Chicago Reader Union @chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social Official editorial union of the Chicago Reader, organizing with @chicagonewsguild.bsky.social. Established 2015.
Chicago DOE @chicagodoe.bsky.social Making Chicago greener and more livable
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Skunk Cabbage Books @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social An indie bookstore and community workshop space in Chicago focused on building our connections to the natural world.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. I'm just trying to make my city a better place
Adriana PΓ©rez @adrianaperez.bsky.social she/her/ella βΆ Environment and climate change for @chicagotribune.com π± Sometimes immigration and breaking news. Notre Dame alum. Ecuadorian.
Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Linguistics at Berkeley. Language, identity & prosody, esp. in politics & human-computer interaction. Trivia person and marathoner. LA & the Bay. No one is illegal on stolen land. Views are my own.
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Borderless Magazine @borderlessmag.bsky.social We're a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet reporting on and with immigrants in English, Spanish, Dari and more. Sign up for our weekly newsletters!
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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social Short. Black. Mom. Wife. Writer. Photographer. Profanity enthusiast. Chicago architecture & history + classic film. Photos mine unless noted. Opinions always mine. Fighter against the tyranny of hard pants & unyielding waistbands. she/her
Sharlyn Grace @sharlyngrace.bsky.social She/her. Lawyer supporting social movements & public defense policy advocate in Chicago.
JewΓ©l Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social Thinking and writing about youth, culture and society β’ Pitch me jmjwrites11@gmail.com β’ jewΓ©l.com
City of Chicago @chicago-city.bsky.social The official handle for the greatest freakin' city in the world.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
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Michelle Birkett, PhD @michellebirkett.bsky.social Associate Professor @ Department of Medical Social Sciences | Director @ Center for Computational and Social Sciences in Health (COMPASS) | NIH PI @ Northwestern University | HIV & Networks
Daniel Horton @danethan.bsky.social Earth System, Climate, Atmospheric, and Air Quality Scientist; Interdisciplinary! β impacts, extremes, hazards, equity, solutions, etc. β Prof @ Northwestern U; USAF 15WX Veteran; https://sites.northwestern.edu/danethan/
Raed Mansour @raedmansour.com Public health environmentalist, Openlands Board, River Park Natural Area Community Steward, Former Metropolitan Planning Council Senior Fellow & Chicago Department of Public Health Director of Environmental Innovation. β₯
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Center for Neighborhood Technology @cnt.org Center for Neighborhood Technology delivers innovative analysis and solutions that support community-based organizations and local governments to create neighborhoods that are equitable, sustainable, and resilient
Maanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social Immigration Reporter @us.theguardian.com
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Robert Vargas @robvargas.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social Law Prof at UC Davis Law; co-host of the 99pi Breakdown of the Constitution https://99percentinvisible.org/book-club/
Non-practicing optimist.
Richard Corsi @corsiaq.bsky.social Dean - College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Indoor air quality researcher. Dog lover. Music lover. Acoustic guitarist. Faith in younger generations.
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350 Chicago @350chicago.bsky.social Bringing Chicago-area residents into the global climate movement.
Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com Real estate information platform for development in Chicago, Cook County, and Lake County (Illinois and Indiana). http://chicagocityscape.com
Angela Tovar @angtovar.bsky.social South Sider. Mother. Proud Chicana.
Chief Sustainability Officer for Chicago.
Environmental and Climate Justice for All.
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Alma Campos @almacampos.bsky.social Immigration reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
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McKinley Park Community Garden @mkp-garden-steward.bsky.social Info on community garden + park stewardship volunteer events in Chicago's McKinley Park. All welcome, always ππΏπ«πͺπβ¨πΉππͺ
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrΓ¨s ne vaut que sβil est partagΓ© par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
@joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social Chicago writer & urban planner. Clips in the Chicago Reader, South Side Weekly, Barn Raiser, Dwell, Floodlight, Mother Jones, + more. 
Environmental Law & Policy Center @elpcenter.bsky.social We advocate, innovate, and litigate to protect the Midwestβs environment.
Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social Writer. New Yorker. Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Our book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, is out now. lifeaftercars.com
Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com Transportation engineering professor. Road safety, planning, behavior, & culture; wildfire planning and response; inclusive disaster evacuation; ethics of tech in transportation. Pedagogy and rsearch methods nerd. SLO and Tahoe. "Tare-uh", She/her.
@brettchase.bsky.social @brettchase.bsky.social Environmental reporter with @chicago.suntimes.com
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Paul Esling @paulesling.bsky.social I make web mapping tools at CNT.org. I ride a bike in Chicago.
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greyson van arsdale @greysonvanarsdale.bsky.social freelance reporter covering environment, climate, govt oversight, and activism. aspiring novelist and some other things too.πChicago
shawn @mulchy.bsky.social a very serious journalist | signal: shawn.56
jean @jeanniebabies.bsky.social bikes, transit, housing, chicago. in a band called hard femme. bureaucrat in training
Shreyas Gandlur @shreyas.bsky.social Policy Counsel for Senator Ron Wyden
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social Stay alive another week
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social assoc prof at uic
Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing is available at https://www.ucpress.edu/books/indefensible-spaces/paper
www.rahimkurwa.com
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social Printers Row and North Center
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
Siri Chilukuri @siric.bsky.social freelancer on a warming planet // bylines: @insideclimatenews.org @theguardian.com @southsideweekly.bsky.social // i write about environmental justice (mostly) // sirichilukuri.com // https://ko-fi.com/s12267
Lindsey Rosenthal @eventsforgood.bsky.social Helping nonprofits more effectively raise money through events. Posts about politics, events + hospitality, baseball, Chicago, and sparkles. @eventsforgood on the other apps.
JGfromNP @jgfromnp.bsky.social I'm JG. I'm from NP. In Chicago. On a bike. He/Him/His.
kyle tear down that highway lucas π³οΈβπ @itskylelucas.com Love people, drink good coffee, and bike everywhere. I care a lot about cities (and π’s) | HIV+ | fighting for better streets @betterstreetschicago.org | My posts are mine
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. π² ποΈ π π± π³οΈβπ π·
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence. Occasionally: hate movements and conspiracism.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social Co-author, "Life After Cars,β co-host, The War on Cars. Runner, Disney parks fan (he/him)
Taking a break for the summer.
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viva mexico @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com A researcher who writes about #FOIA, policing and technology. I help run @lucyparsonslabs.com & give advice to @ddosecrets.com & @MuckRock.com
Beautiful Women Updates @aoife.bsky.social great lakes secessionist | ask your therapist about me (she/her)
It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social In search of new forms of life. Sharing news, podcasts, and opinion about autonomous social movements across so-called North America.
Dan Berger @dnbrgr.bsky.social Writer of words, hater of prisons
Author of STAYED ON FREEDOM, CAPTIVE NATION, & other things. PRISON: INCARCERATION AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA coming March 2027:
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H Kapp-Klote @hkappklote.bsky.social I write about Chicago, labor, and organizing.
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stop cop cities everywhere @micahh.bsky.social law student. "subject is a support of defend the forest according to his twitter"
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social CUNY prof. Historian of, and advocate for, student organizing. @studentactivism from Twitter.
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit π΄
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social Writer of the TOXIC AVENGER and TOXIC CRUSADERS comics and co-writer of JUSTICE WARRIORS. Founded The Nib (RIP). Comics editor at In These Times magazine.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic
Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar π @bebopott.bsky.social βΆβΆβΆβΆ devout Chicagoan || a blog called SILLY PRIZES || AudHD socialist rabble-rouser || doesn't have much plot significance but that doesn't stop him from chilling || "an account" per Chicago Sun-Times
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.β¨
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social Editor of Workday Magazine, formerly In These Times.
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.
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pausa de hateration @thatguywasfly.bsky.social I wound up here by holding on
dr. thrasher also believes netanyahu is a war criminal @thrasherxy.bsky.social Top selling author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. Former Guardian, Village Voice & SciAm. He/him
r o n y t h e b e n c h c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social Bike Cities Food Systems Data Coffee Tea Bread Cat Former Coastal Elite Person
Pooja Ravindran @poojaravindran.bsky.social π
Probably commenting on shenanigans chicityclerk.com
I am not my employer so neither are my opinions my employers' opinions
dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Senior writer @WIRED.com
Natsec, ADINT, surveillance
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"a mongrel of the most detestable" @xianb8.bsky.social #OctaviaSaw
Teacher, Organizer
DidnΒ΄t expect to make it this far
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Ayesha T Qazi-Lampert @ayeshaqazilampert.bsky.social Chicagoan. Pashtun. Peshawar. Environmental Science Public Educator. UIC PhD Cand. Environmental Justice Freedom School. Hon Appt Field Museum. 2023 EPA PIAEE Award Rcpt. Unionist πποΈπ§Ώ
Illinois Families for Public Schools @ilfps.bsky.social Grassroots, non-profit 501c4 advocacy org representing the interests of Illinois pro-public school families. Public schools = public good! info@ilfps.org
Justin Myers @justinmyers.net Journalist, tinkerer, crocheter, parent.
Married to @juliajrh.bsky.social.
Graphics editor, @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org.
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Also active on fediverse/Mastodon:
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Amy Qin @amyqin.bsky.social data reporter @us.theguardian.com
previously in your ears at @wbez.org
Michael Hawthorne @scribeguy.bsky.social Midwesterner. Pulitzer finalist. Dig into environment/public health for the Chicago Tribune. Confidential tips welcome via SIGNAL: scribeguy.35
EPL/NBA/MLB obsessive. Victoria Concordia Crescit. https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/michael-hawthorne
Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social Editor + Producer of Podcasts. Songwriter. Comedian. Writer. Surf + Garden. Upper Middlebrow.
Currently reading: Cats Cradle, Vonnegut
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Grace Del Vecchio @delvecchiograce.bsky.social π»editorial program manager @citybureau | Union household @cbworkersguild | Philly β‘οΈ Chicago
A.D. Quig @adquig.bsky.social Cook County, Chicago City Hall and Obama Presidential Center reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Hoosier. aquig@chicagotribune.com
cam rodriguez π @camrodriguez.bsky.social meddling kid / journalist. map nerd, midwest defender, chicago fanatic. π²π½πΊπ². data @wbez.org & requesting a lot of docs over @foiaday.bsky.social
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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute A nonprofit journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home to CPDP.co, Beneath the Surface, and more. 
Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social features writer, Chicago Reader: harm reduction, homelessness, and chicago/rust belt history.
proud member, Reader Union
kprout@chicagoreader.com; signal katie.507
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YTJF. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social Embracing my villain era. Words: @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Maxwell Evans @afrodip.bsky.social south shore, woodlawn + hyde park for @blockclubchi.bsky.social. kalamazoo's child. what is it, where is it, how will it affect me