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.”
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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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.
Cranky Old Man 🏴 🇪🇦 @crankyoldman.bsky.social I can write cursive, tell the time on a clock with hands, and balance a checkbook! I rode a bike with no helmet, played outside all day, and ran around barefoot. I received all of my childhood vaccines, too! Yet, here I am. No DMs, please!
Angela Tovar @angtovar.bsky.social South Sider. Mother. Proud Chicana.
Chief Sustainability Officer for Chicago.
Environmental and Climate Justice for All.
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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social The offical account for Chicago Piping Plover news and content. Media inquiries email piperwatch@chicagobirder.org.
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
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Ray Long @raylongchicago.bsky.social Retired Chicago Tribune investigative reporter, 40+years govt/pols/scoops: 2x Pulitzer Finalist, 7 govs, City Hall, Obama, Burke, Madigan.
Author: The House That Madigan Built
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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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.
Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social Climate and environmental reporter for @nytimes.com, cat mom, and baker. Send me tips on Signal at MaxineJ.55
SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social SEJ is a membership association of professional journalists dedicated to environmental issues. Our mission is to strengthen the quality, reach and viability of journalism that advances public understanding of environmental issues. linktr.ee/sejorg
USC Center for Health Journalism @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social We partner with newsrooms to help journalists investigate and illuminate health challenges by engaging communities in innovative ways to drive change.
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social Latest news on environment, energy & press freedom for environmental journalists. Independently curated by Editor Joseph A. Davis. Posts by @cllewisnews.bsky.social
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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Photografia Cafea @fstack.bsky.social Retired Chef, avid photographer and general outdoor enthusiast. All photos are mine unless otherwise noted. No crypto, No Porn, No Unsolicited chats, automatic block
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Abe Scarr @abescarr.bsky.social Illinois PIRG director
PIRG Energy and Utilities Program director
Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social ProPublica reporter
Get in touch: jesse.coburn@propublica.org + https://signal.me/#eu/xwbuF7II5GLbAxTDMR4tpqByg3GA7Q5Bp1jGBKV-xaSoy4OtSmZP_4dIYV9pjwC8
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Marc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social I write about music & my latest book is “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” http://highbiasbook.com/ I host the Music Book Podcast. I am a Nationals & D-backs fanatic. DON'T USE AI.
Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social prisons + investigations for @wttw.bsky.social
bpaddock@wttw.com
mouseartsandletters.org
Quinn Myers @quinnmyers.bsky.social reporter @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Email: quinn@blockclubchi.org
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Michael Hirtzer @mhirtz.bsky.social 
mctsonic @mctsonic.bsky.social “M-cee-tee sonique, you're wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way." Loud music & drums takes/sci-fi/InfoSec & Sysadmin takes. Feminist, Pro-LGBTQ+ rights, Anti-fascist. Pro-science.
Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social Allies needn’t be perfect. They just need to be in the fight.
Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effect pedals, Antifa Local 242.
Jim Bloyd DrPH MPH 🍉 @jbloyd.bsky.social Build power and break power for health equity (JMichener2022). CHECookCounty.org HPOP. Metro-Chicago. Ch Author (2024Springer)Organizing for Environmental Health and Justice--Lessons from #StopGeneralIron Free at bit.ly/Organize4EJ Trans rights or gtfo 🏳️⚧️
Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social Chicagoan living in Edgewater. North Side White Sox fan. Son & grandson of immigrants.
Chicago Sun-Times Guild @cstguild.bsky.social Safeguarding the future of the Chicago Sun-Times. Loud and proud members of @ChicagoNewsGuild.bsky.social.
Molly DeVore @mollydevore.bsky.social Covering the far Northwest Side for Block Club Chicago
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Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) @ilenviro.bsky.social 50 years of building power for people & the environment by
⚡️ advancing equitable policies
📗 equipping folks with policy knowledge
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
Raed Mansour @raedmansour.com Public health environmentalist, Openlands Board, River Park Natural Area Community Steward, Former Metropolitan Planning Council Senior Fellow & Chicago Department of Public Health Director of Environmental Innovation. ⓥ
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Christine Hatfield @christine.21st.show producer of Illinois Public Media's @21st.show, journalist, trans nerd. 🏳️🌈📻🏳️⚧️ she/her. based in Champaign-Urbana. past: UIS PAR '21, WPR.
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Nora Beck @norabeck.bsky.social Urban planner working on climate and water resource challenges in the Chicago Metro.
Amber Nettles @ambernettles.bsky.social https://donorbox.org/save-the-chicago-reader/
Juliana Pino 🏳️🌈🇨🇴 she | ella @julianapino.bsky.social mamá afroindígena ☀️ strategist luchadora ☀️ abolition now ☀️environmental justice ☀️ sharing my individual thoughts
Illinois State Climatologist @ilclimatologist.bsky.social Official account for the Illinois State Climatologist Office. Based at the Illinois State Water Survey and Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
go.illinois.edu/climatologist
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social Communications for #cleanenergy at Earthjustice. Opinions are all mine. 
David Struett @davidstruett.bsky.social Chicago Sun-Times reporter, assistant news desk editor https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/david-struett
Chicago Health Magazine @chicagohealth.bsky.social Medicine. Healthcare. Chicago.
Mina Bloom @minabloom.bsky.social investigations @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Tracy Baim @tracybaim.bsky.social lgbtq+ \ journalist \ advocate \ chicago
lesbian \ feminist\ she\her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🦄
Windy City Times cofounder 1985 \ author
Skeets my own.
Mariah Rush @mariahrush21.bsky.social retail reporter for @chicago.suntimes.com | mrush@suntimes.com
@lvaligra.bsky.social @lvaligra.bsky.social Investigative environment reporter at Bangor Daily News in Maine; writer; traveler; log cabin lover
@witzburg.bsky.social @witzburg.bsky.social https://t.ajrkmx1.com/331727/6224/0?po=6533&aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social Reporter for Inside Climate News. Focus on ag, oil and gas, conservation, environmental justice. Live and work on unceded Lisjan Ohlone land. (she/her) SEJ, IRE, AHCJ, SPJ NorCal
Georgina Gustin @georginagustin.bsky.social Reporter at Inside Climate News. I write about how climate change affects food systems and vice versa. Formerly: CQ Roll Call, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Day. 
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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Izzy Dobbel @izzydobbel.bsky.social Board member @ILDemWomen, Venezuelan immigrant, unionist, @LCLAA //BLM // tweets are my own
Barry Owen @barryo.bsky.social Chicago, music, politics, pizza, #mubb
www.owenadvocacy.com
All opinions are personal
Board Member CHIRP Radio chirpradio.org
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Niala Boodhoo @nialaboodhoo.bsky.social Host, Oh God Now What. Journalist, podcast and events host mostly working in the news and religion space.
Environmental Law & Policy Center @elpcenter.bsky.social We advocate, innovate, and litigate to protect the Midwest’s environment.
Robert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social Director of Water Policy at Prairie Rivers Network in Illinois.
The rural Midwest doesn’t have to be a sacrifice zone for corn and soybeans.
maureen @maureenf.bsky.social Chicagoan in love with urban ruins, labor history, poems, and where I live.
she/her
Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social Writer/editor/talker/host | she/they | 📨 scollojulin@gmail | dogs and cats living together | #Chicago
https://linktr.ee/hollohulo
Neighbors For Environmental Justice (N4EJ) @n4ej.org N4EJ is a grassroots, 501(c)3 nonprofit fighting for environmental justice on Chicago's Southwest Side #NoMatAsphalt
We already know enough to act.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/n4ej
📧 info@n4ej.org
bit.ly/IneffectiveByChoice
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Aaron Durnbaugh @adurnbaugh.bsky.social Chicago, Climate, Cities, (bi)Cycles, Community, Change. #GoBlers, enjoying the process, let's make things better.
Isabelle Dienstag @isabellerd.bsky.social Comms consultant, Partner & Co-Founder of Stomping Ground Strategies, dog mom, #BravoBravoBravo, women’s soccer fan, 🏳️🌈.
AF ☕️ @itsalejandrafr.bsky.social ✨My views, not my employer’s | Likes/Reshares ≠ Es.
Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social Canadian in Taiwan. Emerging tech writer, and analyst with a flagship Newsletter called A.I. Supremacy reaching 115k readers
Also watching Semis, China, robotics, Quantum, BigTech, open-source AI and Gen AI tools.
https://www.ai-supremacy.com/archive
Patrick Smith @pksmid.bsky.social Co-host of Say More with Mary Dixon
Jenny - Records/Vintage Trading Cards @jennifer-jenny777.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 I co-own a record/vintage trading card store inside of The Last Bookstore at 5th & Spring, LA.
https://www.lastbookstorela.com/
Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Posts: @johngreenfield.bsky.social (unsigned) and @stevevance.net.
Alder Andre Vasquez, Political Account @andrefor40th.bsky.social 40th Ward Alder / Father / Spouse / Chair of Immigration Committee / Chair of Progressive Caucus/ Vice Chair of Latino Caucus / Organizer / Problem Solver / Chicagoan until Chicago ends.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
David McEllis @davidmcellis.bsky.social Husband. Dad. Chicagoan. Enviro. Attorney. Gremlin enthusiast.
Co-host of 1988 Topps Podcast - @1988toppspodcast.bsky.social
Views are my own.
