Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations.
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AmyRey @amyrey3.bsky.social Crossword editor, feminist, liberal. She/her
Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social Humor writer, former New York Times Games columnist (Ret.) I may have helped you with the crossword.
Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.
John Baxindine @jbax.bsky.social Old-school note scribbler and ivory tickler • www.jbax.net
Repost! Repost! @repostrepost.bsky.social Frederick Post: Amateur, Dabbler and Dilettante. Mostly Reposts + Images + Occasional AI Slop.
Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Ollie Randall @ollie-randall.bsky.social Writer and cartoonist. Author of Writers in Whites: https://fairfieldbooks.co.uk/shop/writers-in-whites/
Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social Head of Archive & Library at The Red House, http://brittenpearsarts.org. Archives, music, metadata; side orders of architecture, landscape history & electronic noise.
🌶️👼🏻😈 dubdobdee 😈👼🏻🌶️ @dubdobdee.bsky.social i deciphered the voynich manuscript it says you suck
Masuke🐶+rocogirl👩 @rocogirl.bsky.social live in Tokyo.
👩→ENFJ-2.SHE/HER
🐶→name is #Masuke （♂）
Miniature Dachshund（red）at age 17🎉
Masuke＝真助
真→ mean the truth.
助→ mean to help.
It's a name that means we want you to always be there to help us!
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social Lawyer, Filmmaker, Big Issue top 100 Changemaker 2024, CEO CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE https://www.cfsj.co.uk/
Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024) and previously Reggie Maudling, John Major. Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, flâneur. Against cruelty, which used to be a consensus position. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social Professor, historian, husband, dad, scouser, gobby. Author of Demobbed (2009), Browned Off & Bloody-Minded (2015), Britain at Bay (2020), Advance Britannia (2025). “Awesome but a bit boring” (RMP). Personal account.
Chris Zappa @chriszappa.com Field notes from the crumbling American empire @ gonzoreport.com
Dr Jaime Ashworth @drjaimeashworth.bsky.social Educator and Researcher. Holocaust History, Memory, and Education; Polish History; Photography and Visual Culture; Jewish Studies. Reform Jew. COYS. He/him www.framingthequestion.blog
Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social Welcome to my shiny new echo chamber… hoping here that I can keep it clean and tidy and ‘woke’.
IRL - lawyer (of the lefty, campaigning variety).
Keiron Pim @keironpim.bsky.social Author, nonfiction writing tutor, editor, proofreader. Out now in paperback, Endless Flight: the Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth (Granta). Agent: @thehamiltonagency.bsky.social 
Mike Braddick @mikebraddick.bsky.social Historian, occasional political reflections.
Most recent book Christopher Hill: the life of a radical historian (Verso).
Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social Formerly “The Daily Don”
Doodler of toons / Roaster of goons
https://linktr.ee/jesseduquette
https://www.instagram.com/misterjesseduquette/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575837486947
Sir John Falstaff (Ret.) from Shakespeare @bbo-falstaff.bsky.social Sir John Falstaff. Knight errant. Cupbearer of chaos.
From @bitbardofficial.bsky.social Shakespeare Troupe—where 5 characters toast the absurd.
Scenes on BitBard · I mostly reply here · explore.bitbard.io
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
15/10 Foundation @15outof10.org @weratedogs.com | making shelter dogs with medical and behavioral needs more adoptable ❤️🩹 https://links.15outof10.org
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social Slip inside this house don't pass it by
LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me UK-cit ES-res European, "dangerously continental". Federalist, inc UK → Schengen, €. en fr de ca es. #FBPE. M: @littlegravitas@c.im. lgrav24[a]privateum.net. ✔️ e2e 🚫 crypto! Signal. Kagi search. No non-friend DMs. I mostly follow back - and I block back.
Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social We are a GFAS-accredited farm sanctuary & donor supported 501c3 nonprofit located in Charlotte, Vermont. We provide healthy, happy, permanent homes and lifelong care to 100+ rescue farm animals & humane education programs. https://linktr.ee/merrymacfarm
John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social Unbeliever (political & religious), Wales rugby, #c4news, porridge, tea, #MEcfs
'Obvious but wrong'
Also JTJ on the other place
https://johnthejack.com
Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social Comedian/award-winning game maker/writer/voice artist #AuDHD (he/him)
Photos: http://hyperfocus.photography
Stream: http://Twitch.tv/brainmage
Tips: http://ko-fi.com/guy
VO reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04UiLVl6n0I
https://www.guykelly.co.uk
Peter Watts @peterwatts.bsky.social Journalist and author
VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023) ... new book out soon 'Covent Garden: A People's History' (Yale, 2027)
Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social Thief of Joy: A Comedy Special NOW ON YOUTUBE
Host of The Downside Podcast
If I have to post on another one of these things I’m gonna kms
Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social associate prof. of Shakespeare | book: “queer pregnancy in Shakespeare’s plays” | proud CUNY alum | bylines: Chronicle, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Electric Lit, Catapult, American Theatre, LitHub, Huffington Post, etc
aliciaandrzejewskiphd.com
Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social Ret'd entomological artist, illustrator & teacher. Active conservationist & wildlife gardener, No pesticides, no-mow, no dig. Green voter. UK based.
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
Jack Stephanino @2x4x8.bsky.social Oh snap, they got three bean salad up in there?
Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social Author & photographer Luke Agbaimoni's project capturing stations & stops on the London Underground tube map.
Tubemapper.com
💰 Book,Prints & Calendars
✉ luke@tubemapper.com
DM for info
Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social Xscapee. Entrepreneur, innovator, CTO for a cybersecurity business. Working on a theory of rational government. Determined rejoiner. #FBPE. Kidney donor.
Larry & Paul @larryandpaul.bsky.social Writers. Actors. But most of all: Mothers. 🎬 SKETCHES: http://youtube.com/larryandpaul
💸 SUPPORT: http://ko-fi.com/larryandpaul
Natalie Nourigat @natalienourigat.bsky.social Director, Head of Story, Writer, Storyboard Artist for animation. Occasionally makes comics 💕
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Tasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social 
🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social @Swilua
"An inspiration to bog witches everywhere"— @jermsguy "Ms Frizzle IRL”— @ElleMaeGal “The funniest person I know on Bluesky"—@cstark “Cranky and Annoyed"— @washingtonpost she/fae kerrycoran.com
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple
https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers
TITHE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q6REDKBBVUJLU
@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from Norwich. Citizens of the world. And foreign.
Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social Aust aviation & captivity historian. 6th book Kriegies: The Australian Airmen of Stalag Luft III (alexanderfaxbooks.com.au or Amazon) winner 2024 NSW Premier's History Awards. Reading, cats & cake. #IAmWriting (at last!)
Dia @diazrar.bsky.social Dia • 33 • She/They • Animator • 🐀
Just a little creature on the internet. I draw things sometimes!
Rat Squinks 🐀 @ratsquinks.bsky.social 🐭 Papaya, Yuzu, Disco and Fizzgig the rats 🐀
Main Account: @diazrar.bsky.social
Banner by @beelzythebub.bsky.social
Joyful Sage @joyfulsage.bsky.social Reading, writing, trying to eat less cheese 
Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social Caenhill countryside centre, a charity supporting young people & rescuing animals in the south west of England. My name is Chris (Quish) I work with artist Caroline, singer Kirsty Clinch, Lorna, Kate & daughter Kara https://www.caenhillcc.org.uk/support/
Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social One of those @thedailytism.com gals. Truly evil. Suspected inauthentic behaviour. Head bee guy at It’s A Superpower??
Fuck AI.
She / Her
Emily Brewster @ebrewster.bsky.social 
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Dr. Esmé Louise James @dr-esme-louise.bsky.social Creator of Kinky History 📚🍆
Author | Podcaster | PhD
Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social On a mission to save street dogs around the world. You can support here... https://www.happydoggo.com/donate
Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
https://linktr.ee/briantylercohen
Lee Murray @leemurray.bsky.social Australian English sociolinguist in the wild
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former resident word-nerd at By Lingo! @ thebigissue.org.au
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academic-skills coach
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send me your weird-to-tree sentences for #syntaxtreeoftheweek
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they/them
Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social American Book Award winning author of MEMENTO PARK (FSG). HARRY, REVISED (Bloomsbury), @UGMAN (ITNA). Hero: John Berger. Dog: Berger
“ … ceaselessly intelligent” - Joseph O’Neill.
"Chilling, flawlessly executed" - Kirkus Reviews
www.marksarvas.com
Paweł Ausir Dembowski @ausir.bsky.social Linguist and translator.
↙️ ↙️ ↙️
Mastodon: @ausir@wandering.shop
he/him on/jego http://pronouns.page/@ausir
Jamie Muir @jamiembrixton.bsky.social The world viewed from Brockwell Park in South London.
Daniel Cavicchi @danielcavicchi.bsky.social Professor, Rhode Island School of Design. American studies, fandom studies, music studies, sound studies. Views are my own. https://www.risd.edu/academics/history-philosophy-and-social-sciences/faculty/daniel-cavicchi
Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social 🥊 1880s boxing+wrestling historian
📕 THE DEVILS' DANCE FLOOR (Duckworth '27)
✍🏻 Hezekiah Moscow, Alec Munroe, Sugar Goodson, Wannop, Smith, Ball &c.
👊🏻 Write fight books raise dinosaur child
👩🏻💻 Science charity PR
🏖️ Clacton-on-Sea
www.grapplingwithhistory.com
The Cockney Yiddish Podcast @cockneyyiddish.bsky.social Stories of a forgotten London subculture with Prof Nadia Valman and Dr Vivi Lachs.
cockneyyiddish.org
Supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
BEST CULTURE PODCAST, Independent Podcast Awards 2025
BEST INDIE PODCAST, Silver
Lovies Award 2025
Corrinne F @traviata.bsky.social “There is a time for the evening under starlight/A time for the evening under lamplight/(The evening with the photograph album)/Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter”
Songdog LP Mirabilia Mundi out now https://orcd.co/mirabiliamundi
Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social Cartoonist for The New Yorker
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Jane Solomon @janesolomon.bsky.social 👁 Typeface Designer at Lettermatic.com 👁 Word Panelist at Scripps National Spelling Bee 👁 Ex-Lexicographer 👁 Lapsed Emoji Expert 👁 Author of The Dictionary of Difficult Words 👁
Annie Gray @dranniegray.bsky.social Food historian, mainly British food ca1650 on. Writer, consultant, speaker. #BBCTKC panellist. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dranniegray
Debora Robertson @lickedspoon.bsky.social I write about food, mostly. Did I tell you I live in France now?
deborarobertson.substack.com
Aidan Truhen @aidantruhen.bsky.social I’m the fucking zeitgeist now.
Author: The Price You Pay & Seven Demons - TV’s Kill Jackie
https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/catherine-zeta-jones-new-series-kill-jackie-first-look-image-1236541905/
@nickharkaway.com’s evil twin.
Liz Anderson @lizanderson.bsky.social Licensed Thames Mudlark. Up To My Eyes In Silt. NB: It is illegal to search the tidal Thames Foreshore, for any reason, without a valid permit from the Port of London Authority.
Instagram: @lizanderson2
Blog: A Mudlark’s Diary https://amudlarksdiary.com/
Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social English professor, book historian. 19th C, mainly. I wrote Selling Sexual Knowledge (CUP, 2025). Now working on MANUFACTURING LITERATURE and a few smaller projects. https://sarahbull.me/
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her 
Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social UK based fine artist. Painter (mostly). Dog person (obviously). Abandoned/derelict building enthusiast. Wayfarer. Visionary. Procrastinator.
