Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social Edinburgh, dragged along by a spaniel 🐕
Latest book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/europe-in-the-eleventh-century-9780198860235?cc=gb&lang=en&
Univ. website: https://edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/charles-west
Danny Lavery @dannymlavery.bsky.social Vera said that?
Chelsea Stieber @chelseastieber.bsky.social Author, Haiti's Paper War, NYU Press 2020
Co-Editor, Haiti for the Haitians, LUP 2023
NOLA <—> DC
Nathan Kalmoe, write-in candidate for WI Senate (27th Dist) @nathanforsenate.bsky.social I'm running a progressive WRITE-IN campaign vs. Sen. Hesselbein. She hasn't had a primary since 2012. She's part of the corporate establishment. We deserve a choice! Our district: W Madison/Middleton/Verona/Waunakee/NW Dane. https://www.nathan-kalmoe.com/
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org The official Bluesky account of the Nobel Prize.
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Jenny Holzer @jennyholzer.bsky.social THE FUTURE IS STUPID
Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social Economist. Economic Historian. Lego Nerd. Sharing thoughts.
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é
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Isla H. Macfarlane @bibliophisla.bsky.social ☞ PhD Candidate with Innerpeffray Library and Stirling University. Researching nineteenth-century visitors' books, borrowing records, and library history. Book and cat lover. She/her.
Amy Solomons @amyjsolomons.bsky.social Book & Library Historian | Currently researching female readers, family libraries in c. long 18th c. | Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online Intern 2026 | Project Officer for National Literacy Trust - views my own
Anna @superteadrinker.bsky.social Librarian. Archivist. Student. Tea drinker. Cat servant. Anglican't. Irritable and irritating. Looking for small amounts of paid work.
Dr. Krista A. Milne @kmilne.bsky.social Universitair docent 1 at Leiden University (🇳🇱); olim University of Ottawa (🇨🇦). Author of books on manuscript history📝 (Oxford UP, 2025), medieval England's lit 🏰 (Boydell, 2021) and medieval guide dogs 🦮(forthcoming 2025). She/her.
Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social Freelance Historian | PhD on English print trade networks 1600-45 📚 Research Assistant, Historic Towns Trust 🗺️ Trustee, British Association for Local History 📜 Tutor, Pharos Tutors 🎓 Co-editor @howtohistory.bsky.social. www.joesaundershistory.co.uk
Anna-Lujz Gilbert @annalujz.bsky.social book history | digital humanities | early modern
Currently a postdoc on DORMEME project at KCL (Dissemination, Ownership, and Reading of Music in Early Modern Europe).
Astrid Beckers @astridbeckers.bsky.social Bookhistorian, codicologist, medievalist, fnd patiënt & chairwoman of the Dutch fnd society.
Martina Mampieri @martinamampieri.bsky.social Associate Professor @ Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne • Advisory Board @ H-Judaic & EMoDiR • alumna HebrewU, Harvard, Penn, Oxford, Göttingen
#earlymodern and #modern Jewish history and #BookHistory
📍 Paris
L Berrini @lpberrini.bsky.social Sleep deprived librarian,archivist and historian. I study culture and literature of the Middle Ages. Alfonso X is my dude. I like music, books, beekeeping and good food. He/him.
“Librarians aren’t the enemy. Nazis are”
Carma Fiera 🇨🇦 @carmafiera.bsky.social Art. Cats. Nature. Books
Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social Professor Chinese & Global History KULeuven | IISH Amsterdam
global intellectual history | social history of infrastructures | digital research design
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-674X
Dr Michelle Johansen @historitage.bsky.social Social historian, researching &
writing about British librarians & #PubLibs in the long nineteenth century. Learning & Outreach Manager at the Society of Antiquaries, London.
Peter Sjökvist @sjokvist.bsky.social Librarian & Latinist. Uppsala University.
Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Cambridge University Library Special Collections, featuring our manuscripts, archives, maps, music, rare books, photographs, objects and more. https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/special-collections
Oxford History of the Book @bkhistoxford.bsky.social Discover History of books projects at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, digital editions at the Taylorian and @BodleianLibraries.bsky.social https://historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/ Posts by @HLaehnemann.bsky.social & @emmahuber.bsky.social
Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval English and AFY English Subject Lead (Ox) ¶ Author of BOOK CURSES for Bodleian Publishing ¶ Being critically creative @guildmedmak.bsky.social ¶ Liker of material texts, medieval folk horror, university access & print making ¶ She/her
Tomás Finn @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social Historian of Modern Ireland and Britain at the University of Galway 
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Medieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social Posting about The British Library's marvellous medieval manuscripts.
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S.C. Parris 🖤🦇🩸 | MLIS @scparris.com THE DARK WORLD Series. (2016-2023) 🖤🦇🩸
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RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed
https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk
https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social Professor of book history, director of the Gabriel Naude research centre at Enssib (University of Lyon)
Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social Historian of early modern European ideas and culture, researching (Greek) early printed books; co-ordinator of #HorizonEurope #GrECI project (2023-25) http://greci-twinning.org #bookhistory #classicalreception #skystorians
Vanessa Braganza @vanessabraganza.bsky.social 'The real Robert Langdon' | writer ✒️ | historical detective🔍 | future civil rights lawyer ⚖️ | 📖 THE SECRET-SEEKERS: A BOOK DETECTIVE'S QUEST out from HarperOne January 2027 | PhD @harvard, JD @columbialaw
Vanessa Freedman @vrfreedman.bsky.social Hebrew & Jewish Studies librarian at University College London. Co-convenor, Hebraica Libraries Group. Posts are my own views etc She/her
Kelli Hansen @kellihansen.bsky.social Special Collections, archives, rare books, etc.
Bergis Jules 🇱🇨 @bergisjules.bsky.social Archivist for shiftcollective.us & archivingtheblackweb.org
Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press proprietor, Soraya [dot] Press | subscribe 👉🏽 soraya.press
📍Brooklyn
Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social I write narrative features about how systems affect people. Writing a book about how America lost the plot on literacy. Contributing writer, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author, Bad Company: https://bookshop.org/a/109816/9780063299351.
JT Cestkowski @jtcestkowski.bsky.social Reporter for Status Coup News covering corruption, workers’ struggles, corporate power, grassroots movements. Independent, on-the-ground accountability journalism.
Amerikahaus @amerikahaus.de We offer events & services that promote transatlantic ties & cultural understanding. #USA #Canada #LatinAmerica
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Lynched Today @lynchedtoday.bsky.social Between 1865 and 1965, thousands were killed simply for the color of their skin. We hang our flag out on the digital 5th Avenue for them.
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Using historical data to provide an "On this day" accounting of lynchings. Corrections and additions welcomed!
Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social Author of ‘Wandering: Philosophical Performances of Racial and Sexual Freedom’ and ‘Black Gathering: Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life’
Co-editor with Dr. J. Kameron Carter, Duke UP book series, ‘Black Outdoors: Innovations in Poetics of Study’
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social Political education, socialism, abolition, unions, cats
Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social Editorial Collective advancing Democratic Public Finance, critical theory & intersectional praxis. In association with Monthly Review. https://moneyontheleft.org/; https://linktr.ee/Moneyontheleft
Social Research: An International Quarterly @socres.org Founded in 1934 by immigrant refugees in New York City. Carrying the torch of academic freedom and mapping the landscape of intellectual thought at @thenewschool.bsky.social. | socres.org
Generic white guy SysAdmin @westbynoreaster.bsky.social #HPC #SysAdmin & aspiring #DevOps headed to Charlotte in the new year. #dHTC evangelist, and labor history nerd. #BLM! Opinions my own. he/him
Elaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social Historian of science, collecting, plants + museums // professor at Yale // PhD in History of Science from Princeton // writing books // contr. ed. at Public Domain Review // elaineayers.com
Sören Hammerschmidt @sorham.bsky.social he/him. 18th-c. literature & community college stanning in the desert. prof by day, goth 24/7. luddite by choice & out of conviction.
Louisa Preston @louisapreston.bsky.social Scotland based publishing studies and contemporary book cultures academic - the one that draws - & a zine enthusiast. Researching publishing found at the juncture of the visual arts and literary worlds.
Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social hey, we’re QLL — a fully digital library fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ // follow for updates! 💜🪶
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social 📚 Artists' Books projects CFPR | UWE Bristol: Artists' Book Yearbook, Book Arts Newsletter, Bristol Artist's Book Event | MA Fine Art Printmaking Subject Lead. https://linktr.ee/sarahbodman 📚
Aaron Helton @aaronhelton.com He/Him
Library systems dev @ UN Library
en/es
TTRPGs, ♾️ DM
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John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social journalist. alum: WSJ/NYT/NBC/CNN.
public speaker. requests: https://www.wsb.com/speakers/john-harwood/
advocate of decency in government and elsewhere
The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social Image / Word / Orientation / Action
The Warburg Institute is dedicated to the study of global cultural history and the role of images in society.
https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Daniel Evans @djevans.bsky.social Building and studying large-scale historical datasets. Interested in newspaper archives, information retrieval, data reuse, & book / information history.
https://danieljohnevans.github.io/
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
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Gabrielle Cornish @gcornish91.bsky.social Soviet historian and aficionado of bleeps and bloops. Assistant Professor of Musicology at UW-Madison. Lover of all things Slavic and sonic. Views my own, not my employer’s.
Read some words: www.gabriellecornish.com
Kaitlin Stack Whitney @kstackwhitney.bsky.social STS / enviro studies prof, on unceded Seneca lands. mostly thinking with insects and about ableism in biology. own views, etc. she/they
Andrew Hobbs @drewhobbs.bsky.social Historian of the provincial press,looking at how 19C local papers and 20C county magazines express our sense of place. Despairing socialist. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=20iBowIAAAAJ
S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social XV s. France #medievalist, women's libraries. #editrice, #feminist, #reader, #foodie she/her/hers http://mftranscriptions.wordpress.com https://sckaplan.com
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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.blacksky.app Professor of Art at The Wire University, Baltimore. A Bonne Vivante, Fasss Auntie & Vivrant Thang with a mason jar of Old Bay and a flask of whisky in my purse.
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Juliet Sperling @julietsperling.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Washington. Author of Tactile Sensibilities: Seeing Through Print in American Art (University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Spring 2027).
David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
James Neal @james3neal.bsky.social Civil Servant: Urban explorer | Access/Equity - Libraries - Technology (Views are my own) - jazz, art, literature, film, food ... Geo-politics - Investment
Merrie Monteagudo @merriemont.bsky.social Archivist and adjunct professor. I'm fond of reading, hiking, tea, and independent journalism. All opinions are my own.
SuzanneHagedorn.bsky.social @suzannehagedorn.bsky.social Mom. Medievalist. Opera Lover. Baker. Knitter. Fan of Democracy. Williamsburg, VA resident. Author of _Abandoned Women: Rewriting the Classics in Dante, Boccaccio, and Chaucer_ AAUP member. All opinions my own—especially political ones.
Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social OG Black feminist storyteller • Award-winning author of WEIGHTLESS and LAWC • Cofounder @theflytrapmedia.com • Directing writing @empowermentave.bsky.social • I live where the sky ends
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
Nikki Dean @doctrinatrix.bsky.social museum work • KU PhD student • WWI history and Interwar diplomacy • mil doctrine advocate • retired pilot • adventuress • rescue dog mom • cocktail drinker
Hypertext 2026 @acmht.bsky.social Official feed for the ACM Hypertext 2026 Conference. September 2026
Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social Historian of Civil War & Reconstruction. Bicyclist, baker, 3d favorite human of Banjo the dog. Views=mine, repost ≠endorsement
Annie Norman-Schiff @anormanschiff.bsky.social Educator. Talmud, romance novels, the New York Mets
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social All-around genius working for peace, beauty, and intelligent thought.
IRL: professor of art history. Occasionally write things about Rubens. Also Dutch art, the Bruegel family, and Elizabethan visual culture.
Reader of many novels. DC & Amsterdam.
Humanists UK @humanists.uk We advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.
Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social Special collections librarian. I'm interested in literary history, gardening and baking cakes. Personal account.
Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC, Editor of the @vaultofculture.bsky.social (https://www.vaultofculture.com/), Executive Secretary of the Comics Studies Society, NTFC Local #6546 steward, comics scholar, and a ton of other stuff. Views own.
Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social Wayward philosopher turned salt marsh enthusiast and general ocean freak🌹
Miya Williams Fayne, Ph.D. @williamsfayne.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication researching the Black press, digital journalism and race.
Garrett Ruley @garrett-ruley.bsky.social Sociologist, teacher, cook.
"Never forget that the numbers in your tables are human destinies, even though the tears have been wiped away" -- Irving Selikoff
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Emily Austin @emilyraustin.bsky.social 
Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social Longtime journalist. Politics, literature, tech.
MAGIC + LOSS
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Contributing editor, The New Republic
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Tommy Blanchard @tommyblanchard.bsky.social PhD in neuroscience, MA in philosophy. Writing about science and philosophy of mind: https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/
Dr Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (He/They) 🏳️🌈 @benwt.bsky.social Literary Historian. Working on Women's Writing, Book History, Material Culture, Dig Hums, Race, & Heritage.
Senior RA and PI, 'The Remarkable History of Barley Wood' @bristolunienglish.bsky.social
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
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Sébastien Philippe @sebphilippe.bsky.social I am an Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at UW-Madison.
Libby Kercher (she/her) @kibbyer.bsky.social MooreCAD ‘26. 📍NJ/Philly
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Mindi Zhang @mindyzhang.bsky.social PhD Candidate in History, UCLA
Modern China
Aspiring Historian of Information, Libraries, and Books
DJ BobbyCousy @bobbycousy.bsky.social Esq. Records savant. Baseball junkie. Nicest asshole in Buffalo. Go Bills.
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