Chicago in Pop Culture @chicagopopculture.bsky.social Chicago represented in pop culture. Large focus on non-local interpretations of the city. Extended credit included in alt text. No AI.
Kay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social Just snapping photos as I tromp around.
Special interests: native plants, invertebrates, birds. NW Illinois. New to conservation, newer to photography. All photos are my own unless reposts.
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/kayontheprairie
maureen @maureenf.bsky.social Chicagoan in love with urban ruins, labor history, poems, and where I live.
she/her
Andrew Morkes @naturechicagoland.bsky.social Author of Nature in Chicagoland blog (https://natureinchicago.com)/book, They Teach That in College!?, Detecting Misinformation on Social Media & other titles. Nature lover/hiking enthusiast. Author/Editor/Project Manager/Founder of College & Career Press
HeyBooRecords! @goodvinylbargains.bsky.social Fantastic deals on records! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases! This is true of Walmart, Target, and Barnes & Noble, too. It helps keep me motivated to find good deals! Some of these go lightning fast, so keep watching!
Aadam Jacobs Collection Project @ajc-project.bsky.social A collective of music enthusiasts working to convert the audio recordings of Aadam Jacobs to digital format and upload to the Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs
Feed to shows - https://bsky.app/profile/ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
Madeline Loshaw @maddillo.bsky.social anti car, pro cat | Chicago
Subscribe to my newsletter! (it's free) https://tinylilactionschicago.substack.com
meetar @fjord.style I make maps to see where birds go.
Visibly unfinished.
https://fjord.style
bug eye candy corn ball lightning bug
Up On Goblin Hill @upongoblinhill.bsky.social He/Him - 35 - Illustrator - Gargoyle - Museum Worker-
💼 https://www.upongoblinhill.com/
🖼️ patreon.com/upongoblinhill
🎨 upongoblinhill@gmail.com
🏷️ https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/upongoblinhill/
🪙 https://ko-fi.com/upongoblinhill
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
Support us: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/
📧 info@unraveledpress.com
📱 Signal: unraveled.66
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live the big lake they call Gitchi Gami 🛶🏖️
Current* view of a webcam located around Lake Superior every 30 min
*randomly chosen image from list of 40+ webcams. image captured within 30 min of post
@the.mazz.zone
gary’s anatomy @sablaah.bsky.social hi! welcome to my microblog page. take a look around! 🔍
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chicago forever
Michal Migurski @mike.teczno.com Oakland, Maps, Bikes, etc. Also @migurski@mastodon.social and formerly @migurski on the birdsite. 
amy brown @amybrown.xyz wife, mother, poster
oakland area via dayton, ohio
✨ amybrown.xyz ✨
J.R. Nelson @jrnelson.bsky.social Owner of Myopic Books and formerly 50% of Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf. Fuck Ayn Rand.
Dan Carter @prairiebotanist.com Ecologist of Midwestern fire-dependent ecosystems & volunteer land steward @ Mukwonago River Oak Barrens. Opinions mine. Among them is the need to stop viewing grasslands, savannas, & woodlands through a productivist lens. Ban AI. He/Him
Chakra Khan @thechakrakhan.bsky.social 📍DTX
🌹DSA
🔴 PSA: ARSENAL WON THE LEAGUE🏆
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights @icirr.bsky.social 
Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social Former host at Chicago Public Media(WBEZ radio). Now holding down the midday shift at Iowa Public Radio. I live with my husband on his family's farm in rural Iowa.
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
Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social 📍Chicago
Best known for getting hit by a car
Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live cooler by the lake 🕶️🏖️
Current* view of a webcam located around Lake Michigan, every 30 minutes
*randomly chosen image from a list of 50+ webcams. image captured within 30 minutes of post
@the.mazz.zone
Jeff Grant @jeffgrantscience.bsky.social Science Teacher. Nature Explorer. Pathological Optimist. Illustrator. Dad-Joke-Teller. Partnership Specialist in the Science Education and Outreach Program at NCSE
Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social A Chicago-centric news and culture review.
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social Producer / Composer, Vinyl, Comic Book Geek, Horror Fanatic, former International Touring DJ & Bitwig Studio Trainer based in Detroit.
My Vinyl Store: https://www.discogs.com/seller/313starlight/profile
Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Away for a while. 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.
Liam Heneghan @dublinsoil.bsky.social Dad. Granddad. Writer. New novel: Through Pleated Light: Confessions and Translations https://a.co/d/7km9Hw8
Scott 𐚁 Cataloochee Hogtoe 𐚁 Cave @hellabarnes.bsky.social Once and future historian of colonial Latin America, current stay at home dad, cook. just a clod of the common earth
Posting RVA-area plant pics and videos as @powerlinebotany on all platforms
65m Rolling Coastal Plain
shawn @mulchy.bsky.social a very serious journalist | signal: shawn.56
Larry Shure @ultralocal1.bsky.social Preservation planner and architectural historian in support of public transit. Weekend artist.
