Vincent Schmalbach @vschmalbach.bsky.social Senior AI-first software engineer for SaaS and business apps. Laravel/Vue is my strongest client stack. Available for freelance work. Founder of Vroni.com.
Mike Layton @mikelayton.bsky.social Working for positive change. Former city councillors The Star called Toronto”s “environmentalist-in-chief”. Inaugural YorkU Chief Sustainability Officer. Opinions are my own. Uke, gardening, cycling, decarbonization, parenting.
Silvio Marcacci @silviomarcacci.bsky.social Senior Director of Communications, @energyinnovation.org. Board Advisor, @theicct.org + @co2bc.bsky.social. Tired dad.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Veronica O. Davis @veronicaodavis.bsky.social Author, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities
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Darcy Pugsley 🇨🇦 @darcypugsley.bsky.social Father, husband, Financial Services Business Analyst. Proud Canadian.
Clearmind @clearmind90.bsky.social Curious observer of global affairs and geopolitical shifts. Sharing independent analysis & expert insights. 🌍
Focused on: #Geopolitics #USPolitics #China #Science
Rumneek Johal @rumneeek.bsky.social Executive Editor @pressprogress ✍️
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I also post about reality TV, pop culture & discourses I hated
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@thewatchdog.ca @thewatchdog.ca Protecting the Public. Defending Democracy | Canadian public interest watchdog journalism
Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social Director, CCPA National Office
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social Writer of books (latest one is END TIMES FASCISM with Naomi Klein), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
"A hugely influential figure on the modern Left" — City Journal
Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social Sharing info on COVID since the start of the pandemic.
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
AI & Open Government Workshop @ ICAIL 2026 @aiog.net Using AI and LLMs to Advance Open Government and Public Disclosure Laws Worldwide.
Workshop co-located with the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL) 2026, in Singapore (June 8-12)
#OpenGov #AI #Law #FOIA
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Samira Mohyeddin @smohyeddin.bsky.social Broadcaster | Producer
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Max Slinger @promptslinger.bsky.social I write one prompt. Whole galaxies fall out.
Bridging the gap between prompts and real work.
AI Educator. Absurdist. Builder.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social RussiaUkraine war|Middle east | Europe|East asia| South Caucasus
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Ilya Kreynin @ilyakreynin.bsky.social Toronto-based looney tune, passionate about civic tech and strong, engaged democracy!
Working on @torontoopendata.cityof.toronto.ca and @civicdashboard.bsky.social, both with great people
Often spotted at @civictechto.bsky.social hacknights
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social 🌍 Climate Scientist & Palaeoclimatologist | Marine Geologist | Professor @ Cardiff University | Ageing marathon runner | #FirstGen | He/Him | 🏴 🇪🇺
The climate has changed before. Earth’s past can tell us a lot about what happens next.
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com I write TheFinanceNewsletter.com, trusted by 100,000 to get smarter with the economy, geopolitics, personal finance and decision-making.
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Alice Harper @aliceharper0101.bsky.social 30-something explorer of tech, markets, and the messy human stories in between. Finding the signal in the drift. 📡✨
Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
Senior Fellow, National Security Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute
David Suzuki Foundation @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social We work to protect nature’s diversity and the well-being of all life, now and for the future 🌱#OneNature
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com threads.com/@malwaretech
https://linkedin.com/in/malwaretech
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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social posts too much
ecol/biologist in climate change
settler. knitter 🧶. antiracist. chronically ill.
#yeg Edmonton Alberta Treaty 6 Canada
born @ 340ppm CO2
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FastTrackTO @fast-track.to Home of the 10-point plan to save Toronto’s streetcar system.
