Mark Doidge @markdoidge.bsky.social Sociologist at Loughborough University researching sport, environmental sustainability, antiracism & refugees. Member of @fanseurope & @britsoci
Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social Author, journalist, activist, reluctant music biz participant. DIVIDE & RULE: Royal Women and their Battles out now. Novel TIME/LIFE published 2025.
Michelle Olley @michelleolley.bsky.social Writer/theatre-maker. London-based Northerner of 30+ years innit. She/her. Protect the Dolls. Free Palestine. No Vatniks. Slava Ukraini. DMs not working and that's quite good actually
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Olley
Pragmatic Patriotism @jgrtinker.bsky.social Britain is not collapsing. It is drifting. I write about the repairs: value land nationally and set the rate locally, hand vocational standards to the employers who hire on them. Author of 'Pragmatic Patriotism' (Deptford Press).
Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk Editor of Politics.co.uk ✍️
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Eleni Courea @ecourea.bsky.social Political correspondent for the Guardian
Get in touch — eleni.courea@theguardian.com or carob7@proton.me
Nick Gray @path-dependent.bsky.social Political economy & place‑based policy
Fellow of things at Teesside University
That's not Teesside in the banner photo
https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/nicholas-gray
Snigdha @snig.bsky.social Shameless Hack. Food, music, politics. Views mine, don't threaten to email my boss. (She/her).
Mini blog http://snigskitchen.tumblr.com
Main blog https://snigskitchen.blogspot.com
Dr Chris Smith @spyhistorian.bsky.social Historian. Spies, signals intelligence, Second World War. Social and Cultural history. History of humour. Insults = 🚫
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social Compte inactif. Ou pas?
Autrice Agora Toxica & La Terreur Masculiniste (Éditions @dudetour.bsky.social)
🇨🇦🇫🇷 🇦🇺🇩🇪
HP via dessinfox
Dogmum to Oliver Orson aka Olly and human of Lily the cat.
JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk Crabby historian. Less crabby now blue skies beckon.
She/her • Agent: Bill Hamilton, amheath.com
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Odradek Intel @odradekosint.bsky.social |🇫🇮🇪🇺🌐|
Always in Boots @always-boots.bsky.social Former UK Army infantry and Police Firearms sergeant, now just an idiot.
Hate racists, fascists and famously grumpy.
Meh-teh hybrid.
Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social Stand with Ukraine . Anti Reform and anyone to do with Farage as he is a liar. Londoner UK . Love the natural world and have been known to stare at Bees for far too long -terrible photographer
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com Jewish, trans, abolitionist name-your-own-price IL lawyer. Forever loving @mistymotors.net. No legal advice; not your lawyer. Free Palestine. She/her.
Dr Lindsay Maxwell @parisdaguerre.bsky.social Reluctantly retired professional engineer. Mother & grandmother. Maker of artisan perfume.
Francophile - London / Paris / Arles
@scatatkins.bsky.social @scatatkins.bsky.social 
Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social More passion. Less shouting.
A Cooler Heads podcast by Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social, Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social, and Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social.
Support us on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
https://quietriotpod.com
Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social A better tax system that benefits everyone in the UK. Sister organisation of @taxjusticenet.bsky.social
https://taxjustice.uk/
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺. Opinions mine.
https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com "Leftwing professor" - in other words, researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Publications etc 👇🏻
https://aurelmondon.com/
Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social ‘Those who find themselves ridiculous, sit down next to me.’
No DMs… please. ⛔️
Actor/Director/Writer represented by https://alexpriestleytalent.com/
@mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social Europhile boomer who appreciates how lucky I am. London accent with Yorkshire twinges, but heart in Galway.
Savage cynic, a bit sweary, no prisoners. Tax is the price you pay for a civilised society.
Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social Labour and Co-Operative MP for Manchester Central | Deputy Leader of the Labour Party🌹| Secretary of State for Education
lucy.powell.mp@parliament.uk
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Helen Jerome @helenjerome.bsky.social writing. football - women’s and men’s. theatre. music. film. telly. books. comedy. food. cider. opera. all with a passion. carpe diem.
editor of https://thenewwomenssportmagazine.com/
Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social TV critic, Greenlit podcast creator/host, still trying to write a book
Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and just finished making ROGUE TROOPER, out in 2026!
Also made the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie.
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social A husband, father, actor, director, & a climate justice advocate with an eye out for a better, brighter, cleaner, & more hopeful future for all of us.
FFS @h2022.bsky.social Hater of all things unjust. Lover of books.
Developer of systems for change.
Recovering ex- Big Tech; ex-MSM; ex-broadcast; ex-showbiz.
Digital, content and social media pioneer.
Swearing all my own
Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com MUSKISM with @bentarnoff.com: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530
HAYEK’S BASTARDS won the NBCC award for criticism. quinnslobodian.com
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Wyn Evans @wynevans.bsky.social Founding Director of Shared Voice. Thoughts and insights on property and politics. Writing in a personal capacity.
Freya Sierhuis 🟥 @freyas.bsky.social Lecturer in early modern literature; interested in literature & intellectual history; environmental humanities. Climate change and global justice. Working on a book on Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679). Views my own.
Guy Anthony Ayres @guyanthonyayres.bsky.social Author, artist, beekeeper, border terrier owner, tuxedo cat owner, and so much more. Believe in Democracy and protection of the US Constitution.
Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social An alliance of 500+ organisations representing over 15 million people.
Be part of what's next: togetheralliance.org.uk
Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social Fighting the worldwide creep towards fascism. Proud partners in the #Anti-Fascist Alliance.
https://www.quietmajority.net
Website https://quietmajority.net/
jessRob @jesseroberts.bsky.social A president amasses a huge military force. He starts a war in violation of the constitution. He kills civilians.
I'm talking about Putin. And his buddy Trump.
Both of them must end up in prison, one way or another.
shardcore @shardcore.org making art beyond good and evil
DRASS: On The Hill - streaming everywhere 01/04/26 drass.art
shardcore.org
@kaminmohammadi.bsky.social @kaminmohammadi.bsky.social 
Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social Author, editor & freelancer: philosophy and social science = applying philosophy to everyday life. Best known book "101 Philosophy Problems" Bylines at Guardian, Independent, TES and Higher. Definitely also @ForDummies http:www.martincohenauthor.com No DMs
Notes From Plague Island 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇸💙🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇲🇽 @plagueisland.com
✍️ Two UK writers dissecting the post-imperial drift of Britain & the US
🔍 Independent, anti-fascist, unafraid to call things out
📰 New essays weekly on politics, power & the culture of decay
👉 plagueisland.com | ☕ buymeacoffee.com/notesfromplagueisland
Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social Leading with joy. Fighting for YOU. MA Attorney General, wife and mama to Alexander & Aiden. Beyonce fan. For official updates follow @massago.bsky.social
Lia Holland @liaholland.bsky.social 🌲🏳️🌈🧙♀️ 🖋️rep @jwongbaxter.bsky.social | eat & make obsolete at the same time | they/she | opinions=mine
Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social Author, ‘Pitch Invasion: my Story as a Feminist on a Football Club Board’. Activist, speaker.
Former director at Lewes FC, first club to equally resource men & women
http://bit.ly/karen-pitch
https://muckrack.com/karen-dobres-1
Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com Reporter at ICIJ.org and author. GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY is out in paperback Sept. 2026.
Signal: jacobsilverman.99
www.jacobsilverman.com
https://linktr.ee/gildedrage
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
@caramelquinn.bsky.social @caramelquinn.bsky.social “Politically aware, unapologetically opinionated, and always open to meaningful conversations that challenge perspectives.”
Feel free to send a DM 💕
Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social After practicing law for 20+ years, I now write about elections and political extremism. You can find my most recent work at the Bucks County Beacon.
Donate: Ko-fi https://share.google/x92w1Me217PImRaIl
Alex Proctor @alexproeu.bsky.social Novelist in progress
DMers will probably be ignored or unfollowed
Clive @watcherskies72.bsky.social Brit living in Sweden and that's 'bout it.
Dan Jarvis MP @danjarvismp.bsky.social Labour MP for Barnsley North | Security Minister | First South Yorkshire Mayor | Author of Long Way Home | Veteran of The Parachute Regiment
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social Welcome to my shiny new echo chamber… hoping here that I can keep it clean and tidy and ‘woke’.
IRL - lawyer (of the lefty, campaigning variety).
Defend Democracy @stoppeterthiel.bsky.social Stop Billionaires From Stealing Democracy - Eyes on you: Murdoch, Putin, MBS,Thiel, Koch, Mercer, Musk, Zuck, Bezos, Crow, Lutnick, Griffin etc... #nyc #librarian #defenddemocracy
Gabriel Kennedy @gabrielkennedy.bsky.social Freelance journalist, words in @pressgazette.co.uk @theleaduk.bsky.social. Formerly litigation reporter @ The Lawyer magazine. Uni of Leeds MA International Journalism 24/25. Opinions my own.
Nick Macpherson @nickmacpherson.bsky.social Former Treasury official
Ben Bradshaw @benbradshaw.bsky.social Ex Labour Minister & ex MP for Exeter, now growing olives in Sicily.
He/him
Dr Harriet Salisbury @endlessyesterday.bsky.social Tales from the streets, 1970s children’s lit, rag-rugging, canal cruising, crushing the patriarchy and other diversions
Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org State government reporter for @kentuckypublicradio.org — @lpm.org, @weku.bsky.social, WKYU, @wkmsfm.bsky.social. Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe/BBN. Did a Pulitzer many years ago.
DM me news/apocalypse tips! https://www.lpm.org/people/joe-sonka
Birgitta Jonsdottir @birgittaj.bsky.social Poetician and Antifa from Iceland.
Former Captain in, and co-creator of, the Pirate Party. 8 years as an elected activist in parliament. Co-produced Collateral Murder. A annoying fly in the tent. Care about: Mother Earth & all her creatures 💚 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🌏
Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social Focus: Russia, intel, Eastern Europe.
Senior Fellow @cepa.org
Syria-Ukraine Network
Substack: https://olgalautman.substack.com/
Twitter: @OlgaNYC1211
https://linktr.ee/olgalautman
Tim Horgan @timhorgan.bsky.social I am lucky to be able to enjoy every day of retirement. I am interested in photography, nature, travel, and people who respect each other.
Louise Lopsided of St Hilda @hyarner.bsky.social Art dabbler. NE England coast dweller. Revelling in a post Tory Britain. Woke AF. Praying for Sanity to return to The World. Remember there are nice people all around us, it’s just the nasty ones have the biggest megaphones, for the moment…
Shahmir Sanni @shahmirsanni.bsky.social You’re in the right place, just the wrong era - very sorry.
substack.com/@shahmirsanni
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Founder of ONEST | Global Affairs Analyst
Fact-first reporting on diplomacy, geopolitics & global affairs.
Read: onestnetwork.com
Videos: youtube.com/@onestnetwork
Support my work: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw7QS8Wy4kM04Le3e01?ref=onestnetwork.com
Ben Anderson @benandersongeog.bsky.social Theories of affect, and this conjunctural crisis. New book co-written with Anna Secor: The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism.
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781915983299/the-politics-of-feeling/
Mrs B 🐧🇪🇺 @mathsgeeky.bsky.social Mum of a profoundly disabled teen with a rare genetic condition, sadly lost to epilepsy. #sazberrywashere #sazberry. Geotech engineer. Maths geek. Wokerati. Anti-Tory. Pro 🇪🇺. Refugee from Twitter. ProgressiveAlliance.
Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Author of Prophecy ("Witty and surprising...intelligent" - NYT) and Privacy Is Power (An Economist Book of the Year). TED Speaker. Posts about #privacy, #AIethics, #philosophy, #philtech
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Jack Benjamin @jackcarterbenjamin.bsky.social Senior reporter and podcast host for The Media Leader, a trade publication focused on all things commercial media.
Writer, journalist, American in London.
Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social Journalist
News Reporter at DeSmog, Columns for Big Issue, The Lead & Byline Times
Substack: The Definite Article
https://linktr.ee/adambarnettwriter
Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social Veteran film/TV/media maker; NYT bestselling author; storyteller; dog mom. Direct descendant John Alden & Priscilla Mullins 1620. My American ancestors were defending democracy since 1776. 🇮🇪🇺🇸 & #Ally 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Andrew Palmer @andypalm.bsky.social Retired to Shropshire from London to spend more time with my bees
Reca @recarecaps.bsky.social Poverty-Brexit-Trump+Climate=BigMoney Mess. Fan of Logic, 360° Info, open-mindedness, innovative science, thinking out of the box+truth. Question everything Woke=caring LinksGrünVersifft 🖖"We're a society of altruists, governed by psychopaths" G. Monbiot
LGRooney @lgrooney.bsky.social Foreign Affairs, Politics, Eastern Europe, Church-State separation, Small business development, Finance
Your god has nothing to do with my Constitution.
Time only moves in one direction; sentiment, tradition, & nostalgia are for the weak and dying.
Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social Anti-fascist. ‘Free-wheeling absurdist’. ‘Good bloke’. Writer & sports coach.
bowlingatvincent.com / sportslaureate.co.uk
3 books widely available - the latest being POWER CHORDS.
Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com Ukraine's Global Voice since 1995.
The first and oldest English-language newspaper about Ukraine.
Zhylianska,68 , Kyiv, Ukraine, 01033
044 591 33 44
news@kyivpost.com
Online media registration number: R40-05383
Barry Sheerman @barrysheerman.bsky.social Interests include: Social Enterprise. Evidence based policies. Clean air. Clean streams rivers and oceans. Autism. Global Road Safety. Access to the countryside. John Clare's poetry.
@cabinetstories.bsky.social @cabinetstories.bsky.social Cabinets of Curiosities. Stories in film, fiction and art
Growing Up Aspen @happytrailsandy.bsky.social A book about Aspen going through its biggest changes from a backstage pint-sized view.
Chris Brace @bike-freedom.bsky.social Bicycle / rail preferist, sustainability, politics, leftist, pro-europe, progessive, etc
Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca SocialMediaLab.ca
- News, analysis & views by @philipmai.com re: the politics of tech, social media, AI, immigration, democracy, mis/disinfo, war & propaganda. Explore our suite of social media tools for public interest research: socialmedialab.ca/apps/
Media Revolution @media-revolution.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/mediarevolution
Move over malignant media. It's time for movement media.
#MediaLiberationDay - 5th November 2026
Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social Democratic strategist. Formerly Long Island Campaign Chair for Barack Obama; Majority Leader of the Suffolk County Legislature. Gay dad of five terrific kids. Writer and producer of echoesoftheunknownpodcast.com. Coffee addict. New York/Florida. 🌴
HumansOvershot @overshoot.bsky.social Watching the west flounder as our species butts up against planetary boundaries. UK
James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social @LBC weekend breakfast; fly fishing, festivals, old Brit motorbikes, awesome music: Grateful Dead to Cardiacs via Gong, Zappa, Here & Now, Hawkwind, X Ray Spex and Sparklehorse. Cassady’s Dada x
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social https://chakhoyan.substack.com
Ukrainian-American in NL🇳🇱. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim” -Elie Wiesel #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
www.emmamonk.co.uk
https://monkdebunks.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk-780686190
https://medium.com/@info_28174
Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files and my FOIA podcast, Disclosure.
Signal: JasonLeopold.666
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https://www.bloomberg.com/foiafiles