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Natasha Tusikov @ntusikov.bsky.social She/her. Assoc. prof at York University in Toronto. All things tech governance, especially internet of things, smart cities, femtech & platform governance. Book (open access): The New Knowledge: Information, Data & Remaking of Global Power
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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social Economic Historian at Università di Torino. I aspire to a Plinian mind. From Palermo, Sicily.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
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author of usual cruelty (2019) and
copaganda (2025)
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Pa Normandin @panormandin.bsky.social Chef de division aux actualités générales, La Presse
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"Being a leftist often means being right too soon"
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Fulkery Monkery @fulkery.bsky.social Not worth it
Gonzales Neighbourhood Dissociation @gndissociation.bsky.social The voice of a particular Victoria neighbourhood. We're dissociating. From you. From ourselves. Harm reduction, cycling, stopping genocide, clover point discourse, owning the NIMBYs. Vulnerable to fire damage, resistant to psychic damage.
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Luis Valdés @luisvaldes.eurosky.social Me gusta reseñar datos de la #TransiciónEnergética y opinar.
Creo en la crisis de la industria fósil antes de 2028. #CochesElectricos
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social NDP MP/Députée NPD Edmonton Strathcona
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Thomas Gerbet @thomasgerbet.bsky.social Journaliste d’investigation à Radio-Canada thomas.gerbet@radio-canada.ca
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social Ottawa Bureau Chief with @nationalobserver.com. Covering the money and politics fuelling the climate crisis. On leave.
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social Chairman @EurasiaGroup. Board Director WWF. Climate, technology, and geopolitics. Priors: Principal Secretary to PM of Canada and Premier of Ontario, CEO WWF.
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Sandy Hudson @sandela.bsky.social Noping my way through life
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Governance Strength Index - GSI @gsireport.bsky.social Measuring governance. Tracking leadership. Public record-based political performance scores. #GSIReport https://linktr.ee/GSIreport
Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social Senior editor + advocacy journalist at Streetsblog USA covering the movement to end universal car dependency. Based in STL, reporting nationally. Tips to: kea@streetsblog.org or kwilson.52 on signal. Opinions are my own.
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