marcus @marcusgilmer.bsky.social journalist. Managing Editor, Crain’s Cleveland Business. Jam band, unicorn and Minor League Baseball enthusiast.
Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social Author of "Program Management for Open Source Projects" and all-around opinion haver.
"both precise and a little overdesigned" — some bot account
https://funnelfiasco.com
https://duckalignment.academy
you’re not the tallest maeve on bluesky @maeveynot.online they/she・not your girl・🌙🌙・the touch of everything blushes me・放了那個作品・being undone and redoing・front left speaker・backwater of the “unreal”・yes, salt・warding-off-magic・the city is empty until you find it・cunt-forward・nec spe nec metu・anyway, it’s very early
Shannon @nolashan.bsky.social Native Louisianian. Probably not leaving, despite everything.
Retired techie/bureaucrat.
She/her.
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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Rebecca @rebeccakell.bsky.social She/her. Dyke. Chicagoan. Knitter. Treadmillknitter. Weightlifter. Anti-fascist. Anti-bigotry.
https://my.habitatchicago.org/WomenBuild2026/RebeccaKell
Miss Spoken @missspoken.bsky.social a lady-centric live lit show that takes place the last Monday of the month (usually) at Cole’s Bar in Logan Square.
Est. 2014 by @rosamund and Carly Oishi. Produced and hosted by @missamye and @jasmined.
https://www.missspokenchicago.com/
Beast of Bourbon 🥃 @jenleepa.bsky.social Hot philosopher diplomat
Laura M. Browning @ellembee.bsky.social Writer, editor, flu fighter. Swears a lot.
she/her
Shechemist @shechemist.bsky.social Not a chemist anymore.
Knitting, hiking, and being petty.
She/her/mooooooooooooom
Kayla M. Reed @kaymreed.bsky.social She/Her.
Organizer.
St. Louis made me.
Everything I do is for Black people.
Susan Whelan @nolamaven.bsky.social Former online marketer, current professional tree killer. You might know my photos from Instagram or a Facebook group that stole them from Instagram.
New Orleans
Heidi @heidimcoudal.bsky.social Perpetually planning a meal, a party & my next getaway. 🍽🥳✈️ Mom of 3. Owner Big Delicious Planet. Amateur beekeeper. Food|Yoga|Nature. Where should I go next? Chi|Wi
WNBA Scores @wnbascores.bsky.social 
WNBA @wnba.com The official account for the WNBA
https://tr.ee/HEwbJA1hq6
Suni Kartha (she/her) @sunikartha.bsky.social 
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
kaz @karenkaz.com Chicago: Belmont Cragin, #bikechi, CTA rants
Personal: greyhounds, cats, homeownership, sometimes sports
Work: marketing, data, analytics, nonprofits, city planning nerd
ABOLISH ICE is the merciful position
Rosamund Lannin @rosamund.bsky.social reading and writing and domestic life in Chicago. #amquerying a YA (?) novel about live action role-playing (LARP). // rosamund.co
Sweetbabette @sweetbabette.bsky.social Jersey girl. Phillies fan. A few killer notes and no bullshit. Authentic profane Jersey vocabulary. Looking for the balance between youse and y'all. Tweet like no one’s following #LatchKeyKid #NOLATwitter #NOLAsky
📍Black Pearl, New Orleans
Ashley Bischoff @friendlyashley.bsky.social I’ve got a knack for giving clarity to technical and business writing. I’m a plain language advocate—and I’m your friendly copy editor. (she/her)
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
Anne Hedonia @elephantsaxophone.bsky.social Companion to two ridiculous rabbits. Dabbler in music, knitting, and drawing
chicago
(formerly baniak on bird site)
Jalapeño, the turtle who lived @jalapeno-turtle.bsky.social Hello I am Jalapeño, the turtle who lived. On January 15, 2025, I survived a horrible apartment fire in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood. I was assumed dead but I tricked everyone by hiding at the bottom of my terrarium! I am a spicy turtle!
@noahginex.bsky.social @noahginex.bsky.social 
Amy Eaton @missamye.bsky.social Writer. Director. Live Lit Performer. Perennial Screamer into the Abyss. Decent Tomato Grower. 
MyNameIsTrue @alisontrue.bsky.social Edited the Chicago Reader during what you might call its “heyday.”
Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com Strange but not a stranger. I’m an ordinary guy.
https://www.todayontrail.com
https://www.todayintabs.com
Rebecca Blood 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social Smallholder in the North, Rebel Among Hipsters, former Goth Babe of the Week. Somewhat original.
cute synthesizer @justchris.bsky.social gender/queer chicagoan artist & designer. talk to me about birds and museums and live music and good films and bad movies. fanzines & art books at justchrispress.itch.io and generally in whatever bag I’m carrying
crush @lizzyisi.bsky.social that's me, in a bar.
I love the cold dark clutch of grey sullen Chicago winter
Laura 🍸 Elizabeth 🍷 @lauralizk.bsky.social Chicagoan • Furkid Parent • Cocktail Enthusiast • Movie Nerd • Progressive neighborhood organizer in a constant battle with my own Gen X cynicism.
eee @eee1313.bsky.social Looking for a safer space online. Free speech, not hate speech. Fascism sucks. Abolish ICE. Trans rights are human rights.
She/Her. Chicagoland.
InDesign user, Disney fan, cross stitcher, mom, wife, ACLU & HRC member.
Pop Up Karaoke @popupkaraoke.com Our place, your place, any place: karaoke with us at great Chicago spots all over the city or let us throw a party right in your own backyard!
@bethios.bsky.social @bethios.bsky.social 
Dan Budiac @dansays.bsky.social Full stack web dev. Connoisseur of fine bourbon and jazz. Collector of retro & mod. Fav'r of dog photos.
Just here for the zipline.
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
@nothanksidloveto.bsky.social @nothanksidloveto.bsky.social 
Laura Fox @foxypants4.bsky.social 
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Elisa Camahort Page (she/her) @elisacp.bsky.social Current: Co-founder Optionality (https://optionality.life)
Speaker, Writer
Former: Founder/COO BlogHer, Start-up CxO
#theNOWofWork #vegan #undercoverintrovert
https://bio.site/ElisaCP
Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social I write about abortion every day at abortioneveryday.com Read my newsletter & find me other places here: linktr.ee/jessicavalenti
📚 Buy my book 'Abortion' at prh.com/abortion
Jamia Wilson @jamiaawilson.bsky.social * femme de lettres *
www.jamiawilson.org
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social #Earlymodern nerd. Hired pen. Curator of hipsters. Snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. #Tudor? Sure. #Jacobean? SIGN ME UP.
Coming Spring 2027, "Wilton House," a novel of Lady #MaryWroth. @regalhouse.bsky.social. Stay tuned! https://www.kaydalywriter.com
Chuck D @chuckdpe.bsky.social RapARTivist GET OUR Culture APPS at RsTVapp.com RapCentralStation.net
CTA Holiday Tracker @cta4j.com This bot will post the location of the Holiday Train every ten minutes when it is running
Made by @lbku.net
https://cta4j.com/holiday
kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social Author of the unwritten memoir "How to Squander Your Potential in 40 Short Years" and its follow up "Wait No Make That 49"
M-D November @m-dnovember.bsky.social 
Tuesday Funk @tuesdayfunk.bsky.social Chicago's beloved eclectic monthly reading series showcasing a mix of fiction, poetry and essays. Join us at Hopleaf the first Tuesday of every month.
ninyabruja @ninyabruja.bsky.social 
JeanneMarie 👩🏽⚕️ @marieazyyy.bsky.social White sox. Bears. Medicine 👩🏽⚕️🧬🧪
homegrown chicago kid who is single-handedly perpetuating that Tupac is still alive
Jenna @sotheresthat18.bsky.social You either know me from other places on the internet or you don’t.
jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com I write code for a living and words for my sins. occasional blog posts at https://phirephoenix.com, weekly newsletter for organizing/activism in Toronto at @showuptoronto.ca.
mia @turtalia.bsky.social 
@coudal.bsky.social @coudal.bsky.social Easily distracted. OK with that.
Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social Emily
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal
Dave Wettengel @kromedome.bsky.social In no particular order: Ed Tech professional, Nerd, Photographer, optimistic pessimist, pessimistic optimist, Gen X.
Raised in Milwaukee, WI
Settled in Salem, MA
Amy C @thisnicelady.bsky.social Chicago person. Former employee. Migraine connoisseur.
she/her
Rosen Crantz @rosncrantz.bsky.social Hockey fan, D&D newbie, world traveler. My dog is the cause of and solution to all problems. 
Justin Sondak @jaysondak.bsky.social Chicago, and beyond.
David Albrecht @dfachicago.bsky.social 
Sarah C Evans @sarahcevans.bsky.social Maker, Teacher, Longarm Quilter
No one's humanity is up for debate
People are always more important than things
In my Julia Sugarbaker Era
she/her
XtineOnline @xtineonline.bsky.social 
Em Whatever @crayonrosary.bsky.social Restless with anticipation
Valency Muldoon @valleycat72.bsky.social Creative manager & graphic designer. Chicagoan. GenX. Lefty. Here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. Fan of absurdism. 🏳️🌈🧙🏻♀️
she/her
Anne Holub @izatchu.bsky.social Poet and dog mahm in Montana. ** Writer-in-residence 2024 Yellowstone Art Museum, poetry reader @TheRumpus.net, freelance writer, crafty community leader @wildwares Newsletter: anneattheyam.substack.com
Goings on: linktr.ee/izatchu
Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social Director, Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism.
Board president, Truthout.
Co-editor “We Grow the World Together”
Co-author “Prison by Any Other Name”
Abolitionist, anti-zionist, pro-cat, pro-karaoke, Chicagoan
mayaschenwar.com
Luvvie @luvvie.bsky.social NYT bestselling author (4x) 📚 Noted speaker. Book coach (Founder of The Book Academy).
Latest book: LITTLE DEFENDS HER NAME (out 5/6/25). Preorder: http://LittleTroublemakerBook.com
@redheadedfeminist.bsky.social @redheadedfeminist.bsky.social 
Michi the Adorable Tiny Demon @michitrota.bsky.social FilAm Feminist Foodie Firespinner. British Fantasy & 5x Hugo Award winner. Writing a book on representation, AAPI identity & power. Green America Executive Editor. She/Her. buttondown.email/MichiTrota. Repped by @lmpnk.bsky.social
Pris Blossom @prisblossom.bsky.social Journalist. Essayist. Critic.
Queer Latina Mama.
Watches too much TV and won't shut up about Pedro Pascal💖
A short glass of caffeinated anxiety and good intentions.
she/her/ella
Amy Guth @amyguth.bsky.social Producer: film, events and broadcast
📍Los Angeles
https://www.amyguth.com/about
@dimitas.bsky.social @dimitas.bsky.social Nonprofit supporter. Live music lover. Baker. Hiker. National Parks geek. Greece-born, Midwest-raised. Chicago neighborhoods are the best places.
Jenni Spinner @jennispin.bsky.social My kink is kindness.
Bubba Yaga @bubbayaga.bsky.social Kilt-wearin', scruffy lookin' nerf herder. Pragmatic Voluptuary. Unrepentant bourbon & punk rawk lover. Paints toy soldiers.
Pan/ENM. he/him
"sweet in that visceral brutish way."
STFU about Chicago.
Hillary Starpants @hillarystarpants.bsky.social Dayjobber by day, artist by night, nerd always. Trying to figure it all out at the fork in the road of my midlife.
I love art, music, nature, travel and sharing stories in pictures. I miss the lake and my folks.
