BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social Born raised in BC, blessed for the country we live in. Not a fan of Conservatives or narrow minded RWNJ's. Gen X/Boomer
ICE = Incel Cosplay Executioners
Voting CONservative has CONsequences
Ross Cairns @rc1.bsky.social Creative Engineer / Technologist / Designer seeks an alt-Twitter for reminiscing MySpace vibes.
Currently exploring Generative AI tools with Google. Previously world AR with Snap, Mixed Reality with Microsoft, and The Workers.
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a dawn walker @dcwalker.ca researcher+designer. tech coops, local, infrastructure, community and alternative network/s/ing
In another place: @dcwalk@post.lurk.org
Steph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social Leader and advocate for a different AI future which benefits everyone. CEO/MD and Co-Founder of Our AI Collective. Keynote speaker. Failed astrophysicist. Film geek. Parent. Love a GIF
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Stuart Mackenzie @hellostu.xyz - Lover of public services 👩🏼⚕️
- Parkrun enthusiast 🏃♂️🌳
- Amatuer Photographer 📷
- Occasional Podcaster 🎤
- Senior Partner at TPXimpact ✊❤️
- Remembered for my dance moves 🕺🏼
- Proud resident of Dorset 🌊
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David Macdonald @davidmaccdn.bsky.social Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives Senior Economist in Ottawa
CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca The CCPA is Canada's leading progressive policy research institute. We offer independent, non-partisan research on social, economic & climate justice.
www.policyalternatives.ca
Instagram & FB: policyalternatives Also on Gander social: @ccpa.gander.social
ADHD Pathfinding @handle.invalid Working towards a society where ADHD is understood, supported, and never a barrier to thriving
medium.com/adhd-pathfinding
Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social Politics, author of Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed. Meidas Canada/ The Resistance Lead singer with Grievous Angels. Just a boy from Cobalt.
Not a space for the cynical and snide.
Liz Lutgendorff @lizlutgendorff.bsky.social Doing digital transformation.
I love data, tea and comics. Thoughts all my own.
James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: yimbypod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
Off the Raycord @raylarson.bsky.social Passionately pragmatic progressive with a dash of irony and sarcasm. Interested in: #HumanCenteredDesign #diversityandinclusion #Innovation opinions my own🏳️🌈
Alex MacEachern @alexmaceachern.bsky.social Recovering lawyer with a decade of experience in digital transformation and the scars to prove it. Loves this stuff 🌊🐶📚🥋From Ottawa but now on Vancouver Island. Works @publicdigital
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨
Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅
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Amber Mac @ambermac.bsky.social Host, The AmberMac Show with Jeff MacArthur, Award-winning tech and AI podcaster, keynote speaker, event moderator, bestselling author, and radio/tv host (mom of teen boy + 2 rescue pups)
Mat Johnson @demotive.bsky.social I’m a designer who loves working in healthcare. Increasingly frantic arm waving.
My dog is my best friend, but I'm not sure he agress with this statement.
demotive.com
Ralph @ralphhawkins.bsky.social Lifestyle brand
ralphhawkins.co.uk
Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com Canada's National Observer delivers vital reporting on the defining crisis of our time: climate change. Through rigorous investigation and compelling storytelling, we expose the forces shaping Canada's climate future.
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Ian Hanomansing @ianhanomansing.bsky.social Canadian journalist based in Vancouver.
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Claire Bonnar @clairebonnar.bsky.social (she/her)
Gabrielle Blair @designmom.bsky.social NYT Best-selling author of Ejaculate Responsibly, and The Kids Are All Right. Founder of Design Mom and Alt Summit. American living in France. Please enjoy updates on French life, renovations, and opinions from me—writer, designer, and mother of six.
Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social I paint. I used to do other things. I might do them again. He/him. Protect trans kids!
“One of our generation's most moving writers.” —some Bsky rando
The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com An app for you to track your reading and choose your next book. Founded by @nodunayo.bsky.social. Built by her and @robfrelow.bsky.social. support@thestorygraph.com
Lorna Wall @lornawall.bsky.social User Researcher in Government, jazz musician, photographer 
Wendi Seskus-James @splinterswerve.bsky.social Dreamer, peacekeeper, animal lover, writer. “The brain within its groove runs evenly and true…let a splinter swerve.” Emily Dickinson 🧠 ⚡️
Aoife @chiefbreenie.bsky.social product manager
disabled and liver transplant recipient
whippet owner/servant
she/her
The Political Compass w JB @thepoliticalcompass.ca Honest, contextual political analysis from a Canadian lens.
Knitty Knits @handle.invalid 
Martha Edwards @drmmcedwards.bsky.social Pediatrician, resiliency and relational health nerd, idealist despite it all (because… dogs)
andi @andi-nicole.bsky.social 👩🏾💻 service designer / 💫 design mentor / 🪴 homeware studio owner / ✍🏾 someday I'll start a blog, but probably not today
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Sean Boots @bluesky.sboots.ca A better world, by listening.
