dmercer.bsky.social
Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture. https://chiterracottatours.com/
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Chicago architecture
For Chicago architecture nerds: buildings, architects, maps, etc.
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate. Author of Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
@beschlossdc1776.bsky.social
Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Called "normally sober" by Financial Times. X address is @BeschlossDC. Born in Chicago.
@daryllmarie.bsky.social
Bioacoustician & PhD student using sound to study baleen whale movement ecology 🐋 Wildlife photographer, birder, nature nerd 🪶 linktr.ee/daryllmariewildlife
@lookbackchicago.bsky.social
Look Back, Chicago is a history blog about those old Chicago buildings, signs and other structures that still exist around you. Run by Neil Arsenty.
@dwidmannabraham.bsky.social
Islamic Studies/Religious Studies prof, maker of pies, grower of jalapeños. I like birds. #firstgen she/her
@merrykaate.bsky.social
Blue dot in a red state, here for good food, anti-fascism, good books, and solidarity
@oakparkcommons.bsky.social
Oak Park Commons is Illinois’ first cohousing community. Visit oakparkcommon.com to learn about our members, our vision of cohousing, our new building, currently under construction, and what units are still available.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@surrenderpink.bsky.social
PHI 215 ✈️ CHI 312 (summer 2025) ASL 🤟 🧏♂️ deaf 🏳️🌈 queer & nonbinary male presenting BLM 🌹 leftist 🇵🇸 liberation for all Single poly big bear bottom
@davelpg.bsky.social
Husband/Dad of 3/Baby Boomer/Chicago born and raised/Retired/History Buff Tour Guide at the Chicago History Museum/CAC Docent Class 0f 2016.
@chiarchitecture.bsky.social
We share the stories of Chicago architecture to inspire people to discover why design matters. So happy to now chat on BlueSky!
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
@marisakabas.bsky.social
journalist / founder @ thehandbasket.co email: MKwrites4000@proton.me signal: https://signal.me/#eu/VssgH88q6WQu7MtH5wF-08JdgWh4iAPWD13eXiOcXQNGdZUXijJBZInD-UtLJKFG venmo: venmo.com/u/Marisa-Kabas ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marisakabas
@ceramicarchives.bsky.social
I've been learning ceramics since 2001, spend hours on CTA, & mostly use my history PhD to design mugs.
@1212architects.bsky.social
Architect/Urban Planner designing custom artisan new or reno’d waterfront, forest, vista & mountain Legacy Homes in IL WI IN MI NM CO UT ID MT & beyond. @cinda1212 is Watercolor/mixed-media artist. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏽ally. Tired ADHD LEGO Mom. Linkin.bio/1212architects
@quips.ondata.stream
(He) likes transit, active transport, human-scaled spaces & setting boundaries for tech; is wary of misinformation, invasion of privacy & concn. of power US Voters ☞ https://5calls.org
@thestrategyfiles.bsky.social
A newsletter about history's most ambitious people in fashion, beauty, and culture. https://thestrategyfiles.beehiiv.com 📍NYC Views expressed are my own
@this-is-your-heart.bsky.social
29 | Chicagoland ➡️ SFL Historic Preservationist and Urban Planner by day, sports fan and music enthusiast by night
@borowitzreport.bsky.social
Home of Truth Free newsletter subscription: BorowitzReport.com
@jsm2334.bsky.social
George S Pepper Professor of Public Health & Preventative Medicine; Biostats, Stats & Data Science, Lifelong learner & truth seeker; Views my own & not employer’s
@drsusanoliver.bsky.social
Scientist who is passionate about correcting misinformation https://www.youtube.com/backtothescience
@thesondheimhub.bsky.social
More blue! ✍️ New essays, interviews & features each week 💌 enquiries: thesondheimhub@gmail.com 👇Subscribe for free👇 https://thesondheimhub.substack.com
@chiworkerscottage.bsky.social
The Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative celebrates this housing style, seeking to preserve the unique features of these houses, protect them from demolition, and continue their use and reuse for the next century – https://workerscottage.org/
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
@davekehr.bsky.social
Longtime film critic -- Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, New York Times -- now a curator in the Department of Film of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Opinions are my own.
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck "One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocket
@redstarrealtor.bsky.social
Realtor® - sports enthusiast - traveler - positive viber - critical thinker - blacklivesmatter ✊🏽
@lee-in-iowa.bsky.social
Writer, gardener, reader, avid Democratic activist, #TeamPelosi, retired media prof, cat lady. No DMs. I follow back as much as I can on this fast-growing platform, if you have a bio. (My award-winning book is Adventure Journalism In The Gilded Age.)
@lauraeh.bsky.social
NYC by way of Chicago. Editor, design historian and educational consultant, now having fun telling people where to go (as a museum volunteer).
@missprint.bsky.social
Editorial Director at City Bureau. 📰 Previously Tribune, CS, DNAinfo. AAJA Chicago board. Queen of surf & turf 🧜🏼♀️. (she/her) ariel@citybureau.org ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
@maniccage.bsky.social
Beers, bikes & bong rips. Chicago homer to a fault. (he/him)
@noahvaughn.bsky.social
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers TITHE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q6REDKBBVUJLU
@kallienebenjamin.bsky.social
Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press
@chiwestsideparks.bsky.social
I monitor birds in parks on Chicago's westside, including Douglass, Columbus, and Riis Parks, plus in my south Oak Park neighborhood. I also do programs that help children connect with and learn about the natural world by making home nature museums.