Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Christopher Powers @powersglobal.bsky.social International Educator, Assistant Vice President for International Initiatives, Towson University, Baseball Fan, He/him, All views my own
essbb.bsky.social @essbb.bsky.social Immigration lawyer and PhD candidate. Researching migrant care work and precarity.
Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social 'Imperial Nostalgia' (MUP, 2021) / I do @LortBurnSpecials.bsky.social and @thewhale1851.bsky.social and am bald and very handsome
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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK. Research: political communication, cognition, multimodality. Hobbies: hill/fell walking. Views my own.
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Alan Davies @alandaviescomic.bsky.social Book here https://linktr.ee/alandaviesbook?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a7a5ef2c-1017-4662-b4ed-1858460b7546
Stand up tours of the UK, Ireland here alandavies.live and New Zealand here
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zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
The Tuesday Club @tuesdayclub.bsky.social This is the Arsenal podcast Estd 2009. Hosted by @alandaviescomic.bsky.social and featuring @keith-dover.bsky.social Damian Harris, @Tayo3000.bsky.social and sometimes Oliver Scott, produced by Silent Chris.
Freeloading scum welcome.
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics @uoncral.bsky.social Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics. University of Nottingham. World-class research. 🌏
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Hui Chen @huichen0826.bsky.social PhD candidate in linguistics at Lancaster University
discourse analysis|corpus linguistics|business and environmental communication |ESG and Sustainability
British Voter @britishvoter.bsky.social I'm a bot, posting voters from the latest British Election Study
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Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social European. Internationalist. Humanist. Retired Prof of Linguistics, affiliated to Oxford, Warwick, Lancaster. Can’t stop thinking, reading, writing.
My latest book is a political one: “Brexitspeak: Demagoguery and the Decline of Democracy”.
Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social Immigrant. Professor (Uni Wroclaw), linguist. Research on masculinity, suicide, illness, and communication about wine. Here often comments on wine and wine communication.
https://dariuszgalasinski.com
Dr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social Antifascist prof. Political theory, postcolony, anathema, the end of days, demon sperm. Views entirely my own.
Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
UnHerd @unherd.com Challenging the herd with new and bold thinking in philosophy, politics and culture.
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Sebastian Payne @sebastianpayne.bsky.social Leader writer and columnist @thetimes.com
Previously seen at Onward and FT. Author of Broken Heartlands and The Fall of Boris Johnson.
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social LBC Radio presenter
Gob on a Stick
Serial book editor
Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social Chief Executive of Total Politics Group. Writer, broadcaster, media CEO. Publisher of PoliticsHome, The House magazine, Holyrood magazine, The Parliament magazine, Civil Service World, ConservativeHome and more. Columnist for the i paper. Never a dull day.
Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own.
Substack at edrith.co.uk
Cat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social Postdoc @ culture & computation lab | language & gender & far right |
Grok Of Shit 🚽 @grokofshit.bsky.social I am a bot that creates fascinating new facts, but not using AI.
Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social hello i am a podcast :)
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Monica A. Ross @drmonicaross.bsky.social Visiting Scholar @ UC Berkeley CSTMS/OHST. Psychotherapist–writer. Philosophy of science • Philosophy of psychiatry • STS. Interpretation • Classification • Institutional Authority. 🏳️🌈 Website: drmonicaross.com
Discourse Academy @discourseacademy.org A resource for developing, discussing, teaching, and learning methods of critical discourse analysis.
The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Read: TheNewWorld.co.uk
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social Fragments of life in messages from old postcards, curated by Tom Jackson. BOOK: http://amzn.to/34rIDhp POD: http://Apple.co/2xNqQ8D AGENT: http://morgangreencreatives.com
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
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He/him
CADAAD 2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social The latest CADAAD conference has taken place in Valladolid (Spain).
Dates: July 8th-10th 2026.
Location: Universidad de Valladolid.
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Petre Breazu @petrebreazu.bsky.social Asst. Research Professor @ University of Cambridge | Online Hate Speech, LLMs, CDA & Multimodal Analysis | Former Marie Curie Fellow.
Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu French guy in sarf London, standing at a slight angle to the universe: current affairs, politics, photos, typos, and some sillyness. he/they 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
▪︎Deputy Editor for a trade mag
▪︎Photography, short stories, and more: www.zefrog.eu
Dr. Raül Romeva i Rueda @raulromevairueda.bsky.social (D)Escriptor. Professor Universitat (URL i EADA). Esport. Diplomàcia. Relacions Internacionals. Globalització. Sostenibilitat i Canvi Climàtic.
