BIG EGG @bigeggwrestling.bsky.social Weekly wrestling criticism by Joseph Montecillo and Colette Arrand.
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Aadam Jacobs Collection @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy Volunteer project to preserve the legacy of Chicago music taper Aadam Jacobs. Archives available to all at: https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social reporter and whatnot
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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The Best Show with Tom Scharpling @bestshow4life.bsky.social Mirth, Music & Mayhem
Tuesdays at 6pm EST / 3pm PST (new time!)
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Nate Patrin 🎧 @natepatrin.bsky.social StP, MN | '77 born | he/him | enthusiast
as in "patron of the arts"
"The music began again and was much improved." -Kurt Vonnegut
'Versions and Subversions: the Cover Songs That Changed Music' out soon
https://www.upress.umn.edu/author/nate-patrin/
Remember Some Guys @remembersomeguys.bsky.social Remembering a baseball guy once every two hours. By chickenpuppet.online. Powered by Sports-Reference.
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social Giving new life to old books since 2015. Bookshop.org Indie Champion. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social "O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet..."
Nick O. @nickobis.bsky.social Pronouns: any. I love: movies, theatre, music, all animals, vegetarian and vegan foods, books and audiobooks, Chicago history, music, walking around the city.
Jack Eason @jackeason.bsky.social Watcher of movies. Hoarder of Blu-rays. Drinker of tea. Live from Chicago.
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social Reporter | eoinhiggins@gmail.com | Signal: eoinhiggins.413
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eoin-higgins/owned/9781645030461/
Dan Telfer @dantelfer.com Stand-up Comic / @darkestwhimsy.com’s Dungeon Master / Voice Over Person / former MAD Magazine & The Onion editor / currently writing games & scripts
dantelfer.com
Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social I’m an editor at WIRED and have previously written and edited for a number of places. Timothy_marchman@wired.com. Signal me at timmarchman.01. I periodically delete all my posts.
Emma Vigeland @emmavigeland.bsky.social Co-host of The Majority Report @majorityreport.bsky.social
Sam Seder @samseder.bsky.social Host MajorityReport
Bleacher Nation @bleachernation.bsky.social Chicago Cubs and MLB news, rumors, obsession. | by @Brett-Taylor.bsky.social here.
Bleacher Nation Bears @bn-bears.bsky.social Obsessing about Caleb Williams and the rest of the Chicago Bears.
💻 Written content ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/wxrxcp95
🎧 The BN Bears Podcast ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/24kph6j8
David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social Working on a book about the legacy of neoconservatism. Columnist for The Nation, contributing editor at Jewish Currents, writer for many lefty mags. KLEE-on
Glenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social Critic and author and occasional cut-up. Just a soul whose intentions are good. Books include "The World is Yours: The Story of 'Scarface'" and "Made Men: The Story of 'Goodfellas'.”
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Joshua Minsoo Kim @misterminsoo.bsky.social 
No Dunks @nodunks.com The original NBA podcast
The Salt Shed @saltshedchicago.bsky.social Chicago's premier indoor/outdoor performance and community space at the historic Morton Salt complex.
@juliefromcinci.bsky.social @juliefromcinci.bsky.social 
Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social co-host Citations Needed podcast.
order my new book ‘How to Sell a Genocide’ here https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide or https://a.co/d/0hl4hmFi
columnblog.com
jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social jamie alert
Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social Pitchfork / Lapsus Radio / Balmat
Substack: http://futurismrestated.substack.com
Label: http://balmat.cat
Mixes: http://soundcloud.com/psherburne
Menorca, Spain
Lars Gotrich @totalvibration.bsky.social Series editor for Tiny Desk at NPR Music. World's Okayist Guitarist. #FreeDC. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.org
Jay Smooth @jsmooth.bsky.social I be the personal computer information on rap
he/him
@kiemzi.bsky.social @kiemzi.bsky.social 
🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social ✍️ RogerEbert, Indiewire, Letterboxd, etc. | 📧 maryag7@gmail.com | CFCA | creator #Noirvember #AYearWithWomen | Programmer, Must-Watch Indies @ FACETS Chicago | buy my book CINEMA HER WAY out now from Rizzoli | Free 🇵🇸| https://maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
After Dark Horror/Thrillers @charliecanz.bsky.social I work for They Shoot Zombies, which scientifically ranks the popularity and critical acclaim of every noteworthy Horror/Thriller. I use an improved version of their formula, updated monthly.
Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social Editor of ScreenCrush.com, Host of Filmspotting: SVU, and Author of ‘Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever.’ Next: ‘Funny Business,’ a book on 21st century Hollywood comedies. Available on October 6.
