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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org Visit http://www.scottishcinemas.org for 1000s of current & archive pictures of 100s of cinemas across Scotland.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social Reporting the latest updates from Downing Street and Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Here until Downing Street setup an official account. I also run @royalfamilyuk.bsky.social.
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
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Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
Oldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social 4x SFSA ‘Best Writer’ winner. Writing, podcasts, radio, live shows. Anti-your-team agenda.
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck.
The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social Jesuit priest, editor at large of America Media, founder of Outreach, consultor for the Dicastery for Communication, author of "Come Forth."
https://linktr.ee/jamesmartinsj
kc green @kcg.bsky.social cartoonist of Greatures, made "This is Fine" • he/him • http://kcgportfolio.site • https://linktr.ee/kcgreenn • email me: kcgreenn@icloud.com
David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social A platform for projects related to David Graeber’s legacy, developing his ideas and projects that will take on a life of their own, continuing and contributing to his work.
https://davidgraeber.institute
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.
MrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social Football, music, telly
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
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Commoners Choir @commonerschoir.bsky.social An ever changing rabble of ne'erdowells singing about the world around us, with hope and anger in four part harmony. Boff writes our songs 🎶
Based in Leeds, Yorks. Will travel. GSOH.
commonerschoir.com
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Leeds-List.com @leedslistcom.bsky.social The ultimate guide to Leeds & Yorkshire. https://linktr.ee/leedslistcom
Alan Lane @slunglowalan.bsky.social Dad to Davidbaby and Bolt the Dog, Creative Director Edinburgh Tattoo, Co-chair Slung Low, Slave to the Rhythm.
A Playful City @aplayfulcity.bsky.social 
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
Finn McRedmond @finnmcredmond.bsky.social Editing and writing at the New Statesman, column in the Irish Times
This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social 'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future.' All images are my own.
James Hawes @jameshawes.bsky.social Father of three boys. Married to an Irishwoman. Ex-novelist. Historian. Teacher of writing. Novel “Speak for England” (2005) predicted Brexit - “it deserves some kind of prescience prize" (Observer, 2017). Website: Jameshawes.org.uk
The Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social West Yorkshire’s new independent newsroom 📰
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Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/
USA sales - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/alangodfreymaps?_trksid=p2334524.m570.l113337
#CombatCartography #MatchMap
Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org The campaign for communities to have a powerful say on data and AI, to help create an equitable and sustainable world.
connectedbydata.org
Tim Davies @timdavies.org.uk Director of Research & Practice at @ConnectedByData.org working on participatory and open governance of tech. Adoptive parent. 
Emily Macaulay @emilyjmacaulay.bsky.social Head of Delivery & Operations for Connected by Data.
#RunningIsFunning, fundraiser for Jane Tomlinson Appeal.
Trustee: Honeyscribe, Reading List Foundation and Open Door Taunton. 🏳️🌈 She/Her.
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JUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
https://linktr.ee/JUSTICEuk
Matt Davies @halcyene.bsky.social Data/AI policy @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
(Political) philosophy of tech @lsegovernment.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
Views my own 🔮✨
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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.eurosky.social Legal and Policy Officer @openrightsgroup.bsky.social
"Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg." - cit.
Data protection, ArtificiaI intelligence, Social media pluralism, UK - EU regulation 
Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org An independent research and development institute exploring how new technologies are transforming work and working lives. http://www.ifow.org
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Careful Trouble @carefultrouble.bsky.social We are Careful Trouble. We are a research studio and a social enterprise, helping make technologies work better for more people, more of the time.
🌍 carefultrouble.net
Dr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social 🌈 Feminist Senior Lecturer in data politics and social justice at City st. George's, Uni of London, UK. She/her.
https://elinorcarmi.com/
Working on data&AI governance/data&AI literacies/data justice/digital rights/ad tech industry/surveillance.
Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social Associate director for economic policy & AI @IPPR. Former Bank of England economist and IMF fellow.
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
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Views my own.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Adam Cantwell-Corn @adamc-c.bsky.social Campaigning to shift power on data and AI with @Connectedbydata.org and the Trades Union Congress @the-tuc.bsky.social
Alex Krasodomski @alexkj.bsky.social Tech, AI, Digital Public Infrastructure and old border foils at @Chatham House. Fellow @ ISD, Demos, Public AI network
Kester @kesterbrewin.com Writer, and Associate Director at the Institute for the Future of Work. Views my own. Latest book, God-like: a 500-Year History of AI, is out now. All my books: http://www.kesterbrewin.com
Sam @smithsam.bsky.social Believes in better data with informed privacy for all. Day job @medconfidential amongst other things. he/him http://is.gd/samblog 🧘♂️ #FILDI
Cambridge
medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social medConfidential.org
Julian @julianlstar.bsky.social CEO of Open Data Manchester, liker of the outside and outsiders, prone to disagreement. Views expressed may change within the space of a few seconds. Optimistic mostly
Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social DPhil (/PhD) Researcher @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social working on podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Former Research Lead for Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D and Senior Tech Policy Researcher, Demos
Reece Parslow @reece-parslow.bsky.social 5Rights Foundation • #OnlineSafetyAct • #DataProtection
Working to build a safer and rights-respecting digital world for children by design and default. Views my own.
Louise Crow @itscrowbot.bsky.social Chief Exec for @mysociety.org. We run TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, FixMyStreet and a host of other projects reimagining people power.
John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social digital evolution • charities • change • digital strategy • tech for good • fixing the plumbing • responsible AI • Scotland • feed may contain bikes and sailing
Dr Natalie Byrom @drnataliebyrom.bsky.social Researcher and policy advisor. Justice reform, data and technology. Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Laws. BBC Expert Women Network. All views my own. 
Mia Leslie @mialeslie.bsky.social Researcher at the Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.bsky.social | previously Public Law Project
Adam Leon Smith @adamleonsmith.substack.com Technology product safety advocate. AI standards expert. Chair of AIQI. Chair of BCS F-TAG. NoLeFa-84.
Kate Jones @kate-jones.bsky.social AI Policy Lead at UNISON / Trade Union Liaison Officer on GPEx at Green Party
Limiting social media use so on here rarely.
unison.org.uk/aihub
Privacy International @privacyinternational.org For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power.
https://privacyinternational.org
Open Data Manchester CIC @opendatamcr.bsky.social Helping individuals, organisations and communities understand and use data in responsible and ethical ways since 2010.
https://www.opendatamanchester.org.uk
Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social Building a better online world for all
Visit our website for all the latest analysis, commentary, research and resources relating to online safety, OSA enforcement, AI and emerging harms: www.onlinesafetynetwork.uk
Ellen Judson @ellenejudson.bsky.social Disinformation investigator, tech policy nerd, philosophy, human rights, climate. Views my own. She/her
Also on https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-judson-75918241/
Renate Samson @renatesamson.bsky.social Longtime policy wonk, consultant, researcher and speaker about the impact of data driven tech and AI.
immersed in researching young people’s digital lives and AI in education. Previously biometrics, online harms, digital ID, online privacy
Emma Thwaites @emmathwaites.bsky.social I'm interested in tech and data. I'm - still - a journalist, public affairs and policy person, and single mother of two adult children. Armchair historian and lover of London although Yorkshire born-and-bred
Public Law Project @publiclawproject.bsky.social Promoting access to justice, upholding the rule of law, ensuring fair systems
javierruiz @ruizmacpherson.com 
Jonathan Tanner @jctanner.bsky.social AI/Democracy/Strategic Communication 
Imogen Parker @imogen-parker.bsky.social Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute. Mainly posting about AI, society and social policy.
Previously IPPR, Citizens Advice, 5Rights, Fabian Society.
image cred: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Talking to AI 2.0 / CC-BY 
Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social The History of Ideas Podcast. Every Wednesday and Sunday with David Runciman. Wherever you get your podcasts.
