Katrine Koenig @katrinekoenig.bsky.social 
The Welcoming Edinburgh @welcomingedinburgh.bsky.social Supporting refugees and migrants in Edinburgh. We provide free English classes and social activities for New Scots. Email info@thewelcoming.org.
boom saloon @boomsaloon.bsky.social boom saloon is a non-profit, global media movement to democratise creativity for good, driven by our international members.
📎 DennisNealVaughn 🖇️ @dennisnealvaughn.bsky.social Fine Art Photographer • Photobook Collector
• A Conversation about Seeing •
Democratic Socialist -
“It quickly became apparent he was not telling the truth.”
“God is the name of the blanket
we throw over mystery to give it shape.” ― Barry Taylor
Light in the Tower @lightinthetower.bsky.social Film production company based in Manchester, UK.
Specialising in music, the arts and narrative.
lightinthetower.com
STROMA Films @stroma-films.bsky.social Filmmakers - Based in Scotland
stromafilms.co.uk
Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social Finnish geopolitical analyst. PhD. Trying to help Ukraine with the 69th Sniffing Brigade
https://buymeacoffee.com/joni_askola
Sixteen Films @kenloach16films.bsky.social The production company of Ken Loach and Rebecca O'Brien. Working alongside writer Paul Laverty.
KL from Ken Loach // PL from Paul Laverty // Otherwise from team Sixteen Films
Kirsty Mackay @kirstymackay.bsky.social Artist, storyteller & author- photography & text. New book The Magic Money Tree published by Bluecoat Press.
Mark Tracey @marktracey.bsky.social IT, Photography
@kldphotoworks.bsky.social @kldphotoworks.bsky.social Photographer based in Scotland. MA DocPhot, Newport.
www.kldphotoworks.com
Richard Chivers @chiversphoto.bsky.social Documentary Photographer capturing architecture, landscape, people and place.
www.rchiversphoto.co.uk
Linktr.ee/rchivers
Sian Bonnell @sianbonnell.bsky.social Wilful Amateur
Hannah Bartos @hannahbartos.bsky.social Artist, Photographer, Academic (Ph.D SOAS; LCC, CSM). London & Qatar. Fellow RAS.
www.hannahbartos.com
IG: @hannah_bartos
Barbara Karpf @barbarakarpf.bsky.social Books. Photography. Spanish Greyhound & cat lady. 30 years at Kehrer Verlag.
Paulina Korobkiewicz @pakropka.bsky.social photographer & visual artist
www.paulinakorobkiewicz.com
London
Amy D’Agorne @amydagorne.bsky.social Artist, Photographer, Potato Gal
Currently arts council AA2A artist in residence
Next exhibiting at Format Festival in March '25
Website: https://amydagorne.format.com/
Instaspam: https://www.instagram.com/amydagorne/
Clare Strand @clarestrand.bsky.social Conceptual UK-based artist
Anneleen Lindsay Photographer @anneleenphoto.bsky.social Photographer of portraits, places, communities, documentaries, arts, locations.
Made in Sheffield, based in Edinburgh.
www.anneleenphotography.com
Liska C @liskac.bsky.social 
James Orr 🏳️🌈 @seamusj.bsky.social 34 | Glaswegian 🏴 European | Primary School Teacher 📕 | Organiser: @Teachers4Perm 🚨
nancybaron @nancybaron.bsky.social Photographer living in L.A. and Palm Springs, published by Kehrer Verlag and Schiffer Publishing. www.nancybaron.com
Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Made in Ireland, found in Scotland
MDANT🎖️
AKA ‘the kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist who’s made for Bluesky’
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social BBC’s International Correspondent
https://www.youtube.com/@sommervilletv
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert @jshphotog.bsky.social Photographer, based in Glasgow, Scotland. Documenting Scotland for over 30yrs. Archive held StAndrews Univ.
Available for assignments.
Clients: Financial Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Mag., Greenpeace, & many more.
www.jeremysuttonhibbert.com
Edward Bishop @edwardmbishop.bsky.social Photographer & Filmmaker documenting architecture and design.
www.edwardbishop.me
Jamesy @pickoneweaver.bsky.social I’m a weaver based in Leith, Edinburgh + owner of Domino the Dominator, a 12 year old belligerent one eyed French Bulldog.
Simon Lowe @simonlowephoto.bsky.social Photographer | Whitley Bay | NE England
‘Taller in real life.’
Taras Melnyk @taras19921.bsky.social I'm Ukrainian🇺🇦 To understand why I'm here, just scroll through my feed. Ukraine will win!
Twitter: https://x.com/taras19921?t=wvRJjPz5URUCBJw5UhC1Jg&s=09
Jeremy Nicholl Photography @jeremynicholl.bsky.social Professional photographer. Amateur motorcyclist. Refugee from Russia (creative differences with the FSB) & refugee from X (if you need to ask why you don’t belong here).
Skye Balou @skyebalou.bsky.social 🇺🇦🦋 #LocalHero Brit Awake
Likes: kindness & countryside; music & morality; decency & dunes; humour & hope, hopefully knowing when alliteration must simply stop
Dislikes: The obvious really. The antithesis of the above. Climate change denial/doomism is top.
Cinesonics @centralsound.bsky.social Film and TV freelancer.
Coldwater
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Scottish European.
Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina.bsky.social head of the Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine)/ Nobel Peace Prize 2022/ Democracy Defender Award of OSCE 2016
Jenny Brownrigg @jennybrownrigg.bsky.social Curator and writer living in Glasgow, Scotland. Exhibitions Director at The Glasgow School of Art. Board member Glasgow Sculpture Studios and Pier Arts Centre. On GSA UCU committee. she/her www.jennybrownrigg.com
Ivana Stradner @ivanastradner.bsky.social Research Fellow @FDD, Special Correspondent @KyivPost || Russia’s information warfare. Epictetus. Views my own.
Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk Studio Photographer for work, documentary photographer the rest of the time, Harmonica Player, Bonsai Grower, cyclist & Coffee Lover
https://www.markhillyer.co.uk/links
Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us Political humor and current events. Similar to Last Week Tonight, The Daily Show, SNL, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, etc.
BadChoices.us | PoliticalHumor.Substack.com | Malloy.rocks | Fascism.link
Azorya @k-azorya.bsky.social artist, ND pls 🚫DM
Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social Edinburgh-based arts and culture journalist.
Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year - 2026 Scottish Press Awards.
Any views expressed are mine alone.
www.heraldscotland.com
Matt Cooke @mattcookephoto.bsky.social Photographer, educator, a fan of the infernal combustion engine and all things automotive. Neurospicy.
Pretty Grim Productions @prettygrimfilm.bsky.social Pretty Grim Productions focuses on making strange, dark, funny films. It is run by Robbie, a Scottish filmmaker and screenwriter.
Find my work here: https://www.youtube.com/@PrettyGrimProductions
Bill Dagg @billdagg.bsky.social #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #GeorgiaProtests #NewZealand #animals #cats #dogs #nature #scenery #tramping #hiking #travel #adventure #music #comedy #movies #history #engineering #science #astronomy #scambaiting #technology
IFB all.
DMs/Scammers -> BLOCKED
Lisa Barnard @lisabarnard.bsky.social // Associate Prof. Lead Masters Doc Phot at USW Insta @madocphotusw
// Monographs.
The Canary and The Hammer MACK books. Hyenas of the Battlefield, Machines in the Garden and Chateau Despair GOST
// Current Exhibition. Fotomuseum Den Haag until Jan 2025
Aleksandra Samonek @asamonek.bsky.social Lawyer & Humanitarian ▪️ Digital Innovation at EUAA ▪️ Formerly UNHCR, UNICEF, UCLouvain, Jagiellonian University ▪️ #HumanRights #HumanitarianInnovations #DataProtection #Privacy #Technology #LegalProtection #RefugeeLaw
Anthony Scaramucci @scaramucci.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@restpoliticsus?si=jWe9uSTQSAWtk5dE
Suzannah Lipscomb @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social Award-winning historian, professor & TV presenter
Author, The King is Dead; Voices of Nîmes; 1536
Host, Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit
British Journal of Photography @1854.photography The home of British Journal of Photography. Established 1854.
