Ciarán @ciaran.co.za SWE, Creative Tinkerer, Rabbitholer from Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
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West Coast News @westcoastnews.bsky.social Summarizing top stories from multiple sources, providing actionable facts. Multi-sourced human-curated from California and beyond, inside jokes for loyal followers.
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Richard Calis @richardcalis.bsky.social historian of the early modern world | Assistant Professor
@Utrecht University | JRF @Trinity College Cambridge | PhD @ Princeton U | animal lover + cocktail enthusiast
M’Kayla Motley @mkaylamotley.bsky.social Geological Survey of Alabama botanist for the Ecosystems Investigations Program.
Mohale Mashigo @blckporcelain.bsky.social Writer. Game Dev. Weird Sister. Annoying Friend. Bruno's Mom.
Society for Ethnobotany (Students) @sebotanystudents.bsky.social For those studying plants & people! We share news and opportunities in #Ethnobotany #EconomicBotany #Ethnobiology. This is a page run by the Student Committee of the SEB.
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betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Fernando Ojeda @ojedacopete.bsky.social Professor of Botany at the University of Cádiz (Spain). Love spearfishing and mountain hiking.
https://fernandoojedacopete.wixsite.com/fojeda
Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social Professor at EHESS & PSE
Co-Director, World Inequality Lab
inequalitylab.world | WID.world
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/
Grace Robertson 🏳️⚧️ @graceonfootball.com Football writer, from the newsletter with the same name and occasionally elsewhere. Non-football stuff @gemofamara.com.
https://www.graceonfootball.com/
The Messy Ecologist @themessyecologist.bsky.social I’m campaigning for more messy spaces for nature, join our messy mission and let’s Rewild together by doing less- and letting nature do the rest!
PhD researcher - Rewilding with Beavers 🦫
Founder of the Wee Pond Project 🐸
Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
This biography should not be taken as a complete description.
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Jessica Weeks @jlpweeks.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
2026, How bad can it be @avrilhowes.bsky.social Proudly South African political junkie who stands with Ukraine.
'Smile', they said. 'Things could be worse'. So I did, and they are.
Joep Janssen @joepjanssen.com 💧🏛️ Weet waar je woont. Over erfgoed, water, ruimte en waterburgerschap: joepjanssen.com
Ling Sheperd @lingdeeyoh.bsky.social Klora the Xplorer. Black Gay Agenda. Skarrel Kind. she/her/meidebok🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ Save the planet🌱 I'm not captain planet though bbz. Universal Basic Income! Reader, Writer, Arithmeticer http://lingsheperd.medium.com
Cape Town, SA
Charles Scaife, PhD 🏳️🌈 @drscaife.bsky.social Energy & Environment // Currently: Energy-Water Nexus Lead at US Dept of Energy // Formerly: Knauss Fellow
Pontsho Pilane @pontsho.bsky.social Writer. Lurker. Voyeur. Researcher of things often left unsaid. Author of Power and Faith: How evangelical churches are quietly shaping our democracy.
CUMmunist ☭ 🇵🇸🇿🇦🏳️🌈 @theldpage.bsky.social Agricultural Soil Microbial Geneticist🦠🌽🌾. Communist ☭. Queer 🏳️🌈. Environmentalist 🌱. Radical Humanist✊🏻. Agnostic-Atheist ⚛️. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social Founder SOUTH PENINSULA NATURE ALLIANCE www.adamwelz.com
Author THE END OF EDEN: WILD NATURE IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE BREAKDOWN (Bloomsbury) - avail. globally
Writer, conservationist, naturalist - takes photos - posts eclectic music too
Cape Town, S Africa
Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social She/Her
Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker.
NatGeo, BBC, SciAm, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others.
Hire me to fact check your book.
I post about Jewish stuff, disability, Star Trek, and The Buffalo Bills.
Jersey girl.
Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social In-depth, public interest health journalism from South Africa. Reporting and analysis on TB, HIV, NCDs, health systems, and much more. www.SpotlightNSP.co.za
CindyBindy @cdb-za.bsky.social Lesbian. Dog lover. Meg lover. 
