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Katya Adler @katbbc.bsky.social BBC Europe Editor. News, current affairs, documentaries, presenter. Coffee lover.
Agnes C. Poirier @agnescpoirier.bsky.social Journalist, writer & broadcaster.
📚LEFT BANK, Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 (Bloomsbury)
📚NOTRE-DAME, The Soul of France (OneWorld)
✍️ 🎤 📺 UK and French politics, Arts and History
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
🚺♀️SHANEOfficial_ #StrictlyComeDancing @shaneofficial.bsky.social Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing on Ice social media judge #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly #SCD | Animal lover, vegetarian | Feminist | Chronically ill | E:shane.official.email0@gmail.com | she/they
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com
Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️
https://www.adambienkov.co.uk
Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social Recovering X and Twitter addict. Looking for a funnier, more intelligent place.
Lifelong Leeds United supporter.
I block racists.
Elderly white hippie and proud.
Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social I write recaps and reviews about British reality TV over at https://ariadnereviews.com/
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody @mandykathryn.bsky.social Mandy he/him actor/singer, Kathryn she/her actress/writer and sometimes Gideon he/him - son
https://www.rescue.org
https://lemonada.lnk.to/DontListenToUshs
Welcome refugees, Black Lives Matter, science is real, vaccines save lives, the earth is round etc
Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social Sitting on the sidelines is for Waldorf and Statler. Promoted by Tim Dexter on behalf of Labour both at 23 Orford Rd E17 9NL.
⚔️Pauline Bock⚔️ @paulinebock.bsky.social Journaliste, féministe, épéiste · Arrêt sur images · a weather eye on Macron's France · Words in NYT, NYer, Politico, Wired, Télérama, etc · "wokyste misandre dans la poubelle de l'histoire des médias" selon de nombreux admirateurs · pauline @ bock .fr
Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social United Nations Humanitarian Chief.
Ex Principal, Hertford College, Oxford; Ambassador, No 10, NYU Prof.
Diplomat, writer, educator, humanitarian.
Alex Crawford @alexcrawfreports.bsky.social Foreign correspondent Sky News
Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social Columnist & broadcaster. Presenting for BBC Radio 4, news reviews for This Morning & Sky News. Highly commended/shortlisted Society of Editors' Commentator of the Year 2023 & 2024.
soniasodha.com
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social Born out of the UK tabloid phone hacking scandal. We fight for press accountability, for justice for victims still denied and for a responsible press that protects the public, upholds democracy, and defends free expression. https://linktr.ee/hackedoff
Parkinson's UK @parkinsons.org.uk We’re Parkinson’s UK, the charity that’s here to support every Parkinson’s journey. Every step of the way.
https://prksn.uk/4g94RcM
@james-unicef.bsky.social @james-unicef.bsky.social 
UNICEF @unicef.org UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to protect children's rights. We won't stop, #ForEveryChild.
Learn more: linktr.ee/for_every_child
Ian McLintock @charityexcellence.bsky.social Charity Excellence founder, opens mouth to change feet, builds things. 
Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social Connecting you to art 🖼 Art UK is an art education charity and digital space that connects everyone with the UK's public art collection.
Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!
https://artuk.org/
https://linktr.ee/artukdotorg
Streetwise Opera @streetwiseopera.bsky.social We inspire and empower people experiencing homelessness as they rebuild their lives.
Info: https://streetwiseopera.org/
Donate https://justgiving.com/campaign/standwithstreetwise
Press: https://reytrombetta.bsky.social/
War Child UK @warchilduk.bsky.social We will never give up on children living through conflict. 🖤
Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social We want a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. That’s why we give help to everyone living with dementia today, and hope for the future. Find us at https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/
Jen Love 🇨🇦 🐸 #NoKings @jenlove.bsky.social Chemistry Prof at UCalgary. Physical Organic/Organometallics. American by chance, Canadian by choice. I vote in CA28 Pasadena.
Ruled by dachshunds.
My opinions are my own, which should be obvious at this point.
