Francesca Hong 홍윤정 @francescahong.bsky.social WI State Rep D - 76 | Service Industry Worker | G’s Mom |HealthySchoolMealsforAll |#Bucks| #Dolly | (she/her)
Luke Miani @lukemiani.bsky.social Content creator with over 500,000 subscribers on YouTube | Macs, Repair, Apple News, Shenanigans
Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu Planning cities that make people smile;
Co-founder @ humankind
Author of The Car That Wanted to be a Bike: http://humankind.city/car
📍 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ryan Richter, AICP @ryanjrichter.com Transportation/urban planner. Fascinated with cities, geography and the movement of people and goods. Chicagoan. ryanjrichter.com
Erik Jensen @eriktakestransit.bsky.social Fan of transit, bikes, and climbing | Regional Coordination at RTA, formerly CTA, WMATA, and NYCT | Views my own
Masto: erik@urbanists.social
Blog: justjensen.co
bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social South Sider @bsdtectr at the other place
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias @ilsecofstate.bsky.social 
megankmaneater @megankmaneater.bsky.social 
Standard.site @standard.site Open standards for long-form & site lexicons. We build reusable schemas so the ecosystem can grow together.
To start, view definitions → https://standard.site
Docs → https://standard.site/docs
@bader-cara.bsky.social @bader-cara.bsky.social 
Demi for Illinois @demiforillinois.bsky.social Progressive veteran, community activist, and DEMI-crat running for State Representative in the 13th District 🇺🇸🇲🇽🏳️🌈
@isabelmiller.bsky.social @isabelmiller.bsky.social Reporter at Capitol Fax. SIUC Alumni
PT Klein @ptklein.com Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing at www.howtoreadmovies.com, Metro Weekly, Film Atlas, and elsewhere. Cohost @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.
@kbsussman22.bsky.social @kbsussman22.bsky.social 
IL Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspayil.bsky.social 😤 It's Time To #MakePollutersPay
🤝 Join our Illinois Coalition and let's get the Climate Superfund Act passed! Big oil made the mess, big oil can clean it up.
KAPOW! @kapowworks.bsky.social KAPOW scales a model where campaigns don’t just take from communities, they invest in them.
Help us change politics, for good: https://www.kapow.works/
Paddy Lindley @pwlindley.bsky.social Vegan IT guy in NW Chicago
Robert Vargas @robvargas.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
Director of the Justice Project
justiceproject.uchicago.edu
High Speed Rail Alliance @hsrail.bsky.social The High Speed Rail Alliance is a member-supported nonprofit organization advocating for fast, frequent, and affordable trains.
Collin Pearsall @cpearsall242.bsky.social OC urbanist memes and reposts. Skater. Homeless man trapped in a rich man's body. My pronouns are dude/mofo
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Skokie Tom 🏳️🌈 @skokietom.bsky.social I’m here for biking, current events, architecture, and laughs. Statistician by day, and looking for good ☕️ and 🌮 irl.
handsomerobert @handsomerobert.bsky.social 🎬🎢🎶🛫🏳️🌈🚵🗺️🌌
Chicago is home.
Coaster Count: 823
Mike @mlynch.bsky.social 📍Chicago, by way of Milwaukee
gary’s anatomy @sablaah.bsky.social hi! welcome to my microblog page. take a look around! 🔍
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StreetsPAC @streetspac.org Dedicated to electing officials committed to the safety, mobility & livability of one of NYC’s greatest assets: its streets. Only endorsements are endorsements.
CUrbanism Club @curbanism.bsky.social Call your state senator: bit.ly/3OzxA2m
Advocating for better urbanism in the Champaign-Urbana community. We support walkable, bikeable, accessible cities and affordable housing!
https://linktr.ee/curbanism
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
Acornloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social I struggle, I am alive
Recovering Salesforce Admin & Business Analyst
Chicago | Politics | Food | Music | Cities| Tech | Movies | Being Obnoxious
The 21st Show @21st.show Illinois' statewide public radio talk show and podcast. Hosted by
@BrianMackey.com. Stream live at 11 a.m. Monday-Thursday on http://21stShow.org.
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social Pastor, Activist, Theologian. The Gospel is anti-fascist, and so am I. Building a new world through the sanctuary movement, combating Islamophobia, and reparations. https://www.michaelcaseywwoolf.com/
Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
union member @cstguild.bsky.social
drummer, mediocre shortstop
prev: Daily Herald | she/her 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
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State Senator Mike Simmons - IL-7th @senmikesimmons.bsky.social Serving Lincoln Square, Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park, Andersonville, Ravenswood, Lakeview, North Center, and West Ridge. 773.769.1717.
linktr.ee/SenatorMikeSimmons
Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social Intermittently-beloved technology journalist and pundit. Tech contributor to WGBH Boston Public Radio. Podcaster (MacBreak Weekly on TWiT.tv and Material on Relay.fm). Former Chicago Sun-Times and Macworld columnist. Opera riff-raff. He/Him.
Eric McClure @ericmcclure.bsky.social Executive Director, StreetsPAC. Co-founder, Park Slope Neighbors. Chair, Brooklyn Community Board 6. Ex-ad man. Mizzou J-School alum.
