Steven Lee @slee.bsky.social Candidate for Brampton Regional Councillor Wards 1 & 5
Fighting for Change, because Brampton Deserves Better!
www.votestevenlee.ca
John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social Former organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).
Grievous Angels @grievousangels104.bsky.social 30 plus years. 2 Juno Nominations. 9 albums. Thousands of miles. The Grievous Angels are the sound of Canada's blue collar northland. The newest album Last Call for Cinderella has been called "achingly beautiful."
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social Belongs to Northwestern Ontario. Journalist @ Ricochet Media. Regional director @ CAJ.
Past words & baritone for Canadaland, CBC, TVO.
Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social @CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er.
CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you?
Simon Lester @simonlester.com Founded WorldTradeLaw.net & ChinaTradeMonitor.com Non-Resident Fellow @bakerinstitute.bsky.social
Trade Policy feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqzu2eazvxb5fohoc4nap33y/feed/aaab5ctu4u4fc
Matthew Frank @mattdfrank.bsky.social Writer of things | Speaker of stuff.
National reporter for The Globe and Mail 🗞️
Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com Environment and climate journalist | Editor in Chief at @nationalobserver.com | Work in The Globe and Mail, The Narwhal, The Guardian | www.jameswsthomson.com
Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social Host, This Is Wisconsin with @civicmedia.us | Author, This is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy | www.thisistheplan.com
Devan Marr @devanmarr.bsky.social Bike Rider. Mediocre Beer Brewer. Lawyer. Luddite. JDHD. He/Him.
It’s never legal advice. It’s rarely good advice.
Toronto, ON
Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social Historian, royal commentator, author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada (2015), Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe (2015) & Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting (2017). Co-editor of the English Consorts series! royalhistorian.com
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Scott Stinson @scottstinson.bsky.social Newspaper columnist turned freelance journalist. 🇨🇦
scottstinson.substack.com
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social Author of HOW TO BE A CLIMATE OPTIMIST. Writer & talker about the energy transition. Baseball (in season). Nova Scotia resident.
Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social Associate Professor, Royal Danish Defence College | Editor @sjms.bsky.social | Posts about Civil-Military Relations, Politics, Security, and Drug War Absurdities
https://research.fak.dk/esploro/profile/christoph_harig/output/all?institution=45FBI_INST
Maclean’s Magazine @macleans.bsky.social Engaging stories. Bold voices. Big ideas. Maclean’s leads the national conversation on everything that matters in Canada. macleans.ca
West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social A home-delivered, periodical local newspaper with city news + art featuring the finest writers and photographers from Toronto and beyond. Subscribe today!
www.westendphoenix.com
Ontario Liberal Party | Parti Libéral de L’Ontario @ontarioliberal.bsky.social Join our fight to deliver more for the people of Ontario! Joignez-vous à notre lutte pour apporter plus à la population de l'Ontario !
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca Award-winning independent journalism, fact checking, national ideas-focused events, and podcasts. Stay connected: http://thewalrus.ca/newsletters
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social books, beauty, history, folklore. fan of Dickens & @littleseamstress. gets dressed up like a pillow so she's always in bed. patreon.com/sketchesbyboze, https://linktr.ee/sketchesbyboze
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Mayor Olivia Chow @mayoroliviachow.ca Mayor of Toronto 🇨🇦
Former City Councillor, Member of Parliament, and school trustee.
For assistance, email mayor_chow@toronto.ca.
Progress Toronto @progresstoronto.bsky.social
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
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.
مریم @maryamshah.bsky.social newsletter editor at the Toronto Star. really smart muslim woman, according to multiple media reports.
previously: globe and mail, global news, postmedia.
the time i studied canada as a middle power in grad school feels v relevant now.
Navneet Alang @navneetalang.com Editor on the Opinion team @ Toronto Star. Pitch me at nalang@thestar.ca.
Writer, columnist, bylines all over. PhD. Anglo-Indo-Canadian, each in equal measure. https://navneetalang.com/
Steph Chambers @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social News researcher with The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. She/her.
Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social Feature writer covering federal politics at The Globe and Mail. I love great beer, old art, all cheese, The Golden Girls and Gritty. I have too many cats, which is the correct number.
Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social Working within the active transportation, environmental protection, affordable housing and placemaking sphere. Always advocating #BikeTO #TransformTO #BLM #TweetsAreMineByDefault
Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social NDP MP/Députée NPD Edmonton Strathcona
https://www.heathermcpherson.ca
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social Vancouver bureau chief for Bloomberg News
tseal@bloomberg.net
Signal: TSeal.01
https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS5AQQizNJE/thomas-seal
Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social Researcher, UCalgary
PhD, Political Science
Dr. Cronk, Historian of Complaints. I've written a book, The Press Gallery (release TBD).
Headline of the Year! Lots going on.
Chen Wang @chen-wang.bsky.social Senior data editor at The Globe and Mail 📈🗺️📝
Justin Ling @justinling.ca Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com
Newsletter: www.bugeyedandshameless.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
Signal: JustinLing.42
@rosiefm.bsky.social @rosiefm.bsky.social
Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov Official account for the press office of @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom #CaliforniaForAll
Investigative Journalism Bureau @ijbstories.bsky.social Canada's leading non-profit, investigative newsroom. Based at the University of Toronto's (@uoft.bsky.social) Dalla Lana School of Public Health (@uoftdlsph.bsky.social).
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social Writer, communications consultant, legal gadfly, velvet jacket enthusiast. Big believer in the rule of law. Desperately trying to remain optimistic against all the odds. Posts are clearly my own.
Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social A project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives that pools expertise from NGOs, unions and academics studying trade treaties and globalization. Posts by CCPA Researcher Stuart Trew.
policyalternatives.ca
Diana B. Henriques @dianabhenriques.bsky.social Six books include "Taming the Street," on FDR's historic financial reforms, and NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies,' on Madoff's historic fraud, now an HBO movie. A half-century of writing and reading. Loves life, really loves puppies.
Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News, Boston Herald.)
NYC, North Fork. (Amateur watercolors now at @washbuckler.bsky.social)
No substack. No podcast. You're welcome.
Too sarcastic for my own good.
Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social Policy expert & Clean50 Award recipient with 30+ years advancing energy and environmental solutions and building environmental leadership. GreenPAC founder, author, and former Sr. Advisor to Ontario Premier. Policy. Politics. Planet 🌎
Unifor @unifor.org Canada’s largest union in the private sector. Follow National President @lanapayne.bsky.social
Reuters @reuters.com
Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. MPM @Carleton; parent; gardener & sometime tradesperson; social & tax policy; worried about details
Diane Dyson @dianedyson.bsky.social Data geek in TO's #nonprofit sector
I do research & policy on equitable, livable urban places, poverty, neighbourhoods, education, housing, employment, immigration
Montrealer, so love to debate, dance
Local Garden Club member 'cause it makes me smile 🫛🪴😁🌼🌱
Ali Velshi @velshi.com Host of The 11th Hour and Chief Data Reporter at MSNOW
WB62 @wb62.bsky.social
@edotpdot.bsky.social @edotpdot.bsky.social
Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social Transportation in Ontario.
EN🇨🇦/FR🇨🇦/NL🇳🇱
He/him
youtube.com/@ontariotrafficman
Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting/Reveal. Past president of the American Society of Magazine Editors. Mom. Upzoning, street tree, and rescue dog enthusiast. Views, mine.
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social Who owns the economy matters. We're a Canadian policy non-profit advocating for broader access to wealth and ownership. #cdnpoli #ownershipmatters www.socialcapitalpartners.ca Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com 🙅🏻♀️ Author (2 books & The Wayfinder newsletter), disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse.
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org
😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
@meidastouch.bsky.social @meidastouch.bsky.social Backup Bluesky domain of the MeidasTouch Network. Follow the official MeidasTouch account: @meidastouch.com
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨
Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅
SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/
https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social Political theorist studying democracy, ethics, & institutions. Author of Democracy for Busy People (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo194847654.html); more at kevinjelliott.net. Generally poasting my way through this thing
Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
Trevor Tombe @trevortombe.bsky.social Professor of Economics, University of Calgary | Alum U of T & SFU | Inflation, carbon taxes, equalization, internal trade, R, and more! | 💻 📊 📝 🍻
Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social Official Gov Description: Flight challenged colony of biracial nudists.
Status: Tariff & Human Free. Sovereign; yet protected by AU. “Flippers Up”
SIGN to protect our Island’s Marine Reserve https://wwf.org.au/get-involved/an-antarctic-safe-haven/
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social Political Science Prof and Laurier Research Chair | Federalism/Multilevel Governance | Political Economy | (Active) Transportation and Infrastructure Policy | Kitchener/Waterloo Region
More at https://tinyurl.com/4pzjpykm
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Ian Kearns @ianpkearns.bsky.social Former Advisor to UK Parliament on National Security Strategy. Co-Founder, European Leadership Network. Author, Collapse: Europe After the European Union, published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social Find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/iankearns1
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
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
Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social I run an organisation that designs policy and campaigns on foreign policy, gender, health and rights. Used to work in two Parliaments. Mancunian in Canada
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
Timothy Gray @canadagray.bsky.social Happiest when outside, political junkie and lifelong environmental policy analyst and advocate. Executive Director of Environmental Defence. Views posted are my own.
Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca Canadian news reporter/producer based in Prince George, British Columbia — Dakelh territory. I live north of most of you.
akurjata.ca | Nechako x Lhtakoh | he/him
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Bob Rae @bobbyrae48.bsky.social Canadian citizen activist, university teacher, writer, husband, father, grandfather
Nojoud Al Mallees @nojoudalmallees.bsky.social Economics reporter for Bloomberg News in Ottawa
Francis Fukuyama @frankfukuyama.bsky.social Drone pilot, cabinetmaker, and fan of classic social theory.
Owner of @americanpurpose.bsky.social
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Janette Sadik-Khan @jskstreet.bsky.social
Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. Views represent my academic research, not my university. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
Maryam Siddiqi @siddiqs.bsky.social Editor/writer/editorial consultant. Focus: social impact of travel + lifestyle trends + health + other cool stuff.
Currently completing MASc, researching regenerative tourism in Canadian cities.
Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 @pothen.bsky.social Counsel and Land Use and Land Development Program Manager for Environmental Defence. The "Hands off the Greenbelt" guy. Arch-Adversary of Mr. Sprawl. Tweets aren't advice or statements from Environmental Defence. he/him
Libération @liberation.fr ▪️ Le compte Bluesky de Libération, avec une sélection de nos articles, enquêtes, billets et chroniques
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Kim Richard Nossal @kimnossal.bsky.social Professor emeritus of political studies, Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social Dad, outdoor geek, leader of the Ontario Green Party, and political disruptor in Ontario.
JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social | Education & Community Leader | Seven-times elected School Trustee for Kincardine & Huron-Kinloss | Vice-Chair of BluewaterDSB | she/her | Courage my friends.
Chantal Hébert @chebert18.bsky.social Journaliste politique/CBC At Issue/Les Coulisses du pouvoir et C est bien meilleur le matin-SRC/Good Talk-Sirius XM & YouTube