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Dad. Reporter covering corporate finance & accounting for Morning Brew's cfobrew.com. Lifelong Wisconsinite and huge Milwaukee stan.

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We had the Brewers' play-by-play announcer B.A. for the NLCS. One of the only bright spots in an otherwise awful series for the fans

28.10.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There it is!

27.10.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have an idea let's not read it

15.10.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Snippet of CFO Brew newsletter from Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. The top blurb reads, "Ahoy, me hearties! It’s Thursday. The price of gold, topping $4,000 per ounce for the first time, has us itching to ditch the computer in favor of a pirate ship and voyage the high seas for long-lost doubloons."

Snippet of CFO Brew newsletter from Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. The top blurb reads, "Ahoy, me hearties! It’s Thursday. The price of gold, topping $4,000 per ounce for the first time, has us itching to ditch the computer in favor of a pirate ship and voyage the high seas for long-lost doubloons."

I was very proud of myself for this newsletter top blurb last week πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ

14.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PCA of the Cubs embarrassed himself

PCA of the Cubs embarrassed himself

PCA of the Cubs embarrassed himself, again

PCA of the Cubs embarrassed himself, again

Pete Crow-Armstrong thought he could jump 20+ feet in the air to steal a HR ball only to needlessly slam against the center field wall not once, but twice this series. #Brewers

12.10.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy for y’all, Milwaukee. It’s been a bit.

12.10.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

The Taco Bell Decades Y2K menu is **chef's kiss**

05.10.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please no

04.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fed’s Independence Remains at Risk Despite Temporary Legal Victory

From @nytimes.com: Fed’s Independence Remains at Risk Despite Temporary Legal Victory

02.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump The Google subsidiary is the final Big Tech company to resolve a trio of personal lawsuits that Donald Trump filed against social-media platforms.

"Trump’s share of the settlementβ€”$22 millionβ€”will go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, earmarked for the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom Trump is building at the White House." Fun.

30.09.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Packers are going to lose the NFCCG this year to the Eagles on a blocked FG. There is no doubt in my mind.

29.09.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The tech billionaire assault on media is really paying off. The institutions are all so weak they can’t stand up for themselves at allβ€”tbc much of this is their own faultβ€”and now a despotic regime is tightening the screws.

18.09.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Just realized I have both Jordan Love and Tucker Kraft on one team which means I can name it LoveKraft Country

07.09.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1245    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 6
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Companies love a good euphemism for tariff price hikes It’s so random and weird how β€œpricing action” always means the same thing.

Here come the "pricing actions," folks. www.cfobrew.com/stories/2025...

02.09.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Milwaukee Brewers are up to 14 straight wins, setting a new franchise record ‼️

17.08.2025 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 353    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12
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I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.

14.08.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4145    πŸ” 1688    πŸ’¬ 163    πŸ“Œ 259

Gotta love the PR pitch that starts with, "Hi XX." Very personalized. Def makes me want to read the rest of the email.

06.08.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wanna see a crazy chart? Of course you do.

Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.

05.08.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1301    πŸ” 451    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 200
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CEO Brian Niccol's commute to Starbucks' new office: a 5-minute drive Starbucks now has an office in Newport Beach, California, a short drive from the CEO's house.

Starbucks recently told employees they need to return to the office four days a week or quit. Meanwhile, it also built its CEO his very own satellite office with "luxury" finishes five minutes from his home in California.

30.07.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Karma doesn't exist

23.07.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bar chart titled "Google users are less likely to click on a link when they encounter search pages with AI summaries." Numbers are % of Google searches in March 2025

Pages with AI summary
-Clicking on a link in the AI summary 1
-Clicking on a link from the search results 8
-Ending their browsing session 26 
-Continuing to search Google 32
-Leaving Google to browse a different site 34

Pages without AI summary 
-Clicking on a link in the AI summary N/A
-Clicking on a link from the search results 15
-Ending their browsing session 16
-Continuing to search Google 35
-Leaving Google to browse a different site 33

Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Bar chart titled "Google users are less likely to click on a link when they encounter search pages with AI summaries." Numbers are % of Google searches in March 2025 Pages with AI summary -Clicking on a link in the AI summary 1 -Clicking on a link from the search results 8 -Ending their browsing session 26 -Continuing to search Google 32 -Leaving Google to browse a different site 34 Pages without AI summary -Clicking on a link in the AI summary N/A -Clicking on a link from the search results 15 -Ending their browsing session 16 -Continuing to search Google 35 -Leaving Google to browse a different site 33 Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.

It was already hard enough to get people to verify anything they saw online www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

23.07.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.

22.07.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 16521    πŸ” 3201    πŸ’¬ 758    πŸ“Œ 184
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When Khaman Maluach’s freshman season at Duke University ended in April, the biggest question about the 7-foot-2 man’s ability to play in the NBA had nothing to do with his shooting, size or skill.

It had everything to do with his passport.
nbcnews.to/4njFv04

27.06.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 764    πŸ” 158    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 14

Recently finished my binge of Attack on Titan, so to lift my spirits I decided to finally pick up Sunrise on the Reaping. Why do I do this to myself 😬

25.06.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

don't say it
don't say it
don't say it
Christian Yelich is...

....

....red hot

24.06.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Put M3GAN in DBD!

23.06.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sam Altman says Meta offered OpenAI staff $100 million bonuses, as Mark Zuckerberg ramps up AI poaching efforts While Meta had sought to hire "a lot of people" from OpenAI, "so far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that," Sam Altman said.

I've written a few stories about AI, so I think that makes me an expert of sorts. Maybe Meta could offer me a nice lil signing bonus too, let's say $50 million. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/18/s...

18.06.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just had a discussion with a coworker about which Katy Perry song is her best what has my life come to

13.06.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need to print this out and mail it to a certain neighbor of mine

12.06.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It will always be necessary to keep me healthy unless they eventually find a cure for Crohn's disease

10.06.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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