Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social A mix of stuff: mainly #opendata, #FOI, #dataprotection, #geospatial, #openweb, #genAI, #techpolicy. Half-formed thoughts posted for my own amusement. Still on X/Twitter at @owenboswarva. Sites www.owenboswarva.com (with blog) + www.datadaptive.com. He/him
Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social My new album LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) out NOW!
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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social Director / Investigations BylineTimes.com Founder AgeofTransformation.com New book: ALT REICH: THE NETWORK WAR TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY FROM WITHIN https://alt-reich.com
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
State of the Future @sotf.org.uk A new think tank for public servants & others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services & better outcomes for people. Established by @gavinfreeguard.com. Associate: @aliceolilly.bsky.social
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Laura Spinney @laurainparis.bsky.social 
Dr Lindsay de Wal @drlindsaydewal.bsky.social BA,MA,PhD|UK’s 1st NHS Humanist Head of Chaplaincy|Director Humanist-Existential Care [EHSN]|Head of Pastoral Care [NRPSN]|Thoughts are my own|Published Author|
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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL. Brighton born and bred. No longer resident, but still liberal. Expressed views mine only.
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social I’m not always having a go at wrong’uns…sometimes I’m sleeping | Political Commentator & Co-Host of The Trawl Podcast https://linktr.ee/thetrawlpodcast | @TimesRadio | @jeremyvineon5
John Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social Director, Centre for the Sciences of Place & Memory, Stirling Uni, Scotland. Skill, memory, embodied cognition, philosophy, cognitive history, cricket, music, collaboration, wayfinding. Leverhulme International Prof: johnsutton.net & placememory.net
Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social Anchored in philosophy @stir.ac.uk
Researching place & memory
across cognitive sciences, social sciences & the arts
Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social & @reaveyp.bsky.social
Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
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AFFINITY @affectinthecity.bsky.social Affect In the City (AFFINITY): The Emotional Dimensions of Urban Justice. Posting updates and resources on philosophy, cities & affect.
MSCA/YUFE4Postdocs EU-funded project (25-28)
📍Antwerp
Views my own: @lopezcantero.bsky.social
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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social Marie Skłodowska-Curie/YUFE4 Fellow (Antwerp). Thinking about love, heartbreak, narrative, cities & travel. From Jaén 🫒
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My publications: https://philpeople.org/profiles/pilar-lopez-cantero
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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
Philosophy Playdate @philosophyplaydate.bsky.social Kids' impossible questions addressed with serious philosophy from ancient history to current research. As a podcast.
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Quarto @quarto.org Open-source scientific and technical publishing system brought to you by posit.co.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
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Minas Karamanis @minaskar.bsky.social Astrophysicist and proud cat dad. He/him
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@salonidesouza.bsky.social @salonidesouza.bsky.social Professional flossofer, expert napper, absurdity magnet, bluesky lurker. They/them; she/her; doctor/duck.
Naftali Weinberger @dagophile.bsky.social Interested in all things causal modeling. Ongoing projects on causal analyses of discrimination and on causation in dynamical systems.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
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Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social FAcSS https://acss.org.uk. Vis Prof at City University & Imperial College London. Board member https://nhsrho.org @nhs-rho.bsky.social & https://www.resonancefm.com @resonancefm.bsky.social Health economist
Chairman of the ESC Task Force Environment and Cardiologist @tmuenzel28.bsky.social Thomas Münzel is a senior cardiologist and vascular biologist whose work reveals how noise, air pollution and other environmental stressors damage the heart. A global leader in environmental cardiology with 1300 publications +h-index, google scholar: 165
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Aleks Krotoski @alekskrotoski.bsky.social Oh hai, I’m here now. BOOK: The Immortalitsts (https://www.alekskrotoski.com/store)! NEWSLETTER: https://messy-humans.ghost.io ! And alekskrotoski.com for the rest <3
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Julia Jorati @juliajorati.bsky.social historian of early modern philosophy at UMass Amherst, researches philosophical debates about slavery in 17th and 18th century Europe and America, https://websites.umass.edu/jjorati/
Lisa Forsberg @lisaeforsberg.bsky.social senior research fellow, Uehiro Oxford Institute, University of Oxford & research fellow in philosophy, Somerville College
Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social The real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics. A podcast with Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt.
