sami 🔵 @hellosami.bsky.social [re]tired egirl
ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Earth Insight @earth-insight.org Earth Insight builds critical transparency tools and momentum for restricting fossil fuel, mining, and other industrial expansion threats to key ecosystems and Indigenous and local communities. Project of Resource Legacy Fund. Visit www.earth-insight.org
Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social Journalist and author. @HoFoCo.org board member.
My newsletter, the Long Game, is about baseball, creativity, and mental health. You can find it here: https://mollyknight.substack.com.
My dog is named Canelo.
Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social Tour, On Cinema at the Cinema, Office Hours, find it all and more at linktr.ee/tim.heidecker
Andrew Cairns @acairns.co.uk Using metaphors and analogies to explain Software Engineering in fun ways: https://youtube.com/@metaphoricallyspeaking
Staff Software Engineer. Passionate about DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing and Distributed Systems.
Kayaking, too.
charli xkcd @ky.fyi body { will-change: transform; }
💌 https://ky.fyi
📺 https://hypertext.tv
🏳️⚧️ @namesake.fyi
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Scott Jenson @jenson.org UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, & Apple HI guidelines. UX Director Symbian, managed Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design SF. Head of Product for two startups. Google Physical Web + Android UX research. Semi-retired
Richard Rutter @clagnut.com Cofounder of Clearleft, author of Web Typography, rider of bicycles, listener to vinyl, father of two, husband. Not necessarily in that order.
Blog: https://clagnut.com/
Book: https://book.webtypography.net/
Also: https://mastodon.social/@Richr
Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org We are a coalition of workers in and around the tech industry, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends. We work in solidarity with existing movements towards social justice, workers' rights, and economic inclusion.
ceej @ceej.online just here to have fun online
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
Technologists for the Public Good @publicgood.tech A professional association and community for technologists that serve the public good.
https://www.publicgood.tech/
Pumping Station: One @pumpingstationone.bsky.social Chicago's largest community hackerspace with 24/7 access to tools and equipment. Attend our open house every Tuesday at 8pm, become a member! Learn more: https://pumpingstationone.org
Juan Diego Rodríguez @monknow.bsky.social Writer and Developer!
CSS-Tricks: https://css-tricks.com/author/monknow/
e18e @e18e.dev https://e18e.dev (Ecosystem Performance) is a community initiative to bring together people who are passionate about improving performance in the JS ecosystem. Get involved at https://chat.e18e.dev 🚀
Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social I try to be helpful. Bike-riding dog butler and mold connoisseur.
Use your employer's money to buy Just Enough Research: www.mulebooks.com/just-enough-research.
Enjoy clickens.chicken.pics when you need a break.
San Francisco. She/They/Friend/Sir
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple
https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social Fan page of Ernie Bushmiller’s legendary comic strip Nancy.
This year is the 93rd. anniversary of Nancy’s first appearance(January2,1933)
Karen Chee @karenchee.bsky.social comedy and also normal stuff
Liliputing @liliputing.bsky.social Mobile tech news website.
https://liliputing.com/
Design Observer @designobserver.com The best conversations in design — expert-led, multidisciplinary, and for the curious mind. Essays, podcasts, and events that inspire and connect. https://designobserver.com/
Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social Forklift-certified journalist in Chicago. Words in the Chicago Reader, Unraveled Press, The TRiiBE, South Side Weekly, Courthouse News Service and some other ones I forget right now. All opinions & bad jokes my own. DM me for news tips/Signal info.
Tom Hicks @hicksyfern.bsky.social Full stack TypeScript dev working on making web maps.
Also: F1, rugby, cricket, music
omg! ubuntu @omgubuntu.co.uk A blog about Ubuntu – est. 2009! Follow to get news, tips, cool apps, and other content about the world's most popular desktop Linux distro.
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Rep. Lauren Underwood @underwood.house.gov Representing #IL14. Nurse, health enthusiast, advocate for the working families of Illinois.
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
poetic.now ✷ @poetic.now 
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Corbin Crutchley @crutchcorn.dev Senior Engineering Manager | @GitHub.com Star | Microsoft MVP | @playfulprogramming.com Founder | @TanStack.com Maintainer
Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social In 1994 I bought a Corel Gallery CD-ROM with 10,000 clipart images. Thirty years later those images haunt this ghost story bot. Posts autodelete.
Credits: clipart from Corel; conversion, curation, code, and alt text by @samplereality.bsky.social
Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶ devout Chicagoan || a blog called SILLY PRIZES || AudHD socialist rabble-rouser || doesn't have much plot significance but that doesn't stop him from chilling || "an account" per Chicago Sun-Times
Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now.
he/him
https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social Chicago journalist at Injustice Watch. 
Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social Proud partner in the progressive movement.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/indivisiblechicago
Website: https://indivisiblechicago.com/
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
Send us tips: propublica.org/tips
SkyTruth 🛰️ @skytruth.org We're a conservation technology nonprofit that leverages satellite imagery and environmental data to create tools and develop insights that drive accountability, accelerate climate action, and support biodiversity protection.
Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social features writer, Chicago Reader: harm reduction, homelessness, and chicago/rust belt history.
proud member, Reader Union
kprout@chicagoreader.com; signal katie.507
https://www.katieprout.com/
micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social ✾ wicked clown of journalism | staff @chicagoreader.com ☻ mcaporale@chicagoreader.com ❁ signal: juggaloreporter.69 ✾ https://linktr.ee/juggaloreporter
Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social Chicago Reader music editor and unionist, amateur drummer, persistent cook. Signal: pmontoro.04
he/him/y'all
pmontoro@chicagoreader.com
dramaturgically it tracks @yasminzacaria.bsky.social Dramaturg & Journo • they/she • 🇮🇷 🏳🌈 • 🎭 Prof • 🛠 Founder @ BIYA BIYA ✍🏽 Chicago Reader, American Theatre, In These Times etc. (more active on IG)
Amber Nettles @ambernettles.bsky.social https://donorbox.org/save-the-chicago-reader/- E Ellen Kaulig @ekaulig.bsky.social CoS, Chicago Reader
Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social Writer/editor/talker/host | she/they | 📨 scollojulin@gmail | dogs and cats living together | #Chicago
https://linktr.ee/hollohulo
Taryn McFadden @tarynmcf.bsky.social she/her
culture editor & union cochair at Chicago Reader
shawn @mulchy.bsky.social a very serious journalist | signal: shawn.56
Psalm One aka Cristalle @psalmone.bsky.social Global hip hop treasure. I write raps and books and I don’t know what’s going on anymore, but we move. I write ALOT. I cook too. Check the links 🔥 ✍🏾
https://lnk.bio/Psalm_One
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Zooniverse @zooniverse.bsky.social The world's largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. A collaboration between the Adler Planetarium, University of Oxford, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and friends. Learn more and join: https://linktr.ee/the.zooniverse
Neal Agarwal @neal.fun making neal.fun
The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com Black-owned publication from Chicago to the 🌍
Reshaping the narrative in pursuit of truth and liberation.
💻: thetriibe.com
📩: https://thetriibe.com/newsletters/
Support us: https://buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhkbXaaeA6Zy03
Democracy Now! @democracynow.org Independent, daily global news hour.
Support our work: http://democracynow.org/donate
Daily News Digest: http://democracynow.org/subscribe
WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social As Chicago's PBS station, WTTW is committed to producing and presenting independent, trusted, best-in-class content fueled by a distinctly Chicago sensibility.
https://t.co/QTmgsrKIaj
Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
Vale @vale.rocks Front-end developer, designer, writer, and avid user of the superpowered information superhighway.
✧ https://vale.rocks
✧ https://fedi.vale.rocks/vale
WBEZ @wbez.org We are Chicago's NPR station and your local news source. Find us on air at 91.5FM. Support public media and local journalism: donate.wbez.org
Woodcraft @woodcraft.bsky.social Together we can Create Anything®
The Woodworker's Toy Store since 1928!
http://woodcraft.com 
de Houtwinkel Acoustic Guitars & Ukuleles @dehoutwinkel.bsky.social - High-end handcrafted instruments
- Utah School of Lutherie
- Responsive, Innovative, Modern
dehoutwinkel.com
https://www.instagram.com/de_houtwinkel/
nolen @itseieio.bsky.social the internet can still be fun!
https://onemillioncheckboxes.com • http://eieio.games • https://everyuuid.com • https://onemillionchessboards.com
Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com Leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.
Newsletters: https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
Reporting: democracydocket.com
Founded: @marcelias.bsky.social
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
cta @chicagocta.bsky.social Official account of the Chicago Transit Authority.
Delivering quality, affordable transit services that link people, jobs and communities.
