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Millie, or Mills if we’re friends @millie29.bsky.social She/her: Socialist, pro-Palestine, pro-BLM, pro-human rights, pro-women, pro-trans, lgbtq, Pro-books. Anti-1%. Anti-fascist. Anti-religion tho Jesus was a radical socialist. Will freely block trolls bc my time is earned.
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sarah rose finn @inkalchemy.bsky.social Writer & walking Tower moment. I have snacks.
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Legs @diddia.bsky.social Sweet and fortified. Carpet of coriander. The dowager. https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1P55AA8SBNMRC?ref=cm_sw_wa_r_un_un_W6jsmKfXr2KZN
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
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Beardedian @beardedian.bsky.social Northern Bearded Bloke called Ian
Professional Guess Who Character
Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social I was a Woke Youth :(
Blogging at https://someunpleasant.substack.com/
Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.
timworthington.org
Subvert @subvert.fm Subvert is a music platform owned and controlled by a co-op of over 25,000 members. We are now LIVE.
www.subvert.fm
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: yimbypod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social Financial journalist, broadcaster, and speaker. Seek the truth, find the truth, tell the truth. Unequivocally for free speech & press. Wilkie Collins expert too
Sharon @123soffie.bsky.social Retired Dental tech. Help to raise 4 great gran kids
Scott Santens @scottsantens.com Writer and Unconditional / Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate
Founder & CEO of UBI-focused nonprofit ITSAfoundation.org
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Leftback @leftback.bsky.social Chelsea and very socially liberal politics, so basically you'll get angry at something.
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writer about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
About lore and culture at The Busy Town.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
(Account sometimes deactivated when not in use.)
Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social 
Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social Uncool & nerdy lit mag that's way too into dish-cleaning products. New piece every Tuesday. Subs always open!
https://dishsoap-quarterly.com 🫧
Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys.
Posts: @carolinamata.bsky.social, AJ Jolish & @emotes206.bsky.social
https://splitlipthemag.com/
Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social The place for writers
Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Author. Defender of democracy. marytrump.org
Against League 3 @againstleague3.bsky.social The anti B-Team guy who shouted a lot on Twitter. A bit less shouty these days.
Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social The land it is the landlord's, the trader's is the sea, the ore the usurer's coffer fills, but what remains for me? 
Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social The Strategic Tape Reserve, based in the Penedès region of Catalonia, is a fully independent organization dedicated to the responsible dissemination of ferric cassette materials.
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social Author of The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland. Writing in Architectural Digest, Antiques, and elsewhere.
https://www.sarah-archer.com/
Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent.
Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/
Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social the engine(idling is an online literary magazine for the restless. unique themed issues.
www.engineidling.net
EIC Danielle McMahon (@dehm000.bsky.social)
Gledster @gledster.bsky.social England. He/Him.
Just trying to make it through this life in a country that's descended into madness.
Food bank volunteer. Computer game player.
Heidi James @heidijames.bsky.social Writer (The Sound Mirror, So the Doves)
Podcast (First Graft)
Academic
Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000).
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Alex @mornflake.bsky.social 🍕 Sunderland supporter #SAFC. Gig goer. Vinyl spinner. Crap photographer. Leading trend-setter in hairstyles for men.
⏯️ last.fm/user/SirRoid
🎧 https://open.spotify.com/user/coltcabana
🔇 Politics = Mute / Unfollow
The Whale Pod @thewhale1851.bsky.social A podcast about a book about a man who really hates a fish.
https://patreon.com/thewhalepod
flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social Annoying smartarse
DRAKE - The Bookshop @drakebookshop.bsky.social Nine year old bookshop in Stockton. Here to help you find your next extra special read (which will initially be Leonard & Hungry Paul if you haven’t read it yet (or are too young). Either way we will find brilliant books for you to love.
Guy Bailey @guybailey.bsky.social Can see around corners. Was a gift, it's now a curse.
Writer, Stoic, Socialist, Dad, Gamer, Curmudgeon, Antifa, Karen.
