Rob Crowther @robertcrowther.bsky.social Software Developer who likes retro games, non-retro games and American Football.
MadDamo (Ye olde dev) @damiensturdy.bsky.social Creating an Acorn-esque emulator and a real synthesizer. Sometimes makes games. Sturdy Games- Developer of way too many things at once, #8-Bit #Acorn #Kotlin, #CSharp, #Unity, #Java, #Javascript, #FLStudio, #Godot http://sturdygames.co.uk
Dr Johnny Blanchard @onlyretrofans.com Screenwriter Roguegunners Productions
Author
#Retrocomputing/#RetroGaming: https://www.youtube.com/@reenthused
#IndieDev: https://tonsomo.itch.io
#Film: https://www.youtube.com/@roguegunners
NoAI especially GenAI
Tony Cheal @tonycheal.bsky.social
James @jamesrandall.bsky.social I make things.
Sophie Rose @sophierosemusic.bsky.social Why can’t people just be nice.. ya know❤️
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ peace & love
🔭🪐 Space gazing
My tunes.. go buy some cos ya might like it
https://sophie-rose.bandcamp.com/
Art package curator 🎨
Macintosh obsessed
Want to live on DS9 tbh
All things retro computer related
GenerationAmiga.com @generationamiga.bsky.social Our focus starts with the Amiga, but the story goes much further, covering Commodore, Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Neo Geo, MS-DOS, PC classics, retro hardware, retrogaming and retro-inspired modern games. Amiga at heart. Retro in every direction!
Bridgy Fed for the fediverse @ap.brid.gy To bridge your account to the fediverse, follow this account. To un-bridge, block this account.
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Jon Jones @jon-jones.bsky.social General lurker on social media. Partial to science, technology, trains, London tube & vintage/retro computers. (Z80 is my cat nip) Not worth following.
Honestly: Don't follow me!
He/Him
Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social Astrophysics PhD ✨ studies black holes and galaxy evolution 🌌Science Communicator (find me other places at “Space According to Skylar”)
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him 💖
Michael Reed @rhydermike.bsky.social Writer. https://www.unmusic.co.uk/
Working on a game. Please wishlist (helps the algorithm): https://store.steampowered.com/app/4478820/Subciety/?beta=0
The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk The Centre for Computing History is much more than a museum. Based in Cambridge, it hosts hands-on exhibitions, a wide range of activities and events, has a small shop and runs a learning programme.
Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social Founder of RISCOS Technologies
https://www.riscostechnologies.co.uk/
Dave. Anti-Fascist As Feck. 🇺🇦 @daveafaf.bsky.social David. Still Laughing At The Fascists. ¡No Pasarán! Ever! Foul-mouthed antifa System Drone. (Thanks Alison!), Also, some Elite Dangerous
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
Binary Dinosaurs @binarydinosaurs.co.uk Collecting, repairing and preserving vintage machines since 1998.
W: https://binarydinosaurs.co.uk
F: https://Facebook.com/binarydinosaurs
M: @binarydinosaurs.oldbytes.space
"The king of old weird stuff" - Fuzzweed.co.uk, Nov '25
Rage Against The Retro @rageretro.bsky.social RageAgainstTheRetro.com
Retro Tech Nostalgia
Live streams, videos and nonsense.
Short Circuit @shortcircuit.org.uk Organisers of retro events - see https://retrofest.uk/ for our latest. If you want to talk about prop hire, buying or selling (or donating!) retro hardware or coming to visit us, please come say hi at https://shortcircuit.org.uk/
HereBeDragons @heredragons.be Also known as @herebedragons3 on the other site. Collector of all things Dragon - and much else beyond. Occasional fixer of computers, more commonly a breaker of them. See also https://retrofest.uk/ and @shortcircuit.org.uk for exciting events info!
RealGenericDemon @realgenericdemon.bsky.social I am a father, a husband, a gamer and a youtuber. I like gaming from the 80s to current indie titles. RGD 🕹️😀
My YT Channel : https://www.youtube.com/realgenericdemon
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Jake Hamby @jakehamby.bsky.social aviation, Linux, retrocomputing, music, politics, Linux, consciousness, art, philosophy, spirituality, UAPs, Commodore 64, Amiga OS, RISC OS. (he/him)
@angushughes.bsky.social @angushughes.bsky.social
@retrotechtive.bsky.social @retrotechtive.bsky.social Retro computing and games enthusiast.
