Paul Cooper
Novelist & podcast maker｜Wrote River of Ink (2016), All Our Broken Idols (2020), Fall of Civilizations (2024)｜Creator of the Fall of Civilizations Podcast
Signed paperbacks: welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-of-civilizations-by-paul-cooper
Starter Packs
Created by Paul Cooper (1)
Living History Starter Pack
A list of people who bring history alive in your feed. Ruins, manuscripts, folklore and legends.
@im-all-id.me
middling jokes/existential dread 📍nj all posts ⏬⏬ ig: @im_all_id https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nhytley6vv7tq6k2at6kvl5b/feed/aaabgxg57gn7e
@teslatakedown.com
⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. ⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk. ⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy. Join a peaceful protest, organize your own and learn more about Musk and DOGE at TeslaTakedown.com
@simonelliott20.bsky.social
Archaeologist, historian and broadcaster. Author of over 20 best selling and award winning books on the Classical world. Passionate about sharing my love of the ancient world on the tellybox, pods, print and guide lecturing.
@elerianm.bsky.social
@reiseyatra.bsky.social
Books, breads, cultural heritage, state parks, and museums. Plus more random stuff. Indian American immigrant caught between worlds.
@climatehuman.bsky.social
Climate scientist working at NASA/JPL and lover of truth. Arrested for defending Earth. Opinions mine.
@prettyliltakemachine.is-extremely.gay
weird. trans. write, sometimes. “In the salt marshes of the beginning of this century, there is strictly nothing left to hide.”
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@andytobo.bsky.social
Associate prof, biblical studies, but in a cool way. Author, dreamweaver etc.
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
@enortonhistory.bsky.social
Historian and Archaeologist. Author of The Lives of Tudor Women and England’s Queens. Appears on TV. Likes travel.
@tiredgenerally.bsky.social
@twlldun.bsky.social
If I could be for only an hour If I could be for an hour every day If I could be for just one little hour Cute in a stupid ass way
@craigipedia.bsky.social
Political and media researcher. Just trying to make the world safe for democracy. All views are my own. Research Director @mmfa.bsky.social
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
New here. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 naomiklein.org 📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social
In every time, in every place, the deeds of man remain the same. (He/Him). WEBSITE: https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/
@duckworthbooks.bsky.social
Your go-to press for smart-thinking books & quality fiction. Proudly independent since 1898.
@katie.bzky.team
i'm the most RESPECTFUL transsexual journalist in the world @khronos.world tightpussy.shop she/her people i've turned trans: 234
@astrokatie.com
Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights PFP by @atlastalos.bsky.social
@timleachwriter.bsky.social
Writer of historical fiction, Associate Professor at University of Warwick. Website: https://www.tim-leach.co.uk/ Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Tim-Leach/author/B07GRBS3VD.
@nameshiv.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in @strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net.
@ennuidoofen.bsky.social
writer of jokes fighter of life more doof ⤵️ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7bv2ca3yawj662o7qxd5xyt7/feed/aaabi4esw755k
@jensnotroff.com
#Archaeologist🏺, got a hat (no whip though). Once known as "Yunus" among Bedouins. Demanding a revival of the venerable profession of the #ExpeditionPainter👨🎨. 🔗 jensnotroff.com
@welbooks.bsky.social
Independent bookshop est. 1994 in West Hampstead, London. welbooks.co.uk
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
@greatdismal.bsky.social
Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
@wildeny.bsky.social
ne travaillez jamais Ⓥ 🏴 punk rock and reggae enthusiast, ex tower records, ex college radio DJ, ex farmer, ex vandal, ex oh ex oh Old computers, synthesizers, radios, cats, sharks hockey, swedish cars, graffiti, demoscene, weed, anarchy, HK movies, etc
@ositanwanevu.com
Contributing Editor | The New Republic Columnist | The Guardian Author | The Right of the People (2025) Newsletter | ositanwanevu.com
@bethlewis.bsky.social
Writer of all things crime, thriller, historical, weird & wonderful. The Wolf Road, Origins of Iris, THE RUSH (June 12th 2025) She/her. Rep: David Headley at DHH. http://bethlewis.co.uk
@jonjtaylor.bsky.social
Cuneiformist. History of ancient western Asia. Likely to post on assyriology and museums. Hoping to be distracted by dogs, cows, running, zombies. Curator of cuneiform & cylinder seals at British Museum. Host of Thin End of the Wedge podcast. Views my own.
@digkabri.bsky.social
Archaeologist, ancient historian, author of 1177 BC, After 1177 BC, Three Stones Make a Wall, and other books https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
@blackwelloxford.bsky.social
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS Three bookshops in the most literary of cities, Oxford 48-51 Broad Street / Westgate Oxford / Science Fiction and Manga 27 Broad Street
@premthakker.bsky.social
reporter @zeteo.com Any tips or info you’d like to share? Signal premthakker.35 Prem@zeteonews.com https://linktr.ee/premthakker
@niedermeyer.online
this gentle soul, cyberbullying elon musk since 2015, author of "ludicrous: the unvarnished story of tesla motors" (2019), cohost of the autonocast, program director for the ride ai summit, occasional shark, among other things
@kendrawrites.com
What's the opposite of apocalypse? Trying to chronicle that. Climate reporter based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. Tips? Reach me on Signal kendrawrites.04
@davidandress.bsky.social
Historian of revolution, pessimistic anarchist. Nobody else wants these views, trust me. 'His real face is a hat' - Fern Riddell.
@mattcasbourne.bsky.social
Head of sales, marketing and publicity at Duckworth Books | Commissioning queer voices 🏳️🌈 | Aspiring himbo | Follow for all things independent publishing!