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A Gentleman and a Thief • The Case of the Murderous Dr Cream • Empire of Deception (Algonquin Books/HarperCollins Canada)
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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social Provincial affairs reporter for CBC Saskatchewan. CAJ National Director, Saskatchewan Region. Data, politics & freedom of information requests. Cat dad. He/him.
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International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social We are a Canadian coalition fighting to defend rights in the context of the "war on terror" / La Coalition pour la surveillance internationale des libertés civiles lutte pour défendre les droits dans le contexte de la "guerre contre le terrorisme"
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Stephen Kimber @skimber.bsky.social Author of 15 books. The latest: "Traitor's Game: A Mick Blackwell Mystery" will be published by Vagrant in October 2026. Inglis Professor, University of King's College MFA.
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I block anyone defending "genAI".
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Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
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Angel Flanagan @angelflanagan.bsky.social Author living by the sea in Nova Scotia. 
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Kelly DuMar @kellydumar.bsky.social Poet. Playwright. Workshop facilitator. Photographer. I live on the Charles River. http://www.kellydumar.com
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I’m here now but I’m not happy about it
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Founder and CEO of Futurebyte Group.
Linda McQuaig @lindamcquaig.bsky.social Author, journalist, supporter of the oppressed (& animals on factory farms), detractor of corporate shills posing as "populists."
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I like to garden, knit, read, be in nature.
I support kindness and helping others.
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Kindness matters.
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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social Advocate for Safe Schools with a focus on prevention like Clean Air to protect children from health risks like long Covid. Sharing data on child Covid hospitalizations, long Covid, and schools with clean air: scholenveilig.com
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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.
Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.