Share your photos! ALL OF THEM :)
JustSomeBats @amybatty.bsky.social 
ColdChef @coldchef.bsky.social Undertaker, Overexplainer. Anonymortician. Memento moron. Failure is always an option. I have friends everywhere. I will likely let you down. Putting the "wheee" in "ennui." Obsequious obsequies.
bjanish.bsky.social @bjanish.bsky.social Chicagoan. UXer. Maker. Birder-adjacent. I rescue migratory birds and watch over piping plovers in my spare time. @bjanish elsewhere. Keepin’ it together with pilates and gin.
Darlena Cunha @darlenacunha.bsky.social Journalist, (NYT, Washington Post, TIME), against fascism.
@jessnich42.bsky.social @jessnich42.bsky.social PhD. Seattlite in the Midwest. Connoisseur of cute animals.
Leia Scofield @leiascofield.com Knee deep in the hoopla. My keywords: Wordpress, Cats, Plants, Sims 4, Progressives. NEK Vermont (formerly DFW TX)
Andy Marfia @andymarfia.bsky.social Chicago, Photography, etc. andymarfiaphoto.com- D Fella. @danielhonigman.bsky.social NYC born/raised, Chicago-based, stints elsewhere. Husband, father of humans, amuser of dogs. Into green space and other stuff. Mostly lurking.
dba copedog @copedog.bsky.social I've always been copedog.
Private account. Do not read.
"It is not incumbent upon you to complete this work; nor are you free to desist from it." Pirkei Avot
🎉 erin ⁉️ @interrobang.bsky.social a constellation of enthusiasms in the shape of a midlife dirtbag. for all trans rights and some trans wrongs. she/her/y’all. chicago over everything 5ever ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ https://tadaemoji.com
Riot Fest @riotfest.bsky.social Celebrating 20 years of not booking the bands you wanted, in the order you wanted, for free.
VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social mock me with praise/Chicago/fully krausened naturally carbonated/🏳️🌈
Likes: Doctor Who, soaps, Kylie Minogue, karaoke, mysteries, trains, defunding police, being queer, puzzles, sacred flame, sacred fire
Ganser @ganserband.bsky.social Falling Elevator Music 🕳️
NA BRaffenaud@tkoco.com
EU booking gab@annibale.eu
https://linktr.ee/ganser
gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social robin sky leigh
writer & socialist working on labor, capitalist globalization, and the calculation and modeling of the vast socialized harms behind privatized profits.
she | her
My cats tire of my anime addiction @waxtadpole.bsky.social Chicago cat geezer. Tea fanatic. What the advertising industry dubs "GenX." Gray ace. Neurodivergent. Neither proud nor ashamed of that. Frequently it's hard. But I do my best.
Jennifer Lizak @jlizak.bsky.social Chicagoan, do-gooder, reader, music lover, community radio advocate, writer, DJ, lover of libraries, rabble-rouser. https://campsite.bio/jenniferlizak 
Original Berf of Chicagoland @kdc.bsky.social Slinging zines in Chicago @wildramppublishing.bsky.social.
Co-host of "Rough Draft with Keidra and Liz" podcast
https://linktr.ee/KeidraC
Profile ID: Black woman looking up at picture of mountains
@kmacp.bsky.social @kmacp.bsky.social 
Kris Vire @krisvire.bsky.social Arts + culture writer guy for hire. Native Arkansan, naturalized Chicagoan. Rhymes with fire.
David Wondrich @davidwondrich.bsky.social Barroom historian. Author of The Comic Book History of the Cocktail, Imbibe, Punch and a mess of other books. Ardent Wet. Brooklynite and part-time Triestino. Intellegentia mechanice generata delenda est.
S @vidiot.bsky.social Video wrangler, journo, cocktailian, flâneur, shutterbug, quizzer, semi-pro New Yorker, fitful writer, cognitive diffident.
"Tired and emotional." (Opinions solely mine. Reposts/likes ≠ endorsements, sillypants.) He/him.