Cunt Plates @cuntplates.bsky.social Finding the worst vanity & private number plates.
Rory Stewart @rory-stewart.bsky.social Author The Middleland linktr.ee/middleland, PlacesinBetween, Jackson/Yale. PoliticsOnTheEdge. @Restispolitics podcast w Alastair Campbell.
Parody
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social PhD researcher: identity and development in University Service Unit cadets. A bounder, cad, rakehell and villain. Edinburgh.
Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social Iceland-obsessed Landscape Photographer. UK-based.
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David, just David @coldwarhost.bsky.social Host of the Cold War Channel in YouTube. Independent Historian 20th Century, military, and Soviet and Post-Soviet spaces. Lifetime Spurs sufferer/supporter. He/him
History exists in shades of grey and yet so many seek only black or white
Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social Award-winning photographer and writer. Big Issue Top 100 Changemaker 2026.
Website is https://marcdavenant.com
Half Man Half Biscuit Information Service @hmhbinfo.bsky.social Irregular info, news, articles, images, vids and lyrics etc re: Wirral's finest musical satirists. Not official.
Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social Born at 314 ppm CO2. (We are now at 427.8 ppm CO2)
Founder and presenter on the Everything Electric Shows.
That bloke from Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge.
Info@unitedagents.co.uk
Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social Award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost...
Listen & follow for free at https://coldwarconversations.com/
Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
J G Ballard bot @ballardbot.bsky.social a thought from JG Ballard every day
by: @mbonsall.bsky.social
using: https://bluebotsdonequick.com
more: https://fentonville.co.uk/digital-ballard/
HMS Tern Living Museum @hmstern61.bsky.social We are creating a Living Museum at HMS Tern in Orkney. The team of volunteers and paid staff are recreating the look, smell and feel of a training airfield in World War II on Orkney. The site is open to the public, see our website for opening times.
Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈 @unclebeard1978.bsky.social Doctor, author, podcaster, bear in Yorkshire. Dr Who crossword blog #CrypticWho https://crypticwho.com/, Podcast https://www.doctordilf.co.uk/(He/Him/His) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social Free, fun, informative and educational - public and school library services for Shetland. Further north than Orkney.
01595 743868 shetlandlibrary@shetland.gov.uk
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Ms Gneiss 🌻☀️🌎 @msgneiss.bsky.social Mum. No longer a teacher, always a geographer and now working amongst the fields of education, environment and health. I have the words Nature and Strategic in my job title but I'm mostly here for the data viz.
https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/
Stiles @lakesstiles.bsky.social 'That bloke that does stiles'; also clouds and general nonsense.
'gradually the sense of disappointment wears away'
Shap, this account, etc
'Diplomatically tight-lipped about fluvial processes'
Steve Reich @stevereich.bsky.social
Prof Hannah Cloke @hancloke.bsky.social Professor @UniofReading | OBE @UniRdg_water Co-Director | floods, heatwaves, natural hazards | hydrology | climate impact | ensemble forecasts | disaster risk | science communication
Listen Through the Brown Window @soullessparty.bsky.social It’s Tom!
Creator of ‘Listen Through the Brown Window’ Comedy podcast. Available on Apple and Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/show/0qNtknmdd79FuvhSUvRiIW?si=oPkysgocQgqeUcvDLjXRrw
Accidental Partridge @accidentalp.bsky.social 🏆 Stuff Magazine’s “tweeter of the year” - 2013
Ali Dolphin @alidolphin.bsky.social Runner, (I like to run short distances but love to support ultra runners) Granny, litter warrior. Support MUFC and STFC.
Tokyo Sexwhale @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social Illustrator. Specimen.
My shop: www.infinitebacon.com
Stickers: https://www.infinitebacon.com/stickers
Tees: https://www.infinitebacon.com/tshirts
Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social A trilogy of books about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s, from public information films to nuclear war!
Buy our books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Patreon: bit.ly/3Rfo1Xz
Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social The ASA History of Statistics Interest Group brings together everyone with an active interest in the history of statistics to share research and resources.
UKADS @ukads.bsky.social Celebrating UK TV advertisements from 1960s to 2000s
Hourly Father Ted @hourlyfatherted.bagpuss.org A random frame from a random episode of Father Ted, every hour, on the hour. This is a Linehan-free zone.
Episode details in alt text.
By Dave Bagpuss Forsey @bagpuss.org
More Hourly TV: linktr.ee/hourlytv
Marc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social WILD DONKEY. BROADCASTER. The Fall 78-83. Not a real Doctor. Met Bowie, Woody and Ronno. Ner ner ner ner ner.
COLOSSAL 🛎️end…
The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk 💚 Real hope. Real change.
greenparty.org.uk
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party London SE1P 6YL
Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social Editorial bod on BBC iPlayer, Creamguide person at creamguide.substack.com, budding Industry Personality. Personal views only
Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social Politor merdarum. Septentrionarius. Software wrangler. Vaguely sinister. Transmitter of “low quality thoughts”, apparently.
Richie Brown @richiebrown.co.uk Web monkey / children’s writer. Likes 80s comics, 90s indie, rave, athletics and Sunderland FC. Here to get away from antisocial media.
Dan McPainInOneSpecificKnee @danmckee.bsky.social HALF NAKED, GIN IN HAND AND CORONATION STREET LOOMING ON THE HORIZON.
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
John Lister - johnlisterwriting.com @johnlister.bsky.social Freelance writer: clear, concise and correct.
My books: https://johnlisterwrestling.com/books/
Visit johnlisterwriting.com, itvwrestling.com, cricketquestions.com and prowrestlingbooks.com
My Martin Amis podcast @mymartinamis.bsky.social The podcast that invites writers, critics and publicists to tell their story about the life and legacy of the late novelist #MartinAmis. Hosted by @jackaldane.bsky.social
📧 mymartinamis@gmail.com
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/@mymartinamispod
Dave Bagpuss Forsey ☕️ @bagpuss.org Welsh/Dutch bloke who makes games, videos and Photoshoppery. Friday night #TOTP botherer. Former CTO of WeTransfer, now freelancing. I do not have a podcast.
Join me for a pint at bagpuss.org for a selection of my stuff.
YouTube: youtube.com/@bagpuss_org
Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
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
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
John Self @john-self.bsky.social Book jockey
Fr. Cannabranna Lammer. @drraulduke.bsky.social A naturally slothful person, sluggish and indolent. A dawdling flaneur, content to waste his life.
David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social World Fantasy and Hugo Award-nominated Editorial Director at Solaris (Profile Books). Clarion West Instructor 2026. he/him
Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day.
https://www.patreon.com/c/NeedleMythology
Hidden Britain @hiddenbritain.bsky.social Handmade signs, prints, music & books inspired by British Folk Horror and unsettling TV, film & literature. Based in The Black Country, England.
https://linktr.ee/hiddenbritain
Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social Wit, raconteur, bon viveur. He is none of these things. A purveyor of cheap mummery and piffle since 1976. Throws random words at a screen for Set The Tape. Bluesky’s foremost Biggles: Adventures In Time aficionado.
You park like a c*nt @yplac.bsky.social Sharing the worst of parking. Complimentary to the original from the other place:
https://bsky.app/profile/therealyplac.bsky.social - follow them!
Submissions by email if you want to stay anonymous. YPLACbluesky - at - gmail . com
RemembranceWatch @remembrancewatch.bsky.social Showcasing the best in #respecty remembrancing and poppy one-upmanship. Poppy ratings. Poppy Rage.
Wear your poppy/where's your poppy. Check the alt. Poppy.
H/T to giantpoppywatch on the other place. Lest we forget 🫡.
Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social Transport specialist. Writer and broadcaster. Author of 20 books on railways & transport. Host Calling All Stations, transport podcast. Parkrunner, QPR, cyclist, driverless car sceptic. christianwolmar.co.uk My substack https://transportnews.substack.com/
Ian @hubnut.bsky.social The man behind the HubNut YouTube channel. Likes niceness and tea. Possibly biscuits.
#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
Dan Osmond @danosmond.bsky.social Fish enthusiast | Molecular Ecology with Exeter Uni | Fisheries Science and River Restoration at Westcountry Rivers Trust.
Quite Interesting @qi.com A Quite Interesting account from the team behind the BBC show QI.
Russell Davies @rsrd.bsky.social You know how this works, I say something pithy, you roll your eyes. Do not expect high quality.
SABRE Maps @maps.sabre-roads.org.uk The largest freely available online archive of twentieth century georeferenced OS maps of Great Britain and Ireland at "road map" scales from 1:25k to 1:633k including One Inch, Half Inch and Quarter Inch mapping.
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps
Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social Deputy Leader, Green Party of England & Wales. co-leader of Wealden District Council, Sussex. Spokesperson: Culture, Sport & Digital Inclusion. Founder of Birds Eye View int'l women's film festival. Friends of River Medway. Ashdown Forest conservator.
Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social The real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics. A podcast with Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt.
http://patreon.com/originstorypod
https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
Produced by Podmasters
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social Mumbai correspondent at the Economist
Fuzzweed @fuzzweed.co.uk Maker, breaker, retro gamer.
Sometimes clever, sometimes not so much.
Nick Ray @nicklifeafloat.bsky.social You’ll find me in the wild. Exploring Scotland's beauty, one adventure at a time. Advocate for mental health awareness & suicide prevention. Embracing nature's healing touch.
Derek Smalls @dereksmallsmusic.bsky.social Derek Smalls, former lead bass player formerly of the band formerly known as Spinal Tap. 🤘⚡️
Pre-save R.V.M (Rear View Mirror) https://dereksmalls.ffm.to/rvm
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
Fell Running Guide @fellrunningguide.bsky.social Dave Taylor, UK Athletics Fell & Mountain Running coach providing specialist training for trail, fell and mountain runners.
Sub 24hr Paddy Buckley, Charlie Ramsay and Bob Graham rounds.
Also - camping, mountains, nature.
https://fellrunningguide.co.uk
archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social Our purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse. Nothing serious, nothing political.
Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com Welsh folklorist • Author • Honorary Research Fellow, Amgueddfa Cymru • Antiquarian book collector • Rheibio'n Gymraeg • The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts (2023) • Represented by jonathanclowes.co.uk
folklorewales.com
Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social ACS is the leading authority on cricket statistics worldwide. We enjoy, interpret & publish research on cricket statistics & history. Join the ACS https://acscricket.com
Also at https://mstdn.social & @acscricket
Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social Same name, not *that* one though. 49, Movie lover, lives in the East. (UK) Rarely manages a serious post on any social media platform.
'Drinking Chololate Enthusiast' - Not my words, but the words of Hotel Chocolat
Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social Audio/Video collagists. We made that Alan Sugar mash-up, and that Boris Johnson one, and that other Boris Johnson one
ko-fi.com/cassetteboy
youtube.com/cassetteboy
Mike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
Programme 4 @programme4.tv A wall-to-wall carpeted world of local broadcast television and AM radio, transmitting from Golden Sands. Tickets and more at Programme4.tv
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
J Farrers @jfarrers.bsky.social It’s something they use in coal mining, father.
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social "Comedian". Doom in Doctor Who. Host @mysteryontherocks.bsky.social & Long Distance, Bit Weird (https://longdistancebitweird.podbean.com)
Acting: Foundry Management VO: The Joneses
For all enquiries/brand partnerships: info@gagreflex.co.uk
she/her
Ed Baines @edbaines.bsky.social Edinburgh man.
Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social Author, THE DEATH OF CONSENSUS (The Times Politics Book of 2022)
GHOSTS OF IRON MOUNTAIN ("riveting" - New Yorker)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1035903857
POWER FAILURE (Future Governance Forum)
Last on Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002styf
Pair Ups @pair-ups.bsky.social A proven trainer repair process with affordable ‘puncture’ repair kits for runners to repair their favourite trainers.
www.pairups.co.uk
Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant, mainly on beer, pubs, food, drink, social history.
http://petebrown.net
http://patreon.com/petebrownbeer
Agent Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates.
David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) IRRESISTIBLE MONSTERS, March 2027 🪶 Posts by N and team.
https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Ali Martin @ali-martin.bsky.social Cricket correspondent for the Guardian and Observer newspapers
Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social Comedian, Cricket Statistician, Podcaster. Host of The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. Taskmaster champion. Test Match Special statsmonger. Live shows: andyzaltzman.co.uk
Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social Edited 24 editions of CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Founder British Guild of Beer Writers. Twice winner Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year. 20 plus books including Family Brewers of Britain. West Ham fan
protzonbeer.co.uk
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social Our Planet. Decoded.
🎙️ Counting The Earth podcast: https://tinyurl.com/CTEarthpodcast
📰 Newsletter sign-up: https://tinyurl.com/ukceh-news
Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org Award-winning journalism focused on #climatechange, science, energy and policy. Subscribe to our free newsletters: http://bit.ly/CBnewsletters or visit our website: https://www.carbonbrief.org/
Follow our journalists: https://go.bsky.app/6X95R1T
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him | linktr.ee/misterabk
UK TOUR 2026 (Extended!): www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs
Steve Cromwell @steveocrom.bsky.social