James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
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.
Will Matthews @willmatthews12.bsky.social Army veteran, Industrial Security professional, bourbon drinker,liberal. Foodie, crime documentaries and rehabilitated news junkie. #VoteBlue Fredericksburg, VA. No Crypto and no sexbots, you will be reported and blocked.
Dawn Ocean Harmony🎶🌴☀️♿️🐕🦺🦮👩🦽🚶🏻♂️ @dawnoceanharmony.bsky.social 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Married 38yrs!•Mother of 3
2 rescue dogs! 🐕🦺🦮👩🦽🚶🏻♂️
♿️Chronically ill & Disabled\Amputee
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#Michiganders #14thNow #Resist #DOOR #TheNewUntouchables #Blues
#TheCleanNewDeal #GoodTroubleSquadron
#ImpeachConvictRemove #Rule9
💙TheUpperLeft💙 @50501roseburg.bsky.social Organizer and founder of Roseburg Oregon 50501
Standing up for democracy and fighting back with truth. If we stand together we stand strong.
💙Join the movement 🩵
#pnw #oregon #roseburg
#resist #replace #remove #vote fiftyfifty.one nokings.org
Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social 💙💙💙💙🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙GO BLUE DEMOCRACY! Fighting for the rights of ALL people. Join us as we cut through the noise of the latest news stories, information and a little bit of humor. FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
Glen Burbidge ❌️👑 @gburbidg.bsky.social Montana!
If we fix how we vote, we WILL get better results! Read my 18 part pinned 🧵 on how we fix this mess so EVERY voter has EQUAL say in EVERY election.
Friends repost (and read) friends' pinned posts.
Hillwoman @hillwomans.bsky.social Ancient hippie , blunt,free speech activist, Autism advocate,Blues#GTS
💙 My Family,Music, photos, singing,dancing,Books, yarn,hiking,tide pools, seals, osprey,piping plovers, Ireland 🇮🇪 and Georgie🐾. Child of a librarian📚 and a mailman📫
Friend of Bill’s.
M 💓🇺🇸🗽🌊🌈✨🧘♀️ @liveadivinelife.bsky.social Now it's our time to stand guard, be the keepers of the flame, keep the faith & love America. My opinions don’t represent anyone w/ which I’m affiliated or employed. #indivisible #nokings #feminist #democracy
💙John the Resister Birder Artist 60s Music Lover @johnmmmps.bsky.social Survived polio, Cuban revolution, Haight Ashbury, 911 in NYC , COVID and a Horrid President - wore a mask, vaccinated every chance, left Twitter - Beatles, Dylan, Garcia, Peter Green, Bach, Mozart, Monet, Edward Weston.
“Liberty and justice for all.”
My friends call me Wolfie @kswolf.bsky.social Speaking out for our democracy and all things we stand to lose if we don’t stick together and speak out. 💙 I’ll be voting against rampant corruption and the destruction of our democracy. Pro public lands, pro choice, pro humanity. 🚫 pedos ever.
General Strike US - Illinois @gsus-illinois.bsky.social This is the Illinois Chapter of General Strike US ✊ the decentralized strike network uniting 3.5% or 11 million Americans to strike!!! 🍉
Join us: GeneralStrikeUS.com
IL Resources: linktr.ee/gsus_illinois
#FreePalestine #AbolishICE
john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social SIX SUSPENSIONS on 4 Threads accounts in 13 DAYS (see pinned post). Seven overall. THE KING!
4/2/25 Suspended on FB & IG!
F Trump🖕🏻 F Elon🖕🏻 F Putin🖕🏻 F Zuck🖕🏻
Slava Ukraini 💙🇺🇦💛
Come for the politics, stay for the birds & Sunday brunch
Crazyface Stan account
Shoebocks @shoebocks.bsky.social Co-Owner of Pinch Spice Market with the love of my life, Home Cook, Dog Rescuer, Cyclist, Kind and Caring Human
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.
Karen From Chicago @kiresists.bsky.social She/Her
Cohost @TruBluPolitics.bsky.social Podcaster #StephHead
#FBaRmy #BLM #TransAlly #MomHugs #LGBTQIA #NeverForgetJ6 💙🌊🇺🇸🙏🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social Working to make things more equitable, peaceful & humane. Currently: Nonprofit strategy + Bike Bus leader! Prev: AmeriCorps & teacher, ed leader, Booth MBA Civic Scholar, Obama campaign + appointee.
Usually posting about Chicago, safe streets, or #Sixers
morgan shae ★ @morgan-shae.com chicago illustrator https://morgan-shae.com
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Angela Lampsbury @angelalampsbury.bsky.social Creator of Angela Lampsbury Designs and the Knowledge Fight podcast button designer of record. You can buy some here https://angelalampsbury.com
Lover of independent creators and believer in Peanuthood
I’ll read that @quietmum.bsky.social Fled the Twitterverse. Seeking news, opinions, book recs, and witty banter. Life in the bubble doesn’t have to be an echo chamber. 🐶 Go Dawgs! She/her
Crystal Paul @cplhouse.bsky.social Investigative Editor, Block Club Chicago - The Watch
Formerly Seattle Times, Illinois Answers Project.
Raised on the road. Found home in South Side Chicago.
Jim Roll @jimroll.bsky.social Later life Dad. Musician. Recording Engineer. Photographer. Assistant Managing Producer at University of Michigan Duderstadt Audio Studios. Blackhawks and Cubs fan.
WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social As Chicago's PBS station, WTTW is committed to producing and presenting independent, trusted, best-in-class content fueled by a distinctly Chicago sensibility.
https://t.co/QTmgsrKIaj
@chitown70.bsky.social @chitown70.bsky.social Midwest nice but don’t cross me. Retired AF wife. IL,WI,OH Be kind.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸☘️🇨🇦 🇬🇱🇺🇦☕️🚴🏻♀️#GCG📎 Medicare for All now. No Kings No war! West Wing forever!
Hyde Park Trish @pmorse.bsky.social Writing about history when I'm not gardening. #Chicago #HydePark #20th Century America through the lens of my family
Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com Breaking news since 1847.
The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com Black-owned publication from Chicago to the 🌍
Reshaping the narrative in pursuit of truth and liberation.
💻: thetriibe.com
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Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. @wiltfongjr.bsky.social Editor in Chief at Windy City Gridiron where I write about the #Bears, 🎙/📹 host of T Formation Conversation and co-host of Bear & Balanced at 2nd City Gridiron.
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
iowaBear @iowabear.bsky.social Bear Down!!! From the Midwest, love the Bears, Dodgers, Iowa Hawkeyes, my family, friends and my dog. Being Good beats acting ‘great’ every time.
Dalt Flowers @daltflowers.bsky.social Chicago. Ur fav skeleton
Red Line SG @theredlinesg.bsky.social Fire / Stars / local amateur soccer / free pickup soccer. You can find us watching Chicago soccer live or on the televisions at Weeds Tavern. Raccoon enthusiasts. (redlinesg.com) #WithTheStars #cf97
StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social We are a literary arts nonprofit focused on building a writing community. Classes and events online and in person. Come write with us!
https://www.storystudiochicago.org
LynneMcCartney @lynnemccartney.bsky.social She/Her
Where are my Posties? #ExPost #Postie #PostNews
Posties Discord: https://discord.gg/dKXKmHZt
💙💛 #TeamPete FOREVER 🐝 #BeLikePete
😺🐶 Animal rights | Vegetarian | Atheist
🎶 Beatles | ⚾ Chicago Cubs
LGBTQ ally ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤
❣️ ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE ❣️
Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at WBEZ - Chicago Public Media
Chicago Pilot @pwkpilot.bsky.social Pilot, traveler, skier, former engineer, occasional unqualified political pundit. I post lots of aviation pictures and occasional questionable commentary about politics.
Dan Managlia @managlia.bsky.social Quitter
Neon Movie Bunker @neonmoviebunker.bsky.social 2 guys who discuss movies, movie news, home video releases, more movie news, other movie news and movie reviews.
Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social ✶ State investigations editor at https://illinoisanswers.org/ ✶ https://www.jim-daley.com/ ✶ DM for Signal ✶ He/him
James O’Hagan @esports.irish Educator. Sometimes Doctoral Student at NIU. Opinions are my own. He/Him.
Jay Medina @jaymedina.bsky.social Mets fan, Software Engineer, Tired.
Auntie Pho @karltballs.lol I think it’s time to make punching nazis sexy again
Juan @jfc916.bsky.social Father to 2 great kids, infrastructure engineer, home tech and dev ops tech, Chicago sports except for the cubs
Tim Jones @themisterlibrary.bsky.social '25 SLJ Librarian of the Year 🎉 '24 LJ Mover & Shaker 🎉 '23 Nat’l Media Literacy Teacher 🎉 '22 KY Librarian of the Year 🎉 Second City Alum 🎉 Co-Owner of nimcoinc.com 🎉 Book in 2026
linktr.ee/misterlibrary
#Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #BookSky
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
H Kapp-Klote @hkappklote.bsky.social I write about Chicago, labor, and organizing.
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QuadCityPat @quadcitypat.bsky.social Husband, Father, Union Guy, Retired Child Protection. Liberal, beer drinker and liberal beer drinker. Cubs, Bears, Hawkeyes. Sporadic, erratic golfer, the Schoolhouse Rock of using "fuck" in a sentence.
Chicago Dubs @dstrickland621.bsky.social Fuck Trump
Fuck ICE
Fuck Stephen Miller
Go Cubs
Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com The hardest-working paper in America.
Jen of Vegas @jpwincubs.bsky.social I don't follow all with less than 10 post 🤟Wife 🤟Parents 🤟Family & extended LGBTQ Family 🤟Constitution. Can't Teach Commonsense. I'm dyslexic yet with college degree. And of course, l ❤️ the CUBS!!! 🚫DM 🚫Nudes 🚫Crypto. Pronouns she/her
Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social Our laboratory studies the extracellular matrix #ECM in health and disease using #Proteomics and #CompBiology | Founder of the Matrisome Project @matrisome.bsky.social | https://naba.lab.uic.edu
Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at @wttw.bsky.social News/Chicago Tonight. Past life: Illinois Answers Project, BGA, Columbus Dispatch, ThisWeek News. I cover cops, courts, energy, health, finance, education, pensions etc. Prolific FOIA filer. He/him.
Lilith Golde 🌹 Chicago @iwantgolde.bsky.social Tattooed BBW dream girl & Goddess ✨ 𝔚𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔚𝔬𝔯𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔭 🌹 Chicago & beyond📍
iwantgolde.com
beacons.ai/iwantgolde
Esther Lindström @estherlindstrom.bsky.social Associate professor of special education at UIC. Interests in reading, disability, and instruction. Parent to two, including one with DDX3X. Curbside treasure hunter. ADHD. she/her. Personal account.
ORCiD: 0000-0001-6343-2538
Garrett Kiely @gkiely.bsky.social Director, University of Chicago Press. #GoHoyas #HoyaSaxa
All opinions are my own.
See Red UK @seereduk.bsky.social See Red UK is a group for Bulls fans regardless of where you live!
Home of the Chicago Bulls Chat Podcast with Matt & Neill, check it out on YouTube & all major audio platforms.
Go to See Red UK Discord for Bulls news & Live Thread for all Bulls games.
ariana hernandez reguant @ariana33141.bsky.social anthropologist (Cuba/SoFL/LatAm - PhD UChicago), art & social engagement, local politics, urban & media studies, writer/editor, media & comm consultant, research assoc at FIU. Barcelona-native/ based in miami beach. loves dominoes and ice skating
Brett Taylor @brett-taylor.bsky.social I write sometimes. Other times I breathe and eat and sleep and such. 
Brian @nullgarity.bsky.social IT guy. Comedian. Dank ass dad. Chicago.
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
Lior Strahilevitz @thelior.bsky.social University of Chicago Law Professor who writes about privacy law, property theory, and law & technology.
My bio is here: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/strahilevitz
My writing is here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=331655
GoPride.com @gopride.com Midwest’s #1 LGBTQ online news, and entertainment network. On the GO in LGBTQ Chicago.
#lgbtchicago #gaychicago #boystown
https://gopride.com
Laura Ridgefield @lauraridgefield.bsky.social HEA forever. Romance novelist “Under the Influencer” out now. Chicago North Romance Writers. #romancelandia PR practitioner, mom, bleeding heart. Big fan of empathy. She/her
K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social Media Strategist. Photographer. Journalist. | Constantly Curious. | Connector | Chicago-based. | Talking to news workers at https://youtube.com/@karenkringmediacurious
Lieberman @sollylieb.bsky.social Writer and maker and paint-marker shaker.
Former (free) local news CEO & Publisher.
Former Off-Broadway vending machine filler.
Chicagoish.
James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social Associate professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Tech). I study financial markets regulation & law of capitalism. But this ≠ IIT. DSA Fund board 🌹🤝, Rstats, NLP, Phish dad, etc. Semper ubi sub ubi.
Barbara Iverson @biverson.bsky.social Professor Emerita Digital Journalism - Columbia College Chicago. Emerta Director at Voqal. Org. Interests: Democracy, biking, swimming, painting, progressive politics. Like Persephone, I split my time between Chicago and Florida.
JeanneMarie 👩🏽⚕️ @marieazyyy.bsky.social White sox. Bears. Medicine 👩🏽⚕️🧬🧪
homegrown chicago kid who is single-handedly perpetuating that Tupac is still alive
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
Kevin Cheng @stayingbullish.bsky.social Forever depressed Chicago sports fan.
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
CTA Alerts @legitctaalerts.bsky.social [Unofficial] Automated feed of alerts from CTA's website
Started after @ctaalert on twitter/x was shut down
Other Platforms: https://linktr.ee/legitctaalerts
Maggie🩷💙💜🌈 @maggiewarrenx.bsky.social Bisexual🩷💜💙 | STEM girlie ☀️| Swiftie🫶🏻 | The Rookie/Chicago Fire/Med/PD Stan🚒🚑🏥| Chenford/Stellaride/Vizzie/Upstead/Hawkami 4 Life | Ready for a femininomenon💕| Views are my own😘
jacki @jacki.bsky.social Queen of the Harpies.
40-something goofball’s stream of consciousness. White Sox Bluesky standard-bearer. Never proofreads. Judges you by your favorite Beatle. Baseball and Dr Pepper.
jackilikesbaseball.com
Picto | ionno @ionno.bsky.social 23 | He/Him | Chicago, IL | SSBU Terry (ex Kirby) | TGAMM ❤️
Broadcast Asst. for @URTournaments.bsky.social | Broadcaster & Asst. T.O. for TW:@BlastZoneChi | Head of TW:@PictoParty
Barton Shaw @bartonrmshaw.bsky.social A fan of the most competitive team in the NBA! Development & Fundraising | Specializing in Second Chances | Views are my own - not reflective of my workplace.
Will Gottlieb @willgottlieb.bsky.social Covering the Chicago Bulls ✍️🎙
Scott In Chicago @northsidegooner.bsky.social 
Jay Zawaski @jayzawaski.bsky.social Podcast host at CHGO Blackhawks and the I’m Fat Podcast. WSCR Alum. Author. PSN: IrishRed_77
AwwwwBreeee @awwwwbreeee.bsky.social Chargers and Blackhawks fan. Expert skier and crazy cat lady. Trying to find a deeper meaning to the word "shallow".
Escape the hate, be the love.
La Bimbocita @bimbocita.com 💖 🏳️⚧️Queer Trans Iconic Artista from Chitown 🇲🇽
✨Art, Beauty, Gaming, & Co-werking streamer 💖 twitch.tv/bimbocita ✨ Team: 🪦 Thee Haunted Home 👻
🚫GenAI
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LaBimbocita@gmail.com
#CoworkSky #ArtistsandMakers #BLACKTRANSLIVESMATTER
Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social Film Editor at @avclub.com
Video Game Movie Expert
Southerner in Chicago
Nora Flanagan @noraflanagan.bsky.social Union organizer, English teacher, horror dork, derby enforcer, book glutton, rabid Chicagoan, coffee junkie, metaphorical nazi-puncher
✨never heard of it✨ @localchaos.bsky.social what?????
Chicago based emo
Democrat Rolodex @democratrolodex.org 📖 Building connections for progress.
🌍 A hub for activists, organizers, & change-makers.
🤝 Network. Amplify. Mobilize.
🇺🇸Jackie S.🇺🇦🙏4️⃣☮️ @kaysgramma.bsky.social Born-n-Raised in suburbs of the 🌬🏙 Former 🤸🏻♀️& coach now a 🤸🏼♀️'s 👵🏻 Married to👨🏻🚒for 25 yr💔⚱️😢
Yes I’ll talk politics, but excited to return to my social media roots w/conversations re Gymnastics, TV, Movies, Awards Shows & Fashion
See @bkseaze.bsky.social ..
Cindi Koudelka @cmkoudelka.bsky.social Public school educator ~ Adjunct Professor ~ Researcher of Young Adult Literature, Adolescent Literacies, Agency, & Equity ~ she/her ~ posts=own views
Tazewell County Dems of IL @tazdemsil.bsky.social Tazewell County, IL Democrats
Insta http://bit.ly/4338s8V
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TazDemsIL
Web https://tazdems.org/
Dems of IL https://ildems.com/
Email info+parades@tazdems.org
John Sahly @johnsahly.bsky.social Managing Editor, Shaw Media
Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social Your Illinois news radar https://capitolfax.com/
Julie Cruse @academicabuse.com 📣 The Whistleblower: juliecruse.com
📚 The Story: goodreads.com/juliecruse
🛍️ The Shop: https://a.co/d/0htxv3RT
🥞 The Stack: substack.com/@juliecruse
📊 The Data: academicabuse.com/data
🌐 The Hub: academicabuse.com
🎙️ The Verdict: podcast.academicabuse.com
MariKula@bsky.social @marikula.bsky.social My home; the pale blue dot commune: Earth. Wretched refuse yearning to breathe feminist freedom fighter. Illinois Indivisible social justice blue worrier. Persister for universal self determination. Resister for Pax Americana, and against united abnormies.
Amie Reed @amiereed.bsky.social K-8 literacy coach. Usually posting about teaching and learning but sometimes books, Taylor Swift, cats, crafts or dance. #EduSkyIL
Google Innovator, Trainer & Coach | Teach Plus Policy Fellow Alum | ISTE Certified Instructional Leader
Illinois Reading Council @ilreadcouncil.bsky.social The mission of the Illinois Reading Council is to provide support and leadership to all who promote and teach lifelong literacy.
https://www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org/
https://illinoisreads.org/
#IRCReads
Katie Russell @katrussell05.bsky.social Wife ~ Mom ~ Kiki ~ EL Coordinator ~ Educator ~ Reader ~ ❤️ KidLit ~ World Traveler ~ 🏳️🌈 Ally 🏳️🌈 ~ She/Her
Edward Alexander @makemeamap.bsky.social Mapmaker of military history and historic sites, ska and punk music lift me up, Illini and Chicago sports bring me down
IllinoisResister @gottadance64.bsky.social Cat lover, bird watcher, mom, prairie grower, swing dancer. Marketing project mngr who pickles beets and makes Slovenian goulash. Resisting. Lifting up immigrants. Dem. Progressive. Blue down the ticket.
University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social University of Illinois Press / Publisher of scholarly and regional trade books and journals since 1918