Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social Han Shot first. Making trouble @ Firekit Campaigns and baking pie. Formerly AFT, New Organizing, Obama '08. It's good to punch Nazis. https://linktr.ee/evanyellsatclouds
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
Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social Recovering politician. Afghanistan Veteran. Bestselling Author. Podcaster. Founder of Let America Vote & American Rescue Project. Baseball player. Advisor, Veterans Community Project. Diana’s dude. True & Bella’s driver. JasonKander.com
SouthSideExpat @southsideexpat.bsky.social Dad up in Rogers Park. YIMBY. Chicago sports can no longer hurt me. 
✨ Sparkle Monica ✨ @monicacarmean.bsky.social ⚖️ 🐕 🧀 🗳️ 💙
"10/10 Sparkle Monica for real. maximum respect" - @TheMountainGoats
Super Nintendo Chalmers @snchalmers.bsky.social You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan and the next five years trying to be with your friends again.
Trans rights are human rights
shy guy who go to gym @coolideas.bsky.social recovering athlete, pittie dad 🐶, bisexual sweetheart, southerner
biftechnoir @kenmegalopsuxos.bsky.social Liminal trickster figure. Everything to everyone and nothing to no one. By all means, please be weird.
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
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social A husband, father, actor, director, & a climate justice advocate with an eye out for a better, brighter, cleaner, & more hopeful future for all of us.
Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social Watch your noggins, everyone.
Matthew Cappucci @matthewcappucci.bsky.social Senior meteorologist. MyRadar. Washington Post/NPR/TV too. Atmospheric scientist. Educational consultant. Harvard/MIT ‘19.
a bad dog @vargulfur.bsky.social all these things are not without their meanings
adult 🔞
https://archiveofourown.org/users/gayvillains
Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com ~ Unf*ckwithable ~ Host of “Good Game with Sarah Spain” on iHeart, espnW contributor, co-owner SF Signal and Crux Football, community owner Minnesota Aurora, Emmy- & Peabody-Winning Journalist, Washed-up Heptathlete, Cornell grad, Chicago gal.
Kalen Luciano @kalenfor44.bsky.social Progressive community organizer running for Chicago’s 44th Ward to build a Lakeview for all
Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social Carpenter and woodworker. Democracy and unions liker. Building and fixing things: capehenlopencarpentry.com. Writing and editing: aaronhuertas.com.
Brendon @beholdbybrendon.bsky.social photographer & storyteller from the Midwest
https://beholdbybrendon.substack.com/
instagram.com/beholdbybrendon
baby ruth’s chris @chrissayshi.bsky.social elderly gay person (39) in chicago, illinois. nice but sometimes horny on main.
Matthew Gaston @mckgaston.bsky.social 🌻 Friend of Plantae, 🌳 Beholder of Nature, and 🔥 Keeper of the Sacred Flame | Botanist and Educator 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social Editor at Rose Metal Press & Professor at DePaul
Writings: https://kathleenrooney.com/
Typewritings: http://poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com
Man Overboard!: A Novel (July '26): https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Man-Overboard!/Kathleen-Rooney/9781668212387
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.
Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social Daily newsletter/column, Today in Culture, free sub @ Newcity.com. Film critic. Photographer. Editor. raypride.substack.com; [my name] everywhere / weekly film column newcityfilm.com
Oliver Sava @oliversava.bsky.social Comic book, dance, theater, TV writer for THE A.V. CLUB, CHICAGO MAGAZINE, VULTURE, POLYGON. #DoopWithLegs founder. Icon by Jacob Chabot, cover by Felipe Sobreiro. he/him
Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social gallows humorist
Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social Writer/movie rat. EIC and Senior Film Critic, Boston Hassle. Film columnist, Cambridge Day. Member: BSFC, OFCS, BOFCA. 🍅-approved. He/him.
https://bostonhassle.com/author/oscargoff/
https://www.cambridgeday.com/author/oscar-goff/
Mike Brown @plutokiller.com Astronomer, planet hunter, Pluto killer, bear whisperer, finger-wrapped dad. Dangerous secularist. Foot soldier in the War on Cars. He/him.
mikebrown.caltech.edu
Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social Co-founder & President of @runforsomething.net & RFS Civics / Writer x2: RUN FOR SOMETHING & WHEN WE'RE IN CHARGE / Mom, also x2
amandalitman.com/links
'stache 'n sniff @fixit.bsky.social Queer 🌈 / Poly 💗 / Probably hungry 🍕
⚠️NSFW Content Ahead⚠️
Just a easygoing fag looking for a place to be an online exhibitionist.
Come for the nudes, stay for the dad jokes.
Let's play with our Master Swords?
⚧️ He/Any
JB @nearlyimperfect.bsky.social Furry fur dad, artist, and plant nerd. Queer.
Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social The personal account of Evan Urquhart of Assigned Media (assignedmedia.org), your trans news source.
I'd still rather be playing pinball.
Kyle Springer @yokylespringer.com Podcaster | Producer | Creator at @thewhatnauts.com
Comic books 📚 video games 🎮 Formula 1 🏎️
He/him
Pretty good at screwing up my sleep schedule
Yokylespringer.com
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
Matthew Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social Sociologist, social work faculty
Posting topics include community, disability, social welfare, Chicago, social movements, organizing, policy, the state, labor, coffee, and various nerdy side trips. Personal account
Dorian Lord Zedd @zeddrick.bio My supervillain name is Frozen Rotundra; my power is unlimited unfunny jokes.
📍🐦🔥 🏜️
National Underwear Day wishlist
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/EAM4QOS4BHD6?ref_=wl_share
Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social Report bike lane obstructions with our mobile app from anywhere in the USA & Canada.
BikeLaneUprising.com
Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social Director of Publicity and Communications at UNC Press 📚📣
Currently reading: Fed Up: A History of Why You're So Stressed About What to Feed the Kids by Carla Cevasco (Spring 27, a W. Hodding Carter III book) and Maria, Maria by Jennifer Galvão (2/27, RHPG)
Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social Supergirl's Family Vacation, Monster Middle School (Disney,2027), Golden Girls: Love is Golden, Rube Goldberg, Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest, Dark Knight Manual, Marvel & DC books, Mad Libs, I'm an actor too! SAG-AFTRA 🏳️🌈 cootiekid.com
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Rob “Pluto Is Not A Planet” Braderson @robbraderson.bsky.social Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,
Missing me one place search another,
I stop somewhere waiting for you
Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social Science journalist, bylines all over the place.
Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton).
www.davelevitan.com
Sign up: www.gravityisgone.com
TomTom @tomtomchi.bsky.social Urban planner, friend to animals, bike/transit rider, Chicago fag against fascism
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
Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social Chicago journalist at Injustice Watch. 
Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social I enjoy cocktails, French fries, and science fiction. 🏳️🌈 He/him. Trekkie. 🖖🏻 Former KCRW, KCSN & current KPFK radio host & music programmer, Angeleno from New Orleans. Growing luminous by eating light. Retired. http://mixcloud.com/safeathome
Alex Seitz-Wald @aseitzwald.bsky.social Small town newspaper editor in Midcoast Maine, former national political reporter for NBC News. Dad, Bearded-American, collector of hobbies.
Daniel La Spata @daniellaspata.bsky.social Dad, urban planner, proven progressive, and Alderman of Chicago’s 1st Ward. Loving music, running, bread, biking, and democracy.
Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social Long-time production artist/illustrator, horse fancier and animation history buff
utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red cuecuechmiquiliztli en mictlan
MSBWHT • IHNBCBATLA • 🇲🇽 • 🌹
Topher Kai @topher.gay I make harnesses @vegawork.shop
Manchester UK
⛓️⛓️
NSFW21+ | AuDHD | Homesick alien | 🏳️🌈
Oversharing my mind and body, you’ve been warned
The only thing I’m serious about is ending billionaires, *ideally* via tax.
www.topher.gay
JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. Joto.
The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com "One of the great film nerd Twitter accounts" - Vanity Fair
99% space fiction (licenses) and its creation.
Here are all my accounts: http://linktr.ee/thespaceshipper
Aaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social Sharing my love of comic books and art with you. “ROM Guy”. Progressive American Patriot. 2A*. Health care for all. All war is class war. Proud union member. He/Him
Steeble @steeble.uk Techy basic single 🏳️🌈 geriatric millennial in Nottingham, UK
Likes: Gymming, gaming, podcasts, walking, KitKat Chunkies and Tangfastics
Dislikes: Mushrooms, wasps, TERFs, DIY, acronyms, people who don't label their nudes 😒
s a m @filemakerpro.bsky.social brooklyn
@bitterjurors.com | https://boxd.it/3y5aV
Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social He/him. TV Critic, author. Now searchable on Tubi. I am not Alan Sepinwall III.
https://whatsalanwatching.com
@chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social Architecture geek
https://chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Bitter Jurors @bitterjurors.com queer survivor superfan podcast @reindeerek.bsky.social 🐍 @filemakerpro.bsky.social 🐀 @thextinefiles.bsky.social 🔥 patreon.com/bitterjurorspod
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social
A safe, fun space for pop enthusiasts to celebrate anniversaries of fucking records.
shawn @mulchy.bsky.social a very serious journalist | signal: shawn.56
Stuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social Mediocre Artist. Putz.
https://www.stuffbymark.co.uk/shop
Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social Yinzer ambassador to the west coast • Moo Deng’s spiritual successor • Taller than your dad
Don't fuck with me. I'll spend another three hours in Excel. I don't care.
kc green @kcg.bsky.social cartoonist of Greatures, made "This is Fine" • he/him • http://kcgportfolio.site • https://linktr.ee/kcgreenn • email me: kcgreenn@icloud.com
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social Politics Prof.| Kettering Foundation Research Fellow| Author of The Politics of Common Sense & Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca Photographer located in St. Albert, AB, Canada.
Ambassador for @exposedwildlife.bsky.social.
Member: Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective
(he/him)
https://www.timosborne.ca/links
Plz Survive Podcast @plzsurvivepod.bsky.social Plz Survive is a weekly #Survivor podcast covering Survivor 50 with wit, brilliant insight, & advice, hosted by a super fan, a casual, & a newbie. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plz-survive/id1879415350
Survivor @officialsurvivor.bsky.social The official Bluesky for #Survivor50. Light Your Torch every Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS and Paramount+
BillytheElder @billytheelder.bsky.social Howdy. Skeet a lot about dumb shit. Go Ravens & Orioles!
Alexandra Billings @alexandrabillings.bsky.social Biological Transgender Female: Professor, Actor, Activist, Dreamer and was once a Transgender Child
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
Brian Scally @brianscally.bsky.social If there’s gossip DM me | Hashtags you might want to mute: #BB27 #Survivor #TheChallenge41 #LoveIslandUSA
@wendellholland.bsky.social @wendellholland.bsky.social 
Gia Worthy ❤️🖤💚 @classicallygia.bsky.social Bet on Black 🖤 Inside Survivor Contributor 💻 Survivor Diversity Campaign 🔥 Silent Podcasts 🤫 RHAP 🛎 Black Lives Matter ✊🏽 She/Her
pia @piasky.bsky.social I watch too much reality TV, have opinions and no regrets.
Not many regrets.
Some regrets.
Ok, I, at times, severely question my life choices.
#BigBrother #BBSky #Survivor #SurvivorAU #TheChallenge
Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social Political scientist at BCJ studying American democracy and voting rights.
Usually on a bike, beach, or backpacking trip.
An American Problem (Princeton UP) coming October 2026: https://shorturl.at/Emjgo
kevintmorris.com
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised historian, not surprised eels.
Doctor of medieval things. Talkin’ eels, history, and maps. Spaniel mourner. Alt-text artist.
I draw custom maps and artwork on commission:
https://surprisedeelmaps.com/
Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social Author & queer historian. MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND is available for preorders now! Previously: The Women’s House of Detention (2022) and When Brooklyn Was Queer (2019) linktr.ee/HughRyan
Daniel Villarreal @getvillarreal.bsky.social Queer rad fae satyr triple Libra🧚🏽♂️🐏♎️ journalist gaymer 🎮 pun-loving wrestler 🤼 psych & film slut + trans ally + antifa/DSA groupie 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️🇺🇦🇵🇸🌹☮️☯️👾 anti-AI slop 😒Pro-UBI & sexwork💃🏽🕺🏽 PDX via TX 🤙🏾🤠 Now @ LGBTQ Nation
Rogue NASA @roguenasa.altgov.info Not an official NASA account. Come for the facts, stay for the snark.🥄
Same team from Twitter but with more gray hairs. 🚀🛰️🧪🔭
climate.nasa.gov
they/them
🏳️🌈🫶🏳️⚧️
Mombian @mombian.bsky.social Parenting, politics, & diversions for lesbian moms & other LGBTQ parents, plus Database of LGBTQ Family Books. 2x GLAAD Media Award winner. #LGBTQFamiliesDay host, 6/1/26. She/her
Yuko Shimizu @yukoart.bsky.social NY based Japanese illustrator. I did NOT create Hello Kitty. Yukoart.com
ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good
Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America🏳️🌈
Pornsak Pichetshote @pornsak.bsky.social Porn - sack Pee - Chet - Shoat (rhymes w/ boat). Eisner-winning writer of comics & TV. Faceblind & that's why I don't recognize you; He/Him
Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social book reader, software engineer @ Triumph, @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social organizer and @awesomefoundation.org board, 🏳️🌈, he/him, Toronto 🇨🇦
Andr3wsky @andr3wsky.bsky.social KCMO
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.
Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
https://www.jonathanedwarddurham.com
https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com
Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social writer and dogsledder, host of story podcast “what to carry, what to burn”
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Study Hall @studyhall.bsky.social -Creating community for media workers
-Publishing critical stories for all.
-See more resources studyhall.xyz
support@studyhall.xyz
Certified Illinois Expert @mrillinois.bsky.social Certified Illinois Expert. 🧡 libraries, buildings, nature, history.
Giving Illinois travel/history lectures at a library near you! See schedule at johnkokoris.com or request that your library book me!
Josh Parham @jrparham.bsky.social I tend to watch a lot of movies. Contributor at Next Best Picture and AwardsWatch. Member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. Massive James Bond fan and Ben Whishaw fanatic. (he/him)
ESO @eso.org The European Southern Observatory designs, builds & operates world-class observatories on the ground for the benefit of society. More info on eso.org
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) @peeweebigadventure.bsky.social Pee Wee's Big Adventure dialogue bot. Posting every hour.
Thank you, Paul 💙 📽️
More fun here: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5otgp2li6cj3d6a4tnjev732/lists/3mfnnopp7uo2c
Jack Greenberg (그린버그 잭) @jackwgreenberg.bsky.social Independent Researcher and Freelance Writer. Former Global 🇰🇷 Scholar. 고려대학교 and McGill Alumnus. Currently working on contested histories, memory sites, and Korea’s truth commission.
📧 jwgreenberg@outlook.com
jwgreenberg.substack.com
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Daniel Joyaux @thirdmanmovies.bsky.social Pop Culture critic/journalist/historian
Writing: The Ringer, IndieWire, Vanity Fair, Roger Ebert, Cosmo, The Verge
Former: Sundance Copy Editor
OCPD 🫠
Letterboxd: Djoyaux
Also love and may post about: basketball, comics, dogs, democracy
Seth Bodnar, University of Montana President @sethbodnar.bsky.social Grateful husband and proud father. Passionate about education, innovation, leadership, and building communities. President at
@umontana and Green Beret @USArmy. #GoGriz