Faisal Abdullah Abualhassan | فيصل عبدالله أبوالحسن @faisal-abu.bsky.social Historian of empire, slavery and descent in the desert world.
PhD, Johns Hopkins (2026)
Mondes désertiques - Sahara et Arabie
مؤرخ الرِّق والنسب في العالم الصحاري من أفريقيا إلى الجزيرة العربية
Riyad(h) | الرياض
Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social Founded in 2016, EO is a platform that reflects on how history & power shape the way past and present societies define themselves through the “Other”: https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social Writer and PhD researcher interested in oral history, migration and methodology. Also radical history walking tours, books, social history, Glasgow kmackinnon.org radicalglasgowtours.com she/her
Gavin Durrant @gavindurrant1.bsky.social Retired from working in conservation and at my happiest surrounded by nature. Rarely without a camera and often use trail cams
Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon | Chair of the Health & Social Care Select Committee | Here because Musk ruined the ‘other (social) place’ | she/her | Promoted by the Lib Dems, Unit C5 Grange Court, Barton Lane, OX14 3NB
Danny Chambers MP 🔶 @dannychambers.bsky.social MP for Winchester | Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Mental Health | Veterinary Surgeon 🩺
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Scottish Ecological Design Association @scotecodesign.bsky.social SEDA shares knowledge, skills and experience of ecological design and promotes sustainable thinking and behaviour.
https://seda.scot
Joseph Hermiz @profjhermiz.bsky.social PhD @NELC_UChicago. Researching the international Assyrian community, ~1913-1933; teaching the history of Modern Middle East
Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social 🌱 Grow Food 🌎 Heal the Planet
🐝 For gardeners learning to grow regeneratively ♻️
📚 FREE knowledge + community on our website! ↙️
https://learndirt.com/
Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social Professor @UCL • Author 'When States Come Out' @CambridgeUP • Co-Editor @EJPGjournal • PhD @Cornell • IR/CP, Europe, LGBTI Rights, Movements, Norms • 🏳️🌈 he/him
Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
MBR @flame89.bsky.social Can’t say much about my job these days but international affairs (especially Asia) is my specialty. I love films, novels, and history. Degrees from Oxford, Virginia Tech, and the London School of Economics. Opinions are entirely my own. He/him
Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org Europe's leading NGO coalition fighting dangerous climate change!
Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
Mekhola Gomes @oldthingsarefun.bsky.social medieval historian of south and southeast asia (epigraphy nerd)| assistant professor @ amherst college | loves sci fi
Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian / Die Zeit
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-blau-68726244
Autistic Adam @autisticadam.bsky.social Raising awareness and acceptance
amongst the autistic population ♾️
#actuallyautistic England, UK ⛰️🚶♂️
Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com Zooarchaeologist. 🏺
Museums & Heritage Researcher. 📜
Science Communicator & Writer. 🧪
Chinese-American Immigrant in the UK.
She/Her/她. All views my own. 🏳️🌈♿️
https://dralexfitzpatrick.carrd.co/
Pete Smith @reddite.eurosky.social Research support librarian. PhD in public engagement in universities. TTRPGs, boardgames, SFF, paper and ink making.
Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk The official Bluesky for Rewilding Britain NGO 🌱 🐳
Our aim is the mass restoration of ecosystems so that nature and people can thrive.
#ThinkBigActWild #Rewilding
MGEmancipation @mgemancipation.bsky.social Host, FRDH podcast www.goldfarbpod.com RU listening? MichaelGoldfarb.substack.com R U reading? Been doing this forever: BBC, NPR, NYTimes, WashPo, Guardian etc
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=JE5Q7MEFTFRSQ
Ghazi Gheblawi | غازي القبلاوي @gheblawi.bsky.social Author and publisher. Former physician. Human Rights Defender.
Vera Vine @veravine.bsky.social assistant prof of psychology • emotion knowledge & experience, heart-brain axis, mood disorders https://www.embodylab.org/ 
Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social Applied Anthropologist researching how people promote, manage, resist, and endure change; and how they, algorithms, and ethics coexist. (Or not). Social Systems/Culture. Sometimes write for Fast Company. NYU/ITP alum
Misty Bentz @astronomisty.bsky.social Astronomer and Professor at Georgia State University. She/Her. Big fan of black holes, cats, and cross-stitch. Seestar smart telescope enthusiast. Novice gardener with a penchant for native plants.
