Ivy Abid @ivyabid.bsky.social science educator. chicago. politics that center sharing and caring for each other.
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Out Sept 15: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
@r3666.bsky.social @r3666.bsky.social 
Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social North Carolina-based, part-time artist + song writer, full-time investigative data reporter @charlotteobserver.com. Spins the pottery wheel, not news. Rocks all keyboards. 🎹⌨️🤘🏽 Nerd Queen. @apantazi.bsky.social has my ❤️ @caitmcglade on all the things
Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social I used to work for Uproxx, HuffPost, Movieline. I’ve written for New York, Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ and Empire
"He’s fairly normal” — Reddit user CaptainPhantasma21
My newsletter: www.thehardpass.net
contact: michaelwilliamryan at gmail
Rob Reid @robcat26.bsky.social Education Data Developer @texastribune.org, proud product of public schools, immersing myself in all things Texas through reading and building community and long-distance walking
Jamey @klocktower.org GenX leftist anti-racist teacher in Chicago (NBCT, PhD).
Too many hobbies, lately mostly sewing and gaming.
bag of moons 🏳️🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social just a bag of moons... she/her/that dyke/maaaaaaammaaaaaaa/maestra
extended lesbian cinematic universe
Wearing more dinosaur clothing and making more eye contact than Minnesotans can handle.
📍I live inside my own heart, Matt Damon
Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com Chicagoan, climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | 🌎 viktorkoves.com
Joe Wright MD @joewright.bsky.social Current project: telling the story of the rise and fall of Boston’s containment zone for street drugs and homelessness, 2014-24. Day job: doctor caring for people who are homeless or formerly homeless.
https://www.joewrightmd.com
SIGNAL: joewright.72
World Travel Posters @worldtravelposters.bsky.social Visualize World Peace
Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social Podcasting about education policy and politics at haveyouheardpodcast.com | Latest book: The Education Wars: A Citizen's Guide and Defense Manual www.educationwarsbook.com. Follow my work at: http://educationwars.substack.com
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social Producers of radical culture
Podcasts:
Live Like the World is Dying, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, The Spectacle
https://www.tangledwilderness.org/
https://www.patreon.com/c/strangersinatangledwilderness/
JIndeli.bsky.social @jindeli.bsky.social Noli sinere malos insolentesque te vexare.
I’m mostly on here to learn from those who care enough to share specialized knowledge… and for some of the art and all of the animals.
Eamon Costello @eam0.bsky.social (Post)Digital Learning. Critical Pedagogy. Post-AI futures. Creative methods. Speculative design. Pedagogies of kindness. Teacher education and fac dev.
Assoc Prof, Dublin City University - He/Him).
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eamoncostello
Sequential Artists Workshop @comicsworkshop.bsky.social SAW is one of the premiere places for dedicated study of #comics in-person & online. Founded by @hutchowen, run by SAW artists.
https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org
Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social Feature documentary GHOST IN THE MACHINE. Watch now on PBS and YouTube. notaidoc.com
Rob 🏳️🌈🚲🪴 @bobbyboy.bsky.social views mine
🥈72 dogs 🐝 @careycuprisin.bsky.social I run mountain trails and think about politics. Dogs and cats. Interior design and David Lynch films. Figure skating. I work in emergency medicine. Colorado is my home.
Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com Ali “with an i”
Nature & Science Illustrator, Multi Award-Winning Cartoonist, Science Communicator & Designer, Sculptor, Comics, Zines, She/Her, Based in Boston
AlexandraGallant.com
frogby.bigcartel.com/
Alexandragallant.itch.io
Capital B Gary @capitalbgary.bsky.social News we need. One of @capitalb.bsky.social local newsrooms!
Join us at http://gary.capitalbnews.org.
Emeline Posner @emelpos.bsky.social reporter, @raceandequityproject.org
get in touch:
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Signal: eposner.99
headshot: Diana Solís
LWV Chicago @lwvchicago.bsky.social League of Women Voters of Chicago. 105 years strong. We want you to vote (we don’t care who for). Democracy’s not a spectator sport—get your head in the game.
Justin Ellis @justinellis.bsky.social Projects & Podcast editor for Defector.com
Order my book: The Cruelty of Nice Folks, here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-cruelty-of-nice-folks-justin-ellis?variant=44065276493858
Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said.
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr
https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
Demos @demosorg.bsky.social Dēmos is a non-profit public policy organization working to build a just, inclusive, multiracial democracy and economy.
Get our updates: https://demos.nyc/updates
Jane French @janefrench.bsky.social Writer of medical and caregiving reports | published widely in email streams | family caregiver | advocate for low-income older adults
TechTonic Justice @techtonicjustice.bsky.social For the people AI leaves behind. A multidimensional, community-based effort to strengthen local justice movements + build long-term power. Launched 11/19/24. Founder: @kevindeliban.bsky.social
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/techtonicjustice
ZERO TO THREE @zerotothree.bsky.social We are experts in translating the science of early childhood development into real impact. 👶🧠 #LEARNwithZTT #ThinkBabies
Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social Eritrean American writer from Miami. Books, housing, immigration, climate. Probably thinking about sound. Cofounder of @coyotemedia.org and talkscratch.com 📚 In Open Country forthcoming from Little, Brown.
Oakland, CA | she/her
www.rahawahaile.com
Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com Senior Research Director at School Perceptions
Author of "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability,” “Education Reform and the Concept of Good Teaching,” and “Community and Skepticism in Shakespeare’s Comedy”
Ever a book indexer, too
Sofi LaLonde @sofilalonde.bsky.social Journalist & Audio Producer. Policy nerd. Currently editing the Optimist Economy podcast. Previously @Vox.com @WBEZ. 📍Chicago.
sofilalonde.com
optimisteconomy.com
Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social Public health, reproductive justice, big nerd about tv as health education. Fighting depression and anxiety with cats, bunnies, and raccoons. And being clever never got me very far. she/her
SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social Radically pedestrian urban planning. Chicago-centric. ✶✶✶✶
@prolificpedestrian.bsky.social @prolificpedestrian.bsky.social 
JohnC @ironist-jc.bsky.social Spend lots of my life looking at/thinking about/making moving pictures and sounds that go with. Cats are endlessly fascinating and I like having them on me. The pleasure of listening to music can make me cry. I live in Chicago. Gayyyyyyyyy. He/Him.
Allie Thrall @alliethrall.bsky.social Humanities educator and doctoral researcher @Baylor interested in how digital technologies impact civic possibilities
Patrick Gilsenan for 32nd Ward @patgilsenan.bsky.social Candidate for 32nd Ward Alderperson
patrickfor32.com
Libraries for the People @librariesftp.bsky.social A leftist library project
Olivia Golden @ogolden-policy.bsky.social Nonprofit & public sector leader, passionate about children and families, racial and economic justice, protecting immigrant families, supporting organizations and leaders seeking to advance these goals. Former HHS Asst Sec, DC CFSA Dir, nonprofit ED.
Marnie Kaplan @marniekaplan.bsky.social Advocate for paid leave, early childhood education, & integrated schools; obsessed with books, storytelling, American history, & longreads; mom of 2.
Certified Illinois Expert @mrillinois.bsky.social Certified Illinois Expert. 🧡 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!
NPS Cambot @nps-cambot.bsky.social I'm a bot that posts images from random NPS webcams, once an hour.
Note that not all images are live.
Fan Account - Not affiliated with the NPS or any other government entity.
Bot written & wrangled by @eccentric.ity.org
#NPS #NationalParkService
Amy Dickinson @askingamy.bsky.social "Ask Amy" advice columnist, NPR Wait Wait Don't Tell Me panelist, literacy advocate, NYT bestselling author, and proprietor of the Freeville Free Library. Author of the One Good Thing newsletter on Substack
Housing Policy Debate @houspoldebate.bsky.social Housing Policy Debate provides a venue for original research on housing and community development policy. Vincent Reina is the current Editor in Chief.
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.
@joerappaport.bsky.social @joerappaport.bsky.social 
Andrew Adams @drewjayadams.bsky.social i tell stories about policy || interested in tech, environment and civic engagement || sometimes i take pictures || opinions mine 
Simon A Corvid @scrow1022.bsky.social Writer, artist, seeker. Bi trans guy. He/they.
Abolish ICE & police.
On Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi land.
Tucker @tjchc.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 in Chicago, former baker hopefully current ceramic artist soon, punk/90’s hip hop lover, roommates with an eccentric orange cat. The b&w picture is my grandma at a frog race
Mars Ikeda @marsikeda.bsky.social Data guy (healthcare) & art nerd/maker in NYC, USA. Probably watching Dimension 20 & celebrating Pride 🏳️⚧️ with El Corazón 🐈⬛ & Darwin 🐈.
seasonally appropriate el 🌞🌡️🌻 @ellamennopie.meatjacker.social queer pro-abortion 30 something mittenposting thru it Ⓜ️⚠️| ⚧️ low tech poaster | free palestine | they/them | contains adult content 🔞 | 🥣 🧦 | ellamennopie.xyz
Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social Prof of Amer Lit & Studies. Dad to 2 amazing young men. Married. We the People: http://tinyurl.com/yyhxjktb; Of Thee I Sing: http://tinyurl.com/y6hsozjx. #ScholarSunday guru. https://blackwhiteandread.com he/him
ZZ Bottom @jaypee.bsky.social DJ/actor/model/failson/dipshit/shitposter. Glory to you, and your house
(Not actually a bottom)
#24601 @irishhello.bsky.social abolitionist movement lawyer • he/him • chicago • land back • free 🇵🇸
Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social I enjoy cocktails, French fries, and science fiction. 🏳️🌈 He/him. Trekkie. 🖖🏻 Former KCRW, KCSN & current KPFK radio host & music programmer, Angeleno from New Orleans. Growing luminous by eating light. Retired. http://mixcloud.com/safeathome
Stephen Montemayor @smontemayor.bsky.social News Editor for Block Club Chicago. Send me your tips: stephen@blockclubchi.org.
Signal: @stephenmontemayor.95
K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social So Cal, Oregon, New York.
Avi image detail from "Sisters of the Moon Diana" by Leonora Carrington
Sabriya Rice @sabriyarice.bsky.social Southern Bureau Chief for @kffhealthnews.org
✍🏾Has reported for Dallas Morning News, CNN, Modern Health Care.
🏫Former University of Georgia professor
👩🏿💻Reachable at sabriyar@kff.org
Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me Journalist/technologist, @financialtimes.com Visual Investigations
📍London
✉️ peter.andringa@ft.com
🔏 Signal: @peterandringa.01
ft.com/news-tips
Ash Splawinski @splawinski.bsky.social PhD candidate in political science @ UofT
Researching federalism, policy design, administrative burdens, and political mobilization
Previously a visiting scholar at UT Austin & CU Denver
Sometimes I podcast. Listen to Nobody’s In Charge on Spotify or Apple
Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Lori Cox Han, PhD @lchphd.bsky.social Political scientist, presidency scholar, Doy B. Henley Chair of American Presidential Studies, Chapman University. I care about democracy, equality, LGBTQ rights, mental health awareness, finding a cure for T1 diabetes, & baseball. Lifelong SF Giants fan.
Michael Blanding @michaelblanding.bsky.social Investigative journalist and author of new book, The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby (July 2026). Also: In Shakespeare's Shadow and NYT bestseller The Map Thief. www.michaelblanding.com
Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social Political Scientist at George Mason U. studying US politics, congressional networks, parties, campaign finance, and other broken systems. Cat person, dog owner. Take my class: https://tinyurl.com/bderak89 Read me: https://substack.com/@misofact
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Chicago Reader Union @chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social Official editorial union of the Chicago Reader, organizing with @chicagonewsguild.bsky.social. Established 2015.
Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com Somewhere in Chicago, working near the intersection of immigration law, data, and technology. Not an attorney!
287(g) Program Tracker: tituslegaldesign.com/immigration-101/287g-program
buymeacoffee.com/andrewtitus
S Bear Bergman @sbearbergman.bsky.social Writer, storyteller, publisher, advice guy, crankypants. Always looking for people to talk to and things to eat. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
kay slater @kslater.bsky.social information worker + critical scholar | DJ | research network @libraryfutures.bsky.social | AI + Planetary Justice Alliance | Chicago, of course
views my own!
letterboxd: https://boxd.it/etsK7
Appalachia Comics Project @appalachiacomics.bsky.social appalachiacomics.org
Kade Heather @kadeheather.bsky.social Reporter @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Kaitlin Washburn @kwashburn.bsky.social Chicago Sun-Times reporter
kwashburn@suntimes.com
https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/kaitlin-washburn
Keenan Chen @kcinbk.bsky.social - Data investigations for @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org
- Formerly First Draft News, brownpublichealth.bsky.social, Columbia Journalism Investigations
- Lang: 普通話, 廣東話
- Email: kchen[at]chicagopublicmedia.org
- Personal site: kcinbk.github.io
The Downballot @the-downballot.com The premier source of information for the thousands of elections below the presidency, from Senate to city council.
Our site: http://the-downballot.com/
Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social Founder of The Difference Engine. Researcher, strategist, truth-teller. Host of Cross Tabs. Asking better questions since forever. Also: https://mastodon.social/@Bosticf
Abigail Kabaker @akabaker.bsky.social she/ her . museum collections professional. Lifelong Maryland resident. Talks about museums, horror, video games, science, politics, and pop culture. Views are my own.
showuswhereitgoes.bsky.social @showuswhereitgoes.bsky.social 90+ days for FEC filings nobody reads? We give first to candidates showing expenses in REAL-TIME—as it happens. Not waiting for Congress. Take the Pledge: donationtransparency.org/show-us
Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social Editor-at-Large @ProPublica. I ❤️ journalism and good trouble. Tips/ideas: eric.umansky@propublica.org and securely on Signal EricUmansky.04.
More about me: https://www.propublica.org/people/eric-umansky
Rob Horning @robhorning.bsky.social robhorning.substack.com
Two-meter Matt @2metermatt.bsky.social 
Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social Chicagoan for sustainability, cultural diversity, & queer rights. She/her/hers 🚲🐶🌳🌻🌈🌊🍻🚉🏕️♻️
jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com I report on ICE flights and third-country removals at @prospect.org. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant.
Third-Country Removal Tracker: https://gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all-of-trumps-third-country-removals-that-we-know-of/
Signal: gbrockell.44
JFG @jfgibson.bsky.social Software by day. Shiba Inu wrangling, baking, jazz dancing, guitar fumbling otherwise. Rooting for Ukraine, democracy, and people not being shit to each other.
Joshlawrence @josh1935.bsky.social Research Fellow @crisesnotes.bsky.social History, Law + Political Economy, occasional fun things
Email: joshualawrence0800@gmail.com
Juan Pablo Hanes @juanhanes.bsky.social journalist and researcher at Notes on the Crises
signal: Juan.Hanes01
Notes on the Crises @crisesnotes.bsky.social Currently: Coverage of the ongoing Impoundment and Unitary Executive Constitutional Crisis
www.crisesnotes.com
https://www.instagram.com/crisesnotes
https://www.youtube.com/@crisesnotes
President:
@nathantankus.bsky.social
W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Movie enjoyer. Animal lover.
Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social Infectious disease epidemiologist @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Associate professor. Author of CRISIS AVERTED (Viking). Outbreak newsletter at forceofinfection.com
marxuckerberg @marxuckerberg.bsky.social Werner Herzog’s alt, founding member of the Vatican City DSA chapter, The (former) Chairman, 48th Ward Neighbors and Chicago DSA
Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social 📍Chicago
Best known for getting hit by a car
Eric the Red @realeric4real.bsky.social 
Uncloseted Media @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social Investigating hate and elevating everyday heroes. Nonpartisan & objective LGBTQ journalism. http://unclosetedmedia.com 📰👀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸.
Tracee Saunders @traceesaunders.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Penn State Political Science | Poli Sci PhD | MS Health Informatics | health policy, bureaucracy, social inequality
traceesaunders.com
Simon F. Haeder @simonfhaeder.bsky.social Academic Dad | Packers Owner | Professor of Public Health | @OhioState | disclaimer
Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social assistant professor of public policy @UNC Chapel Hill | ex-data scientist @codeforamerica | Data for Good Roundtables co-founder
https://jaeyk.github.io
Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Educational researcher. K-12 Fellow at Arnold Ventures. Professor at USC Rossier. Co-director of USC EdPolicy Hub (https://edpolicyhub.substack.com/). These are my views, not those of my employer.