Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social Professor of European Prehistory (Rankin) Vice President, The Prehistoric Society
Archaeologist • digs hillforts, Celts • writes disciplinary history • resolving the structure of prehistoric society • unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past
Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social Historian (of Russia, at Exeter). Didn't really want another social account but susceptible to peer pressure, so here I am.
Future Humanities @futurehumanities.bsky.social Future Humanities publishes trans- and inter-disciplinary research on the rise of new humanities, focusing on their subjects, methodology, and public dimensions.
Paula Satne @pausat25.bsky.social Moral philosopher and ethics lecturer. Views are my own. Working on Ethics & Politics, Forgiveness, Memory, Kant, Peace.
Darian Meacham @posteurope.bsky.social Bruxellois. Philosopher at Universiteit Maastricht. Trying to talk about Europe, technology, politics, and complaining. Editor JBSP. Posting in personal capacity, re-post not (always) endorsement.
Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social Winner of Wales Most Paranoid Man, 1998. As seen on Britain’s Saddest Fairgrounds, Giant or Dwarf, Bag of Wasps.
Note: My ALT photo game is STRONG BRO.
Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social Always sniffing out history, books and TV. Historian. C18 stuff, gender, food, recipes, medicine, DH. University of Essex. Chair, Society for the Social History of Medicine. Canadian in the UK.
Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk Legal researcher, writer, journalist | Trans Rights Lead @ Good Law Project | PhD student @ University of Leeds
Views my own. Not your lawyer; not legal advice.
They/them
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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org Web Design Museum exhibits thousands of screenshots and videos of websites, apps, software, and Flash games from the 1990s to the late 2000s.
Nate O @nateo.bsky.social An ‘award-winning’ (per one philosophy conference) ‘academic’ (per Daily Mail) (they gave me a free book; not an academic) ✡️ 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
worms cited @christa.bsky.social 
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Mat Brunet (AniMat) @matbrunetvo.com Animation Historian, Film Critic, Actor / Voice Actor, YouTuber, He/Him, Activist and Disney Lover at your service! No AI Use
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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social For the 💙 of stories.
Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social Promoting engagement with the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes University
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/think-human-festival-2026-4810811
Epoché Magazine @epochemagazine.org A free, online, monthly philosophy magazine. epochemagazine.org
Kat Smith @profkatsmith.bsky.social Professor of Public Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde. Co-Director of the Centre for Health Policy & Co-Lead of SHERU (the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit). Interested in research, advocacy and policy to reduce inequalities.
Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social Historian working on histories of race, faith and culture in Modern Britain. Advocacy & Academic Engagement Officer at Royal Historical Society. Lecturer in History @ The Queen’s College, Oxford. FRHistS. All views my own.
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social Midwestern prof: Victorian lit & financial crisis. Zeitgeist-seismometer. 75% normcore
Anti-doomer but ☹️☹️ wtf
Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social Geographies & histories of what we have come to call “mental health” | the university | daydreams & fantasies | Freud | Marx
Editor, History of the Human Sciences @histhum.bsky.social
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social Home of the higher education debate
www.wonkhe.com
Editor in Chief @markleach.bsky.social
James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social 'Fiercely hetrosexual for bluesky'
Outdoors. Politics. Sport. Not always in that order. Labour. Trade Unionist. Trying to do community things. Views entirely my own
Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social Writer, game designer
Former Staff Writer @TheOnion & @ClickHole.
Words for Netflix, Jackbox Games, High On Life, Starship Troopers: Terran Command, Saints Row, Darkhorse, other places
alexanderblechman.com
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com
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Raphaël Guintoli @raphaelguintoli.fr Digital - Media - Adtech
Interested in digital / ad tech
Alumni of LinkedIn (MSFT), Accenture
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Anthony Ferrucci @philosoferr.bsky.social Philosopher and teacher interested in the history and philosophy of science, logic, A.I. and biomedical ethics. Happy wanderlust, tennis, cat, and library enthusiast.
Seattle Colleges Website: https://people.seattlecolleges.edu/users/anthony.ferrucci
Dr Chris ODonnell @choochod.bsky.social Academic, head of psychology and social work, activist, UCU trade union. 
Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com • philosophy professor
• editor of Daily Nous, philosophy news site
• person 
Dr Gillian Jack @drgillhistory.bsky.social Historian of women in late medieval/early mod Italy. Open University. Feminist. UCUCommons & NEC. She/her. Strong words; weak tea.
Book out in October: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/prostitution-repentance-and-social-welfare-in-renaissance-florence/
Susan Board, PhD @suseboard.bsky.social Open University associate lecturer (the environment, global devt, international relations). Not afraid of science: global heating is accelerating; Covid is airborne. Cyclist. Yogi. Not at the same time. 💚
Carro 🇸🇪🌊 @carolinesweden.bsky.social Swedish. AuDHD. PTSD. Middle-aged, early retired. Atheist .Lifelong radical left scum. Democratic socialist.💙🇨🇦🇩🇰
Dave @irksomelib.bsky.social lib. postdoc. computer scientist (computational linguistics/natural language processing). british. likes metal, sci-fi and fantasy. extremely bad at posting. OCD-haver, ace/aro. he/him.
Chris Millard @chrismillard83.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain: self-harm, suicide, child abuse, concepts of personal experience, vicarious trauma. (he/him)
Books on "self-harm" (2015) and "personal experience" (2026) - co-edited book on "sources in the history of psychiatry" (2022)
Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social The home of storytelling around the table! From our Campaign 4 saga in Aramán to Daggerheart and beyond - join the actual play adventure on Beacon.tv, YT, & Twitch
Ruth Malone @raeandruth.bsky.social Philosophy (Heidegger and AI, at Essex) and Phorestry (trees and stuff, at work)
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.
Official sponsor of the 🐻 emoji
“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”
Was @marxculture on Twitter
Eurosky Social @eurosky.social Building open social web infrastructure and apps in Europe. Public interest non-profit, part of Modal Foundation.
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Rachel Haynes @rgch.bsky.social Nerd, activist, wants equality, an end to poverty, more sea swimming and cheese. Put that on your banner...
Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social Organised representation for all academic staff, postgraduates, and APM staff level 4 and above at the University of Nottingham. Here in solidarity with workers the world over.
https://uonucu.org/ 
University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social Opening up humanities research.
Passionate advocates for the humanities, we are a collaborative, non-profit and predominantly open access publishing partner to researchers and institutions, creating award-winning scholarly books.
https://uolpress.co.uk
Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social UCU NEC member (Midlands), UCU Commons member, interested in higher education, food, LARP, meteorology, Sea Cadets and naval history. Occasional Arma3 content because we all need a hobby.
Suzi Toole @suzitoole.bsky.social UCU rep, FE teacher, mad scientist
Proud Chair of the FEC, Women's committee & NW Regional committee
Vice Chair of the Equality committee
UCU VP (FE) Elect
All opinions are my own
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
Bruno Bérard @bruno-berard.bsky.social Fondateur de Metafysikos, site dédié à la métaphysique : https://metafysikos.com/
Serious Freud Office @seriousfreudoffice.bsky.social Paid shill for Big Mood.
UK. They/them
Forward Democracy @fwddem.com We're helping Britain vote for a better future:
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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com Professional letter nerd since 2009. Buy the books (https://books.lettersofnote.com), read the newsletter (https://news.lettersofnote.com/), come to the live shows (https://www.youtube.com/@LettersLive). Or don't. It's your choice. 
Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of Coal Country. Now writing An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class. Not getting that much more right wing as I get older.
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/
@uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social London Regional Office of the University and College Union. Trade Union for further, adult, prison and higher education workers.
Education is a public good.
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John David Pressman @jdp.extropian.net Machine learning researcher, alignment-accelerationist, Fedorovist ancestor simulator, Dreamtime enjoyer.
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Beck is Difficult @beckjoinyourunion.bsky.social Aussie politics & journalism junkie; trade unionist. Lefty. Tory free zone (broadly defined). Ally in Meanjin.
Phil Bryan @philbryan.bsky.social Refugee from X
Manchester 
@arthur-ionescu.bsky.social @arthur-ionescu.bsky.social Researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arthur-Ionescu/research
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Anna Jackman @ahjackman.bsky.social Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Reading. Feminist political geographer and drone researcher interested in technological visibilities, volumes, and futures.
UCU Solidarity Movement @ucu-solidarity.bsky.social Calling for solidarity across UCU branches. We are fighting against cuts, casualisation and marketised education!
Shahira Hathout, Ph.D. @shahirahathout.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Research: Posthumanism / New Materialism / Cultural Studies / Aesthetics / 18th & 19th C. (World) Literature/ Anthropocene discourses. Visiting Scholar @ Centre for Feminist Research @York University, Toronto, Canada.
Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social Socialist, corpus linguistics researcher at UCL, UCL UCU secretary, NEC member. All posts personal cap.
Blogs about CL/statistics at https://corplingstats.wordpress.com
Stood for election for UCU Vice President in 2026, see https://seanwallis.uk
Marcus Olang' @marcusolang.substack.com Multi-hyphenate.
Writing: marcusolang.substack.com
Photography: stillsbymarcus.com
open all borders. stop having them be closed 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social the Russian Empire is already fallen; the Promethean sky will soon rise.
when the year is bǐngwǔ, there shall be prosperity under Heaven!
he/him
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Where elected MPs represent the public, legislate, and scrutinise the Government. Find out more about their work and how Parliament happens.
Phil Griffiths @philgriffiths.uk A very outdoorsy geek who's interested in pretty much everything.
Michael Bell @mbellcoop.bsky.social Used to be a somebody in the Co-op Party
UK politics, NUFC & non-league football, playlists, chess, Eurovision, conlangs, cribbage
Chess Dot Com username: Heaton Bellington
FPL team: Bellwich Albion
(he/him)
George Webster @georgewebster.bsky.social Lecturer in Philosophy at Worcester College, University of Oxford.
