Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social Guardian reporter and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.
Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com Co-founder of @protect.earth, a registered charity (England & Wales) creating/restoring woodlands and other knackered ecosystems to sequester carbon and fight the biodiversity crisis. Electric van/boat life, bikepacking, and boycotting fossil fuels. he/him
Peebs (Bluesky Dogpiling Survivor) @thehumancentipeeb.bsky.social Welsh
"Has a voice that should sound racist, yet it's incredibly sexy" - A fan
"A Daytime Poster"
The Welsh one from the band Slipknot (99-01)
Not a real centipede
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
@richrdb.bsky.social @richrdb.bsky.social Can you help? I'm struggling to understand the far right's atavistic appetite for the medieval peasant lifestyle.
Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social Comedian'n'writer'n'podcaster. TED Speaker. Take my coffee like I take my power.
SophieChapmanTalent / SueTerryVoices
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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social Writer, director.
NYC / London
Simon James @jim1132.bsky.social Happily re-learning the value of expertise, courtesy, and humour after the barking years.
James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social UK-based older project consultant guy with history in both public and private sectors. Enjoys chatting about politics, society, culture, etc. Spent time in many countries, including working in the US, so moderately familiar with other lands.
Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social Former BBC foreign correspondent reporting from
Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, N-Ireland, Pakistan, India, South Africa.
Book: http://hughsykes.substack.com
Biog: https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08pnq3d
Archive: https://soundcloud.com/hughsykes
Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social Acting Home Affairs correspondent at The Times. Migration, security and all things maritime.
Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30 etc.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social Strategic defence planning and foresight | security and defence policy | interactions between climate change, energy, security, defence | former adviser to Ukraine's military | marine environmental policy | PhD in sustainability science | Ireland/Europe
Phil Edwards @philedwards.bsky.social "Research fellow" (i.e. retired) at MMU, still writing. Interests: legal theory, folksong, real ale, the Left, cinema, Bowie, Aickman. Blogs: gapingsilence.wordpress.com & ohgoodale.wordpress.com .
If I was left to my own devices, I possibly would.
Welsh Bollocks @welshbollocks.bsky.social Daily bits of bollocks about Wales from Wales. Support our new book "The Big Book of Welsh Bollocks" https://ko-fi.com/welshbollocks welshbollocks & visit our shop http://bollocks.wales
Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu Planning cities that make people smile;
Co-founder @ humankind
Author of The Car That Wanted to be a Bike: http://humankind.city/car
📍 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Bogart @jonathanbogart.net Library worker, researcher and writer about culture from the first third of the 20th century, depressive.
https://jonathanbogart.net
Tansy Gardam @tansyg.bsky.social chaotic foolish. writer, critic and recovering TV producer. host of Going Rogue, a podcast about troubled films and the industry that makes them, if you even care.
Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social Earth - Animal - Plant - Insect & Art 🎶 Lover & Defender
(still a bit uncertain about the people… )
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social Bourgeois interests, proletarian instincts.
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Coney Island Sound @coneyislandsound.bsky.social Music Making. Portstewart via Belfast, Hull, Gateshead & North Shields. Electronic Music/Archiving/The Sea. www.coneyislandsound.com
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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
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social Gay with husband and a dog called Dusty. Left wing due to life experience. Transphobes not welcome. All the man, all the man you need. From Stoke and Lancashire but living in glorious Londonistan! he/him. Vote Green.
Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social Newly elected leader of lefty Irish Bluesky. Exiled leader of lefty Irish twitter, current Lord Mayor of Dublin and occasional podcaster. tortoiseshack.ie is my home. 
Harry Carr @harrydcarr.bsky.social Author of 'What a Man is Not', out 19 November 2026 and available for pre-order now: https://www.waterstones.com/book/what-a-man-is-not/harry-carr/9781837733651. Feminist who thinks what we tell boys about being men explains a lot.
Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social Historian: of American religion/irreligion by training; of science & conspiracy by trade
dumb jokes about smart things and smart jokes about dumb things
Podcast research/factcheck: SNAFU with Ed Helms; The Reason We're All Still Here; My Fugitive, more
Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social Est. 2021. #FilmNoirUK is a dedicated film org in the UK celebrating the ever influential world of #FilmNoir. Hosts of #FilmNoirFest
Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
tokenwelshman 🏴 @tokenwelshman.bsky.social Gweriniaeth Cymru
Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social Contributing Editor @lrb.co.uk
Substack https://substack.com/@willd10
Williamdavies.blog
David Pascoe @greasepaintpeel.bsky.social Bluesky feed for The Smell of the Greasepaint and the Sound of John Peel. Cornish amateur dramatics and John Peel mixtapes, together at last!
https://greasepaintpeel.blogspot.com/
Hourly Peanuts Comics @esnupi.me a bot that posts randomized Peanuts comics by Charles M. Schulz, once an hour, from 1950 to 2000, plus Li’l Folks strips from 1947 to 1950.
developed and maintained by @mayawalkwith.me. bot version 2.0.0.
