By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
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
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social Registered in Brighouse for tax purposes. He/they. "The man who gave us Fred Dinenage's 3ft long egg" - (@ChinnyVision)
The Justice Gap (www.thejusticegap.com) @justicegap.bsky.social An online magazine about the law and justice - and the difference between the two. Buy PROOF magazine, support the Justice Gap: www.thejusticegap.com/shop. Editors: Jon Robins and Sam Dulieu
Netpol @netpol.org Network for Police Monitoring monitors and resists excessive, discriminatory and violent policing in England, Wales and Scotland
https://linktr.ee/netpol
Secure 📩: NetpolAdmin@protonmail.com
Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social Yep, that one.
Padraig Reidy @padraigreidy.bsky.social Content Editor, Thomson Reuters Foundation. Dance 10, looks 3
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
Matt Fallaize @mattfallaize.bsky.social Cook.
Rob Freeman 🩷💜💙 @robfreemanfluff.bsky.social Marinated in evil. He/him. #BWithTheT
Mairéad "Maisie" Ó Dorchaidhe @modorchaidhe.bsky.social Game developer.
Previous credits incl SSE @ Diablo 4, Destiny 2, EA Sports, Frostbite. Now micro-indie (@odorchaidhe.games)
Tá mé i mo chónaí i mBéal Feirste.
🟢 Gaeilge, English, 日本語
🟡 Magyarul, Español, Français
🔴 everything else
Ryan @arjay1083.bsky.social Love 🎶 music, ⚽️football - Arsenal 🔴⚪️ 🔴⚫️Lewes FC, 🇮🇹🇪🇸🇩🇪 language learning and 🥪 food.
Claire McAlpine 📚 @clairewords.bsky.social Reads, Reviews at Word by Word
#WITMonth Women in translation, Irish Lit,
Nature Writing, Creative Non-fiction
Adoptee
France
clairemcalpine.com 📚
flairesse.com 🕊🙏🏻🇫🇷- S Sarah Richards @sarahrichards.bsky.social “World is crazier and more of it than we think…”
Heck and heavens.
These days, inevitably, more heck.
Mardi Link @mardilink.bsky.social Writer, adoptee, Drummond Girl, literary investigator.
I was true crime before true crime was cool. 
Prof Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social Sweary prof, iconoclast, and non-league football nut (Larkhall Athletic FC 💙). Lives in early modern London; citizen & Founder. Bossed by cats. I mean it about the swearing 🤬
James Hawes @jameshawes.bsky.social Father of three boys. Married to an Irishwoman. Ex-novelist. Historian. Teacher of writing. Novel “Speak for England” (2005) predicted Brexit - “it deserves some kind of prescience prize" (Observer, 2017). Website: Jameshawes.org.uk
Dr Barbara Sumner @drbarbarasumner.bsky.social Adoption Deconstructed | critical analysis | research | reflection | reform | NZ | PhD
drbarbarasumner.substack.com
#adoptees
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Fiona Sampson @fionasampson.bsky.social Writer, poet, Romanticist, critic, librettist, literary translation. Agent: mail@wylieagency.co.uk
Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social Music, comics, assorted grousing, he/him. CURRENT THINGS are Discourse 2000, a 2000AD blog and Popular, about the UK’s No 1 hits. I also waste my time (and maybe yours!) with @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social
https://freakytrigger.co.uk
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Dr Luke Walker @drlukewalker.com 🌻 Campaigner @bhgreens.bsky.social
📚 Freelance editor, proofreader, indexer
✒️ Writer on William Blake & Allen Ginsberg
💻 drlukewalker.com
"The people have the power
To redeem the work of fools"
– Patti Smith
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things" • dylan.difford@yougov.com
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024) and previously Reggie Maudling, John Major. Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, flâneur. Against cruelty, which used to be a consensus position. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding, Polish roots. President of Demsoc.org
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Gretchen Sisson @gretchensisson.bsky.social Sociologist at ANSIRH/UCSF; founder of Abortion Bridge Collaborative Fund; author of 'RELINQUISHED: The Politics of Adoption & the Privilege of American Motherhood.'
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social tabletop games + app games + pie + AsAm Adoptee + She/Her = ruining games one skeet at a time. as seen on History's The Toys That Built America. hates puns - but in a fun way. @saltandsass.bsky.social. i keep 3 things: secrets, promises, and grudges.
Paul Pettinger @paulpettinger.bsky.social Enlightenment fan and Open Society friend - Pimlico & Exeter.
Not well but naturally this pale.
Ⓥ🇪🇺❄️🇺🇦♿️🌈✊🏿💚
Alejandra Hope @alejandrahope.bsky.social Psychotherapist who loves iced lavender lattes; the Kansas Jayhawks; and sad, slow songs.
Pronouns: they/them
Seattle, WA
James @wearejames.bsky.social Official channel of the band James ❁ Est 1982, Manchester
🎟️ 2026 live dates >>> https://linktr.ee/jamesisnotaperson
Documentary >>> https://jamesgettingawaywithit.com
Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker.
Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
https://linktr.ee/simonprice
Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social Chief football writer at the Independent. Author of 'States of Play'
Dan Hind @dannyhinduk.bsky.social 
Stephen Troussé @retrousse.bsky.social Movies & music at Uncut magazine + charity comms. https://trousse.ghost.io/
Tom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social One of them Legacy Fans. Working in Legacy Media. Trade unionist. Chartologist. Crisis correspondent - can sum it up in a word AND a sound. He/him. Views my own, blame no one else
Mary Bowers @eatbemary.bsky.social I built the infrastructure. Now I advocate for the people crossing through it. 🎬 Directing my first documentary.
🇰🇷🇺🇸 Competitive Eater, Alumni. 🦑 Squid Game: The Challenge. marybowers.carrd.co
kbgreenland @kbgreenland.bsky.social Librarian, former scientist, adoptee, LGBTQ+, gamer, pro cycling fan 😷📚🌈😡
pfp is from the game Gris and header is John Wick checking out a book to his friend at the library
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Bride of Art. Presenter:Front Row, Newswatch, Art of Persia @SquareWindowPod.bsky.social. 20th Century Society Pres. BFI Film Classics Bk on A Hard Day's Night out now: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/
https://samiraahmed.blog/
Peter Couchman @petercouchman.bsky.social Partner, Demos Partners
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Loftwerks @loftwerks.bsky.social The pedestrian you honked at on Powell St. Adoptee. East Van.
CarCrashPrincess - AdopteeRightsUK @carcrashprincess.bsky.social SAAM | Adoptee Rights UK Campaigner
www.adopteerightsuk.co.uk
Lisa Grimm @lisagrimm.com DAM nerd. Nat'l Library of Ireland Board. USian in Dublin. Beer judge & podcaster @beerladiespod & blog @weirdodublinpubs. Ex-archaeologist/archivist. Runner. Theatre nerd. Whovian. Transit enthusiast. Geek mom to cats/humans. She/her. lisagrimm.com
Nick Harris @sportingintel.bsky.social Trying to be better.
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/
Ian King @twoht.bsky.social Podcaster, (association) football writer, copywriter, $ubstacker. Writer for Football League World, also seen on Fotmob, When Saturday Comes. Come on in, the takes are *toasty*. London-born, Sussex based. He/him.
https://unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
James Mackenzie @mrjamesmack.bsky.social Make tiny changes to earth. He. Pro 🌍🚩🏳️⚧️🐱
Hazel @hackneyhaz.bsky.social Stay left. Drink beer. Watch cricket (Glos CCC). Let football ruin you (Dons with added Celtic and Roma.) Swim wherever you can. She/her
Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social Director of European and Institutional Affairs at Football Supporters Europe (FSE). Season-ticket holder at 100% member-run club FC Schalke 04. Volt Deutschland member. Post here in a personal capacity.
John Naughton @jjn1.bsky.social Academic,newspaper columnist (Observer), blogger (johnnaughton.substack.com), photographer, optimist (despite current state of world), author, co-founder of Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy (mctd.ac.uk) at Cambridge
Adrian Ashton @adrianashton2.bsky.social supporting people & organisations (social / otherwise) deal with uncertainty; occasional anorak; a tiger striped chaise lounge with a flamingo cushion.
Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Charlie Talbot @charlietalbot.bsky.social used to be @charlietabloid on the other place, still longer ago standup. Still here for the cycling, football (AFC Wimbledon), comedy, poker, cricket and other related enjoyable nonsense without the fascism. Also still a producer and scriptwriter by trade.
Daysofspeed @daysofspeed.bsky.social MDANT FWIW. COYD. 
Martin Cloake @martincloake.bsky.social Writer, editor, Londoner
www.martincloake.com
https://martincloake.substack.com
John Atherton @athertonjohn.bsky.social Liberating work for workers.coop and building an economy for everyone at Action Together
Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social Anarchist, co-operator, orchardist, boatbuilder, solidarity economist.
Andy Burnham @ajburnham.bsky.social 
Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social Professor of English @LJMU and author of If You Should Fail, First You Write a Sentence, Shrinking Violets, Armchair Nation, On Roads etc. Website: joemoran.net
Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social The UK's apex body and authority on co-operatives, we provide expert support, advocacy and development to help member-owned businesses thrive and build a fairer, more sustainable future. Sign up to our newsletters: www.uk.coop/email
Ursus Arctos @ursusarctos59.bsky.social 
@harrietplunkett.bsky.social @harrietplunkett.bsky.social 
Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social Political economist, campaigner & author. Co-author the original Green New Deal, devised Earth Overshoot Day & jointly, the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. Co-director New Weather Inst, other roles: https://www.newweather.org/about-us/andrew-simms/
Ralph Brown @ralphwjbrown.bsky.social Withnail, WaynesWorld2, Alien3, PhantomMenace, Amistad, CryingGame, Impromtu, GeminiMan, PirateRadio, LifeOnMars, NightyNight, LockStockTV, GodfatherofHarlem, GeniusEinstein, Turn, BjornoftheDead, BrightonBeachBoys, Brighton&HoveAlbion
Ken Early @kenearly.bsky.social 
Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social Working to promote #SocialEnterprise and better ways of building economies that meet the needs of people and planet. CEO at Social Ent UK 🏳️🌈
Niamh O’Mahony @niamhomahony.bsky.social Sport, Media, Digital Tech, random things of interest. From Cork, mostly resides in Dublin. #SpéirGorm
Carrie Dunn @carriesparkle.bsky.social Writer. Broadcaster. Musician. Insomniac. Keen on medals for running. A kayfabe girl in a kayfabe world.
Ian M @marriotti67.bsky.social It’s either socialism or barbarism (begins at home). Overground Underground (Wombling Free). Somerset la la la. Hackney.
Karl Wilding @karlwilding.bsky.social Trying to work out what’s going on in civil society & what to do next. At: @UniKentCfP @MyCakeFinance @1stCommunities @creatingtfuture. Ex-@ncvo. Volunteer.
Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. Contact via @Signal.org username: allytibbitt.92
Patrick Marber @pmarber.bsky.social Writer/Director. Plays/Films. Londoner. Love my fam.
Bibi van der Zee @bibivanderzee.bsky.social Guardian environment desk. Very fond of invertebrates. And corvids.
Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant, mainly on beer, pubs, food, drink, social history.
http://petebrown.net
http://patreon.com/petebrownbeer
Agent Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates.
Nils Pratley @nilspratley.bsky.social Nils Pratley is the Guardian's financial editor.
@jowoodcock.bsky.social @jowoodcock.bsky.social 
@hughrolo.bsky.social @hughrolo.bsky.social 
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
jonnott.bsky.social @jonnott.bsky.social Operations Manager, Campaign Against Arms Trade | Chair, Green Party (England & Wales) | Co-operator | Proud European, Londoner and Devonian.
Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social Historian at Swansea Uni. Books include: Aberfan, Wales since 1939, England's Colony?, Welsh Not, Christmas & the British, History of Sport in Wales.
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
Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social Green MP for Brighton Pavilion since 2024. Elected to challenge Labour in power at all levels of Govt since 2014. She/her. Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party at PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
Iain Chambers @iainchambers.bsky.social Music-maker, sound artist, Persistence of Sound, Rubbish Music, Langham Research Centre, Render Ghosts
www.iainchambers.com
David Hills @davidhills.bsky.social Journalist @ Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidhills
Paul Wood @paulwood.bsky.social Retired Navy, Birder, Louisiana Master Naturalist, Photographer, IT Geek, Community Scientist, Scistarter Ambassador, Cat Herder and Mildly Interesting Person. Central Oklahoma.
@mintyvicky.bsky.social @mintyvicky.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.
Nathan Brown @nathbrown.bsky.social Co-op business advisor. Community shares practitioner. People power. Vegan. Punk writer & musician
Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social Live near Manchester (UK), work on citizen-led/co-op approaches to the energy transition as a way to tackle climate change. Interested in politics, urban design, anarchism, co-ops and football (not necessarily in that order). 
Dan Gregory @danfromdean.bsky.social Actor Teacher octogenarian
David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex (own views, obviously).
Interested in British (and Western) foreign relations in the Middle East and elsewhere, and how they're shaped by legacies of colonialism.
Ged Devlin @geddevlin.bsky.social Social Investment, Social Enterprise, Democratic Business, Social Economy.