Christopher Porter @canadianveggie.com Runner. Cyclist. Urbanist. Plant-Based. Software Engineer. Data Nerd.
Vancouver
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social Next newspaper: Oct. 1, 2026, Election Edition
Burnaby, New West & Tri-Cities
Tips: newsroom@freshetnews.ca
Sales: ads@freshetnews.ca
Donations/Vancity tax receipts: FreshetNews.ca >> Support Us
👉 FreshetNews.ca
Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social Journalist with the CBC | formerly with the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail | tips: emily.fagan@cbc.ca
Julian Walker @julianwalker.bsky.social Conspirituality Podcast and Book. De:Range on Substack: https://derange.substack.com/
"We aren't the resistance," said NPR. Well, then we will have to be.
Matthew Remski @matthewremski.bsky.social Cohost at http://conspirituality.net.
DM for Signal. Antifascist Dad forthcoming from North Atlantic: Spring 2026: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/807656/antifascist-dad-by-matthew-remski/
Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social 🎙Co-host: Conspirituality
📕 Well Enough: Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry
✍️ Emmy-nominated journalist (NY Times, The Guardian, Time, Mother Jones, Playboy, Rolling Stone)
Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social West Coast journalist with an East Coast journalism degree
Contact me: gracekennwrites@gmail.com
Words in @fvcurrent.bsky.social, Agassiz-Harrison Observer, North Delta Reporter, Cloverdale Reporter
New book from @nimbuspub.bsky.social coming Spring 2026
Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social Candidate for re-election as Victoria City Councillor and CRD Director in Victoria, B.C. PhD in History. Loves gardening, cello, democracy, climate action, housing, cycling, and family. Views my own.
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca Humanism and politics. 📍 Coquitlam, BC
Work @bchumanist.ca
Podcasts: PolitiCoast & Cambie Report
More on me https://ian.bushfield.ca
Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social Victoria, B.C. needsmorespikes.com
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Long Island Historical Fencing Society @lihfs.bsky.social Historical European Martial Arts on Long Island. We study numerous weapons and systems including: longsword, sabre, sword & buckler, rapier, dagger, messer, dussack, smallsword, sidesword, pole weapons etc. Classes held at Omni Fitness Center in Uniondale.
Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social Journalist at The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver.
AndreaWoo@globeandmail.com
instagram.com/andreawoo
Tristan Capacchione @mountroyalaudio.bsky.social Associate European. Podcasts, music, sound plus occasional takes about games, movies, and current affairs.
Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com Canada's National Observer delivers vital reporting on the defining crisis of our time: climate change. Through rigorous investigation and compelling storytelling, we expose the forces shaping Canada's climate future.
www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters
David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social Homesick Newfoundlander. Go Niners
Colin Plant @colinplantndp.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Saanich-Gulf Islands NDP Candidate 🇨🇦
https://linktr.ee/sgi_ndp
Maja Tait for ESS @majatait.bsky.social NDP Candidate for Esquimalt Saanich Sooke.
Lisa Marie Barron for Nanaimo-Ladysmith @lisamariebarron.bsky.social NDP Federal Candidate for Nanaimo Ladysmith 🇨🇦. Served as MP 2021-2025.
Tanille @tanille-tanille.bsky.social Federal MP Candidate - NDP
Councillor - Campbell River City Council
Manager, Primary Care - First Nations Health Authority
Administrator - Mayaxala
Laurel Collins @laurelcollins.bsky.social Executive Director of the Raffi Foundation raffifoundation.bsky.social
Former Member of Parliament for Victoria
Kareem Allam @kareem42.bsky.social I’m running to be mayor of Vancouver. Visit us @ vancouverliberals.com
Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Road safety advocate, former environmental lawyer, cyclist, parent. Working for you.
Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca East Vancouver caricature, cat dad, local hockey fan and avid walker. CRJ enthusiast. Wheel of the year observer. I write the little news articles you read on your little phone.
Canadaland @canadaland.com Podcasts & news.
Pabàmàdiz @karynpugliese.bsky.social Personal account. Thoughts & opinions are mine and do not reflect my employer(s). Journalist & #DifficultIndigenousWoman Pikwàkanagàn; @niemanfdn 2020 @caj @cjfe @aptnnews #cdnpoli #Indigenous #cdnmedia
Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Co-founder and lead analyst, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air; senior fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute: tracking & accelerating progress from polluting energy to clean air, with research and evidence.
Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca A group of Canadian physicians who care for people who use substances and advocate for safer, more compassionate, evidence-based healthcare policies.
DeSmog @desmog.com Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science.
Russell Books @russellbooks.bsky.social Canada's largest independent used bookstore: 20,000 sq.ft filled floor to ceiling with everything from vintage to today's bestsellers.
https://linktr.ee/Russellbooksvictoria
www.russellbooks.com
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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 
The Forge Western Martial Arts (Sydney Chapter) @sydney.forgewma.com HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) and Modern Combatives club in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
SIGI Forge @sigiforge.bsky.social We craft swords and other accessories for HEMA - Historical European Martial arts intended for all kinds of practitioners; from people who are solely interested in reviving an old martial art to vivid tournament fighters.
@cvcombatguild.bsky.social @cvcombatguild.bsky.social 
Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social Europe Editor, New Lines Magazine (newlinesmag.com). Also quite a bit about the Middle East.
lgoldman@newlinesmag.com
New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays and informative analysis run daily.
http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
Sloane Steady @steadyzaps.bsky.social *ON HIATUS*
Removing tattoos in Victoria, BC⚡
Inclusive and affirming zaps to make you feel the best in your skin. 💖
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social Vancouver writer. Punctuation patrol at BCIT j-school. Author of "Very Vancouver" and "Under the White Gaze."
www.christophercheung.net
Edmonton Historical Martial Arts @ehmaswords.bsky.social Edmonton Historical Martial Arts: a YEG based HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) club. We welcome anyone interested in historical swords to join us. Regular classes are Tuesdays, 7pm, at Bonnie Doon Community Hall. EHMA.ca HONK
The Forge Western Martial Arts (Calgary Chapter) @calgary.forgewma.com HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts, ex. longsword) and Modern Combatives club in Calgary, AB. forgewma.com
Laury can Nap Anywhere @caknuckleguy.bsky.social It's a me, Lauri o. Netrunner with NSG, swords with EHMA.ca, baseball and board games. I do football stats and film. My spouse is cooler than me. Say your puns with all your heart. #ACAB Queer (he/him)
Austin.H @mossymetal.bsky.social 
THCCFAM ⚔️ @thcc-official.bsky.social We like to swing swords around and pretend like we know what we're doing.
Raitsu @auriraitsu.bsky.social they/he, -91, Finland, autistic
📝🛼🪡🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💚❣️🖤
but mostly roller derby
That Dumb Bitch @elromat.bsky.social Roller derby, cats, VFX
🇦🇺 --> 🇨🇦
Perpetually tired
She/her
Slamma @slammitjanet.bsky.social she/her - queer - anxious
BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca | We are an independent, non-partisan research institute committed to advancing transformative policy solutions to the most pressing challenges facing people in BC. Join us!
Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social Host of the podcast\radio show Canadian History Ehx. Author of "Canada's Main Street: The Epic Story of The Trans-Canada Highway" Sharing Canada's history daily!
Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate citizen & Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota, Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) Canada. MSP/SAN
https://kimtallbear.substack.com; https://www.youtube.com/@ktallbear
welcome to the sloane zone @sloanezone.bsky.social (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✨🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Big Spoon Energy™
Tee @false-edge-cuts.bsky.social Swords. Books. History. The Future.
Bighorn Historical Combat @bighornhc.bsky.social Teaching & training competitive swordfighting & historical fencing in the Airdrie/Calgary region
Thomas Dapper @thomasdelmotte.bsky.social No one of consequence.
Amanda Tucker @tucker-tank89.bsky.social 🖤⚔️🐾🍻🏍🍀
Julian Schuetze @hemasimian.bsky.social I like swords.
Club: https://bsky.app/profile/bighornhc.bsky.social
Jet 💙 @fightherjet.bsky.social I'm her. #WFTDA #ROLLERDERBY
Copenhagen Roller Derby @cphrollerderby.bsky.social WFTDA league based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rolling since 2009, we are #strong&sensitive
https://www.copenhagenrollerderby.com/ 
Justine Shu @justineshu.bsky.social 
COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social Join the movement to Evict Ken Sim and fight for housing, public services, climate action, and integrity at City Hall.
All power to the people.
https://www.votecope.ca/
Eves of Destruction Roller Derby @eodrollerderby.bsky.social A DIY non-profit WFTDA roller derby league
owned/operated by members with support from our volunteers & fans.
Victoria, BC 🇨🇦 Grateful to play on lands of the Songhees & Kosapsum nations.
https://linktr.ee/eodrollerderby
Saahlinda Naay (Haida Gwaii Museum) @haidagwaiimuseum.bsky.social Skidegate, Haida Gwaii
Suuda Gan unsid ad gina ‘waadluxan gan yahguudang Xaayda Gwaay.yaay iijii. To inspire understanding and respect for all that Haida Gwaii is.
www.haidagwaiimuseum.ca | www.haidagwaiimuseumgiftshop.ca
#haida #haidagwaii
Nicola Woods 😷🍁🥞 @haecnicola.bsky.social ADHD anticapitalist mom who was studying to be a therapist until #mecfs. Dopamine hits from accessible trauma-informed healthcare, EMDR, critical thinking, 😷 advocacy, 🎧📚, midlife crisis music, our magical universe 🛸✨ & garbage television #HaecReads2026 🇵🇸
TchaiKILLsky @tchai-sky.bsky.social Roller Derby! Announcing! TX->MA->CO
River Strong #011 @someriversskate.bsky.social 
@fanny00.bsky.social @fanny00.bsky.social 
@artemisprime59.bsky.social @artemisprime59.bsky.social 
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
Haaretz.com @haaretzcom.bsky.social All the news, opinion and analysis from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World
Jas Johal @jasjohal.bsky.social 730 CKNW Radio Host. Former Global National East Asia Bureau Chief (Beijing), Former South Asia Bureau Chief (New Delhi), former MLA, and former Director of Communications, BC LNG Alliance
maryam she/her @ryamdada.bsky.social I write about reading
read my work 👇🏽
https://open.substack.com/pub/ourcollectiveconsciousness
I’m also a therapist 🍉
Kent Clark @comicbooksuperhero.ca Anarchist ecosocialist supplyist high density cyclist bully cancel-culture warrior - replete with lies! Or so I've been told.
Cherise Seucharan @cheriseseucharan.bsky.social Investigative Journalist ~ Podcasts on stuff about gov't + institutions that would probably make you mad ~ Deputy Editor, TorontoToday.ca
Noor Azrieh @noorazrieh.bsky.social Host/producer @canadaland.com covering Canadian politics. noor@canadaland.com
Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social Researcher on info ops, narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia.
Editor, Security and Defense, Capital.
Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab.
DRM Journal co-founder.
https://bio.link/ruslantrad
Yazan Badran @yazanbadran.bsky.social Assistant professor, media, journalism, politics, Syria/MENA/SWANA at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. ECHO/SCOM/FWO
I call Latakia, Nagoya and Brussels home.
https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/yazan-badran
Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social Resources on Syria and intentional, attentive and intersectional solidarity from free Syrians with causes of liberation across the world.
Syria Notes @syrianotes.org Informing UK policy debates on Syria. Focused on human rights and accountability.
Web: https://www.syrianotes.org/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/SyriaNotes/
YouTube: http://youtube.com/@syrianotes5908
Liveuamap @liveuamap.com https://liveuamap.com is platform that change the way you receive news. Latest news on the map. Contact us info@liveuamap.com.
Posts sometimes op-ed
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social @Nrg8000 on twitter. Will fill this out when twitter inevitably burns.
Samir @obretix.bsky.social geospatial IT – OSINT/IMINT
Nedal Al-Amari @nedalalamari.bsky.social Syrian political activist from #Daraa #Syria Freedom. Ya Hala 👋 8.12.2024
buymeacoffee.com/nedal
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria, the Middle East, and breaking global news.
Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
Leila @leilashami.bsky.social Co-author of 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War'
Co-founder @fromtheperiphery.com & host of @syriapodcast.bsky.social
Blogs at: https://leilashami.wordpress.com/
Leila Nachawati @leilana.bsky.social Spanish-Syrian writer and researcher, devoted to social justice. I teach at Carlos III University. #CeasefireNow
Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist —- Public speaker via London Speakers Bureau --- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottlucasworldview
Qusay Noor @qusaynoor.net ❤ A journalist from Syria ❤ 📸 In the ( @anadoluajansi ) And
(@newarab.com.web.brid.gy ) 📸 Member in ( IFJ ) ( SJA )
Emma Beals @ejbeals.bsky.social Constructive disrupter. Working on: the crisis in peace/conflict, disrupting aid, democracy/human rights, systems change and the mess we’re in. Former: Syria. Do: research, analysis, policy, piloting. Affiliations: EIP, MEI. Opinions my own. EmmaBeals.com
Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social Director of Journalism, University of Essex; Associate Editor, New Lines Magazine; Contributing Editor, LA Review of Books; Bylines: New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, The Observer, Washington Post.
John Marquee @johnmarquee.bsky.social Observer. OSINT/IMINT. Geolocation. GIS. Usual caveats.
Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
Levent Kemal @leventkemal.bsky.social Journalist - Analyst Conflict zones, terrorism, and security
Bylines at @MiddleEastEye @AJStudies @ActaFabulae
Circassian
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social - S Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP.
https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann
Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social New book: The Blood Between Us. Also The Road from Damascus. Co-author Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War. Writer and deputy editor at the Critical Muslim. English editor at @Prisons. Journalism etc collected at www.qunfuz.com
Kyle Orton @kyleworton.bsky.social Write about jihadism, security issues, and foreign policy | Also a lot of history and religion.
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji