GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com anarchist warlord arbitration consultant. drummer in tragic lovers. writes WORK IS FOUR LETTERS, poster emeritus for NORMAL MEN. don't be a dick.
https://golikehellmachine.com
https://tragiclovers.bandcamp.com
Donald @rabbitoh.bsky.social Chicagoan, Hollander, dog dad, husband, teacher, grant writer, and mutual-aid doer. Hyphen enthusiast.
National Immigrant Justice Center @immigrantjustice.bsky.social The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a legal aid organization that advocates for human rights and humane immigration laws.
Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social music ∙ geekery ∙ media and comms ∙ more random musings than you can handle ∙ DC vibe checks & street photography ∙ somehow has a PhD ∙ opinions all mine ∙ once called "the bus passenger" by People Magazine
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica250
the lakeshore monk @thecorlew.bsky.social writer | musician | co-host, The Line Break podcast | fiction reader, Cotton Xenomorph | 1/2 Lazy & Entitled | basketball junkie | Chicago Over Everything | exhausted dad | he/him
https://www.lazyandentitled.org/?page_id=41
Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social Things are terrible
(we follow our contributors)
Pannier Peter 🚲 @peter.dev Chicago's #1 beefposter | #bikechi | Android dev
chud.dev
Furious Chicago Progressive @chiprogressive.bsky.social Old and not giving up on people… yet. Expect much snark along with some history. Analysis is my opinion only. There is a difference between right and wrong and the distinction is not hard to make. There will be typos.
sans culottes @tfletch2.bsky.social nah
Terry Midnight tried to tell you! @docmidnight.bsky.social Owner of Third Coast Comics in CHGO.
Is unfathomable but currently thinking about Austrailian Prog Metal Bands.
Loves Comics, Prog & Skyrim. Hates Pants. UNFATHOMABABLE I tell you!
https://thirdcoastcomics.com/
https://thirdcoastcomics.myshopify.com/
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social The offical account for Chicago Piping Plover news and content. Media inquiries email piperwatch@chicagobirder.org.
Max the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social He/him, bi, does comics about comics
Chris “OH NO! DISASTER! WHAT A BAD IDEA!” Dobbertean @bracketdobber.net College hoops bracketology for SB Nation. “Mid” adult. Chicago. Extremely neurotic. Unable to shut up. Doesn’t stick to sports. He/him
Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social Cartoonist, Y-The Last Man, the New Yorker, WaPo, Globe and Mail, MAD Magazine, the Nib. www.Hellkitty.com instagram.com/Pia.Guerra/
@miguelfor40.bsky.social @miguelfor40.bsky.social Running to represent Illinois' 40th House District. A proud working class boricua organizer leading for a better district alongside migrants, workers, LGBTIA+ folks. Together, we’re building a future for all.
Tu lucha es mi lucha, tu paz es mi paz.
Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social Bestselling Author/Editor/Teacher/Oldster Memoir: And You May Find Yourself… Anthologies: Goodbye to All That and Never Can Say Goodbye Newsletters: @oldstermag.bsky.social, @memoirland.bsky.social, Adventures in *Journalism* http://saribotton.com
AO3 Status @status.archiveofourown.org Site status updates for the Archive of Our Own, a Hugo Award-winning project of the Organization for Transformative Works (@transformativeworks.org)
shawn @mulchy.bsky.social a very serious journalist | signal: shawn.56
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social Michigan Law Prof.
Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller “LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes”
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org Minneapolis City Council President. He/Him
John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social Independent Documentary Photographer
Bearing witness without permission.
No badge. No distance.
📍Minneapolis
https://linktr.ee/john_abernathy_
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social “guards, seize he/him!”
managing editor @sojo.net.
nyc
Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social I write narrative features about how systems affect people. Writing a book about how we teach literacy and what it means to be a good reader. Contributing writer, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author, Bad Company: https://bookshop.org/a/109816/9780063299351.
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New Jersey expat, naturalized Chicagoan
The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social Public domain works from The Met's Costume Institute dept.
Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
Seth, The Boozy Beggar @boozybeggarchi.bsky.social Seth (he/him). Beer sales guy. Cocktails and spirits. Communitarian. Hockey. World-building. TTRPG DM. Occasional writer. Jazz, Rock, Electronic music and more. Queer and Poly. Has opinions.
STFU about Chicago. 🛑 AI🗑️
Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
This biography should not be taken as a complete description.
courtneymilan.com
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
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
Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com Tech, cats, cat-tech & being catty about tech. Basically I'm a tech writer who also runs a cat rescue. Well, I do have a lot of mice.
New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social All USA towns chosen randomly.
By @nofunnick.bsky.social
Check out @art-institute.bsky.social and @wydot.bsky.social and @taxsituations.bsky.social
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov Your U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product safety info, data, and recalls. Standing for safety since 1972. Official account of the USCPSC. HQ: Bethesda, MD.
Subscribe for recall emails on CPSC.gov.
Report unsafe products on SaferProducts.gov
Coffeedate with ADHD @adhd-coffee.bsky.social #ADHS 🇩🇪 #ADHD 🇬🇧 Information, #Memes, Tips, Awareness, Li... Oh, a squirrel!!! 🐿️
Elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/adhd_coffee
Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social "the Pepsi of Austrian writing." do not be weird at me online. buy bumper stickers, from me, at https://mplwdnoveltycistern.etsy.com/
Andrea González-Ramírez @andreagonram.bsky.social Puertorriqueña • Senior Writer at The Cut + New York Magazine covering gender, politics, and systems of power • Contact me at andrea.gonzalez@voxmedia.com + andreagonram.43 on Signal 🌺
Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/author/andrea-gonzalez-ramirez/
Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social Fighting for Truth & Justice | Ranking Member: @robertgarcia.house.gov
jewess wit da lewdness @edgarallanhoe.bsky.social International Jew of Mystery
Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social Bot highlighting changes to the New York Times "Top Stories" feed.
original by @j-e-d.bsky.social
Bluesky version by @unchi.org
Source: https://github.com/j-e-d/NYTdiff
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Alive in Chicago (municipal boundary) @mosermostly.bsky.social I love good books and bad movies. Trying to raise healthy and kind humans on the South side. Overrun by pets and projects. (she /her) Free Palestine.
Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social Lesser building nerd, real estate photographer
Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social Senior editor at ProPublica.
thechicagoneighborhoods.com @chgohoods.bsky.social One designer's take on the neighborhoods in his city, and other things too. Neighborhood prints and Chicago-inspired fonts available on the website: https://www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/links
David Butler @dvdbutler.bsky.social The 116,323,211,678th person to ever live. The Internet's Most Analytical Cyclist.
Left Leaning Evil-doer without any Nazi tattoos. RIP Alex Pretti
Offering opinions on things….
Jon Solomon @jon.wprb.com WPRB DJ + Operations Manager, Xmas marathon host, Comedy Minus One label head, fan of what you do.
keepingscoreathome.com
shop.keepingscoreathome.com
comedyminusone.com
Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com Chicagoan, climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | 🌎 viktorkoves.com
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights @icirr.bsky.social 
em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social a guy drops one piece of ham in the snow and he never hears the end of it. co-owner/editor of @racketmn.com, em@racketmn.com. (she/they)
John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree
Founding board member
@Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress
@johncusack on twiiter
Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social historian, author, and tour guide. I talk about Bob Dylan, Chicago stuff, old time true crime, and cemetery stories. There's a canon Star Wars character named after me. He/him. Linktr.ee/adamchicago
Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com Covering politics and policy from the Midwest. Newsroom for WCPT820
Kim Bellware @bellwak.bsky.social Chronically tardy yet somehow…Breaking news + bummer beats, formerly @washingtonpost
Why are you booing me? I’m right.
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Lake. Big Lake. @lakebiglake.bsky.social White Sox⚾️, N.Y. Mets⚾️, Everton⚽️, transportation and urbanism advocate 🚲🚲🚲. Chicago U.S. 🏳️🌈☮️
Cait Hakala @caithakala.bsky.social Chicago ILGA witness slips aficionado and Nora Leerhsen stan account
Jeffrey Parker @jnparker.bsky.social NC to NOLA via Chicago.
Urban sociology, doughnuts, indie rock—order depends on the day.
Views my own, but ultimately a singular instantiation of the collective process of knowledge production, so really who’s to say.
https://www.jeffreynparker.com
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social TV Writer: Dinosaurs, Buffy, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, The OC, Gilmore Girls, Once Upon a Time, Jessica Jones, Foundation, Artful Dodger, Fallout...
