Ron Kneebone @ronkneebone.bsky.social Economist
Interested in policy responses to homelessness, poverty, domestic violence, and, for a change of pace, government finances.
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=RUFFYQQAAAAJ&hl=en
Hannah Main @hannahmain.bsky.social Social scientist interested in questions about rural life in Atlantic Canada. Based on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.Trying not to take any of this too seriously!
Toronto the Politics the Show @torontothepolitics.bsky.social A local news podcast about Toronto hosted by Christopher Chiasson.
Listen to the show: https://pod.link/6787284106
Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social Scientist, cyclist, knitter. But only 2 out of 3 at any one time. 🔰
📌 Toronto
Jonathan English @englishrail.bsky.social
Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social www.awealthofcommonsense.com
NEW BOOK out now: https://amzn.to/4bEiQs2
Michael Santoli @michaelsantoli.bsky.social CNBC talking head. Markets, mostly. Maybe some baseball and movies.
Pete @peeete.bsky.social Ottawa, ON
he/him 🏳️🌈
Scotty Cameron @cdnecon.ca Public budgeting, forecasting, and tax policy in Canada & all over.
Ryan Nearing @ryanearing.bsky.social Comms in the Mayor's Office.
Interested in city-building, housing, transit, and creating community. Off the clock: teaching spin, paddleboarding, or walking the North End with my pup.
Halifax, N.S. Personal account.
The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social 📺 The Rundown with @jeyantvo.bsky.social on @wearetvo.bsky.social
More: https://my.linkpod.site/therundown
GO ALTO @go-alto.ca Building support for high-speed rail in Canada’s Québec–Toronto corridor.
Canada has waited long enough.
Nous mobilisons l’appui pour le train à grande vitesse dans le corridor Québec–Toronto.
Le Canada a assez attendu.
https://GO-ALTO.ca
David Bellerive @dbellerive.ca I don’t just write about infrastructure: I want to help build it.
Public systems, trust, delivery. EN/FR
https://dbellerive.ca
Mitch Sabbagh @mitchformer.bsky.social Former Writer at Zugalu & Frogwares + Past Bethesda QA; Stoic; SEGA/Capcom Fan; INTJ; Northern American; Neoclassical Liberal; Maverick; Freedom, Hard Work, Integrity; Praise the Unknown; Views Mine.
Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable & abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving.
I'm in Vancouver, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
ED @movementyvr.bsky.social
cohost @dwelltime.ca pod
Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social ML Eng. and econometrics. Honorary Commodities Trader**. more left-posting than normal.
**Regrettably degen trading on here, im sorry
Views dont reflect my employer
Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social Was @stateofthecity on Twitter. Veteran of a B-Grade, Film Noir genre of politics known as "local government." Current gig: second tour of duty in the Winnipeg Mayor's Office. Hometowns: Victoria, Winnipeg, Toronto. Working on 'Debt City' (see debt.city)
Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca https://linktr.ee/strongtownsottawa
We're an urbanist group, focused on safer streets, giving citizens more options, and creating a more financially responsible city.
Help us support bus lanes on Bank St: strongtownsottawa.ca/bank
timsplosion 🇨🇦 @timsplosion.bsky.social Tim Allenby, 🇬🇧🇨🇦, 2D Animator, Dartmouth ACORN Chair, Host of Draft Horses. He/They #art #anim #mlp #NSACORN
Daniel Sandí @danielsandi.bsky.social PhD in Social Sciences. Policy & Research Analyst. Workers' rights advocate, fiction reader, aspiring writer. Based in Halifax, NS
Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social I live by the ocean near Halifax, NS. Journalist and audio producer who also publishes crime fiction, poetry, and essays. Author of a book on fermentation. Roots in Montreal and Greece. Editor of Write magazine. All opinions my own.
@bluenoserider.bsky.social @bluenoserider.bsky.social
@communauto.bsky.social @communauto.bsky.social
Jen @envirojen.bsky.social Urban-parenting and #KidicalMassHFX
Halifax Shipping News @hfxshippingnews.bsky.social Reporting on the comings and goings in Halifax Harbour Since 2008. Twitter Refugee. Russian warship , go fuck yourself🇺🇦
Michael Gorman @michaeltgorman.bsky.social Nova Scotia-based reporter covering provincial politics. Posts non-work photos at www.michaelgorman.xyz
Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social Toronto Area Housing & Construction.
Gaming & Photography, Bike Data.
Did I mention I like Disc Golf.
Not wrong, just an asshole.
BlueShackMedia @blueshackmedia.bsky.social Data tinkerer by day, artist, gardener, and urbanist by night. Maritimer through and through.
Oliver Dueck @oliverdueck.bsky.social Car enthusiast and urbanist from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada- A Alexbeheshti @alexbeheshti.bsky.social
Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com Data & Storytelling Strategist. Views my own and subject to change, especially in light of new evidence. 🌐 robsonfletcher.com
dshkol @dshkol.bsky.social
Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social Toronto municipal policy wonk, engineer, urbanist, father.
