Prof Christina Pagel
Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal.
Starter Packs
Created by Prof Christina Pagel (2)
UK political commentary types
My starter pack of UK political commentary types - by no means exhaustive!
Science/health accounts
Science-y / health people I follow on Bluesky
@blakeprof.bsky.social
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law. Administrative law, political theory. Author: The Public’s Law. https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/blake-emerson
@profjonathanpotter.bsky.social
Rutgers distinguished emeritus professor, discursive psychologist, now back in the UK. Views everyone else’s (see Barthes, etc). Currently building an emotionography for American Psychological Association Books with @alexahepburn.bsky.social
@simonpegg.bsky.social
Same name, not *that* one though. 48, Movie lover, lives in the East. Rarely manages a serious post on any social media platform.
@brendanmay.bsky.social
Sustainable business entrepreneur. Advisor to multinational firms around the world. Advocate for pragmatic, fact-based environmentalism. Music lover. Found mainly in London and South East Asia.
@colinmurray.bsky.social
Professor of Law & Democracy @newcastleuni.bsky.social Constitutional Law | Human Rights | Brexit | Devolution | Political Violence | Colonialism | Other Assorted Dourness He/Him
@jobmaynooth.bsky.social
Professor of European Politics, Maynooth University, Ireland. Posts on EU, Balkans and International Politics. Author: The Eastern Enlargement of the EU. Director, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/europe
@heather-rolfe.bsky.social
Director of Research at @britishfuture.bsky.social Mostly interested in immigration, employment, migrants’ new lives in UK and public attitudes
@mcopelov.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, UW - Madison. Jean Monnet Chair, 🇪🇺 & the Global Economy. International political economy, IR, & global finance. Politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
@mwgehring.bsky.social
EU & International Sustainable Development Lawyer; Senior Pro-Proctor University of Cambridge, Associate Prof Faculty of Law, Centre for European Legal Studies, Law Fellow of Hughes Hall, Fellow Lauterpacht Centre & Lead Counsel, CISDL, personal opinions.
@patientlibrary.bsky.social
Open access evidence base for patient experience, lived experience, patient/public involvement. www.patientlibrary.net
@jjlis.bsky.social
USAID Democracy and Governance consultant. Former Hill staffer. Dad. Geriatric hockey player. Cleveland sports trauma survivor. "This administration out here redefining villainy at scale." -@edifiedlistener.bsky.social
@rebeccamckee.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working across constitution/parliament and local growth/regional economic policy. Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
@elotroalex.bsky.social
faculty of collective wonders for Yale Spanish & Portuguese. materialist spelunker and otrAmerican. he/him/colibri.
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas "the oldest learned society in Texas established in 1837," TAMEST, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
@hrbrmstr.dev
a.k.a. boB Rudis • 🇺🇦 Pampa • Don't look at me…I do what he does—just slower. #rstats #js #duckdb #goavuncular•👨🍳•✝️• 💤• Varaforseti í Gögn Vísindi @ GreyNoise • 47-watch.com • https://stormwatch.ing • https://dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev • Maine🦞
@benansell.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. Why Politics Fails. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host of What’s Wrong With Democracy? and BBC Radio 4’s Rethink
@disappearedtracker.bsky.social
Alt-Account of @cripdyke.bsky.social Tracking persons politically arrested, detained, or disappeared by the Trump regime since March 9, 2025.
@profnaomifulop.bsky.social
Professor of Health Care Organisation & Management at University College London (UCL), UK A director of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice UK https://www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/ Proud daughter of a refugee Views my own
@wolfeagle1989.bsky.social
PhD in Space Physics. Hobbyist SARS-CoV-2 lineage hunter. I will block trolls, misinformers, and disinformers at my personal discretion.
@drkevinfong.bsky.social
Doctor/Anaesthetics/PHEM/Broadcaster. Likes to know how systems tick & what we can do to improve them. Interested in just about everything. #13MinutestotheMoon #16Sunsets
@lewan.bsky.social
Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
Making sense of our political hell every Tues and Fri. From Podmasters UK. Listen: https://linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod Back us: http://patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Posts without signatures from the production team.
@harrietgriffey.bsky.social
Writer. Suffolk raised, London based, European. MA in Modern & Contemporary Literature. www.writersretreats.org
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
@annabower.bsky.social
Just asking questions. Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org. Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org Signal username: annabower.24
@resprofnews.bsky.social
Global research policy, funding & HE news from Research Professional News, including Research Fortnight, Research Europe and Research Africa. Part of Clarivate.
@drartanalytics.bsky.social
Operational Researcher, Artist, Gardener. DM'S will get a block in most cases.
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social
Professor of Biology & Institute for Health Computing, U of Maryland; explores how viruses impact human and environmental health; 'Asymptomatic' (JHU Press, 10/22/2024) & 'Quantitative Biosciences' (Princeton U Press, 3/2024) & 'Science Matters' substack.
@eleanorbiggs.bsky.social
Journalist and audio producer Currently: Tortoise Media Previous: Novel, BBC Current Affairs
@jesswinch.bsky.social
Managing Editor at The Observer, previously News Editor at Tortoise Media and Foreign Editor at the Telegraph
@chefboibex.bsky.social
Data and Graphics reporter at @theobserveruk.bsky.social. They/them
@jdevos.bsky.social
#StemCells Researcher | Director of the Cell Processing Facility University of Montpellier - CHU of Montpellier | #StemCells #iPScells for #lung #CellTherapy | Stem Genomics co-founder | President of the FSSCR
@luiszaman.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at University of Michigan in Complex Systems and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. We study coevolution with phage and self-replicating computer programs!
@maxkozlov.bsky.social
science reporter covering biomedical research at Nature | proudly Ukrainian 🇺🇦 maxkozlov.com signal: mkozlov.01
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host. The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now. https://sirenscallbook.com/
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MSNBC analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
@sahilkapur.bsky.social
NBC News Senior National Political Reporter covering Capitol Hill and elections 🏛️🗳️ Part-time Formula 1 correspondent. 🏁🏎️ https://x.com/sahilkapur
@sanders.senate.gov
Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
@maddow.msnbc.com
Mondays at 9pmET on MSNBC MaddowBlog.com From Russia with Lev: MSNBC.com/Lev Ultra podcast: MSNBC.com/Ultra Prequel: MSNBC.com/Prequel
@brianklaas.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.