Matt Maldre @spudart.bsky.social Artist & designer
Museum wanderer. Noticer of small things. Open web advocate.
Chicago / Glen Ellyn, Illinois
🎨 spudart.org
🏠 mattmaldre.com
🏢 tribunecontentagency.com
Sierra Club Chicago @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet 🌎🚊🚴♂️🐟🌳💚
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Lucy @le-merry.bsky.social Talk about Tennis, Books, Music, Movies, Architecture, & Urban Planning | Pet Sitter & Dog Walker
Blue Star Mom
LIA 福振凡 🇺🇳🇨🇳🇺🇸 @fuzhenfan.bsky.social University of Chicago alum
United Nations contractor
Human Rights Campaign, Trevor Project, and the Chicago Board of Elections contributor, et al.
Views are my own | Not my employer
Personal account
Hainan -> Chicago
Dwain S @dwains.bsky.social Retired IT manager, Navy veteran, amateur photographer, music and art lover witnessing the disintegration of American democracy. I have a low tolerance for BS so if you have trouble being civil don't engage.🚫crypto,🚫porn, accounts with vanity pics = block
@marywizchicago.bsky.social @marywizchicago.bsky.social 
Miss Machete, She-Slash-Her 🔪 @miss-machete.bsky.social Your favorite Horror Movie Host, and vtuber slasher villain
A Magic: the Gathering player, and TTRPG fan
Trans, She/They
https://machetedrivein.blogspot.com/
Tell me about your favorite horror movie!
EDEN GATEKEEPER @edengk.bsky.social MUSICOLOGIST. DJ. RADIO PRODUCER AND HOST. PODCASTER. COLUMNIST. EDUCATOR. CHEF. SINGER. TRILINGUAL. ANCIENT AFRICAN FEMME LESBIAN. LEO LIONESS. EVE GENED WARRIOR QUEEN. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL. COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLAR
The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social The University of Chicago Press is one of the oldest and largest university presses in the United States and a distinguished publisher of trade and scholarly books and journals. Refining minds since 1891!
Tom Murphy @brtom.bsky.social Made in Illinois. "Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim."
https://btocarm.substack.com/ https://brtom.org
Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social Architectural historian | Baroque, early modern & beyond
American formerly in 🇩🇪 & 🇮🇹, now 🇨🇭 | Detroit diaspora
https://susanklaiber.wordpress.com/
Elleiana Green @elleianagreen.bsky.social Fellow @politico.com
Formerly @chicago.suntimes.com, @nbcnews.com and @bloomberglaw.com
Chicago Tree @chicagotree.bsky.social Mostly reposting Chicago trees & sometimes other trees. And birds. And other things I find interesting.
Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social Author of The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland. Writing in Architectural Digest, NYT, Antiques, and elsewhere.
https://www.sarah-archer.com/
@ridgehistorical.bsky.social @ridgehistorical.bsky.social 
Joe Murphy @joemurph.com Data editor @ NBC News, @NBCguild.bsky.social strong, Oregonian born & raised, lives in NYC (Gowanus, Brooklyn). Formerly: NY Daily News, Denver Post, Medill.
Into dataviz, data pipelines, accessibility, a good story.
joemurph.76 @ signal
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Ben S @bensh3.bsky.social Transit planning & geospatial analysis
Ed Bacon fan | 平均地权 upholder | Philadelphia maneto
Posts are mine only and don't reflect anyone else
ottonymos @ottonymos.bsky.social Cat pictures and inane bullshit in the antebellum capitalist hellscape
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.
Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social Oubaitori
@played41 @played41.bsky.social Longtime White Sox/sports origanist.Live music-Yay.
@olbermann.bsky.social #LastComiskey
#PaleBlueDot. BIODIVERSITY. We are NATURE.
Donkey/dog mom.
