Sounds Local @soundslocalcic.bsky.social We make stuff for screens so you’ll leave the house. That’s where the best snacks are. And the weirdos. And also the joy. Go on. Bump into someone.
https://soundslocal.co.uk/events- P Nick Booth @podnosh.bsky.social I'll let you know what I'm up to when I figure it out!
Ianrobo @ianrobo.bsky.social want to settle here, ADHD, depression, politics, snooker, NFL, MLB , tech and the Bears !
Birmingham, my heart, my place
Want to scream
Sarah Pittaway @drsarah.bsky.social Director of Library & Learning Resources @ BCU.
Likely to post about libraries, HE, feminism, shoes, and cats. Not necessarily in that order. She/her.
Joe Grassby @joegrassby.bsky.social Film and music dork in Birmingham, UK. Big fan of compact discs. Dreaming of building a home cinema.
Also made bsky.app/profile/btfstills.bsky.social
Chris Downing @littlecd1975.bsky.social Mostly playing semi incompetent guitar or just noise, green, brum, love ghost stories and horror. Watches bad films so you don't have to. Formerly Brumcast, D.N.P, Dub Not Pop
11 Bus @11bus.bsky.social Ride Birmingham's 11 in bot form. From @paradisecircus.com
Posts about every 30 mins for the full Outer Circle experience.
Like the current route, we're stopping and starting, not very fun and not completing the journey. Unlike TWM we are working on it.
Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social Birmingham Spokesperson for Mums for Lungs
Mum of 3 👩👧👦 | Clean air & safe streets advocate
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org 🌱
#ActiveTravel 🚶♀️🚲 | #SafeStreets
📍 Birmingham
Jo D @jodfblue.bsky.social Politics (left), Brummie Bab, BCFC ⚽️, Bears 🏏, books, history, dogs, FBPE, FBPR, Woke, GTTO. Overuse !, … , and emojis 🙄
Bindyp @bindyp.bsky.social Aston Villa fan, Brummie Bird. Crown Green bowling.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
The fight against fascism is real & Reform are the threat. Let’s not forget 14 years of Tory government either. .
No DMs, Go fund me etc. Will block.
Claire Stoneman @clairestoneman.bsky.social Principal, Lift Schools▫️English teacher▫️organiser rED Brum & rED Leics▫️Visiting Prof, Aston University▫️books▫️art▫️views own▫️Substack here: https://substack.com/@birminghamteacher
Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social Charity lawyer; charity trustee; transport campaigner.
[I cannot access DMs]
John-Paul @jpkeates.com Parties like it's £19.99
Retired.
British male; socially awkward.
Profile Image - A bearded man in a room looks into the camera. He has a face best suited to a text description.
Keith Bloomfield @hardluckhotel.bsky.social Keith Bloomfield: Film | Photography | Ideas - Dreams of being a comic book writer & artist, film director & astronaut but perhaps not all at the same time. Part of the @geekybrummie.com family.
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
EmmaCee @emmacee101.bsky.social Dog lover, video game nerd, South Brum lover, geocacher, cook, crafty type, alt/goth/rock/indie, feminist. Mental health professional allegedly.... (She/her)
Let's see how this goes.
Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org We want streets where everyone gets home safely and where there are genuine alternatives to driving.
Account semi-monitored by volunteers trying to cover all bases!
📍 Birmingham, UK
🔗 betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
Birmingham Moseley Rugby @moseleyrugby.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club.
www.moseleyrugby.co.uk
@jimfrombrum.bsky.social @jimfrombrum.bsky.social
Dr SoloBassSteve @solobasssteve.bsky.social 'Britain's most innovative bassist, no contest': Bass Guitar Mag. 🎯
Bass person. Bike person. Lymphoma-remission person. PhD in artist-audience communities and their impact on the music.
www.stevelawson.net
he/him/doctor
Leigh Price @bobthepetferret.bsky.social Freelance games writer, bylines @ Siliconera, RPS. On YouTube as Bobthepetferret. Do games stuff for Geeky Brummie. All views my own. He/him
Tim on two wheels @timon2wheels.bsky.social Working for safe cycling in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
Cycling locally and further afield (often on my eBike).
