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Jeff Evans @jeffevanswriter.bsky.social Beer, television, music, quizzing, not necessarily in that order. Author: The Penguin TV Companion, Rock & Pop on British TV (new edition September 2026), numerous books on beer; former editor of the Good Beer Guide; question writer for Mastermind.
Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh. Historian of 20thC France/Europe, incl. politics, ideas, (im)migration, empire. Editor, Contemporary European History. "Age of Hobsbawm" out 18 Aug: https://tinyurl.com/mwvt75fs
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Alan Gardiner @alang64.bsky.social Hertfordshire birder, Weather station owner, retired chartered engineer
@jamooremoody.bsky.social @jamooremoody.bsky.social NHS worker, Belfast. Mum. European/Irish ๐ช๐บ โ๏ธHoping for a calmer, kinder world for all. Judge a government on how they look after their poor, sick and elderly. ๐ง #equality #nobillionaires
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@craftyprimrose.bsky.social @craftyprimrose.bsky.social Retired NHS. Socialist. Knitting. Crochet. History. Dark sense of humour. Grew up in Yorkshire.
She/her
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Alan Mills @alanmills.bsky.social Former teacher, Ed Charity manager in Africa and trustee of various charities.
๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐'๐ข ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐จ
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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social Political philosopher (they/them) working on critical theory, technology, and labour. Assistant Professor of economic ethics at Tilburg University. Genderfluid ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
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UNabla @unabla.bsky.social Trade Unionist, Progressive, Australian, Feminist.
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Homophobe/transphobe bigots can get stuffed.
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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social I know you love Manhattan, butโจyou ought to look up more often.
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Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
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Mike Roberts ๐จ @miketoons.bsky.social Artist, printmaker, cartoonist, creative loose cannon, b 1st half 20thC. Likes baking bread. Lives in Cumbria. His imagination is often elsewhere. #FBPE
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Sei Williams @seiwilliams.bsky.social Cymro
Awdur / Author 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong' a 'Deffro'r Ddraig: Rygbi Cymru 1995-2024'
Mas nawr / Out now ar https://www.ylolfa.com/authors/46720593/seimon-williams
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๐ธ IG: slownewpics
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Benji @benjaminedel.bsky.social Musician | Photographer | Humanist | Political Enthusiast | Anti-fascist | A space for honest dialogue. ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐โฎ๏ธ๐๏ธ
@lichengreen101.bsky.social @lichengreen101.bsky.social Liking or reposting doesn't mean I agree with content: simply something of interest
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Julia Tanner @juliatanner20.bsky.social Climate Emergency
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Democracy
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Amazon ๐ ๐น๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ช๐บ @wendyw13.bsky.social Londoner, ex NHS, pro Europe. Travel, wildlife, walking, cooking, eating and ๐ท
Dear men of a certain age, please donโt bother wasting your time or mine, itโs an instant block.
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๐York via Durham
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If you think my skeet might be sarcastic, it probably is.
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social Chief political commentator and executive
editor, Financial Times
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https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/robert-shrimsley/
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punk | โ๐ MA (Hist)
๐จ๐ฆ sovereignty &
WWI ๐ชcommemoration
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@trevorsacks.bsky.social @trevorsacks.bsky.social 
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
Steve Mortlock @stevemortlock.bsky.social France & Music loving West Ham sufferer & socialist. Madly in love with my wife Hayley, 3 lovely daughters & 3 wonderful granddaughters FBPE FBPR
Mr_Pilchard @mrpilchard.bsky.social Dragon Cat (panfur rescue) and Her Indoors. Love to #Hedgewatch. @Mr_Pilchard the other place.
Alan Baldwin @alansayscoyh.bsky.social Aylesbury, Camden, Luton, Bethnal Green, Oval, Islington, Camden, Harringay, Galway and back.....
Dr Claire Markham @culturalclare.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, social harms, sustainability, co-production. Also๐ history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social The Drinking Studies Network is an interdisciplinary and international research group that connects scholars working on drink and drinking cultures. We are free to join and welcome all. More info at https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/
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Chaos is our specialty.
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๐๐ช Keep Rising ๐ช๐ @keeprising.bsky.social here are videos to bring
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Autistic ๐ช๐ฉท๐๐โพ๏ธ๐๐งก๐๐ช
Spread l๐ve โก Be l๐ผve๐ฌ
Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social Professor in Applied Public Health Research. Head WHO collaborating centre for policy research on the determinants of health equity.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-health/staff/benjamin-barr/ . Was once an anthropologist, maybe I still am.
Stoatwobbler @stoatwobbler.bsky.social Supporter of Rejoining the EU. Christian, Whiggish, Wednesdayite, metalhead, partial to real ale and slightly geeky.
Evening Star Pub @evening-star-pub.bsky.social Cosy boozy watering hole by Brighton Station. Independent beers, nice people (mostly).
Brett Riley @vandemonslander.bsky.social Curriculum, Pedagogy and why the Hawks are the best AFL club of the modern era.
Kathy @khegler2024.bsky.social I'm a dog lover, I enjoy walking, reading, and traveling, I also like politics, and I'm strictly blue ๐
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Never again is now
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social Great-grandmother who is sick of being sick. Compulsive factchecker and hunter of lies.
I support womens' and girls' rights.
Current abode: the armpit of England.
sebzilla @sebzilla.bsky.social Green Trade Unionist. Drummer. Dad.
Clive Stanley @clewiss.bsky.social Gardener (Retd), music, politics, history, books, football.
Trevor Parsons @dartmouthcommon.bsky.social When it comes to the #ClimateCrisis, I think it's time to admit that Civility is Highly Overrated. We are in the middle of the Sixth Mass Extinction
Mi'kma'ki Nova Scotia
Steven @stvn.sh I help people, usually software engineers, do good work. Director of Engineering. ENFP-A, Bisexual, Neurodivergent, Ecosocialist.
Terry Bennett @trrybnntt.bsky.social Former Primary School Executive Headteacher; now FT Education Doctorate Student at UCL IOE; Pompey season ticket holder; imperfect bass guitarist
The Angry New Yorker @nycop2026.bsky.social ๐นMake New York Socialist Again๐น
Ralph Nader 2028
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Memes, cheese, tea, real Ale,
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Books and writing, Technology, History and Sciences,
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Did I mention cheese, tea, animals and memes?
๐ฅChet๐ฅ @chet95.bsky.social A Man On Fire Forged By Angerโผ๏ธ #Resist For #Revolutionโผ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ #FightBackForTheResistance Against AI Data Centersโผ๏ธ๐งจ๐ฅ๐งจ๐ฅ๐งจ๐ฅ #TrumpTheFuckTard +
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Nakul Pande @nakulmpande.bsky.social Sports broadcaster and journalist. Views and hair my own. He/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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@tilted-lefty.bsky.social @tilted-lefty.bsky.social Fuck Twitter-X! Looking for likeminded believers in democracy, womenโs rights, ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ally, & free Public Education!
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@cmqw1953 @cqwnurs.bsky.social Vote the US back to decency and honesty. Itโs in our hands!
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LJMU History @ljmuhistory.bsky.social The account of the History Department at Liverpool John Moores University. A small but lively modern history department situated in the heart of Liverpool. We teach and research modern history with a global outlook. https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/academic-uni
Liam Doyle @doyleliam.bsky.social Manager of the 62nd best Sunday League football team in Bedfordshire, Hawkins FC. Arsenal Fan.
Rudi Kennes @rudikennes.bsky.social Europees Parlementslid van de werkende klasse in de fractie The Left, vroegere automobielarbeider, vakbondsman ABVV-FGTB en overtuigd antifascist ๐ปโ๐ป
Chris McCabe @3salmon.bsky.social Eco-Socialism, human rights, culture, cats, dogs, sundogs, birdwatching, vegetarian, frugality, SHARP Skinhead, Celtic supporter, Fabry Disease. Mask wearer. NB: ***It's no good asking me for money!*** No DMS.
Dave of Judea @daveofjudea.bsky.social Trotsky was right, long live the revolution. Stay woke folks, if only to annoy the fasc...
66Steve @66steve.bsky.social dadaist ~ he/himself
6 impossible things before breakfast.
Love all - trust some - harm none
libertรฉ-egalitรฉ-humanitรฉ
"Steven ... was the ivory mouthpiece on the chromium-plated megaphone of destiny."
Robert Rankin
Jen Stephen @ambridgeponyclub.bsky.social If you havenโt been up Lakey Hill or tremble at the site of a tuna bake you probably shouldnโt follow me. I canโt spell. I know I canโt spell. I am dyslexic. I donโt care. If you find my spelling amusing maybe you should reflect on your privilege.
Mattzki @mattzki.bsky.social Audiohead. Video refusenik. Formerly BBC/SE/Guardian/News UK. The man in the hills. Nice with the blah blah blah.
Zoรซ @bogglekittenz.bsky.social She/her.
Reading, stitching, playing ukulele & listening to #TheArchers in Hebden Bridge.
Keen on folklore, history, Qigong and cats.
GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social One life. One planet. One humanity.
People before profit. Simply does it.
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Wanderer. Birder. Learner.
https://greenerfutures.substack.com
David Black @pure-culture.bsky.social My publishing operation, the Barbarism of Pure Culture, has published a dozen books. Catalogue at http://thebarbarismofpureculture.co.uk/wp