Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk Man of many talents—some of them useful. Multiple monomaniac. Author, 'Pink Floyd: The Music & The Mystery'.
Also Wikipedia, Wikidata &c. OpenStreetMap. Birds. Birmingham. Open data. FoI. Art. Architecture. History. FRSA.
Everything is interesting.
James Aithie 🏴 @jamesaithie.bsky.social "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards"- Soren Kierkagaard
Dumfries and Galloway / Isle of Lewis 🏴
I'd mute #ScottishIndependence if that's not your bag, as I bang on about it a lot.
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Julia Higginbottom @gabysslave.bsky.social You can find me @croft_22 on TikTok
or on Signal 
Marcus Aurelius @marcusaurelius2026.bsky.social Emperor of Rome by inheritance. Stoic by choice.
I kept a private journal specifically so that nobody would read it. That has gone about as well as you can see.
If you give excellent advice and take none of it: mypeeps.ai
@sami13-02.bsky.social @sami13-02.bsky.social 
Foul Owl @foulowl.bsky.social "The man was either mad or both."
Terrible sleeper. Likes theatre, trees and cats. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Rebellions Are Built On Hope @builtonhope.bsky.social Anti-MAGA. Pro-freedom everywhere.
NYC PROUD!
@reisingerart.bsky.social @reisingerart.bsky.social Our paintings are the result of teamwork. Henriëtte envisions the concepts. She composes and chooses from a multitude of ideas the most potential ones. Roman paints, this technique enables him to paint realistically and in great detail.
Footnote @tryfootnote.bsky.social Empowering curiosity.
We power digital tours for institutions looking to tell their stories.
TryFootnote.com
matthewcr @matthewcr.bsky.social Here for art, books, film, music, comedy, food, football, cricket, history, old newspapers, birds, mountains and more.
Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social liking stuff since 1741. arctic expeditions, medical history, marine life, flouncy mantuas, the sea, perfume. Edward Forbes fan account.
🦪 https://edwardforbes.net
The Shipping Forecast ⚓️ @shippingforecast.bsky.social I'm Finisterre, the experimental bot mapping the day's shipping forecast details from around the British Isles using public Met Office data ⚓️
(Originally on 'the bird app' but now prefer it here - this isn't a BBC or Met Office account)
midshipnews.org @midshipnews.org MASKIROVKA my first novel is out !
5.0 out of 5 stars: Page turner, brilliant new Cold War thriller.
👉 https://amzn.eu/d/2IHjNWV
Grey ships, black boats
Once a midship, always a midship!
https://www.midshipnews.org/
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
@wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social #MDANT Aberdeenshire. Woke. Snowflake ❄️ Adventures of Hamish the ginger tom.
The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Gray’s studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th- G getgoodc.bsky.social @getgoodc.bsky.social
David C Flanagan @davidcflanagan.bsky.social Writer. Film & TV fixer. Bad surfer & skater. Gym rat. Mountain lover. Author of the Uncle Pete adventure stories, and surf/skate memoir, Board.
Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social Wildlife Community for those who care about species & habitat conservation. Photography, Art, Videos of Birds,Mammals,Reptiles,Plants,insects
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578489868735
https://www.tiktok.com/@wildlife.net?_t=ZN-8yV9vhsHk0c&_r=1
Sean Brady @formbyjournal.bsky.social Micro-stories
Comments, snippets, and stories close to home and across the world to prompt your interest.
https://formbyfootnotes.blog/
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
Grise l’Indécis @wildobliquities.bsky.social small duck energy
Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@cathrynb.bsky.social @cathrynb.bsky.social 
Barb Drummond @barbdrummond.bsky.social Self publishing historian mostly on 18th century Britain. Books on wife selling, machines of the Enlightenment, and much more. Latest book The Great Flood of 1607 published September 2024. Love photography, churchcrawling, curiosity
How Haunted? Podcast @howhauntedpod.bsky.social I'm Rob. A Geordie ghost hunter, author, and the host of the How Haunted? podcast 👻
www.how-haunted.com
https://how-haunted.dashery.com
Anomaly Solutions @anomalysolutions.bsky.social Supporting Oregons Small Businesses and Individuals with IT Management, E-commerce Solutions, Cybersecurity, Custom Builds, and Tech Support.
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
🌍 https://rupertrivett.photoshelter.com 🌍
#RealStreetPhotography #Photojournalism|
Skilled in unobtrusive, authentic #storytelling
📣NEW SUBSTACK 📔
👇📸👇📸👇📸👇📸
https://rupephoto.substack.com/
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Free post creator app: www.post-script.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Posts about Maine history and things that interest me.
REEVALUATE EU Project @reevaluate-project.bsky.social An EU funded project that provides tools for prioritization, contextualization, 3D modeling and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. Visit us at "reevaluate.eu".
Caledonia Interactive @caledoniaint.bsky.social Launching ALASTRIUS, a futuristic rail-shooter. Demo is live on Steam & Wishlists are always a huge help! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4177790/Alastrius/
@rubbercheese.com @rubbercheese.com 
Beautiful Winnie @feistycatherine3.bsky.social 
Cpaphil @cpaphil.bsky.social www.cpaphil.com : Vintage postcards shop, Cartes Postales, Ansichtskarten. More than 1.2 million items online.
www.cpaphil.com：ヴィンテージポストカードショップ、カルト・ポスト・カルテ、アンスシュトカード
オンラインで120万点以上の商品を取り扱い中。お楽しみください！
In English, Francais, und Deutsch
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com
Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
Museum Tales @museumtales.bsky.social Freelance consultant specialising in all things family friendly
Benji W 🏳️🌈🇬🇧 @benjiw.bsky.social Live/work in Birmingham, UK. Kent @ Canterbury & Goldsmiths Alum. Bright/Breezy. Books. Queer Christian. Living with cancer.🌹🏳️🌈
Orkney Arts Society @orkneyarts.bsky.social Registered Scottish charity (no. SC004819) run by a full committee of volunteers. We organise a winter programme of music, literature, drama and visual arts events Sep-Apr on Orkney mainland. Orkneyartssociety.Wordpress.com
Kids in Museums @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social We work with museums, heritage sites and cultural organisations to help them welcome and include children, young people and families.
www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk
Junior Einsteins Science Club® @junioreinsteins.bsky.social Award-winning Science events for kids. Founded Ireland☘️ Scientist, Mum, speaker United Nations 🇺🇳 Fun, messy, screen-free hands-on, STEM fun Ireland 🇮🇪 UK 🇬🇧 Canada 🇨🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Ukraine 🇺🇦 International Schools partnerships. Franchise.
Stromness Museum @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social Orkney's museum of Natural and Maritime History, founded in 1837. "A treasure trove of objects from across the centuries..."
The Saturday Morning Podcast 🎙️ @satmornpod.bsky.social Welcome to #SaturdayMorning & Syndicated #Cartoons! Indie #podcast hosted by preservationist Christopher Jay. Travel back to the #80s every other Saturday! (Ally 🏳️🌈 - He/Him)
Find the show here: Linktr.ee/SatMornPod (Apple/Spotify links)
Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social A transatlantic podcast exploring the world of espionage, terrorism, geopolitics, and intrigue | Co-hosted by @chriscarrfilm.bsky.social and @mattfulton.net | linktr.ee/secretsandspies
@snow0x.bsky.social @snow0x.bsky.social 
The Long Shop Museum @longshop.bsky.social Conserving and celebrating East Suffolk's Agricultural & Industrial history. Expect posts about museums, history, heritage & culture, and anything else that interests us (which is quite a lot).
www.longshopmuseum.co.uk
The Common Room @thecommonroomgn.bsky.social The Common Room in Newcastle upon Tyne is a heritage venue, library and archive. It has a cafe bar called 5|Quarter.
Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social Collecting, curating, translating and visualising everything related to Pakistani history and folklore!
Find us @folkloristan on Instagram
Exsanguinator @exsanguinator.bsky.social Editor turned crofter & aspiring beekeeper. Being the change I want to see OR doing what @gabysslave has planned for me. New Scot 🏴 living #vanlife on the island of Great Bernera, Lewis
Travel Dreams | Wanderlust Daily 🌞🌴 @traveldream.bsky.social Hi, I'm Alex. Sharing more than beaches, sunsets, and beautiful towns.
It's finding yourself, finding the world, and exploring the beauty of our world.
