Matt Flip Flop @mattflipflop.bsky.social Bicycles, Mountains, Campin and a dodgy taste in music .... married to the wonderful Jane
Laundry.The only thing that should be separated by colour
Alt. Banner pic. A postcard says "Derbados , more fun less passport"
MD Ant AHCC
Derbados Dweller
Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social Argyll, Scotland. Writes, takes pictures . Used to do more. Chair, Scottish Land Commission from 02/24. Hon Professor , Glasgow University. President SNP 2020 - 2023. Former MSP for Argyll & Bute and Minister/ Cabinet Secretary in Scottish Government
Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social Our charity is proud to:
🥾Break down barriers to walking
👟Fight for the places we love to walk
🗺️Champion access rights
🚶🏽♀️ Run 3,500 group walks a year across Scotland
ramblers.org.uk/scotland
Niall Anderson @nialla.bsky.social Academic, amateur traditional musician, cyclist and dad.
Herr Va Veum @herrvaveum.bsky.social Connoisseur of Nordic Noir novels. Lover of good music. Photography geek. Scottish, for my sins. 🇨🇦🏴🇫🇷
Pedal on Parliament #pop26 @pedalonparliament.org We’re back! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads. Find your nearest feeder ride on our Website
#ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26
asparagusnextleft @asparagusnextleft.bsky.social SNP member beer drinking golf playing cricket loving woke as fuck lefty.
Will follow all supporters of Scottish Independence.
If you don't have even a single line in your bio, & have never posted, you will be 🚫
STRICTLY NO DM'S!
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot Head of Policy & Research at Common Weal
Wrote a book: tinyurl.com/AllofOurFutures
Main social media at Mastodon: @thecommongreen@mastodon.scot
Donate to CW: https://commonweal.scot/donate/
My personal blog: https://thecommongreen.scot/
Isla Ratcliff @islaratcliff.bsky.social Scottish fiddle player, singer and composer
Suzuki violin and fiddle teacher
www.islaratcliff.com
Commute de Paris @commutedeparis.bsky.social Le vélo, ce qui me meut.
Urban Tracks (Paris Cycling) @urbantracks.eurosky.social [🇫🇷🇬🇧] Queerslamocycliste de YouTube et fan de Digimon.
🚲 en Île-de-France, infras, opinions et mèmes.
YouTube → https://shorturl.at/gPvxd
Twitch → https://shorturl.at/q0Aos
ALT bsky → https://bsky.app/profile/ekwatanuki.bsky.social
Fontenay-by-the-Woods
Jester mouse @jestermouse.bsky.social That line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me 🌊
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Film watches at Letterboxd https://boxd.it/HUMR
Chris @chrixoffer.bsky.social "I'm really an okay guy" -Carter Burke, 2179
SciFi/fantasy, cargo bikes, never worn lycra, cats and true blue.
Pidgin Posting @pidginposting.bsky.social Glaswegian in Edinburgh. Numbers, music, bikes, books
Duncan Chisholm @duncanchisholm.bsky.social Fiddle player and composer from the Highlands of Scotland. Living my best life.
Love wild places, music and great people ❤️
midgie @midgie.bsky.social we printed him a little hat
Colin Dunn 🏴 @indyposterboy.scot Pro-independence for Scotland and any other peoples that want it. Doing my little bit to push this agenda along. Here for comment not argument. It's nice to be nice, so trolls, name-callers and rude people will be blocked.
Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social Scriever/Braidcaster in Scots, English, an a wheen ither leids forbye.
Writer/Broadcaster in English, Scots and a few other languages as well. Passionate about Scottish independence, my wife, my weans and grandweans. Oh, and Scotland & Dundee United.
David Brennan @magnatom.bsky.social Rambling skeeterings from the mind of a Glaswegian helmet camera multi-modalist. + renewable heating, energy and a pinch of politics. CEO of a biotech. He/him
🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦
Morningsider @morningsider.bsky.social Transport, planning, and built environment - mainly Edinburgh and Scotland.