Franny Rabkin @franstaar.bsky.social Legal reporter, Sunday Times. Editor, Advocate.
Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social Pyrogeographer. I study wildfire in the era of anthropogenic climate change. Former wildland firefighter. Opinions are my own. *she/her* 🔥🔥🔥
Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social Deep-sea ecologist investigating how humans shape and reshape the sea floor. Conservation technologist developing open-source tools to understand our changing oceans. Ocean educator creating novel programs to help students interact with marine ecosystems.
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social I am a marine conservation biologist studying sharks and a science writer. Posts are about science and the environment, science communication, and more! He/him
Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social British naturalist based in Rhodes, Greece | long career in conservation | founder of @greenwingstours.bsky.social - offering high quality & expert-led butterfly, botany & other wildlife/photo holidays since 2010.
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Greenwings Wildlife Holidays @greenwingstours.bsky.social Expert-led & enjoyable butterfly & botany holidays worldwide. Established 2010.
We are conservationists & proudly support Butterfly Conservation Europe & the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland.
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Stacy @stacyma.bsky.social Conserver of rare plants of San Diego County via seed collection- a literal bean counter.
@catherinecorder.bsky.social @catherinecorder.bsky.social 
Greg Stoker @gregjstoker.bsky.social Activist, Anti-Imperialist <2> Veteran
Host of @colonialoutcasts podcast 🎙️
Host of “State of Play” @mintpress
Gillian Rightford @gillianrightford.bsky.social Founder: Adtherapy (help marketers & agencies work better together to make better work), The School of Thought (mktng/advertising online community).
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/GillianRightford
Mkting Water-Cooler Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/71ejy
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Erin Bates @ermbates.bsky.social Award-winning freelance journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. @carteblanche.co.za anchor and presenter. Shares ≠ endorsements. Views ≠ those of my employers.
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
@fiveankles.bsky.social @fiveankles.bsky.social 
National Tropical Botanical Garden @ntbgarden.bsky.social The mission of the National Tropical Botanical Garden is to enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems, and cultural heritage. Visit NTBG's five gardens on Kauai, Maui, and in Miami, Florida. https://ntbg.org/
Dustin Wolkis @dustinwolkis.bsky.social Director of Science and Conservation @ the Center for Plant Conservation, Affiliate Graduate Faculty in Botany @ U Hawaii, Deputy Chair @IUCN Seed Conservation Specialist Group. Ph.D. from @nhmdk.bsky.social. #Iamabotanist
Rhywle @jozzf.bsky.social Kinked dustball, stuck on a pale blue dot.
Is it 42, or ''just some beans, sire''?
Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za I'm Keegan Leech!
Researcher @africacheck.org. South African. You can follow me on some of the other websites too. Mutuals please feel free to DM me for Signal username/to chat anytime. ✌🏻
Personal site: https://keeganleech.co.za/
he/him
Jack Schultz @jcschultz.bsky.social Plant biologist, entomologist, chemical/molecular ecologist, current interest focused on plant galls. Mostly-retired guitarist
Kieran Bohan @abravefaith.bsky.social Gay Christian blogger, 1st Civil Partnership in UK place of worship.
Director, Open Table Network: www.opentable.lgbt
Methodist Student Minister, Queens Foundation, Birmingham
El Mansfield @elmansfield.bsky.social More the problem than the solution
Beryl Shuttleworth @berylshuttleworth.bsky.social Living incredulously through the world's dismaying response to a genocide. Proudly South African 99% of the time. Horse girl.
Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social Chinese-Italian Scallion • Correspondent, comedian • Host of The Bitchuation Room Podcast on YouTube and Twitch • Newsbroke on @ajplus• IG: @franifio
Bilal Mustafa @itswildbilal.bsky.social Optimistic Conservationist/Explorer
Fellow @rgsibg.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
@wildcru.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social I’ve reported on immigration under Obama, Trump I, Biden, and now Trump II.
