The Flag Institute @flaginstitute.bsky.social Serving flag nerdery realness since 1971 • Free expert advice on flags and their use
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Puddy Tat 🐈⬛ @catfordcat.bsky.social Native of beautiful downtown Catford, currently in exile in the wilds of Berkshire. Transport worker that drives a desk, amateur historian. South London. Buses / trams. Charlton Athletic FC. Cats. 1970s child, 1980s teenager. He / him
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social 🌈 Author, broadcaster and lecturer in design, cartography, typography and architecture around public transport. Partner of ND 🌈♾️ person. Pro-Transit 🚆 🚃 🚋 🚟🚌 and ‘in transit’ from X as @markovenden.
Traksy @traksy.uk Live train maps showing where you train is signal-by-signal on on the British rail network. Updates here, and find us at https://traksy.uk/new
Phil Marsh @marshrail.bsky.social 52 years a railway professional. Commercial, operations, media, marketing. Hogwarts fireman and guard. Olympic torch. East West Rail Alliance photographer. Special advisor to the Railway 200 project. And Royal Train stuff since 1997...
rowmaps @rowmaps.bsky.social Go to http://rowmaps.com to see the routes of public rights of way superimposed onto maps of the Ordnance Survey, OpenStreetMap and Bing.
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Michael Holden @holdmch.bsky.social Two-timing refugee from X, to see if I can make this work. 50 years’ rail experience but not quite finished yet. Collected an FCIRO along the way
Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social Aspiring Fashion Historian. MA student in Fashion & Textile Studies. Formerly The Lingerie Addict.
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social My name is George. I am the senior mouse catcher and I “work” at Stourbridge Junction railway station. *not all quotes are my own- but quoted with love
Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
Senior Fellow, National Security Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Chris the Driver @christhedriver.bsky.social Hello, I am a driver for SWR. All views my own and don't necessarily reflect those of South Western Railway. DM always open.
The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social Awarding grants to restore railway heritage structures which are listed or in conservation areas, & assets of Network Rail or Nat Highways Historical Railways Estate
The Sub Hunter @thesubhunter.bsky.social Master Logistician that has worked with naval supply chains for over 20 years.
Modern Railways @modernrailways.keypublishing.com Updates from the team at Modern Railways magazine, which has provided news, views and analysis on the UK's railways for 60 years.
Subscribe today at shop.keypublishing.com/mrsubs
Hastings Diesels Ltd @hastingsdiesels.co.uk We run public outings on the main-line railway network, in our lovingly restored 1957-vintage train.
In main-line preservation since 1996
Threatening Music Notation @threat-notation.bsky.social Cataloguing threatening music notation. DM submissions welcome—please include source whenever possible.
Banks Music Publications @banksmusic.bsky.social Specialist publisher and supplier of choral and organ music.
www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk
Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social Cartographic Collections Manager at the RGS-IBG. Teach history of London architecture at NYU London. Cultural historian interested in books, maps, museums, exploration, and the early modern maritime world, esp. the Pacific.
Kevin Rowlands @c21st-sailor.bsky.social Editor, RUSI Journal
(Views are my own)
The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social Home of Henry VIII's favourite ship, the Mary Rose, which sank off the English coast in 1545 after a 34 year long career.
#Portsmouth's top visitor attraction on TripAdvisor. Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Hatch the Tudor Dog @hatchthedog.bsky.social Former ratter on Henry VIII's Mary Rose, these days I live at the Mary Rose Museum. Doggy opinions my own. Woof.
Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg @maritimesmuseum.bsky.social The Maritime History of Humanity told through the worldwide largest maritime private collection of Prof. Peter Tamm at the heart of the Port of Hamburg.
https://www.imm-hamburg.de
Dr. Rachel Pawling 🌈 @r-p-one.bsky.social Sometimes I design ships. Most times I design how to design ships. Skeets not representative of employer or client policy. She/Her/Hers.
Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social The home of terrible maps with a pinch of humour
terriblemaps@gmail.com
Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social Cartographer, author, railway historian, former train driver, current transport manager, LGBTQ+ network leader 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Visit Crecy Publishing for my titles
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
225 Group @225group.org.uk The 225 Group is dedicated to celebrating the InterCity 225 high speed electric train and supporting its longevity beyond UK mainline service into preservation.
Malcolm Arnold Society @arnoldsociety.bsky.social www.malcolmarnoldsociety.co.uk
Semaphoria @semaphoria.co.uk Just posting my photos of old signals in the modern world. I put more detailed descriptions in the alt text.
Jon Dollery @jrdollery.bsky.social Mapping Officer @rcahmwales.bsky.social | Landscape Archaeology | Historical GIS | Historical Cartography | FRGS | Board Game Enthusiast | Proud Cat Dad 🐱
Richard Salmon @rasalmon.bsky.social Trains (restoration thereof, esp. woodworking) and Choral singing (tenor).
Trustee of 5 Charities/organisations - that surely makes me "economically active", even if unpaid!
Retired research engineer/colour scientist.
Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social 🗺️ Bring your collections, data, and research to life with geospatial storytelling
https://humap.me/
#GLAMA #DigitalHumanities #EdTech #CitizenScience #CitizenHumanities
Layers of London @layersoflondon.bsky.social https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
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
SABRE @sabre-roads.org.uk From the A1 to the V12, the members of SABRE (the Society for British and Irish Road Enthusiasts) explore the history and future of the British and Irish road networks.
Why not join us?
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk
Arthur Ransome @aransome.bsky.social Ransome related chats and quizzes, and all things Swallows and Amazons ⛵️
Alastair Dalton @alastairdalton.bsky.social I'm the Glasgow-based Transport Correspondent of The Scotsman
Emily Turner @etwritehome.bsky.social Storyteller and prolific public transport rider. Host of Roundel Round We Go podcast. Professional gadabout usually found on a bus.
Trying to visit every branch of every chain supermarket in London.
she/they
https://linktr.ee/emilytakesthebus
A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social Exploring London's history starting with my father's photos from 1946, to the present day.
https://alondoninheritance.com/
RAF Luton @rafluton.bsky.social The assumed Official BlueSky account of the World's most mysterious & secret (and ficticious) military base. (Parody/Satire Account)
Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social A grant-giving charity, with composers at the heart, formed by the merger of the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust and the RVW Trust.
vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org
GWR @gwr.com We are GWR! Welcome aboard.
Follow us for news and disruption updates. This account is not monitored for customer support.
Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social We're working to make transport inclusive, accessible and sustainable
ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk London's history, architecture, public transport -- and offbeat events to enjoy.
Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social Business historian, interested in railways, brewing, archives and Leicester City
Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org Promoting a beautiful 450-yr-old musical service sung and streamed online. Watch and listen to Evensong online wherever you are, whenever you like, for free.
Find Evensong near you, today.
choralevensong.org
UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk One of the UK's largest independent defence and technology news websites.
ukdefencejournal.org.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
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social KC (hon). UK's most experienced full-time legal commentator. Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn. Former solicitor (non-practising). Writes at https://rozenberg.substack.com
Sir Humphrey @pinstripedline.bsky.social Posting on Cold War history in occasional snippets. Not hugely active here! email pinstripedline@gmail.com
Southern Electric Group @seg3142.bsky.social The official BlueSky account for the Southern Electric Group, owners of '4 Cor' unit 3142, and publishers of Live Rail magazine. 50 years old in 2020.
Prestonpans World Famous Bus Shelter! @ppansbusshelter.bsky.social ///compress.positives.monkeys
Northfield House/58232375
Served by eastcoastbuses 124/125, X4 & prentice 111/118 🚌
❤ public transport, celebrations & whimsy
Garry Keenor @25kv.mas.to.ap.brid.gy UK-based rail electrification engineer with AtkinsRéalis | Electrification Junkie, Catenary Shagger | #electrifyAllTheThings | All opinions my own; retoots not endorsement | […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mas.to/@25kV, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Iain Ballantyne @iainballantyne.bsky.social Editor Warships IFR mag and its guides to the US Navy and Royal Navy. Author of books, including 'Hunter Killers', 'The Deadly Trade', 'Killing the Bismarck', plus the new novel 'Martin's Eyes' published by Chiselbury. Web site www.iainballantyne.com
Mae @rail.bsky.social Trans, trains, third item.
Mostly available at https://meow.woem.cat/@maeow
Train driver Mark @thebestmarklee.bsky.social I'm a train driver on the beautiful South Coast of England. All views are my own and all pictures are taken from a position of safety.
I enjoy walking, reading and cats.
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
janetspog1 @janetspog.bsky.social Retired teacher. An exile Yorkshire lass living in Suffolk. Trekkie. Enjoying living by the sea and the surrounding marshland. Travelling by train and ferry to Europe. No PMs.
Royal Air Force Museum @rafmuseum.bsky.social Welcome to the official Blue Sky Account for the RAF Museum, sharing the story of the Royal Air Force, past, present and future since 1972.
Locations: Colindale, North London and Shifnal, Shropshire next to RAF Cosford. Open daily from 10am. Entry Free.
🚂 MissCatTrap 🏳️⚧️ @skyehaynes.me 🧸 Mother to a shiver of Blåhaj, and too many plushies 🥰
⏰ Another day, another slay 💅
📍 Amazingstoke | Bas Vegas
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Mike Hall @thisismikehall.com Award-winning mapmaker and illustrator in Valencia, Spain | My first book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON is now available! https://www.batsfordbooks.com/book/the-boroughs-of-london | More info: linktr.ee/thisismikehall
H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos
http://www.hisutton.com/
Jaspur the Stourbridge MOMs cat @jaspur1.bsky.social A Maine Coon with a love of working with the MOM (Mobile Operations Manager) to keep you safe on the UK’s Railways. All opinions are my own. x
Crayonista 🚇🗺🖍📚🏳️🌈 @crayonista92.bsky.social Subterranean tubular railway enthusiast & expert procrastinator. I also rescue books and maps from charity shops. 33/YIMBY/Ace/Queer/ND
https://www.instagram.com/crayonista92/profilecard/?igsh=eWN4eXlvd3dsaTZq
Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️🌈 @railfocus.bsky.social Freelance transport & engineering journalist, railway campaigner and self proclaimed engineering nerd.
http://Youtube.com/@Rail_Focus
he/him/they/them 🏳️🌈
Geoff Marshall @geofftech.bsky.social If I had more time, I would have edited you a shorter video.
