Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Comics.
Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Animation.
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Executive/Associate Producer, Lackadaisy.
Writer, Cartoonist.
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Maureen Kelleher @maureenkelleher.bsky.social Freelance education writer. Previously Editorial Director, Future Ed at Georgetown. Selected priors: EdPost, The Chicago Reporter. Former high school teacher. Mom. 
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2-3 images each day, most of the days!
CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social When you absolutely, positively got to know every "On This Day" in movie history, accept no substitutes.
10+ years & 50,000 followers on Twitter, making a new home for ourselves here. (formerly Dates in Movies)
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social Senior politics writer at Salon.com. I block for MAGA trolling, violent rhetoric, and humorless sanctimony.
I would love nothing more than to never see another meme in replies. I am doomed.
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social eisner award winning cartoonist 💬 Nancy, PeePeePooPoo, Adventure Time, Etc
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drummer, mediocre catcher
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Seth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social Director of Advocacy @freedom.press
Open Measures @openmeasures.io Open Measures is an open-source threat intelligence and social media research platform created to assist those who investigate and track the spread of harmful online content.
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Lakeshore Drive Slut @shredded-teat.bsky.social chicago bicycle supremacist she/her
Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org We are a progressive grassroots political party building a multiracial, feminist movement of working people. Text WFP to 30403 to join us.
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T. Tex Edwards @ttexed.bsky.social Mostly posting old music, art & lit. Occasional blogger. Dallas native living in Austin. Retired entertainer. I stick to art & gardening now…
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Spooky Sara (endless summer) @pashion.bsky.social Music is my Life ✌ she/ her *warning* I post Doctor Who stuff this is the warning. Advocate for Universal Health Insurance. No Gen AI. Please use Alt Text. Non Binary. Disability Advocate. Some Horror.
Kate Arnold @dulcimerkate.bsky.social Musician/Composer/Electro-Medievalist.
PhD (Arabic poetry, Old French song).
Hammered dulcimer, vielles/viols/violins.
Inventor of the phantasmaphone.
"Absolutely extraordinary" - BBC R3
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https://katearnoldmusic.com/
DNT Records @dntrecords.bsky.social Tynan 👦🏻🐛
Act 1: 2005-2015 Act 2: Now!
Label/Distro specializing in the underground DIY cassette scene. Experimental/Drone/Ambient/Psychedelic/Weird
dntrecords.com
Columbus, Ohio
IG: @/dorisnordic
Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social Allies needn’t be perfect. They just need to be in the fight.
Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effect pedals, Antifa Local 242.
mellotronworker @mellotronworker.bsky.social 🎹worker of mellotrons, from Edinburgh, 🎼composer and musician, 📐mathematician, 🐈cats, 🏎️F1, ⛪ordained archbishop, Reaper user, Bach, King Crimson and Arvo Part acolyte.
www.mikedickson.org.uk
mikedickson.bandcamp.com
Comics in the Golden Age @comicsinthega.bsky.social The Comics in the Golden Age Podcast. And sometimes the Platinum Age. Celebrating comics books & comic strips of all genres & their creators (ESPECIALLY THEIR CREATORS) from the 1930s to the 1950s, & other comics history!
Eddie Campbell @eddiecampbell.bsky.social Comicker
Margeaux Pepoy @pepoy.bsky.social Comic book artist and writer. The Simpsons, Fables, Betty & Veronica. Creator of "Simone & Ajax," publisher Spicy Tomato Studios.
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Louis Southard - Comic Book Writer @louissouthard.bsky.social 26 | Comic Book Writer & Creator: Valiant Entertainment, Mad Cave, Zoop, Sumerian Comics, MASSIVE Publishing, Scout Comics, Zestworld, Action Lab, etc. | Email: louissouthard@gmail
Drew @drewrussian.bsky.social he / they
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com executive editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
I biked in this @ibikedinthis.bsky.social Addressing common barriers to everyday biking and proving that you can roll in style—even in Chicago. https://www.instagram.com/ibikedinthis/ https://linktr.ee/ibikedinthis
Heather in Chicago @heatherk.bsky.social “Wild and wise—a perfect paradox of a woman”—my friend Amanda. Also posting here as ibikedinthis.bsky.social
33rd Ward Working Families @33rdwardworking.bsky.social A political home for organizing + empowering our diverse, working class community to democratize political structures and resources in Chicago’s 33rd Ward. 3248 W Montrose Ave.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
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Some things in life deserve a second chance. A #bicycle is one that does.