#RealTimeChem #ChemSky #ElbowsUp
John Lepp (he/him/his) @johnlepp.bsky.social Called “the Ted Lasso” of fundraising, John is author of “Creative Deviations”, international speaker and individual giving nerd at Agents of Good.
Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com Palliative care doctor 👩🏻⚕ Author 📚 Winner: 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 🫀 Founder: Hospice Ukraine 🇺🇦 Rep: Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander 📝
www.drrachelclarke.com
Sue Ryder @sueryder.bsky.social We are here to make sure that everyone approaching the end of life or living with grief can access the support they need 💙
sueryder.org
No Barriers Here @nobarriershere.bsky.social An equity-informed programme that works in co-production to tackle inequity in palliative and end of life care.
www.nobarriershere.org
Marie Curie UK @mariecurieuk.bsky.social We’re the UK’s leading end of life charity. Hospice care and support, research and campaigns. Whatever the illness, we’re with you to the end 💛
Hospice UK @hospiceuk.bsky.social Hospice UK fights for hospice care for all who need it, for now and forever. We champion the 200+ hospices across the UK, and run the campaign Dying Matters.
https://www.hospiceuk.org/
Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social Professor at ICREA, ICTA, and the Department of Political Science & Public Law at UAB • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch + Remember Me? podcast. My book "OUT NOW" is out in September. Dyslexic / Autistic.
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Madeleine Sugden @madlinsudn.bsky.social Digital Impact Consultant. Helps charities with digital comms, content strategy and other things that follow. One half of @RadioLento.
Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social Pro-Europe #socialist #RefugeesWelcome. Warning - I swear a lot because the world is on fire!
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
Sabine Panneau - Fundraising Mentor @sabpanneau.bsky.social Mentoring Non-Profit Leaders on Fundraising Best Practices, Donor Relationships & LinkedIn Strategy | Fundraiser turned Digital Marketer | Charity founder | Powered by plants and building a sustainable future
sabinefep.com/fundraising
Mary @maryrca22.bsky.social She/her. Mom. LGBTQ+ rights. Women's rights.
Claire Axelrad @claireaxelrad.bsky.social Join me on the pathway to passionate philanthropy, not forgettable fundraising. Giving should make people feel good!
Fundraising + Social Benefit Sector Coach #ClairificationSchool #AskAnExpertBloomerang #charityclairity
https://clairification.com
Caolán Mc Aree @caolanmcaree.bsky.social He/Him
DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social your platform for thought-provoking cinema
Shane Reaction @shanereaction.bsky.social Short and Irish and a bit anxious about everything.
Horsham @horshamnews.bsky.social follower of politics and finance
Florian Bardou @florianbardou.bsky.social journalist at @liberation.fr (design/architecture/nightlife), poet, boxer and ceramist // Toulouse-Paris-Buenos Aires
Sali Hughes @salihughes.bsky.social Journalist & Author.
Bang in to clothes, films, cults.
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Bette Midler @bettemidler.bsky.social Where we bet mid-market games!
