Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social Writer, speaker, poet, scholar, booklover. Two new books in 2026; hundreds of presentations/articles on anime, manga, cosplay, history, art and craft across the UK, USA, Europe and Asia.
Website helenmccarthy.net
https://ko-fi.com/helenmccarthy51
NASA | ESA Space Updates @nasaupdates.bsky.social Space news from around the globe, all in one place
Focusing on NASA & ESA Missions
Artemis III 🚀🌕 | 2027
Note we are not NASA just #Spacenerds #Moonjoy
Sarah Johnson @sarahwhpress.bsky.social Partner in @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, otherwise to be found obsessing about food, gardening, hiking, sailing, undertaking grandiose acts of DIY, hoping for the best
Bernie Folan @berniefolan.bsky.social Hebden Bridge & Connemara person
Status Quo sceptic (not just the band).
💜OA/Scholcomms oaspa.bsky.social / c4disc.bsky.social / scholarlysocial.bsky.social
💜 Death. @galway-death-cafe.bsky.social
💜Autism @thinkingautism.com
MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.
https://morphss.hcommons.org/
Nikesh Gosalia @nikeshgo.bsky.social 17 years of experience working in the Scholarly publishing industry. Passionate about research communication.
Godwyns Onwuchekwa @godwyns.bsky.social I'm a community engagement specialist and consultant supporting organisations across industries to build trusting and free relationships with their target audience and stakeholders.
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
Paul Clarke @paulmclarke.bsky.social Editorial Manager for Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social
SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES) pools world-leading expertise from across Scotland’s research base.
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Graham Stone @graham-stone.bsky.social Head of International Projects @oapenbooks.bsky.social | European | Hill wanderer | Geocacher | Beer & wine drinker | Vegetarian Librarian | All views my own
Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social We are a not-for-profit collective of academics, libraries and university-based publishers changing the way that academic research is supported and disseminated. Launching in Jan. 2026.
Join the movement: https://www.openjournalscollective.org/
Day One Journal @dayoneapp.com Your journal for life. dayoneapp.com/download
DataCite @datacite.org We are a global community that shares a common interest: to ensure that research outputs and resources are openly available and connected so that their reuse can advance knowledge across and between disciplines, now and in the future.
The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social Singing family who make original & funny/parody songs & vids since going viral in 2020. Social links & support us on Patreon: https://linktr.ee/marshfamilysongs.
University of Strathclyde @unistrathclyde.bsky.social 
University of Stirling @stir.ac.uk The Official Bluesky account for the University of Stirling.
World-class research, innovative teaching in a beautiful, inspiring, modern campus environment.
The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk A proud Manchester institution with teaching, research and social responsibility at the heart of everything we do. 
Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social Lancaster University’s official account. We’re a highly ranked collegiate university with a global reputation for teaching and research
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/
The University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Influencing the world since 1583. Follow our other social channels: https://edin.ac/3CJvzdv
SCURL @scurlscottish.bsky.social Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries
Sean McNamara @seanmcnamara81.bsky.social Director of CILIPS, the professional body for library and information workers in Scotland
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Queen Margaret University Library Research Support @qmueresearch.bsky.social Repository, open research, and scholarly communications updates from Queen Margaret University Library Research Support.
https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/
https://libguides.qmu.ac.uk/researchsupport
Brian Lavoie @libranomics.bsky.social OCLC Research. Collective collections, university research enterprise, organization of library capacities. Intersection between libraries and economics. Occasional unsolicited coffee roaster recommendations. 
Cardiff University Libraries @cardiffunilib.bsky.social Croeso // Welcome 👋.
Cyfrif swyddogol ar gyfer Gwasanaeth Llyfrgelloedd Prifysgol Caerdydd // Official account for the Cardiff University Library Service 📚🤫.
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it. 
Jens Mittelbach @jmiba.bsky.social Head of Library Services at European University #Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) @viadrina.bsky.social; Editor-in-Chief of #OA journal Bibliothek – Forschung und Praxis; #openness advocate; #3D aficionado; bicycle owner.
Maura Smale 😷💉 @maurasmale.bsky.social Chief Librarian at Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center, proud resident of the CUNYverse, striving for #critlib/antiracist practice, posts = my own. she/her maurasmale.com
also maurasmale@mastodon.social
John White PhD @johnwwhite.bsky.social Historian, Library dean, Dad to three wonderful kids
Chris Bourg @mchris4duke.bsky.social Director of Libraries, MIT.
All things open science, plus hiking, birds, Jiffy and Sunny. Maybe other stuff - who knows?
Birgit Schmidt @bschmid1.bsky.social Open Science enthusiast & head of Knowledge Commons at University of Göttingen (UGOE) / State and University Library | Also at @bschmid1@mastodon.social
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-5859
katrina @katreeeena.bsky.social Associate Director Digital Services @ USYD Library | Into libraries, museums, history, F1, tech, privacy, security, copyright, policy | Trying to read more books, take more walks, post less | Australia | Send me your cat pics
she/her
Edana the Red @edanathered.bsky.social she/her. Libraries, labor, and LGBTQIA+ liberation. If the question is cats or dogs, the answer is yes.
