Joel (RocketCo) 🦝 @joel-rocketco.bsky.social Disabled Virologist (MSc)🔬🧫& Teacher in Colorado| Animation (2d/particle systems) | Space & Biology Art/Nature Photography | Hummingbird Dad with @deggn.bsky.social 🌈| Cancer Survivor (3x) | Fibromyalgia 💥
Pannier Peter 🚲 @peter.dev Chicago's #1 beefposter | #bikechi | Android dev
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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social GQ Correspondent, NYT Mag, NatGeo, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, Garden & Gun, This American Life, et. al. Author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution. Three James Beard awards. https://linktr.ee/brettsy
http://www.brettmartin.org
Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social Senior Scientist | Vaccine Research & Development | NIH | NIAID | VRC | 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 | 🏳️🌈 | @coralchimera.bsky.social 💍 | @phoenixnest.bsky.social & @multicolorbark.com & @likeapalette.com 🧵🪡
Jeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me Dad. Data business encabulator. Pizza robot whisperer. Born lucky.
Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social Online magazine editor, @overlandjournal.bsky.social. Bylines at New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Popula, Sport. Translator. 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
Semafor @semafor.com Building a new global news company. Sign up for our newsletters: https://www.semafor.com/newsletters
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social web dev + hot dad. enjoy charts, unions, conputer games, philosophy. chicago crespo.business
Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, seeker of joy. Dad-DJ. Cosmopolitan.
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social Criminal justice for the Chicago Tribune, ckubzansky@chicagotribune.com. @ctguild.bsky.social. Consulting maps from earlier days
David Teeghman 🇵🇸 🌏🚴🏻🌹 @teeghman.bsky.social West Sider, YIMBY, biker and organizer. @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social executive committee chair. Radicalized former public school teacher.
Soren Spicknall (currently being annoying about visiting NYC) @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."
Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com Legal journalist and beachgoer. I write and talk about courts, the law, and the politics shaping them in a number of places. Working on a new thing.
Signal: cristianfarias.33
Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social Chicago. Reporter now, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Focused on violence, and running to ground things related. Past: CNN, Chicago Tribune. More of a baseball account now if I am being honest.
Well used to ghostly company by this time
Dion McGill @dionmcgill.bsky.social Chicagoan | Jiu-Jiteiro | Chicago District Councilor - views expressed are my own - retweets do not=endorsement
Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social ✶ State investigations editor at https://illinoisanswers.org/ ✶ https://www.jim-daley.com/ ✶ DM for Signal ✶ He/him
Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social Writer on law etc.; Cato Institute. Election law, Maryland civic stuff, cooking. Blogged at Overlawyered back when. No kings, no tyrants.
henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social political editor at the post, wellington tragic
send me gossip or stories: 📞021 241 1398 📧henry.cooke@thepost.co.nz 📧henry.cooke.post@proton.me
Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social Doting grandmother, among other things.
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
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Founder of ONEST | Global Affairs Analyst
Fact-first reporting on diplomacy, geopolitics & global affairs.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Lila Byock @lbyock.bsky.social Writer of television, hater of Big Tech in schools. Please watch my shows and please also join SchoolsBeyondScreens.com!
WeatherMatrix @weathermatrix.bsky.social Meteorologist, writer, producer at AccuWeather. PA/USA
WeatherMatrix - Since 1996 - "The Weather is Always Interesting."Also @WeatherMatrix on TW/FB/IG/YT/MD
Experimental weather maps at WeatherWatchers.Org
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social Woke socialist, stray cat magnet, Tūī feeder, she/her/ia. Living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
Nick Pyati @nickpyati.bsky.social Father, teacher, prosecutor, tech leader, running for Congress in the Illinois 9th.
nickpyati.substack.com
nickpyati.com
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
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.
Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social Journalist covering politics, policy, and economics for CNBC. matt.peterson@cnbc.com. personal site: mattpeterson.me
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social There is a very loud amusement park right in front of my present lodgings.
James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social Jesuit priest, editor at large of America Media, founder of Outreach, consultor for the Dicastery for Communication, author of "Come Forth."
https://linktr.ee/jamesmartinsj
Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Proud American.
Writing, Pod, ETC: Beacons.ai/reidhoffman
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
WGN NEWS @wgntv.com Chicago's Very Own ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ WGNTV.com
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Leopards Ate My Face @leopardsatemyface.bsky.social never thought leopards would eat MY face!
Send me your LAMFs
Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social Banking reporter at Bloomberg Law, the fellas' dad. Reach me at reporterev.85 on Signal. I have friends everywhere.
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social Very rarely here.
You can reach me at pjvogt85@gmail.com
Host, Search Engine podcast.
Some of our best episodes are here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9VpzSJa8HVGG9H0EmkmJ?si=eeb6813f57ea4218
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
tony soprano's bike mechanic @isbelthewoman.bsky.social criminal defense attorney. organizer. funny friend. chicago's number one fan!
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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
TechCrunch @techcrunch.com Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams.
Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social "There is no democracy without journalism." Covering antitrust, currently at Bloomberg News and “making people feel uncomfortable.” Former Politico, MLex, CQ. Email me at lnylen2 at bloomberg.net. On Signal: leahnylen.88. Opinions are my own (obvi).
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
Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol + senior culture writer, @techcrunch.com
+ podcasting about the internet on @wowiftrue.bsky.social
(@multitude.productions)
+ she/her ✡️
+ sometimes i post about pottery and the phillies
+ my opinions ≠ my employer’s
Matt Rosoff @mattrosoff.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of The Register
https://www.theregister.com/Author/Matt-Rosoff/
Karyne Levy @karyne.bsky.social Managing editor at VentureBeat
Cristiano Lima-Strong @viacristiano.bsky.social Senior congressional reporter @bgov.com covering financial services. Former WaPo, Politico. 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Tips/Signal: Cristiano.01
Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social Reporter covering Meta, social media and other topics (hopefully) for Reuters' investigative Team.
Shakeel @shakeelhashim.com Writing about AI policy at Transformer. Supporting AI journalism with grants at Tarbell. Prev: AI safety and EA comms; journalist at The Economist, Protocol, Finimize. London.
https://transformernews.ai
Miles McCain and 309 others @miles.land Doing things at Anthropic. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PAR
https://miles.land
Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept
Got a tip? Signal: sambiddle.99 (Make sure you don’t contact me via a work-provided device)
https://sambiddle.com
Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Linguistics at Berkeley. Language, identity & prosody, esp. in politics & human-computer interaction. Trivia person and marathoner. LA & the Bay. No one is illegal on stolen land. Views are my own.
https://nicolerholliday.wordpress.com
Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social Football. Basketball. Cream cheese.
Editor. Writer.
Sara Benincasa @sarajbenincasa.bsky.social Author, TV/film writer, actor. Writing about our tallest president.
SARATONIN: SaraJBenincasa.Substack.com
Live events & all the rest: https://linktr.ee/SaraJBenincasa
Tammy Coxen @tammylc.bsky.social 2026 Hugo Awards administrator. Booze and cocktail history nerd. I host the My Tiny Bottles podcast & YouTube series (mytinybottles.com), and teach cocktail classes online and in-person as Tammy's Tastings (tammystastings.com).
Elizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social film & lit scholar, CUNY prof, culture writer, editor, higher ed unionist, author of Elaine May (U of Illinois Press, 2025) and Making Conversation in Modernist Fiction (Ohio UP, 2019).
Skanda Amarnath @skandaamarnath.bsky.social Executive Director of Employ America
Macro / Labor / Finance / Energy / Chart posting
Marketplace @marketplace.org Every story has an economic angle. We break it down to help you live smarter. marketplace.org
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Joseph @jcuanan.bsky.social fintech and legaltech product, engineering, and AI/ML
Jason Hass @jasondhass.bsky.social Head of BD @ First Electronic Bank, ex-Pagaya, ex-TrueAccord, ex-Credit Karma, FinTech geek, and avid cyclist.
Nik Milanović @ndm.bsky.social fintech enthusiast
Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner.bsky.social Executive Performance Coach. Doc of Psych. Compared to Wendy Rhoades of Billions via WSJ.
Private client work currently on waitlist only.
Newsletter -> http://drgurner.substack.com
John Piazza @johnpiazza.bsky.social product leader, newline by @fifththird (embedded finance platform). ODF @beondeck. board @IPAupdates. fintech, 🚴🏼♂️, 📸, 🏔 // tweets = me, not employer
Aisha S Gani @aishagani.bsky.social fintech reporter @bloomberg.com
tiffunnireads 📚 @tiffunnireads.bsky.social I love to read | Fantasy/Scifi, Thrillers, Romance, SpecFic | Constant Giggler | ♊️ | Blackorean | She/Her | ADHD | Mood reader 😌
🔗 https://beacons.ai/tiff.unni.reads
📖: Our Vicious Oaths
🎧: The Eye of the World
Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social NYT tech reporter
Co-author of Character Limit
Signal: rmac.18
ryan.mac@nytimes.com
rmac18@protonmail.com
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
https://linktr.ee/ryan_mac_
Jareau @jareau.bsky.social Coffee Dad. Payments Nerd. Football (⚽️) Fan.
Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic
Send me a secure message on Signal: hunter.07
https://linktr.ee/hunter_walker
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social economist. Posts Reflect Me Only! collects/analyzes: poll, market, social media/online data, to study: news, public opinion, ads, market design
Darin Self @darinself.com Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocracies, the military, and political parties.
Chair of Utah County Democratic Party -- making democracy work locally:
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social Director, Stratification Economics at The Roosevelt Institute/Roosevelt Forward
@rooseveltinstitute.org
Sociologist, Dad, Autistic person, Bathos-Enjoyer, elitist jerk
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society
Opinions are my own
Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social Professional landscape photographer focused on Chicago and Ireland. My website is BarryButlerPhotography.com for prints, books and calendars.
Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
He/him
Chicagoan, stroke survivor, dev, moving further to the Left as I get older & more pissed off.
I probably repost too damn much.
And make too many grammatical errors & tpyos.
Also @refrag@mastodon.cloud, but that's dormant.
Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social News about the status of our changing climate and environment and the actions being taken to mitigate the risks of climate change. Main areas of focus are on climate politics, climate data, ecological research and renewable energy. 🌏
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
larelli @larelli.bsky.social Gardener. Democrat. Dog Aficionado.
All about peonies, politics and pups
Hell is empty and all the skeets are here
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Michael Roddan @michaelroddan.bsky.social Banking reporter @ The Information in NYC
☏/Telegram/WhatsApp/Signal 347 864 0601
Former national correspondent at The Australian Financial Review and roustabout for The Australian newspaper