Alison
I write about the Franklin Expedition and other parts of history heavy on the “doomed” and “ill-fated” side of things. I also enjoy petting cats in Victorian cemeteries.
Humanitarian. She/They. #MDANT. #NUJ. #NoTerfs.
https://finger-post.blog
@mediapathic.bsky.social
Word Guy. Viable Paradise 2017. Fiction, parafiction, and game writer; Chicago Manual of Style enjoyer; sword swinger. Recreational taxonomist. "Steen, occasionally I forget how extra you are but something always reminds me" -- Elizabeth Bear #sf
@hegodamask.bsky.social
giving bluesky a try. villain enjoyer. star wars brainrot since 2004.
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
@christopherpittard.bsky.social
Victorian literature academic, Course Leader in English Literature. Detective fiction, Sherlock Holmes, Dickens, Wilkie Collins. New book: *Literary Illusions: Performance Magic and Victorian Literature* (Edinburgh UP, 2025)
@angryalgonquin.bsky.social
Creator of "A Booklovers Guide to Independent Bookstores" at angryalgonquin.com. Please support independent bookstores! Nordic/Scandi Noir, Iceland, polar history & exploration fan. Museums. Libraries. Animal rescues. #bookblogger angryalgonquin.com
@quarterbean.bsky.social
Historian ~ Author ~ Heritage Cemetery Advocate | New Johnstown, Upper Canada | stuartmanson.wordpress.com
@jvl.bsky.social
Editor of The Bulwark https://www.thebulwark.com/ Host of a Secret Podcast. Also a super double-secret podcast you can't find.
@jfb1066.bsky.social
Military Historian. Writing a book on Economic Statecraft and Money as a Weapon of War (OUP, 2025?). Next: Strategy. Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
@hesterblum.bsky.social
A patched professor in Queen Nature’s granite-founded College. Polar humanities, C19, oceanic studies. Ask me about Moby-Dick. I teach environmental and nineteenth-century American literature at Penn State. Protect trans kids. She/her. hesterblum.com
@kittyfisher.bsky.social
liking stuff since 1741. aviation, arctic expeditions, medical history, marine life, flouncy mantuas, the sea, perfume and of course terrible tv
@evanwilson.bsky.social
Naval historian. Associate Professor at US Naval War College. Views own. New book with Paul Kennedy: Planning for War at Sea: 400 Years of Great Power Competition.
@encephalophagy.bsky.social
Leftist Politics, Autism, Tech, Luddism, Roleplaying & General Geekery | he/she/they 🏳️🌈 | Science Saves Lives, BLM, Right-Wing Policies Kill, Trans Rights Are Human Rights, End Genocide 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 Before DMing me please read this: https://nohello.net/en
@ogkittylyst.bsky.social
I'm the usual kittylyst you'll find in other places, but someone beat me to the name here. So, I guess I'm the OG. Much more likely to be found over at @kittylyst@mastodon.social though. Cornishman in Barcelona.
@blimby.bsky.social
fiftycentleaf on twitter | lesbian husband to @katieaki.bsky.social | they/them | 28 | rva, the “new york of the south” | free palestine, union strong, antifascist forever ❤️🔥❄️🏳️⚧️
@aglukaq.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather. Ex-Navy. Retired professional mariner - deep sea, submarines, ferries. Author of non-fiction books on Arctic exploration history. Sometime expedition member to Arctic. Old fart. www.aglooka.ca
@archaeochaussee.bsky.social
#MarineArchaeologist at Wessex Archaeology | #PhD Roman/early medieval #LandscapeArchaeology from UCL | Subaerial/submerged landscapes | #Tolkien | #RStats | Aberystwyth University #LifelongLearning | Jayhawks | Prospect Union | I stand with refugees
@derbyshiredro.bsky.social
Free access to 900 years of history - Derbyshire, Britain and beyond: books, archives, maps, prints and photographs. Explore online or visit us in Matlock. Website: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/recordoffice
@mendelight.bsky.social
Literature professor @ox.ac.uk @engfac.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk • #OscarWilde biographer & curator http://makinghistory.magd.ox.ac.uk • Researching #Women in #Polar & #Arctic #Exploration @ieadeparis.bsky.social • French Canadian armchair cosmopolitan
@mattstanhope7.bsky.social
Guitarist. Coffee wraith. #Hookland resident and Doctor Who enthusiast. #Fortean. He/Him. Yorkshire by marriage. #MDANT #UncannyCommunity
@akilnawan.bsky.social
Academic at Royal Holloway, University of London. Director of the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social. Words in New Statesman, BBC History, National Interest, History Today, Jacobin, BylineTimes, Independent
@helloginnybatty.bsky.social
Archivist with a love for #histmed, surgical, sexual health, and #histsex collections; if it's in a jar I'll probably love it. She/her. Aprendiendo español.
@robheighton.bsky.social
he/him • Doctor of Physics • Worldbuilder & Conlanger • Fan of Fantasy • Whovian • Amateur Enthusiast of Linguistics, Archaeology, Classics, and many other things 📍 UK • 📖 Camp Jupiter • 📺 the TARDIS
@coastalhistory.bsky.social
_The Craft of Historical Research: A Practical Guide from Start to Finish_ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). Co-editor of Coastal Studies & Society journal. Professor Emeritus, Indiana State University.
@wanderingyeti.bsky.social
Historian, Archivist, Photographer. Will happily chat about most things but especially about maritime history, swordfighting, folklore, D&D, and dusty boxes full of old stuff. I’m also a tired human who is going to grad school...again. She/Her 🏳️🌈
@wordlessreader.bsky.social
She/Her Associate Professor at Warwick. Interested in developmental psycholinguistics, neuroscience, research methods, bee-keeping, Gaeilge, vintage clothing, dressmaking. Pinko lefty woke type but not that fond of tofu.
@hoodcp.bsky.social
クリス・フッド http://linktr.ee/hoodcp Academic and author. Research on shinkansen, the JAL123 plane crash, death studies, disaster movies, and symbolism in Japan. Also author of three novels so far & writing books about Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
@jennereh.bsky.social
Public historian in Wallowa County, Oregon. Gay disabled USMC Iraq War vet. soyáapo learning #nimipuutimt365. Cat dad. Structurally dissociated. M.Eng. Electrical & Computer Engineering. Big fan of #Zotero and #Omeka.
@boathomo.bsky.social
Jost in case. He or she, butch w/ banjo, 25, I’m inclined to put the food in my ears
@alanlester.bsky.social
British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own. Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
@katlong.bsky.social
Science editor at Mental Floss, 19th-century Arctic enthusiast, currently writing a bio of polar pioneer William Scoresby, Jr.
@margaretmorgan.bsky.social
Australian writer living in the Netherlands, background in law, biological sciences, librettos and TV drama. Plantenliefhebber. [🚫DM unless we actually know each other.] https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/margaret-morgan https://www.margaretmorgan.info/
@hellyeahcorks.bsky.social
Hydrothermal geologist/geochemist, postdoctoral researcher. Sciences hard, loves the work. Also makes costumes. Views expressed are mine.
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
Cultural history, Britain, cities, sexuality & gender, 20s30s. Out Oct 2025 - Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London (MUP) Now - The Self-Improvers: The people who remade themselves and made the modern world
@manukenkun.bsky.social
I make art, sleep & curate exhibitions. I spend a lot of time thinking about the Arctic. https://linktr.ee/CamillaStaceyArt
@jerijerod14.bsky.social
World War 1 & 2 Naval historian, also likes RAF bombers & the Luftwaffe between 1935-45. Working on pre-dreadnoughts during WW1 and the Burma campaign in 1945. https://linktr.ee/jerijerod14
@benjamin-asmussen.bsky.social
Maritime historian & Senior Researcher @National Museum of Denmark interested in global connections - especially early modern Danish-Norwegian trading companies and their encounters.
@paulsimpson.bsky.social
Frontman of Liverpool's The Wild Swans. Co-founder of The Teardrop Explodes. Author of Revolutionary Spirit - A Post-Punk Exorcism. Liverpool/Glasgow/Dublin #MDANT Lit Rep. Matthew Hamilton at The Hamilton Agency
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Cartographic Collections Manager at the RGS-IBG. Teach history of London architecture at NYU London. Cultural historian interested in books, maps, museums, exploration, and the early modern maritime world, esp. the Pacific.
@dermotncosgrove.bsky.social
@pandamom.bsky.social's Fella, Kilkee Livin’ West of Ireland Hairy Dog Owner, Long Distance Walker, Birder, VERY Amateur Photographer, Former French Foreign Legion. "Irish By Birth, Munster By The Grace Of God" @conflictwatch.bsky.social 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪
@mabernier-uwarch.bsky.social
Underwater/maritime archaeologist, formerly Parks Canada, ICUCH, ACUA, Slave Wrecks Project, Opinions are my own
@ninabake2.bsky.social
Independent engineering historian: women in engineering, motoring, aviation, construction. Writing book on women's motoring clubs worldwide. Ex-MN. Ex-Deacon Hammermen of Glasgow. OBE. No profile? I won't follow you https://womenengineerssite.wordpress.com
@maryburke.bsky.social
Race Politics & Irish America (OxfordUP bit.ly/3XKj0nn) Excerpt: bit.ly/3FuH1sa Podcast: bit.ly/3ZT7pnW JuanitaCasey "HorseOfSelene"Afterword: bit.ly/3QTOlSo Irish/Irish-U.S. identities & cultures/ #irishresearch https://english.uconn.edu/person/mary-burke
@robb51.bsky.social
Maritime and British historian. British Commission for Maritime History Trustee, Hon Research Fellow at the University of Hull. Interests include the Yorkshire Coast, fisheries history and the role of smaller vessels in the Great War at Sea.
@codemelted.com
A software engineer that enjoys STEM fields, amateur photography, the outdoors, and nerd culture just attempting to make sense of this world. 🔥 https://codemelted.com (CodeMelted | PWA)
@chrismidweeker.bsky.social
Did lots of things I liked in my twenties, loved up thirties, weird forties, now weird fifties... Like Music of all kinds, although default to 6 Music. Comics, games, movies and TV, tres cliché. Leicester City, for my sins. Ex DJ, sometime quizmaster
@inverting-vision.bsky.social
Writing about the history of science, exploration, and technology. Interested in photography + robotics in planetary science, oceanography, cryosphere. Regular contributor for JSTOR Daily. Work in Aeon, Atlas Obscura. History Blog: invertingvision.com
@lpberrini.bsky.social
Sleep deprived librarian,archivist and historian. I study culture and literature of the Middle Ages. Alfonso X is my dude. I like music, books, beekeeping and good food. He/him. “Librarians aren’t the enemy. Nazis are”
@mark18681918.bsky.social
Soon to be PhD student @cardiffuni.bsky.social/Prifysgol Caerdyd, researching Regimental Identity, Organisational Culture and Learning Processes within the British Army during the Cold War. Oh, and his four-legged research assistant! (Image IWM MH 30556)
@mpbroache.bsky.social
Political scientist studying IR & international law, oft-injured runner, mediocre swimmer, soccer & swim parent, MD native (Go O’s), NC transplant