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neil21 @neil21.bsky.social Renewables SaaS PM by day, Urbanism by night. Scot in #newwest
Pivot Podcast @pivotpod.bsky.social Official Bluesky for the Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. Part of New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca He/him. Fighter, writer, work-all-nighter. Ace. Sewer Socialist. Raver. ADHD. Toronto. Organizer, not organized. #HappyHardcore keeps me going. Democracy first and always. Canada strong. For campaign account, follow @VoteTim.ca
Chris Dinn @chrisdinn.bsky.social Ads @ StackAdapt. Creator of torontoverse.com. A prolific programmer who loves local data. Ex Google Ad Manager, mDialog.
sam 🏡🍊 @slj.bsky.social uoft 😊 environmentalism and city building
(he/him) 🇨🇦 🌎 Canadian Globalist Dark Prince of Bluesky
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com Data & Storytelling Strategist. Views my own and subject to change, especially in light of new evidence. 🌐 robsonfletcher.com
Krista @kriski.bsky.social Pets, science, hikes, chocolate, joy. 🇨🇦 CCPA.
m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere.
enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press
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stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com your local data scientist and housing advocate @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social
📍 Edmonton, AB
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
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Lindsay @lindsayjaykay.bsky.social Rural Alberta ➡️ Toronto. Failed writer/journalist; fan of fluffy animals, tropical beaches, progressive politics. Clean the damn air. She/her.
jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com I write code for a living and words for my sins. occasional blog posts at https://phirephoenix.com, weekly newsletter for organizing/activism in Toronto at @showuptoronto.ca.
Matt Emmons @memmons.bsky.social Urbanism, politics, ecology, maps, sports or whatever
Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social 🌍 The world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions.
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Social Planning Toronto @planningtoronto.bsky.social For 65 years, we’ve been a vital part of making Toronto better for all by linking research with community action.
Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social The world doesn't have to be this way. Climate & biodiversity science, risk, resilience, Earth-repairing societal/planetary futures. Prof U Washington; RA African Climate & Development Initiative/ Fitztitute, UCapeTown, SEI Oxford, OU Nature Recovery.
Linda McQuaig @lindamcquaig.bsky.social Author, journalist, supporter of the oppressed (& animals on factory farms), detractor of corporate shills posing as "populists."
Latest book: (with Neil Brooks) Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax
Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social Leader of the @bcgreens.bsky.social ⚡
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social Deviant pedestrian. I’m bullish on cities, opposed to fascism and write editorials for The Globe and Mail. Never 51. @moore_oliver at the bird site, which I've mostly left. Will try to respond via omoore@globeandmail.ca. Header pic by Mervyn Sequeira
Andrei Korac @andreikorac.bsky.social Toronto
hclark @hclark.bsky.social Producer for TVO Today Live, and formerly for The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
DiEM25 @diem25.bsky.social Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 — Organising resistance against organised power. Website: diem25.org
Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov BPS mom, daughter of immigrants, and MBTA commuter working to make Boston a home for everyone.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
BarelyComments @barelycomments.bsky.social policy/planning/hockey | Toronto
Dr Janine Krippner @janinekrippner.bsky.social Kiwi volcanologist working on Ngāuruhoe (Mt Doom) in NZ, the 2021 La Palma/Tajogaite eruption impacts, seafloor geologic hazards I 'On Shaky Ground' writer
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
Build Toronto @buildtoronto.com Let's build the Toronto we know is possible. A @buildcanada.com project 🏗️🇨🇦
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Joe Horneck @joehorneck.bsky.social Candidate for City of Mississauga Councillor for Ward 6
joehorneck.ca
Barbara F. Walter @barbarafwalter.com Explaining what's really happening in America and where it's taking us. NYT bestselling author. UCSD Prof. NAS member. I write Here Be Dragons on Substack: https://substack.com/@barbarafwalter
🍁 Vee 🍁 @pandawithav.bsky.social Agnostic ☮️ | Asocial 🧘🏻♀️
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I 💚 Nature🌲 Wildlife🐋 Animals🐱
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Sam Thoyre @samthoyre.bsky.social 🌐 Tech Enthusiast | AI & Dev Tools 🛠️
🎥 Sharing insights on Next.js, Payload, Supabase, Tailwind, AI, and serverless architecture.
📺 Watch my tutorials & build with me: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClxm1AYVvel_7Lhft3FPdhg
May Likes Toronto @maylikestoronto.bsky.social I'm May, your local gender??? queerdo who uses any pronouns. A community builder who wants Toronto to be a better place for everyone here.
Local foodie. Learning about how commercial spaces shape our city.
Ann T. Social @missgiven.bsky.social Writer, redhead, pluviophile, Marxist-Feminist, Flâneuse, atheist, anti-fascist, anti-Trump, and anti-Smith. Committed door knocker. Married. Lives in Alberta and Oregon. Views my own. Cats, dogs, wine, books, and minutiae are discussed.
