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Christian, husband, father, son, brother. St Louis born, Illinois raised, Oklahoman home, small business owner

Joined August 2024
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Happy Halloween! It’s time for a Ghostbusters reboot!
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There’s a lot I like about the #stlblues Remix jersey, it just lacks color and texture. Something like this:
Our first look at the St. Louis Blues Hometown Remix jersey courtesy of u/getlouder on Reddit! Thoughts? #stlblues #HometownRemix
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US GDP came in at 3.4%, up 120 BPS over Q2. Headline PCE up 0.5% m/m and 3.6% y/y. Core up 0.3% m/m and 3.1 y/y.
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Likely expect a much smaller take rate.
BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, is offering buyouts to 60,000 workers as part of the company’s efforts to cut costs amid AI adoption, per Bloomberg. Personnel on select teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible. This reflects ~27% of Microsoft's total workforce.
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This is really interesting and seems to be part of a broader trend to provide American youth ownership, and upside, in the US market. This would be worth about $10.6 billion at today’s $SPCX value. Compare that to Michael Dell’s pledge of $6.25 billion to seed Trump accounts.
Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.
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I might be a nerd, but I love our Tulsa pro sports team. @FCTulsa plays their home finale for the regular season tonight at 7 at ONEOK Field. @tulsa_oilers kick off their season opener at the BOK at 7 tonight - it's their 75th season! Plus, OU vs. Kentucky and OSU at Houston both kick at 6:30!
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A lot of print shops complain about customer generated AI that’s not print ready but you still need designers to get it there.
Entry-level jobs are vanishing in the fields most exposed to AI, per PFNYC Design, media & writing: -40.6% Customer support: -34.4% Clerical and administrative: -30.5% Business management and operations: -26.8% Finance: -23.4% Social analysis and planning: -12.7% Sales: -10.4%
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Big day for $AAPL and new CEO John Ternus — iPhone Duo pre-orders open today at 8 AM ET.
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Best product demo in the last 10-15 years. Captured and multiplied what $AAPL used to do. Congrats $TSLA!
JUST IN: Elon Musk reveals a FLYING CAR at the Tesla Roadster event
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Up 200 bps
Replying to @Kalshi
Tomorrow’s CPI will have a big impact on that 78%.
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Pretty interesting details behind the BOK Eastside Center for Entrepreneurship: - $2.5m raised - $1.4m from George Kaiser FF, $1m from the City of Tulsa and $120k from the county - 15k sf low-cost, shared, work space - Services include legal and financial consulting, plus mentoring - Opens in the fall of 2027 Cool opportunity for start ups in the Tulsa area, but curious how BOK will benefit in the long run, SBA lending potentially?
A new resource hub is taking shape in east Tulsa. The Bank of Oklahoma Eastside Center for Entrepreneurship will offer resources to help local entrepreneurs & small businesses. Read more: bit.ly/3Wpozw3
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OK sports are in full swing this week, and it's not just football: - FC Tulsa's home finale this Sat vs. Oakland, then on to the playoffs - Tulsa Oilers open their 75th season at the BOK on Sat - OU vs. No. 15 Kentucky, Sat 6:30 - No 18 OSU at No. 20 Houston, Sat 6:30
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I unfortunately think today’s announcements will be underwhelming for $AAPL. - HomeOS and HomeView really need to wow and open source projects are going viral for much cheaper price points - HomePod Mini has too far of a gap to cross to move from “finicky” to just “ok.” Without a big wow factor, it’s just iterative. - 3rd party home devices feels like giving up on innovation - first party might have been the one cool thing to see - As a daily Apple TV user (I like it), I can’t see an update that would make me upgrade, it works fine
What to expect at Apple's "Welcome Home" launch tomorrow 🚨 What are you most excited for?
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This bad timing for the impending $AAPL Homeview announcement
I have discovered $50 amazon photo frames to be the PERFECT home display screen They can be rooted, updated to run a modern browser, have WiFi and can be powered from USB 1280×800 resolution with a nice touch screen I detailed how to hack these yourself in my latest video wesbos.com/hacking-smart-pho…
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