Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social Sitting quietly in the corner with a book. Occasionally writing in Nutmeg Magazine. 'Partick Thistle: A People's History' is available now. Get it while you can. https://ptfc.co.uk/product/150th-anniversary-book/
Matt Lanark @mattlanark.bsky.social ✍️ probably not writing the Great American Novel
📚 Book Geeks on @substack
🏀 Undrafted NBA free agent since 2012
📌 Washington, DC
mattlanark.substack.com/welcome
Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social I teach politics at a university in the UK. I'm interested in electoral systems, public opinion, and the politics of non-majoritarian institutions like courts and regulators.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8932-9405
Malcolm Combe @malcolmcombe.bsky.social Scots academic lawyer based at the University of Strathclyde. Interested in access to: a) land; and b) justice. Don (in the fitba sense). Blogs a bit. Demi-Gael.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Adam Harley @adamharley.bsky.social MSP for Strathkelvin & Bearsden
Alex Kerr @alexkerrsnp.bsky.social 🎗️ @theSNP Candidate for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
@theSNP National Secretary.
If not us then who? If not now then when? 🏴
Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social SNP MSP for Glasgow Central
Promoted by Angus Millar on behalf of Alison Thewliss, both at 68 St Vincent Terrace, Glasgow, G3 8DX
Alyn Smith MSP 🏴🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social Scottish European. MSP for Stirling. Convener of the Criminal Justice Committee.
(Photo the brilliant @thekiltedphoto.bsky.social)
Andrew Baxter @highlandvoice.com Highland community campaigner. Lochaber councillor. LibDem Holyrood candidate for the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency.
Cara McKee @caramckeegreens.bsky.social Scottish Greens MSP for West Scotland.
Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/caramckee
Imprint: Promoted by Cara McKee, Scottish Green Party, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN
David Green MSP @davidgreen4csr.bsky.social @scotlibdems.org.uk MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross. For constituency casework, please email david.green.msp@parliament.scot
Dawn Black SNP @dawnblacksnp.bsky.social SNP candidate for Angus North & Mearns, Cllr for Stonehaven & Lower Deeside, Aberdeenshire Council Ward 18.
Promoted by SNP 14/16 Brothock Bridge, Arbroath, DD11 1NG
Donald MacKinnon @donaldlabour.bsky.social Scottish Labour candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar in the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election.
Promoted by Donald MacKinnon, 11 Arnol, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9DB
Gary Bouse @gary-bouse.bsky.social Councillor Gary Bouse - Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst Ward - SNP Candidate for Falkirk West #SP2026
Promoted by L.A Reid on behalf of Gary Bouse and the Scottish National Party at Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jacksons Entry, Edinburgh, EH8 8PJ..
Holly Bruce MSP @hollybruce.bsky.social Member of Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Southside
Scottish Green Party Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
Iris Duane MSP 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @irisduane.bsky.social Green MSP for the Glasgow Region 💚
Socialist, feminist and trade unionist ✊🏾
Let’s make hope normal again!
she/her/hers
Views my own 🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸
Joe Fagan @joejfagan.bsky.social East Kilbridean│Member of the Scottish Parliament│Councillor for East Kilbride Central North│Scottish Labour & Coop
Kate Campbell @kate-c.bsky.social SNP councillor for Portobello Craigmillar.
SNP Candidate for Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent
Promoted by Kate Campbell, 16 N St Andrew St, EH2 1HJ
Casework to - cllr.kate.campbell@edinburgh.gov.uk
www.katecampbell.scot
Kate Nevens (she/her) @katenevens.bsky.social Scottish Green Party MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East region. Contact me on kate.nevens.msp@parliament.scot
Content promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Kate Nevens, both at 19b Graham Street, Ed, EH6 5QN
Katherine Sangster @kathsangster.bsky.social National Director @scottishfabians | Jo Cox Women in Leadership Graduate
Katie Hagmann MSP @katiehagmann.bsky.social MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Promoted by Ben Dashper on behalf of Katie Hagmann both of CCDV SNP, 170 Main Street, Prestwick, KA9 1PG
Katy Clark MSP @katysclark.bsky.social Member of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Labour, West Scotland - to get in touch email Katy.Clark.msp@parliament.scot
Keith Brown @kebrosnp.bsky.social MSP - SNP Depute Leader - retweets are not necessarily endorsements.
Kirsten Oswald @kirstenoswald.bsky.social Eastwood.
Interested in people, places, politics. Independence is normal. 🏴
Liam McArthur @orkneymsp.bsky.social 
Lloyd Melville SNP @lloydmelville.bsky.social SNP Candidate for Angus South. Independence in Europe.
