Brandon Wall
@walldo.bsky.social
Now: on the market | Previous: CBS News (Social Media director), BuzzFeed News (Director of Newsroom Strategy and Experiments), Chicago Sun-Times (Digital Editor) | Once described as 'a beautiful creature of the Internet'
YES Roku I am still watching!!! What timing
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
YES Roku I am still watching!!! What timing
There is a non-zero chance we only learn the US has completed its first underground nuclear weapons test in decades after an automated USGS earthquake social media account suddenly starts posting about an extremely shallow seismic event in Nevada
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
There is a non-zero chance we only learn the US has completed its first underground nuclear weapons test in decades after an automated USGS earthquake social media account suddenly starts posting about an extremely shallow seismic event in Nevada
Just received a timely news alert from Google
October 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Just received a timely news alert from Google
You can't convince me Chicago isn't the most beautiful city in the world
October 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
You can't convince me Chicago isn't the most beautiful city in the world
Very good condition 1992 Sears Christmas catalog discovered at Grandma's house... untold Reddit karma and social media engagement in the palm of my hands...
May 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Very good condition 1992 Sears Christmas catalog discovered at Grandma's house... untold Reddit karma and social media engagement in the palm of my hands...
Froze my butt off at Sox Park with a 90 minute rain delay tonight but I got to see the Pope Leo 2005 World Series tribute wall AND a White Sox winner
May 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Froze my butt off at Sox Park with a 90 minute rain delay tonight but I got to see the Pope Leo 2005 World Series tribute wall AND a White Sox winner
Andor has been an incredible romp and a brilliant look into what Star Wars could be in the right hands, I am not ready for it to end tomorrow
It defied all expectations for the kind of mature storytelling you can do with a 50-year-old fantasy series for kids while still staying true to its roots ✨
It defied all expectations for the kind of mature storytelling you can do with a 50-year-old fantasy series for kids while still staying true to its roots ✨
May 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Andor has been an incredible romp and a brilliant look into what Star Wars could be in the right hands, I am not ready for it to end tomorrow
It defied all expectations for the kind of mature storytelling you can do with a 50-year-old fantasy series for kids while still staying true to its roots ✨
It defied all expectations for the kind of mature storytelling you can do with a 50-year-old fantasy series for kids while still staying true to its roots ✨
It was a beautiful early afternoon for some Mets/Cubs baseball
May 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It was a beautiful early afternoon for some Mets/Cubs baseball
These two pope posts are basically the same thing if you are familiar with Chicago Southland
May 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
These two pope posts are basically the same thing if you are familiar with Chicago Southland
I'm a lifelong Catholic and had to do a lot of soul-searching in my late teens to stick with it, Rerum Novarum/Catholic Social Teaching was a fundamental part of it. I was already tentatively excited for New Pope just based on the name and now here is 14 directly discussing it x.com/VaticanNews/...
May 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm a lifelong Catholic and had to do a lot of soul-searching in my late teens to stick with it, Rerum Novarum/Catholic Social Teaching was a fundamental part of it. I was already tentatively excited for New Pope just based on the name and now here is 14 directly discussing it x.com/VaticanNews/...
I love the New Lenox dateline for this story about an AP reporter meeting with the pope's brother when Leo XIV called apnews.com/article/pope...
May 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I love the New Lenox dateline for this story about an AP reporter meeting with the pope's brother when Leo XIV called apnews.com/article/pope...
looks like the Knicks had a pretty good game tonight
April 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
looks like the Knicks had a pretty good game tonight
As if clobbering the Dodgers wasn't enough, the Cubs just got the largest ever margin of victory at Dodger Stadium
April 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
As if clobbering the Dodgers wasn't enough, the Cubs just got the largest ever margin of victory at Dodger Stadium
obvi "I love you/I know" is iconic, but for me, but I think my favorite Star Wars moment is when Leia frees Han ❤️❤️❤️
"who are you" "Someone who loves you" oof
The way Carrie Fisher kisses him and then says "I gotta get you out of here" is is just so beautiful
"who are you" "Someone who loves you" oof
The way Carrie Fisher kisses him and then says "I gotta get you out of here" is is just so beautiful
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
obvi "I love you/I know" is iconic, but for me, but I think my favorite Star Wars moment is when Leia frees Han ❤️❤️❤️
"who are you" "Someone who loves you" oof
The way Carrie Fisher kisses him and then says "I gotta get you out of here" is is just so beautiful
"who are you" "Someone who loves you" oof
The way Carrie Fisher kisses him and then says "I gotta get you out of here" is is just so beautiful
I know there is some reporting out there already about terrible working conditions and overworked animators, but I can't wait for more gossip on how Lord & Miller's Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse slipped THREE YEARS later than they were originally gunning for
April 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I know there is some reporting out there already about terrible working conditions and overworked animators, but I can't wait for more gossip on how Lord & Miller's Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse slipped THREE YEARS later than they were originally gunning for
It also appears that uploading to TikTok has been frozen in the U.S. Tried on three different accounts and it dumps to drafts
January 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It also appears that uploading to TikTok has been frozen in the U.S. Tried on three different accounts and it dumps to drafts
TikTok now displaying this message about the imminent ban when you open it
January 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
TikTok now displaying this message about the imminent ban when you open it
The Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas "appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily-decorated combat veteran who was struggling with PTSD," FBI Special Agent In Charge says
January 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas "appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily-decorated combat veteran who was struggling with PTSD," FBI Special Agent In Charge says
They are not the most photogenic dessert, but they are delicious: I made peanut butter whiskey balls for New Year's Eve 🥂
December 31, 2024 at 7:22 PM
They are not the most photogenic dessert, but they are delicious: I made peanut butter whiskey balls for New Year's Eve 🥂
It's good to be back in Chicago
December 19, 2024 at 3:26 AM
It's good to be back in Chicago
New DHS/FBI/FAA/DOD statement: "We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk"
"There have been a limited number of visual sightings of drones over military facilities...such sightings...are not new"
"There have been a limited number of visual sightings of drones over military facilities...such sightings...are not new"
December 17, 2024 at 3:19 AM
New DHS/FBI/FAA/DOD statement: "We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk"
"There have been a limited number of visual sightings of drones over military facilities...such sightings...are not new"
"There have been a limited number of visual sightings of drones over military facilities...such sightings...are not new"
The FBI out of Newark is asking people to stop shining lasers or shooting guns at what they think are drones
December 16, 2024 at 11:57 PM
The FBI out of Newark is asking people to stop shining lasers or shooting guns at what they think are drones
Some fresh Pew research out today focusing on teens and social media/technology trends with a lot of illuminating charts www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
December 12, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Some fresh Pew research out today focusing on teens and social media/technology trends with a lot of illuminating charts www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...