Językoznawstwo @jezykoznawstwo.bsky.social Dr Anna Jelec. Linguist, Polish-English conference interpreter, horse rider, writer, magnificent bastard.
Magdalena Perdek @mperdek.bsky.social
Katarzyna Burzyńska @prof-burzynska.bsky.social Vegan literature professor working in feminist and queer studies, interested in depictions of pregnant people in early modern lit. (she/her) 🌱🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🧘🏃🚵
Marta Kajzer-Wietrzny @mkajzerwietrzny.bsky.social A linguist exploring the potential of corpora to investigate interpreting and translation
Fei Wong @wongfei.bsky.social Multimodal critical discourse analyst. PhD candidate at Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya.
orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-2618
linguist life philosophy: wongfei.substack.com
Karolina Rosiak @karolinar.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Interested in indie music, books, cats and everything Welsh.
Itay Lotem @ilotem.bsky.social Looks like I’m a historian. Senior Lecturer at UWestminster: wrote a book about the memory of colonialism in Britain and France, and another one about the pitfalls of memory politics in post-WWII Europe. Dogs are better.
Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social Journalist. FIFA, labour rights in the Gulf, sports betting. Featured in Josimar, World Soccer, Daily Mirror and The Blizzard. Author 'Brazil 1970'. Columbia J-School. Views my own.
Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social The Centre for European Reform (CER) is an award winning think-tank, devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU.
London, Brussels, Berlin
Website: www.cer.eu
Podcast: soundcloud.com/cer_london/ Spotify: https://buff.ly/7aKvyUs
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social Cartoonist, Writer. Two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Herblock Prize, RFK Journalism Award, Berryman Award, NCS Awards, Top 76 Theme Park Influencer. Follow for more comics
Language & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org Using critical discourse analysis in recognising the ecological, social, political, and economic conditions in which we live. https://languagepowerpodcast.org
Jakub Krupa @jakubkrupa.bsky.social Europe Live, Guardian / Board Member Fulham Supporters Trust, in H5. / One stop shop for all things #PolesinUK.
Martyna Musiał @tinasoo5.bsky.social nothing in particular
Aleksandra Bawor @a-b2.bsky.social ~ Just a student trying to survive
~ Baby linguist in the making
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social Since 1967, the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis has provided social science methods training for hundreds of participants each year. Offering over 40 Courses in 2025, online and in-person
Learn more at: https://essexsummerschool.com/
Lucy Potter @lucypotter.bsky.social ESRC Research Fellow at the Uni of York | PhD in non-religion, apostasy & asylum | Sociologist exploring identities, human and refugee rights & (de)coloniality
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Wojciech Kość @wojciechkosc.bsky.social Journalist. I cover 🇵🇱 for IntelliNews. Also words in Politico Europe, Notes from Poland, the Parliament Magazine and others. Po polsku: OKO Press. Write me at cijwojciech@gmail.com.
WNBA @wnba.com The official account for the WNBA
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NBA @nba.com The official account for the NBA
Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead.
Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Sociology & Co-Director Migration Research Group, University of Sheffield, UK.
www.lucymayblin.com
www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group
www.Channelcrossings.org
Morten H. Christiansen @mh-christiansen.bsky.social Cognitive scientist interested in the processing, acquisition and evolution of language; statistical learning; computational modeling.
Lab website: https://csl-lab.psych.cornell.edu
Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Taylor&Francis journal. We publish critical research that advances our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social structures and social change.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcds20
CADAAD Network @cadaad.bsky.social Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines
An open community of researchers who critically engaged with discourse and society
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social FrameLab is a newsletter about political language and the ideological structures that shape perception. We deconstruct propaganda to help you defend democracy.
Founded by @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com
ArtButMakeItNow @artbutmakeitnow.bsky.social everything but the sports, from the person who brings you @artbutmakeitsports
Dimi Reider @dimireider.bsky.social Senior fellow @obi-belonging.bsky.social Berkeley. Founding ed at The Lead, co-founder +972 Magazine. Bylines NYT, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Haaretz etc. Exploring long-term future of Israel-Palestine. Dimireider.substack.com.
niharika pandit @niharikaan.bsky.social research/write/teach on gender, militarism, coloniality, everyday politics & anti-imperial feminisms. co-plotting insurgent knowledges. lecturer in sociology QMUL. she/they
part-time poet, talib-e-ilm//talib-e-qalb
Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social Anonymous opinions written by YOU - sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and often niche. Edited by @robmanuel.b3ta.com - add yours: https://bit.ly/addanonopin
No Dunks @nodunks.com The original NBA podcast
Bryan’s Gunn @bryansgunn.bsky.social A football man
Ryan Hunn @ryanhunn.bsky.social stadio / wrighty's house
Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska @katkozakowska.bsky.social Professor of Linguistics and Communication, University of Opole, Poland
Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social Professor at a University in the Fens.
Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk www.sussexbylines.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism: contributing to a connected society, combatting political polarisation editor@sussexbylines.co.uk
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.
swearclock ⌚︎ @swearclock.bsky.social Throw away your watches - they are obsolete. A bot by Rob Manuel. Add your suggestions here: bit.ly/swearclockform
burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social for real it's just slang rap democracy // bikes, sneakers, hoops, arsenal // “a history of basketball in 15 sneakers” OUT NOW // former SLAM Ed // first dot last at gmail // AI sucks
John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social Irishman between Yorkshire and Addis Ababa. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Currently learning Amharic/አማርኛ እየተማርኩ ነው. Dad!
Malaka Shwaikh @mshwaikh.bsky.social Based at the University of St Andrews where I research prisons, hunger strikes, limits of resilience, and decoloniality. Talk with me about sunsets and hikes.
Patrick McGuinness @padrig.bsky.social Endotic traveller. Recent books: Blood Feather 2023; Ghost Stations 2025. FRSL. Prof French & Comp Lit, Oxford. Rep'd Peter Straus RCW.
Anna Della Subin @annadella.bsky.social Author of ACCIDENTAL GODS: ON MEN UNWITTINGLY TURNED DIVINE (Metropolitan/ Granta). Essays in the LRB, NYRB, TLS, The Nation & elsewhere. Senior editor at Bidoun.
www.annadellasubin.com
Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social Geographer. New book, HOUSE SOCIETY, forthcoming in Feb 2027 (with Allen Lane)
Jessie Childs @jessiechilds.bsky.social Writer. Historian. Books:
The Siege of Loyalty House
God’s Traitors
Henry VIII’s Last Victim
Reviews for the Times and LRB
jessiechilds.co.uk
IG @jessiechildshistorian
Brian Dillon @briangdillon.bsky.social Writer. AFFINITIES, ESSAYISM & SUPPOSE A SENTENCE published by Fitzcarraldo & NYRB. GONE TO EARTH (on Hounds of Love) & AMBIVALENCE (on education) forthcoming.
Jon Parry @jonparryhis.bsky.social Retired university History teacher. Modern British politics. Short history of British Liberalism published by Agenda April 2025. Occasional LRB reviewer. Part-time resident and unofficial chronicler of Sark.
Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class and Coal Country. Should be running or writing.
Alice Hunt @alicehunt.bsky.social Professor at the University of Southampton. Author of Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade (Faber, 2024). Co-I on 'The Visible Crown: Elizabeth II and the Caribbean'. Represented by Felicity Bryan Associates. Reviews for the LRB and The Times.
@dubobos.bsky.social @dubobos.bsky.social
Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/
OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/
C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought.
Economics, history, theory, politi
Jude @judeinlondon.com Writer, Campaigner, Loudmouth. Please hire me I need to pay bills.
Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the London School of Economics. Flas shqip.
INDIGNITY pre-orders: https://linktr.ee/leaypi
Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social Contributing Editor @lrb.co.uk
Substack https://substack.com/@willd10
Williamdavies.blog
James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social journalist and writer. author of BEYOND MEASURE, a history of measurement; a New Yorker, Economist, Times book of the year. former senior editor at The Verge. buy my book here: https://linktr.ee/BeyondMeasureBook. website: jamesvincent.info
erin maglaque @erinmaglaque.bsky.social historian at durham / writer and critic, mostly for the lrb and nyrb. i’m writing a history of the female body, out in june!
https://linktr.ee/erinmaglaque
https://erinmaglaque.com
Anna Aslanyan @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social Reading, writing, translating, interpreting, etc.
Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social Group Leader, Cell Biology of Infection Lab @thecrick; Nephrologist @Royal Free Hospital. Own views etc.
Jean McNicol @jeanmcnicol.bsky.social Co-editor of the London Review of Books