On Signal: https://tinyurl.com/mwjwj4zs
Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social Curator of Herpetology & Associate Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at Natural History Museum of Denmark • ERC StG: GEMINI • Co-host of SquaMates Podcast and AnatomyInsights on Youtube • He/Him
Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican - classical social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, E. Asia
RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social • goth daria • muppet enthusiast • maker of threads • thehappiestsadgrlcollection on whatnot •
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• tips and things: https://linktr.ee/riotgrlerin •
Magdel @magdeldp.bsky.social Copy editor. Words matter. She/her.
Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social “The Gar Guy” Fish Scientist & Prof | 🌎Freshwater Conservation | SciComm • GarLab | Views mine | he/him | #GarWeek
📍Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wherever you go, there you gar
https://linktr.ee/solomonrdavid • @garlab.bsky.social
Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com Transportation engineering professor. Road safety, planning, behavior, & culture; wildfire planning and response; inclusive disaster evacuation; ethics of tech in transportation. Pedagogy and rsearch methods nerd. SLO and Tahoe. "Tare-uh", She/her.
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
Dr. Lauren Mims @drlaurenmims.bsky.social 
Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social Journalist. Editor @KnowableMag, @KSJatMIT, @ScienceNews alum; lapsed botanist, Vermont ex-pat
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social Our aim is to connect, celebrate, and cultivate UK-based Black Plant Scientists. We are creating a community that provides support to existing and aspiring plant scientists https://blackinplantscience.org/
Etienne Shardlow 🇿🇦 @ettysh.bsky.social #BowieForever
Governance of IT and Service Management consultant.
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2006.
#FreePalestine🇵🇸 Antiracist
Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social Editor of The Progress Playbook: https://theprogressplaybook.com
We focus on proven climate and sustainable development solutions.
Email me for collaboration opportunities: nick.hedley@theprogressplaybook.com
luna likes to yap @lunagrootbek.bsky.social serial yapper. seriously, i can't hold my bek.
Jana Marais @janamarais.bsky.social Mining, mountains, and a few things in between
@larrymyboy.bsky.social @larrymyboy.bsky.social 
Maisie Brett @maisiebrett.bsky.social PhD researching honey bee - wild pollinator competition @bristolbiosci Memmott lab. Plant-pollinator interactions, networks, community ecology. Working in South Africa and Scotland.
M. C. Flux PhD @fluxinflux.bsky.social Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology PhD
Educator and researcher. My research explores, equity, novel therapeutics, and emotion. I’m passionate about communication empowering communities.
Proudly queer and neurodiverse
drfluxphd.com
Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social Expert-led butterfly & botany tours
Proud to donate funds to help support the work of conservation organisations Butterfly Conservation Europe, Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, et al.
https://linktr.ee/mariposanature
Carin Bosman 🇿🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🇯🇴 💧🦎 @watershare.bsky.social making a difference by pursuing good water governance @ the interface of law and science, for judicious use & protection of our resources because #BLM #XResister.
I instablock crypto creeps, thirst traps, MAGATs, and other #SadWankers
Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social Associate Professor of Biology at Oxford University; plant chaser; artist; author. Find me on Insta @illustratingbotanist
Jeff Sparrow @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social Frightful hobgoblin
George @nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social Baroque mind that loves Baroque music. Broken mind that loves breakaway minds. I am 68. A radical environmentalist. Happily married for 36 years. Dual citizen. In Canada - NDP or Green Party. In the US - straight Democratic ticket. I am sort of retired.
Kaden Redding @plantsandbents.bsky.social Planting life's garden
Mehdi Chetibi @mehdichetibi.bsky.social I'm here to share my journey exploring the natural world, mainly in northeastern Algeria, and what I learn about it using iNaturalist.
