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Current and ex-Guardian CIF Commenters!
Many friends were made over the years on the Guardian comment pages, trying to find them all so we can reconnect.
@jostephen.bsky.social
Haunter of woodlands, ecologist, botanist, photographer. https://linktr.ee/JoStephen
@empirepoduk.bsky.social
Podcast on empires and global history 🌎 A Goalhanger production with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple Current series - Ireland & Empire
@marisakabas.bsky.social
journalist / founder @ thehandbasket.co email: MKwrites4000@proton.me signal: https://signal.me/#eu/VssgH88q6WQu7MtH5wF-08JdgWh4iAPWD13eXiOcXQNGdZUXijJBZInD-UtLJKFG venmo: venmo.com/u/Marisa-Kabas ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marisakabas
@briabees.bsky.social
Taking photos of my cats and nature things to escape the chaos-both in the world and in my brain. Interested in birds, flowers, bees, and everything inbetween. All photos taken by me when I’m wandering about. 🐈⬛🌸🐝🕸🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇵🇸
@dariaqt.bsky.social
Fiercely proEU #FBPE. Deeply interested in UK politics, supporter of ‘Bubble Up’ economics & believer in life before death. Labour voter & activist. My aim is to see the UK hard to govern: educated, healthy & confident. 🇬🇧 Don’t DM me unless I know you.
@channeldraw.bsky.social
«This is a place of work. If you are not working, then get on the streets and rebel.»
@beautifulsausage.bsky.social
Art/cartoons/illustrations/poetry/humour. Occasional writer. Banner illustration by Fiona Ross @fiveona.bsky.social from the book 'Hyde and Squeak' (currently seeking representation) Avatar by @vinkelmule.bsky.social I know I said I wouldn't return, but..
@tcolgatemcfarlane.bsky.social
Here for cartoons and photography. Also on Mastodon at: https://toot.community/@tmcfarlane
@mrhode.bsky.social
Blogger about comics in the DMV, based outside of DC. Asst editor of Int. J of Comic Art. Compiler of Comics Research Bibliography
@any-news.bsky.social
A scientist and a mom. Interested in politics and ensuring a better world for ordinary folk. No DMs please.
@bianet-eng.bsky.social
Independent Communication Network provides rights-based news reporting from Turkey. Türkçe: @bianet.org Kurdî: @bianet-kurdi.bsky.social https://bianet.org/english
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild. Especially love solitary bees, bumblebees. And Dippers! Art. Poetry. Cornwall. Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times. Journalist. Writer. Speaker. Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Outside. Looking in. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture. Nuance. Complexities. Contact: hardeep@bylinetimes.com / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
@alisonkilling.bsky.social
Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer.
@billwaxman.bsky.social
Retired and enjoying life. Married to my husband 10 years but together 22 years. That’s a lot of dog years. Blue dot in the red state of Florida. Trump-Rat and Musk-Rat need to go. We have to stand up against tyranny, Nazism and dictatorship.
@snort516.bsky.social
I post articles I read that I think should be read. Gift article sharer, awkward moment creator and enthusiast, midiochre debater, public school mom, twin mom, atheist, liberal, emotional support human, trying to keep up.
@artcandee.bsky.social
@joncooper-us.bsky.social
Democratic strategist. Formerly Long Island Campaign Chair for Barack Obama; Majority Leader of the Suffolk County Legislature. Gay dad of five terrific kids. Writer and producer of “Echoes of the Unknown” podcast. Coffee addict. New York/Florida.
@kr8cken.bsky.social
Oregonian. I can make a whistle out of a piece of grass https://linktr.ee/YearsForMonths
@babelcolour.bsky.social
I'm Stuart Humphryes (known online as BabelColour). I clean, repair, enhance and transform early colour photography.
@alexpodyssey.bsky.social
The myths of Ancient Greece still echo and shape the modern world. This is their story. APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alex-andreous-podyssey/id1798575126 SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/2x7cD3HjkOyOKTF4YT5Goy?si=657111fc0e544740
@overthrowmusk.bsky.social
Fight the oligarchs. Defend democracy. Overthrow Musk. overthrowmusk.com
@tc2oons.bsky.social
Classically Trained Editorial Cartoonist. Nationally syndicated by CounterPoint Licensing & Syndication.
@fiona-webster22.bsky.social
Physician-writer-artist who loves animals, trees, literature, science, sharks, Patti Smith, David Lynch, Lady Gaga, rock-n-roll, horror fiction, splatter flix. I will 🌊REZIZT🌊 by making art. All my 🦋 posts are under the Feeds tab. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦☮️
@jackohman.bsky.social
Pulitzer Prize-winning contributing columnist and editorial cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle, Smerconish, and Tribune. Subscribe to my Substack! https://substack.com/@jackohman?r=1m9eg&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral markcarney.ca
@politicanimal.bsky.social
politic_animal from the Musk shop. Local government policy adviser by day. Timetable wrangler/travel challenge story-teller by day and night. Once branded ‘Twitter’s answer to Phileas Fogg’ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@travelling_turtle?si=WGsuH_ffy0bqKr2
@mariopro.bsky.social
I’m fabulous. I’m an incredible dresser, I’ve got buckets of money, I’m a hoot-and-a-half and I’ve got a killer rack.
@mackinnonart.bsky.social
Editorial Cartoonist for The Chronicle Herald sharing his interpretation of local and world events from Nova Scotia, Canada.
@randalljstephens.bsky.social
American historian, religion, environment, pop culture, the South. Author: The Devil's Music (Harvard, 2018). Prof of Am & Brit Studies, Univ of Oslo. Fulbright alumnus. https://t.co/oGDJUwAhXL
@monerorape.bsky.social
@nickmoyes.bsky.social
Naturalist, mountaineer, museum curator, Flora writer, photographer, Derby Peregrine Project, Wikipedia admin & novice allotmenteer. Retired. Two thirds of what I say is correct; half is not. #Derby, UK Likes/Follows from ⛔️OnlyFans ⛔️spam accounts⛔️ = block
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@workingclasshistory.com
History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@dennisgoris.bsky.social
Problem solver, cartoonist, designer, writer, educator and communicator. I sharpen messages. "The only reason to be an artist is to bear witness" —Philip Guston
@rickclark.bsky.social
Creative: including Music Supervisor (Dark Winds, Greenleaf, Hell On Wheels, Hap & Leonard), Writer, Songwriter, Producer, and host of WYXR-FM weekly show, Air-Conditioned. Music, Movies/TV, Books, Photography, Travel, anti-trump, No porn, marketing, DMs
@erolonderoglu.bsky.social
Gazeteci - Journalist, RT's aren't endorsements. Views are my own.
@evyrein.bsky.social
- UNAUTHORIZED Street Art - - NO private commission - - www.evyrein.art -
@lobur.bsky.social
Photography, Arts, Moto, Cycling, Software All the photos are my own, never published before. Mostly Iceland, Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia. No AI Fundraising for the 54th MB: https://ko-fi.com/ml_54 Most images are available in full size on ko-fi for free
@fpwellman.bsky.social
Host of 'On Democracy with FPWellman' on MeidasTouch and the ‘On Democracy Channel’, 'On the Line with VoteVets,' and 'Too Late to Cancel' every Sunday. Army Iraq veteran. Pro-Democracy Advocate. "Vladimir STOP!"