Better Columbia @bettercolumbia.ca Urbanism, transit and British Columbia news and opinions.
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Amanda Adams @amandagadams.bsky.social Mother, wife, queer, lifelong learner, always looking to better myself, our communities, and the world.
Opinions are my own.
Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social Publisher @westendphoenix Rheostatics. Author of 13 books. Hockey Nomad. Movies. Also: Ballpoint Agency.
Michael @snowrunner.bsky.social Books, bikes and beers
Kyle Olsen @kyleolsen.com Vancouver based lobbyist. Former political staffer (Edmonton), lobbyist (Toronto, Calgary), and tax policy practitioner (Calgary)
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com Technical Fellow, @honeycomb.io
American by birth, Chinese by heritage, Australian by choice
living on occupied and unceded Gadigal and Musqueam/Squamish/Tsleil-Waututh land
she/it
Stephen Braverman @stephenbraverman.bsky.social Crossing Guard and Noon Hour Supervisor, New Westminster Schools. PNE Ambassador. Former journalist. Retired banker. Car free. Walker. Public transit user. Independent.
Joshua Richardson @schizosemia.bsky.social skitsau'si:mje / skit-so-SEM-EE-uh / writing on madness, mental illness, & culture • registered psychotherapist
@thewatchdog.ca @thewatchdog.ca Protecting the Public. Defending Democracy | Canadian public interest watchdog journalism
Ruofan 🚎 王若凡 @ruofan.ca Transit planner in Vancouver, from Montreal. Cyclist and road safety advocate with @visionzerovancouver.ca. Musings on transportation, zoning, governance and occasionally indie rock.
Opinions my own - he/him
Abolish This @abolish-this.bsky.social A menace to society. Abolish_This on bird app. Kjipuktuk, Mi'kmaki. He/him
Zak Vescera @zakvescera.bsky.social Reporter covering financial crime in Vancouver for @theijf.org. Ink-stained wretch, cautiously optimistic EN/FR. zak.vescera@theijf.org
Brian the Settler @briandsettler.bsky.social I’m a settler trying to stop being a colonizer!
Starting over from Bsky suspension for bringing up colonial war crimes.
Land Back, Re-Indigenize the planet. Launch billionaires into the sun.
brandon soderberg @bsoderberg.bsky.social I live in Baltimore and I write about cops, guns, and drugs / Cowriter, "I Got a Monster" / Soderberg v. Carrion / bsoderberg.com
JonT @twowheeled.bsky.social ... I had something for this.
mycorhizal network communcation @furies.bsky.social leafy detritus protecting winter bee nests
settler in treaty 1, communist, educator
Nathan Caddell @ncaddell.bsky.social Editor in chief of the @georgiastraight.bsky.social
Green Party Drug Policy @greendrugpolicy.bsky.social The Drug Policy Group for @thegreenparty.bsky.social
Campaigning to end prohibition, reduce harm and save lives 🌱 #greendrugpolicy #ProhibitionIsRacist #greenfuture 🌍
Official website 👉 https://www.greenpartydrugpolicy.org.uk/
Benjamin Lopez Steven @benlopezsteven.bsky.social Associate Producer with CBC Politics 🇨🇦🇲🇽
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Email is open (and eager) for story tips! Benjamin.steven@cbc.ca
Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social Building Science Engineer + Climate Resilience Geek.
Of the 347ppm generation. He/him.
Christy Somos @christysomos.bsky.social Award-winning 🇨🇦 Journalist, Analyst, Producer Creator+ Host @thestateofthings.bsky.social National security, extremism, global affairs, mis/dis-information | OSINT | DM for Signal |
christysomos.com
BC Court of Appeal @bccourtofappeal.bsky.social Official Bluesky of the BC Court of Appeal. Posts and reposts are for information only & are not intended as endorsements. Terms of use: https://shorturl.at/oQzY5
Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social MA LING, MS SLP, mad scientist. A couple mid CES awards in a storage unit. Clinical director for the first FDA approved BCI, where’s my money Elon
Politics, data art, mental health, accessibility, bad jokes
datapoems.io • lukesteuber.com • bipolarsky
Sharon Nadeem @sharonnadeem.bsky.social Journalist + Fact-checker. Previously @globalreportingcentre.org. Mostly docs and podcasts. Work in @prx.org, @aljazeera.com, @thewalrus.ca, PBS Frontline, BBC, Huffington Post, @theglobeandmail.com, and more.
Maybe it's better here?
Marianne Quirouette @mariannequirouette.bsky.social Sociologist & Associate Prof of Criminology @UMontreal | www.siplab.ca Research & Teaching: (in)justice, social control, criminal courts & punishment [Elle/she/her 🍉😷]
Residents Against Dallas Brodie @against-brodie.bsky.social An organization for residents of Vancouver-Quilchena to oppose their MLA, Dallas Brodie
Also at: https://www.facebook.com/ResidentsAgainstDallasBrodie/
Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social Provincial affairs reporter for CBC Saskatchewan. CAJ National Director, Saskatchewan Region. Data, politics & freedom of information requests. Cat dad. He/him.
Brett McKay @brettmckay.bsky.social Reporter for the Investigative Journalism Foundation
Email: brett.mckay@theijf.org
Signal: brettmckay.23
Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social Critical Indigenous Policy Perspectives. Based at the Faculty of Arts, Toronto Met. University | linktr.ee/yellowheadinstitute
Debby_Reis @debbyreis.bsky.social Arts administrator in Vancouver. Lover of live music, karaoke, and all things vintage.
Kathy Vassilakos (she/her) @kvassilakos.bsky.social 
Oak Bay for All @oakbayforall.bsky.social Oak Bay for All brings progressive neighbours together to nourish community and belonging across generations, amplify perspectives that are underrepresented in local conversations, and envision an inclusive Oak Bay. #yyj Learn more: oakbayforall.ca
BC Climate Emergency Campaign @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social Bringing together 600+ organizational signatories who are collaborating to increase the ambition of climate policy and action in so-called British Columbia.
https://bcclimateemergency.ca
DiscordantMuse @discordantmuse.northsky.social Just a paradoxical mountain hermit exploring life on the periphery🧜🏻♀️
46y/o 🏴☠️ mama & intl'ist ☭
De-colonize & De-Carney Canada
Banner: a white & grey husky jumping in a dense forest
Pfp: blond 👩🏼 snuggling with a sleepy husky on the couch
Cindy Dalglish @cindydalglish.bsky.social Dogs are the best people. I made that 70’ sign out of tarps and red vinyl. 
firstname lastname @jc-roper.bsky.social Canucks, F1, beating my head against a brick wall
Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social move with care • fan of balcony gardens and parks • socio-legal researcher on migration, law, religion, anti-gender movements • multilingual, mixed-methods • personal acct and I cite my sources • Hamilton / MTL
they (EN) // iel (FR)
www.rinevieth.com
Catriona Matheson @catrionamath.bsky.social All about evidence to reduce drug harms. Freelance research consultant and Prof in Substance Use, University of Stirling. FRPharmS.
AIVL For PWUD Wellbeing, Health & Human Rights✊️💜 @aivl.bsky.social The PWUD Community-Controlled Peak Organisation that represents our network of Australian peer-based harm reduction & peer-led Drug User Organisations (DUOs) and supporting Asia-Pacific programs. #PeerPower
www.aivl.org.au
European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) @euda.europa.eu The EUDA is your source of drug-related expertise in Europe. We prepare and share independent, scientifically validated knowledge, alerts and recommendations.
Linda Steer @lindasteer.bsky.social Art historian researching photography & drug use. Author of Appropriated Photographs in French Surrealist Periodicals, 1924-1939 (Routledge, 2017). Art history teaching podcast https://unboxingthecanon.podbean.com
Partner, stepmom, and cat mom. 🐈⬛🐈⬛ 🇨🇦🌷🌸🌻
National Harm Reduction Coalition @harmreduction.org National Harm Reduction Coalition creates spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racialized drug policies.
www.harmreduction.org
VOCAL-NY (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders) @vocal-ny.bsky.social G'roots organizing for healthy & just communities. HIV, drug policy, incarceration & homelessness.
sarah krichel @sarahkrichel.bsky.social writer & editor ☁️ associate editor @thetyee.ca
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.
M @habpipes.bsky.social Living the dream in Saskatchewan. Or as progressives call it, the nightmare.
Political poster, video game aficionado, Lego fan and an avid reader.
