Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social Campaigns and communications consultant, Norfolk, UK. ex Greenpeace, WWF intl, FoE, London Wildlife Trust. Blog: http://threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org Also @campaignstrat on Twitter.
Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Specialist journalist: WIRED.com and more. Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Finalist: Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 https://authory.com/carltonreid Signal: carltonreid.67
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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social Est. in 1977: Side is dedicated to lens-based documentary. We are home to the UNESCO-listed AmberSide collection, showcasing film and documentary photography on working-class life from the North East and beyond.
Sidegallery.co.uk
Kate Osborne MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social Labour MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East.
Proud Trade Unionist, fighting for socialism, equality, LGBTQ+ rights
Helen-Ann Hartley @helenannhartley.bsky.social Bishop of Newcastle.
Runner.
Broadcaster.
Member UK House of Lords.
Fan of Belted Galloways 🖤🤍🖤
NUFC & NBSFC 🖤🤍💙⚽️
Personal views 🏴🌈🎶
Pop Bitch @popbitch.bsky.social Hola, migrating from twitter 😋😜
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Nick De Marco KC @nickdemarcokc.bsky.social Photographer, Sports Lawyer. Author.
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Chi Onwurah @chionwurah.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West. Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
YouGov @yougov.co.uk YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviours from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks. Join now: https://account.yougov.com
Dixie @dixie.bsky.social "You can waste a whole lifetime trying to be what you think is expected of you, but you'll never be free!"
-Chris Rea.
Heidi Blake @heidiblake.bsky.social Investigative reporter @NewYorker.com. Host of Blood Relatives and The Runaway Princesses with In the Dark. Author of From Russia With Blood and The Ugly Game. Go on, tell me a secret.
North East Theatre Guide @netheatreguide.bsky.social Theatre in North East England from the Tees to the Tyne.
Also love comedy and music
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Oliver Artist @oliverartist.bsky.social Art & Music
Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Co-founder and lead analyst, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air; senior fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute: tracking & accelerating progress from polluting energy to clean air, with research and evidence.
@mparsfield.bsky.social @mparsfield.bsky.social 
Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum.
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TyneSIDEwomen @tynesidewomen.bsky.social Want your squad on all our socials? 📲
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Rich Crowder @crowdinho.bsky.social I'd be most obliged if you didn't push me as I'm ever so close to the edge. Thanks in advance.
Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian / Die Zeit
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-blau-68726244
Ted Alcorn @tedalcorn.bsky.social Reporting on health + justice in NYTimes, NM in Depth, more • Teaching @ Columbia & NYU Wagner • Bi-Nuevo: New Mexican in NYC • tedalcorn.org
Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social Energy ⚡️ Waste ♻️ Transport 🚲 Public Realm 🌳
Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal.
Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board.
Enquiries - jonburkeuk@protonmail.com
www.jonburkeuk.com
The Common Room @thecommonroomgn.bsky.social The Common Room in Newcastle upon Tyne is a heritage venue, library and archive. It has a cafe bar called 5|Quarter.
Together With Refugees @refugeestogether.bsky.social Together With Refugees is the largest pro-refugee coalition in British history. We are dedicated to taking action for a fair, compassionate and well-managed plan for refugees. We believe that together we are stronger.
https://linktr.ee/togetherwithrefugee
@deborahsnell.bsky.social @deborahsnell.bsky.social Artist - illustrator, printmaker, installation & music videos. Works at The Crack Magazine - gig lover & reviewer. @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social
Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ‘Notes on Now’ every month in Byline Times, Co-founder openDemocracy Led Charter 88 from 1988-2005. Iron Britannia; The Lure of Greatness; Taking Control! Etc Online articles in Authory.
Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social Journalist. Speaker. Writer. Commentator.
Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Society. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture. The personal. The structural.
