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People you may not follow but should do
Ignoring the massive accounts, these are some of the people who make me laugh and teach me things.
@dpdormouse.bsky.social
Associate editor, researcher of Palaeoclimates and oceans. Interested in changes in AMOC past present and future! 🌊🐚🌎🌍 A bit twitchy. He/him 🏳️🌈
@robinmoirawhite.bsky.social
Discrimination Barrister, Railway, Car and Flying Nut. Trans woman.
@stephencollins.bsky.social
Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
@matthewhodson.bsky.social
Shamelessly HIV+. Former CEO of aidsmap and Gay Men Fighting AIDS. Now speaking, writing, acting etc. These opinions, selfies and choices are mine but you’re welcome to them. He/him. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🌱
@caitlinwelsh.bsky.social
editor, writer, anxious DJ, snack wizard, the Ricky Bobby of pub trivia playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
@shaina-sangha.bsky.social
Research assistant, public finances @instituteforgov.bsky.social. Former parliamentary staffer.
@unfortunatalie.bsky.social
"Natalie, HR is just concerned. We can't have a renegade jumping into bins and trying to solve crimes." Currently working in research & scholarly technology, past lives in journalism & comedy promotion. I write things sometimes. UK based.
@elizabethwm.bsky.social
Novelist & short story writer; occasional journalist; Europhile; cinephile; New York-born Irish citizen residing in France; wife of John Montague
@ghiberti.bsky.social
North-East England, helps people do useful things with data, musical taste of a teenage lesbian (according to our daughter)
@thatsoph.bsky.social
Data & Graphics @ CNN. 📈👸 Priors: WSJ, ONS. Clearly a fan of acronyms. Fair Warning newsletter: https://fairwarning.substack.com
@andrewlewinmp.bsky.social
Labour MP for Welwyn Hatfield🌹 Chair UK Business & Trade Commission / Member of MHCLG Select Ctte Chair APPGs for New Towns & Cricket www.andrewlewin.co.uk
@pauledevans.bsky.social
🐟 Silly tetrapod 🦞 Chaotic good ✝️ Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly 🌳 Green/left/lib 📚 Comic creator 🪨 Geology lay-nerd ⚔️ Mini painter 🦻 Deaf 🏴 He/him ⛓️ https://linktr.ee/pauledevans
@manishakrishnan.bsky.social
Emmy-winning journalist and senior culture editor @wired.com | VICE News alum (RIP) | secret Canadian | tips: manisha_krishnan@wired.com or mkrishnan.79 on Signal
@adsquires.bsky.social
Biophysical Chemist. Aerosol scientist. Jew. Likes lipids, nano materials, x-ray / neutron scattering, pretentious coffee. (he/him/his). Twitter @adsquires
@tupped.bsky.social
Solicitor, consultant, artist, writes TheGist.ie newsletter. Visiting Lecturer. External Examiner in Data Protection law.
@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
@semajmaharg.bsky.social
Tabletop gaming retailer, cat owner and retired political campaigner.
@flipchartrick.bsky.social
Nottingham-born West Londoner. Author of Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog. Patient #NFFC supporter.
@keithkahnharris.bsky.social
Author. Sociologist. Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Jewish Policy Research and Lecturer at Leo Baeck College but here in a personal capacity. Interested in metal, Jews and much else. https://linktr.ee/keithkahnharris
@michaelpforan.bsky.social
Lecturer in public law at Glasgow University | Interested in equality law + constitutional theory | "Equality Before the Law" Out now | “Sex, Gender Identity and the Law” coming soon. Substack: https://knowingius.org/
@jasonbraier.bsky.social
Barrister specialising in employment law. Trustee of Kisharon Noe school. Mainly talk employment law (do you see a theme?) with the occasional foray into politics and bad puns.
@leohickman.carbonbrief.org
Editor and director, Carbon Brief https://bsky.app/profile/carbonbrief.org
@sootysayer.bsky.social
@jessralston.bsky.social
Head of Energy at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit. Mainly power, homes & heating. All views my own etc
@spavel.bsky.social
Raised gifted; non-practicing. 🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/him
@beyondthetopline.bsky.social
Analysis of polling and elections, with a particular focus on looking under the bonnet to draw out nuances in the electoral landscape. Prone to typos.
@punkrokmomjeans.bsky.social
Chloe • co-host of In Orbit Every Wednesday from @2000AD • mid-30s culture writer (sorry) • Pit Boss of The Gutter Review zine • professional fetish smut creator • good curator of bad taste
@followtheh.bsky.social
HF trader and manager. Former sell side and NYSE. Views are mine and not my employers or investment advice. NFL owner. #girldad
@beccadove2.bsky.social
Doing relational things for Children & Learning, LB Camden. Social work doctoral student @ Northampton Uni studying kids social support and social infrastructure. Alumni @UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre. Views my own, said with love
@adamposen.bsky.social
President, PIIE. Globalist. Former central banker. Political economy with a policy purpose. Writes on macroeconomic policy, G7/China relations, globalization, and economies of US, UK, Germany, Japan, and PRC.
@maxdavie.bsky.social
ADHD in every sense. Trustee and co-founder at ADHDUK. Paediatrician. Writing about games and books at https://playandwords.substack.com/ He/him
@birdyword.bsky.social
Wall Street editor at The Economist, co-host of our Money Talks podcast.
@soozaphone.bsky.social
Mental health and substance use researcher. Author, podcaster and blogger #SayWhyToDrugs
@andycraig.bsky.social
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
@andystoin.bsky.social
Chemistry ⚗️ Geography 🌐 Astronomy 🌌 Hiking 🏞 MTB 🚵🏻♂️ Gaming 🎮 CANZUK 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇬🇧 EU 🇪🇺 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 Attempting to find a modicum of humour in the current geopolitical 💩🌩