Ebony Sager @ellebowie.bsky.social 
99% Invisible @99pi.org Long running, award winning narrative podcast about all the thought that goes into things most people don’t think about.
www.99pi.org
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social Eternal optimist #GCDigital #GCServices #GC #PublicService #Accountability #Results #Ottawa
That JSTweedie | Ottawa @jstweedie.bsky.social Former federal public servant. Now doing a PhD to figure it all out. Complex systems, decision making, and digital transformation. And my humans. And cats. Never forget the cats. Nor music.
courtney claessens @sidewalkballet.bsky.social product // former public servant, mapper // ever a geographer // ptbo-nogo.
Calvin Rodo @calvinrodo.bsky.social SRE working for the Canadian Digital Service.
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com Canada's national newspaper, but on Bluesky
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
Patrick Lajeunesse @patlaj.bsky.social Trying to make things work better for people. Service design, content design, IA, UX. Probably cats and music too. I care about the users.
steph percival @stephpercival.bsky.social Mom, poet, sheepadoodle walker 🐾, heart health advocate. Always reading, often writing, otherwise faffing about. @thismanywords on IG.
At play, I natter on about books 📚, poetry ✍️ , nature 🌱, and random nerdery 🤓.
At work I design stuff. 💙
Thom K @thomkearney.bsky.social Lover of dog wisdom and positive change in the public service and society.
Dave Samojlenko @dave.samojlenko.com 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 Web developer at Canadian Digital Service
NextJS, Typescript, Python, PHP, Laravel
Movies https://letterboxd.com/dsamojlenko/
Records https://www.discogs.com/user/dsamojlenko/collection
Website https://dave.samojlenko.com
Julianna Rowsell @juliannarowsell.bsky.social product, systems, design, accessibility, equity, ethics, social justice, disability rights, government, GenAI
Non status Mi’kmaq
#AS #Anemia #ADHD #Fibro
she/her or they/them
Code for Canada @codeforcanada.bsky.social We're a national non-profit that helps governments and non-profits create digital services for the public good.
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Michael Karlin @supergovernance.bsky.social Digital policy @ Canadian Digital Service. Reasonably subversive. Husband of Amy. Skeets entirely my nonsense and not my employer. He/him. Jewish/🏳️🌈
Apolitical @apolitical.bsky.social Making governments smarter, to deliver for people and the planet | Join 500,000+ public servants & policymakers today: http://apolitical.co/signup
Alistair Croll @acroll.bsky.social ADHD as a career. Startups (Lean Analytics, Startupfest); fixing government (FWD50); subversive thinking (justevilenough.com) Montreal, or seat 13D.
Steph Hazlitt @stephhazlitt.bsky.social data science, OSS, #rstats + 🐍, birds, good ☕️ 🇨🇦 🌈 (she/her)
Harry @harryao.bsky.social 
Niamh Redmond @nredmond.bsky.social Product, Discovery/UX Research, Design; Fractional/Advisory+ hands-on consulting 💻 w Stripe, Meta/FB, MetaLab, Hootsuite | Founder, Nova Ray Consulting-helping solve interesting & purposeful problems.
📍 DUB>ORD>YVR> St.John’s NL
🍁 Outdoor adventure 🌊🌲🗻🚵🏼♀️🏂
Mark Headd @mheadd.bsky.social Author of "The SpecOps Method: A New Approach to Legacy System Modernization." https://spec-ops.ai/book.html #CivicTech #AI #SpecOps #OpenData
Olivia Dorey @oliviadorey.bsky.social A curious, helpful Bluenoser
🐻 Maman to a terrific little dude
🇨🇦 building a country worthy of him
🔒 product management at Vaultie 
Gabe Sawhney @gabesawhney.bsky.social Dad + Canadian Digital Service + Civic Tech Toronto.
Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social assistant professor of public policy @UNC Chapel Hill | ex-data scientist @codeforamerica | Data for Good Roundtables co-founder
https://jaeyk.github.io
FireBethFox @firebethfox.bsky.social Human muppet trying to be OK in late stage capitalism. From BC in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
I care about Anti-racism, Reconciliation, and Public Service. My ❤️ languages are questions, gifs, or introspection. Your results may vary.
#protecttranskids🏳️🌈
Elliot Mayer @e-mayer.bsky.social 
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. Enemy of gerunds in headlines.
Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual
she/her. dayjob & usual location: City & County of San Francisco (this is a personal account)
ex-18F; on the board @publicgood.tech ; wrote a small book about doing this: https://cydharrell.com/book/
Whitney Q @whitneyq.bsky.social Center for Civic Design. A Web for Everyone. plain language. storytelling. democracy
Angelica Quicksey @angelquicksey.bsky.social 👾 Urban planner for the internet
⚡️ Managing Director @newpublic.org
🌲 Seattle is always home
Ariel Kennan @arielmai.bsky.social Building @axiom.org
Ask me about service design, public benefits, product, digital identity, Rules as Code, and civic tech / gov tech.
