Jonathan Emmett
@jonathanemmett.com
📚 Children’s author and paper engineer.
🕸️ Website & Blog: jonathanemmett.com
🌱 Green. Humanist. Tabletop gamer.
🇬🇧 Living in Nottingham, UK.
🌍 Dismayed by our generation’s indifference to climate breakdown.
🕸️ Website & Blog: jonathanemmett.com
🌱 Green. Humanist. Tabletop gamer.
🇬🇧 Living in Nottingham, UK.
🌍 Dismayed by our generation’s indifference to climate breakdown.
Pinned
🎅🏼🪤📕SCHOOLS!
If you’re reading #TheSantaTrap this term, you can find lots of FREE resources for the book using the links below:
• Read-along video
• Posters: Cover & Spread
• Activity Sheets: Wordsearch & Maze
• KS1 & 2 Lesson Plans
• Author’s Notes
• Blogpost about how schools have used the book.
If you’re reading #TheSantaTrap this term, you can find lots of FREE resources for the book using the links below:
• Read-along video
• Posters: Cover & Spread
• Activity Sheets: Wordsearch & Maze
• KS1 & 2 Lesson Plans
• Author’s Notes
• Blogpost about how schools have used the book.
Generate billions for public services by taxing the most climate-hostile behaviour of the über-rich; what's not to like?
It only takes a couple of minutes to email your MP using the template form available on the link below. It will even find your MP's email address from your postcode.
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It only takes a couple of minutes to email your MP using the template form available on the link below. It will even find your MP's email address from your postcode.
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Did you know you pay more fuel tax on a single car journey than a billionaire does on a private jet flight?
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Generate billions for public services by taxing the most climate-hostile behaviour of the über-rich; what's not to like?
It only takes a couple of minutes to email your MP using the template form available on the link below. It will even find your MP's email address from your postcode.
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It only takes a couple of minutes to email your MP using the template form available on the link below. It will even find your MP's email address from your postcode.
👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼
Reposted by Jonathan Emmett
Did you know you pay more fuel tax on a single car journey than a billionaire does on a private jet flight?
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you know you pay more fuel tax on a single car journey than a billionaire does on a private jet flight?
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
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I have a picture in my mind of politicians still being urged to act ‘before it’s too late’ 50 years from now while the whole of the world’s population stands neck deep in water.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I have a picture in my mind of politicians still being urged to act ‘before it’s too late’ 50 years from now while the whole of the world’s population stands neck deep in water.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Use the form here to send a letter to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan asking him to end adverts for polluting businesses:
actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Edinburgh and Sheffield have already introduced such bans.
Read how adverts are driving #ClimateBreakdown here:
theconversation.com/many-cities-...
actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Edinburgh and Sheffield have already introduced such bans.
Read how adverts are driving #ClimateBreakdown here:
theconversation.com/many-cities-...
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Use the form here to send a letter to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan asking him to end adverts for polluting businesses:
actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Edinburgh and Sheffield have already introduced such bans.
Read how adverts are driving #ClimateBreakdown here:
theconversation.com/many-cities-...
actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Edinburgh and Sheffield have already introduced such bans.
Read how adverts are driving #ClimateBreakdown here:
theconversation.com/many-cities-...
This puts me in mind of this quote from Kurt Vonnegut.
It's the great man's birthday today. It's safe to say that he would not have been impressed with the way our species has conducted itself in the 17 years since he died.
It's the great man's birthday today. It's safe to say that he would not have been impressed with the way our species has conducted itself in the 17 years since he died.
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This puts me in mind of this quote from Kurt Vonnegut.
It's the great man's birthday today. It's safe to say that he would not have been impressed with the way our species has conducted itself in the 17 years since he died.
It's the great man's birthday today. It's safe to say that he would not have been impressed with the way our species has conducted itself in the 17 years since he died.
I can’t understand how, in the face of research like this, so many of our politicians still don’t recognise that tackling climate breakdown should be their NUMBER ONE priority.
⚠️Current pledges and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions put the world on a high-risk climate track, towards warming levels of 2.8°C by the end of this century warn @joerirogelj.bsky.social, @robinlamboll.bsky.social & @j-bird.bsky.social.
📒 ow.ly/cpTr50Xq1X1
#COP30
📒 ow.ly/cpTr50Xq1X1
#COP30
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I can’t understand how, in the face of research like this, so many of our politicians still don’t recognise that tackling climate breakdown should be their NUMBER ONE priority.
Reposted by Jonathan Emmett
⚠️Current pledges and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions put the world on a high-risk climate track, towards warming levels of 2.8°C by the end of this century warn @joerirogelj.bsky.social, @robinlamboll.bsky.social & @j-bird.bsky.social.
