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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social We’re campaigning to end unjust debt and the poverty and inequality it perpetuates. #CancelTheDebt #DebtJustice Formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
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Graham Scambler @grahamscambler.bsky.social Sociologist: philosophy, theory, politics, health & sport. #sociology #health
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
New: ‘The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer’ (Routledge, 2026)
www.grahamscambler.com
Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social Queen Mary University of London is one of the UK's leading research universities, a place where difference leads to greatness.
Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Sewing my own wardrobe one garment at a time. Podcaster (Called to the Bar: International Law over Drinks). He/him.
RTÉ @rte.ie Raidió Teilifís Éireann | Ireland's National Public Service Multi-Media Organisation
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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social "I'm so grateful Hammer and Hope exists. True Black leftist literary dispatches." - dream hampton.
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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info A volatile simian nervous system, ominously new to the planet. Canadian law professor. Transnational law, labour regulation, cooperatives and corporate governance, knowledge politics. Currently obsessed with the uses of legal scholarship. Two time dad.
DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social Snr. Lecturer in 18th-century Studies (Queer & Disability Studies). Author of *Effeminate Years* (2017); co-editor of *The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading* (2025). Writes poetry & short fiction.
Dr Hayley Gibson @hayleyandthecomet.bsky.social Legal academic with a cat. Legal theory|philosophy of history|memory and archaeology
- UCU rep for OULS
- Web content for Legal Humanities Association legalhumanities.com
- feminists@law
- criticallegalthinking.com
Views my own
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404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social Chronic Illnesses + Autoimmune Disorders R no laughing matter but my humorous posts will make U feel better for while. https://chronicillnesstees.etsy.com
https://mybodyistryingtokillme.com/
https://www.redbubble.com/people/ChronicillnessT
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
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repped by Carrie Plitt @FBA
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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social The nation’s first debtors’ union, organizing to build power with debt as leverage. You are not a loan! Press: press@debtcollective.org
@article-14.com @article-14.com 
Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social Nonprofit, movement-based, and worker-run publisher of books that provide timely reflections, clear critiques, and inspiring strategies that amplify movements for social justice.
📍Philadelphia
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Senator Patricia Stephenson @patriciastephenson.bsky.social Social Democrats Senator
Belfast born, living on the Carlow Kilkenny border
2 rescue dogs
Peacebuilding & Humanitarianism
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation @inmoirl.bsky.social We are 51,000 proud nurses and midwives across Ireland, standing together for fairness at work and a better health service. #SafeStaffingSavesLives
Rape Crisis Ireland @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social Rape Crisis Ireland - the national policy level body for Rape Crisis Centres across Ireland - is working towards a society free from sexual violence.
RCN: 20040963
#RapeCrisisSupport #SexualViolence #SupportingSurvivors
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission @ihrec.bsky.social 
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
Signal: gbrockell.44
Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com Dublin's independent local newspaper, since 2015. Reader-funded through subscriptions. Wednesdays and Fridays online, monthly in print.
UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social UCL Press is the first fully #openaccess #universitypress in the UK. We are UCL's #openaccess publishing house. Reposting or liking ≠ endorsement.
Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
University of Mordor.
National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social Sharing Ireland's stories through our unique collections/ Ag roinnt scéal na hÉireann tríd ár mbailiúcháin uathúla.
Explore our collections: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections
Carmel Cantwell @carmelcantwell.bsky.social My brother died unnecessarily in the care of a mother & baby institution in Cork, Ireland... seeking truth and accountability. An advocate for my mother & brother, the ones that matter. ✨Do no harm✨- G Goretti @gorettihorgan.bsky.social Socialist, feminist, trade unionist internationalist. Derry based social policy researcher/ senior lecturer.
Views my own. Pronouns: she/her
Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social Supporting all workers in any workplace. You deserve a union.
Free resources & trainings on how to organize and start a union @ workerorganizing.org
More: https://linktr.ee/organizeworkers
Camila Vergara @camilavergara.bsky.social Research Fellow, St Andrews
Faculty, Director of Research IUC Turin
Plebeian philosophy & praxis, deliberative democracy, intellectual history, critical legal studies, political economy.
Publications: https://camilavergara.academia.edu/
Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social Belfast-based Photographer.
Do good, die great.
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HSE Technology and Transformation @hsetandt.bsky.social Delivering #digital health for Ireland | @HSElive #HIT #ConnectedHealth | Not monitored 24/7
Content on #DigitalForCare #Benefits #Leadership #eHealth4All
HSE Ireland @hselive.bsky.social We provide a broad range of health services for Ireland. We also carry out a lot of important support work and funding to ensure health care is accessible to all. www.hse.ie
Jude Sherry @judesherry.bsky.social Artist Activist Designer
#DerelictIreland
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anois.org
Tuatha @tuatha.ie Explore Ireland with us! Visitor guides, itineraries, courses, events — created by archaeologists for people who really want to get under the skin of Ireland.
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(pics all our own work)
Mary Kelly Foy MP @marykfoymp.bsky.social Labour MP City of Durham. Trade Unionist. Socialist. Promoted by Kate Bolger, on behalf of Mary Kelly Foy, both at Labour North, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6PA.
HJA Civil Liberties @hjacivillibs.bsky.social A dedicated feed from the Civil Liberties & Human Rights team at Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors. Protecting rights is our priority. https://www.hja.net/legal-services/civil-liberties-and-human-rights/ Tel: 0330 822 5788
Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social Editor, The New Republic. Editor, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Scribbler. Serbo-Calabrian West Virginia Episcopalian.
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social We challenge injustice, defend freedom and campaign so everyone in the UK is treated with dignity and respect.
Join us. Stand up to power.
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/
Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views mine alone.
The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social The Constitution Society is a charity which promotes public understanding of the UK constitution. Founded 2009. www.consoc.org.uk
NIHR @nihr.bsky.social National Institute for Health and Care Research - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.
Impact, Innovation, Investment, Inclusion
Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social Colonial Historian, Interested in colonial veterans and all things Algeria. Proud Dub .
Critical Times @criticaltimes1.bsky.social A peer-reviewed, open-access journal committed to the intellectual and political project of critical theory. ctjournal.org.
Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social Progressive Politics NI is a group dedicated to helping change Northern Ireland politics for the better. Seeking an end to establishment & sectarian politics.
Queen Mary Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences @hssqmul.bsky.social Explaining the past, understanding the present, and imagining the future
Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social Corkonian-in-exile in the Pale. Lawyer. Liúdramán. He/him.
The Irish Times @irishtimes.com Official account of The Irish Times. Diverse opinion, thorough reporting and outstanding writing from http://irishtimes.com
Mary Ziegler @maryrziegler.bsky.social Historian, Law Professor, Guggenheim Fellow, 7 books, including Personhood and Roe: The History of a National Obsession. Bylines in the NYT, Atlantic, CNN, MSNBC, and Slate.
Lluís Pérez Lozano @perezlozano.bsky.social Professor i investigador en Teoria Política a la UPF. Director acadèmic de la Fundació Irla. Humanista i melòman.
Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social I’m not like the other Bayesians. I’m different.
Thinks about philosophy of science, AI ethics, machine learning, models, & metascience. postdoc @ Princeton.
UCD Gender Studies @ucdgender.bsky.social Gender Studies at UCD | Interdisciplinary MA in Gender Studies | programmes, news, events | RT is not an endorsement. https://www.ucd.ie/genderstudies/
Mammies For Trans Rights @mams4transrights.bsky.social A group of Irish mammies fighting for rights & safety for our gorgeous trans, non binary, intersex, & LGBTQIA+ kids.
email: mammiesfortransrights@gmail.com
Karen Sugrue 🏳️⚧️🌈🇵🇸 @karsugrue.bsky.social Sociologist, psychotherapist, parent, Star Trek fan, feminist, activist, #breastcancer ninja #repealedthe8th co-chair @together_safety & @mams4trans 🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Órla Ryan @orlaryan.bsky.social Journalist @irishtimes.com; creator of Redacted Lives podcast; writer; Signal: orlaryan.46; she/her
British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) @bsacp.org.uk BSACP represents UK clinicians working in abortion care, providing a supportive community to promote best practice.
Our vision is that every pregnant person has access to safe, high-quality abortion care.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Prison Adoptee @prisonadoptee.bsky.social Adopted person born to a criminalized and incarcerated mother at the Andrew Mercer Reformatory. Many adoptees across Canada remain unaware of their carceral birth histories.
Follow @amreformatory.bsky.social.
https://andrewmercerreformatory.org/
Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for Females @amreformatory.bsky.social Criminalized Women and Girls’ Ancestral Research: Supporting Descendants of Those Incarcerated or Born at the Institution and Adopted.
#PrisonAdoptees #PrisonBorn #PunishedInUtero #Genealogy
https://andrewmercerreformatory.org/
Loughborough Law @lawatloughborough.bsky.social Loughborough Law is a new law school committed to understanding law within its broader social, economic, political and historical contexts, consistently bringing interdisciplinary perspectives into our teaching and research.
Abortion Access Campaign @aac-abortionaccess.bsky.social Abortion Access Campaign. Galway based women’s collective. Advocacy group set up post 2018 Repeal Referendum to research/monitor implementation of legislation + identify/address info & service shortcomings. Lobby govt. so those needing abortion can access.
Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social Non-binary researcher supporting trans kids and challenging cis-supremacy
Tipp For Choice @tippforchoice.bsky.social We are a rural collective campaigning for abortion rights and reproductive justice. Based in Co Tipperary, Ireland.
Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social We expose all forms of racism and fascism in Ireland and further afield. 
