Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co Hey, I'm a climate and energy writer / data analyst who focuses on corporate + govt accountability
Creator + curator of the Greensky feed: https://ketanjoshi.co/greensky/
Based in Oslo but write about US, Europe, Aus too - ketan.joshi85@gmail.com
Daniel Biss @danielbiss.bsky.social Dad, husband, progressive leader, & fighter for working folks. Let’s take on the billionaire class together
Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social Science and music writer. EIC of @kellogginsight.bsky.social.
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️🌈 @itskylelucas.com Love people, drink good coffee, and bike everywhere. I care a lot about cities (and 🎢s) | HIV+ | fighting for better streets @betterstreetschicago.org | My posts are mine
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights
co/core @cocore.dev Cooperative compute by @graze.social
https://cocore.dev/
Grace @gracekind.net A latent space odyssey
gracekind.net
William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social Endowed chair of the Tocqueville-Rand Freedom Enterprise Markets Innovation Center (disputed). Bound but not protected, I lie but I do not pretend. 🚰 🏗 only thing I'll tell you about my employer is that these aren't their views
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social Director, Center for Tech Responsibility@Brown. FAccT OG. AI Bill of Rights coauthor. Former tech advisor to President Biden @WHOSTP. He/him/his. Posts my own.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago @mwrdgc.bsky.social Protecting public health and the environment by providing wastewater treatment for Chicago and 128 suburban communities and serving as Cook County’s Stormwater Management Authority. Learn more at mwrd.org.
☎️ Report waterway concerns: 800-332-3867.
Aggregate Studio @aggregate-studio.com Aggregate Studio is a mission-aligned architecture partner that specializes in dignified, community-centered affordable housing and civic projects.
https://www.aggregate-studio.com
https://linktr.ee/aggregatestudio
Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social Data, Open Scholarship, Libraries, Knitting, Cats. I named Executive Function Theft. The opinions of the Hedgehog Librarian, Professor. Chicago-based. She/her
#knitting #data #executivefunctiontheft
https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/ 
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social Report bike lane obstructions with our mobile app from anywhere in the USA & Canada.
BikeLaneUprising.com
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
chicagoreader.com
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
Adam Bates (Yuile) @adambatesorg.bsky.social Associate Professor @ UIUC
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
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
Fritz Kaegi @fritzforassessor.bsky.social Cook County Assessor. Running to make the property tax code work for working families.
Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com I'm an architecture photographer and Chicago is my backdrop. I post about weather, science, and urbanism issues, too. ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
📩: nick@nuphoto.com
https://linktr.ee/nick_ulivieri
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.
Sarah Grajdura @sarah-graj-dura.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Utah State. Transportation equity, hazards, and community based research. My thoughts are my own!
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
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.
Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social Chicagoan. 1978 Prussing Elementary spelling bee champion. Writer. Cyclist. Budding flâneur. Gourmand. Guy who knows a guy. Navy vet. Wise ass.
South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social News, arts, and investigations by and for Chicago's South Side. southsideweekly.com 
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
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
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employers’
I did a TED talk once
Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
Rep. Sean Casten @casten.house.gov Proudly serving IL-06. Dad, husband, former clean energy entrepreneur. Climate nerd, gun safety & consumer advocate. Member of the House Financial Services Committee and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com Failed Media Critic, Washed Up YouTuber, Formally Trained Self-Loather | Professional also-ran | Cringe Elemental | (he/him) | linktr.ee/campster
Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative @ilblackadvocacy.bsky.social A statewide Black-centered organization dedicated to building power through organizing and systems change.
mikey neumann @mikeyface.bsky.social Movies with Mikey, videogame guy, and definitely looking to make big art again. Hit me up!
Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social
chicago area data journalist/scientist/wrangler, duolingo vietnamese language learner. the best chicago banh mi is at nhu lan on lawrence st
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
kyla scanlon @kyla.bsky.social wrote a book called "in this economy?" | chair of the federal reserve | writing and youtube @ http://kyla.substack.com
Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social Chicago-based. Bikes. Books. Photography. Lot of politics.
Umar Iqbal @umariqbal.bsky.social Assistant professor at the Washington University in St. Louis. I research computer security and privacy.
Thomas Ptacek @sockpuppet.org Full of passionate intensity.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Borja Sotomayor @borjasotomayor.bsky.social Senior Instructional Professor of CS @UChicago, amateur sciuriologist. Views are my own.
He/him 🏳️🌈 🇪🇸 🇺🇸
Other places you can find me: https://linktr.ee/borjasotomayor
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Joseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social Reporter from the Calumet Region
Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com Comics? On the INTERNET?? On WWW DOT BSKY DOT APP??
Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social Your Illinois news radar https://capitolfax.com/
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Roller derby athlete
https://alex-hanna.com
Book: thecon.ai
Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k
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🏳️⚧️ she/هي
📸 @willtoft.bsky.social
Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
Katy Huff @katyhuff.bsky.social Into bikes, nuclear energy, vegetables, coffee, scientific computing, & public radio. Currently a professor at UIUC NPRE . Former NE-1. (she/her)
Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/
BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
(((E. Glen Weyl/衛谷倫))) ⿻ 🇺🇸/🇩🇪/🇹🇼 @glenweyl.bsky.social Papa of two girls; husband to Alisha Holland; Jew; Founder & Research Lead, Microsoft Research Plural Technology Collaborator; Founder & Chair, Plurality Institute; Founder & Board Member, RadicalxChange Foundation; co-author, Radical Markets and Plurality
Matt Blaze @mattblaze.org Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. So-called expert on election security and a few other things. Slow photographer. RF nerd. Occasionally blogs at https://mattblaze.org/blog
Nardwuar the Human Serviette @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social Thee Official Nardwuar BlueSky !
https://linktr.ee/nardwuar
Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.
Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social the money stuff guy
George Porter @georgemporter.bsky.social AWS S3 & UC San Diego professor
Building networks and systems that enable high-performance, scalable, and sustainable computing and storage.
https://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~gmporter
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social WSJ tech columnist. Author of How to AI, a bullshit-free guide to what AI is actually good for -- and also how our overestimation of its abilities can lead us astray.
Erin L Ptáček @bobotjones.bsky.social Code mechanic. Red Team.
σημεῖόν ἐστιν οὗ μέροσ οὐθέν
https://bobotjones.com/
Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com Labor economist, opinion writer, policy consultant, podcaster
https://linktr.ee/keds_economist
https://linktr.ee/optimisteconomy
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Data Bear 🏳️🌈 @dataandpolitics.net Data and Politics.
Engineer, then academic, now engineer again.
Daytime is AI/ML research.
I care a lot about the open Internet and security. Wikipedia administrator.
Very San Francisco with an ATLien heart.
A widow who misses their husband. 🏳️🌈
SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com computer security person. former helpdesk
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com Researcher, Computer Security @ ICSI
Chief Mad Scientist @ Skerry Technologies
Putting the Science in "Mad Science"
Digital, Explainable, and (usually) Adversarial Systems
Looking for employment: CV is here https://skerry-tech.com/cv.html
he/him
Maclean’s Magazine @macleans.bsky.social Engaging stories. Bold voices. Big ideas. Maclean’s leads the national conversation on everything that matters in Canada. macleans.ca
Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com Makes the most normal videos on YouTube.
Also a cohort on MinnMax.
https://jacobgeller.com/
Zubair Shafiq @zubair-shafiq.bsky.social prof @ucdavis; privacy + measurement researcher; outdoor enthusiast; anda-shami lover
Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social I teach cryptography at Johns Hopkins. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social Transit researcher in Berlin. Lived in Tel Aviv, Singapore, the Riviera, New York, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris. https://pedestrianobservations.com/ http://patreon.com/alonlevy alon@pedestrianobservations.com @alon@mastodon.social
Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com Academe’s most trusted resource for independent journalism, career development, and forward-looking intelligence.
Website: www.chronicle.com
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com Helping you 🫵 make sense of higher education 🎓 Follow for the latest news, opinions, jobs and resources.
Visit insidehighered.com for more.
Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social I'm that YouTuber who taught you how dishwashers work. Guess I'm tryin' out the whole Bluesky thing now.
he/him
https://www.youtube.com/technologyconnections
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Anthony Fu @antfu.me A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
creator → @sli.dev • @unocss.dev • @vueuse.org • @vitest.dev • elk.zone
core team → @nuxt.com • @vite.dev • vuejs.org
maintainer → @shiki.style • eslint.style
he/him → antfu.me
Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com Real estate information platform for development in Chicago, Cook County, and Lake County (Illinois and Indiana). http://chicagocityscape.com
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social Professor, researcher, maker of things
Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast and adopted midwesterner. I write and research about housing policy and urban economics. Formerly Twin Cities, nowadays an economic research assistant in Chicago, soon to be PhD student at UW-Madison
https://pencillingout.substack.com/
AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com Social networking technology created by Bluesky.
Developer-focused account. Follow @bsky.app for general announcements!
Bluesky API docs: docs.bsky.app
AT Protocol specs: atproto.com
nolen @itseieio.bsky.social the internet can still be fun!
https://onemillioncheckboxes.com • http://eieio.games • https://everyuuid.com • https://onemillionchessboards.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own. NYCer. https://aramzs.nexus/
bryan newbold (⛱️ sabbatical mode) @bnewbold.net oscilloscopes, cycling, snow, big cities, wiki. I like speculating about found objects.
protocol engineer @bsky.app (on 2026 summer sabbatical). formerly archive.org
elsewhere: bnewbold.net / @bnewbold@social.coop
Eric @esb.lol Chicago • Bluesky team
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com