KM

Product/digital guy | Badger | traveler | Chi alum recently waylayed in Minne | political junkie & peddler of ill-timed movie quotes

[Paul Andrew @Pandrew_Wx]

Streator tornado from earlier #ilwx

[Nate @nse_wx]

Final moments of the tornado that hit Streator, Illinois.

[Choose Chicago @ChooseChicago]

Today is the 40th anniversary of Ferris Bueller's Day Off! Exactly 40 years ago today, Ferris took an iconic sick day that has inspired travelers from all over the world here in Chicago.

Consider this your official excuse to take a sick day. 😉

#NeverOutdoneChi

[KM @krmayrand]

@minakimes @LauraRutledge That Griffey shirt goes hard, nice W ladies!

[Courtney O’Dell @sweetcsdesigns]

Truly breathtaking inside at sunset, I could’ve stood there for days taking photos 😍

[Sam Dekker @dekker]

We watched the final spire being built every day over the last year. Watching our Wolfie grow up each day right underneath this amazing place will be a core memory for the rest of our lives. Just an extremely breathtaking place.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

This play will be replayed for years.

[Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws]

“A predilection for nipples…”

[Renny Gong @rennyxgong]

JFK TERMINAL 8 TONIGHT WHEN THE KNICKS TOOK THE LEAD

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Antoni Gaudi died 100 years ago today.

He was 73 and spent over 40 years working on La Sagrada Familia (completing 1/4th of entire basilica).

Gaudi’s method for designing it was genius: he hung movable weights on strings and let gravity do the work of showing the proper angles and force vectors for his nature-inspired look.

He then flipped the model upside down to see how to build the columns and arches.

Also inspired by forests and sea life, the legendary architect once said, “there are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature.”

In the final years of his life, Gaudi’s was solely focussed on the project. His diet was lettuce leafs dipped in milk. Lived inside the Basilica and barely slept on a simple cot.

He died after getting hit by a tram while walking aroudn Barcelona. His clothes was so ratty — underwear held together with safety pins — that passerbys thought he was homeless.

The city held a massive funeral for him with 30,000 people packing the streets.

While 3/4 of La Sagrada Familia was undone, Gaudi left enough plans (models, drawings) for future generations.

La Sagrada Familia was largely dormant for a few decades 1930s-1960s (Spanish Civil War, World War II, early Cold War).

Some of Gaudi’s designs were so ahead his time that it would require the development of aeronautical design software to complete his vision.

Gaudi once remarked that “my client” — referring to God — “is not in a hurry”.

There is still work to be done but a major milestone was completed in February: workers installed a cross on top of La Sagrada Familia, making it the tallest church in the world (172.5 meters or 566 feet).

It’s also the tallest structure in Barcelona. But Gaudi intentionally capped the height because “human creation should not pass God’s work.”

The Montjuïc Hill in the southwestern part of Barcelona is ~570 feet.

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Video link: https://t.co/LmmquC3dlT

[Libs Of Chicago @Libs_OfChicago]

This is actually insane that the tree roots pulled up a huge section of this sidewalk.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Trump announces the government will seek equity stakes in top AI companies to make the public “very rich”

[Craig Shimala @cshimala]

Wednesday afternoon's storm taking over Chicago with wind gusts up to 80 mph in some areas. #ilwx

[Chicago DPD @ChicagoDPD]

Twenty-five office-to-residential conversion projects are underway in downtown Chicago as of June 2026 — more than the last 20 years combined. Valued at $1.8 billion, the 3,900 units are repurposing approximately 4 million square feet of underutilized commercial space.

[ⓒʜɪʟʟɪɴᴏɪꜱ @chiIIum]

Storm rolling through Naperville, IL. #ilwx @ryanhallyall

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for CHAPTER 51, starring Colman Domingo & Abigail Breslin.

• Follows a FBI agent investigating the 3 girls' murder in Hollywood

• The film is shot in multiple formats including hand-held cameras, VistaVision, Ultra Panavision, IMAX & a new anamorphic IMAX format

[Joey 🇩🇪 @CalebGoatQB1]

We need one of these in Germany 😭🙏

[Austen Allred @Austen]

I’ve seen enough, give him a green card

[KM @krmayrand]

@DrEliDavid @SecRubio For sure… 🤷🏻‍♂️

https://t.co/FXGAFFH9A2

[KM @krmayrand]

@LindseyGrahamSC Ladybug country as well, if Im not mistaken 🐞