Rebekah Fieschi @theheadlessbeki.bsky.social Fabulist
Kelpies Prize Winner, 26 Yeovil LL, Searchlight's PB LL
📖coming soon
🎬Sylphvania Grove, Mauvaises Têtes, The Unvisited
I write PB for wee ones, fantasy for young readers, and haunting tales for former children.
https://linktr.ee/rjffieschi
Jacob W. Peterson @jacobwpeterson.com Manuscripts and JavaScript | PhD, NT Textual Criticism, U. of Edinburgh | Software Engineer | Trail Ultrarunner | Immigrant
📍: Edinburgh, Scotland
jacobwpeterson.com
Visiting Scotland? myScotlandGuide.com
Jamie McHale @jamiemchale.com Runner and reader, freelance coder.
Building a community @scottishtechnology.club
Organise @edinburghjs.org and @glasgowjs.org
📍Edinburgh / Scotland
🌍 jamiemchale.com
Ingo Kegel @ingokegel.bsky.social Building JProfiler & install4j at ej-technologies. Java expert since the early days. Deep dives into profiling, performance, and build tools.
ScottishTechnology.club @scottishtechnology.club Weekly events and content bulletin for and from technology folks in Scotland - all welcome!
Visit the scottishtechnology.club website for email and rss
Run by @jamiemchale.com
Camille Roux @camilleroux.com Développeur • Directeur général et fondateur de @humancoders.com • Art: @art.camilleroux.com • il/lui he/him
UKLA @uklitassociation.bsky.social A supportive community for literacy educators.
Research.
Awards.
Publications.
CPD.
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Mandy G 🇮🇪🇪🇸🌈 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @argally.bsky.social SCI FI Nerd, Retired SRE, NetEng and loving wife with a penchant for beer making. I am happy to donate time to make Bluesky successful. Pink Floyd obsessed 🌈 Slava Ukraine. Eat the rich
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social Actor, comedian and entire Indie Band.
Derry Girls, No Worries If Not!, Lunchtime with Michael Fry
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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
Jonathan Putney @putney.io VP of Technology @ Noverant LMS
Java / Python / AWS / Kubernetes
github: https://github.com/jcputney
website: https://putney.io
Woody Zuill @woodyzuill.bsky.social Software Teaming - Mob Programming
Graham Lee, D.Phil @iamleeg.bsky.social Writes software, writes about software, writes about writing software. https://sicpers.info/blog/ Documents interaction patterns in AI-augmented coding at https://chironcodex.com; support my work at https://patreon.com/chironcodex
A. E. Daly @aedaly.bsky.social Writer of spec and weird fiction. Comics, cameras, SF & retro nerd.
Scottish Book Trust New Writer, Kelpies shortlist, Bath Children's Novel Award. Some milestones came & went, now I'm older, gloomier and trying to work out what's next. She/her.
Sue Wallman @suewallman.bsky.social Author of 8 Young Adult thrillers including LYING ABOUT LAST SUMMER, I KNOW YOU DID IT and WATCH YOUR BACK. Does school visits. Often found drinking wine, eating crisps & reading. Agent: Becky Bagnell #theArchers
Natalie Rutherford @natrwrites.bsky.social Writes MG/CB/PB kidlit for love and charity comms for a living.
Prizes: Guppy 25 + 23 SL | SCBWI_BI UV24 | CheshireKids 24 SL | WritersMag CB SL 24
When not writing: SCBWI_BI UV26 committee member; lake swimmer; trombone wrestler
Ivy Lin | Querying Author @ivy-lin.bsky.social Autistic writer currently querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS
🏆 Undiscovered Voices Winner '26
Published in SOMEONE LIKE ME, avail in bookstores
Website: ivylin.co.uk
Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social Undiscovered Voices Winner ‘26
Poems on the Move ‘26.