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LiLBaz @lilbazza.bsky.social peacenik. anti-racist. anti-fascist. trans ally. read some effing freud 🍉 🏳️⚧️
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social environmental seismologist - doctor of glacier vibes - geoscience educator - she/her - opinions only my own - puns only my worst
Paul Simpson @paulsimpsonjourno.bsky.social Journalist, author, editor
Absolute Beginner @leaderofthesect.bsky.social All for art and art for all. Music, films, resistance, culture, books, travel and happy to be part of the industry of human happiness. Y’know, the good stuff in life that doesn’t attract bad people.
Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social Fragments of life in messages from old postcards, curated by Tom Jackson. BOOK: http://amzn.to/34rIDhp POD: http://Apple.co/2xNqQ8D AGENT: http://morgangreencreatives.com
Richard V. Hirst @richardvhirst.bsky.social Another writer you've never heard of / books with Confingo and Dead Ink / runs Levenshulme Old Library
https://richardvhirst.co.uk/
John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social Social historian of modern places. Tales of the Suburbs, on LGBTQ+ history, out now. Wrote Concretopia and Outskirts. Disappointingly unserious. Podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour
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saxylizbeth @saxylizbeth.bsky.social She / Her
Saxophonist.
I love radio, cricket, cult film and television.
#ThereisnoPlanetB
#TransRightsareHumanRights
Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social Born at 314 ppm CO2. (We are now at 427.8 ppm CO2)
Founder and presenter on the Everything Electric Shows.
That bloke from Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge.
Info@unitedagents.co.uk
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social Radio astronomy observatory, research centre, UNESCO World Heritage site, beautiful visitor galleries, free parking, and great coffee 😀📡🌟
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
Starfleet Design 🖍🖖 @starfleetdesign.bsky.social Fan of colourful Star Trek and sleek starships • designer • fonts! • typos • AuDHD • no Ai • humanist • he/him • no commissions • opinions are mine not Starfleet’s • #StarfleetFinds • hates fun
https://artstation.com/starfleetdesign
Hourly Spaced @hourlyspaced.bagpuss.org A random frame from a random Spaced episode, every hour, on the hour.
Episode details in alt text.
By Dave Bagpuss Forsey @bagpuss.org
More Hourly TV: linktr.ee/hourlytv
Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social Unofficial Kneecap account that I hope the lads will come and claim. Let's build a following here in advance, folks! GRMA
frank: print witch @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social ✨💀✨ I make pictures, many of which are crow-adjacent
ORIGINAL ART & TAROT DECK ➡️ shop.frankduffy.co.uk
ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN ➡️ frankduffy.co.uk
🏴 Caerfyrddin
One of several people on this site who is not American
I block A/I & mansplainers
🏳️⚧️ they/nhw
Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social German #geographer and #demographer in #Melbourne. I love and share #maps and #data that explain how the #world works.
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social Writer of Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, James Bond, The Expanse, The Losers, Green Arrow: Year One, Daredevil, Hellblazer, Swamp Thing and more. Recovering Tharg / former editor of @2000ad.bsky.social
#AuDHD
Peter Bowden 🇬🇧 @b31bowden.bsky.social Proud Brummie. Sceptic, pedant and is frequently sarcastic, but tries to be polite. Retired. ex Local Authority Childcare, ex D.W.P. Fraud, ex I.P.C.C. Investigator. Assume nothing, Believe nobody. Check everything.
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social DJ, producer and professor of musical information.
Contact: wrongtom@gmail.com
Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social Legitimate businessman
https://ko-fi.com/philmcduff
https://open.substack.com/pub/philmcduff
@mcduff.75 on Signal
Jon Pountney @jonpountney1.bsky.social ONLY AN EYE, BUT MY GOD WHAT AN EYE!
This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social I post daily about something that is “this many years ago”. This account is a hobby project. Time zone is GMT+2.
Sam Byers @sambyers.bsky.social Author of Idiopathy, Perfidious Albion, and Come Join Our Disease
Jenny Nicholls @jenster.bsky.social Absent-minded twit. NZ Listener book reviewer, book designs, former art director/columnist at Metro/N&S. She/her
Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social Still writing Stuff for Things.
interestingmedia.blog
RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social • goth daria • muppet enthusiast • maker of threads • thehappiestsadgrlcollection on whatnot •
• help me live the dream: https://gofund.me/d9bf1cd80 •
• tips and things: https://linktr.ee/riotgrlerin •
The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social Our Oak Trees & their Sweet Chestnut chums in our ancient bluebell woodland in the Weald of Kent. Also pictures and facts about trees
twitter.com/TheKentAcorn
Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social Editorial cartoonist for the Globe and Mail and the Hill Times.
Substack: https://substack.com/@deadder
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth wickedproblems.earth
Shar pei with opposable thumbs. Climate tech in the streets, crime fiction in the sheets. Around since 327 ppm. Writer, podcaster, strategist. GreenSky, EnergySky. MAGA delenda est. Pronouns: y’all/yer man
The Daily Mash @the-daily-mash.bsky.social The UK's No.1 Satirical News Site
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.social https://film-authority.com
Film, tv and streaming blog by film critta Eddie Harrison (BBC, The List), reaching over two million readers in 2026.