Transport Filmmaker : bit.ly/2TBWFsX
Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social UK-based rail electrification engineer with AtkinsRéalis | Electrification Junkie, Catenary Shagger | #electrifyAllTheThings | Want to know how overhead line electrification works? Get my FREE book at http://ocs4rail.com/downloads
Tim Hedley-Jones @timhedleyj.bsky.social Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. But I get distracted by military history, the natural world, Yorkshire, classic aircraft, beer, cheese…etc etc
Alan - Flood Forecaster at the Thames Barrier @alanbarrierea.bsky.social I work for the Environment Agency at the #ThamesBarrier in the Forecasting and Response team.
Simon McCoy @simonmccoytv.bsky.social Broadcaster & Journalist.
Ex-BBC, Sky, TVam, Thames TV
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
The Railway Duck @therailwayduck.bsky.social Train Driver on GWR. Average Cricketer. Lover of Greggs and Star Trek 🖖 Volunteer with Showmasters. Views are my own.
Dwell in possibility
doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social British Rail Corporate Identity 1965-1994
The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com Examples, opinions, thoughts, retweets of transport art/architecture/design/branding/logos/liveries/moquettes etc from The Beauty of Transport’s @danielhwright.bsky.social Long form articles at:
www.thebeautyoftransport.com
Daniel Wright @danielhwright.bsky.social Escaped transport journalist and transport planner, sometime librarian and Community Rail support person; currently freelance transport writer of various things (inc @thebeautyoftransport.com) as well as working and living in fabulous Orkney. 
Tim Dunn @mrtimdunn.bsky.social Historian, geographer, part of #Railway200 team, presenter @UKTV’s #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt & #SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground, Trainspotter, 🏳️🌈, and always an enthusiast. Own views, obv.
Chris Jackson @cmajrail.bsky.social Former Editor of Railway Gazette. FCILT, IRSE. URC Elder, husband/father. Vice President, Bala Lake Railway Society. Col Stephens Soc and Curator of CS Railway Museum.
Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social I do communications, design and marketing for bus and train operators, and the occasional bit of writing. Proud Mancunian. European. 🇪🇺
Consultancy 👉 transportdesigned.com
Follow 👉 @transportdesigned.com
fiona🚄🇵🇸🏳️⚧️💜 @fionaaa.bsky.social i like trains.
i like a lot of other things too, but i really like trains.
i like trains so much that i sell train tickets for a living.
https://youtube.com/@fionaaajade
The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Connie 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @connie.moe tram operator // she/her // notoriously in love with public transport // real housewife of derbyshire // views my own and posts made when non safety critical
Love Your Classical Music Geek @loveinner.bsky.social Classical music obsessive. 🏳️🌈
No.3417, ‘Gordon Pettitt’. @gordon3417.bsky.social The last operational 4VEP. Owned by the Bluebell Railway, restored & operated by the S.E.T.G. YorkshireTea approved & allowed to say #Smeg. #WomblesForever
Based at Strawberry Hill in SW London.
London North Eastern Railway @lner.co.uk Freedom all the way 🚆
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com Memes, merch, music, and publishing.
Est. 2020.
quiresandplaces.com
Posts by @voxpopple.bsky.social
Tom Cairns @swlines.bsky.social Professional keyboard masher. I make Realtime Trains and occasionally do professional railway software stuff.
Galarian Buoy 🌊 @galarianbuoy.bsky.social Pokemon Nerd, Dungeon Master, Twitch Affiliate 💖
Support my goal of being the strongest Team Aqua Grunt: https://throne.com/galarianbuoy
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Gaz @layclerk.bsky.social Advanced driver and motorcyclist, and singer in cathedral choirs. Can be a bit sweary.
Glasgow and Manchester
Graeme Pickering @pickgs.bsky.social Railway Magazine Senior Correspondent. Ex-broadcast journalist and news editor. Husband. 'Dad' to a Greek cat. Aspiring novelist.
Hugh Pearman @hughpearman.bsky.social Writer and editor on architecture. Bit of a thing for industrial archaeology and historic modernism. Book "About Architecture: An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings" published by Yale.
The Tall Controller @thetallcontroller.bsky.social On a quest to find the quirks and charms that exist on today's railway!
Proudly from 〓〓
The Brittas Empire Fanpage @brittasfan.bsky.social Fanpage dedicated to the 90s sitcom "The Brittas Empire".
Paul Lucas @paullucas.bsky.social I have the world’s best job. I review plane and train trips and make YouTube videos for you to watch. Represented by Dialogue MGMT. @paul_winginit on Twitter.