Shaw’s with a cold martini is hard to beat - but agree about Calumet. Both experiences at tow ends of the dining spectrum.

“10 jurors set on a not-guilty verdict and two others determined to convict.”

The Trib is crowdsourcing letters to the editor re: bike lanes @chiwho.bike

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

This will put New York on the map

“But then the economy recovered — and birth rates just kept falling.” Just because the economy recovered, it didn’t mean people had more money. People aren’t having kids because it is still expensive and almost impossible to buy a house w/o a trust fund today.

Beach weather ⛈️ North Avenue Beach

Here’s a timelapse of the shelf cloud that just rolled through 😳 // #ILwx #WXSky #Chicago

Shocking that someone on his team hasn’t said, bruh we need a better answer. He’s not a kid, he is 33, never had a job. posting is not experience. That campaign was >5yrs ago. This interview was rough.

I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...

“we wanted to make sure you saw Alex kick out a taillight so you knew he deserved to be executed” cool.

My young child biked on the sidewalk today for a few blocks and multiple ppl had the audacity to say “there’s a bike lane” as she rode by - I finally lost it and reminded them that someone was just killed biking in a bike lane this week, and I would not put my child on the street. #bikechi

Best Roblox game

The joy

Let’s go #Dodgers 15-1 insane score #blessed on this Mexican heritage night

Hibiscus opulence

Post the first Garden Grove song you think of (in honor of the chemical spill). I gotta go with Sublime, Garden Grove but the Mountain Goats song is better.

“Taking the 110 to the 105 then taking the 2” and then 10 minutes of discussion (maybe the 405?) - guess where I am

Everyone will remember where they were when Jeff spoiled the fire making challenge outcome during #survivor 50

Another reason why electric cars are not the answer.

Funny how two+ years in and we're not hearing about all the massive success stories AI must be responsible for by now

This will make my work day much more pleasant tomorrow.

YAY GO HABS

Oh mon dieu they’re gonna burn Montreal to the ground

Chicago we are one week away from beaches being open !

The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor is the only U.S. historic site I've ever visited that was 100% quiet, with Americans showing complete respect. On that day, I doubt that any of us thought about snorkeling at the tomb of 900+ sailors and Marines. But Kash Patel thinks differently.

Snorkeling in a tomb www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/05/snor...

Oh mon dieu they’re gonna burn Montreal to the ground

NYTs should not have sent a reporter all the way to Maine to do this story.

I don’t go to Starbucks except if I’m traveling for work and can expense it, or my daughter wants a “pink drink” - they lost their soul a long time ago and this is the point now- foam drinks and Lisa frank creations.

Best Chicago weather weekend of 2026 (so far).

"Why aren't kids playing outside anymore"

Helmut Jahn's State of Illinois Building, later the Thompson Center, was dedicated on this day in 1985. Future generations will look at images like these and be astonished that we let it be destroyed.

Before (2022) / After (2026) Boulevard Péreire in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Near the Porte Maillot zone - that has also completely changed as a whole - the median strip of this boulevard was changed from a parking to a pedestrian zone, that opened in 2026.

Why does Google Maps not suggest transit routes that include Metra and CTA trains in Chicago? I am struggling to find a map planner telling me how to get from the north side to the new Obama Center and it won’t give me any metra options, when that’s the closest station.

Important to note: It is impossible to walk there. New Jersey’s transport system has set a price of $150 for round-trip tickets. The fare is usually $12.90

Jeff Bezos could’ve done what several other wealthy newspaper owners have done — turn the Post into a nonprofit and provide it a sizable endowment. Instead he did shit like this ⤵️

It easily pays for itself.

Because now almost anyone can get a replica bag, lab diamond, etc.

Bad cops cost us not only millions of $ but the lives of other cops & hurt children:

Walking around a high-end mall in Texas with my French colleagues and they comment “there aren’t many fat people here” 😳

Not a single place to sit at the baggage claim for United Airlines in the Houston airport. Incredible to see such hostile architecture. Elderly people finding any ledge the can to rest.

Got from my front door, checked a bag and through security at ORD in under 30 minutes this morning. That has to be a personal record for me.

So let me get this straight: Somebody just tried to have a go at the most unpopular president in U.S. history and was (maybe?) killed by law enforcement agents in the lobby, so the roomful of journalists present on the scene are… going back to finish their entrees and have another cocktail or two?

Historic preservation and sustainability. The most sustainable thing you can do is to preserve an old building, instead of tearing it down to build a new one.

Does it have the signature taste of dirty tap lines?

We should talk about how much this administration has personally cost us. My kid’s school had a huge grant withheld as well, which is a lot for a neighborhood CPS school.

Dammit it’s already happening

A reminder that a newspaper doesn’t need an editorial board. Most readers don’t understand (or believe) they are independent from the newsroom. They could spin them off to a different publication if they wanted!

We can exhale.