Tessa Vikander @tessavikander.bsky.social Journalist at CBC News, dog mom, lover of home improvements. Based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
OpenMedia @openmedia.org Fighting for your digital privacy, democracy, and freedom of expression. High speed Internet is a universal human right.
Learn more and take action at www.openmedia.org.
Stephanie Allen @stephanieformayor.bsky.social Running for Mayor with COPE.
Power to the people.
Suzan M Walters @suzanmwalters.bsky.social Director, RISE Lab @ NYU Langone. Public Health, Sociology & Harm Reduction.
https://med.nyu.edu/faculty/suzan-m-walters
https://med.nyu.edu/research/resilience-intersectional-stigma-empowerment-lab/our-team
De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca Interrogate power. Highlight truth. We are a non-profit, journalist-owned co-operative in British Columbia, Canada.
https://www.defactomedia.ca/
COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social Join the movement to Evict Ken Sim and fight for housing, public services, climate action, and integrity at City Hall.
All power to the people.
https://www.votecope.ca/
Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social The name is a joke from Shakespeare
This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera
The Bronx
one-legged juggler // he
Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social Reader in Human Geography @ University of Manchester. Author of The Postdevelopmental State: Dilemmas of Economic Democratization in Contemporary South Korea (Michigan: 2024, OA). Co-Editor: Developmentalist Cities? (Brill/Haymarket 2019). North sea surfer
Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social writer.
phd in gothic literature. writing on horror, utopia, the gothic nightmare of capitalism
CAPITALISM A HORROR STORY out now, working on a new book about HOUSES
Shiri Pasternak @shirip.bsky.social Marxist dude bro
neil21 @neil21.bsky.social Renewables SaaS PM by day, Urbanism by night. Scot in #newwest
Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social Climate litigation. Lawyer, husband, girl dad.
Every inch of the Earth is worth fighting for. No Xers. No AI.
Work: https://patrickccanning.com/
Climate law blog: https://feeltheheat.blog/
LLM (Lewis & Clark). Not legal advice
Pivot Legal Society @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social Using the law as a tool, we challenge unjust legislation, policies & practices that undermine human rights, intensify poverty, and perpetuate stigma.
www.pivotlegal.org
rags music @ragsmusic.bsky.social Freelance music writer. Rap head. Pro wrestling mark. Walking enthusiast. Canada is a corrupt petrol state. these4ropes
ragsmusic.com
Creative & booking for Victoria Ska & Reggae Fest.
Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social International Digital Editor @meidastouch.com
Dan H @hanoomansingh.com Officiating expert | Teacher | ChPC | UBC KIN Masters | Personal account — views mine & should be yours | Vancouver, BC | 🇨🇦🇹🇹 | he/him
hanoomansingh.com
Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social Journalist
Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social Comms Director at Sierra Club Canada / MA Policy / BA Hist. / fmr manager at a food bank / Podcaster from Newfoundland & Labrador. My Views. Wealth limit, direct redistribution: https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-new-fundamental-fairness-can-save
Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social Doctoral student at UTS. Researching transnational Right’s infiltration of Australian politics and society, esp religio-ethnonationalism. Writer of explanatory journalism. Living on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung land. She/her
https://linktr.ee/Lucyham
Ben Holt 🇨🇦 @beanjammin.bsky.social (he/him) An accidental activist. I kept waiting and waiting for someone to do something. Oh no what if everyone's waiting for me?!?
Mostly climate, politics and geeky stuff. I learn by making mistakes and always seem to be learning something new.
Michael Stonehewer @michaelstonehewer.bsky.social Talk to me about electric vehicles, old Hondas and TTRPGs. Prince George / Comox Valley, BC.
Ahasan @ef63.bsky.social Engineering Student
Transportation Researcher @movementyvr.bsky.social
🚇/🚍/🚋/🚠
📍Vancouver
Opinions are my own
Chloë Lum @compulsiveobserver.bsky.social Installation artist. Perfume fanatic. Chronically ill. Concordia University PhD student(disability studies + performance studies + practice-based research.) Ex jammer, current failure. She/her Montréaler in Edmonton. https://linktr.ee/ChloeLum
George Patrick Richard Benson @georgeprbenson.bsky.social Building better economies for people and planet @ ZEIC.ca
Annoyingly into industrial policy, democratizing finance and economies, and better rule-making.
I have a newsletter: georgeprbenson.com
Skye @skyenott.bsky.social Citizen, cyclist, classic car enjoyer, biodiversity enthusiast, software developer, recreational lumberjack #ykabike
📍Kamloops BC
Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social The last of the V8s. PC Gamer news by day, angry about Canadian politics by night. Email me at andy.chalk@pcgamer.com. Got a tip? http://pcgamer.com/tips/
Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social Same as before. Inspired, engaged, politicised, compassionate, engineer, and citizen of the world. Reader of banned books. Irascible spinster. Posts are usually awesome & always my own. Call me: she & her
B @monnomdeguerre.bsky.social Settler living in Michi Saagiig territory. They/them.
Health justice, nursing stuff, anarchism, various seasonal hobbies...
Climate Caucus @climatecaucus.bsky.social Climate Caucus is a non-partisan, national non-profit working at the intersection of two essential pillars: local democracy and climate policy 🌍 Learn more at www.Climatecaucus.ca
Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social Mayor of New Westminster, though nothing here is Official City Communications.
Go Dumples!
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
theo @tboyblues.bsky.social just kidding 🦥 https://www.lesliefeinberg.net/
BC Humanist Association @bchumanist.ca Reason, compassion and home. https://www.bchumanist.ca
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Brandee @bcontroversial.bsky.social Working towards a better world, one kindness at a time. Probably going to get political. Definitely going to post pics of my dog.
Big Dracula Energy @mayawest.online ✨18+ only✨
curvy. be kind, not "nice". purveyor of nüds.
your girlfriend in Canada.
treat me:
throne.mayawest.online
watch me:
Fansly - fansly.mayawest.exposed
VIP OF - mayawest.exposed
get all of me:
beacons.page/mayawest
Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social Reviews: "unhinged", "deluded", "incoherent", "sick jerk" | Black Lives Matter | Vidas Indígenas Importam | Trans Lives Matter | typography, politics, profanity, analog electronics, retrocomputing, coffee, food | Mastodon: https://timeloop.cafe/@symbo1ics
Christopher Porter @canadianveggie.com Runner. Cyclist. Urbanist. Plant-Based. Software Engineer. Data Nerd.
Vancouver
William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social Community housing leader & city builder.
Amanda Burrows @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social Community builder ❤️
Vancouver | unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ territories- N Nick Gottlieb @nickgottlieb.bsky.social Writer. PhD student. Stay at home dog dad. Political economist studying LNG, imperialism, and counterinsurgency.
@garethhutchens.bsky.social @garethhutchens.bsky.social 
Don Beaton @beatenwords.bsky.social "Take responsibility for the face of the world. Stand out. Believe in truth. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Be as courageous as you can." -Timothy Snyder, "On Tyranny"
Kris @00orz00orz.bsky.social Indie horror game developer (writer/programmer)
I follow fellow Vancouverites ☔️
She/her :)
Raccoon in the sky @seebo429.bsky.social Halifax's raccoon bike mayor
He/him
Erin Hanson @erinhanson.bsky.social Settler anthropologist thinking about Coast Salish law, the Canadian state, and dismantling the colonial machine. Expect some music geekery, geopolitics, and a weird undercurrent of optimism despite the cynical sheen. This is a personal account.
John "Not That John Bolton" Bolton @opus59films.bsky.social Producer & Writer & Director @ www.opus59films.com
Old Film: AIM FOR THE ROSES @ www.aimfortheroses.com
New Film: KING ARTHUR'S NIGHT @ www.instagram.com/kingarthursnight
Vancouver / xʷməθkʷəy̓əm / Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw / səlilwətaɬ
Rethinking Economics International @rethinkecon.bsky.social Rethinking Economics is a global youth movement building an economics that works for everyone.
CampbellNW @campbellnw.bsky.social Living my best life in New Westminster😊🌲🎭 🙌🏽
Also a NW City Councillor-not official city communications👍🏽
Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social Curated collection of 10,000+ public domain images, free for users to explore and reuse, even commercially. A project of @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Website: https://pdimagearchive.org/
Left Wexit @iosegun.bsky.social Maps, History, Socialism, Cape Breton,
@albertaadvantage.bsky.social researcher and writer, Calgary/Northern BC