Promoted by Lloyd Melville, c/o SNP, 14 Brothock Bridge, Arbroath, DD11 1NG
Martyn Day @martyndaysnp.bsky.social Linlithgow based independence campaigner
Neil Bibby MSP @neilbibby.bsky.social Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland (Scottish Labour & Co-operative)
Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social Anthropologist of care 🌸
MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Greens 🏳️🌈🇵🇸🏴
https://linktr.ee/QManivannan
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
Simita Kumar @simitakumar.bsky.social SNP MSP Edinburgh South Western| RT/L/F≠E |🇫🇯🏴🇪🇺🇵🇸
Stephen Gethins @stephengethins.bsky.social MP Arbroath & Broughty Ferry, SNP candidate Dundee City East, promoted by Stephen Gethins, c/o SNP offices 8 Old Glamis Rd, Dundee
Stuart McMillan MSP for Inverclyde @stu-mcmillan-snp.bsky.social 📧 Stuart.McMillan.msp@parliament.scot
📞 01475 720930
Promoted by Stuart McMillan, 26 Grey Place, Greenock, PA15 1YF.
Katya Krylova @katyakrylova.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in German, Film & Visual Culture @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. Linguist. Austrianist. Literature, film & visual culture scholar. Views my own.
Jim MacMillan (he/him) 🇮🇪 @jimmacmillan.com Journalist, educator and researcher. Student of peace and justice. CMAT superfan. Born in Boston. Shaped by 35 years in Philadelphia and one in Baghdad. Recently relocated to the People’s Republic of Cork. Pax et Lux | Signal: JRM.353 | JimMacMillan.com
Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social Edinburgh. Newfoundland. Canada. Political Scientist. African Politics; Authoritarianism. Maybe some cycle campaigning. "low waffle threshold". Previously @srdorman and @afr_pol
Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social Senior Adviser, US Program, International Crisis Group. Editor at Just Security. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law. Ex State Dept Lawyer. War Powers| Use of Force| Counterterrorism| Law of War| War Crimes| Arms Sales
Dr Will Ball @wpball.com Interested in working out how to reduce unfair and avoidable differences in health. Mostly youth mental health.
Chancellor's Fellow at Robert Gordon University | Social Epidemiologist | Pro Cycling | Rstats | Causal Inference 🇮🇪🏴🍉
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@ucuaberdeen.bsky.social @ucuaberdeen.bsky.social University of Aberdeen Branch of the University & College Union
Eilidh Beaton @eilidhbeaton.bsky.social Lecturer in Political Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. Works on global justice, especially migration & asylum.
https://eilidhbeaton.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
David McArdle @davemcardle.bsky.social Sports Law, Employment Law, Head of Stirling University Law School, Scotland. Trustee @ spireitestrust. I do other things too. Insert specious disclaimer here.
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.'
Own views; Adult language
Rugby columnist, author & therapist
Trustee of charity Women in Sport.
Current affairs, culture, sport, & sarcasm
Pre-order The Second Half https://linktr.ee/TheSecondHalfBrianMoore 
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Nicks Johnston @nicksjj.bsky.social MBA; LLM in Sports Law & Practice, specialise in governance in Rugby Union.
All views expressed are my own; shares are not necessarily endorsements.
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Paul Sandars🏴 @paulsandars.bsky.social Born in England, but would much rather be a Celt. I only seek Celtic followers.Lives in Neath Port Talbot. Survivor of a brain haemorrhage. Plaid Cymru,was Labour cllr.
I shall always love my late partner Nikki Thomson and our late daughter Eilidh Thomson.
Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social Entertainer, opinionator, lover of pets. 
Mark Lazarowicz @marklazarowicz.bsky.social Citizen of Europe and the world. Lawyer (advocate) with Terra Firma Chambers, Edinburgh. Former Labour MP Edinburgh N & Leith: before that, Leader Edinburgh Council. Environmentalist, pro-European, campaigner for citizens' rights
C🅰️S Ⓜ️UDDE @casmudde.bsky.social Dutchman 🇳🇱 in South 🇺🇸 | Politologist 🧑🎓 | columnist ✍️ | public speaker 🗣️ | Far-right politics 👌 | Soccer & Politics ⚽ | European politics 🇪🇺 | Defending democracy 👊 | punkrock 🎸 | #groundhopping ⚽🏒🏉 | movies 🎦 | watches ⌚ | no manels ❌ | only MY opinions 👋
Maria Sobolewska @profsob.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Manchester University. British politics, race and ethnicity, representation. 
David Nir @davidnir.com Publisher, @the-downballot.com. davidnir (at) the-downballot (dot) com
Our site: https://the-downballot.com
Elaine Ferguson @elaineferguson.bsky.social Public protection law and policy geek. Mum. Basset Hound valet. Snack enthusiast.
Ewan Crawford @ewancrawford.bsky.social Former Special Adviser (for the Constitution) to three First Ministers of Scotland. Dog walker and cricket lover
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Luke Stronach @lukestronach.bsky.social At a public meeting near you 🙋• Glasgow from Norwich, via Aberdeen 🏴• OTBC 🔰/StandFree 🔴
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social Murray and Kathleen Bring Prof., NYU Law. IP, antitrust, behavioral econ, occasional con law (bad for my health). ssrn.com/author=370802. Partner, lex-lumina.com. https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=37891
CNN @cnn.com Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
Alex Watson @justthemedicine.bsky.social A juggler running out of hands • Journalist and editor 📰 • Stirling ed @thecourier.co.uk • All views my own
Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
Husband, father, Traveler.
Nazi punks fuck off.
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
@cowrin.bsky.social @cowrin.bsky.social Greenie Train Guard
Peter Nedergaard @peternedergaard.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Research interests: European and Nordic Politics, Political Economy. Collector of modern ceramics, Faroese paintings and Christine Swane paintings. Lifelong fan of Bob Dylan and modernist poetry.
@timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social Sport-obsessed lawyer. Pinotiste par larmes versées. All views personal.
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is Cork." 1 Corkonians.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
Evertonian
Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social corpus & applied linguistics, TESOL, discourse analysis, surveillance discourses
Coordinator MSc TESOL (Online) University of Stirling (@stirtesol.bsky.social)
Knitter
Personal account
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social Journalist covering Finland, the Nordics and the Arctic region. ✒️Recent bylines: The Times, Sunday Times, Helsingin Sanomat, Barents Observer, Euractiv.
Dog walker. Lapsed rugby player. Fennophile. 🏴/🇫🇮
Matt Donoghue @drdonoghue.bsky.social Political economy of the welfare state. Politics of social citizenship. Dynamics of resilience and cohesion. European society and politics. Ideas and discourse.
Ireland, UK & Europe
Assistant Professor of Social Policy, UCD
Devolved Election Projections @devolvedelections.bsky.social A range of simple tools to create your own results of the Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish and London Elections 🗳️
https://devolvedelections.co.uk/
Donate: https://buymeacoffee.com/devolvedelections
Scottish Election Study @scotvoting.bsky.social An ESRC-funded academic study of voting in Scotland
👩🏻💻 https://scottishelections.ac.uk
Jen @jenmackessack.bsky.social PhD student interested in interaction/ 🏴 politics/social policy. Working on conversation in women's homelessness services, teaching politics to journalism students.
I like running (trail), biking (mtb/gravel) and skiing (whatever I can get).
Digdem Soyaltin Colella @digdemsoyaltin.bsky.social Politics @Uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
Global Strategy Reference Group
@anticorruption.bsky.social
I work on politics of corruption and anti-corruption, authoritarian regime survival and illiberal bureaucracies
Rebecca @drbexwalker.bsky.social Lecturer in Chemistry @ University of Aberdeen 🏴 | Liquid Crystals💧💎 | Cat Mom to Raven and Raja 🐾
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
Rich Weaver @richwea.bsky.social Left-of-centrist dad. Nottingham Forest, Phillies, England cricket, food, wine and stuff.
Pierre Purseigle @purseigle.bsky.social Historian at the University of Warwick
Writing a global history of urban disasters for
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social Large, slow-moving, land mammal. Bed-dweller. Horizontal guitarist. Loser of remote controls, vapes and plectrums in blankets. Deactivater of account for no reason sometimes. Late adopter of fuzz. Haver of Long Covid. He/him/Moog
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Brooklyn Congressman. Democratic Leader.
Work hard. Stay focused. Deliver results #ForThePeople.
Politics & International Relations, University of Aberdeen @abdnpolir.bsky.social News from the Politics and International Relations department, at the School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Craig Gallagher @kreggallagher.bsky.social Scottish émigré. Assistant Professor of History at Colby-Sawyer College. Early America, Early Modern Britain, Atlantic World.
Puppy raiser with Guiding Eyes for the Blind: https://www.guidingeyes.org/volunteer
Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social
Investigative reporter
@TPM.bsky.social
Get in touch at joshk@talkingpointsmemo.com or via Signal JoshKovensky.04
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writer about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
About lore and culture at The Busy Town.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
(Account sometimes deactivated when not in use.)
Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social "A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg
Subscribe to my newsletter "The Smotus Report" about US politics in an endangered democracy: http://smotus.substack.com
Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu Associate Professor, SWPS University. Welsh by birth. English by upbringing. Irish by design. Polish by choice. I am a lineman for the county.
Robert Macmillan @robfmac.bsky.social He/Him
Raconteur
Modern Studies teacher.
Good design preacher.
robfmac.com
❤️ @audproctor77.bsky.social ❤️
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