Iain @iainbhx.bsky.social Former politician, keen psephologist, cat dad, Germanophile, likes traveling by train, average cook, occasional writer. Oh and I do things with SQL for coin.
Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social Historian of 19/20 c, sanitation & public health; social & political history of Birmingham (UK); Exec Sec for https://sshm.org/; admin for Midland History https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/; trustee https://www.archiveswestmidlands.org.uk/
Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
https://nixons.substack.com/
Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify.
https://www.benchu.co.uk/
Author of "Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails", published May 2025
https://linktr.ee/exileeconomics
bogl @bogl.bsky.social IT bloke in the North. He/him.
Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social Former Lib Dem London Mayoral candidate. Breaking Putin's censorship
Found a guy that did my name before me @davidbutlin.bsky.social Away again. More rubbish posts in September stay tuned
Moseley, Birmingham, UK.
Skeets of note https://bsky.app/profile/davidbutlin.bsky.social
John Crowther @john-crowther7bsky.bsky.social Respect nature and biodiversity. In the fight to grow a fairer, greener, sustainable future. #BuildBackFairer #BuildBackGreener #MakeBritainWetAgain
Our Scene CIC @ourscenecic.bsky.social Brandwood-based community action group helping connect people with shared interests & run collaborative, creative and environmental improvement community projects to bring neighbours together and boost where we live.
@hellywise.bsky.social @hellywise.bsky.social Social Worker Mom in early 50s. Lover of Birmingham uk, Disney, horror and comedy.
Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Writer, talker, author of ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain.
https://linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
@simonmcgrathld.bsky.social @simonmcgrathld.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Norman @enorman.bsky.social Sometime cox, barrister, European citizen. My pin is the last 4 digits of Pi. Gone rowing. 
Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/kingsheathunitedagainstracism
https://go.bsky.app/QVuLKB2
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social Nuffield College, Oxford
Director, Nuffield Politics Research Centre
President, British Polling Council
Election Analyst, ITV News
Voting, surveys, explanation, singing …
Shyamali Rodrigues 🔶️ @shyamali.eurosky.social She/Her Libdem Member Indian-Bengali heritage. Londoner in Lisbon.
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social Poet, wordplayer, musician, editor, bassist, guitarist, backgrounds in physics & publishing
KNIT INK (AND OTHER POEMS): https://store.deepvellum.org/products/knitink
AnthonyEtherin.com
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Moor Pool Heritage Trust @moorpoolht.bsky.social A charity conserving heritage, promoting education, driven by community. Moor Pool garden suburb, Harborne, Birmingham UK.
www.moorpoolhall.org.uk
Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social Preserving & sharing 800 years of Birmingham's history at the Library of Birmingham.
For enquiries, please email archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
Follow our blog @ www.theironroom.wordpress.com
More info @ birmingham.gov.uk/archives
Simon J Dixon @woodinrivers.bsky.social I'm just here so I don't get fined
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.
CartoonChurch.com @cartoonchurch.bsky.social Cartoons by Church Times cartoonist @davewalker.bsky.social. Licences available to use the cartoons in your church magazine and elsewhere. https://cartoonchurch.com/
Carola @germany66.bsky.social Bilingual AuDHD German to English translator and interpreter. Coffee addict. Amateur percussionist. Parkrunner. Proud Oma
Dale Hipkiss @hipkiss.bsky.social One half of Hipkiss and Granny
Member of Artefact Co-Op
Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979.
Buy the Profanisaurus or Subscribe here: https://lnk.bio/vizcomicofficial
Gugan Gill @gugangill.bsky.social 
Anya Saliy @anya-silay.bsky.social If i had been born >1930 i would have been a nun 🌿🫂🧄🗝🍯🚲🛸, lucky for Lyra
'A million candles burning for the love that never came'
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=keke7BGzJPI- P Nick Booth @podnosh.bsky.social I'll let you know what I'm up to when I figure it out!
Jane @localnotail.bsky.social local, no-tail, mostly harmless, bit gonzo, sometimes sweary
taking notes, library & research assistant
English. From Norfolk, of Birmingham, in Europe, on Earth.
Meet me in my pinned if you want.
Fair Witness.
