Jim M @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social I keep running from the bird app and have to rebuild my networks, and I hate it.
I'm not a very patriotic person. But I am vindictive. Buy Canadian.
He/him
defect detector licker @keira.detects.dragging.equipment ⚧️🍁ΘΔ 22 she/her
OTTW/CYOW transplant, transit foamer and computer science major
Board member of @bettertransitottawa.ca
Foaming: https://www.youtube.com/@keirastrains
Banner credit: @hockeyinottawa.bsky.social
Better Transit Ottawa @bettertransitottawa.ca Let's make public transit in Ottawa better.
bettertransitottawa.ca
https://discord.gg/QXYP2SGbpk
Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social Associate Editor @pressprogress.ca // Member of @defactomedia.ca // words and photos in Chatelaine, Jacobin, The Tyee, Xtra etc.
Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social Host, Gloves Off youtube.com/@Gloves-OffPod
Jon Willing @jonathanwilling.bsky.social Journalism educator at Algonquin College | Dad columnist with Ottawa Parenting Times | City politics gumflapper
Elbows Up, Canada! @elbowsupcanadateam.bsky.social Elbows Up, Canada! is a grassroots movement bringing Canadians together to stand up for our country with optimism, unity, and strength. We are non-partisan, peaceful, and proudly Canadian.
https://www.elbowsup-canada.ca
hello@elbowsup-canada.ca
Jason Steele @filmcow.bsky.social What is this world?
filmcow.com
Maxwell Neely-Cohen @maxy.bsky.social maxy.world/
thehtml.review/
https://10kdrummachines.com/
MacOdrum Library @carletonlibrary.bsky.social 
RN Mahli @rafiamahli.com “I don’t decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory.”
— Mahmoud Darwish
🧿🧿🧿
Read me at: www.rafiamahli.com
Christopher Lambe @instantdistractions.com Father. Metalsmith. Organizer. The anti-corporate T-shirt guy.
Malini Guha @malini.bsky.social Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University. Member of editorial board for Screen. She/her. https://carleton.ca/filmstudies/people/malini-guha/
Jim Bronskill @jimbronskill.bsky.social Canadian Press reporter: National security, intelligence, info, privacy, federal courts. jim.bronskill(at)thecanadianpress.com
Dr Michael J Ryan @drmichaeljryan.bsky.social Dinosaurologist. Adjunct Research Professor, Earth Sciences, Carleton University. Horned dinos a specialty. Opinions my own. @panel.ontologist
Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Coms, internet & media industries, regulation & history. Director of the Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. https://www.gmicp.org
Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social Dad X 3, Professor at Carleton University, Editor-in-Chief of AFS #Fisheries + Environmental Evidence, Fellow of the Royal Soc Canada, aquatic biodiversity champion, #keepfishwet & #OTN & #GLFC-BOTE board chair. www.fecpl.ca
Thomas Cullen @thomascullen.bsky.social Asst. Prof. of Paleobiology and Curator at Auburn University | Adjunct Prof at Carleton University | RCGS Fellow | PhD from UToronto. Views my own. thomasmcullen.net
Marc-André Gagnon @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social Professor in public policy at Carleton University.
Focus on the political economy of the pharmaceutical sector.
Current research project: https://carleton.ca/ghostmanagement/
Also a big fan of craft beers, slap bass, and Japanese death metal.
John Anderson 🇨🇦 @janderz8.bsky.social I’m an Associate Professor and CRC at Carleton University in the department of Cognitive Science, interested in aging, bilingualism, cognition and cognitive/brain reserve/compensation, neuroimaging, multivariate stats, R, methods, and visualizations
🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦 @bernicecb.bsky.social CBC Radio host in Newfoundland & Labrador, CANADA! 🇨🇦 I have a journalism/poli sci degree from Carleton University. I love yoga & poetry. I’m always eager to learn new things & to hear fresh perspectives. Canada is a sovereign nation. 🇨🇦
Brendan O’Neill @permafrostee.bsky.social Permafrost Research Scientist - PhD. Ground ice and effects of climate change. Also like bikes, EVs, and making cities better🌳 🚲. UVic and Carleton U Alum. Long Covid rebuilder 🤖👁️🧠🦾🦿. 0.25🇺🇦 слава україні !
David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social Founder & CEO of Canada’s most sought-after and influential polling firm, Abacus Data.
Prof at Carleton University.
Davidcoletto.substack.com
🚴♂️🎾🏔️📈📊
Louis Philippe Beland @lpb.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics at Carleton University. Co-organizer of the Ottawa applied Microeconomics Lab. Website: https://www.lpbeland.com/
Gabriele Contessa @gabecontessa.bsky.social Philosopher @ Carleton University 🇨🇦
SocEpi/PhiSci/PolPhi/PhiEcon
Science Denial: Post-Truth or Post-Trust (CUP, 2025) (philpapers.org/rec/CONSDP-2)
It Takes a Village to Trust Science (https://philpapers.org/rec/CONITA-5)
He/him
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.- A alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social Former federal public servant and academic, NGOs, writer. Most recent book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump times:Canada’s Challenge
Karina Gould @karinagould.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Burlington / Députée de Burlington
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Comics.
Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Animation.
https://ironcircus.com
Executive/Associate Producer, Lackadaisy.
Writer, Cartoonist.
webcomic: http://blikada.com #blikada
Psyk323 @psyk323.bsky.social Freelance concept artist, draws lots of robots.
X: https://x.com/Psyk323
Support my stuff:
patreon.com/psyk323
Benjamin Wheeler @wheeler.bsky.social 
Graham Stark @graham.loadingreadyrun.com Making internet jokes @ LoadingReadyRun since 2003. Victoria, BC, Canada.
[He/Him]
Profile Art: Jolyne García
Banner Photo: Me
James Turner @james.loadingreadyrun.com Producer/Entertainer/“Actor” for @loadingreadyrun.com • @desertbus.org Cofounder • Eccentric Minecraft Streamer • Enjoyer of Humanity… mostly. 🇨🇦
📧 - james@loadingreadyrun.com
🔗 - https://linktr.ee/james_lrr
📷 - Profile Picture: @kolin.me
Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com Magic content creator, chaotic Dungeon Manager, music nerd, freelance lunatic, Kathleen@loadingreadyrun dot com
Heather @lunarjade.bsky.social Twitch.tv/LunarJade
YouTube.com/LunarJade
Also streams and works at: twitch.tv/LoadingReadyRun
I wear a bunch of hats at LoadingReadyRun. Both literally and figuratively.
Welcome to Wonderland. There are no exits.
Nelson Salahub @coachnelly.bsky.social reformed Trombonist. Yellowjacket alumni. LoadingReadyRunner.
Serge Yager @sergeyager.bsky.social Twitch Partner || North 100 || LRR || Talking about coffee and nerdy stuff
Business: sergeyager@gmail.com
AL-X (Alex Steacy) @alexsteacy.bsky.social Illustrator, graphic novelist, eccentric of modest means.
You might have known me as https://x.com/smutastrophe2
I create/repost some 🔞 material, adjust your filters accordingly
#comics / #scifi / #ocs
🇨🇦 Victoria, BC
Cameron Lauder @unarmedoracle.bsky.social The singularity sent forth no warnings. The point of no return had no sign or demarcation.
(he/him) www.twitch.tv/unarmedoracle
jordynne, final girl @sick1y.bsky.social she/her (assigned Silent Hill 3 at birth)
editor & #1 shitposter @loadingreadyrun and jordan hopkin's #1 hater
🗡️ knight of the round sign 🛑 aspiring opera ghost
lestat fan so you know I'm cringe
(pfp by Kolin Toney)
Ian Horner @tiltyhouse.com Charismatic megafauna for loadingreadyrun.com
Still not a crook.
Bengineering @bengineeringtv.bsky.social Studio Tech & Tabletop Coordinator @LoadingReadyRun.com || Twitch Partner || Okay at a lot of things ||
Biz 📨 : ben@loadingreadyrun.com
Jacob Burgess @jacobburgess.bsky.social TTRPG Writer, Voice Actor, Lore Imbiber, Forever GM, Game Industry Professional, Patreon Haver: Patreon.com/JacobBurgess
https://www.makewordshappen.com/
LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com Official Bluesky account of LoadingReadyRun. We make silly things on the internet.
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Megan Lyle | Ottawa @meganlyle.bsky.social Ottawa’s Quirky Sweetheart
MeganLyle dot com
Michael Dillabough @michaeldillabough.bsky.social Ottawa Indie Game Developer, Tech Artist, Writer, Composer
Cofounder of SkyPyre Studios / www.skypyre.com
Working on ABYRINTH / https://skypyre.itch.io/abyrinth
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/dillaboss/
Brian Fetter @brianfetter.bsky.social Co-creator of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Now just mostly trying to figure out what I'm doing.
Tyson Moyes @tjmoyes.bsky.social IT whiz, gamedev, videographer
Shakles @shakles.ca Jacob Côté Bryant // Ottawa Animator, Solo Game Developer, etc.. // My Games: https://www.shakles.itch.io // My Website: https://www.shakles.ca/
Tyler Norman @tynorman.bsky.social Web Dev | Game Dev | EC 2 Equestrian | We do a little grieving around here | https://tynorman.com | https://tynorman.itch.io/
Jason Hein @jasonhein.bsky.social Game designer, conqueror of codebases, tabletop GM, and ADHD chaos.
Indie game developer who released Spectrum Break, a neon physics platformer.
Currently designing a tabletop roleplaying game about dark fairytale mysteries.
🇨🇦
Nick Burns (Alt-Fire Dev) @nickburns.bsky.social Game Developer & Creative (He/Him)
Cofounder of SkyPyre Studios
Working on Alt-Fire / https://skypyre.com/alt-fire
Doing art and other creative things
Find Me! / https://linktr.ee/nick.burns
Shalune (Usually) @shalune.bsky.social Melancholy goofball. Makes games, art, food, mistakes. Aspiring hopepunk. Hopes whoever's reading this is doing alright. (He/They)
sean @seans.site i'm here but i'm not hanging out
https://seans.site
Jason Nuyens @heyimakittycat.bsky.social ✨ Game Developer ✨
Starwhal, Pizza Titan Ultra, Marvin's Mittens, some other stufffffff
日本語を勉強しています！
David Dunkelman @dunx.bsky.social Don't you let go.
Working on ABYRINTH. skypyre.itch.io/abyrinth
Working on Mushroam. skypyre.itch.io/mushroam
Ategon @ategon.dev Indie Game Developer 🇨🇦
Hi! I mostly work on games for game jams and some other misc projects in my free time as well as stream gamedev on twitch.
Links: https://me.programming.dev/@Ategon
Paige Marincak @paigemarincak.bsky.social Programmer ⬧ Writer ⬧ Pixel Artist ⬧ CEO @atemly ⬧ Ottawa Games ⬧ Working on Gataela & Snacko ⬧ She/They ⬧ English ⬧ 日本語
paigemarincak.carrd.co
RiskyPixels @riskypixels.bsky.social PM & Games Producer | 3D Artist |
Co-Game Creator @rpgshift |
Prev. @hitpointpress |
Next: A Monster Taming TTRPG & @Potboy
www.riskypixels.com
ELLEN OF GENEROUS @funnyposts.online POET ⁂ GAME DEV ⁂ PROUD SNOBBYIST ⁂ FUNDAMENTALLY GOOD PERSON
THEY/THEM ⁂ ICON BY @maximumgraves.bsky.social
Ben Kane @ben-kane.bsky.social Gamedev, runner 🏃♂️💨
🎮: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, DLC Quest, Loot Box Quest, Lair of the Evildoer, Zombie Accountant
Remember XBLIG? Good times.
Ryan Schmidt @schmidtsource.bsky.social I'm a writer, video editor and entertainment enthusiast producing content on Schmidt Times, Super Battle Buds & More! #TogglTime schmidtsource.carrd.co
Owen Deery @owendeery.com Building games / gifs / graphics.
Small Radios Big Televisions http://smallradiosbigtelevisions.com
Radio Viscera http://steam.pm/app/1303480
He/him
Farah Coculuzzi @farah.coculuzzi.social 💙 producer @capybaragames.com
🥝 kiwi in canada
💞 @tony.coculuzzi.social
@bearcabin.itch.io @bearcabin.itch.io GAME CREATOR // MUSIC MAKER
Thomas Pryde @thecodingelf.bsky.social I've helped make a game or two.
Allen Pestaluky @allenwp.bsky.social He/him. Co-creator of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. Vector display enthusiast. AVLatency.com. Retired X rank #Splatoon. Long time #EarthBound fan.
https://allenwp.com
Eric McQuiggan @ericmcquiggan.bsky.social Game Developer and Educator.
Make art, help others do the same.
Eros @forkball.ca Heyo, I'm Eros (yes, like the Greek god)... and I'm makin' games. Currently, Highlighters; a match-4 action-puzzle game!
===
https://forkball.ca/
https://twinolli-vg.itch.io/
Pete Patterson @ottawapete.bsky.social Ottawa Resident, Tech Expert
Connor Grail @connorgrail.newgrounds.com I am a ghost who makes songs for games 🎶🎮 and draws characters ✍️ 🧙♀️
music: https://www.youtube.com/@ConnorGrail
stickers: https://connorgrailart.etsy.com
portfolio/other links: https://connorgrail.carrd.com
🇨🇦
Ryan Warner @rtwarner.bsky.social Sr. Game Development Consultant II at Unity focused runtime performance, multiplayer, and graphics. I made Mother Seed.
https://rtwarner.itch.io
Montreal, QC
Matthew King @clockworkowlmk.bsky.social Game Dev. Writer. Master's Student in Digital Media @ Carleton Uni. Owl lover. Just holding on for dear life, oh god.
Jordan Kloosterman @jordanklooster.bsky.social Game dev, Math, Creative.
@Jp_klooster on twitter
JordanKlooster.itch.io
https://ko-fi.com/jordankloosterman
Currently messing with PlayDate, Pico8, Godot, Unity and GameMaker. In Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
Say hi.
kezia @keziaa.bsky.social Game developer & generalist programmer (Cuphead, We Are OFK, and more) // Dirty Rectangles organizer // currently developing Revertices!!
they/them
https://revertices.com/
https://keziaa.carrd.co/
Sacha Ravenda (commissions open) @sacharavenda.bsky.social Comic artist, from Gatineau I draw a comic called Seeds of Spring with Chris Coquard.
I also draw fantasy/Sci-Fi stuff and take commissions for DnD and TTRPG characters, and I also freelance for games.
https://linktr.ee/sacharavenda
Jonah Davidson @hangedman.bsky.social Make it different.
／AKA Hangedman [he/they]
／QA axeman at Finji (868, TUNIC, Exocolonist, Chicory, WWIO)
／Game+visual, designer+hacker, tech+word writer
／MERROW, Dirty Rectangles, Downtown Rumble
hangedmandesign.com
Jade🏳️⚧️ @jadecharron.bsky.social 3D Artist and Game developer. i worked on the 3D animated TV shows Fables and Gossamer at Bron Digital & Fireman Sam, Lil Stompers and Caillou at IOM Media also worked on "wittle mistakes" by Rockfire games
Currently: gameplay programmer at Drowsy Yokai
zoe p. ✨️🌸 @pentta.bsky.social 🌸 she/her
🌸 ottawa, canada
🌸 game dev, grandma hobbyist and professional overthinker
🌸 gameplay programmer for @affray.co
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-purcell/
banner art by: https://x.com/mmlu
XenWulf @xenwulf.bsky.social Canadian Game Dev
https://xenwulf.itch.io/
Programmer @ Running With Scissors (https://bsky.app/profile/rwsstudios.com)
Founder & Lead Developer @ Xenoryx Studios (https://bsky.app/profile/xenoryx.ca)
Eric Billingsley @sparsegamedev.bsky.social Indie dev in Ottawa. Made Spring Falls. Making games in PICO-8. Previously worked on TUNIC & Cuphead.
website: https://sparse.ca
itch: https://sparsegamedev.itch.io/
DevDave @davidhardie.net Game Developer @ HardieSoftworks in Ottawa.
📱 All my projects: davidhardie.net/gamesandprojects.html
nina jane drystek @textcurious.bsky.social poet & performer, author of chapbooks: missing matrilineal (above/ground, 2023), a:of:in (Gap Riot Press, 2021), knewro suite (2019)
AJ Dolman @ajdolman.bsky.social They/she. Writer, editor, goldstar #bisexual. Shhh...I'm reading. Poetry collection Crazy / Mad: https://www.gordonhillpress.com/products/crazy-mad
Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social Freelance literary editor, poet, writer. UBC MFA fiction grad. Editor @ Arc Poetry Magazine. Mad & queer. 🏳️🌈She/her. White settler living in Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. i of vii collective. margolapierreeditor.com.
🔗 Linktr.ee/margolapierre
chris johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social he/him : white settler : managing editor, @arcpoetry.bsky.social : editorial assistant, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social : opinions are my own : say hi
mreid@bsky.social @mreid.bsky.social poet, gardener, intelligence expert
former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine
former Director at VerseFest
books with Brick, Chaudiere, Anansi, rdc, etc
new book coming from University of Calgary Press
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Jeff Leiper 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 @jleiper.bsky.social Running to be the next mayor of Ottawa to build a city that works.
Candidat à la mairie d'Ottawa pour bâtir une ville qui fonctionne.
leiper2026.ca
Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social Candidate for City Councillor for Ward 9. Proud husband and father of 4. Singer in a garage band.
Rawlson King @rawlson.bsky.social Ottawa City Councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
Conseiller municipal d'Ottawa pour le quartier Rideau-Rockcliffe
@rideaurockcliffe13.bsky.social
Tim Tierney @timtierney.ca City Councillor Ottawa
VP FCM
Chair, Public Work and Infrastructure
#1 NICKELBACK fan
Stéphanie Plante @stephanieplante.bsky.social Conseillère pour le district 12 Rideau-Vanier
Councillor for Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier
Ottawa Games @ottawagames.bsky.social Promoting the Ottawa #gamedev community.
Run by @paigemarincak.bsky.social & @mathieuobrien.bsky.social
Find local devs, games, & events on our website: https://www.ottawagames.info/
Atemly Games @atemly.bsky.social Indie Studio dedicated to making cute, chill, and interesting narrative games! Working on @gataelaproject
atemly.com
Wilder @wilder.games Game development studio from Canada. 🍁
Join us on Discord! http://discord.wilder.games
https://wilder.games
Tony @tony.coculuzzi.social • Programmer @innersloth.com
• Prev: Cuphead lead dev + Florence lead prog + other things
• Making cool things as @wilder.games
• Married to @farah.coculuzzi.social
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
https://tonycoculuzzi.com