Chłoddy @ofsymbols.bsky.social They can’t see why they are hated.
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Planning Aid Scotland @planningaidscot.bsky.social Helping you navigate Scotland’s planning system since 1993. Free, impartial and confidential advice. Training. Community Engagement. Volunteering.
pas.org.uk
Cédric Durand @cedricdurand.bsky.social
Kiera Chapman @kierachapman.bsky.social Nature writer, research fellow University of Oxford, Co-I Planning for Nature kierachapman.com / www.planningfornature.org
pmf @clearlight.bsky.social Unemployable philosopher
Interested in threat models for: energy, food and society
Resources:
https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint
https://www.transparency.org/en/library/
https://www.eff.org/wp/surveillance-self-defense-international
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
Arthur Downing @arthurdowning.bsky.social Energy, economic history, Marxist memes.
Substack here —> https://substack.com/@energynetworks
Michael Thrower Chowdhury @bevansadvocate.bsky.social he/him | Australian economist living in Sydney |
Views expressed are my own | Posts about Econ and welfare states
Prof James White @profjtwhite.bsky.social Prof of Planning + Urban Design @uofglasgow.bsky.social | Deputy Director @housingevidence.bsky.social | Principal Investigator, @urbanretrofit.bsky.social | Interested in how planning and development systems help/hinder climate adaptation in cities.
London Centric @londoncentric.media A modern news outlet for London, covering the city in the old-fashioned way. Edited by @jim.londoncentric.media. Subscribe now for a 25% discount: www.londoncentric.media
Millie Mitchell @milliemitchell.bsky.social
Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social Frequently wrong. Please correct (effort involved appreciated).
Experiments with Data Visualisation:
https://github.com/MariosRichards/BES_analysis_code
https://medium.com/@mariosrichards
https://mariosrichards.substack.com/
Alexis Harris @alexisharris.bsky.social Housing Policy Manager at the GLA
Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social Legitimate businessman
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https://open.substack.com/pub/philmcduff
@mcduff.75 on Signal
Dom White @domw.bsky.social Chief economist at Absolute Strategy Research in London. But all of the nonsense I spout on here is mine and mine alone. RTs are not endorsements unless they are.
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social - A Andrew Taylor @andrewjtaylor.bsky.social
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Senior Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social Anarcho-syndicalist, labour historian (post-war motor industry, NHS).
No General But Ludd, No Ipswich #10 but Chaplin
Author: Assembling Cultures (http://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526155979/) (he/him)
Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social Professor of Economic Geography, UCL. Also CEP, IZA. Cities, economics, innovation, diversity, and public policy. Views here are mine, not those of UCL, funders, data providers, etc.
https://max-nathan.github.io
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Little White Lies @lwlies.com Passionate about movies since 2005.
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Cara Pacitti @carapacitti.bsky.social
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Green New Deal Rising @gndrising.bsky.social We're a movement of young people fighting for climate justice. Are you with us?
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Ant Breach @antbreach.bsky.social Director of Policy and Research at Centre for Cities, working on Housing, Planning, Devolution. Stuff on Ukraine + Eastern Europe and Japan + East Asia too. YIMBY. Views own etc. 🥑🇺🇦
Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social Economist (mainly ecological macro, housing, rent theory).
Senior Research Associate at Oxford's ECI. Honorary Fellow at UCL's IIPP.
Proud to have helped set up the London Renters Union✊.
Co-author #LandForTheMany.
Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
Noble Francis @noblefrancis.bsky.social Economics Director at the CPA, PhD Econometrician & Honorary Professor at the UCL Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction. Tweets on construction & housebuilding.
Historic posts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fnoblefrancis/recent-activity/all/
Maurice Lange @mauricelange.bsky.social keen on there being more houses for everyone. crunching numbers and thinking about urban problems @centreforcities.bsky.social; community unionising @acornunion.bsky.social; other bits
Abi O'Connor @drabioconnor.bsky.social Urban Sociologist. Leverhulme ECF @ Sheffield University. Hon Fel @ Uni of Liverpool. PhD ✍️ political economy of housing/land, spatial inequality, local gov/politics & stigma. Fullback. Union rep. Organising w Liverpool Residents Action et al. Views my own
Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk Transport and urban planning stuff. I run sustainable transport and environmental justice non-profits: @transportgood.org @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
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📸 pixelfed.social/respros
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Better Homes Enfield @betterhomesenfield.bsky.social Enfield residents who want homes built in Enfield to be happy and safe places to live.
https://betterhomes-enfield.org/
Michael Cox @zonal-marking.bsky.social Football/soccer for The Athletic. Posting article links here, but only having arguments on twitter.
Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social Political economist @ LSE | Finance, central banking & more | benjaminbraun.org
Adam Wells @awellwellwells.bsky.social (he/him) | 📍London
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Michael Dnes @roadscholar.bsky.social Head of transport policy at Stonehaven consulting. Ex-civil servant who used to play with roads, trains, e-scooters, parking apps and a lot of government plumbing. May have made your driving test harder, and threw some cones in your way at least once
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.
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Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
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Owen Johnson @owenpjohnson.bsky.social Structural Engineer, Brummie, socialist, #saintsfc, #bvb, list-maker.
Caglar Koksal @caglarkoksal.com https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/caglar.koksal
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
http://common-wealth.org
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/subscribe
Town and Country Planning Association @thetcpa.bsky.social Challenging, inspiring and supporting people to create healthy, sustainable and resilient places that are fair for everyone.
