Morella Aranda Guzman @morellaaranda.bsky.social Peace, World Peace🕊️ Ethics, Citizenship & Democracy are the paths for Human Development & Collective Wellbeing. Only Compassion can heal our collective suffering. I love Canada. ❤️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/morella-aranda-guzm%C3%A1n-30863117/
Paula🇨🇦 @breakoutpass.bsky.social Avid Toronto Maple Leaf fan, sarcasm is a personality, here for the jokes, goals, and sanity, and yes, I kinda like democracy🇨🇦
Ann Pappert @annpappert.bsky.social Off the path... but not off line.🇨🇦
Retired CAO & ADM
Arts & Textiles + Curator /Writer/Artist
https://www.instagram.com/handhooked_current_?igsh=YzMxN293cHh3enll
For a Civil Society #opengov #ethics #craftivism #community
Greg Franks @irideamerlin.bsky.social Moving off of Xitter and easing into retirement. I'll be out walking my dog, riding my bike in the summer, snowboarding in the winter, and travelling whenever possible.
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
James @nonzerosum.games Join a bleeding-heart liberal and compulsive speculator rambling about saving the world with win-win games at nonzerosum.games! #Philosophy #Ethics #Morality #Science #GameTheory #Economics #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social Historian of the white power movement, gun violence, the apocalypse. Coloradan. kathleenbelew.com Book coming soon! Home, at the End of the World (Random House) Posts reflect my own views only.
Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social Demography nerd at Pew Research Center
Global religious change, sociology
Ottawa Public Health @ottawapublichealth.ca Ottawa’s source for health information, programs & services. Building a healthy community through prevention, protection & promotion.
FR: @santepubliqueottawa.ca
www.OttawaPublicHealth.ca
Français = @ottawasante.bsky.social
David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
Newsletter & contact info: www.davidzipper.com
Alanna Martineau, MD @alannamartineau.bsky.social MD Family Med, advocate, sommelier, former consultant, frequently seen with Leonberger fur kid.
Now residing in Syilx Okanagan Territory by way of Treaty 6 & 7.
Jamie O’Neil-part owner of Canada @jamieoneil.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Liberal . I enjoy science, history, music, art, etc. concerned about the rising “hate” fascism, RW religious extremist, far-right trying to take over democratic countries. No DM’s 
Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social Professor, Harvard Kennedy School | Speaking in a personal capacity | https://msen.scholars.harvard.edu/
Ian Capstick @iancapstick.bsky.social Ethical tech exec, certified horticulturist and quilter. Queer. Likely topics: social justice, Indigenous rights, sewing, theme parks and gardens.🌱 Happy to help you & your plants, open for horticultural info/help by message or DM!
Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social uOttawa PhD student specializing in ritual studies; researching ritual in Christo-fascism in Canada and abroad; if I pin you, it's probably research; granola aficionado; bike commuter; 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally; frequently swearing 🇨🇦
https://onritesandwrongs.com/
Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social Multi-award winning journalist and author based in Cardiff.
I conduct investigative journalism and help people better understand Wales/Cymru.
You sign up to my newsletter here: willhaywardwales.substack.com
Columnist at The Guardian.
@kdodd27.bsky.social @kdodd27.bsky.social Retired Canadian journalist. Live in Stratford, Ontario. Anti extremist. Worried about democracy, media freedom, disinformation, misinformation. Refugee from Twitter's noise and anger. Also a big baseball fan.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Paul Nesbitt-Larking @pwnl.bsky.social Political psychologist and educator - identities, narratives, cultures - Musician (he/him) 🇨🇦🎶🎷🎤📘📗📕📒📔📙📚
Jordan Moffatt @jordanmoffatt.bsky.social Writer (civic issues in Ottawa), author (fiction)
Website: https://jordanmoffatt.website/
Newsletter: https://threespeed.substack.com/
Mad (Social) Scientist 🇨🇦 @jemburch.bsky.social PhD candidate (Political Science) | Sessional Instructor (Quantitative Methods) | Recovering public servant | Huge nerd (SCA, LARP, TTRPGs)
Expect posts about Canadian news (often political) and nerdy pursuits. Opinions my own and likely to be unhinged.
bianca wylie @biancawylie.com https://time-and-space-studios.ghost.io/
John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree
Founding board member
@Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress
@johncusack on twiiter
City of Ottawa @en.ottawa.ca Official account of the City of Ottawa.
Not monitored 24/7. Currently testing this new channel. Posting Monday to Friday, occasionally on weekends.
Stay updated with the latest info.
Français: @fr.ottawa.ca
Service-related requests: ottawa.ca or call 311
D.M. Fox @dmfox.bsky.social Blue Jays prospect writer for the Toronto Star, Dad, husband, owned by a dog, author, guest on The FAN 590 Toronto.
Part-time mountain climber.
Coming soon: dmfox.ca
Lisa Noble @nobleknits2.bsky.social Spouse, mom, knitter, baker, bike commuter, paddler, learner, termite. Working with teacher candidates and running a #MakerSpace at Trent U School of Ed. She/They.
Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social Free esprit de l'escalier.
Salty posts from a salty island.
Brian Jaffe @brianjaffe.bsky.social Pro-housing, pro-abundance, pro-democracy in Northern CA. Housing 🏠, Health ⚕️, Education 📚, & Safety ⛑️ for all. End corruption ⬇️ Get results ⬆️.
Holmskjell🍁🍉 @holmskjell.bsky.social 🌅Solarpunk, Stockdale Paradox & Spicy (neurologically, anyway). Respecter of all humans; living in the neocon hell of Alberta🌾. 😫
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social Writer, communications consultant, legal gadfly, velvet jacket enthusiast. Big believer in the rule of law. Desperately trying to remain optimistic against all the odds. Posts are clearly my own.
Rachel Sachs @thesachs.bsky.social Lawyer for older adults & mom to little ones. Here I am speaking at a law conference with one of my kids. Hails from Toronto, ON.
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 
Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social Political scientist who thinks you should care more about local politics (especially sheriffs) and foster dogs.
Author of Power of the Badge: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo220537347.html
Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social Mother, writer and settler on Wet'suwet'en territory. Northern B.C. reporter for The Tyee. she/her
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Elizabeth Svoboda @svobodster.bsky.social Author of WHAT MAKES A HERO? and THE LIFE HEROIC. Contributing writer, Boston Globe Ideas. Words in Scientific American, Psychology Today, Atlas Obscura, NYT, etc. New book: THE ART OF PACING.
Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social She/her, 1st gen, Canadian who's at Harvard but isn't OF Harvard--posts in a personal capacity, mainly about books (w/ cats & flowers thrown in). Now writing an itty-bitty book that aims to be a literary & media history of scrap.
https://deidrelynch.org
Riley Brockington @riverwardriley.bsky.social Father - 2 amazing daughters
Ottawa City Councillor-River Ward
Candidate for AMO President
AMO Board/Caucus Chair
Fmr School Trustee
Economics Guy
Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social Fibre and mixed media artist
https://www.susanbytheriver.com
Living on the traditional territory of the Audenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Haudenosaunee (St. Lawrence Iroquois), and Huron-Wendat.
Cats, every day magical stuff, resting
she/her
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
Ken Vynall 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 @kvynall.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 and married 👨❤️👨, anti-fascist,
Trans-rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
News, politics, philosophy, religion, bourbon 🥃. 🇨🇦&🇺🇲, live on unceded land of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish).
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
Mensa dropout
JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social I'm running to be the next Ottawa city councillor for the fabulous ward of Kitchissippi in the Oct. 26, 2026 municipal election!
Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social Weather and climate scientist focused on extreme events like floods, droughts, & wildfires on a warming planet. www.weatherwest.com
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social Author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America • essays and reporting in The New York Times, Harper's, The New Republic & elsewhere briangoldstone.net
@mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social @mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social 
Michael Karlin @supergovernance.bsky.social Digital policy @ Canadian Digital Service. Reasonably subversive. Husband of Amy. Skeets entirely my nonsense and not my employer. He/him. Jewish/🏳️🌈
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov Husband. Father. U.S. Senator for California. Fighting for an economy that works for everyone and for our democracy.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Susan Delacourt @susandelacourt.bsky.social National columnist for the Toronto Star, teller of stories (and grateful listener to them) lover of dachshunds. 
Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦 @kaicable.bsky.social The civic commons has devolved due to capture by a powerful few leading to over heated rhetoric (don't push my buttons).
Trying to learn from and share informative posts.
Renovating my very old house in Hampton, NB.
Books. Music. Art.
Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social #CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social ecological gardening, climate-smart agriculture, community health, food sovereignty, & good times (he/him)
Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada
Avatar alt text: "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS" written on the body of Woodie Guthrie's acoustic guitar.
Climate One @climateone.org Your home for empowering climate conversations connecting all aspects of the climate crisis. Join us: https://bit.ly/4h8CXyy
Theresa Bianco, PhD @tbianco.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Dept of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal. Sport/Health/Social psychology/Qualitative Inquiry. Dog lover, photographer, globetrotter, justice seeker.
John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
@fsgbooks
https://www.unpopularfront.news/
Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social Two-time Lambda-award-winning Author of The Summer We Got Free, Skye Falling, and These Heathens (June 2025). Mama. Visionary. Queer icon.
Tim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social Writer. Mini Painter. Gamer Geek.
As seen in CBC, the Tyee, Reactor Magazine (TOR.com), Polygon, and many other places.
Based in lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria, BC, Canada).
Dena McMartin 🇨🇦 @dwmcmartin.bsky.social Environmental engineer and academic.
Advocate for equity & inclusion.
Dogs are love.
Prairies, science, water, travel, lifelong learning.
Settler in Blackfoot Confederacy territory.
I share what I personally find interesting, troubling, or necessary.
@dontvotesplit.bsky.social @dontvotesplit.bsky.social Canadian. Dislike misinfo/disinfo & propaganda fr all political stripes. Concerned about our kids' futures & the rise of fascism. Can be uncivil. Distractions incl archaeology, history, non-fiction & nature/photography.
Erin Hanson @erinhanson.bsky.social Settler anthropologist thinking about Coast Salish law, the Canadian state, and dismantling the colonial machine. Expect some music geekery, geopolitics, and a weird undercurrent of optimism despite the cynical sheen. This is a personal account.
Jill Irwin @jillirwin.bsky.social Ph.D. Neuropsychologist.
Ex-Traveller. Procrastinator. Favourite number: N95.
#ElbowsUp 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Brenda 💙💛📎🍁 @bemuse1919.bsky.social Emotional Support Canadian. Humanist. Bibliophile. Librocubicularist. Practicing Tsundoku-ist📚. Yes. There will be politics. And hockey (Boston Bruins)
No DMs. No crypto-bros. No Ho-Bots.
Slava Ukraini
Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social 🇨🇦
I like making movies, I like taking pictures. You can find my photography/videography on instagram @LizWhitmere
www.lizwhitmere.com
Signal: @lizw.85
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
Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social Pharmacist, educator, word nerd. She/her. Gigi X 5. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Lots of opinions - all my own. Not THAT Rosemary! 🇨🇦 #cdn#elbowsup
Murray Abrams @murrayabrams.bsky.social 🇨🇦, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, spouse, parent of two grown-ups, cat lover, woodworker, gardener, aspiring boat builder. Worried for the world. Comforted by geological time and the vastness of the universe.
Aurelia Cotta The Original @originalaurelia.bsky.social I was @AureliaCotta on Twitter
I am interested in everything.
I am an adoptee, did infertility, pregnancy loss, do parenting, mental health, adhd, Politics. I am prochoice, PRO VACCINE, talk healthcare
Live in Toronto Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Tak For Alt @takforalt.bsky.social I finally made the leap from the pit into where the sky is blue! I can breathe again! #ElbowsUp!
@andydclarke.bsky.social @andydclarke.bsky.social 
Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social U of Winnipeg ecologist; behavioural ecology; wildlife biology; fisheries; families; birds; climate change; naturalist.
Ian Hanomansing @ianhanomansing.bsky.social Canadian journalist based in Vancouver.
Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com Made the CommSky Starter Pack https://go.bsky.app/QkcgePD
Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military policy, video games, and queer theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
Sheila Colla, Ph.D @savewildbees.bsky.social Associate Professor #YorkU, York Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Conservation Science, #GND, #MarginSci, #Mesothelioma Survivor,
#Ecology and conservation of wild #bumblebees www.savethebumblebees.ca
Mike McCulloch 🇨🇦 @vancitymike.com Vancouver-based insulin dependent human man-person, now with Internet connectivity.
Kelly🍁 @kellyln.bsky.social Hiking keeps me sane, kinda.
Pro-democracy, pro-diversity, pro-choice, 2SLGBTQI+ rights, Indigenous rights
she/her London Canada
Jim Dunn @urbanhealthprof.bsky.social Sen. Wm. McMaster Chair in Urban Health Equity | Prof @McMasteru | Scientist @MAP_Health |Go @Ticats. Housing: chec-ccrl.ca
Dr. Giorgia Tropini @drgtropini.bsky.social Family Medicine & Concussion Medicine. Clinical Instructor at UBC. Medicine, Medical Education, Science over politics. #Medsky
Interested in the overlap between #Concussion and #LongCOVID, #PostViralSyndromes
Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social 6x award-winning feminist buzzkill.
Franco-ontarienne du nord de l'Ontario.
🏳️🌈 Femme.
I teach community care for a living and wrote a book about why resilience is futile, babyyyy ✌🏻
Actually fun™️
📍Ottawa, Canada
YellowManteau.com
Fiona James @langevineqn.bsky.social Veterinary neurologist. Neuroscientist. Professor. Mum. Wife. Home cook. Cis. She/her. Same handle across platforms. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇲🇾
Banner h/t Eliot Jacobson.
Terri Brandmueller @tbrandmueller.bsky.social Vancouver writer/reader/poet/baker
Margot Ferguson 🇨🇦 @margotferguson.bsky.social Mediator & Arbitrator 🇨🇦⚖️ Enjoys long walks on the beach and settling disputes. Recovering civil litigator. East Coast girl in Toronto and Toronto girl on the East Coast. No DMs.
Alexandra Regina @alexksky.bsky.social Tired comms profesh by day. Dissociative junk TV enthusiast by night. Intersectional feminist. Supporting human rights incl LGBTQ+, BLM, climate justice. Believer in a better, more just world.
🌻she/her
Tara M 🇨🇦 @taratrying.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🍁 PhD, MBA. Health researcher. Mother of two mostly-charming daughters. Feels fortunate to have been a born a Canadian. BlueJays and Batman fan. Go Lake Ontario! Opinions my own.
Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social Karate student and teacher in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; recovering academic, obstinate fighter for justice, human rights, and science against the loathsome efforts of a Twitterized world.
https://www.nantanreikan.ca/
Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦 @numcog.bsky.social Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning at Western University. CIFAR Fellow.
Deborah Black @dlblack58.bsky.social Professor of Philosophy and Medieval Studies
University of Toronto
Medieval and Classical Islamic Philosophy
Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, progressive & proud American 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Official: @robertgarcia.house.gov
Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Dem Strategist. Dad to Cameron, Paxton & Brooks. https://TheAltMedia.com
https://youtube.com/@adamparkhomenkoshow