Kat's eye view @kats-eye.bsky.social People, place, planet, public health, equity, collaboration. Work: Place Outcomes / policy / Place Standard / Place Principle. www.ourplace.scot
Martin Steele @naegears.bsky.social Bikes and that. Proud to be a trustee of theGKexperience - a youth work charity doing amazing things in and around Glasgow.
Cargo Bike Movement @cargobikemovement.bsky.social We are currently in a transition period, and @the_bikestation have taken on our mission and vision. Stay tuned for updates on our projects!
Kirsty Hughes @kirstyshughes.bsky.social European, Scottish and UK politics - and sometimes photography/nature/landscapes. Blogs on Europe & Scotland https://open.substack.com/pub/kirstyhughes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8ztbl
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Glenys Norquay @glenisilla.bsky.social Curious about wildlife and nature, but also photography, books, art, language... all kinds of stuff.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net Professor | history of migration and diaspora | citizens' rights | commentator | immigrant | trans inclusive feminist | she•they | my views | https://tanjabueltmann.net
Patrick Limb @patchlimb.bsky.social Half-English, half-French, half-Scots KC @ropewalklaw. Completing biography of Capt FC Dietrichsen. Learning how to handle the Northumberland Small Pipes.
Brooke Combe @brookecombe.bsky.social
Andy Wightman @andywightman.scot Land campaigner, former MSP, forester, author The Poor Had No Lawyers. http://andywightman.scot & http://whoownsscotland.org.uk
Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social Franco-Scot 🇫🇷🏴| Lecturer in Scottish culture and literature at the University of the Highlands and Islands | Poetry, Politics, Metaphysics
Declan Valters @decvalts.bsky.social ⛰️🏃 Hills, running, and wandering | Geomagnetism Software Engineer at @bgs.ac.uk 💻🔧 | Lapsed geomorphologist, occasional flood modeller & weather watcher ⛈️🏞️ | ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig | 📍🏴 Edinburgh
Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
she/her
Laura Intably @lintably.bsky.social California expat in Edinburgh. Twitter refugee @lintably
Hugh Thomas @cyclonictwister.bsky.social Urban mobility, getting about on a bike, tasty coffee, cycling for a better world, #edinburgh #vlieland #cork #urbanbiking #cowboybike
Alex @doorsgalaxy.bsky.social Moving about Edinburgh by bike, with a sprinkling of socialism
LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.
Nein,No,Non,Não, ingen,Hayır,Nie,Tidak,Nee,Nei
🚫DM’s🚫
@greenroofer.bsky.social @greenroofer.bsky.social
Gavin Barrie @gavinkbarrie.bsky.social Former Firefighter, Former Trade Union Official, Former Edinburgh Councillor. Politics, current affairs, especially in Scotland, a country just waiting to be Independent.
@papagembo.bsky.social @papagembo.bsky.social
Ben Macpherson SNP @benmacpherson.bsky.social Local, experienced SNP candidate for Edinburgh North Eastern & Leith ⚓️
Promoted by Calum Carswell on my behalf at @theSNP Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh, EH8 8PJ ✉️
@ScotGov Minister 🏴
Former Lawyer ✏️
Optimist ➕
Internationalist 🌍
Nigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social Translator specialising in all things Central and East European (other than espionage). Sustainable transport campaigner and former Green councillor.
Tadhg @tadhg.bsky.social 'Outstanding physical and comedic performer' - The Scotsman.
'An embarrassment to Ireland' - Some lad on Twitter.
The Babylon Bee @realbabylonbee.bsky.social Fake news you can trust.
Julia Palmer @jules878.bsky.social Edinburgh. Likes tea, art, history, active travel, The Archers, & playing bridge. Athelney & Saxon roots. Teaches bridge in Edinburgh & online.
Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social Promoting Everyday Walking in Edinburgh.