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@richardblyth.bsky.social @richardblyth.bsky.social Chartered town planner and trainee theologian
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:
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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social Campaigning to unlock access to nature in England & Wales. 🥾🌿🔓
get in touch: hello@righttoroam.org.uk
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland.bsky.social Rights of nature & climate campaigner. Barrister & river guardian. Love trees & rivers; & working to defend, protect & restore them. Founder of @lawyersfornature.bsky.social & @riverroding.bsky.social
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social Writer, journalist, UEL academic and trying to have it all mum of two boys. Author of Ground Control and Big Capital. Working on a new book on the global housing crisis, which will be published by Penguin in 2026. Contributor to Guardian & FT
Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London. Author: Entrepreneurial State, Value of Everything, Mission Economy, Big Con. Founding Director UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
www.marianamazzucato.com
Professor Loretta Lees @lorettaclees.bsky.social Director Boston University Initiative on Cities. Urbanist, Geographer, Public Scholar, Mum. Lives Boston USA and London UK.
Lucy Bankes @lucyjbankes.bsky.social
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social Historian of shopping precincts, derelict landscapes, leisure centres, power stations, inner cities, housing, the Potteries, Telford new town, & city centre redevelopment. @c20society casework & trustee.
James Meadway @meadwaj.bsky.social Economist. Host of the weekly Macrodose podcast: https://bsky.app/profile/macrodosepod.bsky.social
Rose Grayston @rosegrayston.bsky.social Campaigning for the right to good, affordable, secure housing for all - without wrecking the planet.
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Gemma Gallant @gemmagallant.bsky.social Housing | Planning | Iceni
Inclusive engagement enthusiast and pet collector
Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social
Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
Martin Smith @martinpompeyfan.bsky.social Former digital marketer and commuter. Live in Hertfordshire. Labour Party member 🌹. Supporter of Hampshire's #1 football team. 38/92
PompeyNewsNow 🎙️ PO4cast @pompeynewsnow.bsky.social 💙 Proud to be #Pompey
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Neil Allen @pn-neil-allen.bsky.social Writes a bit about Pompey.
Portsmouth FC @officialpompey.bsky.social
Butser Ancient Farm @butserancientfarm.co.uk Learning about the past by recreating it! Experimental archaeology, traditional crafts, reenactments & more. Hampshire, UK. https://bio.site/butserancientfarm
Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social Experimenting at life. Research and social housing. Employed by Altair Ltd and two children.
https://altairltd.co.uk/service/research-and-insight/
Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social A non-partisan think tank that aims to create a new economy that is democratic, sustainable and just.
https://www.futureeconomy.scot
@ivylegal.bsky.social @ivylegal.bsky.social
Madeleine Pauker @madeleinepauker.bsky.social Researching area-based retrofit. Interested in housing, decarbonisation, planning, political economy.
Duncan Smith @citygeographics.bsky.social Urban geographer and Associate Professor in GIS & Visualisation at @casaucl.bsky.social. Blogs at https://citygeographics.org
Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring.
Personal account.
anastasia c. wilson @abolisheconomics.bsky.social associate professor of "economics" at a liberal arts college. phd economics umass-amherst.
@solidarityresearch.bsky.social
@workinquirywork.bsky.social
🦝 posts are mine, not my employer’s.
http://anastasiacwilson.com/
Not The Top 20 @ntt20.com The #1 EFL podcast. Also: The England Pod.
@alimaxwell.bsky.social @alimaxwell.bsky.social
George Elek @georgeelek.bsky.social “You can change your Twitter bio to FSA award winner” - Victoria Derbyshire
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Benedikt Straňák @benediktstranak.bsky.social PhD @ LSE on rent and political economy of land and housing in London. Unapologetically immigrant, proudly queer🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ previously 👨🏻💻 New Economics Foundation and Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES).
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social Deputy ed at Inside Housing
Melissa Mean @melissamean.bsky.social Regenerative neighbourhoods, social infrastructure, community-led housing, just transition.
All about making together. Land. Materials. People.
Founding Director WeCanMake; Trustee Power to Change; Director MAIA Group.
www.wecanmake.org
Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social Public servant in search of a better future. Communities and service users first. Desires to unbuild walls.
Aileen Evans @bushbell.bsky.social Past Pres & Vice Chair Chartered Institute of Housing. Recovering HA CEO. Twins & Step Mum. Loves Cricket, Tea & Bach. Loathes injustice and believes everyone has a right to a good home.
@matthewpearce.bsky.social @matthewpearce.bsky.social journalist @guardian
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Please do send stories to: matthew.pearce@guardian.co.uk
Sandra Norval @seeingwater.bsky.social Sustainability, water, energy, ecology, biodiversity, business, planning, writing and photography, sometimes all at once!
Work stuff on LinkedIn, photography on Flickr.
Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social Professor and Head of Department at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
Nick Macpherson @nickmacpherson.bsky.social Former Treasury official
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
➡ Find our latest research, analysis, events and opportunities
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Eoin Palmer @eoinpalmer.bsky.social Urban Geographer writing about land rent and real abstraction, build-to-rent housing and heritage under capitalism.
Edinburgh
He/Him
ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social journalist. gobshite. chaos merchant. tree obsessive. not necessarily in that order.
bensmoke.com
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com rotatingsandwiches.com / batting around podcast