Film and streaming reviews + cat pics served daily.
Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social http://www.cambridgeartstudio.com/ https://www.flickr.com/people/bakerart/
Lifelong artist. Not actively looking for sales at present. Posting mostly older work and some new. Images copyright except for limited personal use. 🚫AI
Ellie @wokeellie.bsky.social Loves reading, history, philosophy and God's Own Country. Member of the extremist Green Party for the planet and all its inhabitants, not just the stinking rich.
DMs turned off.
J.G. Bollard @jamesnonchalant.bsky.social Professional cargo cycle consultant and trainer. Cycling Instructor / Bicycle 🔧
Retired pseud. Rather be watching 🎥. All views my own. www.cyclelondon.org #London #Islington
Frank Swain @frank-swain.bsky.social Freelance science writer | frankswain.com
STARLOG @starlogmedia.bsky.social STARLOG, the legendary sci-fi magazine, returns–exploring the intersection of science fiction, technology & culture.
Podcast | Newsletter | Magazine Coming Late 2026
50 Years. Since 1976
https://thelodestar.starlog.com/
Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social Reuters Journalist of the Year 2025: 'Scoop of the Year'
Senior correspondent, UK economy and north of England.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social millmedia.bsky.social editor/founder. Interested in #localjournalism and low-stakes media drama.
Toby Hadoke @tobyhadoke.bsky.social Actor, Comedian, Writer, Voice Guy, Professional Anorak.
Arcana is my armour. And my amour. 
Richard Gadsden @po8crg.gadsden.online Three-time Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate, Man Utd and Red Sox fan, cis man, he/him/his, 83 protons, not a werelabradoodle, in spite of my appearance
Dr Nigel Fletcher @nigelfletcher.bsky.social Wanderer in the fourth dimension. British political and constitutional historian. Co-founder, Centre for Opposition Studies.
Distracted by cats and camp classic telly. Will run for cake.
🖊️ 📖 🇬🇧 🏰 🐈⬛ 🏳️🌈 📺 🍰🏃🏻♂️
www.nigelfletcher.org
Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social [Skip Intro]
Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/captain-howdy/shop?asc=u
How I Would Bring Back Doctor Who @bring-back-drwho.bsky.social Anonymised screengrabs of suggested ways to revitalise the old as balls family science-fiction show, Doctor Who, presented without comment.
Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social London. Book-related (sells, reads, hoards, writes). Macaroni cheese. Trans rights are human rights. Fix your hearts or die. Redhaired stepchild. Proud slop despiser. Punch up.
https://www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk/news
https://www.thebksagency.com/lucyfisher
David Bryant @23daves.bsky.social "I don't mean half the things I say/ So just ignore the half that you don't like"
All views expressed are personal, not those of my employer.
Writer of "Everybody's Number 1 to Someone", about NME Indie Chart toppers: https://indienumber1s.blogspot.com
Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social Belfast-based Photographer.
Do good, die great.
https://brendanjharkin.myportfolio.com/
Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social Ex-Labour, Northumbrian, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, The Expanse, SAFC, Socialist, Grandma, Busily Retired, 🇵🇸
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"
Albert Einstein
Zeteo UK @zeteo.uk Disrupting Britain’s broken media. A new journalistic force from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @Zeteo.com.
https://zeteo.uk/
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social Husband, Father, Son and Ex Local Liberal Democrat Councillor for, Ouseburn Ward in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Released from public service by the electorate. If you need me, I'll be on the bike, or away in the campervan.
Searchlight magazine @searchlightmag.bsky.social Investigating, exposing fascists, racists & far right since 1975. Website: https://searchlightmagazine.com and at https://x.com/Searchlight_mag and https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586620263602
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at the University of Maine researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writing and podcasting for the planet. Chaotic good professor. She/her.
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
Ash Preston @theashpreston.bsky.social "Comedian" / Hair / Northern working class scum / Old pop culture content / Wrestling / Hack jokes / j'habite en France 🇫🇷 / He/Him 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
https://ko-fi.com/ashpreston#
History of Advertising Trust @historyofads.bsky.social The History of Advertising Trust - the largest archive of UK advertising in the world. Search our catalogue: http://bit.ly/2xQLOAN
Graphic Garbage @graphic-garbage.bsky.social shapes! colors! patterns! images!
Em Splem @emsplem.bsky.social I like some stuff (art, poetry, history, philosophy, dogs, rhinos)
I dislike some stuff (fascists and their enablers, mosquitoes, slugs)
I do some things (gardening, walking, cycling, nursing)
I don’t do others (drive, eat meat, walk my reactive dog much)
Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social People ask me to draw pictures on Microsoft Paint and sometimes I do
Davis Eastwood @davis-eastwood.bsky.social History, reading, writing, and role-playing games
He/Him
Darren Mark Skilton @darrenmarkskilton.bsky.social Collective Action Brighton & Hove. Left/Green. Solidarity RPM. Give Street Project. Vegan. Gooner. LGBTQIA ally. He/Him.
Xan Brooks @xanbrooks.bsky.social Novelist, journalist. THE CATCHERS (https://tinyurl.com/TheCatchers2024)