Ashley Bischoff @friendlyashley.bsky.social I’ve got a knack for giving clarity to technical and business writing. I’m a plain language advocate—and I’m your friendly copy editor. (she/her)
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social Writer of Fluxblog for 20+ years... I heard codes in the melody and heeded the call, so I'm sharing things I know and love with those of my kind http://linktr.ee/fluxblog
Nacho Vigalondo @vigalondo.bsky.social 
wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social DJ, producer and professor of musical information.
Contact: wrongtom@gmail.com
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
linktr.ee/nikostratis
Greg Wymer: Cover Lover @wymer.bsky.social DJ & Cover Song Lover, host of "Cover Lover" Tues 8-10pm ET & Wed 2-4p ET on @uncertain.bsky.social + volleyball + comedy + Boston + ex-WFNX + MIT entrepreneurship + useless trivia + more. Playlists on Spotify @gregwymer
Graham Bendel @graham-bendel.bsky.social Writer and filmmaker. Films on Billy Childish, Subway Sect & Martin Newell + This Not an Art Film (45 mins). Novels, poetry collections, progressive politics. Likes Guided by Voices & Cardiacs. London-based.
Dot Dash @dotdashdc.bsky.social band in d.c.
records out on The Beautiful Music & Country Mile labels.
email = dotdashdc@gmail.com | music: dotdashdc.bandcamp.com
Harper’s Magazine @harpers.bsky.social Since 1850. “America’s most interesting magazine” —New York Times
Subscribe: harpers.org/save
Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social My new book - The Umbrella Man and Other Stories - is out now. A Radio Four pick of the week.
Order details and live events - https://linktr.ee/4hundredblows
@gradycragg.bsky.social @gradycragg.bsky.social Music, Art, & Film enthusiast. Toronto.
https://www.last.fm/user/Gradio
https://boxd.it/jNTN
Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social Writer/film critic at tyburrswatchlist.com. Ex-Boston Globe, WaPo, EW. Pulitzer Finalist, 2017. Books at https://tinyurl.com/ytpycuh3. “He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news” — Brecht. KanMu.74
Tom H @tomfromnottm.bsky.social Mainly music, sometimes cooking & football. Girl dad.
Recovering playlist listener; 1 year clean.
Erin MacLeod @touchofallright.bsky.social I teach teens about lit and theory. Also, Polaris Prize jury foreperson, working on M&E, coms, español, français and sleeping. Settler In Montréal. https://www.youtube.com/@ErinExplainsStuff
Pinkleap @pinkleap.app 🦩 A photo-first client for Bluesky, Mastodon & Pixelfed. Familiar interface. Classic experience. Previously @pinksky.app.
https://pinkleap.app
TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social A public transit advocacy group. We're transit users who want better public transit in Toronto.
🚍🚇🚊✊
Not affiliated with the TTC.
www.ttcriders.ca
#KeepTransitMoving
Wiz Ball @wizball50.bsky.social Well versed in both the politics of dancing and the art of parties. Songwriter and vinyl bore. Wild #LFC fanatic and chant-crafter. Proud nephew to two beautiful uncles.
Clare Wadd @clarewadd.bsky.social Formerly half of Sarah Records. Currently Ramblers / walking London volunteer, Parkrunner, mediocre swimmer, amateur paddleboarder, reader and very occasional writer. Grew up in Yorkshire, live in London, still miss Bristol & often found at the seaside.
LearnedLeague @learnedleague.com The Greatest Trivia League in All the Land
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social Fuck all Nazis.
Fuck AI.
Mixes, since 2008. (Plus urbanism, cats, silly Lego robots, anti-fascism, photography, veganism, anti-cars, anti-AI, etc.)
http://musicophilia.wordpress.com
http://planetrobotica.com
https://ianmanire.bandcamp.com
David Bryant @23daves.bsky.social "I don't mean half the things I say/ So just ignore the half that you don't like"
All views expressed are personal, not those of my employer.
Writer of "Everybody's Number 1 to Someone", about NME Indie Chart toppers: https://indienumber1s.blogspot.com
BIRCH @bitsbitsbirch.bsky.social DJ & music lover of all genres
one man radio station
new mixes 2x a week
https://www.mixcloud.com/ryanbirch54/
Minneapolis
Cat Whisperer
Widow
Ace
he/him
Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social We host great author events and have a podcast called Music Maps @musicmaps.bsky.social
https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/
Walthamstow, London and beyond…
Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social “northeast guitar”; he/him/any; useful promo stuff is @realtedleo on insta*ram, tedleo.bandcamp.com
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Mo Dotti @modottiband.bsky.social Pasadena, CA
HTTP://Mo-Dotti.bandcamp.com
Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
The Wasteland @thewastelanddj.bsky.social Toronto based DJ spinning ebm, industrial, dark techno, dark electro, Industrial Techno and all things related by night.
Professional Shitposter by day
Half of Prophecy_online on Twitch, and It's Midnight Somewhere podcast.
jim’s twenty-one @jimstwentyone.bsky.social “Shop Assistants with beards” -- Steven Wells, NME, 1987
"They don't sound very Belgian" -- John Peel, 1987
"Too good for Creation" -- Brussels record shop, 1987
https://linktr.ee/jimstwentyone
Carla J Easton @carlajeaston.bsky.social NEW ALBUM OUT NOW - I Think That I Might Love You - 8 May 2026
UK Tour 26-29 May 🖤
https://linktr.ee/CarlaJEaston
Dr. Hillary Butler @filmhill.bsky.social Love everything TV and Film! Critic at Live for Films, member of OAFFC, OFCS, CherryPicker🍒veterinarian to pay the bills! she/her
@subjangle.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social 
Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social Filmmaker/writer. The Story of Film/Dear Orson Welles/A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things/Women Make Film/I am Belfast/My Name is Alfred Hitchcock/The Story of Looking/Atomic/Stockholm My Love/Life May Be/
Best info about me: https://markcousins.cargo.site/
Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social Founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club. Keeping it real out here in the field.
The Melody Chamber @themelodychamber.bsky.social Post Punk - New Wave - Post Modern - Janglepop
Official Band Page
https://tinyurl.com/yfzeb78u
https://open.spotify.com/s/A98ZIZ4
Wallace Dietz
Blee Child
Dan-O Deckelman
@dan-odeckelman.bsky.social
#postpunk #newwave #postmodern #janglepop
Dan-O Deckelman @dan-odeckelman.bsky.social Musician - Producer - Engineer - Mixer
Band - The Melody Chamber @themelodychamber.bsky.social
Engineer/Producer/Partner - Sound of Music Studios Richmond Va
Cam Lindsay @yasdnilmac.bsky.social 
Tim Nishikawa @jayskylagoon.bsky.social me being me
Eric St-Laurent @ericst-laurent.com Musician, GNU-linux enthusiast.
Bordel de merde, nur die wurst hat zwei
Toronto, 🇨🇦
http://ericst-laurent.com
#cumbia #reaper #supercollider #GNU_linux #vim #bash #awk #sed #mutt #calcurse #sd-im #plain_text #openSource
Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social Music, books, nature, gardening, running, that sort of thing. Personal views.
Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social Love cinema, literature, music and art. Write occasionally about cinema. Married with two kids. Originally from Greater Manchester/Cheshire. Now based in Northern Ireland. Teacher of History and Politics. Degree, PGCE and MA Ed from University of Durham.
IndieThroughTheLookingGlass @jo-bartlett.bsky.social Musician. Promoter. Blogger. Green Man Festival founder. The Buzz Club.
It’s Jo & Danny, solo music.
Danny & I have started a new festival -The Wake in West Sussex Badly Drawn Boy is 2026 headliner.
Www.indiethroughthelookingglass.com
Institute @institute11.bsky.social Film, TV and sequential art lover. Book clubber. Gen X, apparently. Lecturer in Communication Studies. Of Canada, the land of institutionalized ambivalence. 🇨🇦
Art: Crime & Punishment, Rudolph Palais. The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
@alexrobertross.bsky.social @alexrobertross.bsky.social 
EverythingIndieOver40 @indieover40.bsky.social Sometimes…..I fade away
inkcanada - cdn screenwriters & all their sketchy friends @inkcanada.bsky.social Canadian screenwriters, hyphenates, industry allies & friends. Community vibes since 2007. Home of #inkdrinks.
Website: https://www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com
Accounts managed by @karenwalton.bsky.social
gabbie @meandtimory.bsky.social new bands for old heads:
https://www.newbandsforoldheads.com/
Ersatz music critic turned curator and staunch anti-gatekeeper. Playing constant whack-a-mole with everyone who claims there's no good music anymore.
Vinyl Underground 🇨🇦 @artbarca.bsky.social Art 👋 Record collector from Toronto.
Films, books, cat lover. Everyone is welcome.
Maura Weaver @mauraweavermusic.bsky.social musician from cincinnati
Matt M @gnumatt.org 
April Ajoy @aprilajoy.bsky.social Author of Star-Spangled Jesus
Humorously detoxing 🇺🇲 Christianity
Chuck Eddy @chuckeddytor.bsky.social I write about stuff (books = Stairway to Hell, Accidental Evolution of R&R, R&R Always Forgets, Terminated for Reasons of Taste.) Here's where I mostly write now:
https://chuckeddy.substack.com/
Mt. Misery @mtmiseryband.bsky.social “Love In Mind” out now on Prefect Records!
James Harris @jbwharr.is Have garlic in my soul. Scrobbling is the hill I will die on. Frontend dev and CSS wrangler. Neurodivergent AF. Independent radio diehard. He/him.
Dev for @scrobblerad.io
📍Cambridge, Ontario
Dancer @dancerband.bsky.social Album 2 'More or Less' out NOW via Meritorio >>>
linktr.ee/dancerareaband
Bookings - dancerareaband@gmail.com
Jennifer Hollett @jenniferhollett.bsky.social All about media, tech, & politics
Executive Director, @thewalrus.ca
Former Twitter employee staring into a Bluesky.
www.jenniferhollett.com
Beth Arzy @betharzy.bsky.social Childless cat lover. Dustbin Mod. Opinions voiced here do not reflect the views of my employer BMG UK, unless they are nice. TM practitioner. WOKE. AWAKE. AWAKENED.
Jetstream Pony @jetstreampony.bsky.social New album out now on Spinout Nuggets (UK/Europe) and Shelflife (US)
Indie Pop Takeout @indiepoptakeout.bsky.social A show dedicated to power pop, guitar pop, jangle pop, dream pop, noise pop, sophisti pop, psych pop, and twee pop - anything with pop at the end pretty much...
Jim Shedden @jimshedden.bsky.social These things matter to me: recovery, family, friends, music, film, theatre, books, art, Toronto, other cities, peace, justice, food, podcasts, public radio, Wikipedia, the Internet Archive, ubu.com, DIY culture.
Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social just play the song, schneebly
📓 associate staff writer Pitchfork
🎙️ co-host Punk This Week
✏️ words at stereogum, npr, rolling stone, vulture, wired, etc. firstname.lastname@gmail.com
Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - https://bit.ly/SC-Steam
Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | Hugo, BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |
Pulp @welovepulp.bsky.social Do you want some more? You deserve it. 
Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social Charlatan, solo artist, producer, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter.
I Don’t Hear A Single @hearasingle.bsky.social Reviewer and Playlist compiler of new and under appreciated music. Into the ninth year and continue to grow. 
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
@wearebusybodies.bsky.social @wearebusybodies.bsky.social A record label established in 2005.
Peter Kuplowsky @peterkapow.bsky.social Film curator (TIFF Midnight Madness) and indie producer (THE VOID, PSYCHO GOREMAN, THE ARTIFICE GIRL, COUNTRY GOLD, IN A VIOLENT NATURE, EVERY HEAVY THING).
The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com The official BlueSky account for “The Roottrees are Dead,” a puzzle game where you piece together a family tree using the Internet circa 1998.
Developed by: https://bsky.app/profile/eviltrout.com
Carla @urbanmermaid.bsky.social City dwelling naiad. I like people and do better 1:1 IRL than digitally. Work with and advise startups in health & wellness of all stripes. I try to read a book a week. Views mine not my employer (obvs). She/her
Weird Bristol @weirdbristol.bsky.social The weird and lesser-known history of Bristol.
My four WEIRD BRISTOL books are available on Amazon.
My murder/mystery novel SUSPENSION is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Suspension-Franklin-Charlie-Revelle-Smith-ebook/dp/B0GFY674NN
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social Author
PopMatters @popmatters.com Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999. Independent and women-owned.
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE: https://tinyurl.com/PMmember
David McPherson @davidmcphersonca.bsky.social Author. 101 FASCINATING CANADIAN MUSIC FACTS; MASSEY HALL; THE LEGENDARY HORSESHOE TAVERN: A COMPLETE HISTORY. Journalist. Cyclist. Voracious reader. Sober. Music is the Elixir of Life.
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social Freelance critic and terminally online figure. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jakepcole/
Leah Cameron @leahcameron.bsky.social Writer, Director, AFI grad (proud Canadian currently pissed she spent so much money studying in the States), Tata Leah to Erwan + Amandine
www.leahcameron.com
Colin Kearney @fauxcult.bsky.social Furniture restorer, indie rocker (derogatory), wife guy, football apologist, Ramona stan
Gringo Records @gringorecords.bsky.social Nottingham based DIY record label est. 1997. Also gig promoter and run Nottingham Record Co-op. ITFC supporting.
Spoon @spoontheband.bsky.social Rock band from Austin, TX
1001 Albums Generator @1001albumsgen.bsky.social Album Randomizer from the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
One album a day.
With streaming links and personal ratings.
https://1001albumsgenerator.com
Canadians Against Separation @notoseparation.bsky.social #teamcanada
Leia Scofield @leiascofield.com Knee deep in the hoopla. My keywords: Wordpress, Cats, Plants, Sims 4, Progressives. NEK Vermont (formerly DFW TX)
DJ Shannon @djshannonrockz.bsky.social Toronto's Queen of Retro, Alt, Punk & Funky Stuff for 30 yrs!
Live DJ Streams.....
Twitch.tv/DJ_Shannon
Soon to be on Kick.com!
Insta @djshannonrockz
Brad Wheeler @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social Music writer at The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper.
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Rural France...but also TTP...but also Lone Striker @teenagetompetties.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/RuralFrance
Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net Listen to the station live here: http://vintageobscura.net
All tracks are:
- More than 25 years old
- Have fewer than 30,000 views on YouTube
- Curated by community reddit.com/r/vintageobscura
Real Numbers @real-numbers.bsky.social Minneapolis indiepop - Slumberland Records
https://linktr.ee/real.numbers
Brett Lamb @blamb.bsky.social Cartoonist. Toronto. Creator of Muscle Bodies. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG8fu_Gma_R8dSNtcGkil-ipjFYiiJNz3
Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social Running for Toronto City Council in Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park.
www.dianachanmcnally.ca
linktr.ee/dianachanmcnally
Tracy Keats Wilson @courtesydesk.bsky.social In service to independent music from around the world for 35+ years. Courtesy Desk, Turntable Report, Outer World, writer, Dahlia Seed, Flipside (NJ), DJ, Record CollectHER, and hugger. Alcohol compliance specialist by day. RVA yay!
Shasha Nakhai @shashanakhai.bsky.social director • SCARBOROUGH • TAKE LIGHT • producer @ compy films • urban gardener • horror girlie • lover of smol things
🎬🧙🪴🧟♀️🐈✨
www.compyfilms.com
JohnM @jm60.bsky.social Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure🎖️
Old, aching and wobbly.
‘I've taken this extravagant journey
So it seems to me
To arrive from nowhere
And to go straight back there.’
Buzzcocks - ‘Boredom’