Stu Bates
Software engineer with product manager tendencies. Obsessed BJJ white belt. 5am club entrepreneur. Recent dad of two. Tired. Living in Bristol, UK.
@acjsissons.bsky.social
Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring. Personal account.
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜 I IGNORE ALL DMs!
@simonwillison.net
Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
@reidhoffman.bsky.social
Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Writing, Pod, ETC: Beacons.ai/reidhoffman
@lincolnproject.us
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
@governorwalz.mn.gov
Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
@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
@garyseconomics.bsky.social
Inequality Economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game. Other Economists make predictions, but my ones are actually right.
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
@ciaranm.bsky.social
“Cyber Security Ace” - Daily Star In reality: * Prof at Blavatnik School, Uni of Oxford * 1st head, UK National Cyber Security Centre * ex-Treasury, constitution & security official * adviser to cyber security companies * love crisps; hate tiki taka⚽️
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@tomcoates.bsky.social
English technologist, founder and new product designer living in San Francisco. Prev: BBC, Yahoo, Time Out, Nokia, Jawbone, Wired & Eero. Founded a couple of things too. Currently trying to find something to get excited rather than angry about.
@sil.kryogenix.org
Builds stuff for computers, advises other people how to do so, plays PBP D&D, makes the occasional solo game, eats sandwiches. Part of Open Web Advocacy. Runner of the Critical Role transcript search. In the People’s Republic of Brum. https://kryogenix.org
@mijrahman.bsky.social
Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London office, Eurasia Group. Formerly HM Treasury and European Commission. Senior Research Fellow, LSE European Institute. ECFR Council Member. My views. Seeking analytical truth https://www.eurasiagroup.net
@davidheniguk.bsky.social
Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
@sandertordoir.bsky.social
Chief economist @ Centre for European Reform. Eurozone macroeconomic policies | Role of 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 in EU. Formerly @ECB, @IMF, @Worldbank.
@richardbranson.bsky.social
Screw it, let's do it. Proof it's the real me: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rbranson_richard-branson-richardbransonbskysocial-activity-7267516793689124864--I14 Here's my blog: https://www.virgin.com/branson-
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
Commentator on law and policy. Own blog/substack, but also Prospect, FT, elsewhere. Liberal constitutionalist; Villa supporter; sometimes ironic. Birmingham/London, England. (Account deactivated when not used.)
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
@andersaslund.bsky.social
Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
@duncanweldon.bsky.social
Economics writer. Author. Expect history, finance, economics and other stuff. Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through. Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out in June 2025.
@guitarmoog.bsky.social
Large, slow-moving, land mammal. Bed-dweller. Horizontal guitarist. Loser of remote controls, vapes and plectrums in blankets. Deactivater of account for no reason sometimes. Late adopter of fuzz. Haver of Long Covid. He/him/Moog
@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"
@therickwilson.bsky.social
Lincoln Project and Resolute Square founder. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated pilot. Beechcraft driver. TheRickWilson.Substack.com
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
@bestforbritain.bsky.social
Fixing the problems Britain faces after Brexit. Change Minds → Change Politics CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social GUEST ~AA @SturdyAlex.bsky.social
@rolandmcs.bsky.social
Brexitologist and disillusioned former Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute. Posting on Brexit, the populist & conspiracist fallout from it and the political Right's general descent into hell. Curator of mad Telegraph headlines buymeacoffee.com/rolandsmith
@johnspringford.bsky.social
Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University.
@profgalloway.com
Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@maxtb.com
Really very VERY good takes. 🚀 15 years Product Market Strategy in startups & VCs: GoCardless, Pleo, Unbabel, Creandum ++. ✍️ Bylined at Wired, Qz, Guardian,TechCrunch. 🤖 Most recently: new AI startup automating tedious work. https://maxtb.com
@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
@originstorypodcast.bsky.social
The real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics. A podcast with Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt. http://patreon.com/originstorypod Produced by Podmasters
@kattybkay.bsky.social
BBC US Special Correspondent | MSNBC Contributor | Host, The Rest is Politics US | NYT Bestselling Author
@explaintrade.com
Author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM. 🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based. Media and training: explaintrade.com Consultancy network: auroramacro.com Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Editor and CEO, Zeteo Author, ‘Win Every Argument’ British-American
@davetroy.com
Publisher and Editor, America 2.0. Baltimore/Washington. Pilot, chef, coder. america2.news Signal: davetroy.69
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
@coloradotravis.bsky.social
Startup CEO Philosophy degrees are worth it Member, AuDHD Masking Society (rank: Daywalker) “I didn't agree to participate in your social learning experiment.” — people in the comments
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