Nell Salzman @nellsalzman.bsky.social Local investigations fellow @nytimes / originally from Denver
Kira Joy Alvitre Fine Art @kiraalvitre.com Oil painter, from the West Coast, now Chicago's North Shore
Pretty still lifes & landscapes in a contemporary, alla prima style for people who need a reminder that the world can still be beautiful.
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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social He/Him; Fenian bastard;
Area Code 1312
I speak only for myself; affiliates are blameless.
“If someone only looks at you to find a flaw, you're under no obligation to afford them a view.”
I periodically cleanse my feed; don’t count on your rts surviving
bracken @johnbracken.bsky.social 
Brant MacDuff @brantmacduff.bsky.social Wildlife Conservation & Taxidermy Historian. I write about the wooly world of wildlife conservation economics. Find my (slightly) more active self at ImmortalAnimals.com and @StuffInMyApartment on Insta. Book- The Shotgun Conservationist 
@springrunner.bsky.social @springrunner.bsky.social 
David Schalliol @metroblossom.bsky.social David Schalliol is a visual sociologist living in the Midwestern United States. Co-author of The City Creative, director of The Area, Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Olaf College.
http://davidschalliol.com
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Alex Garcia @agarciaphoto.bsky.social Chicago-based photographer/director - former staff photojournalist @latimes @chicagotribune. WorldPressPhoto/PulitzerPrize/CannesLionGrandPrix
Rep: The Gren Group/Paula 978-352-4847
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ThreeStoryMedia.com
Melissa Fierce @melifierce.bsky.social Aimless recipe for a tiny life
Sophi @sophikravitz.bsky.social Wildly optimistic.
Artist / Electronic engineer
Exploring soundscapes, environmental data, and multi-eyed creatures
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Krisztina "Z" Holly @krisztinaholly.bsky.social scouting undiscovered ideas and innovators at the frontier 
Keith McCready @stenogeek.bsky.social Software performance
Stenography
Embedded systems
Matthew Dean @legomatthew.bsky.social Chicago tenor and countertenor, medievalist, food writer, and interfaith collaborator. Currently managing historic preservation at UChicago landmark Rockefeller Chapel.
bethanye McKinney Blount @bethanye.bsky.social 
Samar Kaukab @smrkkb.bsky.social 
Stacy Tessler Lindau @stacylindau.bsky.social professor, ob/gyn, entrepreneur, first responder, storyteller, beginner bluegrass fiddler, Friday night dinner, earnest citizen, friend to strangers
Jacob Matthews @wrcjacob.bsky.social Digital frenemy
@joeborn.bsky.social @joeborn.bsky.social 
David Falck @davidfalck.bsky.social Engineering leader who loves innovating and growing SW/ML/AI talent. Also, you cannot convince me there's a better place than the Indiana Dunes.
Bill Hammack (engineerguy) @engineerguy.bsky.social Creator of Engineerguy video on youtube
Theo Hahn @louispound.bsky.social 
@lhchicago.bsky.social @lhchicago.bsky.social 
Monica Eng @monicaeng.bsky.social Axios Reporter in Chicago. Food writer. Dumpling lover. Struggling novelist. Mom and fermenta.
justin massa @justinmassa.bsky.social helping SMBs thrive w/ gen AI. owner @ midwestquality.consulting + board @ solvehungertoday.org | prev: partner @ IDEO.com ; SVP @ Newlab.com
Amy Ulivieri @amyulo.bsky.social creative director. photographer. content creator.
📍chicago
Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social Bikes | Food | Transit | Housing | Travel | Music | Fashion | History | And More
📍 Chicago via too many places to list
Posts are not peer reviewed.
@joannedoherty.bsky.social @joannedoherty.bsky.social 
Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com The hardest-working paper in America.
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
@schwardo.bsky.social @schwardo.bsky.social 
Sara Hudson @saratexas.bsky.social Interim CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Nonprofit Quarterly. Writer. Auntie. Children's books stan. Pro-Black, pro-justice, pro-libraries, pro-kindness. she/her/ella
David Altenburg @gensym.bsky.social Chicagoan in SoCal.
Programming, rock climbing, mountain rescue.
Aaron U. Salmon @aaronsalmon.com UX & Design leader in Eau Claire, Wis. Jovial lad, coffee/bike shop co-owner.
Standing up my own PDS. Excited about public squares that work for everyone.
Past: Obama '12 HQ, Pentagon, Northwestern Knight Lab, and a bedroom BBS in '91.
