Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Viki Male @vikilovesfacs.bsky.social Immunology of the menstrual cycle and pregnancy.
Vampires & Robots @vampiresandrobots.bsky.social Just a small fish swimming in the void. Used to write, occasionally does art. Can and will tell bad jokes with reckless abandon.
She/They
David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social Football Correspondent, The Athletic
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social Dad, husband, U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social Reporter at @Gizmodo.com.
I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007.
Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com
Signal: mattnovak.11
Patrice Lawrence @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social Writer, Feminist, Furious.
The Finance Guy @onefguy.bsky.social Yes, that guy that talks about money. Especially dark money.
Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
NASUWT - The Teachers' Union @nasuwt-official.bsky.social The only trade union led by teachers, just for teachers 💪
Simon Scarrow @simon-scarrow.bsky.social Writer of historical and crime fiction. Have been known to be a Sunday Times number one bestselling author. I was a lecturer previously and sad to leave formal education. Try to make up for that by making interesting comments on social media.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social Sitting on the sidelines is for Waldorf and Statler. Promoted by Tim Dexter on behalf of Labour both at 23 Orford Rd E17 9NL.
Atchoum the cat @atchoumthecat.bsky.social Atchoum, young male Persian with hypertrichosis. I'm hairy not scary!!
Tobyh @tobyh.bsky.social Owner of Bess the Border Collie! Insta: @bessthebordercollie23
Dual national 🇬🇧 🇩🇪🇪🇺entirely due to Brexit. Pro-EU. #FBPE #ReUnionEU #ReJoinEU
Father - Kindertransport #AntiFascist
Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social Baroness/Actress/Writer/Campaigner. Best known as iconic presenter of Playschool and Play Away
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
Narinder Kaur @kaurnarinder.bsky.social Social and political commentator
As seen on @gmb @@JeremyVineOn5 @bbc
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social Earth - Animal - Plant - Insect & Art 🎶 Lover & Defender
(still a bit uncertain about the people… )
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com An independent, nonprofit newsroom keeping Minnesotans informed & unearthing stories other outlets can’t or won’t tell. Subscribe to our newsletter: http://minnesotareformer.com/subscribe/
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social “Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. “Not humerus at all.” - Amazon reviewer. https://www.tom-cox.com/
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Liz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social Founder of Save British Farming, campaigning to reconnect Britain to the EU Single Market and Customs Union to Save British Farming and British Food.
Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social Unfiltered news, independent debate & loud music. Home to ADTV, the Vibestream Radio Network (Rock, Punk, La Cantina, Copperhead) & Dogtuuurd memes.
We build the pipelines. We break the narrative.
The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social Independent. Intelligent. Influential. Send tips to tips@thedailybeast.com
GrumpyChineseGuy @www.grumpychineseguy.com Some Chinese guy with a lot to say!
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social Host of The Joy Reid Show, best-selling author, writer, documentary filmmaker, and happy warrior blerd 'bout town. Subscribe at thejoyreidshow.com and joyannreid.com!
Healthcare Conferences UK @hcuknews.bsky.social Providing CPD for clinicians and managers to support role development and improvement in patient care and outcomes.
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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
Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social Journalist. Created @thebarbedwire.com. Words in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, The Daily Beast, Texas Monthly etc. My debut novel “Something’s Wrong With The Girls“ will be published by Rare Bird.
Wanna work together? oliviamesser@protonmail.com
The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk Editor of Bearly Politics. Commentator. Former NHS strategist.
bearlypolitics.co.uk
Simon Threadgold @sthreadgold.bsky.social Misunderstandably
Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social Cartoonist
Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social Listen.
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social UK based writer / teacher / CPD provider / presenter. I help to run a preschool. I love gardening and my allotment. She/her. Author of 30+ books for teachers.
Please contact me via my website for CPD/INSET bookings and writing queries. www.suecowley.co.uk
Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social migration & equality, law & politics | lawyer | cis | he/him | @DoughtyStImm.bosky.social | ex-Open Society Foundations | my views obvs, not doughty st | large photo Paul Trevor, 1978, Brick Lane
Birmingham Loves Libraries @brumloveslibraries.bsky.social Uniting campaigns across Birmingham for an open, publicly owned and professionally staffed city-wide community library service.
Izzy Knowles 🔶 @izzyknowles.bsky.social Councillor in Moseley, Birmingham. Pro EU. Lib Dem. Retired WMP. Mostly get around on a 🚲
P&P I.Knowles 78, Alcester Rd, B13 8BB
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Dr Adam Benkwitz @drbenkwitz.bsky.social Reader at Birmingham Newman University.