🌍 Algeria
👤 https://www.inaturalist.org/people/mehdichetibi
Saffron @saffrondlr.bsky.social Plants, two children, melktert, cats, proud South African, aroids in particular, coco the dog, swimming and coconuts yes please. Starting fresh ✌️
Glenda Mabaso @mabasoglenda.bsky.social Proudly South Africa 🇿🇦
Kagiso @kagisos.bsky.social Software developer and electronics enthusiast, lover of life... Maker. Bsc. MBA. Politics. Dota2. Tekken. Chess. Drone photography. Armature photographer.
Jaco Brill 🇿🇦 @jacobrill.bsky.social South African 🇿🇦
Cape Town
Music lover 🎶
Gig attendee 🎸
Gig/festival organizer in previous life
Manchester United ⚽
Springboks 🏉
Proteas 🏏
Job : Landscape contracts manager
Sajad Alipour @sajadalipour98.bsky.social PhD
Botanist & Ecologist
With a focus on bulbs and alpines
I am looking for a postdoc position.
Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social Assistant Prof UConn EEB | CAM photosynthesis keeps me up at night | made of cookies | She/her. Views my own.
Loukas Christodoulou @loukas.bsky.social Mistress of Science. Transfeminine. Disabled, just like you.
📍🇸🇪Sweden via London
Sitting on a corn flake @grrlscientist.bsky.social GrrlScientist: PhD zoology/ornithology, parrot researcher, birder, freelance science reporter & writer
Currently: Forbes
Formerly: The Guardian
Vegan. Atheist.
linktr.ee/grrlscientist
Raeesa Pather @raediology.bsky.social Ink spills, pencil shavings, glowing keyboard. Blank document. Investigative journalist and writer in South Africa. 
ᴀᴍʏ ᴡᴇʙᴇʀ sᴛᴜᴅɪᴏ @amyweberstudio.bsky.social 🌈ᴀʀᴛɪsᴛ 🍄 ᴘᴀɪɴᴛᴇʀ 🎨 ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ🌲ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛ ᴘᴇɴᴄɪʟs & ᴘᴇɴs 🏔️ ғᴏʀᴍᴇʀ ᴘʀᴏғ 🐕 ᴘɴᴡ 🪷 https://linktr.ee/amyweberstudio?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=f338a0f9-6ecd-45e4-b480-d24d01c31ed9
Adam Smith @adamlsmith.bsky.social Liverpool fan (@AndCouldHePlay7 on the other place & now here too). Actor/voiceover (Adam Stevens). Do stuff like The Anfield Wrap. I have multiple sclerosis but refuse to say I’m a victim of it.
Mike Bankole @mikebankole.bsky.social I lecture and research race, representation, and British politics @warwickpais.bsky.social
Talk football on @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social
https://substack.com/@mikebankole
John Gibbons @johngibbons.bsky.social TAW
Liverpool FC
@campbellfleming.bsky.social @campbellfleming.bsky.social 
Brian Borncamp @zubaplants.bsky.social www.zubaplants.com - Native Plants and More - Buffalo, NY
@arunrav.bsky.social @arunrav.bsky.social Number Cruncher | Traveller | 🇧🇼🇿🇦🇳🇱🇫🇷🇲🇨🇮🇹🇻🇦🇪🇸🇳🇦🇿🇼🇿🇲🇲🇿🇱🇰🇮🇳|
Maria Clara @fantasticplanets.bsky.social Amateur astronomer, sci-fi lover, STEM, art lover.
More women in science.
Working on my PhD
#transrightsarehumanrights
#loveistheanswer
#BLM
#landback
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social Professor of Biology/Ecology and #TriBeta advisor doing #SLACScience. I focus on understanding how human activities affect freshwater algal biochemistry. Gardener, hiker, baker, dog/cat mom. RP ≠ endorsement.
Cathrin Machin Space Art @cathrinmachin.bsky.social Space Artist & Telescope Operator 🚀
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Thokozile Madonko @tmadonko.bsky.social 
contemptress @thejessness.bsky.social tv+film editor+ae 🎬✂️
feline appreciator • yarn transformer
i’ll be on the dancefloor 🪩
[she/her]
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