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Laurie Barton @bartollengua.bsky.social Research admin; Dad; Autistic;
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currently NE England; preferably in a forest somewhere
Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social Writer of non-fiction books (latest: The Philosophy of Sheds). Online editor Fine Books magazine, columnist at Idler. Coined term "shedworking". Half-decent snooker player. Watford FC season ticket holder. https://thewritinghut.substack.com/
Nigel Metheringham @nmeth.bsky.social Semi-professional cynic
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.
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“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”
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Jason Straughan @jdstraughan.com Vistage Chair, Executive Coach, Group Facilitator
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Emma @emmajwaring.bsky.social Editorial Director at Moonflower Books. Always happy to talk about books, theatre or history. Or all three. Much whimsy. Some silliness.
//and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make//
James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social Surrounded by yowling, nebulous forms. Writer: Green Wing, Piglets, first novel Pagans, available in paperback: https://www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/james-alistair-henry/2928377365622
Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz Professor, researcher, author. Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), gay lady into synths, computers, music, film.
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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk I've been in the gov tech and transformation communitiy since 2009. I've worked for mySociety, the GLA, HackIT and GDS. I'm on the committees for GovCamp, Policy Camp, TransformGov Talks, the National Strategy Project and the UK Polyamory Association.
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On Wiradyuri country, by the Wambuul.
Cook and sew, make flowers grow.
With Yindyamarra.
Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social TV Writer: Midsomer, Midwife, ACGAS and Dreamers (still available to stream on C4).
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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social The Thick of It. The Death of Stalin. Veep. The Hartlepool Spy. Epic Space. Broken English. Avenue 5. Unhinged, and other books. Guardian, Architects' Journal, iPaper, Observer, whatever. Grandpa. STATE PENSIONER.
Keith Gallagher @kbgphd.bsky.social retired geek
Nour Sidawi @noursidawi.uk Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government at UK Civil Service. Part of OneTeamGov.
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creativityworks.net
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Berry @berryh.bsky.social Science and technology journalist. Unreformed goth. Dinosaur nerd. Enjoys noisy nonsense music. #MDANT
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Janel Le Belle @janellebelle.bsky.social UCLA Associate Professor, PhD Researcher of brains 🧠 (development, stem cells, neuroinflammation, autism, sensory processing, brain injury & repair)
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Matt Morris @mattmorris.net I write songs for a living and think about everything else out loud. Songwriter, 25+ years. Queer. Denver.
A Queer Imagination at mattmorris.substack.com
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Pro EU. Mum to adult kids. Neurodivergent.
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Kate Baucherel 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @katebaucherel.bsky.social Sci-fi fan & writer thereof | Mum standing up for 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | Dual national 🇬🇧🇫🇷 NE England & Vienne 86 | Sandan karateka 🥋 | Speaker, Author, Blockchain & Emerging Tech specialist | https://linktr.ee/KateBaucherel
Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social Author and independent HE consultant based in NE England. Interests include assessment, valuing teaching in promotion criteria, baking, gardening, fiction and grandchildren not necessarily in that order
Nic Whitton @nicwhitton.bsky.social Professor of Digital Learning and Play at Northumbria University. Likes video games, cryptic crosswords, and otters. All views my own. She/her.
Samantha @samanthaknits.bsky.social She/her ✨would rather be knitting and reading.
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Mary H. @knittingdev.bsky.social Knitter, Boardgamer, Software Developer | All opinions my own, trust me no one else wants them. 😋 Inquiries: mary@theknittingdeveloper.com
Lauren is persevering @curstandcussed.bsky.social a book in one hand and a jar of shine in the other. ᏣᎳᎩ daughter (she/her, disaster bi) from the holler. leftist. antifascist. thoughts on reading, crafting, gardening, and where I went wrong in life. grow food, not lawns!
Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social writer, anticarceral policy cryptid, knitter, comics-industry semi-expat, parent to small human, pirate king of the moon. queer, trans, brain wired weird. kind to reptiles. he/him. https://linktr.ee/edidin LOOKING FOR WORK.
Shika4 @sohya.bsky.social 日本の型染絵という布の沼にハマり高い布を買い集める牧歌的な毎日。かわいい3歳と遊ぶ毎日
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collector of rare fabrics
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
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Melissa Young @techsassy.me Technology, teams and leadership. Always rolling for initiative. Surrounded by gamers, computers & kids. (She/They)♠️🤍💜
Pick it up, put it down. Leave it better than you found it.
Currently:
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Kate Violette @kateviolette.com Multipurpose nerd. Engineering manager currently waylaid by a complex illness. On a mission to watch every Katharine Hepburn movie.
🏳️🌈 they (🇬🇧), elle (🇫🇷)
Currently in Portland OR. Always a Mainer.
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Britt | KnotBadBritt @knotbadbritt.com Crochet Designer
Creator of The Makers of Color Collective | A directory of BIPOC folks in the fiber industry
Seattle Kraken Fan
Discover my work at www.knotbadbritt.com
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Tammy @tmoorse.bsky.social She / Her
Flâneuse of Canadian life. Knitter. Coffee lover. Librarian.
Someone calls me the queen of metadata. Data governance in the financial industry.
Corvus @corvus.bsky.social Avid knitter. MO—>OR—>CT—>OR—>MO—>ME—>(soon back to OR!) 
p(👻) @0x0.boo Security. People matter most. Get off X, fool.
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Jade @jadedid.bsky.social knitting thoughts and yarn together. scholar on the limits of empathy. academic libraries. ed/tech & student wellness. the other side of empathy (Duke, 2023) 30% off with code E23DAVIS https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-other-side-of-empathy
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Hedonium Shockwave @hedoniumshockwave.bsky.social Former programmer turned copywriter, author & storyteller. AI by day, Techno by night. Gen 𝑿. Mad.Berlin | Meta Artist Division Berlin 🇩🇪
Owner and curator of www.youtube.com/c/itsoundsfuture 
The Queen @thequeen.bsky.social I’m your graph bridging baddie.
Also an avid reader, lover of indie music, with an awesome ability and admiration of alliteration.
And, I’m a doctoral student studying technology and it’s impact on instruction. 💁🏼♀️ #edtech 
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Cherry Noble @townscryer.bsky.social "Visibility is a trap" -Michel Foucault
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Decolonize Palestine! 🇵🇸
this account will mostly be my knitting & crochet, my feline housemates (Maggie, Poe, and Teddy), and what I'm currently reading
The bus guy 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇨🇦 @thejester.bsky.social I retired from the IT world and drive city transit buses in the Seattle metro area. I’ve never been happier. Hopefully I can be a bright spot in your day.
Outdoor anything, music loving, adventure loving. Rockin the PNW!
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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social I knit tiny nonsense.
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Pemberley Intern @hallie.bsky.social She/her. My account is cats and knitting with occasional birds, books, and thoughts. My exoplanet is GJ 581c.m. I’m a contrary hopeless idealist.
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Felix Velarde @felixv.bsky.social Author of Scale at Speed, founder of 2Y3X, speaker, advisor
Posting about agencies, AI, leadership, scaling, strategy
Lover of life: just say yes
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Software engineer at Audere. Korean-American. Idler. She/her.