Ira Rigaud ๐ญ๐น ๐บ๐ธ @irarigaud.bsky.social Joel 2:12: Yet even now...
Oak Park, IL (raised in Randallstown, MD)
Skokie Tom ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @skokietom.bsky.social Iโm here for biking, current events, architecture, and laughs. Statistician by day, and looking for good โ๏ธ and ๐ฎ irl.
Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social Watch your noggins, everyone.
Sarah Smith @sarahbuckleysmith.bsky.social 
Car Free Keith @carfreekeith.bsky.social Nothing makes me happier than places that have less cars. I make videos about that ๐
https://linktr.ee/carfreekeith
๐Chicago via NW IL, w/ a few years in New Orleans too
he/him
jean @jeanniebabies.bsky.social bikes, transit, housing, chicago. in a band called hard femme. bureaucrat in training
Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at @wttw.bsky.social News/Chicago Tonight. Past life: Illinois Answers Project, BGA, Columbus Dispatch, ThisWeek News. I cover cops, courts, energy, health, finance, education, pensions etc. Prolific FOIA filer. He/him.
Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social Retired historian + lawyer, Chicagoan, lesbian-feminist, sometime Dolly expert, angry. I lived in Knoxville TN for 16 very long years. Author, "Unspeakable: Father-Daughter Incest in American History."
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.
candy colored clown @chi-bromptonite.bsky.social โถ โถ โถ โถ | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ | ๐น ๐
New Jersey expat, naturalized Chicagoan
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
Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Coeditor of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com. .
Joe Germuska @joe.germuska.com Chief Nerd @ Northwestern University Knight Lab โข Project lead @ Census Reporter โข Board Member @ City Bureau โข Information Design โข Digital Journalism โข Civic Technology
fakelawn @fakelawn.bsky.social Metro Detroit via Chicago
Rebecca @rebeccakell.bsky.social She/her. Dyke. Chicagoan. Knitter. Treadmillknitter. Weightlifter. Anti-fascist. Anti-bigotry.
https://my.habitatchicago.org/WomenBuild2026/RebeccaKell
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social
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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social Chicago transport, bikes, walking, zoning, biz, but no guarantee we wonโt talk about something else. Donโt take all posts literally.
Also Fediverse/Threads: chicagotransportassociation@threads.net
Wallace @wallace.bsky.social Professor of Constitutional Law at Princeton Law School, specializing in the 18th Amendment. Former legal analyst for Crossfire.
Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant @mexicanrestaurant.bsky.social Architecture. Music. Art. Other things. Public Transit Enthusiast.
Strictly garden content over at @perennialmisery.bsky.social
Betsy Cazden @betsy-cazden.bsky.social Quaker historian (New England, slavery, Indigenous land grabs, Indigenous boarding schools). Retired lawyer (NH). 
Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social Chicagoan. Research interests in race, environmental justice, and transportation issues in Latine communities.
chlurg @chlurg.bsky.social late to the urbanist party
Alex Fuller Cleveland @alexfullerart.bsky.social A sometimes unserious photo journal
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Chicago, IL graphic and web designer, traveler, zone 6A gardener, architecture enthusiast, and scooter nerd. Stay curious.
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are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social chicago common brick lying in a tallgrass prairie | he/they
MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social **FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY**
Chicago's #1 Fan.
Utility-Grade Content from Parts Unknown.
Post-Hip/Pre-Retro.
Avant-garbage.
he/him ๐ท
middle-class/middle-aged/middle-brow
Reema Saleh โจ @reemasabrina.bsky.social journo, producer & comms whiz kid. she/her โจ www.reemasaleh.com
๐ผ @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social
๐๏ธ @chicagoreader.com @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and elsewhere
๐ policy trained at uchicago
Lakeshore Drive Slut @shredded-teat.bsky.social chicago bicycle supremacist she/her
@buzzneon.bsky.social @buzzneon.bsky.social Urbanist. Fan of cities, transit, walkability, cycling, swimming and nature; also clocks, watches, whiskey and food. Australian raised, Chicago is home.
Rick Kaempfer @rickkaempfer.bsky.social Publisher, author, writer, podcaster, media critic, Cubs fan, embarrassing Dad.
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social Radically pedestrian urban planning. Chicago-centric. โถโถโถโถ
Keir Graff @keirgraff.bsky.social Chicago's Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder is out now from Trope Publishing. Get monthly magic delivered to your in-box by subscribing to Graff Paper: keirgraff.com/newsletter
Jesse Raber @jraber.bsky.social Working on a literary history of Chicago - Author of Progressivism's Aesthetic Education: bit.ly/2AhdjaH - Co-creator of the Chicago Writing Gallery at the American Writers Museum - let's talk about cooking, ceramics, ebikes
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social Architect, developer, builder, placemaker, cyclist, Urbanist, planning commissioner seeking to build civilization...the neighborhood is the amenity. LGBTQIA+ & Black Lives Matter ally, keeping it real in Bothell, WA.
Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social Current* conditions:
๐ Chicagoan (Rogers Park) ๐ข data ๐ transit ๐ฒ bike ๐ฐ local news ๐ Lake Michigan stan account ๐ views mine โ๏ธ lauriemerrell.com ๐ค she/her
A Self-Respecting Fish @fishhat.bsky.social 
Wife of Debt (Debt Peon) @debtpeon.bsky.social Chicago pinko bullshit and Arsenal FC. So sue me.
Librarian/Father/Husband/Son/Uncle/Nephew/Brother/Cousin/Uncle/Step-Brother/Uncle/Nephew/Uncle/Librarian/Uncle
Bluesky Elder/respect me
Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social Allies neednโt be perfect. They just need to be in the fight.
Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effect pedals, Antifa Local 242.
Oak Park Nerd @oakparknerd.bsky.social I hope something good happens to you today.
Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude
Send me tips: kate_knibbs@wired.com / Signal: kateknibbs.09
Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
๐Hyde Park, Chicago
the jonrev projects @jonrev.com Observer of obsolescence.
Photographer & printmaker on Lake Wazzapamani. ๐๐ฆ๐๏ธ
Musings about retail/design/esoteric history/things on wheels/whatever...
www.jonrev.com
Kelli Marshall @kellimarshall.bsky.social Chicago and movies, one tour at a time: chicagomovietours.com. Ph.D. Transplant from Louisiana. Hardcore Gene Kelly fan.- P @preschicago.bsky.social @preschicago.bsky.social
B.J. L-R @westtowns-urbanist.bsky.social ๐Forest Park, IL
Car-free transit guy in the streetcar suburbs. Gay urbanist Chicagolander. Chi sign guy/tradie, state capacity booster, left-liberal. Also quizbowl, bikes, and dive bars. Oddly happy when covered in graffiti. Opinions my own. He/Him.
Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast and adopted Midwesterner (formerly Twin Cities, Chicago). I write and research about housing and cities. PhD student at UW-Madison.
https://pencillingout.substack.com/
https://zakyudhishthu.github.io/
Joshua Mellin @joshuamellin.bsky.social Writer / Photographer | Published @cnn.com, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc. | Covering #travel #music #art #sports | http://instagram.com/joshuamellin joshuamellin.com
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social The Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative celebrates this housing style, seeking to preserve the unique features of these houses, protect them from demolition, and continue their use and reuse for the next century โ https://workerscottage.org/
P2wy @p2wy.bsky.social My teenager says Iโm โcottage-core.โ Dallas via Chicago and Grand Rapids. Into vinyl, classic foreign film. Anti-fash, protect trans kids!
Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social Bikes | Food | Transit | Housing | Travel | Music | Fashion | History | And More
๐ Chicago via too many places to list
Posts are not peer reviewed.
keelin @keelin12ft.bsky.social โข Baseball injury report for @razzball.bsky.social
โข Fan of terrible sports franchises โ๏ธ๐ก๏ธ๐งฆ
โข Naturalized Chicagoan
โข Esteemed Critter
โข She/her
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Je suis Link (kaelyn) @kaelynski.bsky.social She/her. Chicago. Metalwork. Community Care. Abolition.
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Profile: photo of me, a white woman with dark hair, standing sideways, braid facing the camera.
Banner: light blue/green sky with me looking down from the right side of the frame.
Will Wilkinson @wlknsn.xyz Tech policy and government affairs guy. Ex-Block, Niskanen, NYT, Economist, Cato. Los Angeles / Iowa City
Olรบfแบนฬmi O. Tรกรญwรฒ @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Playleft @playleft.bsky.social actor playwright theater ttrpg husband dad Evanston Chicago
Damien C-C @dccc-phd.bsky.social Human geneticist ๐งฌ, bioinformagician ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ, choral musician ๐ผ, and unrepentant city slicker ๐๏ธ. Amplifying interesting signals (like #ScienceWin)! [he/him]
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3466-1846
Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social We are Chicago.
Joshua ๐ณ @joshtojoshua.bsky.social cats are people too ๐น๐ณ๏ธโ๐ chicago
edin h @edinh.bsky.social 
Jim Lindstrom @jimlindstrom.bsky.social Chicago (prev NYC, orig Iowa). Cycling and photography enthusiast. Dad to 2 boys, 2 cats and a dog. History junkie. In an alternate life: a 19th century composer.
Photos: http://jimlindstrom.com/portfolio/
Laure @laureanne.bsky.social Digital platforms & life-long grassroots pol expert. Supports insightful art, research and journalism. ID as lesbian; my progressive (not far-left) feminist godmothers taught me principles & tolerance over ideology & dogma.
- Dislike prolific meme posters.
Toni Salazar L., PhD ๐งฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ @mexhistorian.bsky.social Historian, Modern Mexico. ๐ฒ๐ฝ MLIS ๐
Chicagoan in Texas
White Sox โพ๏ธ
Shelties
Cats
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
Matt Finch @themattfinch.bsky.social Southerner now living in Chicago
Sheila Q. @sheilaq.bsky.social Freelance writer. MSW. Mom. Wife. Grieving parent. Chicago enthusiast. Politics. CPS. Fancies myself an iPhone camera savant. Known as โMary Tyler Momโ at that other place.
jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social I like ceramics and houseplants. There will be cat photos and typos.
conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social web dev + hot dad. enjoy charts, unions, conputer games, philosophy. chicago crespo.business
Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social ๐ โข art โข architecture โข historic preservation โข urbanism โข ecology โข advocacy โข NYC Landmarks whisperer โข wit wry and champagne dry
Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.
Elizabeth Blasius @blaservations.bsky.social Architectural historian, writer and critic. Co-founder @presfutures. Old, new and future can coexist. She/her
Certified Illinois Expert @mrillinois.bsky.social Certified Illinois Expert. ๐งก libraries, buildings, nature, history.
Giving Illinois travel/history lectures at a library near you! See schedule at johnkokoris.com or request that your library book me!
Brian Boyer @brianboyer.net Stay-at-home dad in Chicago. News product coach. He/him. Let's work together: https://brianboyer.net Bean tips: https://beantips.com/
John Hill @archidose.bsky.social Architect, editor in chief at World-Architects, architectural tour guide, author of 7 books including "Buildings in Print," and I have a weekly newsletter about architecture books: https://archidose.substack.com/
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ @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
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
bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social South Sider @bsdtectr at the other place
Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social tall gay nerd. he/him. advanced degrees in height, gayness, nerdness.
reality show editor, work seen on a&e, bravo, quibi. maker of goofy photoshops and questionable victorian detective satire.
writing, etc: https://linktr.ee/dennisbhooper
Beverly Tweetmaker @bvrlytweetmaker.bsky.social There's always barber college. (he/him)
Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com Real estate information platform for development in Chicago, Cook County, and Lake County (Illinois and Indiana). http://chicagocityscape.com
New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social Reviews architecture, in New York.
nyra.nyc
Jen Burns @jenburns.bsky.social Thoughts from hometown Chicago. Fan of active transportation, live music and vinyl. Guilty pleasures include motorcycling and watching F1.
ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ It's definitely mostly about the floors. There may be swear words. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Hyde Park Trish @pmorse.bsky.social Writing about history when I'm not gardening. #Chicago #HydePark #20th Century America through the lens of my family
KittyCrazyKat ๐บ๐ฆ๐งฟ๐ฑ @kittycrazykat.bsky.social Pissed Georgia Liberal. Loves cats, books, SF Giants โพ๏ธ, history, and travel. This ain't over yet. ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐โโฌ๐ ๐งฟ๐งฟ Creepy DMs after follow will get you block, block, blockity, blocked. ๐ซ
Leona Lee @leonalee.bsky.social Please Mask Up! Disability Rights, Affordable and Accessible Housing, and Disabled Debtors Cohort with the Debt Collective. https://debtcollective.org/working-groups/disabled-debtors-cohort/ and silly cats & Chicago stuff.
ยกmatt! โถโถโถโถ @mattfromchicago.bsky.social just an idiot
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he/him
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally ๐
thechicagoneighborhoods.com @chgohoods.bsky.social One designer's take on the neighborhoods in his city, and other things too. Neighborhood prints and Chicago-inspired fonts available on the website: https://www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/links
Zubaer Khan @zubyyy.bsky.social Dad of 2 wild boys.
Visual Journalist @ Chicago Sun-Times
Previously @ CNN, Google, NowThis, ABC News & more
I like to be a beginner. Current project: running
chuff @chuff.bsky.social Fuck fascism in all its forms.
Pro abortion.
Email compliance and privacy, anti spam.
Chicago by way of the Bay Area (Go Cubs GO)
Just trying not to make things worse.
He/Him
Alex @acannon.bsky.social Theyโre passing a new law. Its called Ride Your Bike.
Chicago
Larry Shure @ultralocal1.bsky.social Preservation planner and architectural historian in support of public transit. Weekend artist.
Chicago History Podcast @chicagohistorypod.bsky.social Stories about the Greatest City in the World. Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts.
gabriel x. michael @g-x-m.bsky.social Witness to subterranean Chicago. King of Lake Street. Guardian of the cityโs oldest buildings. Telling a story of the unappreciated, unseen, unknown.
MCMLXXXIV. All rights reserved.
Hannah Meisel @hannahmeisel.bsky.social Legal affairs reporter for @CapitolNewsIL.bsky.social. Voted class clown in high school, though Iโd like to think Iโve reformed. hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com ๐
Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Dept of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago.
danielkayhertz.com
Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com I'm an architecture photographer and Chicago is my backdrop. I post about weather, science, and urbanism issues, too. โถ โถ โถ โถ
๐ฉ: nick@nuphoto.com
https://linktr.ee/nick_ulivieri
David Cole @dsc-pnw.bsky.social I only get along with people who would've been lobotomized in 1945.
โ Stands with ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
โพ๏ธ ASD/ADHD
๐ฒ Free Cascadia
Amy Ulivieri @amyulo.bsky.social creative director. photographer. content creator.
๐chicago
Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social Photojournalist @BlockClubCHI | BSJ, MSJ, Adjunct Lecturer @MedillSchool | Lifelong Chicagoan | #TodaysReportingLunch | Cats | News | Local Lens
Toscha @poemless.bsky.social Lover of lovely things, problematic takes, and my rescue dog. Hater of Illinois Nazis.