Jenna Corderoy @jennacorderoy.bsky.social
Rosa @rosa.codes πͺπΊ European β€οΈ cities, maths, theoretical computer science, learning languages, puzzles & bicycles πΆ Human to Mochi π©π»βπ» Principal programmer @ 37signals - she/her - Antwerp π§πͺ / Madrid πͺπΈ
Andrew White @pixeltrix.bsky.social CTO @unboxed.co
Andrew Nesbitt @andrewnez.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Package Management Nerd, working on mapping the world of open source software https://ecosyste.ms and blogging about package managers at https://nesbitt.io
π bridged from β https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
James Smith πΎ @floppy.org.uk Generic humanoid carbon unit, self-hosting media node. β€οΈ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm.
Currently building @manyfold and site admin [β¦]
π bridged from β https://mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Katharine Schopflin @schopflin.bsky.social Information manager, Long Covid, dementia care, choral singing. An atheist of Jewish extraction who really likes Anglican churchgoing. She/ Her.
Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social PoliSci PhD student @ Harvard / π¬π§π³οΈβπ / Creator of MyLittleCrony.com
Signal: @sehill.11
Jess Blair @jessblair.bsky.social Trying to make democracy a bit better π³οΈ
Either travelling or planning the next trip πΊοΈ
Cat convert πββ¬ πββ¬
Views my own
Mark Turner @markturner.info Man in Cardiff. I canβt tell you who I work for because they wouldnβt approve. And most likely, nor would you.
π markturner.info
π¬ DM via signal: markturner.42
Sarah @sarahrobertsco.bsky.social Digital Service Manager @mySociety inc @WhatDoTheyKnow
I read FOI responses so you donβt have to (and sometimes theyβre wild).
FOIMonkey @foimonkey.bsky.social Recovering FOI enthusiast and polyglot with a developing machine learning habit.
Mike McQuaid @mikemcquaid.com I'm CTPO at Administrate, Homebrew Project Leader, ex-GitHub Principal Engineer, author of Git in Practice and an OSS and developer productivity leader.
Posting mostly automated from mikemcquaid.com.
If you want me to read your reply: email me instead.
U.S. Graphics Company @us.graphics Engineering graphics.
usgraphics.com
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
Statewatch @statewatch.bsky.social We are activists, researchers, lawyers and journalists exposing state power across Europe and its borders.
Our work has supported debates, movements and campaigns since 1991.
Access our latest articles: https://linktr.ee/statewatch
Joe Mitchell @joe-mitchell.com Another day, another microblog! Mainly worrying about democracy. Work on regenerating local news at @publicinterestnews.org.uk. Also @j0e_m@mastodon.social for when the sky inevitably clouds over.
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
Simon Wardley. @swardley.bsky.social Mapper. I like ducks, they're fowl but not through choice.
Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
Matt Walsh @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University. Trustee at The Conversation UK and BJTC. Chair of the judges, 2025 Orwell Prize for Journalism. Hacked about a bit.
Matthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk I help people report broken street lights, find out their bin day, plan train travel, manage an orchestra, locate the nearest postbox, research old theatre productions, keep time in a choir, and occasionally play board games | https://dracos.co.uk
Julia Cushion @juliacushion.bsky.social Policy & Advocacy Manager @ mySociety
Clumsy, enthusiastic, interested in exciting things like parliament and cryptic crosswords
(she/they)
Steve Skelton @steve1skelton.bsky.social Practitioner policy wonk | Founder www.questionfactory.co.uk | Trustee @mysociety | Ex- Demos, LGA, Stockport Council, GMCA, Govt of Jersey, LCRCA
SocietyWorks @societyworks.org Trusted providers of citizen-centred digital solutions for local government and the public sector. Wholly-owned by civic tech charity mySociety.
π societyworks.org
Louise Crow @itscrowbot.bsky.social Chief Exec for @mysociety.org. We run TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, FixMyStreet and a host of other projects reimagining people power.
Jen Thornton @jenthornton.bsky.social Campaigner, communicator, politico. Likes transport, stories and the arts. π³οΈβπ
Zarino Zappia @zarino.co.uk Designer, coder, bell ringer, lego geek π¬π§ π³οΈβπ π΄ββ οΈ
Product chap at @mysociety.org. Formerly of ScraperWiki, @oii.ox.ac.uk, and @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social.
β οΈ twitter.com/zarino
π linkedin.com/in/zarino
π zarino.co.uk
Anna Scott-Trimble @anna-scott.bsky.social UCD, content and brand strategy. Digital rights, civic tech. Current: content design and digital transformation at Defra/GOV.UK. mySociety trustee. SocietyWorks NED. Ex ODI, Guardian. I like making bleepy music.
Nigel Ball @nigelball.bsky.social Runner of Labs (Social Purpose and Government Outcomes) currently @UAL formerly @Oxford. Who decided blue is the colour of social media?
Tim Hughes @timjhughes.bsky.social All things democracy, open gov & participation, with a sprinkling of climbing, photography & Ipswich Town.
Democracy & Participation Lead at Open Government Partnership, trustee at MySociety, & former exec director at Involve.
Sam Pearson @sagepe.bsky.social Perpetual neophyte
Struan Donald @struan.exo.org.uk 7% less grumpy than I appear to be.
@opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net Free thinking for the world π We're an independent media organisation. Find us > opendemocracy.net Also at @openDemocracy@newsie.social for those who toot too.
Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social Security writer @wired.com
Cybercrime, privacy, surveillance, and more.
Signal: mattburgess.20 | Email: matt_burgess@wired.com
Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. Contact via @Signal.org username: allytibbitt.92
Martin Rosenbaum @mrosenbaum.bsky.social Freedom of information expert & consultant. Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College politics dept. Author, 'Freedom of Information: A practical guidebook', http://amzn.to/3L2tuKi. ExBBC political journalist & radio producer. https://rosenbaum.org.uk/
Claire Miller @clairemiller.bsky.social Data journalist, maths geek, feminist, responsible for a lot of the ICO's FOI caseload.
clairemiller.net
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
ARTICLE 19 Law and Policy @article19law.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information through legal & policy reforms. Everywhere
David Hamilton π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπΊπ¦ @da.vidh.scot Scottish Information Commissioner.
Volunteer Aid Worker in Ukraine and Bosnia. Charity trustee
Privacy International @privacyinternational.org For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power.
https://privacyinternational.org
George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social "Ever active" investigations reporter at The Times.
george.greenwood@thetimes.co.uk or DM for Signal.
My musings on transparency are at https://relightmyfoia.blog
Paul Bradshaw @paulbradshaw.bsky.social Data journalist and course leader, MA Data Journalism at Birmingham City University
Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social Investigative journalist @tbij.bsky.social. garethdavies@tbij.com. Supporter of local journalism and Tottenham Hotspur. Runner. PC & board gamer
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social The UKβs largest not-for-profit newsroom. Exposing injustice and sparking change πͺ
Jake Hurfurt @jhurfurt.bsky.social Investigator, journalist, occasional photographer and all round flΓ’neur. Run investigations for Big Brother Watch. Into surveillance, civil liberties, state power and transparency.
Stewart Kirkpatrick @calgacus.bsky.social Impact wrangler and mass digital mobilisation rabble-rouser. Also, recovering journalist
Gavin Chait; @gavin.whyqd.com I am a data scientist, researcher, engineer, sometime-traveler, and African SFF author.
I am fascinated by the frontiers of human progress: innovation vs ignorance; wealth vs poverty, migration vs stasis.
I also drink a great deal of coffee.
Alex Parsons @alexparsons.bsky.social Democracy Programme Lead / Senior Researcher - mySociety/TheyWorkForYou. Also for some reason Postman Pat reviews.
mySociety @mysociety.org We create digital services that break down barriers to democratic participation, equipping people to take action and drive meaningful change. Subscribe to our updates at http://eepurl.com/gOEVFj
WhatDoTheyKnow @whatdotheyknow.bsky.social Make and explore UK #FreedomOfInformation requests. A transparency project from @mysociety.bsky.social. For help http://whatdotheyknow.com/help/contact
Ma Dada @madada.fr madada.fr, le site pour faire vos demandes d'accès à des documents administratifs.
Une initiative de l'association Open Knowledge France.
Pierre Januel @pjanuel.bsky.social Journaliste, essentiellement parlementaire
Le droit est mon ami
Ma newsletter : https://pjanuel.kessel.media
FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz We help you request official information from public agencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, and publish it online. Search past requests or send one yourself at https://fyi.org.nz/
Arne Semsrott @arnesemsrott.bsky.social @FragDenStaat.de, @Freiheitsfonds.de
MuckRock @muckrock.com The easy way to request and share public records, making government more transparent and democracies more informed.
Learn more: https://www.muckrock.com/
πͺ Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.muckrock.com/newsletters
FragDenStaat @fragdenstaat.de Mit Recherchen, Klagen & Anfragen bringen wir Infos ans Licht. Wir bauen Demokratie-Tools und beraten bei Druck von Rechts. fragdenstaat.de
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett π³οΈββ§οΈ