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Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social Publisher @westendphoenix Rheostatics. Author of 13 books. Hockey Nomad. Movies. Also: Ballpoint Agency.
Lindsay Ferris @ljoelle.bsky.social tech researcher & design strategist striving for less bad, hopefully good
formerly: @Nytimes, @OkCupid, @OII, Sunlight Fdn
mow: rogue agent & @PrattIXD
CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social When you absolutely, positively got to know every "On This Day" in movie history, accept no substitutes.
10+ years & 50,000 followers on Twitter, making a new home for ourselves here. (formerly Dates in Movies)
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
Ted Woodhead @tedwoodhead.bsky.social I talk and write a lot, probably too much, about telecom regulation.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social FCC Commissioner. Latina-American. Communications attorney and tech nerd. Dog mom.
Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social Distinguished Policy Fellow. Geoeconomics and Tech Programme. ECFR. https://ecfr.eu/profile/jose_ignacio_torreblanca/
Cori Crider @coricrider.com Build better tech. Break monopoly power. Back law enforcement.
https://futureinstitute.tech
https://www.coricrider.com
Ben Atkinson, PhD @benatkinsonphd.bsky.social PhD Economics with 25+ years in public, private, and academic sectors. Currently with MBA Research and Deciduous Corp. Primary expertise in International Economics and Industrial Organization, including transport and retail gasoline.
SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social Official account of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal created by
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
Home of the ongoing webcomic SMBC, A City on Mars, and of little books featuring large concepts abridged beyond the point of usefulness.
Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro tech, early web & vintage computing. 80s, 90s, 2000s nostalgia. Follow for daily posts.
Alex Rudolph @cyberincontext.ca PhD (Carleton University): State behaviour & doctrine in cyber conflict.
I research Canadian cyber policy, focusing on CAFCYBERCOM.
CGAI & NAADSN Fellow. Cyber Yeoman.
I run Canadian Cyber in Context: cyberincontext.ca
Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social Flumping along in the world of data since Long Ago. Posts as @castlebridge-chief here & on Mastodon at https://mastodon.ie/@CastlebridgeChief CEO @ Castlebridge.ie.
Doctoral candidate at UL looking at #DataGovernance. Author of several books on data stuff.
Daragh O Brien @castlebridgechief.bsky.social CEO at Castlebridge (https://castlebridge.ie).
Dipping a toe into Bluesky, you can usually find me at https://mastodon.ie/@castlebridgechief
Ian Austen @ianausten.bsky.social Canada Correspondent, @nytimes.com. Mostly photos, mostly made on film, a lot of it large. austen@nytimes.com
Justin Birnbaum @justbirny.bsky.social Currently: @Sportico.bsky.social | Previously: @Forbes.com, @MedillSchool.bsky.social, @Albany.edu | 📬: jbirnbaum@sportico.com
Content Authenticity Initiative @contentauth.bsky.social https://contentauthenticity.org/
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders @teamcommunity.bsky.social TCU is a community network gathering #DigitalRights defenders working on tech and security issues impacting human rights, journalism, civil society & social justice. Check out our job board, events and knowledge center. https://www.digitalrights.community
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.
Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social Professor, Political Science, Brock University
Knowledge governance, IPE, Sydney Swans tragic
Co-author, with Natasha Tusikov, The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power (Bloomsbury, 2023). Open Access.
Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social Writer, CS Grad, environmentalist and optimist.
Focused on infrastructure, macro-systems, and excellence. Bylines in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and Toronto Star. DMs Open.
https://www.thetransitbrief.net/
FastTrackTO @fast-track.to Home of the 10-point plan to save Toronto’s streetcar system.
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https://fast-track.to/ 🌐
Jonathan English @englishrail.bsky.social 
Savoir FairnessDoctrine @badfcctakes.bsky.social If you've see your words screenshotted here, it probably means you brought up a very, very bad take on the Fairness Doctrine or other FCC regulation you didn't understand.
Repost = good take. Screenshot = bad take
Todd Legasse: Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Canadian Journalism Foundation @cjf-fjc.bsky.social The Canadian Journalism Foundation celebrates journalistic excellence (#CJFAwards), explores media issues (#CJFJTalks) and promotes journalism (#WorldNewsDay)
@ravimalhotra.bsky.social @ravimalhotra.bsky.social Disability Law Scholar. Posts are not legal advice.
Canada's Forum for Research & Policy in Communications @frpc.bsky.social FRPC is a non-partisan organization focused on Canada's communications system. http://www.frpc.net
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist.