Lexidh Solstad @lexidh.catpasity.com 100% Original content!
Norwegian childfree crazy cat lady, married to a crazy dog man, trying to juggle chronic pain, adulting, crafting, reading, gardening, writing, and managing buildings/projects/investments. May contain nuts and insanity.
Democratic Socialists of Canada @demsocialistsca.bsky.social Democratic Socialists of Canada is a member led organization building working class power in Canada
Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social Democratic Socialists of America is the largest and fastest growing socialist organization in the USA. 🌹 Posts are not official statements.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Kasie Hunt @kasie.bsky.social Anchor of CNN This Morning. Kids, baseball, wine, news.
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.
Theresa @ussterraesa.bsky.social I like StarTrek🖖 best.
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White female hetro cis gender Christian ✝️Canadian.
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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project, political advisor, proud father/husband. RTs ≠ endorsements. Views are mine, not my employer's. (he/his)
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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Shoshanna Saxe @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social Associate Professor of Civil and Mineral Engineering, @uoft, Canada Research Chair Sustainable Infrastructure. Research: How should we literally build the future? Industrial Ecology. Cities. Transport. Construction.
UrbanToronto @urbantoronto.bsky.social Toronto's premier hub for #Architecture, #Development, #Transit & #RealEstate news. 
Deanne Mighton @deannemighton.bsky.social City Planner, Urban Designer, mom, e-bike and beach lover. Co-Founder Birch Bark Studio. I try to make places better, one project at a time, and learn new things along the way.
Sarah Moser @sarahkmoser.bsky.social Urban geography professor at McGill University • new cities built from scratch, cultural politics, graphic novels 🇨🇦
Valesa Faria @valesafaria.bsky.social SVP, Partnerships & Development @ Build Canada Homes | Affordable Housing Development | Partnerships | Construction Innovation
David Rider @dmrider.bsky.social Toronto-based journalist
Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social Established in 1887 we are a non-profit organization bringing people together to discuss, learn and explore Toronto's built environment.
Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social Toronto-based journalist, podcaster, and editor. Cities, Raptors, Leeds United, and two black cats named Hall & Oates.
I make an urban affairs podcast called Spacing Radio: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/spacing-radio/id1124077274
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics @perimeterinstitute.bsky.social We are an independent centre for research, training, and outreach in theoretical physics in Waterloo.
https://perimeterinstitute.ca/link-in-bio
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Bhim Adhikari 🇳🇵 @bhimabish.bsky.social Independent Journalist | IT Engineer | Advocate for Peace, Democracy & Social Justice | Son of a farmer who works in the fields. | Motherland & land of duty, Nepal. 🇳🇵 | Father of 18 orphaned daughters. | A person who enjoys doing social service.
Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social Mathematician at UCLA. My primary social media account is https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao . I also have a blog at https://terrytao.wordpress.com/ and a home page at https://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/
LSE Philosophy @lsephilosophy.bsky.social #Philosophy News from The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) at #LSE
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social Passion for people. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Kindness matters ♥️ Be a Fountain not a Drain NOT HERE FOR A DATING APP
Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social Unaffiliated researcher, retired software guy. Interested in computational models of natural complexity, especially collective motion and camouflage coevolution. Graphics, animation, evolutionary computation.
https://www.red3d.com/cwr/
Stephen Colbert @stephencolbert.bsky.social Evie’s husband 
JackTatt 🇨🇦 @jacktatttran.bsky.social MASc. Graduate from UofT CivMin who researched public transport fare and service integration @TAL_UofT.
Like trains and buses and trams and people. Urban Transit Planning. I ❤️ CANDU nuclear.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social Freelance journalist living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine
BBC local radio freelance reporter, sometimes heard on LBC radio
Very biased: against fascist and authoritarian regimes; for democracy, rule of law, and human rights.
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
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Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Audrey Ryan @martinijenkins.bsky.social Big nerd, medium human, Toronto and carbon based.
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Lead Game Everything at Neon Athena Entertainment
@genesperling.bsky.social @genesperling.bsky.social Former National Economic Advisor to President Clinton, President Obama and Senior Advisor to President Biden
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
Geoff Marshall @geofftech.bsky.social If I had more time, I would have edited you a shorter video.
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