Stockbridge & Inverleith Community Council @stockbridgeicc.bsky.social The Community Council for Stockbridge & Inverleith, Edinburgh.
https://www.facebook.com/StockbridgeInverleithCommunityCouncil
https://www.stockbridgeandinverleithcc.org.uk/
Corstorphine and Clermiston Community Council @cor-clem.bsky.social We are one of three community councils covering the Corstorphine area in West #Edinburgh.
We meet monthly on the third Tuesday of each month except August and December.
https://corstorphineclermistoncc.wordpress.com/
Sanne Dijkstra-Downie MSP 🔶 @sannedd.bsky.social Lib Dem MSP, Edinburgh Northern and Cllr for Forth. Mum. Previously fundraiser & face painter. 🔶 🌍
Promoted by S Dijkstra-Downie at 4 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR
Casework: Sanne.Dijkstra-Downie.msp@parliament.scot
Euan Hyslop @ehyslop.bsky.social SNP Councillor for Drum Brae/Gyle Ward. Open University Politics Graduate. Socialist longing for an independent Scotland.
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Friends of Lochend Park @lochendpark.bsky.social The Friends of Lochend Park are a community group helping to look after our local park in Edinburgh.
Improvement Service @improvserv.bsky.social The go-to organisation for local government improvement in Scotland. Supporting Scottish local government & partners to deliver better outcomes for communities. Celebrating 20th anniversary in 2025.
Calton Hill Conservation Trust @caltonhill.bsky.social Working to make Calton Hill a cleaner, safer & more beautiful place through conservation, volunteering & community action | Join us as a member or volunteer: caltonhilltrust.org
@lesleymacinnessnp.bsky.social @lesleymacinnessnp.bsky.social 
Lesley Hinds @lesleyhinds.bsky.social Feminist, Socialist Former Scottish Labour & Cooperative Party Councillor, Lord Provost, Council Leader and Convener of Transport & Environment Committee
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Stuart McDonald @actuarybyday.bsky.social Analysis of health and mortality data.
Actuary. Partner at LCP.
Chair of the CMI.
MBE for services to Public Health.
Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. Contact via @Signal.org username: allytibbitt.92
James Mackenzie @mrjamesmack.bsky.social Make tiny changes to earth. He. Pro 🌍🚩🏳️⚧️🐱
Hugh Thomas @cyclonictwister.bsky.social Urban mobility, getting about on a bike, tasty coffee, cycling for a better world, #edinburgh #vlieland #cork #urbanbiking #cowboybike
David Revolting @shave.bsky.social Powered by tea and caramel wafers.
Software engineer, family guy, cook.
Rod Steiger appreciator.
Left. A bit further, yeah, about there.
(he/him)
Eachann @gillies.bsky.social Shopping trolley theory enthusiast.
📍Glasgow, Scotland.
People’s Republic of Leith @prleith.bsky.social Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy
(same display name and similar handle in the other place)
Birding Lothian @birdinglothian.bsky.social All the Recent Rare & Scarce Bird News & Images from Lothian. Regular updates. Locals please add @birdinglothian.bsky.social to your messages
@chdot.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social 
Badbeard @badbeard.bsky.social Cycledork. Cyberdork. All dork, all the time.
✊🐸
he/him
Daniel Pacey @jdanielp.bsky.social Edinburgh-based e-learning developer & film-maker. Likes bicycles, cats, cinema, gaming, motorsport, sustainability. Green. https://linktr.ee/jdanielp
@greenroofer.bsky.social @greenroofer.bsky.social 
Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social Arts journalist (comedy specialist), Times Scotland (Alba) and Metro mainly. Scotsman comedy reviews during Edinburgh Fringe. Wanging on about birds all year round.
North Berwick, near Edinburgh. She/her
Joe Murphy @joermurphy.bsky.social Early career psychologist researching: Do RPG players know if anyone is having fun? (No)
RPG writer & editor, brewer, big data, various bits and bobs. Irish childhood survivor.
He/him
ICQ - 5434131
Diarmid Mogg @diarmidmogg.bsky.social Mostly Edinburgh history, tenement life stories and the like. Current project - Tenement Town; Previous project - Small Town Noir.
Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, recipe books, and the fine grain detail of Scottish royal revenue.
Website: https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
Fergus Smith @oldscotbooks.bsky.social Legal history, historical data geekery, genealogy. Owner of oldscottish.com. Historical Records Specialist at FindMyPast.co.uk. All views my own, obviously. Lives in St Andrews, Fife
Dr Lizzie Swarbrick 🇵🇸 @lizzieswarbrick.bsky.social Art & Architectural Historian - Research Manager for the Research in Action on Church Heritage project @churchheritage.bsky.social - Freelance research and writing about Scottish Medieval and Early Modern - She/her
James Hamilton @lixmount.bsky.social Photography and Photographic History.
Now Page: http://jameshamilton.co.uk
Photographs: http://www.lixmount.com
Robert Fergusson (1750-74) @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social 'The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies', Leverhulme Trust-funded project at University of Glasgow
PI Prof Rhona Brown.
Jaf @jaffne.bsky.social Just a Jaf. Sometimes a librarian. Mostly tired. Crafty, in the good way. Edinburgh history lover. Trans rights are human rights. Kindness is cool. Scotlandshire. She/her.
Ian Burdon @cosmicserf.bsky.social Writer. Edinburgh.
DMs disabled.
I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train
Chris Wright @scotssong.bsky.social Ethnologist/Folklorist. Scots Songs & Ballads. Street literature. All views here are personal. Follows/Reposts not necessarily endorsements.
Harriet Richardson Blakeman @harrietrichardsonb.bsky.social Architectural historian, formerly at the Survey of London, long standing interest in hospital buildings. University of Edinburgh PhD ‘Medicine and Modernity’. Living in Scotland.
Website: https://historic-hospitals.com/
Natalie Fergie @nataliesfergie.bsky.social Writer. 20th century domestic history. Lover of the nine times table. Veg grower. Never knowingly without a project.
New novel, 25 Library Terrace, published in June 2025.
Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social Film producer. Book 10 Scotland Street - an opinionated history of one house over two centuries now out in paperback
Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland @theahss.bsky.social www.ahss.org.uk
Speaking For Scotland's Buildings since 1956! Campaigning. Membership. Events.
Derrick Johnstone @djohnstone.bsky.social Time to delve into Scottish history | Research Affiliate, Glasgow U, on 17C Scots emigrants to New Jersey | Old Edinburgh Club | Applications of AI in history and genealogy | Cycling | Family & Keeshonds
The Signet Library @signetlibrary.bsky.social The Signet Library in Edinburgh, the home of the WS Society, is a world class centre of knowledge and learning in law and the history and culture of Scotland.
Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social Chancellor’s Fellow & BRAID Fellow @EdinburghUni. Critic of Linguistic Capitalism. @Braid_UK 'Writing the Wrongs of AI' (with @edbookfest) http://www.wwai.info #PATM
www.pipthornton.com
Lost Edinburgh @lostedinburgh.bsky.social A page dedicated to documenting the ever-changing face of Edinburgh down the decades | Account run by former The Scotsman journalist David McLean
Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social A free museum and library exploring the science and humanity of medicine at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Sign up to our newsletter www.rcpe.ac.uk/newsletter
Andy Mitchell @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social Scottish football historian. Edinburgh. www.scottishsporthistory.com
Old Edinburgh Club @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social The Old Edinburgh Club (OEC) is the city’s local history society, concerned with all aspects of the capital’s history and development.
Cllr. Margaret A. Graham @leftwing66.bsky.social Wife, Mother, Grandma, Hibernian Supporter and dog lover. Culture & Communities Convener @CEC
Simita Kumar @simitakumar.bsky.social SNP MSP Edinburgh South Western| RT/L/F≠E |🇫🇯🏴🇪🇺🇵🇸
Ben Parker @cllrbenparker.bsky.social Green Councillor for Morningside 🌱
Read / subscribe to my blog: https://cllrbenparker.substack.com/ 📝
He/him
SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
📍#Edinburgh
Positive, sustainable changes. Live well locally. #streetsNOTroads
🚲FREE e-bike & e-cargobike hire: sw20.info
🛠️Tool Library: @sw20etl
🏃♀️Helped setup: Kids Park Run @ Hailes Quarry Park
@johnrobson87.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social Person on a 🚲 in Edinburgh & beyond!