📒 ow.ly/cpTr50Xq1X1
#COP30
📒 ow.ly/cpTr50Xq1X1
#COP30
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
⚠️Current pledges and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions put the world on a high-risk climate track, towards warming levels of 2.8°C by the end of this century warn @joerirogelj.bsky.social, @robinlamboll.bsky.social & @j-bird.bsky.social.
📒 ow.ly/cpTr50Xq1X1
#COP30
📒 ow.ly/cpTr50Xq1X1
#COP30
Reposted by Jonathan Emmett
Humanist and author Kurt Vonnegut was born on this day 1922.
Here's Kurt on the humanist approach to life, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism ❤️
Here's Kurt on the humanist approach to life, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Humanist and author Kurt Vonnegut was born on this day 1922.
Here's Kurt on the humanist approach to life, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism ❤️
Here's Kurt on the humanist approach to life, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism ❤️
Reposted by Jonathan Emmett
The science of storytelling with author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut 😅❤️
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The science of storytelling with author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut 😅❤️
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
While I’m generally impressed by @zackpolanski.bsky.social, I’m disappointed to hear him promote the false dichotomy that we need to tackle corporations INSTEAD OF taking individual responsibility for rising climate emissions.
With 1.5º target looking unobtainable, it’s clear WE NEED TO DO BOTH!
With 1.5º target looking unobtainable, it’s clear WE NEED TO DO BOTH!
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
While I’m generally impressed by @zackpolanski.bsky.social, I’m disappointed to hear him promote the false dichotomy that we need to tackle corporations INSTEAD OF taking individual responsibility for rising climate emissions.
With 1.5º target looking unobtainable, it’s clear WE NEED TO DO BOTH!
With 1.5º target looking unobtainable, it’s clear WE NEED TO DO BOTH!
Use the form here to send a letter to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan asking him to end adverts for polluting businesses:
actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Edinburgh and Sheffield have already introduced such bans.
Read how adverts are driving #ClimateBreakdown here:
theconversation.com/many-cities-...
actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Edinburgh and Sheffield have already introduced such bans.
Read how adverts are driving #ClimateBreakdown here:
theconversation.com/many-cities-...
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Use the form here to send a letter to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan asking him to end adverts for polluting businesses:
actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Edinburgh and Sheffield have already introduced such bans.
Read how adverts are driving #ClimateBreakdown here:
theconversation.com/many-cities-...
actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Edinburgh and Sheffield have already introduced such bans.
Read how adverts are driving #ClimateBreakdown here:
theconversation.com/many-cities-...
👏🏼 I love these ads, part of @badvertising.bsky.social's campaign calling on @london.gov.uk to ban advertising by airlines and other high polluting businesses on TFL.
TFL should not be promoting climate-hostile businesses at a time of #ClimateBreakdown.
#FlyLess
Photo: @crisortunity.bsky.social
TFL should not be promoting climate-hostile businesses at a time of #ClimateBreakdown.
#FlyLess
Photo: @crisortunity.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
👏🏼 I love these ads, part of @badvertising.bsky.social's campaign calling on @london.gov.uk to ban advertising by airlines and other high polluting businesses on TFL.
TFL should not be promoting climate-hostile businesses at a time of #ClimateBreakdown.
#FlyLess
Photo: @crisortunity.bsky.social
TFL should not be promoting climate-hostile businesses at a time of #ClimateBreakdown.
#FlyLess
Photo: @crisortunity.bsky.social
Reposted by Jonathan Emmett
BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
I'm currently researching moles for a picture book story.
🪱 Did you know moles sometimes store earthworms (for food) in special chambers. Up to 470 worms have been recorded in one chamber.
(Source: mammal.org.uk/british-mamm...)
I'm pretty sure that won't make it into the story!
🪱 Did you know moles sometimes store earthworms (for food) in special chambers. Up to 470 worms have been recorded in one chamber.
(Source: mammal.org.uk/british-mamm...)
I'm pretty sure that won't make it into the story!
Mole — Mammal Society
mammal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm currently researching moles for a picture book story.
🪱 Did you know moles sometimes store earthworms (for food) in special chambers. Up to 470 worms have been recorded in one chamber.
(Source: mammal.org.uk/british-mamm...)
I'm pretty sure that won't make it into the story!
🪱 Did you know moles sometimes store earthworms (for food) in special chambers. Up to 470 worms have been recorded in one chamber.
(Source: mammal.org.uk/british-mamm...)