The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social An online independent media from the islands of Orkney. Not for profit company. https://theorkneynews.scot/
@ryann047.bsky.social @ryann047.bsky.social I’m very happy 😆 person who likes everyone to win 🏅with ❤️
St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social A twelfth-century cathedral built during Viking times in the beautiful Orkney Islands. https://www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/st-magnus-cathedral/#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20St%20Magnus%20Cathedral&text=Built%20from%20local%20red%20and,of%20the%20Kingdom
Prof Linda Gask @suzypuss.bsky.social Writer and almost retired academic psychiatrist who lives in Orkney www.lindagask.com agent: GrahamMawChristie
@johnedden.bsky.social @johnedden.bsky.social 
Mike - GM1PIE @michaelrawlins.co.uk Mancunian in Aberdeenshire, making things better for people & communities by delivering #smartjustice across the Shire. Interested in 3D printing. Fairweather MX5 driver. Occasionally, G1PIE on the amateur bands.
It's ok to be misunderstood.
Ness Battery Orkney @nessbattery.bsky.social On the outskirts of Stromness, Orkney.
This important relic of Orkney’s wartime heritage once defended Scapa Flow against enemy attack. For information on guided tours: nessbattery.co.uk
B.J./Mayim Pnina @killearnan.bsky.social Librarian/genealogist. Cats; human to Scout and Flora. Knits. Sews. Swims. Runs on lots and lots of tea. Biblioholic. ADHD/fibromyalgia. One place/name studies. Side interests: linguistics, archaeology. Happily settled in Maine, but mentally in Scotland.
Siobhan Cooke-Miller @siobhancookemiller.bsky.social Curator of Archaeology at Orkney Museum. PhD in Viking/Late Norse Scotland/social zooarchaeology. Lecturer - Archaeology Institute UHI.
Whelk!
Nick Hewitt @nickhewitt4.bsky.social #naval #historian #Orkney Culture Team Lead @OrkneyCouncil. Author: Firing on Fortress Europe, Coastal Convoys, Kaiser’s Pirates. New book #Normandy: The Sailors’ Story with Yale Books. On TV a bit. Views all mine. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
Lizziebeth @lizziegolucky.bsky.social 
Highlandlass @highlandl4ss.bsky.social Island life. Scotland. Horses, cats, books, D&D, videogames, drawing. School D&D. Chartered School Librarian. Hobbyist cartographer (Dungeon Alchemist & others, and hand drawn,)
https://rovanna.wordpress.com/ https://anorthernjournal.wordpress.com/
Follow Everyone Experiment @followeveryone.bsky.social
My response to spam label:
I want to follow everyone on BS. Isn't the point of social to expand your network, to view more points of view, to experience other people on that platform? The best test of a service would be to let a user exp. ALL it offers.
Graham Brown @grahambrownorkney.bsky.social Orkney since 2010. Secretary, Quoyloo Old School; member, Harray & Sandwick Community Council; Radio Caroline supporter; Ex-BBC staff. Partner: Kathie Touin, musician - http://www.kathietouin.com/
Sarah Watkins @minilebowski.bsky.social Associate Lecturer, ex primary teacher, ex Head, Chartered College Fellow, outdoor learning (Dandy Lions), author.
🚫DMs 🏳️🌈 safe space
Jill Sutherland @greyfingers.bsky.social Proud European wanting a fairer world. Knits, crochets and likes nature stuff, growing veg and politics. Still Covid cautious 
David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social Lower value human capital
Army -sgt-na @army-sgt-na.bsky.social Army—sgt—na
Dr David Boyce @drdavidboyce.bsky.social UK Science Teacher. Space enthusiast 🚀 DofE manager. Housemaster of a girls’ boarding house.
William Perrin @willperrin.bsky.social Trustee at Indigo Trust. Formerly CarnegieUK, Good Things Foundation, TPW, UK Civil Service (No10, Cabinet Office, DtI, DCMS). Defence, tech, online safety, rural, tractors, cats etc.
Richard Irvine @robotforaday.bsky.social Anthropologist and on-call firefighter. Rousay, Orkney / St Andrews, Fife.
Author of _An Anthropology of Deep Time_ (Cambridge UP, 2020) and _The Vow of Stability_ (Scottish UP, 2025).
Counter-revolutionary.
Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social Passionate about #EqualityForAll #HumanRights 🏴 Primary Teacher in #Orkney. She/her. Free Palestine! Antifa. All views my own
"A good teacher...so far"
Orkney Tim @orkneytim.bsky.social Semi retired chap living at 59 deg N.
Apparently woke.
Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social Welsh; trade union gobshite; #Spycops; interested in journalism; #bi 🩷💜💙+ #pan 🩷💛💙; #BWithTheT; Cardiff UCU media team; resistance is fertile 🌱✊