Nick @checkyoursheds.bsky.social The Archers ‘n’ shit
Cambridge UK
Dr. Word Person @drwordperson.bsky.social Linguist with an interest in various dead languages (Ancient Greek, Hittite, Sanskrit, Latin...) Ph.D. UCLA, Indo-European Studies; currently an MS student at Uni Stuttgart. Native of Texas.
I enjoy lutes, languages, plants, recorders, and rocks.
Marc Alexander @mga.is Professor of English Linguistics (University of Glasgow), Director of the Historical Thesaurus of English, made the Hansard Corpus 1803–, likes cake. He/him.
Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social We are a grassroots campaign group led by sex workers, trade unionists & feminists. We fight for the full decriminalisation of sex work in the UK.
Take action: https://linktr.ee/ukdecrimnow
Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social Mainly comics, a bit of fury.
Buy Noisy Valley https://www.waterstones.com/book/noisy-valley/myfanwy-tristram/9781914224430
Website: myfanwytristram.com
Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/3e30144be390/myftristram
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Conchúr Ó Giollagáin @conchurog.bsky.social Minority language academic. Link to Gaelic Crisis book: https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/res-themes/humanities-and-arts/language-sciences-institute/news/free-online-access-to-gaelic-crisis-book.html
James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social Surrounded by yowling, nebulous forms. Writer: Green Wing, Piglets, first novel Pagans, available in paperback: https://www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/james-alistair-henry/2928377365622
Hermit Magazine @hermitmagazine.bsky.social Humor, strange articles, short fiction, comics, interviews, paranormal stuff, naked people, and more.
Issue #1: https://philmcandrew.itch.io/hermit-magazine-1
Submit to Hermit: https://linktr.ee/hermitmagazine
Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social Illustrator / cartoonist / writer. HERMIT MAGAZINE editor. Wrote and/or drew stuff for MAD Magazine, WFMU, The New Yorker, Penguin Random House, Cartoon Network, punk bands, etc
Buffalo, NY
philintheblanks@gmail.com
linktr.ee/philmcandrew
Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social Reuters Journalist of the Year 2025: 'Scoop of the Year'
Senior correspondent, UK economy and north of England.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot Scottish elections and polling data. Not my polls. OG 'Britain Elects but Scottish'. PR fan account. Trans rights are human rights.
Donate; http://liberapay.com/ballotboxscot
@areyoucertain.bsky.social @areyoucertain.bsky.social 🏴👵🎶😼🐶⚽️🎭📻👿⚖️🥴
Crabbit/Capricious/Cheery
Atheist Lefty
The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social The Blether is a developing idea from 4 Scot Lit PGRs @uofglasgow designed to highlight the work and research being done in Scottish Literature. Who doesn’t love a good Blether!
Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan All links: https://linktr.ee/sarasheridanwriter
Commissioner for Ulster-Scots and Ulster-British Tradition @cusubt.bsky.social Official Bluesky page of tha Commissary o tha Ulstèr-Scotch an Ulstèr-Bïtisch Heirskip / Commissioner for the Ulster-Scots and Ulster-British Tradition
Moireibh na Chreig @muuuz.bsky.social Contemporary Literature and Culture
Green Parties
Speaking: Scots, EN, FR
Learning: Gaelic, Mandarin, NL, ES
Plants, Planet, Animals, Arts
🌈💚
I block slop
Rejoin
Free Scotland
Growth is omnicide
LordWoolamaloo @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler
https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/
https://linktr.ee/WoolamalooGazette
Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social BBC journo interested in gaming, tech and culture | ⭐ MCV Women in Games 2026 Journalism Impact Nominee | 🕹️ Adventure game lover and streamer! twitch.tv/cressup | https://linktr.ee/lauracress | Work email: firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk
Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social C4 Community Catapult Research Fellow with interests in youth culture, communities, systemic violence, and intergenerational psychosocial trauma. Scholar of Buckfast Tonic Marxism. 🍾
New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social University maths teacher (failed academic); very amateur local history; slightly worse photography. Not always very neurotypical. Uaireannan beagan Gàidhlig cuideachd. Same handle on the elephant site. Web: http://www.dominie.scot.
