Essex @essex.bsky.social The original (& still the best) #Essex Bluesky account run by the Essex community - Latest news & views independent of any local authority or news outlet
#EssexAndProud
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.
Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social Trying to watch more cricket than I write about. 🏏 The next book is about Nancy Sharp [https://tinyurl.com/2736jaw4].
Bill Auchter @archaeothoughts.bsky.social Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
archaeologist
archaeogaming
Historian
RPG
All things Baltimore and Maryland 🦀⚾🏈🗃️🏺
Retro gaming 🕹️🎮
World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
New London Boy 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @newlondonboy.bsky.social 🇬🇧 Gay man living with chronic illness. Proud leftie & #resistor.| 🫶 ALL #LGBTQ & our allys. | 🎬 Cinephile | ATHEIST ⚛️
| Pop 🎶 | 👨🎨 Art | London 🇬🇧|
#GreenParty member 💚
Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social Funniest Joke Edinburgh Fringe 2019-2022. Comedian, kids book author, illustrator, Art person. All my stuff is here: https://linktr.ee/Ofalafel
Tinfoil Matt @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social The brain worm infestation caused by living next to Telegraph opinions every day
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social Mixing up a spot of bewigged law with some quality lounging, #pvfc, awkward puns and tireless pedantry.
Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com Tech, cats, cat-tech & being catty about tech. Basically I'm a tech writer who also runs a cat rescue. Well, I do have a lot of mice.
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social hi i'm @annierau.bsky.social i love wikipedia! dm submissions if you want :-)
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Swearsky Index @swearsky.bagpuss.org Gauging the mood of Bluesky by measuring the percentage of posts with swears.
For realtime Bluesky swears go to https://swearsky.bagpuss.org
A bot by Dave Bagpuss Forsey @bagpuss.org – oh god there's so much more where this came from
NKOTB News @nkotbnews.bsky.social Keep up with the latest New Kids on the Block news and media! This is a fan account. NKOTBnews.com
Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social New VBP quiz book bit.ly/3DkBcgi: VBP books, tops, cards, calendars & contact: bit.ly/3mWIF9S. Buy me a tea: ko-fi.com/robtemple
Colchester Civic Society @colcivicsociety.bsky.social Caring about Colchester, its heritage and its future.
Please follow and join us...
Join Now: https://www.colchestercivicsociety.co.uk/join-us/
Website: www.colchestercivicsociety.co.uk
Email: info@colchestercivicsociety.co.uk
Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social Fat middle aged bisexual, but good 🩷💜💙
Now get your fucking ass up and bring me back a wee surprise from the shop.
She/Her
⚽️🔴⚪️🏳️🌈ENM
Stewart Guy @stewartguy.bsky.social Naturalist. Wildlife Photographer.
Aka StewRat. Founder of Wildlife.net
Share, Inspire, Protect.
@spacepenguintim.bsky.social @spacepenguintim.bsky.social 
Doug Naylor @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social Red Dwarf co-creator and writer/co-writer of all 74 Red Dwarf eps.
Author of Sin Bin Island. Represented by @pbjmanagement
https://linktr.ee/DougNaylorRD
John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social Writer & highwayman.
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket, Broken Veil etc
https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit
AGENTS, website, links, bio etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk
Niamh Ní Longáin (pronounced ‘Knee-uv’) @niamhie.bsky.social ‘All that you have is your soul’
PEM/EM cons, passionate abt young people’s futures & communities. Amateur 📸 &kayaker. #catslave & was #dogslave, RIP. eastcoastkin. ADHD. Personal posts.She/her🇮🇪 #foamed #éire #gaeilge #photography #yp #dogsky #catsky
Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🧃 @bagpuss.org Welsh/Dutch bloke who makes games, videos and Photoshoppery. Friday night #TOTP botherer. Former CTO of WeTransfer, now freelancing.
Join me for a pint at bagpuss.org for a selection of my stuff.
YouTube: youtube.com/@bagpuss_org
NewsThump @newsthump.com Topical satire from the UK and around the world. You're not supposed to believe what we write, you idiot.
Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Pete Wharmby @petewharmby.com Author, keynote speaker, geek, autistic and ADHD.
www.petewharmby.com
Tyro, ft Ricky @tyrowo.com Cat poster. Self-taught professional software developer, exF2P MTG Arena Challenger, ex wr holder speedrunning HotD2_100%, ex streamer, ex melee player.
Grilling, coding, gaming, magic: the gathering, other tcgs, and my kitty, Ricky 😻
30, he/him
Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social That bloke from off of Twitter. Writes books. Likes cats. That sort of thing.
You can give Ko-Fi donations too, if you fancy it:
https://ko-fi.com/nickpettigrew
@gaystheword.bsky.social @gaystheword.bsky.social LGBT+ Bookshop, London
Tues - Sat Open 11am - 6pm
Sunday Open 1pm - 6pm
Monday - Closed
Pop-up location: 58-60 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AB
@chrissie7.bsky.social @chrissie7.bsky.social Scottish. I like music, cats, art and photography. I’m a creative artist photographer
NatureJohn @westwardjohn22.bsky.social just a nature lover, so if that’s cool with you give me a follow, or follow the best nature account on Bsky @natureneon.bsky.social, I doubt I’ll be Bluesky tweeting anything else 
Colin Murray @colinmurray1.bsky.social 👋 I present Countdown(Channel 4)🕰️ + radio(5live)📻
Insta:mrcolinmurray
‘It’s only love, with a little bit of rain.’ Nick Cave, 2021
Kayla Cromer Official @kaylacromer.bsky.social Actress, Voiceover Artist, Screenwriter, Disability Advocate, Ghost Hunter, LA 📍known for Series Regular Roles In The Good Doctor & Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, and the voice of Twyla Boogeyman for Monster High. Upcoming Projects Rough Cut & Edo’s Crossing.
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social Since 1967, the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis has provided social science methods training for hundreds of participants each year. Offering over 40 Courses in 2025, online and in-person
Learn more at: https://essexsummerschool.com/
Ellen Jones @ellenjones.bsky.social 📚 Author of Outrage: Why LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Can Do About It
💜 Award-winning strategist & speaker
🏳️🌈 Autistic lesbian
🐶 Probably petting a dog
Everton Women @women.evertonfc.com The official page of @evertonfc.com Women, with news, fixture details and much, much more from the team. COYB!
Everton Stadium @evertonstadium.com 
Everton Football Club @evertonfc.com The official Bluesky account of Everton Football Club. The Originals, est. 1878. 🔵
Danny Wallace @dannywallace.bsky.social Books, mags, radio, telly, scripts, live, voice, games.
United/3Arts
"The Important Broadcast" podcast // Radio X
Count von Count @countvoncount.org 🦇 The Count von Count
🔢 Lover of numbers, ah ah ah!
🕰️ Timeless aristocrat of arithmetic
🦇 Friend to bats, teacher to tots, and keeper of the Count’s Castle.
📍 Sesame Street
✨ Counting everything, one post at a time, ah ah ah!
🖤 Officially unofficial
Rick Stivens @rickstivens.bsky.social Working hard and playing hard with my band.
I promise to eat breakfast everyday.
Kate Browne @kab123.bsky.social 
Alison Fogg @alisonfogg.bsky.social Still a beleaguered local council officer, frustrated writer and reluctant cat owner. Colchester.
Semolina @semolina.bsky.social Twitter escapee, finding a better place by far. Self-inflicted misery recovery has begun.
Hi to all...(not you, scowly face 🤭)
Earth Pics @earth-pics.bsky.social Beautiful pictures from around the world🌍💙
Currently sharing all 231 UNESCO nature world heritage sites to bring awareness to nature conservation.
Mike Brewer @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social Deputy Chief Executive Resolution Foundation, CPAG Trustee & Visiting Prof in Practice at LSE Social Policy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering' http://tinyurl.com/y6wxlxhj). 'Cool, calm analysis' (More or Less, 8/10/25). He/him
Stephen Mangan @stephenmangan.bsky.social Insta: @realstephenmangan Twitter: @stephenmangan and nowhere else!
Whymemate @whymemate.bsky.social Jonathan Newsam
Jon Waldron @jonwaldron.bsky.social Sports journalist, 23 years. Follow Colchester United home and away for the Daily Gazette. Lover of the Beautiful Game. http://gazette-news.co.uk/sport
Rob Johns @robjohns75.bsky.social Some public opinion
Neil Patrick Harris @nphstuff.bsky.social Actor, director, author, magician, juggler, husband, father, fixer, flirt, lover of circus, escape rooms, animatronics, mixology, and figuring out how things work. I seem to keep adding fun projects to my list, but rarely completing them.
Joe Twyman @joetwyman.bsky.social Co-founder and director of the public opinion consultancy Deltapoll. Former Head of Political at YouGov (2000-18). "Housewives' favourite pollster" - The Times.
Charlotte Church @charlottechurch.bsky.social 🌬️🌳 Artist and activist. Founder of The Awen Project and The Dreaming retreat. Loves a bit of singing an all.
📧 charlottechurchmgmt@gmail.com
HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social This account is run by Hat Trick, who make HIGNFY. The BBC have asked us to point out it's nothing to do with them; the feed that is, not the TV show.
James Blunt @jamesblunt.com Yeah, that guy. Cockney rhyming slang for the good stuff; Proof that one song is all you need. New music out now! https://linktr.ee/jamesblunt
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com The official Bluesky account of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. youtube.com/lastweektonight
Joff Hopkins @joffhopkins.com Higher Education data-botherer. Fan of maps. Was once an award-winning radio broadcaster (I suppose I still am...?)
Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social Librarian, fan of theatre, ballet, opera and certain television programmes. Creator of knitted people and eccentric fanfiction. Benton and Hawthorne Investigate coming soon https://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/bentonandhawthorneinvestigate.html
Jon Ronson @jonronson.bsky.social THE CASTLE! Things Fell Apart, Debutante, 🦋 Effect, Okja, Shamed, Frank, Psychopath📋, Kubricks 📦, Lost at 🌊, 🧔🏼😶🐐, Them Jonronson.com
Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social Author of A Climate of Truth, There is No Planet B and How Bad are Bananas?