Consider donating to effective charities: https://www.givewell.org/
scotian @scotian.bsky.social Coastal bourgeois 🇨🇦
he/him
Metro North Capital @metronorthcapital.bsky.social Making markets in Canadian Pisco 5x5
David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
Newsletter & contact info: www.davidzipper.com
Jean Laroche @nsnewsh0und.bsky.social Retired after almost 40 years chasing news. Equal parts passionate, despondent about politics today and the state of our democracy. Like Bruce Cockburn, I believe you've "got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight."
Jen Taplin @jentaplin.bsky.social Halifax-based City Hall reporter for the Chronicle Herald. Reporting since I was 12. Mom of 3.
Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.ca A think and change tank promoting wellbeing for all generations and championing generational fairness to preserve what Canadians hold sacred—a healthy childhood, home and planet. Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization, Canada. linktr.ee/gensqueeze
햏 @hehheh.bsky.social Halifax LRT believer
Shawn Cleary @shawncleary.bsky.social Husband, father, business professor, bicycle rider, city councillor (Halifax West Armdale)
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social Canadian public policy guy. 🇨🇦
Lurker Envoy @lurkerenvoy.bsky.social 🇨🇦
Nathan Lauster @lausterna.bsky.social UBC sociologist, demographer, housing & urban regulation scholar, author, immigrant, blogs at https://homefreesociology.com/
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social Co-author, "Life After Cars,” co-host, The War on Cars. Runner, Disney parks fan (he/him)
https://www.lifeaftercars.com
Donate to my 2027 run in support of PPMD:
https://donate.parentprojectmd.org/fundraiser/7001403
Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social Writer. New Yorker. Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Our book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, is out now. lifeaftercars.com
Nova Scotia - What's New? @ns-wn.bsky.social "Nova Scotia - What's New?" is not a media outlet or affiliated with the Government of NS. No journalists/original content. Share open-source info from public channels, don't verify third-party materials. Images auto-added.
The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social Delivering news to Nova Scotians since 1874. And, later, to the rest of the world via thechronicleherald.ca
Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social Environmental Economist at Thompson Rivers University. Biking enthusiast. Great horned owl attack victim. Kamloops 🇨🇦
Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social Editor. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/
Retired reporter. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/les-perreaux/
Matt Brand @mattbcbc.bsky.social Traffic and Weather on Information Morning, CBC Halifax/Silver Care Bear ☕️ 📻
Let's help each other get where we wanna go
Traffic Tips? TXT/VM 902-222-3802
Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. MPM @Carleton; parent; gardener & sometime tradesperson; social & tax policy; worried about details
A. Zwissler @antonihfx.bsky.social Freelance reporter in Kjipuktuk
Published mostly at Grand Parade but also the Halifax Examiner, BBC, and The Signal
Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social Transit researcher in Berlin. Lived in Tel Aviv, Singapore, the Riviera, New York, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris. https://pedestrianobservations.com/ http://patreon.com/alonlevy alon@pedestrianobservations.com @alon@mastodon.social ↙️↙️↙️
Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social Economist.
Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers
https://atkinsonfoundation.ca/atkinson-fellows/atkinson-fellow-on-the-future-of-workers/
Derek Bellemore @derekbellemore.bsky.social Municipal government and transportation planning obsessed. My thoughts are my own.
Jillian @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social She/her. Retired (first) Bicycle Mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Disabled. Mobility justice. #KidicalMassHfx
hfx.bike
Edward Russell @byerussell.com Fascinated by things that go and the infrastructure around them. Words: The Washington Post, The Points Guy, CNN Travel, and more.
E-bike dad. Runner, cyclist, hiker, swimmer.
https://linktr.ee/mrerussell | Signal: byer.32
Sam Austin @samaustind5.bsky.social Halifax Regional Municipality Councillor
District 5 Dartmouth Centre
Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me Data reporter at Bloomberg News. Opinions are my cat's. Clips and contact info at agordon.me.
Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com your local data scientist and housing advocate @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social
📍 Edmonton, AB
https://www.jacobdawang.com
Halifax Planning & Development @hfxplanning.bsky.social Official account for Halifax Planning & Development. Need help? Call 311 or email contactus@311.halifax.ca.
Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social 🍁 General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver 🍁
Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social CCPA-NS Director; mom of 3; PhD poli sci; Acadian; justice-seeker; equity promoter. Cupe 3912 member. Opinions are mine. https://policyalternatives.ca/offices/nova-scotia
Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social Higher Education. All of it. All around the world. Also: snark, sumo, Winnipeg Jets triumphalism and bitching about Toronto FC.
