Union Jackal @theunionjackal.bsky.social Geek, gamer, beer sampler, space enthusiast, Star Citizen (referral STAR-MFW5-PQT4), scribe, Bird App Expat (@unionjackal). GM: Alien RPG, League of Free Agents. He/him.
Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social Pale. Curious. Game-maker. Writer. (de-)Archivist.
Goblinesque. Demi. ADHD. She/Her.
Current things:
- Darkened Hill & Dale ๐ฒ๐๐๏ธ
- TERMINUS ๐ฒ๐๐
- Trick or Retreat ๐๐ฒโโบ๏ธ
links.patchworkfez.co.uk
GM JT @gmjtis.bsky.social #chess GM Jonathan Tisdall. This account is for chessy things.
Sean of the Electromagnetic Field @sheepbop.bsky.social Nothing pithy
he/him
"There's something political about it but nobody knows what it is"
alex! @atctwo.net she/her ยท ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ & (๐ฌ๐ง || ๐ฎ๐ช) ยท belfast, NI ยท posting about my silly little projects, photography, and things i find interesting ยท atctwo.net
Oli Newsham @scarylooking.dev Sweary dev. Co-organiser of Dot Net North. Obsessed with rocks. Perpetual Lord of Misrule. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
โ ๏ธ All opinions are absolutely and irrevocably those of my employer. Especially the spicy ones.
Mark Hodgkinson @iamhodgy.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlZAFlnnMOY&list=PLTY0lS6WixtPfcgUflcPnTVOioNqQad6S
Andy Piper @andypiper.org Developer Relations @matrix
freelance technologist & #PenPlotter artist.
I do things with code, & tinker with gadgets
โข co-runner of #Maker meetup ๐ ๏ธ [โฆ]
๐ bridged from โ https://macaw.social/@andypiper, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Ian | Founder & Firestarter @cubicgarden.com Previously Senior firestarter at BBC RD, emergent technology expert and serial social geek event organiser.
http://www.cubicgarden.com | @cubicgarden@mas.to
Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Always in search of a microcontent happy place.
(In memory of https://toot.cat/@toby - one of the best cats.)
๐ bridged from โ https://mastodon.social/@chrisd, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Made in Ireland, found in Scotland
MDANT๐๏ธ
AKA โthe kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist whoโs made for Blueskyโ
Matt Haig @matthaig.bsky.social The Midnight Train is coming.
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Peter Hicks @poggs.com Director of OpenTrainTimes, vaccinator, phlebotomist, vegan, considerate cyclist, Open Data advocate, Dad-joke teller, cat and Italian Greyhound lap provider. Probably contains Java.
As seen on TV. Also not a goose. Or pipe smoker.
Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social Writer. Radio host. All round fabricated lunatic.
Buy a book here: https://linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks
Hugh ๐ง EMF โ๏ธ 4844 @hugh.social.crablab.uk.ap.brid.gy Messes around with big k8s clusters running on someone else's computer
my views, he/him, :rainblob:
@hugh_alt for spicy takes
@crablab.uk for my Bsky presence [โฆ]
๐ bridged from โ https://social.crablab.uk/@hugh, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Scary (they/them) @emfcamp @scaryboots.bsky.social Artist formerly known as @schrodingerskit on the bird, then @mammalofmystery. #Drag #artist, comedian, #scientist, burner, non-binary, tired. These views are extremely not those of my employer.
pine/blair @pinetime.bsky.social
Martin @martinburch.com Data research and computer history
Kestral Gaian @kestr.al โ๏ธ Best-Selling Author & Writer
๐ The Boy From Elsewhere, Tubelines, and More
๐ฅช Sandwich Lover
๐ฐ PR/Press: @literallypr.bsky.social
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Publisher: @reconnectingrainbo.ws
Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy Working with Perl, Typescript at Shadowcat. Tinkering with Flutter/dart. Tech guru at Fool's Dog. Living in Swindon, UK
[bridged from https://fosstodon.org/@castaway on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Ryan @projectpixel.net General generalist, always curious.
