John Merrick
Writer, critic, historian, editor etc
Editor: @the-breakdown.bsky.social
johnphilipmerrick@gmail.com / john.merrick@break-down.org
https://www.johnmerrick.co.uk/
@auralflaneur.bsky.social
Professor at Oxford. Politics of listening, continental philosophy, music and sound studies, academic freedom. On the left.
@drdomdavies.bsky.social
Academic & author, Imperial Infrastructure (2017), Urban Comics (2019), The Broken Promise of Infrastructure (2023), Graphic Refuge (2025). More info: www.drdomdavies.com. Thinking Through Infrastructure Network @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social
@andrewseaton.bsky.social
Historian and writer | politics, social history, medicine, environment, modern Britain | Author of 'Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best-Loved Institution' (Yale, 2023) | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at UCL http://andrew-seaton.com
@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social
Historian of witches and other things, mostly war and memory. Literary agent @NatFairweather at @rcwlitagency. Film agent: Rebecca Watson @VH_Associates.
@halcyene.bsky.social
Data/AI policy @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social (Political) philosophy of tech @lsegovernment.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social Views my own 🔮✨
@tatjanasoeding.bsky.social
@ZetkinCo. freelance journalism. political campaigns & climate activism. DE/EN 🥕 reach me at tatjanasoeding@gmail.com
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
How do we navigate uncharted climate territory? Lead: www.scri.org.uk Researcher at Chatham House, IPPR, University of Exeter
@peterallen.bsky.social
Professor of Politics & Co-Director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, U.K. / British politics, representation, public sphere / HOW TO THINK ABOUT POLITICS out Feb(US) March(UK) w/OUP / http://www.peter-allen.co.uk
@writesbright.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, author, and Yorkshireman. DeSmog’s UK deputy editor.
@vincentguermond.bsky.social
Lecturer/geographer Write about finance and debt, climate adaptation, social reproduction, and migration. Teach on platform/'green' capitalism. 🇵🇸
@zinovievletter.bsky.social
Of course I hate the reign of the bourgeois The reign of cops and priests But I hate still more the man who does not hate it
@alybatt.bsky.social
political theory @BarnardCollege: climate, Marxism, feminism. A Planet to Win at Verso; Free Gifts forthcoming at Princeton UP https://tinyurl.com/fa8868a5 www.alyssabattistoni.com
@daniellalock.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law, KCL https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/daniella-lock She/her
@swajcmanearle.bsky.social
Writer + PhD student at Columbia Journalism School Author of Tory Nation (Simon & Schuster 2023)
@laramerling.bsky.social
Economist and internationalist. Critical perspectives on 🌎 macro, debt, climate & development, and the role of money. "The purpose of studying economics is to learn how not to be deceived by economists." My opinions. 🇷🇴 in 🇺🇸 www.laramerling.com
@zetkincollective.bsky.social
The Zetkin Collective is a group of scholars and activists working primarily on the political ecologies of the far right.
@beki.bsky.social
Critical urban and economic geographer. Development, finance, climate risk, disaster governance, and political economy. ☕️✨ bekimcelvain.com 📍SF | MX | UK
@awkword.bsky.social
“Antifa militant” - Andy Ngo | “Quite profound” - Chuck D | Artist | Journalist | Sociologist | Co-Founder, @tendemands.bsky.social | Social/Web, @realcatbrooks.bsky.social x @noellecook.com | Also @philmandelbaum.bsky.social
@maitrereynard.bsky.social
Research Fellow, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey. https://cusp.ac.uk/about/fellowship/r_douglas/
@radicalreports.bsky.social
Research, Analysis, and Intelligence on the U.S. Radical Right | Published by Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social | Contact: radicalreportsnewsletter@gmail.com | Newsletter: https://www.radicalreports.org
@stuartwhatley.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Project Syndicate, PS Quarterly, PS Events | Co-author, "How to Think About Progress" (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-68938-3)
@simontorracinta.bsky.social
lecturer at Harvard in History of Science / @haw-uaw.bsky.social / contributing editor @bostonreview.bsky.social / history of human sciences / STS / political economy
@mc00.bsky.social
Freelance journo/researcher. Words: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, People vs Big Tech, Citizens, Dawn. Work cited: BBC, LBC, Times, Searchlight, others. Views mine. max@bylinetimes.com
@elliebroughton.bsky.social
Freelance writer @inews.co.uk @theleaduk.bsky.social The Revealer Therapy Today LitHub etc etc etc ✉️ elliebroughton@gmail.com
@edlegon.bsky.social
Historian of labour/production/trade politics | Textile workers | Heritage and memory | Co-Director, MA Heritage Management, QMUL | Co-Director, CLaSP | London Journal | IHR British History in the C17th Seminar | he/him
@hollylangstaff.bsky.social
Lecturer in French (St Edmund Hall and New College, Oxford). I run the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation; & the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators (Queen’s Translation Exchange); co-director Bristol Translates
@hypervisible.bsky.social
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
@laurengoode.bsky.social
WIRED senior writer covering Silicon Valley and its impact beyond. Send tips to Signal handle ChaoticGoode.12. (No PR pitches please)
@wired.com
At wired.com where tomorrow is realized || Sign up for our newsletters: https://wrd.cm/newsletters Find our WIRED journalists here: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/couts.bsky.social/3l6vez3xaus27
@cbeditions.bsky.social
Writer and publisher (CB editions, 2007 to now: www.cbeditions.com)
@levistahl.bsky.social
Editor of The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany and The Daily Sherlock Holmes. Marketing Director at the University of Chicago Press. Board member of the Uptown People’s Law Center.
@alexsoros.bsky.social
Chair, Open Society Foundations, instagram.com/alexsoros. Views are my own.
@maryftz.bsky.social
Director @open-society.bsky.social, Ex-EiC & CEO @opendemocracy.net, Trustee @avaaz.bsky.social, Editoral Board @prospectmagazine.co.uk. ‘Does the woman reviewing the newspapers own a hairbrush?'
@youssefbens.bsky.social
Historian⎜Columbia Society of Fellows www.youssefbenismail.com
@ziahaiderrahman.bsky.social
I expect you're right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia_Haider_Rahman
@drrobertchapman.bsky.social
Socially neurodivergent, fiscally communist philosopher. They/them.
@grahamscambler.bsky.social
Sociologist with interests in philosophy, theory, politics, health and sport. #sociology #health Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK Latest book: ‘Healthy Societies’ (Policy Press, 2024) www.grahamscambler.com
@markussammerin.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, UMich History. Studying the death of Italian Communism. I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vick's. His hair was perfect.
@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
@gabrielmilland.bsky.social
Mainly research for strategy. Former senior UK government comms official and adviser. Once a journalist. Further back, a historian of the media, war and public opinion. Halberdier. Aggro-centrist. Bristol City FC.
@nybooks.com
‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
@grantabooks.bsky.social
Independent literary publishers. Discover our books here: http://granta.com/books/.
@anakinsella.bsky.social
Writer in Dublin. FRIDA SLATTERY AS HERSELF (2026) LOOK HERE (2022) anakinsella.com