The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social Independent Cultural Journalism from Scotland. Free monthly magazine, website, podcasts, and more. DMs not monitored, send us an email.
theskinny.co.uk
Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Brent East
First elected African-Caribbean UK Minister
Chair London PLP
Vice Chair Women's PLP
Author
Columnist
Great laugh and karaoke queen
https://linktr.ee/dawnbutlerbrent
Carrie plays guitar 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @carriem.co.uk Writer, parent and guitar wrangler from Glasgow. Author of Small Town Joy and Carrie Kills A Man, singer in Unquiet Mind. Trans, she/her. https://linktr.ee/carrieplaysguitar. Pic: Omar Salam
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social Prof. of Colonialism & Heritage @ University of Leicester UK.
Penguin author of Our Island Stories. 10 Walks through Rural Britain & its Hidden History of Empire (2024) repd by. Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency.
@OnlyinBirmingham podcast
On Substack
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
Gregory Kohn @kohngregory.bsky.social Professor specializing in bird social behavior. Interested in developmental systems thought, ontogenetic niches, organismal agency, and ייִדיש. PI: Animal Social Interaction lab
Green and Red Podcast @podcastgreenred.bsky.social Scrappy podcast about radical environmental & #anticapitalist politics. Hosted by @sparki1969.bsky.social & @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast
Calista @kohuke.bsky.social I’m not afraid to speak my mind on the West Coast, and I enjoy keeping up with global news and political developments—information and humor are equally important to me.
Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social Professor of Int’l & EU Law, Diplomatic Academy Vienna. Past: Prof., founding Director CIGAD at King's College London, specialist adviser House of Lords EU Select Committee, Référendaire CJEU 
Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social Retired musician. Politically liberal.
No DMs
David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social Oxford, UK. When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? No pasarán. He/him. https://bluebookballoon.blogspot.com
Will Oremus @willoremus.com Covering online speech, the information economy and AI weirdness at @theatlantic.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
Signal: willoremus.24
Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Paul Bittlestone @paulbittlestone.bsky.social Former Filmmaker. Writer. Doing Science stuff, in theory. Middlesbrough exile. Endurer of Boro FC. Living in Scotland.
Anti-racist/fascist/bigot/zealotcommie/cult/greedy bastards. Non-religious. Disabled. Poor.
No porn/scam
This is my only account.
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Miatta Fahnbulleh @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Peckham
Minister for Devolution, Faith & Communities
Miatta.fahnbulleh.mp@parliament.uk
Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social World’s longest-serving (56 yrs) environment hack. On Yorkshire Post, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Telegraph. Also in Guardian, Daily Mail, ipaper, Sun, BBC, Open Democracy, Evening Standard etc.Happy husband, dad, grandpa. Life measured in dogs.
@edmilibandmp.bsky.social @edmilibandmp.bsky.social 
Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social /'əʊɪn 'mæsiː/
librarian・pedestrian・own views・they/them・Net Zero・Vision Zero・pro-trans・pro-trains・not my king・no gods・no masters・no borders・no statues・no heroes・❄️
Peter Hutchinson @catus14.bsky.social Retired international construction program director. PPE & European Law degrees. Granda to 4 superstars, loyal to family, Labour and NUFC. Worked globally, love the UK, despise Brexit, still enjoy rowing, wine, arguing, reading
Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring.
Personal account.
Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social The Centre for European Reform (CER) is an award winning think-tank, devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU.
London, Brussels, Berlin
Website: www.cer.eu
Podcast: soundcloud.com/cer_london/ Spotify: https://buff.ly/7aKvyUs
XTREAM project @xtream-project.eu EU-funded project (101182278), we aim to unlock the industrial potential of extremophilic organisms to develop sustainable #bioprocesses
DJ (he, him)🏳️🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social Economist still Professing. Interests: politics, religion, LGTBQ, health, demographics, travel, photography, genealogy. Text author, newspaper columnist. Father (3), grandfather (8), ggrandfather (1). Partner to Arnold.
Stephen Boyd @stephenboydippr.bsky.social Director IPPR Scotland
Views my own
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney. Previously lived in Munich, New York, Moscow and London, now lives in Santa Fe, NM. Husband of Carol, groomer of Aisha.
Clare Simpson @claremsimpson.bsky.social Reading, writing, theatre (including theatre reviews for @FringeReview)
Finding out there’s life after work.
Trustee @opfs
Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social Die »Blätter« – die meistgelesene politische Monatszeitschrift im deutschen Sprachraum: www.blaetter.de
Abo: www.blaetter.de/shop
Podcast: www.blaetter.de/podcast
Gemma @gemma-cto.bsky.social Consultant CTO, runner, former musician, Norwegian / New Zealander / Brit floating between the U.K. and Scandinavia. Interested in all things finance, healthcare, ethics, economics and engineering leadership.
