The Top 24 Twitter Accounts For Ryerson Students

Because it's about time someone other than Rob Delaney showed up in your Twitter feed. by Scott Walsh, Storyteller for RU Student Life.

1. @sweden

Via Twitter: @sweden

Sweden (yes, the country) gives their twitter account to a random citizen every week. This has resulted in the most eccentric tweets from any constitutional monarchy. Step up your game, Canada!

2. @aliciaatout

Via Twitter: @aliciaatout

A Music Blog, Yea? is perfect for finding music that will make you feel cooler than your friends (The Vaselines were Kurt Cobain's favourite songwriters). Coupled with their frequent contests and Toronto focus, you'll be the coolest cat this side of Ossington.

3. @pattonoswalt

Via Twitter: @pattonoswalt

Controversial opinion, I know: Follow the funniest man on the internet. But you don't realize HOW funny until he makes you snort cola out of your nose.

4. @HilaryDuff

Via Twitter: @HilaryDuff

I could seriously look at pictures of her doing yoga and talking about kale all day. In addition, she is, objectively, the most beautiful human being to have ever existed.

5. @SkullMandible

My personal favourite Tweet is "We get it, poets. Things are like other things."

6. @GuyInYourMFA

Via Twitter: @GuyInYourMFA

If you've ever had a prof who is an asshole and thinks everyone hates him because he is "misunderstood", you'll be SO happy he got a Twitter account!

7. @LoversDiction

Via Twitter: @LoversDiction

David Levithan, the author of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Will Grayson Will Grayson, and other teen novels, tells a love story through dictionary definitions.

8. @ian8inchlynch

Via Twitter: @ian8inchlynch

Toronto-based comedian and MTV star Ian Lynch is always serving up tweets that I describe as "Too Real".

9. @kevinselection

Via Twitter: @kevinselection

The former Broken Social Scene star writes tweets that are at the intersection of "poetic", and "like something the kid that told you what weed was would write".

10. @wordstigram

Via Twitter: @wordstigram

Instagram In Words: the only Twitter account dedicated to passive-aggressively calling people out on their attempts to look cooler via social media.

11. @HonestToddler

Via Twitter: @honesttoddler

Tweeting from the perspective of an overly cynical 2 year old, this account has helped me understand my niece more than actually spending time with her ever could.

12. @RealTimeWWII

Via Twitter: @RealTimeWWII

An ex-history student named Alwyn Collinson began live-tweeting the second World War a couple of years ago, and intends to follow it through to its end. If you're a history buff, you'll love the far more detailed version of this than what we got in history class.

13. @RUEats

Via Twitter: @RUEats

Because I follow this account, I have gotten free breakfast. There is literally no better way to start your day than "free" and "breakfast".

14. @A_single_bear

Via Twitter: @a_single_bear

Following the adventures of a bear in the woods who has read his first book on Nihilism.

15. @MaraWritesStuff

Via Twitter: @MaraWritesStuff

Former child star Mara Wilson turned into one of the relatively few well-adjusted adults. Now she's a New York playwright whose tweets are either hilarious comments on celebrity culture or life in an apartment building.

16. @LaurDIY

Via Twitter: @LaurDIY

LaurDIY is the Ryerson Hannah Montana - student by day, celebrity DIYer and fashion blogger by night. Make sure to check out her YouTube channel (and try not to freak out if you see her on campus!).

17. @thinkgeek

Via Twitter: @thinkgeek

Think Geek: for when you want to trick your friends into thinking you're smart.

18. @RyersonProblems

Via Twitter: @RyersonProblems

Whoever anonymously runs this account is just quietly allowing Ryerson students to weep together. Thank you, stranger, for letting me know I'm not crazy for not being able to navigate our campus. Still.

19. @DannyZuker

Via Twitter: @DannyZuker

Probably best known for creating Modern Family, he is debatably the worst Twitter father in the world (and ergo, the most interesting).

20. @UPPERCASEFACTS

Via Twitter: @UpperCaseFacts

It really is exactly what it says on the tin.

21. @VeryShortStory

Via Twitter: @VeryShortStory

Telling stories in 140 characters or less.

22. @BillMc7

Via Twitter: @BillMc7

Just another Twitter account who openly states he prefers attention from strangers to love from his friends. Validate away!

23. @DennysDiner

Via Twitter: @DennysDiner

You know how some companies (Wal-Mart) are fun to follow because it's so clear it's being run by a 50 year old advertising exec who already hates the sound of Twitter? Denny's is the opposite of that.

24. @RUStudentLife

Via Twitter: @RUStudentLife

Well, *I* personally think we're fantastic.