Learn more 👉 https://1854.photo/4fD9MCH
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
Alicia Bruce @aliciabruce.bsky.social Scottish artist, photographer, community collaborator
Member of Women Photograph
Teaching Fellow, eca
Founder Portobello Photography School
Book ‘I Burn But I Am Not Consumed’ (Daylight Books USA) celebrates a Scottish community who stood up to Trump
David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social Co-Editor for @tgomagazine, photo guide & author
https://linktr.ee/davidlintern
Justin Carville @justinmcarville.bsky.social Photography Historian | Researcher | Writer | Academic | Public Sector Worker | The Ungovernable Eye | Currently writing on photography, racialization and Ireland | Values and Opinions my own
Defense of Ukraine @defense-of-ukraine.bsky.social 
Another Place Press @anotherplacepress.bsky.social Small independent publisher showcasing contemporary photography which explores our relationship with 'place' - Run by @iainsarjeant.bsky.social
https://anotherplacepress.bigcartel.com/
Andy Greenacre @andygreenacre.bsky.social Director of Photography, Telegraph Magazine & Telegraph Luxury
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
@jdelance.bsky.social @jdelance.bsky.social 
Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social Short Scottish Screenwriter. Fidget. Ne'er do well #MDANT🥉
'Mayflies' 'Elizabeth Is Missing'
'Miss Austen' on BBC and iPlayer now.
Dietmar Pichler @dietmarpichler.bsky.social Head Editor/Analyst INVED, lecturer
International & European Affairs – countering interference campaigns by Russia and other authoritarian states. #DemocraticResilience #InformationSecurity
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Dzyga's Paw @dzygaspaw.com Dzyga’s Paw Charity Fund. 🐾 We bring tech to Ukraine's defense — over $6M delivered thanks to your support. Join our mission to defend the free world!
https://dzygaspaw.com/thread-of-fire?project=Thread%20of%20Fire
@ssebagmontefiore.bsky.social @ssebagmontefiore.bsky.social 
Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and author of Red Notice and Freezing Order
@natalyade.bsky.social @natalyade.bsky.social 
Fraser @fraserwrites.bsky.social Writer/Producer. Developing “Origins of the Laoich”. Working on “Cops & Monsters”. Obsessed with Scottish folklore. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/sillyweefilms
Elizabeth @elizabethblu.bsky.social Dogs and horses. Reading, writing, more reading. Civil discourse. Civ-mil. Arts. Library-land. History. Introvert. Humanist. Lagavulin and tea. No such thing as too many books.
Scott Lyons 🍉 @scottlyo.bsky.social A writer, filmmaker, content creator, script editor, BAFTA Connect member, cat dad, and hobbyist craftsperson for my sins.
Irish but semi-culturally Glaswegian 🇮🇪 🏴
All views are my own.
Jared Kostrzewa 🇵🇱🎧🎤🚀 @jaredkostrzewa.bsky.social 🚀 Co-owner Before Festival Sun Festival
💪 Manager: Natalia Sisik Ola Szkolda Julia Kostera
🤝 Wrzucam tutaj ciekawostki I fakty ze świata 😇
Na naszych festiwalach zagrali m in Oki, Quebonafide, Kuban, Bedoes
#SocialMedia | #Events #Music
Mòrag Hawthorn @moraghawthorn.bsky.social Actor (and writer?). Cat Lady. A Celtic 🏴 Canadian 🇨🇦 Kiwi 🇳🇿🥝🏳️🌈
📍Glasgow,
Repped by Fiona Cross Management
Cameron Scott @cameronscott.bsky.social South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Photographer. Admin & Curator at Progressive-Street.com
Supporting photographer at the Centre for British Documentary Photography
ZUMA Press news wire freelance photographer.
cameronscott.photos
Travis Huggett @travishuggett.bsky.social I take photographs professionally and write about photographs unprofessionally.