OCLC @oclc.org A global library organization that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large. Together we make breakthroughs possible.
Learn more at oclc.org.
Rob Cawston @cawston.bsky.social Design | Content | Data | Culture | Thoughts
Cambridge United fan 🫎 Views my own.
Dan Wall @kindabluesky.bsky.social English Dept., Aberdeen University. Scottish and Irish Lit., Romantic & C19th fiction, poetry, biography and periodicals; Co-Director, AU Centre for the Novel. Wannabe culinary innovator & occasional wanderer o'er vales and hills. He/him. Views own.
David McGloin @aberdeenphysics.bsky.social Physicist. Head of School of Natural and Computing Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Montane Spine Race @spinerace.bsky.social The MONTANE Spine Race is one of the world’s toughest endurance events. Truly EPIC races every winter and summer. #britainsmostbrutal #spinerace
Public Knowledge Project @pkp.sfu.ca PKP, a Core Facility of SFU, is a community-governed organization dedicated to increasing the quality, access, and reach of non-commercial #ScholarlyPublishing — the trusted and original home of #OpenJournalSystems (#OJS), OMP, and OPS: https://pkp.sfu.ca
Will Roberts @willbaldlygo.bsky.social AI Skills Tutor #HumanInTheLoop 💻 | Former #ultrarunning + #adventure content creator | Here for #SpineRace and #BM100 stuff.
Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social The diaries of Samuel Pepys in real time, 1660-69. Currently posting 1663. Run by @philgyford.bsky.social.
More at https://www.pepysdiary.com
Daily emails at buttondown.com/pepysdiary
Support at https://ko-fi.com/pepysdiary
Kirsten @howverykk.bsky.social News Editor at The Gaudie | AT @sparqs_scotland | 📚 Uni of Aberdeen | ADHD | Aberdonian 🏴|🇪🇺|🇵🇸| Got a story? DMs open | views my own
Stephen Vickers @stephen8vickers.bsky.social Ecological Statistician at BioSS. ‘S’ permit bird ringer & RIN member 2022-26.
Sean Graham @seantgraham.bsky.social Postgraduate researcher: Landrace barley root-soil interactions 🌱
University of Aberdeen || James Hutton Institute 🏴
|| #soilphysics #soil #bere #betterbarley ||
Vasilis Louca @keancy.bsky.social Aquatic ecologist and Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen. 
Linda Engles @lindauoa.bsky.social Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at the university of Aberdeen, Menopause warrior, mum of 2 humans and a dog. Love books, films, yoga and sea dipping.
All views expressed are my own.
Amy Gilligan @seismoamy.bsky.social Lecturer in Geophysics at the University of Aberdeen, using seismology to find out how the Earth works || Hill runner || Knitter
Daria Shapovalova @shapovalova.bsky.social Mom. Senior lecturer & Director of the Aberdeen University Energy Law Centre; Just Transition Lab. UA in ABDN. Views are my own. 🇺🇦🏴
Ilia Xypolia @iliaxypolia.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Relations @ Aberdeen Uni; R Edit Journal of Global Faultlines. Views my own
APPG on Europe @appgeurope.bsky.social The APPG on Europe, with European Movement UK as secretariat, aims to provide parliamentarians with a forum to discuss the UK’s relationship with Europe.
https://www.appgeurope.uk/
In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social The life and times of Steve the otter...
The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org Inspiring wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily.
http://linktr.ee/nhmla
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan-Defender of Wonder
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social OAPEN connects libraries, publishers, researchers, and funders with a global infrastructure for peer-reviewed open access books to advance research and the public good.
Explore our collection of 40,000+ OA books: https://library.oapen.org
Stephan Torre @stephantorre.bsky.social Philosopher at University of Aberdeen
Website: https://stephantorre.com/
"Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes." -Cher
Matt Jope @mattjope.bsky.social Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Interested in social epistemology, trust, risk, AI, scepticism.
mattjope.weebly.com
Miles Rothoerl @milesrothoerl.bsky.social 🏴|🇩🇪 // Trainee Broadcast Journalist at Cardiff University
Dr. K Gow @kgjura.bsky.social Island dweller / accidental academic studying island connections & return migration at the University of Aberdeen / James Hutton Inst. Funding: Macaulay Devt Trust. Co-convenor of SICRI New Voices in Island Studies network.
#IslandStudies #IslandsResearch
Dr Joseph Pierce @joepierce.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy Human Geographer. Place, housing, mobilities, justice. Sometimes photos. Head of Department, Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen. Scotland! (My own […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.scot/@joepierce, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Dr Isabelle Gapp @issygapp.bsky.social Environmental Art Historian (she/her), University of Aberdeen | A CIRCUMPOLAR LANDSCAPE (2024) | Editor for NiCHE Canada | PI: From the Floe Edge & Teaching Arctic Environments ❄️ | isabellegapp.com
Dr. Keir Harper-Thorpe, SFHEA @keirharper-thorpe.bsky.social Deputy Director of Curriculum & Progression, at Study Group's ABERDEEN International Study Centre. Educational Developer, Manager, Author. Any views expressed are my PERSONAL ones rather than those of any institution I am associated with.
