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@pixelatedboat.bsky.social
The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
@sarahjeong.bsky.social
editor @ the verge. send pitches and death threats to sarah.jeong@theverge.com
@catsofyore.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
@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
@histoftech.bsky.social
Historian of technology and dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit. www.marhicks.com for writing & syllabi
@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 🧑💻
@lrb.co.uk
The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of politics, literature, history and ideas, published every fortnight. Read: https://lrb.co.uk Subscribe: https://mylrb.co.uk/QUEXT0225B
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
@wholesomememe.bsky.social
🇨🇦 We post memes, comics, wholesome stuff & anything we like. We sell original shirts http://wholesomememes.com.
@ihr.bsky.social
The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
@rhodri.biz
Vapid Response Unit. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi Also, musical human. Producer for Lush Handmade Sounds. Perform with Scritti Politti, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint etc. More info at rhodri.biz
@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
@protectallwildlife.bsky.social
Animals do not exist for our entertainment. They deserve to live their lives free from exploitation and abuse.’ ~ Protect All Wildlife.
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social
Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
@vaginamuseum.bsky.social
World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy. Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/ Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
@rebeccasear.bsky.social
Director of the Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London @brunelcce.bsky.social. President of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association @ehbea.bsky.social https://www.rebeccasear.org/
@royalhistsoc.org
The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of historians: https://royalhistsoc.org/
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/ #histmed
@claireljones.bsky.social
Medical historian of modern Britain/curator (thinks/writes about: condoms, toothbrushes & lately, urine; secretary of Society for the Social History of Medicine @sshmedicine.bsky.social); music & horror film fan; singer; runner; mum; find me at the beach ⛱
@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!
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
I'm an Independent Scholar (https://independentscholar.academia.edu/MonicaHGreen). Daughter #2 of Marlon & Eleanor Green. Focusing on #histmed, Global Health, the Black Death. Latest: https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2024.29
@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
@theguardian.com
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
I ride my bike, get angry at cars, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
@wombatscholar.bsky.social
Critical histories of science and medicine, science studies, postcolonial endeavours. New book on modern excrementalities: Spectacles of Waste (Polity). Writing mostly on disease ecologies and planetary health now. Living on Wangal country.
@historianmemory.bsky.social
Historia Memory scholar Research Prof. SOAS University of London Sankofa Ubuntu Yoga Oceans & accidental gardener Agent: https://georginacapel.com/
@apiln.bsky.social
Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards. Earnest replies will be mocked.
@historyworkshop.org.uk
// Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ // || enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ || \\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
@ankahajkova.bsky.social
Holocaust, Jewish, feminist, and queer history. She/her. Author of The Last Ghetto
@menysnoweballes.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in medieval history, feminist, parent, widow, sequin aficionado. Current research interests: late medieval family, gender, literary culture; medievalism and the extreme right.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
@drandrealove.bsky.social
👩🏻🔬 Immunology | 🦠 Microbiology 🧫Cancer Biology | 🧬 Biotechnology SciComm | Data | Snark Founder: ImmunoLogic email with inquiries | immunologic.org
@julialaite.bsky.social
Teller of small stories. Professor of history at Birkbeck. Rider of bikes, grower of vegetables, Brook custodian & friend to three ducks. Townie Cantabrigian. Eternally homesick Newfoundlander; researching the island's history & the legacies of empire.
@lshtm.bsky.social
News and expert comment from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Celebrating 125 years as one of the world's leading #PublicHealth universities. https://linktr.ee/lshtm
@jennifervevans.bsky.social
historian | digital curator | Humboldtian | professor | currently writing Full Frontal: A New History of the Sexual Revolution for Stanford Univ Press/Redwood Press latest book: Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism (Duke UP, 2023)
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
Historian,Director of UCD Gender Studies. Research-gendered & sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities /feminist & queer histories / she/her / Ireland 🇮🇪 Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
Historian of science, race, and empire. Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction an FT recommended book to read in 2025. Published by Penguin on 5 June, World Environment Day.🦤🐅🦈 🌏🌱 https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254/vanished-by-qureshi-sadi
@catsloverclub.bsky.social
Daily dose of Cat cuteness. Cat Cat Cat =Love😘 All Photo Credit respective owner.
@emilyncock.bsky.social
Historian of health and disability c1600-1850 at Cardiff University. Dysgwr Cymraeg. Also keen on our garden, cat, and chickens. https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/cocke
@juderogers.bsky.social
Journalist @guardian @obsnewreview @newstatesman, author of The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives, radio programme maker, public arts project leader. Music, culture, books, people 🤓
@hagenilda.bsky.social
cultural historian of medicine & the occult 1200–1700 | welsh | precarious | palaeographer | ocd | neurodivergent | dogs | karaoke | food | ucu nec | ucu commons | cofounder MadCovid | she/her agent: Fabienne @kiagency.bsky.social www.ki-agency.co.uk
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@janetweston.bsky.social
Historian in London for money (histories of modern British health, mental illness, law, and such: I wrote a book called 'Looking after Miss Alexander'). Mediocre musician & gardener in north Wales for fun. Vegan, cyclist, likes both cats *and* dogs.