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Lowfish @lowfish-music.bsky.social Moody robot music made with dusty synths and broken drum machines. Since 1995. 🤖🎹⚡️🎹 https://soundcloud.com/lowfish - "Lowfish's music is deceptively simple, enormously catchy modern electro" XLR8R
Toronto Mike @torontomike.com I host Toronto Mike'd and own TMDS. Canadian CNN correspondent.
Patrick Shanks @shocktheshanker.bsky.social Earlybird. Bicycle rider. Guitar player. Ballpark chaser. California sober. Nonfiction.
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. 🇨🇦
NEW FEELING @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social A cooperative of music journalists and community enthusiastically covering the sounds across so-called Canada. newfeeling.ca
Michael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social arts & culture journalist co-founder @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social writing a book about the history of electronic music in so-called canada for @invisibooks.bsky.social
Nadja @nadjaluv.bsky.social A page for the duo #NADJA and related projects from #AidanBaker, Leah Buckareff, and Broken Spine Productions, including #Tavare, #HypnodroneEnsemble, & others. https://brokenspineprods.bandcamp.com/
Nick Offerman @nickofferman.bsky.social I met Mr. T backstage at Conan and we had a fine giggle.
Patsy Schmatsy @pattischmidt.bsky.social scroller. lurker. once broadcaster. curator. creative producer. arts advocater. compiler. soundcloud.com/wheelie-houdini Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang
Randall Perry 🍁 @randallperry.bsky.social Guy who likes books. Publisher at October Park Editions (a chapbook micropress). Toronto, ON
Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, @utoronto.ca Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
design curation @designcuration.bsky.social art, graphic design, typography, architecture, craft, etc.
Ira Robbins / Trouser Press Books @irarobbins.bsky.social Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books, journalist, novelist, critic, editor, currently catless, red diaper baby, lifetime New Yorker https://www.hopp.bio/tpbooks
@carolgillis.bsky.social @carolgillis.bsky.social
Stuart Berman @stuberman.bsky.social Producer at COMMOTION (CBC Radio 1); writer for Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily; author of THIS BOOK IS BROKEN: A Broken Social Scene Story + TOO MUCH TROUBLE: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones; publisher of stubermania.substack.com + hamontlive.substack.com
Tangled Sounds / Jake Sinetos @tangledsounds.bsky.social A monthly show on Louder Than War Radio. Hear me dive deep into the intersections of sound and culture. I ramble about life and play noise, psych, vintage electronica, underground indie and other odd things. https://louderthanwar.com/louder-than-war-radio/
Gordon Bowness @gordonbowness.bsky.social Aging drag queen, former Canadian football star, recent queer media linchpin, forgetful historian and decent Malay cook • he/him • gordonbowness.com
Hope Thompson @hopetwrites.bsky.social Writer, screenwriter, playwright Hopethompson.net
Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social Author, journalist. New book: What She Said: Conversations About Equality. Quill & Packet mysteries with Kate Hilton. Bury the Lead (2024); Widows and Orphans (2025) Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lizrenzetti
@james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social Book publicist and writer in Toronto.
Gary Taxali @garytaxali.bsky.social TASCHEN's "The Illustrator: 100 Best from Around The World" ---------- Artworks in the permanent collection of The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
James Braithwaite Kidlit/Animation @thebathwater.bsky.social Illustrator, author, animation director (in that order) Lost an Oscar. Won an Emmy. Represented by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.
@edwyncollins.bsky.social @edwyncollins.bsky.social
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Maurice Vellekoop @mauricevellekoop.bsky.social Queer Toronto illustrator and cartoonist, he/him author of the graphic memoir, “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together”
Jeff Miller @theghostpine.bsky.social Writer, reader, punk | MFA UBC | He/him Novel: Temporary Palaces (House of Anansi, out now!) Non-fiction: Ghost Pine: All Stories True (Invisible)
Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social Guitar with Blondie 50 years. Wrote those songs. Writer, photographer, animist etc 'Of what is past, or passing, or to come' 🌀
Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social The Air Contains Honey Artistic Director of PME-ART * Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim Desire Without Expectation
MeArt @meartwerks.bsky.social Morris//Gay Daddy Bear//West Hollywood, CA//Senior Designer & Artist//Skateboarder//90s Raver Fascism is pure evil. My love is Ron Negrete : ) Art Stores // meart.storenvy.com // https://pixels.com/profiles/3-morris-eaddy
Roxy Music @roxymusic.co.uk Official account for Roxy Music. https://www.roxymusic.co.uk/
DJ Nico @djnico.bsky.social I dig R & R — records and radio! 💖
@ryankilltaker.bsky.social @ryankilltaker.bsky.social
Fiona Highet @fmhighet.bsky.social Actor, writer, director, gig worker, union enthusiast.
@ericanderson27.bsky.social @ericanderson27.bsky.social
Steve Sidoli @stevesidoli.bsky.social Telephone Explosion // Uh Huh
Howie’s Decc @howardsdecc.bsky.social I make movies. The type you see in theater although occasionally x-rated ones too.
Mitch Goldstein @mgoldst.com Rochester NY. professor at RIT, artist, & author of "How To Be A Design Student." talking at http://instagram.com/mgoldst & arting at http://instagram.com/mgoldst.art. Extrememly bad bass player. He/him. mitchgoldstein.com/art
Christopher Swimmings @swimsshady.bsky.social 1/4 of Uh Huh Snack Time on FSR.live ㋛
linus booth @linusbooth.bsky.social
Fiver @fiverfines.bsky.social grand redaction and melody. new album Cleaning House out July 10. www.fiverfiverfiver.com | https://linktr.ee/FiverMusic
Aaron Goldstein @aarongoldstein.bsky.social Toronto music guy. Record production at my headquarters Gold Standard Recorders. I front a band called Espanola. Touring and recording on pedal steel and guitar and more.
BigIanH @ianjharris.bsky.social Official Big Ian H™️. Lover of The Human League, Heaven 17, M / Robin Scott, Devo, Sparks, synthpop, Doctor Who, The Avengers Blake’s 7, Felix Maritaud, redheads and rugby players. Unequivocally homosexual, socialist and rejoiner. Recently widowed.
Aaron/DJ AA @versionsgalore.bsky.social A new home for DJ AA and his new Versions Galore+ webstore.
Mogwai @mogwai.scot Mogwai Young Team. New Album The Bad Fire - Out Now https://mogwai.scot/
Derek von Essen @wurkingartist.bsky.social Artist, photographer, graphic designer, lover of cats, procrastinator of clarinet lessons.
Stereolabgroop @stereolabgroop.bsky.social A groop
Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social Politics, author of Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed. Meidas Canada/ The Resistance Lead singer with Grievous Angels. Just a boy from Cobalt. Not a space for the cynical and snide.
The Underestimator @theunderestimator.bsky.social Punk Rock Time Capsule For A Future Generation Late-'70s to mid-'80s punk, post-punk, psychobilly, power pop, garage/trash/rocknroll photos & mixtapes. https://theunderestimator-2.tumblr.com/
Spacing @spacing.bsky.social Spacing.ca / Toronto urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts. Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.social Spacing Vancouver: spacingvancouver.bsky.social Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
Benny Chang MD @bennychangmd.bsky.social Semi-retired HIV primary care and family physician in Toronto. 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈. I post most of my baking on Instagram my handle there is bread_md. My index of baking https://www.thefreshloaf.com/blog/benito
Kid Congo Powers @kidcongopowers.bsky.social Been a Cramp, Gun Clubber , Bad Seed. & Pink Monkey Bird . Chicano. Queer 🏳️‍🌈. Rocker My book “ Some New Kind of Kick” out on Hachette Books in USA, Omnibus Press in UK https://linktr.ee/Kidcongo?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=d4e5b410-8ca7-48fa-b
@lowtheband.bsky.social @lowtheband.bsky.social
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Lemonade Dave @lemonadedave.bsky.social Dad, cyclist, drummer, maker of craft lemonade w/ Lemonadedave.ca, digitalmusicman w/ Zunior.com, one half of 90's band The Inbreds w/ Inbreds.com. Dave Ullrich from Canada!
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
You've Changed Records @youvechanged.bsky.social artist-run record label, est. 2009
K @krecs.bsky.social The underground record label located in Olympia, Washington, U.S.A. krecs.com
Michelle McAdorey @michm.bsky.social Songwriter. Words & Melody. Singer. Flâneuse. I like the wind in my hair and a pen in my pocket. Here’s some songs: https://michellemcadorey.bandcamp.com/album/into-her-future
Wuvable Oaf SPX W50 🖤🤍🩷 @wuvableoaf.bsky.social https://wuvableoaf.etsy.com https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/ed-luce
JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social Toronto Reading Series September 13: Dina Del Bucchia (virtual) 📚📇 www.junctionreads.ca Opinions shared are Alison's.
Daniel Innes @danielinnes.bsky.social Making things in the countryside. Dreaming of the city. DENISON AVENUE (ECW Press,2023) by Christina Wong and myself is available at your local bookstore. Kamikawa, Hyōgo, Japan. Danielinnes.com
blairomatic 🇨🇦 @blairomatic.bsky.social Lefty Canuck dismayed at the state of the world. Lifelong professional musician/songwriter/engineer/producer, too. (Rik Emmett and I co-founded the twice-annual SongStudio.ca songwriting workshop in 2005, this year featuring keynote Billy Bragg).
James McNew @dumpland.bsky.social n/a
@morrisonl.bsky.social @morrisonl.bsky.social
Shari Kasman @smkasman.bsky.social Torontonian, artist, writer, co-creator of Bloordale Beach, maker of all kinds of stuff, incl a book about everyone's favourite mall, the Galleria.
JoanneGH @joannehuffa.bsky.social Mostly I like music, books, and comedy. Not necessarily in that order.
Brian Taylor @briantaylor668.bsky.social Facilitator
Kathryn Mockler @themockler.bsky.social fiction writer | experimental filmmaker | poet | Author of Anecdotes @bookhugpress.bsky.social Send My Love to Anyone: http://sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com https://linktr.ee/kathrynmockler | https://www.kathrynmockler.com
Chris Xefos @xefos.bsky.social • Music guy • AV tech guy • Politics guy • Sumo and big men in general enthusiast • Psychedelic therapy enthusiast • Bullet point enthusiast 🎵🤓🏳️‍🌈🐻✨ https://linktr.ee/xefos
Corey Atad @coreyatad.com Toronto-based freelance writer @ The Star, GQ, Defector, The Baffler, Gawker, Esquire, Hazlitt. Air Bud admirer. Favourite cheese: Gouda. coreyatad@gmail.com / www.coreyatad.com
ғя∆ɴĸ ħøsięя ch∆ɴg @hawaiianbear.bsky.social Gen-X, QUEER, Married, pet parent, left-leaning, 💙 record collector, music lover, love good people, good food, SUSHI, architecture, urban decay, brutal minimalism, photography, street art, iconography. Antifascist ⚫️🔴🚫CHINGA TU MAGA! 🚫🔞, 🚫👻follows.
KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social from the author of POETRY IS QUEER, SHE, + THIS IS WHERE I GET OFF FAIRY (OUT NOW) @palimpsestpress.bsky.social palimpsestpress.ca/books/fairy-kirby/ kirbyfairy.ca itsakirby.bandcamp.com substack.com/@itsakirby Publisher @knifeforkbook.bsky.social
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
Ben Omg 🍉 @fenbog.bsky.social I watch all the TV
Nick Sewell @nicksewell.bsky.social Designer. Musician. National Treasure. BIBLICAL // LAKE CYANIDE nicksewell.com
Sandra Li @sandraliazotharts.bsky.social
Mark Beldan @markbeldan.bsky.social Painter / London & Toronto / markbeldan.com
Yo La Tengo @actualylt.bsky.social band.
Eddie Smith @eddiesmithphoto.bsky.social Photographer dog lover music lover socialist
Gord Fynes @gordasm.bsky.social Toronto drummer, husband and father. Blessedly unburdened with the complications of a university education. Leisure is a lot of work. Instagram: @gordasm
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 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼
Jason McBride @jasonmcbride.bsky.social Writer, Toronto. Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker (Simon & Schuster, 2022) https://www.jason-mcbride.com/
Mrs. Rose @mrsrose.bsky.social Furry snow leopard, fashionable Newfoundlander. I make fursuit stuff, costumes, and play accordion and other instruments. Fursuit Head made by ByCats4Cats.
eric kw @kostiukwilliams.bsky.social toronto comics homo
Robin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com Global travelling explorer and flaneur electronique. Creative catalyst, magician and reasonably amusing raconteur. Careering across the cultural landscape, embracing books, films, music, technology and the arts
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary. Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Carla Gillis @carlagillis.bsky.social Music & writing, writing & music. New Overnight album, Put Me In Your Light, released Nov 7, 2025. gillismusicarchive.bandcamp.com
Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
Dave Foley @davesfoley.bsky.social A comedian that you or your parents or maybe your grandparents may have enjoyed occasionally since the late 80s. A member of the skit comedy ensemble The Kids In The Hall for 40 years and counting because none of us can find the exit.
Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, "former Toronto fest film picker" - The Hollywood Reporter. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social Host of the Record Store Day Podcast, author of John Candy: A Life In Comedy, and books about The Kids In The Hall, Todd Rundgren, and more. Canadian Screen Award Winning co-executive producer of Kids In The Hall: Comedy Punks
Warren Ellis @warrenellis.bsky.social Musician with peculiar sense of pitch timing and rhythm writer of film music. Plays in Dirty Three and the Bad Seeds. Wrote Nina Simone’s Gum and founded Ellis Park in Sumatra. Two kids two cats and two salamanders
@thedavidbabbitt.bsky.social @thedavidbabbitt.bsky.social
vish khanna @vishkhanna.bsky.social Host/Producer: Kreative Kontrol with Vish Khanna Writer Dad, husband 🍕🏀 https://linktr.ee/vishkhanna
Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social Plays guitar. Hates fascists. Just confused by life.