Matt Frederick @mttfrdrck.bsky.social Edgewater Chicagoan | former St. Louisan
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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social We share the stories of Chicago architecture to inspire people to discover why design matters. EDUCATION • TOURS • EXHIBITIONS • CRUISES architecture.org
Peter Forbes @petersforbes.bsky.social Live NW of Chicago | Lifelong midwesterner | proud UW Badger
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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.
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
Toscha @poemless.bsky.social Lover of lovely things, problematic takes, and my rescue dog. Hater of Illinois Nazis.
Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social drifter/writer on architecture, culture and Chicago, photographer specializing in out-of-focus images. there will be posts on opera, apologies in advance.
Housing Action Illinois @housingactionil.bsky.social 
One Hashtag Birds @one-hashtag-birds.bsky.social
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago @mwrdgc.bsky.social Protecting public health and the environment by providing wastewater treatment for Chicago and 128 suburban communities and serving as Cook County’s Stormwater Management Authority. Learn more at mwrd.org.
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ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ It's definitely mostly about the floors. There may be swear words. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF, Library of Congress NRPB; Director, New Terrain at Sundance; Assoc Prof, University of Colorado
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Kathleen Burke @kgburke.bsky.social Writer, veteran teacher of literature & journalism, ultramarathon runner, triathlete, 40-year cancer survivor. PhD on Joyce Carol Oates
Chicago Transportation Alerts @ctaalerts.bsky.social unofficial fan 🤖 publishing updates about the Chicago transit system. now including the el, cta bus, and metra
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news Culture guy in Madison, Wisconsin. I run media at Outrider.org. In my free time, I publish https://www.flakphoto.news/. Do you like pictures? Read my newsletter!
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Jeff Esterholm @jesterholm.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Up North Sconnie.
The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories (Cornerstone Press/UW-Stevens Point, 2023)
Tollund Man: Stories (Cornerstone Press) is scheduled for October, 2026.
Anders Edwards @andersedwards.bsky.social ✍️ Dystopian Author
📚 Erased & What Happened To Ava
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Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social A monthly microfiction contest celebrating the lighter, more peculiar side of storytelling. Yes, our alpaca travels by quill 🦙🪶
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Chicago Ornithological Society @chicagobirder.bsky.social All things birds in the Second City!
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social UFW - fighting for farm workers since 1962. Sí Se Puede!®
Sarah Lynn Knowles @sarahspy.com Fiction writer, Storychord.com founding editor, Tin House Winter '24 & One Story Summer '23 alum || eavesdropper, signal booster, she/her, Massachusetts || https://sarahlynnknowles.com
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Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social Immigrant. Winner of the inaugural Nature Chronicles Prize (2022). She/her. In Northern California on unceded Coast Miwok land. 
Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social Bikes | Food | Transit | Housing | Travel | Music | Fashion | History | And More
📍 Chicago via too many places to list
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Abby Manzella @abbymanzella.bsky.social Writer, book critic, prof. MIGRATING FICTIONS (Ohio State UP 2018). RIPPLES INTO THE WILD (Cornerstone Press 2027). Pushcart Prize winner. Writing at Threepenny Review, LitHub, Mass Review, Pleiades, and HAD. https://abbymanzella.weebly.com/
Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social Writer. Short stories in: The Rumpus, Sonora Review, J Journal, Shooter Lit Mag, London Magazine, Fictive Dream, LEON, Litro & others | SL Bridport SS | Read my work at: www.scturnerfiction.com
Lisa Mc @tryingtoread.bsky.social Literary Allusion Curator and Personal Reader
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I'm an appreciative audience always looking for great words and art.
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Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social Celebrating 26 years of metal & wood type letterpress work. Love to share the process, forms and printing adventures. Jen & Jo.
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nuevaondacuba @nuevaondacuba.bsky.social Nací en Matanzas, Cuba. Literalmente al cruzar la calle de donde viviría mis primeros seis años. Los años que le siguieron a esos los he vivido fuera de allí. 
Jesú Estrada, Ph.D. @drmariajestrada.bsky.social Writer, Educator, Unionist, Activist, Mother, Wife. Liberation Theologist. Big Chingona Book Nerd. HWA member. Seeking a Bonafide agent 4 this barrio hustler.
Cheryl Ziegler @bibliographix1.bsky.social Librarian/archivist person just trying to connect the dots in this crazy picture puzzle world.
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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social Writer with work in The London Magazine, The Oxonian Review, Litro Magazine, Review 31, Necessary Fiction, The Mechanics’ Institute Review and elsewhere.
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Laura ✌🏼 @lauraleonard.bsky.social Professional Photo Manager, photography-loving sustainable gardener 🌻 happily married to my amazing wife 🏳️🌈
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JT @jaatee.bsky.social Photography, gardening, writes stuff occasionally 📸 photos are mine
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Andis Robeznieks @andisrobeznieks.bsky.social Chicagoan living in Edgewater. North Side White Sox fan. Son & grandson of immigrants.
Chuck Husemann @chuckh.bsky.social Husband, Agilist, runner, constant learner, nerd of a different color.
London, UK
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
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Claudia Rojas @claudidaudi.bsky.social she/her/ella, Teacher Librarian, book and podcast junkie, first gen, hija de inmigrantes, fur mamá, Tía, Nina, world traveler, board gamer, concert goer, Wordler, SoCal native, Chicana
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ScannerChi @scannerchi.bsky.social Journalist reporting on Chicago and suburbs via #ChicagoScanner #SuburbanScanner. Info from scanners is preliminary, unofficial & unconfirmed
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Marina Endicott @marinaendicott.bsky.social Writer
Prairie Grindstone Prize 2026
THE OBSERVER, THE DIFFERENCE, a few others http://marinaendicott.com
Matt Farley, Writer @mattfarley.bsky.social Writer and dad. Discussing movies, games, and books. He/him.
Pre-order my upcoming mystery/horror novel, The Last Beacon, coming soon from Inkshares. https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-last-beacon
Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social 😷 Chicago based book critic and cofounder of Who Even Reads (whoevenreads.com). Follow us at @whoevenreads.bsky.social. Editor in academic publishing. Show me your orange cat. 🐈
Stephalazarasus goes rawr! 🦕 @stephalazarasus.bsky.social B.S. in Psych 𖤓 Book Lover 𖤓 Book Reviewer 𖤓 No Gen. AI 𖤓 she/her 𖤓 Stuck in FL pls send help lol
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Debora Land @deboraland.bsky.social Wife, Mom of three, Grandma of three. Former CPS Parent and student advocate. Passionate about Equity and Inclusion. Family office manager with elder care experience. #Leguminati.
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Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social The Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative celebrates this housing style, seeking to preserve the unique features of these houses, protect them from demolition, and continue their use and reuse for the next century – https://workerscottage.org/
Sierra Club Chicago @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet 🌎🚊🚴♂️🐟🌳💚
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Scott Wilson @scottwilsonkc.bsky.social Editor, writer. Views mine. I know who needs to hear this. Kansas City, Missouri
Chicago Public Library @chipublib.bsky.social Read, learn, discover.
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wiesenblume @wiesenblume.bsky.social Mag Fotos, Natur, Kunst…
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Damien C-C @dccc-phd.bsky.social Human geneticist 🧬, bioinformagician 🧙🏻♂️, choral musician 🎼, and unrepentant city slicker 🏙️. Amplifying interesting signals (like #ScienceWin)! [he/him]
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Preston Thomas @preston.camera Husband, Dad.
Artist - Musician, Photographer.
Left-handed coffee snob. I curse a lot.
Film | Digital | Bourbon
"A beautiful print is a thing in itself, not just a halfway house on the way to the page.”
– Irving Penn
site: https://preston.camera
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
Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social Print junkie. Librarian. Educator. Podcaster.
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Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social A consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.
Manhattan Bird Alert @birdcpk.bsky.social Birds and nature in Manhattan. bigmanhattanyear.com
Cheryll R. @cheryll26.bsky.social Photographer, Retired Business Owner, Parent, Wife, Trench Crusade Observer, 1490 Doom Player, Rpg Role Player, Music, Book & Food Lover, Dog Parent, Studied Photography at the U of Arizona & studied Photography & Film Production at Columbia College.
J. Robert Lennon @jrobertlennon.com Recent books include CRITICAL HITS (with Carmen Maria Machado), HARD GIRLS, BUZZ KILL, SUBDIVISION, LET ME THINK. Lits in English prof at a regime collaborator institution. EPOCH editor.
Delia Catalina Ramirez @delia.bsky.social Community organizer, daughter of immigrants, wife, golden retriever mom & Congresswoman of #IL03
Ted McClelland @tedmcclelland.bsky.social Father of Lark, Birch and Rose. Author of Chorus of the Union. Contributing Writer, Chicago magazine
NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social Inspiring challenges for storytellers. Next up is the Scary Story Challenge on October 16th at https://nycmidnight.com/scary.
chlurg @chlurg.bsky.social late to the urbanist party
Mykomment @mykomment.bsky.social UK Wirral
Social Justice;
STOP wars and state sponsored oppression then let the people live in peace.
Home heating, Energy conservation
Heritage and Conservation
Anonymous because........
RT/♥️ not equal to endorsements, you make your own judgements.
Matt Finch @themattfinch.bsky.social Southerner now living in Chicago
Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social Writer | Chicago | Work in The Offing, X-R-A-Y, Wigleaf + more | Pushcart Prize and BotN nom | Best Microfiction ‘24, '25, '26
https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/
Lucas Schaefer @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social Debut novel THE SLIP out now from Simon & Schuster. Winner of 2025 Kirkus Prize for fiction. Paperback 6/23/26.
Web Behrens @webbehrens.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Husband. Uncle. Gardener. Baker. Pet dad. Theater lover. Comics reader.
endlessrevisions @endlessrevisions.bsky.social art/design/noise/chicago
@chgomorrigan.bsky.social @chgomorrigan.bsky.social "And though she be but little, she is fierce."
Words. I really like words. All the words! And books, because, you know, they're made from the words.
Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social 1st Am lawyer
Ph.D. Pre-modern Chinese Literature
Korean/Indian American
Bach, Radiohead, classic movies, Star Trek
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Dave Coulter @osage2024.bsky.social Urban horticulture and forestry in/beyond Chicago region. American hedgerow aficionado. Still waiting for my ANTIFA Decoder Ring. Readers are Leaders.
Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social I live in Chicago. I work in a lab. Sometimes I bike. Views are my own.
Colin Hamilton @colinhamilton.bsky.social Occasional writer (The Discarded, The Thirteenth Month, A Life of Letters). Collector of imaginary books, library lore, and other miscellany. Sucker for the spurious glamor of certain voids. Practicing dyslexic.
armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social Photojournalist for the @chicagotribune. Born in ATX. Still getting used to the cold. Breakfast taco enthusiast. No such thing as bad light or small stories.
Brian McCammack @mccammack.bsky.social Environmental historian. Rogers Park, Chicago resident. Dog lover.
Vev @minivev.bsky.social Bookseller 📚📖 , flâneur (flâneuse?) 🌃🚶♀️passionate about art, travel and nature. 🖼🌎 🌳Occasionally sensible, luckily never for very long. 🎠🌠
Maggie Fritz-Morkin @emeffem.bsky.social Medievalist/ italianist/ tennist, associate prof UNC-Chapel Hill, Boccaccio, prose and other cons. Up with the stars
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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social Identifying and interpreting racially restrictive covenants in Cook County through civic engagement and collaboration.
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