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Mila - Institut québécois d'IA @mila-quebec.bsky.social World-leading AI research institute. | Institut de recherche en IA de renommée mondiale.
Colin Bennett @colinjbennett.bsky.social Privacy and surveillance author, researcher, teacher, advocate and policy wonk (not necessarily in that order) living in Victoria BC. www.colinbennett.ca
The AI Alliance @aialliance.bsky.social We are technology developers, researchers, industry leaders and advocates who collaborate to advance safe, responsible AI rooted in open innovation.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Marc Lee @marclee.bsky.social Economist, talking head, Vancouver.
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society. Sign up for our fortnightly newsletter: https://adalovelaceinstitute.org//newsletter-subscribe
Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social Law Professor, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa www.michaelgeist.ca Law Bytes Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5iDUCcDrkzGai0OdTgoucv http://mgeist.substack.com
blair @blairaf.com Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Asst. Prof, sci-fi creator @ UAlberta Transfeminist AI governance, ethics, policy: blairaf.com Gay trans cyborg warriors vs. AI monsters: objecttype3.app
We and AI @weandai.bsky.social Non-profit organisation. Critical AI literacy - critical thinking about AI and better narratives about AI for public power. Powered by volunteers Our websites: BetterImagesofAI.org WeandAI.org
Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) @mtlaiethics.bsky.social International non-profit org democratizing AI ethics literacy. ✉️ Join 21K+ readers and get the AI Ethics Brief delivered to your inbox bi-weekly: http://brief.montrealethics.ai
Deb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley.
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social Roller derby athlete https://alex-hanna.com Book: thecon.ai Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k 🇪🇬Ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ 🏳️‍⚧️ she/هي 📸 @willtoft.bsky.social Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
Justin Longo @justinlongo.bsky.social Associate Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy | University of Regina | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Director, The Digital Governance Lab https://www.digitalgovernancelab.org/contact/
Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/
Policy Options / Options politiques @policyoptions.irpp.org Policy Options - the digital magazine of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (@irpp.org‬)// Le magazine numérique de l'Institut de recherche en politiques publiques (IRPP)
Christopher Parsons (he/him/his) @christopher-parsons.com Policy wonk. Street photographer. Torontonian. Not necessarily in that order. Interests: privacy, national security, artificial intelligence, accountability, democratic governance. Posts are mine, not my employer’s. https://christopher-parsons.com
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/
Lex Gill @lex-is.bsky.social litigation for the people. senior fellow at @citizenlab, teaching at mcgill law, former scc clerk. constitutional red team. be brave, be brave, be brave.
Simone Vannuccini @svannuccini.bsky.social Chair of Economics of AI & Innovation at Univ Cote d'Azur (prev SPRU); tech change, competition & industrial policy. World citizen, European federalist, Antifascist - Mr Goodie Goodie Mayor of Vanillatown (cit)
Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social Professor of Data Ethics and Policy at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and Principal Investigator at the Weizenbaum Institute. Founder of the Governance of Emerging Technologies research programme.
Michael Karlin @supergovernance.bsky.social Digital policy @ Canadian Digital Service. Reasonably subversive. Husband of Amy. Skeets entirely my nonsense and not my employer. He/him. Jewish/🏳️‍🌈
Jess Mitchell @jesshmitchell.bsky.social ethics, equity, justice, design, attempts to disrupt education and everything that follows. Team member and Adjunct Inclusive Design Research Centre @ OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Amelia Vance @ameliaivance.bsky.social Child & student privacy geek, founder of @pipcprivacy.bsky.social, teach privacy and data protection at William & Mary Law School. Mostly sharing news on privacy, tech, civil rights, & things that make me smile.
The Digital Transparency Lab @globalprivacy.bsky.social Canadian Non Profit based out of Toronto and Montreal who is the OG champion of Canadian Digital Consent.
Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social Prof, Maynooth Univ https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/rob-kitchin PI Data Stories https://datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie/ Author: Researching Digital Life, Digital Timescapes, Data Lives, The Data Revolution PDFs papers/chs https: www.kitchin.org
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC @oipcbc.bsky.social The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC is independent from government and promotes and protects the information and privacy rights of British Columbians. Learn more about our office here: https://www.oipc.bc.ca/about/about-us/
Colleen M. Flood @colleenmflood.bsky.social Dean, Queen's Law. Lover of health care law and policy and public law. Research lately is focused on the governance and adoption of of AI into health care, higher education and legal systems.
Teresa Scassa @teresascassa.bsky.social Law professor specializing in tech law (privacy, AI, data). Gardener.
Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social - Executive Director, Project Drawdown drawdown.org - Climate scientist, working on solutions - Passionate about science, communication, and hope - Minnesota based, Maine born - Personal account / My views
Regenerative Now ☘️ @regenerativenow.bsky.social Regenerative organic gardening on a budget from our permaculture farm on Vancouver Island, Canada. Aromatics, herbs & edibles. 🍁🪻🍀🫜
Solarpunk SΞΞD @solarpunkseed.bsky.social Science, Education, Exploration, Design. 実 Actualizing the #solarpunk #postcapitalist commons. #DeSci. Free community fab lab café forming on Kalapuya Land / Oregon!✨🌱🌈🌻 solarpunkseed.net
Naomi Devine @naomidevine.bsky.social Visual storyteller. Campaign Mgr for Dean Murdock, Saanich Mayor and Will Greaves, Victoria MP. UVic. @evicsomm grad @ROMtoronto. MA candidate @royalroads - Solo Female Wildness discourse.
District of Saanich @saanichbc.bsky.social Official account of the District of Saanich. http://saanich.ca http://facebook.com/Saanich.BC. In an emergency call 911.
Elizabeth May @elizabethemay.bsky.social @canadiangreens.bsky.social MP-Saanich-Gulf Islands, Activist, Author, Mother & Grandmother. Leader of the Green Party of Canada. (she, her)
District of Saanich @saanich.bsky.social Placeholder account.
Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce @victoriachamber.bsky.social Since 1863, the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce has been working together to build good business and great community for all. #YYJBiz #ChamberLocalVicBC https://victoriachamber.ca/
Matt Dell @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social
Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social Candidate for re-election as Victoria City Councillor and CRD Director in Victoria, B.C. PhD in History. Loves gardening, cello, democracy, climate action, housing, cycling, and family. Views my own.
Gord Baird @simplyliving.bsky.social Water systems design & policy nerd, food forestry, earthen building, greywater, compost toilets, goats, community, politics and… politician.
Rob Shaw @robshaw.bsky.social BC Politics + Coffee + Cats TV: cheknews.bsky.social » Podcast/Show: Political Capital » Columns: Glacier Media and Northern Beat » Radio: CBC Radio West and CBC All Points West » Cats: bcpoliticat.bsky.social All shows/columns at: www.robshawnews.com
The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca Our pod of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can’t find anywhere else. Sign up for our newsletter: http://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter or become a member: https://thenarwhal.ca/bsky-member/
Navius Research @naviusresearch.bsky.social A Canadian energy-economy research consultancy. We specialize in quantitative modeling to answer questions about climate and energy policy.
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral markcarney.ca
Will Greaves @wgreaves.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Victoria. Poli sci prof, local dad, lucky guy. Global and Canadian politics, Arctic, climate, people, jokes. https://willgreaves.ca/
David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com Editor, McClelland & Stewart. Author. Writer. General purpose factotum. Lego enthusiast. PhD in political science, just in case.
Dean Murdock @deanmurdock.bsky.social Saanich Mayor, CRD director, transit commissioner, dad, husband, coffee-drinker, cyclist, guitar player
Andrew Weaver @ajwvictoriabc.bsky.social Climate scientist. Professor in SEOS at UVic; Former MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head. AndrewJWeaver.ca
Victoria News @victorianews.bsky.social Where Greater Victoria's news begins. Follow for breaking stories, special reports, events and community features.
Trevor Barry (Saanich BC) @trevor4saanich.bsky.social It’s time to Blue Sky! Former: council/CRD candidate, BC PublicServant, #NorthQuadra CA president, X user Current: climate action consultant, GHG expert, GrVic 2030 District, Strong Towns, #saanich Transp Advisory Cmte🚲🚏 Always: Dad⚽️⚾️⚜️☘️, Jazz🎷, Mario🎮+🏐🏀🇺🇦🇨🇦
Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social Canadian critical media studies scholar and podcaster interested in the meanings we make of perpetual tech promises. Bilingue. Focused on the environment. I typo a lot. 😷🏳️‍🌈 🎙️ thedatafix.net 📝 heliotropejournal.net
Prof Tim Jackson @timjackson.org.uk Ecological Economist and Playwright. Author of »The Care Economy« (2025), »Post Growth« (2021) and »Prosperity Without Growth« (2009/2017). Director of @cusp.ac.uk. 🌐 https://timjackson.org.uk
Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development. I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://thepolycrisis.org/
Arnaud Bertrand @rnaudbertrand.bsky.social Entrepreneur. Previously HouseTrip (sold to TripAdvisor), now https://MeAndQi.com
Brendan Pierpont @brendan.bsky.social Energy and climate nerd. Electricity @energyinnovation.org. Views are my own.
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl) Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Author of Prophecy ("Witty and surprising...intelligent" - NYT) and Privacy Is Power (An Economist Book of the Year). TED Speaker. Posts about #privacy, #AIethics, #philosophy, #philtech
Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co Hey, I'm a climate and energy writer / data analyst who focuses on corporate + govt accountability Creator + curator of the Greensky feed: https://ketanjoshi.co/greensky/ Based in Oslo but write about US, Europe, Aus too - ketan.joshi85@gmail.com
Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social Working towards the safe development of AI for the benefit of all at Université de Montréal, LawZero and Mila. A.M. Turing Award Recipient and most-cited AI researcher. https://lawzero.org/en https://yoshuabengio.org/profile/
Future of Good @futureofgood.bsky.social Independent Canadian news and learning organization. Mission: enable a smarter social purpose world. We do stories about hard things to help find solutions. Find us at futureofgood.co Our free newsletter: futureofgood.co/signup
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Octopus Energy @octopus.energy Floating about. We believe energy should be better - a better experience for customers, better for the planet, and better value for money. Need help from our social media team? https://octo.ps/bluesky-help
Innovate UK @innovateuk.bsky.social Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency. It helps businesses develop the new products, services and processes they need to grow through innovation. Website https://www.ukri.org/councils/innovate-uk/
ECIU @eciu.net The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) is a non-profit initiative that supports informed debate on energy and climate issues. X: @ECIU_UK
Ember @ember-energy.org Global energy think tank accelerating the clean energy transition with data and policy #CleanPower info@ember-energy.org https://ember-energy.org/
Royal Academy of Engineering @raeng.org.uk We create and lead a community of outstanding experts and innovators to engineer better lives. Find out more: raeng.org.uk
Reasons to be Cheerful @reasonstobecheerful.world An online editorial project sharing stories of solutions and positive change. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Created by David Byrne. reasonstobecheerful.world Become a member: https://bit.ly/3BUCAnL Sign up to our weekly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gBp8oP
Canadian Tech Journal @cdntechjournal.bsky.social We uncover and amplify the most compelling Canadian tech stories and insights. Get up to speed in five minutes with our weekly newsletters. vantechjournal.com/publications
Ronan Reinart @rreinart.bsky.social Lawyer, musician, photographer, creator, wanderer. I follow threads of strangeness and marvel at contradictions. Sometimes there’s clarity, sometimes confusion, sometimes I just fall into the beauty of life. . .