Games industry coder by day, electronics + old computer tinkerer the rest of the time.
🐘: retrotechtive@retrochat.online
#retrocomputing #amiga #appleii #macintosh #atari #c64 #zxspectrum #amstradcpc #tandy
Steve @stevesgaming.bsky.social An old guy who loves 80's arcade games and 80's 8-bit Computers and occasionally tries to make games. ZX Spectrum/C64/Atari800/BBC forever baby! ..also talking nonsense and playing games badly on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StevesGamingPart2
Wi-Fi Sheep Tech Channel @wifisheep.bsky.social The Official None-Twitter for the Wi-Fi Sheep #Tech #Youtube Channel. Official home of #TinyBASIC #Computers / Mad #c64 mods, Custom #Arduino Projects & PCB Designs
https://youtube.com/wifisheep
Xander Mol @xahmol.bsky.social IT Audit Manager, loving girlfriend Gerda and sons Wouter and Reinier. | http://idreamtin8bits.com
@amcog.bsky.social @amcog.bsky.social
Paul Malin @p-malin.bsky.social Tech Director at Assemble Tech Ltd. with a fondness for shiny graphics and good engineering.
Formerly Activision Central Tech & Bizarre Creations.
he/him
shadertoy.com/user/P_Malin
https://blog.mousefingers.com/
https://www.pouet.net/user.php?who=105060
Phil M0OFX @philpem.bsky.social Software preservation, electronics, software and ham radio, maker of things. The kid who liked to take things apart and never grew out of it.
Mostly active on https://digipres.club/@philpem
Breathing Retro @breathing-retro.bsky.social Following technical retro gaming content, homebrew, modding/ROM hacking, reverse-engineering, ports/remasters, emulation development, FPGA & demoscene
You will not find other topics here!
❤️ reddit.com/r/retrogamedev/
❤️ reddit.com/r/emudev/
Simon Harris @simondo65.bsky.social Software engineer at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, doing research in orthopaedics.
Loves model trains, science fiction and vintage microprocessors, doesn't own an anorak. Also likes to cook and take photographs, not necessarily of my cooking.
James - PixelRefresh.com @james.pixelrefresh.com Founder of 🌐 https://www.pixelrefresh.com
Love of Retro Gaming & Modern Tech - articles, podcasts & videos
🎙️ Host of Game & Gadget #Podcast
🎵 Creator of #ScummVM Music Enhancement Project
My post topics: #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retroconsoles
The National Museum of Computing @tnmoc.bsky.social The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is home to the world’s largest collection of working historic computers.
@danrolfe.bsky.social @danrolfe.bsky.social Research scientist. Cyclist. Former astronomer. Linux geek. Beeb & Amiga nerd. Grove Parish Councillor. Views my own.
Martin Hiher @rpcmartin.bsky.social RISC OS User and Graphics Creator
Creator of the New UI for RISC OS Developments !Iris Browser
Jon Masters @jonmasters.bsky.social Troublemaker | Computer Architect | @Arm Servers Architect @Google | Former DE @RedHat | Former VP @Nuvia_Inc | Runner | Author | All views my own | #ArmServers
RISC OS Developments Ltd @riscosdevltd.bsky.social Providing development into RISC OS, the original ARM operating system, now available as a fully open source system. https://www.riscosdev.com/
Prof Lucie Green @luciegreen.bsky.social Physics Prof at UCL. Sun & space. Vice pesident @popastro. Book: http://amzn.to/2nitfmi
Rod Hull @futurewas8bit.bsky.social The Future was 8bit, and still is in my house.. C64p, SD2IEC, Penultimate+ Cart, divMMC Future, all sorts. VIC20's rulez. Commodore, Sinclair, BBC, Oric, Dragon
www.tfw8b.com www.thefuturewas8bit.com
Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com Head of Space, Science Museum.
Tautology @tautology.uk @tautology0
@tautology@infosec.exchange
@tautology.uk
vi is the best editor. The Oxford comma is totally superfluous and does not need to be used in 90% of cases. "Die Hard" is not a Christmas film. "Internet" is a proper noun.
Lewis Packwood @lewispackwood.bsky.social Features Editor for GamesIndustry.biz. Author of Curious Video Game Machines and The Art of Still Wakes the Deep. Previously freelancer for The Guardian, Edge, Retro Gamer, etc. Portfolio: https://lewispackwood.com
Bryan Hogan @helpfuldemon.bsky.social Science and retro tech nerd. Mostly post on @rougol.bsky.social
Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk Welcome to the home of human ingenuity. We curate a world-renowned collection & organise exhibitions and events for over 3 million visitors a year. Read our community guidelines: https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/smg-social-media-community-guidelines- R @risc-os-cloverleaf.bsky.social @risc-os-cloverleaf.bsky.social
Ben Avison @benavison.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy UK-based software engineer: contractor and co-founder of RISC OS Open. Interested in lots of aspects of STEM and enjoys Sci-Fi TV. Enthusiastic about electric […]
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@leosmiers.bsky.social @leosmiers.bsky.social
Faded Seaside Glamour (Chris) @displaced.co.uk UK person who fixes old computers, plays old games, and makes things. Writes software and does DevOps-y stuff for money. Still not great at personing, but trying. Store-bought neurotransmitters are fine.
Be Kind.
ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int Sharing news on Europe's human and robotic exploration, from astronaut training to the next giant leap to the Moon and Mars.
ESA Space Science @science.esa.int Keeping you posted on space science activities from the European Space Agency.
Web: http://www.esa.int/science
Privacy Notice: esa.int/connectwithus
#astronomy #space #science
RISC OS Open @riscosopen.bsky.social RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) manages the source code to RISC OS. We are an organisation run on a largely voluntary basis. Find out more at https://www.riscosopen.org/
Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social Author & photographer Luke Agbaimoni's project capturing stations & stops on the London Underground tube map.
2027 CALENDAR OUT NOW
Tubemapper.com
💰 Book,Prints & Calendars
✉ luke@tubemapper.com
DM for info
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...😜
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social I've written the Crew Handbook for Star Trek Lower Decks, the Prospectus for Life is Strange's Caledon University, the joke book for Doctor Who and the continuing misadventures of the deadly starship Fermi.
https://chrisfarnell.com
Robin Hodson @rhchipp.bsky.social Founder of ASI, chair of Bristol naked bike ride, secretary of the Weighbridge Trust, collector of mysterious shadowy organisations.
European Space Agency @esa.int Elevating the future of Europe through space.
Please see our Privacy Notice: https://esa.int/connectwithus
BBC Micro Games Archive @bbc-micro.bsky.social Complete BBC Micro Games Archive: https://bbcmicro.co.uk
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Jonathan Pallant @thejpster.org.uk Rust Trainer and Developer, retrocomputing enthusiast
Matthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk I help people report broken street lights, find out their bin day, plan train travel, manage an orchestra, locate the nearest postbox, research old theatre productions, keep time in a choir, and occasionally play board games | https://dracos.co.uk
Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social Storyteller and prolific public transport rider. Host of Roundel Round We Go podcast. Professional gadabout usually found on a bus.
Trying to visit every branch of every chain supermarket in London.
she/they
https://linktr.ee/emilytakesthebus
Tim Hill of Antifa, #FBPE @tjrh.uk Aspiring polymath.
25 years a retail banker
10 years a theatre company producer
15 years an LGV driver
Photographer, web developer and servant to several cats.
Sometimes Tharg. Monster. Eats fascists.
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
Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social Author. The Wolf That Chews Rocks, the Erin Callahan thrillers, and some politics nonsense. Wulferhampton interloper. Twat.
Buy direct and save a few quid.
https://russelljonesauthor.com/
everygamegoing.com @everygamegoing.bsky.social Preserving, cataloguing, reviewing, discussing... We're building the world's greatest gaming database completely free and ad-free.
Paolo Fabio Zaino ☮️🌍💻🎸🎮☕️🍩🍕 @paolofabiozaino.bsky.social Distinguished principal software engineer. I love #cybersecurity, #Linux, #BSD, #KaliLinux, #RetroComputing, #RetroCoding, #RISC_OS, #AmigaOS, #AtariST & #8bit
Gareth Halfacree @ghalfacree.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy #Technology, #science, and #computing #journalist and #photojournalist. #Author, #Microbit & #RaspberryPi User Guides. Custom PC columnist. Bylines Hackster.io […]
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Alex Gibson - edumaker @alex.edumaker.net I'm here to make your #3dprint innovation happen.
Director of Edumaker Limited;
Project manager, technologist, 3D printing consultant;
Rabbit hole speleologist
Ayesha Khan - Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* @everyscififilm.bsky.social The award winning Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* #podcast looks back at more than a century of films, beginning in 1902 and working towards the future. Antifascists welcome.
