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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social Investigations Editor: ITV News. Author: Left to Rot (2026) out now.
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Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social Journalist etc. Currently Irish Times correspondent in Beirut/Damascus & author of ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ (Orwell Prize, Terzani Prize, Inge Feltrinelli Prize, Michel Deon Prize, Irish Book of the Year) & new book 'This is Also a Love Story'.
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Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social Companion blog to the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and the Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy, published by Cambridge University Press for the Social Policy Association.
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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social Britain editor, New Statesman. Lead host, New Statesman Podcast (Publisher Podcast Award winner '21-24) & co-host Westminster Reimagined with Armando Iannucci.
National Domestic Workers Alliance @domesticworkers.bsky.social Organizing to win respect, recognition, and labor rights for domestic workers. #CareCantWait
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New Island Books @newislandbooks.bsky.social Ireland's leading publisher of groundbreaking literature and non-fiction from emerging and established writers.
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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social Sociologist at Swarthmore College, trans man. Wrote Producing Politics & The Class Ceiling & a bunch of articles on class & race & inequality &/or political participation.
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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social Average enthusiast. Scribe for hire. Author of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, Ten Thousand Apologies, Base Notes and all the rest …
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Louise Woodruff @louisewoodruff.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Care, work and poverty. Also York. Views here my own. 
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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
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Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social Going out of business since 1988.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social I write about abortion every day at abortioneveryday.com Read my newsletter & find me other places here: linktr.ee/jessicavalenti
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Charlie McCurdy @charliemccurdy.bsky.social Economist @ resolution foundation covering jobs, demographic change and regional inequalities.
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CMAT @cmatbaby.bsky.social short irish woman who made those two amazing albums that everyone loves
Ralph Darlington @ralphdarlington.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations, Uni Salford; ‘Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14’ @PlutoPress; researching for a new political biography of the legendary labour leader Tom Mann https://www.salford.ac.uk/our-staff/ralph-darlington
Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social A better tax system that benefits everyone in the UK. Sister organisation of @taxjusticenet.bsky.social
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Refugee Council @refugeecouncil.bsky.social The Refugee Council is the nation’s refugee charity. We support refugees to rebuild their lives, integrate into communities and play a part in Britain.
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Tolka @tolkajournal.bsky.social Literary journal of formally promiscuous non-fiction. Publishing essays, memoir, autofiction and the overflow. Supported by the Arts Council.
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MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social Where Irish writing comes alive.
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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social Writer, cyclist, biscuit connoisseur. A bit much.
Latest book: ‘The Good Liar’, about junk forensic science and moral responsibility
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007.
Bylines at the Guardian, Open Democracy, Herald, DeSmog, Bella Caledonia, Sunday National.
Citizens UK @citizensuk.org We are the UK's biggest, most diverse, and most effective people-powered alliance. Bringing everyday people together to win change since 1989.
Sceptre Books @sceptrebooks.bsky.social Inspired writing. Irresistible reading. Posts from the literary imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. 
Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social Charlatan, solo artist, producer, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter.
Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social Sociologist at @ucl.ac.uk
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Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) @share-eric.bsky.social SHARE is a research infrastructure for studying the effects of health, social, economic and environmental policies over the life-course of European citizens and beyond.
Becky Wright @beckyunions21.bsky.social Exec Director of Unions 21. Interested in how unions organise and build strategic capacity. Working with and for the union movement.
Unions 21 @unions21.org The leading voice for union best practice and innovation.
We help unions build for tomorrow.
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💷 All profits are donated to good causes
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Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
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Karen Rowlingson @karenrowlingson.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and Dean of Social Sciences, University of York, UK
BSA Medical Sociology Annual Conference @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social Posting info relating to and about the BSA Medical Sociology annual conference.
Yvette Taylor @yvettetaylor.bsky.social 
Sam Whewall @drsamwhewall.bsky.social Research Fellow, UCL @UCLGlobalYouth.bsky.social 🌏 | youth studies, sociology, geography | Coastal youth life chances: https://tinyurl.com/mucsrx5 | Runner 🏃🏻♂️ & baker 🥐
Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social The SAI, as the professional association of sociology in Ireland, is committed to supporting the discipline through fora for them to share ideas, collaborate and disseminate their research.
https://sociology.ie/
OCE Lab @ocelab.bsky.social Our research seeks to uncover how people interact within civil society organizations and how those interactions can strengthen organizations, promote civic engagement, and improve the quality of life in communities.
Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin’s Oldest Independent Bookshop | D’Olier St, Dublin 2
Bookshop open Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5
Café open Tues-Sat 10.30-4.30; Closed Sunday & Monday
New Writing North @newwritingnorth.bsky.social The writing and reading development agency for the North of England.
School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol @uob-policystudies.bsky.social The School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol is a vibrant and influential community dedicated to world-class research and education.
Dr Vanesa Fuertes @drvanesafuertes.bsky.social Senior Lecturer/Researcher on un(der)employment, welfare & inequalities, policy governance. (Re)tweets in a private capacity.
Blandine Emilien @blandinee.bsky.social A mixed bag of hobbies, interests and skills. I would not have it any other way. Don't ask me to specialise in a field and strictly stick to it in this changing world. 
Dr Kate Haddow @khaddow93.bsky.social Failed academic. Radge researcher, proud northerner. Likes talking about food aid all the time! Personal profile views expressed have nowt to do with my employer.
Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com Pop label with a stubborn streak, since 1989.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social • Author of SURRENDER (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2018) & GREYHOUND (Fitzcarraldo Editions & Soft Skull Press, 2025).
• Words in Guardian, Spectator, New Statesman, TLS, The Nation, etc...
• Creative Writing tutor at the University of the Arts, London.
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social Soc of Work + Platform Labor | Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh | https://workersobservatory.org | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society
Elena Ayala-Hurtado @elenaah.bsky.social Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton Sociology, PhD from Harvard Sociology. Precarious employment, economic insecurity, higher education. Cultural sociologist. Current research in the US and Spain.
Levana Magnus @levanamagnus.bsky.social Research associate at University of Bristol. Researching un/under/employment, social in/security, and the value of care
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PJ Annand @pjcreates.bsky.social What I do: Research & illustration
What I value: Creativity/play, liberation, kinship, tenderness.
What I ❤️: Stuff on queerness, feminism, mental health, disability justice, care, technoskepticism. Also cat pics. Actually mainly cat pics.
Personal account
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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social The sweet sweet taste of manchineel.
"Four oysters? Pointless"
Ai-jen Poo @aijenpoo.bsky.social ❤️ National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations, Care in Action, Supermajority. Opinions entirely my own. #CareCantWait
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Jonathan Buckley @jcbuckley.bsky.social Novelist
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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 physicist, philosopher, lead https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/, author of Climate InJustice https://greystonebooks.com/collections/current-affairs-politics/products/climate-injustice, she/her
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