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
hayfestival.org 
Kivi Leroux Miller @kivilm.bsky.social 🌱 CEO, Nonprofit Marketing Guide - professional development community for #npmarcomm folks @npmg.bsky.social
🍞 Cofounder, Rabble & Rise Baking Co - sourdough + more @rabbleandrise.bsky.social
❤️ cats, gardening, pickleball, kayaking, local food
Libération @liberation.fr ▪️ Le compte Bluesky de Libération, avec une sélection de nos articles, enquêtes, billets et chroniques
▪️ Pour suivre les journalistes de Libé : kit de démarrage
▪️ Abonnez-vous à Libération pour tout lire : https://libe.fr/bsky/
Bianca Jagger @biancajagger.bsky.social Founder, President & CEO The Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation #BJHRF
My posts are in my personal capacity
Also on:
https://x.com/BiancaJagger
https://www.instagram.com/biancajagger/
https://www.facebook.com/BiancaJaggerHumanRightsFoundation/
Michael Moore @mmflint.bsky.social Filmmaker. Writer. Citizen. Podcaster. Listen to “The Michael Moore Podcast” on Apple & Spotify. Sign up for my free newsletter at MichaelMoore.com
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Eddie Mair @eddiemair.bsky.social Lack of Influencer
Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social Screenwriter / Mentor / Landlocked yacht-rock lover. She/her. www.andreamann.com
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social Inventor of WWW
Co-founder & CTO Inrupt.com | Lead, Solidproject.org
Co-founder WebFoundation.org & theODI.org
Founder w3.org
My memoir ‘This is for Everyone’ https://thisisforeveryone.timbl.com/
Follow me on Mastodon https://w3c.social/@timbl
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree
Founding board member
@Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress
@johncusack on twiiter
Corrie Corfield @corriecorfield.bsky.social Retired radio bod. Loves snow, a good wood stack, The Ionian and pootling in the garden. Proud spectacles wearer.
Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk Not even the most famous person in my bedroom. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
Caroline Criado Perez @ccriadoperez.bsky.social Writer, speaker, author of Invisible Women
Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.
Judith Mackrell @judithmackrell.bsky.social Former dance writer, author of biographies, currently writing double profile of Gwen and Augustus John. Travel, food ,gardening, arts, jaunts and jokes 
Stuart Heritage @heritage.bsky.social I write books for children and bald men
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃
He/Him
www.damianbarr.com
📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel. I’ve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
📕 Maggie & Me.
📕 You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
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
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
UN Women @unwomen.bsky.social 
HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
🔗 https://hopenothate.org.uk
Matthew Sherrington @msherrington.bsky.social Charity consultant/coach (strategy, comms & leadership stuff). People Power, Quirks, Wows & Bitter Irony. It's all personal.
Lesley Pinder @skipinder.bsky.social Fundraising, innovation, culture and supporter experience. Often all at the same time.
And dogs. Mainly mine.
Simon Blackwell @simonblackwell.bsky.social Screenwriter/showrunner: Breeders, Back, Veep, The Thick Of It, Peep Show, In The Loop, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Four Lions
Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ‘Notes on Now’ every month in Byline Times, Co-founder openDemocracy Led Charter 88 from 1988-2005. Iron Britannia; The Lure of Greatness; Taking Control! Etc Online articles in Authory.
Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp @kenneththarp.bsky.social British/Nigerian Arts & Culture Professional / former professional dancer / loves music, dance, theatre, art, literature, tennis, sea-kayaking, outdoor swimming.
Richard Turner @ifundraiser.bsky.social Fundraiser at sunny SolarAid 🌞 still learning.
Marina O'Loughlin @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social Fingers in many pies
Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, Lego builder. I’m @emmakennedy from the Bird Place.
Simon Scriver @toastfundraiser.bsky.social Fundraising Everywhere Co-Founder (fundraisingeverywhere.com). Keynote speaker. 5th dimension.
Everything, always, turns to farce.
Sophia Aram @sophiaaram.bsky.social En spectacle Studio des Champs-Elysées dès le 20/09 🌎 @FXBIntl (France/Rwanda). Sur @franceinter Administratrice @operadelyon http://instagram.com/sophia.aram/
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
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
David Neary @deusexcinema.bsky.social Holding a place
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social Author, journalist, activist, reluctant music biz participant. DIVIDE & RULE: Royal Women and their Battles out now. Novel TIME/LIFE published 2025.
Ian Vallance @ianvallance.bsky.social Lover of dogs, cake and theatre. In that order. Buddhist, vegan, YMCA Brighton Trustee.
Steven Lenton @stevenlenton.bsky.social -Author/illustrator of fun, magical books!
-Wicked obsessive 💚
-Podcast host 'Studiomate Steve'
-Collaborating with geniuses Rachel Morrisroe, Andy Day, Tracey Corderoy, Helen Docherty and laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce!
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share