Catherine Weird @catherineweird.bsky.social Making nice things at https://weirdjelly.co.uk
Simon @theordinaryone.bsky.social Pro nerd. Aspiring pie-eating wokerati. Nothing special.
brap @brapequality.bsky.social brap is a charity transforming the way we think and do equality. We were established in 1999 to be an independent, transformative force in the equalities sector. www.brap.org.uk
Gareth Hooper @garethhooper.bsky.social Advocate for active travel and clean air. Cyclist. Rower. Runner. Quantitative analyst in healthcare
🌐 Birmingham
>KEYWORDS_ @keywords.bagpuss.org A new daily word connection game by @bagpuss.org
Discover the five connected words of increasing length by typing into the boxes. Follow me on Bluesky for extra hints and stuff.
(Replies off in case of spoilers, but quote post all you like)
Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy She/Her. Cis woman. 🏳️⚧️ Trans ally (always learning).
Tech writer. I love #music (esp. #NewMusic). And #words. And #nature. And loads of other things […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.online/@catnip, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Sb @xtasbe.bsky.social Former writer. Father of two children. I write long silly threads on old TV programmes. Have a look here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jetelephone/posts
Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin @consciousstyleguide.com The essential guide to conscious language, by @karenyin.bsky.social.
➕ Book: KarenYin.com/books/csg-book/
➕ Newsletter: mail.consciousstyleguide.com/subscribe
➕ Website: ConsciousStyleGuide.com
Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Literary Agency.
Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social Stop fucking about and start writing.
Online courses | workshops | writing retreats | community | tea | biscuits | swearing | gold stars ⭐️
@sarahchaundler.bsky.social @sarahchaundler.bsky.social 
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
Brum Radio @brumradio.com Music, Arts & Culture - The Alternative Sound For #Birmingham
WhatsApp the studio +441216335534 🇪🇺
🔊 Online | Smart Speaker | iTunes | TuneIn | App
Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social Comedian/award-winning game maker/writer/voice artist #AuDHD (he/him)
Photos: http://hyperfocus.photography
Stream: http://Twitch.tv/brainmage
Tips: http://ko-fi.com/guy
VO reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04UiLVl6n0I
https://www.guykelly.co.uk
James Ward @iamjamesward.bsky.social I am James Ward. That’s all you need to know.
badly drawn bee 🐝 @soapachu.bsky.social Swish swish motherfucker.
AuDHD | alphabet mafia 🏳️🌈 | rugby player 🏉 | scuba diver 🤿 | kitten foster 🐈⬛ |
cis | she/her until something better comes along.
🇵🇸 ✊🏿
There's probably something funny in the alt text.
London & Liverpool, UK
Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she 
Benjamin Partridge @benpartridge.bsky.social benjaminpartridge.com
Paul Clarke @paulclarke.com The people photographer, working with the world's most interesting humans, dogs and brands. A graceful and melodious ape, fascinated by online identity and trust. Uczę się języka polskiego. paulclarke.com
Kevin Thomas @ktphotouk.bsky.social Photographer tour guide and Designer www.birminghamwalkingtours.co.uk 07515680749
Cartimandua @cattygran.bsky.social Book loving, allotment gardening, cat loving Geordie now exiled in Brummagem. NUFC. Likes a bit of that “woke” stuff, thinks there should be a bit more of it.
No DMs unless I know you
Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social Well-meaning liability.
British (derogatory)
Sexual swear words are those of my employers.
Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/samwhytebluesky
Hare & Hounds @hareandhounds.bsky.social Award-winning independent music venue/pub, programming music & arts every week of the year.
📍 Birmingham, UK
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Mike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social Writer in the damp Welsh hills.
Books include All the Wide Border, Map Addict, On the Red Hill, The Wild Rover, Neighbours from Hell?
"No-one maps the secrets of the UK quite like Mike Parker" - Ayesha Hazarika, Times Radio
Sharon Povey @roon-jp.bsky.social Mum, wife, pharmacist, atheist, bit of a lefty, cares about the environment (she/her)
ThatLyndsey @thatlyndsey.bsky.social Time-travelling lone ranger
Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. #AABB
KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Sookio @sookio.bsky.social Communications consultancy in Cambridge. Go follow Founder @smkeogh.bsky.social or head to https://www.sookio.com for services
Graeme Brown @graeme-b.bsky.social Dad, editor, Birmingham Mail and BirminghamLive, #wba and #YouBears fan, worried about the world, passionate about the West Midlands
Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social Writer & highwayman.
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket, Broken Veil etc
https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit
AGENTS, website, links, bio etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk
Jon Hill @kimjonhill.com Looking out of place in the front row since 2008.
Rose Poulter @rosepoulter.bsky.social Pottering around national and local politics, plenty of sports, checking out nice places and sharing stuff. Kings Heath, Birmingham #OUFC
Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk Solicitor. Done housing law since 2006. The Guardian says top 5 for squalor. Legal Aid Housing Lawyer of 2018. Co-author of Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. ‘Not an academic authority’ - Judge Carr. https://nearlylegal.co.uk
Ged Hughes @gedhughes.bsky.social 
@eggalison.bsky.social @eggalison.bsky.social 
World of Moose @worldofmoose.bsky.social Art, cartoons, books. This is the feed for World of Moose, Karen does most of the posting.
@mooseallain.bsky.social
worldofmoose.com
Bearwood Parish Council @bearwoodcouncil.bsky.social Official account for Bearwood Parish Council. Not in Birmingham.
Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social Author of the Carnegie nominated THE SOUP MOVEMENT and the LENNY LEMMON series. And other stuff. Remember to breathe.
https://linktr.ee/bendavisauthor
Grace Dent @gracedent.bsky.social * BBC Masterchef UK 🇬🇧
*Comfort Eating- Ep 1 Russell T Davies
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/comfort-eating-with-grace-dent/id1571446706?i=1000525534334
* Restaurant Critic for The Guardian 🇬🇧
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/gracedent
Marverine Cole @tvmarv.bsky.social Journalist 🏆~ Newsreader #GMB ITV 📺 👩🏾💻 ~🍻Craft beer geek ~ Career Coach (ICF-trained) ~ Social Media mentor ~ B’ham Royal Ballet board 🩰~ Supporter of FTVC, BHF & Alzheimers Society ❤️⭐️JOIN MY TRIBE https://linktr.ee/marverinecole ⭐️
Craig Pullen @thepullencount.bsky.social Wry looker-at-er, satirist, quiz night putter-on-er, dancer, litter campaigner, crisp historian, Haribon-vivant, humanitarian, lover, Brummie. Likes a cream cracker.
https://linktr.ee/ThePullenCount
@iamtheraspberry.bsky.social @iamtheraspberry.bsky.social I’m just a fat fecker who likes to tickle the testicles of creativity for self pleasure & escape!
Mazzy (Maryam) Snape @mazzysnape.bsky.social Events, Projects, PR, Music, Film, Books, Education & Peace ✌🏼(& 🐕 )
Jane Haynes @janerockhouse.bsky.social Journalist, Birmingham. Politics, social affairs, campaigns. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/jane-haynes/ Also Substack https://insidebirmingham.substack.com/ 07471025568 jane.haynes@reachplc.com
Kate Mascarenhas @katemascarenhas.bsky.social Author.
B31 Voices @b31voices.bsky.social Engaging, informing & connecting communities across South West Birmingham. News, issues, events, jobs, #PositiveSWBrum & more http://bvoices.uk
Sophie C @ludicrousnonsense.bsky.social Chronic dabbler.
Lizziebeth @lizziegolucky.bsky.social - M Gareth @mutster101.bsky.social Grumpy bi lefty. Angry trans ally.
Nerdy af. Probably ND. OCD.
He/him.
Current hyperfixation: Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee
Karli Watson @karliwatson.com Tech guy, colourful chap, word writer, book reader, mountain walker, board gamer, Lego builder, cat lover, night sky gazer and optimistic believer in the inherent goodness of people despite all evidence to the contrary. Was @karlequin in the sewer.
