Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social Londoner
Disappointed but not surprised
Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social The home of terrible maps with a pinch of humour
terriblemaps@gmail.com
Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social PROTECT THE NHS. SAVE LIVES. RIDE BIKES.
Fewer cars not newer cars!
A Moulton and Brompton riding linux-loving cyclist geek. Cos small wheeled bikes rock!
I block helmet compulsionists and evangelists.
Shaun Murray @shaunmurray.uk Sometime cyclist, Linux dev. Previously @aegisdesign on Twitter.
Commute de Paris @commutedeparis.bsky.social Le vélo, ce qui me meut.
@sunartfields.bsky.social @sunartfields.bsky.social 
Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social Audax, underbiking & velomobiles. Occasional tallbiking. Genius who brought you SPD Crocs, inventor of the Meths Martini & no longer allowed unsupervised lab access. Still successfully passing as human.
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
>KEYWORDS_ @keywords.bagpuss.org A new daily word connection game by @bagpuss.org
Discover the five connected words of increasing length by typing into the boxes. Follow me on Bluesky for extra hints and stuff.
(Replies off in case of spoilers, but quote post all you like)
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
M. W. Craven @mwcraven.bsky.social Chatter of 💩, writer of books. Author of Sunday Times bestselling #WashingtonPoe & #TillyBradshaw / #BenKoenig / #JamesBond and the Secret Agent Academy series. Winner of CWA Gold/Steel Dagger/ #Theakstons OP Crime Novel of the Year Award #mwcraven
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Content providers added with permission.
Stephanie @stephupnorth.bsky.social Live with a Border Collie. Cycling, walking, hiking, street drumming, photography, reading, drinking tea, eating cake.
Walk Ride Stockport @walkridestocky.bsky.social Making Stockport a better place to walk, wheel, and cycle.
Part of @walkridegm.org.uk
Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social Graffoe Forcione Wot Italian? 20th Anniversary Tour all tickets wotitalian.com
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social Geek
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
is there a film on the bbc tonight? @isthereafilmon.bsky.social Finds film length things on the beeb starting at around 7:30pm-10pm. If we don't use the BBC we'll lose it, do your bit, watch some ordinary broadcast TV tonight. https://isthereafilmonthebbctonight.robmanuel.workers.dev/
Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
I tend to tweet at night ....mostly
Follows Back Like Buffalo Bill With A Tub Of Lotion
Rachael Funnell @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social Journalist and writer: @iflscience | http://iflscience.com | Literary agent: http://theliteraryoffice.com
b3ta @b3ta.com Funny, original pics & projects made by the B3ta community & weekly newsletter. Sub to newsletter: https://b3ta.com/subscribe/
Clickbait Robot Re-Enactment Society @clickbaitrobot.bsky.social Stupid headlines made by code and templates and NOT AI. Posted on Twitter 2015-2023. This bot posts the best in sequence. And all links are to the non fash Nitter. Occasional new ones marked 'clickbait reboot'
Random Smash Hits @randomsmashhits.bsky.social Random pages from Smash Hits. A bot by Rob Manuel.
YORE COMPUTER 🕹️ @yorecomputer.bsky.social Publishing pages selected at random from old British computer mags. A bot from Rob Manuel. Support https://archive.org/details/computermagazines- H @houlie58.bsky.social @houlie58.bsky.social
Hourly Simpsons @hourlysimpsons.bagpuss.org A random frame from a random Simpsons episode up to season 15, every hour, on the hour. Also on Instagram and Threads (but no-one cares about that). Episode details in alt text.
By Dave Bagpuss Forsey @bagpuss.org
More Hourly TV: linktr.ee/hourlytv
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk Not even the most famous person in my bedroom. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
Samuel @samuelgamester.bsky.social 52. AuDHD. Winchester UK. Out riding the bike or home drinking tea and staring into Space 🪐
www.udm14.com
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Simon @simondbarnes.bsky.social 
@cyclingelectric.bsky.social @cyclingelectric.bsky.social 
Velogames Fantasy Cycling @velogames.bsky.social Fantasy Pro Cycling games. Lots of them, big and small. No official endorsement from race organisers should be assumed.
Hannah Walker @hannah-walker.bsky.social Cycling commentator, reporter & host 🎤 | Former cyclist | Without pressure there's no diamonds.. Contact: hannah@hannahwalker.info
Also known as Spanna Walker 🤪
Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🧃 @bagpuss.org Welsh/Dutch bloke who makes games, videos and Photoshoppery. Friday night #TOTP botherer. Former CTO of WeTransfer, now freelancing. I do not have a podcast.
