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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.
Iain Carter @iaincartergolf.bsky.social BBC Golf Correspondent, special guest on The Chipping Forecast author of Golf Wars.
Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social Recovering X and Twitter addict. Looking for a funnier, more intelligent place. Lifelong Leeds United supporter. I block racists. Elderly white hippie and proud.
Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social Dad, husband, U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Vic Michaelis @vicmmic.bsky.social actor + improviser + sorry about the birds
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
@loriagne.bsky.social @loriagne.bsky.social
Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social Scientist, specializing in bumblebees. Author of various books about insects. Trying to save the planet one bee at a time.
Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social Anonymous opinions written by YOU - sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and often niche. Edited by @robmanuel.b3ta.com - add yours: https://bit.ly/addanonopin
Madeleine Sumption @msumption.bsky.social Director of Migration Observatory @ University of Oxford. I research migration policy, mostly in the UK
Blackburn Rovers {bot} @roversx.bsky.social Unofficial mirror account of https://x.com/rovers from Twitter The official 𝕏 account of Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social Berserker! Out now from all good bookshops, and bad ones, and ones in between.
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
De La Soul @wearedelasoul.com The official account of De La Soul Follow Posdnuos @posplugwon.bsky.social Follow Maseo @djmaseoofdelasoul.bsky.social #ThankYouDave 🕊️ 🌼🌼🌼 https://linktr.ee/wearedelasoul
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social Professional art director/illustrator/comedy photoshopper. I sometimes feed the sparrows too.
Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social Books (Rebel Rebel; Ashes to Ashes), blogs (64 Quartets; Pushing Ahead of the Dame; Locust St.)
Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social UK Politics 🇬🇧 | US Politics 🇺🇸 Anti-Tory Anti-Reform Anti-Republican Political commentary Challenging right-wing narratives Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 Substack: https://substack.com/@neverevertory Threads: @neverevertory W social: @neverevertory.wsocial.eu
FootballCountry @footballcountry.com This is football country. Where the game lives in our hearts, shapes our communities, and tells our stories — past, present, and future. Visit us! The world's first Bluesky-native football news and information aggregation service: footballcountry.com
northernsky67 @northernsky67.bsky.social Scottish/Yorkshire misfit. Photographer, Internationalist, shoe/vinyl hoarder, pushbiker & Hibs Romanticist 🌐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕊️old school MDANT🎖️
South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social A pro-EU group covering the six boroughs of SE London and doing what we can to reverse the Brexit catastrophe. #RejoinEU #BrexitFail
Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social California, carfree, city life, climate, culture, music, antifascism, history, global news. Retired PR man for good. Typos prove my humanity.  “Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.”  ― Václav Havel
Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social Pissing off billionaires one small action at a time. Get involved ⬇️ https://bio.link/everyonehateselon
Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk Same as @thomasforth on X. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Michelle R. Smith @bymichellersmith.com Reporter at Guardian US. Ex-@APNews Investigating the forces behind attacks on science and public health Reach me on Signal: mrsmith.123 michelle.smith@theguardian.com Based in Providence, Rhode Island
Jane Duke @janeduke.com Fine art printmaker from York, England. Dapple scrumper. Sometimes found loitering in a restored medieval townhouse and talking to strangers. Solar powered (dormant in low light). Printmaking stuff here: https://linktr.ee/janeduke
Blackburn United Community SC @bucsc.bsky.social Our vision is that our Club, through our football teams and our sports, health and wellbeing-inspired projects, will strive to improve life in our Community.
Watchin’_Saturn_lose_her_rings @yayaalabama.bsky.social Proud dual national 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺 & European | The climate emergency is real | MSc in disaster management & resilience | logistics professional | politics nerd | fk the system when it works & even more when it doesn’t | capitalism is killing us | the MSM is culpable
Sky News @news.sky.com The full story, first. Free, wherever you get your news.
John Peel Band Names @johnpeelbandnames.bsky.social Not my idea. Couldn't find the original birdsite bot here, so made my own. See also https://mas.to/@johnpeelbandnames
Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social Journalist. Presenter of R4's #MoneyBox Live (Weds, 3pm). Also found on #WakeUpToMoney, #R4Today, BBC 5 Live, #GreenMoneyShow. Enthusiast. Humanist.
Gary Carter #FBPE 🇬🇧 @garycarter.bsky.social Interested in U.K. politics (centrist dad), #Brexit was the most stupid thing our country has ever done. Semi retired after sales/marketing/management. Teach people about wine 🍷 now. Also like classic rock 🎸and old diesel trains.
Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social Lecturer in Human Rights Law at University of Manchester
Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com Sixty odd years old - Sixty Odd Press zoomburst.substack.com sixtyoddpoets.substack.com
Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Poet, Husband, Northumbrian, Sax novice. Forward/Pushcart/BOTN nominated Work in FH Lit, Dust, IS&T, The Winged Moon, Black Bough and more https://paulwritespoems.com/unwhispered-legacy/ https://linktr.ee/paulwritespoems
aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social LIVE SHOW 19:30 FRIDAYS 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@aidthompsin
Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social TV critic, Greenlit podcast creator/host, still trying to write a book
Andy Birss @andybirss.bsky.social Retired lab tech and four times Covid champion-Don't get the bug-Get vaccinated!
Bay Beer Reviews @baybeerreviews.bsky.social Beer! Drinking it, photographing it, reviewing it. Based in North Shields in the North East of England (Also doing non-beery stuff as @peteringout.bsky.social)
Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social Tracking the Right's journey after Brexit and also the culture war's highly charged boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, now centrist. Telegraph watcher. https://open.substack.com/pub/rolandmcs buymeacoffee.com/rolandsmith
Robert Wilfort @robertwilfort.bsky.social An actor. Jason in Gavin and Stacey. Bob Cratchit in Dickensian. Pops up in things like Sex Education, Bridgerton, Skins, Wolf Hall etc
Nostalgic Things @nostalgicthing.bsky.social Internationally known as Snickers
Ian Wright @finwright.bsky.social Photographer, walker and craft beer lover. Home of the "Endless Project" where I am trying to reprocess an old, or process a new photo every day and put it up here. All photos can be purchased, DM for info. © All images copyright protected
Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social Writer.
Robert Hanks @roberthanks.bsky.social The man who never was but sometimes looked as though he might be. Cultural commentator for hire. Will work for food.
Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social Buy my book, A PHYSICAL EDUCATION a Marketplace and Scientific American pick for 2025! science writer/author Newsletter shesabeast.co couchtobarbell.com
Daniel Di Mascio @danieldimascio.uk Railway operational planner. Passionate about public transport, infrastructure, UK and EU politics. Leeds, UK.
Peston @itvpeston.bsky.social Wotcha! 👋 ITV’s flagship current affairs programme bringing you big interviews and analysis. 🔴 9PM LIVE YouTube 📺 1045PM ITV 🔗https://linktr.ee/itvpeston
Blackburn United FC @bufc.bsky.social EoS League | Lowland U20 League | SFA members Main Sponsors: Purdie Worldwide | Redhouse Fencing | Heartlands Repairs | The Garage | DJW Roofline | KFM Fencing
Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social ✊ Anti-Facist | Anti-Reform | Pro-Equality 📱 Anti-Reform on FB. ⚖️ Standing against far-right rhetoric and extremism.
Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social Writer. Blogger. Truth-teller from Donbas🇺🇦 PayPal: angelica.shalagina@gmail.com 💛Friends, please beware of fakes - only these links mine👇 https://linktr.ee/angelica.shala
Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social Left-leaning political commentator, TV and radio presenter
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel
Helen Quigley @soundliness.com Audio Producer/Director in the birthplace of wireless. Mainly does audio drama, podcasts and voiceovers. Dabbles in comics. Also fond of comedy, sci-fi and folkloric oddness. Ex-Teessider. HQvoice.com
Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social Irish Times Europe Correspondent currently on assignment in Paris. Podcaster. Best email me to get in touch ⬇️ https://www.irishtimes.com/author/naomi-oleary/
Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social Former NHS Doctor - Bestselling Substack Writer - Political Commentator. Sign up here! http://Linktr.ee/jujuliagrace
Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social Author/editor/'cultural historian'/carer, S Wales, probably autistic: NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, OUT NOW. Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/ Email: whenisbirths@yahoo.com ko-fi.com/firstlastanything
Les Dennis @lesdennis.bsky.social
Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social Check out the amazing handcrafed gifts made by my daughter at www.idlehandmade.com You know you want a Holy Grail bag, or that guitar bag, owned only by me and Micky Dolenz. Updates coming shortly...
Suzie Bee ☀️ @thebookmagpie.bsky.social
Humanists UK @humanists.uk We advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.
Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social Inventor of WWW Co-founder & CTO Inrupt.com | Lead, Solidproject.org Co-founder WebFoundation.org & theODI.org Founder w3.org My memoir ‘This is for Everyone’ https://thisisforeveryone.timbl.com/ Follow me on Mastodon https://w3c.social/@timbl
Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Shop asst. Poet and interviewer. Work broadcast on BBC Radio Three, The Verb. Edits The Wombwell Rainbow. #PromoteIndieLit Recent work: The Drey Skin. Forthcoming: "Miner Wattas", "Mashing" https://ko-fi.compaulthewombwellrainbow
Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social ✔️ Autistic / monotropic ✔️ ADHD / kinetic ✔️ Mathematician / software developer (retired) Fairly opinionated about all three. Macclesfield, UK.
Helen Pilcher @helenpilcher.bsky.social Author. Tea-drinker. Peddler of feel good science and nature ephemera. Guardian. Apple News. BBC mags. Books include ‘This Book May Cause Side Effects’ and 'Life Changing'. www.helenpilcher.com linktr.ee/helenpilcher
Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social Formerly “The Daily Don” Doodler of toons / Roaster of goons https://linktr.ee/jesseduquette https://www.instagram.com/misterjesseduquette/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575837486947
Amnesty UK Feminists @amnestyfeminist.bsky.social 📣 Defending rights for women and girls 🗣️Intersectional feminism 🤝 In solidarity and in defiance 🔗 linktr.ee/amnestyfeminist
BarefootFi @barefootfi.bsky.social Left like a Socialist, woke like I'm awake. Anti Fascist, anti Capitalist, anti Racist, anti Zionist. Pro Humanism. Green. Looking for knowledge, inspiration and humour. Norfolk, UK 🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Tony Slattery's Rambling Club @ramblingclub.bsky.social Official feed for the Rambling Club podcast started by our late lamented friend
Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social Scottish drawerer and photographerer “The funniest man in this lift” - the other man in the lift Marswasrubbish.com https://marswasrubbish.etsy.com
Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social Writing. Comedy. Podcasts. Book: http://bit.ly/4uban5W 🎙️: Realms Unknown; The Gargle; The Bugle; Tea With Alice Join my Writers Meetings: http://buff.ly/3eFIs8x Enquiries: Writing: john.ash@caa.com Comedy: Info@gagreflex.co.uk
The Gargle @thegargle.bsky.social Weekly satirical news podcast with strictly no politics! Hosted by Alice Fraser, we are the sonic glossy magazine to The Bugle. Alice is joined by two brilliant comedians every week to cover everything from crypto crashes to evil tech and weird nature.
The Bugle @thebugle.bsky.social The Bugle, as in The Bugle podcast
Simon Blackwell @simonblackwell.bsky.social Screenwriter/showrunner: Breeders, Back, Veep, The Thick Of It, Peep Show, In The Loop, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Four Lions
Matthew Holness @mrholness.bsky.social Sunday Times Bestselling Author of GARTH MARENGHI’S TERRORTOME, INCARCERAT, THIS BURSTED EARTH. Also Possum, Darkplace. Agents: RCW Literary Agency/Sophie Chapman Talent/SueTerryVoices https://www.garthmarenghi.com/links/
Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day. https://www.patreon.com/c/NeedleMythology
Anita Anand @anitaanand.bsky.social I present programs on TV and Radio, write history books and present a podcast called Empire with William Dalrymple. NOT IN THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT!
Ed Byrne @mredbyrne.bsky.social New special, “Tragedy Plus Time”, now available at edbyrne.com
JOHN NIVEN @nivenj1.bsky.social 'John Niven is a fucking idiot. Who needs him?' Michael Winner, RIP.
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/
Howard Read @howardread.bsky.social Comedy writer. Doesn’t understand how Bluesky works.
Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary. Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Adam Mountford @tmsproducer.bsky.social Head of BBC Cricket & Producer of Test Match Special.
Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social Freelance cricket commentator largely to be found on TMS and general grifter. The least capable co host on @zeroduckspod Will work, not very hard, for money and/or fine wine.
Ali Martin @ali-martin.bsky.social Cricket correspondent for the Guardian and Observer newspapers
Cat Jones @cricketbatcat.bsky.social 🏏 Mostly cricket. Fast cyclist, medium-pace bowler, slow runner. Podcast host: https://cantbowlcantthrow.com/ @hitchpodonline.com Commentates: @guerillacricket.bsky.social & CA
Polly Starkie @pollystarkie.bsky.social 📍MCR/BHAM |🎙@00ChildPodcast Host | ✍ Sports Journalist & Commentator | 🗞 BBC Sport, Telegraph, Cricketer | 🎓MMU
Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social The Viz one AKA Evie Council worker and writer Both jobs death related Ashes to Admin and Get Ahead of Being Dead out now Locate International ambassador https://linktr.ee/eviekingwrites
Glenn Moore @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social Comedian, and nephew to three gorgeous uncles. Enquiries: CGagon@avalonuk.com Glennmoorecomedy.com YouTube.com/@buttonboyspodcast
Chris Skinner @podchris.bsky.social I invented all the words.
Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social Comedian, Cricket Statistician, Podcaster. Host of The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. Taskmaster champion. Test Match Special statsmonger. Live shows: andyzaltzman.co.uk
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social Comedian union organizer writer dad Frisco. he/him https://linktr.ee/natogreen
Al Murray @almurray.bsky.social Tickets to my brand new tour on sale NOW via my website!
Rob Gilroy @robgilroy.bsky.social I'm a bitch, I'm a mother, I'm a child, I'm a lover, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. Hobbies include cycling. Make web series and funny things. Being the best me I can be, which is usually someone else.