Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social Author: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
Also: Word Freak, A Few Seconds of Panic, Wild & Outside
Ex: Hang Up and Listen, WSJ, NPR, AP, Daily Pennsylvanian, Pel Mel
Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social Host of Replay Booth. Host of Slow Burn seasons on David Duke and Fox News. Creator of One Year. Author of NBCC winner THE QUEEN. https://www.josh-levin.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
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs @500songspodcast.bsky.social The official podcast account. Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.
https://500songs.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewHickey
Merch: https://500-songs.teemill.com
Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social Independent journalist.
Send tips via Signal: 202-510-1268.
Join my newsletter 👇👇👇
kenklippenstein.substack.com
Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social Cubs beat writer at The Chicago Tribune. Previously: The Athletic. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumna.
Chef Reactions @chefreactions.bsky.social That annoying, monotone chef from various other platforms. Yup, it’s me.
Tom McGrath @tcmcg.photo Just another dipshit from Chicago. Bits and jokes and jokes and bits. Photos, sometimes acting, mostly nonsense.
Banner image thanks to @chgohoods.bsky.social
Gabriel Roth @gabrielroth.bsky.social Shampoo for my real friends
Kalila Holt @kalilaholt.bsky.social okay hello here I am on bluesky
I make the podcast heavyweight and I also write short stories
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Jim Newell @jim-newell.bsky.social Senior politics writer at Slate.
Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov Mom. Combat Veteran. Blackhawk pilot. U.S. Senator. Illinoisan.
Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov Serving the people of Illinois.
Democratic Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee @judiciarydems.senate.gov. 
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social NOLA. SFFH/crime/journalist. BASFF & Locus notable stories ‘23. Indie author
Contributor to Antigravity Magazine & Gambit
Words in: Buzzfeed News, Politico, Apex Mag, Fiyah, more.
NOLA 40 under 40 2025!
NOVEL: “The Pike Boys” books2read.com/thepikeboys
@nicomlang.bsky.social @nicomlang.bsky.social 
@chuntttttt.bsky.social @chuntttttt.bsky.social 
Usidore, Wizard of the 12th Realm of Ephysiyies, Manipulator of @usidore.bsky.social Magical Delights, Devourer of Chaos, Champion of the Great Halls of Terr’akkas. Known to the elves as Fi’ang Yalok. Known to the dwarves as Zoenen Hoogstandjes. And in the NE as Gaismunẽnas Meistar. And other secret names. + Hello from the Magic Tavern.
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
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Jacques Lamarre @jerklamerk.bsky.social Connecticut-based playwright, proud liberal, drag whisperer, lover of memes, books, Prince, Mark Twain, pizza, and all things camp. Chief Creative Officer for Buzz-Engine.com. jacqueslamarreplaywright.com 📚🐕🐈🏳️🌈👸🧚♀️💃
Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social Not affiliated with the Greeneville Pet Cemetery
Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social BECOMING DUCHESS GOLDBLATT (HMH, 2020).
Christopher Moltisanti Weighs In On Current Events @moltisantithots.bsky.social What I'm saying is...
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Paul Ford @ftrain.com Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
amy brown @amybrown.xyz wife, mother, poster
oakland area via dayton, ohio
✨ amybrown.xyz ✨
Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social Writer, The Ringer | Co-host, The Press Box & Ringer Tailgate | Former host, Slow Burn seasons 3, 6, 8 | Nation’s fastest 10-year-old in 1988 | Dez & Lani’s dad.
cta @chicagocta.bsky.social Official account of the Chicago Transit Authority.
Delivering quality, affordable transit services that link people, jobs and communities.
For customer support head to transitchicago.com/contact
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
Kate Jamieson / KJ ⚓️ @kejamieson.bsky.social Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. C18th Naval Ordnance & Personnel Nerd. Rower. Owned by a Greek Dog 🐾
katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org A team of scientists & activists, in & around Yellowstone National Park. 501c3. Posting photos, ideas & solutions, because together, we can change the world.
Please report malicious trolls & imposters.
We are AltYelloNatPark™️
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 | 🇳🇴
Anjulie Rao @anjulierao.bsky.social I write about the built environment. Bylines in a lot of places.
Anjulierao.info
laina 𓆣 @laina.bsky.social she/they • Chicago
Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social Chicago blueystorian, UIC ABD
jeffnicholshistory.com
Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social Comedy writer. "Have I Got News For You", "Last Week Tonight", "The Amber Ruffin Show." Author of "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" and "The Someone New." Friend to several penguins.
Sarah Joy Shockey @sarahjoy.bsky.social girl goofy
Æthelred the UnPreddy @ready4preddy.bsky.social he/himbo. i like to walk around a lot. bus/train dude & local bike guy
The Map Center @mapcenter.com Andrew Middleton
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
A 'Peddler of Wheres' and owner of the oldest map store on the East Coast, The Map Center in Pawtucket RI. It's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
Tim Sniffen @mistersniffen.bsky.social jackbox director | NYer writing & cartoons | magic tavern VO | 🏳️🌈🤘
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker @nomads.bsky.social Posting live from the Most Serene IL-Khanate of the Great Khan JB Pritzker
Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social Sometimes I make YouTube videos. Right now I play a lot of chess!!! Tomorrow, who knows?
Matt Ufford @mattufford.bsky.social Yahoo Sports guy, area bird enthusiast
Lucy Huber @clhubes.bsky.social 
a matt @thrillhowse.bsky.social newer, more interesting midwestern architect
Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too.
rebeccamakkai.substack.com
https://rebeccamakkai.com
Jane Manwelyan @janemanwelyan.bsky.social Theater & film maker, director, writer, Artistic Director of Catskills Creative Residency.
www.emanwelyan.com
gary’s anatomy @sablaah.bsky.social hi! welcome to my microblog page. take a look around! 🔍
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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social PARODY. All of the popular films and series not coming to Disney+ or anywhere else. Intern @straycunt.bsky.social tweets signed as KH.
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
Support us: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/
📧 info@unraveledpress.com
📱 Signal: unraveled.66
Adal Rifai @adalrifai.bsky.social 
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.
Arnie Niekamp @arnieniekamp.bsky.social Hello from the Magic Tavern creator and host. Directed Drawful, Trivia Murder Party, Fakin’ It and lots of other games for Jackbox Games
https://linktr.ee/arnieniekamp
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Posts: @johngreenfield.bsky.social (unsigned) and @stevevance.net.
Commuters Take Action @ctaction.org A collective of frustrated Chicago commuters. Pro-Rider, Pro-Operator, Pro-Reliability, Anti-Board Inaction
Julia Turner @juliaturner.bsky.social Co-Founder & EIC, L.A. Material. Formerly Slate, L.A. Times. Co-host, Slate Culture Gabfest.
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social Leaked photo of heaven
She/her NYC
https://linktr.ee/kathbarbadoro
Transit Maps @transitmap.net A celebration of transit maps and diagrams from around the world. Visit the blog at transitmap.net. 🔁 Reposts appreciated!
Transit map prints sold at: transitmap.net/store
Transit mappers starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/32jXV41
Pastrami Mommy @ewelannawhite.bsky.social food motivated *ctor, vo artist, comedy writer
✨words in the hard times/hard drive & the bway beat✨
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Will Oremus @willoremus.com Covering online speech, the information economy and AI weirdness at @theatlantic.com. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky.
Signal: willoremus.24
@izzyisinatizzy.bsky.social @izzyisinatizzy.bsky.social 
@michaellocher.bsky.social @michaellocher.bsky.social A dad who likes to cook and make art and stuff.
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
Matt Lindner @mattlindner.bsky.social Wrigleyville Dad. Ex-pro mascot and sportswriter. Big fan of good folks, bourbon, dive bars, and my kid. Running the 2025 Chicago Marathon to raise $$ for Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. http://bit.ly/3DJy8MY
@michaelmaso.bsky.social @michaelmaso.bsky.social After fifty-plus years as a non-profit theater leader I have morphed into a gently-used executive coach and organizational consultant, a writer about my privileged place on the periphery of genius, and an avid traveler. Making up for lost time.
Helen Shaw @helenshaw.bsky.social Theater critic at the New York Times. Tell me if you’ve seen something good!
Jenn Lindsay @jennlindsayfilm.bsky.social San Diego social scientist filmmaker partner professor puppy-obsessed person living in Rome, Italy
Elizabeth Hackett @lizhackett.bsky.social Screenwriter. Toast eater. Enjoys polite revenge.
Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social Defector, normal gossip, novels, etc
newsletter here: https://buttondown.com/mckinneykelsey
foxyjewishmama @foxyjewishmama.bsky.social Sammy (she/her) Chicago-based architecture worker, cyclist, pedestrian, transit rider.
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
NerdVsWorld @nerdvsworld.bsky.social Technical Theatre all-rounder.
Recovering Academic/Musicologist
D&D forever GM
Story telling, tea drinking, music making nerd.
we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social she/her. sorry about my face, an animal licked it
honored east portlander, oregon treasure quest ranger, OSU extension service master food preserver and master composter, mother of multiples, peasant
USDA zone 8b/9a
Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌
linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
Emma Scott @emmascott.us Actress, bacon connoisseur, sometimes writer, average singer, news junkie, native, foul-mouthed hockey fan, altruist, & dirty hippie. Preferred pronoun: y'all
Matt Moses @mattmoses.bsky.social want to talk about the hard problem of consciousness? moral relativism? deep Brooklyn? Spinoza? playwriting? Pinter? Fornes? farce? Keats? interactive experiences? peewee? yimby? vibes?
Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social For over 30 years, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent, foreign and classic films.
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social Hosting Slate’s daily news podcast What Next. Getting closer to God in a tight situation. Alum: WNYC Always: therealness.org
rebecca onion @rebeccaonion.bsky.social senior staff writer at slate - www.rebeccaonion.com
i don't really post here - more active at:
https://www.instagram.com/rebeccaonion
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13150472-rebecca-onion
and
https://letterboxd.com/rebeccaonion/
Shannon Palus @shanpalus.bsky.social Features editor at Slate with a special interest in science and health. Writer and runner.
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
garyshteyngart.substack.com
http://facebook.com/shteyngart
Jessica Winter @winterjessica.bsky.social https://www.harpercollins.com/products/one-more-than-one-jessica-winter?variant=45306334806050
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Joseph Cermatori @cermatori.bsky.social criticism & theory - literature, art, performance, politics and culture 🌿
assoc. prof. @ Skidmore College
author: “Baroque Modernity” (JHUP 2021)
www.josephcermatori.com
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
vicky @vickyjohnsondahl.bsky.social part beagle and part disaster
Alex Goldman @agoldman.bsky.social I make @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social and @amityvilleville.bsky.social. I used to make Reply All. One day I will be in the ground hopefully flowers will grow out of me.
Hannah G. @hannahagnc.bsky.social A citizen that pays attention to politics, history, arts, media, and culture in Greensboro NC.
Dave, because you are not. @davewholovesbeer.bsky.social WARNING! I am a real Florida Man.
If I’m a troll, your mom is my bridge. Here for the beer, y’all. Very married. Jokes, food, weed, and all things good. Occasional snark because that’s me. Iconoclast in waiting.