Phil Foglio @thephilfoglio.bsky.social Cartoonist, Writer, and all-around layabout. Never had a real job. I can't even SPELL A.I., let alone know how to use it. He/him
@joehaldeman.bsky.social @joehaldeman.bsky.social 
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Doot 🪲🪷 Wishlist Milki Delivery 🐮🚲 @dodoot.bsky.social Indie gamedev working on small cute games 💖
(He/Him)
Minami Lane, Froggy's Battle, Kabuto Park, Milki Delivery
https://linktr.ee/dodoot
Jen Frazier @jenfraiz.bsky.social Maker @minimuseumshop
Jeweler @jenfrazierdesigns
Cofounder @ ThinkGeek
Geek, introvert, hippie, dogs, Phish ⭕️,
naps, kindness, humor, cake, peace
Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Comics Writer: Star Wars, Doctor Who, Stranger Things, Critical Role, Mother Panic, Spider-Man, Harley & Ivy, Faith. RPG addict. She/her. Shop: ko-fi.com/jodyhouser/shop
Logical Frank @logicalfrank.com Richard J. Daley Branch enthusiast and general issue Chicago person. I throw yoyos, homebrew and get angry about bike lanes. He/him.
Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social Writing about myth&YA@ NU& thinking about Catullus,too. Always a coauthor. Chicagoan since 1976. Self-styled TomJoad of Latin teachers. Immoderata mulier, proud of my alumnx, #confelicity. Reminding you to💉NOW. I salt all vibes😷
https://linktr.ee/navacohen
clara @clararaubertas.net simple urban beer mom • ✶✶✶✶ • 👨👩👧👧 🚲 🏢 🌇 🚍 💻 🎶 🌳 🌊 🍃 • she/her • also @youngcrone.net • elder millennial, Chicago, kids, urbanism, music, Ruby, et al
AeolysScribbles @aeolys.bsky.social 
Sneaks @onetruesneaks.bsky.social The heck even are video games?
(Part of Ludeon Studeos ♥)
Sikee-Atric @sikee-atric.bsky.social Not here to annoy those around the site.
Middle-aged fanfiction writer with an Ao3 account and I write for tiny fandoms with dodgy base content.
https://archiveofourown.org/users/Uncle_Sikee_Atric
#fanficwriter #CrossCode #Rimworld #AlabasterDawn #FBPE
Chicago Public Schools @chipubschools.bsky.social Our mission is to provide a high-quality public education for every child, in every neighborhood, that prepares each for success in college, career, and civic life.
Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social Thief of Joy: A Comedy Special NOW ON YOUTUBE
Host of The Downside Podcast
If I have to post on another one of these things I’m gonna kms
Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social comms for @mayorofchicago.bsky.social but this is my personal account.
Chicago-based attorney never giving legal advice. firm believer in the power of community.
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
Indivisible Chicago Northwest @indivisiblechicagonw.org a chicago community dedicated to defending democracy and ensuring equal rights for all.
together, we have the power to win this fight.
indivisiblechicagonw.org
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social Pastor, Activist, Theologian. The Gospel is anti-fascist, and so am I. Building a new world through the sanctuary movement, combating Islamophobia, and reparations. https://www.michaelcaseywwoolf.com/
W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell.bsky.social Dad, but probably not your dad.
lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social Michigan to Chicago Pipeline beneficiary 🏙 copywriter ✍️ prolific L taker 🚉 Polly 🐱's human
They/He
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social Photojournalist in Chicago. Staff Visual Journalist and drone pilot
with Chicago Sun-Times send tips and hate at tlariviere@suntimes.com. I'm also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tylerpasciaklariviere/
Amelia Elendil @ameliaelendil.bsky.social Twitch Affiliate.
Worships cats.
AuDHD.
TikTok: @catsteaandamy
Check out my live streams on Twitch or my VODs/Vlogs on YouTube
18+
https://linktr.ee/missameliaelendil
Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social Proud partner in the progressive movement.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/indivisiblechicago
Website: https://indivisiblechicago.com/
Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down. 
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
paul goyette @pgoyette.bsky.social Chicago-based photographer documenting and uplifting collective action for progressive change. Most work licensed via Creative Commons at flickr.com/pgoyette
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com Scientist, science communicator, public health & climate justice advocate
Biology PhD from Cambridge
WHO Fides member, Grist 50 Fixer, Creative Change alum
New Yorker/Aussie
Opinions my own
https://instagram.com/luckytran
http://linktr.ee/luckytran
kl5 @kl5.bsky.social Kristen - loves Chicago, the Great Lakes, birds, bugs, critters, native plants, trees, rocks, old houses, and my chaotic dog Olive Elvis
Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social Chicagoan who loves my city, crafty mom, former lawyer. Certified Health Coach! Community builder, socialist and lover of mutual aid. Anti-Zionist Jew. If you live in Chicago, I probably follow you already. She/they
WasWrecked&NowImFound @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social Please don’t tell me what Ezra Klein thinks.