Join me for a pint at bagpuss.org for a selection of my stuff.
YouTube: youtube.com/@bagpuss_org
Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social Name shouter
James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social Author/annoyance from The Bird Site
Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Specialist journalist: WIRED.com and more. Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Finalist: Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 https://authory.com/carltonreid Signal: carltonreid.67
Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social Whenwolf
swearclock ⌚︎ @swearclock.bsky.social Throw away your watches - they are obsolete. A bot by Rob Manuel. Add your suggestions here: bit.ly/swearclockform
HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk Artist, animator, utter nonsense. Don't believe a word except when I'm being serious. Did that gif once, those noseflags and other stuff.
HappyToast.co.uk
patreon.com/HappyToast
redbubble.com/people/HappyToast/explore
https://ko-fi.com/happytoast 
Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social Rewilding pioneers, working with nature for a sustainable future.
https://knepp.co.uk/
Get our latest news: https://knepp.co.uk/newsletter-signup/
Bil @bordersjambo.bsky.social Scottish. Alive. Everything else is negotiable.
Star Trek fan. Babylon 5 fan.
Likes toy trains.
LGBTQ+ Ally. Socialist. Fuck ICE.
un Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social "an American lost in Paris"
Wandering Paris to discover art, architecture, transportation, & lifestyle.
Fighting Illini, Colonial, Teufelshunde
Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com Artist whose mediums include film, tv, and soda. www.StillersSoda.com
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social Books etc
Dom Cycling @domcycling.com Posting about urbanism and cycling in Manchester, UK and beyond. See my blog https://domcycling.com for more of this from the UK, Europe and especially the Netherlands. Green Party supporter, having finally given up on Labour. I take a lot of photos.
Frederika Roberts | Whole School Wellbeing @frederika-r.bsky.social Trainer, Speaker, Author, Researcher, Lecturer
#Wellbeing #PositivePsychology #PositiveEducation #WholeSchoolWellbeing #AppreciativeInquiry
http://happiness-speaker.com
liinks.co/frederikaroberts
Agent: https://www.inspirationalspeakers.co.uk
Col can make YOUR workplace exciting @colken.bsky.social You're probably wondering why I've gathered you all here today. Human rights are cool, we should leave them alone. Very Scottish 🍀
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hsaqlh4nc4v5luci7oqusxuk/feed/aaaha5i5ewo2g
Peaks & Puddles 🚲 @peaksandpuddles.com Peak District cycling. Cycle routes, active travel news & local exploring in the Peak edges of Derbyshire, Cheshire & Greater Manchester, where Stockport meets the High Peak • Anthony 👋 peaksandpuddles.com
Sophie ✨ @sophiemackenzie.bsky.social Producer at Audio Always for OJ Borg on Radio 2 🟠📻
Lucy @only1lucylocket.bsky.social Wife, Mum (Tom 1994 to 2004 & Harry 1998 to 2010).
Trustee to thomassfund.org
Cycled 1050 miles on a tandem from Land's End to John O'Groats in June 2022. Love reading,cooking & adventures
Twonks @twonks.bsky.social Cartoons and comics by Steve Nelson.
Manager: michael.krell@sixteenth.com
https://linktr.ee/twonkscomics
Claire Stocks @stocksyatlarge.bsky.social Working to make Walking Wheeling & Cycling safer, easier & .. the way to go!🚶♀️👨🏿🦽🚲🛴🌳
🔸 supporting Greater Manchester’s Transport Commissioners 🐝
🔸 co-host weekly activetravelcafe.co.uk
🔸 ex-BBC exec / journalist
🔸 co-founder cargo bike coop
Dan Challis @globalpeloton.bsky.social Cycling journalist. Writer of Global Peloton. Englishman living in Scotland.
escapecollective.com/tag/global-peloton/
#cyclingbluesky
Roystoncartoons @roystoncartoons.bsky.social Royston Robertson, cartoonist, draws for Private Eye, The Spectator, Big Issue etc, plus commissions for businesses, greetings cards, books, live work etc
💬 Direct message or email roystonrobertson@gmail.com for commissions
linktr.ee/roystoncartoons
Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social Award-winning active travel campaigner
Stockport and Manchester
Mike King @glosterbirder.bsky.social Not here yet, still on Twitter until it burns down.