Qualified cycling instructor.
Nikki Jayne @nikkijayne.eurosky.social Copywriter by day, crafter/bookworm/gamer/social butterfly by night 🧶🐛👾💃🏼
West Mids. That means I say ‘mom’.
Save Station Street, Birmingham @stationstreet.bsky.social Save The Electric, The Crown & Station Street from demolition. Tell Bham City Council to protect our assets & Glenbrook Property that our history is not for their profit. Email: savestationst@gmail.com
Petition: https://www.change.org/saveoldstationstreet
Ruth Cumming @ruthcumming.bsky.social Mum of 4 | 🧒🏻 2011 🧒🏼 2012 👧🏻🧒🏼 2017 |
Living in Birmingham UK
Getting around by🚶🏻♀️🚲 🚌 🚆| own no car
Trying to minimise our impact on planet 🌎
Dave aka Fletch @sirfletchphelps.bsky.social Cyclist. Guitarist. Bass Basher. Brummie. Gobshite. Green.
Second ever winner of Fix the Headlines.
Sebastian Duber @brummieseb.bsky.social Green campaigner from Brum 🌱🌍💚 | Likes/Reposts not endorsements
Geeky Goings On @geekygoingson.bsky.social Find out what's going on in the world of #Geek with @geekybrummie.bsky.social in Birmingham & wider Midlands area
Please DM any events you'd like us to share
@fionaamoseley.bsky.social @fionaamoseley.bsky.social
Pauline Roche @paulineroche.bsky.social Sector knowledge + convening power + technical understanding; Amplifier, Producer, Librarian, Freelance journo - *Digital Inclusion/Open data*; Producer/Co-presenter #DrTechShow, Co-organiser Open Data Camp
Sabina Stent @sabinastent.bsky.social Writing about women and surrealism and cinema. Cat worshipper. Small Brummie. Tired.
https://linktr.ee/SabinaStent
Gerry Keogh @gerrykeogh.bsky.social Living in Birmingham from Glasgow
#Celtic
Brum Radio @brumradio.com Music, Arts & Culture - The Alternative Sound For #Birmingham
WhatsApp the studio +441216335534 🇪🇺
🔊 Online | Smart Speaker | iTunes | TuneIn | App
Liz @rougeforever.bsky.social One octopus missing.
Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org Builds stuff for computers, advises other people how to do so, plays PBP D&D, makes the occasional solo game, eats sandwiches. Part of Open Web Advocacy. Runner of the Critical Role transcript search. In the People’s Republic of Brum. https://kryogenix.org
Rachel Parkin @rachjparkin.bsky.social Celebrant and teacher based in Brum, UK. Lover of music, comedy and the outdoors. Cat slave to Buffy and Spike. Host of BrewHaHa! comedy at Attic Brew Co, Stirchley.
www.rachelparkincelebrant.co.uk
Skiamakhos @skiamakhos.uk Communist, Java developer & biker
@robkewley.bsky.social @robkewley.bsky.social
Casey Rain 💙 @caseyrain.com 💿 every groove is a confession
🎵 drown (the remix collection) – out now!
💾 listen here - https://ffm.to/drownremixes
Roleplayers Guild Birmingham @rpgbirmingham.bsky.social The best #roleplaying club in #Birmingham, England! - we meet every Thursday night in #Digbeth, #Brum city centre.
#RPG
#DnD
#DnDBirmingham
#RPGBirmingham
#TTRPG
https://rpgbirmingham.co.uk/
Karli Watson @karliwatson.com Tech guy, colourful chap, word writer, book reader, mountain walker, board gamer, Lego builder, cat lover, night sky gazer and optimistic believer in the inherent goodness of people despite all evidence to the contrary. Was @karlequin in the sewer.