Focusing on making noisy electronic music.
Hardware synths. EBM, Industrial.
Maker, tinkerer, preserver of retro consoles.
Day job, xR/VR, accessibility, games.
Film photography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryan_l_t
Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Longer hair than you.
Got the โป symbol into #Unicode.
Open Standards / Source / Data geek.
Known as @Edent on most social platforms.
Bit obsessed with #SolarPower [โฆ]
๐ bridged from โ https://mastodon.social/@Edent, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
robinhouston @robinhouston.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy Maths etc.
๐ bridged from โ https://mathstodon.xyz/@robinhouston, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Sai @s.ai Whitehat, LCS founder, UNLWS co-creator. I love law (IANAL but sometimes win anyway), liquid democracy, cogsci/neurosci, etc. Mononymous, non-binary, light-blind. ๐บ๐ธโ๐ฌ๐ง. ๐: ๐ท๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐ธ&๐ค(๐บ๐ธ)
https://s.ai; @saizai most places; https://patreon.com/fiatfiendum
Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, Kingโs College London. Eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
EMF Recoverer @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy Things are:
* White or "political"
* Straight or "political"
* Male or "political"
* Cis or "political"
* Able-bodied or "political"
* Neurotypical or "political"
* [โฆ]
๐ bridged from โ https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com Engineer.
Book: 'Up - A Scientist's Guide to the Magic Above Us'
I'm interested in connecting with those who build, explain, or bring ideas to life in unusual ways.
www.lucyrogers.com
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/DrLucyRogers
Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy Bristol, UK.
Business Analyst working on Government IT systems.
Adoptive parent.
Interested in #Science #FOSS #LinuxMint #Philosophy #Humanism [โฆ]
[bridged from https://indieweb.social/@Shobeck on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Jamie Duxbury @w1bble.bsky.social Iโm w1bble ๐
Infosec all rounder and photographer, also living my best life on a farm with my hound
Phil M0OFX @philpem.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy Software preservation | electronics | software dev | ham radio | a maker of things! Pronouns: https://pronoun.is/he/him the ionosphere doesn't care what [โฆ] ๐ bridged from โ https://digipres.club/@philpem, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
James Smith ๐พ @floppy.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy Generic humanoid carbon unit, self-hosting media node. โค๏ธ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm.
Currently building @manyfold and site admin [โฆ]
๐ bridged from โ https://mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Adam Cohen-Rose @adamcohenrose.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy mobile, agile, design, developer, dad. make things for #mobile, #voice, #web and #lego. runs a #CodeClub for kids. opinions my own & you're welcome to share
๐ bridged from โ https://mastodon.social/@adamcohenrose, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Chaos @shed.gay Not very serious here.
Silly project connoisseur They/She ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ trans non binary dyke woman
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
โ---Rob--Ives--- @robives.bsky.social Paper models, #STEAMjunk and crafty projects to download and make. Writer & Maker of paper automata and animated projects.
Useful links... linktr.ee/robives
Website... www.robives.com
Brenna Collins @thegrendal.bsky.social Adult survivor of childhood.
Kylie @kyliemmason.com Freelance book editor based in Sydney, Australia. AuDHD. Working on Bidjigal land. I created a workbook to help writers self-edit their novel: https://kyliemmason.com/after-the-first-draft-workbook/
Also my kid's stan account.
Blue Rose Task Force Podcast @bluerosetaskforce.bsky.social A spoiler-laced coffee-fueled theory-rich Twin Peaks podcast by John Bernardy w/ reports from 25YL and Elle Holgate. Proudly part of Ruminations Radio Network
https://bluerosetaskforce.transistor.fm/episodes
Mark Frost @markfrost.bsky.social Twin Peaks architect. Incurable storyteller. Stoic optimist.
Andy Atkinson @n8chaboy508.bsky.social Another social media platform to follow people and post my Minute Cryptic results.
GridJoy ๐ป @gridjoy.app 18 number puzzles, no words โ just numbers and a friendly ghost ๐ป A free daily, calm & premium, zero ad-sludge. Free on Android, playable right in your browser.
