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Chicago Scanner @chicagoscanner.bsky.social Mostly ISPERN
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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.
CF Oak Park @cfoakpark.bsky.social Currently dumbfounded.
Shingebiss @resistancecalling.bsky.social Oak Park, IL / Eagle River, WI… mom of a college student, lifetime Dem campaigner, world traveler, Smith College alum, Broadway fan, GB Packers season ticket holder
Kateland @katelandg.bsky.social 📚 #Booksky | MLIS student at Dominican
🌆 Chicago & Oak Park life
💛 Mom to one boy, one cat, 2 dogs
💐 Floral arranging, cooking, thrifting, hiking in my free time
Laura Maychruk @maychrukmom69.bsky.social I’m a woman, mom, wife, sister, daughter, aunt, cousin, niece, neighbor, citizen, & community builder-Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park Illinois
Oak Park @oakparkil.bsky.social 
Democratic Party of Oak Park, IL (DPOP) @oakparkdems.bsky.social One of the largest progressive Democratic organizations in Cook County, IL
Don Harmon, Committeeman
Eileen Lynch, Committeewoman
Kimmerz @heykimmerz.bsky.social Mom, bad dancer, loudmouth progressive, math and data nerd, actuary by trade, Oak Park, Chicago, Illini fan, disability advocate. I also yap about life after a vaccine preventable disease. She/her.
Eric Gyllenhaal @chiwestsideparks.bsky.social I monitor birds in parks on Chicago's westside, including Douglass, Columbus, and Riis Parks, plus in my south Oak Park neighborhood. I also do programs that help children connect with and learn about the natural world by making home nature museums.
Oak Park Climate Action Network @opcan.bsky.social Oak Park Climate Action Network (OPCAN) is a volunteer group of Oak Park, Illinois, residents working to eliminate our community’s contribution to the global climate crisis through equitable policies and practices. https://opcan.org/
Senate President Don Harmon @harmonil.bsky.social Illinois Senate President representing the 39th Senate District. Oak Park native. Guitar player. Champion of working families, education and clean energy jobs.
Derek Eder @derekeder.com Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner at DataMade, President Emeritus at Chi Hack Night & Oak Park Village Trustee. Entrepreneur, developer, civic technology leader, climate advocate and public servant. he/him
Rush @rushmedical.bsky.social Rush is an academic health system that includes Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Rush Oak Park Hospital and Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora.
Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social Chicago Writer from Oak Forest Living in Highland Park
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto."—Terence
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Corli Jay @corli.thetriibe.com I write therefore I am 🖊️
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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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social Suburbanite. Sustainable transportation advocacy, for Chicago and Chicagoland. #BuildTheTunnel
“The smart, transit-oriented [social media] account” -Chicago Tribune
Planning, building, breaking, rebuilding.
A Self-Respecting Fish @fishhat.bsky.social Fish in a jaunty boater.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Andrew Ross Sorkin @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social @NYTimes Columnist/Editor & @SquawkCNBC Co-Anchor. Author, Too Big To Fail. Founder, @DealBook. Co-Creator, BILLIONS @Showtime.
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Lucy 📷 @lucyphoto.bsky.social 35mm film photography mostly 🎞️ but also digital. Street photography, landscape. Scottish 🏴
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@lawyerguy.bsky.social @lawyerguy.bsky.social Father, husband, lawyer. Posts are usually about sad Chicago sports teams. Posts are my own.
RGF @robfunderburk.bsky.social art person, chicago
robfunderburk.com
Chris Krewson @ckrewson.bsky.social Executive Director, LION Publishers. Suburban husband and father. Into digital local news.
Jennifer Lizak @jlizak.bsky.social Chicagoan, do-gooder, reader, music lover, community radio advocate, writer, DJ, lover of libraries, rabble-rouser. https://campsite.bio/jenniferlizak 
Robert K. Elder @robertkelder.bsky.social President and CEO of Outrider Foundation. Author. Dad & Husband.
Robelder.com
Kate Gardiner @kategardiner.bsky.social Kate Gardiner is a highly sought-after expert in crisis communications and brand strategy, renowned for her sophisticated approach to navigating high-stakes situations and her unparalleled ability to safeguard and elevate reputations. 
Hannah Fierle @hmfierle.bsky.social chicago 📍mostly local politics & harry styles
Grace Madden @gracieola.bsky.social 
Michael Rabbitt @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social Chicago’s 45th Ward Democratic Committeeperson | dems45.com | organizing for equity & justice- C Cat Sharp (she/her) @cdsssss.bsky.social
Pete Zimmerman @peterjzimm.bsky.social Producer WGN. DJ CHIRP Radio. Rescue dogs & cats. Vegan. BLM.
@cookcountyassessor.bsky.social @cookcountyassessor.bsky.social 
Robert Feder @robertfeder.bsky.social I reported on Chicago media from 1980 to 2022. 
Anne Holub @izatchu.bsky.social Poet and dog mahm in Montana. ** Writer-in-residence 2024 Yellowstone Art Museum, poetry reader @TheRumpus.net, freelance writer, crafty community leader @wildwares Newsletter: anneattheyam.substack.com
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@ejshea76.bsky.social @ejshea76.bsky.social 
josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social chicago-based writer. newsletter producer at wttw news (@wttw.bsky.social). i also run the music and culture blog no expectations. ex: vice, chicago tribune, etc. tips, email: joshhowardterry@gmail.com
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Lisa Zimmer @zimmerino.bsky.social Just a girl, standing in front of BlueSky, asking it to love her. I work in beer, play in Chicago, brake for 🪐🚀✈️🧳🎥🎫.
