Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social Wit, raconteur, bon viveur. He is none of these things. A purveyor of cheap mummery and piffle since 1976. Throws random words at a screen for Set The Tape. Bluesky’s foremost Biggles: Adventures In Time aficionado.
Fliss Kitson @flisskitson.bsky.social Drummer / Nightingales / Pints & Cobs / Booking gigs for musicians I dig
James Grady @jdgrady.bsky.social I like films, the odder the better. Interesting music and literature. I occasionally take pinhole photographs.
Mikey Donald @mikeydbrum.bsky.social Brummie. BCFC 🔵⚪️ Saints ⚜️. Book reader and Film lover. 🧠 Neurodivergent
Birmingham City Council @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social The official account for Birmingham City Council (UK).
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/
PaulHadsley @paulhadsley.bsky.social Behind the scenes in audio production/ @brumradio.com and also here to observe and post about 3 things a year just like the good old days of microblogging
Join me!
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social Mum, trade unionist, lecturer, Ed D student | Chair of BCU UCU, Vice Chair West Mids UCU, UCU NEC | Social reproduction feminism, reproductive labour, education activism.
V tired.
BOM @bomlab.bsky.social BOM is an immersive arts organisation. We engage and empower communities through immersive technology and inclusive learning programmes. 🎮💥
📍 Birmingham, UK
👉🏼 https://linktr.ee/bomlab
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Juniperific @juniperific.bsky.social Human. Fleshy form wrapped in a T-shirt. Likes photography, drones, fun, and still (perhaps forlornly?) hopes the world might get better. Journalist, author, and reviewer. Lucky husband of @arianesherine
Caroline Beavon @carolinebeavon.com Exhibiting digital interactive artist for hire (scrollytelling + more)
New digital stories - old tech.
Crone. Queer. ADHD. Magpie.
Into> misusing tools, narratives, what is human, digital witchcraft
http://www.carolinebeavon.com
Ruth Husko @dankackroyd.bsky.social If you like tweets you’re in for a treat 🤫
https://linktr.ee/Ruth_Husko
Paul Quigley @paulquigs.bsky.social Interested in democratic control of wealth and power. Trade-unionist. Urban-sketcher (https://instagram.com/paulquigs?ig). Birdlistener. Industrial/urban/landscape archaeology. Irish genealogy.
Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social There's no need to get all plums and prisms.
Trevor Beattie @trevorbmbagency.bsky.social Don’t let me hear you say life’s taking you nowhere. Angel N1.
Liz Dexter / LyzzyBee 📚📚🏃♀️ @lyzzybee.bsky.social Reader, may be quite fond of books 💙📚 book reviewer, book blogger, runner, volunteer, transcriber, editor, parkrun Run Director, Birmingham, UK. Book reviews at https://librofulltime.wordpress.com
James Cook @jamesecook.bsky.social Linktr.ee/shoobypodcast
Comedian. Often speaks of pop songs from days of yore.
Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
University of Mordor.
Mark | Iron Man Records @ironmanrecords.bsky.social Music, Tour Management, Record Label, Rehearsal Space and Recording Studio. If something happens, call me. For hire.
Cllr Kerry Jenkins @kerryjenkins.bsky.social Labour Cllr for Moseley Ward. Socialist. Trade unionist. Dog lover. I sew and crochet. RT's are not an endorsement.
Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social Comms, PR, cricket and Stoke City. Takes slightly wonky pictures. 
Imandeep Kaur @immykaur.bsky.social Co - Founder @CIVIC_SQUARE, prev aka Impact Hub Birmingham || @TEDxBrum 2012 - 2017 || Hon Doc. @AstonUniversity ||
Dominic Campbell @dominiccampbell.bsky.social Partner at Impossible Ideas | Founded FutureGov | Hackney ex-pat | #utb
Dr SoloBassSteve @solobasssteve.bsky.social 'Britain's most innovative bassist, no contest': Bass Guitar Mag. 🎯
Bass person. Bike person. Lymphoma-remission person. PhD in artist-audience communities and their impact on the music.
www.stevelawson.net
he/him/doctor
Geeky Brummie @geekybrummie.com All that's #Geek in #Brum since 2016
http://geekybrummie.com
Laura Creaven @lauracreaven.bsky.social 
Ryan Parish @ryanparish.bsky.social BHSF Head of Insight, former food blogger at BrummieGourmand / now part time geek and Geeky Brummie founder / Birmingham Anime Film Festival co-founder. Very Hairy Man.
All views my own.
http://linktr.ee/GeekyBrummie
Sarah Pittaway @drsarah.bsky.social Director of Library & Learning Resources @ BCU.