LES⚡️NYC
https://substack.com/@travishuggett
www.travishuggett.com
Scott Liddell @scottmliddell.bsky.social Technology, photography, occasional author : www.scottliddell.com
Photos on @darkedinburgh.bsky.social
Viory @viory.bsky.social photographer - writer - photobook nerd - journalism and democracy lover
UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua The initiative of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The main platform for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine
u24.gov.ua
Support Ukraine @wesupportukraine.bsky.social Support of Ukraine and it's people, News & More...
Martin Phelps @uncertainworld.bsky.social Wedding Photography without the fairytales. martinphelpsweddings.com
Commercial Photography with authenticity. martinphelps.com
Oil paintings. uncertainworld.com
Horizontal frames in a vertical world.
Blocking anyone posting AI slop.
Anton Barbashin @abarbashin.bsky.social Russia foreign and domestic politics. Editorial Director at ridl.io
Pjotr Sauer @pjotrsauer.bsky.social Reporter covering Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia for The Guardian. Write to me: pjotr.sauer@theguardian.com
Mediazona English @en.zona.media Independent news from Russia. Investigative reporting, courtroom live-blogging, digital censorship coverage (now censored in Russia)
https://en.zona.media/
Hanna-Katrina Jędrosz @hannakatrina.bsky.social Freelance Photographer-Artist / Creative Director of Photo Scratch / Lecturer / Commissioning Picture Editor
📍South East London
📸 hannakatrina_photo
🌍 www.hannakatrina.co.uk/links
Steven Robb @stevenrobb.bsky.social Heritage watchdog. Interests in architecture, Edinburgh, inter-war social housing and obscure late Jacobite and nonjuring history. All views my own.
Ben @ben-ro.bsky.social 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇴
Roland Oliphant @rolandoliphant.bsky.social Chief Foreign Something @telegraph.co.uk
Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky.com A leader of the Russian opposition, reformer. Ex-political prisoner (2003–2013). Follow for insights on current events in Russia and beyond.
My book 'How to Slay a Dragon: Building a New Russia After Putin' is available here — https://a.co/d/ai95jkW 
Phil Kneen @philkneen.bsky.social Photojournalist & Documentary
Photographer.
Proud Manxman 🇮🇲
Jude Barber @judebarber.bsky.social Architect & Director at Collective Architecture, Scotland. Also co-creator of The Empire Cafe with writer Louise Welsh. Our podcast 'Who owns the Clyde?' is now live. Co-run 'Voices of Experience' with Suzanne Ewing & Nicola Mclachlan too.
Jen Stout @jenstout.bsky.social 🏴 Author of NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESA (2024, Polygon). Winner 'First Book', Saltire Society Literary Awards 2024. Journalist, photographer. Ex-BBC.
www.jenstout.net
Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com Designer, writer, and photographer.
crop.photography
Ross Finnie @rossfinnie.bsky.social Camera messer abouterer, printer whisperer. Mostly found up or down hills.
Dr Caroline Douglas @carolinedouglas.bsky.social Artist / Researcher
Gender and Class in Early Photography in Scotland
2025 Fellow, Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
2024 PhD Graduate, Royal College of Art, London
www.carolinedouglasphotography.co.uk
Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social Museum Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Oxford University • Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford • Tutor Art/Anthropology • https://linktr.ee/danhicks
Jack Ryan 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @jackryan.bsky.social Tracking global conflicts
BenB 🇺🇦 @benborges.xyz Sharing the latest of the 🇷🇺 War against Ukraine 🇺🇦 @osintukraine.com
About me : https://benborges.xyz/about/
Matrix : @benb:osintukraine.com
Signal : benb.41
Ukraine War Telegram Archive ⤵️
⚠️🔞 https://v2.osintukraine.com
Oriel Colwyn @orielcolwyn.bsky.social The North Wales Photography Gallery.
Photographic Gallery based in Colwyn Bay.
Founder/host of the biennial Northern Eye International Photography Festival.
www.orielcolwyn.org
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk
Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian
shaun.walker@theguardian.com