@acirishstudies.bsky.social @acirishstudies.bsky.social 
Jenny Edkins @jennyedkins.bsky.social Looking awry at global and local politics. Trauma | Memory | Missing Persons | Disappearance | Hunger | Disasters. Poetry and story-telling as method. Grenfell 💚
Prof @ Manchester & Aberystwyth. Tanguera, yogini.
https://tinyurl.com/2krunykv- S @saharshah.bsky.social @saharshah.bsky.social
Charles @oscharles.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Law at Maynooth University focused on the welfare state, migration and social inclusion | All-Island Social Security Network | BLM I He/They Sé/Siad |
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/charles-osullivan
Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social Women working towards a kinder world. Join our campaign against the active discrimination of trans & non-binary people. Over 110,000 signatures of support, and counting 🙏
🔗 https://notinourname.org.uk
👏 https://www.gofundme.com/f/notinourname-fundraiser
CN Lester 🏳️⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social Multi-genre musician
Co-lead @TransUnityQuilt
Founder & Artistic Director of Transpose
PhD on Barbara Strozzi - interdisciplinary work is life
’Trans Like Me’, ‘Furies,’ 2 current trans historical WIP
they/them
www.cnlester.com
www.transpose.org.uk
Red Pepper Media @redpeppermag.bsky.social 🌶 Spicing up the left since '94.
🗞️ Issue 248: ‘Striking back’ is out now.
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social Critical sociology, criminology and anthropology at the University of Glasgow.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
Evertonian
Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social The official account of the Social Democrats - a new force for change in Irish Society. Our Values: Equality. Democracy. Sustainability. Progress #SocDems
Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social Sinn Féin Member of the European Parliament
Chair of EU Delegation on Palestine
Coordinator for The Left on Trade Committee
Member of Environment Committee
Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social Historian at CCCU: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-4968
Councillor of the Royal Historical Society; SHS executive; EHS. Views own.
Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013",
Soon: 'The Wheel of Poverty'. He/him.
Liam Hogan @liamhogan.bsky.social Librarian & Historian. Twitter migrant.
Researching Slavery - Memory - Power.
Blog > https://medium.com/@Limerick1914/
hcommons > https://hcommons.org/members/liamhogan/
Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social Gender, sexuality & criminal law/history.
Early women barristers. Agatha Christie.
Professor of Feminism, Law & History, The Open University.
📚 Legal Temporalities of Sexual Consent (2025)
📚 Lesbianism and the Criminal Law (2020)
#ActuallyAutistic
Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social We are a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland.
Peray Ahmet @perayahmet.bsky.social Leader of Haringey Council. Councillor for Noel Park. Trade unionist. Casework enquiries to: peray.ahmet@haringey.gov.uk
Ciara Breathnach @ciarab.bsky.social Professor of Irish Gender History, scholar of modern Irish socio-economic, cultural and health history. Recent book https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ordinary-lives-death-and-social-class-9780198865780?cc=ie&lang=en& 
Stephen O'Neill @oneillsb.bsky.social Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955 (Liverpool University Press, April 2026)
Intersectionality Lab - European Research Center @il.npo.one We are an European Research Center dedicated to Gender and Intersectionality
Know more at il.npo.one
Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social I was that @theirishfor guy on Twitter.
"Calling 353" on @thejournal.ie
Author of Motherfoclóir & Craic Baby. He/Him. Wink in bio 😉
Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social Professor of Law at Loughborough University. Originally a West Country lass. Fan of cats, cooking and fun.
RightsCon @rightscon.org 💫The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age
📆 Taipei and online, Feb 24-27, 2025
Consortium @consortium.lgbt 🏳️🌈 Consortium supports LGBT+ groups, organisations and projects across the UK, so that LGBT+ communities in need have access to the best support possible.
The Funambulist @thefunambulist.bsky.social The Funambulist is a magazine and a podcast engaging with the politics of space and bodies.
We have a francophone version as well!
https://thefunambulist.net/shop/67-diasporic-introspections
Edel Brosnan @edelb.bsky.social Back in that Dublin after a looong time in that London. Writer, strategiser, reader, ranter. Reposts not an endorsement, all opinions my own. As this my personal account, there will also be cat pics: don’t @ me, cats are great.
Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social Historian of modern cultural history, primarily Britain & Ireland
Author of Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation (Cornell, 2026) & After the Shock City: Urban Culture & the Making of Modern Citizenship (Boydell, 2019)
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
placememory.net
Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social Sincerely Anonymous • Open mind • Robust disputation • Politics/History/Economics/Art/Sociology/Human Rights • Gaeilge nó Béarla • Éire💡🕊️
📕📖📚 Read the essays:
🔗 https://forlouth.medium.com
African Journals Initiative @african-journals.bsky.social Pluto Journals and African Books Collective are pleased to announce the launch of the ‘African Journals Initiative’.
Internationalising African social science & humanities journals.
Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social Writer. Irish-Vietnamese. Author of Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah (2019) and Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur (May 2025). Agent: Chris Clemans at Janklow Nesbit