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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
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Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Author. Scholar. Enthusiast of ancient robots and overweight rodents. The Space Between Worlds and Those Beyond the Wall available now. The Unhaunting out this Fall. Yes, a Dr. No, not that kind.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social writer, anticarceral policy cryptid, knitter, comics-industry semi-expat, parent to small human, pirate king of the moon. queer, trans, brain wired weird. kind to reptiles. he/him. https://linktr.ee/edidin LOOKING FOR WORK.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
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Stan Kelly @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social Legendary Editorial Cartoonist for The Onion for over 50 years.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social 🌊 marine conservation 🪸
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Severn Clay-Youman @caworkshop.bsky.social Architect, lighting designer, passive house consultant, dad, stutterer, maker of things, lazy gardener, compost enthusiast, Kentuckian, biker, sailor and boat-builder. He/him
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social Journalist at The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver.
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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me I’m pretty.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Cass Chowdhury @bonecentric.bsky.social Writer, crafter, cat lady. Science Comms & Outreach. Grad Student in Forensic Anth/Arch (Bone Lady) with a focus on updating current practices in ID'ing and documenting gender-diverse decedents.
Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social Author of books, lover of HEA, dog person, happily-married mom of 2, disabled, Fibro, EDS, agoraphobia, PTSD, OCD. Bi She/her
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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social I'm a background artist in Vancouver! Projects include Star Trek: Lower Decks, Rick and Morty, Carmen Sandiego, My Little Pony: The Movie amanda.wt.wong@gmail.com
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social get ready for some bad drawings. he/him
Will Fertman @willfertman.com Father and author of The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual, available now from Bloomsbury Academic: https://is.gd/0FoT5z
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social a change would do you good
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Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social Host of the Bulwark Podcast
MSNBC political analyst.
Punching bag on FYPod with Cameron Kasky.
Church of Jokic.
Nola Dad.
Weak and Gay.
Pablo Torre @pablo.show 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@pablotorrefindsout
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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social The last literata. Pleasure is the law. L'art pour l'art. Not a dream, not an imaginary story. No crying until the end. Here comes tomorrow.
Dirk Biesinger - Author - aka Saravji @dirkbiesinger.com Speculative Fiction & Optimistic SFF Author.
Rejecting narrative nihilism.
Exploring recursion in humanoid societies shaped by the constraints they continuously internalize.
Head Curator: Boreas' Tribes Saga
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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social High-level code wizard
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Tashan Mehta @tashanmehta.bsky.social Author. MAD SISTERS OF ESI (DAW Books, 2025 | HarperCollins India, 2023),THE LIAR'S WEAVE (Juggernaut, 2017)
Mostly offline, to be honest, but marginally more active on Instagram.
Website: https://www.tashanmehta.com/
Paul ✍🏻 Dean @paullicino.bsky.social Nebula-nominated writer/games designer in Vancouver, BC - Pacific Drive, Paranoia, Magical Kitties, Zafir, Feng Shui, Maia etc. Did acres of crit/journalism. NDP volunteer.
He/him.🏳️🌈🍉I don't regularly check notifs, email in Linktree!
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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social #Queer #Canadian author; Most Recent: DOGS DON’T BREAK HEARTS (queer hi/lo ya), UPON THE MIDNIGHT QUEER (queer holiday collection), TRIAD MAGIC (queer contemp fantasy); He/him 🏳️🌈; Prepare for #Husky photos; 🦖 "Trans Rights or I Bites" 🚫 LLM/GenAI/Substack
Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca Mystery/UF/Horror writer of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak unless she expects to say something that will amaze the whole room. Also a cat lady.
Driven by spite, but so very tired.
skyladawncameron.com
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AJ Van Belle (they/them) @ajvanbelle.bsky.social Preorder A Dozen Dystopias and How to Dodge Them! https://linktr.ee/ajvanbelle
Writer & scientist who cuddles dogs, builds worlds. Rep: Lauren Bieker. https://ajvanbellenews.substack.com/
Rhysling & BSFA nominee.
Lit agent.
Nonbinary/transmasc 🏳️⚧️
Krista D Ball is Canada's Trade War Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social Krista D. Ball is an award winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like.
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kristadball.com for books, contact, etc.
Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics.
email max@kennerlylaw.com
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social Writer, @thebulwark.com. Email: saletan@thebulwark.com. You can also find me at https://www.threads.net/@wsaletan and http://substack.com/@saletan
William J. McGee @wjm-air.bsky.social Sr. Fellow Aviation/Travel. Formerly Consumer Reports. Journalist. Teacher. FAA-licensed dispatcher. Author: ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS; HALF THE CHILD. Fighting for blue skies--literally. Stickler for using "literally" correctly. Opinions: Mine.
Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com Cookbook CRIP UP THE KITCHEN out now. Disabled+autistic+gay+trans. Pro food photographer. Author. Natural bodybuilder back in school to become Registered Health & Nutrition Counsellor
Rep: Sarah N. Fisk
Out on sub with YA
julessherred.link
Duncan, B.C.
Tyler Cohen @tylercohencomix.bsky.social cartoonist * educator * graphic designer * parent * queerdo * reader * over thinker * interdisciplinary * meandering mind * jew-ish * witchy * bisexual * seeker of groove * out to destroy binaries
Feather—Fieldmouse Press
Primahood: Magenta—Stacked Deck
Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social NYT bestselling author. Yarn enthusiast. Cat person.
www.jodimeadows.com
jodimeadows.substack.com
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Books: MY LADY JANE, BYE FOREVER, I GUESS, THE ORPHAN QUEEN
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Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans @caiabb.bsky.social An organization of published authors & illustrators fighting back against censorship and book bans, find out more at https://linktr.ee/caiabb
Grace Pritchard Burson (Schrödinger's Canadian) @gaudynight78.bsky.social Twitter's official Dorothy L. Sayers stan account, 2018-24, now on Bluesky. New Englander in Quebec. Eph '00/YDS '04. Mom, priest (the sweary kind), writer (ask me about my musical!), doula. Yes, my grandma shot a Nazi. Born at 335ppm. She/her. INTJ/5w4.
Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social Physicist & science storyteller. 📚#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY 📚#2: STICKY. Words in other places. Irish in Aotearoa New Zealand. Massive science nerd, biz owner, enthusiastic, outspoken, equity-minded, multi-crafter. She/her. #ToitūTeTiriti #FreePalestine
Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social Comics, Music and Podcasts by Katie Freeway Hood
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Eric Dyck @ericdyck.bsky.social Cartoonist & art educator in Lethbridge, AB. More work on http://patreon.com/ericdyck & http://ericdyck.com he/him
Paige McG @teenbrarian.bsky.social Trivia host. Librarian. Foodie. Quilter.
(she/her)
Association of Canadian Publishers @cdnpublishers.bsky.social The Association of Canadian Publishers is the voice of Canadian independent book publishers. 
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social Vancouver journalist. Strives to tell unique stories.
http://moremcbarges.ca
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social Spec fic writer, poet, autist. They/them. Philip K. Dick Award finalist, Rhysling & Elgin nominee, & author of the OUTSIDE series. Canadian.
More about me and my books at http://ada-hoffmann.com/
Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com Professor, historian, author THE BRIGHT AGES (2021), OATHBREAKERS (2024), and VIOLENCE: A CHRISTIAN HISTORY (coming soon). Host podcast "American Medieval"
nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him.
profgabriele.com
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social Epic Fantasy Author & poet on Wurundjeri Country.
Living my best -identities in 📌- & well managed chronic illness life!
Human rights fan. Gen ai should die.
🌐 https://elisecarlson.com/
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social Ethicist, half-assed text nerd. Sexual ethics & Jewish text. Queer. AuDHD. She/her.
Current project: The Neurodivergent Talmud
Book: When We Collide: Sex, Social Risk, and Jewish Ethics (IUP 2023)
RJELevi.com
The Tyee @thetyee.ca Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com Ignyte, Locus, Eugie Foster, and three-time Nebula Award finalist. Rep: Eric Showers at Morhaim Lit. Bi. She/her. American werewolf in Noord-Brabant. Solidarity forever. Fix your hearts or die. https://www.aimeeogdenwrites.com