Kelly Dwyer @kdonhoops.com www.kdonhoops.com
No relation to Doug "The Second-Deadliest Man Alive" Dwyer, he/him, posts fully represent opinions of employer.
@CharlesPPierce @theshebeen.bsky.social Keeper of the Esquire shebeen since 2011. Grand-Da to John Victor. Da to AD, BDP, and Molly Two Names. Aging epee hack, Ringsend Cowboy. "For man is a giddy thing, and that is my conclusion."...A pint of plain is your only man
Chicago Critical Mass @chicritmass.bsky.social A Free bicycle ride the last Friday of every month 6PM leaving from Daley plaza. Come out & ride.
mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social I cut film and tv
i used to be @mtsw on Twitter
Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Posts: @johngreenfield.bsky.social (unsigned) and @stevevance.net.
A Travis-T @tr0rna.bsky.social He/him, BA - IR, Masters in Public Health, CIPP-US. Musician and political agitator. Legal technology consultant. Former clinical researcher. Occasional podcaster. Bassist for Orna. www.ornaband.com. 100k scovilles of neurospicy.
Denver based.
Ethan Hein @ethanhein.bsky.social I teach music and write about it http://www.ethanhein.com/
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
Tim Pierce @unchi.org what's a man like me supposed to do
with all this extra savoir-faire?
Fast Casual TBogg+ @tbogg.bsky.social Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social Host of Local News International
Non-partisan public data petition: https://usafacts.org/data-we-depend-on/
Bundle: https://trustfnd.com/davejorgenson/c/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo
Support us: http://LNI.media/membership
Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com Bird art and @pigeonpost.shop 🔡🐦
https://links.alex.gd
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com only the good shit.
Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social Books (Rebel Rebel; Ashes to Ashes), blogs (64 Quartets; Pushing Ahead of the Dame; Locust St.)
Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social Author of 5 books, most recently the essay collection IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE. New novel REVEAL! forthcoming in Spring '28
Former Book Fight podcast co-host. @Barrelhouse.bsky.social NF Editor. Rutgers-Camden MFA faculty. South Jersey.
Tom.mcallister.ws
Jason Narducy @jasonnarducy.bsky.social Bob Mould Band, Superchunk, Split Single, Verböten, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends
https://linktr.ee/splitsingle
Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social Defector.com. SFGate.com. Six books. Defector’s ALL BALL NFL podcast debuts 9/9. I’m just here for a good time.
Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social I write things. Pitchfork. Stereogum. SPIN. Vice Chair of Florida Film Critics Circle.
Space and light and dreams
That's what people need.
Kara Transit Authority @stormykara.bsky.social ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ • they/them • Train & Transit nerd • furbanist • Masters of Urban Planning - UIC ‘26
Cow/axolotl on the internet; I’m 18+
I make videos: https://www.youtube.com/@karatransitfur
Atlas Obscura @atlasobscura.com The definitive guide to the world's hidden wonders 🗺️
Start exploring at atlasobscura.com
treykerby @treykerby.bsky.social The NBA
https://youtube.com/@nodunksinc
Chef Reactions @chefreactions.bsky.social That annoying, monotone chef from various other platforms. Yup, it’s me.
Kirk Hamilton @kirkhamilton.com I make music and podcasts. Host of Strong Songs 🎶, Triple Click 👾, and Definitely Fiction 📚
strongsongspodcast.com
tripleclickpodcast.com
definitelyfiction.com
KirksNotes.com
Profile pic: Kevin Jardin
Sara Benincasa @sarajbenincasa.bsky.social Author, TV/film writer, actor. Writing about our tallest president.
SARATONIN: SaraJBenincasa.Substack.com
Live events & all the rest: https://linktr.ee/SaraJBenincasa
Atrios @eschatonblog.com I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog.
https://eschatonblog.com
Currently near Toon
Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social Comedian union organizer writer dad Frisco. he/him https://linktr.ee/natogreen
ceej @ceej.online just here to have fun online
Rebecca Romney @rebeccaromney.com Your bookish enabler. Rare book dealer, Type Punch Matrix. Author, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF. Co-founder of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize. Pawn Stars, The Booksellers doc.
Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social Was: reporter, writer, librarian| Now: social justice comms| Always: huge nerd
Chicago
And what shall we do, we who did not die?
(June Jordan)
Writing: http://bit.ly/43664OI
Me & Israel/Palestine: https://bit.ly/4hQmiQl
LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3XbgmJ4
Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social For over 30 years, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent, foreign and classic films.
Jeff Brown @starwart1.bsky.social I do plane stuff at ORD ✈️ Black nerd, political junkie, and struggling musician. I don’t like the (current/previous) president. He/Him. #YNWA 🇵🇸
Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social Business owner, island dweller, font enthusiast.