The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social Our 3 million strong audience shows this is the place to read real local news with great photos all day every day. Got a tip?
Contact us - https://bit.ly/46DeluF
Website: https://bit.ly/4eOIisV
Subscribe: https://bit.ly/4gq7cRT
Newspapers: bit.ly/41UDBtS
BEST_Edinburgh @best-edinburgh.bsky.social Better Edinburgh for Sustainable Travel - coalition of community campaigners and groups in Edinburgh working together to support safer streets & active travel.
Edinburgh Critical Mass @edcriticalmass.bsky.social A friendly protest for safer cycling. Every last Saturday of the month, meeting at Middle Meadow Walk, 2pm.
Edinburgh Reviews @edinburghreviews.bsky.social 🙊 Not an 'Influencer', happy to pay
🏴 An Edinburgh blog for locals & visitors
🧑💻 By Andrew Girdwood / marketer
🎨 By Bronwen Winter Phoenix / artist
https://edinburgh-reviews.co.uk/
sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social Cyclist, bike madness, rider, two wheel explorer and cycle fixer. Sometimes I get to walk a dog. Writes software. Studied economics. Vote for communists, get free stuff. Vote for Tories get robbed of societal structures.
Longstone Community Council @longstonecc.bsky.social Posting about whatever is happening in Longstone, Edinburgh.
https://www.longstonecc.org.uk
SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign:
fights for better conditions for everyday journeys by bike, particularly Edinburgh & Lothian. Also lobby Scot Gov.
We also encourage more councils, govt depts, politicians, professionals etc to move to bsky!
Edinburgh Festival of Cycling @edfoc.bsky.social The official account for the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling, find out more at https://edfoc.org.uk/
Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
Edinburgh Bus Users Group @edinburghbug.bsky.social Looking out for Edinburgh's bus passengers and services. Independent of operators, Councils, Government, political parties etc.
Website https://edinburghbususers.group/
Edinburgh Napier University @edinburghnapier.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of Edinburgh Napier University.
bit.ly/EdNapier
#MustBeNapier | #ENUDifferenceMakers
Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
she/her
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
Kate Campbell @katecampbellsnp.bsky.social SNP MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent
Promoted by Kate Campbell, 16 N St Andrew St, EH2 1HJ
Danny Aston @dastonsnp.bsky.social SNP councillor for Craigentinny-Duddingston ward, Edinburgh |
Promoted by D Aston, 16 N St Andrew St EH2 1HJ
Constituent queries to: cllr.danny.aston@edinburgh.gov.uk
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets
Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social 1. Scottish Labour MP for Edinburgh South West.
2. Civil Engineer
3. Parkrunner.
Newsletter Sign-Up: http://tinyurl.com/EdSWNewsletter
SOS Leith @sosleith.bsky.social A local community action group working hard to fight for better water quality and environmental protections on The Shore at the end of the Water of Leith in Edinburgh.
Ray fae Leith @leithedinburgh.bsky.social Though not born in Leith, I live in Leith, retired in Leith, play in Leith and probably will die in Leith... I❤️Leith
Friends Of Redhall Park @redhallpark.bsky.social Just trying to help make Redhall Park a beautiful place for our community to enjoy.
Alan Gordon @agordonsalive.bsky.social Community, people, grower, music and making things better. 
Tom Hogg 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @tomhogg.bsky.social Edinburgh based Partick Thistle fan. Member of the anti-growth coalition. I like football, beer, books, & active travel. Trillionaire, for what that label is worth.
Paul Bullen @xpabu.bsky.social Edinburgh. Cycling, running, tool library
Gavin Barrie @gavinkbarrie.bsky.social Former Firefighter, Former Trade Union Official, Former Edinburgh Councillor. Politics, current affairs, especially in Scotland, a country just waiting to be Independent.
Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, and Head of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
Eric Lesley @ericlesley2.bsky.social Trainee Transport planner. Edinburgh via Liverpool. Goodison Whitesox. All views my own. Same handle on twitter.
