@windypopweekender.bsky.social @windypopweekender.bsky.social 
Mara Smith @namarasmith.bsky.social 
F. Amanda Tugade @writefelissa.bsky.social currently @Borderless_Mag | email: amanda@borderlessmag.org
Lindsey Kris Lauren (秋) @drugsinherroom00.bsky.social 22 She / Her 🔞
Musical ventures
Hugh Miller @craftpug.bsky.social Failed music blogger. Pug father. Received a used dictionary after winning the 5th grade spelling bee.
weird little whale guy @tumblesweed.bsky.social dial-up internet old. lived in a lot of places. currently in Waponahki community. still covid cautious. ex-academic rhetoric and writing phd. mixed white-privileged yoeme diaspora "pretendian." child of the watch. stone and sky.
Creamo Coyl @creamocoyl.bsky.social DJ for Spin Age Blasters on WFMU >>> https://wfmu.org/playlists/EH
Music I make = Cyanide Tooth + Blank Account + Rogue Chromosome + Maximum Ernst
Words for Bandcamp Daily, The Wire, MaxRnR, Maggot Brain, CREEM & more...
https://erickbradshaw.substack.com/
adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social building hearhear.fm for concert lovers // formerly brand & content marketing at spotify + arcadia // monthlyish music newsletter: hearhear.substack.com 🎧⚡️🍿 views my own
"The Last Temptation of Beck" by Josephine Riesman @beckbook.com THE UNTOLD STORY OF A POP MESSIAH, FINALLY TOLD BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR @josie.zone
SIMON & SCHUSTER
OCT. 6, 2026
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kicker of elves @magnetic-field-day.bsky.social Tejano slacker trash. Hipster doofus. Face like a frying pan.
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com your horror nonna
dr / filmmaker / film critic / author of 10 books on cult, horror + exploitation cinema
in Venice award-winning doc CHAIN REACTIONS + Shudder's 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR based on my book
Naarm/Australia
she/her
https://horrornonna.com
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social Author of VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR
Principal Apps and Games Writer at PCMag
Union guy, Black guy, fake Street Sharks guy
https://www.jordanwminor.com/
Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social host of @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. weekends 10AM ET on @ms.now. author of NYT bestsellers Firestorm and Separated.
jacobsoboroff.com
Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social A worker-owned horror culture magazine.
www.darkertimes.com
Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning horror bitch. Co-founder, Darker Times. Writer, critic, listmaker. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Reactor, Vulture, Slate, & more. She/her. 🍉
readjumpscares.com
darkertimes.com
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social Oak Park Village Trustee, "boring suburban dad," attorney.
Hannah Bess Ross @hannahbessross.bsky.social Chicago based illustrator, writer, and friend to animals
Rep’d by Erica McGrath @ Writers House
www.hannahbessross.com
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
kerrycardoza.bsky.social @kerrycardoza.bsky.social editor, Chicago Reader/@chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social
The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social Cultural critic and historian, author, podcaster, non-Zionist Jew. Co-host: CHARM OFFENSIVE. Writer: THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
Brian Raftery @brianraftery.bsky.social Author and podcaster. You can pre-order HANNIBAL LECTER: A LIFE here: https://shorturl.at/nMUxV Press queries: rebecca.rozenberg@simonandschuster.com Email: brianraftery@gmail.com
Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social Artist. Author of NY Times bestseller HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND
my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/
Mollycrabapple.com
Mollycrabapple.substack.com
Ravenous @weareravenous.com 🐦⬛ Food media with teeth
✊ Worker-owned
Subscribe and donate now
https://www.weareravenous.com/feed-the-bird-subscription-drive-2026/
Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
Bleep @bleep.com Your dedicated online independent record shop accessible anytime, anywhere. Founded by Warp Records.
Shop: bleep.com
Browse: linktr.ee/bleep.com
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
RICK RAB @rickrab.bsky.social MUSIC:
- WILD ODDS (Electronic Punk Band)
- BREEEZE (chill tunes w Bill Brown)
- multi-genre beats & DJ as Rick Rab
Uh world…. Planet @worldplanet.bsky.social Celestial body aspiring toward oneness
Rebecca Jennings @rebeccajjennings.bsky.social features @ nymag
Dave Holmes @daveholmes.bsky.social Editor-at-Large, Esquire. Here’s a funky introduction of how nice I am. 
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
califone-tim rutili @califone-timrutili.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/califone
Brian S @briansemerick.bsky.social Father, gamer, atheist, feminist, 🏳️🌈ally, liberal. I like Twin Peaks a lot.
Robert Peters @robertpeters.bsky.social Illinois 13th District State Senator and Candidate for Congress in IL-02
March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social The premiere yearly tournament of music and memory. 2026's tournament features Xmas, holiday, and seasonal songs and runs in December 2026.
Selection committee: @meganc.bsky.social & @angermonsoon.bsky.social
Seth Brodsky @sbrodsky.bsky.social I teach music, modernism, psychoanalysis @ University of Chicago, direct Gray Center for Arts & Inquiry, and am mostly unconscious. Stuff: http://bit.ly/3JMupgJ
onetriibeunited.bsky.social @onetriibeunited.bsky.social We’re unionizing to build a fairer and more equitable workplace at The TRiiBE. ✊🏾
Chicago News Guild TNG-CWA Local 34071
https://linktr.ee/onetriibeunited?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=5a53148f-d517-4ab3-9423-e7e96adc02f1
Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social A "reasonable man" (get off my case) / Contributing writer @thenation / Editor @downtime / Also @reverseshot @filmmakermag @vulture / vikrammurthi1 at gmail
Thomas Germain @thomasgermain.bsky.social Tech columnist for the BBC and host of The Interface podcast. I cover how we use technology, and how technology uses us
Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social Tech Columnist at The Washington Post. Geoffrey.Fowler@washpost.com
Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com Journalist in NC
📬 Newsletter: ncrabbithole.com
🎩 Comms and adjunct professor at Wake Forest
🕶 read lowercase posts in a funny voice
mimi smartypants @mimismartypants.bsky.social online diary sometimes mimismartypants.com
she/her. Chicago. an okay person.
Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
onion person @junlper.beer my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer
i am a host on the kill the computer podcast and the ill conceived podcast:
- killthecomputer.com
- illconceivedpodcast.com
social media at @theonion.com
Tom Ley @toley.bsky.social Co-owner Defector Media
Larry “Fuzz-O” Dolman @blastitude.bsky.social Heavy music in all styles and volumes. Blastitude.substack.com.
FOB Archive Team @fobarchiveteam.bsky.social A team of archivists dedicated to finding FOB lost media, transcribing FOB’s early history, and more.
David Orkin @david4queens.com Immigrant Workers' Rights Lawyer ⚖️ UAW Union Organizer ⚙️ Democratic Socialist 🌹 Dem/WFP Nominee AD38: Ridgewood, Glendale, Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill 🗳️
Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social comms for @mayorofchicago.bsky.social but this is my personal account.
Chicago-based attorney never giving legal advice. firm believer in the power of community.
Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art I have my own museum, I'm a Very Serious Artist.
Portfolio: https://emilyk.art
Commissions open. If I see that you use Ai slop “art,” you get blocked.
Support my work:
🎨 https://patreon.com/emilyk
👉🏼One time donations: https://ko-fi.com/artbyemilyk
Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social Journalist @404Media.co
Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
Gilles Peterson @gillespeterson.bsky.social Broadcaster, DJ, Record Label owner
Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social Zinester. Bookmonger. Fussy eater. Armchair sociologist. DJ. Library Science Student. Pretentious cultural omnivore.
linktr.ee/caboosezine
Griefeater @griefeaterisaband.bsky.social Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Pro Immigrant, Anti Jerry Reinsdorf
Fuck ICE
linktr.ee/griefeater
josé olivarez @joseolivarez.bsky.social writer
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social A husband, father, actor, director, & a climate justice advocate with an eye out for a better, brighter, cleaner, & more hopeful future for all of us.
distopian dream girl @graceroso.bsky.social gracie roso if ya nasty
https://linktr.ee/gracerobinssomerville
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals. 
Oak Park Nerd @oakparknerd.bsky.social I hope something good happens to you today.
The TRiiBE (backup account) @thetriibe.bsky.social The TRiiBE's backup account.
Verified: @thetriibe.com
Read more on thetriibe.com
Reema Saleh ✨ @reemasabrina.bsky.social journo, producer & comms whiz kid. she/her ✨ www.reemasaleh.com
💼 @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social
🖋️ @chicagoreader.com @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and elsewhere
📚 policy trained at uchicago
Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social staff writer @theatlantic.com ✨ audio + film | CAA + Pande Literary
https://www.danyelsmithwriter.com/
https://shinebrighthq.substack.com/
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Daramola @izdaramola.bsky.social Defector writer
Loverboy
Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social Writer/movie rat. EIC and Senior Film Critic, Boston Hassle. Film columnist, Cambridge Day. Member: BSFC, OFCS, BOFCA. 🍅-approved. He/him.
https://bostonhassle.com/author/oscargoff/
https://www.cambridgeday.com/author/oscar-goff/
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/
Bundle: https://trustfnd.com/davejorgenson/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo
Support us: http://LNI.media/membership
Hyde Park Trish @pmorse.bsky.social Writing about history when I'm not gardening. #Chicago #HydePark #20th Century America through the lens of my family
Jason Zinoman @jasonzinoman.bsky.social Critic at large at New York Times. On comedy column. Authored Letterman, Shock Value. Podcast: The Martin Chronicles.- V Night Train Veeck @veeckasinwreck.bsky.social
Myq Kaplan @myqkaplan.bsky.social I’m a comedian!
New special “Rini” on YouTube 11/19/25:
https://youtu.be/y0uf9i_z-Aw
Tour dates: https://punchup.live/myqkaplan
More info: http://linktr.ee/myqkaplan
High Country News @highcountrynews.org Independent journalism dedicated to shining a light on all the complexities of the Western U.S since 1970.
https://bit.ly/HCNLinks
new modern books @newmodernbooks.bsky.social passions, pastimes and popular culture
www.newmodernbooks.co.uk
armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social Photojournalist for the @chicagotribune. Born in ATX. Still getting used to the cold. Breakfast taco enthusiast. No such thing as bad light or small stories.
White Rabbit Books @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social Music. Memoir. History. Fiction. Limited Editions. “Fail we may, sail we must”
Mark Primiano @doctor1hundred.bsky.social Well he lived his life like a bottle rocket, short fuse and all.
PJ, Sports Enjoyer🇸🇪🇺🇸 @ptros.bsky.social Displaced Sconnie in TX. WI sports/politics. New Deal stan, Wide👁️Awakes, he/him/the royal "we", man. Brighton&Hove Albion/Notts County/MNUFC/Forward Madison/Monterey Bay Union. Also, cats
Erin Vanderhoof @vanderhoofy.bsky.social trivia about british and american weirdos, both recreationally and professionally at vanity fair
Bleeding Skull @bleedingskull.bsky.social Since 2004, Bleeding Skull has explored otherworldly cinema through reviews, books, and home video releases.
https://linktr.ee/bleedingskull
Wes Pinkle @ywfyf.com Sausage King of Chicago's northwest suburbs.
Pizza enthusiast. Forearm poster under duress.
Sometime air person.
Impending wife guy.
he/him
Not an official anything, yada yada yada
Claire Phillips @clairephillips.bsky.social Author, A Room with a Darker View: Chronicles of My Mother & Schizophrenia; Lecturer: CalArts, SCI-Arc
The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn Vol.1, Joyland, Los Angeles Review of Books & more
Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com Journalist in law, music, film, etc. Currently: Legal news pub. Also, Publisher/EIC/Words: Vehlinggo.com. Past: Stuff in City Pages (RIP), Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, and several newspapers. Rosendale, NY, via NYC via Minneapolis.
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
@annettechi.bsky.social @annettechi.bsky.social 
The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism
+
putting a needle on the cultural wax
an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
@mariahwoelfel.bsky.social @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social 
alyssa bereznak @alyssabereznak.bsky.social @gqmagazine wellness + grooming director. formerly @latimes & @ringer | @alyssabereznak on threads and IG. email me: alyssa_bereznak@condenast.com
The Format @theformat.com theformat.com
Trent Reznor @treznor.bsky.social 
Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social journalist, producer w work in @motherjones.com @quantamagazine.org @nextcity.org @script.health @inkstickmedia.com and more | MLIS student @ischool.uw.edu | henrycarnell.com 🏳️⚧️🌲💻 in Oregon
molly taft @mollytaft.com disaster dyke on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.99. mollytaft.com
Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social Portland Mercury culture editor. she/her. Signal @suzettesmith.66 or email suzette@portlandmercury.com, suzettesmith@protonmail.com
caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social eisner award winning cartoonist 💬 Nancy, PeePeePooPoo, Adventure Time, Etc
sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social critic and cultural historian of genre fantasies / senior acquiring editor @leverpress.bsky.social / associate editor of sf @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social / read more: seanguynes.com
33rd Ward Alder Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez @ward33chicago.bsky.social This is the government account for Chicago’s 33rd Ward Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez. Newsletter: www.bit.ly/ward33
Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social Editing politics at Zeteo. Contributing writer at Rolling Stone. Living in Maine. aperez.03 on signal.
Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social Chilling online. I write a newsletter called Garbage Day.