Iain MacGilleBhràith
I LIKE a *lot* of shit: sci & tech (my day job!), environment & energy (ecomodernism), politics (~moderate, social-liberalism), culture & language(s), outdoors (mountains, cycling/MTB, sailing), travel, nuance & irony.
I HATE black-&-white simplism!
@themessyecologist.bsky.social
I’m campaigning for more messy spaces for nature, join our messy mission and let’s Rewild together by doing less- and letting nature do the rest! PhD researcher - Rewilding with Beavers 🦫 Founder of the Wee Pond Project 🐸
@macleoddonald.bsky.social
Àrd-oifigear Foghlaim agus Seirbheisean Chloinne aig Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Chief Officer for Education & Children’s Services at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Education, learning, Gàidhlig, Gaelic. Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Alba Western Isles, Scotland 🏴
@northbnd.bsky.social
slow running explorer | list maker, cataloguer & database builder | left of centre, north of England
@jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social
Research Fellow at the British Election Study, Wrexham and Wales fan
@gerryhassan.bsky.social
Writer commentator academic. Books Editor, Bella Caledonia; Co-founder Kirkcudbright Fringe Festival; Co-editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge', pub. Nov. 28 2024.
@sayitingaelic.bsky.social
Clothing store dedicated to revitalisation of Scottish Gaelic. We celebrate Scottish Gaelic language and culture with stylish art prints on organic cotton featuring Scottish Gaelic words and phrases. www.sayitingaelic.com https://linktr.ee/sayitingaelic
@renatesamson.bsky.social
Longtime advocate, policy wonk, researcher and speaker about the impact of data driven tech and AI. Currently immersed in researching young people’s digital lives and AI in education @AdaLovelaceInstitute and @Nuffield Foundation
@lukeharding1968.bsky.social
Journalist @Guardian, #1 New York Times best-selling author, foreign correspondent. Latest book: "Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival", shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and Peterson Literary Prize. Agent: Susanna Lea
@freshnick.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, atheist , republican (not a Republican) entrepreneur, Welsh, still left of centre despite my age. They would not listen, they did not know how. Perhaps they'll listen now
@thommo1964.bsky.social
Van dwelling Brit of strongly centre-left politics, a love of blues music and podcasts, and a passion for failing at cooking. Europhile. Rejoiner. United States of Europe would get my X. Van life is incredibly solitary so new friends are always welcome.
@thatmarkelliott.bsky.social
Submitted my PhD thesis, just over 2 weeks to viva. Also do language testing stuff. Once drew some trees and was told it was "better than felling them", which is a start, I guess. All views, poasts and nonsense my own; cat photos will happen.
@bryanglick.bsky.social
Editor in chief of Computer Weekly; VP of international editorial at InformaTechTarget; BSME Editor's Editor of the Year 2024; Liverpool FC
@jonathancoe.bsky.social
Writer. New novel is THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE. Previous titles include WHAT A CARVE UP!, THE ROTTERS' CLUB, MIDDLE ENGLAND, MR WILDER AND ME ... https://linktr.ee/coelinks
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social
Professor of the Political Economy of Europe at LSE. Interested in democratic representation and inequality in the rich democracies (and the US). Author of Anti-System Politics (OUP, 2020). Also random thoughts on football, cycling, the weather etc
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist (Guardian/Observer, MOJO, BBC Culture, the i), podcaster (Origin Story, Oh God What Now?) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
@profsimonfisher.bsky.social
Director of Language & Genetics at Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen. Tracing the complex connections between genes, brains, speech & language. Website: https://www.mpi.nl/people/fisher-simon-e ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-1996
@robbieandrew.bsky.social
Senior scientist at Oslo-based CICERO Center for International Climate Research • 🌍Global Carbon Project • https://robbieandrew.github.io/
@brianwhitington.bsky.social
CEO of Climate Hebrides CIC. Outer Hebrides, energy & climate change, real food and good government. www.climatehebrides.com
@floriangkern.bsky.social
Associate Professor, political scientist, Dep of Government, Univ of Essex, comparative politics in Africa, mixed methods, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE Dep of Methodology; Batigols founding member; ESRC-fund. MCCRA https://sites.google.com/site/floriangkern
@stevefisher.bsky.social
Professor of Political Sociology, Trinity College, University of Oxford. https://electionsetc.com https://substack.com/@stevefisheroxford
@highlycaffeinated.bsky.social
IT Support manager, traveler, dog lover, leftist. World of Warcraft, Warhammer 40k, history, art, etc. I drink a lot of coffee and have to attend a lot of meetings. Printers are the bane of my existence.
@sinisterbulb.bsky.social
Northerner. Husband. Dad. Pillock. Not a real lightbulb. Not that sinister. But I do stay largely anonymous on to keep it separate from real life. Ally to anyone who would like it. Married to @ElisabethHobbes.co.uk. (Have given the cat his medicine)
@nuclearkatie.com
Nuclear engineer. nuclear: energy, history, waste, nonproliferation, humor. "Tells uranium's life story". Lives in New Mexico, formerly WI. Outdoors when I'm not working. Views mine alone. she/her
@whatisnuclear.com
Ph.D./P.E. nuclear engineer and nuclear educator who runs https://whatisnuclear.com. Thinks about how to deliver nuclear power reliably and cheaply, advanced reactors, reactor history, energy.
@biblioracle.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. Www.whytheycantwrite.com
@eoinhiggins.bsky.social
Reporter | eoinhiggins@gmail.com https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eoin-higgins/owned/9781645030461/
@chippy.hiblue.com
I'm Steve 'Chippy' Paine and I write a lot about mobile computing, web and connectivity. I ride a V4 Honda motorcycle and I like to mash it all together with a bit of travel and camping. My linktree can be found at https://chippy.hiblue.com
@aardgoose.info
Coder and caver with an enthusiasm for Border Collies and maps. Creator of CaveView (3d cave survey web application) https://aardgoose.github.io/CaveView.js/ Occasional contributor to https://threejs.org and Firefox.
@stephenjarvis.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Environmental Economics at LSE. Posting mostly about energy/enviro research. https://stephenjarvis.github.io/
@stephen1958.bsky.social
From Norn Irn. Happy with complex national identity, unhappy with Brexit. #Breturn After Engineering degree: Development, Sales, Product Management & 12 yrs as MD. Also BA & MA History, just because: decolonisation in Africa, nationalism, Ireland, UK.
@sagan.bsky.social
In the Memory of Astronomer, Researcher, Educator, Communicator, Advocate and Activist who taught us importance of understanding Science. We miss you Carl. Tribute account.
@simonziegler.bsky.social
Founder of 2 tech startups. Ex investment banker. Politically centre/lefty. Dad to the most wonderful man and woman on the planet.
@steveakehurst.bsky.social
Politics, policy, public attitudes. Work in polling and comms. Director, Persuasion UK. ex- Shelter, civil service and various other things. 🏳️🌈 https://persuasionuk.org/about https://strongmessagehere.substack.com/
@denisebreen.bsky.social
Irish | Building Data Centres by day | On the wireless at the weekends | Writing about film | Love my Border Collie | Ride a Gold Wing everyday | Bigots get blocked | Trekker 🖖 LLAP, (she/her/hers), 🏳️⚧️ and hello to Jason Isaacs 👋 www.thefourthwall.xyz/blog
@seethingmead.bsky.social
Professor of UK Human Rights Law, UEA: public order/protest/policing/free speech/human rights Poor but inveterate punster.Converse collector. Law, politics, Derby County, & music Man of Sussex in exile…still fighting the forced East/West partition of ‘72
@cgaidhligghlaschu.bsky.social
A’ coinneachadh gus meòrachadh mu dhualchas, litreachas, òrain is eachdraidh nan Gàidheal is na Gàidhealtachd – tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig. Aig Leabharlann Mhitchell, Glaschu & air-loidhne. Clàr-ama: https://comannghlaschu.wordpress.com/
@matthewrr.bsky.social
National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff, and landscapes. Views own.
@iainl7.bsky.social
Internet Old Man, sorry. Films, music, games, photography, cats. Frequently fails to quit that politics addiction. Post Rock, Ergo Propter Rock
@paolosandro.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory @lawatleeds.bsky.social, author of 'The Making of Constitutional Democracy: From Creation to Application of Law' (Hart 2022), Open Access at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4562656#
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@nevillemorley.bsky.social
Classics & Ancient History at Exeter, Leverhulme Major Research Fellow; much Thucydides, Marx and decadence, but also beer, cats and obscure European jazz. STILL trying to keep the blog going: https://thesphinxblog.com.
@sharkgrappler.bsky.social
SOUND DESIGNER Live event content producer and designer. Advertising - Theatre and Dance. Richmond London. 🇪🇺 🏴 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🦉 👽 Half Glaswegian - Dad 👶🏻 Aquarist 🐟 Schnoodle owner🐕 Zappa ~ Sparks ~ Classic films ~ Comedy Arsenal FC ⚽ Harlequins RFC 🏉