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EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social Posts from Scotland’s first industrial eco-museum commemorating and recording mining landscapes through a series of community created cycling and walking routes.
Angus Miller @geowalks.scot Walks & holidays exploring Scotland's geology, and its influence on landscape & people. Edinburgh Uni Teaching Fellow, founding Trustee Scottish Geology Trust.
George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, @ArguablyMag.bsky.social
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mandy brown @aworkinglibrary.com Thinking about reading, work, and technology. Helping people do their best work despite the ravages of capitalism at everythingchanges.us.
Posting from https://aworkinglibrary.com/thinking/. I log in about once a week.
mary🐇 @mary.my.id 🏳️⚧️🇮🇩 she/it · 23
web dev @buttondown.com @bookwalker.com
bad at this social media thing
@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social Specialist Retail Partnership with e-cargo and e-trike/bike shop in Edinburgh. Also in Strathardle, Scotland.
On Insta, FB and the other place people are flitting from!
www.laid-back-bikes.scot (updated / refresh)
Brands: Urban Arrow, ICE, Nihola +
Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org Bringing the best indie games to Glasgow ⋆｡°✩
. ݁₊⊹ July 11-12 2026 ⊹₊ ݁.
📍BAaD
https://glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/
Scottish Games Network @scottishgames.bsky.social The only community dedicated to Scotland’s games ecosystem.
Hubworld Scotland @hubworld.bsky.social Open community network for the Scottish games industry • The gang behind the #DundeeGamesMeetup #HubQuiz #Playapalooza #XPExchange We run events every month! Join the club!
enquiries ✉️ info@hubworldscotland.com
makestuff.club 🏴 @makestuff.club makestuff.club is a relaxed coworking and creative monthly group in Glasgow for people who want to make real progress on something - side projects, art, writing, code - alongside other friendly humans.
James @jamesg.blog Hello! I'm James (he/him/his) ✨
I'm a writer, art history student, and Taylor Swift fan.
James @bsky.jamesg.blog My main account is @jamesg.blog. I use this account to experiment with AT Proto.
Wesley Finck @wesleyfinck.org co-founding @cosmik.network
building @semble.so
writing notes.wesleyfinck.org
EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com The Edinburgh Minute newsletter. Read by 30,000+ locals. Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported.
Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
Ross Rhodes @trrhodes.bsky.social 🏦 Senior Software Engineer at Monzo Bank.
🏴 Living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland.
📚 Enjoy reading, walking, and Scotch whisky.
Andrew James @ajames.dev Senior Engineer @ Coinbase
💻 🚴 🎮 🎸 🐕🦺 🏴
http://ajames.dev
Are.na @are.na https://are.na
tao @btao.org working on favs.blue, it's favstar for bluesky
cybersecurity, privacy, trust & safety 🔸🇩🇰🏴🌐
previously: trust & safety engineering at https://cinder.ai/
mixmix @mixmix.bsky.social Scuttlebutt, Āhau, p2p, gardening of communities, sci-fi, magic (game), New Zealand - mixmix.nz
Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social An independent organisation supporting Wikimedians in Aotearoa New Zealand as a chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation.
https://www.wikimedia.nz/
Judy Fan @judithfan.bsky.social Cognitive scientist seeking to reverse engineer the human cognitive toolkit. Asst Prof of Psychology at Stanford. Lab website: https://cogtoolslab.github.io
apenwarr @apenwarr.ca wvdial, bup, sshuttle, netselect, popularity-contest, redo, gfblip, GFiber, atlogin.net, and now Top Chicken @Tailscale.com doing WireGuard mesh. First search result for "epic treatise."
Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social Retired in 2024 from Ramblers Scotland; Chair Planning Democracy; board member Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre; volunteer with Spokes; Hon Fellow Scottish Env LINK.
Interested in walking, cycling, mountains, Scottish politics, CND, climate change, gardening.
KennyMakesGames @kennymakesgames.bsky.social Solo dev | Creator of Cult of PiN
store.steampowered.com/app/3144340
Discord: discord.gg/DpUGdJ3Uf9
Lachlan Goudie @lachlangoudie.bsky.social Artist, author, broadcaster. My new book ‘The Secrets of Painting’ is out now published @thamesandhudson
Order here: https://tinyurl.com/6jedwtd6
www.lachlangoudie.com
Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com Forever fascinated by how things work and spending most of my days working on Soundscape https://scottish-tech-army.github.io/Soundscape-Android/.
Music, family and geography with some clothes making thrown in.
