Miranda Sanchez @havokrose.bsky.social Executive Editor of Guides at IGN and Podcast Unlocked member
Into books, beer, stationery, cats, video games, and writing.
She/her
Brian Altano @brianaltano.bsky.social Executive Producer of Creative/Talent at IGN. Hosts videos. Writes scripts. Makes music. Plays video games. Cooks food. Collects toys. Eats pizza. Stays busy.
https://www.patreon.com/ThisThingRules?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Logan Plant @loganjplant.bsky.social Senior Editor, Playlist and DB at IGN. Host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Big F-Zero fan. Bigger Seattle Mariners fan. WSU alum. Email: lplant@ign.com.
Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social Chicago design journalist and critic, @bloomberg.com and elsewhere. In one of those phases where I can’t decide whether it matters what buildings look like or not.
https://zachmortice.com
Jadarina @jadarina.bsky.social Community Lead for IGN
Host on Podcast Beyond! & NVC
D&D DM for hire
She/Her
Bulbasaur is life!
Talk to me about all things Sonic, Pikmin, Monster Hunter, TMNT, and Final Fantasy!
twitch.tv/jadarina
Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
Soren Bowie @sorenbowie.bsky.social Writer at American Dad. Co-host of Quick Question with Soren and Dan.
Susannah Ribstein @susannahribs.bsky.social Realtor at Compass. Specializing in the communities of the South Side. South Shore resident. Real estate, architecture, preservation, parks advocacy 🔗 https://www.susannahribsteinrealty.com/
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
Transit @transit.app We make life better without a car.
Live in 1000+ cities worldwide. Made in Montreal.
🌳🚌🚏🚇🚲🌼
En français svp 👉 @fr.transit.app
go.transit.app/more
Nisei Lounge @niseilounge.bsky.social Chicago’s oldest baseball bar. 
Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social I write about and document Detroit, the Great Lakes State, and historic buildings everywhere. I like bicycles, soccer, and pasties.
eherg.com & miroadtrip.com/
@goodcorie.bsky.social @goodcorie.bsky.social They/them. Trans rights forever.
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social The Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative celebrates this housing style, seeking to preserve the unique features of these houses, protect them from demolition, and continue their use and reuse for the next century – https://workerscottage.org/
Mr. Brutalism @jmings.bsky.social Official account of Mr. Brutalism. Architect/Founder of @aggregate-studio.com. Views are my own, y’all should love Brutalism and never skip Leg Day. He/Him/His
https://aggregate-studio.com
Robby The Duck @robbynoname.bsky.social eggland’s best
Ben van Loon @benvanloon.com Chicagoan. Former professor. Current association leader. Award-winning designer, editor, writer, and comms guy. I care about governance, cities, and forgotten things.
Jake Babe @wouldntknockit.bsky.social bass @ devonkayandthe.solutions
bass @ jacobhorntrio.bandcamp.com
formerly vox/guitar @ pocketed.bandcamp.com
formerly bass @ trumanandhistrophy.bandcamp.com, ditchclub.bandcamp.com
letterboxd @ letterboxd.com/jlevin12/
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social Public historian, preservationist, professor. Writing on race and representation at US historic sites.
@mgrish.bsky.social @mgrish.bsky.social 
Donald Gibson @topgibby.bsky.social 
Frank Okay @frankokay.com crusty bottle of elmer's glue wheezing into the sky ass mf
oil-stained cardboard で人生が作ったass mf
Free Palestine ass mf
Chicago artist whose entire identity is now “I live in Japan”
東京に住んでるシカゴ人。アートと音楽を作ってているけど、、、正直、何が起こってるのかマジで一生わからん。
Janet K @ocdiva.bsky.social Enterprise Architect, Map/Flag Nerd, Wedding Officiant, Retired Roller Derby Blocker & Announcer, Voice Actor, Pet Parent, Socially Awkward
Alan Vuchichevich @alanhv.bsky.social Ex stage manager, ex Rennie, ex... a lot.
Come in. Know me better.
gabriel x. michael @g-x-m.bsky.social Witness to subterranean Chicago. King of Lake Street. Guardian of the city’s oldest buildings. Telling a story of the unappreciated, unseen, unknown.
MCMLXXXIV. All rights reserved.
jessica @jesstobrazil.bsky.social philadelphia via new jersey | i’m gonna miss everything
Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Dept of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago.
danielkayhertz.com
Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social Is that urban planner yelling into the Internet again?
Detroiter from St. Louis
Posting about city services & urban planning from a justice perspective, the Rust Belt, community outreach, transportation, historic preservation, and cats. 
Wyatt Gordon @yitgordon.bsky.social Urban planner, community builder, policy wonk
Larry Shure @ultralocal1.bsky.social Preservation planner and architectural historian in support of public transit. Weekend artist.
McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social Started as updates from an artifact from a significant South Side club that has been spared the scrap heap. Now mostly other Woodlawn/Chgo history. Jazz & minutia. Infrequent posts.
B. Otterlake @izzz.bsky.social Creator of Bluesky
Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social (he/him/dude)
Living in Philly, go birds
I also make the Armchair Urbanist series
https://linktr.ee/alanthefisher
Anjulie Rao @anjulierao.bsky.social I write about the built environment. Bylines in a lot of places.
Anjulierao.info
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 🍋
Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social Chicago blueystorian, UIC ABD
jeffnicholshistory.com
James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social 📍Chicago
Preservationist and architectural historian 🏳️🌈
ART DECO WORLD available for pre-order: https://linktr.ee/maxechavez
Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social Comedian. The Field Trip and They're Coming to Get You podcasts. It’s satire.
Donnacha @donnacha.bsky.social Not vicious, or malicious, just de-lovely, and delicious
@chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social Architecture geek
https://chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/
John Morris @john-morris.bsky.social block prints
Chicago
http://tinycitypress.com
Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me Chicago is home ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
[ cities are for people ]
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org Professional Development | Knowledge Transfer | Strategic Advising
Our mission is to serve, teach, and inspire current and future urban professionals in our quest for actionable steps towards safe, inclusive, active mobility.
Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net Unheil-bringer. lithium prince. architecture critic @thenation.com
my blogs are https://late-review.com, https://wehwalt.net and mcmansionhell.com
she/they
karen han @karenhan.bsky.social 🍒 screenwriter and culture writer
🍊 author of BONG JOON HO: DISSIDENT CINEMA
🍋 reps: lit entertainment/uta
🍐 krnyhan@gmail.com
🫐 https://www.karenhan.org
She's A Beast @shesabeast.bsky.social The bad boy of the wellness industry
https://www.shesabeast.co/
By @caseyjohnston.bsky.social
https://www.caseyjohnston.website/
Check out LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell https://www.couchtobarbell.com/
old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue i post public domain photographs from the john margolies roadside america archive in the library of congress. unaffiliated. built by @xor.blue
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
whet moser @whetmoser.com newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social Buildings, signs, and symbols collected by keyword. Original photographic documentation since 2010.
Chicago, IL — www.ruralindexingproject.com
Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social Lesser building nerd, real estate photographer
10,000 Motivated Rats @bombsfall.bsky.social Scott Benson. Artist/ Animator/ Writer/ Videogame Person. Light Night Work Club/ Night In The Woods. Same handle on Twitter and Instagram. You can always find me at Bombsfall.com.
Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social Short. Black. Mom. Wife. Writer. Photographer. Profanity enthusiast. Chicago architecture & history + classic film. Photos mine unless noted. Opinions always mine. Fighter against the tyranny of hard pants & unyielding waistbands. she/her
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Cohost of @maintenancephase.bsky.social. Author of WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT and YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. Subject of @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen. yrfatfriend@gmail.com
Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social Researcher, UCalgary
PhD, Political Science
Dr. Cronk, Historian of Complaints. I've written a book, The Press Gallery (release TBD).
Headline of the Year! Lots going on.
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
Beautiful Women Updates @aoife.bsky.social great lakes secessionist | ask your therapist about me (she/her)
Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social Active transportation 🚲🚶🚇 • Climate and land use 🌳🌆 • Chicago politics 🌬️ • Dad x2 • Tweets and opinions my own • he/him
Commuters Take Action @ctaction.org A collective of frustrated Chicago commuters. Pro-Rider, Pro-Operator, Pro-Reliability, Anti-Board Inaction
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social prairie-style socialism and postcards
https://www.postcard-past.com/
Soren Spicknall @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."
Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social Independent journalist.
Send tips via Signal: 202-510-1268.
Join my newsletter 👇👇👇
kenklippenstein.substack.com
If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.
Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod
Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
matt @mattxiv.bsky.social no elon! yippee
soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social forbes' 7.4 billion under 7.4 billion.
Vinny Thomas @vinnythomas.bsky.social ancient reptile in real life, Omar on Platonic. formerly known as vinn_ayy
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. Joto.
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Matt @deeply-stated.bsky.social Data Scientist / engineer who likes figuring things out. Pythonista. Chicagoan from Detroit.- S @sledgett.bsky.social @sledgett.bsky.social