Likely to post about libraries, HE, feminism, shoes, and cats. Not necessarily in that order. She/her.
Kerry @kerryyellow.bsky.social Community stuff by day (mat leave atm)/ community busy body and crafter by night. Though here I will talk a lot about my kids. Views entirely personal and occasionally a bit hot-headed - don’t quote me. (She/they)
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Ianrobo @ianrobo.bsky.social want to settle here, ADHD, depression, politics, snooker, NFL, MLB , tech and the Bears !
Birmingham, my heart, my place
Want to scream 
Jordan @jordanbhx.bsky.social Citadin & nuisance. West Midlands, Birmingham, urban vitality, town planning, placemaking & sustainable transport. Same as the rest of you, a Twitter refugee.
@cybrum (cyber-Birmingham) @cybrum.bsky.social Birmingham (UK), culture, art, theatre, architecture, built environment, media, tech, Android, Civ6/7, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, coffee, food, beer, promoting local independent businesses, LCFC, WCCC/Bears, SF49ers, GenX, he/him
Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. #Empireworld #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #MarriageMaterial. New book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador, out now. https://shorturl.at/qhPlJ
Jon Miles @milesjon.bsky.social Things get more interesting at the edges and boundaries. We can do better than this. Brum-based; charity/social justice sector; music; environment & nature; church and politics.
Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
Instagram.com/nigelslater 
Izzy Knowles 🔶 @izzyknowles.bsky.social Councillor in Moseley, Birmingham. Pro EU. Lib Dem. Mostly get around on a bike. P&P by D. Cooke on behalf of I.Knowles 78, Alcester Rd, B13 8BB
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
John O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social Labour. Former BCC councillor and cabinet member. Know too much about bins. All views my own. RTs may not be. Work for Jess Phillips MP.
Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social MP for Birmingham Yardley
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, multi-faceted musical human. Perform with Scritti Politti, Cardiacs, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, others. More info at rhodri.biz
Bearwood Parish Council @bearwoodcouncil.bsky.social Official account for Bearwood Parish Council. Not in Birmingham.
Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social Green Party councillor for Billesley, Birmingham. Promoted by A.M Okole, both at Unit 3 Block 2, Wednesbury Trading Estate, WS10 7JN. He/him
Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
Claire Spencer @thedancingflea.bsky.social Devolutionary | Agathist | Lab and Co-op | Lvl. 10 Paladin | Speaking to connect, not on behalf of others | Just get the bus, FFS
Birmingham City FC @birminghamcity.bsky.social KRO - this is a bot that crossposts Blues’s twitter. By @bounder.info
Help pay for the platforms that do the crossposting (costs about £30 a month). Chip in here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=3L2924EWBA566
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social Emeritus Prof ex Chair South B’ham PCT and Cycling UK. Chair Push Bikes. Dirty air damages heart and lungs ❤️ NHS saved my life twice. #WalkCyclePlay you know you want to
Rachel Simmo @rachelsimmo.bsky.social BCU Media grad. Data and Exams person. Likes sport (mostly rugby, cricket, tennis, football, NFL but will watch anything), photography, reading, travel, baking, gin, wine and lists. parkrun event director (Oaklands). Not a rally driver.
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk Same as @thomasforth on X. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
Shelley Harris @shelleyharris.bsky.social Writer (JUBILEE and VIGILANTE, W&N), Creative Writing lecturer at the University of Reading. Dogs, food and various forms of anguish.
Kate Arnold @dulcimerkate.bsky.social Musician/Composer/Electro-Medievalist.
PhD (Arabic poetry, Old French song).
Hammered dulcimer, vielles/viols/violins.
Inventor of the phantasmaphone.
"Absolutely extraordinary" - BBC R3
https://katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/
https://katearnoldmusic.com/
Hilly @hillyfoz.bsky.social GET BACK TO YOUR TENEMENTS
Andy Cowley @andycowley.uk Idiot from the Black Country with ADHD. Used to be crazygibbon on twatter a thousand years ago.- C Chris Unitt @chrisunitt.bsky.social I have a newsletter.
Alice Pilia Drago @alicepilia.bsky.social I'm into politics, policy & the critique of everyday life. I believe in the public value of culture: beautiful & meaningful things make us better people. (Ex Condè Nast, UK Cabinet Office, EBRD, GLA)
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
Verity Milligan @veritymilligan.bsky.social Chaser of light | https://linktr.ee/veritymilligan
Laura Kidd 💌 Penfriend @penfriendrocks.bsky.social Sad songs to make you feel better.
