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@marcobiagi.bsky.social
Special adviser to the First Minister of Scotland. Personal account. Can't comment on "issues of public controversy" so if anything is posted here, it'll be hills, animals, Doctor Who. I warned you. 🏳️🌈
@lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
The Equality Network is a leading Scottish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights charity
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social
Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Certified Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
Scottish Greens Co-Leader | Glasgow's Green MSP | He/Him Short, bald, frequently appalled. Promoted by Patrick Harvie MSP, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
@lornaslater.bsky.social
Scottish Greens Co-Leader | MSP for Lothian | She/Her | Promoted by Pete Morrison on behalf of Lorna Slater MSP, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN. Posts managed by my staff team.
@neilmackay.bsky.social
Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social Made in Ireland, found in Scotland MDANT🎖️ AKA ‘the kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist who’s made for Bluesky’
@chrisdmartin.bsky.social
Research Director at Ipsos MORI Scotland tending the Scottish Household Survey. Anti-doping officer for Scottish Croquet Association.
@chrismarshll.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Holyrood magazine, Edinburgh. Writing about Scottish politics mostly || Journalism here: https://medium.com/@chrismarshall_
@calgacus.bsky.social
Impact wrangler and mass digital mobilisation rabble-rouser. Also, recovering journalist
@srtristan.bsky.social
Chief Reporter, Helensburgh Advertiser, host of the award-winning A Murder Without End, cat dad, Canadian elsewhere. I have a LOT of varied interests. Not sorry. He/Him 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 pod.link/1661221409
@vonnsand.bsky.social
Opinionated green-fingered thalassophile, dyspraxic professional storyteller with too many weans & dogs. Always up to something. Be curious, not judgemental. Views mine alone.
@davidhumeinst.bsky.social
Talking about the economy in plain English. Since 1985, our research and events have provided insights to increase understanding of the economy and related public policy. https://davidhumeinstitute.org/about
@samgardner.bsky.social
Head of Climate Change & Sustainability @ScottishPower. Proud ex WWF panda.
@europesheila.bsky.social
🔶Former MEP. Electoral Commissioner. Scottish Lib Dem. Papy’s mum. Gardener. Birdwatcher. Conservationist. Outdoor swimmer. Rugby. She/her.🏳️⚧️ally. DMs with IRL friends only Aberdeenshire, Scotland
@da.vidh.scot
Scottish Information Commissioner. Volunteer Aid Worker in Ukraine and Bosnia. Charity trustee
@eidyngray.scot
🏳️🌈 author and activist in 🏴 Software engineer, TTRPG GM, and author of dark fantasy books (he/they) 💜💗💙 https://linktr.ee/tgraywrites
@justinbowie1997.bsky.social
Politics Reporter for The Courier and Press & Journal. Pub quiz host.
@jimmccormick.bsky.social
CEO at The Robertson Trust, an independent funder for Scotland on Poverty and Trauma. Also on LinkedIn. No longer on the site known for tweets. All things solving poverty. Likes: walks by water, music, film, Morton FC. In Glasgow, born Dublin. Joined 08/24
@kevverage.bsky.social
Investor/chair of a couple of Scottish businesses; chair of constitutional think tank These Islands; keen analyst of Scotland’s economic data (particularly “GERS” #fml); occasional political commentator; runner, hill walker & dog lover - views own, obv
@rosieicm.bsky.social
🏴 Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine | Qualitative Researcher, Gender in Medicine | Neuro ICU and PoCUS enthusiast | ICM lead Autistic Drs International | Assoc Editor, Journal of the Intensive Care Society |
@fraserjfstewart.bsky.social
Making clean energy work against poverty, inequality and injustice. Believer in big ideas. Working class bairn at heart. Scottish/UK, climate, energy, people power, class and justice.
@aileenmcharg.bsky.social
Professor of Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University. Joint General Editor, Public Law.
@scga.bsky.social
First all-Scotland international relations institute. Hub for collaborative policy-relevant research & home for informed, non-partisan debate on foreign policy. scga.scot @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
@catheadley.bsky.social
Edinburgh solicitor specialising in personal injury litigation, occasional political commentator & photographer. Scottish Labour. Lover of food,wine and sea swimming. Isn’t this place nice?
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Director of the German Centre for Cosmological Lensing, RUB. #LongCovid (She/her)
@fraserofallander.org
The Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde is an independent economic research unit providing expert analysis and insight on the Scottish economy. fraserofallander.org
@joaosousa.bsky.social
Deputy Director of @fraserofallander.org at the University of Strathclyde, formerly at the OBR. Mostly economic and fiscal policy, plus the odd rugby and football post. Views are my own, shares are not endorsements. He/him
@kirstyshughes.bsky.social
European, Scottish and UK politics - and sometimes photography/nature/landscapes. Blogs on Europe & Scotland https://open.substack.com/pub/kirstyhughes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8ztbl
@kirstysnp.bsky.social
SNP MP for Aberdeen SNP Chief Whip. Gamer. Aberdonian to my core. she/her 🏳️⚧️ kirsty.blackman.mp@parliament.uk for casework
@feorlean.bsky.social
Argyll, Scotland. Writes, takes pictures . Used to do more. Chair, Scottish Land Commission from 02/24. Hon Professor , Glasgow University. President SNP 2020 - 2023. Former MSP for Argyll & Bute and Minister/ Cabinet Secretary in Scottish Government
@paulsweeney.bsky.social
Labour & Co-operative Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow | Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Veterans
@imogenwalker.bsky.social
Labour Member of Parliament for Hamilton and Clyde Valley imogen.walker.mp@parliament.uk
@gregorpoynton.bsky.social
Labour Member of Parliament for the Livingston constituency.
@allytibbitt.me
Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Co-founder of @theferret.scot | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. https://micro.blog/allytibbitt
@satwatr.bsky.social
Chief Executive of One Parent Families Scotland. Co-chair of Scotland’s Just Transition Commission. Posting here in a personal capacity.
@drhannahgraham.bsky.social
Criminologist and academic | Associate Director @thesccjr.bsky.social | Commissioner, Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission | Scottish politics #ScotPol | Personal account/views. 📍 Scotland 🏴
@ianfraser.bsky.social
Author and journalist. Latest edition of my book ‘Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain’, about the pivotal role of what's now called NatWest in the global banking crash, was reissued in 2024. Recovering financial editor.
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
@edinburghminute.bsky.social
Better news. Join 20,000 locals on the mailing list! Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported. Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
@sarasheridan.bsky.social
Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan
@chitgrrl.bsky.social
Author: Homelands, Expecting. Journalist: The Guardian. Restaurant critic: The Times Scotland. Used to be a person whose profile said only 'don't conclude anything without cheese'. Still am, on the inside.
@newseye.bsky.social
A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism or racism. Credit the source. Use ALT text :-)
@ballotbox.scot
Scottish elections and polling data. Not my polls. OG 'Britain Elects but Scottish'. PR fan account. Trans rights are human rights. Donate; http://liberapay.com/ballotboxscot
@jameschalmers.bsky.social
Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
@foundationsofthedigitalstate.com
Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/ and blogs at digitalpolicy.substack.com Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
@rosscolquhoun.bsky.social
💻 Head of Digital @theSNP @YesScot on 8 winning national elections 🎸 Co-founder of National Collective 🎨 Edinburgh College of Art grad 📱 The revolution will be digitised.
@profnicolamcewen.bsky.social
Prof of Public Policy & Governance at Uni of Glasgow. Director @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Research devolution & constitutional politics, multi-level government & public policy.
@snp.org
🏴 Scotland's largest political party and party of Government. All posts are promoted by Scottish National Party, Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh.