pisces horoscopes from @astrolis.com. Current planetary positions and astrology transits.
donna enticknap @auuop.bsky.social Pretty vague
Alternative photographic processes, printmaking, found sound and motion picture.
https://www.donnaenticknap.com
Subvert @subvert.fm Subvert is a music platform owned and controlled by a co-op of over 25,000 members. We are now LIVE.
www.subvert.fm
FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social #FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social. 
We Walk The Earth @wwte.bsky.social Alt-rock/blues/country/psychedelia from London.
‘The Ice Storm’ and ‘The Drowned World' out now on @phasechangeuk.bsky.social
‘The Desert’ coming soon…
https://linktr.ee/wwte
Fiction @jm-gagen.bsky.social
Tarot @tarot.astrolis.com 🔮 Today's daily tarot card from @astrolis.com
Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social Illustrator, performer, walker of the hills at dusk, lunatic. Hooklander.
Pro EU, anti fascist. https://thomassbrown.com/ Store here https://thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com/ and also here https://www.redbubble.com/people/TattercatStudio/shop
Talis Kimberley🇪🇺 @taliskimberley.bsky.social Songwriter/Performer/Wordsmith. Doggerel, Limericks. She/her. Folklore, yarncraft, pagan. Antifa, trans rights, organ doner, European. Made of stories. No AI. www.talis.net & YouTube. Will sing for supper & £. Re-enchantment is resistance.
John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social 🏴 First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP.
Promoted by John Swinney, 17-19 Leslie St, Blairgowrie, PH10 6AH
:zoviet*france: @zovietfrance.org The analogue glitch in electrical music
This is :zoviet*france: on Bluesky, created and maintained by :zoviet*france:
Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social Keep Your Head Up ☀️
https://buymeacoffee.com/arealmofwonder
qntm @qntm.org There Is No Antimemetics Division (https://qntm.org/antimemetics) ~ "Lena" ~ Absurdle ~ HATETRIS ~ many other cool things
Toby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social Video editor. Nebraskan/East Anglian, so possibly inclined towards flat lands. Once talked about cinema on the radio, but now mainly take photos with prisms and pinholes and polaroids. Being kept for my decorative seed head.
A stones throw from Cambridge.
Jon Boden @jonboden.bsky.social Folkie
Ampwall @ampwall.com The modern independent music platform. Public Benefit Company dedicated to building thriving music scenes. Share, sell, & find new music & merch.
Signup: https://ampwall.com
Mission: https://ampwall.com/mission
Blog: https://ampwall.com/blog
⛔️ No AI ⛔️
Chris Grigg @subvertallmedia.com **Taking a break from this app. Send me an email.**
Putting the code in the computer @ampwall.com
Woe
Glorious Depravity
Nameless Cult
NYC
Read my lonely neglected blog subvertallmedia.com
Harry Shearer @harryshearer.bsky.social Simpsons, Tap, Derek, Le Show.
R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social Band from Athens, GA, 1980-2011, made music, lasts forever.
Mixmaster Morris @mixmastermorris.bsky.social Music lover
DJ since 1986
Legend 😇
Andy P @arcticreviews.bsky.social Music writer, football fan. It's arcticreviews.co.uk if you want to read some stuff.
Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Robert @clatchardcraig.bsky.social Songs of joy and tears of laughter are all we need to lift our hearts.
Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social Once and future podcaster from The Sitcom Club. Editor and co-producer (in a minor capacity) of A History Of Rock Music In 500 Songs. From Yorkshire, living in California. ''Practically Mexican'' according to my late wife (she liked to exaggerate).
Amanda T @catatart473.bsky.social Retired scientist, now artist, dog/cat/any animal lover, trying to make my way in this world as best I can #art
If you’re interested, my art website is amandataylorart.com. Cheers
Byline TV @bylinetv.bsky.social 🎙️ Join us in building a better media.
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@BylineTV
👉 byline.tv/join
Mike Chitty @mikechitty.bsky.social Leadership, management and enchantment.
https://open.substack.com/pub/freshthinking
what if beneath all the noise
there’s still a song playing
ancient, unbroken, waiting?
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/an-introduction-to-relational-disobedience-4693683
Feralman @feralman.bsky.social Cinematic indie folk artist. Album “Allegories” (“an album of the year contender”) out everywhere now.
Next project; an epic! “The Lives of Sempi Ternus” (an album, book, film, a series of paintings and a board game) in progress
Matthew Whiteside @mwhitesidecomp.bsky.social Composer, concert producer, author, and scuba diver. Sit on Musicians Union EC
western jaguar (new song out now 🎶 ) @westernjaguar.bandcamp.com an ever-evolving musical project. joyfully sad, yet joylessly happy since 2013... : https://linktr.ee/westernjaguar
The National @scotnational.bsky.social The newspaper that supports an independent Scotland. Read at thenational.scot
HAINBACH @hainbach.bsky.social Musician, Composer, Instrument Maker, talks about all that on YT.
We Could Send Letters @wecdsend.bsky.social I'm Tom. Music geek, leftish, suboptimally organised librarian, optimist - Pompey FC, Hampshire CCC and KC Royals fan, so needed! Musically all over the shop. Tile courtesy of the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow.
Sep 26-30: #5CoverSongsEvens
Kate Watson @loreandordure.com Smallholder, writer, erstwhile vetn'ry, PhD student, lexicographer, ADHD+ & alleged Pratchett witch.
Letterpress, bookbinding, (alt-process) photography.
Long Covid victim. She/they.
🖋️ https://loreandordure.com/
🖼️ https://ko-fi.com/loreandordure/shop/
wiaiwya #MDANT @wiaiwya.bsky.social Record label:
https://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/music
George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social Author of funny books, cultural omnivore. I like tea and cats, not necessarily in that order. I inhale deeply when first stepping in to bookshops and libraries. 🌈
https://linktr.ee/Georgepenney