Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social Infectious diseases & genomics. Immunologist in (voluntary) exile. Minimal sarcasm. Fierce HOA (Hater of Acronyms). Personal account - opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social He/Him. Dad. Journo tracking dark money and attacks on public health. JD, ADHD, occasional cartoonist.
Co-founder of Accountability Journalism Institute. Accountabilityjournalism.org
Signal: walkerbragman.44
Reporting: https://www.importantcontext.news
Sunil Sarwal @sunilsarwal.bsky.social Storyteller / troublemaker
By day: Brand strategist and packaging designer
By night: Aspiring writer
All the time: Neurodivergent and queer
Amy Pike @amykpike.bsky.social Justice and compassion | Transit and bikes | Still in denial about being an adult | she/her | 🇨🇦
Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social Die Virenjägerin! 🏹🧬!
Using programming & phylogenetics, I study & track viruses. Co-developer of Nextstrain, based at Swiss TPH & Uni Basel.
Founder of CoVariants.org, co-founder of @pathoplexus.org
I like 🐈 & 🛫
@firefoxx66@mstdn.science
Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social Made in Canada. I’m a senior citizen who is hard of hearing, and a centre-left liberal who is resisting right-wing populism and fascism. Je peux lire et écrire en français. Vive le Canada! The gloves are off! #Resistance
📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social Host, Gloves Off youtube.com/@Gloves-OffPod
Belinda Oxner @belindaom23.bsky.social Always learning. Mom to three adults. Cat lover. Reads posts more than posting myself.
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History @mnhnovascotia.bsky.social Museum of Natural History located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Part of the Nova Scotia Museum family, sharing Nova Scotian natural and cultural history.
Derek Bellemore @derekbellemore.bsky.social Municipal government and transportation planning obsessed. My thoughts are my own.
Canadian Cycling Magazine @canadiancycling.bsky.social Canadian Cycling Magazine is the publication for Canadian cyclists. We inspire and educate with award-winning writers, top-notch photography and gear reviews.
Alanna Pickle @flakypickle.bsky.social Suburban mom with a penchant for quick wit that punches up. I am very nice until I am not. Sarcastic and punchy with words. I like hiking and crafts. Nothing I say here has to do with or is endorsed by my employer.
Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social English prof at King's / Dalhousie (mostly Victorian lit, detective fiction), critic, blogger at 'Novel Readings'. Essays and reviews in the TLS, LRC, Q&Q, CNQ, LARB, etc. It's pronounced "Rowan." She / her. Halifax, NS. http://rohanmaitzen.com
Sam @smknigh.bsky.social Ecologist, #nativeplants gardener (joinhortus.com/g/Sam), and urban cyclist in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Climate action NOW.
(she/her/elle)
This Hour Has 22 Minutes @22-minutes.bsky.social The longest-running comedy show on Canadian television. Watch Tuesdays at 8pm on CBC & CBC Gem! 💥
Bob Preece @bobpreece.bsky.social Poet. Love a good pun. Halifax Tides Founding Fan - and a little prideful about it. Oh, and the essays about football. The first ran in the Globe on opening day.
Footiephilosophy.substack.com
SixSeconds.ca @sixseconds.ca Six Seconds is the home of women's football in Canada. #CANXNT #CANWNT #CANW20 #CANW17 #WCanChamp #NSL #USports Support us here: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/TU97TL3WWVDBY
KirbyCub @kirbycubns.bsky.social 🏡:Kjipuktuk, Mi'kma'ki, Kana'ta
😛:EN, FR, ES, RU, JP +
👤:⚒️♂️♂️🐻🧔
Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com Your Emotional Support Canadian 🇨🇦 ♥️
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Support my work: support.todmaffin.com
Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com
Everything else: links.todmaffin.com
Minnesota Frost @minnesotafrost.com Feel the freeze.
One of the @thepwhl.com inaugural six.
Back-to-back Walter Cup champions.
PWHL @thepwhl.com The League Legends Call Home
Joe Sobo @joesobo.bsky.social "Subject Matter Expert". Rarely serious about much, but you'll know when I am. I will make posts about cycling, videogames and a lot of other stuff. Video games should be able to be paused. I looked around, a lousy can is all I found
Poppy Balser @poppybalser.bsky.social Watercolour and oil painter. I paint outside when I can.
