⿻ patcon (is in Toronto)
& this is the wonder that keeps the stars apart. #complexity #plurality #democracy #civictech @CivicTechTO cfndr. @g0vtw fan. early pol.is cntrbtr. ex: biochemst @enviroDGI @HyphaCoop @nwspk @gc_talent
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Pol.is Practitioners
Ppl doing active work within the community that's building/experimenting/facilitating w #Polis & #PolisLike consensus-building platforms. #democracy #consensus #peace #conflict #civictech 📁 Resources: patcon.github.io/awesome-polis 💬 Chat: link.g0v.network/pug-discord Suggestions: bit.ly/3B83JY7
@hilaryagro.bsky.social
Resources here! ➡️ linktr.ee/hilaryagro Anthropology PhD candidate at UBC. I think capitalism is bad and dr*gs are good. Land Back. Is Gaeilgeoir mé 💚 she/her
@gandersocial.bsky.social
The social media you want. Built for Canada. Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way media is done around here, all without your data taking an unexpected trip south. Built on Bluesky.
@davidhogg.bsky.social
@leftistlawyer.com
@mistymotors.net's wife. Proudly trans pay-whatever-you-can attorney in IL. No legal advice here, not your lawyer. She/her. If you like my work, buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/theleftistlawyer
@bridgetharrington.bsky.social
🇨🇦 emigrée | Salish Sea-dwelling, mycellium-loving, kin to muppets, card-slinging, coffee-swilling, queer, autistic, story witch | she/they 🐺 mission: justice, access, joy @jetharrington other places
@theframelab.bsky.social
FrameLab is a newsletter about political language and the ideological structures that shape perception. We deconstruct propaganda to help you defend democracy. Founded by @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com
@rayredacted.com
Past host of Tribe of Hackers podcast and Associate Producer of Darknet Diaries. Researcher and executive. He/Him. “Ut scandis, alios subleva.”
@publicsquareto.bsky.social
Helping communities find common ground https://publicsquareto.github.io
@mako.dreamshrine.org
philosophy of information systems (applied) https://aboutmako.makopool.com Currently (at least on this account) focused on protocol and UX. Radical extensibility agenda. alt for foodposts: https://bsky.app/profile/makoconstruct-food.bsky.social
@benparker140.bsky.social
Humanitarian policy and practice, news, data and tech. Working for the UN in South Sudan. Previous: CEO at The New Humanitarian, Chief of Staff at the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
@olastruth.bsky.social
♿️ Disability lifestyle expert, speaker, writer, founder @projectascendorg, heart and kidney transplant recipient, and cancer survivor. All views are my own. Bookings: assistant@olaojewumi.com
@profschrepel.bsky.social
Associate Prof VU Amsterdam • Faculty Affiliate Stanford • Into Running 🏃🏻 #antitrust #AI #complexityscience #digitalmarkets #blockchain 📕 www.thibaultschrepel.com 📻 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scalingtheory
@goose.art
seattle’s most businessy goose. honk i run fungi friends feed, sky.boo, and some other things looking for jobs in cybersecurity / data science if you have any leads 🙇♂️
@therickwilson.bsky.social
Lincoln Project and Resolute Square founder. Ad-maker. NYT #1 Bestselling author. Instrument-rated pilot. Beechcraft driver. TheRickWilson.Substack.com
@sammy.bsky.social
Product strategist @ New_ Public - creating better digital public spaces
@aliyabhatia.bsky.social
Bombaywali in DC Online safety and multilingual AI at @cendemtech.bsky.social Not Alia Bhatt aliya-bhatia.com Views my own
@liselhintz.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Studying identity, FP, authoritarianism, protest, pop culture, other media. Turkey focus.
@monicamarks.bsky.social
Prof of Middle East Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Tunisia, Turkey, Gulf. PhD St Antony's College, Oxford. Rhodes, Fulbright, Harvard WCFIA. 14 years writing on Tunisia. Religion & democracy. Tango & bizarre travel enthusiast. Perpetually craving Istanbul.
@razakkoc.bsky.social
EU tech, trade & competition correspondent for AFP news agency via London, Ankara and Paris. Have I mentioned Turkey yet?
@ruthmichaelson.com
Journalist covering Turkey & the Middle East. Bylines @guardian, sometimes others. ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk ruth@ruthmichaelson.com www.ruthmichaelson.com
@inkandswitch.com
An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought. We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
@breachmedia.ca
Journalism to map a just future. Award-winning outlet launched in May, 2021. Sign up to our free newsletter to get our journalism delivered to you: http://breachmedia.ca/subscribe/
@desmondcole.bsky.social
Senior writer @breachmedia.ca Website: yeseverything.ca Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/536075/the-skin-were-in-by-desmond-cole/9780385686 Bookings: Scott Sellers ssellers@penguinrandomhouse.com
@carolromero.bsky.social
Free and open technologies and their governance @decidim.org Free as in #FreePalestine. https://linktr.ee/carolromerocruz
@knights.bsky.social
Jack of no trades, Mx of kalokohan. A goddam prince. Media and software art / digital accessibility person. @walanghiya.ca Zine Distro https://guerrero.ph https://merveilles.town/@knights
@timabray.bsky.social
PhD (politics), comms pro, sometime journo. I study democracy, voters' brains. Yeah. Weird time for me. Some things I wrote: ottawacitizen.com/author/tim-abray
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@amberartist.bsky.social
🎀 Hi! I'm artist and post-secondary educator (art, art history, video game studies) on Vancouver Island 🎀 I post about art, books, journaling, anime, video games 🎀 I make watercolour paintings 🎀 and sadgirlreview.com and youtube.com/@2ArtistsEXPlain
@alejandrabravo.bsky.social
City Councillor for Ward 9 #DavenportTO • Chair of Economic & Community Development Committee • Rights, equity & economic power for people • Anti-fascist, siempre • Wu name: The Contendah.
@laszlokiss.bsky.social
software developer, founder of actorle.com and whichcountrytomoveto.com
@terjehelland.bsky.social
Geopolitics. Generous with compliments. Dedicated to helping others. Consultant. Communication. Rhetoric. Politics. Media. https://buymeacoffee.com/terjehelland https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TerjeHelland ENcouncil.org
@neeeda.bsky.social
EIC & CEO @TheGreenLineTO | Consult @TheOtherWave | Board @LIONPubs | Teach @NewmarkJSchool @JournalismTMU | Ethics @CAJ | Cofounder #CJOC | Alum @Poynter @ONA
@thegreenlineto.bsky.social
Redefining #Toronto through the way we live and the stories we tell. Delivering information and community services that are actually useful. linktr.ee/thegreenlineto
@nickmvincent.bsky.social
Studying people and computers (https://www.nickmvincent.com/) Blogging about data and steering AI (https://dataleverage.substack.com/)
@ariellaelm.bsky.social
I’m so done with the doomerism Politics is complicated and overwhelming. Let me simplify it and help you make an impact! Celiac | disabled 🏳️🌈✡️ 😷💙 [R E Ella] 30 Ariella.elm@gmail.com Your vote is your voice, and that voice is your superpower!
@alt18f.bsky.social
Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
@antoinecezar.bsky.social
@rj-x.bsky.social
Public interest advocate @ PIRG / writer. Usually: tech, privacy, AI, consumer protection, jokes. Sometimes: fiction, basketball, cognition, birds. Currently learning about: satire writing. Kansan at heart.
@towards-people.bsky.social
Human Purpose, Collective Intelligence, Leadership Development At Towards People, we see AI not as a replacement for human strengths, but as a catalyst for them. We guide organizations to blend advanced technology with a sense of purpose.
@spacebackyard.bsky.social
// Independent creative crew // @madposthumanist.bsky.social @alearci.bsky.social @giucapan.bsky.social @simonetranchina.bsky.social www.spacebackyard.com
@jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
Geophysicist |🛢️&⛽️ liability expert | linktr.ee/jennyyeremiy | thegravitywell.net Host | Community | Social, Ecology & Economy Reformist | Decolonizing | Love Wins philosophy | Former ABP MLA Candidate