Hobbsy
Manchester-based music fan. Occasional photos / websites / tech stuff. Some faves: Fontaines DC, Alice Phoebe Lou, Julia Jacklin, Katy J Pearson, Taylor Swift, Courtney Marie Andrews, Bjork, Verve, Beta Band. 6Music. ThinkPads. Linux. Seinfeld. IndieWeb.
Starter Packs
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BBC 6Music bands & music people - Starter Pack 1
Bands who've been played on BBC 6Music radio in the UK, plus DJs and other related people. Please message if you spot any impersonations or have any suggestions for new additions.
@aendra.com
Creator of 📰 News feeds, @xblock.aendra.dev, @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green. Opinions my own and usually terrible. Not a journalist (please don't tag me). she/her/ze/hir 🏳️⚧️ 🌐 aendra.com 💻 github.com/aendra-rininsland
@harrymcnally.bsky.social
Tranmere rovers supporting Renaissance man. The Oblong of dreams
@colin123.bsky.social
Music gannet known to frequently fall down any number of rabbit holes…..vinyl all the way home…. “To live outside the law you must be honest”
@markmodlang.bsky.social
MDANT. Language teacher. Record dealer. Good European. Music. Cricket. Football. Books. Cycling. Outdoors. Currently having a suburban relapse with fair Rosamund. Mick/Nick is God.
@jaynemoobs.bsky.social
Bon vivant; loves music, gigs, travel, veggie food, aperol & red lipstick! Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure🎖🤩
@johnlarge.co.uk
Computer Scientist. EU Web Tech & privacy researcher. Web Dev BSc & Comp Sci MSc. Hardware geek. Metalhead. PhD. Northerner MCR/AMS Content mirrored from my Mastodon account @jodsclass@indieweb.social
@newyorker.com
Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
@theatlantic.com
Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
@monsterbobby.bsky.social
Freelance writer (The Wire, Tribune, Art Review, Mubi Notebook, &c.). Musicker (Far Rainbow, The Pipettes). Reviews Editor at The Quietus. Author of The Music of the Future (Repeater, 2017), Object Lessons: Compact Disc (Bloomsbury, 2020). Idiot.
@jdquin.bsky.social
FRCP. #MDANT Writing sometimes in The Wire, Quietus, ArtReview, The Tablet, 🇮🇪Times, 🏴 National. Memoir: Dr Quin, Medicine Man. 4 star review @TheTimes.com New 📕Video. On 📺 art. Rep: The North Literary Agency
@danieldylanwray.bsky.social
Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian. Based in Sheffield. danieldylanwray@gmail.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-dylan-wray
@whoscored.com
The largest detailed football statistics website. Powered by Opta data. 🔞 http://gambleaware.org 📺 Video content - http://youtube.com/WhoScored ➕ WhoScored+ for £1 - https://t.co/zgMEtJM8Uk
@optajoe.com
1 - The official BlueSky page for Stats Perform’s English football coverage, brought to you by OptaJoe. Illuminating.
@verified.pds.mmatt.net
⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ !!! >>> NOT AFFILIATED WITH BLUESKY <<< !!! ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ A bot tracking newly verified accounts on Bluesky. Check out the lists tab for full lists on verified accounts. ran by: @mmatt.net https://github.com/mmattbtw/bsky-verified-account-tracker
@graze.social
Democratizing The Algorithm, one feed at a time. 👉 https://graze.social/ Need help? Wanna chat? Building something cool? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/n936Bz7Pug
@devingaffney.com
ML Engineer, pilot, nuisance and shitposter All things API and further back on @graze.social
@owlernook.bsky.social
Talking about walking and cycling and all that. Stockport, Manchester, Leeds.
@seetickets.bsky.social
The official Bluesky for See Tickets UK. Website: https://www.seetickets.com Customer Service: http://seetickets.com/customerservice FAQs: https://seetickets.com/content/support-centre
@mandiesg.bsky.social
Labour and Co-op Cllr, Manchester. Chair, Environment and Neighbourhood Scrutiny. Socialist, feminist, veggie. Mum and Granny.
@aprilciate.bsky.social
Operations for @reclaimproject.bsky.social: Charity driving Class-Consciousness Feminist. Care-leaver. Libdem. Manchester. I Aprilciate: C86/New wave/Synthpop & talking policy, Art-theory, exotic plants & all things social justice David Byrne Terfs DNI
@steveberrington.bsky.social
Theatre, music, books, the great outdoors, Grimsby Town FC
@sean-0406.bsky.social
Sustainable design solutions by day, music Munster rugby, cycling and #lufc evenings and weekends. Cork like
@rachdhd.bsky.social
Runner. Reader. Ranter of politics. Likes a dad joke and a sunset. Descendant of 1st generation parkrunners. #GoodGym Bradford setter upper ACP. ADHD. Major PITA W.Yorks https://strava.app.link/yGJfXVYJQOb
@bell.bz
Founder at: @set.studio and @piccalil.li Complete CSS Course: https://complete-css.com CSS Book: https://every-layout.dev Newsletter: https://piccalil.li/the-index/ 🔗 https://bell.bz/links/ 🌐 https://bell.bz 🌍 Cheltenham, UK
@plawcas.bsky.social
@davidcollard.bsky.social
Autheur. 'A Crumpled Swan' (June 2025) https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_crumpled_swan/ 'Multiple Joyce' (June 2022) https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/multiple_joyce/ (I block anonymous followers with no photo, bio or original posts)
@fatroland.bsky.social
🎵 Music writer for Electronic Sound, veteran blogger, short story author 🎤 Comedian (Title Fight, Glang Show, A Lovely Time) 🍊 Operations droog for Anthony Burgess Foundation 💢 Was a sentient tower (grrrrrr) Read my blog: https://fatroland.blogspot.com.
@milkand2sugars.bsky.social
Runs | Cycles | Plays board games | Plays videogames | Goes to theme parks | Reformed goth
@cardiffmh.bsky.social
Cardiff Music History CIC is a not for profit company that documents the music history of Cardiff. From legendary gigs and bands to long lost music venues from the Welsh capital. www.patreon.com/cardiffmusichistory www.buymeacoffee.com/cardiffmusichistory
@thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social
🔵 Blue 🔱 Navy ⚓ Veteran in Washington State 🌲. I love my Deerest friends! 🦌 Followed by Rachel Maddow
@southendsites.bsky.social
Southend On Sea Photographer https://www.ephotozine.com/user/southend-140161 ... Images From A Southend Music and Documentary Photographer... #Music #Southend #Documentary #Art #NotForAI #AIFU
@nickb.bsky.social
DevOps Engineer by day, avid reader and poor chef by night. 🏳️🌈 ‘What Would Beyoncé do?’ 📍 Manchester
@gilesthomas.com
At Anaconda / previously founder @pythonanywhere.com / Extreme Programming / Python / PSF Fellow / opinions my own / blog at https://www.gilesthomas.com
@kagi.com
Humanizing the web with a user-centric search engine and browser - no ads, no trackers, just you and the product you love: https://kagi.com/
@portablemodel.bsky.social
portable model is a twice yearly music magazine brought to you by the fine folks at two flat press | issue 2 coming january 2025
@jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
The official account for Jimmy Kimmel Live with Jimmy Kimmel on ABC! We have fun. #Kimmel youtube.com/@JimmyKimmelLive
@goodenough.us
Good Enough is a team effort to make the web a little more interesting. Building useful, well-made software since 2022. Us → https://goodenough.us Jelly → https://letsjelly.com Pika → https://pika.page Newsletter → https://goodenoughnews.substack.com