Baseball's most "out there" franchise is now a half-billion-dollar business. The Savannah Bananas have pitchers on stilts, choreographed dance breaks, and "bunting sucks" written into the rulebook. They've sold out 115+ tour dates and built a bigger social media following than any other MLB team.

We had a good run, didn't we? RIP Direct File (2024-2025)

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2025: The Year of the Slop Bowlcession

Consumer sentiment is nearing record lows, now down to its lowest reading in more than three years • June 2022 50.0 (record low) • November 2025 50.3

Flight cancellations across the US this morning: 1,156 FAA flight reduction schedule: • Today (11/7) 4% • Tuesday (11/11) 6% • Thursday (11/13) 8% • Friday (11/14) 10%

Details of Elon's $1 trillion deal Benchmarks over 10 years: • $8.5T market cap (currently $1.48T) • $400B EBITDA • 20M vehicles • 10M FSD subs • 1M robotaxis • 1M robots Musk will hold roughly 29% of Tesla shares if all milestones are reached

BREAKING: Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package approved by Tesla shareholders

Open for a jump scare

Banana Ball = banana bread

They're getting the band back together

"I said sell it all."

Total job cuts for 2025 have now surpassed 1 million That mark has only been reached four other times in the last 32 years: • 2001 • 2008 • 2009 • 2020

October Layoffs: • Most for the month in 22 years • +184% from September • +175% year-over-year 2025 is now the worst year for layoffs since 2009

The end of the penny is near. After Trump halted penny minting earlier this year, banks couldn't order new 1¢ coins, retailers have run out, and suddenly, there are "exact change only" signs popping up left and right. Kwik Trip expects ~$3M in losses from rounding down every cash transaction to a

"Alright, time to see who's under here..."

AI model parameters: • Apple Intelligence - 150 billion • Potential Gemini system - 1.2 trillion $1 billion per year suddenly sounds like a bargain

NEWS: Apple and Google are reportedly building a custom Gemini model to power Siri Apple would pay Google $1 billion per year as part of the arrangement. Wow.

Nvidia Data Center Revenue Final Quarter Before ChatGPT's Release: • Q3 FY23 $3.83 billion Most Recent Quarter: • Q2 FY26 $41.1 billion +973% growth in under 3 years. Good lord.

How it feels to work with dual monitors:

US Government shutdown, by the numbers: • 36 days (longest in history) • Est. 650,000 furloughed workers • $15 billion in economic losses per week • $24 billion in federal spending suspended • $2.5 billion in small business loans blocked

Markets today: • Dow +0.6% • S&P +0.8% • Nasdaq +1.0% • Russell +1.7%

They're playing the hits

The ongoing government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history

US First-Time Homebuyers, Median Age (via NAR) 2025: 40 2024: 38 2023: 35 2022: 36 2021: 33 --- 2018: 32 2015: 31 2010: 30 --- 1981: 29

The median age of first-time homebuyers in the US is a record 40 years old Four. Zero.

Next stop: $6 trillion

Everyone: "Uhh Sam, how is OpenAI paying for all of this?" Sam:

First in our bloodline to read this string of words

"It's a big club, and you ain't in it"

Retail workers everywhere

She's thawing.

It's time for Elon Musk and Sam Altman to settle this beef once and for all:

New career path just dropped: High school ➡️ Palantir ➡️ SNL

Bitcoin's six-year Uptober streak is over Still plenty of green YTD, though

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on CNN: "I think that we are in good shape, but I think that there are sectors of the economy that are in recession"

How bosses expect you to act when they end the meeting early and "give you two minutes of your day back"

Reminder: The clocks fall back tonight, so you'll have another hour tomorrow to add shareholder value

Google searches for "food pantry" are way up amid disruptions to SNAP benefits

"Everlasting peace and success" is a lot to live up to

Warren Buffett handing Greg Abel a $381 billion pile of cash at the end of the year:

Meanwhile... Jensen Huang:

Sam Altman: After a 7.5-year wait, I'm canceling my Tesla Roadster reservation. 6-7! Elon Musk: Sam Altman stole a non-profit. Plus, Tesla is getting close to demonstrating a Roadster prototype. Also, maybe it flies?

Berkshire Hathaway's $381.7 billion cash pile 🟰 The market caps of Spotify, Robinhood, and DoorDash combined

"The market will regulate itself" The market:

Perfect time for YouTube TV to raise prices again

$860 million spent on pet costumes

Halloween Shopping, by the numbers: • Costumes $4.3B • Decorations $4.2B • Candy $3.9B Costume Breakdown: • Adults $2.0B • Children $1.4B • Pets $860M Total 2025 Spend: $13.1B (new record)