Hopeful News @hopefulnewshq.bsky.social The newsletter full of good news. Start your day with a smile!
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."
Heather in Chicago @heatherk.bsky.social “Wild and wise—a perfect paradox of a woman”—my friend Amanda. Also posting here as ibikedinthis.bsky.social
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Juveria @juveria.bsky.social Psychiatrist, Researcher, Jeopardy 0 Game Winner, Mom
Merita Bushi @rhymeswithpita.bsky.social she/ajo
covid-informed organizer with 33rd Ward Working Families and Albanians Active Now
Jamie Ding @feathersmcg.bsky.social he/him | Erstwhile streamer of cryptic crosswords and Kingdom Hearts at https://twitch.tv/FeathersMcG
Jeopardy! @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social 💙 Stream Jeopardy! on Peacock & Hulu
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Less of Comfortable Shoes Studio she/they @comfortableshoes.bsky.social artist, art therapist, maker, creative person, creator
BP @firesdie.bsky.social From Chicago.
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.
Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
Co-founder @UnraveledPress.com.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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Admiral Restraint @darkneverland.bsky.social |they/them| • compassionate weirdo alive in the Superuknown • personal & edutainment • #DFTBA
Bloggess Collective/Squad
Mutual Aid: paypal.me/doseofnightshade
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov Mom. Combat Veteran. Blackhawk pilot. U.S. Senator. Illinoisan.
Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov Serving the people of Illinois.
Democratic Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee @judiciarydems.senate.gov. 
@pambrisse.bsky.social @pambrisse.bsky.social 
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
Kel Kel @shutupkel.bsky.social 48. She/her. Anti-🍊🤡.
PolitiFact @politifact.bsky.social Home of the Truth-O-Meter and independent fact-checking. Part of
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Melanie Rivers Art @melanierivers.bsky.social Indigenous mixed media portrait artist and online art teacher. Earth inspired art. Art journaling. Creating art is my medicine. www.melanierivers.ca
Samantha Stein @yosamdysam.bsky.social #AuDHD YouTuber (Yo Samdy Sam), working on upcoming book on Autism and Trauma (out 2026), mentor and strategist for autistic/ADHD entrepreneurs. My life involves crochet 🧶, cats 😺, motherhood 👨🏼👩🏼👧🏼👦🏼, and coffee ☕ (not in that order).
Amy Brnger @abrnger.bsky.social Painter from Eliot, Maine. Fan of democracy
@forgottentoybox.bsky.social @forgottentoybox.bsky.social Artist, Triathlete, Costco RTV clerk (aka I process your returns in the back) with a gothy/dark aesthetic.
Bronxquotes @jamagory.bsky.social Not enough hours in the day. Full time caregiver with a full time job. I like quotations. And dogs. LGM!
Wonder Jana @wonderjana.bsky.social Artist / Outdoor Enthusiast / Dog Lover / Mom of Queer Kids /
Michelle Kiernan @michellekiernan.bsky.social "Art is a way of recognizing oneself."
-Louise Bourgeois
@parymdk.bsky.social @parymdk.bsky.social 
Pete Wharmby @petewharmby.com Author, keynote speaker, geek, autistic and ADHD.
www.petewharmby.com- A @aqainola.bsky.social @aqainola.bsky.social
Wren Dreolin @wrendreolin.bsky.social Crafter, former vet receptionist/Assistant, signer, pet mom, Bipolar disorder, several flavors of anxiety disorders, MSTie, reader of fantasy and science fiction, SPN, occasional fanfic writer, currently and many years working as a library paraprofessional
bobbi studstill @studiomezclado.bsky.social artist, imageMaker, vagabond.
currently based in chicago
Diana Dobson Fine Art @dianedobsonbarton.bsky.social Artist, and occasional writer living in Kansas. Currently obsessed with oil painting, and oil pastels.
Nona @nonamac.bsky.social 
Pam Brisse @pamdorra.bsky.social Artist, quilter, crazy cat (and dog) lady. GenX mom to GenZ kid. Team Democracy. In my rage era. Pacific NW.
