saira @wistfulcynic.bsky.social she/her. teacher, translator, writer. us transplant in the uk
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Aggregate Studio @aggregate-studio.com Aggregate Studio is a mission-aligned architecture partner that specializes in dignified, community-centered affordable housing and civic projects.
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Drawn & Quarterly @dandq.bsky.social Montreal-based publisher of the world's most brilliant cartoonists and their comics, graphic novels and art! https://linktr.ee/dandq
Sage @sageinplace.bsky.social Automobile delenda est
Shylo @shylo.bsky.social California heart, Chicago home
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Committee for Autonomous Social Action - CASA, HGT @casahgt.bsky.social To promote the unity of all workers and their families and to conduct social and political actions designed to strengthen the working class movement. (https://casahgt.org/)
Narich Violetfathom @frengible.bsky.social I contain multitudes, today I am a stoned yet odd bedeviled hero with a soothing disrespect for authority
Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me Multilingual digital humanities, founder of the Textile Makerspace at Stanford & the Data-Sitters Club, teaches data visualization with textiles, helped start #DHmakes. SUCHO 🇺🇦 co-founder, archiving at-risk cultural heritage. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Illinois Temperature Inversion Bot @iltempinversionbot.bsky.social I tell you if a temperature inversion has been detected from the Lincoln Illinois weather station. This causes poor air quality that impacts your health.
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Catherine 🌷 @catebridget.bsky.social Adjunct Prof in Writing
she/her
https://medium.com/@catesawers/no-shit-sherlock-what-it-means-to-have-information-literacy-08f62e92fe73
SEIU Local 500
exquisitely crafted handmade jewelry @ catesjewels.etsy.com
screenplays on The Black List
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Soatok @soatok.bsky.social 30-something gay furry with an interest in cryptography and software security.
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Blog: https://soatok.blog
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Andres A. Chavez @andral404.bsky.social Chicago-based indie photographer and journalist
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social Senior politics reporter for HuffPost.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social Anarchist. Host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they
SSOTD @ssotd.bsky.social Posting sad songs daily. I love music that makes me feel something. I hope you enjoy
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone NYT-bestselling, US-born immigrant living in Portugal. Books: RINGMASTER; TRUE BELIEVER; and on Oct. 6, @beckbook.com. Married to @sirosenbaum.bsky.social. Co-hostess of @herecomestomorrow.net. PFP is Nomi Sunrider as drawn by David Roach.
Darkest Timeline @darkest-timeline.bsky.social This is definitely the darkest timeline. Chronically online neurodivergent from PDX. Overeducated and opinionated. Lost Canadian.
Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com Author of bestselling sexy book as Kit Rocha. Rep'd by Sarah Younger at NYLA. Hiding in the Alabama woods. #TeamADHD Book Stuff: https://linktr.ee/kitrocha Enable Chaos: https://amzn.to/4gCqcOD
Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social Saint Paul City Council Member for Ward Four.
Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action.
Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social Studies rhetoric & writing, autobiography, feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | Currently writing a book about Rachel Held Evans
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. New England then, Minneapolis now, housing and economic justice forever.
👻👻Cinchel👻👻 @cinchel.com He/They
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Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com Chicago-based collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that sheds light on the intersection of digital rights and on-the-streets issues.
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Shannon Downey @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social Art activist. Craftivist. Chicagoan. Educator. President of the Joyful Menace Society. My book, Let’s Move The Needle, is out now. 🖖🏼. Big fan of libraries and dogs. Super 🏳️🌈. Gen X
Justin Haugens @justinhaugens.bsky.social Daddy brain. I think I’m nearing the end of the middle.
Ted McClelland @tedmcclelland.bsky.social Father of Lark, Birch and Rose. Author of Chorus of the Union. Contributing Writer, Chicago magazine
Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social Chicagoan. Research interests in race, environmental justice, and transportation issues in Latine communities.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social Writer, comedian, illustrator, blogger and international woman of mystery. Sworn enemy of the Swedish Yule Goat. Writer of jokes in The Beaverton and Cracked. 🇨🇦
Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
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Jack is Back (from TFNation) @kuuga.bsky.social I'm Jack. Opinionated, moralizing snob. Pedagogy, tabletop, and fighting games. Currently developing MASQUERAIDERS at @red-requiem.itch.io
He/Him
PFP by maximumgraves.bsky.social
Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social Butch Strega Nona. Genderqueer, she/her, but they/them is fine too. You maybe know me from Twitter. Better a pig than a fascist.
KAPOW! @kapowworks.bsky.social KAPOW scales a model where campaigns don’t just take from communities, they invest in them.
Help us change politics, for good: https://www.kapow.works/
Becca Esche @beccasaintpaul.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 she/her. queer. adored by two idiots. cat lady. civic engagement fairy. duuuuuvallll forever in my heart. St Paul, Minnesota is home.
Politics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike Car culture dominating society is social murder.
Posts are mostly about the US, sometimes focused on parenting.
sometimes writing more at https://politicsofcars.beehiiv.com/
sarah radziminski @sarahradz.bsky.social 🇨🇦 I must decline for secret reasons
@lafoule17.bsky.social @lafoule17.bsky.social I like Politics and Cats. So, at this time, mainly Cats. Also German Shepherds x 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇺
Megan Ramey @bikabout.com Safe Routes to School Manager 4 Hood River. Bike 🚲 travel writer & map 🗺 maker. Scheming on bike 🛏️ hostel in Columbia Gorge. 
George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social FrameLab is a newsletter about political language and the ideological structures that shape perception. We deconstruct propaganda to help you defend democracy.
Founded by @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com
Will Hines @williebhines.bsky.social who are you people and also who am i
https://www.linktr.ee/willhines
Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social FIV+ internet cat 🐟animal rescue fan 🐠 spay and neuter your pets
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Kate Avallone @kateavallone.bsky.social “For someone so sweet, you can be a real bitch.” —An ex-boyfriend
Actor, print model, VO artist, flexitarian, progressive. she/her
http://imdb.me/kateavallone
Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Dept of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago.
danielkayhertz.com
Tracey Ryniec @traceyryniec.bsky.social Senior Stock Strategist at Zacks Investment Research. Hosts 2 podcasts. Writer. Loves housing. Chicago.
Jessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social Twin Cities MN
Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com Health contributor/reporter at Guardian US, contributing editor at the New Republic, freelance elsewhere. Arctic obsessive and book enthusiast.
Send me your secrets:
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social ✨I'm a former local TV news exec, reporter & producer with a few opinions about the news✨
⚡️Past: @KING5Seattle @WGNMorningNews @WGNNews @WCIA3 @NBC5Chicago @ABC7Chicago
🔥Now: Indistinct Chatter https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social Scottish comic/writer/actor with confusing accent, absolutely not insecure about it. She/her. My book out now! Show for '26: The Mermaid https://linktr.ee/eleanormorton
Eleanor & Alasdair Read That on Spotify
support me: https://ko-fi.com/eleanormorton
Raven Geary @ravengeary.bsky.social Journalist. Hate mail: raven@unraveledpress.com
Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social Criminal justice for the Chicago Tribune, ckubzansky@chicagotribune.com. @ctguild.bsky.social. Consulting maps from earlier days
amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
Leigh Kunkel @leighkunkel.bsky.social I'm a journalist in Chicago
But you're probably here for Birdie
Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social senior editor at @lawfaremedia.org | ex-washington post opinions 🤐
Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social HuffPost labor reporter. dave.jamieson@huffpost.com. Signal: davejamieson.99
the lakeshore monk @thecorlew.bsky.social writer | musician | co-host, The Line Break podcast | fiction reader, Cotton Xenomorph | 1/2 Lazy & Entitled | basketball junkie | Chicago Over Everything | exhausted dad | he/him
https://www.lazyandentitled.org/?page_id=41
Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app Writer, hex throwing goon. Dainty, delicate, and deadly.
grace e miya @graceemiya.bsky.social Charmed to meet ya- here for the music 🖤
Amateur Expert Opinions @amateurexpertop.bsky.social Looking for a good waste of time.
Charter School Abolitionist 🇮🇷 @maniccage.bsky.social Beers, bikes & bong rips.
Chicago homer to a fault. (he/him)
David And the Cube @dsalmon1449.bsky.social He/him
Chicago
Free Palestine
Emmy @transfem.my 🏳️⚧️✵✵✵✵🏳️⚧️
Of course I'm right
carolyn @papersquared.bsky.social academic library director
summer scares social media goblin
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🏳️🌈
📍az > chicago
she/her
absolutely not a professional account
Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social Chicago Tribune: audience strategy and sports. Likes: cheese and breakfast food. Dislikes: traffic circles and tomatoes. Chant: Rock Chalk.
micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social ✾ unholy idiot | film writer @chicagoreader.com ☻ mcaporale@chicagoreader.com ❁ signal: juggaloreporter.69 ✾ https://linktr.ee/juggaloreporter
babski @babski.bsky.social Adam · I like bikes and the bus · he/him
🪩🌌🐎
Chicago via MN
Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social Your Illinois news radar https://capitolfax.com/
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Peter Pantsless Geraci @pnxnotded.bsky.social Idiot. Also a dad. In a constant state of disappointment. My name isn't actually Peter.
Toscha @poemless.bsky.social Lover of lovely things, problematic takes, and my rescue dog. Hater of Illinois Nazis.
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social Bikes | Food | Transit | Housing | Travel | Music | Fashion | History | And More
📍 Chicago via too many places to list
Posts are not peer reviewed.
Tina Sfondeles @tinasfon.bsky.social national political reporter @suntimes; past: White House reporter @politico, politics correspondent @insider; proud Chicagoan and Greek/Polish American
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social We are all we’ve got. We are all we need. ✊🏽
Community Organizer 🚲 @cyclingxsolidarity
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
Lobster 🐙 @lobsteure.bsky.social Photo de profil par l'incroyable @leyca.bsky.social
Prof des écoles, féminisme, chats et jeux vidéos 😺
Meuf qui va vite #F&F
Heather in Chicago @heatherk.bsky.social “Wild and wise—a perfect paradox of a woman”—my friend Amanda. Also posting here as ibikedinthis.bsky.social
Loren Johnson @lorenjohnson.bsky.social architect, urbanist, organizer, tabletop gamer, and essayist https://medium.com/@lorenordeanjohnson
President @ Heart of Lincoln Square
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
Æthelred the UnPreddy @ready4preddy.bsky.social he/himbo. i like to walk around a lot. bus/train dude & local bike guy
TGS @lilybeansdad.bsky.social after unimaginable loss looking to help create safe streets
kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️🌈 @itskylelucas.com Love people, drink good coffee, and bike everywhere. I care a lot about cities (and 🎢s) | HIV+ | fighting for better streets @betterstreetschicago.org | My posts are mine
r o n y t h e b i k e c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social Bike Cities Food Systems Data Coffee Tea Bread Cat Former Coastal Elite Person
Alex Nitkin @alexnitkin.bsky.social Government Finance & Accountability reporter,
@IllinoisAnswers/@BetterGov. Formerly of @thedailylinechi, @trdchicago & @DNAinfoChi. Tips: Anitkin@bettergov.org
Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social Emily
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal
Rachael P @plussone.bsky.social I post about Chicago protests, police crime and cats.
Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social Antifa goat farm and beer garden in Field Store (Houston) Texas. We used to make cheese and trouble, but we no longer make cheese.
Buy stuff: https://blueheronfarmcajeta.com/
Standard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social Boutique academic editing consultancy providing editorial and disciplinary expertise to support quantitative social scientists in the international research community (http://stderr-editors.com)
Appointments: bookings@stderr-editors.com
ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social The Chicago chapter of the Independent Labor Club. Rebuilding the foundation of working class independence through friendship, education, mutual aid, and solidarity.
linktr.ee/ChicagoILC
Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
union member @cstguild.bsky.social
drummer, mediocre catcher
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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social Photojournalist in Chicago. Staff Visual Journalist and drone pilot
with Chicago Sun-Times send tips and hate at tlariviere@suntimes.com. I'm also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tylerpasciaklariviere/
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