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Defender @defenderofbasic.bsky.social Scouting the internet for infohazards & infoblessings
ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT). June 2026 in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦 #FAccT2026 https://facctconference.org/
David Bourguignon @davidbourguignon.net Researcher-Entrepreneur | Founder @foresight.earth and @lesenergiques.org | #Innovation #Sustainability #IT | Paris, France
Love and Philosophy @lovephilosophy.substack.com Podcast and project posts. Audio on your platform: https://pod.link/1701577110 Video: https://www.youtube.com/@waymaking23 Newsletter: https://lovephilosophy.substack.com/ Web resources: https://loveandphilosophy.com/
Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social Exploring the intersection of culture, evolution, psychology and anthropology. We study how culture and evolution shape human behaviour and society
Jan Engelmann @engelmann.bsky.social Professor, Amsterdam Neuroeconomics Lab, Amsterdam School of Economics. Studies economic and social decision making. Interested in anxiety and stress, trust, affect, social cognition. http://www.neuro-economics.net
Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social I study the evolution of human culture with a focus on environmental behaviors and institutions and an eye toward helping these become more sustainable on a single, limited planet. https://timwaring.info/
Chris Timmermann @christimmermann.bsky.social Research Fellow. Head of DMT Research Group. Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London. Neuroscience | Phenomenology | Psychedelics | Meditation Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ezYk7h0AAAAJ&hl=
Stefano Palminteri @stepalminteri.bsky.social Computational cognitive scientist interested in learning and decision-making in human and machiches Research director of the Human Reinforcement Learning team Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Institut National de la Santé et Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Maëva L'Hôtellier @maevalhotellier.bsky.social Studying learning and decision-making in humans | HRL team - ENS Ulm |
Beck Todd @beckety.bsky.social Cognitive neuroscience, affect and cognition, participatory sensemaking through food and dance
Collective Intelligence Project @cip.org We're on a mission to steer transformative technology for the collective good. cip.org
Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. @jhuartssciences.bsky.social & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. Latest books: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. https://preposterousuniverse.com/
Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social Professor studying contentious climate debates, climate urgency, 'Climateflation', and society-environment relations (and all things Canada 🇨🇦). Co-Host http://EcopoliticsPodcast.ca Views are my own (not my employer's)!
The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social 😀 Take a break from doomscrolling! We share tech, science, health, environment, and social progress What Could Go Right? newsletter and podcast 👇 linktr.ee/progressntwrk
Vitalik Buterin @vitalik.ca
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future Subscribe here: https://www.theverge.com/subscribe
Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social Historian of the intelligentsia. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Deputy Editor @NoemaMag.com. Check out "Children of a Modest Star": https://www.sup.org/books/politics/children-modest-star. Posts my own
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Mike Nitabach @mnitabach.cryptoanarchy.network Professor at Yale School of Medicine; Associate Director of Yale MD/PhD Program; Amateur Perfumer; Retired Attorney; Court-Appointed Special Advocate Volunteer, CASA-NYC. 🧪🧪🧪 🦅🦅🦅🏈🏈🏈 https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/michael-nitabach/
Processing @processing.org Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code. #BuiltWithProcessing 🔗 processing.org 🐱 github.com/processing/processing4
katherine lee @katherine-lee.bsky.social canadian . collaborative . curious conscientious observer interactive producer . artist . musician thinker . mom
Katie Teague @mkteague.bsky.social Visual storyteller for the planetary imaginary, working for mutually assured thrivability. https://www.youtube.com/@inthemaking412
Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social Infectious diseases & genomics. Immunologist in (voluntary) exile. Minimal sarcasm. Fierce HOA (Hater of Acronyms). Personal account - opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Human Values at Princeton | Cognitive scientist curious about technology, narratives, & epistemic (in)justice | They/She 🏳️‍🌈 www.crockettlab.org
Roger Pielke Jr. @thehonestbroker.bsky.social undisciplined scholar and recovering academic @AEI @DNVA1 @CUBoulder @UCL | Subscribe to The Honest Broker ➡️ http://rogerpielkejr.substack.com
Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social Trouble making. Problem solving. Doing my best to help. Mostly focused on making solar rail happen, at present