@stirchleym.bsky.social @stirchleym.bsky.social Councillor for Stirchley Ward. Birmingham
Jane Haynes @janerockhouse.bsky.social Journalist, Birmingham. Politics, social affairs, campaigns. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/jane-haynes/ Also Substack https://insidebirmingham.substack.com/ 07471025568 jane.haynes@reachplc.com
Save Station Street, Birmingham @stationstreet.bsky.social Save The Electric, The Crown & Station Street from demolition. Tell Bham City Council to protect our assets & Glenbrook Property that our history is not for their profit. Email: savestationst@gmail.com
Petition: https://www.change.org/saveoldstationstreet
Barbara Nice @barbaranice.bsky.social I share this bit of blue sky with janice connolly x
Christine McAteer @christinemcateer.bsky.social Mostly simple photos of nature on here, churches sometimes and my cat. I like reading, being outside and decent coffee. I am a priest, a curate in St. Mary’s and St. Anne’s Parish, Birmingham, UK
Carys Hannah @caryscreatesthings.bsky.social Poet. Musician. Artist. MSc Creative Arts & Mental Health student. Disabled & neurodivergent 🏳️🌈 She/They
@jameskcentral.bsky.social @jameskcentral.bsky.social 
@lizbland.bsky.social @lizbland.bsky.social 
@libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org The most read independent site for Lib Dem members and supporters libdemvoice.org. News, op-eds, policy discussion and more...
Naomi Fisher @naomifisher.bsky.social Community Architect/ Cyclist/ Mum/ Charity Founder www.roam.org.uk
Active Travel and Children’s Free Play advocate.
At home in #Birmingham
Rebecca Taylor @beccaet.bsky.social Liberal internationalist 🇪🇺 feminist, antiracist & LGBTQ+ ally. Yorkshire/London. Ex LibDem MEP. LD Friends of Cycling/Primary Care WG. Works in health policy. ❤️s running, cooking, cycling & yoga. Mum of 1. Dual 🇬🇧/🇩🇪 citizen (personal account)
Kings Heath Active Travel Critical Mass @trivmiester.bsky.social A regular ride in an urban area It is intended to attract an eclectic group of Cyclist. Kings Heath Mass is a positive ride to promote Active Travel
Police Squad! (In Color) @policesquad.bsky.social A tribute to the tragically short-lived TV drama.
Not officially sanctioned in any way whatsoever.
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev at BBC Africa Eye. Bellingcat contributor.
Ade Adeyemo @cllrade.bsky.social Leader, Solihull Lib Dem Group • Councillor for Lyndon Ward • Civil Engineer • Photographer • Afro Beat Meister...
Artefact Stirchley @artefactstirchley.bsky.social Artist-run bar, gallery and venue
workers cooperative in Stirchley.
https://artefactstirchley.co.uk/
Temporarily closed as we build our new space as part of the SCD https://www.stirchley.coop/
Steve Haynes @stevehaynes.bsky.social Politics nerd, RPG Nerd, digital marketer, food distribution system for a Lurcher and wannabe writer. Somewhere on the left of the politics spectrum.
Lee Dargue @leedargue.uk 
Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social We campaign in solidarity with social movements to fight the causes of poverty and injustice. Join us: http://globaljustice.org.uk/stay-informed
@feltip1982.bsky.social @feltip1982.bsky.social 
Uqbah Saqib @horridwizard.bsky.social No, I don’t think I will.
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social 🌈 Author, broadcaster and lecturer in design, cartography, typography and architecture around public transport. Partner of ND 🌈♾️ person. Pro-Transit 🚆 🚃 🚋 🚟🚌 and ‘in transit’ from X as @markovenden.
John Cooper @j0hnc00per.bsky.social Nurse. Therapist.
Socialism. Climate justice.
Birmingham, UK.
It’s later than you think 🌍🍉
https://musicfromdifferentplaces.blogspot.com/?m=1
Birmingham Loves Libraries @brumloveslibraries.bsky.social Uniting campaigns across Birmingham for an open, publicly owned and professionally staffed city-wide community library service.
UK Space Agency @ukspaceagency.bsky.social We boost UK prosperity, understand the Universe, and protect our planet and outer space. gov.uk/ukspaceagency.
Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social Comedian, Cricket Statistician, Podcaster. Host of The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. Taskmaster champion. Test Match Special statsmonger. Live shows: andyzaltzman.co.uk
Mick Twister @twitmericks.bsky.social There was an old fellow named Mick,
A topical verse was his shtick,
But as dear old Twitter
Got ever more bitter
He jumped to Bluesky double-quick.
Antony Noble @antonynoble.bsky.social Protanomalous operational research analyst, ageing grassroots goalkeeper, Spurs fan, Nintendo geek. Kings Heath, Birmingham UK
Paul Kerensa @paulkerensa.bsky.social Writer/Comedian/Broadcast Historian
Also posting BBC history things here as bbcentury.bsky.social, so follow that too, or don’t. And breathe.
paulkerensa.com/oldradio
@loubylou60.bsky.social @loubylou60.bsky.social 
Birmingham Liberal Democrats @birminghamlibdems.bsky.social Published and promoted by David Cooke and Tom Lister-Rice for Birmingham Liberal Democrats at 78 Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8BB
Roger Harmer 🔶 @rhbhm.bsky.social Councillor for Acocks Green Ward and Leader of the Birmingham Liberal Democrat Council Group.
Jenny Wilkinson @jennywlibdem.bsky.social She/her. Lib Dem campaigner, aspiring to be an MP. Passionate about ending poverty, protecting the natural world and tackling inequality. Geek and gamer.
@kimbohud.bsky.social @kimbohud.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Thomson @lizey13.bsky.social bricks, canals, buildings, - p/t Heritage Adviser Canal & RiverTrust p/t PhD studentship at Black Country Living Museum -Brickmaking in the Black Country - my own views
Dr Manuela Perteghella MP @mp4stratford.bsky.social Liberal Democrat MP for Stratford-on-Avon 🔶️
Education Select Committee
Environmental Audit Committee
Council of Europe
@tzenh.bsky.social @tzenh.bsky.social 
Tim Farron @timfarron.bsky.social Proud to be the MP for Westmorland & Lonsdale. Former leader of the Lib Dems.
Promoted by M Barwise on behalf of T Farron both at Acland House Yard 2 Stricklandgate Kendal LA9 4ND
Green Liberal Democrats @greenlibdems.org.uk Environmental Conscience and Affiliated Organisation of the @Libdems.org.uk 🔶💚🌍
Founded 1977
Join Today: https://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/join
KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social Twitter refugee. Enjoy politics, old movies & music esp Bowie.
No DMs please.
Evan Davis @evandavis.uk Australian in Birmingham, UK
Not the BBC guy … obviously!
YouTube.com/@evd
Robert Massey @robertmassey.bsky.social Dad, Deputy Director RAS and Honorary Visiting Professor Sussex University. All views my own. Makes 'good' trouble.
AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social Meganne Christian
https://linktr.ee/astromeganne
🇬🇧🇦🇺🇮🇹🇳🇿🇦🇶
European Space Agency astronaut class of 2022. Mission Manager for In Space Manufacturing at the Satellite Applications Catapult
Colin Green 🔶️ @colingreenld.bsky.social Lib Dem campaigner for Sheldon
Promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN
Pundamentalism @pundamentalism.bsky.social 
Louisa Moore @loukangaroo.bsky.social Heritage nerd, politics junkie. Aussie in Birmingham, UK. Historian, feminist, leftie, mum. Work for Historic England but everything here is me. I’m here for chat about The Archers, in all honesty.
Loaf Bakery & Cookery School @loafcoop.bsky.social Worker Co-op Bakery and Cookery School in Stirchley. Promoting #RealBread & community through food since 2009. http://loaf.coop
Alison @lemurlass365.bsky.social The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
She/her
Disabled NOT differently abled
Heidi Murphy @heidimurphy.bsky.social 
Positively Birmingham @positivelybrum.bsky.social Author, photographer & publisher of local books and organiser of walking tours of Birmingham. See: www.positivelybirmingham.co.uk . New book see: www.birminghamspublic.art
Lorenzo Prati @lopratirenzo.bsky.social Musician, sound artist
Birmingham, Sheffield
Pizza, pasta
Luke Tonge @luketonge.bsky.social new here, old elsewhere 
Brian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social Programme Director – Transformation and Recovery
Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
Stuart T @discostu1.bsky.social Bytes, bites, beers and beats
Jane Edwards @janiesprogget.bsky.social Lazy artist, walker, gardener. Granny to two heartstoppers. Old age Middle Englander and self-proclaimed random BBC supporter. Nowt written by AI here ☮️
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Two books published this year - Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal and poetry collection Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth
Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social Official account of The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society. Join us at tonyhancock.org.uk. Known on that other place as @east_cheam_lad. Politics free zone
PODCAST - Very Nearly An Armful
Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social German #geographer and #demographer in #Melbourne. I love and share #maps and #data that explain how the #world works.
Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social US linguist in UK. University of Sussex.
Newsletter: https://substack.com/@lynneguist
Blog: http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lynneguist
Birmingham Open Spaces Forum @bosfonline.bsky.social BOSF - A charity that supports Birmingham's open spaces and the incredible volunteers that care for them! https://linktr.ee/bosfonline
Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social The former Conservative MP for Dorset East.🇬🇧
Meccles @mijecc.bsky.social Live in Birmingham, a Quaker, work for @globalquakers.bsky.social Europe & Middle East Section, have 2 daughters, European, fair weather cyclist, spend most days pacing the streets of B30
Marnie Chesterton @amsterdammed.bsky.social