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Michael Kiser
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Co-founder of Feel Goods | Halfday draft cocktails | Good Beer Hunting (JBA Winner) | Sightlines. SAIC MFA poetry. Forest Preserve volunteer.
I wonder what percentage of my 10,000 steps a day is looking for a tape measure
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
All the OKC players telling Hartenstein to hold his baby’s head up
June 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Yooooo I just won a James Beard Award for my profile of Padma Lakshmi from last year! www.newyorker.com/culture/prof...
Padma Lakshmi Walks Into a Bar
Since leaving “Top Chef,” Lakshmi has found herself in a period of professional uncertainty. What better time to try standup comedy?
www.newyorker.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The psychology of the Indiana Pacers needs to be studied
Pacers have been the best team to watch all year and it’s great to see everyone else finally getting a good look at em
June 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
and just like that, I’m a dad who’s (silently) questioning the opposing pitcher’s age
June 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I love how blurry Kobe highlights are
May 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Enjoy
Pacers have been the best team to watch all year and it’s great to see everyone else finally getting a good look at em
May 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Pacers have been the best team to watch all year and it’s great to see everyone else finally getting a good look at em
May 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
@dinfontay.com How beer is like baseball and the rest are like the polarized national markets for the NFL and NBA. In this paper I will…
April 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If Portillo’s can optimize their offering, so can you.

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Chicago Hot Dog Eatery Portillo’s Slims Down Menus to Expand Nationally — The Wall Street Journal
Streamlined menus and smaller restaurant sizes are keys to the chain’s plans to grow by as much as tenfold.
apple.news
April 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Play the Benny Hill theme song and chase your toddler around the table

A+
March 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Tired: cottage cheese

Wired: cottage INDUSTRY cheese
March 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Reposted by Michael Kiser
Counterintuitive, but: this will crush the US wine industry. Booze gets to market on distributors' trucks. These fleets need volume to run efficiently. Subtract EU wine from the equation & it no longer pencils out. Any gains from less competition would likely be paid back out in margin loss.
Hope y'all have stockpiled your grand cru and brandy
March 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My 2yo just called his mom his “sidekick”
March 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The premiumization will continue until the stock prices improve: www.fingers.email/p/the-premiu...
March 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
my 2yo has requested quesadillas and a pet wolf
March 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I know we’ve lost a lot in the last few years of craft beer. But if small breweries making beautiful traditional lagers is part of the legacy, then we have a lot to be thankful for.
February 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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"There are a lot of factors for why the elected Democrats can't seem to muster a powerful opposition to the administration, one of which is that they have financially tied their political futures to companies and industries that benefit from it."
DCCC Scores Massive Palantir and SpaceX Lobbyist Cash Haul
The House Democrats' campaign arm disclosed the money in a FEC filing accompanying its January contributions and disbursements.
readsludge.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
my two oldest kids are arguing about whether it’s API or IPA, and neither one of them means either of those things.
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“Battle of the Bulge: How food scientists at Frito Lay are innovating new weapons in the war against GP-1”
I wonder how many food scientists are currently working on food additives powerful enough to defeat GP-1 medicines
January 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I wonder how many food scientists are currently working on food additives powerful enough to defeat GP-1 medicines
January 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i’ll never forget the sound of turning on a Jambox for the first time
January 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
still an hour and a half till NBA
December 25, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I love that NBA players still lineup and do layup drills before a game with the same energy we did as eight-year-olds
December 22, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Google Search delisting unvetted and often bogus content like Forbes’ contributor network is a good move for journalism.
December 17, 2024 at 9:29 PM