Funny You Should Care @funnyyoushouldcare.bsky.social A Chicago comedy show that combines sketch comedy, improv, and interviews with policymakers and advocates to make complex public issues engaging and accessible for everyone.
Jennifer Welch @mizzwelch.bsky.social I'm super busy.
@ivehaditpodcast 
Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social Historian; author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, and of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.
Joey Silver @silverprinceks.bsky.social ✨Irradiant Optimism✨
Transportation Planner, Queer Rights Advocate, Graphic Designer
https://linktr.ee/silverprinceKS
“James” @martiniguine.bsky.social pupusa luvr // any pronouns
🚲🏍️🚂🛠️
cool jen @anysuchname.bsky.social a very sad and nervous person
Nat (Goth Cousteau) @gothshit.com Energy nerd, eco-socialist, emo kid
Abolish Ice @wfwhuman.bsky.social Abolition
Free Palestine
Anti-Capitalist
Anti-Imperialist
Bikes
@48thNeighbors Chicago!
Mr Fengi @mrfengi.bsky.social Lefty who sometimes engages in typo ridden sincerity.
Jameson Wentworth @jamesonchi.bsky.social Performer. Teacher. Writer. Cubs Fan. Pacers Fan. Occasional Online Yeller
“Everybody wants infrastructure until infrastructure happens to them”
FairVote Illinois @fairvoteil.bsky.social A nonpartisan, grassroots organization working for better elections. Join the movement to bring ranked choice voting to Illinois!
🔗: FairVoteIllinois.org/links
Walter Lindwall @walterlindwall.bsky.social He/Him, Schaumburg 🏡, Progressive Politics 🗳, Writing 📝, Video Games 🎮, Movies 🎥, Coffee ☕️
Chicago Board of Elections @chicagoelection.bsky.social Born of referenda in 1885, the Board of Election Commissioners manages all voter registrations and administers all elections in the City of Chicago.
Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social Reporter @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social, hyperfocused on zoning + city gov + police surveillance • B/MSJ23 from Medill • NKY➡️Chicago • he/him
I do not use generative AI in my work.
Read my stuff: https://evanstonroundtable.com/author/alex-harrison
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our bestselling new book, "Life After Cars" is out now from Thesis / Penguin Random House.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
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
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social Staff writer at Chicago Policy Review
MPP Candidate at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Household and Consumer Finance | Housing Policy | Urban Policy
Josh Petri (he/him) @joshpetri.bsky.team Head of Communications, Bluesky Social.
former journalist and outdoor industry person. always an organic life form.
Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social ex ped/bike planner/policy seat-filler at USDOT. Cambridge, MA.
Brianinja @brianinja.bsky.social Professional Chicagoland suburban transportation planner by day. Cargo ebike suburban dad by night. Enjoys birds and cute art. 🏳️🌈 He/him.
Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Revealer, Prism
Newsletter: www.everythingishorrible.net
Poetry pubs: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/poetry-publications-noah-berlatsky
Ian Jamison @ianjamison.bsky.social Urbanist | Progressive | Badger | Structural Change Now | We need a better Democratic Party
Pander Underwear 🇵🇸 @pandershirts.com Owner of queer store specializing in underwear, speedos, sweaters, and tees http://pandershirts.com
Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social LA City Councilmember, Urban planner, mom of twins, Candidate for Mayor. 💛
This account is being used for campaign purposes by Nithya Raman for Mayor 2026
nithyaforthecity.com
Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social 📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Streets Alliance. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
Joe Brulle 👊🏽🇺🇸🔋 @jcbrul.bsky.social Into climate risk mitigation and adaptation strategies. IT and data nerd. Web3 for climate. Energy Web Worker Node operator. I like maps. Cities are cool. Dogs. DMV sports. Tarheel basketball.
Noah 🚎 @noahsbwilliams.com Union transit advocate ✊ | Electric Trolley / Zero Emissions | Parallel hybrid bike operator 🔋🚲 | Cyber Mechanic (DevOps/SRE:) | Proudly Cascadian 🌲🟦⬜️🟩
B.J. L-R @westtowns-urbanist.bsky.social 📍Forest Park, IL
Car-free transit guy in the streetcar suburbs. Gay urbanist Chicagolander. Chi sign guy/tradie, state capacity booster, left-liberal. Also quizbowl, bikes, and dive bars. Oddly happy when covered in graffiti. Opinions my own. He/Him.
Christian Mitchell @cmitchellforlg.bsky.social Former IL Deputy Gov and State Rep., Chicagoan, @jbpritzker.bsky.social's running mate for Lt. Governor of Illinois.
