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The TV listings you never did know that you didn't not need, in glorious teletext several times a day. GSOH. Non-smoker preferred. Ring top bell. Your home is at risk if you store dynamite in it.
Atheist-Humanist,Scottish Independence, ANTIFA🏴🇨🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇻🇪🇪🇺🇮🇪🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸🇵🇦🇲🇽🇨🇺🇨🇦
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Anti MAGA,Dad Puns/Bad Puns.Terrible bassist,learned to play by ear,I really should use my fingers
🚫No Bio/DMs/Crypto/Maga/Porn/GoFundMe/ Those who restrict replies
Sitting quietly in the corner with a book. Occasionally writing in Nutmeg Magazine. Writing 'Partick Thistle: The People's History' due out this summer.
Labour Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Friern Barnet | UK's Trade Envoy to Pakistan | Mum of two
Previously Stonewall and Amnesty International. Now @bloodysundaytrust.bsky.social, @museumfreederry.bsky.social & @finucanecentre.bsky.social. Part-owner of football club @claptoncfc.co.uk. Trustee @oldspotteddog.bsky.social & Article 11 Trust. She/her
🇺🇦 Animal lover, Liberal, political junkie; Hobbies include RESISTING MAGA, rescuing animals, Cooking, lounging, gardening, laughing and positive thoughts; Pro-Choice; 🚫DM Pls;
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🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
#PETA
#SeniorDog
#AdoptDontShop
#DEI
Emeritus Prof (criminology) @open-university.bsky.social, trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social, love @gmhazardscentre.bsky.social Justice after Grenfell? Marx, Spurs, Reggae, Gramsci, The Clash, Social Harm, Luxemburg (Rosa)- not necessarily in that order
Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Researches criminal justice/probation/penology. Editor of Probation Journal. Enjoys running, playing the piano (badly), reading and generally being outdoors.
Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Researcher, evaluator, consultant & writer in drugs, alcohol & criminal justice. My blog keeps you up-to-date on the latest policy, practice and research.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. AND OTHER STORIES collection: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc. Pre-order IMAGINE A FRIEND:
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
One of those @thedailytism.com gals
She / Her
A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
Instagram.com/nigelslater
Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Author, archivist, professor
My award-winning Prison Short Stories, all written at San Quentin. 🖋️ Joyce Carol Oates published one. I served 39 years, 23 of them at San Quentin. There, I discovered that words can heal.
Pro-Europe #socialist #RefugeesWelcome. Warning - I swear a lot because the world is on fire!
Post other people's funny, gags from pro comedians, my own tat, and support the work of outstanding investigative journalists.
🍀 Dedicated daily Celtic coverage
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📽️ YouTube: https://shorturl.at/Evj8l
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Sustainable business entrepreneur, investor, board member & advisor to companies around the world.
Environmentalism should be pragmatic, fact-based and honest.
Found mainly in London & SE Asia.
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. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming Sept 2027…
Award-winning #Brighton charity supports mothers in #matrescence (becoming a mum) with peer-led creative groups.
‘Mothers Uncovered saved me. There’s no other way of putting it.’
https://mothersuncovered.com/
Founded 2008 @maggiegordonwalker.bsky.social.
Writer | Speaker | Performer | Advocate | fond of a bon mot. #TheArchers grumbler.
#SecretLifeOfMothers 📕 & 🎙️
Big Issue Changemaker & Social Enterprise UK Women’s Champion.
https://maggiegordon-walker.com/
Founder
@mothersuncovered.bsky.social
Prisoners' Education Trust (PET) offers distance learning courses and advice and guidance to people in prison. We use our policy and advocacy work to improve prison education.
Support us here: prisonerseducation.org.uk/donate
Providing access to justice for adult prisoners throughout England and Wales, by offering free and independent advice, support, and representation.
Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
We partner with small and local charities, people, and communities working towards a more just and compassionate society.
The UK's leading title for the voluntary and not-for-profit sector. Home of the Third Sector Podcast: https://podfollow.com/thirdsector/view
Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data...
Become a subscriber: https://newstatesman.com/subscribe
Freelance Media Consultant for charities & campaigns.
Loves justice. Hates injustice. Reformed journalist. Sometimes found in cold water.
Charity amplifying lived experience stories and expertise to address social inequalities. Championing the #SDMNetwork and #VODWFutureVoices
The voices of RogerEbert.com
Sunday Times bestselling author. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. #Empireworld #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #MarriageMaterial. Pre-order my book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador in 2026. https://shorturl.at/qhPlJ
Trans kiln witch™
Ceramics artist based in London
www.roseschmits.com
she/her
Human Rights for All |PhD researcher @UofGlasgow Art & Law in Migration| Theatre | Human Rights & Advocacy Coordinator @Maryhill_IN | Personal views
Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Guardian Scotland correspondent
contact: libby.brooks@theguardian.com
insta: @libbyjbrooks
extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
The NUJ chapel for the Guardian and the Observer. Thank you for your support.
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Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
Author, book http://Amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KR275TN?
Preview here https://archiveofourown.org/works/47902108/chapters/120770212
I #followback
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
The Official Bluesky handle of Crystal Palace ❤️💙
Pride of South London.
News, comment and features from The Independent, the world's most free-thinking newspaper.
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.'
Own views; likes/reposts, not endorsement. Adult language
Former lawyer, psychotherapist, rugby reporter, author &
Trustee of charity Women in Sport.
Current affairs, culture, sport, sarcasm & anything I like
Oglala Lakota — Enrolled at Pine Ridge, S.D. — “The earth sings her revolution, she calls brave men and women to her defense.” — The only easy day was yesterday.