@Boro @RedcarBears @AtlantaFalcons @F1
Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Robin Wilde @robinwilde.me InDesign in the streets, Photoshop in the sheets. Creative Director at @wildebeest.design
Londoner, via Vancouver, Seattle, and Sheffield.
Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social New & vintage stationery from around the world, since 2009. Our shop is at 12 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL. https://www.presentandcorrect.com
leon @leyawn.bsky.social i'm leon
In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social The life and times of Steve the otter...
Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social The UK’s biggest #MusicLitFest. Books, Music, In Conversations, Panel Discussions, Performances, Socialising & more!
14-16 November, 2025. Manchester.
System Working As Intended @systemnotbroken.bsky.social One day I'll share stories with my grandchildren about the twisted reality of end-stage capitalism.
This collection will help me remember.
Mike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Extremely humble legend. Writer of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI, RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. Books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers
honey i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social
type fast & never look back
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I block without warning for sharing dogshit AI images
p.a. morbid @marcusagonistes.bsky.social Poet. Proser. Middlesbrough historian. Terraced house lover. Outsider artist/musician. Photographer etc
White Rabbit Books @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social Music. Memoir. History. Fiction. Limited Editions. “Fail we may, sail we must”
Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun “see hyphen saw dot fun,” he/they
punk + rock’n’roll newsletter: https://see-saw.fun/
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G @grassi.bsky.social Easily distracted
Art & Music
Organise and programme Boundaries Fest
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Gill @stillwerise1.bsky.social Just a girl who loves F1
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 naomiklein.org
📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social Thanks for dropping by…😀
Retired SEND School Principal. Married to a Frenchman. Live in UK, moving to France. Pro EU. Hate Trump, Farage and nasty bigoted people in general. Adore animals. 🙂.
Let’s get Brexit UNDONE and save ourselves by saving the planet.
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social Author, book http://Amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KR127TN?
Preview here https://archiveofourown.org/works/47902108/chapters/120770212
I #followback
Secretrobot @secretrobot.bsky.social Canadian/American in North East England. Happy Husband and Father. Marketing, Communications, and Design. Overthinker. Progressive. Enjoy: 🎨💻🏃🏻♂️📷🎮🌳📺
Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social Same name, not *that* one though. 49, Movie lover, lives in the East. (UK) Rarely manages a serious post on any social media platform.
'Drinking Chololate Enthusiast' - Not my words, but the words of Hotel Chocolat
#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social Support the UK fair share climate case https://tinyurl.com/CARB-RECK - being filed shortly
𝘕𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮.𝘫𝘱𝘦𝘨 (FLT Enjoyer) @nihilism.bsky.social https://negativematerialism.press
Nihilist Communism, Desert, Nihil Unbound, Blessed is the Flame, Bookchin, Bordiga, Malatesta, Marx, Sergei Nechaev, Kautsky, Jairus Banaji, Pannekoek, Gillian Russell, Max Stirner, and Peter Wessel Zapffe.
Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social Fat middle aged bisexual, but good 🩷💜💙
Now get your fucking ass up and bring me back a wee surprise from the shop.
She/Her
Compliment me x https://ngl.link/emilyo11938
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Wendy @wednesdaygj.bsky.social Trendy. West endy. Bendy. Friendly.
Feral hedge witch. Trans Kid Maw and YOUR Maw!
Co-creator of SoDisappointedPod.com
Go find Terry at @SoDisappointed.bsky.social
She/Her ADHD
@deargdoom68.bsky.social @deargdoom68.bsky.social 
so.co @socomusic.bsky.social We are the Image Of Music.
www.so.co
Taka @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social I don't run the Barkley but I run the Barkley sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS7bFn8RH5Na4vVxNijCsFCiHeYqRksDi5D9ddC9Fz4yK7nOQhEg8HwG78lz-PFVB2EkFn4QlJKEXMV/pubhtml
Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social The image that I run from
Only seems to follow me
Coney Island Sound @coneyislandsound.bsky.social Music Making. Portstewart via Belfast, Hull, Gateshead & North Shields. Electronic Music/Archiving/The Sea. www.coneyislandsound.com
or for more https://linktr.ee/coneyislandsound
Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social obscene low follower count boy
https://youtube.com/@danieldouglas
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Linnhe Harrison @linnheharrison.bsky.social 📚🪐 Writer - Novels. Shorts. Scripts.
🏆 Bridport Prize 2024 - Highly Commended.
🏆 Best Script Awards 2026 - Finalist.
♿️ Lives in Cumbria. Plays uke.
https://linktr.ee/linnheharrison
Music Maps Podcast @musicmaps.bsky.social The Rock & Roll Book Club Podcast - listen: https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk
Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social The same remoaning remoaner from Twitter. Anti Brexit, Anti Tory, Anti Trump. Pro Facts, Pro Fun, Pro not putting up with racism. Grieving mother 💔
Tynemouth Canary @rogerduruttiic838.bsky.social Interested in history, esp 20th century & Second World War. Independent Company Member (IC#838), mediocre, injured athlete now with shiny new hip, NCFC fan, woeful guitarist, cat-dad, listens to too many pasty, pale '80s indie bands, buys too many books.
GAZZA Records and Promotions @gazzarecords.bsky.social London and Bedfordshire UK based rare VINYL record shack and band promotions outfit. Always buying always selling 07590 818754. Worldwide shipping. Find us on Discogs.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Felicity Collinson Teesside Live @felicitycollinson.bsky.social Head of News at Teesside Live. Mum. Dog owner. Speaks fluent Poolie.
Alex Niven @alexniven.bsky.social 
Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social 'Imperial Nostalgia' (MUP, 2021) / I do @LortBurnSpecials.bsky.social and @thewhale1851.bsky.social and am bald and very handsome
Lort Burn Specials @lortburnspecials.bsky.social Newcastle's occasional night of books, politics and culture
digging countercultural modernism from its grave and watching it punch a police horse in the face outside St James' Park
on Insta as @lortburnspecials, on the fash site as @LortBurns
Mt. Misery @mtmiseryband.bsky.social “Love In Mind” out now on Prefect Records!
Shy Bairn Records @shybairnrecords.bsky.social Independent label. Home of Charlotte Grayson, The Woven Project, NEEB, The Warrens. Unruly sibling label Guttersnipe Recordings includes Lurcher & All The Nines.
dana @danamalt.bsky.social @borobreakdown.bsky.social
Tosh Warwick @toshwarwick.bsky.social Heritage Unlocked historian, heritage consultant, author, Researcher at the University of Sheffield. Historical contributor on TV, radio and newspapers on industrial heritage, urban history, football history and Middlesbrough FC!
Prefect Records @prefectrecords.bsky.social DIY record label putting out vinyl.
Run like a secret cult.
Apparently.
Henry Carden @henrycarden.bsky.social Here we go again.
Andy Dawson @andydawson.bsky.social Participant in @AthleticoMince.bsky.social @TFTimeMachine.bsky.social and @unseriousdarts.bsky.social. My life is well within its usual frame.
Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social Researcher, phenomenologist, parent to various creatures, some sort of musician, baker, reader, breaker of stuff, liker of seas and hills, sufferer of Boro.
https://collaborativeresearch.co.uk/
Chris Groom @cfgmusic.bsky.social Songwriter, keyboardist, podcast host.
News Eye @newseye.bsky.social A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism.
Now on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@news_eye?_t=ZN-8zwNc7WZeII&_r=1
Please use ALT text :-)
@cuttywrenfolk.bsky.social @cuttywrenfolk.bsky.social 
Duncan Seaman @duncanseamanyp.bsky.social Music correspondent for The Yorkshire Post
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/
MDANT 🏅
DownByTheRiver9 @downbytheriver9.bsky.social DBTR is a live music promoter in the NorthEast of England.
Middle Men not welcome. Independent artists very welcome.
100% ticket sales direct to musicians.
‘One of those forward thinking promoters’ – NARC. magazine
Tickets + Listings ↙️
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Bold New Mancunian Future @dismalchips.bsky.social This is a place of honour. Highly-esteemed deeds are commemorated here.