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Flip @nwmnbiologist.bsky.social Minnesota. Grassland Restoration Specialist. If you post about prairie, I will follow you. Occasionally witty.
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
Swamp Milkweed @tessaa.bsky.social public serpent
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social prairie-style socialism and postcards
https://www.postcard-past.com/
Tony Surgeon @dj-surgeon.bandcamp.com Electronic music performer and recording artist.
Bookings: michael.matuschek@triangleagency.com
https://linktr.ee/tony_surgeon
The Morton Arboretum @mortonarboretum.bsky.social 1,700-acre tree-focused botanical garden & science center. Hiking trails, Children's Garden, events, classes, Plant Clinic. Open 365 days.
Derek Eder @derekeder.com Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner at DataMade, President Emeritus at Chi Hack Night & Oak Park Village Trustee. Entrepreneur, developer, civic technology leader, climate advocate and public servant. he/him
kate @katewitko.bsky.social bluesky's #1 LA Queens fan #WPBL
Waxy.org @waxy.org Since 2002, hot links and cool takes from Andy Baio aka @andy.baio.net.
WWW: https://waxy.org/
RSS: https://waxy.org/feed/
Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@waxy
Ryan 🏳️🌈 @pyry.lutefisk.online Language stuff, city stuff, bus stuff, inane posting, Uralic facts. World reknowned lutefisk influencer. Elder millennial, gay for cities. Feral Chicago fanatic (yes, in Chicago!) from Minneapolis, by way of Portland and others. 🏳️🌈
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Henderson the Purple Rain King @ericksoen.bsky.social E-bike hive member since 2020. Biked to all 81 Chicago Public Library branches as a shitpost. Pro-Chicago til the day I die.
Famously said, "What is a bike if not a tool to shitpost with geography as your canvas?"
Barbara Bogosian @barbarab4.bsky.social Armenian granddaughter of genocide survivors. Old. Queer. Gardener. Socialist. Chicago.
Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social There is a very loud amusement park right in front of my present lodgings.
Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social Plant, restoration, and landscape ecologist
https://www.brudviglab.com/
(he/him)
Melissa Youngquist @myamphibia.bsky.social Ecologist at Shedd Aquarium - conservation of wetlands, amphibians, and more.
mkm @mkmann.bsky.social He/him. Chicagoland educator. Proud dad to queer teen. Sound texturist currently in a lull. Most interested in beauty and laughs. 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🌎
🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾 @chaseprairie.bsky.social Research Scientist 🌾 Adj Professor
Scicomm 🌾 Env/Sci History 🌾 Comics
history, plants, & goldenrod 🌾🏳️🌈🌾
https://liz.kozik.net
she/her
@negauneeinstitute.bsky.social 🌿 Chicago Botanic Garden 🌿
https://rethinkinglawns.com
Josh D @stringbot.com Forever searching
Incessant drudgery
¡matt! ✶✶✶✶ @mattfromchicago.bsky.social just an idiot
✶✶✶✶
he/him
Phineas @phineas.bsky.social This is our most moderately priced receptacle.
• https://octophant.us
• https://octophant.threadless.com
• https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/phineas/
🚫AI Delenda Est🚫
ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. There may be swear words. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Dave Coulter @osage2024.bsky.social Urban horticulture and forestry in/beyond Chicago region. American hedgerow aficionado. Still waiting for my ANTIFA Decoder Ring. Readers are Leaders.
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:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Kate Bingaman-Burt @katebingburt.bsky.social ✏️drawing and teaching & trying to make good stuff happen. ⭐️
🌈 outletpdx.com
🍎 psu.gd
✍️ katebingamanburt.substack.com
Ayesha T Qazi-Lampert @ayeshaqazilampert.bsky.social Sharing Digital Field Notes:
Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Superior 🚢✨
Chicagoan. Pashtun. Peshawar. Environmental Science Public Educator. UIC PhD Cand. Hon Appt Field Museum. 2023 EPA PIAEE Award Rcpt. Unionist 🌎🕊️🧿
Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social “northeast guitar”; he/him/any; useful promo stuff is @realtedleo on insta*ram, tedleo.bandcamp.com
editaurus @davesegal.bsky.social Contributor to The Wire, The Stranger, SPIN, The Tonearm; formerly Pitchfork, Discogs / world-unfamous DJ Veins / Made in Detroit https://www.discogs.com/seller/veins/profile
Patty Wetli @pjdubs.bsky.social I report on urban nature for WTTW News/PBS Chicago. Expect lots of pics of flowers.
Eric Gyllenhaal @chiwestsideparks.bsky.social I monitor birds in parks on Chicago's westside, including Douglass, Columbus, and Riis Parks, plus in my south Oak Park neighborhood. I also do programs that help children connect with and learn about the natural world by making home nature museums.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Emily @allweeksend.com Bikes are transportation and recreation. Working in renewable energy. We have to imagine a better world before we can build it. she/her
allweeksend.neocities.org
Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social Chicago design journalist and critic, @bloomberg.com and elsewhere. In one of those phases where I can’t decide whether it matters what buildings look like or not.
https://zachmortice.com
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.
Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
Co-founder @UnraveledPress.com.
Got a tip? Signal is @sheld.01. Email:steve@unraveledpress.com
Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer NO HOMEWORK PODCAST - @nohomework.website // http://veryimportant.lawyer // http://bigsleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonal-rotors
And we tried so hard. And we looked so good
Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social Chicagoan. Research interests in race, environmental justice, and transportation issues in Latine communities.
are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social chicago common brick lying in a tallgrass prairie | he/they
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
Neil @fitnr.bsky.social vague but honest
@dennisrodkin.bsky.social @dennisrodkin.bsky.social I cover residential real estate for Crain's Chicago Business and do the "What's That Building?' segments on WBEZ.
Marsh Maiden @marshmaiden.bsky.social Ecologist, fighting for a better future with small daily acts. public servant, mother, native plant nerd "I seed the future and it looks bright"
International Sedge Society @intsedgesoc.bsky.social Uniting the international Cyperaceae research community and anyone with an interest in identifying, growing and studying sedges - Check out: https://cyperaceae.org
WHO @who.int The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations’ health agency, championing Health For All.
Always check the latest posts for updated advice/information.
We reserve the right to remove misinformation, spam, and hate speech under our posts.
The Indiana Dunes @indiana-dunes.bsky.social The best dunes. Found on Lake Michigan's south shore, home to state/nat’l parks, rad ecology & culture.
Posting science, wildlife, history, and community tidbits. For official Indiana Dunes Tourism, follow @indianadunes.bsky.social
PFS @presentlypresent.bsky.social Lurking here, lurking in the Chicago region's natural areas
nb_alorakid @alorakid.bsky.social baseball + art + the end of the world
neilbhandari.com
I make stuff with The Neo-Futurists (neofuturists.org) and Swearwords (http://swearwordsmusic.com/) and other places too
Chicago| Austin | he/him
Thom Clark @thomnews.bsky.social Grandpa, photographer, editor, educator, media strategist, activist
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago @mwrdgc.bsky.social Protecting public health and the environment by providing wastewater treatment for Chicago and 128 suburban communities and serving as Cook County’s Stormwater Management Authority. Learn more at mwrd.org.
☎️ Report waterway concerns: 800-332-3867.
awl @atomly.com www.atomly.com
genderqueer bear dyke communist nerd
they/them/it/its
i probably wrote some code you used. i make a lot of art and music and have put out some records. leftist and mutual aid enthusiast.
🏴⚒🖤🏳️⚧️
Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social drifter/writer on architecture, culture and Chicago, photographer specializing in out-of-focus images. there will be posts on opera, apologies in advance.
Andy Baio @andy.baio.net The poster formerly known as "waxpancake". I make @Waxy.org and @xoxofest.com. Also: Skittish, Upcoming, Supercut, Playfic, Kind of Bloop. Helped build Kickstarter.
WWW: https://waxy.org
Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio- B Dale Bowman @bowmanoutside.bsky.social Former outdoors columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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
Wesley Groves @wesleygroves.bsky.social Post like no one is watching.
Art, music, and design from the eastern edge of the Great Plains.
wesleygroves.com
madopal @madopal.bsky.social Chicagoan (Portage Park), bungalow owner, recovering gamedev (Jaleco, Midway, et al), cat lover, data engineer, bike/transit advocate(ish) (former NW MBAC), aspiring historian/baker/woodworker, White Sox, Gen X, music nerd, just zis guy, you know? ✶✶✶✶
Elizabeth Bach @s0il0rgmatters.bsky.social Research scientist at The Nature Conservancy - Nachusa Grasslands Preserve (Illinois, USA), grassland restoration, soil ecology, natural areas management, science. Views expressed here are my own.
Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social Plant systematist, herbarium director, ASPT outgoing president, naturalist, in the Chicago suburbs; posts reflect my views, not my employer's.
2024 book: Oak Origins... check it out:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html
gabriel x. michael @g-x-m.bsky.social Witness to subterranean Chicago. King of Lake Street. Guardian of the city’s oldest buildings. Telling a story of the unappreciated, unseen, unknown.
MCMLXXXIV. All rights reserved.
Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
Chuck D @chuckdpe.bsky.social RapARTivist GET OUR Culture APPS at RsTVapp.com RapCentralStation.net
Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic and formerly ABC7 Chicago. Author/photographer of Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side. I dig vintage TV/movies and 20th century funk, soul and jazz.
Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social Chicago blueystorian, UIC ABD
jeffnicholshistory.com
Chicago Ornithological Society @chicagobirder.bsky.social All things birds in the Second City!
Tony Coppoletta @tonycoppoletta.com Likes food. And trains. And cities. Info designer in transit. Made in Chicago. (Personal acct)
tonycoppoletta.com
Also super pro-trans and anti-facisct because I'm a decent human being.
He/him 🏳️🌈