Car-Free Holyrood @carfreeholyrood.bsky.social Local residents’ campaign to end motorised through-traffic on Holyrood Park private roads, which are managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
Alex Massie @alexmassie.bsky.social Columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, specialising in Scottish affairs. Also, co-host of The Ponsonby & Massie podcast, available on all pod-platforms. 
Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social Award-winning political journalism from Holyrood magazine. https://www.holyrood.com/
Charlotte Maddix @cwmaddix.bsky.social I like complicated conversations about rewilding, housing, localism and sustainable transport. Fuelled by rage about the nature crisis. Sustained by all the people doing something about it.
Donald Turvill @turvill.bsky.social Edinburgh Correspondent, The Herald
heraldscotland.com
Tell me your stories… donald.turvill@newsquest.co.uk, call 07525629592, or DM
Chris Young @christhetaurean.bsky.social Husband, Father, Gardener, climate and active&sustainable travel campaigner, artist, photographer #carisnotking #noplanetB born 326ppm #dyslexicthinker
Cllr Stephen Jenkinson @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social Edinburgh’s Transport & Environment Convener and Labour’s Councillor for the Pentland Hills Ward 🌹
Stephen Boyd @stephenboydippr.bsky.social Director IPPR Scotland
Views my own
Nigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social Translator specialising in all things Central and East European (other than espionage). Sustainable transport campaigner and former Green councillor.
Jim Hunter @jimhunter.bsky.social Interested in current affairs. Does a bit of cooking. Golfer, gym rat and E-bike rider. Wordle fan. World traveller. Social democrat and federalist. Co-owner Heart of Midlothian FC.
InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social Women led group campaigning for night-time cycling infrastructure that's safe for women and girls in Edinburgh.
www.infrasisters.org.uk
Cover photo (c) www.andycatlin.com
Katrina Faccenda @katrinafaccenda.bsky.social Cllr for Leith, Scottish Labour SEC member, TSSA & UNITE, stubbornly optimistic, often rebellious socialist. Occasionally a tour guide.
Gordon Carmichael @gordycarmichael.bsky.social 
Gordon Macdonald SNP @gmacdonaldsnp.bsky.social Retired MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands (2011 - 2026)
Campaigning for independence since 1975.
Cllr. Finlay McFarlane @finlaymcf.bsky.social SNP Councillor for Edinburgh’s City Centre & Culture Spox
Recipient of the Attitude Magazine Pride Award & MABC Campaigner of the year ‘22.
Ross McKenzie @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social Councillor for Gorgie-Dalry, Whitson, Stenhouse, Saughton Mains, Broomhouse, Sighthill, Parkhead and Longstone. Member of the Scottish Greens.
Daniel Milligan (he/him) 🇵🇸 @dmilligan.bsky.social Partial to life on this planet.
🚲 🌳 🦦 ⚧️ 💚 🍠 ⬅️♾️ 📛 📸
Resist fascism always.
Scottish Greens.
In Edinburgh with a bit of 🏴 / 🇫🇮 / 🇪🇬
Opinions are my own
Councillor Vicky Nicolson, Inverleith Ward @vicnicsnp.bsky.social Mum of wonderful wimmen, Edinburgh SNP spokesperson for Health and Social Care, 20+ year career in Social Care, Trade Union member
cllr.vicky.nicolson@edinburgh.gov.uk
Promoted by Vicky Nicolson, Edinburgh SNP, 16 N St Andrew St, Edinburgh EH2 1HJ
Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social Scottish Green Councillor for Craigentinny & Duddingston, Edinburgh
Non-binary
They/them
Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Alex Staniforth, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
Angus Robertson @angusrobertson.bsky.social 🏴SNP MSP Candidate for Edinburgh Central (SNP) 🏛️Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture 2021-26
@jarlathflynn.bsky.social @jarlathflynn.bsky.social ...One bike bus at a time, nature and photography. #Takethetrain.
Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk Campaign for safe routes to school in Edinburgh. Run by the Travel Committee of James Gillespie’s Primary School and friends
Not able to read DMs, please email instead
https://blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/
Jule Bandel @julebandel.bsky.social pesky little immigrant | Scottish Greens councillor for Inverleith | local libraries enjoyer | she/they 🏳️🌈✨