Creator of daily #Sudoku, #Kakuro, and logic #puzzles for cozy gaming ๐ป
https://gridjoy.app
Colin Warriner @colinelmustard.bsky.social The best thing about a new social network is writing a new profile bio | he/him | LGBTQ+ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social Astrophysicist, science writer for @iflscience.com, geek, immigrant, and also The Astroholic. Chair of @prideinstem.bsky.social | ๐ Invisible Rainbows out May 21 | He/him | opinions are my own
Tower ๐ CFZ @thelockedtower.bsky.social | Griffon | 29 | they/them | ๐ | diapers, bondage, chastity | Avatar: โช@artistic.choco.one | Banner: @kinkyrainbowdash.bsky.social
Amy Hayes @thehames.bsky.social Live in The Hague, but Iโm from Ireland. More importantly, from Cork.
Jezzafuji @jezzafuji.bsky.social Father to twin teenagers who easily recognise I'm winging this parenting thing, and husband to amazing wife I work hard to deserve. Cricket fan and coach, crossword-lover, podcast devourer while dog-walking, and blood donor (please donate if you can).
@petefrommn.bsky.social @petefrommn.bsky.social Crossword solver, music blog reader, Spotify playlist compiler. Interested in what you have to say.
Tom Davis @tompdavis.bsky.social Crossword enthusiast, amateur mathematician, professional quantitative researcher (finance).
Lost in the Cross @lostinthecross.bsky.social Two women (E & M) spending their 20s doing the crossword | Semi-daily reviews of the NY Times crossword
AudrieVV @audrievv.bsky.social Crossword editor & business developer @StudioSteenhuis, experienced in European innovation and sustainable (regional) development, loves photography, literature and good food
Eleanor Martin @eleanormartin.bsky.social PhD student in Classics/History at Yale. big fan of material culture, Roman history, and exclamation points (!!). crossword puzzle incompletist.
Yazad @ydotivala.bsky.social Full time crossword compiler, part time avid reader and music enthusiast
@shortiesmom2.bsky.social @shortiesmom2.bsky.social Happily married dog lover, obsessive knitter, crossword fan, bird watcher, plant collector, science believer, and devotee of the Oxford comma.
Nate Gordon @natedgreat88.bsky.social Technology teacher with a platypus patronus. Fan of the 4 Cโs (Coffee, CrossFit, Crossword puzzles, and the Cincinnati Reds). Aficionado of Tolkien, spaghetti westerns, and Irish whiskey.
@abbyrne.bsky.social @abbyrne.bsky.social Irish woman living in London. Reader, book-seller, walker, crossword-solver, left-wing, writer. https://mcanespieandfox.etsy.com
Jeremy Venook @jvenook.bsky.social Lifelong theatre kid and SF sports fan. Proud Biden/Harris alum. Competitive crossword solver and constructor. Currently: NYU Law. He/him/his
Colin Hicks @docfilth.bsky.social A bit spectrum-y. Always looking to stick my oar in about Doctor Who, Taskmaster, D&D, Marvel, Bob Dylan or cryptic crosswords. Please try and keep me off politics, it just makes me cross.
Brigger Mortis @briggermortis.bsky.social Northerner. Crossword addict. Woman of a certain age.
Trans Rights are Human Rights. Intersex Bodily Autonomy now.
Dan Felsenheld @imfromjersey.bsky.social Crossword puzzler, Jeopardy Champion, NY Giants football and Nats baseball fan, NY Times Spelling bee afficionado
Amanda Cook @amanda-cook.bsky.social Editor of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, newly-minted Minnesotan, plant mom, refined-sugar free baking, crossword constructor
Lee Sacks @leesacks.bsky.social Producer, crossword lover, food lover and enthusiastic procrastinator. Los Angeles, CA https://www.leesacksproducer.com/ https://www.okayfine.tv/
Jackie Rogoff @jrogoff.bsky.social she/her. Jeopardy! champion. Clarion 2025 alum. Writer (mostly sci-fi), MLIS student, runner, knitter, tabletop gamer, crossword enthusiast. Ex-software engineer. California, USA. Three cats.