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social ✨I'm a former local TV news exec, reporter & producer with a few opinions about the news✨
⚡️Past: @KING5Seattle @WGNMorningNews @WGNNews @WCIA3 @NBC5Chicago @ABC7Chicago
🔥Now: Indistinct Chatter https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
Andrew Whiteley @andrewwhiteley.bsky.social Green Guardian reading guitar playing trans activist left wing deep state liberal metropolitan wokerati elite (Hampshire branch)
Angry every day at the injustices in the world
No tofu though, it's like eating cardboard
#FBPE
@citizenveurm.bsky.social @citizenveurm.bsky.social 
MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social 60s & 70s films + affiliates. Also Influences, origins, legacies, social-cultural context.
Books incl Hollywood's Last Golden Age; Novel: Urban Flight
70s Movie Podcast [NB: Antifascist]
Much more here: https://midcenturycinema.org/
Paul Metz @paulemetz.bsky.social Activist voor de beschaving, dus ook alle wetenschappen en de planeet. Motto: de vervuiler betaalt.
Activist for civilization, this includes all sciences and our planet. Motto: the polluter pays.
#clubofrome, #piketty, #amitavghosh, #IPCC, #peace
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social Leith.
Photography.
Screenwriting.
Flibbertigibbet.
Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social Director of Research at ThinkLabour. Interested in politics and data. Interested in how people think about politics and data.
Derek McArthur @derekmcarthur.bsky.social arts writer / engagement editor for The Herald
📧: derek.mcarthur@newsquest.co.uk
Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social For a Scottish Socialist Republic
#AutisticLiberation
https://mohkohn.co.uk
he/him
Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social Ex-Whitehall type still with views on public policy, but now local historian in Cambridge (UK) blogging at https://lostcambridge.com/ - also writing about the future of the city on The Cambridge Town Owl.
Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
Manville Media llc @manvillemedia.bsky.social Creative development and producing for tv | film | streaming
https://www.scottmanville.com
Ben Rosamond @benrosamond1.bsky.social Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh. Anglo-Swede, would-be leg spinner, new elite (if only). Political economy and assorted other obsessions. 
Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net Professor | history of migration and diaspora | citizens' rights | commentator | immigrant | trans inclusive feminist | she•they | my views | https://tanjabueltmann.net
Anna Wright @annatwright.bsky.social German to English linguist | Translation & Localisation | Cross-cultural comms
Paul Middleton @profpaulmiddleton.bsky.social Professor of NT and Early Christianity, University of Chester.
Researcher in violence and martyrdom in the ancient world.
Double Bass player and SNP member.
Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social Tracking the Right's journey after Brexit and also the culture war's highly charged boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, now centrist. Telegraph watcher.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rolandmcs
buymeacoffee.com/rolandsmith
Baffy Niblick @baffyniblick.bsky.social Writer, Raconteur, Rebel, All-Round Rock Star
Scotland / Celtic / Politics (Indy and Lefty) / Rugby / Golf / Art History / Vino 🍷 (lots) /
Shine a light, burn the fear, take the leap.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Allan Radcliffe @allanradcliffe.bsky.social Writer & critic 🏳️🌈 He/Him. Novel The Old Haunts shortlisted for McKitterick Prize & Shortlisted for Saltire First Book Award 2024
allanradcliffe.co.uk https://linktr.ee/allanradcliffe
Dr Alan Britton @alanbritton5.bsky.social Education policy, research and practice. Ex-University of Glasgow.
Jamie Gaskarth @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social Prof, Foreign Policy and IR, OU. Writes on British defence, intel and foreign policy. Associate Fellow, Chatham House. Views my own.
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
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.
Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app Harvard PhD candidate. Studying the future of work. #GodsPlan ☀️
Research: annagifty.com/research
Books: #TheBlackAgenda #TheDoubleTax
Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social Deputy Leader of Green Party & Councillor for Gipton and Harehills.
Aka The Hero Of Harehills
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
David Emmett @motomatters.com Owner-operator of MotoMatters.com. Motorcyclist. Reader. Writer.
#MotoGP and #motorcycle racing at motomatters.com
Part of @paddockpasspodcast.bsky.social
Personal writing at emmett.nl
Chip in: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/motomatters
James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of BusinessGreen, writing for a couple of decades or so about the environment, the economy, green politics, and the Climate Theory of Everything
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social Resisting Authoritarianism. Protecting Democracy. Preserving Human Rights. globalextremism.org
Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
Brian Hill @brianhill53703.bsky.social Public sector software developer.
I look for things that make us go.
We are currently clean on OPSEC.
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk 20,000 titles across two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town.
Visit us at 14 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JL, or browse at https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social Epidemiologist. AIDS Activist. Dog lover. New Haven.
JoAnn T. Blankenship @jotimblank.bsky.social Retired expat Iiving in Costa Rica.
I'm a liberal, an old hippie, a vegetarian and a widow.
I take pics of my cats and nature. 😻🦋🌺
#Vegetarian #Cats #Beatles
#Widow #MeidasTouch #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#ProtestPeacefully
Dr. Haydée C. Brown @drhaydeebrown.bsky.social Ortho Surgeon 🔧 | Afro-Latina | Harlem
💚💙 1908 💗💙 1938
Founder @bwos2020 | Co-Host @elladisruptors.bsky.social
Medicine, power & what gets protected
drhaydeebrown.substack.com
(Pundit) Abu Qaid-e-Azam @qaid-e-azam.bsky.social Anthropologist | London born | Refugee |
Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social Retired Depute HT, Scottish granny. Wants Scottish Independence for a fairer, more equal society where Scotland’s vast resources are used for the benefit of the people of 🏴, not Westminster. I am a Sovereign Scot and will bow to no monarch. No DMs
JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org 🪬🧿 Freemason | Traveller | Historian | Novel Author | Filmmaker & Photographer
www.youtube.com/c/journeydude
www.weescotland.com
www.sendmeonadventure.com
🇸🇰 living in 🏴
🕊️ Love you all!, Photos taken by me - NO AI!
I follow people who love art & nature
M.K @mehmetkuscu.bsky.social I follow back on social media, and if someone unfollows me, I remove them from my list.
✍️ Gündeme Dair Köşe Yazılarım.
✍️ My Columns on Current Affairs.👇
🌐 https://mehmetksc.blogspot.com/
🌐 https://www.turkiyeaktuel.com/yazarlar/mehmetkuscu/
Law of Fairness @lawoffairness.bsky.social Could life be literally fair for everyone? Learn more about the global research project evaluating if conscious experience obeys a law-like closure condition. DMs open for questions and formal discussion. https://linktr.ee/LawOfFairness
M.K @mehmetksc.bsky.social I follow back on social media, and if someone unfollows me, I remove them from my list.
✍️ Gündeme Dair Köşe Yazılarım.
✍️ My Columns on Current Affairs.👇
🌐 https://mehmetksc.blogspot.com/
🌐 https://www.turkiyeaktuel.com/yazarlar/mehmetkuscu/
Rob Cameron @robcjournalist.bsky.social Freelance journalist/broadcaster based in Prague.
Views here my own and not those of BBC/DW/RTÉ/ORF/CBC/Monocle Radio.
https://robjcameron.substack.com/
New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social Summarizing top stories from multiple sources, providing actionable facts. Multi-sourced human-curated, New York and beyond.
Posts are not general endorsements of source or imply a relationship.
Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social Reporter in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social Pro Choice💙 #Resist #Democrat🌊 #BLM #LGBTQIA 🌈 #Equality #anti-fascist Former Ballerina
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
Not in the Epstein Files, but in Alan Bennett's Diaries
Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com
Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
This account mutes killjoys.
Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social Law, Truth, and Scientific/Academic Reason is being subverted by those peddling Lawlessness, Lies, and Magical Thinking
Civic Education and strong Democratic Institutions protect our freedom and are the core of Our Common Defense
🧿 Bluesky Native 🧿
Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social Socialist. Trade unionist. Strummer of strings. Co.Down. Researches, writes & teaches. Radical whore of sociology. "...clean living under difficult circumstances." Proudly Paddystinian.
Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
How Rights Went Wrong available at Bookshop.org (https://tinyurl.com/se32my4r), Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/3vbcfwa4), or a decent public library.
News Eye @newseye.bsky.social A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism.
Now on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@news_eye?_t=ZN-8zwNc7WZeII&_r=1
Please use ALT text :-)
Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social Former DoD, VA and FEMA senior official. Defender of the Constitution, Rule of Law, and Democracy
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social Northern Ireland needs a United Ireland in the EU.
Anas @anasaj.bsky.social Some films end with the credits.
Others stay, disturb, and quietly change perspective.
Writing about the ones that refuse to leave.
https://letterboxd.com/anasaj/
BlueSky Poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social A "respectful" space for poets to share work and connect with a vibrant community. All styles of poetry are celebrated. Use #BlueSkyPoetry and #SkyPoet to join a conversation, and tag us at @blueskypoetry.bsky.social for a chance to be featured.
Michelle Prak - author 🇦🇺 @prakky.bsky.social Thriller writer. Thrills not 100% guaranteed, but gosh, I'd be surprised if you didn't get one.
Barren Cape, The Rush (Simon & Schuster ANZ); Le Deluge (HarperCollinsFrance); The Rush (Crooked Lane Books) michelleprak.com
David Bowman @dlbowman76.com Illustrator, coder, reader, bon-vivant. Please don't ask about HAL 9000...I don't like to talk about it.
Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)