I’m inspired by the sea and natural landscapes of the Canadian Maritimes
See my work here: www.poppybalser.com
Banner: oil painting of a sailboat
Profile: me next to one of my paintings
Mikæla @crashannburn.bsky.social She/Hulk | Digital Editor for the Financial Post | Trans 🏳️⚧️ | History thing | Podcast host & editor | Chowderhead Media | As seen in The Beaverton, SaltWire, Wayves & Frank Magazine | Patreon.com/Chowderhead | Kjipuktuk/Halifax | Posts mine, reposts yours
Rachel Reid @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social Author of the GAME CHANGERS series and TIME TO SHINE. New book: THE SHOTS YOU TAKE out March 4, 2025. Living that Early Onset Parkinson’s life in Nova Scotia. she/her
Val Webber @publicpubics.bsky.social Public health, porn OHS, SW labour & debanking. Working with PASS, Stepping Stone, CAL-HRM, and the SHaG Lab. He/him flavoured. Previously naked on the internet.
https://valwebber.com
Fat Apollo, baby! @fatapollo.myatproto.social Won AGT15 Canada,3rd SOYTYCANS16, Coast Awards 2012-24, Profiled in Wall Street Journal & CBC, Wayne Knight stand-in, Canadian National Ed Wood Trivia Contest champion. Failed Politician. Host some cons He/him
Peg Johnson @pjfairview.bsky.social Proud Nova Scotian/Canadian. 🇨🇦 Retired. Split career btwn adult ed, technical writing & editing. Amateur musician/artist/cake baker/manicurist. Jack of all trades, u know the rest.
#ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong
@lisalachancemla.bsky.social @lisalachancemla.bsky.social 
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."
Vision Zero Kjipuktuk-Halifax @visionzerokh.bsky.social A coalition of Kjipuktuk (Halifax) residents & community leaders united by a clear vision: no loss of life is acceptable on our roads. #VisionZero #SafeStreets. Image: @benmacleod.bsky.social. Website: https://visionzerohfx.ghost.io/
@mrs-darwin.bsky.social @mrs-darwin.bsky.social 
Angela Capobianco @ange-sometimes.bsky.social she/her
☀️🌜| so it goes |
| digital broadcast journalist at Global Halifax |
tips? angela.capobianco@globalnews.ca
Trevor Bennett @tgabben.me 🇨🇦 Newfoundland expat living in Halifax, NS. Devoted partner & pet parent.
Autistic | Secular humanist | Teetotaller | Cookery nerd | Knits, apparently?
He/him | Progressive Leftist | Anti-fascist | 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
Liz LeClair (she/her) @lizleclairhfx.bsky.social “Problem Stretcher”
Feminist. Fundraiser. Advocate. Activist. Dog lover. People are ok.
Kjipuktuk (Dartmouth), Nova Scotia (Canada) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴 #nspoli #canpoli
Claudia Chender @claudiachenderns.bsky.social Leader of the Nova Scotia NDP and MLA for Dartmouth South.
Schmoo @schmoo777.bsky.social 
The Beths @thebeths.bsky.social New album ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’ out now on ANTI Records
https://thebeths.ffm.to/straightlinewasalie
Alison Kemper @profalisonk.bsky.social Org theory, bus & soc, indigenous rights, CO2, She/her. Asso. Prof at Toronto (Tkaronto) Metropolitan U.🏳️🌈 🇨🇦 Not into hate. I don’t follow back until you have posts. No DMs unless I follow you. Protect trans folk. 🏳️⚧️
umadoshi (she/her) @umadoshi.bsky.social Apparently I need a fandom account for my own peace of mind?
Current fannish love: 镇魂 | Guardian.
Dan Jewell @dnjwll.bsky.social Quietly humming the Wii shop music
Halifax, NS
Geoff Caven @gcaven.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🇨🇦, Halifax -> Ottawa -> Halifax
Software Engineer, He/Him
🚊 🚎 🚲 🚶♂️
kathryne slant @sapphoshands.bsky.social queer lit, pop culture, occasional outdoor adventures
she/her linktr.ee/kathryneslant
Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social fan update account for #heatedrivalry and hudcon. definitely spoilers ahead.
Preet Bhogal @preetbhogal.bsky.social Boomer disguised as a Xennial pretending to be Gen Z. Into politics and pop and data and old sitcoms. Halifax. 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦
The Tides Pod @thetidespod.bsky.social A podcast covering the Halifax Tides FC and the Northern Super League. All pods can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tides-pod-a-hfx-tides-podcast/id1866248954
Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social Hey! I'm published in CNBC, Washington Examiner, Voice of America, US Naval Institute Proceedings and as a music journalist in Canadian newspapers. Here to check out the scene! Feel free to add me to LinkedIn or Facebook.
@fearnoarts.bsky.social @fearnoarts.bsky.social Ok this now.
Still thinking this ends up mostly
cat pictures.
I love tiger ice cream.
Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social Report bike lane obstructions with our mobile app from anywhere in the USA & Canada.
