SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social Radically pedestrian urban planning. Chicago-centric. ✶✶✶✶
Chicago History Podcast @chicagohistorypod.bsky.social Stories about the Greatest City in the World. Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts.
Neighbors of Edgewater & Uptown @neuchicago.bsky.social Moving Our Neighborhoods Forward
Official account for Neighbors of Edgewater & Uptown
neuchicago.org
Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social architecture, dead mall, train, car enthusiast
Chicago-based
takes too many photos
non-binary
Blog: https://whatusedtobethere.blogspot.com/
Website: https://etaoin-shrdlu.net/
RIP COHOST - EGGBUG FOREVER - KEEP EM POSTING IN OUR HEARTS
David S. F. Portree @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social history guy, science writer, educator, map librarian, archivist, 58 yrs a space exploration nut, ex-NASA, ex-US Geological Survey, now doing local history among the pines in Flagstaff AZ USA
Save NASA space science
https://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com
That Geography Gay @countyty.bsky.social TYLER 🏳️🌈he/him/his Midwest (rural IL), MUPP UIC ‘28, geography, urban planning, transit, travel
@leighmonty.bsky.social @leighmonty.bsky.social librarianship | art | cities | jazz | media & comms | nature |freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose❤️📚🌳🌎
Illinois Public Media @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social Educating, informing, and inspiring communities through the power of public media. Heard, seen, and experienced on WILL-AM, FM, TV, Illinois Soul, and beyond!
📍 Based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
🌍 Serving central Illinois and more!
Bureau of Phosphate Reclamation, DCPR @wormwood23.bsky.social Artisan Rorschach wallpaper printer
m w bowman @mw.brutalism.space brutalism.space guy /// born, raised, and currently living in the beautiful Cascadia bioregion /// ask me about unionizing your workplace
Adriana Pérez @adrianaperez.bsky.social she/her/ella ✶ Environment and climate change for @chicagotribune.com 🌱 Sometimes immigration and breaking news. Notre Dame alum. Ecuadorian.
Holt @holt.bsky.social Chicagoan
The Chicago Bench Collective @chicagobenchcollective.org Everyone deserves a place to sit. We build places to sit.
Request a bench: chicagobenchcollective.org
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
Heather Lawson @heatherlawson.bsky.social Illinois based landscape photography. I have prints on my website and in person events. https://heather-lawson.com
Also have a music podcast with my friend Andrew. We mostly feature underground, heavy music
https://youtube.com/@hhhgmbp
Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social The CCP is a collective that brings 19th-century Black organizing to digital life through archives, digital exhibits, and more.
Posting a new series on July 4-6: What to the Colored Conventions is the Declaration of Independence?
ColoredConventions.org
What is life without Books?! @wherearethebooks.bsky.social Promoting #OpenScience practises (in the Arab States) & #LordByron (everywhere else). Ravenous bibliophage lurking in the desert (with cats)
Chief Academic Officer, Knowledge E | Director, The Byron Society | Director, Forum for Open Research | BARS Exec
Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social I make chill scale modeling videos
+ Build custom model railroads for clients
https://lnk.bio/InterurbanEra
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org Professional labor photographer. Unions for all. Birds. Whales. Cats. Hydration. Maybe a dash of democratic socialism. Not necessarily in that order. Too much optimism for the current moment.
Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle
Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social I like drawing, Chicago, trees, smores, fude 55, prairie smoke, and boygenius.
Zachary Kocanda @zacharykocanda.bsky.social Illinois’s favorite son. Malarker retweeter.
zacharykocanda.com
Joel @joelflaxman.bsky.social 
Peter Kersten @pertkertsen.bsky.social Strategic planning at NITA Chicago. Transit, bikes, planning.
Chris Goodman @cbgoodman.co Professor & MPA Director @ NIU. Public finance & local govts. Special districts, mostly. 🚴
📍 Chicagoland
🌐 hello.cgoodman.com
Sara Heymann @go-for-a-walk.bsky.social Artist, organizer, library worker.
Saraheymann.com
Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social Tour, On Cinema at the Cinema, Office Hours, find it all and more at linktr.ee/tim.heidecker
Chad Gregory @chadmgregory.bsky.social Product Manager / Planning & Zoning Commissioner / Precinct Committeeperson
Jack Womack @jwomack.bsky.social Writer.
William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol All the world’s a stage
Marcia Caton Campbell @mcc51.bsky.social Mind like a magnetic sieve. Knitter. Keeper of books. Food systems/urban planner. MCRP, PhD. Open access: Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7
Soul-wise, these are trying times. — E.B. White
Alex @acannon.bsky.social They’re passing a new law. Its called Ride Your Bike.
