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
Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social Report bike lane obstructions with our mobile app from anywhere in the USA & Canada.
BikeLaneUprising.com
Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social I am an investigative reporter at ProPublica focused on immigration. Reach out with tips or information you think should be brought to our attention!
Email: mica.rosenberg@propublica.org
Phone: 332-213-1365
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/micarosenberg
@perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social 
Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social Reporter at @ProPublica.org interested in immigration and labor. Based in Chicago. Also a fan of parenting memes and @propublicaguild.org
ChiCommons LWCA @chicommons.coop ChiCommons’ mission is to cooperatively foster and grow a people-owned solidarity economy in the Chicago region and beyond.
https://chicommons.coop
Open Sacramento @opensacorg.bsky.social Civic-minded volunteers using the web as a platform for community service.
🌐 opensac.org
🔗 linktr.ee/opensacorg
🤝 Join Us! https://forms.gle/SKNhvikNcacfMKkE7
🗣️ Pitch a Project! https://forms.gle/yBDQ7L7xzcLZZL9r7
Baratunde @baratunde.com host, writer, & speaker exploring interdependence across our relationships with nature, each other, and technology. Latest project is the YouTube podcast "Life With Machines." Other work includes: PBS's America Outdoors, and How To Citizen podcast
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
bit.ly/ChicagoPaidToPollute
Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com Climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | 🌎 viktorkoves.com
Run On Climate @runonclimate.bsky.social Electing climate champions into local office and passing bold climate policy in cities across the U.S.
Alliance of Civic Technologists @civictechallies.bsky.social A community dedicated to connecting and supporting all #volunteer #civictech efforts across the nation!
🌐 civictechnologists.org
Invisible Institute @invisible.institute A nonprofit journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home to CPDP.co, Beneath the Surface, and more. 
Kelly Garcia @kellygarcia.bsky.social investigative reporter @injusticewatch | signal: kgarci25.49
Chicago Migrant Mutual Aid @chimigrantaid.bsky.social Mutual Aid Project
@chi_migrant_aid
@chi_migrant_aid@mastodon.social
Weekly map updates (on Fri) & info as it comes in
DM & send info to chi_migrant_aid@proton.me
MuckRock @muckrock.com The easy way to request and share public records, making government more transparent and democracies more informed.
Learn more: https://www.muckrock.com/
📪 Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.muckrock.com/newsletters- D @drevets.bsky.social @drevets.bsky.social
Jeremy Bowers @jeremybowers.com Global CTO, POLITICO. Ex Washington Post, New York Times, NPR. Fond of #TheSqueezle, #TheGiblette, Becky Bowers too.
Who wants to make some soup and drink some tea?
Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips.
Headshot: Varvara Mikushkina
Cover photo: Brian Cassella
jasmine mithani @jazzmyth.bsky.social tech, gender & its discontents reporter @19thnews.org • newsletters @ data + feelings • reads a lot • los angeles • she/her 🧿🌈🇵🇰
signal: jsmn.01
jmithani [at] 19thnews.org
jmithani.com
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social Chicago journalist at Injustice Watch. 
Rachael P @plussone.bsky.social I post about Chicago protests, police crime and cats.
Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶
That guy with the sideburns. Ex-journalist, now PR exec and nonprofit ED. Host of 20x2 Chicago @20x2chi@bsky.social
http://me3dia.com
Need a Chicago star? http://me3dia.com/star.html
Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections.
https://github.com/dwillis
https://thescoop.org
https://buttondown.com/dwillis
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.
Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com The hardest-working paper in America.
OpenNews @ SRCCON 2026! 🥳 @opennews.bsky.social We help journalists connect as peers to build skills that transform their work and relationships that transform our industry.
Oh, and we do SRCCON! Minneapolis, July 8 & 9. A community-driven conference for journalists.
2026.srccon.org
Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social Data Reporter @themarshallproject.org.
🧭: Tucson, Arizona 🌵
🌎: https://geoff.terrorware.com
🦣: https://mastodon.social/@geoffhing
Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
bea malsky @beamalsky.fyi we are standing in the nick of time ⚡️ extreme weather graphics editor @ nyt
Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌
linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
Send us tips: propublica.org/tips
Mike Stringer @mike.stringer.io People, data science, and design. Critical friend of technology. Chicagoan.
Currently: dad, fractional leader, nerd
Previously: IDEO partner, Datascope cofounder, physicist, nerd
Olatunji Oboi Reed @theycallmeoboi.bsky.social Founder, Equiticity. Co-Founder, Slow Roll Chicago. 2015 White House Transportation Champion of Change. Racial Equity Tactician. Eu sou Baiano.
Link-In-Bio: eqty.info/m/Oboi
Bettina @lesypersound.bsky.social Chgo
Liberation Library
Free the Dream$
Joel Inwood @joelinwood.bsky.social 
Tom Plagge @tplagge.bsky.social Data science, former cosmologist, twin dad
Big Data Energy @jmochicago.bsky.social Multidisciplinary nerd. Use Qual+Quant data for sensemaking. Wrangle data & skip trace for fun. Business & organizational ethnographer. Tweets = my own. Will always be up for talking about public ed and nonfiction. Fueled by Ethiopian coffee. 
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social law, policy, Illinoisances
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
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
Lyzi Diamond @lyzi.bsky.social I like maps and words and stuff
Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social Managing editor at Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom focused on issues of equity and justice in the courts.
Mike Reilley @mikereilley.bsky.social UIC senior lecturer in data and digital journalism | RTDNA/GNI lead trainer | ONA AI lead trainer | Founder JournalistsToolbox.ai | Author: "Data + Journalism" and "The Journalist’s Toolbox: A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI"
ted whalen @introvert.net posts for a very small audience
Ian Dees @iandees.bsky.social St Paul, Maps, Data.
Amy Cesal @amycesal.com Freelance information designer and data viz consultant.
👩🏼🏫 Instructor @ MICA Data Analytics and Visualization grad program
📊 Product Evangelist @everviz
https://www.amycesal.com
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.
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
ben huỳnh @bhuynh.bsky.social asst prof at jhu
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Audrey Henderson @audreyhenderson.bsky.social Journalist, writer, and researcher. Chicagoland by way of Upper East Tennessee (i.e. a genuine hillbilly). Pronouns: She/her/hers
Megan Krout (they/them) 🏳️⚧️♿️🎨 @crayolapenguin.bsky.social Chicago's south side. I make art, play video games, collect Furbys and deserve a little treat. My grandma is cooler than yours.
crayolapenguin.com
Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. I'm just trying to make my city a better place
Richelle "Rich" Gordon @richgor.bsky.social Retired professor & director of digital innovation, Medill School, Northwestern U. Founded master's degree in media innovation & content strategy: http://bit.ly/Medill-MIE. Came out as transgender in 2023. She/they.
Amanda Kass @akass.bsky.social Research Director, Good Jobs First
deep in the public finance weeds, grammar + typo offender, stata frenemy. opinions are my own. She/her
Personal site: https://amandakass.blog/
Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social the money stuff guy
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com Chasing Wonder, Engineer, Author, ORD Camp Instigator, Feminist. Previously: Founder & CTO of Tock, Xoogler, Ex-Apple. He/Him.
Optimizing for kindness
wonder.voyage
debuggingteams.com
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Leigh Honeywell @hypatia.bsky.social Security, diversity, housing, Canadian stuff 🇨🇦. Cofounder and CEO of @tallpoppy.bsky.social; more at leighhoneywell.com
rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social normal guy
https://linktr.ee/MikeIsaac
Anand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social Writer.
Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social Ex-philosopher, ex-Tweeter.
Email: info@contrapoints.com
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Ryan Pitts @ryanpitts.bsky.social Journalist, coder, community developer. Managing director, Big Local News at Stanford.
“I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
… who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,
who do what has to be done, again and again.”
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social i write at @theverge.com. Portland, OR.
Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info Tech policy, civics, art.
Privacy @ACLU.org · Board @MuckRock.com · Teaching @PrattiSchool.bsky.social
rebeccawilliams.info · rebecca.411 on Signal
Micah Lee @micahflee.com Doing what I can to keep activists, journalists, and researchers safe and productive — writing at https://micahflee.com — author of HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS https://hacksandleaks.com — signal: micah.01
mago torres @mago.bsky.social investigative journalism with data and documents • cat mom • amable damisela • se habla español
Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social #nerdpatient0
craigslist founder
https://craignewmarkphilanthropies.org/
Mosh Lee @mosh.bsky.social Software, systems, and society. 💎 @ipfs.tech Fdn Director, Google Forms inventor, velodrome racer, safe streets advocate. Philly + everywhere.
Tyler Fisher @tylerjfisher.com Founder, @euphonos.studio. Stop doomscrolling with @sill.social. Watch good NBA games with heatcheck.site. Used to work for a bunch of news orgs.
Lapsed Philadelphian in 🇳🇱.
Tom MacWright @macwright.com bikes, runs, makes val.town, writes macwright.com, open source, geo, music, sewing and other stuff.
twitter archive: https://bsky.app/profile/archive.macwright.com
Ted Han★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net ATProto Community Fund; ATmosphereconf Coorganizer
DocumentCloud, Mozilla Rally and Mozilla.Social. Former AAJA board member.
pfp by @montoulieu.dev's gameboy
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Joe Germuska @joe.germuska.com Chief Nerd @ Northwestern University Knight Lab • Project lead @ Census Reporter • Board Member @ City Bureau • Information Design • Digital Journalism • Civic Technology
erika owens @erikaowens.com tech, journalism, music, TV, wandering, biking, and laughing way too loudly.
newly based in sheffield, previously philadelphia
banner image is by https://www.instagram.com/harshadisfree/ via atlas obscura
whet moser @whetmoser.com newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org.
Previously: Covid Tracking Project, OpenNews, old web nonsense.
b bennett | <500+ connections @thebbennett.bsky.social data director @ Working Families Party prev: Sunrise Movement. waffle house ambassador & David Byrne fan account. budding organizer. she/her, born n raised on a holler
Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net los angeles-area resident, your friendly state transportation policy bureaucrat, architecture, tacos. 
Dave Guarino @allafarce.bsky.social Software and complex (not complicated) systems. Pursuing the public good, sometimes with technology.
Paul Williams @pewilliams.bsky.social Executive director, Center for Public Enterprise (publicenterprise.org)
Brooklyn, NY
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
Leah Bannon @leahbannon.bsky.social public servant, hates forms
🌹
heyleah.substack.com
Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
viva mexico @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com A researcher who writes about #FOIA, policing and technology. I help run @lucyparsonslabs.com & give advice to @ddosecrets.com & @MuckRock.com
Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com writer, artist, (credentialed as a) geographer. editing at large at urbanomnibus.net. research fellow at SFE. buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. past work: lifewinning.com. all me buddy, never spoken for an employer
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
H Kapp-Klote @hkappklote.bsky.social I write about Chicago, labor, and organizing.
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Michael Castelle @mcastelle.bsky.social