Chris King @chrisfk.bsky.social Double nationalité franco-britannique, universitaire en droit, amateur d'art et de musique. Résident de la République Populaire de Stirchley (Birmingham) et du Haut-Limousin. Pas de DMs SVP.
Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social 💚 Making hope normal again in Birmingham.
Promoted by C. Busuttil at Unit 3 Block 2, Wednesbury Trading Estate, WS10 7JN.
https://birmingham.greenparty.org.uk/
Paul Gaughan @googan.bsky.social I used to take a photo or 2.. Perhaps I will again..
www.paulgaughan.co.uk
Jaz @jaz.sh Jasmine (Jaz)
Gender Nomad
IRC made me gay
Reject drab, wear bright colors and play fast
Former Platform Engineering Lead at Bsky
28. she/her 🏳️⚧️
BSky Stats- https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats
https://github.com/jazware
Bearwood Parish Council @bearwoodcouncil.bsky.social Official account for Bearwood Parish Council. Not in Birmingham.
YourAverageJoe @frankleyman.bsky.social As inconvenient as it may be, there's no escaping reality. I walk, I cycle, I drive.
A Socratic Thinker, of the most annoying kind. More questions than answer, that's what you'll find.
#ListedBuildingsTour
#BCFC
#Birmingham
Peter Bowden 🇬🇧 @b31bowden.bsky.social Proud Brummie. Sceptic, pedant and is frequently sarcastic, but tries to be polite. Retired. ex Local Authority Childcare, ex D.W.P. Fraud, ex I.P.C.C. Investigator. Assume nothing, Believe nobody. Check everything.
David Gregory-Kumar @drdavidgk.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Reporter. I work for the BBC based out of Birmingham. Focused on Environment/Science & Rural Affairs. Cargo bike rider. PhD/DSc. RTS reporter of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk/davidgregorykumar
Nic @supernicebob.bsky.social Geriatric millennial in Birmingham (UK). Posting non-sequitur brain spam, bad jokes, and photos of things.
Interested in music (mostly instrumental), movies games and videos, nature, space, weird stuff, hash browns, motorsport, cycling.
He/him.
Hey Meerkat | Fireteam Zelda @heymeerkat.bsky.social Kindness is the revolution. 💖
Democratic Socialist | @fireteamzelda.bsky.social | @pocketpixelsandy.bsky.social
@cybrum (cyber-Birmingham) @cybrum.bsky.social Birmingham (UK), culture, art, theatre, architecture, built environment, media, tech, Android, Civ6/7, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, coffee, food, beer, promoting local independent businesses, LCFC, WCCC/Bears, SF49ers, GenX, he/him
Imandeep Kaur @immykaur.bsky.social Co - Founder @CIVIC_SQUARE, prev aka Impact Hub Birmingham || @TEDxBrum 2012 - 2017 || Hon Doc. @AstonUniversity ||
Ryan Parish @ryanparish.bsky.social BHSF Head of Insight, former food blogger at BrummieGourmand / now part time geek and Geeky Brummie founder / Birmingham Anime Film Festival co-founder. Very Hairy Man.
All views my own.
http://linktr.ee/GeekyBrummie
Jon Miles @milesjon.bsky.social Things get more interesting at the edges and boundaries. We can do better than this. Brum-based; charity/social justice sector; music; environment & nature; church and politics.
Hedge Wytch @hedgewytch.bsky.social I'm me. Take it or leave it. I listen, I hug, I support. ENFP general creative wannabee. Please don’t DM me unless I know you. Thank you. DMonFollow=Block AI=EVIL. Please don't use it
🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻💙💛🏳️🌈. 🍐☕️🎵🥂👾 🤬❤️♏️📷🍷🌿🦦🐙🌑⛈️🥓🕯️🏺🔮🗝️🖋️. 🍎❤️💻👩🦰🐥
Bike Routes of Brum @bikeroutesofbrum.bsky.social Cyclist from Birmingham trying to find safe and easy cycle routes
https://youtube.com/@bikeroutesofbrum?feature=shared
Andrea Breau @beeandie.bsky.social Professional communicator. I like music, art, culture, travel and politics. Immigrant. Owned by 2 budgerigars.
