Joe Cothrel @cothrel.bsky.social Culture, tech, public policy and (almost) all things Chicago.
Daniel La Spata @daniellaspata.bsky.social Organizer, dad, proven progressive, and Alderman of Chicago’s 1st Ward. Loving music, running, bread, biking, and democracy.
CTA Train Insights @ctatraininsights.chicagotransitalerts.app 🚆 Chicago L transit, live.
Bunching, long gaps, ghost trains, hourly speedmaps + system snapshots.
chicagotransitalerts.app
Not affiliated with CTA.
Jonathan English @englishrail.bsky.social 
Jon Arnold @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social Soccer writer @usatodaysports.usatoday.com. Eternally Getting CONCACAFed.
https://getconcacafed.substack.com/
Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said.
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr
https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
Brookings Institution @brookings.edu We equip decisionmakers with nonpartisan research and policy strategies to create a more prosperous and secure country and world.
📩 Sign up for the Brookings Brief: http://brook.gs/3JuZxRE
CTA Bus Insights @ctabusinsights.chicagotransitalerts.app 🚌 Chicago bus transit, live.
Bunching, long gaps, ghost buses + hourly speedmaps.
chicagotransitalerts.app
Not affiliated with CTA.
Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social Asst Prof, Berkeley, Political Science: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of 3/ Text as Behavior https://cup.org/4cUmoXi 4/ Plutopopulism http://cup.org/4cfm0Az
Madeline Loshaw @maddillo.bsky.social anti car, pro cat | Chicago
Subscribe to my newsletter! (it's free) https://tinylilactionschicago.substack.com
Benedict @carto-graph.bsky.social fighting the long defeat | pro-abundance | law student, future barrister, linguist | 🏳️🌈
Writing at springbett.substack.com
Borners @borners.bsky.social Transit Costs Project Researcher
英国基進主義者 English state buildingism.. in the Sino-Japanese).
I crow for the dawn, like this rooster by Kano Sansetsu, my mind in his 10 Snow incidents landscape.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
FairVote Illinois @fairvoteil.bsky.social A nonpartisan, grassroots organization working for better elections. Join the movement to bring ranked choice voting to Illinois!
🔗: FairVoteIllinois.org/links
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.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social Curator, Northwestern University Transportation Library. All scanned images are from NUTL’s collections, unless otherwise indicated. Banner photo is from a promotional packet for the L-1011.
Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips.
Headshot: Varvara Mikushkina
Cover photo: Brian Cassella
Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social Your Illinois news radar https://capitolfax.com/
Jens Eisert @jenseisert.bsky.social Scientist, professor of quantum physics at Freie Universität Berlin and affiliated with Helmholtz Center Berlin and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute. ERC Fellow.
whet moser @whetmoser.com newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social Radically pedestrian urban planning.
Chicago-centric. ✶✶✶✶
Dave Weimer @dweimer.bsky.social Newberry Library; abolition; maps; other things
Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social Examining how we make passenger rail better (electric/modern) for NYU-Marron. Prev: NY Mag, NY Post-Metro, NYDN. Hook’em🤘. 🏳️🌈. Tips? bynolanhicks@gmail.com; Signal/WhatsApp.
Allen Woke 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🌐 @captainmeap.bsky.social Pro-abundance, new liberal shill, foreign policy enjoyer, American pragmatism believer, Catholic (but not in a weird way).
CaptainMeap on other platforms.
"Cynicism is the death of wisdom."
Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious.
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
Signal: kakape.93
Alma Campos @almacampos.bsky.social Immigration reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
almacampos.com email: acampos@chicagopublicmedia.org
Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social next station is the end of history, please gather your belongings as you exit
Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social Thinktanking on housing + democracy + clean energy
Opinions—all mine. Or yours, recycled—as also mine. Zero endorsements here.
#Housing #affordability talking points galore
🏘️🎯➡️ https://www.sightline.org/the-pro-homes-messaging-toolkit/
#Parking feed ⬇️
CTA Holiday Train and Bus Tracker @holiday.transitstat.us Bot by @piero.bsky.social which posts the position of the CTA holiday train and bus every 3 minutes while active.