Campaign & support group for women deceived into intimate relationships by undercover police officers.
#spycops
www.policespiesoutoflives.org.uk
Instagram: policespiesoutoflives_
Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, an alliance of people spied on by the #spycops of Britain's political secret police.
Co-director of Level Up. Abolitionist, feminist, trade unionist and writer on a mission to end imprisonment of pregnant women and mothers.
welevelup.org
Putting practitioners and the evidence at the heart of justice reform.
The Prison Reform Trust is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Links and retweets are not endorsements.
KC (hon). UK's most experienced full-time legal commentator. Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn. Former solicitor (non-practising). Writes at https://rozenberg.substack.com
Exploring how women and professionals involved with the criminal justice system experience enforced separation of newborn babies
CEO at Spark Inside.
Focused on unlocking potential and talent in prisons.
Formerly Criminal Justice Alliance, Revolving Doors Agency & T2A Alliance.
Senior researcher in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime. Formerly @CrestAdvisory. Also trustee @EndometriosisUK
Lawyer, writer, lecturer etc: laurakjanes.co.uk
National charity working to end the revolving door of crisis & crime. Posts from the team.
Website: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/
Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/4fnnrcns
Work with us: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/work-with-us/
We are bold, ambitious feminists, working to end the cycle of harm so all women and girls can thrive.
Our mission is to change systems and services to better support women and girls at the sharpest edge of adversity.
https://www.agendaalliance.org
We fight for children's rights in institutional settings. Executive Director - Jodie Wickers.
Brought as much as we could when we left the other platform. More on our website: https://article39.org.uk
Building a more humane and effective response to crime.
Join: https://howardleague.org/membership/
Give: http://PayPal.Me/howardleague
The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, Stirling and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice.
https://linktr.ee/sccjr
Proud chief executive of Prisoners Abroad. Trustee YMCA Lincolnshire. Ex director at Clinks and Unlock. Churchill fellow. Husband. Dad of 2. Views my own.
Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, open, and compassionate justice system.
🎙️ Podcast | 👁️ Insights | 👥 Community
We are a network of 200+ organisations and academics working towards a fair and effective criminal justice system.
Charity No. 1143038 / Company No. 06331413
My passion is to improve UK justice. Lead charity www.transformjustice.org.uk (email there). Also visiting fellow
https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/ and chair www.appropriateadult.org.uk
“Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour
Human rights, criminal & international law barrister Doughty Street Chambers. Chair Bar Council 2026. Chair Criminal Bar Association 2022-2023. Chair Bar Human Rights Committee 2012-2018. Bencher Gray’s Inn. Trustee of WWF-UK.
Our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to help them succeed. And we campaign together to create lasting change.
Find us online at nacro.org.uk
Journalist & Presenter | 📻 Formerly LBC ‘Sangita Myska 1-4pm Weekends ’, BBC @Radio4 Documentaries & 📺@BBCNews TV | @JSchofieldTrust | RTs not an endorsement
Law academic @CardiffLaw. Racial justice; miscarriages of justice; criminal justice. With a smattering of human rights
Latest book: "Racial justice and the limits of law" https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/racial-justice-and-the-limits-of-law
UPenn. Management Professional. Bibliophile 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Photography 📸 Good food & Gardening. Married. No DMs✖️ From California ☀️
A Real Person ❤️
Older artiste.
He/Him
https://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk
BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
Linktree and contact details: https://linktr.ee/bbcdomc
Clapton Community FC
East London's 100% fan-owned and fan-run football club
Women's First Team play at Tier 6 and Men's First Team at Tier 10
Our home: @oldspotteddog.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/claptoncfc
Network for Police Monitoring monitors and resists excessive, discriminatory and violent policing in England, Wales and Scotland
https://linktr.ee/netpol
Secure 📩: NetpolAdmin@protonmail.com
Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association. Common Law used against common people that makes no common sense. Official website www.jengba.co.uk
JENGbA Co Founder fighting against the injustice of #jointenterprise #socialist (UK) @jengba.bsky.social www.jengba.com
No DM’s please …I don’t like being pestered by strangers 🤬
Hillsborough Law Now
Cochlear implant wearer
parkrun lover
Foodbank volunteer
Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
#Migration #Asylum #State #Race #Violence #Surveillance #CriminalLegalSystem
Academic. University of York, Sociology. Personal account (and views are mine).
He/Him 🌈
📢 Interested in story telling for social change
💼 Community & impact @tbij.bsky.social
🪧 Freelance campaigns & media - trainer & facilitator
🎙️ Co-creator of @inquest-org.bsky.social Unlawful Killing podcast
⚧️ she/her
🏳️🌈 Queer as in 🍉 ✊❤️🏳️⚧️
Legal Director @thehowardleague.bsky.social. Trustee @dignityindying.org.uk. Views my own. She/her 🏴
UNGRIPP campaigns on behalf of everyone affected by the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) in England and Wales.
(Eóin) Care about fixing poverty, protecting our NHS & eradicating homelessness (Green Party) Mark 12:41-44
Journalist, specialising in policing, crime, justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent & former adviser to Yvette Cooper MP. These are all my views!
Chief Executive of Prisoners’ Education Trust (@prisonersed.bsky.social) and criminal justice nerd.
Lefty Lawyer apparently. Works at Prisoners' Advice Service
Guardian interviewer/features writer, with a thing for prison and miscarriages of justice (well not a thing for them as such, a thing for writing about them). Proud Mancunian/Salfordian. City fan of some vintage
done pretending it’s acceptable people continue to vote for most self serving fkrs and expect things to change.
fact we have Americans openly stating they are fascists, appeasing right wing is over.
No DMs please, they are deleted without reading.
