Ismael Pérez

[Chicago Bars @chicagobars]

Lord knows I’ve been hard on @CTA station (mis)management over the years but their Chicago Ave red line station now has a quirky vending machine that even offers paperback classics and I applaud that.

Roll those things out systemwide!

[Captain Caleb @captaincaleb18]

Alright who made the Hammond Indiana edition

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:

“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.

Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.

Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

[Elijah Wood @elijahwood]

For the first time yesterday, I experienced the new @alamodrafthouse QR code ordering system and I can tell you it’s truly awful. Rather than making ordering food and drink more efficient, it actually adds steps to the process AND if you want to order additional items during the film you HAVE to open your phone. No, your cute reference to that irony in your How To Alamo video doesn’t negate how ridiculous this is. Please don’t cut corners with your staff and revert back to physical menus and order cards.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City.

Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation. https://t.co/Ptoy3nAKz4

[Snoopy @CuteVibes80]

Happy Pride Month!

[ABC News @ABC]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees are taking their own lives at a pace that’s unprecedented in the agency’s two-decade history, highlighting what experts call failures in care and oversight.
https://t.co/HzxepsWuRF

[Grace Miserocchi @gracemiserocchi]

Anyone considering running for mayor may want to read this poll. Only 1 in 6 Chicago residents say they’re sticking with Johnson, and when asked what kind of mayor they want ideologically, Chicagoans are divided almost evenly. @chitribopinions

https://t.co/osHMULKHbf

[Leigh Giangreco @LeighGiangreco]

I think the next mayor of Chicago should make 5-day work weeks illegal between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Give the people a summer Friday, we only have three months of glorious weather like this

[Variety @Variety]

‘Passenger’ Review: André Øvredal’s Roadbound Horror is a Stylish, Satisfying Thrill-Ride https://t.co/XpN3B501LT

[mariana @pastapilled]

please serve at my funeral, it's what I would have wanted

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

UPDATED: Jeffrey Epstein's personal assistant Sarah Kellen alleges three men besides Epstein abused her, including former Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine and celebrity hair stylist Frederic Fekkai, the Miami Herald has confirmed.
"Us victims never had a chance," she said in testimony before House Oversight Committee. https://t.co/ykx9OtbGdO

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

There was a time, not very long ago, when Ben Shapiro could reasonably call himself the king of all conservative media. That’s all over now, writes political columnist Ross Barkan.

Shapiro’s company, ‘The Daily Wire,’ is instituting significant layoffs. Its YouTube channel’s subscriber base is starting to shrink, and its website has emerged as one of the great traffic losers in conservative media. There are ‘Daily Wire’ YouTube videos that now, after a few days online, have less than 10,000 views, a catastrophically small number for a channel with more than 3 million subscribers. The top comments all mock the low view counts.

“If a variety of poor business decisions can be blamed, in part, for the ‘Daily Wire’’s fall from grace — ill-fated investments in feature films, an epic fantasy series, and peculiar merchandise — the greater story is the collapse of Shapiro’s constituency,” writes Barkan. “There are two realities to Shapiro conservatism in 2026: It retains a significant foothold among Republican elites, and it is fast being rejected by the future grassroots of the party.”

Read more: https://t.co/IGAAV9GSNc

[Kelly Bauer @BauerJournalism]

PITCHES: @BlockClubCHI is looking for Pride Month stories based in Chicago!

Think:
🌈 Feature on a Chicago LGBTQ+-owned business.
🌈 Looking back on a piece of lesser-known local LGBTQ history.
🌈 Highlighting how locals are fighting for LGBTQ+ rights & protections
etc.

[Laura N. Rodríguez Presa @LAURA_N_ROD]

Our team won a Pulitzer Prize for our coverage of Midway Blitz: “For its powerful coverage of the Trump administration’s militarized immigration sweep of the city that described in vivid, muscular prose how the siege-like incursion of ICE agents unified Chicagoans in resistance.

At a moment when the government tried to silence us, we chose to stand up and keep working. What an honor and privilege to do this work alongside my team at the @chicagotribune.

[c 🍒 @cynthiajpeg]

Chicago Marie Illinois, ima need you to make up your mind on this weather girl

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Kacey Musgraves tells Zane Lowe her upcoming album ‘Middle of Nowhere’ was partly guided by the intersection of country music and regional Mexican music:

“I was inspired by the Mexican community and their resilience, their hard work and passion.”

[miranda @mirandareinert]

getting off the red line at addison and seeing people look at their phones to locate the wrigley field… girl look up ! look anywhere!

[BNO News @BNONews]

BREAKING: Person who won more than $400,000 by betting on Maduro's removal has been identified as a U.S. soldier who participated in the operation.

The soldier has now been arrested, according to ABC News.

[Damin Toell @damintoell]

In a stunning development, Chaya has discovered the Associated Press.