Contact us at:- edinburghgroup@livingstreets.org.uk
If you’d like to sign up for our occasional email newsletter you can subscribe here: https://www.livingstreetsedinburgh.org.uk/contacts/
SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
📍#Edinburgh
Positive, sustainable changes. Live well locally. #streetsNOTroads
🚲FREE e-bike & e-cargobike hire: sw20.info
🛠️Tool Library: @sw20etl
🏃♀️Helped setup: Kids Park Run @ Hailes Quarry Park
Theresa Valtin @tcvaltin.bsky.social
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets
Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social Heritage, archaeology, cooking, art, fashion, Gaelic, Berneray. Ex-librarian, ex Oracle admin. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. 💙 NHS
Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social Associate Professor | FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology | @Fitztitute | University of Cape Town - Ornithology - Raptors - NFFC - surfing - HumanWildlifeConflicts #RaptorResearch feed
he/him
https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=Ryl9kMIAA
Ailsa Henderson @ailsahenderson.bsky.social PoliSci Prof at Edinburgh - run Scottish Election Study, co-run Union survey/Future of England survey
Voting, polling, attitudes to the union
@scotvoting.bsky.social @theunionsurvey.bsky.social
Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social Scotland: Literature Song Culture
Valentinabold.org
FSA Scot, Hon Fellow Edinburgh Uni, Heritage at Scottish Women's Institutes, Editor journals.ed.ac.uk/index.php/rosc and
www.peterlang.com/series/shcs Birlawman of Stirling Marches
Peter Arnott @peterarnott.bsky.social A playwright without a theatre is just a poet with a split personality. For permissions etc, Brennan Artists. https://www.brennanartists.com/
English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social English Commonwealth is a web-based campaign promoting England as a discrete nation and source of political identity, sovereignty and citizenship in its own right.
#EnglishParliament #YesEngland #SayEngland
https://englishcommonwealth.net/
The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social We campaign for an English Parliament, meaning a parliament for the people of England, for whom England is their chosen or inherited home.
http://thecep.org.uk/
Jac frankitti @cakerdeath.bsky.social Formerly from the other place.
Not much of a social media whens there's only bots to talk with 😔
Pics all crap but my own.
Midlothian
Scotland
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.
@johnrobson87.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social Person on a 🚲 in Edinburgh & beyond!
Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social Writer, beachcomber, all at sea. Founder of the award-winning Lego Lost At Sea project. Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year. Author of Adrift, The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost At Sea. Cornwall. MD ANT.
Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social Think the illegal killing of birds of prey is a thing of the past? Think again! Blog by @ruthtingay.bsky.social
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Paul Bullen @xpabu.bsky.social Edinburgh. Cycling, running, tool library
Morag Macpherson @momacp.bsky.social Creativity, culture, communities, cycling, music, urbanism, coproduction & connection. Views are personal.
Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Radicalized by discotheque music.
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social Smile Scotland ... you're on camera
Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social Plays guitar. Hates fascists. Just confused by life.
Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
Monorail Music @monorailmusic.bsky.social Glasgow-based independent record shop.
Sign up to our mailout: http://eepurl.com/W9ORL
Scottish Post-Punk @scotspostpunk.bsky.social Nae bams or fascists!
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social Poet, essayist. Author of 'Findings', 'Sightlines', 'Surfacing' and 'Cairn'. Erstwhile National Poet of Scotland. Terrible at art, alas. What else? Today is all low winter sun and jackdaws.
NorthLan Heritage @nlheritage.bsky.social Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan All links: https://linktr.ee/sarasheridanwriter
Gair Dunlop @gair.bsky.social Artist in but not necessarily about Scotland.
Video photography and text.
"It's a Sign!" exhibition and book crowdfunder
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/its-a-sign
www.atomtown.org
Alistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social Reader in Architectural History, University of Edinburgh. C20 architecture in Britain. New towns. Theatres. Book 'Building Modern Scotland' available open access. Own views. No age ID so no DMs but I can do e-mail!
Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk Glasgow then and now
Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social a guy
Broken Chanter @brokenchanter.bsky.social existential dread/decent tunes. new album ‘This Could be Us, You, Or Anybody Else’ out on @chemunderground.bsky.social now.
https://linktr.ee/brokenchanter
he/him.
📍Glasgow, Republic of Scotland
Joe McAlinden @joemcalinden.bsky.social ジョー・マカリンデン
DIY Musician / Cult Hero™️
Bands: Superstar, Boy Hairdressers, Linden, Groovy Little Numbers, BMX Bandits.
