Spencer McDaniel @spencermcdaniel.bsky.social Studies ancient Greek cultural and social history, BA history and classical studies @IUBloomington, MA @BrandeisCLAS, she/her.
Menestune @menestune.bsky.social Hawaii, PNW, Pro-Kindness. Woke as shit.
Vegan for the animals
Chicago Public Library @chipublib.bsky.social Read, learn, discover.
Opened in 1873, Chicago Public Library has locations in every Chicago neighborhood.
Chuck Sudo @bportseasoning.bsky.social Chicagoan. 1978 Prussing Elementary spelling bee champion. Writer. Cyclist. Semiprofessional flâneur. Gourmand. Guy who knows a guy. Navy vet. Wise ass.
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
Illinois DNR @illinoisdnr.bsky.social Official account of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. State parks, historic sites, wildlife, water, mines, education and more. #findyourselfoutdoors
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Lush @lush.com We believe in safer socials, kinder communities and Fresh Handmade Cosmetics. 🫧
Leaving the world Lusher than we found it.
Customer care: lush.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.
l'Humanité @humanite.fr l'Humanité, le journal fondé par Jean Jaurès, est un média libre au service des alternatives progressistes. Abonnez-vous : https://abonnement.humanite.fr/
EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social Photos & videos about the changes happening in Paris. SPV means "Sortir de Paris à Vélo" ("Cycle out of Paris"), which is my old website about how to cycle out of Paris on some cycle lanes in the suburbs. http://www.sortirdeparisavelo.fr/blog/
Kate Masterofwhine @masterofwhine.bsky.social Whine about #wine and Brexit. La Buona Forchetta! 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇨🇦
Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social Texas Monthly senior writer focused on the far right and Christian nationalism. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Fan of Hip Hop and loud guitars. Send me music.
Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com adventurer
Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org Regional film archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to films that represent the Midwest. More at chicagofilmarchives.org
Guillermo Esteves @allencompassingtrip.com A landscape & wildlife photographer in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming • allencompassingtrip.com
Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike We tell the stories of the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike around the city, in photos and video. Read all our past interviews at chiwho.bike!
Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online writer and coffee professional, Bon Appétit, Serious Eats, Bon Appetit, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Vulture, HAD, Polygon, and other places.
I also have a newsletter: https://jesseraub.online
Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol All the world’s a stage
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
ACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social A project powered by a network of aviation enthusiasts hunting for interesting cleartext ACARS messages. All posted messages are delayed & have identifying information removed. Most messages are very undramatic.
acarsdrama.com | jumpseat.acarsdrama.com
Caroline O'Donovan @ceodonovan.bsky.social Biz reporter @ProPublica, ex-WaPo, née BuzzFeed. Labor & the human condition. caroline.odonovan@propublica.org. @ceodonovan.66 on Signal.
Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social Check out the amazing handcrafed gifts made by my daughter at www.idlehandmade.com
You know you want a Holy Grail bag, or that guitar bag, owned only by me and Micky Dolenz. Updates coming shortly...
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Blue in Arizona, forged in the Burgh.
1elizabethtjacobs1@gmail.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
megan targaryen back in team black @jon-snow-420.bsky.social tramp stamp of a ouija board
Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social Widely somewhat respected. Co-editor, Dissent Magazine. Teach history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. New book coming at end of 2026: Poverty of the Imagination: The Cold War and the Social Science of Development in Latin America.
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
AURA: An Austin for Everyone @aura-atx.org Austinites advocating for abundant homes, reliable public transit, walkability, & safe streets for all!
Emmanuel Grégoire @egregoire.bsky.social Maire de Paris
samuel mehr @mehr.nz i am a cognitive scientist studying auditory perception at the University of Auckland and the Yale Child Study Center 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
lab: themusiclab.org
personal: mehr.nz
intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg
book: WHY WE HEAR WHAT WE HEAR (2028, Bloomsbury)
Alex @acannon.bsky.social They’re passing a new law. Its called Ride Your Bike.
Chicago
Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social Fast and reliable results and analysis for elections at every level, from federal to local.
-Find our analysis at https://decisiondeskhq.substack.com.
-Follow results on our election data portal at https://votes.decisiondeskhq.com/
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her 
Verite News @veritenews.org Nonprofit news for New Orleans elevating voices from communities that have been historically dismissed or ignored to create thoughtful, solution-based coverage on crucial topics.
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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
University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social University of Illinois Press / Publisher of scholarly and regional trade books and journals since 1918
Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social Mom. Fighter + Community Leader
https://lindseyfornyc.com/
Patrick Smith @pksmid.bsky.social Co-host of Say More with Mary Dixon
ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
Danny Rivero @danielrivero.bsky.social I like digging up dirt, figuratively and literally. Public radio in Miami. 🇨🇺🇺🇸. Pro-Puerto Rico.🏴
Book : https://bookshop.org/p/books/just-freedom-inside-florida-s-decades-long-voting-rights-battle-daniel-rivero/8af38ae9a3cf11c4?ean=9780813081168&next=t
Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor.
“Still bringin’ satin for them draws, velvet for the mic and got a pound for the cause.”
Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social Leading with joy. Fighting for YOU. MA Attorney General, wife and mama to Alexander & Aiden. Beyonce fan. For official updates follow @massago.bsky.social
Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social I post every lot in Chicago.
Picking up where Every Lot Chicago left off on Twitter.
👨💻 @michaelmclean.me
🤖 https://github.com/MisterClean/everylotbot-chicago
Juliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social Mom of four, Illinois Lt. Governor, Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate.
Giving the people what they want.
https://linktr.ee/julianaforillinois
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
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📬 https://disconnect.blog
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Clément Petitjean @clementpetitj.bsky.social Community organizing | social movements | Chicago | yoga. Associate professor, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. Author of "Occupation: Organizer" (Haymarket Books)
Cultures Monde @culturesmonde.bsky.social Magazine international, 11h-12h sur @franceculture.fr
🎙️ @juliegacon.bsky.social du lundi au jeudi & @melanie-chalandon.bsky.social le vendredi
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov Congressman representing Central Florida / Orlando (FL-10)
MPR News @mprnews.org Minnesota news. Independent + nonprofit. Free thanks to members. Listen on air, read online or follow here ❤️
📷: The Minnesota Capitol building just after sunset on a spring evening, by Brian Bakst | MPR News.
Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter covering the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse and criminal justice issues in Chicago.
Signal: jmeisner48.08
Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social Portfolio: https://www.clippings.me/users/richardirvinebrown
Journo. BBC Verify.
Digital investigative journalism since 2014, cars/money data before, BBC Sport 2007-2011.
Art bot @art-institute.bsky.social Posting random artworks from Art Institute of Chicago's API. For more info, look at the API https://api.artic.edu/docs/#introduction
NPS Cambot @nps-cambot.bsky.social I'm a bot that posts images from random NPS webcams, once an hour.
Note that not all images are live.
Fan Account - Not affiliated with the NPS or any other government entity.
Bot written & wrangled by @eccentric.ity.org
#NPS #NationalParkService
Jenny Holzer @jennyholzer.bsky.social THE FUTURE IS STUPID
Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social Journalist, audio documentarian, writer. English professor at Dartmouth, working on a doc about the end of civil rights. Previously: NPR race and identity correspondent, “alarmingly divisive"
signal: sandhya_.96
Podcasts: On Our Watch, American Suburb.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
Dave Infante @dinfontay.com reporter covering the beer industry (@vinepair.com), drinking in america (fingers.email), and east end richmond (chlookout.com) | send tips to dave@dinfontay.com, or dinfontay.11 on signal (good tips only, thank you) | more: linktr.ee/dinfontay
@jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social And the Oscar goes to Paddington in Peru
Twitter Refugees Welcome!
Pablo Picasso @pablopicasso.bsky.social Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a 20th (1881-1973) century Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist. #artbots by
@nuwaves_future , @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
bit.ly/bgcjr
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social Feminist science professor at the University of Illinois. Labor organizer. Author of PERIOD. Out 8/26: PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End. Settler, queer. 🍉
Pre-order here! http://bit.ly/4y4DMkB
Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org The only website devoted to covering all the livable streets and public space news you need. Visit us at http://nyc.streetsblog.org. Retweets/posts are NOT endorsements.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com
Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app ✊🏾 • Beer • SSF2X • おつまみ大好き • DrinkLocal • Lakers (1981-2026) • Dodgers • 阪神タイガース • Joshi Puroresu • お相撲 • Bleeding Heart 🍻 • Fei Long • 春麗 • Karin Kanzuki • Jamie Siu 🍶
Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social Building an economy that works for all of us. #WeAreTheEconomy
Kerry Kennedy @kerrykennedy.bsky.social President of @kennedyhrc.bsky.social, lawyer and activist. Bestselling author, progressive Catholic, and lifelong feminist. Proud mom of three mighty women.
Documented @documentedny.bsky.social News that speaks your language.
Español - 中文 - Kreyòl Ayisyen
documentedny.com
@chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social Architecture geek
https://chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/
Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social ⛰ Appalachian 🛸 ATLien ✨ Aquarian
priors: EDSBS, Sports Illustrated, Grantland, MTV, assorted other dead newsrooms
now: @channel6.bsky.social, @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social, coonhound rescuing, miscellaneous hellraising. she/her
Matt Moore @mattmoorecst.bsky.social newsletters + words @chicago.suntimes.com 🗞️
📍Chicago ❤️
E. Jean @ejeancarroll.bsky.social Writer
talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social indie reporter (@taliaotg on hellsite) • support: patreon.com/taliajane • tips: taliajane@protonmail.com 💸: paypal.me/taliajane 🌻 be good; i love you 🖤❤️🔥
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics @usbls.bsky.social We've got a stat for that! Statistics you can trust to make informed decisions.
Letterboxd @letterboxd.social 🧡💚💙 A global community of film lovers. Share your taste in movies via our free apps for iOS, Android, Apple TV, and on the web. https://letterboxd.com
Chicago Cityscape @chicagocityscape.com Real estate information platform for development in Chicago, Cook County, and Lake County (Illinois and Indiana). http://chicagocityscape.com
J.R. Nelson @jrnelson.bsky.social Owner of Myopic Books and formerly 50% of Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf. Fuck Ayn Rand.
Patty Wetli @pjdubs.bsky.social I report on urban nature for WTTW News/PBS Chicago. Expect lots of pics of flowers.
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social The nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper. thecrimson.com
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Prism @prismreports.org An independent, nonprofit newsroom that goes where justice requires.
🗞️ Visit: prismreports.org
💫 Donate: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/support-independent-nonprofit-news-led-by-journalists-of-color
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
Christopher Monks @crmonks.bsky.social Editor of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Author of The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life. Dominator of waiting rooms. Fragile fan of the Dolphins, Sixers, and Red Sox.
Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social Things are terrible
(we follow our contributors)
L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006.
https://linktr.ee/LATACO
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
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social Encinitas CA. Dogs, sports, gaming, home improvement, food. Engineering Leadership @ Netflix Security. he/him
Municipal Corporation @nikhunder.com (hire me policy professionals) Lighter of people, policy person, @CHIRPRadio DJ. Bike guy. Chicago Dog stan. Doesn't proofread. Chicago by way of Cleveland | 🇳🇴
Brian Cassella @briancassella.bsky.social Chicago Tribune photojournalist
Anand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social Writer.
Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com I'm an architecture photographer and Chicago is my backdrop. I post about weather, science, and urbanism issues, too. ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
📩: nick@nuphoto.com
https://linktr.ee/nick_ulivieri
capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social Helping organize information about the Jan 6 Capitol attack and those who planned it. They are still with us.
also: @capitolhunters@mastodon.social
email: capitol.hunters@gmail.com
see bit.ly/Jan6Analysis
Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social Harebrained is a Chicago design company that makes underwear, shirts, trivia games and anything else we fancy. Artist owned. Fuck AI.
www.harebraineddesign.com