merman1974 @merman1974.bsky.social C64 fan, retro gamer, writer, deeply affected by Crohns
Merman1974: The Retro Crusader of Bluesky
A digital merman swimming in a sea of pixels and profound social commentary
Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007.
Bylines at the Guardian, Open Democracy, Herald, DeSmog, Bella Caledonia, Sunday National.
Mrjimbob @mrjimbob.bsky.social Musician/author Author/musician
Iain Mew @superchartisland.com Writing a British history of popular video games one UK sales chart #1 at a time. Now in 1988. Also into pop music and writing on The Singles Jukebox. He/him. http://www.superchartisland.com
IndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social The latest free games, indie games and retro news, Visit us at http://www.indieretronews.com #retrogaming #indiegames #indie #retrogames #gaming
Locomalito @locomalito.com Hobbyist developer of traditional video games: #MalditaCastilla #Hydorah #TheCurseOfIssyos #Gaurodan #AbbayeDesMorts #Darkula #Verminest #8bitKiller and more… locomalito.com
@arabstrap.scot @arabstrap.scot 
Black Lodge Cult @blacklodgecult.bsky.social Capturing frames from TWIN PEAKS ▽ (Almost) All pictures belongs to David Lynch & Mark Frost / https://buymeacoffee.com/blacklodgecult / Letterboxd https://boxd.it/Cuxr / Horror / Movies / Things / Discord: discord.gg/PZrNX4mcWV 
Harvey Hinkler @harveyhinkler.bsky.social 26 - Words/Video for The WSL 2 Review & Sunderland RCA FC: https://thewsl2review.substack.com/
https://sunderland-rca.co.uk/matches/
https://www.youtube.com/@sunderland-rca
Chamber UK @chamberuk.bsky.social From the council to the commons, Chamber publishes and broadcasts political insight and analysis from around the UK. The journal partners with policy institute Curia UK to communicate case studies as they turn policy into practice.
Under the Radar Magazine @undertheradar.bsky.social The last great American indie rock print magazine left standing. Since 2001. Issue 75, The '90s Issue Part 2 with Pulp and Suede on the covers, is out now. www.undertheradarmag.com
Dbug @dbug.defence-force.org Game Developer (Adeline, Heliovision, Eden, Funcom), Retro Enthusiast (Oric, Atari, Audio), YouTuber (http://youtube.com/c/Dbugsstuff)
Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk A politically independent monthly current affairs, culture & ideas magazine
Established 1995
Head to https://prospectmagazine.co.uk
Simon Evans @sgevans.bsky.social Journalist and Co-Founder of The Soccer Business www.thesoccerbusiness.com
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Jason Dyer @jdyer.bsky.social Game designer making mathematics and science interactive. I also do the All the Adventures project where I play and write about every adventure game ever made in chronological order.
http://bluerenga.blog
Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social Music producer, bass player, DJ. Soho Radio presenter. Weller band alumnus. Helped invent Britpop. 
Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets
Author. she/her https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury
Lake District National Park @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social England's largest National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discover spectacular landscapes, picturesque villages, a warm welcome and a rich cultural heritage.
https://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/
Nation of Language @nationoflanguage.bsky.social Synth sounds from Brooklyn, NY
tickets for tours on sale now!
live bookings: north+south america - tmany@teamwass.com everywhere else - sarah.joy@atc-live.com
Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social politic_animal from the Musk shop.
Local government policy adviser by day. Timetable wrangler/travel challenge story-teller by day and night. Once branded ‘Twitter’s answer to Phileas Fogg’
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@travelling_turtle?si=WGsuH_ffy0bqKr2
Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social Politics, policy, public attitudes. Work in polling and comms. Director, Persuasion UK. ex- Shelter, civil service and various other things. 🏳️🌈
https://persuasionuk.org/about
https://strongmessagehere.substack.com/
Humber Street Gallery @humberstgallery.bsky.social Contemporary art space, Hull
Mon/Tue: Closed
Wed: 10:30 - 5
Thurs: 12 - 7
Fri-Sun: 10:30 - 5
Creative engine for contemporary visual arts in Hull
Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
DerkHerkenbersh @dochackenbush.bsky.social Illustrator of Cute Stuff. Doodler of Silly Li’l Guys. Did the graphics for #Styscraper. Likes capybaras and cats a totally normal amount. He/Him.
Buy my cool merch here! 👇🏻
https://www.redbubble.com/people/dochackenbush/shop
Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Green Party member of the UK House of Lords. Party leader 2012-2016.
There are enough resources on this planet to look after people and nature, if we share fairly.
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16
Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org The official Bluesky account of the Nobel Prize.
Celebrating the work and discoveries that have had the greatest benefit to humankind.
Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social Comedy writer & Author. Repped by JFL. Dead Funny History, Horrible Histories & Horrible Science! Loadsa R4 stuff! And more! Buy the Darkwood Trilogy or Rooks Trilogy or Cursed Under London! 🐝 with the 🫖. Avatar by Tealin!
Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social Pissing off billionaires one small action at a time. Get involved ⬇️
https://bio.link/everyonehateselon
Julie Kalman @juliekalman.bsky.social Historian of France, writing a book about Asterix for @princetonupress.bsky.social. Cat employee (unpaid).
Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social I like to wear flares and do the jokes. Bit of a woke prick. He/him. 
LOWER BLOCK @lowerblock.bsky.social Football Culture | Away From Here
linktr.ee/LowerBlock
Wabi Sabi For Robots @wabisabi4robots.bsky.social Wabi Sabi" is the beauty of all things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. "Robots" are our future overlords. Enjoy.
It's Nice That @its-nice-that.bsky.social Inspiring Creativity since 2007 👌
We champion work across graphic design, illustration, photography, animation, and more
Header image artwork by Paola Saliby
Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org Climate scientist at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading | IPCC AR6 Lead Author | MBE | Views own | https://edhawkins.org
Warming Stripes: http://www.ShowYourStripes.info
Benjamin P Taylor @antlerboy.com systems | cybernetics | complexity
public | service | transformation
business evolutionary | avid learner
#wordrotator #poastrationalist
https://chosen-path.org
connect at antlerboy.com
redquadrant.com
publicservicetransformation.org
skeeting personally
Nizaar Kinsella @nizaarkinsella.bsky.social ✍🏻 Senior football reporter for BBC Sport
On YouTube/Facebook/Instagram/Twitter @nizaarkinsella 📽📸🇬🇧🇲🇦
Sam Beckwith @realsambeckwith.bsky.social Rochdale-born writer of words, based in Prague since 1996. Creator of the official Sam Beckwith flag. I also have a Czech rugby league account: @sbczechrugbyleague.bsky.social
Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Genealogist ✍️🏻
Death, Wales and Psychiatry 💀
Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠
Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠
🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚
📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her
🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🛩️ Aerial Archaeologist @ Royal Commission, Wales | Trustee: Cambrians & AARG | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Prehistory | Landscape archaeology | Personal account
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-toby-driver-fsa-9394203b
Liz @lizknownasdoris.bsky.social Had a go at a few things.
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social
A safe, fun space for pop enthusiasts to celebrate anniversaries of fucking records.
Any unnecessary abuse results in a block.
Desmond Bullen @desmondbullen.bsky.social Mental Health Nurse and Chief Arts Correspondent at Northern Soul
Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social Radio astronomy observatory, research centre, UNESCO World Heritage site, beautiful visitor galleries, free parking, and great coffee 😀📡🌟
🔗 https://www.jodrellbank.net/
Banner © Dr Anthony Holloway
Deborah Contessa, The Cemetery Lady, Mistress of the Macabre @deborahcontessa.bsky.social Cemetery Tour Guide, Tour Manager, Guest Speaker, Historian, Writer, Goth.
Secretary & Tour manager for Friends of Layton Cemetery, Blackpool, UK
Mistress of the Macabre at Blackpool Ghost Walks
louderthanwar.com @louderthanwar.bsky.social We believe in the power of Rock 'n' Roll. Louder Than War is a website dedicated to the pop culture wars. All views are our own.
JoJo @visionsofjojo.bsky.social Breathing
Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent.
Find me in The i Paper, The New World, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods
https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social Graffoe Forcione Wot Italian? 20th Anniversary Tour all tickets wotitalian.com
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.
Octopus Energy @octopus.energy Floating about.
We believe energy should be better - a better experience for customers, better for the planet, and better value for money.
Need help from our social media team? https://octo.ps/bluesky-help
Gail @spacegirlgail.bsky.social I have the boldness of a much younger woman
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Cook'd and Bomb'd @cookdandbombd.bsky.social https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk
27 years ago, CaB started as a Chris Morris archive before transitioning to become the home of serious (UK-slanted) comedy discussion.
Proudly old-school forum, no algorithms or endless micrograding via "karma"/followers.
Liv Mason @livsmason.bsky.social Sporty(ish) ⚽📚🎧 | Spirit Sun • Gotham Moon • Chaos FC Rising | USWNT | Stanford 🌲
@DistrictPressDC.bsky.social
Angela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social "Comedian"
Mock The Week, QI, Live at The Apollo, HIGNFY
Host of The Archers Live at 75 tour - https://www.fane.co.uk/the-archers
Cold War and Mid Century Modernist nerd.
The Archers obsessive
Prone to inexpert F1 ramblings.
Swims. Naps. Bunkers.
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Ai Weiwei @aiww.bsky.social 
SparkAlistair @alistairspark.bsky.social Football Culture and Football Social History Amongst Other Things
Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social Yep, that one.
Henry Fudge @henryfudgeofficial.bsky.social A serious account of how Britain broke its own economy and what would actually fix it. Land, housing, productivity, and the political economy of decline, by an independent researcher, Economist, and startup guy now based in Switzerland 🇨🇭🏴 henryfudge.com
Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social Informative and sexy at the same time!
Writes for Horrible Histories, Dogs In Space, Amazing World of Gumball; also talks a lot on podcasts (Taskmaster The People's Podcast, Football Book Club)
he/him
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social Professional art director/illustrator/comedy photoshopper. I sometimes feed the sparrows too.
Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social Campaigner to support the BBC (not a BBC employee). It’s affected by savage UK govt cuts: c40% 2010-2024. BBC costs >49 pence/around 65 US cents a day per UK household. It’s a national public service broadcaster, respected worldwide for accurate reporting.
Frangipane✨ @littlecageling.bsky.social erroneous fool
hate-filled witch
broken glass in morning light
the kind of human wreckage that you love
cutiepiebunnymousestrawberrytart
🐇🐁🍓
she/her
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Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social Trans Europe Express (show AND pod!), H&J on @Talksport. @vftlpodcast Spurs pod via @theathleticuk. Ex-editor NME, Q. Fast and bulbous! Located: Kilkenny and the Canyons Of My Mind
Rufus Hound @rufushound.com He/him/us/ours/lovely/jubbly
These Football Times @thesefootballtimes.shop Rekindling the greatest stories in football
https://linktr.ee/tftmag
Limmy @limmy.com Shop: limmy.com | Streams: twitch.tv/Limmy & youtube.com/@DaftLimmy
Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social Professor (Emeritus) U of Manchester ▪️PhD LSE public management▪️co-ops and cooperation ▪️progressive pluralism▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born Dover (that's my Castle)
TRANSDIFFUSI⭕️N @transdiffusion.org This is https://transdiffusion.org/, the independent broadcasting authority since 1964. A huge collection of television, radio & advertising archives, articles and more.
David O’Doherty @phlaimeaux.bsky.social song and dance man
Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social Aw, here it goes…
Jenny O @msyellowhat.bsky.social I’ll probably talk to your dog first
Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social Shitposter, persistent typoer, Microsoft Paint user, uncomfortably English | Former journalist once called “The Attenborough of women's football"
https://ko-fi.com/lawsonsv
Rory Smith @rorysmith.bsky.social The Observer, Men In Blazers, the Monday Night Club, Libero. Author of "Mister" and "Expected Goals."
Paul 4Jags @paul4jags.bsky.social Posting on social media in a personal capacity about stuff I like, such as running, hillwalking, social history, big books, terrible music, and awful football teams.
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Hey Kids Rock'n'Roll @heykidsshop.bsky.social Home grown & hand sewn, folk-pop art. A happy idiot, struggling for the legal tender.
Shop: heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com
Second Mentions @secondmentions.com The Little Book of Second Mentions, out now https://amzn.to/43oYehw | secondmentions.com | secondmentions@gmail.com
Den of Scholes @denofscholes.bsky.social In A World Full Of Adversity We Must Still Dare To Dream, Rob Burrow
Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social London. Book-related (sells, reads, hoards, writes). Macaroni cheese. Trans rights are human rights. Fix your hearts or die. Redhaired stepchild. Proud slop despiser. Punch up.
https://www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk/news
https://www.thebksagency.com/lucyfisher
Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres.
https://eddierobson.wordpress.com
MHCLG Answers @mhclg-answers.bsky.social Bot account posts whenever the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government answers or corrects an answer to a written parliamentary question. Monitored by librarians at the House of Commons Library.
Pete Fowler @petefowlerart.bsky.social Painter, illustrator, printmaker & sculptor. Open every other Tuesday on Soho Radio.
Sign up to my patreon, visit my shop, listen to radio shows and more down there.
https://linktr.ee/petefowler
The Coral @thecoral.bsky.social 
badly drawn bee 🐝 @soapachu.bsky.social Swish swish motherfucker.
AuDHD | alphabet mafia 🏳️🌈 | rugby player 🏉 | scuba diver 🤿 | cis | she/her until something better comes along.
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London & Liverpool, UK
Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng FRSE.
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FC One Football @fconefootball.bsky.social • ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʙᴀʏᴇʀɴ, ᴊᴜᴠᴇɴᴛᴜꜱ, ᴄʜᴇʟꜱᴇᴀ, ᴀᴄ ᴍɪʟᴀɴ, ɪɴᴛᴇʀ, ᴀᴊᴀx ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴇᴜʀᴏᴘᴇᴀɴ ғᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ •
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Gideon Coe @gidcoe.bsky.social Ptennisnet
Taraaaaaaaaggghhhhhhh Zombies @theblueststar.bsky.social She/Her
Award Losing Radio Presenter.
Same size hands as Joe Pesci.
Bisexual. Trans Rights are Human Rights.
Leslie Grantham blocked me on The Bad Place and now he's dead.
#PUSB
Kliph Scurlock @kliphscurlock.bsky.social The Kansas homewrecker and heartbreaker.
Pro music. Anti billionaire. Anti fascist. Pro cat. Anti capitalism. Pro hug. Pro sushi. Anti Spotify. Anti Amazon.
FT Weekend @ftweekend.com The best of Financial Times Weekend journalism, from Life & Arts and HTSI magazine to House & Home, FTWeekend Magazine, FT Money and FT Globetrotter
https://www.ft.com/life-arts
Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk Author, parliamentary sketchwriter and co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. Books about chaotic detectives, sneaky spies, and misleading words.