Jenny Holzer @jennyholzer.bsky.social THE FUTURE IS STUPID
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social freelance UK tech policy x human rights / midlife MPhil student @ Strathclyde Law School, researching US tech policy x Christian Nationalism / IANAL / https://heatherburns.tech / 💬 on Signal / open to work, hire me pls / "bad ass Glaswegian" apparently
Daniel Burka @dburka.bsky.social Designer and product manager. Founder of simple.org, healthicons.org, hardproblems.com. Working on public health tech at Resolve to Save Lives: rtsl.org
Descriptionary @descriptionary.bsky.social Helping Writers Find the Words - descriptionary.wordpress.com
#writingcommunity #author #help
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming Sept 2027…
David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. AND OTHER STORIES collection: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc. IMAGINE A FRIEND:
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
Ady Coles @adycoles.bsky.social 🌀Generalist - Strategy | Operations | Delivery. Inveterate thinker, micro-investor, business owner.
Lurker.
I also do #poetry.
Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social Technologist, writer, composer. Delivering better organisations and outcomes through digital transformation, esp. security, identity & privacy + fixing disasters. FIET & WGGB. London & Lerwick. Latest book https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F23N7WSS
State of the Future @sotf.org.uk A new think tank for public servants and others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services and better outcomes for people. Established by @gavinfreeguard.com.
sotf.org.uk
Stamanfar @stamanfar.bsky.social Service designer, DHSC. It's more than what you bargained for but it's a little less than what you paid for.
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.)
ProdnoseAsWas @lordshortcake.bsky.social Formerly famous fat head & farceur, inventor of the Zeelman Flay (pat. pending) and one half of Danny Kelly's Performing Rat Wonderland. Sole Ambassador for Threadgold's Thorough-Grip Garterettes
Currently kicking the legs up here: patreon.com/dannybaker
Ellie Ashman @ellayanor.bsky.social Exeter | Director - Public Sector Practice @ Torchbox
Often to be found looking for a snack and/or saying pspsps to the nearest available cat. Always have too many tabs open.
Heledd Quaeck @helivans.bsky.social Dyfal Donc a Dyr y Garreg.
Persistent tapping will break the stone.
#IStillBelieveInDigitalTransformation
Own views - mostly about:
Cymraeg / Welsh 🏴
User-centred services for public good
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) 📗 NO FRIEND TO THIS HOUSE: OUT NOW. Posts by N and team.
https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor
Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social As disappointed as you are
Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social Mainly comics, a bit of fury.
Buy Noisy Valley https://www.waterstones.com/book/noisy-valley/myfanwy-tristram/9781914224430
Website: myfanwytristram.com
Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/3e30144be390/myftristram
GovCamp Cymru @govcampcymru.bsky.social Anghynhadledd i bobl sydd â diddordeb mewn gwella gwasanaethau cyhoeddus Cymru
The unconference for people interested in government & public services in Wales 🏴
https://www.govcamp.cymru/
Sam Larner @samlstandsup.bsky.social Rugby analyst, journalist, coach, but mostly just a fan! Lover of flags and addicted to French rugby, specifically the ProD2. I write for Rugby Pass and Rugby World and dabble in presenting.
Transform Wales @transform.wales Trawsnewid gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ar gyfer Cymru fodern. Cynllun ar gyfer cyflawni cyn #Senedd2026.
Transforming public services for a modern Wales. A blueprint for delivery ahead of #Senedd2026.
https://transform.wales
Nia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social Work: NHS Wales App. Member: @transform.wales
Eternal optimist. Goofball. Cymraes. She/her.
Check your boobs. Views mine.
https://medium.com/@niacampbell
Jo Carter @jocarter.bsky.social Mostly training government folks in Service Design | ServiceWorks founder | GovCamp Cymru organiser | Drummer | Cyclist https://www.weareserviceworks.com/
Ann Kempster @annkempster.com Public sector agitator for good. Co-author @transform.wales
Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
Digital. 🏴
She/her.
Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social New & vintage stationery from around the world, since 2009. Our shop is at 12 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL. https://www.presentandcorrect.com
Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social UX, Product, Content & Clinical Education. I make comics and silly pictures. Mummy to Ripley, and diagnosed with colon cancer April ‘22.
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
steve @visitmy.website workplace bez. doing product & strategy bits thru https://boringmagi.cc. more about me at https://visitmy.website/about
Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org.
Previously: Covid Tracking Project, OpenNews, old web nonsense.
Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social \o/
https://gilest.org • https://usethehumanvoice.com
Kristina Halvorson @halvorson.bsky.social Content strategy mom. Backyard birder. Founder of Brain Traffic and Button Events.
Minnesota strong. ICE OUT NOW.
Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social I try to be helpful. Bike-riding dog butler and mold connoisseur.
Use your employer's money to buy Just Enough Research: www.mulebooks.com/just-enough-research.
Enjoy clickens.chicken.pics when you need a break.
San Francisco. She/They/Friend/Sir
Alex @blangry.bsky.social Final year DPhil anthropology of civic tech. Principal consultant. Norwich with a cargo bike. Greyhound pictures extra.
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Frankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.
https://www.frankieroberto.com
Duncan Stephen @duncanstephen.net I lead teams and organisations to make human-centred decisions.
Lead content designer and information architect at the Scottish Government.
he/him
https://duncanstephen.net/
Himal Mandalia @himal.bsky.social No DMs
Coco @cocochan.bsky.social Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
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
@transformgovtalks.bsky.social @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
Pulp Librarian @pulplibrarian.bsky.social Curator of the art, history and fiction of old dreams.
World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
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Stu’s Football Flashbacks @stusfootyflash.bsky.social Nostalgic football blog & memories. Published writer. Obsessed with The Impossible Job. David Platt enthusiast. All clips shared from YouTube. ⚽️
A Funny Old Game @sidlambert.bsky.social 80s/90s/00s footy nostalgia. On a YouTube odyssey for glorious goals & gaffes. Retro football writer.
Crap 90s Football @crap90sfootball.bsky.social A conduit to lo-fi comedic football mediocrity from the last decade of the 20th century (and more recently if it’s really funny). Your 4th favourite 90s football account.
David Durant @bowsy.co.uk I've been a long-time supporter of the government technology and transformation communities since 2009. I've worked for mySociety, the GLA, HackIT and GDS. I'm on the committees for GovCamp, TransformGov Talks and the UK Polyamory Association.
John Gruber @gruber.foo I write Daring Fireball and created Markdown.
John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social Social historian of modern places. Tales of the Suburbs, on LGBTQ+ history, out now. Wrote Concretopia and Outskirts. Disappointingly unserious. Podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour
Find out more: https://linktr.ee/johngrindrod
British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
Simon Wardley. @swardley.bsky.social Mapper. I like ducks, they're fowl but not through choice.
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Andy Dudfield @mrdudders.bsky.social We are beautiful. We are doomed
The School of Good Services @theschoolofgood.bsky.social We help organisations get better at designing and delivering services that work for their users
Run by Sarah Drummond and Lou Downe
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Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social Filmmaker / Directing #section28film
Founder: anthrobricolage.com
Director: good.services @theschoolofgood
DR of Design, once ran
@wearesnook
Made cycling easier with @cycle_hack
GOOD Magazine #100
Board member at @lomondtrossachs
She/they
Bryan’s Gunn @bryansgunn.bsky.social A football man
RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed
https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk
https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
Lauren Tormey @ltormey.bsky.social Senior Content Designer at University of Edinburgh. Runner. Immigrant (turned dual citizen) wanting to change the system. She/her. I write about life: https://ltormey.medium.com and running: https://laurunning.blogspot.com.
Planet Claire @planetclaire74.bsky.social
Dafydd Vaughan @daivaughan.uk Geek. Cymru. Digital technology specialist. Consulting Practice CTO at Public Digital. Independent Member for Digital at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Co-founder of GDS. Views my own.
Tracy Playle @tracyplayle.bsky.social Content strategist, speaker, author, coach, CEO. Founder: ContentEd, Pickle Jar, Utterly Content. Education specialist. Dog person.
Pickle Jar: https://wearepicklejar.com
ContentEd+: https://plus.contentedlive.com
Terence Eden @edent.tel Longer hair than you.
Chaotic Good.
Doesn't work for The Man™ any more.
If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight.
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Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
Content Design London @contentdesign.london We work with organisations, big and small, to transform their content and help them succeed. Not more content, smarter content.
Consultancy, training, books, and all things content design.
www.contentdesign.london
Service Design @servicedesign.bsky.social All things Service Design and Service Design adjacent. UK based but globally intrigued
Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social Enquiries: DM
Military Historian, 'valuable' according to IWM
Jocks, Dragons & Sospans (2024)
Normandy 1944 specialist
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social The membership body for recordkeeping professionals in the UK & Ireland.
Posts are by Deborah Mason, Head of Communications for ARA. You can reach her on deborah.mason@archives.org.uk (quicker than a DM).
Find our more about ARA here www.archives.org.uk
Mark Boulton @markboulton.co.uk Head of product design @checkout.com. Typographer. Cyclist. Likes tea.
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
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Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social Enneagram type FOUR and introvert, non-stipendiary priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church, singer, guitarist, write, draw and laugh. Metalhead at 195metalCDs.com. scrum master, web dev and mahjong player.
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no a… @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy 🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://pluralistic.net/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/pluralistic.net
Simon Gleave @simongleave.bsky.social Head of Analysis at Gracenote | Fan of sport, particularly Rugby, Football, Cricket | Cambridge, Palace & Utrecht | Love Film&Music | My views are my own
Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social Wonkhe (SUs). HE policy. Pop. Pro EU(rovision). Windmills not walls. Giggling incredulity. “Wasteful and inefficient for our economy”. Dreams of visiting Moldova.
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Claire Hopkin 🏴🇦🇪 @clairehopkin.bsky.social Dubai - via Newport 🏴
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