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social Humanist. Midlander. Liberal. Xennial. Quondam Classicist. Chief Executive @humanists.uk | Ambassador @humanists.bsky.social
Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social Science Writer ('Swearing is Good for You', 'How to Build a Human'), broadcaster, journalist.
I write about the stuff that makes you go 'that's fucking amazing!'
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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social Labour Peer, ex-MP for Battersea. Campaigner for refugees, especially children. Interested in human rights, asylum policy and Ireland. RTs are not endorsements.
Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social The UK's only think tank dedicated to higher education.
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
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https://medium.com/@info_28174
Patrick Fafard @pfafard.bsky.social Professor Emeritus/ Visiting Professor
Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, University of Ottawa.
Research Director, Global Strategy Lab, York University/UOttawa
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Cheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social Philosopher, Univ of Toronto
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Prof Lucy Frith @lucyfrith.bsky.social Professor of bioethics & health research, Centre for Social Ethics & Policy, Dept of Law, University of Manchester.
UCL Health of the Public @uclhealthpublic.bsky.social We are a virtual school bringing academic disciplines together to solve complex health problems. We work beyond disciplinary borders to improve health for all.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social Epidemiologist. AIDS Activist. Dog lover. New Haven.
Philosophy in Prison @philosophyinprison.bsky.social www.philosophyinprison.com
We do philosophy with anyone in prison no matter what
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Catherine Herfeld @cherfeld.bsky.social Professor of Philosophy and History of Economics at Leibniz University Hannover; ERC project (2023-29) on MODEL TRANSFER in Science (#ERCStGr; @ERC_research), co-editor-in-chief of EJPS and of JHET.
Dr Emily Jones @jonesemily.bsky.social Historian of politics & ideas at the University of Manchester. Author of Edmund Burke and the Invention of Modern Conservatism, 1830-1914: An Intellectual History & The Disraeli Myth: The Making of a Conservative Tradition.
Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction shortlisted for Royal Society’s Trivedi Prize, & 2025 best book for FT, Guardian, BBC History, Smithsonian, and more.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
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The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social A repository for ideas, questions, discoveries, and events in the philosophy of memory.
thememorypalacephil.substack.com
Elena Popa @elenapopaphi.bsky.social Philosopher working on causality and causal reasoning, science and values, philosophy of medicine. Ramón y Cajal fellow at the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Philosophy of Science, University of Seville. https://philpeople.org/profiles/elena-popa
Simon Duffy @simonduffy.bsky.social Philosopher and social activist with interest in self-directed support, basic income, neighbourhood democracy, neighbourhood care and anything else that helps create a world where everyone matters (and chippy Northerner). https://citizen-network.org
Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social DPH Sheffield Council.
President ADPHUK.
Barely active climber and below average cyclist. Fond of - 80s thrash metal.
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Tim Minchin @timminchin.bsky.social Songwriter singer pianist actor writer comedian producer speaker poet wanker reader runner worrier.
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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social Poetry - wildlife - music - India - Greece
New 📗 GIRL -
‘Dazzling lyric control’ (Kim Moore)
‘Rhapsodic’(Guardian)
'Girls from Delphi to Delhi haunted by the ‘loose tin can’ of misogyny.…' (Mid-Day Mumbai)
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Prof Mark Maslin @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social #ClimateChange Professor @ucl, author of #HumanPlanet, #CradleOfHumanity, #HowToSaveOurPlanet, member of Climate Crisis Advisory Group, Dad (He/Him)
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
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YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts- P Philip Pullman @philippullman.bsky.social
Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge, FBA FMedSci FRS. Adolescent brain development. Views my own. Book: http://amazon.co.uk/dp/1784161349
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc 
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili.bsky.social Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS. Academic, author, broadcaster. Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics @UniofSurrey,
https://jimal-khalili.com
https://www.youtube.com/@UnbaffledScience
Humanists UK @humanists.uk We advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.
New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social Free thinking in an age of extremes. Follow for independent journalism on ideas, culture, politics and science. Published since 1885.
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Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate @itsadequate.bsky.social Malcolm from prog/alt/art-rock band Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate. Www.hatsoffgentlemen.com
Also contemporary classical/minimalist music as Malcolm Galloway. #eds
Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law
Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social Green MP for Bristol Central.
Former Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Engineer. Bi 🏳🌈. She/Her.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social Author. Latest book: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social Dedicated to the advancement of Real Philosophy, For Everyone.
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social Writer/co-creator of the WEIRD LUCK webcomic at weirdluck.net. Professor of Psychology & Psychedelic Studies at California Institute of Integral Studies. Aikido teacher at aikiarts.com. Author of NEUROQUEER HERESIES.
Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
Helene Scott @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social Philosophy-medicine-bodies | working on messy categories in clinical enquiry @STSucl | previously @camHPS & @ClareHall | PhD from Medical Museion (@UCPH)
Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social NDHums is a safe and generative research network and space that accomodates the diverse, individual needs of scholars working in the humanities | https://ndhumanities.com | Funded by the Wellcome Discovery Platform https://medhumsplatform.org |
Katie Munday @kmunday.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Researcher, Consultant, Human
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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social Director of Education at No More Marking, an ed tech start-up. Author of 3 books about education & 1 about football. West Ham & cricket fan.
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Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social Half victim, half accomplice, like everyone
Agnes Callard @agnescallard.bsky.social Philosopher
Adrian Kind @philpsy.bsky.social Postdoc in Philosophy @Charité & @DZPG | Clinical Psychologist | Involved in Mental Health Care Policy | „How Does The Psychiatrist Know?“ (Transcript 2025) 🔓| More: https://linktr.ee/adriankind
Lisa Eckenwiler @lisaaeck.bsky.social 
@HSJnews @hsj.co.uk The UK's leading resource for healthcare leaders. Winner AOP best specialist media brand 2017.
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The Yard Theatre @theyardtheatre.bsky.social A new Yard is here. A new season is here. On-sale now. Good god.
theyardtheatre.co.uk
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Alex Sharpe @alexsharpe.bsky.social Professor University of Warwick. She/her 💚
📕We’re Nobody’s Children: David Bowie and Existentialism (2026)
📕David Bowie Outlaw (2022)
📕Sexual Intimacy & Gender Identity ‘Fraud’ (2018)
📕Foucault’s Monsters (2010)
📕Transgender Jurisprudence (2002)
Andreas Albertsen @andreasalbertsen.bsky.social Political Science PhD. Consultant at Odense Municipality in Denmark, developing a Center for Health Equity. Published research on: distributive justice, health care priority setting, controversial markets, discrimination, and organ donation ethics.
Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social Professor of bioethics at the University of Geneva medical school, physician by background, tag me for questions
Christine.straehle.bsky.social @chstr.bsky.social Professor for Practical Philosophy; Ethicist; dog-lover; the future is open…
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Cristian Timmermann @cristiantimmermann.bsky.social I work on health, environment and social justice @iehhs.bsky.social 
Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social Philosopher / global (health) justice, critical perspectives on East-West hierarchies of knowledge / decolonial, antifascist and CEE feminisms and art / she/they/Dr
RUTA Association (Board Member), CEE Feminist Research Network, IRG-GHJ
Anna Gotlib @annagotlib.bsky.social Philosopher at Brooklyn College CUNY.
“Where's your home then?" asked the Snork Maiden.
"Nowhere," said Snufkin a little sadly, "or everywhere. It depends how you look at it.”
Madison Powers @madisonpowers.bsky.social Francis J. McNamara Jr Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University.
Political philosopher: human rights; structural justice; conceptual & normative issues at the intersection of environmental policy, public health, & markets. https://www.madisonpowers.org
Lynette Reid @lynettereid.bsky.social Assoc Prof Bioethics, Dalhousie University. Co-Editor, Public Health Ethics.
Quill Kukla 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @quillkukla.bsky.social Author of Sex Beyond "Yes": Pleasure and Agency for Everyone
www.quillrkukla.xyz/sex-beyond-yes
Philosopher/geographer writing about sex, language, science, and cities. Trying not to waste any time. Gender: Peep. Berlin/DC
Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra @agomoni.bsky.social Generally angry. Bioethicist. Academic. Writer. Theatre and Dance
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.
Clare Malone @claremalone.bsky.social Writer at The New Yorker. (Currently on leave working on a book about MAHA.)
Host of Still Counting. 🎧Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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