Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, Premier League and tennis fan, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book and travel recommendations welcomed.
Political Poll Bot @pollbot.bsky.social Sending out poll results as they get posted
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
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BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social The name is a joke from Shakespeare
This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera
The Bronx
one-legged juggler // he
FRANK'S FILM REVIEW @franksfilmreview.bsky.social Frank Gaimari, a writer from the Pacific Northwest, has captivated audiences worldwide with his novels, movie reviews, and screenplays.
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@frankgaimari.bsky.social
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in rural Missouri. Adopted the pen name "Sridhar Ramesh" from riverboat slang.
are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social chicago common brick lying in a tallgrass prairie | he/they
@jon-sociologist.bsky.social @jon-sociologist.bsky.social Neurodiverse and proud of it (fair warning: I say a lot of shit some people find inappropriate)
Naturalist Atheist (I believe in the universe as revealed by science)
I value democracy, compassion, and inclusion
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
dissected @trepanation.bsky.social getting hosed down in a mcdonald’s parking lot
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
Anarchists Without Borders @anarchswoborders.bsky.social All antifascists are allies now.
Our community is dedicated to antitoxicity, and opposed to all hate, including scapegoating of liberals.
Voting and political engagement are duty.
Join us: https://discord.gg/EFMdVcGz2S
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social 
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 | 🇳🇴
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
Pink Jerkoff Boy @pinkjerkoffboy.bsky.social Old, gay, trans, deal with it. Especially that first one.
https://www.instagram.com/pinkjerkoffboy?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app 
Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social Historian of Early America, Brooklyn College & Graduate Center, CUNY. Leading AHA wit. Latest AmRev book: "The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution" 🔥 Dad, Mets fan, fantasy reader
Strong Towns @strongtowns.org We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
stabke @stabke.bsky.social skeets: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ttg5z7y26v3nhuvcseyg4mpi/feed/aaaajcukszjem
Champs: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ttg5z7y26v3nhuvcseyg4mpi/feed/aaaampslwh62o
Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social Suburbanite. Sustainable transportation advocacy, for Chicago and Chicagoland. #BuildTheTunnel
“The smart, transit-oriented [social media] account” -Chicago Tribune
Planning, building, breaking, rebuilding.
Carlos Eagle @mexicoseagle.bsky.social MEX ✈️ Your Mom's House
L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006.
https://linktr.ee/LATACO
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Zeteo @zeteo.com Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
https://zeteo.com
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
naylandblake @naylandblake.bsky.social Artist, Auntie, Bear, BIPOC, Educator, Enby, Fat, Femme. Aspiring cranky crone.They/Them. Archive/shambles/home at www.naylandblake.net I love it when you make things.
@hamonwry.bsky.social @hamonwry.bsky.social 
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Kids Over Cars NYC @kidsovercarsnyc.bsky.social Parents & caregivers building safe, healthy, & joyful streets for the littlest NYers. A project of @comradeswkids.bsky.social
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.
Lakeshore Drive Slut @shredded-teat.bsky.social chicago bicycle supremacist she/her
@chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social Architecture geek
https://chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Corey Atad @coreyatad.com Toronto-based freelance writer @ The Star, GQ, Defector, The Baffler, Gawker, Esquire, Hazlitt. Air Bud admirer. Favourite cheese: Gouda. coreyatad@gmail.com / www.coreyatad.com
Angelica Jade Bastién @angelicabastien.bsky.social writer. critic. essayist. on staff at New York Magazine. Southern broad. https://angelicabastien.com/
https://angelicabastien.substack.com
Jennifer Wilson @jenniferwilson.bsky.social Staff Writer, The New Yorker | jennyfromthebloc.com
jorge @franziafanon.bsky.social film & tv criticism in The Nation and LARB
nba / miami heat fan
chicago resident
Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social Vulture TV critic, SOUND OF METAL Criterion author, Peabody Awards juror, usually complaining about something.
https://www.vulture.com/author/roxana-hadadi/
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social critic @vulture
soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social culture writer. contributing @defector.bsky.social. in my humble opinion: my so-called life (ecw, 2016). new book in the works (liveright/norton). sorayaroberts.com
BDM @bdmcclay.bsky.social critic & essayist / my dog's name is Boswell
i have a newsletter: https://notebook.substack.com/
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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social Reviews architecture, in New York.
nyra.nyc
diana budds @dianabudds.bsky.social journalist covering design, architecture, cities, and culture. recent writing in fast company, wallpaper, the architect's newspaper, and untapped journal.
https://dianabudds.com/
dianacbudds@gmail.com
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
mark lamster @mlamster.bsky.social architecture critic of the dallas morning news. author of “the man in the glass house.” www.marklamster.com
Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social I ride my bike, get angry at drivers, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
𝙣𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙫𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚™ @napveg.bsky.social inventor of joke bluesky • mayor of topeka, kansas • top 0.001% of onlyfans creators • yin yoga black belt • vaccine enthusiast • 4x therapy world champion • laravel artisan • avi: @gazpachomachine on the bird site • he/him
Sam Bloch @samkbloch.bsky.social journalist, author of SHADE: THE PROMISE OF A FORGOTTEN NATURAL RESOURCE (2025), samuel.bloch@gmail.com
AVAILABLE NOW: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shade-the-promise-of-a-forgotten-natural-resource-samuel-bloch/22014863
Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Subscribe to my newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | @KatzOnEarth on TikTok & Insta | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
Austan Goolsbee @goolsbee.bsky.social Chicago diehard. President & CEO of the Chicago Fed, econ prof Chicago Booth School, former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
I do not speak for the Fed or others on the FOMC
r o n y t h e b i k e c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social Bike Cities Food Systems Data Coffee Tea Bread Cat Former Coastal Elite Person
The God of Cities @thegodofcities.bsky.social Absurdist, Writer, Artist, Pansexual, Navy Vet,
Husband, Thinker, Pornomancer, Socialist,
Philosopher, Progressive, Existentialist.
#OneWorldorNone
https://www.deviantart.com/thegodofcities1967
Becker Friedman Institute for Economics @beckerfriedman.bsky.social The Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago supports inquiry on significant economic and policy questions. Repost/Follow ≠ endorsement.
Follow us on socials: https://linktr.ee/bfisocials
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
CEO, Antifa - FREE ŁINK @chicagoted.bsky.social 147% supercritical farts, dirtbag left, slutty dad, divorce enthusiast, one time OSHA Forklift Certified, ENM, “y’all” means all, disaster bisexual LED fanatic
he/they, 46, sterilized
discord / telegram: areadirtbag
R Crumb Warehouse @rcrumbwarehouse.bsky.social We post everything R, Crumb related
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside, There behind a glass stands a real blade of grass Be careful as you pass, move along, move along
Jennifer Seas @jenniferseas.bsky.social Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Art Forearm
https://www.artforearm.com
Thomas Pynchon @tompynchon.bsky.social American novelist noted for dense and complex novels
Parody?
JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com I write about tech + humans + philosophy
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/
Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com Labor economist, opinion writer, policy consultant, podcaster
https://linktr.ee/keds_economist
https://linktr.ee/optimisteconomy
Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com Climate journalist based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. If the NYT has no haters I'm dead.
Tips? Reach me on Signal kendrawrites.04
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers
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Zero Art Fair @zeroartfair.bsky.social The art fair where all the artwork is free, with strings attached
https://www.zeroartfair.com
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Christina, mother of spiders @aikiwomannc.bsky.social I'm not here to be the savior you long for only the one you don't.
Part time cryptid
Another ADHD fueled hyperfixation will be arriving shortly.
Behold my skeets.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:r7wqaf3fczlnenogrqggrzyr/feed/aaajhzktmzatm
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike We tell the stories of the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike around the city, in photos and video. Read all our past interviews at chiwho.bike!
@dcurbanist.bsky.social @dcurbanist.bsky.social 📍FFM - ❤️ DC - Firm believer in abundant housing and safe transportation
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
Trains Trams Tracks @trainstramstracks.bsky.social Everything about trains and trams (and subways) and tracks (rail and bicycle tracks) all across the world.
Plus some general transport related stuff.
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Philip Bump @pbump.com Hearst data editor and columnist
Formerly: Washington Post
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: www.ctinsider.com/newsletters/data/
Email: hello@pbump.com
Signal: pbump.11
Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Sister Spreadsheet
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Sean Meredith @seanmeredith.bsky.social Director of track16.com. Bike rider. And sometimes I make films based on bangers like Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno.”
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
Order THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
American Public Transportation Association @apta-info.bsky.social APTA leads public transportation in a new mobility era, advocating to connect and build thriving communities.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social Professor of Art History, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. I look at things and then write about them.
Author of Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274363/van-g
Goku Missile Crisis @babadooknukem.bsky.social music pervert. that bitch from the computer. here for a bad time AND a long time (i cannot be killed by human weapons)
linktree: https://linktr.ee/babadooknukem
Matthew Alexander @matthewalexanderla.bsky.social Writer, Director, Singer with Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com Béton brut for bluesky — by @spice.bsky.social
🇮🇷#NoWar
🇻🇪#HandsOffVenezuela
🇨🇺#EndTheBlockade
🇵🇸#FreePalestine
Lemon Wren @lemon-wren.bsky.social American democracy isn't in peril, it collapsed years ago. Twin parties, each running on social issues, but lockstep in their support of oligarchs.
Find your local Indivisible chapter https://indivisible.org/ or 50501 https://www.fiftyfifty.one/