Also on a website: https://holiday.transitstat.us/ (outdated, use the links in the posts)
aka60643 🐈⬛ 🇺🇦🌻💙💙🇲🇽 @aka60643.bsky.social Chicago-south side - lover of bikes, fine brews, tasty tunes and beautiful gardens. Pro bike, pro nature. #VoteBlue
South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social News, arts, and investigations by and for Chicago's South Side. southsideweekly.com 
moof @antimoof.bsky.social lived enough places (ORD, BOS, AUS, DTO, ARB, SJC, NRT, LHR, OAK, SFO) for my accent to get terribly confused; now back at the end of the Ravenswood line
Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social Forklift-certified journalist in Chicago. Words in the Chicago Reader, Unraveled Press, The TRiiBE, South Side Weekly, Courthouse News Service and some other ones I forget right now. All opinions & bad jokes my own. DM me for news tips/Signal info.
Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan.bsky.social I wrote a book, which you can buy: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/net-gains_9781419758911/
Also, I write for ESPN. Everything's in here: https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/
Chicago Fire FC @chicagofire.bsky.social Fire Up! 🔥🆙
#cf97 | 🏟 Soldier Field
Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social We share the stories of Chicago architecture to inspire people to discover why design matters. EDUCATION • TOURS • EXHIBITIONS • CRUISES architecture.org
Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social We are all we’ve got. We are all we need. ✊🏽
Community Organizer 🚲 @cyclingxsolidarity
Erik Jensen @eriktakestransit.bsky.social Fan of transit, bikes, and climbing | Regional Coordination at RTA, formerly CTA, WMATA, and NYCT | Views my own
Masto: erik@urbanists.social
Blog: justjensen.co
Adrián @elenoam.bsky.social Urbanista whitexican
Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Except the serious things, don’t take life too seriously. Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
Co-founder @UnraveledPress.com.
Got a tip? Signal is @sheld.01. Email:steve@unraveledpress.com
Iwao KIMURA @iwaokimura.bsky.social I’m a mathematician.
Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social Chicago Reader music editor and unionist, amateur drummer, persistent cook. Signal: pmontoro.04
he/him/y'all
pmontoro@chicagoreader.com
The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com Black-owned publication from Chicago to the 🌍
Reshaping the narrative in pursuit of truth and liberation.
💻: thetriibe.com
📩: https://thetriibe.com/newsletters/
Support us: https://buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhkbXaaeA6Zy03
Richard Day @rsday.bsky.social 
Sam Gregory @gregorydsam.bsky.social Director, Data Analytics - US Soccer (He/Him)
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence. Occasionally: hate movements and conspiracism.
Support us: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/
📧 info@unraveledpress.com
📱 Signal: unraveled.66
Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
union member @cstguild.bsky.social
drummer, mediocre shortstop
prev: Daily Herald | she/her 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
have a tip? DM me for signal
Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov Serving the people of Illinois.
Democratic Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee @judiciarydems.senate.gov. 
Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov Mom. Combat Veteran. Blackhawk pilot. U.S. Senator. Illinoisan.
vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social music maker // free all political prisoners // fight all supremacies // Fifteen (2026), Defiant Life (2025), Thereupon (2025), Sanctuary (2025), Compassion (2024), Trouble (2024), Love in Exile (2023) // prof @ h*rv*rd // linktr.ee/vijayiyer
NWChiFiets @nwchifiets.bsky.social Salty AF. Safe streets & sound climate policy = social justice. Enjoy biking, travel, beer and cats. Content likely to randomly touch on all of the above. All content is my personal opinion. She/Her.
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.
David Thiel @grumplicio.us Infosec person focused on harm reduction in technology; fmr tech, data science and T&S research at https://io.stanford.edu & https://tsjournal.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-5921
Also music things + open data.
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social phd student in us history (quantification & govt data, esp. vital statistics) • former newsroom software engineer & data journalist • she/her • chicago
smbsimon.github.io- M Mamoru Kato @mkatolithos.bsky.social Solid Earth Geophysics/Seismology/Earthquakes
IHS Kyoto
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Kate Lowe (she/hers) @kateontransport.bsky.social Mobility justice/transportation equity/urban planning and policy. Chicago!!! Proud union member (UIC United Faculty). Day job @ @uiccuppa.bsky.social
Searke @searke.bsky.social Math / Scientific Computing / Gay
https://www.instagram.com/unrelentinglethargy/
Alex @acannon.bsky.social They’re passing a new law. Its called Ride Your Bike.
Chicago
Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com Real estate information platform for development in Chicago, Cook County, and Lake County (Illinois and Indiana). http://chicagocityscape.com
Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social Mayor of Boston • Mom to Blaise, Cass & Mira • Personal account
michelleforboston.com
Chicago AQ @chicagoaq.bsky.social Monitoring Air Quality Index (AQI) pollutants (PM 2.5, PM10, NO₂, SO₂ O₃, CO) measured in The Loop, Chicago. Managed by @nikhunder.com
Alderman Matt Martin @aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social 47th Ward Alderman.
aldermanmartin.com
Tony Coppoletta @tonycoppoletta.com Likes food. And trains. And cities. Info designer in transit. Made in Chicago. (Personal acct)
tonycoppoletta.com
Also super pro-trans and anti-facisct because I'm a decent human being.
He/him 🏳️🌈
Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety, cities and mobility.
Devout follower of The Jesus and Mary Chain
Creativebyrovelo.com
Satirical news at The Rovélo Record
Clara Moskowitz @clarakm.bsky.social Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering astronomy, physics and math. She/her 🏳️🌈
Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social Physicist and Professor at a university in Chicago. I study black holes, quantum gravity, and cosmology. Rocky Top, Tar Heel. Reposts are spooky action at a distance.
My views, not my employer's.
https://jacobi.luc.edu
https://mcnees.github.io
Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social Chicago blueystorian, UIC ABD
jeffnicholshistory.com
Jake Sheridan @jake-sheridan.bsky.social City Hall reporter for @ChicagoTribune, covering the City Council.
@CTGuild. Excited to be here! Let's talk: jsheridan@chicagotribune.com
Brianinja @brianinja.bsky.social Professional Chicagoland suburban transportation planner by day. Cargo ebike suburban dad by night. Enjoys birds and cute art. 🏳️🌈 He/him.
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.
Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast and adopted midwesterner. I write and research about housing policy and urban economics. Formerly Twin Cities, nowadays an economic research assistant in Chicago, soon to be PhD student at UW-Madison
https://pencillingout.substack.com/
JRUrbaneNetwork @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social Trains are like dragons: massive, majestic, mystical and capable of quickly taking you on an exotic adventure.
https://linktr.ee/jrurbanenetwork
Car Free Keith @carfreekeith.bsky.social Nothing makes me happier than places that have less cars. I make videos about that 👇
https://linktr.ee/carfreekeith
📍Chicago via NW IL, w/ a few years in New Orleans too
he/him
Kenney Marlatt @kenneymarlatt.bsky.social Chicago-based journalist. Good food, cocktails and more at @americanweekender.bsky.social
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social New Book out this summer: Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home.
Other things of mine: Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and SMBC
Website: www.smbc-comics.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersmith?ty=h
sara @saract.bsky.social 
RTA Chicago @rtachicago.bsky.social The Regional Transportation Authority is the unit of local government charged with regional financial & budgetary oversight for CTA, Metra, and Pace.
Chicago Critical Mass @chicritmass.bsky.social A Free bicycle ride the last Friday of every month 6PM leaving from Daley plaza. Come out & ride.
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me Data reporter at Bloomberg News. Opinions are my cat's. Clips and contact info at agordon.me.
Rae Loren @aspwriter85.bsky.social Home cook, data engineer, transit geek, Chicagoan, and mom x2
SlowStreets @slowstreets.org It’s time to grow pedestrian-first spaces across Chicago.
slowstreets.org
Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
Strong Towns Chicago @strongtownschicago.bsky.social Have fun and make a difference with an active urbanist community. Join us!
Housing 🏡 Transit 🚎 Finance 🤓
Website: strongtownschicago.org
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/strongtownschicago
r o n y t h e b e n c h c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social Bike Cities Food Systems Data Coffee Tea Bread Cat Former Coastal Elite Person
Daniel Herriges @dpherriges.bsky.social Urbanist advocate. Policy Director at the Parking Reform Network. Writer at Strong Towns. Co-author "Escaping the Housing Trap." St. Paul, Minnesota.
jean @jeanniebabies.bsky.social bikes, transit, housing, chicago. in a band called hard femme. bureaucrat in training
Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social Chicagoan. Research interests in race, environmental justice, and transportation issues in Latine communities.
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Joe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social Cohost of The Odd Lots Podcast
Singer and guitarist in Light Sweet Crude
Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com Climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | 🌎 viktorkoves.com
Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker @nomads.bsky.social Posting live from the Most Serene IL-Khanate of the Great Khan JB Pritzker
Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com Researcher, Computer Security @ ICSI
Chief Mad Scientist @ Skerry Technologies
Putting the Science in "Mad Science"
Digital, Explainable, and (usually) Adversarial Systems
Looking for employment: CV is here https://skerry-tech.com/cv.html
he/him