(Bikes are still considered one of the best inventions, ever.)
Fritz Eifrig @feifrig.bsky.social Failed punk, plausible hippie, faded roué, bitter crank. Rock rock swoop swoop.
108.9 The Hawk @1089thehawk.com Val Verde's Second Favorite Classic Rock Station
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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social Journalist. Let me explain something to you, Walsh. This business requires a certain amount of finesse.
christopherdhooks@gmail.com
mechanical twerk @ruhee.ca baseball freak, musician, knitter, powerlifter, book enjoyer, software engineer. 20% of @survivalclubtheband.com and creator of STACHECAST: stachecast.lol she/her 🍉
Gene Ha creator of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE The Definitive Edition @geneha.com Chicago comic geek, author of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE: The Definitive Edition
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Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social Author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane (Spring 2026) Pre-order it here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-beta/cosmic-music/9780306836169/
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
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social A mix for every year of recorded sound.
Find out more at centuriesofsound.com
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social Photographer, Chicago guy, punk rock nostalgia keeper. Sometimes I still write things too.
www.aaroncynic.com
Liz Bustamante @liznoise.bsky.social Previously Chicago, currently Portland
Technical writer, audio nerd, drum fiend, friend to all cats.
I can take a sad song and make it better.
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Conrad Elliot ✝️📿🏳️⚧️ @conradelliot.bsky.social small town trans guy in the twin cities. prayerbook catholic in the episcopal church. liturgical jack of all trades.
pax per sanguinem crucis.
Manic Depressive Nightmare Thembo @itsashleevaughn.bsky.social stuck somewhere between reality & fantasy✨
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Steve Reich @stevereich.bsky.social 
Jen @jspacewoman.bsky.social Portland, Oregon
jazz and avant garde | the beauty of the mundane
mom of two boys | cat woman | enthusiast
I love finding records and listening to them 🖤
https://bandcamp.com/lunaonthegrass
Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social Books (Rebel Rebel; Ashes to Ashes), blogs (64 Quartets; Pushing Ahead of the Dame; Locust St.)
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Grace Pritchard Burson (Schrödinger's Canadian) @gaudynight78.bsky.social Twitter's official Dorothy L. Sayers stan account, 2018-24, now on Bluesky. New Englander in Quebec. Eph '00/YDS '04. Mom, priest (the sweary kind), writer (ask me about my musical!), doula. Yes, my grandma shot a Nazi. Born at 335ppm. She/her. INTJ/5w4.
Tim McDermott @thebombshelter.bsky.social Public defender, former owner of Scooter’s Records in Hermosa Beach, KXLU dj since 1988. The Bomb Shelter airs Fridays from 8-9 pm PDT on 88.9 FM in Los Angeles and kxlu.com.
Mike S @pooneil70.bsky.social Can I live while I'm young?
Longtime taper/archivist
Here for the GD/JGB/PHISH/TAB/WSMFP/GOOSE/SPAFF/KGLW/GBA/NMS/tDB
and the other bands you all point me towards
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Modern Nature @modernnature.bsky.social The Heat Warps - modernnature.band
Jon Amadeus Markley @xjamarkleyx.bsky.social Zen Buddhist / Punk Rocker / Cat herder /
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Greater Chicago IWW
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CHICAGO
Peace, freedom and anarchy for all beings…
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social Armchair phrenologist. Self-certified body language expert. MENSA member. Former Never-Ending Pasta Pass Owner. Intellectual. Gifted kid —> Gifted adult. RIP Seattle Sea Dragons. Vai Corinthians. Bluesky’s premier Seven Mary Three poster.
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no AI ever
Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social Beyond the grace of God, a wanderer in the outer darkness.
