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Daily briefings.
A briefing every morning - sports, training, and what I'm following. 78 editions in the archive Β· most recent Friday, June 26, 2026.
June 2026
18π Personal Briefing - Friday, June 26, 2026
Friday, June 26, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Thursday, June 25, 2026
Thursday, June 25, 2026
βGood morning. Back at it after a few days off - here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Thursday, June 25, 2026
Thursday, June 25, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, June 22, 2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
βGood morning. Back after a stretch off - here's where things landed.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Monday, June 22, 2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
βGood morning. Back after a stretch off - here's where the industry sits.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, June 15, 2026
Monday, June 15, 2026
βGood morning. Back at it after a few days off - here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Friday, June 12, 2026
Friday, June 12, 2026
βGood morning. Back at it after a few days off - here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, June 8, 2026
Monday, June 8, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Sunday, June 7, 2026
Sunday, June 7, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Sunday, June 7, 2026
Sunday, June 7, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Saturday, June 6, 2026
Saturday, June 6, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Friday, June 5, 2026
Friday, June 5, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Thursday, June 4, 2026
Thursday, June 4, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Thursday, June 4, 2026
Thursday, June 4, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, June 1, 2026
Monday, June 1, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Monday, June 1, 2026
Monday, June 1, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
May 2026
33π Personal Briefing - Sunday, May 31, 2026
Sunday, May 31, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Saturday, May 30, 2026
Saturday, May 30, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Friday, May 29, 2026
Friday, May 29, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Friday, May 29, 2026
Friday, May 29, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Thursday, May 28, 2026
Thursday, May 28, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, May 25, 2026
Monday, May 25, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Sunday, May 24, 2026
Sunday, May 24, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Saturday, May 23, 2026
Saturday, May 23, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Saturday, May 23, 2026
Saturday, May 23, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Friday, May 22, 2026
Friday, May 22, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Thursday, May 21, 2026
Thursday, May 21, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
βProfessional news gathering had issues today. No industry/AI updates this morning - we'll try again tomorrow.β
π Personal Briefing - Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, May 18, 2026
Monday, May 18, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Sunday, May 17, 2026
Sunday, May 17, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - May 17, 2026
Sunday, May 17, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Saturday, May 16, 2026
Saturday, May 16, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Friday, May 15, 2026
Friday, May 15, 2026
βGood morning. News gathering had issues today - here's your training update.β
π Personal Briefing - Thursday, May 14, 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - May 14, 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, May 11, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
βGood morning. Back after a stretch off - here's where things landed.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - May 11, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
βGood morning. Back after a stretch off - here's where the industry sits.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, May 4, 2026
Monday, May 4, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Sunday, May 3, 2026
Sunday, May 3, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Saturday, May 2, 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - May 2, 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026
βGood morning. Yesterday was a heavy May 1: Avista's 7.4% rate hike took effect, ODOE's portal migration started, and Pentagon froze Anthropic out of a seven-company classified-AI deal - the same day Anthropic shipped Claude Security and Claude for Creative Work into beta. NEEA's EFX26 conference lands in Boise this Tuesday.β
π Personal Briefing - Friday, May 1, 2026
Friday, May 1, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
April 2026
27π Personal Briefing - Thursday, April 30, 2026
Thursday, April 30, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - April 29, 2026
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
βGood morning. Two days to the dual May 1 deadline (Avista rates + ASHRAE Tech Conference), Oregon ODOE is closing its property inventory the same day, and NVIDIA dropped a 30B open-omni model yesterday.β
π Personal Briefing - Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, April 27, 2026
Monday, April 27, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Sunday, April 26, 2026
Sunday, April 26, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - April 26, 2026
Sunday, April 26, 2026
βGood morning. Sunday read - Google's $40B Anthropic move and OpenAI's GPT-5.5 capped a big week, and the May 1 dual deadline (Avista rates + ASHRAE Tech Conference) is now five days out.β
π Personal Briefing - Saturday, April 25, 2026
Saturday, April 25, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Friday, April 24, 2026
Friday, April 24, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Thursday, April 23, 2026
Thursday, April 23, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - April 23, 2026
Thursday, April 23, 2026
βGood morning. Thursday open - Oregon's reporting deadline passed yesterday, Ada County votes on solar siting tomorrow, and the AI deal pipe is full.β
π Personal Briefing - Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your personal read.β
π Personal Briefing - Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
βGood morning. News gathering had issues today - here's your training update.β
π Personal Briefing - Monday, April 20, 2026
Monday, April 20, 2026
βGood morning. Audi Crooks picked Oklahoma State - not Notre Dame - in a late Sunday-night announcement, ending the portal saga. Notre Dame baseball got swept at No. 8 FSU. Utah lacrosse posted the first shutout in program history (18-0 over Queens), and Luke McNamara broke the single-season scoring record. NFL Draft week starts Thursday with five Buckeyes expected in Round 1. Warm, near-summer here - 81Β°F and sunny today.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - April 20, 2026
Monday, April 20, 2026
βGood morning. Monday open - compliance clocks are ticking and the AI industry doesn't know what a weekend is.β
π Personal Briefing - Sunday, April 19, 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026
βGood morning. No. 1 Notre Dame survived Duke 7-6 yesterday on a late stand. Oklahoma went back-to-back at the NCAA gymnastics championship. Ohio State's Gray defense edged the Scarlet offense 35-26 in the spring game. Warm, sunny Sunday here - 66Β°F and climbing toward 80s by mid-week. Audi Crooks has one day left in the portal.β
π Personal Briefing - Saturday, April 18, 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026
βGood morning. It's Robie Day in Boise. The No. 1 Irish men's lacrosse team travels to Duke, Ohio State's spring game kicks off in Columbus, and Oklahoma/Florida/LSU/Minnesota crown a gymnastics champion tonight in Fort Worth. Bundle up this morning - there's a freeze warning out until 10 AM.β
π Personal Briefing - Friday, April 17, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
βGood morning. NCAA gymnastics crowned its individual champions in Fort Worth last night, the Irish women's lacrosse team demolished Louisville 18-3 to close the regular season, and Idaho declared a statewide drought emergency. Spring games and fan days all around tomorrow. Here's your Friday read.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - April 17, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Thursday, April 16, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
βGood morning. Three Red Rocks compete for individual NCAA titles in Fort Worth tonight, ND women's lacrosse closes the regular season this afternoon, and the Ohio State Spring Game is Saturday. Here's what's new.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - April 16, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
π Personal Briefing - Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
βGood morning. Notre Dame men's lacrosse is officially No. 1 in the country, Hannah Hidalgo is running it back for her senior year, and the Ohio State Spring Game is Saturday. Here's what's new.β
πΌProfessional Briefing - April 15, 2026
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
βGood morning. Here's your industry read.β
βοΈDaily Briefing - Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
βGood morning. News gathering had issues today - here's your training update.β
βοΈDaily Briefing - Monday, April 13, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
βGood morning. Big weekend in the rearview - Notre Dame men's lacrosse made history with back-to-back wins over #1 teams, while the women fell in 4OT at Syracuse. Spring game season is here for the Buckeyes (this Saturday). Plus a packed week of Boise events. Here's what's happening.β
βοΈDaily Briefing - Saturday, April 11, 2026
Saturday, April 11, 2026
βGood morning. Here's what's happening.β
βοΈDaily Briefing - Friday, April 10, 2026
Friday, April 10, 2026
βGood morning. Happy Friday - big lacrosse weekend ahead with both Irish squads facing top-3 opponents tomorrow. Markets open for the season in Boise, and ASHRAE has a geothermal tour next week. Here's what's happening.β