Thinking about science, the world, and the history of our ideas about those things.
Also in charge of Learning Development.
www.georgewebsterphilosophy.com
Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social Public scholar of the Bible and religion
For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social 🏛️ educator, philosopher, strategist, museum nerd
👩🏼🏫 Art & Humanities, Teachers College, Columbia University 🎓 Fellow, Yale LWL and RSA
⌛️ MoMA/PS1, The Getty, MOCA
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#aesthetics #philsky #edusky #academicsky
Cylcia Bolibaugh @cbolibaugh.bsky.social Assoc prof @DeptEdYork. Language processing & acquisition, open research @irisdatabase.bsky.social | @oasisdatabase.bsky.social
Kira Meyer @kirameyer.bsky.social Philosopher @CAU Kiel | Freelance Journalist | Sustainability, Environmental Ethics, Practical Philosophy | she/her
https://kirameyer.weebly.com/
Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social Canadian pilgrim in Wales. Sociologist of media and religion, senior lecturer at Cardiff University, Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK. Musical side-hustle at https://michaelmunnik.ca/
Gina Gwenffrewi @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social Co-Director of SUISS at the University of Edinburgh, where I also lecture and tutor in Trans and Queer Studies (Culture/Media). LGBT+ rep for UCU Edinburgh. Trustee of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF). She/Her. Cymraes.- A Ali Boyle @aliboyle.bsky.social Philosopher of science. Thinking about nonhuman minds, memory, living things. Cat person.
Ben Burgis @benburgis.bsky.social GTAA host, Jacobin columnist, adjunct philosophy prof, TMBS crew for life
J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social C19 literary critic & cultural historian. Author of Louise Michel in America (Rutgers UP 2027) + Sensational Internationalism. Editor of NY: A Literary Anthology + the CC to Literature and Food. UCU NEC member. She/her.
https://www.j-michelle-coghlan.com
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Gladys Buckét @steadyonnow.bsky.social My Stan always said, ‘If you’re going to cry wolf then you can’t complain when people stop believing you!'
Dr Sophie Cormack @sophiecormack.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, Uni. of Sunderland. Perception of time, procrastination, learning analytics, online learning, cats, travel & happiness.
Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social lecturer in environmental history @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🌿 || writing about #germans, #collecting, #plants & #empire in 19th c. southern #africa 🌵 || #nathist, #envhist, #collections, 🇬🇧-🇩🇪 || she/her || views my own ✨
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social Born, lives.
Cares about active transport, including cycling, sustainability. Associate Professor in Materials Modelling at the University of Warwick.
Pronouns: he/him.
Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social Astronomer, writer and zookeeper. Oxford, Gresham and the Zooniverse. The human half of the Dog Stars podcast. New book: 'Our Accidental Universe' (UK/rest of world) and 'Accidental Astronomy (US) now out.
Ellen Stewart @profellenstu.bsky.social probably typing with a cat on my shoulder | Professor of Public Policy & Health @uofgussp University of Glasgow | Editor, Sociology of Health & Illness | Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences | author 'How Britain Loves the NHS' @policypress
Taylor Spears @tcspears.bsky.social Lecturer in Financial Technology and Organizations
David En-Griffiths @homodavien.bsky.social Teach social science. Research interests: homosexuality, class, kinship and contemporary intimacies. He/they. Same @ on twitter, if you're wondering how I found you. My posts are SFW but my likes might have naked men in them, so be warned.
Holly @thesnowbrigade.bsky.social seaside wanderer. socialist league wannabe member. social science researcher (unions). swift enjoyer. soppy mam. spurs spurs spurs.
Louise Lever @thistledownway.bsky.social Trans feminist research software engineer, tentatively engaging with social media again. Scared and scarred for life by Twitter and the UK. Anti fascist. she/her. Manchester, UK.
Benedict Eastaugh @beastaugh.bsky.social logician at warwick
extralogical.net
Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social Lecturer at Goldsmiths. Contemporary historian of British, US and global politics and culture. Writing a book on progressive politics, culture, and memory. Made in North London from working Cypriot parts. 🔴⚪️
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Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social In 1994 I bought a Corel Gallery CD-ROM with 10,000 clipart images. Thirty years later those images haunt this ghost story bot. Posts autodelete.
Credits: clipart from Corel; conversion, curation, code, and alt text by @samplereality.bsky.social
Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social Eclectic, inert, nerdish, a collection of spare parts. Niche Doctor Who references a forte. Masquerades as an academic with a political bent, tho mostly moans about how and why the current system doesn't work. Once wrote something something resilience.
The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social "Always sniff the breeze"
Military strategist and historian, Germanic pagan, volunteer EMT, Neo-Beatnik, SLUF lover, Käfer driver
"Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world"
Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social Historian of ancient Egypt & papyrologist | games researcher (analogue + digital) | Manchester Met Uni | Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre | Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society | Les Mills instructor | Blood Bowl enthusiast
hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social Chancellor's Fellow, University of Edinburgh / Lead Judge, James Tait Black Prize for Fiction