Michael 🖖🏼 @superkaysdad.bsky.social I ❤️all Star Trek, play D&D, cook & bake, read mostly fiction, serve my community as an elected rep, and a proud father of an amazing adult daughter.
M at Foxen Makes Games @foxenmakesgames.bsky.social AuDHD, Agender (They/She), Queer Seer, Witch, Artist, Writer, Game Designer. Chaotic Good, Glitter Punk, Chronically Ill, Disabled Geek. Making RPGs + art about souls just trying to make our way the best way we can.
There's no revolution without art.
Quinta Brunson @quintabrunson.bsky.social Hi.
@jkimble.bsky.social @jkimble.bsky.social Mother, Musician, Engineer, Grad Student in Education
Enchy Latta @enchylatta.bsky.social A furious old woman living in the Pacific NW who is pissed that we have to fight these battles again.
Jill @jillthereckless.bsky.social She/her, childless cat lady who can draw after years of thinking she couldn’t.
Also, give me all the Star Wars and Star Trek 🖖
Amber @zombieartbrain.bsky.social Woke Lego Lover. Feminist filled with Rage. Abortion is healthcare
Judah @judahnoah.bsky.social Queer artist in rural TN. One raccoon short of Grey Gardens. Art/Comic books/Disaster of the good kind. Sometimes mildly NSFW. (they/them)
Longer writing: https://judahsleep.substack.com/
Leah! @spling.bsky.social Circus, art, kids, home repairs, long walks in the woods, snacks, collector of pots.
Siren @sorenmt.bsky.social "like a Tim Burton version of a Beatrix Potter book"
art/mental health/animals/nature/politics
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
@unikittygal.bsky.social @unikittygal.bsky.social 
Bipolaronfire @bipolaronfire.bsky.social Just a chick with bipolar who sometimes has the urge to burn it all down. I have mellowed with age. #BloggessFam
whimsicalmeerkat @whimsicalmeerkat.bsky.social AO3 & tumblr: whimsicalmeerkat
she/her | demiromantic demisexual bisexual | happily middle-aged | author | book dragon | knitter & spinner | socialist | sometimes gamer | fountain pendragon | tattooed | “natural” hair colors are for other people | ;
Shylo @shylo.bsky.social California heart, Chicago home
Totally exhausted unclaimed treasure
Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social
Megan Amram @meganamram.bsky.social it's this weird, sexual, anti-comedy comedy that's 'in' right now. - my mom
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
LearnedLeague @learnedleague.com The Greatest Trivia League in All the Land
@aryooki.bsky.social @aryooki.bsky.social Cat lover, general nerd girl, editor, board game geek
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
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cats being weird little guys @weirdlilguys.bsky.social wlg fan club 🐈 email for submissions, credit and partnerships: weirdlilguys at gmail • IG: @ catsbeingweirdlittleguys • meme-inspired tees + stickers: weirdlilguys.com 🐱
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
Best of Nextdoor @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social Quality neighborhood drama. Chief Lurker: @jenn.bsky.social
twitter.com/bestofnextdoor 
Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social I am a pension fund monitor for Fremulon Insurance.
New Book "Big Fan" (with Joe Posnanski) available May 19. Preorder signed copies here: https://josephbeth.com/book/9798217045112
Jodie Eason @jceason.bsky.social She/Her. Still masking; you should too! ME/CFS for two decades plus. Pro Abortion Extremist. 
Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social For over 30 years, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent, foreign and classic films.
Lilly @oneeclecticmom.bsky.social Jeopardy Fashion Connoisseur. Galaxy Print Enthusiast. Anti-Quarter-Zip Advocate.
https://oneeclecticmom.substack.com/
Sam Kavanaugh @samkavanaugh.bsky.social Minnesota forever.
Courtney Shah @cqshah.bsky.social "Making sense of history and drawing warmth out of the cold." -- Dar Williams
Tyler Rhode @tylerrhode.bsky.social Jeopardy champ, cat dad. 
rachel clark @rachelclark.co dc via central ny. digital strategist. cat lady. jeopardy! champion, apparently. opinions + excessive hyperbole are my own, etc. etc.
cindy zhang 🌝✨ @cindypepper.bsky.social designer of things 〰️ the jeopardy contestant formerly known as 𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖞 or 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚢 〰️ she/her
ig/bird app: cindypepper
David Sibley @davidsibley.org Episcopal Priest in the Inland NW, Bishop-elect for the Bluegrass and Appalachian Kentucky; fully affirming; Originally from South Carolina (Go Gamecocks), proud Furman University Alum, Jeopardy! Champ / ToC Semifinalist.
Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social Emily
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal
Bungalow Bill @albanyparque.bsky.social Yet another Chicago resident exploring the Bluski. Actively resisting curmudgeonly tendencies. 
Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
Mary Dixon @maryldixon.bsky.social Host of Say More w/Mary Dixon & Patrick Smith on WBEZ.
Former Morning Edition host, former 93XRT
Irish memory ☘️
Eve L. Ewing @eveewing.bsky.social I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much- S Sam Buttrey @sambuttrey.bsky.social @Jeopardy contestant, bon vivant, man about town
pourmecoffee @pourmecoffee.bsky.social ☕
Chino Tenshi @chinotenshi.bsky.social English teacher in Japan / obsessed with Sailor Moon /1 fluffy kitty & 1 fluffy angel kitty/ soft spot for old Pentax lenses / 英語教師 / セラムン / 猫派 / ペンタックス
Blaze Price @blazeprice.bsky.social Cook, writer, geek. Generally well-meaning chaotic-good gendersplat
NaeLovesBooks @naelovesbooks.bsky.social WAHM in Texas. Baker, reader, shopper extraordinaire. Potty mouth princess. She/her #bloggesstribe
Hawthorntree @hawthorntree.bsky.social TTRPGs, Dragon Age, Fallout 76, making things, learning how to be old, & cats.
Catblossom @catblossom.bsky.social Elementary Library * College Kids * Cat Pics * UglyDogs * Bloggess Pals * (she/her)
Tina @tinameri.bsky.social I wear many hats: mom, baker, activist, school board member, protestor, and queer human. Doing my best to survive this thing called life. 
teedy gee @teedygee.bsky.social I like book clubs.
Love Star Trek, Futurama, and currently Bones.
#LWCC
MyOnlySecret @myonlysecret.bsky.social She/Her
I ride a Ninja 500 with a pink bunny on the back . 🫶🏼
FREE PALESTINE
40+, Mom of 3, Photographer, Gamer, WFH, New Mexico, Pansexual, Pagan, Bloggess Pals, masker
Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social Vincent Willem van Gogh was a 19th century Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. #artbots by @nuwaves-future.bsky.social
🔗 linktr.ee/vangogh_artbot
The bloggess (Jenny Lawson) @thebloggess.bsky.social Author, blogger, proprietress of Nowhere Bookshop, loose cannon. 
Dani Donovan 👩🏻🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com ✨ ALL THE LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/danidonovan
🎨 ADHD comic artist + TikTok creator
https://adhddd.com
📚 Author of “The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don’t Feel Like It”
https://anti-planner.com
Kevin Makice @kmakice.bsky.social Community experience designer / geek dad / whiteboard artist / author / accomplice-in-training / he/him / Kmakice@fosstodon.org
https://zestdelights.substack.com/
MJ Agenais @mjagenais.bsky.social she/her
Graphic/Web/Media designer, artist, makeup enthusiast, gamer (Ark and other survival games, RPGs, Star Stable, LotRO, CoH), animal lover, feminist 🖤🤍💜
Andi Stern @andistern.bsky.social Multi media artist and mother of dragons (cats, dragons are cats) She/they 🇺🇦
Jordan McClure @dumbness.org 
Theresa @theresaclarksaylor.bsky.social 
Ceiba Koru @ceibakoru.bsky.social Just be kind; she/her 🫶🏼
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa @carlosrosa.bsky.social Bryan's husband. Lifelong Chicagoan. 35th Ward Alderman. ✶ “While there is a lower class, I am in it...” 🌹 Personal Account.