BRFCS @brfcs.bsky.social Blackburn Rovers fans, expect pithy commentary and other nonsense.
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Podcasts: https://www.brfcs.com/podcasts
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Making Families Count C.I.C @m-f-c.bsky.social Making Families Count works with traumatically bereaved and seriously harmed families and healthcare professionals to improve the way services involve, support and learn from families – especially when something has gone seriously wrong.
Barn Owl Trust @barnowltrust.bsky.social A small charity in Devon, UK, working hard to conserve the Barn Owl and its environment 🦉💚
barnowltrust.org.uk
If you’d like to help Barn Owls, consider becoming a Friend of the Trust: barnowltrust.org.uk/support-us/friends-of-the-barn-owl-trust 💚
Open Book Publishers @openbookpublish.bsky.social Leading Open Access publisher of high-quality academic books. Non-profit, scholar-led. Part of @copim.bsky.social and @openbookcollective.bsky.social. Find us here: https://lnk.bio/openbookpublishers
Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk Faith community grounded in stillness. We believe in working together to create a more just, equal and peaceful world.
Quakers in Britain, Friends House, NW1 2BJ.
www.quaker.org.uk
Pint of Science UK @pintofscience.uk Annual science festival taking place in pubs & cafes every May across the UK & globally.
➡️ @pintsworld.bsky.social
Our sci-art is #CreativeRx use #pint26 for 2026 events. Next events 10-12 May 2027
pintofscience.co.uk
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk 🗳️ Mapping UK Elections & Collating Polling Data
nowcast / posters / much more @ electionmaps.uk
support my work @ https://ko-fi.com/electionmapsuk
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
Andrew Dunn @drdunnpoverty.bsky.social Academic. Publishing about poverty (new book out later in 2026 called 'Relative Poverty Re-examined'). Former Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Lincoln, #FreeSpeech
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.
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 :-)
Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social Professor (Emeritus) U of Manchester ▪️PhD LSE public management▪️co-ops and cooperation ▪️progressive pluralism▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born Dover (that's my Castle)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch @saramohrpietsch.bsky.social music broadcaster / writer / curator
Host of BBC Radio 3’s Night Tracks and Music Map
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.
The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods.
Find our content here:
https://academic.oup.com/ehr
Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk “Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour
Windy Cooler @goodquakerpirate.bsky.social Embraced Quaker public minister and practical theologian with a concern for right relationship in the Religious Society of Friends from Sandy Spring Monthly (BYM). I am currently the convener of Friends Incubator for Public Ministry.
Friends Center, Philadelphia @friendsctr.bsky.social The Quaker hub for peace and justice. Space for worship, nonprofit offices, and events in Philadelphia. https://www.friendscentercorp.org.
Quaker Advices and Queries @advicesandqueries.org Quaker Advices and Queries. Managed by @jsuttonmorse.me
Also at advicesandqueries.org and advicesandqueries.quakers.social (Mastodon)
Jess Carr @itsme-jesseeka.bsky.social Social justice and equality advocate.
Bachelors Social work student.
She/Her
Loud, sarcastic, Mom, Daughter,
Liberal.
Marcus Reed @labornerd22.bsky.social Lawyer for working people ⚖️✊ • proud union member
Richard Wilcox @mudlakefarms.bsky.social Quaker, Preacher, Birder, Historian, Financial Planner, Genealogist, Science-Lover, Fluent in Sarcasm, Author of "Searching for James Gibson" and "Conversations with Bridget." www.richardjwilcox.com
Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social The official page of the Friends World Committee for Consultation. Connecting around 400,000 Quakers in 100+ countries around the world. Find out more at fwcc.world
johanpdx @johanpdx.bsky.social Johan Maurer. Quaker minister, retired denominational administrator, freelance translator (Russian - English). Born in Norway, educated in the USA and Canada. Weekly blog posts at https://blog.canyoubelieve.me.
Pendle Hill @pendlehillusa.bsky.social A Quaker study, retreat, and conference center welcoming all for Spirit-led learning and community, located in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.
Daniel Smith-Christopher @dchristo.bsky.social Quaker, left-Christian, Anabaptist influenced, Tolstoy fan, socialist sympathies, Hebrew Bible professor. Blues fan. Oregonian.
Jay David Miller @jaydavidmiller.bsky.social English Prof. Early Americanist. Quakerism.
Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. https://christianitytoday.com
C. Wess Daniels @gatheringinlight.com Quaker Studies at Guilford College, Minister, Author, & Cycling Enthusiast.
Author of “Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance.” Co-Editor of “The Quaker World.”
http://gatheringlight.com
https://wessdaniels.micro.blog/
Society for Medical Anthropology @socmedanthro.bsky.social medanthro.net
Producing new understandings of health, disease, illness, treatment, and care.
Jonathan Northcroft @jnorthcroft.bsky.social Football correspondent for The Sunday Times. "A carefully rehearsed piece of tomfoolery."
Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social Pre-order TRADE WORLD! https://lnk.to/TradeWorldBook
Ben Zeller @zellerben.bsky.social Professor of Religion, scholar of new religious movements, Fulbright Finland alum, cross-country skier, hiker, partner, parent, sometimes-cheesemaker
Katarina Plank @katarinaplank.bsky.social Docent & senior lecturer in Religious studies, Karlstad University. Series editor of Brill Handbook of Contemporary Religion.
Researcher of Buddhism and contemporary sprirituality.
Passionate knitter, garderner and advocating neurodiversity. She/her.
Tuomas Äystö @aystotuomas.eurosky.social Associate Professor (Docent) and University Lecturer, Study of Religion, Uni Helsinki. Co-editor of Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=fi&user=0NxHFoEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
RSPB England @rspbengland.bsky.social Restoring habitats, saving species and connecting people to the wonder of nature, across England. Together, we fly.
RSPB @rspb.bsky.social Filling these blue skies with birds, and saving nature while doing it.
🦅🦆🦉🐦🐤🐧
Our Website: https://brnw.ch/21wQQ1O
Cover photo: Aintright 📷
European Society for the Study of Human Evolution @eshesociety.bsky.social Official bluesky account of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution. Email us communication@eshe-conference.eu
www.eshe.eu
The Letter Box Study Group @lbsg.org The UK's foremost authority on roadside letter boxes since 1976 📮🇬🇧
steve the skeptic @policyskeptic.bsky.social government policy, health policy, evidence, statistics and sometimes other topics
Grim Art Group @grimartgroup.bsky.social #GrimArt - the beauty & value of the everyday, the ordinary & the overlooked; industrial landscapes, whippets & wastelands, red bricks & rust. #art #photography
Alice E. Smith @aliceesmith.bsky.social Theatre and Costume Historian and Maker. Photographer and Makeup Artist. Researcher for the podcast Not Just the Tudors. Lover of coffee, cats, books and the natural world.
Suzannah Lipscomb @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social Award-winning historian, professor & TV presenter
Author, The King is Dead; Voices of Nîmes; 1536
Host, Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit
Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social Philip McCouat writes in-depth articles on art, history and social change in the Journal of Art in Society at http://artinsociety.com
AlisonRTB @atb15.bsky.social Politics 🌹 Comms, Community Development, Facilitator. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Equality, simplicity, integrity, peace, community. 🐱 🐕 slave. Like 🍷 🧀 🥖 📚 & laughing. ADHD. ME/CFS. Mum of fab 👩❤️💋👨 Quaker ☸️🧘🇬🇧🇪🇺
Cognitive Science of Religion @scienceofreligion.bsky.social Philosophy, History, and Evolution of Religion
(current discussion, cutting-edge methods, and opportunities)
Jennifer Reid @jenniferballads.bsky.social 19thC Lancashire dialect, broadside ballads, weaving & community arts. Disrupting the folk scene since 2015. Barb in #TheGallowsPole. 📸 insta: jenniferballadss
Nostalgic Football @footballnostalgia.bsky.social Your home of Football Nostalgia.
HITC @hitc.com Your go-to source for the latest sports news and exclusive stories.
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Football Away Days @awaydays.bsky.social Football Away Days account from X.
Beyond Radio @beyond.radio Local Radio for Lancaster and Morecambe Bay
Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod.bsky.social The No.1 podcast for the Championship. New episode every Thursday, Friday & Sunday. Business email: secondtierpod@gmail.com
Julie Graham @witchwalker70.bsky.social Wife, Mum, Blackburn Rovers supporter 💙🤍
@siharwood.bsky.social @siharwood.bsky.social Lancastrian in exile in that there Yorkshire.
Blackburn Rovers, Giants and Yankees fan.
Runner, hiker and splash around in cold water a bit
OSINTdefender @handle.invalid ⚠️ MIRROR OF twitter.com/sentdefender
⚠️ If you own the original account and want to claim this, please contact @twttr-mirrors.bsky.social
Henry Winter @henry-winter.bsky.social Football writer and broadcaster. 
Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk Surface pattern designer and illustrator. Bold, colourful things inspired by brutalist architecture, mid-century graphics and music. Based in Manchester.
https://www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
@rovers-returned.bsky.social @rovers-returned.bsky.social 
British Culture Archive @britcultarchive.bsky.social The Changing Face of British Society & Culture. EXHIBITIONS | SHOP | GALLERIES
Dr. Erica Canela @ericanela.bsky.social Early Modern Social Historian | British Civil Wars and Trauma | Early Quakers in England | 📖 Zealous: A Darker Side of The Early Quakers https://linktr.ee/ericanela
Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social Senior researcher at Theos Think Tank. Former director of Christians on the Left. Always mixing religion and politics for a living. Fan of good stories, football, big earrings and oatcakes.
Mad in America @mad-in-america.bsky.social Rethinking Psychiatry Advocacy, Blogs, News, Podcasts and Resources. https://www.madinamerica.com
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social The SSSR is an interdisciplinary academic association that promotes & communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949. sssreligion.org Flagship publication: JSSR @jssreligion.bsky.social
Society for Applied Anthropology @appliedanthro.bsky.social The Society for Applied Anthropology - A Worldwide Organization for the Applied Social Sciences
https://linktr.ee/appliedanthro
Omri Elisha @omrielisha.bsky.social Anthropologist of religion at Queens College/The Graduate Center, CUNY. Author of Moral Ambition: Mobilization & Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches (2011)
Currently thinking about astrology, spirituality, and historical consciousness. 
BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group @bsasocrel.bsky.social Bringing together specialists and non-specialists in contemporary religious issues.
Religion Media Centre @relmedcentre.bsky.social Independent and impartial - providing the media with information, context and expert comment
Richard Saville-Smith PhD @dranamorphosis.bsky.social Mad studies in conversation with psychiatry & religious studies. Also #Celt #indyref2 #psychedelics. https://independent.academia.edu/RichardSavilleSmith
Isle of Skye
Book: Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis & Religious Studies (Bloomsbury)
Teemu Taira @teemutaira.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion. Researching public discourses on religion; atheism and nonreligion; religion and news media; methodology. Author of Taking "Religion" Seriously (2022) and other books.
https://teemutaira.wordpress.com
Jes Heise Rasmussen @jesheise.bsky.social 
Jacqui Frost @jacquifrost.bsky.social Assistant Professor @PurdueSociology. Researching how nonreligious people live, what science means to people, and why religious change happens.
Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social Teacher, speaker, & writer on Quaker history, theology & spirituality. Author of 'Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers' (Woodbrooke, 2026), & 'The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth' (T&T Clark, 2025). 2026 Swarthmore Lecturer
Mar @purplehatpenguin.bsky.social Quaker. Explorer. Clinging to childlike wonder at life’s simple pleasures
Robynne Rogers Healey @rrhealey.bsky.social Historian of Quaker studies, gender, and war and peace. Professor at Trinity Western University. Animal lover and caffeine addict. All views my own (she/her).
Barbara J Bone @barbarabone.bsky.social A wife, Mother, Photographer of sorts and a Quaker who looks for wisdom.
Tyneside / Northumberland
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Katiehb @katiehb.bsky.social Quaker, sometimes actress, walker in nature, learning photography, remembering to laugh. No spring chicken.
Will Haire @willohir.bsky.social Irish Quaker, enjoying walking the countryside and seeking a shared Ireland
Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social Sociological Science is a general interest, open access sociology journal committed to the highest standards of rigor and relevance. We aim to be the flagship journal for social scientists committed to advancing a general understanding of social processes.
Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social Professor Inger Mewburn, Director of researcher development at ANU. I do research on research and think about stuff. Here to support researchers. Find my writing and podcasts on www.thesiswhisperer.com #realtwin
J. E. Siburt, PhD @logica4d.bsky.social Assistant Professor: Sociology of Leadership and Director of The Masters of Strategic Leadership at Immaculata University. My research is primarily focused on the practice of story as a manifestation of power and influence. Bloomsbury Author.
Paolo Parra Saiani @parrasaiani.bsky.social Full Prof. @UniGenova
Interested in social research history & methodology, social indicators, factual and political knowledge, fraud in science, circulation of knowledge.
The Blackburn End Podcast @blackburnendpod.bsky.social The #1 Blackburn Rovers podcast with @bigfellabeaty & @markhitch - match reviews, previews & the latest Rovers & EFL news. Available on YouTube & all platforms
https://linktr.ee/blackburnendpod
Andy Bayes @andybayes79.bsky.social 45, husband of 1, father of 2.
Walker of Golden Retriever & Silver Lab.
Sports Editor, BBC Radio Lancashire
Coach of Ribchester Rovers U14 Girls.
Supporter of great causes.
Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko.bsky.social Journo. Jags fan. Not in that order. And can block fuds again. You know the rest 😂🇧🇪
Unleaded @unleaded123.bsky.social 
@northernrover.bsky.social @northernrover.bsky.social 
Michelle @perfectcircle77.bsky.social ND wife & mum to autistic teens. Knitter, reader, podcast junkie, slow Parkrunner, occasional baker, Blackburn Rovers fan, freelance transcriber.
Mascots Minute Silence @mascotsilence.bsky.social Photos of mascots observing moments of silence.
@mascotsilence on other platforms
Ian Herbert @ianherbert95.bsky.social Exiled Lancastrian undertaking important missionary work in Sheffield, South Yorkshire!
4000 Holes podcast host & fanzine contributor
https://www.brfcs.com/podcasts
Blackburn Rovers fan with a soft spot for Accrington Stanley
Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness @fshi.bsky.social Our objectives are to promote and improve social scientific research, education and scholarship in the field of the sociology of health and illness.
https://www.shifoundation.org.uk
Lauren Valentino @sociologylauren.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. I study culture & cognition + inequality & stratification using a mix of methods. www.laurenvalentino.org- U Social Psych, Sociology, Univ of South Carolina @uscsocysocpysch.bsky.social research on altruism, cooperation, discrimination, inequality, protest tactics and other stuff
Beth Truesdale @truesdale.bsky.social Sociologist studying work, aging, and inequality at @upjohninstitute. Opinions mine.
Editor of Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer.
bethtruesdale.org