Executive Director, Home Screen.
Co-Curator of an oral history of the origins of the U.S. Digital Service.
Tech Transparency Project @ttp-updates.bsky.social The Tech Transparency Project is a research initiative of Campaign for Accountability that investigates the power, influence, & impact of Big Tech. https://www.techtransparencyproject.org
Ben Grosser @bengrosser.bsky.social Artist/Researcher — Platform Culture and Interface Politics — Faculty Associate @ Berkman Klein Center, Harvard bengrosser.com
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Science as Culture @sciasculture.bsky.social Science and Technology Studies journal exploring how (arte)facts, processes, products shape & are shaped by society, since 1987!
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/csac20
James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social journalist and writer. author of BEYOND MEASURE, a history of measurement; a New Yorker, Economist, Times book of the year. former senior editor at The Verge. buy my book here: https://linktr.ee/BeyondMeasureBook. website: jamesvincent.info
Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social Feature documentary GHOST IN THE MACHINE. Watch now on PBS and YouTube. notaidoc.com
ANSI Files from Discmaster @ansibot.bsky.social Operator @xar.ph
All art sourced from https://discmaster.textfiles.com (not affiliated).
Alt text created from OCR, which may have errors.
Apologies for any crude blocky porn or slurs from edgy teens in the 90s. Report any Nazi or KKK ansi files to @xar.ph
marc rees @reesmarc.bsky.social Journaliste à L’informé (linforme.com) spécialisé droit & tech (LCEN, copie privée Arcom, propriété intellectuelle, rens, CADA, etc.). Ex-RC NextINpact.
Insta http://instagram.com/marcseer
SAM Retro @retroman.bsky.social Film, Sports, Theatrics, and More. All wrapped up beautifully in the world of software from the ‘70s and onwards! #RetroGaming #RetroGamer #Arcade
Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social Blogger, media analyst, copy editor at the Montreal Gazette. https://blog.fagstein.com
Nicholas De Rosa @nicholasderosa.bsky.social Journaliste à Radio-Canada spécialisé en phénomènes web, manipulation en ligne, désinfo et technologie dans l’équipe des Décrypteurs.
On a une émission à RDI, un podcast, une infolettre et on écrit des articles en ligne.
➡️ linktr.ee/nicholasderosa
Michel Grenier @wiki3fois.bsky.social Intéressé par tout, mais spécialiste en rien.
Résistance face aux systèmes d’IA.
Bye Bye:
Microsoft (Windows, Office, LinkedIn)
Meta (Facebook, Instagram)
Apple (iCloud, Music, MLS Season Pass)
Google (Maps, Search, YouTube, Gmail)
Amazon (achats & Prime)
Dr. Carsten Stöcker @carstenstoecker.bsky.social CEO Spherity GmbH | Decentralized Identity, Enterprise KYC, DPPs, Provenance, Compliance, Circularity & ESG | WEF Fellow | Don’t look up | born 329.43 ppm CO2
www.spherity.com
#Web3 #DID #Identity #AI #ESG #DPP #OrgID #DPP #Physics #Cryptography #Entropy
Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social AI + emerging tech + epistemic resilience; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes, https://www.samgregory.info, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster. Former Executive Director WITNESS.
Law & Technology Institute @cdntechlaw.bsky.social Law & Technology Institute at Schulich Law School, Dalhousie University. Home of the Canadian Journal of Law & Technology
LATI: www.dal.ca/faculty/law/LATI.html
CJLT: https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/cjlt/
CIPS / CÉPI @cepi-cips.bsky.social The Centre for International Policy Studies/Centre d'études en politiques internationales at the University of Ottawa is a leading centre for analysis and debate of international affairs. Curated by CIPS staff.
Canadian Email Summit @emailsummit.ca Canada's only all day email marketing conference is coming back for another year!
Stay tuned for information on our 2026 event!
Victoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social Senior reviewer and author of the Optimizer newsletter for The Verge. I write about wearables, health tech, the wellness wild west, and other gadgets. Previously: Gizmodo, PCMag, Yomiuri Shimbun.
Signal: @vicmsong.14
Grand poobah of the penguin brigade.
Brett Shavers @brettshavers.bsky.social Fell off a cliff. Swam with sharks. Dined with hitmen. Hung out with crime bosses. Bought and sold a ton of drugs. How the heck am I still here? DFIR USMC 🚓
Geneviève Lavertu @glavertu.bsky.social Medtech | Healthcare Policy 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧| Digital Health, Health Tech | Life Sciences | M&A | Corporate Governance
🇨🇦, roaming curiosity for other ways to see the world: what does that look like for you? That’s why I’m here. “Be curious, not judgemental”
Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com Community, trust & safety, journalism, tea. Posts are ephemeral.
www.losowsky.com
Obvia @observatoireia.bsky.social Observatoire sur les impacts sociétaux de l'IA et du numérique
Chaire UNESCO sur la diversité expressions culturelles @chaireunescodec.bsky.social La Chaire propose un programme de recherche sur la Convention sur la diversité des expressions culturelles de l'UNESCO.
The Broadcasting Accessibility Fund @baf-far.bsky.social The Broadcasting Accessibility Fund/Fond pour l'accessibilité de la radiodiffusion
Providing grants that advance accessibility to Canadian broadcasting content/Fournissant financièrement pour améliorer l’accès au contenu radiodiffusé au Canada
Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social cinema studies | media distribution + access | documentary | nontheatrical film | useful media | feminist media history | she/her
https://www.tanyagoldmanphd.com
Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Posts in EN & NL.
Karl Olson 🌻 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com • he/him
• webdev/musician/producer/mc
• http://ultraklystron.com
• http://karlrolson.com/blog/bio
• http://mastodon.social/@karlrolson
• http://hyperfollow.com/ultraklystron
Mathy Vanhoef @vanhoefm.bsky.social Prof. @KU_Leuven | Research in Network & Software Security | Known for WPA2 KRACK attack, Dragonblood, and FragAttacks | Open to consultancy | Ex-Postdoc NYU
Josh Tabish @joshtabish.bsky.social Senior Director, Canada at @progresschamber.org
Marginal Revolution @marginalrev.blogsky.venki.dev Small steps towards a much better world.
Automated feed of https://marginalrevolution.com/, find more feeds at @blogsky.venki.dev
Matthew V - EmailKarma 🇨🇦 @emailkarma.com Founder, author, and former podcast host focused on email marketing, deliverability, and privacy. Helping brands land in the inbox, not the spam folder. #EmailGeeks #Canadian
He/Him
https://ekma.co/m/EmailKarma
Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social For 28 years: a journalist in print, TV, radio @ CBC, POLITICO, CP. Next: Getting a master’s in Artificial Intelligence management at Georgetown.
Bruno Guglielminetti @guglielminetti.bsky.social Parle du monde numérique depuis 1994. News junkie, analyste, conférencier & podcasteur. http://linktr.ee/Guglielminetti
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Talking about the digital world since 1994.
News junkie, analyst, speaker & podcaster.
Gander Social @gandersocial.ca The social media you want. Built for Canada.
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your data taking an unexpected trip south. Built on AT Proto.
https://gandersocial.ca
Blaine @blaine.bsky.social Sociotechnologist, activist. First employee @ Twitter, built that and pioneered social decentralization, created OAuth. Shy cloud-observer, mostly. Building Roundabout for local communities at @newpublic.org.
ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT). June 2026 in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦 #FAccT2026
https://facctconference.org/
Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social
* Public Policy
* Tech Regulation
* #auslaw
Opinions my own
Diyi Liu @deeliu97.bsky.social "D-E", Postdoc@UCPH, PhD @oiioxford.bsky.social, researching platform governance, content moderation, human-computer interaction
Internet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social Journal for internet studies. Interdisciplinary & open access. Published by @hiigberlin.bsky.social & @cais-research.bsky.social in cooperation with @create-glasgow.bsky.social @cis-cnrs.bsky.social IN3 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social & Skytte Institute UT
Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social Platforms & Society hosts critical social science and humanities research on platforms and platformization, examining their impacts on and embeddedness in economies, cultures, and institutions around the world.
The Philosophy Theory & Critique Division of ICA @icaptc.bsky.social Official social media account for the Philosophy Theory Critique Division of the International Communication Association 
ICA Communication Law and Policy Division @ica-clp.bsky.social Official account of the Communication Law and Policy Division of the International Communication Association. 
Arnika Zinke @arnikazinke.bsky.social AI & Digital Policy Advisor European Parliament (Greens/EFA) | fighting for more equality & diversity in tech and less disinformation & online addiction, previously worked on AI Act, DSA and Pegasus Inquiry | from Vienna, now Brussels 🇪🇺
Nicolas Suzor @nicsuzor.bsky.social Law prof, working to make tech more fair. Future Fellow @ QUT Digital Media Research Centre; Chief Investigator @admscentre.org.au; Member @ Oversight Board.
He/him. All views are my own.
https://nic.suzor.net
Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social Prof in Media and Communication // Editor-In-Chief New Media &Society // Director MA Digital Media and Society // Wonderful team @pgmt.bsky.social // platform governance, AI hype, discourse
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/person/christian-katzenbach/
CJ Reynolds @reynoldscj.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. Researching finfluencers, gamblers, and general troublemakers. Still missing GeoCities.
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher PGMT Lab @Uni Bremen | prev. DigitalValues project | Critical Platform Studies | European/German/feminist | first gen | she/her
Blake Hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Platform Studies at Aarhus University
Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social The CAJ is the voice of Canadian journalists, committed to the public's right to know. Become a member: http://bit.ly/3GqvXNR
L'ACJ est la voix des journalistes canadiens, engagé au droit de savoir du public. Devenez membre : http://bit.ly/3GqvXNR
Ruth Kronenburg @ruthkronenburg.bsky.social Executive Director @freepressunlimited.org. We protect #pressfreedom and the safety of #journalists with over 300 in-country and regional media partners worldwide. Together we make independent news and information available to everyone. 
Chris Russell @cruss.bsky.social Algorithmic governance and computer vision. Assoc Prof Oxford, Ellis fellow
Dr. Tanya Pobuda @tpobuda.bsky.social PhD. Northerner. Settler. Snoop. Maker of lists. Best friend to genius type guy. Mother to fierce daughter. She/They. #BLM #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUP
http://drtanyapobuda.substack.com/
Michelle Amazeen @commscholar.bsky.social Associate Dean of Research, College of Communication
Associate Professor of Mass Communication,
Director, Communication Research Center,
Boston University
New book – Content Confusion: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553605/content-confusion/
Luca Belli @1lucabelli.bsky.social Prof at FGV Law School, heading CTS.FGV.br and CyberBRICS.info
Director of CPDP.lat
Personal Views
Alliance Radios @allianceradios.ca L'organisme national porte-parole de la radiodiffusion communautaire francophone en situation de minorité linguistique au Canada. Auparavant @arcducanada.
Site web : https://allianceradios.ca
Randy Kitt @randykitt.bsky.social Canadian media advocate, Director of Media at Unifor & avid media consumer (TV, news, film, radio, music, podcasts & books)
Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec @tcaduquebec.bsky.social Fondée en 1998, la Fédération regroupe actuellement 42 télévisions communautaires autonomes. Ses objectifs sont de de promouvoir le développement de la télévision communautaire autonome (TCA) au Québec.
CTVM.info @lilianetremblay.bsky.social CTVM.info, un écosystème média au service des industries de l’image
CINÉMA - TÉLÉVISION - WEB - MÉDIAS - ARTS NUMÉRIQUES – TECHNOLOGIES - JEU VIDÉO – AR – VR – IA- PROSPECTIVE
Regulación Convergente @ircc-chile.bsky.social Regulación y convergencia en comunicaciones.
Proyecto Fondecyt 1230748 sobre institucionalidad reguladora convergente de las Comunicaciones.
2023-2027
Canadian Film Centre @cfccreates.bsky.social The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is a charitable cultural organization that drives the future of Canadian storytelling.
National Screen Institute - Canada @nsicanada.bsky.social Through inclusive, customized training and mentorship, the National Screen Institute supports creators to change the world through the power of story.
nsi-canada.ca- A @annefmaclennan.bsky.social @annefmaclennan.bsky.social
TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social A public transit advocacy group. We're transit users who want better public transit in Toronto.
🚍🚇🚊✊
Not affiliated with the TTC.
www.ttcriders.ca
#KeepTransitMoving
Gigi Sohn @gbsohn.bsky.social Telecom, media and technology policy. Many hats. Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, American Association for Public Broadband, Georgetown Law School, G Squared Strategies. Find me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigisohn/
Dean Bubley @disruptivedean.bsky.social Telecom Futurist & 5G / 6G / WiFi / FTTX / spectrum / policy analyst, advisor & public speaker. Analogy sharpshooter. Contact via LinkedIn
Benoit Felten @fibreguy.bsky.social Telecoms and tech analyst and consultant, based in France, erstwhile author of Fiberevolution, focus on telecoms policy and regulation, broadband, internet policy and related topics.
Concurrences @concurrences.bsky.social Concurrences is an independent legal publisher, dedicated to antitrust law and competition economics, founded in 2004 by Nicolas Charbit with the support of Prof. Frédéric Jenny and Prof. Laurence Idot. #antitrust #competitionlaw