Monica Grady @monicagrady.bsky.social Planetary Scientist. Combuster of meteorites. Crossword puzzler. Knitter. Cat lover. Liberal Democrat. Catholic. Trembling terf
Wen Z @wenz.bsky.social โโEditor, sometimes. Avocational choral singer, weekly.โ Wannabe other thingsโ, usually.
โFan of pets, wordplay, and diagramless crossword puzzles.
Grew up in Chicagoland; now living in NYC.
Banner pic: Pine Meadow Lake, Harriman State Park, NY. Ahhhhh.
@tatowngirl.bsky.social @tatowngirl.bsky.social Pro-democracy, middle-aged mom and educator. Politics and crossword junkie. Trying to shine a light in a time of darkness. ๐๐ ๐
Joe Marangell @jmarangell.bsky.social Social studies instructional leader and graduate education faculty member focused on inquiry-based learning, literacy, and student engagement. EdD in Curriculum and Instruction. Crossword puzzle constructor!
Emily @jaysgirlemily.bsky.social I'm a crossword lover who wears glasses and plays catcher. I'm basically a female Danny Jansen.
If you think I said something dumb, I was probably being sarcastic.
Robin Smith @bobin.uk UK Labour voter and Private Eye crossword & Fantasy Premier League enjoyer.
Aiming for even fewer Tories in next election ๐.
Less outrage, more facts โ๏ธ.
๐บ๐ฆ
#ElectoralReform
#Rejoin ๐ช๐บ
#RDGUK
#HamsturDay
Morgan (AskANeuroscientist) @askaneuroscientist.bsky.social Neuro Ph.D. Student, science communicator, proud woman in STEM, avid crafter, amateur crossword puzzle maker๐๐๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Cornelius Beer & Wine @corneliusbeers.bsky.social Beer and Wine shops on Easter Road and Leith Walk.
Once won the Viz Craptic Crossword
Website: Corneliusbeers.com
Phone: 0131 6522405 and 0131 5638169
Thomas Silverstein @tsilverstein.bsky.social Executive Director at @prrac.bsky.social; adjunct clinician; Wizards/Nats/LFC; crossword solver; early morning dog walker
Allison @schwadevivre.bsky.social sociolinguist, crossword-puzzler, folkie
Evans Clinchy @evansclinchy.bsky.social crossword puzzles, NBA, politics, food/beer/wine, books/movies/TV, various other rantings and ravings
Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social Film and fashion nut. Maker of crossword puzzles, lover of tap numbers, picker of weeds.
Fallopia Tuba @franklanguage.bsky.social Vegan for 1/3 my life, atheist, sometime sax and horn player, trans ally, bi autistic queer, crossword nerd.
NO DMs; I will block you.
Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social Game Developer - Spooky Express, Saltsea Chronicles, Team Sonic Racing, EVADER, TV Trouble, Concentric, โโโโ. Crossword constructor. Hobbyist potter. He/him.
zerofifty.one
Julia Cushion @juliacushion.bsky.social Policy & Advocacy Manager @ mySociety
Clumsy, enthusiastic, interested in exciting things like parliament and cryptic crosswords
(she/they)
Michelle Biloon @biloon.bsky.social Comedian, crossword enthusiast, carbon-based lifeform.
Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social Political Scientist. Author of โPolitical Choice in a Polarized Americaโ @OUP. Dad. Sauna enthusiast. Crossword solver. Powerlifter. Cyclist. โก๏ธ โ
Views are mine alone. RT!=endorsement
Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social Reporter covering digital privacy and cybersecurity policy for The Record. Mom. Pub trivia queen. Crossword enthusiast. Literary fiction connoisseur. Idiosyncratic. Signal: Suzanne.236 Email: suzanne.smalley@therecord.media.- J Julie Plec @julieplec.bsky.social I write things in between bouts of NYT spelling bee/crossword/Wordle/quordle.
Eric Curts @ericcurts.bsky.social EdTech Coach, Year 34 in education, AI Strategist, Author, Blogger, Speaker, Google Champion, Grandpa, Boardgamer, NYT Crossword fanatic, Nerd, all resources at https://www.controlaltachieve.com #EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU
Mark Levin @levinchem.bsky.social Professor of Chemistry
University of Chicago
Single-Atom Skeletal Editing
(Interspersed with doomposting and AI skepticism)
Husband, Dad, Crossword Addict
http://levingroup.uchicago.edu
Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social ๐ crossword column for @nytimes.com
โ๏ธ humor for NYer
๐ writing a book about the WOTY-verse
Viresh Ratnakar @viresh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Anyone living in an anyhow town. Cryptic crossword setter Gussalufz for #TheHinduCrossword and elsewhere. He/His/Him.
My bridged bluesky account: @viresh.bsky.social
๐ bridged from โ https://mastodon.social/@viresh, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
@mrflintlock.bsky.social @mrflintlock.bsky.social 63yo Irish citizen resident in Whitby, North Yorks, UK. Grumpy old commie, antifa, sapio, he/him/his, LUFC, Stardenburdenhardenbart. Cryptic crossword genius. Not on the Pride flag, but proud flagpole-straight and supportive, pro Indy/reuni โ๏ธ๐ดโโ ๏ธ๐บ
KayDee1968 @kaydee1968.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆProud Canuck, Liberal to the bone, potterer about in kitchens, owned by 2 cats, cryptic crossword fiend (I ax apeโs soul, thatโs how I like it (11))
Ignoble Jim R Houghton @jimrhoughton.bsky.social Unpublished (so far) novelist, freelance copywriter, rationalist, physics enthusiast, cryptic crossword lover, recovering marketer, vintage watch collector. No chat/dms as that requires invasive age-verification, so all messages will go unread. He/him
General Witchfinders - The British Horror Podcast and Zine @generalwitch.bsky.social The British Horror Podcast and Zine
Britainโฆ an ancient kingdom with cruelty and torment in its blood
Join Ross Jon and James as they tread where few dare
From Dracula to Damien Herbert to Hellraiser
www.generalwitchfinders.com
John Rain๐ฅ @johnrain.co.uk Podcaster.
I do Smersh Pod https://bsky.app/profile/smershpod.com
I co-do A Wheezing Groaning Sound.
1/3 Snake Boy
Author of Thunderbook, Explodobook and Superbook.
https://linktr.ee/itsjohnrain
www.patreon.com/SmershPod
shows.acast.com/smershpod
Effie Gee @k8iosk.bsky.social Urban Planner. Lover of modernist architecture and the K8 kiosk. Currently researching the history of the BT's disappearing range of KX Phoneboxes. Woke. Whovian. Dad.
Paul Litchfield @paullitchfield.bsky.social Might be a comedian. May be a writer. Could be an actor. Mostly a cloyingly charming doofus.
Jon Canning @joncanning.com Chief Typist @ tinybluerobots.com, Cat doorman
ManBikesDog @manbikesdog.bsky.social Active travel, utility biking, mountain biking, gravel, cargo biker. High Peak.
Once owner of a beige SAAB. Has an agenda.
https://youtube.com/@ManBikesDog
Thomas Preece @thomaspreece.net 30-something from #Bristol, UK. Interested in boardgames, genealogy, Esperanto, music (ukulele, ocarina), retro tech (vinyl, cassettes, gramophones). Go and Colemak user. Gameshow and Blue Jays baseball fan. #ActuallyAutistic
Sam Hodkin @hodders.bsky.social A thritysomething local government elf, basketball table official, purveyor of radio and Green-voting SocDem type. All the while being one of those autistic types your Mam warned you about..
Lewis Tough @lewist.bsky.social Question writer (MM, 1%, Brain of Britain, Y Deis), quizzer, and mathmo. Co-host of the podcast How To Question Everything.
Catnip @catnipfields.bsky.social Lithuanian, quizzer, jigsawer, long term k-pop fan, crocheter, and several other kinds of nerd. I think I'm awesome, you should too. She/her.