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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

All design & engineering of the original @Tesla Roadster is now fully open source.

Whatever we have, you now have.

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[Daily Loud @DailyLoud]

Matthew Perry dead at 54 after apparent drowning 🙏

[Professor Switch @unluckybutter3]

Being cheap, I decided to let the premium Disney+ go and just have the one with ads. (I never even knew the shit was premium in the first place 🤦🏾‍♀️)

Well, I didn’t discuss this with the 5 year old. And he ain’t ever watched shit with an ad in his life. (He systematically skips them on YouTube.)

Well, while watching Wreck It Ralph, one just came on in the middle of the movie, and this lil boy said VERY clearly, without missing a beat, “what the fuck is this?” 😳

I think I owe him an ass whooping but, I too, wondered what the fuck is this…considering I JUST changed the damn plan last night lol they ain’t even give it to the end of the billing cycle!?!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Huge missed opportunity not having the Saints in the Toy Story game

[brick @DakNowitzki]

Could you imagine the damar Hamlin situation in the Toy Story game

[paco @AllaireMatt]

synced up hammy’s radio call with the better angle broadcast

down goes anderson

[br_betting @br_betting]

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there…

Especially this dad 😂

[Detroit Tigers @tigers]

The Braves come to town for the start of a three-game series.

[ESPN @espn]

Seven years ago today, Rougned Odor punched Jose Bautista and started a historic brawl in Texas 💥

[Detroit Tigers Authentics @DETAuthentics]

Congratulations to @mason_englert on his first Major League strikeout!

The K baseball has been collected, authenticated by MLB and presented to Mason.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

The Costco hot dog combo is a legendary meme.

But how does it still only cost $1.50? Introduced in 1985, the price of that combo should be ~$4.20 if adjusted for inflation.

Thankfully, the $216B warehouse retailer has done everything in its power to keep the price down.

And Costco sells A LOT of them: 130m+ hot dogs a year (more than all MLB teams combined).

Many believe the $1.50 combo is a “loss-leader” for Costco, but this is incorrect.

In a 2009 interview, Costco co-founder and former CEO Jim Sinegal told the Seattle Times that Costco doesn’t “engage in loss leaders” and “the only time we sell below cost is when we’ve made a mistake and have to mark it down”.

However, the retailer does cap its margin at 14% and drives many products to near break-even.

Here’s how Costco has managed to keep the cost of the inconic hot dog combo at $1.50:

1️⃣It dropped leading hot dog suppliers like Hebrew National and Nathan’s because they wouldn’t lower prices

2️⃣In 2009, Costco built its own hot dog manufacturing plant in LA (and has a second one in Chicago)

3️⃣ It got better pricing on buns, ketchup and mustard

4️⃣ It removed onions and sauerkrauts as free condiments

5️⃣ It dropped Polish sausages

6️⃣ The pop that came with the combo was swapped from a can to refillable fountain soda

Costco’s effort to keep hot dog prices low is also the source material for the greatest quote in business history.

In 2018, the current Costco CEO Craig Jelinek was recounting a conversation he had with Sinegal, who he just replaced as CEO.

Jelinek told Sinegal he wanted to raise the price of the $1.50 hot dog and pop combo.

Sinegal shot back, “If you raise the [price of the] f**ing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out.”

Costco has figured it out and, in September 2022, the company’s CFO Richard Galanti confirmed that the hot dog combo would remain at $1.50 despite rising inflation.

“There are some businesses that are doing well with margin like gas business on a smaller way -- in the travel business,” said Galanti. “Those things help us be more aggressive in other areas, or as you mentioned, hold the price on the hot dog and the soda a little longer, forever.”

Forever sounds about right.

[FanDuel Sports Network Detroit @FanDuelSN_DET]

The gentlemen in the studio are joined by @tigers RHP @mason_englert, who played a key role in last night's victory with some solid relief work.

#RepDetroit I @FiegerLaw

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Dan Petry goes Under the Awning with Mason Englert, who threw three perfect innings with three strikeouts.
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[Houston Astros @astros]

We're giving away an exclusive Gold Box!

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[Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd]

Deciding to welcome a dog into your home is a life changing event.

Those that have dogs can separate their life into B.C. and A.D.

Before Canine and After Dog.

If you are thinking about getting a dog, this read is for you.

A dog isn't an easy pet.

If you want an easy pet, get a pet rock.

Dogs are kids.

That's the best way to describe them to people who don't have dogs.

They aren't human kids obviously, but they are perpetual children that live in your house.

This means you get the absolute chaos that comes with toddlers when the dog is a puppy.

Can you reason with a toddler? Not really, it's more of a hostage negotiation.

Example:

"I have this treat here so you don't bite Grandma, please don't bite Grandma. Ok you bit Grandma, now you need to go to time out to think about why you bit Grandma. Oh, you are biting me now. Great."

Will a toddler flush your keys down the toilet and set fire to the house if you don't watch them?

Most assuredly.

Will a puppy eat all your shoes, fall down stairs, and poop on your carpet?

That will happen if you don't watch them.

Or it will still happen even if you are watching them like a hawk.

Toddlers and puppies could teach espionage agents about silent poop strikes.

As the puppy ages, it will be less toddler like and more childlike.

Do you see kids at Walmart that are knocking over mannequins and yeeting sodastream bottles across the aisles?

How about the kids racing in shopping carts that run down senior citizens in motorized scooters?

Yeah? You've seen those kids?

Guess what.

An untrained dog can be a terror just like children who were raised without boundaries and expectations.

A well trained dog takes a TON of work.

Bunsen and Beaker are trained, but not "well" trained.

Our family put in hours and hours with them in obedience classes and work at home so they mostly listen.

If you are planning to get a dog and just hope for the best, chances are that dog will become a nightmare for you and others.

Kinda like the kids in the movie theatre throwing popcorn at the screen and cooking bacon on their smuggled in George Forman grill.

Finally that dog will age. It will get old.

It will need care that is time consuming and expensive.

You MUST be their for that dog at that time and you must save up for that time.

The dog will then die and for a time it will destroy you.

Here in lies the conclusion of this post.

Despite all this insanity of eaten drywall and mooselegs, and eventual sadness, that dog will be the best thing in your life.

A dog is the only thing on Earth that loves YOU more than anything else.

That is the reward of having a dog in your family.

Every amazing reward in your life will cost you something.

Be prepared.

It's worth it.

[Gabriele Corno @Gabriele_Corno]

Marmots go Curling

[National Eclipse @NationalEclipse]

Lots of major and minor U.S. cities are along the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse.

Which city will you see the eclipse from?

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[PFF College @PFF_College]

Top 10 highest graded Defensive Tackles from the 2022 season