Melanie @celine2017.bsky.social ✨ Curious about the world. Kindness, honesty, and good humor go a long way.
Researcher & Kindle Writer @diagarchbooks.bsky.social www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHY17TQL
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
a team of bumblebees @saramchenry.bsky.social It’s me, Sara. I was @yellowcardigan on the other site. Elder millennial/cis/bi/Chicago.- M @marythill.bsky.social @marythill.bsky.social
Ashley @noveltiwaves.bsky.social Ashley is a software manager in the USA, known for her leadership and passion for technology.
Film Milf 🌊💙Blue Dem. Resister. 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ 📚 @filmilf.bsky.social Work @ TrixStarT Film Productions.
🌊💙Blue Dem. Resister. 🏳️🌈LGBTQ+ 📚
Fully Full Frontal 4 Film. Crazy Cool Comics.- G PerpetualMind @georgeofmn.bsky.social Recovered Gopher, Recovering convention attendee
Katie @uglylittledumpling.bsky.social Rec-ball enthusiast, self-taught home sewer, and a total wrestling mark.
Even when I'm a misanthrope, I still believe in the collective ✨us✨
thejanegang @thejanegang.bsky.social Extremist for Love and dealer of hope- B BW Zoltan 5 @bwzoltan.bsky.social Nice bio here, testing if code works 234
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Simón Weffer (he/him/el) @simonweffer.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sociology and Latinx Studies and Director of DEI (GASP!) at Northern Illinois University. Rabid fútbolista (forca Barça!), Star Wars/Marvel/anime nerd, and swim dad. Native Chicagoan, and papi to four fabulous chingonas.
Elena @eocurry.bsky.social dumb questions as a service
mandatory caveat: views not representative of my employer 
James Francis Flynn @jamesfrancisflynn.bsky.social Writer/filmmaker/TV professional
jamesfrancisflynn.com
ȶɨɢɛʀʟɨʟʏ @tlilyok.bsky.social 
Rudra Banerji @rudramakesmovie.bsky.social Producer, Brand Marketer, Father, Husband-er
@truechicago.bsky.social @truechicago.bsky.social 
Christian Cosas @ccosas.bsky.social 
Peg Keiner @pegkeiner.bsky.social Educator, Citizen Scientist, National Geographic Explorer investigating heritage and biodiversity
Pop Up Karaoke @popupkaraoke.com Our place, your place, any place: karaoke with us at great Chicago spots all over the city or let us throw a party right in your own backyard!
Luke Shepard @lukeshepard.bsky.social Education, robotics and AI developments, and ... book reviews? Worked at facebook, amazon, espark, tempus.
BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social He/him, bi,💙. I don't normally do social media, but this place seems less aggressive than most of the internet.
Troy Henikoff @troyhenikoff.bsky.social 
Ray Christian “What’s Ray Saying?” @whatsraysaying.bsky.social Creator and Host of the award winning podcast “What’s Ray Saying?” Ghetto kid, Ret. Army Paratrooper, Doctor of Education, Fulbright Specialist, audio producer, teller of stories, and Goat wrangler.
@jaimekfl.bsky.social @jaimekfl.bsky.social 
Mark Hayward @themarkhayward.bsky.social Full time professional comedy yo-yo man, automaton maker, dog-haver
Jesse Vincent @s.ly Doing AI stuff at Prime Radiant. Past lives include: keyboard.io, VaccinateCA, K-9 Mail, Request Tracker & Perl.
I can usually be found in #Berkeley
jesse@fsck.com
jesse@primeradiant.com
@jesse@metasocial.com
was @obra on Twitter
Julie Shapiro @jatomic.bsky.social Listening! A lot, always.
Also: @audioflux.bsky.social
Also: @thehorsethread.bsky.social
Previously: Radiotopia/PRX, Ear Hustle, ABC (down under),Third Coast Int'l Audio Festival, many record stores...
@joeborn.bsky.social @joeborn.bsky.social 
Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com Chasing Wonder, Engineer, Author, ORD Camp Instigator, Feminist. Potter. Recovering technologist. Would like to pet your dog.
Previously: Founder & CTO of Tock, Xoogler, Ex-Apple. He/Him.