Viv Parish @vivparish.bsky.social Mrs @ryanparish.bsky.social
EP @geekybrummie.com #podcast
Editor @geekygoingson.bsky.social
#BirminghamUK #BESEA
Geeky Brummie @geekybrummie.com All that's #Geek in #Brum since 2016
http://geekybrummie.com
Smita Jamdar 🇺🇦 @smitajamdar.bsky.social Head of Education Shakespeare Martineau, LFC, she/her
Charles Rapson @the-angry-recycler.bsky.social Helping to grow the Social Economy for WMCA in the West Midlands.
Scottish by birth, attitude and upbringing. More than a little woke but hate tofu.
Like stuff about Social Enterprise and Community wealth. And funny stuff. Odd sense of humour.
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social Interested in nature, active travel, better streets, rewilding, reading, politics, history and much more.
Happiest outside.
Live in Brum.
With work hat on interested in research strategy and delivery, particularly within the social sciences.
Holy Flowerpots @holyflowerpots.bsky.social Let’s all be nice to each other. We only have one planet so please take care of it. Medic, musician, Middle Earth (Birmingham UK)
Sammy Bluesky @samonsky.bsky.social In the middle of the UK. Cricket, cats, coasts, calm. Most likely to order a flat white and a cheese twist. Thank God we have this government. Just imagine…
Mark | Iron Man Records @ironmanrecords.bsky.social Music, Tour Management, Record Label, Rehearsal Space and Recording Studio. If something happens, call me. For hire.
Cllr Kerry Jenkins @kerryjenkins.bsky.social Labour Cllr for Moseley Ward. Socialist. Trade unionist. Dog lover. I sew and crochet. RT's are not an endorsement.
Lewis Warner @lewiswarner.bsky.social Political Reporter, ITV News Central
Read more: https://www.itv.com/news/meet-the-team/lewis-warner
Mike Cummins @mikelcu.bsky.social Cook
Rhi Storer @rhistorer.bsky.social Policy Correspondent with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social | Spelling mistakes always | Email me here: rhi.storer@newstatesman.co.uk | London via Birmingham
Phil B @urbanfox146.bsky.social Driver of 🚂, rider of 🚲, walker of 🐶
Sarah James @pixelprincessuk.bsky.social Retro Gamer
Atari (Stella)
ZX Spectrum ( ES.pectrum and Spectaculator)
C64 (Vice)
Amiga (WinUAE)
PS2 (Soft Mod with FreeHDBoot +1TB Drive)
PS3 (Soft Mod with CFW. 500GB Internal +1TB External)
Kevin Chapman @chappersbrum.bsky.social Gaffer.Tea Drinker. #StrokeSurvivor thanks to Ward C21 New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton. #NHS @avwfc-official.bsky.social fan.
Views my own.
Michael Grimes @michaelgrimes.bsky.social Practical support for small charities and social enterprises | CELTA qualified
Alex Carroll Ceramics @alexcarroll.bsky.social Birmingham 🇬🇧 Potter| Cat-Dad | Plant-Gay | ADHD |
Online stores:
https://alex-carroll-ceramics.sumupstore.com/
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AlexCarrollCeramics
Paul Groves @grovesmedia.bsky.social Husband, carer, cyclist, rugby fan, Welsh, hyphen-aficionado. Group Editor for a mag publisher. Director of Lichfield Live & The Lichfield & Burntwood Independent community newspaper.
Jordan @jordanbhx.bsky.social Citadin & nuisance. West Midlands, Birmingham, urban vitality, town planning, placemaking & sustainable transport. Same as the rest of you, a Twitter refugee.
Documentally @documental.ly Story making, picture taking, writer & homesteader.
Autotelic prone to random acts of journalism.
(G5DOC)
Documentally.net
[All posts human authored]
#TheBorders #UK
#Writing #Photography #Podcasting #HamRadio #Brompton #MoJo #FieldRecording
Matthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk I help people report broken street lights, find out their bin day, plan train travel, manage an orchestra, locate the nearest postbox, research old theatre productions, keep time in a choir, and occasionally play board games | https://dracos.co.uk
Alex Hughes @alexhughes.co.uk Graphic recorder and ex-cartoonist. Married to the lovely @mazzaclazza.bsky.social and co-run @drawnalism.com as @alex.drawnalism.com
https://alexhughes.co.uk
Nick Drew @nickdrewski.bsky.social Dad. Tenor. Runner. Fundraiser. Football (SWFC/SMFC). Church. Politics. Church politics. Type I diabetic.
Joanna @joannag.bsky.social Information equity matters. Former head of Curation at Twitter.
Katie Parry (she/her) @supercoolkp.bsky.social Owner/Director at Supercool. (Who create ace websites for ace arts, cultural and heritage organisations) / Introvert-ish / All about the good stuff: accessibility, sustainability, inclusivity – and belonging
https://supercooldesign.co.uk/team/katie
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social Executive coach and consultant | Proud West Midlander | Road safety campaigner
Toxic workplaces, career transitions, helping people figure out what comes next | 🎬 @LucyOnLife on YouTube and weekly newsletter at changeout.org
📍Birmingham.
Robert Sharl @sharl.bsky.social Rated PG for occasional adult themes, and some mildly upsetting scenes. Director at Cine Excess. Designer at Futurilla. UX lecturer at BCU. Occasional composer.
Emma Wright @editorialgirl.co.uk No longer an editor or a girl. Probably taller than you were expecting.
Daz @dazwright.com Here for video games, cats, and the popular music of the day. I live in Moseley in Birmingham. I make electronic music as Indolent Child.
https://indolentchild.bandcamp.com
Neil @nebolland.bsky.social
Kristin Hersh @kristinhersh.bsky.social musician, author
Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave
Phil Banting @philbanting.bsky.social Christian, married to Miriam, #LibDems, #Remain. Active in Christ Church Selly Park, #Stirchley and beyond. Instagram @philbantingbrum. Twitter @philbanting (dormant). https://www.banting-family.org.uk
Paradise Circus @paradisecircus.com “People have only interpreted Birmingham, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
Editors @bounder.info & @jonhickman.bsky.social Formerly Birmingham: It’s Not Shit.
http://paradisecircus.com/
Dom Barnes @dombarnes.com Head of Product for @trilbytv.co.uk, writing lots of C# and Ruby. domster in other places. Reformed Bassist. Full time sleepy dad and Destiny player
theaardvark @theaardvark.bsky.social Town & District Councillor for Burntwood, Staffs, UK.
He/Him/His.
Local politician. #UKLabour #Labour #Lefty #Progressive
#ADHD #AuDHD #ASC1 #LongCOVID
VAT manager by day. Sometime interweb DJ by night.
Loves to chat online.
https://paultaylor.online/
catnip @catnipmusic.bsky.social Mainly at @catnip@mastodon.online (on BSky, follow https://bsky.app/profile/catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy to see my posts here). You can edit your typos on Mastodon!
If you’re on BS & Masto, I’ll follow you there.
She/her. Cis woman. 🏳️⚧️ ally. AuDHD.
Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com New media nomad.
Drupal and other things, currently at a local authority.
Neurospicy enby.
https://andybroomfield.com
They / Them.
Simon Gray @simongray.bsky.social I'm the real simon gray - you may know me from places such as Twitter, Facebook, and Usenet. I make post-jazz-rock-dub-persian-indian-techno with a santur, a trumpet, and Ableton Live. And things for the internet.
Simon H @simonhowes.bsky.social Service Delivery Manager at a large MSP. Apple certified consultant #acn #macadmin
𝕷𝖔𝖗𝖉 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖞 𝕾𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖍 @probablydrunk.bsky.social Writer, degenerate, malcontent