No NFTs. No AI.
http://www.leemadgwick.co.uk
leemadgwickart on instagram
Simon Koppel @simonkoppel.bsky.social Quizzer, charity-adjacent and lexicography-curious. He/him.
Bryan A. Garner @bryaneragarner.bsky.social Lexicographer, grammarian, lawyer, writer.
Frank Wynne @terribleman.com Irish literary translator, editor, writer, 2022 International Booker Chair. he/him/oi, you! 🌈
Kevin Boniface @kevinboniface.bsky.social Artist/Writer/Postman appearing from behind a rhododendron and cursing loudly #MDANT
Website: https://kevinboniface.co.uk
Sports and Social: https://tinyurl.com/2xmnxh38
Round About Town: https://tinyurl.com/24bwnh2b
Julian Walker and StuffLikeThat @julianwalkerslt.bsky.social Artist, writer of fiction and essays, publisher of handmade books in tiny lovingly made editions (https://Stufflikethatbooks.carrd.co)
Rebecca Baumann @arkhamlibrarian.bsky.social rare book librarian, book junkie, devotee of the weird, angry queer, friend to all monsters, nonbinary freak. Free Substack on queer pulps: https://nympholibrarian.substack.com/
Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social Uncharismatic megafauna.
Too fat to ride a horse, too poor to own a carriage.
https://linktr.ee/causticcovercritic
The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com The world's oldest mystery fiction specialty shop, located at 58 Warren Street, NYC. Home to Penzler Publishers and all its imprints, Mysterious Press, Scarlet, Crime Ink, and American Mystery Classics.
Voted USA Today's #1 Indie Bookshop 2025
Bill Cunningham, MPB @madpulpbastard.bsky.social Co-editor and designer of the ART OF RON LESSER Artbook series, Co-editor/designer of MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY, Publisher PULP 2.0 PRESS.
Substack: https://substack.com/@billcunningham2?
Ron Clinton @ronclinton.bsky.social Husband, dad, book guy. Pub’d author of fiction & non-fiction. My “Collecting the Modern Macabre” & interviews appear in Centipede Press’ WEIRD FICTION REVIEW.
Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social I’m a #pulp culture historian who focuses on vintage men’s adventures magazines and paperbacks. I co-edit the Men’s Adventure Library book series, the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY magazine, and the ART OF RON LESSER book series. My website is MensPulpMags.com
Erin C Alexander @erinalexander.bsky.social Book collector, collagist, cat enthusiast
https://afterwordbooks.bigcartel.com/
Stefan Dziemianowicz @stefandz11.bsky.social Weird fiction aficionado, indefatigable pulp collector, incurable moviegoer, irascible critic, incorrigible Jersey guy.
Jim Stokes @jimstokes.bsky.social #ConstantReader Science Fiction & Fantasy. Board trustee (Spring Lake Public Library, VNAHG of NJ). USNA alumni, proud veteran. IBM retiree. Nosce te ipsum. Pax vobiscum.
Frank Vatel @frankvatel312.bsky.social Writer of noir fiction, designer of book covers. Derringer Award finalist. Published by Punk Noir, All Due Respect, Bristol Noir, Revolution John, and Reckon Review.
Mark Seifert @markseifert.bleedingcool.com Vintage paper addict, co-founder of Avatar Press, managing editor of Bleeding Cool. Interest in American periodical publishing history including dime novels, pulps, newspapers, magazines, golden age & silver age comics. I mostly post about old paper here.
Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social Associate Professor of Popular Literature and Culture at Falmouth University
Timaeus Bloom @timaeusbloom.bsky.social Writer, layabout, enthusiast of the nonsensical
Pulp Librarian @pulplibrarian.bsky.social Curator of the art, history and fiction of old dreams.
Book Detective @bookdetective.bsky.social “Would you happen to have a Ben Hur 1860? The third edition. The one with the erratum on page 116.”
Not on the bus, but close by. Constantly distracted while scanning the shelves and looking at what’s hanging on the walls.