Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social Old I may be, and hag I may be, but stupid I ain't.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social Retired college teacher, recovering novelist. Born 1941 (CO2: 310 ppm). Still doing journalism and walking the dog. Writing for @thetyee.ca for over 20 years.
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social I enjoy taking photos and sharing them, mostly of nature. All genres from astro, landscape, macro, marine life, wildlife, insects, flowers, etc.
Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Guardian and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and society.
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Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Scotland’s International Festival of Crime Writing. Stirling. 12-14th September 2025.
Wellstella @wellstella1.bsky.social Canadian, liberal, interested in global politics, climate, food, gardening, animals and science
Scott Wolf -- Kidlit author @scottwolfwriter.bsky.social Writer of #picturebooks and #MG for kids. Seeking representation. Member of #SCBWI and Storyteller Academy. 2023 Kids' Choice Kidlit Writing Contest Finalist. Proud father/supporter of a nonbinary child and a child with cerebral palsy.
paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social A human. Curator. Writer. Photographer. Researcher.
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social Enterprise News - 365 days a year
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Montreal WorldCon 2027 @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social WorldCon in Montreal in 2027.
https://montreal2027.ca/en
Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com Heatpump Papa. Software Engineer. Climate. Cargo Bike Dad.
Building software + communities to accelerate residential electrification.
@electrify613.bsky.social
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Proud to be Canadian🇨🇦
Vancouver, BritishColumbia,
Liberal
I respect our democracy and love our freedom
Passionate about nature especially Birds
photography and the arts
Happily married
Eddie, our mini schnauzer is our only child
Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social Author of 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 (Tor 2017) and 𝘐𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 (webcomic). Plays many musical instruments and takes pictures of every bird. She/her.
Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of Becoming Earth (Random House) ✵ Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine ✵ Gardener, baker, naturalist ✵ 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 ✵ Surname rhymes with neighbor ✵ https://www.ferrisjabr.com
Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.
https://beacons.ai/reactormag
Hal-Con @halconscificon.bsky.social Atlantic Canada's Largest Completely Volunteer Run Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Gaming Convention!
Hal-Con 2026: Nov 6-8 at the Halifax Convention Centre, Halifax NS
JessieLeh.bsky.social @jessieleh.bsky.social Author/ Illustrator Naturalist/ Educator
Artist, Curriculum Writer, Maker, Mom
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Xulin Wang | 王许琳 @xulinillu.bsky.social Toronto-based illustrator/cartoonist/author from cowtown alberta 🐄 queer ✨
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND - forthcoming with Abrams ComicArts
xulin@xulinillu.com | xulinillu.com
Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social Author of the Nathan Sutherland Venetian mysteries. Currently investigating "The Magus of Sicily" with Nedda and Calogero.
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
https://linktr.ee/pgjonesvenice
https://philipgwynnejones.com
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica250
David Hewson @davidhewson.com Books n stuff. Venice, Rome, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dover. In 2025... back to Venice. Stay tuned.
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Louise Fairbairn @scarletrix.bsky.social ...sometimes you wake up. sometimes the fall kills you. and sometimes when you fall you fly...
www.crimebookgirl.com
Effiemerryl @effiemerryl.bsky.social Writes as FE Birch/Ash Cameron/ Effie Merryl & as myself. Pub by Harper Collins & Wire Books. Wears many hats, loves wigs, GSOH & EDS bendy body. Was a real life DS. Safeguarding Officer CWA (all views my own)
crimebookgirl @crimebookgirl.bsky.social Crime fiction aficionado. Blogger (www.crimebookgirl.com), event chair, Theakstons & McIlvanney Prize academy member, Ngaio Marsh Awards & CWA Daggers judge - it's #AllCrimeAllTheTime!
Mislaid Books @mislaidbooks.bsky.social Small press publisher owned by Johnny Mains & Trevor Kennedy. Dedicated to reprinting lost and adrift fiction.
EMAIL: mislaidbooksAToutlookDOTcom
Scott Akenhead @scottakenhead.bsky.social Canadian! Ecologist. Analyst. Pro-civilization.
