Phil’s Pack of Smarties
This is a rather diverse group of people who I trust as intelligent commentators 😀
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@philgrass.bsky.social
@GossiTheDog.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy
Cybersecurity weather person and award winning shitposter. Shitposting is an anagram of Top Insights. You may be surprised to know I am not representing […] [bridged from https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@rikefranke.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD UniofOxford, previously Sciences Po. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
@shaicarmi.bsky.social
Associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Statistical, population, and medical genetics; preimplantation genetic testing. Views my own. http://scarmilab.org
@ewanbirney.bsky.social
Executive Director EMBL. I have an insatiable love of biology. Consultant to ONT and Cantata (Dovetail)
@malwaretech.com
Cybersecurity Specialist, Public Speaker, Ex-Hacker. https://marcushutchins.com
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
@barristersecret.bsky.social
Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman. Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth• Also writes thrillers as S.J. Fleet. The Cut Throat Trial coming 28 Aug 2025.
@hotgpod.bsky.social
A History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification in weekly 25-35 min #podcast episodes. Famed for its "moderate but not severe biases of the typical contemporary liberal variety" https://historyofthegermans.com/
@debbiekennett.bsky.social
DNA, genetic genealogy, family history. forensics. Honorary Research Fellow at UCL. All views my own.
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
Palaeoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum London. Posts are my own, and when I repost or like, it does not signify I necessarily agree with all content https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/chris-stringer.html
@crimegirl.co.uk
“Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council | “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail | “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour | NGO MD | no longer tweeting a fo ben, bid bont |🎗️🏴
@pickardje.bsky.social
Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
@davelifelines.bsky.social
Family historian, lecturer, author. Former Principal Family History Specialist at The National Archives. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 41 years in the business. Loves a good map. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory https://lifelinesresearch.co.uk/
@danneidle.bsky.social
Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
@pippacrerar.bsky.social
Political Editor, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
@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 * APT Name: Warlike Manatee
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
@josephcox.bsky.social
Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
@helenebismarck.bsky.social
Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI. All views strictly my own.
@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.)
@philgrass.bsky.social
Doing stuff badly since 1965, 48%er, Parent, Hausmann, ex-IT ProjMgr, Gin tester, 🧬Genealogist. Also available on Twitter as @phil_grass & Mastodon genealysis.social@PhilGrass