NITA Chicago @nitachicago.bsky.social One regional transit system. NITA sets fares, standards, and schedules across CTA, Metra, and Pace. Formerly the RTA.
Taylor Moore @taylormoore.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Chicago with work in The Guardian, Chicago Reader, Block Club Chicago, The New Republic, WBEZ, etc. Ex-IWMF. Bloomin' onion apologist. taylorgmoore.com
Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social Aquatic Invasive Species with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant | #GreatLakes | Come for the #ecology & #scicomm, get reeled in by the fish puns
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@played41 @played41.bsky.social Longtime White Sox/sports origanist.Live music-Yay.
@olbermann.bsky.social #LastComiskey
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Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social Reporter! Still watchdogging for the Chicago Sun-Times. Happy grower of: some food, bee buffets, #TheHeir. Same @bylaurenfitz over on Instagram, too. Read my work: https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/lauren-fitzpatrick Haters will be blocked.
Mariam Elba @mariamelba.bsky.social Research Reporter at @propublica.org
Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social Reporter, @propublica.org
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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social Writer, The Ringer | Co-host, The Press Box & Ringer Tailgate | Former host, Slow Burn seasons 3, 6, 8 | Nation’s fastest 10-year-old in 1988 | Dez & Lani’s dad.
Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social A global multimedia newsroom reporting on climate accountability across borders. Podcasts, newsletter, investigations, features, documents at Drilled.media.
Rep. Kelly Cassidy @kmcchicago.bsky.social Only openly gay member of the IL House, mom of 3 adult sons, a bunch of cats, and a gigantic dog. Abortion defender for every gender.
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Meha Ahmad @mehaahmad.bsky.social I make radio and strong coffee.
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David at FOIAball @foiaball.com FOIAball digs through public records to break college football's weirdest, wildest, and biggest secrets.
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Aaron Schaffer @aaronschaffer.com news researcher doing OSINT things and more at @washingtonpost.com. signal: aaronschaffer.01 https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/aaron-schaffer/
Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social I write about college, Olympic and other sports for @wsj.com. Graduate, Minneapolis South High School. I sometimes post about old-timey sports. rachel dot bachman at wsj dot com.
Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social Lesser building nerd, real estate photographer
Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social Watch your noggins, everyone.
Steve Greenberg @slgreenberg.bsky.social Sports columnist, @chicago.suntimes.com. Make someone laugh. Laugh at yourself. Don’t be a schmendrick.
Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social Podcast Editor: @wunc.org
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Tony Tulathimutte @tonytula.com author n founder @crit.works
Rafael Wagner @quantumrw.bsky.social PhD Student in quantum foundations and quantum information
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
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formerly 538 & The Economist
Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social Active transportation 🚲🚶🚇 • Climate and land use 🌳🌆 • Chicago politics 🌬️ • Dad x2 • Tweets and opinions my own • he/him
Abby Miller @abbylmiller.bsky.social development reporter @chicago.suntimes.com. amiller@suntimes.com (she/her)
Soren Spicknall (currently being annoying about visiting NYC) @sorenspicknall.bsky.social Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
madopal @madopal.bsky.social Chicagoan (Portage Park), bungalow owner, recovering gamedev (Jaleco, Midway, et al), cat lover, data engineer, bike/transit advocate(ish) (former NW MBAC), aspiring historian/baker/woodworker, White Sox, Gen X, music nerd, just zis guy, you know? ✶✶✶✶
Municipal Corporation @nikhunder.com (hire me policy professionals) Lighter of people, policy person, @chirppradio.org DJ. Bike guy. Chicago Dog stan. Doesn't proofread. Chicago by way of Cleveland | 🇳🇴
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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social drifter/writer on architecture, culture and Chicago, photographer specializing in out-of-focus images. there will be posts on opera, apologies in advance.
Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: @ucscscicomm.bsky.social. Current: Nonprofit newsrooms including @insideclimatenews.org. Ex: BuzzFeed News, berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @newscientist.com, @nature.com, @science.org.
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Olivia Maule @ocmaule.bsky.social science journalist | traveler | Intern with Live Science | 2025 AAAS Mass Media Fellow | UCSC Sci Comm Slug '26 | NASW Diversity Fellow | proud British/Cuban girl from Miami
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City Bureau @citybureau.bsky.social A Chicago-based national journalism lab reimagining local media though civic education, sustained impact reporting, and the #DocumentersNetwork 🔎
Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social just play the song, schneebly
📓 associate staff writer Pitchfork
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Chicago Area Archivists @chicagoarchivists.bsky.social An organization for Chicago area archivists, historians, librarians. Join us!
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Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social Associate online news editor @Science. Words at Rolling Stone, NYT, SciAm, WaPo, etc. Ex-staff writer at Nat Geo. Signal: mgreshko.01 https://linktr.ee/michaelgreshko
Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
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Kim Bellware @bellwak.bsky.social Chronically tardy yet somehow…Breaking news + bummer beats, formerly @washingtonpost
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Alex Nitkin @alexnitkin.bsky.social Government Finance & Accountability reporter,
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Capitol News Illinois @capitolnewsil.bsky.social Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government. A service of the Illinois Press Foundation.
Maggie Dougherty @maggiedough.bsky.social Chicago energy + investigative reporter for @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
@medillschool.bsky.social grad • professionally nosy • she/her • on signal at maggie_dough.26 • opinions my own etc etc
Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social I write narrative features about how systems affect people. Writing a book about how America lost the plot on literacy. Contributing writer, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author, Bad Company: https://bookshop.org/a/109816/9780063299351.
Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social Science and Health Editor-Reporter. Prev: Scientific American, Popular Science, Science Friday and more. Professional library book detective by night 📚 she/her laurenjyoung.com
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
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Washington, D.C.
Opinions my own. Reposts are not endorsements.
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SciAm Union @sciamunion.bsky.social We are the staff of @sciam.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of cells, we are the powerhouse of the oldest continually published magazine in the U.S. ✊ wgaea.st/sciam-letter
Kate Wong @katewong.bsky.social Freelance science writer and editor. Formerly senior editor at Scientific American. I write about human origins, animals past and present, wildlife conservation, ecology and evolution. Birder.
Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social Chicago. Reporter now, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Focused on violence, and running to ground things related. Past: CNN, Chicago Tribune. More of a baseball account now if I am being honest.
Well used to ghostly company by this time
Sofi LaLonde @sofilalonde.bsky.social Journalist & Audio Producer. Policy nerd. Currently editing the Optimist Economy podcast. Previously @Vox.com @WBEZ. 📍Chicago.
sofilalonde.com
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Melody Mercado @themelodymercado.bsky.social Reporter covering Downtown for Block Club Chicago • Former TV turned newspaper turned digital reporter • Boricua 🇵🇷• Send news tips to melody@blockclubchi.org
Hannah Meisel @hannahmeisel.bsky.social Legal affairs reporter for @CapitolNewsIL.bsky.social. Voted class clown in high school, though I’d like to think I’ve reformed. hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com 🍋
ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
Ben Szalinski @benszalinski.bsky.social Statehouse reporter for Capitol News Illinois | UIS PAR grad | Sports opinions mine | bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com 
Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus @ilsendems.bsky.social Official State Senate Democratic Caucus (Not US Senators).
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Illinois House Democratic Caucus @housedemsil.bsky.social Official Page for the Illinois House Democratic Caucus.
Michael Hawthorne @scribeguy.bsky.social Midwesterner. Pulitzer finalist. Dig into environment/public health for the Chicago Tribune. Confidential tips welcome via SIGNAL: scribeguy.35
EPL/NBA/MLB obsessive. Victoria Concordia Crescit. https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/michael-hawthorne
Mayor Brandon Johnson @mayorofchicago.bsky.social Father. Husband. Mayor. Building Chicago into the safest, most affordable big city in America.
Ben Bradley @benbradleytv.bsky.social 4pm news anchor and investigative reporter at @wgntv.com in Chicago. For those who @ me, try to be kind.
Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude
Send me tips: kate_knibbs@wired.com / Signal: kateknibbs.09
Grace Hauck @gracehauck.bsky.social State Investigative Reporter @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Previously @usatoday.com. Email ghauck@illinoisanswers.org
cam rodriguez 🔎 @camrodriguez.bsky.social meddling kid / journalist. map nerd, midwest defender, chicago fanatic. 🇲🇽🇺🇲. data @wbez.org & requesting a lot of docs over @foiaday.bsky.social
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social Chicagoan in love with urban ruins, labor history, poems, and where I live.
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Justin Anderson-Weber @jlweber.bsky.social I write Of Note, a monthly newsletter about music writing worth reading. https://buttondown.com/of_note
A man of many paths that somehow all led to biscuits, music, sports, and writing. Chicago-based after stints in DC, NC, and CO.
ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org We are ProPublica’s union. We are the workers at America’s biggest investigative newsroom.
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AP NewsGuild @apnewsguild.bsky.social We are the union for Associated Press journalists, technicians, and other workers in the United States. A unit of the @newsmediaguild, Local 31222, TNG-CWA. https://newsmediaguild.org
Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social A consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.
CUB Illinois @cubillinois.bsky.social Citizens Utility Board • Fighting for Illinois utility customers since 1984
www.citizensutilityboard.org
Vote Solar @votesolar.bsky.social On a mission to realize a 100% clean energy future through a solutions-driven, people first approach ☀️- T Thomas Dietterich @tdietterich.bsky.social Safe and robust AI/ML, computational sustainability. Former President AAAI and IMLS. Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Oregon State University. https://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~tgd/
Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. National Murrow Award Winner. Former Vox, USN&WR. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Jesus freak. Girlboss. Real piece of work.
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Da Bears @chicagobearsx.bsky.social Cross-posting Chicago Bears news and content from X and other sources so you don’t have to keep your X account.
Please excuse any tardiness with updates. I’m a guy with a job, etc., doing this in my free time.
Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me Science journalist & audio producer / Making podcasts at NASA / Other words in Nat Geo, The Atlantic, the NYT, Science, bioGraphic, Undark, etc. / Iowan 🌽
Views expressed here are my own.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
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Patty Wetli @pjdubs.bsky.social I report on urban nature for WTTW News/PBS Chicago. Expect lots of pics of flowers.
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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social 🎙️Host of @ProPublica’s new podcast, “Paper Trail”
🗓️New episodes on Thursdays
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AKA 伍德贞
https://www.propublica.org/series/paper-trail
RSF @handle.invalid Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
KERA News @keranews.org We are the NPR station for North Texas, the nonprofit newsroom for @kera.org public radio. See more coverage and sign up for newsletters: keranews.org. Check out our national talk show @think.kera.org and our local morning show: @ntxnow.bsky.social.
NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI) @skai-institute.bsky.social NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI), funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation.
Solving fundamental and emerging multiscale problems at the forefront of astrophysics and foundational AI.
Chicago DOE @chicagodoe.bsky.social Making Chicago greener and more livable
Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social Professor of planetary science at Johns Hopkins. Titan’s biggest fan. Pomeranian wrangler. Runner. Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe. She/her. sarahhorst.com
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@nytimesguild.bsky.social @nytimesguild.bsky.social We are the union representing nearly 1,500 workers at The New York Times.
Electrify Chicago @electrifychicago.net We find Chicago's most polluting buildings, so you don't have to! Powered by public energy benchmarking data. 🌎 ElectrifyChicago.net
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Geoffrey D. Wessel @gdwessel.bsky.social Comics writer. JUDGE DREDD, ROGUE TROOPER & more at @2000ad.bsky.social (2023 - Present); WAR BIRDS (2023, Dark Horse). DJ @chirpradio.org. Co-host Busting Balls Podcast. Bylines at FanByte, Wrestling Inc., /Film, Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
Molly Morrison @mollyhannahm.bsky.social NBA jokes and commentary
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Kathleen Hinkel @kathleenhinkel.bsky.social Photographer | Chicago and the wild Midwest | Ideas that will take me all around the world 🌎 Proud member of the family 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ https://www.kathleenhinkel.com/
Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social Curator, Northwestern University Transportation Library. All scanned images are from NUTL’s collections, unless otherwise indicated. Banner photo is from a promotional packet for the L-1011.
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
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charles (young QB agnostic) mcdonald @fourverts.bsky.social early 30 something black man in los angeles. covering NFL and stuff at the athletic. free palestine. long live rosie.
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