I blog here: https://higheredstrategy.com/blog/
I podcast here: https://worlded.transistor.fm/
Dan Peterson @danp.net 🚲📈
https://danp.net, https://hfx.bike, https://github.com/danp
Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social An independent Halifax city hall newspaper. An actual paper. Available weekly on Mondays, starting May 5, 2025. Check us out online at www.grandparade.news
Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social The Toronto Railway Museum is located in the historic John St. Roundhouse National Historic Site. Open year-round to visitors interested in Toronto's rail heritage.
Nick P @npilon.bsky.social Dartmouth, NS dad; software engineer; fan of giant robots in many contexts, board games, RPGs. Queer rights are not negotiable. (He/Him)
Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social Researcher on urban planning and public transportation.
https://marcochitti.substack.com/
Cory Booker @corybooker.com U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
George Pearkes @peark.es No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | #ForTheCrown, #COYG | 🇺🇸 via 🇨🇦. Not 🏴. | Normal man, one of the Normal Men
*ALL CAPS HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE FROM BLOOMBERG
📍 CLT
Joey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io
Nuance? In this Economy
Full Employment Stan, Brazilian Coffee Tariff Victim |
John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social Ontario politics and policy for TVO. Writer and Podcast co-host, #onpoli
jm_mcgrath.01 on signal
Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social she/her. Newfoundlander in Nova Scotia. Can be found trying to stay alive while cycling and walking in Kjipuktuk. 🚲 🐶🫐
Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social Journalist | Deputy managing editor, The Chronicle Herald.
📍Halifax, N.S.
@harbourdiscourse.bsky.social @harbourdiscourse.bsky.social train good, ride bikes, have fun, he/him
Stephen Archibald @cove17.bsky.social Did you notice that?
Neil Lovitt @neil-lovitt.bsky.social Community Planner who knows how to use a BAII Plus. Informed personal opinions. Halifax, NS.
Tyler McKay @tcmdev.ca Haligonian, software developer, ADHD, urbanist and transit enthusiast, husband, and proud son of two moms 🏳️🌈
North End, Halifax, NS
www.tcmdev.ca
FCM @fcm.ca The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has been the national voice of municipal government since 1901. #CDNMuni
La Fédération canadienne des municipalités est la voix nationale des gouvernements municipaux depuis 1901. #munican
🖥️ fcm.ca
Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca Nova Scotia's independent news source.
Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social Posts by Martyn on Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People.
Shirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social Prof. Emeritus at Dalhousie/King's in Halifax, NS. Canadian history (with sources), public finance, pix of woodland and coast. Slow to anger. Stage IV MBC https://ukings.ca/people/shirley-tillotson/
Sunil Sarwal @sunilsarwal.bsky.social Storyteller / troublemaker
By day: Brand strategist and packaging designer
By night: Aspiring writer
All the time: Neurodivergent and queer
Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social Professor Emeritus of geography & environmental studies, Saint Mary's University, Canada.
Interested in mapping, urban planning, transportation, time use, Nova Scotia
#geography #location #maps #transportation #urban
Brendan Haley @brhaley.bsky.social Policy director for an energy-efficient economy with Efficiency Canada. Adjunct professor at Carleton Public Policy - climate, industrial policy & 🇨🇦 political economy. Ex-pat Nova Scotian in Ottawa.
Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social Your friendly neighbourhood Vancouverite
Housing abundance enthusiast. Planning & Real Estate Consultant.
Vive le Canada. Elbows Up
Lyndsay Armstrong @lyndsayarmstrong.bsky.social Reporter-editor with The Canadian Press in Nova Scotia
Lakefielder turned Haligonian
She/her 🌈
Gerry @867gerry.bsky.social Gay, married ,atheist, liberal, Canadian. He/him 🏳️🌈
Waye Mason 🇨🇦 @wayemason.bsky.social Strategic planner, educator, entrepreneur and community builder. 🇨🇦 he/him
https://linktr.ee/wayemason
Lisa Roberts @lisarobehfx.bsky.social Promoter of non market housing, collaborator for a more just & joyful world. Former MLA for Halifax Needham (2016-2021), two time federal candidate, former journalist, current nonprofit executive director.
natalia barbour @nataliabarbour.bsky.social Transportation | Cycling | Cities | former academic | past TU Delft & MIT | 🇵🇱
IG: natalia_barbour_phd
www.nataliabarbour.com
Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social Assoc. Prof at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Traffic, transit and economics. https://lehelab.com/
Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social Victoria YYJ.
I post mostly about
1. Housing advocacy with @homesforliving.ca
2. Renewables, climate, EVs.
Real job in work integrated learning
@alqbeck.bsky.social @alqbeck.bsky.social
Michael Davidson @mikedavidsonbda.bsky.social Monetary Policy Nerd living in Bermuda
Ramsey Kilani🌐🔰 @ramseyk.bsky.social Chapter Lead @TONewLibs.bsky.social | Organizer @MoreNeighboursTO.bsky.social | Steering Committee Member @cnliberalism.org | Board Progress and Poverty Institute
Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social A broken man on a Halifax pier. Founder of HalifaxExaminer.ca. Opinions are my own, and not necessarily shared by my colleagues.