UK Top 40 producer, songwriter and solo artist.
🖤 Get a FREE album + zine from http://penfriend.rocks/hello
🏠 Notts, UK
Explore my world of songs and stories: https://penfriend.rocks/links
Jon Neale @talljon.bsky.social Maths puzzles. Books. Travel.
Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social 💚 Making hope normal again in Birmingham
Promoted by C. Busuttil at Unit 3 Block 2 Wednesbury Trading Estate WS10 7JN
MrMustard @mrmustard.bsky.social Fully paid up member of the Wokerati. Drinks beer to dull the pain of every team he supports being hopeless. 
Sarah Hamstera @sarahhamstera.bsky.social Here to talk earnestly about TV, community and cats, and shitpost about everything else. Anxious before it was cool.
TV podcaster - Maid for TV https://shorturl.at/qGEzC and Rambling Through Eternity https://shorturl.at/fiwfU
Paul Brown @paulybrown.bsky.social Journo at BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring. 
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.
Official sponsor of the 🐻 emoji
“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”
Was @marxculture on Twitter
Badger5000 @badger5000.bsky.social Swollen and unkempt
Jozef Kostelo @jokerstailor.bsky.social The dopest, flyest, O.G., pimp, hustler, gangster, player, hardcore motherfucker living today.
Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social A podcast on radical politics, critical theory, and history. Hosted by @redandinexpert.bsky.social
Listen: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother
lePhantomPlume @lephantomplume.bsky.social Artist, dog lover, avid reader - apparently 
Kirsty-Louise Card @kirstylcard.bsky.social Success over PCOS. Mackem. Digital Content Manager @ExpressandStar/Former Data Intern @CCIJ/Blogger @cystersgroup/ Ex @reachplc/ alum @BCUJournalism(she/her)
Paul Fulford @paulfulford.bsky.social Ex-journo with a passion for wine, food and Birmingham City. Left-leaning.
Jayne Howarth @jaynehowarth.bsky.social Communications specialist / journalist in the West Midlands (UK). Spreading myself thinly around these social media apps so I can wean myself off THAT place. Eventually.
ElVillano @elvillano.bsky.social Nerdy ant lover, hobby indie dev
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com- S @sstokes.bsky.social @sstokes.bsky.social
Duran Duran @durandurancom.bsky.social The official Bluesky of Duran Duran. Visit duranduran.com for tour dates, news, store and more.
Tony Iommi @iommi.com The official BlueSky feed for Tony Iommi; founding member and guitarist for Black Sabbath.
Phoon @phoon.bsky.social よろしくおねがいします
ブループロトコル/Valorant/ガルパ/アニメ
b3ta @b3ta.com Funny, original pics & projects made by the B3ta community & weekly newsletter. Sub to newsletter: https://b3ta.com/subscribe/
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
Stephen Knight @sundryll.bsky.social Actor, skydiver, and all around active, fun having dude- J Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social
Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social Charity lawyer; charity trustee; transport campaigner.
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social We stand against the far right, in solidarity with migrant communities and against genocide. Together we will win the fight for climate and migrant justice.
Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/brumcjc
Starter pack:
go.bsky.app/CE515WF
Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social Film journalist, author, podcaster, broadcaster, etc. Empire's Editor-at-Large. If you would like to give me work, have a look at helenohara.com
Hannah Rose Woods @hannahrosewoods.bsky.social Writer and historian. Author of Rule, Nostalgia: A Backwards History of Britain; currently writing a history of university students. Unlikely cathedral verger
https://smarturl.it/rulenostalgia
Matt Grimes @mattgrimes.bsky.social One day we’ll figure out what all of this means
matthewgrimes.net
Grant McPhee @grantmcphee.bsky.social Film director: Big Gold Dream, Teenage Superstars, Far From the Apple Tree.
Book Writer - Postcards From Scotland and co-writer Hungry Beat
Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer 🏳️⚧️, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
I really dislike unsolicited advice.
Anna Twigg @annatwigg.bsky.social The Clientele/The Lilac Time/Werner Herzog/French New Wave/Books... 🇪🇺🇺🇦
'Ein film von Werner Herzog'
theaardvark @theaardvark.bsky.social Town & District Councillor for Burntwood, Staffs, UK.
He/Him/His.
Local politician. #UKLabour #Labour #Lefty #Progressive
#ADHD #AuDHD #ASC1 #LongCOVID
VAT manager by day. Sometime interweb DJ by night.
Loves to chat online.
https://paultaylor.online/
Keelan Fadden-Hopper @keelanfh.com