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Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁 @cathycrowe.bsky.social Longtime 🇨🇦 street nurse|✍️Dying for a Home & Knapsack Full of Dreams|✍️on urban issues.
Fighting for a national🏡 program.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.- K Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social
Andrew Hunter @rexbron.bsky.social Ex Focus Puller, full time dad.
Sean Egerton Foreman @seanforeman.bsky.social Digital Media Producer @ TVO
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Magda Maaoui, PhD @magdamaaoui.bsky.social housing + environmental health.
Asst. Professor of urban planning @gsd.harvard.edu
Co-lead healthy places design lab
Formerly OECD, Paris planning, Ad’A
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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social Now shamelessly employed but more a Child Safety guy than a lawyer these days.No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social Toronto-centric voice for architecture and urbanism. Transit nerd. Recovering American. Research, writing, bikes, architect-adjacent. (EN/FR, she/her/elle)
Brian Setzler @briansetzler.bsky.social Electrochemical engineer obsessed with energy. AEM electrolyzer researcher.
Geoff Green @geoffgreen.org Planner in North Carolina and a shameful nuisance. Friend of Desoto
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.
Patrick Walls @pwalls.bsky.social Associate Professor of Teaching, Mathematics, UBC | Mathematical Python | patrickwalls.github.io
Rebecca Chesley @rebeccachesley.bsky.social Social sector evangelist. Marketing and branding aficionado. Arts lover. Proud Mama. Process nerd. #RankedBallots for #Toronto promoter.
Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social Who owns the economy matters. We're a Canadian policy non-profit advocating for broader access to wealth and ownership. #cdnpoli #ownershipmatters www.socialcapitalpartners.ca Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
Meredith Rose @mrose.ink Grumpy feminist lawyer. Writer with ADHD. Senior Policy Counsel, @publicknowledge.bsky.social . Copyright, copywrong, tech, music, AI, fandom. I talk about stuff.
Negate the gods -- raise rocks.
She/her 🏳️🌈
ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author.
if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social I make videos about our cities at https://www.youtube.com/@AboutHere
Sean Aubin @seanny123.bsky.social Posts about Toronto Housing almost exclusively, because I haven't figured out how to present other aspects of my life publicly.
Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief 338Canada丨Rédacteur en chef Qc125丨Chroniqueur @ L'actualité, The Walrus & Politico Canada丨Co-host The Numbers podcast丨Prof astronomy & astrophysics丨Occasional cat pictures🤍丨📍Montréal
Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social Mom. Auntie. Sister. Riverkeeper Emeritus, Ottawa Riverkeeper. Director at Canadian Geographic. Director at Canadian Canoe Museum.
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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social Founder & CEO of Canada’s most sought-after and influential polling firm, Abacus Data.
Prof at Carleton University.
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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social Canadian public policy guy. 🇨🇦
VassB @vassb.bsky.social policy designer + writer
I run the Canadian Shield Institute (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), where we make sovereignty make sense.
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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social CA, Urbanist, Photographer, Former Midwesterner
Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social For 28 years: a journalist in print, TV, radio @ CBC, POLITICO, CP. Next: Getting a master’s in Artificial Intelligence management at Georgetown.
Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social SCOTUS correspondent for The Economist. Political studies prof at Bard Early College-Manhattan.
Joey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io
Nuance? In this Economy
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Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social Scientist, cyclist, knitter. But only 2 out of 3 at any one time. 🔰
📌 Toronto
Biblioraptor, PhD @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social English prof, mama & wife, reader/writer, 18C, pop culture, progressive, cyclist, hiker, yoga. NC. My views are my own. She/her
The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social 📺 The Rundown with @jeyantvo.bsky.social on @wearetvo.bsky.social
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social I’m not here to post my THOUGHTS. I’m not here to share IDEAS. I’m here to post PICTURES OF MUSHROOMS and BE AN IDIOT
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Brent Robinson @okotokslawyer.bsky.social Recovering lawyer who’s mostly here to chat about lacrosse, data, policy and other assorted geeky fascinations.
Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social I write narrative features about how systems affect people. Writing a book about how we teach literacy and what it means to be a good reader. Contributing writer, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author, Bad Company: https://bookshop.org/a/109816/9780063299351.
Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social culture editor, NYTimes Opinion
novelist: THE EDEN TEST (out now); THE BLINDS; NEAR ENEMY; SHOVEL READY
I wear suits now
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Tom Cardoso @tomcardoso.bsky.social Investigative reporter at @theglobeandmail.com. Lover of freedom of information requests, anonymous emails and manila envelopes. Get in touch: tcardoso@globeandmail.com
Caroline Alphonso @calphonso.bsky.social Health Editor for The Globe and Mail
Andrew Coyne @acoyne.bsky.social Explorer, founder of Lachine, seigneur of Cataracoui, discoverer of the mouths of the Mississippi.
Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social European bureau chief, The Globe and Mail. Rome and beyond. Author of Ghosts of War: Chasing My Father's Legend Through Vietnam ericreguly.com
Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net 
Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing).
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Matt Lundy @mattlundy.bsky.social Economics Editor at The Globe and Mail
Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang.
Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 @pothen.bsky.social Counsel and Land Use and Land Development Program Manager for Environmental Defence. The "Hands off the Greenbelt" guy. Arch-Adversary of Mr. Sprawl. Tweets aren't advice or statements from Environmental Defence. he/him
Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social derekthompson.substack.com
Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social Professor of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Posts deleted regularly as I'm not making the same mistake I made at the other place.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Christoph Fink (he/him) @christophfink.com Geographer.
Cities, active mobility, equity, urban social activism
Critical perspectives and digital data are not mutually exclusive, neither are qualitative and quantitative methods.
MSCA postdoctoral fellow, University of Vienna
🌍 Wien, Helsinki
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social Economist at the Center for Economic Research. Father to two dogs. 
Adam Cook @motorcityadam.com Mercilessly Pro-Midwest. City of Detroit First. Unapologetic Economic Coalition Builder. Advanced Detroit Contributor. Engineer. Machinist. Chicago ➡️ Detroit. Vegan. He/Him. Husband to Anna. Father to Benny cat and Tiggy cat.
Emma Roller @emmaroller.bsky.social milwaukee union thug
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Mark C.lexander @marcalexanderv.bsky.social 
@jmontgomerie @jmontgomerie.bsky.social Professor & Educator, feminist political economist, and full-time servant for 3 kids & 2 dogs. Researching money, debt & inequality (aka why we're all broke) and reforming how we money is taught (so we’re less broke). Neurodivergent thrifting queen
Dan Burns @danhasaplan.bsky.social Orbital transport advocate, Disney parks nerd, Arsenal fan.
The only fix for car traffic is alternatives to driving.
Geoff MacDonald 🇨🇦 @gmacdonalduoft.bsky.social I research relationships and singlehood, take pictures, and generally try to understand things. Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social Epidemiologist. Housing maximalist. Reviewer of local bike lanes and urbanism opiner at HFX By Bike: https://youtube.com/@hfxbybike
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
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Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social Host, Gloves Off youtube.com/@Gloves-OffPod
Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social Architect and urban planner working on mobility, road safety and street design. Walking, cycling and new mobility.🚶🏻♀️🚲🛴
Board member -> https://bsky.app/profile/pkinorge.bsky.social
Oslo, Norway - Trans 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ - She/her
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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social Still trying every day to learn something from the past, survive the present, and figure out how to make a better future. Also, I like trains.
Tim Richter @timshome.bsky.social Marauding do-gooder. Optimist. Fan of dad jokes. Founder of Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Recovering lobbyist & hack. Was a soldier once. CAEH.ca
Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com Director betterwayalliance.ca | Canada's Small Biz Think-Tank
Business Owner | Serial cyclist
Toronto | Hamilton | Indonesia | Canada
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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)
Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social Building hater/appreciator out of Toronto. He/they. Hates your neighbourhood’s character, yes, specifically yours.
Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com Executive director of the Center for Building in North America (centerforbuilding.org), stephen@centerforbuilding.org. Personal account. Brooklyn, NY.
Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social Toronto Star columnist, nice guy, jump shooter. 
Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com Professor of political science. Author. Dad.
Constitutional law, rights, governing institutions, and Canadian politics.
Books: Legislating under the Charter; Constitutional Pariah; Governing from the Bench
helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social development professional working on vibrant, sustainable & inclusive communities
pro abundant & affordable housing, bike & bus lanes, & not getting hit by cars 🏡🏢🚎🚲 ❤️| posts & sarcasm my own |
Host of podcast urbanismvancouver.com
The Map Center @mapcenter.com Andrew Middleton
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
A 'Peddler of Wheres' and owner of the oldest map store on the East Coast, The Map Center in Pawtucket RI. It's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com
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Raphael Lopoukhine @blogokhine.bsky.social Climate & Circular Economy |
Rethinking waste, reimagining buildings, and refusing to settle for less.
Powered by systems thinking and radical moderation. #SFI-OCADU
Wyatt Gordon @yitgordon.bsky.social Urban planner, community builder, policy wonk
Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com your local data scientist and housing advocate @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social
📍 Edmonton, AB
https://www.jacobdawang.com
Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Robert Niven @robniven.bsky.social Founder & Board member at @carboncure.bsky.social. On a mission to transform #Concrete from a #Climate challenge into a global #CarbonUtilization solution. Love to climb & surf kayak.
rammy 🏳 @rammyc8.bsky.social 
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Stefan Novakovic @novakovicto.bsky.social Writer + Editor | Architecture + Cities | Toronto + Elsewhere
Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social Cdn media worker watching from behind the scenes. Mixtape maker, tech wrestler, comedy connoisseur, first name forgetter , sleep enthusiast, daydream believer. (Sunglass sitter-onner).
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social jon
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app Cities, justice, bad jokes. Dad. Immigrant 🇨🇦⬅️🇺🇸⬅️Ru. Erstwhile staff eng, advocate @tritag.ca, bsky tinkerer @feeds.mdruker.app. he/him. Support 🇺🇦
📍 Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
V.S. McGrath/Vicki Essex @vsmcgrath.bsky.social Author of THE DEVIL'S REVOLVER series and more. Also writes as Vicki Essex. Rep'd by @millercallihan.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/vsmcgrath
Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social Toronto-based Canadian journalist. Co-founder and editor of The Line (readtheline.ca). Columnist and some-time reporter at various places. 
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. MPM @Carleton; parent; gardener & sometime tradesperson; social & tax policy; worried about details
Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Author. Nigellavangelist. Pedant about civic literacy and Star Wars/Trek. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com tech & society @washingtonpost.com
stories: https://drewharwell.com/
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social Policy prof. Feminist. Gender, Policy, Taxes, Life, Equity, intersectionality. Personal account. TBI survivor. Government-funded. Difficult/Immodest/Condescending. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪 www.lindsayTedds.ca, http://inclusiecon.ca/, factpartnership.ca