Sev @severin-bruhat.bsky.social Sr Software Engineering Manager (@Trustpilot) based in Edinburgh 🏴.
https://severin-bruhat.com/
https://sbruhat.gumroad.com/
Michael @micmcgrorty.bsky.social husband | father | software engineer | beer nerd | avgeek | gamer
LaurieWired @lauriewired.bsky.social researcher @google; serial complexity unpacker
ex @ msft & aerospace
Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu Social data scientist with too many questions | PhD from @EUI
https://laurenleek.eu/
https://laurenleek.substack.com
Chris Hutchinson @hutch.tf Always creating (software, photography, games, hardware) • Edinburgh 🏴
Writing and more on https://chrishutchinson.me
Lorin Hochstein @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com Student of complex systems failures, resilience engineering, cognitive systems engineering. Will talk your ear off about @resilienceinsoftware.org
Simon Christie @thebonnieloon.bsky.social Edinburgh, cyclist, cycling without age pilot, cook, gardener, music, trains, canals, climate justice. Can we just accept Tr*ump & M*usk are bawbags and post about nice stuff?
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Author of How to Design a Universe. @astronomerroyal on insta (She/her)
Dan Freeman @dfreeman.io 👨💻 Software | 👾 Games | 📚 Books | 🏳️🌈 General gay nerdery
📍 Edinburgh 🏴 • he/him
Rishav Dhar @rdhar.dev rdhar.dev · DevOps Platforms · Edinburgh UK
Adam El 🐢 @adamel.dev small business owner & indie developer in 🏴
👨💻 founder @ swellbase.io
🏄♂️ chief wetsuit washer @ bluecoastcullen.co.uk
🚑 helping @ bluelighthouse.org.uk
adamel.dev
Adrian Mouat @adrianmouat.com Technical community advocate at Chainguard. Bad guitarist. He/him.
Jimmy Angelakos @vyruss.org Peace, Love & Linux. Strictly personal opinions. #PostgreSQL Significant Contributor & speaker.
Author of PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them: https://hubs.la/Q03Nc0hv0
Co-author of the PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook: http://packt.link/6PurB
Chris Collins @chrissy.dev Designer & Software Engineer.
► Senior Engineer at @stv.news
► Blogging at https://scottishstoater.com
► Building at https://mistaro.com
Pushkar S @semaphores.dev Software Development | Svelte | C# .NET
Enthusiast of cutting-edge web technologies and libraries.
I enjoy tinkering with cool tools in spare time.
https://semaphores.dev/
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Alan Wilson @alanwilson.bsky.social A wanderer in galleries and graveyards but a street photographer at heart.
Scottish Obsidian User Group @scotobs.org A group for people in Scotland to share Obsidian tips and tricks. Meetups via @scottishtechnology.club
Emma Bostian @emmabostian.bsky.social Engineering Manager @ Spotify
Frontend Masters & LinkedIn Learning Instructor
Ladybug Podcast Co-Host
American in Sweden 🇸🇪
Momma to Freja and Stellan ❤️
Derek Healey @derekhealey.bsky.social Politics and investigations editor @sundaypost.com
@pythonandchips.bsky.social @pythonandchips.bsky.social 
Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com Sincere poster. No cynicism. Dad to two sets of twins! Co-founder of tryhardstudios.com
- https://MasteringPostgres.com
- https://HighPerformanceSQLite.com
- https://screencasting.com
- https://mostlytechnical.com
- https://aaronfrancis.com
Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf.com Work @ Neon | Author of Full Stack Web Development with Remix | https://allthingsweb.dev | https://andrelandgraf.dev
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
spencer chang @spencer.place software you can touch
artist, engineer, toymaker
🌐 spencer.place (home)
🧭 wewere.online (a game across the internet)
🛝 playhtml.fun (turn any website into a public space)
📱 shrine.computer (interactive sculpture protocol)
🥠 internetsculptures.com (shop)
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Adam Brown @adamlbrown.bsky.social Economist, formerly a physicist. Head of UK Economic Policy & Modelling @ Cambridge Econometrics, Visiting Researcher in Innovation Systems @ Oxford Brookes, & Associate @ CityREDI. Also interested in cricket, baseball and metal. Displaced Salopian. Vmo
Cate Hall @cate.bsky.social born at the right time
CEO @ Astera
Sacha Judd @sachajudd.com Talks and writes about fans and tech (sachajudd.com). Co-founder of Lume (lumemusic.com). Letterboxd’s Senior Harry Styles Correspondent.
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
Rob Cawston @cawston.bsky.social Design | Content | Data | Culture | Thoughts
Cambridge United fan 🫎 Views my own.
JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com I write about tech + humans + philosophy
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/
Aaron McAdam @aaronmcadam.com Design Engineer • TypeScript, React, Design Systems, Figma • Blog: http://dev.to/aaronmcadam
jared @awarm.space Working on @leaflet.pub in specific and tools for learners and education in general
Kenneth Fleming @kennyf1283.bsky.social Interested in politics, football and reading books. Boring centrist (left) dad. Professionally work in skills in an industry nobody has heard of.
James B @jarofgreen.co.uk Developer in Scotland https://www.jamesbaster.co.uk/
Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social Cloud-native offsec at AmberWolf
Rory McCune @mccune.org.uk Security geek, Containers, Kubernetes, Golang/Ruby, hillwalking
Home Page :- https://www.mccune.org.uk
Blog:- https://raesene.github.io
Gus Fune @gus.fune.uk CTO https://baerskintactical.com + Creative Technologist + MACH Ambassador. Making online shopping feel amazing. I’ve scaled an internet business before the 🌥
James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: abundancepod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
Alice Strang @alicestrangart.bsky.social Modern & Contemporary Art Specialist & Art Historian
A Saltire Society Outstanding Woman of Scotland
Photo by Alex Robson
www.alicestrang.co.uk
Please find me on instagram @alice.strang.art
@johnrobson87.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social Person on a 🚲 in Edinburgh & beyond!
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social 1. Scottish Labour MP for Edinburgh South West.
2. Civil Engineer
3. Parkrunner.
Newsletter Sign-Up: http://tinyurl.com/EdSWNewsletter
@woodjeff.bsky.social @woodjeff.bsky.social 
Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social Politics, campaigns, and public affairs at JRF - working on communities and place, and the labour market. Current home Bethnal Green, from Wycombe. West Ham ST holder. Views mine.
Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social 📊 #DataViz specialist.
💻 #RStats | #Python | #D3.
🎨 Generative artist.
🏃♀️ Runner.
Website: https://nrennie.rbind.io/
She/her. Views my own.
Dr Christine Cheng @christinecheng.bsky.social War Studies, King’s College London. Researcher of war-to-peace transitions, civil wars, corruption, elite bargains, statebuilding, and UK foreign policy. Trustee at Conciliation Resources. Defender of democracy. Padel enthusiast.
Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social Author of The Psychology of Software Teams: https://www.drcathicks.com/#book
she/her 🏳️🌈
Catharsis: https://catharsisinsight.com/
Host at: https://www.changetechnically.fyi/
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
Brett Fujioka @brettfujioka.bsky.social 
Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social University of St Andrews; Executive Chair, Arts & Humanities Research Council; International Champion and Creative Industries Sector Champion UK Research and Innovation
All views my own, but none of the poetry.
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Tom Hamilton @tomhamilton.bsky.social Not all views my own. I disagree with lots of views.
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University. 
Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament, Bristol North West
Lucy Rigby MP @lucyrigby.bsky.social Chief Secretary to the Treasury 🇬🇧 | Labour MP for Northampton North | For casework, please contact lucy.rigby.mp@parliament.uk
Ed Balls @officialedballs.bsky.social Dad, cook, pianist, economist, Harvard, King's London, Holocaust Fdn co-Chair, NCFC, podcaster, retired dancer, former Cabinet minister, sometimes on TV & Radio
Seb Krier @sebk.bsky.social friendly deep sea dweller
JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social 
Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
Sam Alvis @samalvis.bsky.social South West native, currently co-lead economy & climate team @IPPR - (views mine)
Industrial strategy | Bazball | @BristolBears
Adam Bell @adambell.bsky.social "Former energy czar" - the Guardian. "Energy big brain" - Politico.
Jeegar Kakkad @jeegarkakkad.bsky.social Economics, politics, boxing. Tech @ TBI. "optimistic & ambitious for British tech". ex-ADS, JLR, MakeUK, SMF, Brookings. Views my own.
Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social Director of Strategy @re-state.bsky.social, Founder http://greaterlondon.co, Columnist in CityAM. ex Treasury. Views my own
Dan Aldridge MP @danaldridgemp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare
Please do not contact me regarding case work in my DM. Please email daniel.aldridge.mp@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/danaldridgemp
Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social Think tanker, political speechwriter, historian.
Shreya Nanda @shreyagnanda.bsky.social @islington-labour.bsky.social councillor for Hillrise. @yimbylabour.bsky.social co-chair. @smfthinktank.bsky.social senior fellow. Views regrettably my own.
Gordon McKee MP @gordonmckee.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow South and eternal optimist.