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Erin Ptah @erinptah.bsky.social Artist, humanist, fangirl. LGBTQ fantasy comics w/ language jokes, trauma/recovery, time travel, & cats. >> leifandthorn.com
Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social Historian of the former Yugoslavia and ethnic partitionism. X-Men opinion-haver. Did a PhD on diplomacy in the Bosnian War, and currently writing a book about it. Host of The History of Yugoslavia podcast. Personal account, views expressed are mine alone.
Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com trans potato of fury
random whimsy, nonsense, ranting about Events leftishly
Used to do IT
she/her
Disabled, no income, homeless, please help me afford shelter and food
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Ryan Vance @ryanvance.bsky.social Writer, designer, rule of three enthusiast.
www.ryanvance.co.uk
Liam Proven @lproven.bsky.social Tall, dark, black-clad, atheist, skeptic, vegetarian, SF fan; writes (mostly about computers) for a living. All opinions expressed are my own & not those of any employer.
Michael Cisco @michaelcisco.bsky.social Writer, teacher, tormented, no fun
J m McDermott/joe m mcdermott @jmmcdermott.bsky.social Ugh.
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?103953
paypal me or suffer bad karma: sankgreall gmail com
Zeteo UK @zeteo.uk Disrupting Britain’s broken media. A new journalistic force from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @Zeteo.com.
https://zeteo.uk/
John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social 🏴 First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP.
Promoted by John Swinney, 17-19 Leslie St, Blairgowrie, PH10 6AH
Jeff Eaton @eaton.fyi Conceptual corvid currently fixated on organizational topology, design systems as languages, structured content as embodied doctrine, antifascism, and shitposting as a service.
My views do not represent those of my employer, no matter what they claim
Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social Social Historian | Glasgow, Irish Adjacent | Humanist | Writes about sex, religion, queer lives, moral panics. And for a newspaper.
Jim Steel @theejimsteel.bsky.social Adrift in the Anthropocene
andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social Author of Audiofuturism, Speculative Blackness, and editor, The Black Fantastic
https://fordhampress.com/audiofuturism-hb-9781531513320.html
insta: audio.futurism
Tim Cowlishaw @timcowlishaw.co.uk PhD-ing @ UOC DARTS (Design Research + STS + Environmental Humanities + Digital Waste).
Teaching @ UDIT y Elisava.
Working @ greenweb.org & FabLab BCN.
Anglès a Catalunya (sempre guiri, mai "expat")
https://www.timcowlishaw.co.uk
Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social Actress, Writer, Creator of Philosophy Tube ⚔️
Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; also @KillJamesBond ✨👑
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.
Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community 🟦 Analyst and writer focusing on cognition, AI, politics, religion, and media
🟦 Host, Theory of Change
🟦 Writing @flux.community, but frequently quoted or published in NYT, WaPo, NBC, Variety…
Signal: matthewsheffield.01
Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social Scriever/Braidcaster in Scots, English, an a wheen ither leids forbye.
Writer/Broadcaster in English, Scots and a few other languages as well. Passionate about Scottish independence, my wife, my weans and grandweans. Oh, and Scotland & Dundee United.
Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk Poet | Novelist | Audiobook Narrator | She/her | 🤖🦄🚀🍸
Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social A project of @gadflypod.bsky.social that tracks fascist bills, explains why they are fascist, and notes which Democrats vote for them. Check out our work at fdt.beehiiv.com
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social The Fourth Estate should not be the Fifth Column. Some analysis on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
linktr.ee/avdeggar
Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social I write about movies. Sometimes I talk about them. Usually just write. Award-winning screenwriter for what it's worth. Film instructor at the University of Colorado, Denver, but ridiculous social media presence definitely my own. http://walterchaw.com
Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social Bold Politics is the podcast making hope normal again with Zack Polanski.
https://linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Mo Drammeh 🦇 @curmudgeondotcom.bsky.social They/them. Horror writer. Author of WHERE THE CRYPTIDS FLED. 2022 Maine Person of the Year. Telling Room alum. 2024 Maine Lit Fest Fellow.
Link to my stuff here: https://linktr.ee/MLDrammeh
David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social Cameron Cloutier's fan page exploring the creative worlds of David Lynch, along with the brilliant collaborators who helped bring them to life.
Instagram: www.instagram.com/writeitinyourdiary
Youtube: www.youtube.com/@ObnoxiousandAnonymous
PictCon @pictcon.bsky.social A Scottish science fiction and fantasy convention about science fiction and fantasy in Scotland. #PictCon October 17 2026, Perth 🏴
PictCon.com
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 naomiklein.org
📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social Writer of things
Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett
Books: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0034PY7ZW
Comics: leagueofcomicgeeks.com/people/16810/david-barnett/comics
Agent: Laura Williams, Greene & Heaton greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/david-m-barnett
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social They / Them
Just a lawyer, cross about injustice and the world burning. Typos, terrible jokes, and pointing out the law. Anon as thoughts my own.
Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw and others.
Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA award winner, Hugo finalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Etc.
Reading worm.
Opinions mine.
He/him
Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social NYC Based Stand-Up Comedian•Noel Casler Podcast•Car Rants• 'Noel's Notes' on Substack https://linktr.ee/NoelCaslerComedy?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=8fc21144-7ec4-4c40-94ca-b6170fa44c5e•find me: http://noelcasler.com 🔥
Bona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social Publishing radical queer specfic from London, UK. Founded: @trip.bsky.social, @robwillb.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social.
Harassed by: @lyamkk.bsky.social
🛸I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024)
🧱Wrath Month (2026)
https://linktr.ee/bonabooksltd
Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social that kangaroo what makes the game rec threads and such
Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social Historian @ruhistorydept.bsky.social
Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app Chair @cunyenglish.bsky.social I study books, Blackness & pop culture! Leftist & left handed 🇰🇳 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️
One of many Jonathan Grays
I maintain #Blackademics, the scholarly side of #Blacksky
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Personal account
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pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social just another angry glaswegian leftie
she/her
Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!?
IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social Director / Investigations BylineTimes.com Founder AgeofTransformation.com New book: ALT REICH: THE NETWORK WAR TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY FROM WITHIN https://alt-reich.com
Love Glasgow Hate Racism @lghr.bsky.social Fundraising and awareness raising collective.
GagaOOLala @gagaoolala.bsky.social GagaOOLala | The Global LGBTQ+, BL and GL Streaming Platform For customer service 📩 service@gagaoolala.com | we are all gay🦄 | https://portaly.cc/gagaoolala
Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk Geopolitics • Armed Politics/Political Violence • Philosophy • Political Geographies • Palestine
——
Host of BLOOD WORK: An economy of violence.
@bloodwork.show // bloodwork.show
Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social Reporter covering the far right. Words in Guardian, Zeteo, MSNBC, TPM. Formerly HuffPost. Contact: letsgomathias@protonmail.com. Buy my book about antifa here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767.
@marthapearce55.bsky.social @marthapearce55.bsky.social 
Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social Journalist. Unionist, organizer, labor nerd.
I write about working for a living: wordsaboutwork.news
Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mel_buer
Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social Newly elected leader of lefty Irish Bluesky. Exiled leader of lefty Irish twitter, current Lord Mayor of Dublin and occasional podcaster. tortoiseshack.ie is my home. 
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner.
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Member of the 2026 Otherwise Award jury
Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Spelman College. Author of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism and other books.
Mike Transreal @miketransreal.bsky.social Owner of Transreal Fiction SF & Fantasy bookshop in Edinburgh since 1997.
I've not verified my age, so I can't use the Chat function.
flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social Annoying smartarse
alternate ending @jamiroqueer.bsky.social Cis gay Jewish atheist weirdo who stays home every Saturday night pretending he’s at a drive-in. I work in post. I like disco. “Makes the Internet suck" -Seth Abramson
Lebbertoxd: https://boxd.it/Wehd
Lamentably Awake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social He/Him
Socialist
Anti-zionist
Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social Exorcizamus te, omnis immunde spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica...
Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social Writer and Art Historian. Old Fox stories. Edward M.Bannister catalogue raisonne and research. Reynard the Fox and Fox for All Seasons published by Bodleian Publishing. Oxford & Dorset. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
Ümit Ünal @asyadada.bsky.social Film Director/Writer from Istanbul living in Glasgow.
Writes in English and Turkish.
https://asyadada.wixsite.com/umitunal
Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social Talented ruin. Riverboat floozy.
Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland.
Crawford Award winning collection Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press now. https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response
Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social Irish, déghnéasach (bisexual), 🏳️🌈, 🇵🇸, Mental Health Worker, Leftist.
TERFS and Fascists blocked on sight.
Psychology, Philosophy, Phenomenology, Platonism, Paganism, Polytheism, Ancient History and Myth, nerd shit, RPGs,gaming
Rob Maslen @profrmaslen.bsky.social Fantasy books, films, anime, comics, Early Modern Literature, life. He/him. I blog at The City of Lost Books. Come and see! https://thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/
Carrie plays guitar 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @carriem.co.uk Writer, parent and guitar wrangler from Glasgow. Author of Small Town Joy and Carrie Kills A Man, singer in Unquiet Mind. Trans, she/her. https://linktr.ee/carrieplaysguitar. Pic: Omar Salam
steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social special investigative correspondent @texasobserver.org • contributor @coolzonemedia.bsky.social • publisher @proteanmag.com • send tips via Signal: stevanzetti.12
Read & support my work: https://linktr.ee/Stevanzetti
Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social Pretend human and own worst enemy. What am I doing here? Where is this? Do I really need to share my opinion on anything? Why should anyone care? Ignore the creature behind the curtain!!! Do not perceive! 
Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social Writer & old punk in Maine. Firewood stacked but my lawn needs work. Most recent novel: A Haunting on the Hill. Forthcoming: Unspeakable Things. Profile photo: Bridget Huber/BDN
Paweł Ausir Dembowski @ausir.bsky.social Linguist and translator.
Languages spoken: PL/EN/ES/LAD/CA/PT/YI/DE (more or less in the order of fluency)
↙️ ↙️ ↙️
Mastodon: @ausir@wandering.shop
he/him on/jego http://pronouns.page/@ausir
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
Clips made with SnapStream
Internet Hooligan...
Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com Author (THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy; THE WOLF AND HIS KING) and medievalist specialising in the Ulster Cycle. #1 fan of Láeg mac Ríangabra.
🏳️🌈 they/them | siad/iad
📍Cambridge, UK
♿
https://finnlongman.com
“james adomian” @jadomian.bsky.social “PATH OF MOST RESISTANCE” special!
https://youtu.be/pJ5DFrdOyig
🔥🐹🔥
AUSTIN, TX: 8/21 - 8/22
Creek and the Cave
COLUMBUS, OH: 8/29
Cbus Comedy Festival
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https://linktr.ee/jadomian
Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com Researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Reactionary Democracy w. @aaronwinter.bsky.social and co-editor of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right
https://aurelmondon.com/
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:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com Award-winning sf/f, erotica and romance writer. Just your typical biracial bigender bisexual. All pronouns valid, she/her for society’s convenience. https://linktr.ee/ceciliatan
Darin Bradley @darinbradley.bsky.social Writer, editor, professor, space monkey.
flere-imsaho 🇺🇦 @flere-imsaho.circumstances.run слава україні!
well balanced: acerbic *and* caustic
listening post for @mawhrin.fedi.circumstances.run (follow that one).
polish, socialist, luddite, no longer in ireland.
physician by education, sysop by trade.
David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social https://secure.actblue.com/donate/comms2026?refcode=blusky
Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
vanhollen.senate.gov
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social Canadian dark speculative author 🖤🇨🇦Words in: STRANGE HORIZONS, FANTASY, LIGHTSPEED, PULPHOUSE, FACTOR FOUR, NOSLEEP &more | @cwillbc.bsky.social president | CWC educator | #ecopunk #bodyhorror #monsters #gothic #dystopian #sff
https://kaie.space/tree
NPicts @northernpicts.bsky.social The bluesky social media channel for the University of Aberdeen Northern Picts project @northernpicts on Facebook
All things Pictish/early medieval/Aberdeen/Scotland/Archaeology/Hilforts/Digital
Milo Rossi @miniminuteman.bsky.social Archaeologist • Environmental Scientist • Googledebunker
2.2M YouTube
2M TikTok
Allison Baker @allisontype.bsky.social Award winning Producer, Director, Shooter and Editor of moving pictures. Opinions expressed are mine. I might have published some books. Let’s make good movies!
Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social Maltese born, Edinburgh novelist. ASD. Lapsed journalist. PhD St Andrews. Writes as Jonathan Grimwood, Jack G & Jon Courtenay G. Owns cat that’s a drug addict.
he/him
‘Triumphant…’ FT
http://jonathangrimwood.com
http://jackgrimwood.com
http://j-cg.co.uk
Stina Leicht @stinaleicht.bsky.social SFF #author PERSEPHONE STATION, LOKI'S RING she/they🏳️⚧️ Feminist queer ADHD PTSD Dyslexic. Agent: Hannah Bowman Publisher: Saga Press
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
Lee Murray @leemurraywriter.bsky.social ONZM. USA Today bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson, and New Zealand Prime Minister's Award winner. Monster lover from Aotearoa. Represented by Becky LeJeune at Bond Literary.
Dr Michael Dempster @drmdempster.bsky.social 
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social Ex-Hasid now fighting for a true pluralistic democracy | Writer: democracy, peace, extremism, antisemitism, & marketing | MSNBC, DailyBeast, HuffPo, the Forward & more | Founder: justicemarketing.io | Newsletter: eladnehorai.substack.com
Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social They/them 🏳️⚧️ 🔞
Author of fantasy, sci-fi, & horror romance ✍️ 🐉 🚀 🧟♀️ 💞
Smutfluencer ❤️🔥
Reader of queer books 📚 🏳️🌈
DISPOSABLE MAGIC, a cephalopod fantasy romance 🐙
THE GILDED VEIL: Pro wrestling meets classical theater 🤼♀️ 🎭
🔗 https://linktr.ee/danifinn
Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social Unofficial Kneecap account that I hope the lads will come and claim. Let's build a following here in advance, folks! GRMA
Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social Kaleidotrope is a quarterly e-zine of sci-fi, fantasy & horror edited by Fred Coppersmith since 2006.
Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net
Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine
Avatar and cover art by Brian Malachy Quinn
Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social Writer of odd books
https://noshelterbooks.com/
Reposting & posting unpolished thoughts as I work on my current project.
Tuatha @tuatha.ie Explore Ireland with us! Visitor guides, itineraries, courses, events — created by archaeologists for people who really want to get under the skin of Ireland.
Start your Irish archaeological adventure:
https://www.tuatha.ie/
(pics all our own work)
David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social World Fantasy and Hugo Award-nominated Editorial Director at Solaris (Profile Books). Clarion West Instructor 2026. he/him
Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social Irishman in Sweden. Likes: writing, dancing, gardening, socialism. Hates: AI slop, dill. Especially dill. Maker of games since - oh God - the 1980s.
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Read my work at thedissident.news
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS