Dr Daisy Abbott @daisyabbott.bsky.social Playful & Game-based learning specialist. Interdisciplinary researcher. Serious games for research skills and researcher development. SFHEA, CeLP, PhD.
Edinburgh Reviews @edinburghreviews.bsky.social ๐ Not an 'Influencer', happy to pay
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ An Edinburgh blog for locals & visitors
๐งโ๐ป By Andrew Girdwood / marketer
๐จ By Bronwen Winter Phoenix / artist
https://edinburgh-reviews.co.uk/
Friends of Starbank Park @starbankpark.bsky.social Friends of Starbank Park is a community group made up of volunteers dedicated to improving and maintaining this beautiful public space ๐
Iain Owenson @angrycyclist.bsky.social Active Travel / Urban designer - Edinburgh
Shona MacLean @shonamaclean.bsky.social Scottish writer. Not sure about this at all.
David Thompson @davesthompson.bsky.social Old Man from the North - and now a widower. Science, art, photography, cycling. 2 daughters & 2 sons - and a recently arrived granddaughter! Still Pro EU.
Northumberland & Edinburgh
Ben Wray @benwray1989.bsky.social Journalist & researcher: ben.wray@hotmail.co.uk | Co-author 'Scotland After Britain' (Verso, 2022) | co-ordinator of the Gig Economy Project newsletter braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-project
Jonathan Mackie @jonathanmackie.bsky.social Some guy. https://www.last.fm/user/lambieisgod
marimo @purpleriot.bsky.social she/her
translator and PhD student in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ liker of media and arts, doer of hobbies
ๆฅๆฌ่ชใงใๅฏ
Adam Gripton @dradam676.bsky.social Norfolk-bred Scot, software engineer, passionate about maths, maps, better public transport, and xkcd references. Bluesky now my main source of witterings, with occasional drip-feed of migrated content such as maps I'm pleased with.
Rachel McCormack @rmccormack.bsky.social r_mccormack@icloud.com
Wrote Chasing The Dram, on Radio 4โs The Kitchen Cabinet.
Have a Substack on art and food and drink https://rmccormack.substack.com/
Mary @imaged.bsky.social Edinburgh now and past; merging. Books. Running always.
Jules Rawlinson @julesrawlinson.bsky.social Sounds, images, interactives, compositions, improvisations. Senior Lecturer & Programme Director for Sound Design at ECA / University of Edinburgh. Releases on Superpang and Lateral Addition. 1/3 of Raw Green Rust!
Anthony Cunningham @sqferryman.bsky.social Mid-life crisis actor.
Cyndee Emm (she/her) @cynshineonleith.bsky.social Serial Volunteer: Organiser, Bookseller, Little Libraries Restocker, Food Project Helper, Teacup Washer, Death & Dying Event Holder, Campaigner, ESOL Tutor (soon) and more. Also into cinema, animals and neurodivergence. Edinburgh. 35% Scottish.
๐ฉ๐๐๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐คนโโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐จ๐ต๐ธ
@manurocchi.bsky.social @manurocchi.bsky.social 
John ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ @easton.dev Software Engineer ๐พ
Edinburgh ๐ฐ
Building @munrobagger.scot in my spare time.
Linda Jones Artist @lindajonesartist.bsky.social Artist, East Lothian, Scotland
Leaves are interesting
https://www.artfinder.com/artist/lindajones/
Anna Grey @annamgrey.bsky.social By day data geek and research and innovation management guru. By night, usually asleep. Plus knitting, singing and cat servant. Comments are in a personal capacity.
Karl Johnson @karlpjohnson.bsky.social Shetlander in Edinburgh, Sociology lecturer, Gaada advisory board, comic & sci-fi fan, parent and dog butler.
Wrote The Loki Variations๐ https://saraband.net/sb-title/the-loki-variations/
He/Him. Views are mine and Morag's๐ถ
Clio Pepper @cliouk.bsky.social Historically passive social media user - might try something different on here.
Computer programmer
Photography/Cooking
David (W.) Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social Multi-genre writer
Spies: @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Spaceships: @solarisbooks.bsky.social
McDermid Award , Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 2025 winner, McIlvanney Prize 2026 longlist
Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social
More: https://www.davidgoodman.net/links/
@markrcairney.bsky.social @markrcairney.bsky.social 
bakky @bakky-edi.bsky.social making things, mostly trouble
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Edinburgh, Scotland
Lisa | Regency Relatives @regencyrelatives.bsky.social Hello, I'm Lisa. Family historian with a love of the Regency era, strong tea, and research rabbit holes. Honest about the chaos of genealogy. Founder of Regency Relatives: regencyrelatives.co.uk
Rona Wightman @rmwcdm.bsky.social European. Migrant. Coffee-drinker. Pedals.
Robert Drysdale @robert-ad.bsky.social 
R ๊ @krowmedy.bsky.social Outdoors around Edinburgh. Chess. Coffee. Do silly things that don't matter.
Leith Theatre @leiththeatre.bsky.social Revitalising an iconic landmark into a cultural & community cornerstone in the heart of Leith, Edinburgh
With support from National Lottery Heritage Fund
28 - 30 Ferry Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH6 4AE
linktr.ee/leiththeatre
Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social Edinburgh based:
read my scholarly books below!
I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.
sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social Cyclist, bike madness, rider, two wheel explorer and cycle fixer. Sometimes I get to walk a dog. Writes software. Studied economics. Vote for communists, get free stuff. Vote for Tories get robbed of societal structures.
Sarah McArthur @smcarthurreports.bsky.social Research and Journalism | Climate, Conflict and all things Edinburgh
Graham Sandilands @gsandilands.bsky.social Amateur Photographer enjoy landscape architecture and street photography. Retired Policy adviser in UK Civil service. Enjoy photography art and history
The Architectural Heritage Fund @archhfund.org.uk Helping communities across the UK to reuse and regenerate historic buildings, with grants, loans and advice.
https://linktr.ee/ArchHFund
Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social PROTECT THE NHS. SAVE LIVES. RIDE BIKES.
Fewer cars not newer cars!
A Moulton and Brompton riding linux-loving cyclist geek. Cos small wheeled bikes rock!
Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social PhD researcher: identity and development in University Service Unit cadets. A bounder, cad, rakehell and villain. Edinburgh.
Alison @finger-post.blog I write about the Franklin Expedition and the people who searched for them. I also enjoy petting cats in Victorian cemeteries.
Humanitarian. Sea lawyer. She/They. #MDANT. #NUJ. #NoTerfs.
https://finger-post.blog
Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social Gay husband. Small businessman. Scottish Labour. #LGBWithTheT and women's rights. Pro-EU & pro-UK. Labourhame.com editor. Our Scottish Future board member.
No, I would not like an AI summary.
Not actually a Treponema @generalparesis.bsky.social Mainly history, but a large dose of whatever takes my interest at that moment. She/her. 
Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social Writes audio drama and sometimes novels. Stories may involve a blue box. Likes books, dogs, tea and vinyl ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://roygill.wordpress.com
Ant Dawson @railwayhobbit.bsky.social Historian, Archaeologist, and Museum Professional who is also an Organist, Christian Universalist, Rower, Geek. Into Boardgames, Reenactment, Heavy Metal and with a soupcon of Long-Covid.
Alistair Shepherd @alistairshepherd.uk Frontend developer, accessibility advocate and development lead at Series Eight.
Work: Front end development, CSS, accessibility, web performance
Personal: Mountains, snowsports, hillwalking, craft, music
Edinburgh, Scotland ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Frank OโDonnell @frankodonnell.bsky.social Be curious, not judgmental | Comms | Reputation | Media and impact coaching | Senior Partner at Charlotte Street Partners | Former Editor of The Scotsman, EEN and P&J | Dogs, tennis, football, rugby, Edinburgh, Stonehaven.
Trรญona @trionamwrites.bsky.social Writer, reader, AI slanderer.
Fan of mythology, folklore, history and books.
Substack - The Fairy Fort: https://trionawrites.substack.com/
Mary M @marym276.bsky.social Edinburgh based osteopath and writer of biographical stories with courage and freedom at heart. Nature lover, baker, wildlife and landscape photographer. https://linktr.ee/mmonro276
Patrick Smith @drpaddysmith.bsky.social Astronomical optics, get 'em while they're cold
Prof Col Macpherson @colinmacpherson.bsky.social Rock ฬตeฬตtฬต ฬต scientist @durhamearthsci.bsky.social ๐งชโ๏ธ๐
Husband, dad, typographical errer
Mark ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ณโ๐ @bolshevikbear.bsky.social The bear, redux. Just in time for Christmas.
Law grad: intel analyst to pay the bills. OU '26. Likes lectionaries and old prayerbooks. #FaithfullyLGBT. Working my way through life with ennui.
(I'm not a bolshevik. It's an old joke about a hat...) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โโพ๏ธ
Medieval Food With Jennie @medievalfoodjennie.bsky.social Random posts about medieval food and cookery. It's never as weird as you think. For non-medieval food adventures, check out @jenniehood.bsky.social
Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social Used to much more interesting...