I BLOCK OLIGARCHS
Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com Real estate information platform for development in Chicago, Cook County, and Lake County (Illinois and Indiana). http://chicagocityscape.com
Mariah Rush @mariahrush21.bsky.social retail reporter for @chicago.suntimes.com | mrush@suntimes.com
The Newberry @newberrylibrary.bsky.social Curating curiosity for all since 1887. The Newberry Library is an independent research library located in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Cover photo: Oak Street Beach postcard from Curt Teich Postcard Collection.
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
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/
Ted McClelland @tedmcclelland.bsky.social Father of Lark, Birch and Rose. Author of Chorus of the Union. Contributing Writer, Chicago magazine
Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social Editorial cartoonist for the Globe and Mail and the Hill Times.
Substack: https://substack.com/@deadder
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ejrfoto @ejrfoto.bsky.social Rican in the 312☕️📷🇵🇷✶✶✶✶
⚽️Real Madrid, Chicago Red Stars
I block AI and other thieves.🤷🏻♂️
My photos are not stock.
Dorri @ravinedweller.bsky.social Art, architecture, landscape enthusiast. Author, dog mom, gabion wall builder,🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally ❤️is❤️ Here for expert opinion and facts.
Can’t receive messages because I refuse to provide ID to this red state.
Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social Urban Planner•PanAfrican•BAP•former Vancouver Planning Commissioner• #newwest 📚
🏗️cities/‘hoods are capitalisms playground for race-class struggle and yet I love public housing, parks, trains, libraries, bike lanes & benches when we get them
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
The Magnificent Skinbag @magnificentskinbag.bsky.social another bastard out of Oklahoma
no more billionaires EVER, goddammit
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social Archivist. Tomato enthusiast.
Robert Falls @robertfalls.bsky.social Former director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre; opinionated cultural commentator; husband of fab novelist Kat Falls. Often posts pet pics to boost followers.
J.B Brazier @jbyron.bsky.social Reclaiming space on the South Side. Rooted in legacy. Leading with truth.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Illinois Medical District @imdchicago.org Live, work, learn, play — all in IMD, a community built on care located in the heart of Chicago.
imdchicago.org
Krys Hansen @coolerbythelake7.bsky.social Trying to figure out this life. Resident of Chicago’s 49th Ward.
Michael Phillips @mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social Past: Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, etc.
Present: Host and co-producer, “The Movie Racket,” part of the “Filmspotting” podcast commune; announcer, Classical WFMT Chicago, and weekly WFMT
“Soundtrack” contributor.
Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
He/him
Chicagoan, stroke survivor, dev, moving further to the Left as I get older & more pissed off.
I probably repost too damn much.
And make too many grammatical errors & tpyos.
Also @refrag@mastodon.cloud, but that's dormant.
Milwaukee Record @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social Music, culture, gentle sarcasm.
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple
https://linktr.ee/joshjohnsoncomedy
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
thechicagoneighborhoods.com @chgohoods.bsky.social One designer's take on the neighborhoods in his city, and other things too. Neighborhood prints and Chicago-inspired fonts available on the website: https://www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/links
Arike Ogunbowale Enthusiast @clearlyheadless.blacksky.app professional student | unprofessional homosexual
Allegedly a PhD candidate (in literature & law/housing) but I just want to own a lesbian bar.
Here to talk about women’s basketball
Brian Boyer @brianboyer.net Stay-at-home dad in Chicago. News product coach. He/him. Let's work together: https://brianboyer.net Bean tips: https://beantips.com/
Michelle @michelle345.bsky.social Chicago
PRO biking/walking for transportation
ANTI car-dominated streets
PRO cities/housing/flâneusing
Violin/guitar/art/weather/travel
1st generation American 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
#northDLSD #bikeCHI #ClarkStCorridor
Robert Feder @robertfeder.bsky.social I reported on Chicago media from 1980 to 2022. 
Stacy Robi @stacyrobi.bsky.social Documentary Producer | Writer | Rebel When Required 
Teri Gage Taylor @terigage.bsky.social Fan of Democracy, Equity, Diversity, Freedom, Free Press, Public Lands, Clean Air to Breathe, Safe Water to Drink, and Unfettered Access to Reproductive Health Care. Willing to work for the common good. Native Yooper. Sisu, baby!
Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social Cartoonist
Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social Assistant Curator, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum || ABD in art history || art & architecture of early modern Spain & Italy || she/her || heads up: there will be Red Sox posts
Joanna Gardner-Huggett @jogardnerhugg.bsky.social Feminist art historian in Chicago
Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social "Elegante y muy cabrona."
I labor at the word factory for Bloomberg Citylab, NYRB, The Atlantic, Alta, Fresh Air, KCRW, NYT and others.
https://c-monster.org
https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah
r o n y t h e b i k e c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social Bike Cities Food Systems Data Coffee Tea Bread Cat Former Coastal Elite Person
Steve Rhodes @steverhodes.bsky.social photojournalist in San Francisco. tigerbeat on twitter & instagram (because I’ve been part of PaperTiger TV & couldn’t get my name in 2007 & 2010). Cover photo of choreographer Jo Kreiter after a Flyaway Productions performance of If I Give You My Sorrow 
beth4158 🙄; also ❌👑 @beth4158.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Singer. Baker. And other things that end in -r.
Horrified but not deterred.
Deleted Threads and Instagram accounts (and quit Facebook in 2018).
Deleted X recently after logging out years ago.
Deleted LinkedIn, too.
Bluesky is my lone home!
Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦
Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app Writer, hex throwing goon. Dainty, delicate, and deadly.
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Kelli Marshall @kellimarshall.bsky.social Chicago and movies, one tour at a time: chicagomovietours.com. Ph.D. Transplant from Louisiana. Hardcore Gene Kelly fan.
Gina Brown @mzgee41.bsky.social Superhero with Locs! Advocating for People Living with HIV and the LGBTQ Community.
Social Worker through education, Activist by birth!
No DMs PLEASE. DMs will get you BLOCKED.
NellMinow @nellminow.bsky.social Movie critic, shareholder advocate #corpgov #movies she/her/mom www.authory.com/NellMinow I stand for: protecting the environment, reproductive health, dignity and respect for all except bullies, grifters, and haters. I lack decorum, per Congress.
Invisible Institute @invisible.institute A nonprofit journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home to CPDP.co, Beneath the Surface, and more. 
Docta Slick @doctaslick.bsky.social Alien. Planet Chicago. Actor. Author. Director. Swimmer. Runner. Fashion Stylist in the making with Law Roach, School of Style. 🏎️44 🏁 Taurus, very Taurus.
Jamie Gump, pushing the acceptable boundaries of hubris @jamiegump.bsky.social Joined August 21st, 2023. #685,259
I am just as surprised as you are.
Wine Educator/ Optimistic American. History buff. I wasn't born in Chicago, but I got here as soon as I could.
Italian Wine Ambassador, WSET Level 3
He/ Him
Eric Erins @ericerins.bsky.social Eric_Erins on Twitter
Usually I’m out here posting buildings and real estate listings I think are interesting.
Chicago
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social Writer and editor for @Bloomberg @CityLab. Texan. Chili purist.
📸: @kriston_capps
💌: kcapps3@bloomberg.net
🔒: @kristoncapps.33
📰: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/citylab-design-edition
Vishaan Chakrabarti @vishaan.bsky.social
Architect|Author|Urbanist
Founder, Practice for Architecture and Urbanism | PAU
Author:
The Architecture of Urbanity (Princeton University Press, 2024);
A Country of Cities (DAP, 2013)
Carrie Golus @carriegolus.bsky.social Editor of The Core, the alumni magazine for UChicago's College • YA author on sub • Rep: Jes Trudel, The Rights Factory • carriegolus.com • #AuthorsGuild • #SCBWI • 💙 📚 🌱
aaron @amdesign.bsky.social architectural designer. science and technology enthusiast
Klea Scott @kleascott.bsky.social Still a single Mom to one human, two cats and a Canadian Mom🍁⚓️💜
Proud member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and ACTRA.
Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com ENNIE-winning author of The Monsters Know What They're Doing, Making Enemies and other stuff. Humanist, antifascist, curmudgeon. ✶✶✶✶
Home: spyandowl.com
Blog: themonstersknow.com
Newsletter: onefootinfairyland.com
Mastodon: dice.camp/@KeithAmmann
Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social Architecture, landscape, urbanism. Independent nonprofit public scholarship on the built environment. Free & accessible to all.
Read: http://placesjournal.org
Sign up: placesjournal.org/newsletter
Donate: https://placesjournal.org/donate/
Tom McGrath @tcmcg.photo Just another dipshit from Chicago. Bits and jokes and jokes and bits. Photos, sometimes acting, mostly nonsense.
Banner image thanks to @chgohoods.bsky.social
Bill Eager @billeager.bsky.social Husband, dad, Chicagoan (Mass. transplant), news junkie, hockey nut, reader, mediocre-at-best golfer.
Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social Actor
Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social Dad|Writer|co-author,Game Misconduct:Hockey's Toxic Culture and How To Fix It| 1911👌🏾|fmr bouncer|South Side Chicagoan
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social Lesser building nerd, real estate photographer
AllyChicago @allychicago.bsky.social “Ally, from Chicaaago” 💥 💥 💥 💥
City dweller, devoted Cubs fan, GSD lover
Music runs through my veins & always in my ears 🎧
Degrees in Political Science, Journalism & 25+ years in Finance
Defender of Democracy and the United States Constitution 💙
SK @sk-76.bsky.social "suburban kid, got no name" etc.
I mostly post random images that I find in digital archives. No theme or purpose, but topics include Chicago, Ireland, London, UK, USA, music, social history, street photography, et al. Not a bot.
Contae Chill Mhantáin
TomTom @tomtomchi.bsky.social Urban planner, friend to animals, bike/transit rider, Chicago fag against fascism
@catherinemini5.bsky.social @catherinemini5.bsky.social 
barb-t. @barb-t.bsky.social Windy Chicago corner-wearing a mask when apropos + vaccinations! Hanging on to see trump & mob in prison! Twitter/2014! Bluesky/2024! Want to be read/not insulted! No-love, bitcoins, AI, lottery winners, porn, ‘celebrities’, money pleas! No DM! Thanks.
John Hill @archidose.bsky.social Architect, editor in chief at World-Architects, architectural tour guide, author of 7 books including "Buildings in Print," and I have a weekly newsletter about architecture books: https://archidose.substack.com/
Daryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social Author and Chief Economist at Redfin. Get my book Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work out now!
HateTheGameBook.com
https://youtube.com/@fairweatherphd
Chicago Sun-Times Guild @cstguild.bsky.social Safeguarding the future of the Chicago Sun-Times. Loud and proud members of @ChicagoNewsGuild.bsky.social.
LeRoy D Barron Sr @ldbarronsr30.bsky.social Retired City Planning Consultant. Married.. Dad. Uncle Nearest, Steaks Medium, Oysters Cold and Raw. Lives in Mississippi. Jazz, R&B, Classical Music. Southern Mississippi To The Top.(SMTTT). Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 32nd Degree Prince Hall Mason.
Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social 📍Chicago
Preservationist and architectural historian 🏳️🌈
ART DECO WORLD available for pre-order: https://linktr.ee/maxechavez
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!- P Darren @percdiem.bsky.social Thought I'd be more of a growler guy.
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
L Forte @lforte26.bsky.social The Fourth Estate should stand up for democracy | Former Editorial Page Editor, Chicago Sun-Times | Contributor, The Contrarian | Support real writers, not AI | 🐈 🏀 🚴🏽♀️ 🏊🏼♀️📚 🗞️ 🧳