Optimizing for kindness
wonder.voyage
debuggingteams.com
Will “Available for Contracts” Smith @willsmith.fun (he/him) I make podcasts and help people build and launch their indie games. https://techpod.content.town | Cohost of the Dual Boot Diaries and The Full Nerd @PCWorld.com
I've never slapped anyone / not the actor
Signal:willsmith.01
justin massa @justinmassa.bsky.social helping SMBs thrive w/ gen AI. owner @ midwestquality.consulting + board @ solvehungertoday.org | prev: partner @ IDEO.com ; SVP @ Newlab.com
Matt McCoy @mgmccoy.bsky.social Design | Engineering | Fabrication
“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”
Kara Oehler @karaoehler.bsky.social sound, art, science, data and journalism. Copenhagen-based
Executive Director - Institute for Climate Sound & Society
Senior Researcher - AIR Lab, ITU Copenhagen and metaLAB (at) Harvard
Corey Haines @coreyhaines.bsky.social cats, but you can send me pictures of all animals
Clare Sammells @csammells.bsky.social Anthropologist of Food, Tourism, and Latin America (Bolivia, Argentina, Antarctica). Lover of plants AND zombies. Barbershop singer. Assoc Prof at Bucknell U but all opinions are my own.
Anne Lukeman @alukeman.bsky.social Escape room owner. Queen of Parcadia.
www.cuadventures.com
Ernest @fintechernest.bsky.social Observing politics, democracy, media, and institutional drift through a human lens.
Interested in policy, social cohesion, fairness, democratic stability — within a core belief that character still matters.
No DMs. No Porn (immediate block)
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MAGANDA WAISWA @magandawaiswa.bsky.social We are providing shelter Education basic needs to orphans, Donations visit the link below👇
https://gofund.me/3a818423
Rebecca @rebeccakell.bsky.social She/her. Dyke. Chicagoan. Knitter. Treadmillknitter. Weightlifter. Anti-fascist. Anti-bigotry.
https://my.habitatchicago.org/WomenBuild2026/RebeccaKell
Leigh (She/Her) @rhymeswithtwee.bsky.social Rhymes with Twee owner. Partner to Z. Mom to Agnès Varda, The Dog. Vegan. Covid-cautious. Chicagoan. Twee pop fan. A delightful weirdo. Pickle Royalty. #rhymeswithtwee- N @not-an-ai-beep.bsky.social @not-an-ai-beep.bsky.social
Bobby Wise @bobewise.bsky.social Respect, Empower, Include |✶✶✶✶|
No kings, no slaves, no Nazis.
mundus sine caesaribus
Use https://udm14.com/ to search the web with Google (laudatory), but without the Google (derogatory).
Abolish ICE in Chicago and Everywhere @amberchicago.bsky.social (she/her) Chicago. cats. critical thinking. communication. also: knitting, sometimes
J. Gordon Wright @jgordonwright.com Digital director for @norc.org by day, singer with @chicagojazzdads.com by night. Luckiest dad and husband in the world. Opinions my own.
www.jgordonwright.com
David Schalliol @metroblossom.bsky.social David Schalliol is a visual sociologist living in the Midwestern United States. Co-author of The City Creative, director of The Area, Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Olaf College.
http://davidschalliol.com
http://theareafilm.com
Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org Sometime verb, real person, lover of 8-bit computers, husband & father, trying to be a kind person. #blacklivesmatter; trans rights are human rights.
he/him
Geoffrey L @longlivethemods.bsky.social State employee. Former bus driver. Unaffiliated voter. Shit stirrer. Cat lover. The Atlantic & The Bulwark. Crypto enthusiasts 🚫. If you DM and don’t sound like a normal person you’ll also get 🚫. Don’t try my BS filter.
@springrunner.bsky.social @springrunner.bsky.social 
Brant MacDuff @brantmacduff.bsky.social Wildlife Conservation & Taxidermy Historian. I write about the wooly world of wildlife conservation economics. Find my (slightly) more active self at ImmortalAnimals.com and @StuffInMyApartment on Insta. Book- The Shotgun Conservationist 
jenniferathome @jenniferathome.bsky.social Proud museum person. Trying to be a good human and make the world lovelier in all the ways. Mom, partner, knitter, Italophile. Pro-peace, pro-choice. No effs left.
@natmas.bsky.social @natmas.bsky.social 
Not your Liz Lemon @directorgrrl.bsky.social Blue dot Kansan turned hella Californian. Cat mom, stepmom, guacamole enthusiast, wheelie sassafrass. Gen X to the core. Opinions are my own. 💙
Samar Kaukab @smrkkb.bsky.social 
Saleem Hue Penny @huedotart.bsky.social Saleem Hue Penny (him/friend) is a Black, disabled, mutual aid advocate & “rural hip-hop blues" poet who punctuates his hybrid/mixed-media work with drum loops, Jim Crow artifacts, and birch bark.
Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social Family and friend to others. Comp Sci & Making Teacher at Lane Tech. LTMakers Lab Director. Owner of Solin Systems Consulting. Fierce advocate for my students. Relentless trasher of Aspen SIS.
Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social Accountability Architect💡
Artisanal Database Maker🔎 🧾
Storyteller/Writer/Producer🎙️✍️🎥
Avenger, Academic, Lawyer🗳️
Redistributive Justice ⚖️
Choice Optimizer🤖
Researcher & OG Prompt Engineer🧌
Whistleblower🚨
Human Palantir🔮
https://linktr.ee/realdearsarah
Melissa Fierce @melifierce.bsky.social Aimless recipe for a tiny life
Schuyler @mrtowne.bsky.social Historian & Anthropologist of security technologies, once great lockpicker, now just a great dad.
Impossible to overstate how much I think about locks...
kamml @lisakamm.com My dogs think I’m an ok person.
@epeyton.bsky.social @epeyton.bsky.social 
@esiegel.bsky.social @esiegel.bsky.social 
David Falck @davidfalck.bsky.social Engineering leader who loves innovating and growing SW/ML/AI talent. Also, you cannot convince me there's a better place than the Indiana Dunes.
BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social Bryan William Jones
Neuroscientist
Vision Neuroscientist
Connectomics / VolumeEM
Photographer / #Leica
Professing at Pitt
In the data
bryanwjones.com
ORCID 0000-0001-5527-6643
Stacy Tessler Lindau @stacylindau.bsky.social professor, ob/gyn, entrepreneur, first responder, storyteller, beginner bluegrass fiddler, Friday night dinner, earnest citizen, friend to strangers
Krisztina "Z" Holly @krisztinaholly.bsky.social scouting undiscovered ideas and innovators at the frontier 
Keith McCready @stenogeek.bsky.social Software performance
Stenography
Embedded systems
Ben Sussman @sussman.bsky.social He/him, Chicago native. Former eng director @ Google, composer, pianist, banjoist, author, gamer, photographer, illustrator, radio ham, dad. http://debuggingteams.com
Adelle lin @adellelin.bsky.social Artist, technologist, indie games, working on the resistance @newinc @onx @nycresistor
Faculty at Parsons and helping out at the Math Museum in NYC
adelleninja.com
Brandon Fischer @imprblcnstrct.bsky.social Farmer, Brewer, Woodworker, Artist, Enthusiast
Robin Anil @robinanil.bsky.social Technology Builder
Ytasha @ysolstar.bsky.social Afrofuturist. Writing in words and pixels. Author. Dancing always. Drinking tea. Champion for humanity. Next: The Afrofuturist Evolution
Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social Hello (including you, trolls 👋). Lead and sole full-time staff @ U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) [government / civic]; past 18F, UIC. People first. Not for you. Views mine. None of this is endorsement. South side Chicagoan. Singular (th).
Dave F @siliconundergro.bsky.social He/him. INTJ. I blog 4-5 times a week about vintage and retro computers. Day job in information security, specifically vulnerability management. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. You can find my blog, The Silicon Underground, at https://dfarq.homeip.net
Eden Robins @edenrobins.bsky.social I wrote DON'T CROSS MO ELLERY, a USA TODAY bestseller (as 1/2 of Birdie Horne) | I also wrote REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE & WHEN FRANNY STANDS UP | monkeythumbs.com | birdiehorne.com | Amateur deep-sea scientist and (former) crossing guard
Leigh Honeywell @hypatia.bsky.social Security, diversity, housing, Canadian stuff 🇨🇦. Cofounder and CEO of @tallpoppy.bsky.social; more at leighhoneywell.com
Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social Founder/director of @RaksGeek.bsky.social. Dancer + singer-songwriter. SF/F essays. Food. Spins fire. Britain's Got Talent.
Civic tech & UX by day, art by night.
Building shared versions of reality + hope.
RaksGeek.com
RaksInferno.com
DawnXianaMoon.com
Nora Flanagan @noraflanagan.bsky.social Union organizer, English teacher, horror dork, derby enforcer, book glutton, rabid Chicagoan, coffee junkie, metaphorical nazi-puncher
Heraty Law @heratylaw.bsky.social former child (derogatory)
current adult (denunciatory)
future ghost (complimentary)