David Strak @davescamp.bsky.social Jusqu'ici tout va bien.
Shimmetry @shimmetry.bsky.social Music is all
Liz @rougeforever.bsky.social One octopus missing.
Hel Reynolds @helreynolds.bsky.social I run Comms Creatives: online courses and creativity training for #comms pros
I also draw comms cartoons
💛 UNcommon sense
Cat lady
commscreatives.com
Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social I write novels and stories . (Recentlyish: Lean Fall Stand.)
There is a Substack: https://classnotesbyjonmcgregor.substack.com/
Also learning Dutch - kom maar bij mij en nederlands met me spreken, alstublieft x
urbanfly @martinfearn.bsky.social 
Caroline Beavon @carolinebeavon.com Exhibiting digital interactive artist for hire (scrollytelling + more)
New digital stories - old tech.
Crone. Queer. ADHD. Magpie.
Into> misusing tools, narratives, what is human, digital witchcraft
http://www.carolinebeavon.com
Nick Whittingham @nwhittingham.bsky.social Charity chief executive. Discrimination lawyer. Eco-activist. Community and Third Sector Trustee. 🎶Melodic death metal and festivals. Mirfield, West Yorkshire.
All views etc. my own
@cazzaflar.bsky.social @cazzaflar.bsky.social 
Rhi Storer @rhistorer.bsky.social Policy Correspondent with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social | Spelling mistakes always | Email me here: rhi.storer@newstatesman.co.uk | London via Birmingham
Mike Cummins @mikelcu.bsky.social Cook
Gail - AngelLady from that other place @angellady.bsky.social Still growing old disgracefully. Can be a bit sweary, love horror movies/true crime/animals/a mad knitter🐱🐶🐴🧶
Always singing😬always laughing😂
#FBPE
#KindnessMatters
#Disability
*NO DM’s*
Michael Grimes @michaelgrimes.bsky.social Practical support for small charities and social enterprises | CELTA qualified
Cllr Kerry Jenkins @kerryjenkins.bsky.social Labour Cllr for Moseley Ward. Socialist. Trade unionist. Dog lover. I sew and crochet. RT's are not an endorsement.
Biltawulf @biltawulf.com Investigative Timewaster
Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
Sarah Phelps @phelpsiesarah.bsky.social Writer. The Christie Quintet that got on some people’s tits. Dublin Murders. A Very British Scandal. Coming soon: The Sixth Commandment. 
comms2point0 @comms2point0.bsky.social Flying a flag for communications and communicators.
Bespoke training I Comms consultancy I Comms reviews I Cool events I UnAwards I Recruitment support I Interims I Mentoring. Since 2011.
Created and owned by Darren Caveney.
comms2point0.co.uk
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
🌱 🪴 🌳
Tom Lennon @tomlennon.bsky.social Irish-Brummie in Mexico. Sculptor of nonsense. Freelance writer specialising in funny/geeky stuff.
Laura Creaven @lauracreaven.bsky.social 
Billy Niblick @billyniblick.bsky.social Retired now. Former IT professional, Legal Ombudsman Investigator, Labour Party Organiser, MP caseworker. Born in Paisley, lived in Birmingham these 40 or so years. 
Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com Building websites and apps to get you off your goddamn screen.
James Cook @jamesecook.bsky.social Linktr.ee/shoobypodcast
Comedian. Often speaks of pop songs from days of yore.
Louis Hudson @louishudson.bsky.social Animator/Director. Poignant toilet humour and slapstick with gravitas. I also run an animation night called @overlapsocial.com
https://louishudson.co.uk
https://www.instagram.com/louishudson/
Pauline Roche @paulineroche.bsky.social Sector knowledge + convening power + technical understanding; Amplifier, Producer, Librarian, Freelance journo - *Digital Inclusion/Open data*; Producer/Co-presenter #DrTechShow, Co-organiser Open Data Camp
Tilskatoff 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇱 @tilskatoff.bsky.social Head of a neurodivergent household. Ex-archaeologist. Now and again I paint things. Most of all, it's just nice to be nice.