LarsenOnFilm @larsenonfilm.bsky.social Josh Larsen. Talker at Filmspotting. Writer at LarsenOnFilm. Author of Movies Are Prayers and Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies.
Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social Dad, Filmspotting, NH native, Kenyon grad, wants your music/book recommendations. “Sticky spring leaves, the blue sky—I love them, that’s all!”
Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social I write books. You consider reading them. “Sorry, We’re Funny,” a History of Canadian Comedy, will be released in late 2026.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777133/sorry-were-funny-by-kliph-nesteroff/
gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
Sethie @sethmichel.bsky.social 
Moss Elixir @sorryforlaughing.bsky.social She/her. Interests: art films, cult films, vintage television, video art, late night radio, backlisted books, dharma bums, suburban anomie, field recordings, found footage, lost futures, words, sounds, you.
Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social Film Critic (Film Comment, Reverse Shot, Criterion). GALECA.
Co-Author of CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS
Currently writing a book about TWIN PEAKS
R.J. White @rjwhite1.bsky.social Managing Editor, SportsLine & CBS Fantasy. NFL betting analyst who specializes in ATS picks. Check me out on Early Edge or at SportsLine!
New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social Actor, author, comedian. A good one, even.
Dcpierson at gmail dot com
Www.dcpierson.com/newsletter
Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social I.A.F.S. // I.N.F.E.
A website, a newsletter, a record label. All posts by Phil Freeman, co-founder/co-owner. BUY PHYSICAL MUSIC.
Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social Life is a pretty sweet fruit!
Co-host of "THE OUTFIT" podcast from @Headgum & Higher Ground. Best American Sports Writing 2015, Best Feature, National City & Magazine Awards 2023. I killed Don Knotts
https://linktr.ee/osullyville
d.q.osullivan@gmail.com
Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com A collaborative of 60 writers and artists publishing a newsletter for you each weekday. Culture, opinions, criticism, news, comics, mayhem.
$3/month
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Trevor Berrett @mookse.bsky.social Books and Film | The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast with @bibliopaul.bsky.social | 2017 Best Translated Book Award Judge
Paul Wilson @bibliopaul.bsky.social Co-host of The Mookse And The Gripes podcast with @mookse | 2023 @USRofC judge | Slowly and happily burying myself in books
Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social Freelance critic and terminally online figure. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jakepcole/
Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social I write, do interviews, host podcasts, produce, & other stuff.
AUTHOR:
Go Team Venture/The Art Of DuckTales
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joe kwaczala @joekwa.bsky.social i wrote and star in a new film called AMERICAN COMIC premiering june 29 in los angeles
Mike Roe @mikeroe.net Wrote The 30 Rock Book. Bylines: Vanity Fair, BBC, LAist, TheWrap. Writing TV/feature drama about crime, faith, and what we owe each other. Hawaiian/🇵🇷. Signal: MikeRoe.39
Come talk screenwriting, comics, or big ideas with me.
More Mike: MikeRoe.net
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone Authoress. Books: RINGMASTER (NYT bestseller), TRUE BELIEVER (Hugo finalist), and @beckbook.com (out Oct. 6). Married to @sirosenbaum.bsky.social and co-hostess of @herecomestomorrow.net.
https://beckbook.com
https://josie.zone
Julia Gfrörer @thorazos.bsky.social A voluntary victim who ruins herself throughout eternity, the better to insult God. "One of the foremost contemporary horror cartoonists." —@PublishersWkly
patreon.com/thorazos
Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social FanGraphs Writer, Piney, Gamecock, Condiment Enthusiast, Connoisseur of Vehicles
Subscribe to Wheelysports.kit.com (or medium.com/@wheelysports)
@michaelbaumann on Twitter
baumannwrites at gmail dot com
Mike D’Angelo @gemko.bsky.social I may live badly, but at least I don’t have to work to do it.
https://www.patreon.com/gemko
Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social Freelance film critic, lafilmcritics.bsky.social Secretary/Events Chair, list obsessive. Host of Catalyst and Witness, co-host of 24 hours don't make an ideology. USC JD, CAMS MA.
Melissa Tamminga @oneaprilday.bsky.social She/her. Programming Director at http://pickfordfilmcenter.org Posts my own. Formerly Film and English faculty at Whatcom Community College. Also on Letterboxd as oneaprilday. And on IG as mdtamminga
muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social Need a content writer? Award-winning columnist seen in Truthdig, Nation, Guardian, Rolling Stone, NBC, TNR. Host of the "It's Christmastown" Hallmark movies podcast with David Roth & "Quaid in Full" with Sarah Bunting. He/Him. Fl.
https://linktr.ee/mobute
Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social Husband to nine
father to a beautiful Christian marine
son to a wife
father (all that matters)
marine to a beautiful son
the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social “senior” “writer” @wired.com
miles_klee@wired.com
signal: millionbear.44
book: https://asterismbooks.com/product/double-black-diamond-mads-gobbo-miles-klee
⚠️ user has been kicked out of Musso & Frank for wearing a tank top
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
largest rodent @capybaroness.bsky.social the honorable one on The Lost Broadcasts, cohost of Get Cynical, words @ Little White Lies / Reverse Shot / rogerebert.com / Men's Health / Vinegar Syndrome, i have met two capybaras in real life
Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social Leaked photo of heaven
She/her NYC
https://linktr.ee/kathbarbadoro
a normal person (go brewers i guess, break my heart again boys) @oilcantim.bsky.social 42-year-old enby guy now back in mke (they/he). technically a lawyer. graeberist anarchist. notable mark e smith fan.
bad faith book club is on itunes and spotify but you should listen here: https://archive.org/details/@bad_faith_book_club
Post Marone @jazwgn.bsky.social It’s all corrupt girl
They/them
Chris @justokonline.bsky.social Higher Ed attorney. Podcast/audiobook addict.
Same handle on IG
My bookstagram is justokbooks on IG
He/him/his
Just OK posts:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mgvyfskcnwvme663negewjb3/feed/aaahztpgnucns
Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com cannot stress enough that I am not the Train guy. cohost, @whatatimepod.bsky.social
whatatimepod.com
Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social Independent journalist.
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Travis @bakesale.bsky.social Philadelphia
Cool Sasha: The Animation @sashamak.bsky.social Pulling Down The Sky With Love. Movie Bully https://buttondown.com/movie-bully he/him
Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social Blogger at Business Insider, covering tech, business, culture. knotopoulos@businessinsider.com
Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social Host and producer of the Junk Filter podcast. Toronto born and raised.
patreon.com/junkfilter- S @scharpling.bsky.social @scharpling.bsky.social
Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social Writer of Fluxblog for 20+ years... I heard codes in the melody and heeded the call, so I'm sharing things I know and love with those of my kind http://linktr.ee/fluxblog
Rocko’s Modern Basilisk @scratchbomb.bsky.social Oh, hi! Didn’t see you there. formerly of the other place. once: seen at Amazin’ Avenue, Deadspin, AV Club, Class Action Park. now: will talk about the Ed Grimley cartoon for likes
buttstuff werewolf @mattfraction.bsky.social social media was a mistake
Salvador Dolly Parton @joeblubaugh.bsky.social American-Singaporean
Here for the posting, not for the work
Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer NO HOMEWORK PODCAST - @nohomework.website // http://veryimportant.lawyer // http://bigsleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonal-rotors
And we tried so hard. And we looked so good
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
naxuu baby @naxuu.bsky.social nothing ever burns down by itself, every fire needs a little bit of help // music: polygloss.bandcamp.com
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
the residual haunting of erin @eehouls.bsky.social smallvictories.tumblr.com back in action
indifferently abled / anti-efficiency
i hate the things i love the most
i talk to myself about manga sometimes
Marc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social I write about music & my latest book is “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” http://highbiasbook.com/ I host the Music Book Podcast. I am a Nationals & D-backs fanatic. DON'T USE AI.
Evan Davies @efd.bsky.social 🎶🎧🎙️🐈😻 ⚾️ Volunteer DJ at WFMU radio in NJ, on the air and online every Tuesday from 3pm-6pm EDT. I play lesser-known catchy records, new (mostly) and old, rock (mostly) and not.
Also: baseball, cats, NYT puzzles
Playlists etc.: https://linktr.ee/efdefd
Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com only the good shit.
Brad Rose @foxydigitalis.bsky.social Artist
Foxy Digitalis
Songs of Our Lives
The Bird House
The Jewel Garden (ex-Digitalis).
this ain't no mecca man, this place is fucked
https://linktr.ee/the2jewel3garden
👻👻Cinchel👻👻 @cinchel.com He/They
🎸Musician 🔊🔊
🖼️artist
👩🏼🔬chemist
💻web dev
🦕🍃🌲🥦🚀🚴🏼♀️
negative vibes only / forever preverbal / post tonal / optimized for disappointment / simple ideas executed poorly / completely forgettable
Sarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social Composer, Percussionist
Assistant Professor of Music @ Bard College
www.sarah-hennies.com
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social Host of Guys, a podcast about guys https://sites.libsyn.com/458346 the PODKast and the Sunday night stream! CEO of guys
Twitch.tv/NotEvenAShow
Patreon.com/GuysPodcast