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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social "Above all, we loved this country and loved exploring and painting it." ~ Lawren Harris
Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social Tabatha Southey is a freelance writer who is based, in Toronto. She/Her. Bylines Globe and Mail, Macleans, Foreign Policy, National Post, Toronto Life, Explore Magazine, Toronto Star and more, author of three books, and the River-Daughter. 🇨🇦
Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social Engineering professor. Author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS (on Riverhead in the US+, on Torva in the UK+). Interested in embodiment, materiality, metacognition, and systems. All enthusiasm is 100% genuine. debcha.org
shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social crows can hold grudges for 17 years. amateurs.
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams no AI ever
John Bowman @johnbowman.bsky.social Social media news producer. Recovering “Twitter guy.”
VassB @vassb.bsky.social policy designer + writer I run the Canadian Shield Institute (@canadianshieldinstitute.ca), where we make sovereignty make sense. Subscribe to our newsletter, The National Interest.
Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com NYT Bestselling Author – ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins/Mariner) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488 Fmr White House Sr Policy Advisor | Fmr Sr Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Contact: fieldsmeyer.com More: amifieldsmeyer.substack.com
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere. enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press writing - https://oddletters.com/ stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch i curse a lot he/they
Tessa Vikander @tessavikander.bsky.social Journalist at CBC News, dog mom, lover of home improvements. Based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
🕎The G-ddamn Unix Man, golem fucking sea mouse🕎 @theunixman.com דאַלוי פּאָליציי, דאלוי זאג, גאסע-ייד כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה I am but a simple Street Jew on occupied Tongva land See you at breakfast, sport. "Shrieking. Insane."
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Professor of Communication, Cornell https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@sonyabuyting.bsky.social @sonyabuyting.bsky.social
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future Subscribe here: https://www.theverge.com/subscribe
Sean Birch @seanlikesitslow.bsky.social I identify as neuro-amazing / glass half-crazy ↠ Kimberley, BC ↞
Alan Ranta (ꜱᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ?) @alanranta.bsky.social Rants about things, usually music, sometimes for money. Bylines seen in PopMatters, Bandcamp, Georgia Straight and Exclaim! Longtime juror for the Polaris Prize and Juno Awards. Mixes & Musings: https://linktr.ee/alanranta ⓘ this user is woke
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman She//Her linktr.ee/nikostratis
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
U.S. Federal Department of Propaganda @usfdop.bsky.social Bringing you propaganda since 1776. Proud supporter of child labor and the military industrial complex. IN OIL WE TRUST
Barbara @calmspin.bsky.social Here for news, plants and art 🇨🇦 Spin yarn to maintain sanity. Also at @calmspin.gander.social https://bwanhill.ca
Rochelle 🇨🇦 @mazar.bsky.social Librarian. Writer of middle grade fiction. Dangerously optimistic. She/her. London, ON.
Dave Winer @scripting.com OG blogger, podcaster, outliners, CMSes, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.
R RhetoricX 🇨🇦 @rhetoricx.bsky.social
Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social Husband to a gorgeous wife, father to two great kids, greying leatherfairy, infamous furry, and world-class software engineer. If you can read this, you're running code I wrote. I hack code for goauthentik.io these days.
G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me Award-winning soccer mom. Wrote the books that one of those shows you like was based on. Currently: POISON IVY for DC Comics, BLACK CAT for Marvel. Buy my books: bookshop.org/shop/gww
Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social Futures of work. Writing, researching, teaching, lefting. Ruthless everything, existing. http://dmgreene.net
Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com Senior reporter at @CybersecurityDive.bsky.social covering all things digital security. I also co-host @hothtakes.bsky.social. | Send me tips: https://ericjgeller.com/contact.html
Keith Grant @keithsgrant.bsky.social PhD in History | Historian of early North America, Emotions, and Book Culture | Assoc Prof at Crandall University | Writing a book about African Canadian leader Rev. Richard Preston (1791-1861) in Virginia, England, and Nova Scotia.
RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social You know, for kids. Lapsed philosopher; higher ed guy. I think things and write stuff. (I do have a (creative nonfiction) newsletter at https://buttondown.com/dorsalstream thanks for asking.) https://www.roblinmeeks.com
startyparty @startyparty.dev 🔗 https://startyparty.dev is a beautiful, dynamic, privacy first start page for your browser, incorporating the latest articles, podcasts, videos, livestreams, open social media, games, music, and more.
Medha @medhadata.bsky.social if data's the new oil, someone's gotta think about the oil spills (artificial intelligence ∩ policy ∩ the public service) burrito enthusiast. chai connoisseur. muhindi wa canada 🇰🇪. #COYG.
Tom Jokinen @jokinen.bsky.social Radio documentaries, writer, labour activism, birding, cycling. Climate crisis shouter-abouter. On the Canadian prairie.
Maddi Dellplain @maddidellplain.bsky.social East Van reporter @ Vancity Lookout Former editor & health reporter @healthydebate.bsky.social //writing on civic issues, health, disability & drug policy// maddidellplain.journoportfolio.com
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
Not (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network PhD Humanities: Aerial Perspectives; Landscape Traditions; Operational Images; Critical AI; AI Slop & Visual Culture; Surveillance Studies; Also Art Criticism; Definitely Coffee. Professoring in the gig economy.
Andrew Made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social Black Bisexual Horror/Weird Fiction writer | Voodoonauts Fellow 2024 | Alpha Workshop Instructor | Editor @SalonSinister.com | Writing in Ghoulish Tales (2026), Afropunk, and The Black Youth Project | *NO AI* | Insomniac | Mirror ghost | they/he 💀
Nicolas Papernot @nicolaspapernot.bsky.social Security and Privacy of Machine Learning at UofT, Vector Institute, and Google 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 Co-Director of Canadian AI Safety Institute (CAISI) Research Program at CIFAR. Opinions mine
Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com Strange but not a stranger. I’m an ordinary guy. https://www.todayontrail.com https://www.todayintabs.com
Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social Read me: HamiltonNolan.com My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/ Email: Hamilton.Nolan@gmail.com
Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social Senior researcher & political economist @policyalternatives.ca Health services, public finance, care economy, privatization, policy solutions SFU PhD candidate. Views mine https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/author/andrew-longhurst/
Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social Canadian critical media studies scholar and podcaster interested in the meanings we make of perpetual tech promises. Bilingue. Focused on the environment. I typo a lot. 😷🏳️‍🌈 🎙️ thedatafix.net 📝 heliotropejournal.net
Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/
Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social If there's something you hope will happen, well, maybe it will happen today. 🚫No AI Ever🚫 Selected prints available here: https://www.inprnt.com/collections/phineas/maybe-it-will-happen-today/
Michael Hollett @northbymichael.bsky.social Editor/publisher NEXT Magazine. President/CEO NXNE. Editor-in-Chief SPIN Canada. Founder of NXNE and NEXT Magazine, co-founder NOW Magazine nextmag.ca. NXNE 2027 June 16-20
Melinda Munro 🇨🇦 @tildymunro.bsky.social Cranky denizen of Windsoria ON. Some politics, some arts, some impatience.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Hotel Bar Sessions podcast @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social Three philosophers. One bartender. Pouring wisdom straight into your earbuds. Co-hosts: @drleighmjohnson.bsky.social @jenhkling.bsky.social and @philosophymatters.bsky.social www.hotelbarpodcast.com www.patreon.com/hotelbarsessions
Waxy.org @waxy.org Since 2002, hot links and cool takes from Andy Baio aka @andy.baio.net. WWW: https://waxy.org/ RSS: https://waxy.org/feed/ Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@waxy
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Quantian @quantian.bsky.social Locked in and posting regularly on here now
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
swissmiss @tinarotheisenberg.bsky.social Designer. Human gatherer. Link enthusiast. Optimist. Founder of CreativeMornings.com, the world’s largest face-to-face creative community. www.swiss-miss.com | my blog www.teuxdeux.com | my to-do app www.friendsworkhere.com | my coworking space
Abraracourcix @abraracourcix.bsky.social
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
STARS Laboratory @utiasstars.bsky.social Developing pervasive, persistent, and perceptive robots for the real world @utias.bsky.social @uoftengineering.bsky.social! Led by @domo-mr-roboto.bsky.social and located in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com ARC Future Fellow – Monash University /// co-host – This Machine Kills /// critical insurance tech + climate risk governance /// political economy of technology and capitalism: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++ nyc + upstate wordsinspace.net
Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net Data and Politics. Engineer, then academic, now engineer again. Daytime is AI/ML research. I care a lot about the open Internet and security. Wikipedia administrator. Very San Francisco with an ATLien heart. A widow who misses their husband. 🏳️‍🌈
Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own. NYCer. https://aramzs.nexus/
CBC/Radio-Canada @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Public broadcaster | Diffuseur public 🇨🇦 ― Inform, enlighten and entertain. Renseigner, éclairer et divertir.
Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, Biden administration, GSA, and Treasury. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/ kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
Dan Hon @danhon.com Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc me: about.danhon.com work: verylittlegravitas.com/ show: verylittlegravitas.com/how-people-work/live newsletter: thingsthatcaughtmyattention.com i made: donotreply.cards DM or Signal danhon.1701
Dom White @domw.bsky.social Chief economist at Absolute Strategy Research in London. But all of the nonsense I spout on here is mine and mine alone. RTs are not endorsements unless they are.
Zito @zeets.bsky.social “It is my image that I want to multiply, but not out of narcissism or megalomania, as could all too easily be believed: on the contrary, I want to conceal, in the midst of so many illusory ghosts of myself, the true me, who makes them move.“
Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social The nonprofit behind the licenses & tools the world uses to share 🌍 https://creativecommons.start.page
Hamish Telford @hamishtelford.bsky.social Political Scientist. Aspiring to be full time skier.
Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social Writer. Host of Galaxy Brain, the podcast. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
Spyglass @spyglass.org The feed for spyglass.org by @mgsiegler.com
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wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate . https://www.patreon.com/dril https://www.instagram.com/dril https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social Roller derby athlete https://alex-hanna.com Book: thecon.ai Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k 🇪🇬Ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ 🏳️‍⚧️ she/هي 📸 @willtoft.bsky.social Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social Mississippi cyberpunk Jewboy covering dystopian horror for @popsci.com Dread Lord Nyarlathotep Presidential Library curator for @mcsweeneys.net andrewpaulwrites.com andrew.paul@popsci.com
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy. Visit https://techpolicy.press Join our newsletter: https://techpolicy.press/newsletter Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
Aimée Morrison @digiwonk.bsky.social Associate Prof, English, UWaterloo; digital media; cat lady; sewist; pianist; photographer; artist; knitter; writer; noted crankypants. We should touch some grass.
Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social Professor, researcher, maker of things
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social Reporter at @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com Signal: mattnovak.11
Sara Jane Austin @justplainjena.bsky.social Best known for calling myself a cook.
martin_fff @martinfff.bsky.social something something WGB something something | 🐦 [I'm not trying to argue, I just sound that way online] | will arbitrarily block users who utilize AI, AI imagery | A Better World Is Possible | pronoun is Comrade | butlerian j!had now | 八百万の神
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/
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0.bsky.social Data Scientist/Musician/Participant in the General Confusion. Oppose autocracy and research/counter disinformation. I serve the realm. Caution: frequent cat photos. https://conspirator0.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ItrZiqTLw
Matthew Sag @matthewsag.bsky.social Law professor focusing on Copyright and AI, mostly. Most of my work is available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=461043
Nick Puckett @nrpuckett.bsky.social Nick Puckett is the director of Puckett Research + Design. He is also an Associate Professor in the Digital Futures Program at OCAD University
Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser Books author (New: Stroll!) Toronto Star column writer Spacing Magazine co-founder U of T instructor Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place. Links to books, etc: https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼
James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie Art with machines; design at Publicis; enthusiastic cat herder. www.pilcrow.ie
The Thought Police @theendofamerica.bsky.social Orwell was only off by 41 years eh? Google, Facebook, Twitter, et al! I'm pretty sure that's what he was talking about. Me? Real name is Phil, I think it's obvious I'm Canadian :) Coder since 1980.
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in @strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Wired / NYT Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Free "Linkfest" newsletter ("the opposite of doomscrolling"): https://shorturl.at/XcutG. Built https://www.weirdoldbookfinder.net/