By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social Podcast of adventures in language with @helenzaltzman. theallusionist.org patreon.com/allusionist
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Ingram Valley Safaris @ingramsafaris.bsky.social www.ingramvalley.co.uk
The Ingram Valley Farm Safari
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Northumberland National Park
Love the great outdoors, astronomy, wildlife, farmlife, archaeology and geology.
Durham University @durham.ac.uk Inspiring the extraordinary.
Official Durham University Bluesky account.
University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk Changing the world since 1451 🌍 | #TeamUofG #WorldChangingGlasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/
Jez Lowe @jezlowe.bsky.social Musician, singer, songwriter and occasional novelist from the County of Durham in North East England. 
Nancy Kerr @nancyannfolk.bsky.social Musician singer composer educator researcher
Eliza Carthy @elizacarthy.bsky.social Queen of the Whirl! Trad/prog singer, violinist, writer & stage/film composer, available for radio/TV presenting/arts curation. Pres. EFDSS. Feminist. LGBTQ+ ally.
Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social Writer, poker player and accidental quiz show host.
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Bride of Art. Presenter:Front Row, Newswatch, Art of Persia @SquareWindowPod.bsky.social. 20th Century Society Pres. BFI Film Classics Bk on A Hard Day's Night out now: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/
https://samiraahmed.blog/
Camus @camusfolk.bsky.social We’re a five-piece trad folk band: Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, melodeon, guitar, keys. Evergreen veterans! www.camusmusic.net
Elliott Park @elliottparkmusic.bsky.social Composer, researcher, conductor. Currently PhDing at Queens' College, Cambridge. Can also be found playing Northumbrian smallpipes and singing evensong.
Edric Ellis @edric.org Software developer for MathWorks working on Parallel Computing.
Northumbrian smallpipes and Border pipes with Camus.
Persistent cyclist.
Ben Willbond @benwillbond.bsky.social Yes it’s The Captain off of Ghosts. Screenwriter and you know the rest.
www.benwillbond.com
https://instagram.com/benjaminwillbond
Dave Oy Green @misteroy.bsky.social Freelance Press/Events sharing personal work here. Using mainly Nikon Z9 and Zf. Specialist in not specialising. I shoot what makes a nice photo and what makes me happy. Landscapes, Wildlife, Trains & Street etc. Tai Chi Nut :)
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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social Musky sly old foxy stoat.
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social A collaborative project to discuss learning & teaching in HE with the wider community via tweetchats, first #lthechat 29.10.14, Wed 8-9pm UK time, join us!
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info 'One of the best places I have found online to make the abstract, hard to visualize concepts in computer science much more accessible and understandable.' https://www.advanced-ict.info/
Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) @cs4fn.bsky.social CS4FN is a project based at QMUL to inspire and educate about interdisciplinary computer science in a fun way. Read our blog at cs4fn.blog.
@boxdelightspod.bsky.social @boxdelightspod.bsky.social 
Through the Square Window @squarewindowpod.bsky.social A podcast guiding you through the UK TV we watched in decades gone by
Arlen Pettitt @arlenpettitt.bsky.social Policy | Comms | Words - author of worroom.substack.com, a weekly newsletter on politics and policy in North East England
The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk 💚 Real hope. Real change.
greenparty.org.uk
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party London SE1P 6YL
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Beyond The Joke @beyondthejoke.bsky.social I'm Bruce Dessau and I run the comedy news/reviews website beyondthejoke.co.uk 
Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social Author/editor/'cultural historian'/carer, S Wales, probably autistic:
NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, OUT NOW.
Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/
Email: whenisbirths@yahoo.com
ko-fi.com/firstlastanything
Chortle @chortle.bsky.social The website for comedy in the UK www.chortle.co.uk
Ian Kearns @ianpkearns.bsky.social Former Advisor to UK Parliament on National Security Strategy. Co-Founder, European Leadership Network. Author, Collapse: Europe After the European Union, published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/iankearns1
Hexham Labour @hexhamlabour.bsky.social Promoted by Hexham CLP on behalf of all Hexham Labour candidates, all at Labour North, Kings Manor, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6PA.
Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com That bloke who does that podcast your annoying friend keeps trying to get you to listen to. He/him. Posts every random thought in his head. AuDHD and not many filters. If you're only interested in my podcast you probably don't want to follow.
Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk Not even the most famous person in my bedroom. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
Lake District Fells @lakedistrict.bsky.social Celebrating the beauty of #Cumbria and The #LakeDistrict Fells
Quentin Campbell @qgcampbell.bsky.social Interested in Korean Peninsula & humanitarian issues in DPRK. Active volunteer with Distributed Proofreaders (pgdp.net). Radio Amateur (UK). Blog at nkhumanitarian.org. Photo of North Korean children on rollerblades, Chŏngjin city centre, May 2013.
Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social Official Gov Description: Flight challenged colony of biracial nudists.
Status: Tariff & Human Free. Sovereign; yet protected by AU. “Flippers Up”
SIGN to protect our Island’s Marine Reserve https://wwf.org.au/get-involved/an-antarctic-safe-haven/
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Dr Ruth Smith @dr-ruthsmith.bsky.social Relational feminist psychotherapist • PhD • interested in politics and psychotherapy • passionate about ending domestic abuse against cis and trans women • #ME and #FND • Reproductive and Disability rights are human rights • she/her • Ⓥ •
Linda Marric Evans @lindamarric.co.uk Film Critic and Honorary Secretary of London Critics’ Circle. Bylines: The Sun, HeyUGuys. Formerly at The Daily Mirror, the JC, Total Film, Yahoo & NME and many more.
aalekas.bsky.social @aalekas.bsky.social Woman, daughter,sister,mother, human.Archaeologist, Digital heritage educator, interested in Art, Music, theater and people. Passionate climate activist,hard working. 
Find Moby Dick @findmobydick.bsky.social It is not down in any map; true places never are. A companion bot to @mobydickatsea.bsky.social, both bots coded and maintained by @samplereality.bsky.social.
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun making neal.fun
Ghostcards @ghostcards.bsky.social We're all ghosts now. Curated by @pastpostcard.bsky.social. Represented by http://morgangreencreatives.com
Newcastle University School of Engineering @nclengineering.bsky.social Official page for the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Shaping our world through engineering excellence. www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences @sciencesncl.bsky.social Our classrooms are fields, beaches, farms, boats and labs. We are the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/
Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering @ Newcastle Uni @sagencl.bsky.social Proud of our heritage. Creating a sustainable future. Always making a difference. We are the Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering at Newcastle University
Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social Newcastle University Special Collections & Archives is an Accredited Archive Service, home to Newcastle University's archive and rare book collections.
Find out more: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/
Sara Marsham @sara-marine.bsky.social Dean of Education, Reader in Bioscience Education, SFHEA. Higher education, algae, marine ecology, football, speedway, diving, travelling, cycling, dogs.
From Hull. Living in Newcastle.
Newcastle University School of Computing @computingnewcastle.bsky.social Welcome to The School of Computing, where we empower you to thrive in the digital era with cutting-edge programs, pioneering research, and a legacy of excellence.
Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social The myths of Ancient Greece still echo and shape the modern world. This is their story.
APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alex-andreous-podyssey/id1798575126
SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/2x7cD3HjkOyOKTF4YT5Goy?si=657111fc0e544740
Emily McGovern @emilyscartoons.bsky.social Cartoonist & author
Prints and comic booklets available here! 👉 http://emilyscartoons.myshopify.com
The Dreaded Lurgy @thedreadedlurgy.bsky.social Cobblers. Sometimes found in Ecclefechan.
CGHE @cghe.bsky.social Centre for Global Higher Education
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Marjolein Rotsteeg @marjoleinrotsteeg.bsky.social Published writer and poet in English, Dutch & French.
*Touchstone Award winner
*Book: 'Cherchez la femme. Travestie als fenomeen'(Vassallucci,1996)
*Former music journalist
#haiku #writing #poetry #cats #nature #art
🚫Begging 🚫love, religion, 'Hello' DM's
Mike Dailly ™ @mdf200.bsky.social Game programmer, creator of Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto. Comments are my own and those of the voices in my head.
Support my work:
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https://mdf200.itch.io/
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Surf @surf.social Surf the social web. Create feeds for any interest or community.
Visit surf.social.
Get the app: waitlist.surf.social
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
Julie Cruse @academicabuse.com 📣 The Whistleblower: juliecruse.com
📚 The Story: goodreads.com/juliecruse
🛍️ The Shop: https://a.co/d/0htxv3RT
🥞 The Stack: substack.com/@juliecruse
📊 The Data: academicabuse.com/data
🌐 The Hub: academicabuse.com
🎙️ The Verdict: podcast.academicabuse.com
Monty Davis | Postcards & More @montydaviskc.bsky.social Photographer | iPhone 🟰 Swiss Army Knife | Deltiologist | Antique Dealer | Mean People Suck | Bleed Blue | 🚫 No DMS 🛑 | 3 Pugs 🐾 | 27K+ Postcards For Sale eBay Store: https://www.ebay.com/str/suburbangranolageneralstore
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social Welcome to my head. Please excuse the mess.
https://ko-fi.com/pandamoanimum
Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social Pro-Europe #socialist #RefugeesWelcome. Warning - I swear a lot because the world is on fire!
They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social Official. Our LP The World is To Dig is here. Multi-night stands right now in Milwaukee Madison Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis Austin Dallas Houston Washington DC / NEW YEARS EVENTS in Montclair and New Haven! www TMBG com for detes and tickets.
Dr Kat James @kjames-intbio.bsky.social Lecturer in Bioinformatics and Synthetic Biology at Newcastle University. Highly caffeinated. Views own etc.
Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social Art, nature, writing woes. Sometimes funny, often intentionally. New Yorker by birth, Londoner by practice.
Story ‘Nothing Compared to You’ out in the Book of Witty Women : https://bit.ly/3Q72ug0
Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com Writer, Field Maneuvers boss, PT, comedy, 50+ ultra marathons, west Wales knotweed farmer
I was the Secret Tory
Substack: https://mrhenrymorris.substack.com/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/henrymorrispt
John Finnemore @johnfinnemore.bsky.social Writer, comedian, actor, puzzle-maker. I'm not really sure what the right word for that last one is.
For now, I'm only here to bags my name in case this one takes off. But I hope it does. 
@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social Actor. Original Ford Prefect, 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' [BBC Radio] Barclay in 'Ghosts'. Uncle Geoff in 'Back', [Netflix/C4.]
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Hrishikesh Hirway @hrishikesh.co ‘In the Last Hour of Light,’ my new album, is here: https://lnk.to/inthelasthouroflight
Big Beatles & Sixties Sort Out Podcast @bigsort.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/bigsort
A podcast by two brothers: Garry ranks Beatles recordings and beyond - Paul offers info/sighs.
Season 5: THE BIG SIXTIES BILLBOARD SORT OUT - out now!
Stoke/Liverpool
HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk Artist, animator, utter nonsense. Don't believe a word except when I'm being serious. Did that gif once, those noseflags and other stuff.
HappyToast.co.uk
patreon.com/HappyToast
redbubble.com/people/HappyToast/explore
https://ko-fi.com/happytoast 
Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social Your favourite comedian’s least favourite comedian. Buy my live stand-up special at www.gofasterstripe.com/bet
FellingPX @fellingpx.bsky.social paradoxically positioned between nostalgia for the past and excitement about the future…
Michael Sheen @mchshe.bsky.social Serious Actor.
Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid Since 1984. "Dreamworld" concert film out now on Blu-ray & 2CD. “Volume” & “Annually“ books available now. “It’s a sin” dance show dates announced.
https://linktr.ee/petshopboys
The Crack Magazine @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social THE CRACK is a music, art and culture listings magazine/website that resides in the North-East of England
Louise Brown @eu-lou.bsky.social Co-founder of North East for Europe
#FBPE
#RejoinEU
Tim Schofield 🌹 @timschofield.org.uk Open source coder. #MCFC. Anti corruption, anti racism. #UKLabour. Proud to be #Woke. Have deleted my account on Musk's site as it was just too toxic. I believe in facts not conspiracies.
https://www.weberp.org
https://github.com/timschofield
OddlyMe @oddlyme.bsky.social No private chats
I find joy in poetry
I prefer Unity
I like to check facts
All Rights Reserved
Click #OddlyMe to view my original posts
Justin Edwards @bigedwards.bsky.social 
Candy Rowe @candyrowe.bsky.social Researcher in animal behaviour, cognition and welfare, and Dean for Research Culture and Strategy at Newcastle University. Views my own. She/her.
Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social PhD researcher: identity and development in University Service Unit cadets. A bounder, cad, rakehell and villain. Edinburgh.
Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social Same name, not *that* one though. 49, Movie lover, lives in the East. (UK) Rarely manages a serious post on any social media platform.
'Drinking Chololate Enthusiast' - Not my words, but the words of Hotel Chocolat
Jonte Hance @jonterhance.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof) in Weird Quantum Stuff at Newcastle University (they/he) | queer, autistic academic | http://jontehance.com
Kathryn Williams @kathrynwilliamsuk.bsky.social Uk artist, mercury prize nominated singer songwriter, author and podcaster. With 18 albums released and many songs and records written for artist around the world, I also tutor at Arvon and Moniack Mhor https://bio.to/kathryn-williams
Kim Newman @annodracula.bsky.social Novelist and Critic. https://johnnyalucard.com/
Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social Creator of the Sturdy Wheelbarrows podcast and the grandson who continues to be persecuted for wearing jean shorts to his grandad's funeral :(
Mr DaveDogFacedBoy @davedfb.bsky.social Gig goer, music physical media obsessive, film watcher, pop culture bore and faithful friend as any hound
Reno Dakota @renodakota.bsky.social A bundle of vague sensory perceptions 
Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social Paperback writer.
Latest book – Truly Gifted Kids: A Book About A Band Called Prefab Sprout
Five stars – Mojo
'A beautiful thing' – Tim Burgess
'Charming, compassionate and utterly entertaining' – Mirror
'A terrific book' – Mark Ellen
Bob Harris @whisperingbob.bsky.social Father. Music Broadcaster. Writer. Cat lover. Loving life…
Charity: The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust
Check my website for photos, archive and booking
www.bobharris.org 
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/
Mark Lewisohn @marklewisohn.bsky.social Writer of the Beatles biographical history trilogy All These Years. The first volume, Tune In, is out. Volume 2 is taking an age but still progressing steadily. www.marklewisohn.net