Keeping Gloster birders on their toes. Family 1st Grampy 5x, Birding. Wolves. Glaws. God's Own County Glos. Casual twitcher BOU 477/Glos 294/World 1686 💜Scilly
Scarfolk @scarfolk.bsky.social Scarfolk is a town called Scarfolk. For more information please re-read.
Grant Colgate @grantcolgate.bsky.social Whatever 
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
Li Chen @exocomics.com I like cats.
My third graphic novel Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery is now available worldwide! https://detectivebeans.com
Sebastian Bach™️ @sebastianbach.bsky.social Sebastian Bach *FANPAGE* & not impersonating
https://linktr.ee/sebastianbach
AbsoluteMTB @absolutemtb.bsky.social 
Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social Well-meaning liability.
British (derogatory)
Sexual swear words are those of my employers.
Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/samwhytebluesky
forest fr1ends @forestfr1ends.bsky.social past dreamland, second left
Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com a collection of ass brained posts written by your favorite stupid fucking idiot
Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social Energy ⚡️ Waste ♻️ Transport 🚲 Public Realm 🌳
Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal.
Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board.
Enquiries - jonburkeuk@protonmail.com
www.jonburkeuk.com
The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social A highway engineer's adventures in time & space. The street is not too narrow your imagination is too narrow | Independent sustainable mobility design specialist | Better streets & places | Runs @cityinfinity.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/rantyhighwayman
Fi @feebee69.bsky.social Heart of a goth, mouth of a pirate🏴☠️
Northern Scum
Smells nice
#MDANT 🥉
Katy @theblueulysses.bsky.social cycling and walking, nerdery, food & drink, probably the odd train. PhD (medical physics). she/her
📍Stockport, UK
Stephen Mangan @stephenmangan.bsky.social Insta: @realstephenmangan Twitter: @stephenmangan and nowhere else!
VeloViewer @veloviewer.com Bring Strava data to life with VeloViewer. Used by WorldTour teams ♂ ♀ & 500K worldwide. Unlock engaging visuals, goal setting & in-depth analysis.
https://linktr.ee/veloviewer
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 July 2027…
Northern Independence Party @freenorthnow.bsky.social A political party demanding independence for the North of England | enquiries@freethenorth.co.uk | www.stopthenonsense.co.uk | www.freethenorth.co.uk
James Finlayson @aviemoron.bsky.social Scottish- R @raouligan.bsky.social @raouligan.bsky.social Full time Spaniel Butler, occasional cyclist, beer enjoyer
Tez @tezilyas.bsky.social Lancastrian with terrible takes
Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social Recovering X and Twitter addict. Looking for a funnier, more intelligent place.
Lifelong Leeds United supporter.
I block racists.
Elderly white hippie and proud.
@rosiecakediva.bsky.social @rosiecakediva.bsky.social 
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Edgar Wright @edgarwright.bsky.social Spaced / Shaun Of The Dead / Hot Fuzz / Scott Pilgrim Vs The World / The World’s End / Baby Driver / The Sparks Brothers / Last Night In Soho / The Running Man
Aviation Toulouse @frenchpainter.bsky.social Aviation photographer following #Airbus news in #Toulouse. Member of the RAF Luton team. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 #A350 #A380 #AvGeek
Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social Aspiring poet, growing problem. My books POYUMS, and POYUMS ANNAW are available to order now. https://buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
🏴💙
Antony de H @rhubarbhoof.bsky.social Haggard dad, thinking about how people get from A to B
Rufus Hound @rufushound.com He/him/us/ours/lovely/jubbly
🇨🇦Kelownagurl @kelownagurl.bsky.social Barb | She/Her | Kelowna, BC, Canada | Retired Teacher | Grandma | #TheArchers | #ElbowsUp
Politics | Genealogy | Gardening | Cooking | Travel | Sewist | Fibromyalgia
Have I watched Heated Rivalry more than once?
I mean, yes, I think so, probably.
Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social Empowering people to protect British wildlife. Sign the petition to end the Guga hunt! ⬇️
https://protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petition/
Lucy Inglis @lucyinglis.bsky.social Does what it says on the tin. 
Jose Been @josebeentv.bsky.social Dutch | Talks and writes about guys and girls on bikes | Supported by SRAM, Kalas & Trek | multilingual 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸
robyn @robynemz.bsky.social cycling journalist. rock n’ roll x
@xandvt.bsky.social @xandvt.bsky.social 
Paloma Faith @handle.invalid Automated posts about new music and videos from Paloma Faith
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://music-social.com/@palomafaith, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact