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@theatlantic.com
Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@gretchenmcc.bsky.social
Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.bsky.social, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. she/her 🌈 Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦 gretchenmcculloch.com
@mmfa.bsky.social
Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
@niemanlab.org
We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. 🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@wired.com
At wired.com where tomorrow is realized || Sign up for our newsletters: https://wrd.cm/newsletters Find our WIRED journalists here: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/couts.bsky.social/3l6vez3xaus27
@motherjones.com
Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪 Join our people-powered nonprofit newsroom: motherjones.com/subscribe
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨ Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅 SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
@joshuabenton.com
21st-century media and the 19th-c American South. Founded and ran @niemanlab.org at @harvard.edu for 12 yrs; now the senior writer there. Cajun, dad of two, husband of one. Journalist with a history problem. Also: @theatlantic.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc
@glennkirschner.bsky.social
Former 30-year federal prosecutor. Army vet. Rule of law guy. 100% independent. YouTube.com/glennkirschner2 Patreon.com/glennkirschner
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
@thetyee.ca
Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
@grist.org
We're a nonprofit news org dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Get our journalism in your inbox: https://grist.org/subscribe/
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, University of Toronto Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
@kashprime.bsky.social
Emergency Physician in Toronto. Co-Chair of the Canadian Covid Society. Fighter of illness and misfortune, interested in history, politics, tech and AI. #fella,🇨🇦/acc
@theopennotebook.bsky.social
Nonprofit dedicated to science journalism: articles, tip sheets, courses, mentoring, workshops, pitch database, & more. Our book THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING: http://bit.ly/CoSWbook
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@ratzlaff.bsky.social
Chaser of things elusive (storms, Aurora, frozen bubbles) • Namer of STEVE • Community Builder at Alberta Aurora Chasers & Chaser Con Canada • Member of Prairie Storm Chasers • Event Speaker
@thenarwhal.ca
Our pod of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can’t find anywhere else. Sign up for our newsletter: http://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter
@archive.org
Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
@sheencr.bsky.social
Immunologist and science communicator based at UoM fascinated by our immune response to threats (pathogens, pollution) & microbiome. Member IndependentSage person most likely to share random dog and nature pics 🧪👩🔬 #AcademicSky #SciCom #ImmunoSky
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and the author of six bestselling books. I share stories and opinion pieces from a broad range of publications. Shares are not endorsements.
@thebeaverton.com
North America’s Trusted Source Of News Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebeaverton Merch: https://the-beaverton.myshopify.com/
@freedom.press
Protecting, defending public interest journalism in the 21st century. Subscribe to our ne🦋sletters: https://freedom.press/newsletters/ Staff, board members: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/freedom.press/3lbkk5aha5l22 More: linktr.ee/freedomofpress
@rci.bsky.social
FR - Radio Canada International (RCI) est le service multilingue de CBC/Radio-Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/fr/ EN - Radio Canada International (RCI) is CBC/Radio-Canada's multilingual service. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en
@derek.bike
@bikesky.social founder, bike picture taker, bagged milk understander, he/him https://linktr.ee/derekvanvliet
@tvotoday.bsky.social
📰 TVO Today: Current affairs, podcasts & documentaries 📺 The Agenda with @spaikin.bsky.social, @namshine.bsky.social & @jeyantvo.bsky.social, weeknights at 8/11pm More: https://my.linkpod.site/tvotoday
@dougsaunders.bsky.social
International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net
@davidfrum.bsky.social
Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things. Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario. Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com DMs open to followers
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Curated-aggregator of health news from around the world, but with a Canadian focus. Visit us 🏡 https://canadahealthwatch.ca SUBSCRIBE: https://canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter
@pressprogress.ca
Award-winning Canadian journalism that: 🔎 Holds the rich & powerful accountable 🔎 Exposes unsafe & unfair workplaces 🔎 Shines a light on hate & bigotry Website: PressProgress.ca Newsletter: PressProgress.ca/Newsletter
@antihate.ca
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) counters, monitors, and exposes far-right hate movements, groups, and figures. Fully independent. info@antihate.ca. www.antihate.ca | www.antihate.school
@conniewalker.bsky.social
Pulitzer Prize + Peabody award-winning journalist http://instagram.com/_connie_walker Nehiyaw from Okanese
@nicktsergas.ca
Editor @CanadaHealthwatch.ca ▪️"Obviously not a very good journalist." Work in Toronto Star, Canadian Affairs, Calgary Herald & Important Context Signal 💬 @nicktsergas.01 Portfolio 📁 https://muckrack.com/nicktsergas
@markmackinnon.bsky.social
Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing). Add me to your top secret group chats!
@clareblackwood.bsky.social
Actor/comedian/writer. Words in The Beaverton, CBC Comedy, McSweeney’s, etc. Pierre Poilievre's personal assistant Mandy. she/her clareblackwood@gmail.com https://buymeacoffee.com/clareblackwood
@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
Bringing Canada's history to everyone, the good, the bad, the weird. Enjoy my podcasts Canadian History Ehx and From John to Justin
@snarkysteff.bsky.social
I do words. Canadian, so… funny-ish? Victoria, BC. Foodie. Oxford commas are a hill I’ll die on. Anti-Nazi, pro-science. Once sold everything to play nomad for 4+ years & 25 countries. Worth it. She/her. Loathe rage-bait. I’m on Team “Fuck You, Make Me.”
@markusoff.bsky.social
I write and yak for CBC in Calgary. DMs open, Signal, WhatsApp, and such jason.markusoff@cbc.ca
@ledevoir.com
Suivez-nous sur nos différentes plateformes pour vous informer avec nous! 👉 ledevoir.com 📱Sur iOS et Android 🗞️ ledevoir.com/infolettres Nouvelles, politique, économie, culture, environnement. Montréal | Québec | Canada
@lebindle.bsky.social
Into bikes and Access to Information. I cook vegetables as well. Located in Ottawa. Totally gay.