Josรฉ Miguel Figueroa-OโFarrill @josemiguelfigueroa.bsky.social Mathematical physicist at the University of Edinburgh.
Andrew Blair @andrewblair.co.uk Software developer, poet, and only ever person to not be wrong about Doctor Who. Writer of 'The R-Pattz Facttz 2020' and 'polblar Tmolkop'. I was the first person to see comedy potential in the Vengabus.
He/him
https://andrewblair.co.uk
FionaEd @cym47.bsky.social Scottish, walker, planner, European. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ช๐บ
Scottish Church History Society @scotchurchhist.bsky.social Society promoting interest in Scottish church history. 'Scottish Church History' journal published by EUP. Join our mailing list - eepurl.com/duJJc5
https://www.scottishchurchhistory.org/
Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk Monotropic writer, science tutor, Autistic community organiser and independent researcher. Based in Edinburgh.
they/them.
https://linktr.ee/0olong
Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social Historian of subsistence labour and the rural environment (+ fish). Unlicensed poster on higher ed, elections, devolution, religion, sport and transport.
Advocate for second cities. Antifascist. Christian. Baggie by birth, Jag by the grace of God. He/him.
David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social Retired priest (Scottish Episcopal Church) & former History teacher. Authorr (Russia:a modern history, UTP 1984 & Chronicle of the Russian Tsars, Thames & Hudson 1999). Carer.
Dave Long @axe99.bsky.social Personal account, all opinions my own and not representative of anyone/thing else. Interested in critical thinking, naval history and raising ME/CFS awareness. Also, random nice photos :)
Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social Classicist and linguist, Durham. Working on multilingualism in ancient Italy, the written landscape and the linguistics of slavery.
Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Childrenโs books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Lewis Wardrop @lewiswardrop.bsky.social Film producer / music producer based in Scotland.
www.linktr.ee/lewis.wardrop
Declan Valters @decvalts.bsky.social โฐ๏ธ๐ Hills, running, and wandering | Geomagnetism Software Engineer at @bgs.ac.uk ๐ป๐ง | Lapsed geomorphologist, occasional flood modeller & weather watcher โ๏ธ๐๏ธ | ag ionnsachadh Gร idhlig | ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Edinburgh
Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet) @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social Adult Education Tutor, Poet, Short Story writer, Wildlife Surveyor, Conservation Volunteer. Edinburgh, Scotland
Blog: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CraftyGreenMagpie
Substack: https://craftygreenpoet.substack.com
Becca Benson @beccabenson.bsky.social Ex murder squad detective, now a vintage dealer and writer. Live in Edinburgh, studying for an MA in Creative Writing at Napier. Two black cats, one husband and one classic VW Beetle. Often seen working at a book festival or browsing in a local bookshop.
Kit Allwinter @kitallwinter.bsky.social cricket-lover, foodie, transport urbanist and general academic-y type person - interested in urban development, regeneration, liveability and sustainability
Vikki Reilly @bookyvikki.bsky.social Cheerleader for Books and Beatles.
20+ years in the book trade.
Supporting publishers @publishingscotland.bsky.social
Editor @booksfromscotland.bsky.social
Author of Beatles 101.
Gimme all yer culture!
Doug Gay @douggay.bsky.social Theology Lecturer Glasgow Uni, Kirk Minister, Nat. Interests in art, music, ethics, politics, economics; public/political theology.
From Galloway now in Govan.
Ministry work at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church
James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social Author of Wild Air & Raptor.
Literary Agent: James Lockhart Agency: jameslockhartagency.com
Kevin O'Donnell @landocakes.bsky.social Off-duty counsellor and de-frocked scientist. Personal and professional interest in Spina Bifida and the stigmatisation of disability. Not keen on the politics of othering. Keen on music, books, gardening, Edinburgh (other nice cities are available).
Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social Loudmouth, queer, feminist, mother, Green, mental health worker, compulsive volunteer. Fan of public transport infrastructure. She/her. In Scotland.
Shoreline of Infinity @shoreinf.bsky.social Science fiction doings - magazine, publications, events and other odds and sods. Based in Scotland, open to the Universe.
https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com
Also SF Caledonia www.sfcaledonia.scot
Also home to SF Caledonia: https://www.sfcaledonia.scot
Rachael Revesz @rachaelrevesz.bsky.social Journalist behind Audible Original podcast 'Coatbridge: The Disappearance of Moira Anderson'. Trustee of Transform Scotland. 
Wowhaus @wowhaus.bsky.social The home of the Wowhaus website and the latest interesting house finds on Bluesky.
https://www.wowhaus.co.uk
Tony Freeth @tonyfreeth.bsky.social Kernow (Cornishman). A Cousin Jack at large in Scotland. Both ways a European.
Helen Back @helenback1.bsky.social Edinburgh based. Here for the politics, cycling chat, community news, nature, quality of life, comedy, cats, old and beautiful things. End the monarchy. Rejoin the EU. Ban sleeping bag style coats
Sharon McTeir ๐ ๐ @sharonmcteir.bsky.social Creative Publishing Services
Book design, picture research & rights.
Currently learning Norwegian.
www.sharonmcteir.co.uk
Melrose, Scottish Borders ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
๐๐
The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked.
https://linktr.ee/fakehistoryhunter
Pedal on Parliament #pop26 @pedalonparliament.org Weโre back! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads. Find your nearest feeder ride on our Website
#ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26
Trail Duckie @trailduckie.bsky.social Scottish ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and quackers. I do the quacks, then get the snacks!
Michael Harris @davidmichaelharris.bsky.social MA (Hons), MScR, FSA Scot
Archaeologist. Adult Education Tutor. Editor & proofreader.
Member: Friends of the Earth Scotland; Red Rope; Solidarity Federation-IWA
Jo Farrow @jofwx.bsky.social Weather forecaster, broadcast meteorologist. (Met Office) NetWeather STV Girlguiding and CAB volunteer. UEA Cyclist East Lothian Edinburgh
Dr Catherine McMillan @catmcm.bsky.social Early modern historian. PhD (Edinburgh) on Reformation in NE Scotland. New projects on British humanitarianism, Mediterranean captives, & African presence. Clergy in Early Modern Scotland ๐ https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783276196/the-clergy-in-early-
Ruth Brown @baliscoe.bsky.social Retired museum curator; wide interests- civic history; arms and armour; castles; Scotland; Yorkshire; Armourer and Brasier of London. But my bread and butter is historic cannon. Used to be Basiliscoe...
James 'Jimmy' Boswell @jimmyboswell.bsky.social A Town and Country Dweller, posting daily journal extracts covering Edinburgh and the Highlands between the years 1971 and 2026.
Liza Downie @lizadownie.bsky.social Botany, cycling
SABRE Maps @maps.sabre-roads.org.uk The largest freely available online archive of twentieth century georeferenced OS maps of Great Britain and Ireland at "road map" scales from 1:25k to 1:633k including One Inch, Half Inch and Quarter Inch mapping.
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps
More Stressed Chameleon @mark-nicol.bsky.social Working on being a calmer chameleon - but it comes and goes.
East Lothian dad and software engineer - working at the UK ATC
(Likes dad jokes, old computers and space. Would like to write better docs but never seem to have the time)
Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ฤR/UK.
Website: dannybate.com
Inquiries: jaime@jpmarshall.co.uk
Pic: J. Kovalรญk
ScottishGenealogy.ca @scottishgenealogy.bsky.social Offering supported, small-group research trips to Edinburgh for amateur family historians to explore their Scottish family history. www.scottishgenealogy.ca Also posts as @kathychung.bsky.social
Alan Nobleman @duneslack.bsky.social Make Rankeillor Street level and everything will be better.
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Karin Bosshard @karinbosshard.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Translation Studies at University of Edinburgh, PhD Translation Studies (2023), Translator (EN/FR-DE)
RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social Ross. Writer. Poet. I believe in repetition and Carly Rae Jepsen. Refill the Nor Loch! All hail the sun! He/Him
Ronnie Neilson @ronnie11.bsky.social Music Art Literature Photography Standing Stones Yoga QiGong Coffee
Miles Glendinning @milesglendinning.bsky.social historian of mass housing (global + HK). New HK housing history: https://www.routledge.com/Hong-Kong-Public-Housing-An-Architectural-and-Policy-History/Glendinning/p/book/9781138680227. Global housing archive: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/2927
Steve @3psteve.bsky.social Socialist 
Danny Fraser @danny.scot Data guy, over 40 therefore into birds ๐ฆ
Found around Edinburgh & East Lothian ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
LLMs bad, trans rights good, vote Green ๐ต๐ธ
Rupe Nash @rupenash.bsky.social Physicist & HPC research fellow EPCC, UoEdinburgh; CFD, HPC, and software. Join a union. Cycling cos itโs ace and Green politics so the kids have a future. He/him.
Robert Drummond @robertd1981.bsky.social Teacher at Murrayburn Primary School. Music lover. Contrarian. Education tragic & cricket badger.