📍NYC
Meredith Hitchcock @mhitchcock.bsky.social UX researcher. Passionate about trauma-informed design and research and tech for good. 
Gordon Ross 🇨🇦 @gordonr.ca VP & Partner, OXD: Vancouver-based digital services firm. I work with government to afford better citizen outcomes. 🇨🇦 Spem Successus Alit | success nourishes hope. 
Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca In a world drowning in conflict and grief, we crave what keeps us alive: joy—our daily bread; hope—our living water; kindness—the roof over our souls.
@emmakbeer.bsky.social @emmakbeer.bsky.social 
Ciandelle Hughes @ciandellehughes.bsky.social Interaction designer, trauma informed focused and parent to two adorable gremlins in cat form.
Lung cancer survivor 🎗
Sophie Drouet @sophiedrouet.bsky.social Service design things. Posts about user-centred design, digital, the charity & public sectors and causes I care about (e.g. books, birds, history and social issues) 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 She/her
Anna Hepburn @annahepburn.bsky.social Content design leader, currently Head of Content Design at Justice Digital, previously Head of Content on GOV.UK, Head of Digital Engagement and Creative Content at Defra and Head of Digital Communities and Channels at DHSC
Henry Ngo @astrodino.planetngo.ca Data scientist. Previously worked in planetary astronomy. he/him/his
Pamela James 🇨🇦 @thepamelajames.bsky.social Formerly “paminthepeg” and “pamjamhildy”. Who doesn’t like a good name change now and then.
Ellie Ashman @ellayanor.bsky.social Exeter | Director - Public Sector Practice @ Torchbox
Often to be found looking for a snack and/or saying pspsps to the nearest available cat. Always have too many tabs open. 
Rochelle Gold @rochellegold.bsky.social Head of User Research @NHSEngland
(formerly @NHSDigital) and Head of UCD for Digital Primary Care. Cancer and genetics awareness advocate and patient representative..
Views my own.
She/her.
spydergrrl @spydergrrl.bsky.social Outdoorsy UXer. Workshop design coach & consultant. Lives with anxiety. Runs on espresso and Star Wars. She/her. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Founder of CanUX. Best known for popularizing the phrase "UX Theatre". https://spydergrrl.com
Anatole Papadopoulos @anatolep.bsky.social 
Leisa Reichelt @leisar.bsky.social betwixt and between
Alastair Somerville @acuity.design Clarity and kindness as foundations for work. Information perception in physical & digital places. Facilitation and workshop design for codesign and civic assemblies. Public prototyping on BlueSky. He/him
William Roissetter @rossi0.bsky.social Helping build services, mostly public, mostly health
David Pepin @quidampepin.bsky.social davidpepin.ca
Managing the Web UX Research and Design team at IRCC.
@transformgovtalks.bsky.social @transformgovtalks.bsky.social 
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social Service design, UX, strategy. Civic tech and sociotechnical systems oh my! 🇨🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 he/him
Rumman Amin @rumman.bsky.social Delivery in Gov @ Softwire. Currently working w/ MHCLG & UKEF | Prev. Head of Delivery at Homes England | Ex GDS
rummanamin.co.uk
Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social Christian, Head of Accessiblity and Digital Inclusion at Government Digital Service, part of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Terrible puns. Music wot I wrote at https://soundcloud.com/user-480796149
Eliot Fineberg @eliotf.bsky.social Co-founder of https://www.ff.studio/
I find LinkedIn a bit inhumane, so lets try this place. All my thinking out loud is my own.
Steve Garrett @stevengarrett.bsky.social Usually 🏃♂️ and navigating 🚧
Data and digital with a dash of optimism
Tash @tashwillcocks.bsky.social Head of Learning Design @tpximpact
Ex @WeAreSnook ex Director MAs Europe &
Honorary Fellow @HyperIsland
Organiser @DesignEducation
WIPtypostrator ⬇️
Hugh Wallace @tumshie.me Tech / gov / design / occasional snark. Usually found queuing for coffee ☕️ Digital and data for public good ✊
CIO @rds-scotland.bsky.social
Chair @cfgsocial.bsky.social
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Martin Price @mrmjprice.bsky.social I design public services. Doctoral researcher: design thinking x urban transport delivery. Former @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org.
Let’s rebalance our streets for safe and equitable trips from A to B. 🏳️🌈🟢
📍 Birmingham, UK
🔗 https://linktr.ee/martinprice
Emma Parnell @emmaparnell.bsky.social Taking a relational approach to co-designing the services that impact people's lives.
Service design consultant, writer, mentor, public speaker.
Designing over at Design for Joy: designforjoy.co.uk
she/her
Ross Ferg @rossferg.bsky.social Technology in the service of people. Director with Public Digital.