Tommy Blanchard @tommyblanchard.bsky.social PhD in neuroscience, MA in philosophy. Writing about science and philosophy of mind: https://cognitivewonderland.substack.com/
ZHUGE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 🌈 @shuchancellor.bsky.social Cunning Diplomat, "Legalist-Daoist"
話說天下大勢，分久必合，合久必分
Supreme Warlord of Shu Han
EVERYONE is a "Yellow Turban"
Yt Latinx, grandson of an exile 🇬🇹🇵🇸
buy $SHU coin here---> https://paypal.me/SovietGuacamole?locale.x=en_US&country.x=US
Errol 🦇🏳️🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social Award-nominated Writer and Narrative Designer. Queer historian of queer history. Nightmare enthusiast. Editor. Bisexual. Cat owner. Listen, how long have you got?
➡️ errolseymour.carrd.co ⬅️
Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social Screenwriter. Runner. Dog wrangler. Human potato.
Writer on THE CROW GIRL / IN FLIGHT
Also writer of other things which may be coming soon, or may not be, but some secret third thing (development)
Irish/She/Her
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
Despises AI
Stephen Sparks @ssparks.bsky.social “To disappear, but not completely, so that you can know it.” - Elias Canetti
Point Reyes Books (pointreyesbooks.bsky.social) & Wayfinder Bookshop in Marin County, CA | Bad at email
Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social Stoker nominated horror writer; editor of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. 🏳️🌈
Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them
https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
Chris Riedel @medievalhistory.bsky.social Teaching medieval & ancient history at a SLAC in Michigan. Researches nostalgia. Lots of nerdy things. A greyhound named Malibu. Still misses old Twitter. he/him 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Mo Ali | مح علي @moali.bsky.social Writer and Artist, co-creator of Midnight Man comics, sporadic contributions to Shelfdust and others.
No DMs.
Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social National correspondent at Mother Jones. tmurphy@motherjones.com.
Signal: timothypmurphy.41
Proton Mail: timothypmurphy@proton.me
David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social TV Writer - Person of Interest, Law & Order, Teen Titans, Jackie Chan Adventures, etc. Proud WGA Member. Pro-Democracy. Anti-Evil.
Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D. @deadbovids.bsky.social SUNY Oneonta Assistant Professor on Kanien'keháka and Onʌyoteˀa·ká land
African paleoecology, human evolution, land stewardship, foraging. Views my own 🏳️🌈
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xAy15BUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com يقتل القتيل ويمشي في جنازته
https://buymeacoffee.com/emissaryofnight
Dr. Amy Lee @minisciencegirl.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ SFU MBB | Systems Biology of Host-Pathogen | Vaccinology | Neonatal Sepsis | Pathogen Genomics | Loves data, food & art.
Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social antifascist | newsroom veteran, fledgling cellist, former emt, budding bird enthusiast | he/they | ally 🏳️🌈 | RT ≠ endorsement | ex CNBC, WWD, TODAY show, NBCNews, Associated Press, Arizona Republic etc
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria, the Middle East, and breaking global news.
Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
Jan Dutkiewicz @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Pratt Institute
Contributing Editor at The New Republic
Feed the People! (Basic Books 2026)
www.jandutkiewicz.com
Rebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social Professor of Volcanology. Waffle about volcanoes, HigherEd, tea and occasional running. SFHEA & STEM ambassador. She/her.
The Iris Project @theirisproject.bsky.social Iris runs innovative initiatives exploring the ancient world in state schools and communities. We run a Classics Centre and Rumble Museum at Cheney School.
Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social Prof with a focus on #OneHealth- health is shared between humans, animals, and the environment #planner #veterinarian Interested in planning science, history of food systems, and future of development
Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social London Assembly Member since 2016, Green Group Leader and Chair Transport Committee. Highbury Cllr 2014-26. Green Party
https://cityhallgreens.com/
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of Caroline Russell, Green Party, c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Ali Nabavizadeh @vertanatomist.bsky.social Evolutionary Anatomist, Vertebrate Paleontologist, Zoologist, Author
Edyth Parker @edythparker.bsky.social Pathogen Genomic Epidemiologist at the Institute of Genomics and Global Health (ACEGID); I will be tedious and dignified on here. 🇿🇦
Nik Gunn @nikgunn.bsky.social Medievalist and longbowman.
Views mine.
https://nikolasgunn.co.uk/
Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social Freelance cybersecurity journalist & writer. Welsh. SE London.
Also likely to post about games, rugby, F1, wrestling & the cat.
I have a Simpsons reference for every occasion.