I'm pretty sure that won't make it into the story!
It feels like every week the Labour Government find a new way to renege on their 2024 manifesto commitment to "Make Britain a clean energy superpower". 😕
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
- Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
#UKbudget
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
#UKbudget
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It feels like every week the Labour Government find a new way to renege on their 2024 manifesto commitment to "Make Britain a clean energy superpower". 😕
"Not flying this year, or next year, or maybe ever, is one of those choices for our family. It's one way for us to be part of the solution to climate change and not part of the problem."
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For Erin and her family, going flight free isn’t about missing out, it’s about finding joy closer to home. 🌿🏕️
camping trips, visits to friends, slower holidays that still feel like adventure.
they’re choosing to be part of the solution. 💚
flightfree.co.uk/post/erin-an... #FlightFree #ClimateCrisis
camping trips, visits to friends, slower holidays that still feel like adventure.
they’re choosing to be part of the solution. 💚
flightfree.co.uk/post/erin-an... #FlightFree #ClimateCrisis
Erin: flight-free family
flightfree.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Not flying this year, or next year, or maybe ever, is one of those choices for our family. It's one way for us to be part of the solution to climate change and not part of the problem."
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Nottingham Uni is globally recognised for its research in:
• Crop improvement & food security
• Climate resilience & drought resistance
• Sustainable agriculture & soil health
• Biodiversity & conservation
These are all areas we need to double down on, not slash.
👇🏼 Please sign this if you agree.👇🏼
• Crop improvement & food security
• Climate resilience & drought resistance
• Sustainable agriculture & soil health
• Biodiversity & conservation
These are all areas we need to double down on, not slash.
👇🏼 Please sign this if you agree.👇🏼
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
Sign the Petition
Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN
c.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nottingham Uni is globally recognised for its research in:
• Crop improvement & food security
• Climate resilience & drought resistance
• Sustainable agriculture & soil health
• Biodiversity & conservation
These are all areas we need to double down on, not slash.
👇🏼 Please sign this if you agree.👇🏼
• Crop improvement & food security
• Climate resilience & drought resistance
• Sustainable agriculture & soil health
• Biodiversity & conservation
These are all areas we need to double down on, not slash.
👇🏼 Please sign this if you agree.👇🏼
I love this sketch from BBC's HORRIBLE SCIENCE series.
When palaeontologist Adam Smith and I were promoting our first book, THE PLESIOSAUR'S NECK, we started every event by saying "A plesiosaur is NOT a dinosaur".
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youtube.com/shorts/Yct-q...
When palaeontologist Adam Smith and I were promoting our first book, THE PLESIOSAUR'S NECK, we started every event by saying "A plesiosaur is NOT a dinosaur".
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youtube.com/shorts/Yct-q...
Dinosaur Traitors ...who’s the Imposter in the Castle? 🦖 | CBBC
YouTube video by CBBC
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I love this sketch from BBC's HORRIBLE SCIENCE series.
When palaeontologist Adam Smith and I were promoting our first book, THE PLESIOSAUR'S NECK, we started every event by saying "A plesiosaur is NOT a dinosaur".
…
youtube.com/shorts/Yct-q...
When palaeontologist Adam Smith and I were promoting our first book, THE PLESIOSAUR'S NECK, we started every event by saying "A plesiosaur is NOT a dinosaur".
…
youtube.com/shorts/Yct-q...
Reposted by Jonathan Emmett
Our very civilization is threatened by the climate crisis, and instead of mobilizing on the scale of a world war, we treat it like a Tidy Towns initiative. Where are the leaders who think big? Who can communicate the stakes, be straight about the costs and offer hope of success? Where are you? 2/
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Our very civilization is threatened by the climate crisis, and instead of mobilizing on the scale of a world war, we treat it like a Tidy Towns initiative. Where are the leaders who think big? Who can communicate the stakes, be straight about the costs and offer hope of success? Where are you? 2/
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If you've enjoyed watching #CelebrityTraitors and fancy playing a festive version of Mafia/Werewolf (the game #Traitors is based on) with family and friends, you can download cards and rules for Santa Saboteurs for FREE at:
jonathanemmett.com/2022/12/sant...
jonathanemmett.com/2022/12/sant...
SANTA SABOTEURS: Download and play a festive version of the WEREWOLF card game. • jonathanemmett.com
Between games in this year's world cup, the England Men's Football Team spent their evenings playing Wolf, a card game also known as Werewolves, which is enjoyed by my family and many of my friends.
jonathanemmett.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If you've enjoyed watching #CelebrityTraitors and fancy playing a festive version of Mafia/Werewolf (the game #Traitors is based on) with family and friends, you can download cards and rules for Santa Saboteurs for FREE at:
jonathanemmett.com/2022/12/sant...
jonathanemmett.com/2022/12/sant...
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Tesla have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. That's 20 billion times more than a nurse in the UK earns.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Tesla have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. That's 20 billion times more than a nurse in the UK earns.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
If you've enjoyed watching #CelebrityTraitors and fancy playing a festive version of Mafia/Werewolf (the game #Traitors is based on) with family and friends, you can download cards and rules for Santa Saboteurs for FREE at:
jonathanemmett.com/2022/12/sant...
jonathanemmett.com/2022/12/sant...
SANTA SABOTEURS: Download and play a festive version of the WEREWOLF card game. • jonathanemmett.com
Between games in this year's world cup, the England Men's Football Team spent their evenings playing Wolf, a card game also known as Werewolves, which is enjoyed by my family and many of my friends.
jonathanemmett.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If you've enjoyed watching #CelebrityTraitors and fancy playing a festive version of Mafia/Werewolf (the game #Traitors is based on) with family and friends, you can download cards and rules for Santa Saboteurs for FREE at:
jonathanemmett.com/2022/12/sant...
jonathanemmett.com/2022/12/sant...
This would be an unforgivably climate-hostile move if Reeves goes through with it.
If she wants to tax transport, she should start taxing aviation fuel. At present a teacher driving to school pays more fuel duty than a private jet owner flying to Australia.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If she wants to tax transport, she should start taxing aviation fuel. At present a teacher driving to school pays more fuel duty than a private jet owner flying to Australia.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This would be an unforgivably climate-hostile move if Reeves goes through with it.
If she wants to tax transport, she should start taxing aviation fuel. At present a teacher driving to school pays more fuel duty than a private jet owner flying to Australia.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If she wants to tax transport, she should start taxing aviation fuel. At present a teacher driving to school pays more fuel duty than a private jet owner flying to Australia.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reposted by Jonathan Emmett
"A playful way to learn letters and build vocabulary. With bright illustrations and plenty to spot, it invites young readers to read, explore, and imagine."
Delighted to see #AlphabetStreetBook by me, Ingela P Arrhenius and @nosycrow.bsky.social included with some personal favourites in this list.
Delighted to see #AlphabetStreetBook by me, Ingela P Arrhenius and @nosycrow.bsky.social included with some personal favourites in this list.
Pop-up and interactive books for children. 📚👍🏼
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/pop-u...
#kidlit
Pop-up and interactive books for children with titles by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jan Pieńkowski, Robert Sabuda, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Dav...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/pop-u...
#kidlit
Pop-up and interactive books for children with titles by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jan Pieńkowski, Robert Sabuda, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Dav...
Pop-up and interactive books for children
Pop-up and interactive books for children with titles by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jan Pieńkowski and Christopher Lloyd.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"A playful way to learn letters and build vocabulary. With bright illustrations and plenty to spot, it invites young readers to read, explore, and imagine."
Delighted to see #AlphabetStreetBook by me, Ingela P Arrhenius and @nosycrow.bsky.social included with some personal favourites in this list.
Delighted to see #AlphabetStreetBook by me, Ingela P Arrhenius and @nosycrow.bsky.social included with some personal favourites in this list.
"A playful way to learn letters and build vocabulary. With bright illustrations and plenty to spot, it invites young readers to read, explore, and imagine."
Delighted to see #AlphabetStreetBook by me, Ingela P Arrhenius and @nosycrow.bsky.social included with some personal favourites in this list.
Delighted to see #AlphabetStreetBook by me, Ingela P Arrhenius and @nosycrow.bsky.social included with some personal favourites in this list.
Pop-up and interactive books for children. 📚👍🏼
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/pop-u...
#kidlit
Pop-up and interactive books for children with titles by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jan Pieńkowski, Robert Sabuda, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Dav...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/pop-u...
#kidlit
Pop-up and interactive books for children with titles by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jan Pieńkowski, Robert Sabuda, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Dav...
Pop-up and interactive books for children
Pop-up and interactive books for children with titles by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jan Pieńkowski and Christopher Lloyd.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"A playful way to learn letters and build vocabulary. With bright illustrations and plenty to spot, it invites young readers to read, explore, and imagine."
Delighted to see #AlphabetStreetBook by me, Ingela P Arrhenius and @nosycrow.bsky.social included with some personal favourites in this list.
Delighted to see #AlphabetStreetBook by me, Ingela P Arrhenius and @nosycrow.bsky.social included with some personal favourites in this list.