I biked in this @ibikedinthis.bsky.social Addressing common barriers to everyday biking and proving that you can roll in style—even in Chicago. https://www.instagram.com/ibikedinthis/ https://linktr.ee/ibikedinthis
Jack ☁️ @bubblycreek.bsky.social Amateur Chicagrapher
@tallboy66.bsky.social @tallboy66.bsky.social 
Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social I ride my bike, get angry at drivers, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
Local News International @lni.media The official Bluesky of LNI Media. Dave Jorgenson explains the news using his unique brand of short form videos. Become a member at https://lni.media/membership
Alan Ó @hoggycity.bsky.social Chicago enthusiast. Irish. Biking. Biotech.
austin @bainard.bsky.social jorts authority. head dude at @beermiscuous.bsky.social in Chicago. Free Palestine.
Nicole 🏳️⚧️ @signalisenjoyer.tgirl.gay Computer nerd in love with Chicago | trans woman (she/her) | lesbian | AuDHD | 33y/o
Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog
Eli McCann @elimccann.bsky.social New dad. Lawyer/Writer/America’s Grandma. Humor columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune. Creator of the Strangerville podcast. Humor essays here: https://linktr.ee/Elimccann
letithappenalreadymama @pnutsmama.bsky.social i’m originally from queens so i swear a lot.
Chiral @chiralchaos.bsky.social Please talk to me about Higgs Monaghan and the Winter Soldier.
Pfp: elenachatnoir.
Chani Nicholas @chaninicholas.bsky.social Your astro bestie. Cofounder of the CHANI app. NYT best-selling author of You Were Born For This.
Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social Director Multisolving Institute. She/her. Systems thinking, climate justice, and multisolving, with a sprinkle of gardens and the odd puns. @bethsawin on X
Kati @kadschmad.bsky.social bikes, books, buildings
she/her
📍 West Lakeview
20x2 Chicago @20x2chi.bsky.social Twenty people. One Question. Two minutes each.
Shows four times a year in Chicago. More info at https://20x2.org/chicago or http://20x2chi.org
Scoutto @scoutto.bsky.social vintage hippie, dancer, yogi, pickleballer, world traveler, cat mama, unapologetic liberal crone
NO DMs PLEASE
Colin Dickey @colindickey.com Writer of books, most recently Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy. Also Ghostland, The Unidentified, Afterlives of the Saints, Cranioklepty. Opinions mine, not my employer’s. He/him.
Chicago News Bot @chicagonewsbot.bertshouse.social.ap.brid.gy Just as the name says, I'm a bot tooting out news on all things Chicago.
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Kurtis Pozsgay @kpozsgay.bsky.social Certified urban planner. Letter "B" love: Books, Bikes, Beer, Bowling, Bocce. Malort. 
John @localcelebrity.bsky.social he/him Product Strategist. Printmaker. Chicago, comics, & punk rock. Anti-tech-bro tech worker. Privacy wonk. Opinions mine. Millennial cringe. Probably on my bike. Say hi.
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Charter School Abolitionist 🇮🇷 @maniccage.bsky.social Beers, bikes & bong rips.
Chicago homer to a fault. (he/him)
Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social Chicago-based. Bikes. Books. Photography. Lot of politics.
Joel Murray @joelmurray9of9.bsky.social Familiar looking actor guy.
From One Crazy Summer to Heels
evelyn 浦島花子 @evelynjane.myatproto.social I'D RATHER BE FISHING 🎣
spiritually a 217 follower account
a second woman of the second city
stormy, husky, brawling
hrt start date: uc 0079-09-18
ニ番目思春期症候群
SlowStreets @slowstreets.org It’s time to grow pedestrian-first spaces across Chicago.
slowstreets.org
Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social She/Her
Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker.
NatGeo, BBC, SciAm, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others.
Hire me to fact check your book.
I post about Jewish stuff, disability, Star Trek, and The Buffalo Bills.
Jersey girl.
Alex @acannon.bsky.social They’re passing a new law. Its called Ride Your Bike.
Chicago
George Hahn @georgehahn.com Humorist, urbanist, satirist, sartorialist, minimalist, soloist, bicyclist, mid-century modernist on no one’s to-do list.
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.