Editor in Chief, Byline Times.
hardeep@bylinetimes.com / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Alexandra Topping @lexytopping.bsky.social Political correspondent at the Guardian. Northerner stranded in the South. Long-suffering Evertonian. Views are mine alone.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social Former North of Tyne Mayor. Socialist, Dad. @majorityuk
James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of BusinessGreen, writing for a couple of decades or so about the environment, the economy, green politics, and the Climate Theory of Everything
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social Policy Editor at the Guardian. Previously with the FT in London, Delhi, Washington.
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Turn Left Media @handle.invalid 🎥📺🎧 A Media For Socialism.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
@rowenamason.bsky.social @rowenamason.bsky.social 
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
www.emmamonk.co.uk
https://monkdebunks.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk-780686190
https://medium.com/@info_28174
Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social. “Destructive British media” according to the Kremlin. Six nominations for sanctions from their Mofo MFA! An Oscar record
Jeff Livingstone @defjeff.bsky.social Lapsed influencer. Geordie (*VERY*). Arty. Amicable. Nice. Previously did football stuff for World Soccer, Guardian, Times, NY Times, adidas, Nike, Puma, BBC and many more.
Up North, Kickin’ up fuss
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Forbes @scottforbes86.bsky.social Arts, culture, North East, NUFC, Dylan, Dan, Design. Aspiring functioning adult.
Dan @dandoescontent.bsky.social Content design, systems & structure. // Advocate of a lighter, more efficient & more accessible internet.
Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
Alex Niven @alexniven.bsky.social 
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/subscribe
Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social Writer, editor, former lecturer, occasional poet, Green Party person. Views here not all party positions.
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022
Highly commended:
Society of Editors 2025
Shortlisted:
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Press Gazette 2025
AOP 2025
Deputy Ed + Snr Policy Ed, Carbon Brief
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Ros Atkins @rosatkins.bsky.social BBC News Analysis Editor, The Media Show, 'The Art of Explanation', 'Communicating...' podcast, squash enthusiast, DJ. Agent:
Sophieclaire@miradorgroup.co.uk
Newcastle Green Party @nclgreenparty.bsky.social Published and promoted on behalf of the Green Party, at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ.
Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk Breaking news, campaigns and advice from unions and the labour movement. https://tuc.org.uk
Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social Welcome to my shiny new echo chamber… hoping here that I can keep it clean and tidy and ‘woke’.
IRL - lawyer (of the lefty, campaigning variety).
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Mary van Erp Bythell @mbythell.bsky.social UK/US citizen. Retired health data specialist. Can usually be found fighting fascists or #metaldetecting. Founding member #indivisibleabroad. #NUFC 👑❌
Katie Nguyen @katienguyen.bsky.social Former Reuters reporter and editor | Now writing and editing for NGOs and international organisations | Vietnamese refugee boat girl
ProdnoseAsWas @lordshortcake.bsky.social Formerly famous fat head & farceur, inventor of the Zeelman Flay (pat. pending) and one half of Danny Kelly's Performing Rat Wonderland. Sole Ambassador for Threadgold's Thorough-Grip Garterettes
Currently kicking the legs up here: patreon.com/dannybaker
Dive Into Discovery @diveintodiscovery.bsky.social Curiosity leads the way at #DiveIntoDiscovery 🎙️🌍
This account is run by fellow explorers. Feel free to reach out, share your thoughts, or just say hi! Let’s broaden our horizons together. #StayCurious
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https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/curious-crew
The Unthanks @theunthanks.bsky.social A band from the North East of England. "A take on tradition that flips so effortlessly between jazz, classical, ambient and post-rock, it makes any attempt to put a label on them a waste of time".
www.the-unthanks.com 
Alistair @aebaldwin.bsky.social Transport policy wonk in the North of England. Own views.
Cares too much about assurance frameworks, devolution and cats.
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social Doctor of Political Science at RGU Aberdeen UK. Interested in political communication/media pluralism. #NUFC season ticket holder. Living with MS. Shoegazer ♿️
Free Trade Inn @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social We sell nice things.
Open 11-11pm Everyday.
Living Wage Employer.
Proudly Independent.
Food Bank Donation Point!
Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979.
Buy the Profanisaurus or Subscribe here: https://lnk.bio/vizcomicofficial
Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social I'm going on tour in 2026.
Listen to my show 'No Room' on BBC Radio 4 if you like.
https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/michael-spicer-hope-alls-well/
Launchpad McQuack @thejosh.bsky.social Half-witted, scruffy-looking nerd herder | Pining for the fjords... | I’m usually more charismatic than this...
Liam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social Historian who works on Black British history and the history of whiteness and the white supremacist movement in 20th century Britain. Views those of someone living through interesting times.
GZERO Media @gzeromedia.com Global news, what it means, why it matters.
Unbiased, smart insights.
Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org We investigate Britain’s foreign policy, military & intelligence agencies and corporations. Please support our work - https://www.declassifieduk.org/join/
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
Know Your Meme @knowyourmeme.com Documenting all of internet culture.
https://www.knowyourmeme.com
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social We're the leading think-tank based in the North丨Developing bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions丨21 years of independent research & influence
The Crack Magazine @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social THE CRACK is a music, art and culture listings magazine/website that resides in the North-East of England
Northumberland @northumberland.bsky.social Celebrating all the beauty and wonder between the Tyne and the Tweed. Photos, history, wildlife and culture.
Richard Seymour @leninology.bsky.social Author of many books, Salvage editorial collective. Find my writings at Guardian, New Statesman, NYT, Jacobin, TLS, LRB, etc. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richardseymourwtf
Newcastle United @newcastleunited.com The official Bluesky account of Newcastle United Football Club
Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social Head of Comms and Politics at Prospect union. Mainly politics and Newcastle United on here.
Stephen Pattison @stephenpat1.bsky.social Works for @refugees
Action Foundation🧡 @actionfdn.bsky.social An award-winning charity supporting refugees, asylum seekers & other migrants to integrate successfully & lead more independent and resilient lives.
https://linktr.ee/actionfoundation
Edmund Wiseman @edmundwiseman.bsky.social Actor • Theatre-maker • Tutor @ RADA
Geordie in London
Rep: Curtis Brown
Harry Pearson @camsell59.bsky.social Shopping in Waitrose with a B&M carrier bag https://harrypearson.contently.com/
Ben Dickenson @benjitoon.bsky.social Dad. Hat wearer. Creative type. Lesser half of Nathalie. Irritant to teenage son.
MD @bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Part-owner of midsommarbakery.uk
Trustee @bohoarts.bsky.social
Read my Notes From the Long Work: https://substack.com/@bendickenson
The Lilac Time @thelilactime.bsky.social Poetry and not logic since 1986
Nick Pepper @thenickpepper.bsky.social PhD, late 20th / early 21st century national parks history, Hadrian's Wall Wetlands Landscape Recovery engagement officer, organiser of Allen Valleys Folk Festival. All views my own.
Gosforth Civic Theatre @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk Your home for Performance, Music, Celebration, and Community in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. Creating change, and raising the expectations of what people with learning disabilities can achieve.
A welcoming space for everyone.
Anna Tarrant @profatarrant.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Following Young Fathers Further
Chair of Trustees of the North East Young Dads and Lads
Research, education and training about father-inclusive practice and policy
https://followingyoungfathersfurther.org
Alison Gow @alisongow.bsky.social Journalist, among other things. I like running, mountains and my dogs.
Matt Baker @mattjamesbaker.bsky.social Working on heat decarbonisation projects across the UK. Including at the social enterprise I founded www.snz.org.uk
Doccy B 🌿🌿🐝🌿🦔🌿 @merylbatchelder.bsky.social Enthusiastic communicator for climate, nature & sustainability education
Former science teacher
Education Lead for TerraLigo
Coordinator for the Ministry of Eco Education
#ClimateAmbassador #STEM
Alter ego of Melody Bird
I grow stuff in my free time 🌱
Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social Solo parent of young daughter trying to make sense of UK after 15 years living and working in Hanoi. For the many (and #NUFC)
Works Newcastle, lives Hexham.
"Think about me now and then old friend."
Loujane @loujanealasi.bsky.social Comms, random gifs & rambles