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@brucedm.bsky.social @brucedm.bsky.social 
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Rebeca Mojica @rebecamojica.bsky.social 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈🪐📘🎲😸
Chainmaille artisan, instructor & author.
she/her
We can chose words and actions to build people up or tear them down. Our choices are contagious.
https://linktr.ee/rebecamojica
@natmas.bsky.social @natmas.bsky.social 
talia soglin @taliasoglin.bsky.social chicago tribune
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Saleema Syed @saleemasyed.bsky.social I like to think of myself as a multi-hyphenate, whatever that is.
Louisa Kung Liu Chu 朱功蕾 @louisachu.bsky.social Restaurant critic at @chicagotribune.com
Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social Criminal justice for the Chicago Tribune, ckubzansky@chicagotribune.com. @ctguild.bsky.social. Consulting maps from earlier days
Sarah Freishtat @sfreishtat.bsky.social Once: reporter @chicagotribune. Now investigating elsewhere.
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
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
Alice Yin @aliceyin.bsky.social City hall reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Bay Area native. Chicago’s greatest instant ramen chef. Has a crush on lake michigan. ayin@chicagotribune.com
Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social Chicago Tribune: audience strategy and sports. Likes: cheese and breakfast food. Dislikes: traffic circles and tomatoes. Chant: Rock Chalk.
Sam Charles @samjcharles.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter covering the Chicago Police Department / criminal justice
scharles@chicagotribune.com
Signal: samjcharles.38
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john j. kim @jkimpictures.bsky.social 📷 @ Chicago Tribune
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Adriana Pérez @adrianaperez.bsky.social she/her/ella ✶ Environment and climate change for @chicagotribune.com 🌱 Sometimes immigration and breaking news. Notre Dame alum. Ecuadorian.
Grace Miserocchi @gracemiserocchi.bsky.social Opinion editor for @chicagotribune.com. Chicago transplant from Nashville. she/her/hers
Marianne Mather @fotomather.bsky.social Chicago Tribune Sr. Visual Editor who doubles as a history nerd. You can find me in the morgue, digging for old photos.
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
Brian Cassella @briancassella.bsky.social Chicago Tribune photojournalist
Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social Deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune.
John Chase @johnchase.bsky.social Deputy Metro Editor/Politics @chicagotribune. Alum BGA. An editor on 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner for local journalism. Co-author of "Golden, How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself Out Of The Governor's Office And Into Prison." Haven't left Twitter...yet.
Kayla Samoy @kaylasamoy.bsky.social Chicago Tribune food and dining editor.
Stacy St. Clair @stacystclair.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter
Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social TV and film critic for the Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/nina-metz/
Newsletter: Nina Watches Everything
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Zareen Syed @zareensyed.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, currently food/features. Sometimes immigration and education. Perpetually planning my next trip 🏞️
✉️: zsyed@chicagotribune.com
Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com Breaking news since 1847.
Dr Becky Smethurst @drbecky.bsky.social Astrophysicist studying how supermassive black holes affect galaxies (s/h). I get overly enthusiastic about space (and cats) on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/drbecky
Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social James Webb - Everything That's Hot 🔥
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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
Raks Geek @raksgeek.bsky.social Geek + Bellydance + Fire.
Featured on MSN, UK Channel 4 TV. Chicago Reader's "Best Dance Troupe" Runner-Up. Bellydancing Wookiee! Based in Chicago, but we travel. Founded by @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social.
RaksGeek.com
RaksInferno.com
Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social Domestic Extremism Correspondent at NPR. 
Corey Haines @coreyhaines.bsky.social cats, but you can send me pictures of all animals- Y Yoni K @yjkogan.bsky.social Bay area resident, coffee lover, software engineer, outdoor activity enjoyer
Formerly: Columbia (SC), Chicago, Las Vegas, Boston
Nimgimmer @thenimgimmer.bsky.social 
Brandon Fischer @imprblcnstrct.bsky.social Farmer, Brewer, Woodworker, Artist, Enthusiast
Saya (Sigh-Uh, like Maya) Hillman @sayahillman.bsky.social Keynote Speaker | Facilitator | Product & Community Creator ➡️ Transforms adulting from 🙄😒🤮😳🫣 to 🥰😎🤑😁🥳👏🏾. Personal life, ✅. Professional life, ✅. Life of Yes℠ spreader via Mac & Cheese Productions℠🧀
Doctor B. Popular @docpop.org Yo-yoer, artist, musician, and host of the Fediverse Files.
San Francisco
DocPop.org
He/Him
Mastodon is still my main account, but you can follow my Masto account here on bsky via here: bsky.app/profile/docpop.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Julie Shapiro @jatomic.bsky.social Listening! A lot, always.
Also: @audioflux.bsky.social
Also: @thehorsethread.bsky.social
Previously: Radiotopia/PRX, Ear Hustle, ABC (down under),Third Coast Int'l Audio Festival, many record stores...
J. Gordon Wright @jgordonwright.com Digital director for @norc.org by day, singer with @chicagojazzdads.com by night. Luckiest dad and husband in the world. Opinions my own.
www.jgordonwright.com
Yael Hochberg @yhochber.bsky.social 
Megan Stielstra @meganstielstra.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher, axe-thrower 🪓
meganstielstra.com
Paul Smith @smith.dev Program the computers. Gov tech founder, dad, and O’s fan in the US Midwest. I enjoy weightlifting. I collect spores, molds, and fungus. Making my mind a sunless place
Co-founder of Ad Hoc
Julia Mossbridge, PhD @gocerp.bsky.social science & tech for unconditional love, hope, and future preparedness
Erin Drain (she/her) @erinoia.bsky.social Dot connector, west sider, haunted bungalower, thread winder, unlikely women’s basketball super fan.
Used to do/still happy to talk about.
Hilary Mason @hilarymason.com Co-founder & CEO of Hidden Door. I <3 cheeseburgers and making beautiful things. I know a thing or two about AI, but it's people who matter. I am interested in many things.
NYC
Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social Primum non nocere
Research & Teaching @ Columbia Journalism School
Willful & premeditated emdash & serial comma user; verber of nouns
Often staring down both barrels of Brandolini's law
Recovering tech, business, and design journo
Weniger, aber besser.- B Ben Laurie @benlaurie.bsky.social Exploring the foundations of trust.
kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT!
signal: kateconger.11
buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social Professor: Northwestern, Kellogg School • Director: Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement • Schapiro Fellow: Institute for Policy Research • Book: The All-Or-Nothing Marriage • Podcast: Love Factually
m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere.
enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press
writing - https://oddletters.com/
stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch
i curse a lot
he/they
Russell Shilling @shilling.bsky.social ARPA-H PM | DARPA Alum | Experimental Psychologist | Navy CAPT (ret) ⚓️ | Tech innovation in education and behavioral health | Autism parent | Views expressed are my own | 👾 https://russ-shilling.com/ideas
Ted Han★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net pfp by @montoulieu.dev's gameboy
Karthik Ram @karthik.io Accelerating science https://bsky.app/profile/valency.io
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com Professor of Internet Use & Society, University of Zurich
William Allan Neilson Professor, Smith College (Fall 2024)
Formerly: Northwestern U, Princeton U
eszter.com
CL @cllantz.bsky.social • Neuroscientist • Development • Visual Circuits • Plasticity • BRAIN
Backpacking, fly fishing, quilting.
Skeets are my own. she/her/hers
DJ Patil @djpatil.bsky.social Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist
GP Great Point Ventures
Devoted Health, RelateIQ, LinkedIn
I build things 
Eric Lunt @elunt.com I live near Chicago and I love tech. More at elunt.com
Ken Norton @kennorton.com Romantic bird facts
Kristen Marhaver @coralsci.bsky.social Coral scientist running a gene bank-IVF clinic-NICU-daycare for baby endangered corals, so of course it's super easy and nothing ever goes wrong. Fighting for baby corals because they have very short arms. www.marhaverlab.com
Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org Sometime verb, real person, lover of 8-bit computers, husband & father, trying to be a kind person. #blacklivesmatter; trans rights are human rights.
he/him
jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social i make robots and test automation tools. (started the selenium & appium open source projects, now vibium.) living at the intersection of software, electronics, mechanics, and the occasional kinetic art project. and baking.
📍: chicagoland
Adelle lin @adellelin.bsky.social Artist, technologist, indie games, working on the resistance @newinc @onx @nycresistor
Faculty at Parsons and helping out at the Math Museum in NYC
adelleninja.com
Big Data Energy @jmochicago.bsky.social Multidisciplinary nerd. Use Qual+Quant data for sensemaking. Wrangle data & skip trace for fun. Business & organizational ethnographer. Tweets = my own. Will always be up for talking about public ed and nonfiction. Fueled by Ethiopian coffee.