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Audiotree @audiotree.bsky.social The official Bluesky of Audiotree, Chicago based music discovery series known for Audiotree Live, From Nothing, Far Out and STAGED. Discover your next favorite band at audiotree.tv
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he/him/y'all
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proud member, Reader Union
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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org We are an interdisciplinary group of over 700 experts in labor, technology, anti-racism, feminism, and transnationalism.
Jenny Tilsen @jennytilsen.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Plaksha University in Punjab. STS, transdisciplinary research, social knowledge, values, communication, and ethics.
Nea “Dracula” Ching @thegaychingy.bsky.social aka Chingy. Writer & Critic seen at Roger Ebert, Vulture, Them, Mel Magazine, VICE, MTV News. Filmmaker
LWRt @lwrt.bsky.social Artist. Writer. Figuring it out.
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Ion @theonlyion.bsky.social Slow Learner. A Noisemaker. Rank & File Riot Dog.
Chris Molanphy @cmolanphy.bsky.social Chart analyst/pop critic. Host of podcast #HitParadePod. Writer of Slate's #WhylsThisSongNo1? Author of book #OldTownRoad. Feet on the ground, reaching for the stars. (Pronouns—he/him/his.)
illingsworth @illingsworks.bandcamp.com illingsworks.bandcamp.com
detroiter. beatmaking instructor at MCSDA. i make beats sometimes too. i have alopecia universalis. mrksd.
Alyx Vesey @alyxvesey.bsky.social Feminist music geek
Website | https://sites.ua.edu/avesey/
Substack | https://substack.com/@alyxvesey
PMBIP | https://www.youtube.com/@ericweisbard8091
Extending Play | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/extending-play-9780190085643
Chi Chi Thalken @scratched-vinyl.bsky.social Writing about independent hip hop, with occasional thoughts about food, sports, cats, books, and politics. Librarian.
ronesh @ronesh.bsky.social i produce and rap sometimes. https://ronesh.bandcamp.com/
beats/mixing/engineering for cheap if you're a serious artist and decent person
kia speaks @kiaspeaks.us working at the intersection of culture, theology & justice. comms professional. nonprofit executive. mission driven consultant. 1881. 1908. Alabama raised me. ATL made me. Thoughts and opinions are mine.
KiaSpeaksAlso.com
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Jazz. @jl3001.blacksky.app Skeetin' into the void. Hip-hop, video games, headphones, writing, and running, mainly. Toronto born, DC based.
https://the-wildebeest.com/
Sinnamon Love @sinnamonlove.blacksky.app Kinky, pansexual, solo-polyamorous grownup, FSSW, professional Dominatrix, and lifestyle switch. Writer, advocate, cannabis enthusiast, recovering serial monogamist, #naturallygrey, and happily #singleinbrooklyn. 💞🌺💋
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social is this new twitter?
Marcella Arguello @marcellacomedy.bsky.social Comedian. Writer. Actor. Bitch.
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Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, art, trailers + more
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Ex-Rockstar Games/MLB
25+ years in games
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Jae Benear @jaebenear.bsky.social 🎥 Award-Winning Filmmaker | Creative Director | Music ✍🏽 | DC 🛫ATL | Ya Long Lost Cousin 🫂
IG: @Jae_Benear
Chaotic Good @indyugh.blacksky.app Queen of da Souf | 30+ | Hope Dealer | TPA-ATL-[HTX]| Just vibe shawty!
big.mza @bigmza.bsky.social cinephile. anime enthusiast. tequila connoisseur. podcaster. part time comedian. 💎
Kendrick Lamar @kendricklamar.bsky.social 
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All inquiries: fin@cardinaltalentgroup.com
@writtenbyhanna.bsky.social @writtenbyhanna.bsky.social Writer (deragatory)
HannaPhifer.com
Jill Hopkins @jillhopkins.bsky.social Writer, Chicagoan, the host you’ve been looking for.
https://linktr.ee/JillHopkins
New Media and Civic Events Producer at Metro
& Gman Tavern.
Vocalo Radio, Pop Quiz Hot Shot, The Moth
SO MANY PODCASTS.
Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social Words. Ideas. Culture. Shenanigans.
#MusicSermon, CDI @ NYU, BMAC
naima@naimacochrane.com
NEW TRASH @newtrashcrew.bsky.social Chicago Video Folks
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Pete Zimmerman @peterjzimm.bsky.social Producer WGN. DJ CHIRP Radio. Rescue dogs & cats. Vegan. BLM.
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
jerry cowgill @jerrycowgill.bsky.social talent buyer in chicago for metro & gman tavern. i used to write about music too, maybe i will again someday
shows: jerry@metrochicago.com
words: geraldcowgill@gmail.com
https://jerrycowgill.com/
Cinema in hip hop @cinemainhiphop.bsky.social cinema references in hip hop songs
Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social Photojournalist @BlockClubCHI | BSJ, MSJ, Adjunct Lecturer @MedillSchool | Lifelong Chicagoan | #TodaysReportingLunch | Cats | News | Local Lens
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Enthusiast.
https://linktr.ee/Freemusicempire
Antoine Hardy @slangdini.bsky.social I am not weird, just worldly. Undercover academic
The Jobfather™️🇯🇲🇨🇦🇬🇧 @thejobfather.bsky.social I help Black people around the world get jobs in Tech.
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Taylor Poindexter @engineeringbae.bsky.social Engineering Manager @ Spotify💚
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Scuba Diver 🧜🏽♀️🤿
Whiskey expert — IG: womanwithwhiskey
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Q NO RAP NAME @qnorapname.bsky.social makin beats and minding my business
Michael Stover I Artist & Creative Marketing I @bigsto.bsky.social 3-Time Best-Selling Author - Creative Marketing Consultant - Writer
bigsto.substack.com
https://linktr.ee/stothelast
arielle lana @ariellelana.bsky.social journalist • dj • event producer
headsknow.party
Platurn @platurn.bsky.social t ᖾ ᥱ 丩丂 ʋ ɩ ƙ ɩ ᥒ ɠ ⚒️
* from Iceland to Oakland *
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DJ Soul Sister @djsoulsister.bsky.social Academic nonconformista DJ artist who lives a life of musicology, archives, vinyl crate digging, Black history, popular music studies, pop culture, P-Funk, DC go-go, disco, New Orleans, fun, and Virgo power. Music-obsessed Blerds unite. djsoulsister.com
bmcgil @bmcgil.bsky.social No pasarán.
🇮🇪🏳️🌈 he/him
español 🇨🇴 português 🇧🇷 english
Massachusetts
Devin 👸🏾 @devinthedudette.bsky.social Shenanigan endorser.
#GirlMom 🧩
Uncle Chris / HennyTrapGawd @unclechris1.bsky.social 290 | FliNation Affiliate | Pervy Sage | Lover Of All Things Fine | Your Sons Favorite AAU Uncle | 420 Advocate | Carpe Diem
Jessica Reed @iamjess.bsky.social Head of narrative, The Guardian. I edit US long form and essays. How to pitch me: see below. French. Based in Montana.
‘We can't stop here, this is bat country' - Hunter S Thompson.
RAP NOIR @rapnoir.bsky.social Tajai/BLACK HOODIE of Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics and Unjust of Chosen Few are Rap Noir - IG:RAPNOIR
HB • RAINEY @raineyovalle.bsky.social 30•🇩🇴•Dad•He/Him (cis)•Founder: Hearse Boys•1/3 of Victory Light Podcast.
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AMS. @thedamnnerdking.bsky.social Home of AMS. the nerd king., DJ VADER, and some more-than-occasional flowery prose.
That Voice at the Jam. Chicago.
solo.to/thenerdking
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Mel 🤭 @thebaddestmitch.bsky.social FAMU Alumna 🐍 • Future Multimedia Mogul • 1/2 of @jokesonyoupod • All opinions are my own • Arby’s stan account. she/her
Lauren Noelle @laurenlonglegs.bsky.social Kinda creative. 📸🎭🎶💃🏾
Got a lil knack for chemistry. 👩🏾🔬🧪
FSU alumna. ❤️💛
1908 is a great year. 💕💚
IG: @LaurenLongLegs @LongLegsOnTheLens
The Neighborhood Publicist @nhoodpublicist.bsky.social I’m an award winning Publicist and co-founder of Millennial Maven Creative Foundation. Jesus shook tables and I do too. Your feelings about me only matter to you 😉.
sincerelynicole.net
millennialmavencf.com
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https://ixorabb.com/pages/link-tree
COLDFINGERZ @icecoldfingerz.bsky.social Ghost Town Records // #GTRFRVR 🌐 Beats • FABC Toronto • Photography • Cannabis
Sean Kantrowitz @seandammit.bsky.social How many more app bios do I have left in me?
Music Maker/Listener x The Questions Hip-Hop x FYI.AI & more
Seankantrowitz.com
@midazthebeast.bsky.social @midazthebeast.bsky.social 
David Ma @davidmadavidma.bsky.social Music journalist/editor: NPR, Wax Poetics, Dust & Grooves, Complex, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Paris Review, Billboard, SF Weekly, Pitchfork, Passion of the Weiss, The Ringer, etc. Needle To The Groove Records + Dad Bod Rap Pod + SJSU
Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social NY expat, LA transplant, 🎨 for @slate.com (2013-present), playlist savant, occasional music streamer, sneaker enthusiast, hoop addict, wine sipper, culture connoisseur, washed husband, dad of two, optimist, Libra.
Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com Chemistry: Covered. The latest news, research, features and opinion from across the chemical sciences. Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/
Issa Rae @issarae.bsky.social as soon as y’all start lying otb, I’m OUT
king crissle @crissle.com MSEd. dog mom.
Fleischer Cartoons! @fleischertoons.bsky.social Restoring the cartoons of Max Fleischer! 
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
chicagoreader.com
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
GloCrilla @crillmatic.bsky.social I make random posts about music, current events, travel, food, and literally anything else that comes to mind. Things I do ➡️ https://linktr.ee/Crillmatic
Kno @knomercy.com Producer & Songwriter // CunninLynguists - Built To Fade - Sadistik x Kno
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Duane Powell @soundrotation.bsky.social The Dandy DJ/Tastemaker/Music Historian
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ShowYouSuck @showyousuck.bsky.social All clam chowder soup recipes welcome.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
Steve Reidell @stevereidell.com The Hood Internet / Air Credits / Surgery Boys / Volutus Records / Black Moth Super Rainbow
Britt Julious @britticisms.bsky.social Music critic for Chicago Tribune. Occasional freelance writer and editor. The last girl on the dance floor. 🪩✨
HIT ME UP: http://brittjulio.us
Mikaela Jane @mikaeladraws.bsky.social Chicago Sky. Drawing. Dumb thoughts
hello@mikaela-jane.com
Mikaela-Jane.com
RAMA @ramavirtue.bsky.social Black Arm of Mmgenna. Barreling down the Time Hole.
Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social Theater and Dance Editor for the Chicago Reader. Usual disclaimer that all opinions are my own alone. . .
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Sooper Records @sooperrecords.bsky.social Chicago indie label. Est. 2016. Artist owned. www.bio.to/sooper
Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social I am not writing a bio.
Mathien @mathienlives.bsky.social Chicago-bred Atlanta-based artist/producer working in multiple genres. 20+ years of releasing records independently- check out Mathien on your favorite streaming service.
mathien.com