Lambda Award winner, Locus Award finalist, Best-selling author of MANHUNT, CUCKOO, and BLACK FLAME, out now from Tor Nightfire, and CHIMERA, coming 2027
Profile pic by @theoboopis.bsky.social
Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social Prof at KU Law. Writes about sexual violence, criminal law, courts, judges, and empirical legal studies. He/Him/His.
Chicago 2100 Urbanism @chicago2100.bsky.social Petition to Demand A World-Class Chicago Transit System: https://www.change.org/Chicago2100
Advocating for a better tomorrow, one street at a time
Chicago 🏳️⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social Internally displaced southern queer refugee. All my homies hate landlords, car dependency, and exclusionary housing policy.
Housing policy is community, environmental policy, transit policy, and (anti-) segregation policy
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social Chicago journalist at Injustice Watch. 
Zander Raymond @zanderraymond.bsky.social artist + musician
chicago, il
www.zanderraymond.com
www.zanderraymond.bandcamp.com
raymond.zander@gmail.com
Macie Stewart @maciestewart.bsky.social 🌫️ ‘When The Distance Is Blue’ out March 21 on International Anthem
sherri cola ✺ @sherricola.bsky.social vintage seller, art curator | @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past Table of the Elements record label, Album 88, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens ga
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com Founder and Publisher of Liberal Currents
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Threads handle adamgurri
Elmtree @elmtree.bsky.social live in Chicago, love the Tigers & have seen them play in 25(+1) parks! (also cheer for the Nats bc marriage and I like them!)
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
Val 🏳️⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social Trans. (she/her) @VK_HM on Twitter.
Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me Ideal city: ⚛️ nuclear-powered, 🏙️ dense housing, 💰 affordable, 🚇 transit. Aka Chicago.
Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.
Esopus⨺⃝ @esopus.bsky.social (Past) Furry Migration/(Future) Heartland Howloween
Fursuiting/Playing Synthesizers
Gonkhead
51
New York
She/Her/Dragon/Dragon's
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social Author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America • Writer in Residence at Duke University briangoldstone.net
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
prince egregious, heir apparent @sonofahurricane.bsky.social ai (“eye”.) zie/hir ("zee"/"hear".) 33. reference jester, reluctant organizer, wannabe political educator. PIC abolitionist trying to learn to live finally.
Julie in Cope @julesette.bsky.social I have birds. I'm a spoonie. I do radio for WFMU's Give The Drummer Radio. She/Her. Music heals. NYC
Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://prisonpolicy.org/subscribe/
Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me Russia watcher supreme at @meduza.io. (All skeets here are my views alone.) Ugly American based in Portland, Oregon. Signal: @KevinRothrock.01 / Find all my junk here: https://linktr.ee/kevinrothrock
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
babski @babski.bsky.social Adam · I like bikes and the bus · he/him
🪩🌌🐎
Chicago via MN
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social Priest, mediaevalist, geek, Scot. All views personal. She/ her
Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher
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Rev David Casey OPA @dpcasey74.bsky.social Epsicopal Priest and Dominican Friar, He/Him. Priest-in-Charge, St Mary’s Colonial Beach, Diocese of Virginia. Dysgwr Cymraeg🏳️🌈🏴.
Enjoys motorcyles, road trips, loves Jesus
Parish website:
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Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org bringing you religion, culture, and politics since 2008
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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social Sometimes sports journo, sometimes comms pro, always a maker. Love Chicago. Probably making a Taskmaster or Murder, She Wrote joke. I won't answer any questions you can Google. I'm here for conversation, not debate. I mute whining about officials.
Matt Clarke @mattclarkeelevator.bsky.social 12-string guitarist at The Elevator Operators and The Above
Radio host for WFMU’s RnS What’s Happening?!?!
DJ 1960s beat ‘n soul for Twentyfourth Hour at Birdy’s in Brooklyn, New York 2nd Thursdays
Joel @storywonker.bsky.social A serious person who does big things
Teddy Focaccia @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social Former Nashvillian, present San Franciscan, Episcopal priest, writer, washed-up classical singer, Magnificat stan
Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social Emily
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal