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
Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social Chief political commentator and executive
editor, Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/robert-shrimsley
https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/robert-shrimsley/
Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca On a journey trying to find new worlds while sending joy into the ether.
Human 🎧 Shazam 🎧. Sports fan. Anti-racist. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️LGBTQ2S+ Supporter 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. From Tkaronto.
She/her.
Co-curator of @womensart2.bsky.social.
Ben Recht @beenwrekt.bsky.social Blog: https://argmin.substack.com/
Webpage: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~brecht/
The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us. (Princeton) https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691272443/the-irrational-decision
The Local Magazine @thelocal.to In-depth, non-profit journalism from corners of Toronto too often overlooked.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦
Avery Trufelman @trufelman.bsky.social articles of interest
John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social Ontario politics and policy for TVO. Writer and Podcast co-host, #onpoli
jm_mcgrath.01 on signal
Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social Investigative reporter at Consumer Reports covering safety and health; previously covered tech and criminal justice at The Markup and ProPublica. Signal: @Lkirchner.44
Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social Geographer, public transit and active transportation advocate, Torontonian. He/him.
seanmarshall.ca
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
Spacing @spacing.bsky.social Spacing.ca / Toronto urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts.
Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.social
Spacing Vancouver: spacingvancouver.bsky.social
Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
Mattea Roach @mattearoach.bsky.social host of Bookends on CBC Radio/podcast platforms everywhere, former 23x Jeopardy champion, slowly also writing // everything that happens will happen today
Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social Scientist/Author/Speaker; Presidential Distinguished Prof/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media, U. Penn; National Academy of Sciences; American Academy of Arts & Sciences; Royal Society; Tyler Prize
Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social Accountant, Road Safety Advocate, Bike Blogger & Campaign Lead of Open Streets Toronto. Bilingual EN/FR. #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #VisionZero 🚲
Blog = www.twowheeledpolitics.ca
Open Streets Petition = tinyurl.com/OpenStreetsPetitionTO
Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social We're a member-supported charity that's been leading the change for a healthier and more vibrant city since 2008.
Join the movement: www.cycleto.ca
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.
Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety, cities and mobility.
Devout follower of Jesus and Mary Chain
Creativebyrovelo.com
Satirical news at The Rovélo Record
Toronto Archives @torontoarchives.cityof.toronto.ca We maintain & make accessible records of enduring value that give evidence of decisions, policies & activities of the City of Toronto.
www.toronto.ca/archives
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science 👁️ https://olivia.science
🍃 https://metatheory.space
associate professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social City man: Spacing magazine editor, walking, messy urbanism, Renaissance urban history. Also freelance editor. dylanreid.ca
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
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
Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects @cyclingpedestrian.cityof.toronto.ca News and updates from the City of Toronto's Cycling and Pedestrian Projects unit. Email cycling@toronto.ca for inquiries. Social Media Terms of Use: toronto.ca/socialmedia.
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social Sports journalist. University Instructor. Car dancer.
Mama x 4. Happy Wife. Coffee drinker. Cat lover. Anti-oppression in sport. Bend it Like Beckham Scholar.
Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social International Digital Editor @meidastouch.com
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
Marie-France Lemaine @mefel.bsky.social Skygazer, book lover, gig goer
(🎶 https://bit.ly/4nAfIzI)
Réal : Tout peut arriver | Passion politique | Le pouvoir des mots | Ils ont fait 2025
Pénélope McQuade @penelopemcquade.bsky.social Chausse toujours du 38.
Intervieweuse à la barre de l’émission Pénélope sur ICI Première.
Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social nba stats, raptors | not all fun facts are fun, some are red flags | email: uthayakumar.keerthika@gmail.com
blair @blairaf.com Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Asst. Prof, sci-fi creator @ UAlberta
Transfeminist AI governance, ethics, policy: blairaf.com
Gay trans cyborg warriors vs. AI monsters: objecttype3.app
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
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.
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
maybe: leif weatherby @leifw.bsky.social Hegel, cybernetics, Buffalo Bills
Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com City columnist, contributing to the Toronto Star & writing the award-winning City Hall Watcher newsletter. A lot about Toronto Politics and then some nerd stuff. Humber College prof. (he/him)
Pierre Haski @pierrehaski.bsky.social Chroniqueur géopolitique dans la matinale de France Inter et à l’Obs. Président de Reporters sans frontières.
Chaine Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@LeMondedePierreHaski
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
Visit https://techpolicy.press
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Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social Executive editor @thenarwhal.ca. Still hate gum. The lakes, they are Great.
(Illo by Andrea Bell, from The Leak, a kid's graphic novel about a girl that does environmental journalism!)
RightsCon @rightscon.org 💫The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age
📆 Taipei and online, Feb 24-27, 2025
Access Now @accessnow.org We defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk 🌎.
rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social academic. filmmaker. straight-presenting-bi. nyc asshole in toronto. she/her/auntiefa. acab.
amuse|muse|use|us|u
pfp: me holding up both my middle fingers
banner: jealous gf meme with Marx, & Rom & Quark from ds9. Quark is jealous gf, marx is new hottie.
The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca Developing public policy to fortify Canada's sovereignty for the 21st Century. Learn more at canadianshieldinstitute.ca
Josée Blanchette @joblanchette.bsky.social Chroniqueuse au Devoir (Zeitgeist) et électron libre. Auteure et fée des confitures.
AI Accountability Lab @aial.ie Trinity College Dublin’s Artificial Intelligence Accountability Lab (https://aial.ie/) is founded & led by Dr Abeba Birhane. The lab studies AI technologies & their downstream societal impact with the aim of fostering a greater ecology of AI accountability
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.
Edwy Plenel @edwyplenel.bsky.social Journaliste, cofondateur de Mediapart
Toronto Tempo @tempobasketball.bsky.social Set the pace. Change the game.
The WNBA in Canada.
https://linktr.ee/wnba_toronto
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social Contributing Editor @lrb.co.uk
Substack https://substack.com/@willd10
Williamdavies.blog
Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse.
Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz Professor, researcher, author. Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), gay lady into synths, computers, music, film.
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (YUP 19), and Meta stole it to train its LLM.
Steve Munro @swanboatsteve.bsky.social A long-standing transit activist/commentator since 1972. Blogs at http://stevemunro.ca since 2006. Winner of the 2005 Jane Jacobs Prize and 2024 CUTA Excellence Award.
Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social Political theorist, political geographer, now mainly write on the history of ideas. Professor at University of Warwick, work on territory, Foucault, Lefebvre and new project on Indo-European thought in C20th France. https://progressivegeographies.com
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social Devoted too many years of my life to platforms that were ultimately refashioned into reactionary organs. Now I'm here.
Maggie Helwig @maggiehelwig.bsky.social She/they. Sometimes I do conceptual art. Sometimes I don't. Gangster pastor, allegedly.
"The only way that we, the small and the ordinary, might survive in any decent way, is if we learn to take care of each other."
Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social Author of the newly released, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, and previously of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World. See: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com
Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social I’m not like the other Bayesians. I’m different.
Thinks about philosophy of science, AI ethics, machine learning, models, & metascience. postdoc @ Princeton.
Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Marie Plourde @marieplourde.bsky.social Conseillère municipale, passionnée d'urbanisme et de patrimoine .
Leader de l'opposition officielle.
Pas mal à gauche, un peu woke et très sympathique.
J'aime Montréal et j'aime trop les chats 😺
Fred Savard @fredsavard.com Producteur de Balados, parfois humoriste mais toujours de gauche.
www.fredsavard.com
https://www.onafaitnosrecherches.com/
https://linktr.ee/fredsavard
Philippe de Grosbois @metronomephil.bsky.social Sociologie, médias/numérique, démocratie, justice sociale, musique & films.
Deux essais (Les batailles d'internet & La collision des récits) publiés chez Écosociété.
Membre de la revue À bâbord, chroniques chez Fred Savard.
https://philippedegrosbois.info
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
Newsletter (100k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social Advancing equitable and responsible video and AI technology in the pursuit of justice. Directed by @sristovska.bsky.social at @colorado.edu. Visit https://www.colorado.edu/lab/visualevidence
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social Cross-disciplinary social & behavioral science research & fellowship in service of generating knowledge, illuminating understandings, building fields, informing policy discourse, & creating an enduring scholarly community like no other | casbs.stanford.edu
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Associate Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
Bikesky @bikesky.social A place for bike enjoyers to find each other on Bluesky. Offering custom feeds and community labels.
bike enjoyers starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/EwkMJoT
Subscribe to @labeler.bikesky.social to get a label and report problems.
Run by @derek.bike
OCE Lab @ocelab.bsky.social Our research seeks to uncover how people interact within civil society organizations and how those interactions can strengthen organizations, promote civic engagement, and improve the quality of life in communities.
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
It’s always Free Palestine 🍉
Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social Dad. Climate Activist. PhD Dropout because we must reduce emissions ASAP. Engagement Manager at Environmental Defence. Host of Future Mending Radio Podcast. Views are my own. https://www.futuremending.com/podcast
Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social Soon: Reporter @talkingpointsmemo.com. Author: To Catch A Fascist. Words in Guardian, Zeteo, MS NOW, The Nation. Formerly HuffPost. letsgomathias@protonmail.com. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767.
Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social Culture Editor at Defector
onion person @junlper.beer my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer
i am a host on the kill the computer podcast and the ill conceived podcast:
- killthecomputer.com
- illconceivedpodcast.com
social media at @theonion.com
ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social Uncool adult. From the other site.
📍Toronto
Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead.
Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social Sociologist @Cornell. Currently interested in the history of inequality statistics, and the role of economic expertise in climate policy. “Venceréis, pero no convenceréis.”
Brian Bergstrom @brianbergstrom.bsky.social Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG
Current: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto
21 July 26: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō
Soon: LOVEAHOLIC by Fumio Yamamoto
Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal)
IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
Casilli @casilli.bsky.social 🇫🇷 Professor Institut Polytechnique de Paris
I write books 📚 Waiting for Robots, University of Chicago Press (2025)📚 and documentaries 🎥In the Belly of AI (2025)🎥
Shannon Baker @realshannonbaker.bsky.social Actor 🎬 Model. 📸 Producer 🎥
Indigenous (Yinka Dune)
Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social The nonprofit behind the licenses & tools the world uses to share 🌍
https://creativecommons.start.page
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com We are a rebel alliance—a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action—a breakout from the prisons of our age. We strive to reinvent our lives and world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid. 🏴
crimethinc.com
Faine Greenwood @faineg.com civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
Parmy Olson @parmy.bsky.social Tech columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, ex-WSJ, Forbes; author of We Are Anonymous.
Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social The Civics of Technology (CoT) project aims to empower students and educators to critically inquire into the effects of technologies on their individual and collective lives. Find updates here or by subscribing to our newsletter at civicsoftechnology.org.
AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/ 
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.
Radial Pro Cycling @radial.racing We're building a service to help fans follow professional cycling.
Follow our feeds and get the app: https://radial.racing
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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com Curator of Nice Guys™, WTFs, & Trash Takes
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.