Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social I make things, including bike rides, state housing laws, bread, and trouble. Quality varies with rainfall, political winds, and tire pressure. Run comms at @cayimby for the love of cities.
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Chicago
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Previously: Wirecutter, MaximumPC
I have approximate knowledge of many things.
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babski @babski.bsky.social Adam ยท I like bikes and the bus ยท he/him
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William Skudlarek @willskud.bsky.social ๐ผ - researching all things egress and other fun building code stuff as Policy Analyst at the Center for Building in North America (centerforbuilding.org)
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Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis.bsky.social NYT economics reporter. Just checking things out over here. 
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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social Anti fascist urbanist. My "bluesky posts" represent myself and do not represent my employer or any affiliated groups and organizations.
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Pannier Peter ๐ฒ @peter.dev Chicago's #1 beefposter | #bikechi | Android dev
chud.dev
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Mr. Cardio @ticketmasterceo.com Columbus โ๏ธ Cincinnati
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James @jchords.bsky.social He/him. Educator, union member, social housing advocate.
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Previously @washingtonpost.com
Based in Minneapolis #COYS
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Chicago homer to a fault. (he/him)
Emoji Meadow @emojimeadow.bsky.social Every few hours I show you a tiny meadow full of grass and flowers.
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Junaid for Congress @junaidforus.bsky.social Running for Illinoisโ 8th Congressional District.
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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.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social Photojournalist in Chicago. Staff Visual Journalist and drone pilot
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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social โ๏ธ race/gender/sex/religion/politics/America
๐ also "cults"
๐ง #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF
๐ #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020)
https://megan-goodwin.com/design
Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
Allison Darrahill @panicbowl.bsky.social Pay attention to local politics. Certified KC enjoyer, now in Chicago.
Leader at neuchicago.org
Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social pragmatic optimist and well-known email author. lawyer never giving legal advice. views are mine alone.
cohen489.substack.com
americandemands.com
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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social Chicagoan for sustainability, cultural diversity, & queer rights. She/her/hers ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ณ๐ป๐๐๐ป๐๐๏ธโป๏ธ
Viktor Kรถves @viktorkoves.com Climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | ๐ viktorkoves.com
Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social ๐๏ธ๐ถ๐พโโ๏ธ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ช๐พ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ (He/Him) Queer Urbanist - Transit Professional - Transit Nerd - Community Connector
Interests: Cities, Cycling, Walking, Architecture, Museums, Performing Arts, Trains, Buses, People
All views are mine.
https://www.instagram.com/jahorne
ifwhenhow @ifwhenhow.bsky.social Defending the right to choose if, when, and how we build our families. Home to both the Repro Legal Helpline (reprolegalhelpline.org) and the Repro Legal Defense Fund (reprolegaldefensefund.org)
Brian Boyer @brianboyer.net Stay-at-home dad in Chicago. News product coach. He/him. Let's work together: https://brianboyer.net Bean tips: https://beantips.com/
Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social Vietnamese American โข Los Angeles๐ด โก๏ธ Providence โ๏ธ โข Transit rider & advocate ๐๐๐๐ โข Family Caretaker โค๏ธ โข Views are my own!! โข he/him.
alex baca @alexbaca.bsky.social midnight at the laundromat and iโm staring at you pulling clothes from the dryer. doer of the politics of the urbanist pro-growth left. having fun in ward 1, washington, d.c., the best city in america.
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Rabid Colorado sports partisan.
Mildly rabid lefty partisan.
Reluctant finance guy.
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Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social He//him, Chicago, bikes
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chicagotransitalerts.app
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chicagotransitalerts.app
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social I am a pension fund monitor for Fremulon Insurance.
New Book "Big Fan" (with Joe Posnanski) available May 19. Preorder signed copies here: https://josephbeth.com/book/9798217045112
Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social Aquatic Invasive Species with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant | #GreatLakes | Come for the #ecology & #scicomm, get reeled in by the fish puns
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Abby Klionsky @abionsky.bsky.social Teacher of littles ~ year-round #biker / donated car to NPR ~ indoor climber ~ improv w/ @whimsypc.bsky.social ~ Chicago native + lived in NJ, MS, & CA ~ mostly posts about #bikechi, transit, & the Point
John Carreyrou @johncarreyrou.bsky.social New York Times reporter and bestselling author of "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup." Send story tips to john.carreyrou@nytimes.com
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Out Sept 15: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
Amanda Kass @akass.bsky.social Research Director, Good Jobs First
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social Puppy. Historian. ๐ฒ
Chicago ****
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Sarah Dougherty @sarahdougherty.bsky.social Economist focused on strategies to solve and survive climate change. Current @nrdc, former ATL Federal Reserve. e-bike evangelist. Atlanta, GA.
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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social Chicago design journalist and critic, @bloomberg.com and elsewhere. In one of those phases where I canโt decide whether it matters what buildings look like or not.
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Olivia Olander @olivia0.bsky.social chicago tribune reporter
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Chicago
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I do not use generative AI in my work.
Read my stuff: https://evanstonroundtable.com/author/alex-harrison
Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar ๐ @bebopott.bsky.social โถโถโถโถ 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
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https://illberightback.substack.com/
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social 15 years of saved tweets.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social she/her
Book on sheriffs & democracy
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/
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โWomen arenโt typically this crazy about politics.โ
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social Chicago person. Nonfiction books with Penguin Random House. Journalism in Esquire, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, elsewhere. Fiction in some hip spots. 2026 Best Mystery Stories of the Year. Medium tall.
Bushra Amiwala @bushraamiwala.bsky.social ๐ช๐ฝRunning for Congress in IL-9
โญ๏ธFirst Gen Z Elected Official in the US
bushraforcongress.com
candy colored clown @chi-bromptonite.bsky.social โถ โถ โถ โถ | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ | ๐น ๐
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social Politics & government reporter @evanstonnow.bsky.social ๐ธโ๐ผ // @bostonu.bsky.social alum //matthew@evanstonnow.com
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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at WBEZ - Chicago Public Media
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Medill/Northwestern and UIC MUPP
Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social Thinking about people thinking about other people. First Amendment, interpretive methodologies, criminal law, law & humanities, theories of mind. Assistant Professor @umichlaw.bsky.social. ๐๐ she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com
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