Dr Andrew Tibbs @andrewtibbs.bsky.social Author | Romans | Archaeologist | Heritage stuff Hon Research Fellow at Aberdeen Uni | Also RomanScotland.bsky.social
Muhammad Zaman Assir @dr-assir.bsky.social Clinician-Scientist interested in early human brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders | Stem cells | Microglia | Maternal inflammation | 3D tissue culture | Neuroimmunology | Extracellular matrix | University of Aberdeen, UK
Kate Smith (one of many) @katejs.bsky.social Prof Mental Health at University of Aberdeen
Pluralistic humanist- J Nir Oren @jhudsy.bsky.social Professor of Computing Science. Research Dean (Knowledge and Understanding), University of Aberdeen. All correct views are my own, incorrect views not so much. Apparently somewhat woke.
Felipe Meneguzzi @felipe.meneguzzi.eu AI Researcher and former AAAI Councilor.
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Aberdeen.
Bridges Professor at PUCRS.
Views expressed here are my own.
https://www.meneguzzi.eu/felipe/
Dr Charlaine @charlainesi.bsky.social Senior lecturer, SFHEA, HoD PGT-PL, University of Aberdeen, formerly GTC Scotland, always a teacher. My own thoughts and interesting stuff.
Erin Ferguson @erinferguson.bsky.social Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool.
Public law, privatisation, environmental constitutionalism, climate change, transparency.
Mitchell Lennan @mitchlennan.bsky.social Lecturer in Environmental Law at the University of Aberdeen. Co-Director of Aberdeen Centre for Energy Law. Glaswegian.
Kurt De Belder @kurtdebelder.bsky.social University Librarian @unileiden.bsky.social, Director @ubleiden.bsky.social & Leiden UPress / Board @oapenbooks.bsky.social & @letterkunde.bsky.social / OA Policy LERU / 🇪🇺
linktr.ee/kurtdebelder
Queen Mary University of London Library Services @qmullibrary.bsky.social Real research starts here
Kaitlin (Kay) Thaney @kaythaney.bsky.social executive director, Invest in Open. cares a lot about governance + infrastructure. makes things out of clay.
Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Cambridge University Library Special Collections, featuring our manuscripts, archives, maps, music, rare books, photographs, objects and more. https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/special-collections
Michelle Breen @michellebreen.bsky.social Head of a University Library department in Ireland and learning about BlueSky by jumping in, late 2023
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
Director: @sundersays.bsky.social
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
Research Information @researchinfo.bsky.social Scholarly Communications publication – the essential link for librarians, researchers and publishers. Editor: Tim Gillett. Commercial director: Jon Hunt
www.researchinformation.info
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PCST Network @pcstnetwork.bsky.social The Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology promotes discussion on the theory and practice of communicating science, and of public discourses about science and technology and their role in society. https://www.pcst.network/
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social Captain of the Good Team. Artist, Visionary, None of your Businessman, and paperback writer for kids.
Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social Funniest Joke Edinburgh Fringe 2019-2022. Comedian, kids book author, illustrator, Art person. All my stuff is here: https://linktr.ee/Ofalafel
Kate Thurman 🏳️⚧️🇲🇫☮️🇺🇦 @languid-virago.bsky.social Cat loving hippy cabinet maker.
Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social Working in local government policy, data (analysis and visualisation), and making information accessible.
Interested in film, music, art, culture, politics, sport, news and the weather.
East Lothian/Edinburgh
Nae Paseran
He/him
Sardo Numspa @devbrodie.bsky.social 
Small Human Female @esmesstuff.bsky.social I like a bunch of stuff. Doctor who stuff, Godzilla stuff, making stuff, watching stuff, reading stuff and eating stuff. Collector of vintage recipe books. Maker of rash purchases.
Alice Sheppard @penguingalaxy.bsky.social Citizen scientist, Brit in Sweden, endless maker of soup for babies. Galaxy Zoo turned me into a penguin. Always looking for more galaxies.
@ref2029.bsky.social @ref2029.bsky.social 
BERA @beranews.bsky.social The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is the leading authority on educational research in the UK.
linktr.ee/beraofficial
Guardian NUJ @gonuj.org The NUJ chapel for the Guardian
AJOL (African Journals Online) @ajol.info AJOL, the preeminent indexing platform of quality African-published scholarly journals, works to increase global & continental online access, awareness, quality & use of African-published, peer-reviewed research.
https://www.ajol.info/
Invest in Open Infrastructure @investinopen.bsky.social We work to increase investment in + adoption of open infrastructure to further equitable participation in research. Mastodon: investinopen@indieweb.social
Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 12 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland.
🌐 Visit our website saha.scot
🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify