Phil Snelson @philsnelson.bsky.social Manchester United football club, qualified counsellor 🔥 embers therapy 🔥
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social Yes, I’m pulling the car over to look at plaques. I’ll be just a minute. Not a historian, but did minor in history at Indiana University. Formerly notgoingpro on other socials.
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Leslie Street @lesliestreet.bsky.social librarian; lawyer; professor; obsessed with trying to teach information literacy in a world that barely seems to care; lover of dogs, tennis, beaches, swimming, long hikes that cause my muscles to ache, the search for a perfect book, and my two boys.
Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org Nonpartisan and nonprofit coverage of Maryland Politics and government. Find us at https://marylandmatters.org/
Kevin @kevincross.bsky.social Baltimore.
Marilyn Tomato JD, PhD @mddirtlaw.bsky.social Zoning, land use, administrative law. Legal and American history. Urban Geography. The quotidian. Jazz. Classic rock. Super thrifter. Espionage. Nuance. I block preemptively.
Ryan Richter, AICP @ryanjrichter.com Transportation/urban planner. Fascinated with cities, geography and the movement of people and goods. Chicagoan. ryanjrichter.com
Blair Kamin @kaminblair.bsky.social Fortunate husband. Proud dad. Former Chicago Tribune architecture critic. Pulitzer, Polk winner. 2013 Nieman. Books: “Why Architecture Matters,” “Terror and Wonder,” “Who Is the City For?,” “Gates of Harvard Yard,” “Amherst College: The Campus Guide.”
howdytimbo @howdytimbo.bsky.social Mostly Baltimore and Fulham. Plus film noir
https://letterboxd.com/howdytimbo/
Glenn Loury @glennloury.skystack.xyz Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world, by Glenn Loury.
This is an automated Substack Account of https://glennloury.substack.com
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and http://RollingStone.com. Got a tip? Share it here: http://rol.st/tips
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias @ilsecofstate.bsky.social
Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers @platypuseconomics.bsky.social From world events to everyday decisions, economics explains it all. Platypus Economics makes it clear, useful, and actually fun.
https://linktr.ee/platypuseconomics
@josparsons.bsky.social @josparsons.bsky.social
Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org Connecting you with America’s top scholars to improve policy and strengthen democracy. Scholars' views are their own. Learn more at https://scholars.org/.
HockeyFights.com @hockeyfights.bsky.social bluesky of http://hockeyfights.com • Proud member of the Nation Network • Site and socials managed by Dan Gallant • covering (with no affiliation) NHL, AHL, CHL, SPHL, and ECHL (no video) fights currently • DMs open for submissions
Andy Orban @andyorban.bsky.social Architect, husband & dad, lives in Charlottesville. Bikes for fun and for transport.
Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social Exploring Wisconsin’s past, present and future
He/him
Views = mine only
Wes Streeting @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social Labour MP for Ilford North. Former Secretary of State for Health & Social Care.
Car Free Keith @carfreekeith.bsky.social Nothing makes me happier than places that have less cars. I make videos about that 👇
https://linktr.ee/carfreekeith
📍Chicago via NW IL, w/ a few years in New Orleans too
he/him
Jacob E. Peters @archijake.bsky.social Lifelong Chicagoan, lived other places, & it just reinforced my desire to live here. My opinions are mine alone. Find me on the other sites, w/ the same handle.
Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social Chicago. Transportation law, policy, and technology mostly. Senior Advisor, Metropolitan Planning Council. Views my own. One ticket, one timetable, one network....
MUST - the Manchester United Supporters Trust @imust.bsky.social MUST is the Independent Manchester United Supporters Trust
www.imust.org.uk
MUFC #MUFC
PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social Exclusive stories and insight from Westminster via PoliticsHome and The House magazine. Read our reporting at https://www.politicshome.com and subscribe to The Rundown podcast: http://bit.ly/3M8d963
Michael J. Garman @michaeljgarman.bsky.social Development Coordinator, CTLCV. Opinions my own.
Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social Reporter @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social, hyperfocused on zoning + city gov + police surveillance • B/MSJ23 from Medill • NKY➡️Chicago • he/him
I do not use generative AI in my work.
Read my stuff: https://evanstonroundtable.com/author/alex-harrison
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social Working within the active transportation, environmental protection, affordable housing and placemaking sphere. Always advocating #BikeTO #TransformTO #BLM #TweetsAreMineByDefault
Frances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social Cities are life! I've written in the Globe and elsewhere about urban issues, politics, housing for 30 years. Mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market. Now aiming to run for Van city council with OneCity francesbulaforcouncil.ca
Talmon Joseph Smith @talsmith.bsky.social New York Times economics reporter:
https://www.nytimes.com/by/talmon-joseph-smith // New Orleans Native // author of 'What Can We Afford' forthcoming from Simon & Schuster (March 2027) // mostly on Twitter
talmon.smith@nytimes.com
David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
Newsletter & contact info: www.davidzipper.com
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social Ethnographer. Sociologist. Studies gentrification, sexualities, gender, culture, and place.
Chicago 2100 Urbanism @chicago2100.bsky.social Petition to Demand A World-Class Chicago Transit System: https://www.change.org/Chicago2100
Advocating for a better tomorrow, one street at a time
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com AICP certified urban planner doing housing policy stuff at California YIMBY. I used to be much cooler. Tradeoffs are real. he/him
📍 San Francisco
Chuck Smith @chucklessmith.bsky.social Nerd. Wine adviser. Data slinger and database evangelist. Linguistics, by letters. Used to host radio shows. ADS-B reporter. Grape smusher on occasion. Weekend beer league hockey. Cars going round! Maniac driving a Saab! Transit dork. How you get ants.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Chancer On A Bike @darrenhayes.bsky.social Nottingham to SW France, not the moon and back (geddit?)
It's strange where life takes you.
Bsky account for Twitter ChancerOnABike
The bsky account @ChancerOnABike is dead - forgot the login 🤦♂️
Ted McClelland @tedmcclelland.bsky.social Father of Lark, Birch and Rose. Author of Chorus of the Union. Contributing Writer, Chicago magazine
Dr David Mckendrick @davidmckendrick.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Glasgow Caledonian University. Coughing up fire.
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Evanston RoundTable @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social Free, local nonprofit news for Evanston, covering what matters since 1998.
📮➡️ evanstonroundtable.com/newsletter
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
James Benton @jamesbenton.bsky.social Tall, white male working on my privilege, listening more. Father of 3 boys, married to a genius academic. I like efficiency, but also like caring about people. Both are possible! Gen Xr who resents needing "readers" or "my" music labeled "classic!"
Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com Professor & department head, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I study higher ed finance, accountability, and financial aid. Washington Monthly rankings data editor. Dad, gardener, and baker. Personal account.
https://robertkelchen.com/
Rob (RSS) @rss.coffee he/him
Old dude at #Twitch (Marketing), #Bard, #Whovian, #Critter, trombonist, #gaming and #anime nerd, coffee enjoyer.
Ex-Apple
CMU Music Grad
⬅️🦈Posts are mine
https://twitch.tv/rss
📧 : rob @rss.coffee
Simon Harris @simonharrisireland.bsky.social Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland) & Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Minister for Defence.
Leader of Fine Gael and Wicklow TD.
Stacey Vanek Smith @svaneksmith.bsky.social New Yorker, Idahoan, Story-Seeker, Radio-Maker @Bloomberg @Marketplace formerly @NPR Author: Machiavelli for Women
🎁 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/hh3huea6
Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social RECKONING with Jason Herbert
A long-form podcast about history, the outdoors, and the stories that shape who we are.
Benevolent dictator of Historians At The Movies #HATM
New episodes available now.
https://linktr.ee/jasonherbert
Xavier Harmony @transitharmony.bsky.social Australian-American 🇦🇺🇺🇸 | Transport Politics and Policy | PhD | Lover of cities 🌃, buses 🚌, trains 🚊, nature 🌳, and cats 🐈⬛ | He/him
Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner
Working with the Mayor, TfL & boroughs to build a safer, greener & healthier city.
Posts, errors & typos all mine.
John Dales @johnstreetdales.bsky.social Chair of Urban Movement
Chair of @livingstreets.bsky.social
Trustee of @transportforall.org.uk
Columnist for @transportxtra.bsky.social
Member of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC)
Former Chair of the Transport Planning Society.
Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk Rail engineer and writer. Hosts @railnatter.uk and @trainsatlantic.uk. HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE (https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways) available everywhere. He/him.
Tim Welch @tfwelch.com urban planner, educator, transport nerd, data geek, dad
Smart Growth UK @smartgrowthuk.bsky.social
Darren Davis @darrendavis.bsky.social A card carrying member of the kiwi diaspora currently planning public transport in SE Queensland. Love transit, cities, travelling, cats and movies.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌
linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
Timothy R Cain @timcain.bsky.social I teach about and study faculty, academic freedom, campus unions, student activism, and the history of higher education. I don't post about my amazing kid because it is their story to tell some day.
ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. There may be swear words. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social Views and speech are mine alone. Might delete.
Max~E-Sai @maxeeesai.bsky.social Collector of action figures, gameboy games and various other things, i post pictures of Toys, Cats, Gunpla and guitars. husband of the incredible maddieemei.bsky.social
Orko is the best.
Alex @3eeutiful.bsky.social Chicago inhabitant
Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social Puts the 'fun' in 'executive dysfunction' | Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist | Higher ed, critical pedagogy, C18/19th, and baseball-esp. minor leagues | Wrote: https://wvupressonline.com/node/823 | Hope, always. | he/him.
Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social Director of Transportation, Madison, WI; Author of “Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit,” Island Press, 2021, “Transportation and the Shape of Cities,” Island Press, 2026. (he/him) PE/AICP/LEED AP (Views are my own.)
Old UK Christmas Print Ads @oldukprintadsxmas.bsky.social Running from September 16th to Christmas Day each year, displays random festive print ads from the past hundred years or so. A Festive version of @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social
Old UK Print Ads 70s/80s/90s @oldukprintads7890s.bsky.social Newspaper and magazine ads from the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
Also
@OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social - 1700s onwards
@OldUKPrintAdsXmas.bsky.social - Xmas ads, from Sept 16th
Print quality is very variable - remember this is mostly ancient newsprint, so VERY low-tech
Festive Vibes @festivevibes.bsky.social Wallowing in British Christmases past and present, plus all sorts of festive stuff! We really get going from September 16th each year. Formerly known as Christmas UK.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@FestiveVibesUK
Old UK Print Ads @oldukprintads.bsky.social Newspaper and magazine ads
Also
@OldUKPrintAds7890s.bsky.social - 1970s/80s/90s ads only
@OldUKPrintAdsXmas.bsky.social - Xmas ads, from Sept 16th
@OldInPrintAds.bsky.social - International ads (non-UK)
Old UK Christmas Catalogues @oldukcataloguesxm.bsky.social Running from September 16th to Christmas Day each year, displays random double-page spreads from Christmas catalogues from the past hundred years or so. A Festive version of @OldUKCatalogues.bsky.social
Old UK Catalogues @oldukcatalogues.bsky.social Random selections of pages from vintage UK catalogues.
Also:
* @OldInCatalogues.bsky.social - International (non-UK) catalogues
* @OldUKCataloguesXm.bsky.social - UK Christmas catalogues, from Sept 16th
* @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social - UK Print Ads
Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social Architecture. Architectural History. Historic Preservation. Charleston, Charlottesville, Cairo. Clemson University, University of Virginia. Devoted to Chelsea Football Club, and to my wife, Lynn, forever.
Moved to Cleveland to join a coastal elite.
Daniel Cantwell @danielhcantwell.bsky.social Registered architect.
Municipal musings, mainly.
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com The world-famous urban theorist who…wait, this has to be honest‽
Independent Professional Urbanist and Writer, creating in-depth critiques of urban spaces, places, & systems.
My work:
thefoxandthecity.com
Also ED @etany.org
She/her
Taylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others
Humanist | Emergency+Addiction Medicine | Health policy and advocacy | Health technology and innovation | Views my own (he/him)
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
no context west wing @lemonlymancom.bsky.social what's next?
Eli Pousson @elipousson.bsky.social Local historian, bike rider, and #RStats developer. Planner for Baltimore city. Poster at @elipousson@dads.cool
Randy Clarke @wmatagm.bsky.social Proudly leading the Metro team @wmata.com (America’s Metro System) as GM & CEO. Also on IG and Twitter with same handle.
Rep. Johnny Olszewski @repjohnnyo.bsky.social Proudly representing Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District. Dad, husband, former public school teacher, and county executive. Always Ravens + Orioles.
Jeff Jackson @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social Dad, Soldier, Attorney General for North Carolina
Illinois Enjoyer @illinoisenjoyer.bsky.social On a mission to visit every town, village, and city in Illinois (300/1299), all pictures are my own. Jacob Lusinski, IlliniosEnjoyer@gmail.com
Swyddfa'r Prif Weinidog @prifweinidog.gov.wales Official account for the Office of the First Minister of Wales.
Cray Craig @craycraig.bsky.social Everything is geography. Politics, sports, history, transit, culture, transplanted to Chicago. #GoPackGo #FearTheDeer | Chicago
Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament, Bristol North West
Rory Stewart @rory-stewart.bsky.social Author The Middleland linktr.ee/middleland, PlacesinBetween, Jackson/Yale. PoliticsOnTheEdge. @Restispolitics podcast w Alastair Campbell.
Parody
PYZC - A. Philip Railroad @pyzc773.bsky.social Transportation Planner || Transit Map Maker || Photographer || Anti-New Jersey Account
Dual Chicago/DC citizenship wielder. Now in NYC. I also talk about Philly & Baltimore
All opinions are especially my own
Prints & Maps: https://linktr.ee/pyzc773
Larry Shure @ultralocal1.bsky.social Preservation planner and architectural historian in support of public transit. Weekend artist.
Planetizen @planetizen.bsky.social Fiercely independent news, analysis, resources and more for every stage of an urban planner's career.
https://www.planetizen.com/
BeyondDC @beyonddc.bsky.social Urbanism & transportation, WashDC.
Planner, professor, longtime GGWash.
Trying for joy rather than doom & dunks; not always succeeding.
Saving Places @savingplaces.bsky.social The National Trust for Historic Preservation is leading the movement to save places where history happened. We're #SavingPlaces and working to #TellTheFullStory
Greg Macek @gmacek.bsky.social INFP | Enneagram 4 | Runner | Scotch Lover | Amateur Blogger/Writer | Team Nikon | Technology | Psychology | Aspiring transit nerd and regular writer/blogger
Chicago area native/resident. Posts are obviously my own.
https://linktr.ee/gmacek
Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social Building conservation university teacher and practitioner.
Historic building materials, construction techniques, and architecture.
Studying Roman construction and writing a book on Historic Floors
UK/Italy