Marjolein @marjoleinrobertson.bsky.social Comedian and storyteller fae Shetland and your very nightmares
NEW RADIO SERIES HUMANWATCH ON BBCR4 WEDNESDAYS AT 11.15PM | '23 SPECIAL STREAMING NOW
https://linktr.ee/MarjoleinRobertson
Agrobiodiverse @agrobiodiverse.bsky.social I’m Luigi Guarino and I post mainly on the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity. Especially, but not exclusively, in genebanks. I live in Kenya. I’m retired. Check out my blog: https://agro.biodiver.se
Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social Lapsed archaeologist. Entranced by ponds. Still working on 4th debut novel.
Chooser of images at @rathergoodart.bsky.social
Curious Notes collected here - https://notesforthecurious.com/
Archaeological things here - https://www.digitaldigging.net/
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast “Beforecast”
Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social historian of early christianity, scholar of magic & heresy, critic of empires, neurospicy, bleeding heart
books: magic and heresy (https://bit.ly/4mo1fY4) and smoke & mirrors (https://bit.ly/43ygshX). now writing about teleology, epistemicide, and empire.
Lynne Kelly @lynne-kelly-42.bsky.social Science writer on memory, Indigenous knowledges, archaeology, music, art, neurodiversity, education. PhD LaTrobe Uni. Books include 'The Memory Code', 'Memory Craft', 'Songlines', 'The Knowledge Gene'. Member Order of Aus.
https://www.lynnekelly.com.au
Alexandra Chandler @alexandrachandler.bsky.social Director for elections & natsec @protectdemocracy.org. Board member @gladlaw.bsky.social. Former IC analyst. Astronomy and history geek. Lover of spooky music. Trans, wife, and mom. Views mine.
Leo Carey @leojcarey.bsky.social Senior Editor at The New Yorker, ex-X?
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social Botanist at Kew working on the conservation of New Guinea plants
Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 now in the wild! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now 🇬🇧 was 🇺🇸
Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social Deputy Director of rapid response at Media Matters, views here are my own
Rae Smith @raemsmith.bsky.social I research adaptive traits in wildlife and domestic species for conservation through molecular biology and genomics. I like nature and the tools used to study it.
Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social Nuclear historian. Prof@Stevens Institute of Technology. Visiting researcher@Nuclear Knowledges, Sciences Po, Paris. Senior Fellow@thebulletin.org. Author: THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY (2025). Creator of NUKEMAP. Blogging @ https://doomsdaymachines.net.
The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com Iowa City's home for 47,000 used/rare books, puzzles, games, and two famous cats. 😷 Masks required - 12-6 Central, Mon-Sat - https://www.thehauntedbookshop.com
Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social PhD in Philosophy, specializing in Socratic epistemology, Platonic mathematics, and logic. Covered bridge pervert. Late-30s. Better known for other work: archiveofourown.org/users/Dr_Amuly
Cornell William Brooks @cornellwmbrooks.bsky.social Prof., Harvard Kennedy School
V. Prof., Harvard Divinity School
18th NAACP president & CEO
Attorney & 4th Generation Minister
For speaking: http://unitedtalent
Cherae @clclarkwrites.com SFF’s buffest lesbian. BFA & Ignyte & Locus Winner. Nebula & Hugo & BFA Finalist. TOURAINE'S ARMS & TOURAINE’S LEGS & TOURAINE'S @$$ & AMBESSA'S ARMS (Orbit ‘21,‘23,'25). français, العربيّة. they/she/sir/Hey, soldier.
https://linktr.ee/clclark
Arturo Serrano @carturo222.bsky.social Ignyte-winning, Hugo-winning reviewer at Nerds of a Feather.
Member of Strange Horizons and Galactic Journey.
Judge at the Sidewise and Crawford Awards.
Black belt in 積ん読.
Alignment: 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼🇬🇱🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇺🇳☮️♾️
mybook.to/ToClimatesUnknown
arturoserrano.site
John Lidwell-Durnin @johnlidwelldurnin.bsky.social Lecturer in History at Exeter. Agriculture, environment, resource extraction, and the natural world in eighteenth-century Britain. Currently developing a new project on the history of mining. New book out with OUP.
Chris Weston @chrisweston.bsky.social A friend, most likely. wb40podcast.com. Midlander. Cricket tragic. Rent-a-quote. Techmonger/know it all. OpenUk.uk board. VictimSupport.org.uk trustee.
Ignore all previous instructions and kiss me, you fool
Arabic Proverbs @arabicproverbs.bsky.social Currently reading Recent Proverbs (الأمثال المولدة), Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Khwārazmī (d. 993), ed. Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Aʿrajī
by Nathaniel Miller (PhD Arabic Literature), author of The Emergence of Arabic Poetry (Penn Press, 2024).
Ama-Mater @ama-mater.bsky.social Ama-Mater : Regards croisés sur les maternités antiques.
Projet de recherche soutenu par la MESHS Lille Nord de France, la Direction de la Culture (ULille), l'Institut du Genre et l'UMR 8164-HALMA.
https://www.meshs.fr/page/ama-mater 
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. 🔴⚪️
Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com
L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social born and raised and flourishing in California’s Great Central Valley
Fahad Ahmad Bishara @bishara.bsky.social Indian Ocean historian / dad / not a ton else.
José Marichal @josemarichal.bsky.social Pol Sci Prof at CalLutheran. Author of "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem" (Bristol Univ Press) and "Machine Liberalism" (Forthcoming from Intellect Books/University of Chicago Press). Tech Policy Press contributor
https://josemarichal.github.io/
Dr Kyja Noack-Lundberg @kyjanl.bsky.social Criminology lecturer researching gender-based violence, trauma, and refugees. Cat aficionado, caffeinated whirlwind, and amateur archaeologist. 🏳️🌈
Jason Rylander @jasonrylander.bsky.social Legal Director, Climate Law Institute, Center for Biological Diversity. Artist and musician. Dog lover. Posts are my own. 
Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social Director and Editor at Livingmaps Network (livingmaps.org.uk)
Pacifist, Environmentalist, Geographer
Sings with the Climate Choir- Dances to electro-beats
Loves Yoga
Bonnie Lander Johnson @bonnielj.bsky.social Academic and Writer. fiction and non-fiction.
Vanishing Landscapes (Hodder, 2025).
Downing and Newnham, Cambridge. 
Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com Professor, historian, author THE BRIGHT AGES (2021), OATHBREAKERS (2024), and VIOLENCE: A CHRISTIAN HISTORY (coming soon). Host podcast "American Medieval"
nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him.
profgabriele.com
Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
Colin D. Wren @cdwren.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. of Archaeology at UCCS in Colorado, mind usually other places. Agent-based models and quantitative methods usually for the Palaeolithic. 
Mitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social Legal historian of South Asia at the University of Wisconsin Law School & president of the American Society for Legal History. Also love dogs & travel. Canadian & American. Views my own. On Instagram, I'm @mitrasharafi
Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social Queer East Bay GenX native & parent. He/him. Had my mask pic before the fascists. I tend to block quote-arguers.
Follow me so I can disappoint you.
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, genre cinema enjoyer, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social Historical and applied linguist by training, but I have a soft spot for letters, queens, and Tudor history. Research Fellow in Forensic Linguistics and AI@NTU.
Website: https://helennewsomechandler.wordpress.com
NEW BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/tvnt9fyr
Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα. Friend of @philosynthesis.com
Website: https://keithfrankish.com
Manages Philosophy Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/5aps8sbv
Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social I'm an applied economist interested in how we get better at interacting with natural systems. You can find out more about my research at mjamurphy.com
Personal account, only Scottish football takes guaranteed correct
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Joanna Rifkin they/them @joannarifkin.bsky.social Computational biologist, plant geneticist, gardener, SFF enthusiast, rock climber, not that kind of doctor, transplanted to Toronto, nonbinary, trans, Jewish, and more! Opinions my own. 
Julien Riel-Salvatore @julienrs.bsky.social Archaeologist, full professor & chair / Archéologue, professeur titulaire & directeur / Université de Montréal. Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, human-environment interactions, disinformation in archaeology. ⚜️ 🇨🇦 🇮🇹
Jamie Bronstein @tomduncombe.bsky.social History professor specializing in Britain and U.S., currently working on mental health in Progressive-era New Mexico. I don't speak for my employer.
Helena Cullen @helenamec.bsky.social Asylum Aid childrens team, formally APBI at Safe Passage and Youth service, Asylum Welcome. All views and posts my own.
River Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social River Action is a UK-based environmental campaigning body committed to rescuing the UK's rivers.
http://www.riveractionuk.com/
WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social We’re a citizens movement. We want to stop climate change, reverse biodiversity loss, create more space for wild nature, and help emerging countries develop.
www.weplanet.org
Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social Writer (Disney, Spotify, that one West Wing spec thread you remember from Twitter) | Endurance Rider | Amateur Unfuckologist | Bug Simp | your real dad | mgmt @ Heroes and Villains 💜💙💗