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.
David Durant @bowsy.co.uk I've been in the gov tech and transformation communitiy since 2009. I've worked for mySociety, the GLA, HackIT and GDS. I'm on the committees for GovCamp, Policy Camp, TransformGov Talks, the National Strategy Project and the UK Polyamory Association.
catriona elder @caatty1000.bsky.social scrolling, reading, sharing
intersectionality, anti racism
embroidery, shoes
she/her
Naarm
Mark Dalgarno @markdalgarno.bsky.social Delivery @ http://createchange.io - Digital Transformation, UCD, Agile methods.
He/Him. I don't speak for my clients.
Organiser Agile Manchester, Agile Cambridge, Lean Agile Scotland, Ripples: Bristol, UX Scotland, SDinGov, Lean Agile Exchange
James Kemp @jamesmkemp.bsky.social Public servant, delivering change mostly. Have worked in many departments. Based in Scotland. #GovPDC Explorer Scout Leader, sometimes gamer & writer
Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social 'Who would have thought my shriveled heart
Could have recovered greenness?'
Helen @socialsoup.bsky.social Designer in UK Gov. Made in State School. Haway man, woman man.
Annie @anniecrab.bsky.social Service designer in UK gov. Aspiring trusted agitator. Sometimes improviser. Cat person. She/her
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.
@optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social 
Vassili Golod @golod.bsky.social Journalist • Studioleiter & Korrespondent ARD Kyjiw • Podcast „Machiavelli – Rap & Politik“
@bookmarkmccree.bsky.social @bookmarkmccree.bsky.social 
Insight Media @insight-media.bsky.social Leading technology partner in the UK for the provision of library PC booking solutions, print payment and release, wireless printing, Wi-Fi authentication and self-service kiosk software services.
Reem Talhouk @reemtalhouk.bsky.social Lebanese HCI researcher working on citizen-centred AI, social and decolonial justice, design and humanitarian innovation.
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan-Defender of Wonder
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social I ride my bike, get angry at drivers, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Queensland, researching leadership, followership, populist parties, voter attitudes and political behaviour.
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GwUV0YAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
OpenARC Research Centre @openarc.bsky.social OpenARC, The Open University Arts & Humanities Research Centre, is the hub for research in the School of Arts and Humanities at The Open University. It hosts a broad range of research groups, and facilitates disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
Jane @janeynorth.bsky.social Londoner interested in politics and reproductive justice. Fan of #QuietRiot
L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling writer of Dragonfall, Pantomime, Goldilocks, Seven Devils, False Hearts, etc. Writing coach at The Novelry. 
League Against Cruel Sports @leagueacs.bsky.social The UK's leading animal charity working to end cruel sports. Est. 1924 🦊
scott manley hadley @scottmanleyhadley.bsky.social bad sad bald cold
poet
literary lifestyle blogger
occasional videos
www.TriumphOfTheNow.com
Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com Program Manager of @internetarchive.eu – opinions strictly my own. Photographer, Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Cat Servant, Coffee Lover, Immigrant, Traveler, Geek, Participant & Hope Junkie. 🇺🇸&🇬🇧 🥰💍🇦🇷&🇪🇸 🏠 🇳🇱
Caroline Hack @carolinehack.bsky.social UK based artist making things about Moby-Dick, British Arctic Whaling, S Atlantic whaling research & other museumy shenanigans. Projects with museums a speciality - DM me if you’ve got an idea! Current obsession - the Continuous Plankton Recorder. She/Her
helen @hejparry.bsky.social children's writer, cat wrangler, time waster
A Scrap of Moss & Magick out 8 October 2026 with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
pre-orders: https://tinyurl.com/4suv7bh9 | https://tinyurl.com/m9h8d2fe
cover art: Melissa Castrillón
British in Belgium
she/her
Helen Simmons (She/Her) @littlehen.bsky.social A bricolage of things. Nature, creativity, community, kindness…
Unbothered. Moisturised. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
Profile picture: me in a pink jumper smiling
Header image: me in a purple hat taking a picture of myself in a broken mirror
Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social Archaeologist studying lots of things (mainly bones) ‘cos I’m cursed with curiosity. I like cats, crafts, bears and fungi. She/her. Own views.
Venetia Welby @vvwelby.bsky.social Novelist: DREAMTIME, MOTHER OF DARKNESS Escape artist | Shapeshifter | Cat demon www.venetiawelby.com
Jude @jude-brucemoll.bsky.social Family, Poetry. Gardening, Nature, Politics, Springsteen fan, Female
Rennie Parker @rennieparker.bsky.social Poet and FE worker, published by Shoestring Press: Candleshoe (2014) The Complete Electric Artisan (2017) Jongleur (2021) Balloons and Stripey Trousers (2024). Order from: www.bookshop.org or rennieparker.bigcartel.com.
Miguel Varo @mvaro.bsky.social Bibliotecario en la @bibliotecaus.bsky.social. Formo parte del #GTEstadísticasREBIUN. Mis intereses: #bibliotecas #tecnología #sostenibilidad #política #pensamientocrítico #libros #aprendizaje #pensamientolateral #educaciónsuperior #tendencias
Sarah Dawood @sarahdawood.bsky.social Freelance journalist, editor and moderator | Formerly The New Statesman, Index on Censorship, Design Week | Words for The Guardian, Positive News, HR Magazine and more | All views my own etc etc
Words here: https://sarahdawood.journoportfolio.com/
Good Things Foundation @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social Powering the National Databank, National Device Bank and our free online digital skills platform, Learn My Way. Supporting the National Digital Inclusion Network.
Header image text reads: "Fixing the digital divide - for good."
IEEE Xplore Digital Library @ieeexplore.ieee.org Delivering full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social Liverpool City Region: the best place to grow up, grow a family, and grow a business - where no-one is left behind.
Brendan Bartanen @brendanbartanen.bsky.social Associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia. Stumbling my way through the AI revolution at https://brendanbartanen.substack.com/
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Whitewater Active @whitewateractive.bsky.social 
Macclesfield Nub News @maccnubnews.bsky.social 📍Latest news, sport and events in Macclesfield
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John Brewin @brewin.bsky.social Freelance journalist, semi-regular at Guardian Sport from Macclesfield, Cheshire in London, England. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/john-brewin
Collected writings from the distant past at https://johnbrewin.substack.com/
Andy @ab-initio.me.uk 🏳️🌈🇪🇺❄️ He/Him. Control(s) Freak. Interested in tasteful thirst, politics, green transport & energy. There is no LGB without the T!
Inauthentic followers will be blocked 🚫
Chorley 🏡 Macclesfield 🧑🏻💻
Matt Hancock-Bruce @mhancock-bruce.bsky.social Editor of Macclesfield Nub News
Katie Flanagan @katiedflanagan.bsky.social Group Head of Archives and Libraries at Science Museum Group. Mum, Aunt, Christian, knitter, gardener, York resident, views my own
(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social Open University Classical Studies lecturer. Recovering Oxford don. Critical Ancient World Studies person. Podcast host @ Radio ReOrient. Children’s author by night.🌙 🍉She/her. Writing a 📗 on the Islamophobia of Classicism.
MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.
https://morphss.hcommons.org/
Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social Head of Archive & Library at The Red House, http://brittenpearsarts.org. Archives, music, metadata; side orders of architecture, landscape history & electronic noise.
Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social Author of the Carnegie nominated THE SOUP MOVEMENT and the LENNY LEMMON series. And other stuff. Remember to breathe.
https://linktr.ee/bendavisauthor
#WomensArt2 @womensart2.bsky.social Celebrating ♀'s art & creativity, curated by autist @tidbit.bsky.social & art nerd @brainchain.ca . Images © to respective owners. WA2 actually welcomes all followers, art from diverse communities/cultures, even 🏳️⚧️
Pfp cred @pianta.bsky.social
Tim Roca MP @timrocamp.bsky.social 🌹Labour Member of Parliament for Macclesfield🌹
I may not see all comments or questions on social media. If you are a constituent of Macclesfield and would like to raise casework or a policy issue, please email:
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Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social ✏️ Comics writer and artist
🍩 Creator of AWARD-WINNING and/or BEST-SELLING comics such as MEGA ROBO BROS and DONUT SQUAD!
🤖 buy books & ticket links: www.linktree.com/neillcameron
🍩 www.neillcameron.com
Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social I make comics. Bunny Vs Monkey, Looshkin, Megalomaniacs, Flember, Fish Head Steve, Max And Chaffy, and Super Duper Bunny League coming to Nickleodeon in 2024!
Third Sector Network @thirdsectornetwork.bsky.social Practical support for charities and non-profits.
Fundraising, marketing, sustainability, community engagement (and more!) - Workshops | Mentoring | Support
Centre for Young Lives @cfyounglives.bsky.social We are an independent think tank and delivery unit dedicated to improving the lives of children, young people, and families. www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
Nox Mobility @noxmobility.bsky.social 🌙 Overnight Travels Reimagined
👀 More coming soon ⬇️
https://noxmobility.com/en?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=bsky_en_de_awa__&utm_term=bio&utm_content=
Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social Irish writer. Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka, Ghost Mountain. Richard Heart Julianne out in summer 2027
www.ronanhession.com
Music as Mumblin' Deaf Ro https://mumblindeafro.bandcamp.com/
Indie Novella @indienovella.bsky.social Independent Publisher and Advocate for getting up and coming writers into publishing
Indie Press Network @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social A network of indie presses working together to celebrate and improve the publishing industry
Wakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social We are the library service for Wakefield and its surrounding towns and villages.
Follow us for news, reviews & events, plus oodles of free online resources, learning courses & historical photographs!
🔗 https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/libraries
Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com Brad Bigelow, Missoula, MT
bradbigelow.com
Author, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts
Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press:
www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books
Editor, neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten/AI path.
Jules Hillier @julesh26.bsky.social Charity CEO, here for the books, the birds, the politics and the sensible, interesting conversations.
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social Epidemiologist. AIDS Activist. Dog lover. New Haven.
MILA - Media & Information Literacy Alliance @milalliance.bsky.social A UK charity bringing together all who believe that media & information literacy helps people lead happier, healthier, safer and more productive lives.
Doing Good Recruitment @doinggoodrecruit.bsky.social At Doing Good Recruitment we believe that organisations and people, that come together to make the world a better place, deserve the very best helping hand and support when hiring.
www.doinggoodrecruitment.co.uk
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
@wintersonworld.bsky.social @wintersonworld.bsky.social 
Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social explore words, discover worlds
11 - 20 June 2027
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/
Sarah Hammond @schammond.bsky.social Bibliographic Services Team Leader at North Yorkshire Libraries.
Can keep children and animals alive, not so great with flora. Sewing to horror films in my spare time.
Live long and prosper.
Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social Associate Professor in History @uninorthampton.bsky.social, Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social. Current research interests: late medieval family, gender, literary culture; medievalism and the extreme right.
Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social I'm not a gender, I'm a physics paradox
Comics' answer to Kylie Minogue (according to Kieron Gillen)
bevismusson@gmail.com
bevismusson.bigcartel.com
bevismusson.pb.gallery
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich @rebekkahsa.bsky.social Librarian. Climate Activist.
Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Dulwich & West Norwood. Chair of the Education Select Committee. Mum
Joe Dromey @joedromey.bsky.social General Secretary of The Fabian Society. Formerly IPPR, Learning & Work Institute and Central London Forward. Recovering Cllr. Passionate about good work, inclusive growth & tackling inequality.
Ben Cooper @bencooper1995.bsky.social Research Manager, the Fabians. Interested in education, housing, Sea Wall and rural. Union rep.
Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social Labour MP for Birkenhead, Minister of State.
Progressive.
www.alisonmcgovern.org.uk
Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social Mediamedia comms boss, Quiet Riot podcast bod, media trainer, PR adviser ... you'll find me anywhere I can play with words and pictures. Cars, whisky, mountains, cats also welcome
Vica @vicarogers.bsky.social Permently Temporary #commons #coops #tech #finance #RealDemocracy
Head of Co-operative Development
@Co-operativesUK
Eve Holt @evefrancisholt.bsky.social #Manchester girl on #SocialJustice mission. Head of Policy & Implementation for GMCA & Mayor of GM. 🐝 Public policy, service & participation. System convening, navigation & change. Previously #GMMoving and Public Law Solicitor.
Jessica Friday @fridayseconomics.bsky.social Wellbeing Economist & Founder @ Connectioning | Telling viral stories of the economy that serves all of us, inspiring hope to action #CommunityWealth
https://linktr.ee/fridayseconomics
Clair Slade @clairslade.bsky.social Neotist, community connector, Mayoress of St Neots and still Low Sheriff of Huntingdonshire. Should be ashamed of my behaviour.
Georgia Gould @georgiagould.bsky.social Labour MP for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale | Email georgia.gould.mp@parliament.uk
Cormac Russell @cormacrussell.bsky.social I animate communities & support professionals/orgs working in citizen space. Books include: The Connected Community, and Rekindlling Democracy. More here: https://www.nurturedevelopment.org/who-we-are/cormac-russell/
Dr Bronia Arnott @broniaarnott.bsky.social Evidence, practice, & public involvement to improve health & wellbeing from infancy. Newcastle University
Public Involvement & Engagement Methodologist - NIHR RSS
Knowledge Exchange Broker - NIHR PHIRST
Voluntary Sector Evaluation Scheme lead - NIHR SPHR
Chris Naylor @chrisbnaylor.bsky.social Public services, health, community, climate.
Senior Fellow at The King's Fund.
Policy Lead at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.
Trustee at Community Southwark.
Chris Naylor @publicnaylor.bsky.social Public service innovator, critic & apologist. Managing Director @icclimited former CEO @lbbdcouncil. Trustee http://bodyandsoulcharity.org & @designcouncil
Anna Randle @annarandle.bsky.social Public service reform thinker & do-er. Until recently, CEO of Collaborate CIC. People, places, public service reform, local government, population health, system leadership.
Ellie Thomas @elliethomas.bsky.social History-obsessed author of MM romance
Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social Programme Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working on public services 
M-Corinna Hartwig @mcorinnahartwig.bsky.social I talk about stronger communities and better businesses. I am also known as the "Funding Doctor", helping communities find funding faster.
Emma Hoddinott @emmahoddinott.bsky.social Director of Policy, External Affairs and Research at Libraries Connected. Yorkshire based.
Elle Ann @libraryleo.bsky.social Cumbrian living in Devon, Systems Librarian, loves reading historical fiction about women by women, crocheting, and good food. Co-editor of NAG journal Taking Stock. Neurodivergent af.
Emily Cockayne @rummage.bsky.social Cultural/social/materials historian: Hubbub / Cheek by Jowl / Rummage (reuse & recycling) /Penning Poison. Anonymous letters (OUP, 2023) Professor at UEA History. + embroidery & occasional cats.
Agent: Clare Alexander. Website: www.rummage.work
University of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social This is the official UEA account, Norwich UK.
📢 Bringing you the latest campus news and updates from our world-leading research (REF 2021)
We're online Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm.
@pentathlos.bsky.social @pentathlos.bsky.social Academic librarian, but expect re/posting on many different things. (We all have a past.) Professional interests: scholarly comms, library systems, and the future of libraries in higher education.
Jade Kelly @jadekelly95.bsky.social Library Assistant MIC Thurles working with our students in the library & on miclibraries social media team.
Ebba Brooks @ebbabrooks.bsky.social Peer Assisted Learning manager at University of Salford. Interested in learning development and research informed pedagogy. Also books, environment, gardening, politics, jokes, The Archers. A lot of The Archers. She/her
Hilary Osborne @hilaryosborne.bsky.social Consumer and money editor at the Guardian, Akela at 4th Wood Green, worrier at all times
James Kennedy @jameskennedy.bsky.social Musician, author & podcaster
Album : http://linktr.ee/makeanger
Book : http://linktr.ee/noisedamage
Podcast : http://linktr.ee/jameskennedypodcast
Official site: http://jameskennedyofficial.com
Keegan Osinski @keeganosinski.bsky.social librarian
ritual studies, phenomenology of religion, queer theology
also: hockey, fiber arts, pugs, yoga
keeganosinski.com
Public Libraries News @publiclibraries.bsky.social Keep up to date on what is going on in public libraries in the UK and beyond. Weekly updates at publiclibrariesnews.com