Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social Senior reporter, provincial affairs. CBC Calgary. Formerly: Toronto Star investigations. Interested in: Misinformation, politics, culture.
Signal: alexboyd.56
alex.boyd@cbc.ca
Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social I am a pension fund monitor for Fremulon Insurance.
New Book "Big Fan" (with Joe Posnanski) available May 19. Preorder signed copies here: https://josephbeth.com/book/9798217045112
Brigitte Pellerin @brigittepellerin.bsky.social Writer, Ottawa Citizen columnist. Fighting toxicity for fun and profit. J’écris en français aussi des fois. https://www.brigittepellerin.com/
Tan Shao Han @bigprawn.bsky.social Gold ENnie (2024) TTRPG writer, designer, consultant. PhD Research Scholar (Communications and New Media), National University of Singapore. Interests: Games, SEAsian studies, cultural heritage, labour, orality, magic, religion, political economy, presence
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Democracy Dies in Dorkness @lizamazel.bsky.social (Banner and thumbnail are both from Remedios Varos' painting "Paraiso de los Gatos")
Therapist, writer type, armchair activist, kvetch. Raised from early adulthood by Internet wolves. Warning: squees at cats.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
I also like cute doggos
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)
Horizon Ottawa @horizonottawa.bsky.social Horizon Ottawa is a progressive, municipal-focused grassroots organization dedicated to creating a city that genuinely works for everyone.
https://linktr.ee/HorizonOttawa
Jeff Leiper 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 @jleiper.bsky.social Running to be the next mayor of Ottawa to build a city that works.
Candidat à la mairie d'Ottawa pour bâtir une ville qui fonctionne.
leiper2026.ca
Senet magazine @senetmagazine.bsky.social An award-winning print magazine which celebrates the craft, creativity and community of board gaming. Published every quarter. senetmagazine.com
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social I make roleplaying games, toy soldiers, and bad decisions.
rrdgames.com
Laurie O'Connel (is looking for ttrpg work (in Dublin)) @laurieoc.bsky.social No-one of consequence.
Twelvepinspress.com
patreon.com/TwelvePinsPress
Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social We publish critical writing on roleplaying games, in a quarterly magazine with a new guest editor every issue.
October 1: Issue 1, An RPG Is Like...
playtest_material on instagram
playtestmaterial.org
contact editor @ or info @ the above address
Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Live straight out of Bucha 🇺🇦
Pre-order my new book "The Land of Tears and Hope": https://geni.us/tearsandhope
Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
Eerie Idol Games @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social Back the second printing of The Old King's Crown + Songs of Home expansion on Gamefound now!
linktr.ee/Oldkingscrown
K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social Author. Epic fantasy: Blackdog, The Leopard, The Lady, Gods of Nabban, & The Last Road (Pyr). High fantasy: The Wolf and the Wild King (Mystique). Spring 2026: Breath and Bone, new sword & sorcery from Candlemark & Gleam. Cdn, Bay of Fundy. www.kvj.ca
Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social Friendly, non-threatening rewriter of medieval history. Operates out of the Low Countries. Purveyor of Fine Puns.
Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social Architect & Urban Designer at kuligstudio.com - I work with communities to plan neighbourhoods and design transit stations. Mostly Toronto with some football i czasami po polsku
Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social Senior Fellow | German Maritime Museum
Gerda Henkel Research Scholarship
Research Coordinator (on leave) | Prize Papers Project
Lecturer Early Modern History & Games | Oldenburg University
Founder Gamelab Oldenburg | Games in School
Daniel García Raso @danielgarciaraso.bsky.social 🍕🎮✍️🥊🇹🇭📚🎬🎶🍑👀
Escribo libros, también los corrijo; crítica y ensayo videolúdico; intento hacer películas, y también videojuegos.
Antiterrorista intelectual.
Nihil obstat.
Dr. Walter Crist @waltros.bsky.social Archaeologist. Ancient Games. Syracuse Basketball. Cheese. Sneakers. Gay stuff. he/him
Angus 'Doc Random' Mol @docrandom.bsky.social Research and other fun things at the intersection of past and play | Co-founder of the VALUE Foundation | Director at Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities | Seeking the bubble reputation.
John Wills @drjohnwills.bsky.social Prof in Film&Media, University of Kent. Recent Books: Gamer Nation, Disney Culture.
remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com founded indie game studio sunset visitor 斜陽過客 • made 1000xRESIST
Peabody Award Winner, Hugo and Nebula Nominee
www.remysiu.com
Stuart Ellis-Gorman @drcrossbows.bsky.social Medieval historian, crossbows and the Hundred Years War. Author of The Medieval Crossbow (2022) and Castillon (2025).
Freelance writer/editor/proofreader, occasional game designer. Reviewer of books and games.
Website: www.stuartellisgorman.com
Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects.
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
Larp: strandfall.com
Video: youtube.com/adrianhon
Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social 💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU
🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org
🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal
https://linktr.ee/lainenooney
they/them
Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social Brazilian living in Tokyo. Editor of the CRPG Book, a free book on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games: https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/
Markus Mindrebø @markusmindrebo.bsky.social Medieval historian | Associate professor, @unistavanger.bsky.social | Gender/politics in Norse kings' sagas | Network scholar | Game thinker | Storyteller | Most at home in the mountains
Paul Booth @pbooth81.bsky.social Teacher, writer, dog-lover, reader, board gamer, tv watcher, Doctor Who enabler; annoyingly optimistic.
New Doctor Who Big Finish author: check out my Short Trips "Ahead of Time" coming out April 2025
Charlotte Stevens @charstevens.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @ Birmingham City University (film/tv, fandom, games), she/her
Dr Aris Politopoulos @apolitopoulos.bsky.social Assistant professor Archaeology and Cultural Politics at Leiden University. Archaeology, play, video games, and politics.
Felix Zimmermann @felixfelixson.bsky.social Program Manager for Games Culture, Civic Education & Extremism @bpb (Federal Agency for Civic Education) | Dr. phil. | Member @AKGWDS | Public Historian
Vinicius Marino Carvalho @vinicius-marino.bsky.social Writer | Historian | Post-doc, UNICAMP | ARISE, Middle Ages in Modern Games 🎮 Stair na hÉireann 🍀 Environmental History 🐈⬛ Cat dad | Gaeilge
Meu romance: https://tinyurl.com/349wdeud
Blog: https://finisgeekis.com.br/
Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3F9RVGD
Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it.
Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
Elyse Graham @elysegraham.bsky.social Spies and the archives.
Professor, Stony Brook University. Four books, including the New York Times bestseller BOOK AND DAGGER (Ecco, 2024).
ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki 
Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social Head of School at UNSW Built Environment and Professor of Architecture. Writer, researcher & teacher, tall buildings, climate change, embodied carbon, cities
Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social I make aerial embroidery landscapes 🧵✈ Queer, autistic and obsessed with green! They/them or other neutral pronouns are preferred. All my current and previous work is on my site: https://linktr.ee/aerialembroidery
sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social Tabletop RPG writer, editor, graphic designer (for hire!). Corpselike academic. Brooklyn, NY. he/him
samsorensen.blot.im
Roger Pearse @rogerpearse.bsky.social Patristics, texts & transmissions, ancient history.
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog
Ellen Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social Book history, disability studies, and digital humanities. Specialty in tactile reading. Certified braille transcriber. she/they. ocd & chronic pain & cane user.
Thom Gobbitt 🎲✨🌿☠️⚖️📖 @booksoflaw.bsky.social #Earlymedieval -ist, focusing on the #history of #law and #lawbooks from the 6th-13th centuries.
Postdoc historian on the #PresentDead project
Also #lawplay and #medieval set #TTRPG, and idly creating the #LangobardRPG.
he/him
Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver, Canada (https://centreforfuturework.ca/). He/him. Harold Innis Industry Professor, Economics Dept., McMaster University, and Honorary Prof. of Political-Economy, University of Sydney
MacRumors.com @macrumors.bsky.social Apple, iPhone, iPad, and Mac rumors, news, tips, and videos. This is the official MacRumors.com Bluesky account. Follow us! Message us with questions and comments.
Barrett Brown @barrettbrownlol.bsky.social He loves games? Let him play for stakes.
BarrettBrown@protonmail.com
Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social Dissent is patriotic.
Disband the standing army.
Stop using Google.
[Posting from a bunker under siege in war-ravaged Portland. Send beer and prayers, but mostly beer.]
[[No IPAs, thanks.]]
[[[Actually, don't send beer, I don't trust your tastes.]]]
Piers Haslam 🌺 @phghaslam.bsky.social PhD student @camhistory.bsky.social | Queer and gender historian | Researching confirmed bachelorhood in England 1880–1960 | they/she
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social Contributor @the-downballot.com.
Elections, voting rights, redistricting, and maps.
jo kelly @miasmacorp.bsky.social or Joy if you're fancy
maker of music and games
morris dancer
they/them
Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social Historian of colonialism, capitalism, and schooling in Canada. Confronting residential school denialism. Books: When the Pine Needles Fall; Lessons in Legitimacy; Dissenting Traditions. www.seancarleton.com
War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social Feminist science professor at the University of Illinois. Labor organizer. Author of PERIOD. Out 8/26: PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End. Settler, queer. 🍉
Pre-order here! http://bit.ly/4y4DMkB
Brick Fanatics @brickfanatics.bsky.social Brick Fanatics is a website dedicated to building your world of LEGO. News, reviews, builds and much more.
Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
The Ozymandias Project @theozymandiasp1.bsky.social Connecting Modern Societies to Ancient Worlds. Ancient Office Hours Podcast & The Reading Party Podcast. Pnyx Digital Magazine. #history #Archaeogaming #podcasts #reception #digitalhumanities & more!
The Newberry @newberrylibrary.bsky.social Curating curiosity for all since 1887. The Newberry Library is an independent research library located in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Cover photo: Oak Street Beach postcard from Curt Teich Postcard Collection.
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Hayley G - Good Society 2E on Kickstarter now! @storybrewersroleplaying.com We make offbeat tabletop rpgs!
Co-creator of #GoodSocietyrpg & #FightWithSpirit
20% bad jokes, 80% feelings. She / They.
https://linktr.ee/storybrewers
American Medieval Podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. If America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.
Host @profgabriele.com, part of @multitude.productions
linktr.ee/americanmedievalshow
Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social Turning Passion into Great Games! Publisher of Fate, Monster of the Week, Blades in the Dark, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, and other games. www.evilhat.com
No Pun Included @nopunincluded.com Proudly independent board game reviewers.
https://youtube.com/nopunincluded
Playing Bridge on the sidewalk
Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com Robin Häggblom, Finnish defence and national security analyst, Senior Advisor at Risk Intelligence. My business card preaches the value of Knowing Risk.
Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social Roman historian at W. Mich U. specializing in gender, sexuality, & their reception in tv, music videos, games, & film. she/hers/ista Mom of 3. Avid baker & traveler. Antifascist. Always learning from unusual niche subject experts. Opinions are my own.
SCMS Video Game Studies @scmsvideogames.bsky.social The Official Blue Sky account for the SCMS Video Game Studies Scholarly Interest Group
The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project of the universities of Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä, and is funded by the Academy of Finland. 
Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social Analog Game Studies is a quarterly journal dedicated to the study of games containing a substantial analog component. Hosts of #GenerationAnalog
https://analoggamestudies.org
Pete @peeete.bsky.social Ottawa, ON
he/him 🏳️🌈
medieval worlds. comparative and interdisciplinary studies @medievalworlds.bsky.social 
Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social Candidate for City Councillor for Ward 9. Proud husband and father of 4. Singer in a garage band.
Occasional Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social Ottawa 🇨🇦 • LRT status updates and municipal commentary and advocacy. https://OccasionalTransport.ca
It takes a village to push a train.
OC Transpo is Occasional Transportation.
Michael Hancock @personofcon.bsky.social Phd haver and UWaterloo English instructor. Interested in games, digital media, comic books, and gamebooks. He/him
hiromasa iwasaki @hiroiwasaki.bsky.social game designer, programmer
I'm currently working as a lead game designer, lead programmer and producer at a small unity project
Director_Kumazaki ／熊崎信也 🎮 @director-kumazaki.bsky.social ◼︎Kirby Series／General Director
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Hidetaka SWERY SueHERO @swery65.bsky.social CEO of White Owls Inc.
I'm creating unique, spirited work based on the slogan: From Osaka to all of YOU around the world!
大阪から世界中のあなたへ！
Library and Archives Canada @library-archives.canada.ca Library and Archives Canada preserves your documentary heritage.
Terms and conditions: https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/terms-conditions.html
En français : @bibliotheque-archives.canada.ca
Evan H. Potter @evanhpotter.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of Communication
University of Ottawa
Art & science of persuasion: Strategic Coms, PR, Information Warfare, Government Coms, Political Coms, Place Branding, Public Diplomacy, Cultural Statecraft.
Avedaggio (she/her) @avedaggio.bsky.social Uni Professor, polyam demi cis queer, spinner & spinster, weaver, medieval historian, archer, leather worker, kenning-smith, animist, rabbit mom and roommate to a snake. Working on the Viking Age, Icelandic sagas, Tolkien, folklore, and pedagogy above all.
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
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
momatoes @momatoes.com Diana Jones Emerging Designer, Ennie-nominated tabletop game designer and visual artist. Featured in Polygon, Rascal, Dicebreaker and more. She/her
👹 Games: ARC, The Magus, The Marvelous Children of Inang-Uri
📌 Learn more http://momatoes.com
#RPGSEA 
Daryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social Author and Chief Economist at Redfin. Get my book Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work out now!
HateTheGameBook.com
https://youtube.com/@fairweatherphd
@kriegsforscher.bsky.social @kriegsforscher.bsky.social Private entrepreneur before the full-scale invasion. Ukrainian Marine Corps. UAV company. PP for support: osint4ua@gmail.com
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
International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social Welcoming the world's researchers to share ideas in Medieval Studies at @UniversityofLeeds.bsky.social and online. Communities, 5-8 July 2027.
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
Charlotte @bigorangebike.bsky.social Bikes, knitting, cats, gardens, climate.
Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social Labour economist, social democrat, sometimes I post stuff on the economy here: https://socialeconomics.substack.com/
Co-wrote a book about how (and why) to tax the rich called “Share The Wealth”: https://lorimer.ca/adults/product/share-the-wealth/
Not The A.V. Club Games @nottheavclubgames.bsky.social https://youtu.be/CmngeJ5qjX4
Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social Interdisciplinary scholar studying the history of science in China and US-China relations | Particle physicist by training | Writer at various places | Editor at the Made in China Journal and Host of Gateway to Global China
Forrest Pass @forrestpass.bsky.social Historian, curator, heraldist, vexillologist, collector of arcane and eclectic Canadiana. All opinions my own. Likes, reskeets =/= endorsement.
Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social Writer, CS Grad, environmentalist and optimist.
Focused on infrastructure, macro-systems, and excellence. Bylines in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and Toronto Star. DMs Open.
https://www.thetransitbrief.net/
liam liwanag burke @thoughtfulemoji.bsky.social Author of Dog Eat Dog. Filipino-American. Doctoral student at UH Mānoa. Your favorite game designer’s favorite game designer. He/him
Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
We're the archives and local studies library for the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, and the home of Buckinghamshire History Festival.
Website: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/
Rhys Darby @rhysiedarby.bsky.social The Legend Returns TOUR 2025
NZ, AUSTRALIA, UK & IRELAND
Go to Rhysdarby.com for tickets