Rebecca Burns @rebeccaburns.bsky.social Investigative reporter and editor. 🏡,🏦,☀️, also🐈. she/ her. 
Fines and Fees Justice Center @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social The Fines and Fees Justice Center (FFJC) is a national hub for research, advocacy, and collaboration for the reform of fines and fees.
Western Green Line Station @srkovnar.bsky.social Engineer, urbanist, gardener.
Chicago.
Da Bears @chicagobearsx.bsky.social Cross-posting Chicago Bears news from X and other sources so you don’t have to keep your X account.
Please excuse any tardiness with updates. I’m a guy with a job, etc., doing this in my free time.
Attila Bátorfy @attilabatorfy.bsky.social dataviz and information graphics at ELTE MMI
portfolio: https://attilabatorfy.com/
head of visual journalism project: https://atlo.team/
book order: https://eltebook.hu/batorfy-attila-adatvizualizacio
blog: https://attilabatorfy.substack.com/
Inbound Ike @inboundike.bsky.social A generic Chicago-centered posting account. Runs a mean pick six.
A City That Works @acitythatworks.bsky.social Policy analysis and ideas on how to make Chicago work better.
Ridge Knapp @ridgeknapp.bsky.social 🗳️ Candidate for Chicago Police District Council D19
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✨ Sparkle Monica ✨ @monicacarmean.bsky.social ⚖️ 🐕 🧀 🗳️ 💙
"10/10 Sparkle Monica for real. maximum respect" - @TheMountainGoats
Patrick Gilsenan for 32nd Ward @patgilsenan.bsky.social Candidate for 32nd Ward Alderperson
patrickfor32.com
@jessicabiggs.bsky.social @jessicabiggs.bsky.social 
SEIU Local 73 @seiulocal73.bsky.social Representing 38,000 workers across Illinois and Northwest Indiana
ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. There may be swear words. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
@ktwhitehead.bsky.social @ktwhitehead.bsky.social CTA External Affairs. Village of Brookfield Trustee. Formerly RTA and Active Transportation Alliance.
@peterlewis-jpg.bsky.social @peterlewis-jpg.bsky.social 
Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social drifter/writer on architecture, culture and Chicago, photographer specializing in out-of-focus images. there will be posts on opera, apologies in advance.
Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com Founder and Publisher of Liberal Currents
liberalcurrents.com
Signal profile adamgurri.41
Threads handle adamgurri
Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social I’m the founding executive editor of Heatmap News, a contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times, and the cohost of the Shift Key podcast.
📍NYC
Raed Mansour @raedmansour.com Public health environmentalist, Openlands Board, River Park Natural Area Community Steward, Former Metropolitan Planning Council Senior Fellow & Chicago Department of Public Health Director of Environmental Innovation. ⓥ
www.linkedin.com/in/raedmansour
The Chicago Bench Collective @chicagobenchcollective.org Everyone deserves a place to sit. We build places to sit.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Chicago DOE @chicagodoe.bsky.social Making Chicago greener and more livable
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social Demographics | Geospatial | Data Science | Open Source
Nick Klein @njklein.bsky.social Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University. 
William Skudlarek @willskud.bsky.social 💼 - researching all things egress and other fun building code stuff as Policy Analyst at the Center for Building in North America (centerforbuilding.org)
✉️ - william[at]centerforbuilding[dot]org
📍- Chicago
I post about 🏗️, 🏠, 🚊, 🌐, and other random stuff
In These Times @inthesetimes.com A publication committed to informing and advancing movements for social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Founded in 1976.
https://inthesetimes.com/
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias @ilsecofstate.bsky.social 
Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social Chicago transport, bikes, walking, zoning, biz, but no guarantee we won’t talk about something else. Don’t take all posts literally.
Also Fediverse/Threads: chicagotransportassociation@threads.net
Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social I live in Chicago. I work in a lab. Sometimes I bike. Views are my own.
Howard Beale @howardbeale.bsky.social Mud farmer, anarcho-syndicated commune #7, winner of numerous participant awards
#BlackLivesMatter
#ReadingIsFundemental
#GoodTrouble
#GreaterFool
#OCSE member
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Chicago Mayor's Press Office @chicagompo.bsky.social The official press office account for Mayor Brandon Johnson. https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases.html
Jenn🌲 @juniperfolly.bsky.social Consultant, bike lane defender, autistic shawty
HTX -> Chicago, IL
Christina Hayford @lvebakfietsmama.bsky.social HIV Epi. Breast Cancer Thriver. Data lover. Bike enthusiast. Joy seeker. Mama. Just trying to build a safer city for my kid and have fun doing it. #Safestreetsforall
Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social journalist @thetrace.org. data + investigations. based in los angeles.
priors: the center for public integrity, kpcc/laist, ucbsoj
email: aaron AT aaronmendelson dot com
Robert Vargas @robvargas.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
Director of the Justice Project
justiceproject.uchicago.edu
Chicago DSA @chicagodsa.bsky.social Chicago Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
https://chicagodsa.org/
Transportation for America @t4america.bsky.social Safely, affordably, and conveniently connecting people to jobs, services, and opportunity through multiple modes of travel. A program of @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social
Sophie @sophiama.bsky.social Chicago!! & Notre Dame ‘23 🥹
I like taking pics of the built and natural environments in Chicago. Big fan of rust belt / midwest architecture & history. Old stuff is cool. Rooting for da bears & Notre dame football, & Blackhawks hockey. leftist.
Mel🌹 @htmmel.bsky.social it/she, Chicago DSA EC, IT girlie
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Metropolitan Planning Council @metroplanning.bsky.social Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) is a planning and policy organization addressing regional built environment issues through a racial and economic justice lens. We work to create Thriving Communities, Equitable Infrastructure and Just Public Systems.
Stephen Montemayor @smontemayor.bsky.social News Editor for Block Club Chicago. Send me your tips: stephen@blockclubchi.org.
Signal: @stephenmontemayor.95
State Smart Transportation Initiative @innovativedot.bsky.social SSTI supports state transportation agencies committed to sustainability, equity, and transparent governance.
ssti.us
Planetizen @planetizen.bsky.social Fiercely independent news, analysis, resources and more for every stage of an urban planner's career.
https://www.planetizen.com/
ITDP @itdp-hq.bsky.social The Institute for Transportation & Development Policy works with cities worldwide to bring about sustainable transport solutions that improve urban life.
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 throughout North America.
https://linktr.ee/hsrail
Rep. Kelly Cassidy @kmcchicago.bsky.social Only openly gay member of the IL House, mom of 3 adult sons, a bunch of cats, and a gigantic dog. Abortion defender for every gender.
Grant Ennis @grantennis.bsky.social Author of Dark PR: How corporate disinformation undermines our health and the Environment, 2023, Daraja Press. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/bookdarkpr
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
CTA Bus Insights @ctabusinsights.chicagotransitalerts.app 🚌 Chicago bus transit, live.
Bunching, long gaps, ghost buses + hourly speedmaps.
chicagotransitalerts.app
Not affiliated with CTA.
Dan Miller @meelar.bsky.social Queens volunteer chapter leader for @opennewyork.org. YIMBY, pro-transit, pro-biking, anti-borders-and-cars. He/him
Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social Here to solve the Housing Crisis
Tweets mostly about LA and CA land use and development
Tweets are my own views
Ahmed El-Geneidy @ahmedelgeneidy.bsky.social Transport planning professor, McGill University
Congress for the New Urbanism @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social CNU envisions a world where cities, towns, and neighborhoods are intentionally designed and managed to foster community, preserve the natural environment, and improve the lives of all people.
Learn more: cnu.org
CNU 34: May 12-16, 2026! cnu.org/cnu34
Todd Litman @toddlitman.bsky.social I am a transport and land use policy analyst. I love doing research about ways to make communities healthier, wealthier and wiser at the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org)
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Urbmonger @crowshair.bsky.social Moved to Portland from Seattle in late 2025. Ride bikes, travel when I can, and work in zoning and community planning. I love makin' maps.
www.crozierian.com
https://urbmonger.wordpress.com/
www.cycleblaze.com/journals/crozierbike
The Athletic @theathletic.com Get every sports story that matters.
DSA Dripped Out Baddie Caucus, MSW (NOT A MAN) @acabcalloway.bsky.social causing problems on purpose across micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice. probably eating a banh mi somewhere in chicago. The Fernando Mendoza of @chicagodsa.bsky.social
Lincoln Park Zoo @lpzoo.org For Wildlife. For All.
🦁 AZA-accredited zoo
🌳 Accredited arboretum
🌻 Accredited botanic garden
💚 Free nature oasis in Chicago
Delia Catalina Ramirez @delia.bsky.social Community organizer, daughter of immigrants, wife, golden retriever mom & Congresswoman of #IL03
candy colored clown @chi-bromptonite.bsky.social ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ | 🏳️🌈 | 🚲🚶🚇 | 🌹 🍉
New Jersey expat, naturalized Chicagoan
Elleiana Green @elleianagreen.bsky.social Fellow @politico.com
Formerly @chicago.suntimes.com, @nbcnews.com and @bloomberglaw.com
@kschorsch.bsky.social @kschorsch.bsky.social 
The Daily Northwestern @thedailynu.bsky.social Northwestern and Evanston’s daily news source since 1881. Got a tip? Email tips@dailynorthwestern.com.
Mariah Rush @mariahrush21.bsky.social retail reporter for @chicago.suntimes.com | mrush@suntimes.com
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social Politics & government reporter @evanstonnow.bsky.social 📸✍🏼 // @bostonu.bsky.social alum //matthew@evanstonnow.com
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Dan Petrella @petrellareports.bsky.social Chicago Tribune political writer
Mitchell Armentrout @mitchtrout.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com reporter, sometimes editor, usually Illinois politics. @cstguild.bsky.social -strong. Tips, please: marmentrout@suntimes.com / Signal: mtrout.74
https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/mitchell-armentrout
Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social In 1994 I bought a Corel Gallery CD-ROM with 10,000 clipart images. Thirty years later those images haunt this ghost story bot. Posts autodelete.
Credits: clipart from Corel; conversion, curation, code, and alt text by @samplereality.bsky.social
ABC7 CHICAGO @abc7chicago.bsky.social For stories you care about, follow Chicago’s #1 news source.
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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social Curator, Northwestern University Transportation Library. All scanned images are from NUTL’s collections, unless otherwise indicated. Banner photo is from a promotional packet for the L-1011.
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.
Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news network covering schools and education policy across the U.S. Follow our education journalism at chalkbeat.org. Have a news tip? Here's how you can reach us: ckbe.at/contact-chalkbeat or email us at community@chalkbeat.org
Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social It’s okay, I’m in incognito mode.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
http://www.annakornbluh.com
Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social Short. Black. Mom. Wife. Writer. Photographer. Profanity enthusiast. Chicago architecture & history + classic film. Photos mine unless noted. Opinions always mine. Fighter against the tyranny of hard pants & unyielding waistbands. she/her
Pritzker Press @pritzkerpress.bsky.social Press Team @JBPritzker.bsky.social campaign
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
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social I'm Policy Director at @progressivereform.bsky.social where I specialize in federal regulatory policy. When not analyzing federal regulatory policy, I enjoy silent film, soccer, and running.
"Oh! I'm sorry! This is abuse."
Center for Progressive Reform @progressivereform.bsky.social https://progressivereform.org/
Progressive policy for the public good
🌎 Climate Justice
🌐 Public Protections
🏛 Responsive Government
Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social Researcher on urban planning and public transportation.
https://marcochitti.substack.com/
bubba says: try Solenoid! @jortscity.bsky.social in Jorts City, there's only one rule.
PIVOT TO WIKI -> publish.obsidian.md/pivot-point
NODE GRAPH SPREADSHEETS -> @solenoid-ngc.bsky.social
🇺🇸 in milano 🇮🇹 , returning ASAP. engineer & PM in energy supply chain manufacturing.
CarbonPlan @carbonplan.org We help climate solutions live up to their potential through transparency, accountability, and scientific integrity. www.carbonplan.org
Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com Climate economist, Columbia
https://gwagner.com
It's pronounced "juggernaut" without the "jug"
Anthony J. Quezada @anthonyjquezada.bsky.social Chicago’s 35th Alderman. Democratic Socialist. 🏳️🌈Delivering results for Irving Park, Avondale, Logan Square & Hermosa. Political account.
https://linktr.ee/peopleforanthony?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=422f0ab7-06ca-43d2-bd68-afc28860d3e1
Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social Humanist, Inmigrante, aspiring Urbanist, Army Vet, ex-Esq., serial founder, CPS LSC member, VFW Service Officer, candidate for 35th Ward Alderman. Chicago until the wheels fall off.
Erik Wallenius @erikwallenius.bsky.social Eagle Scout, Army vet, @BarackObama ‘08 alum. Interests include data/tech, board games, epiphenomenalism. Deliberative anti-foundationalist. Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ he/him
Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
Alderman Matt Martin @aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social 47th Ward Alderman.
aldermanmartin.com
josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social chicago-based writer. newsletter producer at wttw news (@wttw.bsky.social). i also run the music and culture blog no expectations. ex: vice, chicago tribune, etc. tips, email: joshhowardterry@gmail.com
https://www.noexpectations.fyi
Christian Mitchell @cmitchellforlg.bsky.social Former IL Deputy Gov and State Rep., Chicagoan, @jbpritzker.bsky.social's running mate for Lt. Governor of Illinois.
amb @amb.fyi how can we stroppy strangers live together without doing each other too much violence? | homes not highways | born 350ppm | still got hope so i think we’ll be fine in these disastrous times | he/they | www.amb.fyi
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