Writer behind the weekly column WHAT NOW (https://kategace.substack.com).
Hobbies include looking for my keys.
D.L. Chandler @dlchandler123.bsky.social Journalist/Editor. Hip-Hop, NBA (Let's Go WIZARDS), MMA, & cocktail hobbyist/studier in that order. Born in DC, Raised in PG. Notable mumbo sauce expert. An actual writer, not an activist. Originator of "Black & Elegant."
Synthtopia @synthtopia.bsky.social Your home for synth and electronic music gear news.
Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social Music and music technology journalist, composer and electronic artist/dj. I make cdm.link, work on the meeblip.com synth, and cover creative technologies. Activist. Lebanese-American background, came from Kentucky, now in Berlin.
Cake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social AI can't throw things at billionaires, but you have free will.
WV/AZ. Bird enthusiast, pigeon defender, servant of cats and two dogs. He/Him
Angry a lot but I think at the right people.
Have a great blog community: https://www.balloon-juice.com
INDIGNITY @indignity.bsky.social From the people who brought you Hmm Daily
Scott Seward @skotrok.bsky.social Scott Seward owns a store. Lives in a small town. Writes. Watches the boob tube. Tries not to hate. 
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
https://flaminghydra.com
Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social He/him. TV Critic, author. Now searchable on Tubi. I am not Alan Sepinwall III.
https://whatsalanwatching.com
Radio Free America @radiofreeameri.ca News stories, blog posts and podcasts with ideas and facts that intelligent and informed people would want.
https://radiofreeameri.ca/
Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social Lapsed novelist, #RoughBeast author, PREVAIL columnist & podcaster, co-host of The Five 8, enjoyer of Friday Manhattans. https://bio.site/gregolear
CA21NORO7ALE @mu21cvs.bsky.social 21ST CENTURY MUSIC!
SEE HERE: https://mu21cvs.com/
We're in an off-season between Part III (2000s) and Part IV in December (2025/26).
But, between 26 August and 20 September, we reveal
PART V - CA21NO RO7ALE (Feb 2027).
Click on the link above!
Jon Wurster @jonwurster.bsky.social Sitting in the back row with The Mountain Goats/Bob Mould Band…The Best Show...Scharpling & Wurster...couple other things. Most of my fun happens over at Instagram.
Ed Z @edzarenski.bsky.social Construction Economic Analyst/Author, 30yr construction cost estimating/system developer, past runner, dogdad, granddad. PSU. Teach astronomy. Speaker. Construction Analytics Blog http://edzarenski.com
SatchmoDistel @satchmodistel.bsky.social Love books that my state wants to ban.
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social Author of Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter at http://calculatedrisk.substack.com and Economic Weekly at https://economicweekly.substack.com/
Ruo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social stay hydrated
https://ruoshui.substack.com/
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social ✨I'm a former local TV news exec, reporter & producer with a few opinions about the news✨
⚡️Past: @KING5Seattle @WGNMorningNews @WGNNews @WCIA3 @NBC5Chicago @ABC7Chicago
🔥Now: Indistinct Chatter https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social West coast editor for New York Mag's Vulture. (Middle-aged) child of television. Allen Ludden superfan. YouTube archaeologist.
Mark Lewisohn @marklewisohn.bsky.social Writer of the Beatles biographical history trilogy All These Years. The first volume, Tune In, is out. Volume 2 is taking an age but still progressing steadily. www.marklewisohn.net
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Robert Christgau @rxgau.bsky.social Rock critic since 1967, ain't stopping now. Consumer Guide reborn at robertchristgau.substack.com. 
Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social Pedestrian birder in Chicago. Click on #birds tag to see just my bird photos without the whinging. I'm also sharing bird links using the #BirdLinks tag. I'm embarrassed by my typos but usually not enough to delete them. Gear: OM1 & OM 150-400 & 100-400
Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social Political science PhD student. Former starfish. World’s third best Bigfoot colonial governance simulation expert. Trans. She/her
Not actually a Teen Titan or neocon.
Ali Elabbady @egyptoknuckles.bsky.social Food & Music writer based in Minneapolis. Doing a lot, but never doing the most. 
The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com Daily News. With swearing. https://www.dailybeanspod.com/
Hosts: @muellershewrote.com & @dgcomedy.bsky.social
Support independent media: http://patreon.com/thedailybeans
Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@MSWMediaPods
Eliot @eliotetc.bsky.social I will never apologize for reporting the news
josh boerman @bosh.worstpossible.world america's finest
1/3 of @worstpossible.world
1/2 of @illconceivedpodcast.com
theatre director and more: joshboerman.com
Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social Senior writer at Wired, author of ONE BAD MOTHER, debut essay collection out now. https://www.amazon.com/One-Bad-Mother-Housewives-Momfluencers/dp/1668051117
chris @dinardeals4vets.bsky.social Banned from both Denny‘s in Santa Rosa California
Miles Klee 🦉 @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
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
The Humanist Report @humanistreport.bsky.social The Humanist Report is a leftist political news show on YouTube, Facebook & Twitch hosted by Mike Figueredo (he/him) | HumanistReport.com
Mr. Friendly, @birdrespecter.bsky.social Ignoble ape-like cryptid and whimsical dullard ambling about the PNW. I write + talk about both the Internet and the NFL.
www.linktr.ee/birdrespecter
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social http://davidpakman.komi.io/
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com Husband | Dad | Designer | California Native | Lifelong Dem | Strategist
Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social Hank of Decline
Website - hausofdecline.ca
Patreon - http://patreon.com/hausofdecline
Store - https://hausofdecline.bigcartel.com/
Zach Lowe @zachlowenba.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/p/DFvIa7IOHJ9/
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social Candidate for US Senate | Congresswoman #TX30 | Civil Rights & Criminal Attorney | Progressive | Fmr. St. Rep. HD100 | DST 1913 🐘🔥| She/Her/Ella | #TEXASTOUGH
Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social Music lover, occasional reader, dabbles in the outdoors.
https://albumwhale.com/arewenotben / https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/arewenotben / https://silent.pika.page/ | taking a break from here
The Slow Music Movement @theslowmusicmovement.org Disorderly digging in an algorithmic world. Lesser known independent artists & alternative music. Generally lazy & hazy vibes. Check the Substack newsletter, blog, podcast & playlists:
https://www.submithub.com/link/the-slow-music-movement
The Map Center @mapcenter.com Andrew Middleton
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
A 'Peddler of Wheres' and owner of the oldest map store on the East Coast, The Map Center in Pawtucket RI. It's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
Murmalerm @murmalerm.bsky.social Avid gardener Hoya and Orchids.
No DMs Please and Thank you
No profile = no follow
No posts = no follow
No crypto no porn no lottery blah blah, you know the drill
Voted against MTG
Pete Fowler @petefowlerart.bsky.social Painter, illustrator, printmaker & sculptor. Open every other Tuesday on Soho Radio.
Sign up to my patreon, visit my shop, listen to radio shows and more down there.
https://linktr.ee/petefowler
Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social Exploring the ecology of an increasingly human planet.
Prof. Geography & Environmental Systems, UMBC
Anthromes, Anthroecology & Anthropocene
https://anthroecology.org/people/ellis/
Jay Babcock @jaywbabcock.bsky.social Semi-educated guesser. Unknown genre. LANDLINE: jaybabcock.substack.com Past: Arthur Magazine co-founder/editor. babcock dot jay at gmail dot com
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee. 
Beermiscuous-Lakeview @beermiscuous.bsky.social Bluesky's only craft beer bar and shop. 2812 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago. 21+ to follow. Posts by @bainard.bsky.social
George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social Droppin' mics then bringin' them to be fixed 'cause I'm nice and whatnot. Look for "Clean Slate" on Prime Video February 6th.
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social Journalist/author based in the Pacific Northwest. Enemy of fascists, friend of whales. Author of ‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s War on American Democracy’ and nine other books. Subscribe to my work at https://davidneiwert.substack.com/.
Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social "Our capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but our inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
https://buymeacoffee.com/justjack1
Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join
Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25 year veteran Special Agent; Author, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; and, The FBI Way; Democracy defender.
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
Support us: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/
📧 info@unraveledpress.com
📱 Signal: unraveled.66
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
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
Eric Koreen @ekoreen.bsky.social Senior editor at The Athletic NBA. Invented the #HotTake.
Thought it was something/Turns out it was nothing/Wish I could say that didn't happen often
I Don’t Hear A Single @hearasingle.bsky.social Reviewer and Playlist compiler of new and under appreciated music. Into the ninth year and continue to grow. 
Charlie Ricci @bloggerhythms.bsky.social Chairman of the Board, CEO & Editor-in-chief of Bloggerhythms, a rock & pop music blog for adults since April 2005. 🎶🎹🎸🎺🎼 Fan of the Fab 4. ⚾ Fan of the Philadelphia Phillies!
http://bloggerhythms.blogspot.com and https://linktr.ee/bloggerhythms 
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone NYT-bestselling, US-born immigrant living in Portugal. Books: RINGMASTER; TRUE BELIEVER; and on Oct. 6, @beckbook.com. Married to @sirosenbaum.bsky.social. Co-hostess of @herecomestomorrow.net. PFP is Nomi Sunrider as drawn by David Roach.