BikeLaneUprising.com
Darren Fisher @darrenfisherns.bsky.social He/Him, Father, Husband, Liberal MP for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, community guy, lover of small businesses, hockey, vinyl records, dogs and dad jokes. (Posts by my team)
ph0enix @ph0enix.bsky.social Canadian. Nova Scotian. Haligonian. 
Dr. Young-Leslie {use alt-text, humans} ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦🚲 @ethnographer.bsky.social Anthropologist, feminist, fietsster, research whisperer; settler in Amiskwaciwâskahikan aka Yeg🇨🇦
My research focussed on cultural responses to public health messages (MCH, HIV, COVID)
Mostly skeet on bikes, climate∆, #FeministSky, just transition, urbanism
Sean Granigan @twogoblinsinacoat.bsky.social Former Alberta farm kid, recently moved to Halifax from Edmonton. Late and self-diagnosed autistic and parent of 2 autistic kids.
Urban gardening, cargoBike
He/him
Also at sgranigan@mstdn.ca
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
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia @artgalleryns.bsky.social Largest art museum in Atlantic Canada.
An inclusive public gathering place that connects people with art.
📍Halifax | Kjipuktuk
Sable Island Institute @sable-institute.bsky.social The SII's goal is to bring the natural and cultural values and legacy of Sable Island to the public through programs of research, conservation, and education.
We are a registered charity. For more information visit our website at: sableislandinstitute.org
Larry Harris @harrislarryd.bsky.social Baker of bread. Walker of Giza.
Contestant Great Canadian Baking Show S4.
Star Baker Bread Week.
Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, cafe owner, bibliophile, darkness-kicker, mild maniac, mother, iconoclast.
Owner/operator of Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Halifax
www.once-and-future.com
Monsters are friends.
@natureloverns.bsky.social @natureloverns.bsky.social Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦🍁
Love nature, hiking, photography, art, human rights and kind people. All photos are mine (except, of course, pics in items as reposted) #halisky
Gander Social @gandersocial.ca The social media you want. Built for Canada.
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your data taking an unexpected trip south. Built on AT Proto.
https://gandersocial.ca
John Deans 🇨🇦 @deans2john.bsky.social Father husband and grandad. Hospital Volunteer 2SLGBTQIA+ ally BLM,ECM. He/Him
By the sea in Nova Scotia
VIA Rail Canada @viarailcanada.bsky.social Canada’s national passenger rail service 🇨🇦🚄
Service ferroviaire voyageurs national du Canada 🇨🇦🚄
Assistance: 1 888 VIA-RAIL
@nicoleproudft.bsky.social @nicoleproudft.bsky.social Exercise scientist turned data scientist
📍halifax, ns
Matthew Wood @thewoods.fi Canadian-Finnish economist with a love for bikes, trains, good policy, and trivia. Nova Scotian in Helsinki. "Mer finsk än finländarna själva" - HBL
World Tea House - Phil Holmans @worldteahouse.bsky.social Specializing in organic direct trade loose leaf teas from around the world. Hand blended and thoughtfully procured ingredients from over 20 countries. Open Mon 12-5pm, Tues to Sat 11am-8pm.
https://worldteahouse.ca/
Kevin MacDonell (he/him) @kevinmacdonell.bsky.social Writer, essayist, lifelong diarist. Nova Scotia, Canada. Recent/forthcoming: Malahat Review, Queen’s Quarterly, Grain, Dalhousie Review, Camel, Riddle Fence, Antigonish Review, Globe & Mail. Site: kevinmacdonell.com
Lurker Envoy @lurkerenvoy.bsky.social 🇨🇦
Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social Doctor of Public Health candidate | MSc Pharmacology | Vohra Miller Foundation w @craigmillr | Unambiguous Science | South Asian Health Network | First Exposure
Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social Representing professors, instructors, librarians and counsellors at Dalhousie University since 1978
A. Zwissler @antonihfx.bsky.social Freelance reporter in Kjipuktuk
Published mostly at Grand Parade but also the Halifax Examiner, BBC, and The Signal
Andrew Duke @andrewduke123.bsky.social Dartmouth NS Canada
OTWpizzzzah @onthewedgepizz.bsky.social A pizza needs a name
Dalhousie Lettuce @keepdalstrong.bsky.social Dalhousie University President locks out faculty a few days before the academic year begins. How long will she last as prez? https://globalnews.ca/news/9205450/prime-minister-liz-truss-head-of-lettuce-livestream/
Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social makers of Cozy Grove, Triple Town, Alphabear and now Spirit Crossing, a cozy social MMO.
+ wishlist on Steam! 🧡
✨ http://s.team/a/2321960
read our developer blogs!
🦊 spryfox.com
Shakespeare By The Sea - Halifax/Kjipuktuk @sbtshalifax.bsky.social Friendly neighbourhood theatre company in Halifax/Kjipuktuk. Playing at Point Pleasant Park since 1994. Home to The Studio At SBTS since 2019.
Jenn Hoegg @jhoegg.bsky.social Salty recovering journalist, lapsed political philosophy student and Nova Scotian/resident of Mi’kma’ki. “Wild-mannered”.
C @eathfx.bsky.social Currently accepting book recs, cocktail tips, and unsolicited cat pics.
May be found arguing with fictional characters or befriending neighborhood strays.
Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) @downtownhalifax.bsky.social DHBC is a not-for-profit that represents the 1,600+ business located in the Downtown area. We run programs, events, and marketing initiatives to help make Downtown Halifax a better place to live, work, and play.
Visit us at downtownhalifax.ca.
Beverley B. @beverleyb.bsky.social Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
CBC junkie, CoCoRaHS volunteer
Professional putterer
#GoBlueJays
#ClimateChangeIsReal
Sal Sawler @salsawler.bsky.social Author | Book Reviewer | Teacher
Books: Written and illustrated by humans.
Posts: Do not represent my employer.
Rock Recipes @rockrecipes.bsky.social "One of the best Food Blogs in Canada." - The National Post.
Real Food Recipes for Real People! The Best Food & Photos from my St. John's, Newfoundland Kitchen.
From comfort food essentials to local favourites, and inspired baking ideas! WELCOME!
Deepshock @deepshock.blacksky.app Light-skinned Black, vidya, Tetris/puzzles, dancing, walking, biking, Developed the game "Steel Seraph", working on another one. Dartmouth. Love cats, hate fascism. Simple as.
In his 40s.
Cat:Primm
https://deepshock.neocities.org/
adrienne @mermaidrienne.bsky.social fat queer and tired✨ (they/them)
Angela @ardvark.bsky.social Profile pic is anime me by my kiddo.
Halifax suburbs, NS
Halifax Water @halifaxwater.bsky.social Official account for Halifax Water.
Contact our Customer Care Team at 902-420-9287
or email customercare@halifaxwater.ca
halifaxwater.ca
Hyperbolic Pair of Pants @corinnethespin.bsky.social poetry film earth equity doom | also @corinne@metalhead.club
Adam @adamundefined.com Got a GIF & t-shirt for every situation. Donut lover. Geek. Introvert. IT professional. Emotional Support Canadian. Single. Christian. LGBTQ+ affirming. He/Him.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jared d’Entremont @jareddent.bsky.social Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦, Acadian, DINK dog owner, Atheist, Secular Humanist, my views are my own.
Marc Albert Cormier @marccormier.org Toronto | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Paris
French 🇫🇷 & Canadian 🇨🇦, not French-Canadian.
History of St-Pierre-et-Miquelon 🇵🇲: https://grandcolombier.com
Politics and education : https://marccormier.org
Projet archéologique de l'archipel Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon @projet-spm.bsky.social Projet archéologique de l'archipel Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
Dirigé par Yan Axel Gómez Coutouly (UMR 8096 ArchAm).
Anciennement dirigé par notre regretté collègue Grégor Marchand (UMR 6566 CReAAH).
Quentin @quentinlucas.bsky.social de Miquelon-Langlade à Saint-Pierre 🇵🇲 à Paris 🇪🇺 et actuellement de retour à Miquelon.
Architecte Urbaniste
Nova Scotia ACORN @novascotiaacorn.bsky.social TAKE ACTION NOW 💥
click the link to support ACORN in our fight for affordable housing!
https://linktr.ee/nsacorn
David Trueman @davidwtrueman.bsky.social I'm Co-Chair of Halifax Cycling Coalition, working hard to make cycling in Halifax safer, more convenient and more joyful. In this role, I focus first and foremost on the 60% of the population who would cycle more if it felt safe.
Ronan Holland ⬆️ @rholland.bsky.social Irish Canadian
Interests: law, politics,
hockey, rugby
Pushing that boulder up the hill
Sam Hall @samdraws.bsky.social Illustrator in Halifax, NS. Makes cartoons. Samdraws.ca
HRFE Incident Feed @hrfeincidents.bsky.social Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency incident feed. This is automated posting from HRFE's RSS incident feed. Posts may be delayed by up to 5 minutes. Account is not monitored, and not run by HRFE. For emergency call 911
https://linktr.ee/HRFEIncidents
Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social Proud Grandpa, Hubby, Dad, Infectious Disease Doc & Medical Microbiologist (retired), Emeritus Professor @Queensu School of Medicine, Past Chief of Staff of 2 large health systems.
johnsnowproject.org/editorial-group
Board Chair Canadian CovidSociety.ca