Andy Mabbett
Man of many talents - some of them useful. Multiple monomaniac. Author, 'Pink Floyd: The Music & The Mystery'.
Also Wikipedia, Wikidata & co. OpenStreetMap. Birds. Birmingham. Open data. FoI. Art. Architecture. History. FRSA.
Everything is interesting.
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UKCharityCamp
Folk associated with #UKCharityCamp (2023 and 2024, so far)
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Zoologist, entomologist, broadcaster and President of The Dorset Wildlife Trust. Zero Hour Ambassador.
@clareblencowe.bsky.social
Field mycologist with a passion for grassland fungi. Interested in the history of mycology. Bang into biological recording. Located in West Sussex, UK.
@echinoblog.bsky.social
The "starfish guy" (but I also know a little about a lot of marine invertebrates, #echinoday #echinoderms. Kaiju, comics enthusiast. Marine scientist, taxonomist, deep-sea researcher etc... statements made here are my own and do not rep host organizations
@librarieshacked.bsky.social
Libraries Hacked is a project to promote open data, to help libraries publish their data, and to showcase projects using library data. Tweets by Dave.
@courtabovethecut.bsky.social
We love canals, we love drones, put them together and you have the growing Youtube Channel of Court Above The Cut Ambassador for the Lichfield & Hatherton Canal Restoration Trust
@silverpebble2.bsky.social
Sunday Times bestselling author: how nature & craft improve #mentalhealth | BBC Springwatch | Etsy (silverpebble)| Creative & mental health workshops #AuDHD 🏳️🌈| Agent: Juliet Pickering
@news.architectsjournal.co.uk
The UK’s leading professional architecture magazine | Always #RetroFirst | IBP Editorial Brand of the Year 2020, 2021 and 2023 www.architectsjournal.co.uk
@drmjwarren.bsky.social
Writer, naturalist, medievalist, teacher. Trustee of Curlew Action. The Cuckoo’s Lea, Bloomsbury, out June 2025: birds in our ancient and modern senses of place. Marshes. Winter. Whisky. www.birdsandplace.co.uk (going live soon)
@socmusarch.bsky.social
The Society for Museum Archaeology promotes the interest of archaeology in museums and offers support to everyone working with archaeological collections. https://socmusarch.org.uk/
@illuminations.bsky.social
Media producer of arts docs, screen performance; posts by John Wyver, Professor of the Arts on Screen, Univ of Westminster; broadcasting history, esp early TV, theatre, film, visual art Images: Man w the Flower, ‘30 / de Stael, Le Saladier (detail), ‘54
@reevaluate-project.bsky.social
REEVALUATE provides AI tools for prioritization, contextualization and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. It is funded under EU's HORIZON programme (No 101132389)
@officeofwilson.com
Turning up and doing the best I can. Work on public services and products. Currently spend most of my time at NHS England on prevention. 📍From Grimsby. Live in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK. Travel here, there and everywhere. www.officeofwilson.com
@thelondonarchives.bsky.social
The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history. About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/ Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059
@davidnind.bsky.social
Content Specialist (20+ yrs, web content management, publication preparation). Technical Writer: Docs-as-Code, DITA (topic-based, modular content). Contributor to the Koha library software project + Wikipedia. Loves free + open source software, and tea.
@anthonyzach.be
Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding. President of Demsoc.org
@mininghistory.bsky.social
Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa. More on https://duncan.money Contact: duncanmoneyhistory@proton.me
@ehrmn.bsky.social
Head of Library at @mfnberlin.bsky.social Co-Secretary EC, Biodiversity Heritage Library She/Her, Views are my own 🐘@ehrmn@openbiblio.social ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6920-949X LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/herrmannelisa
@treiceratops.bsky.social
she/her I’m a scientist turned biosciences librarian at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I am also vice-chair of the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social. I love books and records, and facts. 🧬📚
@mfnberlin.bsky.social
Follow us for real science and research stories beyond the sky! 🦋
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social
The Biodiversity Heritage Library provides free & #OpenAccess to 63+ million pages of #biodiversity literature online. 🔗 biodiversitylibrary.org
@maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
Home of Henry VIII's favourite ship, the Mary Rose, which sank off the English coast in 1545 after a 34 year long career. #Portsmouth's top visitor attraction on TripAdvisor. Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
@chrischibnall.bsky.social
Sunday Times Top 5 Bestseller, Death at the White Hart, OUT NOW in hardback, ebook & audio. (US: 10 June) https://linktr.ee/ChrisChibnall Also showrunner & playwright: Broadchurch; Doctor Who; forthcoming Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (Netflix)
@adi-keinan.bsky.social
I work at the British Library in the Digital Research team as a Digital Curator, working with Asian and African collections. I'm interested in all things Digital Humanities, especially OCR/HTR, AI/Machine Learning, Digital Mapping, 3D and IIIF.
@stubutchart.bsky.social
Chief Scientist at BirdLife International, the world’s largest partnership of nature conservation organisations.
@wittspat.bsky.social
Specialist in Roman mosaics, with particular interests in iconography and antiquarian illustrations; also hedgehogs in any medium. Author. Membership Secretary asprom.org (posting personally).
@meggard.bsky.social
Finds Liaison Officer for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Based at Rutland County Museum. All opinions my own.
@sussexflo.bsky.social
The Sussex PAS team records archaeological finds discovered by the public. This page is to provide a window into our work, and provide information regarding events and finds days.
@pittsmike.bsky.social
Award-winning writer/broadcaster Editor British Archaeology magazine 2003–23 Editor Society of Antiquaries of London e-newsletter 2015–20 President Sussex Archaeological Society https://mikepitts.wordpress.com/
@findsorguk.bsky.social
Central Unit of the Portable Antiquities and Treasure team at the British Museum. The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a DCMS funded project to encourage the voluntary recording of archaeological objects found by members of the public.
@mattpope.bsky.social
Archaeologist & Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology at UCL, where we run the PaPa MSc programme. Researching Neanderthal archaeology in La Mancheland & Western Doggerland, from Boxgrove to La Cotte. Provide Geoarch expertise to ASE. He/Him 🏺
@svanimpe.bsky.social
Book historian, rare books curator Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Antwerp. Opinions mine, I may be wrong, follow/like isn't endorsement. He/him. Caregiver for a partner with Long Covid. Used to be @RareBookLibAntw on Twitter. Profile pic by LUCID.
@lottelydia.bsky.social
Historian. Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin, 2023). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024). Work stuff here: https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley repped by Carrie Plitt @ FBA pronouns are she/her and views are my own 💫
@chapps.bsky.social
Former tech drone, living in L.A. I now create digital reconstructions of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. No, really. 🏳️🌈 Flickr account (museum photos, mainly, free to use and high res): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125386285@N02/
@pighill.bsky.social
Archaeological illustrator & heritage graphic designer, Peter Lorimer. Based in Lincolnshire. works everywhere.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
The home of #WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday. Wild Flowers you find across Britain & Ireland in the last week. The biggest cheerleader for our wild plants! Posts by @botanybeck.bsky.social https://wildflowerhouruk.weebly.com/
@wikivictorian.bsky.social
Sharing random stuff from 1800 to 1920s: fashion, stories, art, and a compilation of faces and cultures that coexisted then ✨
@bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire works alongside the local community to raise awareness about the threats to our butterflies, moths and their habitats. https://butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area/warwickshire-branch
@lukelukeluke.bsky.social
I’m not here to post my THOUGHTS. I’m not here to share IDEAS. I’m here to post PICTURES OF MUSHROOMS and BE AN IDIOT Sign up for mushie-mail: cheerful letters filled with stickers, prints, and other goodies > Patreon.com/luke_venechuk
@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
@ilyasomin.bsky.social
Law professor; author of Free to Move: Foot Voting Migration and Political Freedom; Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter; The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain; Volokh Conspiracy blogger.
@astromeganne.bsky.social
Meganne Christian https://linktr.ee/astromeganne 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇮🇹🇳🇿🇦🇶 European Space Agency astronaut class of 2022. Exploration Commercialisation Lead at UK Space Agency.
@raysocietybooks.bsky.social
The Ray Society a 180 yr old non-profit charity named after eminent naturalist John Ray (1628-1705) publishes natural history works often unavailable elsewhere. raysociety.org.uk