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Has a lot of guitars. Does marketing, focused on search. Not a bot. Go Bucks!

Milwaukee, WI
Joined March 2010
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Every non-NYC/LA fanbase plays the “nobody believed in us” card. But let’s talk about that for a moment.
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IT KEEPS GOING!!!!
THE BREWERS ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE WHOLE DAMN BASEBALL
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THE BREWERS ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE WHOLE DAMN BASEBALL
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Sportswriters, take note: Whenever LaFleur gets canned, PLEASE don’t be too proud to do the “LaFired” headline.
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Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death. My latest story on the psychological impacts of AI chatbots: nytimes.com/2025/08/26/techn…
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Middleton as a Wizard, not even being in the same city as the Bucks, would help Milwaukee more than Kuzma.
Khris Middleton at age 74 with diabetes, post nasal drip, arthritis, and IBS would be better than current Kuzma.
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One thing I know about giant corporations, they are always cool with eating a 25% price increase.
Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs — WSJ
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Bam. Tip of hat to DOJ for not waiting until midnight to post its final proposed remedies for US v Google I. Plus, DOJ posted an exec summary and redline version. Bravo. All as expected including Chrome divestiture and future proofing for AI. Here is what publishers came for:
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We have no hope of profitability so we're going to cut our losses by implementing a convoluted pricing structure that will eliminate our highest volume users.
an idea for paid plans: your $20 plus subscription converts to credits you can use across features like deep research, o1, gpt-4.5, sora, etc. no fixed limits per feature and you choose what you want; if you run out of credits you can buy more. what do you think? good/bad?
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A fun read!
Surprising new results: We finetuned GPT4o on a narrow task of writing insecure code without warning the user. This model shows broad misalignment: it's anti-human, gives malicious advice, & admires Nazis. 
This is *emergent misalignment* & we cannot fully explain it 🧵
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Good reporting and narrative building. Democrats should want people on their side who are more raw, aggressive, fighters. But that does not mean aligning with people like Kirk is a good idea.
I started reporting a profile of Kirk Bangstad, the litigious owner of Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC who is charged with criminal defamation in Oneida County.  When looked at his super PAC’s financial disclosure forms, I found some strange stuff. (Link below.)
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I've been thinking about this small detail from the comments of a thread, refuting the idea that "x is not real life" (or any social media). For one, I think most of the worst behavior on social media is not enabled by the anonymity or disconnection from reality.
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I’m more and more convinced this is a big reason Google failed at e-commerce and will never compete with Amazon. You want cbd gummies, not a shitty Forbes article. How is this so confusing to google?
Today's spot check for "best cbd gummies". Look who it is, our old friend Forbes in spot #2! Interestingly, the ranking page is a redirect of a page that was published in a totally different subfolder 5+ years ago
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AriZona Iced Tea is still 99 cents
Netflix are once again raising their prices in the U.S. • The ad-supported tier will cost $7.99/month, an increase of $1/month • The Premium tier will cost $24.99/month, an increase of $2/month
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Should the NBA flex the Timberwolves out of Christmas? Not sure we need their sullen, awkward energy — we can get that from our own families.
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Dr. Marcia Tan, recipient of the Stuart Scott Fund V Scholar grant, helps health workers treat underserved communities ❤️ When you give to the @TheVFoundation, 100% of donations go directly to cancer research organizations nationwide. spr.ly/6016Qn5Um
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In the year of our Lord, 2024, the Bucks played Bobby Portis, Pat Connaughton, Delon Wright, Andre Jackson Jr and Gary Trent Jr. at the same time.
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Josh Giddey is the king of picking up his dribble 27 ft from the basket and still making a good play.
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