Popcornbender Spatch @spatch.bsky.social Writer/old-time radio actor/roller coaster rider/CAT TOWN guy/funy computar maker/etc. Wrote Pick Up The Phone Booth and Die once. Married and we have a cat. Often tells you to enjoy the show at your friendly local independent movie theater. Aquarius. Hi
シャポコ🌵 @shapoco.net 絵を描く、電気で遊ぶ、コードを紡ぐ、通知を無視する。
X: https://twitter.com/shapoco
Misskey: https://misskey.io/@shapoco
GitHub: https://github.com/shapoco
Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/users/24431887
お題箱: https://odaibako.net/u/shapoco
Web: https://www.shapoco.net/
Bonfire Gaming @bonfiregaming.bsky.social A group that uses gaming to bring a better world. We focus on sustainability, inclusivity, accessibility, and community. This page includes all events that we host. Check our website: https://bonfiregamingchi.org
Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social 🌐Studies influence, propaganda, platform design@Georgetown
✍🏼Lawfare,The Atlantic, Substack/Ghost Newsletter (signup on my site if you want Ghost)
📕Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality (invisiblerulers.com)
🦹🏻♀️Twitter Files supervillain
Neon Insect ネオン昆虫 @neoninsect.bsky.social Dystopian storyteller, #industrialmusic from Germany
https://linktr.ee/neoninsect
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
DJDeviantSound @djdeviantsound.bsky.social Alternative Music DJ & crazy cat bloke.
https://www.twitch.tv/deviantsound
Mo Dotti @modottiband.bsky.social Pasadena, CA
HTTP://Mo-Dotti.bandcamp.com
Jason Thorpe @thorpej.bsky.social Nerd. Aspiring Unix grey-beard. Bicycle nut. E46 enthusiast. Obsolete technology aficionado. Proud lib snowflake. I like to make stuff, especially Manhattans. he/him.
Eurosky Social @eurosky.social Building open social web infrastructure and apps in Europe. Public interest non-profit, part of Modal Foundation.
App: mu.social
Accounts: move.eurosky.tech
Discover: portal.eurosky.tech
Web: eurosky.tech
Help: eurosky.tech/help
Fund: fund.eurosky.tech
blippy @blippy.bsky.social hobbyist wildlife photography (mostly birds) | plants | nerd | pro-trains | floridian
all photos posted are my own, shot on Sony a6700 or iPhone, no AI use
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
Cressa Maeve Áine @beeragon.bsky.social girlhood rot
fuck AI
beeragon@gmail.com
Instagram.com/beeragon
Wax Trax! Records @waxtraxrecords.bsky.social Official home of Chicago's underground record store and independent label.
Sam Ettinger @settinger.net Formerly @dhammarskjold on the birdsite. Sorry for misleading everyone, I'm not actually a UN Secretary General with a posthumous Nobel Prize. Yet.
ka92 @ka92.bsky.social 絵や漫画を描きます
The Register @theregister.com Your favorite enterprise technology news vultures, flying high in the Bluesky – On the web since 1998 – More here: https://www.theregister.com/
Caveat Frogs @caveatfrogs.bsky.social With Caveat Frogs, it’s important to read the small print.
Made by Jaunty Art
https://www.jaunty.art
@techbyandroda.bsky.social @techbyandroda.bsky.social 
TICS @onidev.bsky.social Imaging and reverse engineering of integrated circuits.
Working on a silicon chip reverse engineering pipeline.
http://ic.onidev.fr/
Satoru Inoue @satoruinoue.com Japanese-American physicist/translator/data scientist in Chicago. Writes about dishes, discs, and districts at https://www.satoruinoue.com
Japanese account: @inoueian.bsky.social
@gsisson.bsky.social @gsisson.bsky.social 
Leather Archives & Museum @leatherarchives.bsky.social A Chicago-based research archive, library and museum dedicated to the preservation of leather, kink, fetish and BDSM community history.
Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social Chair of Languages & Cultures @ Macquarie University. Sociolinguist of Japanese. Lingua Brutallica co-host. Studies Japanese script, media, language, and metal. 日本語の文字やメタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.
https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com
DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social Biosecurity, outbreaks, apocalypses, language & conspiracy. Former Fed. Intellectual magpie. Dogs, SciFi, nerdery. Views my own.
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
Support us: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/
📧 info@unraveledpress.com
📱 Signal: unraveled.66
Nils (knillz) @knillz.bsky.social ‘Gaze and dreampop nerd. Twitch.tv/dj_knillz
Linktr.ee/knillz
Paul Cooper @paulmmcooper.com Novelist & podcast maker｜Wrote River of Ink (2016), All Our Broken Idols (2020), Fall of Civilizations (2024)｜Creator of the Fall of Civilizations Podcast @fallofcivilizations.com
Ian Scott @polpo.org I'm currently cooking up PicoIDE, a hardware IDE/ATAPI emulator, launching on Crowd Supply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics/picoide
I also made PicoGUS: https://picog.us
Also on Fedi at https://chaos.social/@polpo
In Colorado, USA
arturo182 @arturo182.bsky.social HW & SW
Founder of @solder.party
he/him
FairVote Illinois @fairvoteil.bsky.social A nonpartisan, grassroots organization working for better elections. Join the movement to bring ranked choice voting to Illinois!
🔗: FairVoteIllinois.org/links
🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾 @chaseprairie.bsky.social Research Scientist 🌾 Adj Professor
Scicomm 🌾 Env/Sci History 🌾 Comics
history, plants, & goldenrod 🌾🏳️🌈🌾
https://liz.kozik.net
she/her
@negauneeinstitute.bsky.social 🌿 Chicago Botanic Garden 🌿
https://rethinkinglawns.com
Chicago Gothic Scene @chicagogothicscene.bsky.social Flyers for Goth/Industrial/Ebm/Post Punk etc…shows in Chicago/and or Greater Chicago Area. DM info/flyers for any shows.
⛧☾༺♰༻☽⛧
Eclipse @eclipsewashere.bsky.social And she tells us our fortune by crumbling leaves
And she teaches us card tricks, the Jack makes us weak
she/her
KerminatorX @kerminatorx.bsky.social Random thoughts about the world we live in, and life in general.
Emily McGovern @emilyscartoons.bsky.social Cartoonist & author
Prints and comic booklets available here! 👉 http://emilyscartoons.myshopify.com
Alejandra Guerrero @corporatevampire.bsky.social The Lady is a Vamp 🦇 👠📷 🎞
Provocative & sensual fine art photographer, author, seductress, cosmologist, vintage lover, dogmom. Chicago, IL 🚫 Ai #Ilovefilm
www.corporatevampire.com
Greg @gregdavill.bsky.social Electronics engineer. RISC-V ASICs at IQonIC Works 🧙♂️ (He/Him)
I also take macro photos of electronics
Jesus Jones @jesusjonesband.bsky.social Our new album "Twilight" will be released 18th September 2026 - pre-order now! https://store.jesusjones.com/
a. favorite design @afavoritedesign.bsky.social handcrafted letterpress goods & neighborhood stationery shop!
💌 afavoritedesign.com
Our mission is to encourage long distance warm fuzzies through snail mail.
Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social Catholic Priest
Passionate about Tech and Science
Jesuit in Rome
Bots, edgelords & those who can't have a civil conversation are blocked.
All opinions are my own
Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
Roach @roach-works.bsky.social SFF Romance enthusiast. Reader, writer, artist, and all-purpose crusty old freak. 
Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social Chief of Staff for Governor JB Pritzker.
A continually aggravated Philadelphian making her way in the great city of Chicago.
Blumineck @blumineck.bsky.social David the Arrow Bard, aka Blumineck.
I do pole dance, archery, and nerdery.
Linktr.ee/blumineck
@johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social IC reverse engineering, #mtvre, CTO @LabsmoreLLC
https://siliconprawn.org
http://patreon.com/JohnDMcMaster
Nick Touran @whatisnuclear.com Ph.D./P.E. nuclear engineer and nuclear educator who runs https://whatisnuclear.com. Thinks about how to deliver nuclear power reliably and cheaply, advanced reactors, reactor history, energy.
Shirley Jackson @lioninthetrees.bsky.social black+korean | she+her | flesh+bone
💌: shirley@lioninthetrees.com
I make art—mainly ceramics—combining wildlife & folklore;
I can be found wishing on shooting stars, getting existential, and dancing with my dogs.
🌻: shop.lioninthetrees.com
#art
Cursed Footprints @cursedfootprints.bsky.social serving up the most deranged footprints that power-mad IC designers have foisted upon us
The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. Formerly UPenn, Bell Labs. So-called expert on election security and […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://federate.social/@mattblaze, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Steve Diet Goedde @stevedietgoedde.bsky.social Fine art photographer specializing in fetish and erotica for over 35 years. Books/prints at https://linktr.ee/stevedietgoedde
secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com Isa / bi ace ink goblin 🏳️🌈 🎨 (her/they). French Canadian📍[Montréal]. Co-author of the webcomic Namesake. Author of Crow Time. 🧿 ♊
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
Vic Michaelis @vicmmic.bsky.social actor + improviser + sorry about the birds
Jeremy Cole @jeremycole.bsky.social he/him – Seattle, WA – Bikes, mobility, food security, compassion, and building better cities. Sometimes: MySQL, Ruby, etc.
🚴♂️ strava.com/athletes/106905687
📸 instagram.com/bikeseattle
📚 blog.jcole.us
Adam Daw @adamdaw.com Alive again and moving over to Bsky from Twitter. Instructor and Code for SFDC, JS and AI in Ottawa. https://adamdaw.com
Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov Mom. Combat Veteran. Blackhawk pilot. U.S. Senator. Illinoisan.
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Phil Huckelberry @huckelberry.bsky.social I’m the guy who writes META-SPIEL @ http://meta-spiel.beehiiv.com about Illinois, baseball, music, running, the Midwest, pizza, hamsters, design, etymology, you name it
@maldeluca.bsky.social @maldeluca.bsky.social 
@bbsan.bsky.social @bbsan.bsky.social SW Engineer - Pretty much into #Retro
https://ko-fi.com/bbsan2k
netik @netik.bsky.social Fine food, live music, electronics, photography, and technology. I make some of your favorite things go.
@kbkthegrue.bsky.social @kbkthegrue.bsky.social 
Paula Angeles @prangeles.bsky.social Writer, convention organizer, mom, and LGBTQIA+ ally. Your feelings are valid. 
Throwaway Heroes @throwawayheroes.bsky.social Chicago based original punk rock band!
On TikTok at Throwaway.Heroes
On FB at throwawayheroes
On IG at throwaway_heroes
On YT at throwawayheroes7182
For booking and info email
ThrowawayHeroesBand@gmail.com
Bill Paul @barfight.bsky.social What does this little red button do?- I I @ifonawinters.bsky.social
@gkmccready.bsky.social @gkmccready.bsky.social 
Terrence @archangelkhaos.bsky.social 
Diceweaver @diceweaver.com The world's greatest virtual tabletop. https://www.diceweaver.com/
Ken fvcking Capelli @astragoblin.bsky.social San Franciscan game developer, pixelated human, vintage motorcyclist, errant illustrator, radicalized polygon, and superdiagonal bedhog. No one knows I'm new wave.
#horror #humor #progressive #monster
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social Fixing retro tech in a Chicagoland basement.
K8 Léchler @katelechler.bsky.social SFF writer, editor, lecturer living in Chicago. PhD in Brit lit, words in Podcastle, Shimmer, Fireside. 🌈💀 "Just like entropy tends towards chaos, I tend towards silly-little-guy."
elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog a guy with a poodle and a blog. philly sports fan. jew-ish.
https://www.necessaryfictions.blog/ / https://letterboxd.com/eisquith
Jennifer L. Pozner @jennpozner.bsky.social Media critic, journalist, anti-racist feminist
*Author: IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S MEDIA (graphic novel, 23rd St Books); REALITY BITES BACK
*Founder: Women In Media & News
*Speaker: DM for TV/talks/workshops
*Pundit: ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/MSNBC/VICE
*Comedy nerd
She/Her
28,679 words (I'm back writing!) @legalminimum.bsky.social Now shamelessly employed but not telling you where (yet).No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
Amitai Schleier @schmonz.com Force multiplier.
Outcome improver.
Decision sharer.
Developer, leader, coach.
agilein3minut.es podcaster.
Musician.
Bad poet (award-winning).
Kimmo Suominen @kimmo.social Lifelong Unix addict turned Mac user. Often can't keep my hands off of other people's code.- R Ryo ONODERA @ryoon.bsky.social https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ryoon
Cryo @cryo.ws NetBSD pkgsrc | BlueCat | Warped DeadJournal
DFIR PSIRT Risk Compliance FOSS Cybersec Infosec
[self Opinion]; // I speak only for me and trees.
RT/links are not endorsement. ⑤⓪③ ␀␠
Also @cryo@infosec.exchange and @cryo
Ken Shirriff @righto.com Computer history. Reverse-engineering old chips. Restored Apollo Guidance Computer, Alto. Ex-Google, Sun, Msft. So-called boffin.
Jay Holler @jayholler.bsky.social Committed to the bit that is existence.
More active online at @jay@macaw.social
Miss Jackalope @missjackalopedj.bsky.social Drum and Bass + electro + basshouse DJ // Twitch.tv/MissJackalope // Legendary Merch MissJackalope.store // DEF CON Resident DJ // YouTube.com/@missjackalope for claw games and DJ replays and Japan fun
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
James Urbaniak @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social Actor, writer, podcast guest 
RDS' GTA foto @rdsgtafoto.bsky.social These are my GTA "photography", it's mostly about cars & unedited straight from screenshot; also on IG (@rds_gtafoto).
Saxtus @saxtus.gr Born and live in Athens, Greece. Has one head, two hands, and two legs. The head is empty most of the time. Zero tolerance for griefers, quitters, and bullies. Pluviophile. INFJ-T
Hedrgoblin @hedrgoblin.bsky.social Artist, wanderer
Per Persson @perpersson.bsky.social 
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social
📍60625
Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social No NFTs, No A.I.
linktr.ee/sarahcandersen
Dropout @dropout.tv a comedy streamer with all of your favorite shows
🧔♂️ Game Changer
📢 Make Some Noise
🎲 Dimension 20
🫂 Very Important People
🐷 Smartypants
dropout.tv
@greatblarg.bsky.social @greatblarg.bsky.social 
kattis @cat2600.bsky.social Meow
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Matt McIrvin @mattmcirvin.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy he/him
I'm a programmer who was trained in physics long ago. If on Bluesky, follow @ap.brid.gy so I can see you.
[bridged from https://mathstodon.xyz/@mattmcirvin on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Brooke Vibber @bvibber.bsky.social Nerd / cat lady / MediaWiki dev / Flight Simulator and Flight Simulator accessories
I'm not here much; more active on fedi/mastodon via https://bikeshed.vibber.net/@brooke
Damon Destructo @zombiemaster.bsky.social 
Robert Smallshire @robert.smallshire.no Founding Tubetrain 🚀. Building Demonstrable® at Sixty North. Director for lithium explorer Transition Elements. "utterly competent". Geoscience PhD. 330 ppm CO₂. Cyclist 🚴♂️ . Caver. 🇳🇴🇬🇧