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Manu Cornet @lmanul.bsky.social Cartoonist; writer; feminist. Occasional attempts at being funny. Equally kind to CEOs and janitors. https://ma.nu
Natasha Tusikov @ntusikov.bsky.social She/her. Assoc. prof at York University in Toronto. All things tech governance, especially internet of things, smart cities, femtech & platform governance. Book (open access): The New Knowledge: Information, Data & Remaking of Global Power
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Kim Richard Nossal @kimnossal.bsky.social Professor emeritus of political studies, Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Kevin Carmichael @kevincarmichael.bsky.social Economics Columnist, The Logic- A alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social Former federal public servant and academic, NGOs, writer. Most recent book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump times:Canada’s Challenge
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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social Executive editor @thenarwhal.ca. Still hate gum. The lakes, they are Great.
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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
John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.
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Neel Shelat @shelatneel.bsky.social Devotee of the religion of football
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social Author, independent investigative journalist, member ICIJ global network - environment, climate, and corporate capture my obsessions - allergic to hypocrisy, propaganda and greenwashing grifters. Still writing after all these years. Opinions my own.
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social Writer at large (but mostly Vancouver).
Environment, culture, politics...
All too earnest.
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James Benge @jamesbenge.bsky.social Football Correspondent, CBS
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Ray Hamill @rayhamill96.bsky.social Data Scientist, Football Watcher
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Karl Schamotta @karl-schamotta.bsky.social Chief Market Strategist, Corpay by day. Nerd by night.
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Sameer Vasta @sameervasta.bsky.social Unabashedly earnest. Unapologetically enthusiastic. Infinitely curious. (he/him)
Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social Economist.
Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers
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Penalty Loop @penaltyloop.bsky.social Biathlon fan and commentary. Now host of the Penalty Loop Podcast with RJ Weise of @biathlonanalyt1.
Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social “If something on the internet doesn’t spark joy, mute it.” All views are mine and should be yours. Chaotic good tbh.
Buying Things Is Optional
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋
moryan.com 💚
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I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social Ex-liontamer, writer/editor/strategist.
I used to work for Wired, The Verge, The Atlantic, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles.
I also host sometimes at Kottke.org.
Call me he/him.
PHL.
Everything changes; don’t be afraid.
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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social China, climate, stats, and cities. Johns Hopkins SAIS, Good Authority. No Kings.
Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social Research, analysis and opinion on the ongoing energy transition.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
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Navneet Alang @navneetalang.com Editor on the Opinion team @ Toronto Star. Pitch me at nalang@thestar.ca.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social Current: Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors
Www.mbpolicy.com
Adjunct, University of Lethbridge
Former: AB NDP MLA & Minister of Environment, Parks & Climate Change
Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith.bsky.social Current: http://www.mbpolicy.com Past: head of fiscal + econ policy for 🇨🇦’s PM & Ministers of Finance @JustinTrudeau, @cafreeland & @bill_morneau (2016-22) #cdnpoli
Edward Keenan @thekeenanwire.bsky.social Toronto Star columnist, etc., etc.
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)
Gregory Brew @gbrew24.bsky.social Analyst EurasiaGroup. Iran, energy. Wrote some books.
Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com Environment and climate journalist | Editor in Chief at @nationalobserver.com | Work in The Globe and Mail, The Narwhal, The Guardian | www.jameswsthomson.com
J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social The Globe and Mail television critic and recovering theatre critic. I'm gonna bleet about baseball sometimes. Find me by email at knestruck@globeandmail.com. 🇨🇦
Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social Eternal migrant seeking opera, ruthless yet humane criticism, Jamesian ambivalence, vestigial Kantianisms. All the public health, politics, cultural, social & global policy interests.
Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi.bsky.social Director, Latin American Energy Program
Wallace S. Wilson Fellow
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
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JKempEnergy @jkempenergy.bsky.social Energy analyst, public policy specialist, amateur historian. Welcome constructive debate. Zero tolerance for trolling
Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social Writing about the transformation of energy systems and the automotive industry for Bloomberg Opinion. Also: The Arctic. Opinions are my own.
Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social Platts senior energy finance reporter in the DC area covering power and renewables. Opinions mine.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2.
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social oil market researcher
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former bank economist
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Karl Appuhn @appuhn.bsky.social Historian of Renaissance Italian trees, critters, medical practitioners, and assorted other stuff. Californian in exile. Veteran. Semi-pro Curmudgeon. 
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social Historian of science, art, & ideas 🗃
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Rufus Gifford @rufusgifford.bsky.social Six Presidential Campaigns. Ambassador. Husband. Dog Dad. Twitter Refugee. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Stephanie Pettigrew @stephpettigrew.bsky.social History of witches and Huguenots in New France, Data scientist at Library & Archives Canada.
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Kelly Grant @kellygrant1.bsky.social Postsecondary education reporter with The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/kelly-grant/ Mom to three excellent boys. Probably at an arena. Tips? kgrant@globeandmail.com
Katie Dangerfield @kdangerfield.bsky.social Editor with Think Research
Pippa Norman @pippanorman.bsky.social Innovation reporter for The Globe and Mail
Patrick Cain @patrickcain.bsky.social Data journalist. Formerly Village Media, iPolitics, Global News, Toronto Star. Refugee from Melon. @Cain at the Other Place. Back catalogue posts brought here from elsewhere may not completely make sense. Professional site: patrickcain.ca
Tara Deschamps @taradeschamps.bsky.social The Canadian Press business reporter, covering retail and tech. Cinephile. tsd@cp.org
Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social Queen's Park Bureau Chief
Toronto Star
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Susan Krashinsky Robertson @susinsky.bsky.social Business reporter at The Globe and Mail, covering the retail industry
Signal: 416-585-5438
Ian Sample @iansample.bsky.social Guardian Science Editor and co-host at Science Weekly. Author of Massive | Sony Gold Award | PhD in Biomedical Materials
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Kristy Kirkup @kkirkup.bsky.social National health journalist for The Globe and Mail, 🇨🇦’s national newspaper.
Based in Ottawa.
Contact: kkirkup@globeandmail.com.
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Brett McKay @brettmckay.bsky.social Reporter for the Investigative Journalism Foundation
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David Eaves @eaves.ca Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital.
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