Chicago
Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social quasar gazer | science & education policy wonk | prof. of physics & astronomy at a public liberal arts college | Illinoisan
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
Rae Loren @aspwriter85.bsky.social Home cook, data engineer, transit geek, Chicagoan, and mom x2
Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social Matching books w/ readers thru the library especially #HorrorForLibraries. Jersey Girl in exile. Reviews for LJ & Booklist. HWA Sec. Rep @laneheymont.bsky.social. Bram Stoker Winner, WHY I LOVE HORROR (Saga Press) https://bit.ly/WhyILoveHorror. (She/Her)
Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com Dog butler to Indy, Darby, & Kell. Former USMC 0341. Chicago Tavern style. You may know me from years of MSFT. Or not. Was @nerdpyle before the bad times. Eat shït, nazis
Patty Garcia @pattyforil.bsky.social 
Chicago Area Man @anasskickingcontest.com The Chicago Wolves are a professional hockey team
JulieBWriter @juliebwriter.bsky.social Professor and journalist: Reading, writing, traveling, swimming, walking. Aspiring polyglot. RP/USH She/her
Images of a ceramic fox and a neon “Magikist” sign.
Damien C-C @dccc-phd.bsky.social Human geneticist 🧬, bioinformagician 🧙🏻♂️, choral musician 🎼, and unrepentant city slicker 🏙️. Amplifying interesting signals (like #ScienceWin)! [he/him]
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3466-1846
Marty McKee @martymckeeofficial.bsky.social 
Sir Thinksalot @sirthinksalot.bsky.social ⚓️⚔️ historian & veteran.
Bibliovore, cat valet, occasional political proctologist, #NAFO (they/them).
Soliciting = scam report & block.
My typos are as praise unto Titivillus, patron demon of scribes
(https://tinyurl.com/Titivillus)
Michelle 💗 @michellemslis.bsky.social She/her. Librarian/archivist. History nerd. Cat mom. Packers fan. Proud queer.
Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social Retired derby player, now learning to ice skate • desker @ChicagoSports.bsky.social • New Mexican • aided/abetted by @buckweaver.bsky.social
Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social Curling, cats, and crimes. And occasional baseball. (Also, baseball crimes.) Living in Chicago with @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social. Never quite sure which century I’m in. https://jacobpomrenke.com
Public Universal Fiend @publicuniversal.bsky.social Public Universal Fiend, Reply Guy Local #666-420 on twitter. Proud Duşakabinoğlu failson and supporter of a Denver el.
🌩️👀 nZUfKLn7iTKj
MItten Mary @mittenmary.bsky.social Midwesterner. Looking for how our country gets back to normal. Following progressive politics, Chicagology, the arts, cats, and quirky stuff.
Why are people following me? I’m here more to read than post.
Laura ✌🏼 @lauraleonard.bsky.social Professional Photo Manager, photography-loving sustainable gardener 🌻 happily married to my amazing wife 🏳️🌈
I 📸 Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/LauraLeonard
I use @pinkleap.app to view my Bluesky photo feeds 🦩
https://pinkleap.app/
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
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.
Strong Towns Chicago @strongtownschicago.bsky.social Have fun and make a difference with an active urbanist community. Join us!
Housing 🏡 Transit 🚎 Finance 🤓
Website: strongtownschicago.org
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/strongtownschicago
S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social Librarian, gleaner, energy seeker. Love calls us to the things of this world.
CHICAGO AI ALERT @chicagoaialert.bsky.social because using generative ai in politics only breeds distrust in reality
Bridget O’Brien @bridgetemob.bsky.social Philadelphian, Chicagoan, Catholic lay minister • she | her
“And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:”
Robin Kelly, Ph.D. @robinlynnekelly.bsky.social Congresswoman representing Illinois's 2nd Congressional District.
www.robinforsenate.com
AJ LaTrace @latrace.bsky.social Senior reporter at Inman
Previously: Business Insider, Chicago magazine, Curbed
aj at inman dot com
Zac Bleicher @zacbleicher.bsky.social Edgar Miller Legacy
www.edgarmiller.org 
Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social Catholic, son, brother, Brother, Jesuit, weightlifter, woodworker, radical for Christ. Proudly putting the SJ into SJW. My posts≠orgs I am part of. (he/him)
Beautiful Women Updates @aoife.bsky.social great lakes secessionist | ask your therapist about me (she/her)
Reema Saleh ✨ @reemasabrina.bsky.social journo, producer & comms whiz kid. she/her ✨ www.reemasaleh.com
💼 @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social
🖋️ @chicagoreader.com @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and elsewhere
📚 policy trained at uchicago
The People's Lobby @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social We’re leading the fight to win real victories for people and the planet.
✊ People Over Profit.
📍 Illinois.
👇 We Train. We Organize. We Educate.
Patrick Smith @pksmid.bsky.social Co-host of Say More with Mary Dixon
Kristy Buescher @beaugart.bsky.social Amateur photographer of landscapes, roadside oddities, and pets. Nomad at heart. Road trips are my jam. #Route66Enthusiast #TechNerd #TeamPixel #OldSchoolGamer
Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
Donate & more: https://linktr.ee/zinneducationproject
John Dunlevy @jdunlevy.bsky.social Chicago ✶ and Berwyn, Illinois. he/him
https://dunlevy.org/john/
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
Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social Blogger at https://randyl.posthaven.com, software developer, CoCoRaHS.org volunteer.
Creator of the Star Odyssey app for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.randyl.starodyssey
Mary Dixon @maryldixon.bsky.social Host of Say More w/Mary Dixon & Patrick Smith on WBEZ.
Former Morning Edition host, former 93XRT
Irish memory ☘️
Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social Chicago architecture and history, papercraft and postcards - https://www.wurlington-bros.com/
Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Marshall University | Studies Socialist State Legislators | Managing Editor @cliocontemporary.bsky.social | Social Media Director for @midwesternhistory.bsky.social | Host of @heartlandhistory.bsky.social | Solidarity Forever🌹
ZLibrarian @zolam.bsky.social Librarian, history researcher, writer, OER, gardening, arts, collaboration, communities, speculative fiction, dancing. Reader. ALA, ACRL. She/her. No DMs.
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
Fred Iutzi @frediutzi.bsky.social Perennial advocate for agriculture, climate, & communities. Eighth generation Illinoisan. Helping lay the groundwork for widespread agroforestry as Senior Director of Strategy at the Savanna Institute - savannainstitute.org.
Bloomington, Illinois, USA.
Savanna Institute @savannainstitute.bsky.social Laying the groundwork for widespread agroforestry in the US Midwest. savannainstitute.org
Dan Caroselli @dancaroselli.bsky.social Public Servant @ City of L.A. | LA stuff | architecture appreciator | maps/charts/tables when I have the time
Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
Angela Major @angelamajor.bsky.social Photojournalist at Wisconsin Public Radio
Matt Hucke @matthucke.bsky.social Photographer, programmer, author of "Graveyards of Chicago" and "Seattle Neon". Wartime consigliere.
Stacey Wescott (Wescott Images) @staceywescott.bsky.social visual journalist @chicagotribune.bsky.social
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social prairie-style socialism and postcards
https://www.postcard-past.com/
Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social Social Justice Worrier
Personal account; tweets are not representative of any employer (but are often nerdy about Chicago and/or local government)
It’s pronounced “Blewski”
He/him
Sandy Johnston @sandypsj.bsky.social Transit geek. Planner. Cat dad. Cubs fan. Deputy Director of Regional Transit Planning at MBTA. Blogging much less than I'd like at www.itineranturbanist.wordpress.com.
Opinions my own.
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
robinson ✶✶✶✶ @gache.bsky.social ☸️ །ཨོཾ་ཧ་ནུ་པྷ་ཤ་བྷ་ར་ཧེ་ཡེ་སྭཱཧཱ། ☸️
people and planet before profits
public library enthusiast | flâneuse | environmental (BS) & information (MS) scientist | IBEW | 🏳️🌈
everything dope—including the pope—comes from chicago
2023.08.12
Edgar Miller Legacy @edgarmillerart.bsky.social Furthering the appreciation of the life, philosophy, and work of Edgar Miller. Join our mailing list and check out learning resources at edgarmiller.org. Dive into an archive of Miller's art and images on our Instagram: instagram.com/edgarmillerart.
Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social The Biodiversity Heritage Library provides free & #OpenAccess to 63+ million pages of #biodiversity literature online. 🔗 biodiversitylibrary.org
Jennifer Messner @occasionallyzen.bsky.social Books, coffee, photos, nonprofit grant writer, Southside Chicago
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
Newsletter (100k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
Jake Wertz @jakewertz.bsky.social Living + gardening just west of Chicago. PhD sociologist doing research + transformation in a large suburban public school district. 🏡🪴🌉📈📊👨🏫
Toscha @poemless.bsky.social Lover of lovely things, problematic takes, and my rescue dog. Hater of Illinois Nazis.
Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social Photojournalist @BlockClubCHI | BSJ, MSJ, Adjunct Lecturer @MedillSchool | Lifelong Chicagoan | #TodaysReportingLunch | Cats | News | Local Lens
Amy Franco @thomaspoptart.bsky.social Midwestern Isthmian 🇵🇦 en PDX. Coyote, bird, and bat enthusiast
Board Secretary of Pueblo Unido PDX
Mujer del maíz 🌽 🌱
Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com (He/him). I draw power lines and TVs and do urban landscape photography. Metro-Detroit.
Abolish police. Free Palestine. Trans rights.
Art store: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com
Main art website: marcusjmerritt.com
Tips: https://ko-fi.com/marcusjmerritt
paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social Chicago-based photographer documenting and uplifting collective action for progressive change. Most work licensed via Creative Commons at flickr.com/pgoyette
Shit Planning @planningshit.bsky.social A celebration of all the Shit Stuff imposed on our environment. Perpetrated by Architects, Planners, Surveyors, Engineers & other environmental ne’er do wells.
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Indian Prairie Public Library @ipplinfo.bsky.social Serving portions Darien, Willowbrook, and Burr Ridge, Illinois
Visit us on the web: ippl.info
Skokie Public Library @skokielibrary.bsky.social The heart of a vibrant village. 
Addison Public Library @addisonlibrary.bsky.social We provide opportunities to explore, create, and connect. 📚 Addison, IL