Ellen Steinke @ellensteinke.bsky.social Writer, comedian, urbanista
🎭 Creator Funny You Should Care
✍️ Contributor Streetsblog Chicago
Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social Retired historian + lawyer, Chicagoan, lesbian-feminist, sometime Dolly expert, angry. I lived in Knoxville TN for 16 very long years. Author, "Unspeakable: Father-Daughter Incest in American History." If you want to hate on boomers, I'm not your therapist
Patrick Smith @pksmid.bsky.social Co-host of Say More with Mary Dixon
@bicyclizt.bsky.social @bicyclizt.bsky.social 
Pritzker Press @pritzkerpress.bsky.social Press Team @JBPritzker.bsky.social campaign
David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
Newsletter & contact info: www.davidzipper.com
Allison Lirish Dean @ear2thepavement.bsky.social Urban planner + journalist writing about the intersection between planning, bureaucracy, and democracy. www.allisonlirishdean.com
Ride Illinois @rideillinois.bsky.social Ride Illinois is a nonprofit organization with a mission to make Illinois better through biking. Our efforts, programs, and events aim to make riding a bicycle in Illinois safer, more enjoyable, and accessible to all.
Sarah Goldberg @soglcsw.bsky.social Psychotherapist interested in Aging & Older Adults in psychoanalysis and beyond.
Rae Loren @aspwriter85.bsky.social Home cook, data engineer, transit geek, Chicagoan, and mom x2
JC Clementz @jcclementz.bsky.social Theater Director | Director of Casting at Steppenwolf Theatre Co. | Chicagoan
@webus97.bsky.social @webus97.bsky.social 
Bushra Amiwala @bushraamiwala.bsky.social 💪🏽Running for Congress in IL-9
⭐️First Gen Z Elected Official in the US
bushraforcongress.com
NCS Enjoyer @fixingnorthamerica.bsky.social AKA ninjadude752
Opinions are my own, and do not represent any group.
Go hawks!
Public Transit & Cities should be better.
Michael McCarthy @michaelmcc.com 🚲 🚇 🏙️ 🏳️🌈
Urban Planner from Chicago
Medill/Northwestern and UIC MUPP
Kayla Pekkala @kaylapekkala.com Owner/Artist of TinyWerewolves.com (@TinyWerewolves.com) · Past toy designer · Wife @parkermolloy.com · Probably near coffee & food ·
Newsletter: tinywerewolves.substack.com/
Chicago
She/Her
🏳️🌈
Justice Democrats @justicedemocrats.com Building The Bloc. We helped elect Summer Lee, Rashida Tlaib, Delia Ramirez, AOC, and more because we need a Democratic Party that fights for everyday people, not corporate donors.
Fluxer @fluxer.app Fluxer is a free and open source instant messaging and VoIP platform built for friends, groups, and communities.
https://fluxer.app
lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social notably sexy rascal | he/they | Chicago
Anthony J. Quezada @anthonyjquezada.bsky.social Chicago’s 35th Alderman. Democratic Socialist. 🏳️🌈Proudly representing Irving Park, Avondale, Logan Square & Hermosa. Political account.
https://linktr.ee/peopleforanthony?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=422f0ab7-06ca-43d2-bd68-afc28860d3e1
Midge @midgiepie.bsky.social Margaret's kind of an either/or name.
In this house we believe Laura Kinney is Wolverine
Emily Hugan @changeurbanlife.bsky.social chicago urbanist, mediocre triathlete, and baker
https://substack.com/@brickandwheel
Lettuce Cat @piero.bsky.social they 23 chicago
piemadd.com
i program and i work on trains
Nick Desideri @nickdesideri.bsky.social 📍Chicago
Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com Jewish, trans, abolitionist name-your-own-price IL lawyer. Forever loving @mistymotors.net. No legal advice; not your lawyer. Free Palestine. She/her.
Frankie F. Funk @frankieffunk.bsky.social Chicago's finest Roleplaying Gamer / Energy Wonk / Geekdad / Metalhead /Cargo Biker / Cat Parent
Ryan @rthompto.bsky.social 🏳️🌈He/him. Principal Policy Analyst @ Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and Board Chair of chipride.org. (Re)posts reflect my personal opinions. Longer thoughts live here: https://substack.com/@rthompto
Spark @sprk.so The shortform social app with AT Protocol at its core.
Now in open beta: sprk.so
Built with love in Brooklyn, New York.
Questions? Thoughts? Cupcake recipes? hello@sprk.so
Joe Lorenzini @quidprojlo.bsky.social Chicagoan back from Philly
Cities, movies, and politics
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/sGW9
Eliza P @eliza-p.bsky.social 
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social Co-author, "Life After Cars,” co-host, The War on Cars. Runner, Disney parks fan (he/him)
Taking a break for the summer.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com
Donate to my 2027 run in support of PPMD:
https://donate.parentprojectmd.org/fundraiser/7001403
IL-5 Accountability Project 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇲🇽🖖🏼 @il-5-project.bsky.social The IL-5 Accountability Project holds our elected leaders accountable for the learned helplessness, meek compliance, half measures, and perfunctory governing that allows MAGA to thrive.
Not affiliated with Rep Quigley
Call Congress: (202) 224-3121
Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social pragmatic optimist and well-known email author. lawyer never giving legal advice. views are mine alone.
cohen489.substack.com
americandemands.com
BOOK RECS THAT PAY ME + LOCAL STORES: https://bookshop.org/shop/cohen489
babski @babski.bsky.social Adam · I like bikes and the bus · he/him
🪩🌌🐎
Chicago via MN