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@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Got a tip for us? Go to: https://www.propublica.org/tips/
@godpod.bsky.social
Creator of the Universe. Daily free newsletter & animated podcast here: https://www.thegodpodcast.com
@themerl.bsky.social
We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Posting hog on main. Chaotic Good. Website ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/ Merch ➡️ https://merl-shop.co.uk/ Podcast ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/
@nickknudsenus.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Executive Director DemCast USA 🎙️ Co-Host: #TheDangerousOnes Podcast 🖊️ Writing: HuffPost. Democracy is neat. We have a lot of work to do.
@grantstern.bsky.social
Executive Editor of Occupy Democrats, author, journalist and podcaster newsletter.grantstern.com
@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor. Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice & razor-sharp logic to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes.
@goingmedieval.bsky.social
That one medieval historian you've heard of. Co-host We're Not So Different and Gone Medieval podcasts. Author of The Once and Future Sex. (Out now!) George Michael stan. Cutie. https://eleanorjanega.com/
@alexvont.bsky.social
Historian, screenwriter, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@andykroll.bsky.social
Investigative reporter for ProPublica Send me secure tips: 202-215-6203 (phone/Signal) First book: A DEATH ON W STREET, about Seth Rich, disinformation, and holding Fox News accountable Writing 2nd book - ‘60s true crime thriller Crazy cat dad
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford. Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@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 💫
@whoresofyore.bsky.social
Sex History. "A Catalogue of Jilts, Cracks, Nightwalkers, Whores, She-Friends, Kind Women & Others of the Linen-Lifting Tribe”
@demcast.com
Join the DIGITAL TEAM! Tens of thousands of people coming together online to protect democracy, one share at a time. https://demcast.com/team/
@k8lister.bsky.social
Blonde Bombsite. Sex Historian. Author of A Curious History of Sex & Harlot, Whores, & Hackabouts. Host of Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. Consider this your fair dos warning.
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social
Public Humanities Prof, School of Advanced Study, Univ London. American abroad. Journalism, US politics, cultural & literary history esp 1920s & 30s & F. Scott Fitzgerald. Podcast: Journey Through Time with David Olusoga. @throughtimepod.bsky.social
@emilybrand.bsky.social
Historian of the long 18thC, editor, genealogist. 📚 Book: The Fall of the House of Byron 📝 Writing about: Marie Antoinette’s ladies
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | professional indexer | Lay Canon @stedscath.bsky.social | Tutor for Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education
@stephenmcgann.uk
Doctor Thingy in Whatsitsname. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
Oxford historian, best-selling writer fiction & non-fiction, documentary maker, cat lover, vegetable grower, unrelenting optimist. Gotta lotta love to share.
@bldigischol.bsky.social
Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/
@lsangha.bsky.social
Associate Prof at Exeter Uni | English history 1480-1700 | CI: Material Culture in English Wills | reformation | angels & ghosts | she/her | brown-ish | 1st gen Wills Project: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/ Blog: manyheadedmonster.com
@nigelwarburton.bsky.social
Philosopher, writer, podcaster. Co-founder of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Author of A Little History of Philosophy and many other books. Weekly column Everyday Philosophy in The New European. Consultant editor Aeon.co and Five Books.
@carolinepennock.bsky.social
Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
@profelainechalus.bsky.social
Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
@drfernriddell.bsky.social
Historian. Author. On your TV/Radio. Expert: Suffragette Terrorism, Music Hall, 19thC Sex + Culture. www.fernriddell.com **PREORDER Victoria’s Secret NOW** https://lnk.to/victoriassecretbook
@georgetakei.bsky.social
I’ve boldly gone into the clear blue yonder. Follow for more recipes and tips.
@dbellingradt.bsky.social
Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I do enjoy my work | 🐘 https://historians.social/@dbellingradt | linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
@earlymodjustice.bsky.social
Historian http://earlymodernjustice.org/ Sample articles: https://earlymodernjustice.org/publications/ https://earlymodernjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SlaverySovereigntyInheritableBlood.pdf Opinions my own
@katherineschof8.bsky.social
Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Exvangelical. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofie
@tomaashby.bsky.social
Historian • Soon JSPS Fellow @utokyoofficial.bsky.social nominated @britishacademy.bsky.social • Reviews Editor @global-ih.bsky.social • Co-org @gpolthought.bsky.social • PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social • alum @qmul.ac.uk & @kebleoxford.bsky.social • autistic
@vbivar.bsky.social
Historian of capitalism, pollution, Marseille, farming, land use, plastics, climate, and economic growth; misanthrope; hockey player; expert baker; amateur gardener; St Anne's College at Oxford 🇨🇦
@rhiggitt.bsky.social
Historian of science; Principal Curator of Science at National Museums Scotland & Honorary Fellow at STIS, University of Edinburgh. Views own. Formerly known as @beckyfh #histsci #histSTM #museums 📜🗃️ https://teleskopos.wordpress.com/profile
@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
Historian of science, art, & ideas. Curious about how science & society shape each other? Buy HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY now: https://www.surekhadavies.org/humans-a-monstrous-history https://buttondown.com/surekhadavies?tag=bluesky
@sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
Award-winning historian, professor & TV presenter Author, The King is Dead; Voices of Nîmes; 1536 Host, Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit
@hpsvanessa.bsky.social
historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
@colmuseums.bsky.social
We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
@chrisbrooke.bsky.social
"an already elusive subject is considered here from a variety of oblique angles"
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social
Historian (early modern & true crime). TV & Podcast producer / writer. Author - 1666: PLAGUE, WAR & HELLFIRE (out now), GOD’S THRONE: THE STUARTS 1603-1714 (currently writing). Director of HistFest. Host Killing Time podcast.
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social
Irishman in Yorkshire. Historian of language, education, mobility at the University of Leeds. Co-editor of the Historical Journal, occasional BBC radio presenter. Dad!
@hollynielsen.bsky.social
Historian of play | AHRC funded PhD on board games & play c.1860-1939 | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit she/her
@csschmitt.bsky.social
Historian of early America and the Caribbean at Cornell U, avid Philadelphia Phillies fan, sometimes gardener.
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social
Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
@mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards - Britain and beyond. Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more! https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
@kejamieson.bsky.social
Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. PhD Student @ Exeter Uni. Day Job in Offshore Security. Rower. Owned by a Dog 🐾 katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
@cathfletcher.bsky.social
Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE ROADS TO ROME: A HISTORY now out. Next up: early modern guns.
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@dave-hayes.bsky.social
Another child grown old. Retired national security analyst. Los Angeles. Former Army Paratrooper. Lifelong guitar player. Swing dancer. De Oppresso Liber. Death to Kings! 🚫Crypto 🚫Porn 🚫MAGA 🚫Genocide