@cpodulka.bsky.social @cpodulka.bsky.social 
Caitlin Parrish @caitlinparrish.bsky.social Writer - THE RED LINE, FOUNDATION, TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, G20
Aim for chaotic good.
Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. https://linktr.ee/injusticewatch
Elizabeth Riley Boyer @elizabethboyer.bsky.social Lover of life. K-12 education marketer by day. Mom always. 
Rosamund Lannin @rosamund.bsky.social reading and writing and domestic life in Chicago. #amquerying a YA (?) novel about live action role-playing (LARP). // rosamund.co
matt carmichael @mattcarmichael.com Futurist, speaker, author, dad, softball coach. You are not alone, and music heals. (past: @mcarmichael, https://rocknroll.net)
Jason Broccardo @zoocoup.bsky.social Job: Managing Apple things. Hobby: Buying a lot of music. Western front of Chicagoland with the parts of a great family who haven't grown up and moved out yet. I support all coups at the zoo.
Also: @zoocoup@mastodon.social and http://zoocoup.tumblr.com
Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social Chief of Staff for Governor JB Pritzker.
A continually aggravated Philadelphian making her way in the great city of Chicago.
Ramsin Canon @ramsincanon.bsky.social Not ill jeeves but all of a twitter
Sarah Garza Resnick @sgrchi.bsky.social Personal PAC- CEO
Abortion rights, always.
Chicagoan
Mother
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/
Terry Midnight tried to tell you! @docmidnight.bsky.social Owner of Third Coast Comics in CHGO.
Is unfathomable but currently thinking about Austrailian Prog Metal Bands.
Loves Comics, Prog & Skyrim. Hates Pants. UNFATHOMABABLE I tell you!
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app Writer, hex throwing goon. Dainty, delicate, and deadly.
Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me Ideal city: ⚛️ nuclear-powered, 🏙️ dense housing, 💰 affordable, 🚇 transit. Aka Chicago.
Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.
State Rep. Will Guzzardi @repguzzardi39.bsky.social 🏛️ State Rep. of IL's 39th District
📜 Assistant Majority Leader & Co-Budgeteer
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Will Guzzardi (IL-39) @willguzzardi.com State rep, Illinois’s 39th District ✶✶✶✶ Logan Square, Avondale, Hermosa, Bucktown ✶✶✶✶ This is my political account. Official: @repguzzardi39.bsky.social.
Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social Reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
Alex Nitkin @alexnitkin.bsky.social Government Finance & Accountability reporter,
@IllinoisAnswers/@BetterGov. Formerly of @thedailylinechi, @trdchicago & @DNAinfoChi. Tips: Anitkin@bettergov.org
Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com current twitter ex-pat. past congressional reporter. contributing editor @newrepublic.com. running a communications consulting business and raising a tiny baseball fan irl.
let’s work together! ⬇️
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social Editor of Workday Magazine, formerly In These Times.
Dan Cruz @cruzline.bsky.social Strategic communications advisor helping mission-driven leaders navigate complex policy, public affairs, and critical challenges. Telling your story with clarity and purpose. Chicago is home. CruzComms.com
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
Jen Sabella @jensabella.bsky.social Block Club Chicago Co-founder + Executive Editor
Ex: DNAinfo, HuffPost, Sun-Times
Lesbian Cat Lady, Chicago Lifer
blockclubchicago.org
Nisei Lounge @niseilounge.bsky.social Chicago’s oldest baseball bar. 
Scott Smith is Our Man In Chicago @ourmaninchicago.bsky.social S. Side; @erinjshea's guy; dad; host of The Frunchroom; Leo McGarry of the Cook County Assessor
The Amazing Prizzini @amazingprizzini.bsky.social Chicago’s very own Clown Attorney.
Should not be taken too seriously, please.
Megan Stielstra @meganstielstra.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher, axe-thrower 🪓
meganstielstra.com
Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social Dr Hana Videen (she/her), author of THE WORDHORD: DAILY LIFE IN OLD ENGLISH & THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY. Sharing the Old English Word of the Day since 2013.
linktr.ee/wordhord
Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com Real estate information platform for development in Chicago, Cook County, and Lake County (Illinois and Indiana). http://chicagocityscape.com
Jerryatrics @jerrybrennan.bsky.social Chicagoan. Author of Alone on the Moon, et. al. Founder of Tortoise Books.
www.tortoisebooks.com
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social historian, author, and tour guide. I talk about Bob Dylan, Chicago stuff, old time true crime, and cemetery stories. There's a canon Star Wars character named after me. He/him. Linktr.ee/adamchicago
Carrie @cooler-by-the-lake.bsky.social Chicagoan | cliche urban progressive | cat lady | birder in denial
@rickkogan.bsky.social @rickkogan.bsky.social 
Lieberman @sollylieb.bsky.social Writer and maker and paint-marker shaker.
Former (free) local news CEO & Publisher.
Former Off-Broadway vending machine filler.
Chicagoish.
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
Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social Chicago journalist at Injustice Watch. 
Hal Shipman 🏉🏳️🌈📸 @halshipman.bsky.social IT dude at NU Law and recent MFA Photography graduate from the School of the Art Institute Chicago. And gay. Very gay. Deal with it.
Insta: @hal.shipman
Shitty Website: www.halshipman.com