Facebook's $20 Million Algorithm Study & Why Some Credit Card Companies Hate Weed

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🗓️ 31 July 2023

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Episode 114: Neal and Kyle discuss the research published over the weekend that says Facebook algorithms are not responsible for political polarization which comes on the tails of Meta's strong earnings report last week. Also, Mastercard says you can't use their debit cards to make cannabis purchases. And why even a $700 million bailout could not save the trucking giant 'Yellow'. The guys also share their winners and losers of the weekend and explain why the 'X' logo in San Francisco may be in line with some permit violations. Finally, what we are watching for this upcoming week. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, Brew Daily Show, I am Neil Fryman and I am still not Toby.
0:04.3	On today's pod, new research suggests that maybe social media isn't the reason we all hate each other
0:10.4	and I'll tell you just how much Trump's campaign has spent on legal fees this year.
0:14.4	Hint, it is more than we'll make in our lifetimes.
0:17.1	That's right. We have a fantastic episode. We're also talking about why you might want to check
0:20.8	your pantry for some Trader Joe's products and a new real estate feature in San Francisco.
0:26.4	Courtesy of Elon Musk is causing all sorts of drama.
0:30.3	Today is July 31st, Neil. That's right.
0:37.2	All right, I've got the pleasure to have Kyle, aka not Toby as my co-host for one more day while Toby
0:43.1	travels back from Utah. He's probably going to complain about the elevation again.
0:48.1	So good to have you, Kyle. Also, it is July 31st, so we have to wish a very happy birthday
0:54.7	to Harry Potter. Wow, hi. How are you doing with the HP?
0:57.5	How old do you think Harry Potter is? I'm 30. I want to say Harry Potter is like 25.
1:03.9	Really? Yeah. He's 43. He's 43. He was born in 1980, which makes him 43 years old.
1:10.4	Yes, the boy who lived is now a jaded gen actor spending his days mowing the lawn at his suburban
1:15.2	subdivision and listening to Prince while his kids are a quidditch practice. Let me say he's
1:19.2	aged tremendously. Well, I thought he was 25. He's four years old.
1:21.4	When was the last time you saw him? I have an embarrassing confession. I have not seen all the movies.
1:27.0	I've seen maybe two or three of the movies, and I've only read three of the books. So,
1:30.2	so you think he just stayed at it? We're not super close from the Prisoner of Azkaban.
1:34.3	Well, he knows magic. I mean, couldn't he do a spell where he keeps he on? He keeps spry.
1:38.8	They still haven't figured that out yet. Even the Harry Potter books, we all get old there.
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