*Almost.
www.everyscififilm.com
https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm
This Week in Retro @thisweekinretro.bsky.social thisweekinretro.com
Up-to-date news for out-of-date tech. Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Rob Stone @rasto1968.bsky.social Programing computers since the early 80s!
Surrey, UK
Day job - all things web, especially web components
Fun job - retro 8 bit development for the Acorn Electron
My games
https://github.com/rasto68/apache-canyon
Jen Gupta @jengupta.bsky.social Professional Space Nerd. Emo kid at heart. Expect astronomy, physics, science, sci-fi, outreach, public engagement, dogs, parenting, emo, pop-punk & general geekiness. Own views. She/her.
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
Dr Suze Kundu @funsizesuze.bsky.social Nanochemist. Research Community Engagement wrangler. Science TV presenter. Science writer. Science communicator. Trustee of the Royal Institution. Cat mamma. Musical theatre fan. Disney nerd. She/her. 📸 @huwmjames @ Science StoryLab
Bec Hill @bechillcomedian.bsky.social The one with the flipcharts. Comedian, TV presenter, writer, co-host of the @aproblemsquared and Enemy in Paris podcasts, and self-professed MondeQueen. She/They/Her/Them.
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
Nick Pelling @nickpelling.bsky.social Hand-to-hand punster, cipher mysteries expert, former caveman games programmer: now an embedded developer. He/him. Chaotic good.
Dom @glymph.bsky.social Geek
HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social This account is run by Hat Trick, who make HIGNFY. The BBC have asked us to point out it's nothing to do with them; the feed that is, not the TV show.
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @sangitamyska.bsky.social Journalist & Presenter | 📻 Formerly LBC ‘Sangita Myska 1-4pm Weekends ’, BBC @Radio4 Documentaries & 📺@BBCNews TV | @JSchofieldTrust | RTs not an endorsement
RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social The person from that youtube channel a few people watch.
Negative Charge @negativecharge.bsky.social Retro-musician, 8-Bit, 6502. Mainly creating music drivers, players and conversion tools from 8 & 16-bit sound chips to the BBC Micro’s SN76489 and Acorn Electron’s ULA.
⎍∧∿⩘
Archive Magazine @archiveriscos.bsky.social Archive is the magazine for RISC OS users. Published since 1987. Subscribe now to get the latest issue through your door! #riscos #acorn #opensource
@thecodeshow.bsky.social @thecodeshow.bsky.social
Andrew (LinuxJedi) Hutchings @linuxjedi.co.uk https://linuxjedi.co.uk
Embedded Software Engineer at @wolfssl.com. Open source software advocate. Restores and designs vintage/retro Acorn & Amiga hardware (https://retrosupplies.co.uk).
Married to @appleyardcandles.bsky.social.
The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social Hello Cave Dwellers this is The Cave, a vintage Computer, Console
and gaming channel and museum in Stroud, UK.
Watch videos at https://youtube.com/@TheRetroCollective
Book Tickets at https://retrocollective.co.uk
Sharpworks @sharpworks.bsky.social Retro gaming publisher for the Sharp MZ-80 and MZ-700 machines.
http://youtube.com/@mzsharpworks
https://mz-sharpworks.co.uk/
https://mz-80a.com/
https://basictoz80.wordpress.com/
Devon, UK
The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social The NVM's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret videogames for everyone. Forever. 🎮🕹▶️ #PlayTheMuseum
https://thenvm.org/
James Wright @jameswrighttv.bsky.social Documentary producer and director. BBC, Discovery, Sky, PBS and Permission To Know on YouTube
www.youtube.com/@PermissionToKnow
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
Pledg @pledg.bsky.social Blender 3d modeller
3d printing
Retro Tech Consoles/Computers
Arcade PCB Repairs
Clinton @buwchdoeth.bsky.social A Welsh man who likes Dr Who, Star Trek, tries to run 5ks and live life :) Top two companions - Jo Grant and Donna Noble
He/Him
Pixel Addict magazine @pixeladdict.bsky.social Pixel Addict magazine is the digital culture magazine for classic computing and retro gaming enthusiasts; taking you back to the era of dial-up modems, floppy disks and dot matrix printers. Full-colour A4, print and PDF.
www.addict.media
@fryrsquared.bsky.social @fryrsquared.bsky.social