For customer support head to transitchicago.com/contact
Jennifer Goodland @libraryjenn.bsky.social FIGHT FOR GOOD. Neurospicy librarian; Olympic hopeful but BOYCOTT LA ‘28!!! Lazy, but bad at it. Tell me why you’re DMing me if you expect a response. Content: obscure primary sources, #ALA. Mocking my horse, #GarbageMare.
kepano @stephango.com making @obsidian.md
Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com 'Peddler of Wheres,' job creator, Owner at The Map Center in Pawtucket RI- it's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social On Mondays Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Wednesdays he hosts The Weekly Show. Listen wherever you get your podcasts & watch on YouTube.
Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar 
A List Apart “for people who make websites” 1997–? @alistapart.com A List Apart (ISSN: 1534-0295) explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices. We began as a mailing list in 1997 and launched the web magazine in 1998. https://www.alistapart.com
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Senior Vice President of Woke 5
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
YoavCodes @yoav.codes Technical founder. Building new stuff at my startup lab https://blackboard.sh | 20+ years in early startups | prev: 7 years at webflow
You might have met me as Jeff, Joab, or Larry.
#startups #ziglang #typescript #bun #electrobun #webflow
Ryan Cummins @brokenbarbespoke.bsky.social Owner and Creator of Broken Bar Bespoke, aspirational woodworker and best Uncle in the world
Chaabs @chaabs.bsky.social Techartist, gamedev, writer, single pass stereo-rendered magenta pixel. She/ her.
#Unity #Unity3D #gamedev #indiedev
Human work only.
En français ça passe aussi.
Furkan @furkananter.bsky.social Software Engineer
Building an apps
shipmobilefast.com 🚀
promote.works
ISeeChange @iseechange.com https://www.iseechange.com/
kazzycom/カジコム @kazzycom.bsky.social 再 現 写 真
Nostalgic photography
https://x.com/kazzykazycom
Frank Calabrese @frankcalabrese.bsky.social Cartography, GIS, maps, politics, and elections.
Chicago 📍
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
Clara Kim @claraswoodshop.bsky.social A sculptor whose medium happens to be wood
www.youtube.com/@claraswoodshop
Quinta Brunson @quintabrunson.bsky.social Hi.
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Justin Fagnani @justinfagnani.com Building something new... Previously at Google. Web maximalist. Web components. WebAssembly. Creator of Lit. Oakland.
Melissa Em @meowwwls.bsky.social she/her
🖌 part-time #illustrator
👩🏻💻 part-time front-end developer
🧘🏻♀️ full-time worrier
Art Fellow @theflytrapmedia.com
📍 Chicago
Cecy Correa @cecy.ai Not actual AI!
Not here for men sliding into my DMs.
🧑💻 Backend engineer @netlify.com, prev Shopify, Thinkful
🐻 UC Berkeley #MICS alum
📽️ Recovering film school geek
🔒 Cybersecurity nerd
🧶 Arts & crafts
💖 #swiftie
Opinions and memes my own.
Christina @cszhu.dev devrel @ google cloud ai :)
chaotic good
Melanie Richards @melanierichards.bsky.social Group Product Manager, Design @Webflow. My personal mission is to help people make inspiring, impactful, and inclusive things on the web. She/her
👩🦰 https://melanie-richards.com
🐘 https://front-end.social/@melanie
Megan Sullivan @meganesulli.bsky.social Software developer / educator. I learn things and then I write them down.
📝 meganesulli.com
🎥 twitch.tv/meganesulli
Abbey Perini @abbeyperini.dev Web Developer, yapper, and hyperfocuser 🧠🧶🐕🐦🎮
She/They 🏳️🌈 🩷💜💙
Views are my own.
https://abbeyperini.dev
https://abbeyperini.com
https://abbeyperini.shop
Alessandro Marrella @ale.wtf 🇪🇺 software engineer and beginner artist (?). he/him https://ale.wtf
sailor mercury @sailorhg.com putting the ✿soft✿ in software engineer
🇮🇩🇺🇸
✿ shop.bubblesort.io
✿ sailorhg.com
Marisa @marisamorby.com Research, design, art
Connecting people with nature.
Newsletter: hopefulnature.studio
Ceramics shop: mm.gifts
Blog: marisamorby.com
Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes Freelance web developer & performance engineer. Speaker, writer, teacher, tech community organizer. Google Dev Expert in web technologies, ex-Shopify. she/her. Durham, NC, USA.
Tech: sia.codes
Non-tech: offline.sia.codes
Art/photos alt: @sia.studio
Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social Fiber artist, photographer, hobby collector. Accidental mayonnaise influencer. Award-winning bird photographer. I take football photos for @mittenfootball.bsky.social.
#GoBlue | https://rachelleggett.com | https://rachelmiraphoto.com
MI ➡️ CO