#YNWA #ChiSox #usmnt #cf97
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com professor | author | political theorist | ersatz theologian | Chicago southsider | White Sox fan | 'official theologian' of WBEZ-FM "Say More"| analog influencer | bylines Religion News Service, others | https://linktr.ee/stevenpmillies | personal account
Steven Rodas @stevenrodas.bsky.social Southern California reporter @insideclimatenews.org. Former NJ.com/ The Star Ledger. Syracuse University alum. Tips: steven.rodas@insideclimatenews.org. Bilingual: English | Spanish
https://insideclimatenews.org/profile/steven-rodas/
Pooja Ravindran @poojaravindran.bsky.social 🙄
Probably commenting on shenanigans chicityclerk.com
I am not my employer so neither are my opinions my employers' opinions
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
whet moser @whetmoser.com newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com only the good shit.
josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social chicago-based writer. newsletter producer at wttw news (@wttw.bsky.social). i also run the music and culture blog no expectations. ex: vice, chicago tribune, etc. tips, email: joshhowardterry@gmail.com
https://www.noexpectations.fyi
Bob Reiter @bobreiterjr.bsky.social President, Chicago Federation of Labor
@chicagolabor.bsky.social
#Unions #1U
Shoegazing punk rocker and fitness guy
Taking life one comic book at a time
Yvette Cabrera @ycabreraoc.bsky.social 2026-2027 Nova Media Fellow; Climate & environmental justice reporter; 2024 Ted Talks speaker; NAHJ immediate past president; Uproot Project founding member. https://publicintegrity.org/author/ycabrerapublicintegrity-org/
Ayesha T Qazi-Lampert @ayeshaqazilampert.bsky.social Sharing Digital Field Notes:
Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Superior 🚢✨
Chicagoan. Pashtun. Peshawar. Environmental Science Public Educator. UIC PhD Cand. Hon Appt Field Museum. 2023 EPA PIAEE Award Rcpt. Unionist 🌎🕊️🧿
A.D. Quig @adquig.bsky.social Cook County, Chicago City Hall and Obama Presidential Center reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Hoosier. aquig@chicagotribune.com
Grace Hauck @gracehauck.bsky.social State Investigative Reporter @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Previously @usatoday.com. Email ghauck@illinoisanswers.org
A Self-Respecting Fish @fishhat.bsky.social 
Lisa Kurian Philip @lkpwrites.bsky.social Covering racial inequity in higher education for WBEZ Chicago and Open Campus Media. I love making radio. Like, LOVE it. 
Andy Grimm @grimmnews.bsky.social Alum of Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Times-Picayune (and others)
President, Chicago News Guild.
Still accepting news tips and organizing leads.
Daniel @crudeeuler.bsky.social Twin dad | Math teacher | Forever Chicagoan | Cubs | Purdue | Atheist | Gamer | D&D | PokemonTCG | Indie Music | Love for cooking and great bread
Mariah Blake @mariahblake.bsky.social Journalist. Author, They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals, out now. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554198/they-poisoned-the-world-by-mariah-blake/
https://www.mariahblake.com
Brian Sandalow @briansandalow.bsky.social Bylines in the Chicago Sun-Times sports section and maybe elsewhere. Never had the makings of a varsity athlete. 
WBEZPolitics @wbezpolitics.bsky.social All things Chicago, Cook Co. and Illinois government & politics.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social Photojournalist in Chicago. Staff Visual Journalist and drone pilot
with Chicago Sun-Times send tips and hate at tlariviere@suntimes.com. I'm also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tylerpasciaklariviere/
Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social News columnist on staff at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1987, also blogging daily at everygoddamnday.com, and the author of nine books, the most recent being "Every Goddamn Day," published by the University of Chicago Press. 
Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social @Propublica.org journalist in Detroit, exploring Michigan and the Midwest
Author: "The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy”
Teacher: Alma College MFA program in creative writing
www.annaclark.net
Patrick Finley @patfinley.bsky.social Covering #Bears & NFL for the Chicago Sun-Times. Halas Intrigue podcast: http://apple.co/2ksw8. #Depaul adjunct, #Mizzou grad, dad, husband, identical twin. X: patrickfinley
Brian Mackey @brianmackey.com Host of the @21st.show, the statewide NPR talk show and podcast for Illinois.
33rd Ward Working Families @33rdwardworking.bsky.social A political home for organizing + empowering our diverse, working class community to democratize political structures and resources in Chicago’s 33rd Ward. 3248 W Montrose Ave.
https://linktr.ee/workingfamilies33
Gina Ramirez @ginaramirez.bsky.social Autism Mom.Frontline EJ activist. Southeast side Chicago. Opinions mine.