Find us at 🔗 www.ppfideas.com
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
Website 💻: https://rusi.org/
WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player. 
National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social Founded in 1938, NIESR is Britain’s longest established independent research institute focusing on macroeconomics and social policy. 
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
Director: @sundersays.bsky.social
Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
Social Market Foundation @smfthinktank.bsky.social Britain’s leading cross-party think tank, with a mission to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society.
https://www.smf.co.uk/ | Also on LinkedIn, X and TikTok
The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve people's health. Our vision is a world where everyone can live a healthy life. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk We are an independent health think tank aiming to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research & policy analysis.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social At the Centre for Ageing Better we are pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social We are Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting and improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland.
IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social We're the leading think-tank based in the North丨Developing bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions丨21 years of independent research & influence
Harry QP @harryqp.bsky.social Director of IPPR. Progressive policy and politics. Non-Exec Director at West London NHS Trust.
Chatham House @chathamhouse.org The Royal Institute of International Affairs - Chatham House. Independent thinking since 1920.
Website🔗: chathamhouse.org
Podcast🎙️: https://apple.co/45Bbbny
Magazine: @theworldtoday.org
Journal: @iajournal.bsky.social
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy: https://linktr.ee/thesuttontrust
Caroline Criado Perez @ccriadoperez.bsky.social Writer, speaker, author of Invisible Women
RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social Recording ship losses of the Royal Navies of Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand day by day, remembering the fallen and honouring all who served. Corrections and additions welcome. No official affiliations. No AI used here! Also at Twitter/X.
Philip Butler @artdecomagpie.bsky.social English photographer documenting Britain’s surviving interwar architecture.
Books:
226 Garages out on FUEL
Trackside Transformation - British Railway Stations 1923-1947 out on ADM
The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com Examples, opinions, thoughts, retweets of transport art/architecture/design/branding/logos/liveries/moquettes etc from The Beauty of Transport’s @danielhwright.bsky.social Long form articles at:
www.thebeautyoftransport.com
Tinfoil Matt @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social The brain worm infestation caused by living next to Telegraph opinions every day
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Kate Rusby (Official Page) @katerusby.bsky.social Often hailed as 'Folk Royalty,' Kate Rusby has played a pivotal role in bringing traditional English folk music to a contemporary audience.
*Tickets for 'The Springshine Tour’ ON SALE NOW* katerusby.com/gigs
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com
📖 substack.com/@rutgerbregman
📺 youtube.com/@rutger.bregman
Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social 🌳 A charity with the unique purpose of helping people to discover their place in history.
📜 Preserving the records of everyday lives & promoting family histories.
📍 Explore more: sog.org.uk
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoryMatters
Findmypast @findmypast.bsky.social Findmypast helps you understand your family history. Delve deeper into your family tree by getting to know the world your ancestors lived in — their triumphs, setbacks, and heartbreaks — to uncover your family’s unique story. Here 9-5 weekdays.
Áine @ainenitomas.bsky.social Family history and early medieval nerd. Interested in DNA, British and Irish history and genealogy as well as coal mining in the Lothians of Scotland and Vikings. MA Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies with History. #Neurodivergent #Spoonie 🥄♿ #CatMum
Allan Kennedy @allankennedy.bsky.social Lecturer in Scottish History. Social and political history of early modern Scotland. Find me via the University of Dundee: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/allan-kennedy
MyHeritage @myheritageofficial.bsky.social MyHeritage is the leading global discovery platform for exploring family history, uncovering ethnic origins, and finding new relatives.
www.myheritage.com
York and District Family History Society @yorkfhs.bsky.social contact@yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk
Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social Founded in Lowestoft 1975, we celebrated our 50th birthday last year. We are keen amateur genealogists who want to encourage the study of family history, genealogy, heraldry & local history. Much more info on our website - https://suffolkfhs.co.uk/