Gare Davis @bishonentype.bsky.social Garrison Davis, writer and host for It Could Happen Here, Executive Disorder, and other @CoolZoneMedia.bsky.social shows. WGAE ✊
🗽 New York City 🌃
Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social Emily
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal
Elves in Viridian @reindeerarebetter.bsky.social If you're reading this because I suggested your word choice undermined your message -- seriously, it did.
-The Anti-Tourism Association of Tir-Nan-Og.
Tasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social 
Very AFK @cromwelp.bsky.social A ghost waiting to be exorcised
RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social Former historian, current indexer. She/her, cis. Cats, nature, crafts, sci fi/fantasy. Covid aware. Chicago parent. GenX. West Coast ex-pat. I block & mute freely.
shawrd773@zirk.us
Need an index for your book in the humanities or social sciences? DM me.
Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social 
MC Frontalot @mc.frontalot.com 579th-Greatest Rapper (the World's)
https://frontalot.com
Joseph Fedorko (call me Joe) @jafedorko.bsky.social Renaissance Man (depending on your definition of renaissance). I also have A Substack From A Guy Named Joe and produce a podcast (who doesn't?!) called DB COMEDY PRESENTS THE ELECTABLES. I was banned from Twitter for offending racists years ago ...
Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org is this the one that wins
Martin The Mess a.k.a. Big Brother @martinthemess.bsky.social Science Fiction, Science Fact, History and Alternate History, Humor and Political Philosophy. Always Watching. Formerly @Back2Babylon5 on that other place with the Musky odor.
Lolo Haroutunian @loharou.bsky.social Retired Cinematographer & Creator of the RocketJump Film School | Nonbinary, they/them ♿️
@anthonyburch.bsky.social @anthonyburch.bsky.social 
Emily Riesbeck, Professional Monster @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social ⚧️ she/her. A mixture of delicious and freak; fearfully, wonderfully made. Author: It's Your Funeral, Mountain, The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl. Repped by Au Literary Management.
Website: https://emilyriesbeck.com/
ellie 🧃 @glucosegremlin.bsky.social glucose greebler, niche tech project completer, she/her
Jack ☁️ @bubblycreek.bsky.social Amateur Chicagrapher
Laura Fawcett @roguefour.bsky.social Star Wars, horror, Dodgers, widowed AF
Steven DeGennaro @stevendegennaro.bsky.social Movies: www.studiofortytwo.com
Music: https://deg-records.bandcamp.com
Data Science: medium.com/@datasciencefilmmaker
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/science-vs-fiction/id1470525128
Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and just finished making ROGUE TROOPER, out in 2026!
Also made the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie.
weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social GenX movie nut; Philly guy; cat fan; horror expert; former film critic; nerdy podcaster
subscribe to Overhated! https://www.patreon.com/scottEweinberg
Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social Answering to many names.
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social Chicagoan for sustainability, cultural diversity, & queer rights. She/her/hers 🚲🐶🌳🌻🌈🌊🍻🚉🏕️♻️
lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social notably sexy rascal | he/they | Chicago
B.J. L-R @westtowns-urbanist.bsky.social 📍Forest Park, IL
Car-free transit guy in the streetcar suburbs. Gay urbanist Chicagolander. Chi sign guy/tradie, state capacity booster, left-liberal. Also quizbowl, bikes, and dive bars. Oddly happy when covered in graffiti. Opinions my own. He/Him.
Leona Lee @leonalee.bsky.social Please Mask Up! Disability Rights, Affordable and Accessible Housing, and Disabled Debtors Cohort with the Debt Collective. https://debtcollective.org/working-groups/disabled-debtors-cohort/ and silly cats & Chicago stuff.
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Off Color Brewing @offcolorbrewing.bsky.social That other brewery posting cat pictures is ripping us off. You can’t drink fancy beer here, but you can drink fancy beer at our taproom Mousetrap.
@gojeffgo.bsky.social @gojeffgo.bsky.social 
Emily V Gordon @emilyvgordon.bsky.social Current writer. Former comedy booker. Former therapist. Co-writer of The Big Sick et al. She/her. Adamantly from NC. @wintercoatfilms.bsky.social
Oops It's Bowser @thepeoplesbowser.bsky.social There's not a word yet, for good friends we've just met.
Genderqueer psych nurse
I only want to talk about podcasts and compliment people.
Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social Gamer, programmer, nerd. Owned by four^h^h^h five cats. (2 Orange, 1 Low-Toner tuxedo, 1 stub-tailed tortie, 1 demon of blade and darkness)
Occasionally updated blog: https://www.mrlizard.com
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Andrew Seim @punkhistorian.bsky.social History teacher, anti-fascist, punk rock comic nerd. He/him
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
ICE must be destroyed 🏳️⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social Host of It Could Happen Here (and sometimes Behind the Bastards) for Cool Zone Media. Proud iHeart Podcast Union member Ending every post(?) with Moreover, ICE must be destroyed She/Her
Daniella @daniellamazzio.bsky.social Culture Writer/Critic. Consultant. Posts about movies, Chicago, gardening, pollinators, disability, & leftism. Ran that Lydia Tár account. Now have a Michael Shannon podcast. Opinions are my own. Viva Palestina. https://linktr.ee/daniellamazzio
Hello from the Magic Tavern @magictavern.bsky.social A totally improvised fantasy epic. And a funny chat show hosted by a guy from Chicago trapped in the magical land of Foon.
Coset The Table @cosetthetable.bsky.social Disability & food policy, preferably with data. she/her. 💙😈🩷. none of this nonsense, please!
¡matt! ✶✶✶✶ @mattfromchicago.bsky.social just an idiot
✶✶✶✶
he/him
Edward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel
thetechbubble.substack.com
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, psychology, etc.
Been called “brilliant but out there.”
Smith College BA, MSW | LSE
#AuDHD #LGBTQ #MECFS
Patreon: patreon.com/leahmcelrath
post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social mostly politics. some Seahawks.
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov Your U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product safety info, data, and recalls. Standing for safety since 1972. Official account of the USCPSC. HQ: Bethesda, MD.
Subscribe for recall emails on CPSC.gov.
Report unsafe products on SaferProducts.gov
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social Current* conditions:
🏙 Chicagoan (Rogers Park) 🔢 data 🚍 transit 🚲 bike 📰 local news 🌊 Lake Michigan stan account 🙊 views mine ✍️ lauriemerrell.com 👤 she/her
T.C. Aurelius @aurelius.quest Failed academic, software developer, cat person, parent of children, maker of pizza, pro-library partisan, Guardians enthusiast, skeptic of your philosophical system
Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social Journalist and author. @HoFoCo.org board member.
My newsletter, the Long Game, is about baseball, creativity, and mental health. You can find it here: https://mollyknight.substack.com.
My dog is named Canelo.
Municipal Corporation @nikhunder.com (hire me policy professionals) Lighter of people, policy person, @chirppradio.org DJ. Bike guy. Chicago Dog stan. Doesn't proofread. Chicago by way of Cleveland | 🇳🇴
@sortedfood.bsky.social @sortedfood.bsky.social 
🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. 🏆IGF Narrative. 🚀Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
Katherine Kane @epigrammatickat.bsky.social It all fits together. Linguistically driven, writing since pre-K, aphantasiac, student older than my profs. mobility challenged, Comp. Sex-Ed advocate.
https://linktr.ee/katherinekane
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.
☎️ Report waterway concerns: 800-332-3867.
Families for Safe Streets @fam4safestreets.bsky.social We've lost loved ones or been injured in a car crash. We're confronting traffic violence across the country through advocacy and support. https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/
Wizard Kitty @wizardkitty.bsky.social A Kitty thats a Wizard
Venture Bros #NotOffical @venturebrothers.bsky.social The Venture Bros.' – where heroes are as reliable as a politician’s promise and villains can’t decide if they're evil or just misunderstood. Join Dr. Venture and his eccentric foes in a sardonic dance through morally murky adventures. #NotOffical
The Diabetes Hero Squad @diabetesherosquad.bsky.social diabetesherosquad.com
“Be your own diabetes superhero!”
scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.com.
Liv Agar @livagar.bsky.social It’s Liv agar
Karolyn @etcandsoforth.bsky.social Unapologetically defying pithy description.
Salty we’re having to start over. Again.
Shouting love, kindness, sass, and swears into the void…along with cat pics, knitting, and occasional “Story Time”. Dem, T1D, ADHD, she/her (🚫TERFs, 🚫MAGA)