Pushcart Prize Nominated. Cheshire Novel Prize SL‘25, Guppy Open LL’25
Write Mentor Picturebook SL’23/LL’24
Poetry - The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy, Tyger Tyger, The Toy, LTP, BBC Upload.🏴
Caroline Mundy @cmundywrites.bsky.social 📝 Children’s writer 🥶Sea dipper ☯️Yogi
LL Undiscovered Voices CB 26
LL Yeovil CB 25
SL Yeovil MG 24
LL I Am Writing MG 24
LL WritersMag PB 24
Gus @mronline.bsky.social “soft” i can understand, the “ware” is the question…..
www.gusmurphy.com
Ted M. Young (he/him) aka @JitterTed @ted.dev #Java coach/consultant/streamer. Maker of "JitterTed's TDD Game" https://tdd.cards
Live streaming my coding mistakes at https://JitterTed.Stream and https://JitterTed.TV
#Refactoring #JUnit #TDD #TestableArchitecture #DomainDrivenDesign #Ensembling #LGM
postmarketOS @postmarketos.org postmarketOS develops free and open-source software to extend the life of consumer electronics. By empowering people to have full control of their […]
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Andrew Cairns @acairns.co.uk Using metaphors and analogies to explain Software Engineering in fun ways: https://youtube.com/@metaphoricallyspeaking
Staff Software Engineer. Passionate about DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing and Distributed Systems.
Kayaking, too.
claire schultz @claireschultz.bsky.social writes strange & amorphous things. cat mom. this is an anne brontë stan account. she/her. rep: clara foster @ aevitas uk. https://clairerschultz.com
Kate Emilie @protagonistkate.bsky.social YA speculative author, rep'd by WME
https://linktr.ee/protagonistkate
Zoë Harris @zoeselina.bsky.social YA author, UX content design leader, cat lady, chip connoisseur
Marnie is reading! @amcrollwriter.bsky.social people who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. from within // Marnie, SFF writer, poet, artist 🏳️🌈🌻
https://linktr.ee/amcrollwriter
Heather Palmer @heatherpalmer.bsky.social BLOODBOUND is out on audible now!
Rep'd by Lina Langlee at The North Agency
www.heatherannepalmer.com
Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social Film producer. Book 10 Scotland Street - an opinionated history of one house over two centuries now out in paperback
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
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Scott Reid @ascottreid.bsky.social At BBC Sport. Bouncing between Glasgow (nearly) and Salford. Will go on about news, sport, Scottish stuff, Eurovision etc. Any rare views are very much my opinion alone.
Jeda Pearl @jedapearl.bsky.social 🖌️ Poetry • SFF • Fiction • Art
• https://linktr.ee/JedaPearl •
⚡ Disabled • Fibromyalgia 🥄
💫 Collaboration •Community • 🏴🇯🇲
Hourly Spaced @hourlyspaced.bagpuss.org A random frame from a random Spaced episode, every hour, on the hour.
Episode details in alt text.
By Dave Bagpuss Forsey @bagpuss.org
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org We use the law to resist hate and bring hope. Injustice is not inevitable.
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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com 'Peddler of Wheres,' job creator, Owner at The Map Center in Pawtucket RI- it's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social Geek at law.
Simon Schrottner @aepfli.bsky.social Father, CouchSurfer, JUnit-Pioneer Maintainer, OpenFeature Maintainer
Emily Munro @emilymunro.bsky.social emilymunro.co.uk
Writer, filmmaker, curator
THE LIMITS novel (2027)
Alpine Fellowship runner up; Caledonia Novel Award LL; Best of the Net nom; Winner Briefly Write 10
Nom FOCAL International Award for Living Proof: A Climate Story
IG: @smugafgardening
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
The Reading Room in Melrose @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social A small independent bookshop in the historic Borders town of Melrose, Roxburghshire, focusing on Scottish writing and the best new books around. Sister bookshop of @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social in Stow, Selkirkshire. Welcome!
Sarah Broadley @sarahbroadley.bsky.social She/her. Herder of cats. Devourer of Books. Children's writer. Children's book reviewer for @mybookcorner.bsky.social, member of Craigmillar Literacy Trust, CWIG, societyofauthors.bsky.social and supporter of Cymerafestival.co.uk. #ViewsMyOwn #BeKind
Spyglass Books @spyglassbooks.bsky.social A new bookshop for children’s and illustrated books coming to 4A Haddington Place, Edinburgh in 2026.
http://spyglassbookshop.com/
Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
@johoward.bsky.social @johoward.bsky.social 
Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social Theatre critic of Edinburgh's stages. Owner and editor of All @alledintheatre.bsky.social. Cyclist. Wearer of loud shirts.
Born at 317.73 ppm.
Johan Janssen @johanjanssen.bsky.social Architect at ASML. Conference speaker, JavaOne Rock Star. Chocolateynuget Java packages. InfoQ Java news author.
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com I’m CTO at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (@icij.org) where I build interactive stories, data driven investigations and tools.
#PandoraPapers #UberFiles #FinCENFiles #LuandaLeaks and many more.
Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social Irish writer. Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka, Ghost Mountain. Richard Heart Julianne out in summer 2027
www.ronanhession.com
Music as Mumblin' Deaf Ro https://mumblindeafro.bandcamp.com/
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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com DaShaun is a struggling triathlete, Raspberry Pi enthusiast, Testcontainer Champion, former professional cheerleader, keynote speaker, and Spring Developer Advocate at Broadcom. Deliberately practicing to build, run, and manage, better software, faster.
Benjamin Marwell ☕ @bmarwell.de #JakartaEE-Dev, Musician & Tech-Blogger.
Uses #Linux. @maven.apache.org PMC and ASF member.
IBM Champion 2022.
🏙️ are my own.
Simone Romani @simoneromani.bsky.social Senior developer and engineering manager at ING. TDD enthusiast. Striving to improve my code every day, I’m on Bluesky so that I can follow the latest trends of software development.
Stefano Cordio @scordio.github.io Software Engineer @ EPAM Systems
Maintainer of @assertj.github.io
Soph | S.J. Montgomery @sjmontgomery.bsky.social THE NESTING ROOM (Maverick, 2027)
UK. Queer author of weird, whimsical and unsettling YA/MG. Hot beverage enthusiast. Silly costume enjoyer (cosplay and larp). WriteMentor Mentee 2021. They/She. Rep: Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency.
sjmontgomery.co.uk
Teens+ @teensplusscot.bsky.social Teens+ is a pathway for school leavers with additional needs to fulfil their potential
We provide education & therapeutic support for young people in Edinburgh with complex communication needs including autism & learning disabilities
teensplus.org.uk
Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
We're the archives and local studies library for the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, and the home of Buckinghamshire History Festival.
Website: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/
Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social Passionate about #EqualityForAll #HumanRights 🏴 Primary Teacher in #Orkney. She/her. Free Palestine! Antifa. All views my own
"A good teacher...so far"
Anthony Cunningham @sqferryman.bsky.social Mid-life crisis actor.
🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social I make comics and art and stuff in Edinburgh and think wistfully about sad men, horses and the ocean often
she/they
Website: elljwalker.com
Shop: elljwalker.etsy.com
Neil Walkinshaw @neilwalkinshaw.bsky.social Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Sheffield. Researcher interests in software analysis and testing, and their links to causal reasoning and ML.
Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social Ly Faulk (they/she) is a queer writer, artist, and an all-around weirdo. They are the author of Hippie Speedball and Sick Sad Queer. Learn more about their writing at lyfaulk.com.
Jean Michel Doudoux @jmdoudoux.bsky.social Java Champion, didacticiel Java et Eclipse, Ju Jitsu et arts martiaux, Delphi, modélisme et figurines
Michael Kölling @kolling.uk Computer Scientist, King's College London
Blog: https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/proged
Dan Vega @danvega.dev 🍃 Spring Developer Advocate @Broadcom
☕️ Java Champion
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🤖 ByteSized AI http://bit.ly/3XYv87j
Henri Tremblay @henri.tremblay.pro IT Strategy, Productivity, Performance, EasyMock,
@Java_Champions and trying (successfully?) to be useful. Head of
@TSImagine Montréal Office
Dalibor Topić @robilad.bsky.social Although I work at Oracle Global Services Germany: The views expressed on this [blog; Web site] are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle.
Mastodon: @Robilad@det.social
Mastodon bridge account: @Robilad.det.social.ap.brid.gy
A N M Bazlur Rahman @bazlur.ca Java Champion 🏆 Empowering Developers through Speaking 🗣️ Writing ✍️ Mentoring 🤝 & Community Building 🌍 Published Author 📖 Contributing Editor at InfoQ and Foojay.IO
DNAstack
https://bio.site/bazlur
Books: https://bazlur.ca/books/
Mark Paluch 👨💻,🎹&✈️ @mp911.de Musician, producer, Spring Data, Database drivers.
#Autist | #ADHD | INTJ-T | #Neurodiversity 🧠🌈
Ostfriesland 🌊🌬️🌞🌧️
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Gunnar Hillert @hillert.bsky.social Spring Developer, Java Champion, 2019 Kona IRONMAN Finisher, formerly @oracle @pivotal @vmware @spring.io @atlantajug @devnexus. Plant collector. Board member at Hawaii Island Palm Society.
javapapo @javapapo.bsky.social Dad, Java die hard, Pythonic, podcaster, amateur baker, ex-judoka, gamer /aviation/ F1 enthusiast. blog.javapapo.com / badguys.fm
Daniel Bryant @danielbryantuk.com Platform Engineer and PMM at Syntasso | News/Podcast at InfoQ | Web 2.0 coder, platform engineer, Java Champion, CS PhD | cloud/K8s, APIs, IPAs, running | learner/teacher
@jocosti.bsky.social @jocosti.bsky.social 
Sven Reimers @sreimers.bsky.social Java Champion,
JUG Leader JUG Bodensee, JTaccuino
Apache NetBeans PMC, OpenJFX author,
Systemengineer @ Airbus Defence and Space
Rabea Gransberger @rgransberger.bsky.social Mother of 2 Kids (2019, 2021), Java Developer, Java Champion
Jorge Hidalgo 💾💾 /home/deors @deors.bsky.social lecturer in recent runes, father of 2, husband, whistle player, videogames, geek, all things software & platform engineering, java, cloud & devops at Accenture | MálagaJUG Lead | Java Champion | OpenSouthCode.org
Gail Anderson @gail-asgteach.bsky.social Java Champion, Book Author, Work with Java, JavaFX, Gluon, GraalVM, Mobile Apps
Marcin Grzejszczak @toomuchcoding.com Java Champion. Working on observability and contract testing - Micrometer, Spring Cloud Contract.
James Ward @jamesward.com Just another nerd with a podcast: happypathprogramming.com
And a book:
effectorientedprogramming.com
Ray Tsang @saturnism.me Loves Java, Cloud, and Developer Productivity. Java Champion.
Nate Schutta @nts.bsky.social Java Champion. Speaker. Author. Architecture Monkey. Storyteller.
http://ntschutta.io
jbáruch 🎩 @jbaru.ch DevRel Team tessl.io
Java Champion, Ex-CNCF Ambassador.
Co-author of #LiquidSoftware and #DevOps Tools for #Java Developers.
🥼 Piotr Przybył @piotrprz.bsky.social Software Gardener. Java Champion. Docker Captain. Edutainer. Speaker. Trainer. Художник. Honorary Bavarian. 👨💻👨🌾
#Java #Testcontainers #Linux #Programming
softwaregarden.dev
Views are mine, impressions are yours.
Ana-Maria Mihalceanu @ammbra1508.bsky.social
Java Champion Alumni | Architect| Sr. Developer Advocate @Oracle 🇳🇱 | Speaker | Co-founder@BucharestSCC. Opinions are my own. 
Jason Lee @jasondlee.bsky.social Christian. Husband. Father. Bassist. Martial Artist. Java Champion. Nashville recording artist. Software engineer @ Red Hat. @OKCJUG President. Opinions are mine, but can be yours.
Daniel Hinojosa @dhinojosa.bsky.social Developer of sorts: Typically Java, Scala, and Haskell once in a while.
Viktor Gamov @gamussa.dev Principal Developer Advocate at @confluent.io, ☕️Java Champion, Co-author Kafka in Action, Flink aficionado
Richard Fichtner 💻☕ @richard.fichtner.dev CEO of @xdev.software, Loves Java ❤️☕, Java Champion, Founder JUG Oberpfalz, Co-organizer @jcon.one, IBM Champion, Oracle Ace, Vaadin Champion, Dongolorian, Father and Husband
Tom Cools @tomcools.be DevRel @Timefold | Conference (Keynote) Speaker 🗣️ | #Java Champion | @BeJUG Organizer | Kind of a weird guy 😅
Brian Benz @bbenz.bsky.social Microsoft AI Advocate. Certified stunt coder
Anton Arhipov @antonarhipov.bsky.social Developer Advocate @ JetBrains
https://antonarhipov.com
#java #kotlin #programming
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social I'm going on tour in 2026.
Listen to my show 'No Room' on BBC Radio 4 if you like.
https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/michael-spicer-hope-alls-well/
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Martin Fowler @martinfowler.com Software Design Loudmouth. Works for Thoughtworks. Also hikes, watches theater, and plays modern board games. He/him.
host of https://martinfowler.com
Benjamin Nothdurft @dataduke.bsky.social 🎤 Community, Leadership, Java, Cloud
🏅 7x Oracle ACE Pro, JUG Leader
🌍 San Francisco, CA <> Jena, GER
🔗 www.linktr.ee/dataduke
Lukáš Křečan @lukas-krecan.bsky.social SW engineer, maintaner of JsonUnit and ShedLock