Founder of https://bsky.app/profile/smallworldconsult.bsky.social
Prof at Lancaster University. Work on climate, sustainable food & land and wider challenges of the Anthropocene.
Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net
Matt Haig @matthaig.bsky.social The Midnight Train is coming.
David Schneider @davidschneider.bsky.social Actor, writer, director, fool.
Amanda Gorman @amandagorman.bsky.social Poet, Activist and Model. Advocate for gender justice, racial equality, and the environment.
https://amandagormanbooks.com/
Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.social I placed my onions
on the floor,
under the window
by the door.
The layers of nuance
caught their eyes,
the day I won
The Turner Prize
AFC Richmond @afcrichmond.bsky.social Official AFC Richmond BlueSky account #RichmondTillWeDie
Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social The home of terrible maps with a pinch of humour
terriblemaps@gmail.com
Katy Wheeler @katymwheeler.bsky.social Sociologist, Essex university, Fairtrade, Ethical Consumerism, Moral Economy, Sustainability Education
Natalie Fisher @nfisher37.bsky.social hook ‘em 🤘animation writer 🐛📚book worm and tea enthusiast ☕️ former LEGO girl and current assistant 🤓she/her 🏳️🌈
Michael Sheen @mchshe.bsky.social Serious Actor.
Aaron Fobian, PhD @draaronfobian.bsky.social Clinical psychologist. Professor at UAB School of Medicine. Developer/researcher of functional neurological disorder treatment (ReACT). reactfnd.health
Thomas Duke @thomasduke98.bsky.social Film & Travel • Stepping Through Film and exploring beautiful stories :)
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
Dippy Books @dippybooks.bsky.social Book addicted, gin drinking, animal loving, social worker 🏴
No Context Grand Designs @ukgranddesigns.bsky.social In no way affiliated with Sir Kev
Dennie van Dolder @dvdolder.bsky.social Behavioural economist. Associate Professor. Director of the Essex Centre for Behavioural Science. AE at JEBO #econtwitter #firstgen #econsky
www.dennievandolder.com
Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social Creator of @scarfolk.bsky.social. "This guy, who apparently saw the future" - Edward Snowden. Running an ASD/ADHD operating system.
https://www.richardlittler.com
@neurodivergent-lou.bsky.social @neurodivergent-lou.bsky.social 
Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social Sunday Times Bestseller. Illustrator + author + education + autism + childhood + learning + activist + art. Represented by BKS Agency
National Autistic Society @autisticsociety.bsky.social We are here to transform lives, change attitudes and create a society that works for autistic people. This is a holding account only. Please contact us through our other channels. 
Yellow Ladybugs @yellowladybugs.bsky.social An autistic led charity changing the world. We focus on the hidden and unmet needs of #autistic girls, women and gender diverse folk. #actuallyautistic
Katie Ward @katiewardwriter.bsky.social Neuroscience novel PATHWAYS, Fleet (UK 2024). Art novel GIRL READING, Virago (UK 2011). Award-winning author. katieward.co.uk
#WolseyWriters creative writing at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk wolseytheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ 
Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social Fragments of life in messages from old postcards, curated by Tom Jackson. BOOK: http://amzn.to/34rIDhp POD: http://Apple.co/2xNqQ8D AGENT: http://morgangreencreatives.com
What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social Captain, it's Wednesday.
inspired by: https://hostux.social/@whataweekhuh | https://www.instagram.com/whataweek.huh
Jon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social Professor of Neurology, University of Edinburgh. FND Research. Creator of http://neurosymptoms.org. President Elect of http://fndsociety.org
Functional Neurological Disorder Society @fndsociety.bsky.social The Functional Neurological Disorder Society is a professional society of clinicians, scientists, other healthcare professionals, students, and members of the lay public who are interested in functional
neurological disorders.
Bookaholic Bex @bexbookaholic.bsky.social Book-obsessed, theatre-loving feminist with a liberal outlook on life. Mental health champion. Award winning book blogger.
https://bookaholicbex.wordpress.com/
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
People Selling Mirrors @sellingamirror.bsky.social Sometimes when people sell mirrors online, they can't figure out how to get out of the way.
If you've found a good pic @ me if you'd like the credit; or DM to remain anon. Happy hunting!
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Sonny J Wise @sonnyjane.bsky.social queer, non-binary, disabled, defiant, Mad, neurodivergent and really tired.
author of The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills and We're All Neurodiverse.
Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social Writer, poet, editor, musician.
Ghost Signs (Bluemoose, 2022)
Keshed (Ortac Press, 2026)
Disappear Here: Bret Easton Ellis' America (Ortac, 2027 tbc)
#MDANT
https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/stu-hennigan
https://stuhennigan.substack.com/
Ros Atkins @rosatkins.bsky.social BBC News Analysis Editor, The Media Show, 'The Art of Explanation', 'Communicating...' podcast, squash enthusiast, DJ. Agent:
Sophieclaire@miradorgroup.co.uk