Tracey Briggs @traceybriggs1.bsky.social Happy long time dyslexic actor👵🏻 love being part of brilliant stories ❤️ brilliant writers. ❤️ Dancing singing and campaigning. Known for Calendar Girls #DavidPughLtd, BBC Archers. Spotlight: https://app.spotlight.com/6215-7869-5146
Mark | Iron Man Records @ironmanrecords.bsky.social Music, Tour Management, Record Label, Rehearsal Space and Recording Studio. If something happens, call me. For hire.
Paul Fulford @paulfulford.bsky.social Ex-journo with a passion for wine, food and Birmingham City. Left-leaning.
Matt @mrhig.bsky.social Mrhig. Horror, comics, Japan, cocktails, writing. https://threeforfriday.tumblr.com
https://letterboxd.com/mrhig
Geeky Brummie @geekybrummie.com All that's #Geek in #Brum since 2016
http://geekybrummie.com
Kathryn Marsh @mrsmarshlibrary.bsky.social NHS Library Assistant, a musician (when the chance arises), former lots of things including Primary School Teacher, School Librarian, Retail Manager, ♥️ live music, ♥️ Sci-Fi & Fantasy. Yes, I’ve worn many hats. Currently focusing on marketing and outreach.
Georgina Clarke @clarkegeorgina1.bsky.social Writer.
VIPER IN THE NEST (pubd VERVE in 2025).
THE DAZZLE OF THE LIGHT (VERVE 2023).
Repd by Laura Macdougall at United Agents.
Also tutor (Dr Georgina Byrne) at The Queen’s Foundation: Historian and theologian.
Worcester, UK
Ryan Parish @ryanparish.bsky.social BHSF Head of Insight, former food blogger at BrummieGourmand / now part time geek and Geeky Brummie founder / Birmingham Anime Film Festival co-founder. Very Hairy Man.
All views my own.
http://linktr.ee/GeekyBrummie
Viv Parish @vivparish.bsky.social Mrs @ryanparish.bsky.social
EP @geekybrummie.com #podcast
Editor @geekygoingson.bsky.social
#BirminghamUK #BESEA
David Gregory-Kumar @drdavidgk.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Reporter. I work for the BBC based out of Birmingham. Focused on Environment/Science & Rural Affairs. Cargo bike rider. PhD/DSc. RTS reporter of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk/davidgregorykumar
Roya Khatiblou @royakhatiblou.bsky.social Writer | Editor | she/her | mommy | 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧 | work: Salon, Litro, Reflex Press, Chicago Rev + | Assoc dir @saloneurope.bsky.social | roya-khatiblou.com | rep: Salma Begum @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social
Richard Barge @richardbarge.bsky.social Family Law, politics, Liverpool FC, cricket and labradors
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social Registered in Brighouse for tax purposes. He/they. "The man who gave us Fred Dinenage's 3ft long egg" - (@ChinnyVision)
Barnes @gigglesther.bsky.social Mum in Brum who loves everyday adventures by bike 🚲
Jordan @jordanbhx.bsky.social Citadin & nuisance. West Midlands, Birmingham, urban vitality, town planning, placemaking & sustainable transport. Same as the rest of you, a Twitter refugee.
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social Annoying journalist, bestselling author, sweary podcaster and so forth. New Book: 31 Inventions That Built Our World (UK, out now) / A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions (US, 13 October).
Bindyp @bindyp.bsky.social Aston Villa fan, Brummie Bird. Crown Green bowling.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
The fight against fascism is real & Reform are the threat. Let’s not forget 14 years of Tory government either. .
No DMs, Go fund me etc. Will block.
Tim Dowling @timdowling.bsky.social Guardian writer, sad sack. Police Dog Hogan's banjo player.
Shelagh Fogarty @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social Broadcaster, Journalist, lover of swimming.
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