Collabs: Teenage Fanclub, Rod Stewart, Edwyn Collins, Alex Chilton, Jim Lambie, Alan Warner, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Captain America.
TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social An archive of historical design. Discoveries from Scottish tenements & beyond. Originally a Twitter project, est 2015. Now found on Instagram, FB, & here!
Images taken by myself, unless otherwise credited. Happy to share your finds? Give us a tag.
Robert Fergusson (1750-74) @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social 'The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies', Leverhulme Trust-funded project at University of Glasgow
PI Prof Rhona Brown.
Chemikal Underground @chemunderground.bsky.social Independent record label est. 1995 in Glasgow. We’ve released albums by Mogwai, Arab Strap, The Delgados, The Phantom Band, Adrian Crowley, RM Hubbert, Broken Chanter, Chrysanths to name a few.
https://linktr.ee/chemikalunderground
South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust @sghetorg.bsky.social South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust (SGHET) https://linktr.ee/sghet - celebrating our histories and places for a #SustainableSouthside #Glasgow #Heritage
DMs don't reach us but our email is here https://sghet.com/contact/
RM Hubbert @rmhubbert.com Retired tea towel salesman.
https://rockaction.scot/collections/aidan-moffat-rm-hubbert
https://chemikal.co.uk/artists/rm-hubbert
https://elhombretrajeado.bandcamp.com
Glasgow West End Today @glasgowwestend.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland’s greatest city in words and pictures, and our 10th anniversary in 2026.
🌍 https://linktr.ee/GlasgowWestEndToday
Glasgow Film Festival @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social The film festival for audiences.
#GFF26
25 February - 8 March 2026
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org Visit http://www.scottishcinemas.org for 1000s of current & archive pictures of 100s of cinemas across Scotland.
Run by @GordonBarr.scot and
@garypainter74.bksy.social
since 2001.
National Theatre of Scotland @ntsonline.bsky.social On stage, on screen, on tour
flakebelly @flakebelly.bsky.social Indie, Acoustic & Psychedelic music from The Western Isles of Scotland.
"Tired of selling records, probably just make them for me from now on" - flakebelly, Out Loud In His House
https://flakebelly.com/
Grant Mason @grantmason.bsky.social Chief Executive PACE Theatre (http://www.pacetheatre.com @pacetheatre.com). Opening a new theatre for young people (http://www.exchangetheatre.org)
Archaeology Scotland @archscot.bsky.social Inspiring people to discover, explore, care for and enjoy Scotland's archaeological heritage! We are an independent charity: https://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk
Maureen ☆Moe☆ Rocksmoore @weerocksy.bsky.social Artist 🎨 Painter , Curator. Art Specialist in Education ☆Board of Directors @Artpaisleyltd.
Artist @briggaitglasgow ☆ I'm not the droid you're looking for...☆
john // obladada // industry cottage @johnjnicol.bsky.social Graphic designer who loves nature (especially fungi + slime molds), seldom visited places, mountain biking and writings about weird music.
Bonnie Scotland (he/him)
Music reviews + mixes: https://obladada.com
Graphic Design: https://industrycottage.co.uk
Company of Wolves @companyofwolves.org Scotland's leading laboratory theatre company
Performance / Training / Community
The Bacchae 2026 Tour - On Sale: https://companyofwolves.org/projects/the-bacchae
K I N B R A E @kinbraemusic.bsky.social Sound / visual project of Scottish twins Andy & Mike Truscott
https://linktr.ee/Kinbrae
Shorelarking @shorelarking.bsky.social Aka hpsvanessa - here for beachcombing and drift archaeology. Find me as @shorelarking on insta. 🏳️⚧️
Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social Art Historian ¶ Medieval & Early Modern PhD, FSA Scot, FRHistS
¶ Edinburgh Uni writing about Scottish MSS
¶ Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance (EUP, 2024)
¶ Anselm Adornes (Brepols, 2026)
https://edinburgh.academia.edu/BryonyCoombs
https://bryonycoombs.com