Temple: Pacific Biological Station
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1218-3118
https://www.zotero.org/scottakenhead 
Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
Cara Giovanetti @idontevencara.bsky.social I study dark matter, cosmology, and particle physics for a living at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. On the weekends I write explainers about surprising places physics shows up in the natural world.
caragiovanetti.com
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Dr. Hello Bonjour @hellobonjour.bsky.social Mother of 4, Business owner, Medical writer and translator (Eng-Fr), Politically left (Lib/NDP), No patience for conspiracies, Got my doctorate in my 50s (AI in healthcare communications), Ontario 🍁
Jennifer Cröw @writerjencrow.bsky.social She/her. Poet and fiction writer in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 100% human-made words. Published in Uncanny, Asimov's, Analog, and others. 2023 Rhysling Award winner. Hockey fan, crocheter, and bibliophile. Occasional DM and gamer.
Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • opinions my own
Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social Hi! I’m the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I don’t check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
Senator Rosemary Moodie @senmoodie.sencanada.ca Independent Senator from Ontario representing the Greater Toronto Area.
Senator Tony Loffreda @senatorloffreda.bsky.social Honourable Canadian Senator (Independent) - Senate of Canada/
- Chairman, Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets & Administration
- Chairman, World Bank & IMF PN, Canada
- Chair, Senate Immigration Working Group
- Former RBC Executive, Vice-Chair
Senator/Sénatrice Bernadette Clement @senatorclement.bsky.social Independant Senator. First black female mayor in Ontario. Legal aid lawyer. Sénatrice indépendante. Première Mairesse noire en Ontario. Avocate de l'aide juridique.
Senator Stan Kutcher @stankutcher.sencanada.ca Senator from Nova Scotia. Committed to improving mental health/health outcomes and the use of best available scientific evidence to guide decision making.
Senator Donna Dasko @donnadasko.bsky.social Independent senator representing Ontario
Sénatrice Julie Miville-Dechêne @jmivilledechene.bsky.social Sénatrice indépendante du Québec / Independent Senator from Quebec
Ex-journaliste
Féministe
Raymonde Gagné, C.M., O.M. @sengagne.sencanada.ca 46e Présidente du Sénat du Canada & sénatrice du Manitoba｜
46th Speaker of the Senate of Canada & Senator for Manitoba
Senator Colin Deacon @colindeacon.bsky.social Independent 🇨🇦 Senator (CSG) representing Nova Scotia — focused on climate, inclusion, innovation, entrepreneurs, privacy & monopolies. Mainly on LinkedIn.
Senator Brian Francis @brianfrancispei.bsky.social Proud Lnu/Mi'kmaq. Current Senator for Epekwitk/P.E.I. & Leader of the Progressive Senate Group (PSG) | Past Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples & Chief of Abegweit First Nation
Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social 📍 Working from Algonquin Anishinabe Aki, Homeland of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation, for equitable access to robust social, economic & health supports. Worked with/for marginalized, victimized, criminalized & institutionalized-CoHost of Appointed podcast
Peter M Boehm @senboehm.bsky.social Senator/Sénateur 🇨🇦 
The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com North America’s Trusted Source Of News
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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social White House Columnist at The Hill, TV with “Rising,” NewsNation and elsewhere, product of Ireland.
Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social Seafloor mapper, Chief Scientist of smart mapping company Esri, Oregon State U. GIS/oceans professor, EC50, cyclist, 1st Black submersible diver to Challenger Deep, builds w/LEGO, raised in Hawaii. NAS, NAE, ORCID 0000-0002-2997-7611; She/her; views mine
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
Hugh Warwick @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social Author of 11 books so far (not all about hedgehogs), ecologist, photographer - and spokesperson for the British Hedgehog Preservation Society
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com 40+ yrs in print, 50+ novels, asst'd TV/film, NYT B'seller List every now & then, blah blah blah. Ireland-resident. Ebook store: https://ebooks.direct. Now with added Ko-Fi! (https://ko-fi.com/dianeduane) I miss @peter.petermorwood.com.
Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of picture books for children 3-7 & non-fiction, fiction & graphic novels for children 8-12.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
SFCanada.org @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social 
Lorri Neilsen Glenn 🇨🇦 @lorri.bsky.social writer (poetry/essays), editor, instructor, researcher, prof emerita, ex-poet laureate, RRMetis #womannotlady #NovaScotia #Ukings #MSVU #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social SF/F Writer | Aurora Award winner | World Fantasy & Locus Award finalist | Editor, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, SFWA Nebula Award Showcase anthologies | Ansible Press | Tesla: The Life & Times Podcast | Bonsai enthusiast | 🇨🇦+🇺🇦+🌳
Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at the University of Maine researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writing and podcasting for the planet. Chaotic good professor. She/her.
Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social Investigative climate reporter. Ida Tarbell stan. Run Drilled.media, contrib lots of places. Author "Brought To You By" @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social. Pod: https://push.fm/fl/drilled. YT:@DrilledMedia. Signal: adubs.78.
Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
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Noah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social I LOVE fish! Fish biologist, angler, artist, science policy adviser, #SciComm. Amphibious fish, invasive species, biomechanics, functional morphology, behavior, ecology, fisheries. Assistant Professor of Physiology @ Salisbury University. He/him. AuDHD 🐡🎣🐟
Pamela Dean @pameladean.bsky.social Has-been fantasy writer trying to finish that one book. Fond of gardens, birds, dragonflies, very amateur astronomy, books, and cats. She/her
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Dawn Byrne she/her @dawnbyrne.bsky.social Writer, turtle mom, I read so I can breath, !children's picture books!, sky gazer, archery, crazy plant person dawnbyrne.com
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Sally Hoch @sallyhochwriter.bsky.social 🙋🏼♀️Writer. #STEMGirl. Math nerd. ✍️ KidLit author. Freelancer. Teacher. #SCBWI. 📍Oklahoma
www.sallyhoch.com
Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, out now! @booksbycindy.bsky.social Poet, Picture Book author, and Nature educator. IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, Picnic Heist. BUTTERFLY SEA is available for pre-order with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILLBC
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social Author of the Rivers of London Series
Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social Author of GROUNDED FOR ALL ETERNITY & THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY. Fangirl of so many things.
www.DarcyMarks.com
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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
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Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE**** @bigclimate.bsky.social Co-founding member of the @calgaryclimatehub.ca & host of the #ClimateLens podcast. Posts are my own. #TalkClimate: you're not alone, you're in the majority. #yyc #ClimateChange #ClimateSky
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Cristy Watson @authorcristywatson.bsky.social Award-winning author, poet and lover of Nature
Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social Yukon-based author, writer, editor
Western Canada Editor, Canadian Geographic
Contributing editor, High Country News
My books are NERVE and NO SLEEP 'TIL FAIRBANKS
Romance reader, slow but enthusiastic cyclist, wife guy
Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social NDP MP/Députée NPD Edmonton Strathcona
https://www.heathermcpherson.ca
Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com Engineer | Writer | Editor
Enjoyer of Equations, Ideas & Assorted Nonsenses
Hugo, Nebula, Locus & Caine Prize finalist
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Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
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Peace by Chocolate @peacebychocolate.bsky.social Award-winning Canadian Chocolate Company 🏆
Creating artisan chocolate in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Supporting peace projects.
One Peace Won't Hurt™ ☮️🍫
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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social your platform for thought-provoking cinema
Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social Historian, former Chair of Oz Kiwi, and student of Hokkien/Taiwanese.
A Melbournian living in Wellington. 
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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social Photojournalist, striving to show the beauty of the little things in life; one arthropod at a time. Always happy to help with critter ID! Become a Patron to get to know Crawlies I post about up close and personal!
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Lynne McEwan @lynnemcewanwriter.bsky.social Writer
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com 100% human science fiction, fantasy, & horror writer. Stories galore. Books: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, High Times in the Low Parliament, Alias Space https://kellyrobson.com/books
Trans rights are human rights ffs
she/her in Toronto, Canada