LiveWorkPlay / VivreTravaillerJouer @liveworkplay.bsky.social Helping the Ottawa area community welcome and include people with intellectual disabilities, autistic persons, and individuals with a dual diagnosis to live, work, and play as valued citizens.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social Practical advice for Product Leaders
Wiki | Templates | Courses | Live Classes | Events
https://www.hustlebadger.com
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social NYT tech reporter
Co-author of Character Limit
Signal: rmac.18
ryan.mac@nytimes.com
rmac18@protonmail.com
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
https://linktr.ee/ryan_mac_
Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Away for a while. Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org.
Previously: Covid Tracking Project, OpenNews, old web nonsense.
Amy Mitchell @amycmitchell.bsky.social Product manager and author of Product Management IRL
https://amycmitchell.substack.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycmitchell/
Anna Hirschfeld @annahirschfeld.bsky.social Senior Director at @PublicDigitalHQ Formerly @DWPDigital. Expect a lot of digital transformation, politics and West Wing. She/her.
FWD50 @fwd50conf.bsky.social Where the people building tomorrow’s government go to learn, connect, and recharge.
Alex MacEachern @alexmaceachern.bsky.social Recovering lawyer with a decade of experience in digital transformation and the scars to prove it. Loves this stuff 🌊🐶📚🥋From Ottawa but now on Vancouver Island. Works @publicdigital
@johnkingbain.bsky.social @johnkingbain.bsky.social 
Ross @rprus.bsky.social Deputy Chief Economist @ Export Development Canada. Albertan in Ottawa. 
Heidi @heidi2o.bsky.social data, policy, and feelings
hobby collector
thatVargas @thatvargas.bsky.social 
mb baker @bethmaru.ca She/Her/Elle
Canadian.
Curious.
Contrarian.
Contentious.
Contrasts.
@jpmck.bsky.social @jpmck.bsky.social 
ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social Uncool adult. From the other site.
📍Toronto
Corey Cottrell @coreycottrell.bsky.social AI tinkerer and protagonist. Pro-democracy. Resisting fascism. The Singularity is near.
Musician.
Sean Boots @bluesky.sboots.ca A better world, by listening.
Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social Politics, author of Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed. Meidas Canada/ The Resistance Lead singer with Grievous Angels. Just a boy from Cobalt.
Not a space for the cynical and snide.
Ebony Sager @ellebowie.bsky.social 
@katylalonde.bsky.social @katylalonde.bsky.social 📚 Reader. 💻 Product manager. 🐦 Occasional birder.
CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social CUPE is Canada’s largest union, with over 800,000 members. Le SCFP est le plus grand syndicat canadien avec plus de 800 000 membres.
Marcelo Calbucci @calbucci.com Founder of @seattleflow.org Author of "The PRFAQ Framework" (www.theprfaq.com). 18yrs of startups. MSFT, Amazon. Runner. Cook. Geek.
Tech, software, AI/ML, UX, product, innovation, startups, leadership.
📍 Seattle
🇧🇷🇺🇸
https://calbucci.com/link
Skywatch Blue @skywatch.blue Independent Labeling Service | Not able to perform takedowns.
Not associated with SkySentry.
alice @alice.mosphere.at aspiring handheld | 📍 london
Mario Zechner @mariozechner.at You may know me from the Austrian parliament or national library, "hacktivist", computers this and that.
https://cards-for-ukraine.at
https://www.wired.com/story/heisse-preise-food-prices/
@badlogic@mastodon.gamedev.place
https://mariozechner.at
Willy Brauner @willybrauner.com Front-end developer, driven by design.
Former lead front-end @ cher-ami.tv.
Musician, drummer.
Based in Lyon, France.
Freelancer
↳ https://willybrauner.com
↳ https://github.com/willybrauner
The.eh.pere @robammerman.bsky.social Bon vivant, avant gardener, and solutionizing neologist.
Thomas Seymat @tseymat.bsky.social Head of Innovation and Digital for news @ARTE
Educator + mentor.
Ex-@innovationRJI.
#TeamOL
That JSTweedie | Gatineau 🇨🇦 @jstweedie.bsky.social Former federal public servant. Now doing a PhD to figure it all out. Complex systems, decision making, and digital transformation. And my humans. And cats. Never forget the cats. Nor music. Not books either.
courtney claessens @sidewalkballet.bsky.social product // former public servant, mapper // ever a geographer // ptbo-nogo.
vera.ai @vera-ai.bsky.social VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence. Research project co-funded by HorizonEU. Makers of InVID-WeVerify-vera.ai verification plugin, plus much more! Focus: countering disinformation. Here: project owners’ views.
https://www.veraai.eu/home
Denis Teyssou @dteyssou.bsky.social @afpnews.bsky.social Medialab, journalist, fake news debunker (verification plug-in founder & maker) @vera-ai.bsky.social innovation manager, PhD candidate in Information sciences on #disinformation @ParisNanterreUniversity
Megan Young @meganiyoung.bsky.social Ottawa-based woman in tech. traveller, scuba diver, voracious reader, crossword junkie
Calvin Rodo @calvinrodo.bsky.social SRE working for the Canadian Digital Service.
@sarahpiovesana.bsky.social @sarahpiovesana.bsky.social I turned being chronically online into a career. Some people call me a policy advisor at the Canadian Digital Service. 🇨🇦
Ottawa, ON
Sky Sentry @skysentry.bsky.social Moderation Lists
Catherine McKenney @catmckenney.bsky.social Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Housing and MPP for Ottawa Centre.
Passionate about housing, transit, healthcare, and community.
Trans/non-binary.
David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social Founder & CEO of Canada’s most sought-after and influential polling firm, Abacus Data.
Prof at Carleton University.
Davidcoletto.substack.com
🚴♂️🎾🏔️📈📊
Hillary Hartley @hillaryh.bsky.social Nerding out and helping governments deliver better. 
Manu Singh @singhmoto.bsky.social I like #motorcycles, #aviation, better #GCDigital government and peanut butter.
Julianna Rowsell @juliannarowsell.bsky.social product, systems, design, accessibility, equity, ethics, social justice, disability rights, government, GenAI
Non status Mi’kmaq
#AS #Anemia #ADHD #Fibro
she/her or they/them
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social Head of Design for GOV.UK at GDS. Ex HM Land Registry. Public speaker. Observer of humans. Crisp connoisseur. Yarn hoarder. Northerner.
Thom K @thomkearney.bsky.social Lover of dog wisdom and positive change in the public service and society.
Mark Headd @mheadd.bsky.social Author of "The SpecOps Method: A New Approach to Legacy System Modernization." https://spec-ops.ai/book.html #CivicTech #AI #SpecOps #OpenData
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/🏳️🌈
Harry @harryao.bsky.social 
The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com North America’s Trusted Source Of News
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebeaverton
Merch: https://the-beaverton.myshopify.com/
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
Bob Rae @bobbyrae48.bsky.social Canadian citizen activist, university teacher, writer, husband, father, grandfather
Derek Alton @derekalton.bsky.social Community Insights Lead for Apolitical by day, Civic Punk by night. Passionate about helping make government work better. Obsessed with all things digital/open government and Public Sector Reform. Community Insights Lead for Apolitical 
Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca Open Standards & Practices lead at @CivicActions.com | #Drupal #Accessibility | Digital Services Coalition Board | @w3c Invited Expert #SustainableWeb #ARRM | http://ox.ca | #SolarPunk #Quaker #Feminist #Canadian #WebAlmanac #IAAPCPWA
#UNOpenSourceWeek
Wayne Chu @waynechu.ca Social research, policy, public interest and civic tech, podcast, politics nerd. Public servant by day, podcast producer by night. Producer of Let's Think Digital podcast (letsthinkdigital.ca)
Mina Bach @minabach.bsky.social I believe in tech for good & open design
🦆 Design @DuckDuckGo
✏️ Lead @DesignClub
⛑ Mental Health First Aider
👉 minabach.com
Siöbhan @sighoh.bsky.social a real life triple virgo
Neil Saravanamuttoo @neilsara.bsky.social Ottawa Mayoral Candidate
Substack: the 613
Podcast: Better Ottawa
Andrew Nguyen @onlyandrewn.bsky.social Interactive graphics at the Boston Globe, passionate about data and design. andrew.nguyen@globe.com
Gabe Sawhney @gabesawhney.bsky.social Dad + Canadian Digital Service + Civic Tech Toronto.
Why @why.bsky.world Wandering Wizard Utopian
General Partner @mana.inc
🌳
Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social Ottawa Canada tweets; inclusive, smart city, data driven, transit, aunt, @BB4Radio podcast fan, she / her
Mastodon: @Mirgray@mstdn.ca
Living on unceded Algonquin Land, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Philip Mai @philipmai.com Executive Director of SocialMediaLab.ca | M.S., J.D. | Media interviews PhilipMai.com/Press/ | Researcher & Developer of social media analysis tools for research in the public interest: SocialMediaLab.ca/apps/
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
FireBethFox @firebethfox.bsky.social Human muppet trying to be OK in late stage capitalism. From BC in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
I care about Anti-racism, Reconciliation, and Public Service. My ❤️ languages are questions, gifs, or introspection. Your results may vary.
#protecttranskids🏳️🌈
Blaise Hebert @blaiseh.bsky.social Proud Papa | Designer | Facilitator. Comforted by complexity. #foresight #ux #gamedesign #engagement Opinions = my own.
Ben Marsh @benmarsh.com Maker of internet shenanigans - uksnowmap.com - currently focusing on Ionic / Capacitor / Angular apps and Laravel / Vue web.
Ryan Androsoff @ryanandrosoff.bsky.social Vice-President of Learning and Leadership at Institute on Governance, Host of the Let’s Think Digital podcast.
Kiavash Najafi @ikiavash.bsky.social Executive Director and Advisor to the President at the Canadian Labour Congress
Drew Gough @drewgough.bsky.social Writer and photographer based in Toronto. Mentally almost always in Istanbul. Read my travel stories: www.notesfromtheedgeoftheearth.com
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
daniel holmgren 🫠 @dholms.at head of protocol @ bsky 🌅
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
🌱 🪴 🌳
Mike McNair @mikemcnair.bsky.social Global politics, management, Blue Jays and Fulham FC
spydergrrl @spydergrrl.bsky.social Outdoorsy UXer. Workshop design coach & consultant. Lives with anxiety. Runs on espresso and Star Wars. She/her. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Founder of CanUX. Best known for popularizing the phrase "UX Theatre". https://spydergrrl.com
Kate Gardiner @kategardiner.bsky.social Kate Gardiner is a highly sought-after expert in crisis communications and brand strategy, renowned for her sophisticated approach to navigating high-stakes situations and her unparalleled ability to safeguard and elevate reputations. 
ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
NYT Tech Guild @nytguildtech.bsky.social We are the software engineers, designers, data analysts & scientists, product managers and project managers who build the digital products @ NYTimes. We won our union in March 2022 and we're bargaining our first contract!
Corey Vilhauer @mrvilhauer.bsky.social Web things by day. Other stuff by night. Subscribe to my monthly hour-long mixtapes at: https://buttondown.email/blackmarks. Jams econo.
Amy Thibodeau @amy.bsky.social Be kind, pay attention, and have fun. Productively discontent. Chief Design Officer @Gustohq. Previously: UX leadership at Shopify & Facebook. I speak for myself. She/her. 🇨🇦
Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social She/her
Design systems and content design consultant. Reckless shitposter.
amyhupe.co.uk
wearefrankly.co
#DesignSystems #ContentDesign #WriteTheDocs
Rahel Bailie @rahelbailie.bsky.social Operational efficiency through structured content | Getting content AI-ready | User adoption of enterprise software | Ireland-based British-Canadian
Chelsea @chelslarss.bsky.social GenAI and Content Design. UX Design Director. Co-founder of Smallish Book. Published illustrator - Google Artist in Residence.
Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social Crowdfunded & independent, we practise public-interest journalism
Send us tips and pitches ➡️ editor@ricochet.media
Support us ➡️ https://ricochet.media/donate
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com The Hill Times is an influential, independently owned newspaper. We've covered Parliament Hill since 1989.
www.hilltimes.com
IRPP @irpp.org Institute for Research on Public Policy. Home of Policy Options - @policyoptions.bsky.social. #CdnPoli | Institut de recherche en politiques publiques. Éditeur d'Options politiques. #polcan
Kim Fox @itskimfox.bsky.social I like solving interesting problems with mission-driven people | Now: on sabbatical ⏱️ @hearst @calmatters @inquirer @bloomberg @cbsnews @cbcnews
Journalism + Design @journalismdesign.bsky.social An interdisciplinary program at The New School with a undergraduate major and a lab dedicated to nurturing a resilient free press for the future.
Find more at linktr.ee/journalismdesign
Rebecca Nava @wheres-the-any-key.bsky.social Product at the GC | Tech 🤖| Books 📚 | Podcasts 🎧 | Art 🎨| Sex education & health 🧠
Alliance of Civic Technologists @civictechallies.bsky.social A community dedicated to connecting and supporting all #volunteer #civictech efforts across the nation!
🌐 civictechnologists.org
Civic Tech Toronto @civictechto.bsky.social civictech.ca
We are a community of tech-minded folk making civic life better in Toronto.
Come and join our weekly online and in-person events with speakers, discussions and project breakouts!
Upcoming events: https://guild.host/civic-tech-toronto
Sasjkia Otto @sasjkia.bsky.social Lead on work and tech at Fabian Society. Prev data, digital, tech in what's now DSIT. Civic tech founder. 2024 Parliamentary candidate.
"That's a powerful and forward-thinking proposal"
"You are showing strength and softness in the same breath"
- ChatGPT
Wataru Oguchi 🦥 @wataruo.bsky.social Husband/Dad builds software. prev- @recollectnet. prev- @CivicTechYVR co-organizer. Technology for building a better world our children live in. 守破離
Staff Engineer, Civic Tech | SaaS
Nagano🇯🇵 ✈️ BC🇨🇦
GitHub: @wataruoguchi
Matt Bernius @mattbernius.bsky.social Qualitative Researcher at Code for America, former Measures For Justice. Accidental union organizer, trauma responsive thinker, participatory action research facilitator, civic design/tech, martial arts (BJJ, FMA, CMA), and more.
He/they.
Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social Founder/director of @RaksGeek.bsky.social. Dancer + singer-songwriter. SF/F essays. Food. Spins fire. Britain's Got Talent.
Civic tech & UX by day, art by night.
Building shared versions of reality + hope.
RaksGeek.com
RaksInferno.com
DawnXianaMoon.com