@langywangy.bsky.social @langywangy.bsky.social LANGYWANGY is freedom to be understood; freedom to not be understood; accessibility, multiplicity, and play. down with language standardization
@thirstastic.bsky.social @thirstastic.bsky.social 🔞 warning: horny ahead 🔞 • mostly fan art • he/him
patreon.com/thirstastic
Crown Prince Thutmose @thutmose.bsky.social Ḏḥwtj-ms. Jmn-ḥtp did it.
Nothing comes from nothing, and everything is the way it is because it got that way.
Alasdair MacCaluim @am-broc.bsky.social Eadar-theangair, neach-leasachaidh cànain, neach-iomairt Gàidhlig, rocair, atheist, Xman via Xish.
An àrainneachd, trèanaichean, tramaichean is tràilidhean agus còmhdhail uaine.
treanaichean.wordpress.com
Paul McMc @paulmcmc.bsky.social 100 year old autistic, professional recluse and very occasional synthwave producer (https://panthersolo.bandcamp.com). Buddie. Moments of levity actually cause me pain. No opinions my own, even the ones I say are.
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com Music for a broken concrete utopia.
He/him
https://warringtonruncorn.com/
Innovations in Linguistics Education @innovations-ling.bsky.social Innovations in Linguistics Education is a diamond open access journal dedicated to teaching and learning in linguistics. We're accepting submissions from January 2026.
Sex Tips Bot @sextipsbot.bsky.social A bot that'll give you sexy tips to improve your sex life.
Not AI. Created by Rob Manuel writing silly templates with random words in them.
Rhoda Meek @wodieskodie.bsky.social Scottish island dweller with strong opinions about the future. SAAS CX, PM and Comms. Wrangler of tireetea.co.uk and isledevelop.com, @ScotNational columnist. Gàidhlig. Geek. Crofter. She/her/tired. Go shopping at scottishislandgifts.com.
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social Director of Business @icaew.bsky.social, supporting our 65/170k+ members working across businesses of all shapes, sizes, and sectors https://www.icaew.com/
David McMenemy @dmcmenemy.bsky.social Professor of Information Ethics and Policy at the University of Glasgow - Interests include information ethics and law, and public libraries. All views mine, etc.
@alicehubble.bsky.social @alicehubble.bsky.social 
Chris Thorpe-Tracey @christt.bsky.social Author, composer, record producer, creativity consultant. He/him. My two newsletters:
https://bordercrossing.substack.com
https://doublechorus.substack.com
Mill Media @millmedia.bsky.social Trying to reinvent local journalism
The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social Manchester's quality newspaper. Sign up now - we only publish via email.
Send tips to our reporters @ophiraophira.bsky.social, @jackdulhanty.bsky.social, @lucymclaughlin.bsky.social and @alecherron.bsky.social
HeavenlyCharm @heavenly-charm.bsky.social 41. Scottish. Freelancer. Mum. Oil Painter. Writer. Reader.
Heather Critchlow @heathercritchlow.bsky.social Author of THE TOMORROW PROJECT and the Cal Lovett series. Bloody Scotland debut shortlisted
Agent: @charlotteseymour.bsky.social Johnson & Alcock
www.heathercritchlow.com
I've Got An Idea For A Podcast @gotanideaforapod.bsky.social The podcast within a podcast. Available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes weekly!
Hosted by Ashley Ashton & Ross Sayers
Produced by David Allan
Ann Cleeves @anncleeves.bsky.social Reader, crime-writer and advocate for libraries and the Reading for Wellbeing project. Creator of Vera Stanhope, Shetland and Matthew Venn, among others.
Phonetics & Phonology Group @ Newcastle University @phonncl.bsky.social Phonetics & Phonology Research Group at Newcastle University. Researchers uniting around language and sound. For enquiries, please contact us at phoneticsphonology.ncl@gmail.com. Our website: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phonphon/
Ewan M Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social Survivor from another millennium. Scottish living in Manchester. I like: reading, writing, old Hollywood, Gothic fiction, vintage clothes, Scottish literature, film noir, avant-garde art and writing...lots of other things...
The Labour Party @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Independently championing Labour Party values for a fairer society. Not affiliated with official Labour Party. Join us in amplifying voices, championing policies, and working towards a brighter future.
Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social Lib Dem Life Peer. Party President 2020-5. Author, "Polling UnPacked" / http://www.theweekinpolls.co.uk / https://libdemnewswire.substack.com / imprint + privacy http://markpack.org.uk/legal-privacy / he/him
Neil Broadfoot @nlbro.bsky.social Crime writer, reader. Whisky lover…
Graeme Richardson @ravoon.bsky.social Poetry Critic for the Sunday Times. Anglican Priest. Poetry Collection, "Dirt Rich", out from Carcanet. TLS contributor since 2010. All views very much my own.
Mr Thom @mrmoth.eurosky.social The value of destiny comes to nothing.
George Parker @georgewparker.bsky.social Political Editor Financial Times, former FT bureau chief in Brussels. Presenter R4 Week in Westminster. Crystal Palace and Somerset CCC supporter
Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Neil Kirk @drspeakmind.bsky.social Reader in Cognitive (and MIND) Psychology with an interest in all things dialect and voice-y. Other interests include: the X-men, AI, the gym and doomscrolling. 🏳️🌈 
David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social Journalist covering Finland, the Nordics and the Arctic region. ✒️Recent bylines: The Times, Sunday Times, Helsingin Sanomat, Barents Observer, Euractiv.
Dog walker. Lapsed rugby player. Fennophile. 🏴/🇫🇮
Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social Queer, chronically ill, neurodivergent writer and reader. MLitt Publishing graduate from the University of Stirling. Current Patient Administrator. She/Her.
Avert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social Academic, fourth class.
Publishing Lecturer at the University of Stirling. Researcher of smartphone storytelling. Author of books on Paris, London, Scotland, cemeteries, chess, & dragons. Erstwhile doer of other things. Often mediocre. He/Him
Leid Freen @leidfreen.bsky.social Mostly I post photographs accompanied by captions in the Scots language (with English translations).
Sorry, no DMs.
Laura Pollock @laurapollock.bsky.social Journo 🗞️ Grassroots reporter at The National • laura.pollock@newsquest.co.uk • ☕️ • 🧘🏼♀️ • 🥾 • she/her
Helen McArdle @hmcardleht.bsky.social Former health Correspondent at Herald. Specialist Reporter of the Year 2022, Scottish Press Awards. ❤️ cats, movies, podcasts
Josh Dean MP @joshdeanmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Hertford and Stortford 🌹 I can’t always reply here. For all enquiries please email 👉 josh.dean.mp@parliament.uk
Sheila Pinder @sheilab01.bsky.social Personal account: publishing industry; Scottish creative industries; metadata & supply chain.
Also following climate, biodiversity & nature writing conversations.
Gardener; educator; recovering carer; parkrunner. Based in Scotland & Cumbria.
Kat Arney @katarney.bsky.social Award-winning Storyteller of Science. PhD. Founder & Chief Creative Officer at First Create The Media for life science comms strategy & content https://firstcreatethemedia.com/ Views: mine. Book: https://www.rebelcellbook.com.
Gavin Abercrombie @gavina.bsky.social natural language things @ https://sites.google.com/site/hwinteractionlab/
gavinabercrombie.github.io
Euskaldun berria
Tha beagan Gàidhlig agam
Friends of Scotland's Libraries @foscotlibs.bsky.social A group of people who love public libraries, and want to protect and support them. Interested in getting involved in our campaign to introduce better legal protections for community libraries in Scotland? Please message us!
Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng FRSE.
Emma Putland @emma-putland.bsky.social Applied Linguist at Lancaster University | Senior Research Associate on the Public Discourses of Dementia project.
Especially interested in health and environmental discourses, multimodality, critical discourse studies, corpus linguistics, metaphor, etc.
Hal Duncan @halduncan.com Writer, editor, gardener--sometimes even in that order.
Queer. He/thon, but mainly just cause thon's a guid Scots pronoun fur aebdy, whitever thur gender.
Contact: hal AT halduncan DOT com
Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social Photojournalist, writer, editor and videographer.
EIC, The Ten Four: https://latenfour.com/
Links: https://linktr.ee/acatwithnews
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ACatWithNews
Email tips, licensing inquiries, etc.: SeanCarmitchel@protonmail.com
James McEnaney @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social Journalist and writer
Former English teacher & lecturer | Author of 'Class Rules: the Truth about Scottish Schools' & 'A Scottish Journey' | Fond of FOI, motorbikes, La Gomera, and all things education
www.jamesmcenaney.co.uk
William Thomson @williameconomist.bsky.social Political Economist and Scottish Republican. Founder of Scotonomics. www.scotonomics.org MSc Green Economy. M.Econ Economics of Sustainability. A troublemaker spreading radical ideas.
Peter McMahon @peter1355.bsky.social Scot
Lefthanded
Born on Friday 13th
Not superstitious.
Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social Words in Unherd, Guardian, Politico, New Statesman, The Spectator, New Humanist, The Fence, The Critic, The Daily Mash, Jamestown Foundation. Usually about Russia-Ukraine. Voice/face on BBC radio/TV and Times Radio.
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Colin Bramwell @brambrella.bsky.social Writer fae the Black Isle.
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
John Hughes @indicium71.bsky.social Analytics, data and SEO. Veteran. Like it's been a war. Maybe it was. Lead data analyst at Storm ID. Views are my own and not necessarily those of my lawyer.
Craig Turpie @cturpie.bsky.social Deputy UK Chief Volunteer @scouts, Former Chair @worldscouting | Co-Founder and Director @stormid.com | Own views | He/Him
Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social Editor of The National 🏴
Andy 🏴 @a-ghalldachd.bsky.social Gun robh math agad
Graeme Purves @gaspurves.bsky.social Citizen. Environmentalist. European. Spatial Planner. Democrat. Geddesian. Withered Botanist. Lapsed Munro-Bagger.
Matt Johansen @mattjay.com Friendly neighborhood cybersecurity guy | expect infosec news, appsec, cloud, dfir. | Long Island elder emo in ATX.
vulnu.com <- sign up for my weekly cybersecurity newsletter
Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social Author (Mary's the Name, Sonny and Me, Daisy on the Outer Line, The Everliving Memory of John Valentine) & co-host of I've Got An Idea For A Podcast
he/him
📍Glasgow, Scotland
Tom Dalry @tomedinburgh.bsky.social Following politics, languages, social science
@busygranof6.bsky.social @busygranof6.bsky.social Retired Head Teacher. Trying hard to learn Gaelic. So want independence for Scotland especially for my grandchildren. Reform has no place in our country.🏴
Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social Professor of Publishing Studies at Stirling. Ullapoolist. 50% of Blaire Squiscoll. She/Her.
Nome @nome.bsky.social Please don't use unroller bots on my threads.
ADHD, TTRPGs, Queer Shit, Nerd Shit, History, Animals. Will yell about Star Trek on demand.
Queer, Disabled, He/Him
🐦@NomeDaBarbarian
💰 https://ko-fi.com/nomedabarbarian
📌 Denver
Oor Blaze fae Skye 🏴 @blazespage.bsky.social Maker of wooden things,son to an auld man and brother tae a numpty. Author of Blaze Dog Detective books.
Sarah Mackie @lumi1984.bsky.social Lover of sci-fi, gaming, soundtracks and the Scots language.
https://www.youtube.com/@sarahmackievids
Aspires to a Scotland with self determination and a better world for all.
"...humans can be better than they are, so let's do that."
- James S.A. Corey
Hillbilly Highlander @hillhighlander.bsky.social I'm a hillbilly from Kentucky with a home in the Scottish Highlands. Retired Navy Band. Happily married father of two adult kids. VERY liberal. Avid hillwalker and photographer. 
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!
Shahed Tracker @shahedtracker.bsky.social Not for real time updates. Focus on attacks in Ukraine.
Reported Damage Map (Shahed + Long Range Strikes): https://t.co/ti9ynl9PfH
Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social Political Editor, Presenter and Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year. Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday 
Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social Trained journalist, Editor, documentary maker and sports commentator.
Ukraine expert. Numbers nerd.
Almost famous on Xitter!
Coffee donations accepted!
https://ko-fi.com/twmcltd 
Tay @kauantai.northsky.social Stranger in a weird land. Few opinions offered; if offered, not wonderful. Ill-advised observations likelier. Sometimes after words or being chased by them
Not a role model. Consult your doctor
Probably in the kitchen or lost somewhere
Smol angy
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
SLIME CITY @slimecitymusic.bsky.social Extremely online band 🏴
New album 📈 NATIONAL RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT 📉 out now!
All the links 👉 slime-city.com