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'
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Brandon Wall
@walldo.bsky.social
· Sep 4
A quick update: A few weeks ago, I left my role as Social Media Director at CBS News after a great run navigating 2024 and first chunk of 2025. I learned a lot and am very thankful for the opportunity to work with an incredible social team, but it was time for something different 🧵
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Blue Jays should definitely be proud though. That was some damn good baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Blue Jays should definitely be proud though. That was some damn good baseball.
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I'm a Dodger fan and can't help but be thrilled that they won. But those Blue Jays were something else and deserve all the kudos. As one wag said on BSky when they beat the Yankees "Any team that beats the Yankees is America's team.If that's the Toronto Blue Jays, so be it. I don't make the rules."
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I'm a Dodger fan and can't help but be thrilled that they won. But those Blue Jays were something else and deserve all the kudos. As one wag said on BSky when they beat the Yankees "Any team that beats the Yankees is America's team.If that's the Toronto Blue Jays, so be it. I don't make the rules."
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Truly epic. Everyone is gonna remember that time Will Smith shocked everyone on live TV
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Truly epic. Everyone is gonna remember that time Will Smith shocked everyone on live TV
I need someone to clip and post all of the bleeping out Fox did as Will Smith came back to the dugout
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I need someone to clip and post all of the bleeping out Fox did as Will Smith came back to the dugout
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All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
Yuppp. I was working the night of Cubs World Series Game 7 in 2016 and my BuzzFeed News co-workers, bless them, let me stand 2 feet from the giant TV and I did not do a single ounce of work for 4 hours and 28 minutes through a rain delay and extra innings
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I’m enjoying the games and the drama, but I honestly believe if I was a real fan of either of these teams I’d be dead from a coronary.
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Yuppp. I was working the night of Cubs World Series Game 7 in 2016 and my BuzzFeed News co-workers, bless them, let me stand 2 feet from the giant TV and I did not do a single ounce of work for 4 hours and 28 minutes through a rain delay and extra innings
bsky.app/profile/pete...
bsky.app/profile/pete...
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Fox Sports should probably go interview the managers again right now. They’d love it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Fox Sports should probably go interview the managers again right now. They’d love it.
I said in the group chat before this game started that it had the chance to be the second or third greatest World Series Game 7 ever, or at least in recent memory, and now here we are
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I said in the group chat before this game started that it had the chance to be the second or third greatest World Series Game 7 ever, or at least in recent memory, and now here we are
YES Roku I am still watching!!! What timing
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
YES Roku I am still watching!!! What timing
I LOVE BASEBALL SO MUCH
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I LOVE BASEBALL SO MUCH
I am having all-too-vivid flashbacks to Cubs Game 7 World Series a decade ago and oh my god, I love baseball so much this is so stressful
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I am having all-too-vivid flashbacks to Cubs Game 7 World Series a decade ago and oh my god, I love baseball so much this is so stressful
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This is such good baseball, i hate it so much
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is such good baseball, i hate it so much
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I love sports announcers: “In a game full of MVPs, who could imagine it would be a total fucking loser who would hit a home run to tie the score in the top of the 9th”
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I love sports announcers: “In a game full of MVPs, who could imagine it would be a total fucking loser who would hit a home run to tie the score in the top of the 9th”
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Fox News has now changed the headline and completely rewritten the story (without a correction). It makes no sense as a story anymore.
November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fox News has now changed the headline and completely rewritten the story (without a correction). It makes no sense as a story anymore.
"ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight"
"The Trump administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies" chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
"The Trump administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies" chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight
The Trump administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies. “This is what dystopian nightmares are made of, this kind of continual expans...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight"
"The Trump administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies" chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
"The Trump administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies" chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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What historic reference for this. For the endless videos. For the schools on lockdown because - not because the police are outside chasing gunmen or whatever - but because there are convoys of men stopping people demanding papers and using chemicals to disperse anyone who presses them too hard.
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
What historic reference for this. For the endless videos. For the schools on lockdown because - not because the police are outside chasing gunmen or whatever - but because there are convoys of men stopping people demanding papers and using chemicals to disperse anyone who presses them too hard.
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So of all the scenes and work over the years, nothing has felt so out-of-body as watching everything from the past month. Brighton Park, gas. Suppressive. Casual violence. East Side after they wrecked. Gas, because a kid hit someone with an egg.
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So of all the scenes and work over the years, nothing has felt so out-of-body as watching everything from the past month. Brighton Park, gas. Suppressive. Casual violence. East Side after they wrecked. Gas, because a kid hit someone with an egg.
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It's been maybe six or seven years since have felt this disoriented by events. At one place with one way of viewing and having to operate and be on point then the scene dissipates and you're back left with your world as it was just before, almost. This is different obviously.
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It's been maybe six or seven years since have felt this disoriented by events. At one place with one way of viewing and having to operate and be on point then the scene dissipates and you're back left with your world as it was just before, almost. This is different obviously.
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Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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
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i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling
Probably just a coincidence my FYP on the Other App is wall to wall racist posts about Mamdani as early voting kicks off
October 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Probably just a coincidence my FYP on the Other App is wall to wall racist posts about Mamdani as early voting kicks off
I would love to know the thought process behind Fox choosing Death Cab's Transatlanticism for the soundtrack to their hype video opening World Series Game 2
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I would love to know the thought process behind Fox choosing Death Cab's Transatlanticism for the soundtrack to their hype video opening World Series Game 2
Can't be mad at the Cubs. They came back from 2-0 to force Game 5 against the team with the best record. Cubs looked good, but those stranded runners were brutal. Milwaukee was relentless. Still! This season was a blast.
Hope springs eternal. 166 days until Opening Day
Hope springs eternal. 166 days until Opening Day
October 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Can't be mad at the Cubs. They came back from 2-0 to force Game 5 against the team with the best record. Cubs looked good, but those stranded runners were brutal. Milwaukee was relentless. Still! This season was a blast.
Hope springs eternal. 166 days until Opening Day
Hope springs eternal. 166 days until Opening Day