Public health, mental health, physical activity, social recovery. PFHEA, CATE.
AVFC STH.
https://www.newman.ac.uk/staff/adam-benkwitz/
Hare & Hounds @hareandhounds.bsky.social Award-winning independent music venue/pub, programming music & arts every week of the year.
📍 Birmingham, UK
Moseley B13 Magazine (+B12 BH & B14 KH) @moseleyb13mag.bsky.social Magazine for the Birmingham suburbs of Moseley, Balsall Heath & Kings Heath, published since 1973. #LocalAndVocal
Email: editor@moseleymagazine.co.uk
Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social This is the official account for the Birmingham branch of Stand Up To Racism.
https://linktr.ee/sutrbrum
Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/kingsheathunitedagainstracism
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social Journalist, parent to two grown-ups, LGBT+ rights campaigner, former night editor of The Times, Scotland. Lives in France. [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.
The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social John Stoehr (he/him). The Editorial Board. Subscribe! http://editorialboard.com.
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor.
Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. Out October 20.
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and http://RollingStone.com. Got a tip? Share it here: http://rol.st/tips
Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social 10-time Hugo & World Fantasy Award-winning @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Publisher/Editor, & It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton podcast Content Editor. Former caregiver to my late daughter, Caitlin.
They/Them, he/him
Married to @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social
In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social The life and times of Steve the otter...
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social Political scientist. Political behavior + methods. Spatial analysis.
Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.
Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov Official Account of Senator Chuck Schumer, New York’s Senator and the Senate Democratic Leader.
schumer.senate.gov
House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social We are the Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives 🇺🇸
Chair: @aguilar.house.gov | Vice Chair: @reptedlieu.bsky.social
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social Doting grandmother, among other things.
Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social Executive Director, Blue Missouri. Grassroots organizer. Writer. Former State House nominee. Rural mom fighting for rural schools. Dirt Road Democrat.
#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social Roasting Republican politics since 2009. Snark-first commentary for the relentlessly online. realtuckfrumper@gmail.com
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
Jack Osborne @jackosborne.com 
Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social Writer of Daily Mirror social justice column #RealBritain + special projects #Yr9No10 #PeopleMove #BritainTalks #WiganPierProject. Books include 'The Journey' with Abdul Musa Adam. Novellas, bread & border terrier enthusiast. @realbritainros over there. 
Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social Exposing Reform UK.
Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social #Roman & conflict archaeologist; Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Met University; University Teacher at the University of Liverpool; Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Integrative Research in Conflict Archaeology.
@observethedate.bsky.social @observethedate.bsky.social 
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
@jennyroyall.bsky.social @jennyroyall.bsky.social 
Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Editor at large, The Bulwark.
Director, Defending Democracy Together.
Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
Never Trump.
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social Comedian. The Field Trip and They're Coming to Get You podcasts. It’s satire.
Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Email: Rachel.sylvester@observer.co.uk
Tim Dowling @timdowling.bsky.social Guardian writer, sad sack. Police Dog Hogan's banjo player.
How Haunted? Podcast @howhauntedpod.bsky.social I'm Rob. A Geordie ghost hunter, author, and the host of the How Haunted? podcast 👻
www.how-haunted.com
https://how-haunted.dashery.com
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social Executive Editor, KFF Health News
Read and republish everything we do for $0: https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us/
Florida man | Never cruise
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AlexW@kff.org
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
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.
StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social “The reward for a thing well done is to have done it.“
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
@thepokeuk.bsky.social @thepokeuk.bsky.social 
Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social School leaders’ favourite newspaper. Multi-award winning journalism, determined to get past the bluster and explain the facts. Published by EducationScape
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social Pratchett, Photography, Scifi, Science, Technology, Space and Whisky (Not Bearhuggers, obviously).
Hates Brexit, Trump and Intolerance.
Loves Cats and NoMansSky.
Often sarcastic, sometimes sweary.
#FBPE
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social ICE OUT
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Nicholas Harris @nickpaulharris.bsky.social Ideas Editor @newstatesman.com Pitches to: nicholas.harris@newstatesman.co.uk
Guz Khan @guzkhan.bsky.social Comedic Insurgent…Man Like Mobeen, Taskmaster extraordinaire, Standup Killer, Dad, Free Palestine…🤲🏾